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Hello everybody and welcome to the final episode

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of Finishes and Factions The Smackdown for Season

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1. This week we are in Las Vegas at the T -Mobile

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Arena and this week was action packed from the

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start as we saw LA Knight get in a sneak attack

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on tamatonga in the car park as we see all the

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rest of the superstars arriving in las vegas

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um so yeah la knight attacks tamatonga as him

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and solo sakoa get out of a black SUV um and

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tamatonga gets his hand smashed in a car door

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by la knight and you can and la knight just disappears

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out the side door and runs for the hills yeah

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um we move from there after we finish our selection

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of bts for who's here and who's not here and

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what's going to be happening throughout the course

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this episode uh into a Seth Rollins in -ring

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promo Which came out in him in a very strangely

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designed suit very much had Ed Hardy thrown up

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all over it And you know what I could probably

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guess that it was an Ed Hardy suit and Didn't

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take much much of a an eye to pick out that Ed

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Hardy design and and as he comes into the ring

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he receives his microphone he stands in the middle

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of the ring and just holds it up in the air while

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the crowd sit back and sing his theme music and

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then obviously we start with a good old CM Punk

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chant which we get every time we see either Seth

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Rollins or Raymond Raines because that second

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city saint is definitely the people's choice

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When I say the people's choice, he's my choice.

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When it comes to this triple threat situation

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we have at the end of night one of WrestleMania.

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So, as the crowd are chanting CM Punk, Seth Rollins

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takes up a very CM Punk style position, sat in

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the middle of the ring with his legs crossed

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and a microphone. It's the wrong place for a

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pipe bomb, but it definitely feels like a pipe

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bomb. The crowd start chanting OTC at which Seth

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Rollins says we'll get to the original tribal

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chief in a minute but CM Punk is the man I want

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to talk about first and while we're talking about

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CM Punk let's talk about the fact that he came

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back to the wrestling universe after 10 long

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years. But he stands here and he tells everyone

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that he came back to wrestling for the WWE fans

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the WWE Universe but that's bollocks because

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he went to AEW first and He came back because

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they offered him a nice big back check And then

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he burned all his bridges like he did and always

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does that and comes back WWE for another big

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back check Now, Punk likes to pretend that he

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came back because of the universe, but he doesn't

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care about them. He's a liar. He's a fraud and

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a coward in the opinion of Seth Rollins. He then

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moves on to say about Mr. OTC. He says he doesn't

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even pretend to care about you guys. He doesn't

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pretend to care about WWE. OTC only cares about

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one thing, and that is the OTC. He says that

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you know Romans only here to get his hand -picked

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opponents in his big flashy locker room and his

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private jet and his big tour bus that he gets

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he says he knows nothing about sacrifice and

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Neither the CM Punk according to Seth Rollins

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But Seth according to Seth Rollins says that

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he knows an awful lot about sacrifice He said

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this whole story started 12 years ago with Paul

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Heyman when he bought the shield into WWE to

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be the shield for CM Punk. And obviously the

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members of the shield was Seth Rollins, Roman

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Reigns and Dean Ambrose who we now know as John

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Moxley from AEW. And yeah, they were bought in

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to be CM Punk's shield in his feud against The

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Undertaker. And every single night Seth Rollins

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went out and gave it everything he had gave it

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everything he'd got but he did even get the thank

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you that he deserved because everyone backstage

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was all concerned about Roman Reigns. Even after

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Punk had taken his ball, boxed off home and gone

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away and we had the slight echoes you know it

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was still Seth that was in the ring every night

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you know trying to do the same thing he even

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comes back to you know when it comes to sacrifice

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he says at WrestleMania last year when he you

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know he helped Cody win that championship with

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his knee hanging by a thread. His stepdad was

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sat at home dying of cancer and he was there

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to be a shield to make sure that Roman lost that

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title. He said but after all of this he said

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the story ends tomorrow night in the main event

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of the first night of WrestleMania in one of

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the most important triple threat matches in the

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history of professional wrestling and once again

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Seth Rollins says he's going to lay it all on

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the line like he's done for the last 12 years

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to make sure this industry moves forward in the

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right direction and he then goes on to say that's

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not spoiler that's a pipe bomb which is an interesting

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one considering what he's been what he's everyone's

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been saying but that does lead me quite nicely

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into the next little section so we are now given

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the rundown from this year's WrestleMania for

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both Saturday and Sunday. So the Saturday we

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have the main event which is CM Punk, Roman Reigns

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and Seth Rollins in that triple threat match.

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We then got, we've got Jade Cargill and Naomi.

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New Day take on the War Raiders for the WWE Tag

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Team titles. We have El Grande, Americano. versus

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Rey Mysterio. LA Knight is facing Jacob Fatu

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for the United States Championship. Tiffany Stratton

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and Charlotte Flair go one -on -one for Tiffy's

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women's title and we will see Jey Uso versus

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the ring general Gunther for the world heavyweight

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title as well. That leads us on to WrestleMania

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Sunday Which is main evented by Cody Rhodes and

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John Cena for John Cena's last WrestleMania appearance

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in ring and As this is the last sex one of the

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last major pay -per -view stops in his retirement

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tour We also are treated to Bailey and Lyra Valkyria

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versus Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for their

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women's tag titles. We have Damian Priest going

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up against Drew McIntyre in a Sin City street

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fight. The Intercontinental Championship is being

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defended in a fatal four way. That is Bronbreaker,

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Finn Balor, Dom Mysterio and Penta. Logan Paul

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and the phenomenal AJ Styles will go one on one.

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We then have Bianca Belair, Io Sky and Rhea Ripley

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taking on, well, facing each other in a triple

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threat match for Io Sky's women's title. And

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then, like I said, we've got Cody and Cena finishing

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off the night. And within that, we have, as well,

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normally done on a WrestleMania pre -show the

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Andre the Giant Battle Royale. Now this time

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was done on Smackdown this week and that is our

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next match and it is definitely an interesting

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one so we will jump straight into that. So next

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we have the Andre the Giant Battle Royale. Now

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as we've been told several times Andre was the

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first ever Hall of Fame inductee. Every year

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they have this match not only in his memory to

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memorize his legacy but to also give a current

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superstar the opportunity to get a push to something

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very, very similar. Now, this year we have 30

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superstars. Some of them are reasonably sized

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names, some of them are names that have been

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with the company for a while, and some of them

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are just names that need a boost. I will give

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you a run through of the 30 entrants to the 2025

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Andre the Giant Battle Royale. So we have Ray

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Phoenix, The Miz, Shinsuke Nakamura, Carmelo

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Hayes, Ludwig Kaiser, Andrade, Karrion Cross,

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Chad Gable, Brutus and Julius Creed, Otis, Kira

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Tozawa, Elton Prince and Kit Wilson are pretty

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deadly Santos Escobar, Angel and Berto of Los

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Garza R -Truth, Carlito, Dragon Lee, Grayson

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Waller and Austin Deary of A -Town Down Under

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The team of Pete Down and Tyler Bates and Cruz

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del Toro and Joachim Wild Now this one started

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off pretty much I thought as a bit of a bit of

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a joke to be fair because while 28 of these superstars

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get into whatever it is they need to be doing

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Carlito decides to pop out an apple in the middle

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of it in the middle of the ring go for his signature

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apple and our truth decides to take it off him

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and eat it which I thought was bloody hilarious

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to the point that truth then eliminates Carlito

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by throwing him over the rope first and to add

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insult to injury in pure truth style throws his

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upper line. At which point Miz kicks our truth

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off the apron to save Carmelo Hayes. Carrion

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Cross starts on the Miz but Hayes saves him and

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together they both throw Carrion Cross over the

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top rope but he does manage to save himself and

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is therefore not eliminated at this point. We

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then see Ray Phoenix Take Berto over the top

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rope with a hurricanrana and then Angelova with

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an uppercut which means that Ray Phoenix has

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basically eliminated Los Garza single -handedly.

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Brayson Waller and Austin Theory team up together

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to throw out both members of Pretty Deadly so

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that would be Elton Prince and Kit Wilson. Ludwig

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Kaiser himself eliminated Tyler Bates and then

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saves himself after being like the soles of his

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feet being just inches, inches from the floor.

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The next bit, it was a little bit strange. You've

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got Rey Fenix in the middle of the ring with

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Santos Escobar telling him, ooh, you're amazing.

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I love you. I think you're brilliant. You're

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a great lucha wrestler. I can't wait to recruit

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you. Ray Phoenix is like yeah yeah cool whatever

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and as Santos Escobar takes two steps forwards

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Ray Phoenix takes two up behind him grabs hold

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of him and launches him straight over that top

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rope. Brutus Creed was the one to take out Akira

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Tozawa in this year's Andre the Giant 25 Bat

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Royale but as Brutus throws Akira Tozawa out

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Otis lines up Brutus and Julius and manages to

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take them out with a double clothesline but also

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having a little too much gas in that tank. This

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time it was Otis that was all gas and no brakes

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and eliminated himself at the same time as he

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went over with Julius and Brutus to decrease

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a yet a final member. We then have Andrade throwing

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Atown Down Under out. There was a little bit

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of a thing with those two in the ring and Andrade

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decided he'd had enough and dispatched both of

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them, which, you know, fair play. You can't throw

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a stick at that one. We then have the Luchers

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ganging up on Chad Gables, which I did not see

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coming, but I really did enjoy because there

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was a fair few of them that were just taking

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out. taking him down with some of these with

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ease to be fair with these these high flying

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moves and to the point that eventually Ray Phoenix

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decided it's time for Chad Gable to disappear

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and out of the ring Chad Gable went. Shinsuke

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Nakamura then has a little bit of a moment with

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him taking out Wakim Wild while Carrion Cross

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takes out Cruz del Toro telling him that Ferengah

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Stereo is just using him. Carrion Cross then

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turns around and slaps Dragon Lee and Dragon

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Lee eliminates Carrion Cross and Shinsuke Nakamura

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decides that Dragon Lee has run his time and

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drumps him out of the ring. So Pete Dunne tosses

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out Ludwig Kaiser. Ludwig Kaiser grabs his hair

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and takes him out with like a triangle hold like

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look with Kaiser pretty much has Pete Dunne in

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this triangle and yeah tries to pull him out

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with that one does not quite work Pete Dunne

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sent Carmelo Hayes in the midst to the outside

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of the the ring and was pulling actually trying

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to manipulate Carmelo Hayes' fingers so he can

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possibly just take a step back and eliminate

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himself but they manage to push him off and Pete

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Dunne comes running back with a kick but Carmelo

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Hayes gets saved and the Miz takes one for his

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tag team partner and hits the floor with Pete

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Dunne eliminating him and then Carmelo Hayes

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eliminating Pete Dunne shortly afterwards as

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a revenge for that one which means our last four

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oh and we are down to the last four sorry of

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Andrade Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Fenix and Carmelo

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Hayes. Shinsuke Nakamura takes out Hayes and

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Andrade. There is a nice little section going

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off. Andrade eliminates what he believes to be

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Shinsuke Nakamura and Rey Fenix pushes Carmelo

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Hayes and Andrade to the apron. But Melo don't

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miss, manages to get back in and leaves Andrade

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lying on the apron. Now Rey Fenix sends Rey Fenix

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into the ropes and pops him up into the air where

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Rey Fenix returned a beautiful Hurricane Rana

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to Andrade where he then follows that up with

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a head kick to Carmelo Hayes after using the

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ropes to save himself. Rey Fenix then goes for

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the goodbye amigo springboard. But we have a

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surprise. This year. El Grande Americano, who

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has a match against Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania

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this year, pulls down the top rope and watches

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Rey Fenix fall off and onto the floor. Well,

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he doesn't fall off and on. He has a bit of help.

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He's dragged onto the floor. So El Grande Americano

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eliminates Rey Fenix. So we are then left with

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Carmelo Hayes. And Andrade. Now these guys in

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2024 had a seven match series for the number

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one contender for the US title. If you have not

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had an opportunity to watch that series, go back

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and do it. It's incredible. As was the ending

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of this match. It was a counter into counter

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into counter into counter setting and it was

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phenomenal. It's 17 ,000 plus in the T -Mobile

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Arena. We're loving it. And it finishes with

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Carmelo Hayes hitting Andrade with a beautiful

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cutter from the second turnbuckle. And then Carmelo

00:18:22.849 --> 00:18:28.390
Hayes flipping Andrade over the top. So off the

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second rope. So they were both stood on the second

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rope, trying to like hold onto each other. And

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Carmelo Hayes drops back down onto the floor

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and just flips. and dry day over to win the 2025

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:47.640
Entree of the Giant Battle Royale. Carmelo Hayes

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was not a name I expected to win this and it

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really was an incredible opportunity for the

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young superstar who I personally believe has

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been doing really really well and you know is

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worthy of the push that he hopefully is going

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to get from this win. After watching Carmelo

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:10.619
Hayes and The Miz celebrate Carmelo Hayes win,

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we are shown a Hall of Fame VT. Now I'm not gonna

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:19.460
go too much into this one because Adam did an

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entire bonus episode on this which was released

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yesterday. It was released a little bit earlier

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:27.059
today, but it's taken me a few days to record

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this. So yeah, it's a... It's already out and

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you can hear that live on the finishes and factions

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:38.599
Spotify and YouTube Yeah, so we got a VT of the

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April 2012 having a cell match between Triple

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:44.079
H and Undertaker with HBK as a special guest

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:48.059
referee That is because Sean Michaels is inducting

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Triple H into the Hall of Fame this year We then

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:57.779
get a little snippet of what happened between

00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:01.579
Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton after her

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:04.859
match last week when Charlotte had been sent

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:09.980
home and Wade Barrett was saving Tiffy from a

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:12.200
bit of an ass kicking that she did not need.

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We then get told that Wade Barrett got the opportunity

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to interview both of these superstars during

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the week. And we then go move into that interview

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where he simply asked Charlotte Flair, why did

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things get so ugly between you and how did things

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get so ugly between you? At which point Charlotte

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Flair decides that she's gonna break down everything

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for us and let us know a little bit what's going

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on. She says she doesn't love it because it's

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one of those things where... they've moved past

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:49.380
it but she's got a chip on her shoulder and she

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:51.859
thinks deep down Tiffy's got one on hers too

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:54.980
but now so many people are invested in this match

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and that's all that matters is that people tune

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in to watch Tiffy and Charlotte on the biggest

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stage of them all and with people being this

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:04.579
invested in the business is about about that

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and sometimes it's insensitive and that's how

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.319
you get tough skin and make it you know sometimes

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you just have to have to just take what you're

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given and and work with it, and I think those

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:19.940
two women definitely did a good opportunity of

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:23.460
doing that over the last few weeks, especially

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.299
with some of the cheap shots. Both of them are

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:29.299
taken towards each other. We are then informed

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that after LA Knight's little sneak attack on

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:35.799
Tama Tonga, that he has been taken to a local

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:40.339
medical facility for some x -rays, which is always

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:43.599
fun. Personally, I hate going for x -rays. I've

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:45.319
had enough of them over the last few years with

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.960
different bits and pieces. And yeah, the x -ray

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.859
is the worst part about it. Once you get out

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:55.000
of triage, it is just quiet. Talking about quiet

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though, one thing we did not have is quietness

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with this episode at SmackDown because we rolled

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:05.359
straight into a WWE shop VT. Showing us all the

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.440
amazing things that you could have the opportunity

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:10.500
to buy if you are at WrestleMania weekend this

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:16.160
week in Las Vegas. Well, we move on from Tamatanga

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:22.960
in the WWE shop to Mommy. Rhea Ripley makes her

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:27.119
way to the ring and she's come out here to basically

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:32.640
discuss her match with EO Sky Bianca Bella. She

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.819
says that this Sunday at WrestleMania will be

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:39.319
her sixth WrestleMania and each time she's been

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:41.960
in a championship match but this one is the most

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.579
important to her because she let herself get

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:48.940
distracted by Bianca Belair and she lost her

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:52.240
title to Io just before WrestleMania. She could,

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:54.299
she isn't going to talk about the last few weeks

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:56.119
but there is no point talking about the past

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anymore and Sunday she gets back what she wants

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:01.000
and she's going to do what she has to do to get

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:07.269
it. At which point We you know, we hear that

00:23:07.269 --> 00:23:09.609
Rhea Ripley says that she's walking out of WrestleMania

00:23:09.609 --> 00:23:13.609
this year your three -time women's world champion

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Here Sky comes busting out with that championship

00:23:17.950 --> 00:23:20.890
over her shoulder kind of like nope. This is

00:23:20.890 --> 00:23:23.970
man bitch I'm having this and I'm gonna hold

00:23:23.970 --> 00:23:29.769
on to it She and before Io can even say a word

00:23:29.769 --> 00:23:34.640
to Ria about what Ria has said Bianca Belair

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:38.380
music hits and out comes Bianca Belair. Now this

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:43.900
woman gets booed so hard. It's unreal Like I

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:47.980
have no idea how Bianca managed to generate this

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:51.799
kind of heat But she has managed to get herself

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:54.700
some incredible incredible heat with this one

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:59.299
and it's actually Really really strange As if

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:01.220
anyone in this process should have that much

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:03.359
heat, it should be Rhea for pushing her way into

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:08.720
Bianca versus Io for the title. But I've digressed

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.960
slightly and we're gonna nip back into course.

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:14.420
So Bianca Bella says that she, do you think the

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:16.000
two of you could come out here and say my name

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:18.720
and I wouldn't show up? Because tonight she's

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:21.559
here and as it might be her last time on SmackDown,

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.960
she's gonna be walking away with that championship

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:30.049
at WrestleMania 41. So. We then get a little

00:24:30.049 --> 00:24:33.470
bit of a surprise the equation where Naomi decides

00:24:33.470 --> 00:24:36.190
that she's gonna make an appearance on Smackdown

00:24:36.190 --> 00:24:39.609
and she's coming out here to talk to Bianca because

00:24:39.609 --> 00:24:42.470
Bianca keeps ignoring it now personally I can

00:24:42.470 --> 00:24:45.769
understand why Bianca keeps ignoring her, you

00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:48.549
know Jade attacked her friend Naomi attacked

00:24:48.549 --> 00:24:51.289
her friend her tag partner Jade Cargill you put

00:24:51.289 --> 00:24:54.210
her out they then went off and won the tag titles

00:24:54.210 --> 00:24:57.980
Jade, sorry Naomi stepped in with Bianca, Bea,

00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:01.200
Bellaire while they had the tag titles and took

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:03.700
Jade's place and carried on and they had a fantastic

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:06.579
run up until they lost them to Naomi, not to

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:09.440
Naomi, a fantastic run until they lost them to

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:13.759
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. So Naomi comes

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:16.859
out and says, hey Bea, you know, so you finally

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:19.059
decided to come to Smackdown and you've not even

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.920
tried to talk to me. I've been trying to get

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.440
hold of you. I've left you voicemails, I've left

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.970
you text messages, I've left you. Facebook messages

00:25:25.970 --> 00:25:28.150
and left you everything. You know, all sorts.

00:25:28.289 --> 00:25:30.089
But what happened to our friendship? Now, I wanted

00:25:30.089 --> 00:25:32.089
to do this in private, but we're gonna do it

00:25:32.089 --> 00:25:34.710
here. Bianca's like, no, no, no, no, we're doing

00:25:34.710 --> 00:25:37.089
this right now at all. I'm out here trying to

00:25:37.089 --> 00:25:38.569
talk about a title match and you're out here

00:25:38.569 --> 00:25:40.470
trying to talk about when we go in for drinks.

00:25:40.789 --> 00:25:45.730
I don't think so somehow. Naomi asks about why

00:25:45.730 --> 00:25:48.410
Bianca cares so much about Jade and that, you

00:25:48.410 --> 00:25:50.269
know, Jade wasn't really there for her like Naomi

00:25:50.269 --> 00:25:52.809
was and tomorrow Naomi's gonna finish what she

00:25:52.809 --> 00:25:58.799
started. Now, I do not think that is gonna go

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:01.200
the way that Naomi thinks it is gonna go. I'm

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.599
not gonna lie to you, I think Jade Cargill has

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:06.279
got Naomi's number, especially after Elimination

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:09.559
Chamber, where Jade Cargill returned, beat the

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:13.880
living crap out of her, and disappeared herself.

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.759
Cargill's had some good matches, and I don't

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:19.769
think Naomi's got too much of a chance. I also

00:26:19.769 --> 00:26:21.650
think with the fact that Jade Cargill has been

00:26:21.650 --> 00:26:25.130
out for so long without injury, they are going

00:26:25.130 --> 00:26:28.549
to give her this win to give that push that she

00:26:28.549 --> 00:26:31.069
would have originally had if she wasn't injured.

00:26:31.549 --> 00:26:34.450
But hell of a storyline that the Smackdown writers

00:26:34.450 --> 00:26:38.589
have pulled out here and yeah, I love this one

00:26:38.589 --> 00:26:43.569
so far. So after Naomi puts Jade Cargill's name

00:26:43.569 --> 00:26:47.039
in her mouth, we get to see Jade Cargill. It's

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:48.799
a bit like the female version of Joe Hendry.

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:54.200
Say her name and she appears. As Jade Cargill

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:58.180
comes running out and Jade is asking Bianca about

00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:00.779
protecting Naomi and Rhea says, look, it ain't

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:06.099
about her. And it's about what is going off in

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:10.059
this championship match. And Naomi comes back

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:13.009
in. Cheap shots Jade Cargill and off it goes

00:27:13.009 --> 00:27:15.950
Jade, Naomi are fighting Rhea and Bianca are

00:27:15.950 --> 00:27:20.009
fighting They're all on the outside and Io climbs

00:27:20.009 --> 00:27:22.990
to that top turnbuckle where she is so confident

00:27:22.990 --> 00:27:27.210
and takes out everyone with a moonsault except

00:27:27.210 --> 00:27:33.589
for Jade Cargill Which was phenomenal to be fair

00:27:33.589 --> 00:27:36.130
like I am really looking forward to watching

00:27:36.130 --> 00:27:38.089
this match and I'm really looking forward to

00:27:38.089 --> 00:27:41.000
being able to get to sit here with Adam to discuss

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.980
WrestleMania night one and WrestleMania night

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:45.640
two with him. Some of you guys would have noticed

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.380
that some of the episodes recently have either

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:50.480
been one or the other. And for a little while

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:52.259
they're gonna continue being that way and that

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:54.920
is purely for the fact that we've both got work

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:58.000
commitments. We've had Easter on the same weekend

00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:01.059
as WrestleMania and it's just made life very,

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:03.819
very difficult for both of us. We have therefore

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:06.200
realized that next year we are both taking holiday

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:10.700
from work so we can get this done. lot faster.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:13.599
But this is our first WrestleMania weekend on

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:16.539
Finishes and Factions and we are still learning

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:20.680
how to back this up and get this one going. So

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:26.220
without further ado let's move on. So our next

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:29.500
section we see Rey Fenix backstage with Chad

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.460
Gable an American maid come in to talk about

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:36.309
how good El Grande Americano is. When Dragon

00:28:36.309 --> 00:28:38.569
Lee kind of comes in and says to shut up about

00:28:38.569 --> 00:28:41.549
luchadors and Chad Gable says well don't talk

00:28:41.549 --> 00:28:44.730
to me about WrestleMania. And obviously this

00:28:44.730 --> 00:28:47.109
year Chad Gable does not have a match at WrestleMania

00:28:47.109 --> 00:28:52.670
but El Grande Americano does. Sort of going on

00:28:52.670 --> 00:28:55.410
and Rey comes in saying that pretty much there's

00:28:55.410 --> 00:28:57.670
gonna be a lesson taught. There's three of them

00:28:57.670 --> 00:29:01.269
and there's three members of LWO and three members

00:29:01.269 --> 00:29:04.299
of American made there so. Why don't they have

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:09.200
a six man tag match later on this evening? Which

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:11.859
American may kind of laugh at them and LWO walk

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:18.039
off to talk to Nick Aldis. So it's an interesting

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:20.740
situation there when we see that match come in

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:23.720
a little bit later in the evening. So now we

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.680
move on to our second match of the night. This

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.119
one is for the tag team championship. And it

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.240
is the Motor City Machine Guns versus Street

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:36.539
Profits. Now before we get into the actual match

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:39.099
itself, we get a little recap of Street Profits

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:42.119
winning their titles off DIY in Barcelona of

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:46.279
the European Tour. We get a little WWE World

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:50.420
VT. And it is confirmed that later on in the

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.339
evening, we are going to get that six -man tag

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:56.420
match between American Maid with Chad Gable and

00:29:56.420 --> 00:30:02.720
LWO. So, we've already got Motor City Machine

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:05.380
Gun in the ring and as street profits are coming

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:08.599
down, Motor City Machine Guns waste absolutely

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:12.539
no time making their way up the ramp to meet

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:15.940
them. And there is a double team on Montez Ford

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:19.180
for a two count after they all eventually get

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:23.019
into the ring. There is a big, big sort of beat

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:26.119
down on the outside. these two or these four

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:28.359
guys these two teams they get into it pretty

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:31.640
pretty heavily to be fair um they say as they

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:35.099
first get back into the ring there is the double

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:37.420
team and the two count from motor sick machine

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:41.440
guns um they try another double team not necessarily

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:44.480
skull and bones but montez ford takes them both

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:50.000
out um and ends up basically afterwards retaking

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:57.619
out chris saban then end up with Angelo Dawkins

00:30:57.619 --> 00:31:01.160
with a spinning shoulder tackle onto Chris Saban

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:04.480
and then Street Profits double team Chris Saban

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:07.619
with a blockbuster doomsday device for the two

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:13.680
count which is saved by Alex Shelley as he goes

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:18.279
for basically he goes to go flight Through the

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.900
rings through the ropes onto the outside where

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:24.099
Angela Dawkins is and Dawkins slaps the lips

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:26.900
straight off his face as he gets to the ropes

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:29.859
Literally, like he's just about to take off Dawkins

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:34.099
just slaps him So hard with an open -handed fist.

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:37.980
It was Beautiful. We then get Chris Shelley hitting

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:42.119
a hurricane Rana onto Muslim test Ford and he

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.690
ends up then going over the top ropes and taking

00:31:45.690 --> 00:31:48.990
out his teammate Angela Dawkins on the outside

00:31:48.990 --> 00:31:54.369
and then once Montez Ford comes back into the

00:31:54.369 --> 00:31:58.230
ring Chris Shelley gets a missile dropkick on

00:31:58.230 --> 00:32:02.730
him for a two count Street Profits hit a double

00:32:02.730 --> 00:32:05.769
team suplex for a two count and then Motor City

00:32:05.769 --> 00:32:10.410
Machine Guns hit their facial and then they double

00:32:10.410 --> 00:32:14.799
team Well with a kick and an attempted skull

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:19.000
and bones, which Angela Dawkins disrupts And

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:21.599
Montez Ford goes for a suicide dive over the

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:24.839
top rope taking out everyone which was pretty

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:27.279
sweet did wipe out his own teammate but also

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.240
got the two members of Motor City machine guns

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:37.619
at the same time and At this point we get a little

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:41.710
intro what I say little interruption Johnny Gargano

00:32:41.710 --> 00:32:48.089
and Tomasa Ciampa decide that they are running

00:32:48.089 --> 00:32:53.750
in and making an interference on this one by

00:32:53.750 --> 00:32:58.390
beating up all four members in the ring and then

00:32:58.390 --> 00:33:02.750
running off with the Street Profits titles which

00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:07.809
I think was well I mean, it got them an awful,

00:33:08.150 --> 00:33:11.710
awful lot of heat, which is quite funny. And

00:33:11.710 --> 00:33:16.410
I would like to thank Van Dyke, who follows the

00:33:16.410 --> 00:33:20.710
Finishes and Factions podcast on TikTok, for

00:33:20.710 --> 00:33:22.690
commenting on one of our videos this week, saying

00:33:22.690 --> 00:33:25.750
that I indeed look a little bit like Tomasa Ciampa.

00:33:25.990 --> 00:33:29.490
I will take that compliment. Thank you very much.

00:33:30.650 --> 00:33:34.259
And shortly after this, we see Nick Aldis. backstage

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:37.019
on the phone. He's obviously just been told about

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:39.200
what has, you know, he's not just been told,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:42.180
he's just seen what's gone on. He's trying to

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:44.359
make sure that he gets those titles back so street

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:46.440
profits don't cause an issue, at which point

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:48.640
Chelsea Green comes in and says she wants to

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:50.940
serve a formal complaint about last week and

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:54.559
hopes it's going to be rectified, at which point

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:56.779
Nick Aldis says, yeah, that's fine. I'll rectify

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:58.619
it. The six -woman tag match is supposed to be

00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:01.549
part of? Forget it. Chelsea green you are gonna

00:34:01.549 --> 00:34:04.029
go one -on -one again this week with as Alina

00:34:04.029 --> 00:34:08.309
Vega and well Because it's a singles match. It's

00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:11.030
a one -on -one match and you won't be needing

00:34:11.030 --> 00:34:14.309
the secret her this So they won't be at ringside

00:34:14.309 --> 00:34:20.769
and Chelsea green is first She is not happy at

00:34:20.769 --> 00:34:25.710
all and to be fair and you Blame her. She's not

00:34:25.710 --> 00:34:30.139
been able to do too much about what is going

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:35.099
on without without the secret hervice we have

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:39.579
then shown a nice little summer slam vt summer

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:42.739
slam this year is two nights at the met life

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:49.079
stays stadium in new jersey new york and uh yeah

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:51.719
it's going to be an interesting one two nights

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:55.320
of summer slam like this is going to be huge

00:34:55.320 --> 00:35:01.139
um at which point We then see DIY backstage with

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:04.719
those tag team titles they have just stolen out

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:07.739
of the middle of the Smackdown arena from Street

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:10.599
Profits and they run into Nick Aldis who basically

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:14.099
says give them back hand them over you are not

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.860
the champions at which point Street Profits come

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:19.139
flying in behind Nick Aldis and they're pissed

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:22.139
they want their belts back like what the fuck

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:27.079
basically that you know Nick Aldis is pissed

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.300
and he says there's no easy way or hard way he

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.880
says there's an easy way or there's a hard way

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:37.000
DIY hand them back as to which they do and he

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:40.019
says next week these belts are going to be hung

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:46.179
above the ring and we are having a tables ladders

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:51.780
and chairs match so street profits and DIY are

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:54.199
going to be in this one. I'm kind of hoping they're

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:56.219
going to put Motor City Machine Guns in there

00:35:56.219 --> 00:36:03.480
too and possibly we could end up with a TLC match

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:06.900
that has the entire Smackdown tag division in

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:11.699
there and with them all having an equal opportunity

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.920
to take on or to get their hands on these titles

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:17.539
which will definitely be an interesting perspective

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:25.050
I think. Our next piece of business on this week's

00:36:25.050 --> 00:36:28.269
episode of Finishes and Factions does SmackDown.

00:36:28.869 --> 00:36:31.929
We have Randy Orton in the ring. Now, Randy Orton

00:36:31.929 --> 00:36:35.250
is not in his ring gear. He is in his casual

00:36:35.250 --> 00:36:36.829
stuff. I'm sure he's probably got his ring gear

00:36:36.829 --> 00:36:39.590
on underneath just in case. But he comes out

00:36:39.590 --> 00:36:41.550
basically saying he doesn't have an opponent

00:36:41.550 --> 00:36:43.809
at WrestleMania due to Kevin Owens injuries.

00:36:44.190 --> 00:36:46.590
In the last few days, him and his wife, they've

00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:50.210
been exploring around Las Vegas. They've been

00:36:50.210 --> 00:36:53.469
to the WWE world. They've met hundreds of thousands

00:36:53.469 --> 00:36:57.349
of WWE superstars, not hundreds of thousands,

00:36:57.510 --> 00:37:00.829
sorry, hundreds, up to thousands of WWE Universe

00:37:00.829 --> 00:37:02.869
members that have approached them for photos

00:37:02.869 --> 00:37:06.349
and for photographs. They've been to merch signings.

00:37:06.469 --> 00:37:10.889
They've done all sorts. And he says, but his

00:37:10.889 --> 00:37:13.929
dad was in the first WrestleMania. You know 20

00:37:13.929 --> 00:37:16.670
years later he debuted at WrestleMania at Madison

00:37:16.670 --> 00:37:19.369
Square Gardens and there is no way he is sitting

00:37:19.369 --> 00:37:23.070
out on this year's WrestleMania because if he

00:37:23.070 --> 00:37:25.909
competes at this year's WrestleMania this will

00:37:25.909 --> 00:37:28.929
be the 20th time that Randy Orton has competed

00:37:28.929 --> 00:37:32.269
at WrestleMania and that means so much to him.

00:37:32.809 --> 00:37:35.550
So Randy Orton offers an open invitation to a

00:37:35.550 --> 00:37:38.449
match on Sunday he says he will have just the

00:37:38.449 --> 00:37:40.920
right amount of baby oil on his skin And he's

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:43.300
not doing it for himself. He's doing it for the

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:46.380
WWE Universe and the boys in the back and anyone

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:49.760
can challenge but they will meet those three

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:54.079
most prominent letters in sports on entertainment,

00:37:55.239 --> 00:38:02.119
BRKO. Which I mean, an open challenge to face

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:06.119
Randy Orton at WrestleMania is indeed himself

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:09.889
incredible. Now we put a post up on the TikTok

00:38:09.889 --> 00:38:12.489
about this a couple of days ago asking you know

00:38:12.489 --> 00:38:14.730
what they thought or what you guys thought when

00:38:14.730 --> 00:38:17.130
this went live. Obviously I'm recording this

00:38:17.130 --> 00:38:19.469
a little bit later due to work schedule and stuff

00:38:19.469 --> 00:38:22.690
like that. A lot of people said that they wanted

00:38:22.690 --> 00:38:30.909
to see like a few different wrestlers. come out

00:38:30.909 --> 00:38:33.489
and meet Randy Alton at WrestleMania. And there

00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:35.590
were a few names dropped and I'm not gonna go

00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:38.150
through those now because if you want to see

00:38:38.150 --> 00:38:42.610
those, you can find us on TikTok. It is at Bin

00:38:42.610 --> 00:38:46.010
and Fact podcast. It's the Finishes and Factions

00:38:46.010 --> 00:38:51.130
podcast. So you can stop by there, drop us a

00:38:51.130 --> 00:38:52.869
follow, keep up with the content. Now we're popping

00:38:52.869 --> 00:38:56.170
in that direction and you can get. direct contact

00:38:56.170 --> 00:38:58.829
with both myself and Adam as well if there's

00:38:58.829 --> 00:39:01.150
any questions or things that you'd like to throw

00:39:01.150 --> 00:39:05.389
towards us. We then move into a recap of Drew

00:39:05.389 --> 00:39:08.730
McIntyre and Damian Priest throwing hands on

00:39:08.730 --> 00:39:12.710
the kickoff show today and then Byron Saxton

00:39:12.710 --> 00:39:15.489
is with Damian Priest backstage and he says you

00:39:15.489 --> 00:39:18.449
know this situation has reached a boiling point

00:39:18.449 --> 00:39:20.969
and Damian Priest is like I'm fed up of answering

00:39:20.969 --> 00:39:23.070
questions about WrestleMania I just want to let

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:25.699
Drew know that because you didn't show up tonight

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:27.900
that the world is not ready for the level of

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.139
violence that is going to come in this WrestleMania

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:33.039
match. Obviously, that is referring to the fact

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:36.219
that Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest have a Sin

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:40.800
City Street Fight at WrestleMania, which is going

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:44.940
to be absolutely incredible. You can find that

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:54.840
one on the Sunday WrestleMania night. to um and

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:58.699
in our finishes and factions coverage of wrestlemania

00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:05.179
when we release those so you know we've had we've

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.519
seen a lot of people you know we've seen a lot

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:10.000
of promos and we've had some interesting matches

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:15.239
so far and now that leads us into match three

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:20.039
of this evening which is Zelina Vega versus the

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.900
current women's united states champion Chelsea

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:27.800
green Now as we were told earlier the secret

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:31.059
herbis were not going to be allowed at ringside

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:35.139
for this match Which very much annoyed Chelsea

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:39.219
green and I can fully appreciate why she is so

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:42.119
annoyed You know, these guys have basically been

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:44.440
saving her ass the last few weeks every time

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.320
she's got into a match and had an issue the secret

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:50.739
herbis have been there to to protect her and

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:53.380
and sort keep us safe and this time it's not

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:57.059
going to happen. So before we get into this match

00:40:57.059 --> 00:41:00.199
we are shown what I believe is an Alistair Black

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:07.619
VT. It gives us the date of 4 25 25 which is

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:13.820
the American way of writing April 25th 2025.

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:18.579
So whatever is happening with that VT will be

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:23.539
happening next week on the Smackdown after WrestleMania,

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:27.920
which I mean, if we're getting Aleister Black

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.380
back on the Smackdown after WrestleMania, that

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:34.360
is going to be absolutely incredible. Considering

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:38.699
as well that the Wyatt six are on Smackdown and

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:41.420
we've not seen anything from them for a long,

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:46.090
long time. we could end up seeing Alistair Black

00:41:46.090 --> 00:41:49.710
put together something to go up against the Wyatt

00:41:49.710 --> 00:41:53.090
six which could be really really cool. It'd be

00:41:53.090 --> 00:41:54.929
really interesting to see what they do here.

00:41:55.829 --> 00:41:58.190
Get back into this Selena Vega Chelsea Green

00:41:58.190 --> 00:42:00.730
match and like last week Chelsea Green throws

00:42:00.730 --> 00:42:02.789
her veil at her and tries to get the cheap shot

00:42:02.789 --> 00:42:05.269
in to start off with but it does not work this

00:42:05.269 --> 00:42:09.789
time. But Chelsea Green does end up taking Selena

00:42:09.789 --> 00:42:13.110
Vega down to the ground with a slam for a two

00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:17.869
count. We then see Zelina Vega pull an arm drag

00:42:17.869 --> 00:42:23.250
on Chelsea Green with a kick back and takes her

00:42:23.250 --> 00:42:27.610
down again. Zelina Vega then throws Chelsea Green

00:42:27.610 --> 00:42:32.769
out of the ring and Chelsea Green throws Zelina

00:42:32.769 --> 00:42:36.599
Vega into the barrier at timekeeping. after Zelina

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:38.940
Vega has gone out to continue her assault on

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:43.099
Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green then ends up running

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:49.119
at Zelina Vega who is just picking herself up

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:52.579
from the throwing into the barrier of timekeeper

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:56.760
and Chelsea Green runs straight through her and

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:59.119
she ends up going through the barricade into

00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:03.829
timekeeping itself. Both women manage to get

00:43:03.829 --> 00:43:08.010
back into the ring on a nine count to avoid the

00:43:08.010 --> 00:43:10.769
same issue we had last week where Chelsea Green

00:43:10.769 --> 00:43:14.909
was counted out and Zelina Vega got the win on

00:43:14.909 --> 00:43:18.670
that one. Zelina Vega ends up setting Chelsea

00:43:18.670 --> 00:43:23.070
Green up for a 619 but Chelsea Green reverses

00:43:23.070 --> 00:43:27.400
it and pulls off a two count. and then we see

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:30.559
a little like a few moments later Chelsea Green

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:34.659
puts Zelina Vega up on the top turnbuckle and

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:38.280
Zelina Vega manages to pull off a super code

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:41.719
red for the three count meaning for the second

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:45.619
week in a row Zelina Vega has beaten Chelsea

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:48.880
Green I think this is going to be pushing her

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:53.250
into a point where we could end up seeing Zelina

00:43:53.250 --> 00:43:56.429
Vega challenging for that women's United States

00:43:56.429 --> 00:44:00.610
title very soon. I personally would like to see

00:44:00.610 --> 00:44:03.429
Zelina Vega win this not because I'm a massive

00:44:03.429 --> 00:44:06.010
Zelina Vega fan, it's more I'm very bored of

00:44:06.010 --> 00:44:10.789
Chelsea Green. But I know Adam would also like

00:44:10.789 --> 00:44:14.369
to see Zelina Vega win this because he is a massive

00:44:14.369 --> 00:44:18.429
Zelina Vega fan. which is fair enough I just

00:44:18.429 --> 00:44:20.409
haven't seen enough of her at the moment to be

00:44:20.409 --> 00:44:24.750
able to to get one in that position as well.

00:44:25.650 --> 00:44:29.650
So our next match of the evening is LA Knight

00:44:29.650 --> 00:44:37.349
versus Solo Sikoa. So LA Knight tells us before

00:44:37.349 --> 00:44:41.630
Solo comes out that last week you know gave him

00:44:41.630 --> 00:44:45.670
inspiration so you know These three guys like

00:44:45.670 --> 00:44:48.349
to work on sneak attacks, so this week he decided

00:44:48.349 --> 00:44:51.250
to do one himself and he's taken Tama Tonga out

00:44:51.250 --> 00:44:54.349
already tonight. Tonight is going to be Solo

00:44:54.349 --> 00:44:58.309
Sacoa's turn because that way it means tomorrow

00:44:58.309 --> 00:45:02.710
night it is just LA Knight versus Jacob Fatu.

00:45:02.949 --> 00:45:05.210
And he stands here, he says, I get it. He's a

00:45:05.210 --> 00:45:07.590
monster. And with that, he has the same energy

00:45:07.590 --> 00:45:10.280
that turned the world upside down. And he's going

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:12.320
to use that same energy to turn the world upside

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:15.179
down. Now he's a two times United States title

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:17.579
holder. And he said, you ain't seen anything

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:22.159
like LA Knight. He says, when Jake and Fatu grabbed

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:24.320
my title last week, he said, it could be cliche.

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:26.400
He could say, you know, it's the closest you're

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:28.019
ever going to get to holding my title. Because

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:29.739
I ain't stupid. Because I know someday you're

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:32.179
going to be a champ. He said, and tonight the

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:35.079
guarantee is tonight's solo is going to eat a

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:38.949
BFT. And tomorrow night. Jacob's gonna be getting

00:45:38.949 --> 00:45:43.550
his serving of that BFT that blunt force trauma

00:45:43.550 --> 00:45:48.889
and So LA night again same as the last couple

00:45:48.889 --> 00:45:51.670
of matches because they've been really good storylines

00:45:51.670 --> 00:45:55.510
runs out to get hold in his hand of runs out

00:45:55.510 --> 00:45:59.309
of the ring to get to solo on his entrance and

00:45:59.309 --> 00:46:02.449
There's been kind of starts some business there,

00:46:02.449 --> 00:46:05.170
but so much of color has the upper hand at this

00:46:05.170 --> 00:46:10.300
point as he ends up throwing LA Knight into the

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:15.619
steel steps not just once but twice. Now we're

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:18.719
told again that Tamatanga is currently getting

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:21.559
x -rays and it kind of basically looks like Solo

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:23.880
Sacoa is going to be softening up LA Knight for

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:26.960
Jacob Fartu tomorrow when they meet for that

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:31.780
US title match at WrestleMania. And most of this

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:36.460
match is Solo all over LA Knight. You know, solo

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:42.079
gets a two count on LA Knight. During this section,

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:46.139
LA Knight hits solo with a neck breaker. His

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:48.800
solo went for a suplex. Basically, a solo went

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:51.159
to suplex LA Knight and LA Knight reversed it

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:55.659
with a neck breaker. You know, there was a double

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:59.039
Samoan headbutt to the ribs. It was basically

00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.639
solo Sokoa just headbutting LA Knight in the

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:04.980
ribs twice. We know, we're told that. you know

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:07.940
a Samoan headbutt is very very hurtful you know

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:10.539
very painful and it hurts a lot in LA Knight

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:15.639
sells it's really really really well um it was

00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:20.860
just as we see LA Knight climb the top rope Jacob

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:24.880
Fatu comes flying in and dropping him straight

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:29.380
off and the match is called off straight away

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:32.860
um the referee's like nope I'm done match is

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:38.659
over no contest And it's either no contest or

00:47:38.659 --> 00:47:42.280
disqualification either way There's no contest

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:47.860
actually either way, you know both men of Jacob

00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:51.800
Fatu and solo Sakura at this point giving la

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:57.059
night a bit of a beatdown at which point we We

00:47:57.059 --> 00:48:03.360
see the big sob Braun Strowman come running out

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:05.960
from the back. Obviously, he's going to want

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:08.860
a piece. Him and Jacob Partoo have got some history.

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:12.059
Him and Solos of Coa have got some history. LA

00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:14.420
Knight and Braun Strowman seem to be doing really

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:16.420
well together, like when they've had to have

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:20.679
matches together recently. So it has, you know,

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:23.800
him running out and coming down is incredible.

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:27.219
And as he comes out, he hits a double crossbody

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:34.349
on on both. Solo Sacoa and Jacob Fatou who are

00:48:34.349 --> 00:48:38.329
waiting for him and then LA Knight drops Jacob

00:48:38.329 --> 00:48:42.570
Fatou again shortly afterwards and as they are

00:48:42.570 --> 00:48:45.610
deciding that they're gonna have won a hell of

00:48:45.610 --> 00:48:48.210
a beatdown Nick Aldis comes to the top of the

00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:50.969
entry round and says means that Jacob Fatou doesn't

00:48:50.969 --> 00:48:53.710
want to wait and the rest of you can't keep your

00:48:53.710 --> 00:48:56.929
hands off each other we are gonna have a tag

00:48:56.929 --> 00:49:00.030
match. Yes, Nick Aldis, ladies and gentlemen,

00:49:00.269 --> 00:49:02.869
came out here and played the Teddy Long card.

00:49:03.510 --> 00:49:06.909
We're going to settle this in a tag team match

00:49:06.909 --> 00:49:10.449
at which we have LA Knight and Braun Strowman

00:49:10.449 --> 00:49:14.590
taking on the Samoan werewolf, Jacob Foiteux

00:49:14.590 --> 00:49:21.480
and Solo Sikoa. So Jacob. And LA Knight start

00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:24.400
this one with Knight taking Solo off the apron

00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:28.199
and throwing Jacob out of the ring. Ags in Braun

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:30.659
Strowman who ends up clear in health, sending

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:33.840
Fatu out with a missile dropkick who then bounces

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:39.219
very savagely off the announce table. Braun Strowman

00:49:39.219 --> 00:49:42.460
then runs the Strowman Express knocking Solo

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:45.539
Sikoa into the ring. Solo basically looked like

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:47.840
he was like oh crap I'm in the wrong position

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:50.820
I shouldn't be here. and kind of just jumped

00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:53.360
up onto the apron out the way like whoops I'm

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:58.780
not here and he ran round and threw Jacob Fatu

00:49:58.780 --> 00:50:01.980
into the steel steps before throwing him back

00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:05.980
into the ring. Jacob Fatu gets a two count on

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:11.900
Braun Strowman after Fatu had thrown him into

00:50:11.900 --> 00:50:15.599
those steel steps. into the ring and then Solo

00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:18.500
Sokoa decides he is going to lock in a choke

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:23.320
hold on Braun Strowman. Now Braun breaks out

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:27.000
of this one but does take quite a savage open

00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:35.989
palm slap from Solo Sokoa. Jacob Fatu's a cheeky

00:50:35.989 --> 00:50:37.969
little bastard for this one because he grabs

00:50:37.969 --> 00:50:41.110
Braun Strowman's beard and Braun Strowman picks

00:50:41.110 --> 00:50:43.789
him up and drops him with a sit -down side slam.

00:50:44.289 --> 00:50:47.309
Now if you're gonna grab a man's beard that is

00:50:47.309 --> 00:50:52.550
disrespectful as... fits. Like that is not nice

00:50:52.550 --> 00:50:56.949
man. But LA Knight drops Solo Sakawa with a reverse

00:50:56.949 --> 00:51:00.170
space buster and pushes Jacob Fatu off the apron

00:51:00.170 --> 00:51:03.929
back into the announce table. ends up hitting

00:51:03.929 --> 00:51:07.329
a leaping elbow on Solo Sokoa and Jacob Fatu

00:51:07.329 --> 00:51:11.469
saves the count at two and Braun Strowman drops

00:51:11.469 --> 00:51:14.670
Jacob Fatu back out of the ring as a thank you

00:51:14.670 --> 00:51:18.050
very much. I've seen your face again and I don't

00:51:18.050 --> 00:51:21.710
want to see it for a few minutes. We then get

00:51:21.710 --> 00:51:25.929
LA Knight sending Fatu over the announce table

00:51:25.929 --> 00:51:28.929
for a third time or the baseball slide basically

00:51:28.929 --> 00:51:31.210
a baseball slides into him sends him flying back

00:51:31.210 --> 00:51:35.389
into the announce table uh solo sakoa goes for

00:51:35.389 --> 00:51:38.329
a samoan spike but la night counters that with

00:51:38.329 --> 00:51:43.210
a blunt force trauma for the three count which

00:51:43.210 --> 00:51:46.210
means la night and braun stroman take down the

00:51:46.210 --> 00:51:51.650
team of jacob fatu and solo sakoa but will la

00:51:51.650 --> 00:51:56.170
night be standing tall the same point against

00:51:56.170 --> 00:51:59.610
his match at WrestleMania tomorrow against Jacob

00:51:59.610 --> 00:52:06.570
Fatu. We will find out then. We then go into

00:52:06.570 --> 00:52:09.570
the other half of the Wade Barrett interview

00:52:09.570 --> 00:52:12.389
from earlier with a snippet of a conversation

00:52:12.389 --> 00:52:16.710
between him and Tiffy Stratton. And he basically

00:52:16.710 --> 00:52:19.530
asked what happened in the side -by -side interview

00:52:19.530 --> 00:52:22.380
a few weeks back. At which point Tiffy Stratton

00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:24.980
says she felt bullied and she almost gave up

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:27.099
what you know almost walked away But she used

00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:28.920
the feelings that she had there to go back to

00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:30.940
the drawing board and come back more prepared

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:33.780
And she played Charlotte Flair at her own game

00:52:33.780 --> 00:52:36.559
and now she has to respect Tiffy, you know, see

00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:38.559
if he says she won't lose at WrestleMania She's

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:41.000
gonna stand up to a bully and she'll be leaving

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:45.599
WrestleMania as champion. I mean We're not massive

00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:48.500
fans of Charlotte Flair on the podcast the fact

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:51.119
that they brought her back to win the Rumble,

00:52:51.199 --> 00:52:54.039
I think was a slap in the face to a lot of other

00:52:54.039 --> 00:52:58.199
superstars who could have used that push in a

00:52:58.199 --> 00:53:01.139
lot better manner without allowing Charlotte

00:53:01.139 --> 00:53:03.880
Flair to have yet another unneeded WrestleMania

00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:08.139
moment. But we do not book at the WWE and our

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:11.719
opinions are not valid on that one. We just get

00:53:11.719 --> 00:53:13.840
to sit and enjoy the product they give to us.

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:17.159
I just personally feel that Tiffy could have

00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:21.820
done a lot. more with an easier opponent. Charlotte

00:53:21.820 --> 00:53:25.079
Flair's not, she's a big name to scalpel, I suppose,

00:53:25.340 --> 00:53:28.239
if that's the way it's gonna go. I'm kind of

00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:29.920
hoping it is. I really don't want to see another

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:36.199
Charlotte Flair title ring. But yeah, no, I think

00:53:36.199 --> 00:53:40.000
other superstars could probably have made a slightly

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:43.230
more interesting match. where the story build

00:53:43.230 --> 00:53:45.349
up with the promos and stuff like that has been

00:53:45.349 --> 00:53:47.250
phenomenal. I'm just not sure the match is going

00:53:47.250 --> 00:53:49.610
to give us what we what we feel we should be

00:53:49.610 --> 00:53:55.969
getting as WWE fans. But talking about matches,

00:53:56.309 --> 00:54:01.889
we now lead ourselves in to the next one, the

00:54:01.889 --> 00:54:06.349
last match of the evening, which is the six man

00:54:06.349 --> 00:54:12.119
tag match. So we have Rey Fenix with Rey Mysterio

00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:19.139
and Dragon Lee and then we've got The members

00:54:19.139 --> 00:54:23.500
of American made which is Julius Creed and Brutus

00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:29.420
Creed with Chad Gable So we are informed before

00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:32.780
this match. This is the 11th Smackdown in Las

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:38.360
Vegas and Las Vegas has hosted nine PLEs including

00:54:38.510 --> 00:54:43.989
WrestleMania 9. So those were WrestleMania 9,

00:54:44.170 --> 00:54:49.909
which was 1993. The 1996 In Your House 9 international

00:54:49.909 --> 00:54:56.909
incident. 2005 No Way Out. 2006 at a Saturday

00:54:56.909 --> 00:55:03.369
night main event. 2008's No Way Out. 2016's Money

00:55:03.369 --> 00:55:06.670
in the Bank in the T -Mobile Arena where Dean

00:55:06.670 --> 00:55:10.050
Ambrose cashed in and won on the same night.

00:55:11.349 --> 00:55:17.869
2018 Elimination Chamber, the 2021 SummerSlam,

00:55:18.210 --> 00:55:20.849
which was the first WWE event to be held in the

00:55:20.849 --> 00:55:24.869
Allegiant Stadium. And then this year's WrestleMania,

00:55:25.289 --> 00:55:31.389
which is the WrestleMania 41. So that's definitely

00:55:31.389 --> 00:55:36.170
a long long list of PLEs and there's some incredible

00:55:36.170 --> 00:55:38.769
ones there now talking about incredible this

00:55:38.769 --> 00:55:41.250
match I feel wasn't as incredible as it could

00:55:41.250 --> 00:55:44.170
have been But it was half decent and it starts

00:55:44.170 --> 00:55:47.889
off with Ray Phoenix and Brutus with Ray Phoenix

00:55:47.889 --> 00:55:51.909
hitting a hurricanrana for a two count We then

00:55:51.909 --> 00:55:55.690
get to see Dragon Lee get a two count on Brutus

00:55:55.690 --> 00:55:59.409
and then a Hurricanrana and a suicide dive to

00:55:59.409 --> 00:56:03.730
the outside. He also hits a cross body from the

00:56:03.730 --> 00:56:08.929
top rope on Chad Gable and saves the gets a count

00:56:08.929 --> 00:56:13.909
at two as well. Chad Gable runs from Rey Mysterio

00:56:13.909 --> 00:56:18.090
and Runs him as Rey Mysterio follows runs him

00:56:18.090 --> 00:56:19.750
straight through the Creed brothers who take

00:56:19.750 --> 00:56:24.230
him out on the side Chad Gable gets a very nice

00:56:24.230 --> 00:56:28.530
German suplex on Dragon Lee and then we get the

00:56:28.530 --> 00:56:33.489
the flying headbutts from all three Chad Gable

00:56:33.489 --> 00:56:38.469
and the two Creed brothers Off the turnbuckle.

00:56:38.469 --> 00:56:41.550
I mean, yeah the the flying headbutts from the

00:56:41.550 --> 00:56:43.630
three corners was actually a really nice spot

00:56:45.200 --> 00:56:49.380
We then had the Brutus ball on Dragon Lee, which

00:56:49.380 --> 00:56:53.340
Ray Phoenix saved the two count from. Dragon

00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:56.579
Lee set all three hanging up in the corner. So

00:56:56.579 --> 00:56:59.019
Chad Gable and the two Creed brothers hanging

00:56:59.019 --> 00:57:01.300
in the corner and double stumps, all three of

00:57:01.300 --> 00:57:05.820
them off that top turnbuckle really was a very,

00:57:05.820 --> 00:57:12.159
very nice piece of work to watch. We see Ray

00:57:12.159 --> 00:57:15.300
Phoenix get a two count on Julius Creed and he

00:57:15.300 --> 00:57:18.980
locks in a choke hold and rolls him up for another

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:22.139
two count. Julius Creed hits Ray Phoenix with

00:57:22.139 --> 00:57:26.659
a gut shot and a suplex at which Ray Phoenix

00:57:26.659 --> 00:57:30.440
pulls out a springboard arm drag into a stepping

00:57:30.440 --> 00:57:36.039
stone hurricanrana on Chad Gable. Now the idea

00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:39.980
of watching Ray Phoenix run across Both Creed

00:57:39.980 --> 00:57:43.219
brothers to hit a hurricane Rana on Chad Gable

00:57:43.219 --> 00:57:47.159
Was really really nice to watch and I really

00:57:47.159 --> 00:57:49.760
enjoyed it. It was really really interesting

00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:55.360
piece of of wrestling to watch Ray Phoenix then

00:57:55.360 --> 00:57:59.199
hits the goodbye amigos kick on Chad Gable and

00:57:59.199 --> 00:58:03.940
Dragon Lee hits operation dragon and Ray Phoenix

00:58:03.940 --> 00:58:06.960
finishes it off with a meteora for the three

00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:12.760
count which means that the LWO members and Ray

00:58:12.760 --> 00:58:16.260
Phoenix win that one, which I mean, I really

00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:19.219
like this match. It's the Libra Lucha Libra style

00:58:19.219 --> 00:58:22.739
is really, really entertaining to watch. And

00:58:22.739 --> 00:58:27.900
it is one of those where like it's just high

00:58:27.900 --> 00:58:31.800
flying and breathtaking all at the same time.

00:58:32.179 --> 00:58:36.139
Now, unfortunately, At some point in this match

00:58:36.139 --> 00:58:40.159
Rey Mysterio looked like he got injured because

00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:44.360
we have seen on social media since that he was

00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:51.420
actually carried out of the arena by medical

00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:55.460
staff very quickly. So let's just hope that injury

00:58:55.460 --> 00:58:59.340
is not too horrific and does not hold too much

00:58:59.340 --> 00:59:02.969
of an issue with his match. against El Grande

00:59:02.969 --> 00:59:09.750
Mercano on WrestleMania. We then go into a recap

00:59:09.750 --> 00:59:14.150
VT of the whole Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, CM

00:59:14.150 --> 00:59:18.789
Punk storyline which recaps, you know, that the

00:59:18.789 --> 00:59:25.110
end of that will be the main event of WrestleMania

00:59:25.110 --> 00:59:29.599
night one. From that point we will find out Where

00:59:29.599 --> 00:59:32.820
that goes and I will be covering that one with

00:59:32.820 --> 00:59:36.719
Adam in our finishes and fractions breaks down

00:59:36.719 --> 00:59:41.380
WrestleMania episodes who will be out very very

00:59:41.380 --> 00:59:50.280
soon So after that recap we then have the undisputed

00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:55.139
WWE champion come to the road Cody Rhodes and

00:59:55.139 --> 00:59:58.800
as Cody takes the microphone in the ring and

00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:02.340
he's just about to do his thing of Las Vegas

01:00:02.340 --> 01:00:06.880
what are we going to talk about as the microphone

01:00:06.880 --> 01:00:12.480
touches the breath coming from his lips we hear

01:00:12.480 --> 01:00:16.440
John Cena's music and he comes out before Cody

01:00:16.440 --> 01:00:19.940
can even say anything and makes his way down

01:00:19.940 --> 01:00:23.519
to the ring now as Cody goes to talk John Cena

01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:26.820
comes out with shut your mouth kid You know don't

01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:29.840
need to hear this he goes. This is my 20th WrestleMania

01:00:29.840 --> 01:00:34.860
And my 12th title match at WrestleMania he knows

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:37.059
better than anyone that you can get lost in the

01:00:37.059 --> 01:00:40.340
voices and The only voice you should be listening

01:00:40.340 --> 01:00:44.280
to is the one looking directly in the eye now

01:00:44.280 --> 01:00:47.420
Cena cuts some incredible promos I don't care

01:00:47.420 --> 01:00:50.219
if you don't like his in ring ability him with

01:00:50.219 --> 01:00:54.369
a microphone is ruthless. We've seen him destroy

01:00:54.369 --> 01:00:57.170
so many superstars with words over the years.

01:00:57.170 --> 01:01:00.230
He's done Roman Reigns. He's done the Miz. You

01:01:00.230 --> 01:01:03.210
know, he did Dean Ambrose. You know, he's done

01:01:03.210 --> 01:01:05.809
so many people with the microphone over the years

01:01:05.809 --> 01:01:08.710
and he's doing Cody Weekend, Wee Calcutt at this

01:01:08.710 --> 01:01:11.829
point. Up to now and especially up to now where

01:01:11.829 --> 01:01:16.449
Cody's had the physical edge on him. But yeah,

01:01:16.530 --> 01:01:19.099
Cena's definitely got the microphone edge. He

01:01:19.099 --> 01:01:21.300
goes on to say Sunday is the last time he'll

01:01:21.300 --> 01:01:23.480
be in a WrestleMania ring and no other wrestler

01:01:23.480 --> 01:01:27.860
has retired in the way he has. And there is no

01:01:27.860 --> 01:01:35.199
way you can face a man who knows he's done. And

01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:38.119
what he's doing is nuts and the WWE thinks it's

01:01:38.119 --> 01:01:40.519
fake and thinks there's always one more match.

01:01:41.579 --> 01:01:46.099
One more match, he said, and that's not a wrestling

01:01:46.099 --> 01:01:48.920
retirement. It goes and that's because the others

01:01:48.920 --> 01:01:51.599
that do it are just insecure losers who need

01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:53.559
the funds because when they're not wrestling

01:01:53.559 --> 01:01:57.699
they don't have anything else. You know they

01:01:57.699 --> 01:02:00.099
come back as a shell of the people person they

01:02:00.099 --> 01:02:03.320
were and because they need the recognition of

01:02:03.320 --> 01:02:05.619
the WWE Universe because I've got everything

01:02:05.619 --> 01:02:08.679
I need I don't need them. So the only reason

01:02:08.679 --> 01:02:11.300
he is here is to take the title from Cody and

01:02:11.300 --> 01:02:15.659
from the WWE Universe forever as the last real

01:02:15.659 --> 01:02:22.590
champion. And It was one of those who goes last

01:02:22.590 --> 01:02:24.969
year when you won the title when he was it was

01:02:24.969 --> 01:02:29.010
being raised and and Every day you get to hold

01:02:29.010 --> 01:02:33.030
it. It gets heavier You said and Sunday is the

01:02:33.030 --> 01:02:35.230
day you'll lose it because you care about the

01:02:35.230 --> 01:02:39.389
WWE Universe And they don't write history winners

01:02:39.389 --> 01:02:42.530
do so he came here out tonight because he wanted

01:02:42.530 --> 01:02:45.010
to share one more thing with him before Sunday

01:02:45.010 --> 01:02:47.780
when he won When John Cena won the Elimination

01:02:47.780 --> 01:02:49.719
Chamber, he knew it'd be hard to beat him at

01:02:49.719 --> 01:02:53.480
WrestleMania, and he changed all of that when

01:02:53.480 --> 01:02:55.519
Cody said what he said to The Rock. So The Rock

01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:58.780
gave him a chance to win and give him a choice

01:02:58.780 --> 01:03:03.380
to win or do what they think is right. And he

01:03:03.380 --> 01:03:06.960
chose to do what he thought was right. Winning

01:03:06.960 --> 01:03:11.760
is one of those. And that's when he knew that

01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:14.559
Sunday night, Cody does not stand a chance to

01:03:14.559 --> 01:03:16.460
retain that title and he's going to prove to

01:03:16.460 --> 01:03:18.820
them that and all he has to do is prove to the

01:03:18.820 --> 01:03:21.559
WWE Universe that they don't matter. You know

01:03:21.559 --> 01:03:24.480
on Sunday to beat John Cena Cody Rhodes has a

01:03:24.480 --> 01:03:27.179
choice to do what the WWE Universe thinks is

01:03:27.179 --> 01:03:32.320
right or win. And Cody Rhodes doesn't need a

01:03:32.320 --> 01:03:34.800
tattoo or a suit to be someone because on Sunday

01:03:34.800 --> 01:03:36.800
he's going to make him someone. Someone that

01:03:36.800 --> 01:03:39.880
knows how to be a winner and to be a winner you

01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:43.090
can't hang with losers. or he's gonna make him

01:03:43.090 --> 01:03:45.510
someone who had the chance to be a winner and

01:03:45.510 --> 01:03:47.849
blew it. And he says, you ain't the quarterback

01:03:47.849 --> 01:03:50.829
kid, you ain't the captain, you're a kid in a

01:03:50.829 --> 01:03:54.710
man's world who doesn't have the balls of the

01:03:54.710 --> 01:04:00.110
last real champion. And Cody Rhodes says that

01:04:00.110 --> 01:04:03.050
John Cena's always got something to say and this

01:04:03.050 --> 01:04:05.670
crowd knows how they feel about you. And John

01:04:05.670 --> 01:04:09.909
Cena says, is this who you fight for? Poor excuse

01:04:09.909 --> 01:04:13.090
of a crowd. Is this what matters to you? And

01:04:13.090 --> 01:04:15.610
Cody Rhodes said that in London, John Cena said

01:04:15.610 --> 01:04:19.789
he didn't bury talent. Well, Cody can name a

01:04:19.789 --> 01:04:23.329
whole graveyard of people whose careers he buried.

01:04:24.309 --> 01:04:26.610
And then Cody gets a little bit personal. He

01:04:26.610 --> 01:04:28.769
says, John, do you know the name of the guy who

01:04:28.769 --> 01:04:31.409
gave you the microphone? Would you know the name

01:04:31.409 --> 01:04:33.150
of the guy who follows you down with the camera?

01:04:33.550 --> 01:04:36.650
But no because it's a different WWE's when you

01:04:36.650 --> 01:04:38.889
were here last and you haven't been here since

01:04:38.889 --> 01:04:41.630
elimination chamber Says you call me underwhelming.

01:04:41.630 --> 01:04:44.269
I think you're overrated. You're overbearing.

01:04:44.449 --> 01:04:48.550
Yeah at a touch Says your face is like melted

01:04:48.550 --> 01:04:53.949
wax your paler than sting at Starrcade 97 and

01:04:53.949 --> 01:04:56.909
now you run around naked on stage for the guys

01:04:56.909 --> 01:05:00.969
you ran errands for we're in 2025 now John and

01:05:00.969 --> 01:05:06.969
you still wrestle You know and then at which

01:05:06.969 --> 01:05:10.269
point John Cena listens Cody Road the fans in

01:05:10.269 --> 01:05:13.210
the in the stadium are just singing Cody Cody

01:05:13.210 --> 01:05:19.429
rules John Cena calls them an idiot and a Cena

01:05:19.429 --> 01:05:24.769
Cody Rhodes hits Cena and Cena goes for the attitude

01:05:24.769 --> 01:05:28.110
adjustment which Cody reverses into a crossroads

01:05:28.110 --> 01:05:32.369
and finishes the episode with Cena laying on

01:05:32.369 --> 01:05:37.289
his ass in the ring and Cody standing above him

01:05:37.289 --> 01:05:39.690
with his title we're told by commentary that

01:05:39.690 --> 01:05:44.050
the war of words is done this will be finished

01:05:44.050 --> 01:05:47.150
on Sunday evening and talking about finished

01:05:47.150 --> 01:05:50.550
ladies and gentlemen that brings me to the end

01:05:50.550 --> 01:05:54.469
of the last episode of finishes and factions

01:05:54.469 --> 01:05:59.110
the smackdown for season one the next episode

01:05:59.110 --> 01:06:03.889
will be the first episode of season two Thank

01:06:03.889 --> 01:06:06.750
you so much for bearing with us over the last

01:06:06.750 --> 01:06:09.530
couple of months. It has been incredible and

01:06:09.530 --> 01:06:14.050
we appreciate all of you for doing so. So just

01:06:14.050 --> 01:06:16.710
remember, ladies and gentlemen, you've just got

01:06:16.710 --> 01:06:20.550
to follow the buzzards. See you for WrestleMania.

01:06:21.010 --> 01:06:21.429
Peace out.