WEBVTT 00:00:33.979 --> 00:00:36.960 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.880 welcome to another episode of Finisher's and 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.899 Faction's The Smackdown. This week we come from 00:00:42.899 --> 00:00:46.359 the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:50.579 for the 10th taping of Smackdown from Seattle. 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:56.159 We start off this week with a recap of quite 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.049 a big moment from last week. Where Kevin Owens 00:01:00.049 --> 00:01:02.490 announced that he was having to go off and have 00:01:02.490 --> 00:01:05.950 some neck surgery and therefore Would not be 00:01:05.950 --> 00:01:09.909 competing at WrestleMania this year Which is 00:01:09.909 --> 00:01:13.689 where we then got the viral video going round 00:01:13.689 --> 00:01:17.010 where Randy Orton came down to the ring two of 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:19.010 them kind of shared a moment on the apron bit 00:01:19.010 --> 00:01:22.849 of a mutual respect between the two I suppose 00:01:22.849 --> 00:01:25.310 and then Randy Orton went into the ring when 00:01:25.310 --> 00:01:29.010 Nick Aldis then informed him that due to Kevin 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:31.590 announcing this injury that he would not have 00:01:31.590 --> 00:01:37.010 a match at WrestleMania and as everyone in the 00:01:37.010 --> 00:01:42.090 world watching live anticipated was gonna happen 00:01:42.090 --> 00:01:45.049 Randy Orton hit Nick Aldis with that beautiful 00:01:45.049 --> 00:01:49.150 RKO which I said brings back that viral moment 00:01:49.150 --> 00:01:55.150 from 2023 where Randy Orton RKO'd Nick Aldis 00:01:55.150 --> 00:01:58.920 and was find $50 ,000 for doing so, and he actually 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.640 paid $100 ,000 and told Nick it would be for 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:05.540 next time. Randy just claimed the receipt that 00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:11.340 he had written on that check. So we then get 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:15.759 a little in -ring section from Nick Aldis, seeing 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.979 quite a lot of Nick Aldis at the moment, especially 00:02:17.979 --> 00:02:22.500 in the ring as well, which is quite nice. He's 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:24.240 come down to the ring, he's come to talk about 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.729 the those moments and that RKO and he was instructed 00:02:27.729 --> 00:02:30.189 to maintain professional and you know he's going 00:02:30.189 --> 00:02:32.949 to do that because you know that's that's who 00:02:32.949 --> 00:02:36.169 he is and he invites Randy Orton down to the 00:02:36.169 --> 00:02:40.389 ring and yeah as Randy makes his way down the 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:42.770 entrance ramp and into the ring Nick Aldis is 00:02:42.770 --> 00:02:46.849 staring him out the entire time. Now if you were 00:02:46.849 --> 00:02:49.250 to ask me what I thought at the time I thought 00:02:49.250 --> 00:02:51.770 we might have a general manager kicking one of 00:02:51.770 --> 00:02:57.310 his own superstars square into plums But he did 00:02:57.310 --> 00:03:00.129 say he needed to remain professional and you 00:03:00.129 --> 00:03:02.389 know, he was just staring him out. Now, this 00:03:02.389 --> 00:03:04.210 was definitely the way a professional wrestler 00:03:04.210 --> 00:03:08.789 would stare an opponent down. And when they enter 00:03:08.789 --> 00:03:11.469 the, you know, when Randy finally slides himself 00:03:11.469 --> 00:03:13.689 through the ropes into the ring, they do block 00:03:13.689 --> 00:03:15.830 eyes for a minute and then Randy stares off at 00:03:15.830 --> 00:03:20.069 the WrestleMania sign. And then Randy turns around 00:03:20.069 --> 00:03:22.830 and says, you know, He can tell that that Nick 00:03:22.830 --> 00:03:24.590 Aldis took last week personally and he should 00:03:24.590 --> 00:03:25.969 have known it was going to happen because he 00:03:25.969 --> 00:03:29.330 did pay in advance which is you know it's true 00:03:29.330 --> 00:03:33.969 he did and um you know he wants to wants to talk 00:03:33.969 --> 00:03:38.229 to Nick Aldis because at WrestleMania 41 he doesn't 00:03:38.229 --> 00:03:41.969 have a match and this year will be Randy Orton's 00:03:41.969 --> 00:03:44.870 20th time competing at WrestleMania and he needs 00:03:44.870 --> 00:03:47.819 to have a match there. And to the point, you 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:49.539 know, he's getting a bit desperate, even challenges 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:53.219 Nick Aldis to a match at WrestleMania. Now, that 00:03:53.219 --> 00:03:57.740 is definitely an interesting prospect. WrestleMania 00:03:57.740 --> 00:04:00.819 every year does tend to have a bit of a funny 00:04:00.819 --> 00:04:05.159 match, a bit of a silly one. Randy Orton versus 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.979 Nick Aldis would definitely fit into that category, 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.879 I think. There's, you know, one RKO wouldn't 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.520 set up a WrestleMania moment, but it would be 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:19.060 funny if it did. Nick Aldis basically says that 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:21.680 he's worked 20 years, worked very hard for the 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.100 last 20 years to get to WWE. He doesn't want 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:28.839 Randy Orton's money. He wants his respect, at 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.819 which point Randy replies with, you've got my 00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:34.740 respect, you earned it a long time ago. But if 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:37.720 you don't deliver on a match, then I can't apologize 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:41.600 to Mickie James for what's gonna happen when 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:46.259 that happens. So basically, he's - Making a bit 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:48.040 of a cheap threat there. So if we don't get my 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.839 match, I really want to apologize to you to your 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.959 girlfriends late so um I'm not entirely sure 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:57.019 if they're married or just together, but it's 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:59.959 one of those one of those things at which point 00:04:59.959 --> 00:05:05.319 As la night would like to call them we get To 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.279 cross -eyed half wits come walking out. We get 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:12.779 solo Sacoa and Tama Tonga basically trying to 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:16.050 say that we they need to Nick Aldis needs to 00:05:16.050 --> 00:05:17.829 tell Randy Orton to get out the ring and stop 00:05:17.829 --> 00:05:19.750 embarrassing himself because no one wants to 00:05:19.750 --> 00:05:25.410 hear Randy cry and uh Basically just says that 00:05:25.410 --> 00:05:29.449 uh, you know, if Randy carries on going next 00:05:29.449 --> 00:05:32.649 week He'll be in the same boat as LA Knight because 00:05:32.649 --> 00:05:35.449 Jacob Fatu is gonna be walking out of WrestleMania 00:05:35.449 --> 00:05:39.829 with the US title and both while Randy Orton 00:05:39.829 --> 00:05:44.759 will be at home all alone which Randy Orton kind 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:46.259 of says it. I think it's funny you two coming 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:50.720 out here trying to interrupt me It's a got these 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:52.600 voices in my head and they're telling me that 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.040 need to they need to destroy you both You know, 00:05:56.060 --> 00:06:02.199 it's time to fight so Randy Orton is so less 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.180 color and Tama Tonga step up to the apron to 00:06:05.180 --> 00:06:07.360 Have a little bit of a little bit of fun. Randy 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:11.620 Orton sends Tama Tonga off the apron and turns 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:13.959 his attention to solo but solo is just a little 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.300 bit too quick for him and it turns into a two 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:19.420 -on -one beatdown in the ring with Solo Sacoa 00:06:19.420 --> 00:06:21.800 and Tamatonga sending Randy Orton a bit of a 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:28.220 message until the current United States champion 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:33.100 LA Knight comes running down to save Randy Orton 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.879 and between the two of them they end up dispersing 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.319 the two cross -eyed halfwits out of the ring 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:42.240 Ended up standing in the center of it side -by 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:45.959 -side looking out over the front of them and 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.839 Then LA night cuts himself a nice little promo 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:52.699 like we always get from LA night Then it's the 00:06:52.699 --> 00:06:56.120 same damn thing with both solo so color and tamatanga 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.560 and the fact that he just came down here took 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.819 his name out of their mouth and stuck his fist 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:05.100 in it and And says that you know tonight I've 00:07:05.100 --> 00:07:06.699 had enough of this stuff. So tonight it should 00:07:06.699 --> 00:07:10.100 be so listen cover and tamatanga versus Randy 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:13.240 Orton and the United States champion LA night 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:18.300 and then we are Basically when Nick Aldis is 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:21.480 is already out there He had been talking to Randy 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.860 when all this started Nick Aldis agreed. Yeah, 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:25.720 that'd be a great opportunity That match is gonna 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.920 be our main event in the evening. So our final 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.779 match tonight is gonna be Randy Orton and Elena 00:07:32.779 --> 00:07:38.660 versus Tama Tonga and Solo Sacoa. So as we jump 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:42.720 from that section into the next one we are shown 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:45.819 a little bit of the current Women's Tag Champions 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:50.079 Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Currently sat 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:54.660 ringside waiting for the start of this gauntlet 00:07:54.660 --> 00:08:00.139 match to take place. We were at informed that 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:02.060 there was going to be a gauntlet match and the 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:04.079 winner of this would be facing both Liv Morgan 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:06.939 and Raquel Rodriguez at WrestleMania next week 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:11.600 and the first two teams to be taking part were 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.019 Lyra Valkyria and Bayley versus Shayna Baszler 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:19.759 and Zoe Stark. The idea of a gauntlet match is 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.000 basically the winner stays on and then a fresh 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.360 team comes in at the end of every match so to 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.860 speak and at the end of the series the person 00:08:29.860 --> 00:08:33.919 who wins the final match wins the gauntlet. So 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:36.799 we start off with Bayley and Shayna Baszler in 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:41.159 the ring and it's pretty much just a high octane 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:44.120 sort of start to this. There's quite a few sort 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:46.519 of like arm drags and clotheslines and a lot 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.480 of reversal style wrestling. And also when you've 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:53.000 got guys like Shayna Baszler who have been former 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:58.389 UFC fighters and sort of that. sort of MMA side 00:08:58.389 --> 00:09:00.389 of things. You know you're not going to get the 00:09:00.389 --> 00:09:04.009 high risk high flying action that you would get 00:09:04.009 --> 00:09:09.370 if it was say someone like Tiffy Stratton. But 00:09:09.370 --> 00:09:14.789 this one is quite an interesting start to it 00:09:14.789 --> 00:09:19.009 to be fair. The first pinfall was recorded by 00:09:19.009 --> 00:09:23.370 Lyra Valkyria on Shayna Baszler of which Zoe 00:09:23.370 --> 00:09:29.000 Stark intercepted this one at two. And then a 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.860 little bit later on after this Bailey saves Lyra 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:36.419 Valkyria on a two count as well. The first match 00:09:36.419 --> 00:09:41.279 is finished when Lyra Valkyria pins Shayla Baszler 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.820 with a jack knife. So that means that Lyra Valkyria 00:09:45.820 --> 00:09:49.480 and Bailey progress onto the second team while 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.899 Shayla Baszler and Zoe Stark head back to the 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:54.850 locker rooms. Which is a bit of a shame to be 00:09:54.850 --> 00:09:57.129 fair because they both had a good crack at it 00:09:57.129 --> 00:09:59.330 But just weren't quite there at the time and 00:09:59.330 --> 00:10:01.990 the second team to come out was a bit of an unlikely 00:10:01.990 --> 00:10:05.750 team and this was the team of Natalia and Maxime 00:10:05.750 --> 00:10:09.309 Dupree There was a little bit of controversy 00:10:09.309 --> 00:10:11.929 with this one as Maxime Dupree came out in heart 00:10:11.929 --> 00:10:15.970 foundation colors as did Nati But these aren't 00:10:15.970 --> 00:10:17.669 things you can just put on these are things you 00:10:17.669 --> 00:10:22.419 have to earn It's a right you have to earn with 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:26.159 the Heart Foundation Nati married into it and 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.899 well Nati Sorry is part of it Maxine Dupree hasn't 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:32.039 really earned that right and she didn't really 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.340 with this match either So Nati started off with 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:37.879 Bailey or against Bailey Sorry and took her out 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.860 with a clothesline and then we had a cross body 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:45.820 for a two count of Maxine Dupree and then a double 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:52.190 elbow drop from Maxine Dupree onto both women 00:10:52.190 --> 00:10:58.529 and then a reversed worm and a two count onto 00:10:58.529 --> 00:11:03.149 Bailey. You then got in here that Maxine Dupree 00:11:03.149 --> 00:11:06.669 locked in a sharpshooter which Natalia really 00:11:06.669 --> 00:11:09.809 did not look too happy about and Bailey reversed 00:11:09.809 --> 00:11:13.269 it up into a roll up for the three count which 00:11:13.269 --> 00:11:16.070 meant that Lyra Valkyria and Bailey went through 00:11:16.070 --> 00:11:19.940 to fight their third. team of the evening, which 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:23.000 was the team of Kaden Carter and Katana Chance. 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:29.059 Katana Chance got off to a really big sort of 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:31.399 start here with an attempted roll up straight 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.799 away. Obviously at this point, Bailey and Lyra 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.360 have had to go through two teams and are both 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:40.240 getting very tired, which is understandable. 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:44.259 This is quite a long, long process to be going 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:48.440 through. with each team that comes in they are 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:51.740 more fresh or just as fresh as the team before 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:56.000 but your legs aren't as fresh as they were. Bailey 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.519 managed to get an elbow drop off the top rope 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:04.879 for a two count on Kaden Carter. Carter and Chance 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.299 hit a keg stand for a two count. That keg stand 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:11.659 moves beautiful, I absolutely love it. And then 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:14.419 Kaden Carter hits a corkscrew onto Bailey on 00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:18.029 the outside of the ring. while there is a two 00:12:18.029 --> 00:12:20.769 count between Lyra Valkyria and Katana Chance 00:12:20.769 --> 00:12:28.789 in the ring. That two count is then shifted into 00:12:28.789 --> 00:12:33.309 Lyra hitting a Nightwing to finish off Kayden 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:36.629 Carter and Katana Chance and win the third section 00:12:36.629 --> 00:12:42.120 of their match. So that pushes Lyra, Valkyra 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.759 and Baily through against their next set of opponents, 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:49.360 which are Bfab and Mishin. And again, at this 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.320 point, Baily and Lyra are struggling. They are 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.519 four matches into a five match potential run. 00:12:57.980 --> 00:13:01.000 And they both look pretty down tired and they're 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:02.500 trying to conserve energy and they're trying 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:04.860 to make sure they both get an equal opportunity 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:07.080 to do. You know, one's not taking more damage 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:11.659 than the other and And one's not getting as much 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:13.159 rest as the other one. They're trying to keep 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:17.960 it fair. And this one, basically, we see Mishin 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:22.279 bounce up Tornado DDT for a two count. Bfab with 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:29.059 a Twisting Net Breaker for a two count. As Lyra 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:32.070 Valkyria manages to break out of that one. At 00:13:32.070 --> 00:13:35.509 one point Mishin goes to the outside to take 00:13:35.509 --> 00:13:38.970 out Lyra Valkyria and Bfab gets denied by Bailey 00:13:38.970 --> 00:13:42.750 in the ring on her remove and Bailey hits the 00:13:42.750 --> 00:13:46.009 rose plant for the three count so that then puts 00:13:46.009 --> 00:13:49.389 Bailey and Lyra Valkyria into the final match 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:54.269 of this gauntlet series which throws them in 00:13:54.269 --> 00:13:58.830 against Piper Nevin and Alva Fire. The secret 00:13:58.830 --> 00:14:04.960 herbus I don't know if it's just me but Piper 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.259 Nevin looked very ill in this match and didn't 00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:12.580 really look like she wanted to be there. Let's 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:16.320 say she did do a fair chunk in this final. This 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:18.620 final match was probably the longest section 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:23.419 of all of them and both, you know, both teams 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:27.450 gave What they had left which for Lyra Valkyria 00:14:27.450 --> 00:14:29.750 and Bailey was pretty much everything left in 00:14:29.750 --> 00:14:31.690 the tank I think if you'd have had to have asked 00:14:31.690 --> 00:14:36.629 one of them to perform double duty today or Possibly 00:14:36.629 --> 00:14:39.970 do that title match today. I don't think they'd 00:14:39.970 --> 00:14:45.730 have been able to do it but yeah, so as I've 00:14:45.730 --> 00:14:48.470 Just kind of given away without even realizing 00:14:48.470 --> 00:14:52.269 that this one finishes with Lyra Valkyria and 00:14:52.269 --> 00:14:59.549 Bailey Wiping out to be fair and taking Piper 00:14:59.549 --> 00:15:03.649 Nevin and Albifaya down But I mean they struggle 00:15:03.649 --> 00:15:06.110 to do so a lot of this I've got Albifaya is taking 00:15:06.110 --> 00:15:10.230 Bailey out and Lyra Valkyria tries to take out 00:15:10.230 --> 00:15:13.610 Piper Nevin You know that Albifaya is throwing 00:15:13.610 --> 00:15:16.269 Bailey into barricades Piper Nevin is ramming 00:15:16.269 --> 00:15:19.509 people into steel steps I mean she got Lyra Valkyria 00:15:19.509 --> 00:15:23.490 hook line in sync around those steel steps and 00:15:23.490 --> 00:15:26.649 to be fair it wasn't This match was really really 00:15:26.649 --> 00:15:29.049 good. This was for what it was, which is the 00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:31.649 final part of a gauntlet much this is not what 00:15:31.649 --> 00:15:33.950 you'd have expected, but you definitely got a 00:15:33.950 --> 00:15:37.549 lot a lot of and Good action with it Piper Nevin 00:15:37.549 --> 00:15:40.629 runs through her hits a running Santana at one 00:15:40.629 --> 00:15:43.690 point gets a two count off that one Secret her 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:46.009 this pop a double team up on Bailey who kicks 00:15:46.009 --> 00:15:48.710 out with two there was a lot a lot of near falls 00:15:48.710 --> 00:15:52.779 in this match and Bailey at one point reversed 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:55.480 a double team attempt by Secret Herbis and ended 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:58.820 up hitting a double DDT off it, which to take 00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:01.340 out Piper Nevin and Albify at the same time is 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:04.299 incredible, especially considering how talented 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:08.179 those two women are. I've got here that Lyra 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:11.019 Valkyria ends up putting a cross body on Piper 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:15.720 Nevin followed by a tornado DDT and then Piper 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.340 Nevin just suplexes Lyra Valkyria to finish that 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:22.750 one off. but I say it's not the not the finish 00:16:22.750 --> 00:16:25.850 at all because Lyra Valkyria manages to pull 00:16:25.850 --> 00:16:31.710 off and pull Piper Nevin off the turnbuckle and 00:16:31.710 --> 00:16:36.409 power bombs into the floor adds Bailey in for 00:16:36.409 --> 00:16:40.090 a flying elbow kick flying elbow sorry and obviously 00:16:40.090 --> 00:16:43.529 Piper kicked out at one on that one and then 00:16:43.529 --> 00:16:46.840 we then get another A series of power slams, 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.899 this time it was Piper Nevin's slam of Bailey, 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:53.399 while Albert Fire takes out Lyra Valkyria. Secret 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.299 Herbis had a double team finish on Bailey, but 00:16:57.299 --> 00:17:01.279 Lyra saved the day on a two count, which gave 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.740 Bailey enough time to get out and pop up a Bailey 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:08.099 to Bailey suplex, and Albert Fire and Piper Nevin 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:11.599 laid the big Scottish headbutt into the Irish 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:16.539 lass Lyra Valkyria. The finish to this one was 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:19.220 beautiful. So Lyra Valkyria slid into like a 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:22.759 baseball slide to try and power bomb Piper Nevin 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.200 off the apron onto the outside and she's got 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:28.839 her in the position. She's trying it doesn't 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:32.759 quite have enough and Bailey kind of helps her 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:41.099 out and Manages to get Sort of in the process 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:46.079 so then Lyra or baby hits the rose plant and 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:52.160 then Lyra Valkyria goes up top to drop the leg 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.420 count, the leg drop onto the member of the Secret 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:58.519 Hervis. For the three count, which means that 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.960 it will be, like I said earlier, Bayley and Lyra 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.099 Valkyria going to face Liv Morgan and Raquel 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:07.990 Rodriguez at WrestleMania. And at the end of 00:18:07.990 --> 00:18:10.109 this one, we kind of get to see a little showdown 00:18:10.109 --> 00:18:12.710 between both teams in the ring. Obviously Liv 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:15.069 Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez holding their title 00:18:15.069 --> 00:18:18.470 championship belts. And Bayley and Lyra kind 00:18:18.470 --> 00:18:20.710 of going, I want those. We want them. They're 00:18:20.710 --> 00:18:22.309 coming with us. You're not going to get to keep 00:18:22.309 --> 00:18:24.069 those so much longer. They're definitely ours. 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:28.490 But we definitely know that at the moment, they 00:18:28.490 --> 00:18:32.609 belong to Liv and Raquel. And when WrestleMania 00:18:32.609 --> 00:18:34.690 turns around, we might see a little bit different. 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:37.680 For now I think that's where they're possibly 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:43.140 going to stay. So we start this next segment 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:47.880 by basically being told that both Tiffy Stratton 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.220 the Women's World Champion and Charlotte Flair 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:54.599 were being disciplined for their actions last 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.900 week and Charlotte Flair had basically been told 00:18:56.900 --> 00:19:03.339 to go home for the evening. We then go into a 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:08.730 sort of a a recap on the Drew McIntyre Damien 00:19:08.730 --> 00:19:12.529 Priest incident in London, where, you know, as 00:19:12.529 --> 00:19:14.529 Drew was busy talking about the fact that he 00:19:14.529 --> 00:19:17.730 was going off to the pub with a few of his mates, 00:19:20.210 --> 00:19:23.170 and there's a pop star that was there, Lewis 00:19:23.170 --> 00:19:26.430 Capaldi, he walked out of the back door and got 00:19:26.430 --> 00:19:31.269 brutally attacked by Damien Priest. And then 00:19:31.269 --> 00:19:34.470 we get Damien Priest walking down the ramp to 00:19:34.470 --> 00:19:36.730 come down to the ring and as that happens, Drew 00:19:36.730 --> 00:19:40.250 McIntyre attacks him on the entrance ramp and 00:19:40.250 --> 00:19:44.589 basically brutally beats him down. Security carry 00:19:44.589 --> 00:19:47.390 Damien Priest backstage and Drew McIntyre ends 00:19:47.390 --> 00:19:50.789 up going into the ring and he asks if we can 00:19:50.789 --> 00:19:53.390 all see him clearly now with his eyepatch on. 00:19:53.890 --> 00:19:55.869 He says that now everyone is just seeing that 00:19:55.869 --> 00:19:58.829 Damien, that Drew McIntyre, sorry, only tells 00:19:58.829 --> 00:20:02.589 the truth. that every action is justified including 00:20:02.589 --> 00:20:08.230 dropping that muppet Damian Priest. He then says 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:11.089 that Damian Priest challenged him to a Sin City 00:20:11.089 --> 00:20:16.750 Street Fight at WrestleMania this year. That's 00:20:16.750 --> 00:20:19.589 a bit of a low blow considering that he's only 00:20:19.589 --> 00:20:29.079 got one eye. he's gonna give him the beating 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.539 of a lifetime that no one's gonna forget and 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:34.920 he says do you want to know a secret and Obviously 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.740 the entire crowd of Seattle are like, yeah, we 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:40.539 want to know a secret Rips off the eye patch 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:42.440 and he says I don't need the eye patch anymore 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:45.059 And I'm a hundred percent cleared which means 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:48.140 that WrestleMania Damian Priest is a hundred 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:52.180 percent screwed now McIntyre is irate. He's pissed 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:55.500 off. He's been He feels like he's been done unfairly 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:58.019 an awful lot of times. The Royal Rumble, Elimination 00:20:58.019 --> 00:21:01.339 Chamber, WrestleMania last year. This has been 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:05.279 going on for a long, long time. Obviously, McIntyre 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:07.400 just won the title when Damian Priest cashed 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.599 in at WrestleMania last year. His Money in the 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:12.859 Bank contract to take it off him. You know, and 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:18.539 then we've got, like I said, Priest eliminated 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.279 McIntyre at the Royal Rumble. He eliminated him. 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:25.480 Eastern chamber priest has had McIntyre's number 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.880 all year and McIntyre is not happy for it and 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:31.779 at which point after seeing Damian Priest get 00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:34.900 his arse handed to him on the back on the entrance 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:38.259 ramp on the way in he comes running back out 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:41.380 and he is going Damian Priest goes straight in 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:44.359 and drops McIntyre with a clothesline sends him 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:47.160 out over the top rope onto the outside and then 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:51.039 bangs McIntyre off the steel steps As they jump 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.980 back into the ring, obviously the ref is distracted 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:57.059 at this point, McIntyre goes for the eyes, basically 00:21:57.059 --> 00:22:00.200 sticks his thumbs in Damien Priest's eyes. And 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:03.740 then as they get back to the outside of the ring, 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.339 where Priest has gone to try and alleviate some 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:10.039 of this pressure and kind of get his momentum 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:12.140 back on, fuck me, the bastard just stuck his 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:16.650 thumbs in my eyes like what the fuck? Drew McIntyre 00:22:16.650 --> 00:22:20.190 bounced the top half of the steel steps off his 00:22:20.190 --> 00:22:24.910 head and then lines the steps up so they're next 00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:28.049 to each other and then hits a Thunder Shock DDT 00:22:28.049 --> 00:22:32.029 onto Damian Priest. Priest is fucked up. His 00:22:32.029 --> 00:22:34.430 eyes are rolling back. He's not moving. At which 00:22:34.430 --> 00:22:37.589 point, Drew McIntyre kind of reaches down, grabs 00:22:37.589 --> 00:22:42.890 his necklace and just rips off it. And yeah, 00:22:42.990 --> 00:22:47.509 it was a brutal brutal moment that was and i'll 00:22:47.509 --> 00:22:49.289 tell you something they've built this storyline 00:22:49.289 --> 00:22:51.690 up really really well this is one of the matches 00:22:51.690 --> 00:22:53.609 at wrestlemania that i'm looking forward to a 00:22:53.609 --> 00:22:56.589 good old feud match you know a good old sort 00:22:56.589 --> 00:23:00.329 of beatdown there's always always a match that 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:03.670 turns into what this is going to be just a no 00:23:03.670 --> 00:23:08.049 holes barred we're going to just absolutely destroy 00:23:08.049 --> 00:23:10.950 each other as much as we possibly can and to 00:23:10.950 --> 00:23:13.430 be fair I'm really blaming them. It's going to 00:23:13.430 --> 00:23:18.950 be an opportunity to do so. Our next little segment 00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:21.569 this week was a little backstage segment with 00:23:21.569 --> 00:23:27.450 DIY going off the absolute walls. Mainly Johnny 00:23:27.450 --> 00:23:30.049 Garagano going off the walls about how he feels 00:23:30.049 --> 00:23:32.589 Tommaso Ciampa was screwed last week in their 00:23:32.589 --> 00:23:34.549 match with the Exposed Turnbuckle and it was 00:23:34.549 --> 00:23:36.710 dangerous and they should have stopped the match 00:23:36.710 --> 00:23:40.869 before you know Tommaso Ciampa was thrown into 00:23:40.869 --> 00:23:44.930 it. Basically saying that it was a massive conspiracy 00:23:44.930 --> 00:23:47.349 and pretty deadly stood there laughing at them 00:23:47.349 --> 00:23:51.410 say we know It's a yeah, they think if you think 00:23:51.410 --> 00:23:54.049 it's completely conspiracy theory then that's 00:23:54.049 --> 00:23:55.670 fair enough But since you guys have lost your 00:23:55.670 --> 00:23:58.890 titles you've gone crazy At which point pretty 00:23:58.890 --> 00:24:01.710 deadly step off to one side and we see Motor 00:24:01.710 --> 00:24:03.849 City machine guns come in saying that they're 00:24:03.849 --> 00:24:08.309 ridiculous and Next week when Motor City machine 00:24:08.309 --> 00:24:11.630 guns are going off up against the Street Profits 00:24:11.630 --> 00:24:14.410 at WrestleMania. It's gonna be karma basically 00:24:14.410 --> 00:24:19.289 for the fact that the DIY screwed everyone over 00:24:19.289 --> 00:24:21.289 while they held their titles and now there's 00:24:21.289 --> 00:24:23.690 no one there to help them get them back after 00:24:23.690 --> 00:24:25.849 they feel that they've been screwed themselves. 00:24:27.329 --> 00:24:32.029 Which then leads us into a nice little Rey Fenix 00:24:32.029 --> 00:24:34.849 vignette obviously as you should be aware if 00:24:34.849 --> 00:24:37.970 you're listening to last week's episode of Smackdown. 00:24:38.890 --> 00:24:43.710 Rey Fenix made his WWE debut last week against 00:24:43.710 --> 00:24:48.230 Nathan Fraser from Fraxiom and this week he is 00:24:48.230 --> 00:24:54.269 up against Beto from Los Santos, no Los Garza 00:24:54.269 --> 00:24:57.970 sorry Los Santos, I've been playing a bit too 00:24:57.970 --> 00:25:01.130 much Grand Theft Auto recently yeah from Los 00:25:01.130 --> 00:25:06.710 Garza where his tag partner Angel and they are 00:25:06.710 --> 00:25:11.069 cronies Santos Escobar, which the three of them 00:25:11.069 --> 00:25:15.029 are La Garda del Fantasmo. This one is basically 00:25:15.029 --> 00:25:18.289 Berto, was set up as Berto last week said after 00:25:18.289 --> 00:25:21.430 Phoenix's match with Nathan Fraser, like he could 00:25:21.430 --> 00:25:24.730 basically go out there and do a better job than 00:25:24.730 --> 00:25:27.829 Nathan Fraser and beat Ray Phoenix. At which 00:25:27.829 --> 00:25:30.750 point Santos Escobar goes, that's the sort of 00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:34.869 attitude I'm after. This is good. You know, actually 00:25:34.869 --> 00:25:37.160 you've said that. I'm going to go and talk to 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:39.539 the eldest let's get this match set up you know 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:43.420 let's show this new guy who who's in charge here 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:48.740 and you know who are the the top sort of uh the 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:51.339 top dogs in in this side of things especially 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:54.460 with the the lucha background between them all 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:59.319 um and to be fair this match you you got what 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:01.200 you were what you were given to be fair well 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.619 you knew what you were going to get and this 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:06.279 was basically um ray phoenix showing us that 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:12.519 he is indeed a lot better than burto and uh as 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:16.240 much as burto keeps up incredibly well we see 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:21.460 a lot a lot of ray phoenix and his sort of like 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:25.980 fast pace lucha style and i mean there are some 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:28.960 incredible bits to pick up um again i'll pick 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.420 up there was a kip up at one point from ray phoenix 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:36.079 flying headbutt springboard stomp you know like 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:38.920 all these different bits and pieces at one point 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:41.720 ray phoenix corkscrews over the top rope to take 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.819 burto out and it was such a well -timed corkscrew 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:49.680 as well um we do it some don't get me wrong it 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:53.440 wasn't all ray phoenix um you know at one point 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:56.759 burto got a super kick on ray phoenix which you 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:59.339 know he got two count off set out power bomb 00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:04.289 for a two count Ray Phoenix who I will say finished 00:27:04.289 --> 00:27:08.529 it off really nicely just before he hit that 00:27:08.529 --> 00:27:12.789 Mexican muscle buster we had a Frankensteiner 00:27:12.789 --> 00:27:17.930 and he basically jumped from the left hand side 00:27:17.930 --> 00:27:21.710 middle rope onto the top rope into the seated 00:27:21.710 --> 00:27:24.549 position and then flip the Frankensteiner off 00:27:24.549 --> 00:27:30.819 it is done effortlessly but it it was just perfection 00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:33.759 that entire move set was beautiful and we only 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.859 got two count off the frankensteiner though uh 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:39.759 the same as berto only got the two count off 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.759 a sit out power bomb he hit shortly afterwards 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:47.359 onto ray phoenix um and there was a whole series 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.980 of reversals here and there was some really really 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:53.480 good old school style wrestling and i don't know 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:55.660 about you lot i've never set foot in a wrestling 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:58.710 ring in my life I'd like to maybe give it a go 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:02.730 one day, but we do not need to see me attempt 00:28:02.730 --> 00:28:04.789 to try and do for a wrestler. Probably could 00:28:04.789 --> 00:28:06.950 be quite funny, but could also be quite dangerous. 00:28:09.490 --> 00:28:12.309 But at one point, as I say, Ray Phoenix finished 00:28:12.309 --> 00:28:16.809 this one off by hitting the Mexican Muscle Buster 00:28:16.809 --> 00:28:19.950 for a three count. As he gets up, he's so elated 00:28:19.950 --> 00:28:22.410 that he's won this match. He hugs the referee, 00:28:23.150 --> 00:28:27.900 you know, which is Not something you see very 00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:31.799 often in WWE where the competitor gets up and 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.859 hugs the ref, but it was definitely an interesting 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:40.440 mum. Berto gets told by Santos Escobar who comes 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:43.839 from the outside into the ring to shake Rey Fenix's 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:47.099 hand and as he kind of as he walks off out the 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:50.019 ring he gives it a quick like fuck's sake and 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:53.079 then walks out the ring and up the ramp where 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:58.950 we go into a backstage segment with Byron Saxton 00:28:58.950 --> 00:29:04.289 talking about Rey Fenix when Roxanne Perez walks 00:29:04.289 --> 00:29:07.769 in on him as he's coming to she's coming to talk 00:29:07.769 --> 00:29:11.210 to Nick Aldis about getting a match at WrestleMania 00:29:11.210 --> 00:29:13.769 because Eva won't give her an answer about Stand 00:29:13.769 --> 00:29:17.650 and Deliver. Are we about to see Roxanne Perez 00:29:17.650 --> 00:29:20.710 perform at both Stand and Deliver and WrestleMania? 00:29:21.569 --> 00:29:23.890 Mean it's definitely an interesting option. I 00:29:23.890 --> 00:29:25.950 don't think anyone has done it in the same weekend 00:29:25.950 --> 00:29:30.890 I Know I know some of the NXT guys have done 00:29:30.890 --> 00:29:32.910 their pay -per -views and then you know taking 00:29:32.910 --> 00:29:34.869 part in the Royal Rumble But I don't think we've 00:29:34.869 --> 00:29:37.829 ever seen one take part in stand and deliver 00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:40.529 on the one night and then go into WrestleMania 00:29:40.529 --> 00:29:49.930 the next night We do find out a little while 00:29:49.930 --> 00:29:53.930 later though that's not gonna happen um but she 00:29:53.930 --> 00:29:57.049 does end up getting a match this evening with 00:29:57.049 --> 00:30:02.589 Tiffy Stratton after Tiffy interrupts the conversation 00:30:02.589 --> 00:30:05.890 when Roxanne Perez says that she can't handle 00:30:05.890 --> 00:30:09.470 being champion um to which point yeah Tiffy offers 00:30:09.470 --> 00:30:14.309 Roxanne Perez a match this evening and Nick Aldis 00:30:14.309 --> 00:30:17.970 says look think about it but first off you've 00:30:17.970 --> 00:30:20.640 got to go and call off Which, I mean, it was 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.599 a very heated conversation. I can understand 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:25.720 why you'd want that to happen. And you don't 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.180 want to be making heated decisions, especially 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:32.440 when you are holding the Women's Championship. 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:40.359 Our next step into SmackDown was a brief history 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:45.000 of the friendship between CM Punk and Paul Heyman. 00:30:45.390 --> 00:30:49.470 Basically starting back when CM Punk was sent 00:30:49.470 --> 00:30:58.089 to OVW down in Kentucky at the start of his sort 00:30:58.089 --> 00:31:02.430 of tenure with WWE. And just kind of going back 00:31:02.430 --> 00:31:04.589 through sort of what's happened over the years 00:31:04.589 --> 00:31:08.289 from Paul Heyman and ultimately predicting that 00:31:08.289 --> 00:31:11.809 CM Punk would be a WrestleMania main eventer. 00:31:12.550 --> 00:31:15.970 which is something he's gonna be doing this year 00:31:15.970 --> 00:31:22.569 when he headlines WrestleMania with Seth Rollins 00:31:22.569 --> 00:31:30.109 and Roman Reigns on the Saturday night, which 00:31:30.109 --> 00:31:34.829 is gonna be a way to finish off the first night 00:31:34.829 --> 00:31:38.390 from the show of shows, which is, I mean, I'm 00:31:38.390 --> 00:31:41.180 definitely looking forward to that one. From 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:45.920 there we go into a little bit of a backstage 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.039 moment with Chelsea Green outside the medical 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:51.920 room looking for both members of her secret hervists 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:55.980 which are Alba Fire and Piper Nevin. Obviously 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:59.539 both of these women competed earlier on in the 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:05.079 gauntlet match that saw Bailey and Lyra Valkyria 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:09.779 win and go on to face Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:14.039 at WrestleMania. When Selena Vega kind of comes 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.859 out and says, well, look, if you need those two 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:20.059 by your side, what sort of champion are you anyway? 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:26.099 Kind of wanders off out towards the ring because 00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:31.680 our next match is actually Selena Vega and Chelsea 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:37.579 Green. This match was just a singles match. it's 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:42.420 not a women's United States title match in this 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:45.660 opportunity I think that might be coming up a 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:53.200 little bit a little bit later now this match 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:59.700 was my notes for this match consist of six lines 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:04.240 and there is a reason to that it starts off pretty 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:08.640 quickly with Chelsea Green throwing the, I want 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:10.660 to call it a bail, it's not, you know, the fluffy 00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.700 thing that she wears around her waist when she 00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:16.000 comes down to the ring. She throws that at Zelina 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:18.079 Vega and then sort of drop kicks her in the chest 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:21.900 to start off with. A lot of the way through this 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:23.960 match, it's just Chelsea Green sort of calling 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:26.099 out for a secret herb. It's like, come on, where 00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:28.319 are you? I need you out here, I'm in a match. 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:32.980 and while she gets caught out doing this once 00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:35.500 or twice Selena Vega does manage to get a roll 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:38.420 -up two count on her on one of the first sort 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:42.779 of times she does it. Chelsea Green then sort 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:47.640 of whilst on the outside throws Selena Vega into 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.700 the barricade and slams her head off the announce 00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:52.900 table and then throws her back into the apron 00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:56.039 and up into the ring and while this is happening 00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:58.819 and Chelsea Green's out sort of on the outside 00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:01.819 kind of trying to find out where her secret hervists 00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:05.759 are. She jumps back into the ring as the referee's 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.480 kind of pointing to ring the bell, in which the 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.780 bell rings and there's an awful lot of confusion. 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:14.579 We are told afterwards by the announcer that 00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:18.539 Zelina Vega has won this match due to countout 00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:21.960 and it looks like, well, you can see it, Chelsea 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.789 Green throws Zelina Vega back in on nine. But 00:34:25.789 --> 00:34:28.329 doesn't actually make the count herself because 00:34:28.329 --> 00:34:30.949 she's looking for her members of the secret her 00:34:30.949 --> 00:34:34.309 this so she Yeah, actually loses her own match 00:34:34.309 --> 00:34:37.489 But it wouldn't matter if it was a title match 00:34:37.489 --> 00:34:41.369 anyway purely for the fact that champions Advantage 00:34:41.369 --> 00:34:42.809 would have meant that she couldn't have lost 00:34:42.809 --> 00:34:48.250 her title that way And then we go into a backstage 00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:51.869 segment where we see Berto with Santos Escobar 00:34:51.869 --> 00:34:58.579 and Angel saying The performance from Ray Phoenix 00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:01.519 was the performance they were expecting from 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:06.360 Berto. And after all those big words last week, 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.739 the fact that he lost is just a big sort of like, 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:14.800 well, you're all talk and no more mouth than 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:18.440 no trousers, so to speak. And, you know, Angel 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:21.500 says that, no, sorry, Santos Escobar says that 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:23.900 him and Angel should go and congratulate Rey 00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:27.539 Fenix on a job well done. And Andrade sort of 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:30.880 comes into the side as both Santos Escobar and 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:35.440 Angel walk off and says to Berto, you know, backstage 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.280 that, you know, you're a great wrestler too and 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.639 you work hard and you should be proud. And Alberto 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:41.480 basically tells him to mind his own business 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:46.480 and piss off. Which, a bit unfair, but. you know, 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:49.659 when you stick your nose into places, it doesn't 00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:51.719 feel like it's wanted. That is not something 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.360 you should be doing. And Andrade found out the 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:57.619 hard way on this opportunity. So following on 00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:02.039 from this, we go into a VT from Naomi talking 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:07.400 about Jay Cargill and basically just kind of 00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:10.079 summarizes everything that's gone on from her 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:14.500 point of view from, you know, from. Naomi dropping 00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:16.780 Jade Cargill off that ledge onto the front of 00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:20.400 the car and all the things that you know she's 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:24.320 done with Bianca as Tag Champ since and you know 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:29.920 that now it's it's got to this point and at WrestleMania 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:34.079 Jade Cargill needs to proceed with caution and 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.820 then we follow that straight into a response 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.960 from Jade Cargill that basically says the moment 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:43.679 is here and the time has run out and she's She's 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:47.639 pissed at what happened, but it glows fading 00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:50.440 and Naomi is just trying to do everything she 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:54.460 can to stay relevant. Which, you know, and she, 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:58.139 everything she does to stay relevant, can't make 00:36:58.139 --> 00:37:00.380 her as relevant as Jade is at the moment. And 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:02.739 at WrestleMania, a storm is coming. Now we've 00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:06.889 already had the announcement. last week from 00:37:06.889 --> 00:37:08.929 Nick Aldis that these two are gonna meet one 00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:11.429 -on -one at WrestleMania and this again we've 00:37:11.429 --> 00:37:13.869 got quite a few of these little grudgy revenge 00:37:13.869 --> 00:37:16.949 matches going on but personally I'm not mad at 00:37:16.949 --> 00:37:19.750 it. This match between Naomi and Jade Cargill 00:37:19.750 --> 00:37:21.949 is gonna be incredible I personally think it's 00:37:21.949 --> 00:37:26.510 got Jade Cargill winning all over it but you 00:37:26.510 --> 00:37:28.690 know these two women are gonna put on a show 00:37:28.690 --> 00:37:32.550 at the show of shows and it's gonna be a really 00:37:32.550 --> 00:37:38.300 really impressive show. So from that, we get 00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:45.820 a nice big in ring segment from well, the man 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:49.940 who's going to be main eventing the Sunday evening. 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:54.679 This is going to be Cody Rhodes. He comes to 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:56.840 the ring and as he comes out to the ring, we 00:37:56.840 --> 00:38:02.579 are shown a whole display of of titles, title 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:06.769 belts. made by different wrestlers over the history 00:38:06.769 --> 00:38:14.269 of the WWE. And Cody Rhodes comes into the ring 00:38:14.269 --> 00:38:17.989 talking about these titles and how each of these 00:38:17.989 --> 00:38:20.969 titles represents a point in history. And for 00:38:20.969 --> 00:38:23.510 these titles and for the next 20 champions that 00:38:23.510 --> 00:38:25.710 come forth, he's trying to continue building 00:38:25.710 --> 00:38:28.429 the pathway for the next series of champions. 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:31.980 And John Cena is trying to take that all away 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.519 because he wants to take that belt and be the 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:39.719 last real WWE champion. And while he's walking 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:43.900 through talking about the fact that John Cena 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:46.460 isn't in Seattle on his farewell tour, rather 00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:49.280 wait until next week to be in Las Vegas. But 00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:56.900 it's fair enough. we can't be everywhere doing 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:59.940 everything every week in I mean saying that Cody 00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:03.400 Rhodes does seem to be doing an awful lot of 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:05.599 appearances and different places and he does 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.179 continue to talk about John Cena's remarks last 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:10.400 week about his tattoo and what it is and where 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:13.219 it is making him basically nothing more than 00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:17.260 a common fan and he basically says that I've 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:19.559 got that tattoo for the same reason I'm wearing 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:23.699 this suit because I want to be someone You know 00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:25.699 within this with this industry when you've got 00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:28.139 names like what he mentions as he walks down 00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:33.239 this list of belts You know the Undertaker even 00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:36.639 Had the spinner belt there that John Cena thought 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:38.519 he said, you know a lot of people don't like 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:41.539 the spinner belt But actually I quite like it 00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:45.059 But you know at the end of the day, you know 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:47.880 Cody Rhodes is the WWE championship at the champion 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.699 at the moment not John Cena and Cody likes to 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:53.280 call himself the captain, but when you look at 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.300 the roster on SmackDown, he pulls out some big 00:39:56.300 --> 00:40:00.099 names, you know, like Randy Orton on SmackDown. 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.019 He says, you know, I mean, there was several 00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:07.119 other big names that he mentioned, but Randy's 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:10.179 the only one off the top of my mind that I can 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:13.539 remember from this point. And he goes, then Cody 00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:15.059 says, he goes, I'm going to tell you the same 00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:18.000 thing, I told Brock and I told Roman and it worked. 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:21.099 He goes, and I worked. best and my back is against 00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:24.420 the ropes he says when that bell rings they'll 00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:27.400 be the champion and don't give Cena his moment 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:31.559 to say goodbye but John Cena has known his time 00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:34.619 has been up for some time one day Cody's time 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:38.480 may be up but that title when Cody's time is 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:41.599 up will be staying with the WWE and not John 00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:45.659 Cena which I mean fair play The fact that John 00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:48.199 classes myself as the last real champion could 00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:51.300 be quite hurtful to some of these guys but I 00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:54.539 mean to be fair he's kind of earned the ability 00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:56.840 to call himself whatever the fuck he wants to 00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.199 within this promotion because he's been there 00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:03.739 for so long and done so much for it um you know 00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:06.300 which is I mean I'm definitely grateful for a 00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:08.400 lot of the things he's done for the sport especially 00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:12.570 what I've been watching over the last Well, pretty 00:41:12.570 --> 00:41:16.250 much since he debuted, I've been a fan of WWE, 00:41:16.449 --> 00:41:19.429 not necessarily for that reason, but finds have 00:41:19.429 --> 00:41:22.670 just sort of worked the way out. But yeah, his 00:41:22.670 --> 00:41:25.309 debut against Kurt Angle with that ruthless aggression 00:41:25.309 --> 00:41:28.210 speech was probably around the same sort of time 00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:34.690 I started watching WWE more often than not. Now, 00:41:34.710 --> 00:41:38.030 this next segment, I was a little bit unsure 00:41:38.030 --> 00:41:41.039 about how it went off. purely because it is based 00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:45.500 on a video that supposedly went viral that I've 00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:49.820 not actually seen but so that apparently is a 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:53.739 video of Motor City Machine Guns who Street Profits 00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:59.139 are facing at WrestleMania this year and I found 00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:01.559 this out because Street Profits were in a backstage 00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:04.159 interview talking to Byron Saxton about their 00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:07.719 match with Motor City Machine Guns at Las Vegas 00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:11.139 and WrestleMania. And the viral video talking 00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:13.300 about things they don't have most sitting machine 00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:16.739 guns and they don't care about and and sort of 00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:19.300 bits and pieces like that, but Street Profits 00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:22.320 basically say well, you know don't have the title 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:25.340 so, you know, you can't care too much about that 00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:28.059 and Mellow and Miz come in and say that they 00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:30.559 think I mean Mellow don't miss or a joke anyway 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:32.699 so the fact they came in and say they think the 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:36.860 Street Profits are joke champions and that they 00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:41.449 want a match because you know Miz feels that 00:42:41.449 --> 00:42:45.090 the street profits are disrespecting a title 00:42:45.090 --> 00:42:48.630 that he's held nine times with nine different 00:42:48.630 --> 00:42:53.690 performers and he feels that him and his latest 00:42:53.690 --> 00:42:59.550 hot shot in Carmelo Hayes have an opportunity 00:42:59.550 --> 00:43:03.010 to make him a 10 -time tag team title holder 00:43:03.010 --> 00:43:08.800 and yeah knock one on the the list for Carmelo 00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:14.280 Hayes as well. We then go from this little segment 00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:18.219 which I believe involves them ending up in a 00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:21.800 match next week but nothing is confirmed in this 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:24.340 episode so we are going to have to wait until 00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:27.019 Smackdown gets to Las Vegas to find out about 00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:32.519 that one. We then go into a match between Tiffy 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:36.400 Stratton and Roxanne Perez this was announced 00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:40.880 a little bit earlier backstage by Nick Aldis 00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:44.079 when these two were having a bit of a bickering 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:47.380 sesh outside his door while Roxanne Perez was 00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:54.039 trying to get a match at WrestleMania Right so 00:43:54.039 --> 00:44:00.150 this one started off pretty well to be fair And 00:44:00.150 --> 00:44:03.329 my notes for this one aren't particularly long 00:44:03.329 --> 00:44:05.269 but the match itself wasn't particularly long 00:44:05.269 --> 00:44:07.929 and it wasn't too many bits that I felt were 00:44:07.929 --> 00:44:12.329 really necessary to guide you through. It starts 00:44:12.329 --> 00:44:14.969 off with Tippi Stratton hitting a snap suplex 00:44:14.969 --> 00:44:19.610 on Roxanne Perez. Not once but twice. The second 00:44:19.610 --> 00:44:22.769 one she decides she's gonna go and have a pinfall 00:44:22.769 --> 00:44:28.679 attempt and that goes for a two count. when Roxanne 00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:31.460 Perez is lying on the mat Tiffy goes to drag 00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:35.400 her towards her and Roxanne Perez pulls the the 00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:37.860 apron with her so when the ref goes to put it 00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:40.400 back she actually turns around and pokes Tiffany 00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:43.400 Stratton in the eye now I can imagine that this 00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:50.559 would have pissed off Tiffy time and I mean it 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:53.480 would definitely have annoyed me and Tiffy comes 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:58.260 back with a powerbomb The next step I've got 00:44:58.260 --> 00:45:00.780 here is Roxanne Perez attempting moonsault but 00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:03.820 Tiffy Stratton manages to get her knees up and 00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:06.800 then shortly after that Roxanne Perez hits a 00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:10.380 Russian leg sweep off the second rope. Now a 00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:13.199 lot of these women are very very talented when 00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:16.539 it comes to their sort of high flying ability. 00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:20.099 Tiffy Stratton we know is a former Olympic gymnast 00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:23.519 but Roxanne Perez is also very very good at sort 00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:29.239 of these high flying moves. And after quite a 00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:31.980 lengthy series of counters, which ends up with 00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:35.420 Roxanne Perez hitting a face buster into a cross 00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:38.860 face on Tiffy Stratton. And as Tiffy's crawling 00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:42.880 to the ropes, you see Roxanne Perez use her feet 00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:46.239 on the ropes to stop Tiffy from getting there. 00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:53.239 So we do end up with Tiffy popping off a moonsault 00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:57.940 and getting a roll up. for recount to win, at 00:45:57.940 --> 00:46:00.840 which we get Charlotte Flair come running out 00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:06.039 of the crowd after the match has been announced 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:10.159 and finished. And Tiffy's up on the apron, busy 00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.960 celebrating on the turnbuckle. Charlotte Flair 00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:15.880 comes running out of the crowd and starts laying 00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:19.059 a beat down on Tiffy Stratton, throwing her over 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:22.480 the announce desk. And basically Wade Barrett 00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:26.119 has to step over Tiffy and get into Charlotte's 00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:29.079 way to stop her from doing any more damage. Basically 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:30.920 telling Charlotte, look, you're going to get 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:34.920 fired. Go home. You are not supposed to be here. 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.840 And whooping this one out is just not the way 00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:42.300 to be going about it. Go. I've put in my notes 00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:45.559 here, I have a feeling we could end up with Wade 00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:49.429 Barrett as a special guest referee. for this 00:46:49.429 --> 00:46:54.869 Charlotte versus Tiffy Stratton match at WrestleMania. 00:46:55.010 --> 00:46:57.289 And I actually think it could be really cool 00:46:57.289 --> 00:47:01.730 to see Wade Barrett in a ref shirt. I'm one of 00:47:01.730 --> 00:47:03.650 these that I'd love to see Wade Barrett get back 00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:06.949 into the ring anyway. I think he'd be phenomenal. 00:47:07.190 --> 00:47:10.329 I know he's got no interest in that at the moment. 00:47:10.570 --> 00:47:13.429 Also, he said that I think to see Wade Barrett 00:47:13.429 --> 00:47:17.250 one last time would be really, really cool. you 00:47:17.250 --> 00:47:19.789 know that's that's just my opinion if you agree 00:47:19.789 --> 00:47:23.409 with me though um jump on the socials drop me 00:47:23.409 --> 00:47:25.030 an email that's not what you're thinking it's 00:47:25.030 --> 00:47:27.889 finnishismfactions at gmail .com or if you're 00:47:27.889 --> 00:47:34.250 on x it's bin and fan pod at finn and fan pod 00:47:34.250 --> 00:47:38.130 you can uh catch up with both myself and adam 00:47:38.130 --> 00:47:42.590 and we will get back to you when we can so we 00:47:42.590 --> 00:47:48.179 move on from there onto a hall of fame vt for 00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:52.659 the class of 2025 now i'm not going to talk too 00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:55.679 much about this even though you feel this is 00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:59.000 probably something i should go into the reason 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:03.239 not is adam is currently recording a bonus episode 00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:07.199 for you guys all about the hall of fame class 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:10.539 2025 the people that are in it the match that's 00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:14.119 in it and everything hall of fame related um 00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:17.710 so If you want to check that out I know I definitely 00:48:17.710 --> 00:48:21.389 will be that will be released the day of the 00:48:21.389 --> 00:48:26.429 Hall of Fame is announced officially. We move 00:48:26.429 --> 00:48:30.590 on from that little VT which Adam is going to 00:48:30.590 --> 00:48:32.949 discuss more with you in that episode into a 00:48:32.949 --> 00:48:37.030 recap of CM Punk and why you know it basically 00:48:37.030 --> 00:48:39.349 just CM Punk saying he wants Paul Heyman in his 00:48:39.349 --> 00:48:44.059 corner and then after the beatdown that Seth 00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:48.599 Rollins gives CM Punk and then when Paul Haven's 00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:52.019 busy checking to see if Punk's alright and Rollins 00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:55.139 goes to curb stomp him but does it just shy enough 00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:57.480 to be able to make him shit his pants and then 00:48:57.480 --> 00:49:03.400 go you owe me a favour now. Which is a little 00:49:03.400 --> 00:49:07.280 bit more build up to that main event of the Saturday 00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:11.960 night between Roman Reigns Seth Rollins and CM 00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:16.809 Punk. Punk. So at this point we find out which 00:49:16.809 --> 00:49:21.230 matches are you know what for the um WrestleMania 00:49:21.230 --> 00:49:25.829 and what day we are getting each match. So as 00:49:25.829 --> 00:49:30.210 I said the main event of the Saturday night is 00:49:30.210 --> 00:49:33.610 uh CM Punk with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. 00:49:33.750 --> 00:49:37.349 Also on the Saturday we will see Naomi versus 00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:41.460 Jade Cargill, War Raiders versus New Day, for 00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:46.820 the tag team titles. Rey Mysterio is going one 00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:53.119 on one with El Grande Meccano. We will see LA 00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:56.539 Knight defend his United States Championship 00:49:56.539 --> 00:50:02.960 against the Samoan werewolf, Jacob Batu. You 00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:08.409 know what I mean? We will also see Tiffy Stratton 00:50:08.409 --> 00:50:12.130 go up against Charlotte Flair for that women's 00:50:12.130 --> 00:50:16.750 title. And we will see not quite WrestleMania 00:50:16.750 --> 00:50:20.789 main event Jey Uso go up against Gunther for 00:50:20.789 --> 00:50:25.329 the World Heavyweight Championship. We are going 00:50:25.329 --> 00:50:30.250 to Yeet Vegas. And it is going to be incredible. 00:50:30.250 --> 00:50:32.710 So yes, that is the breakdown for the Saturday 00:50:32.710 --> 00:50:35.369 night of WrestleMania. So it's WrestleMania night 00:50:35.369 --> 00:50:39.630 one. WrestleMania night two, the main event. 00:50:39.989 --> 00:50:45.170 We have John Cena and Cody Rhodes undisputed 00:50:45.170 --> 00:50:50.570 world title. We will see Rhea Ripley versus EO 00:50:50.570 --> 00:50:54.590 Sky versus Bianca Belair in a triple threat for 00:50:54.590 --> 00:50:59.269 EO's women's title. AJ Styles will be going up 00:50:59.269 --> 00:51:04.070 against Logan Paul in a singles match. We will 00:51:04.070 --> 00:51:07.530 then see Bron Breaker defend his intercontinental 00:51:07.530 --> 00:51:12.469 title against Dirty Dominic Mysterio, Penta and 00:51:12.469 --> 00:51:16.329 Finn Balor in a fatal four way. We have Drew 00:51:16.329 --> 00:51:21.429 McIntyre and Damian Priest in a Sin City street 00:51:21.429 --> 00:51:27.179 fight and Bailey and the Women's Intercontinental 00:51:27.179 --> 00:51:30.639 Champion Lyra Valkyria will be going up against 00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:35.619 Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the Women's 00:51:35.619 --> 00:51:40.500 Tag Championships. So there's a few matches that 00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:46.019 haven't made sort of the main WrestleMania show 00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:50.400 that will definitely be on the pre -show. That 00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:56.190 one of course will be Street Profits versus Motor 00:51:56.190 --> 00:52:01.369 City Machine Guns for the tag titles. I don't 00:52:01.369 --> 00:52:04.230 think we have a match for Chelsea Green defending 00:52:04.230 --> 00:52:08.030 her Women's United States Championship at the 00:52:08.030 --> 00:52:13.789 moment. Yeah, there's a few matches that wouldn't 00:52:13.789 --> 00:52:16.230 have made it to this card, which is unfortunate, 00:52:16.269 --> 00:52:18.809 but the pre -show is still a really, really good 00:52:18.809 --> 00:52:21.840 thing to watch. So I know we've got a lot of 00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:23.900 wrestling coming out there is a lot of episodes 00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:25.739 of finishes and factions coming up so if you 00:52:25.739 --> 00:52:28.579 don't have the time to watch it or the time to 00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:32.719 listen we will be keeping you up to date as quickly 00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:35.099 as we possibly can you will just have to bear 00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:40.059 with us this is the busiest weekend in wwe programming 00:52:40.059 --> 00:52:43.980 and it is literally just myself and adam we have 00:52:43.980 --> 00:52:48.139 no production team It is down to just us so it 00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:51.179 will take us a little bit of time as I work weekends 00:52:51.179 --> 00:52:56.340 and Adam is also working weekends every other 00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:58.460 weekend and I'm not sure how it falls for him 00:52:58.460 --> 00:53:03.199 this week. So that is our lineup for WrestleMania 00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:05.539 and to be fair I think that is a very impressive 00:53:05.539 --> 00:53:07.760 lineup and there's some matches there that I'm 00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:12.159 really looking forward to but we will talk more 00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:15.039 about that over the course of WrestleMania weekend. 00:53:15.239 --> 00:53:22.500 which starts in just seven days. So as we jump 00:53:22.500 --> 00:53:24.739 into our main event of the evening, which was 00:53:24.739 --> 00:53:27.940 Randy Orton and LA Knight teaming up against 00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:32.260 the Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga. So this match 00:53:32.260 --> 00:53:38.159 was set up from our opening promo. And before 00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:40.860 we get into the meat and veg on this one, we 00:53:40.860 --> 00:53:47.019 are basically informed but the 2003 WrestleMania 00:53:47.019 --> 00:53:51.300 was held in Seattle. Now, I had to do some research. 00:53:52.300 --> 00:53:56.880 The WrestleMania in 2003 was WrestleMania 19, 00:53:57.380 --> 00:54:02.440 which of course had that legendary match for 00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:04.980 all the wrong reasons. It was the botch of the 00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:08.289 century with Brock Lesnar. fucked up that shooting 00:54:08.289 --> 00:54:11.789 star press and almost broke his own neck against 00:54:11.789 --> 00:54:16.130 Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship. Where if 00:54:16.130 --> 00:54:19.349 Kurt Angle was disqualified or counted out he 00:54:19.349 --> 00:54:23.269 would still lose his title. I'm guessing that 00:54:23.269 --> 00:54:25.730 was a stipulation on that one. But as we get 00:54:25.730 --> 00:54:29.630 back into this one it's Tamatonga and LA Knight 00:54:29.630 --> 00:54:33.250 who start off the match and basically LA Knight 00:54:33.250 --> 00:54:37.010 is having a cheeky little look at Solo Sokoa 00:54:37.010 --> 00:54:42.949 when Tamatonga gets his the start off with a 00:54:42.949 --> 00:54:45.610 cheeky little sort of beat down in. LA Knight 00:54:45.610 --> 00:54:50.030 then throws Solo Sokoa off the apron and then 00:54:50.030 --> 00:54:57.460 sends Tamatonga the same way. We then see Randy 00:54:57.460 --> 00:55:00.320 Orton come in, he starts off with a clothesline, 00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:04.059 that scoop snap power slam that he hits on both 00:55:04.059 --> 00:55:08.400 Solo Sukowa and Tama Tonga, and then the draping 00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:15.300 DDT on Solo Sukowa. We do see what turns out 00:55:15.300 --> 00:55:18.900 to be an RKO attempt from Randy Orton on Tama 00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:22.579 Tonga, but Tama intercepts it. and basically 00:55:22.579 --> 00:55:27.480 ends up with Solo Sacoa dropping a very dirty 00:55:27.480 --> 00:55:33.659 Samoan drop onto Randy. At which point Solo then 00:55:33.659 --> 00:55:38.699 locks in a choke hold on Randy which Randy basically 00:55:38.699 --> 00:55:41.699 reverses this one with a good old angle slam 00:55:41.699 --> 00:55:45.780 style move which was always nice. You get to 00:55:45.780 --> 00:55:48.340 see Randy Orton display some incredible power 00:55:48.340 --> 00:55:51.639 against some of these Bigger sort of like superstars, 00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:55.639 but Solo Sokoa is definitely a monster himself. 00:55:57.820 --> 00:56:01.800 We see LA Knight hit a cheeky little neck breaker 00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:04.519 from behind on Solo Sokoa and then a power slam 00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:07.880 onto Tamatonga as he goes up top for that elbow 00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:15.099 drop and finishes off with a two count. at which 00:56:15.099 --> 00:56:19.440 point Solo Sokoa ends up landing a Samoan spike 00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:24.360 on the United States Champion and Randy Orton 00:56:24.360 --> 00:56:28.760 basically throws him out of the ring while lining 00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:33.800 up for Tamatonga to eat one of the nastiest RKO's 00:56:33.800 --> 00:56:36.980 I've seen in a little while. Nick Aldis ate one 00:56:36.980 --> 00:56:40.320 last week, Tamatonga ate one this week. Those 00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:42.800 voices are definitely connecting in Randy's head. 00:56:43.239 --> 00:56:50.179 And yeah, after that vicious RKO, Randy couldn't 00:56:50.179 --> 00:56:53.280 get on him for the pin because Solo dragged him 00:56:53.280 --> 00:56:57.559 out of the ring. And so Randy Orton and Solo 00:56:57.559 --> 00:57:01.840 Sacoa end up going off into the crowd and carrying 00:57:01.840 --> 00:57:05.179 on their little bit of a fight out there. No, 00:57:05.340 --> 00:57:07.519 it does not matter too much about these two because 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:12.260 neither of them are legal men at this time. The 00:57:12.260 --> 00:57:16.099 two legal men which are LA Knight and Tama Tonga 00:57:16.099 --> 00:57:19.780 are in the ring and it doesn't last for much 00:57:19.780 --> 00:57:26.300 longer as LA Knight hits the BFT for the 1 -2 00:57:26.300 --> 00:57:30.719 -3 which means that LA Knight and Randy Orton 00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:35.400 win this match and Solo Sacoa and Tama Tonga 00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:40.269 have lost out again. But while LA Knight is standing 00:57:40.269 --> 00:57:44.550 up on the turnbuckle celebrating, Jacob Fatu 00:57:44.550 --> 00:57:48.170 takes a page out Charlotte Flair's book and comes 00:57:48.170 --> 00:57:54.369 in and destroys him. There is a running senton, 00:57:54.610 --> 00:57:58.150 there is some running hip attacks and there are 00:57:58.150 --> 00:58:02.949 multiple moonsaults. And at one point you see 00:58:02.949 --> 00:58:07.309 him sort of just pick up the belt. On the floor, 00:58:07.409 --> 00:58:12.190 obviously this is LA Knight's United States title 00:58:12.190 --> 00:58:15.269 that Jacob Fatou will be challenging him for 00:58:15.269 --> 00:58:20.849 at WrestleMania in Las Vegas at the end of next 00:58:20.849 --> 00:58:26.690 week. Yeah, and the show ends with a final moon 00:58:26.690 --> 00:58:30.829 salt from Jacob Fatou and a head shake. Which 00:58:30.829 --> 00:58:34.170 then brings me to the end of my notes for this 00:58:34.170 --> 00:58:36.690 week. There is no Adam this week as you will 00:58:36.690 --> 00:58:40.349 have guessed by now so it is yeah, pretty much 00:58:40.349 --> 00:58:45.309 just being me and Me you and smackdown so I will 00:58:45.309 --> 00:58:47.150 thank you all for taking the time out of your 00:58:47.150 --> 00:58:51.769 day to to listen to me Grab it on keep you in 00:58:51.769 --> 00:58:56.210 the loop and I will see you again for our next 00:58:56.210 --> 00:59:00.079 episode which is finishes and factions There's 00:59:00.079 --> 00:59:02.559 Monday Night Raw. Peace out everyone and have 00:59:02.559 --> 00:59:03.780 a great rest of your weekend.