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In 1985, Vincent Kennedy McMahon Jr. conceptualized

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a concept of the biggest wrestling show ever

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seen before on the globe. And that was where

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WrestleMania was born. 40 some odd years later,

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we're still talking about WrestleMania and This

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week, this is historic as this is the first WrestleMania

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that Finishers and Factions has ever covered.

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Welcome to our coverage of WrestleMania 41. My

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name is Adam. I am one of our hosts. Our other

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host is Rich. Rich, welcome to WrestleMania.

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Oh, thank you very much, buddy. I'm excited already.

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We've not even seen anything yet and I'm already

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rebouncing for. for the entire I wish the weekends

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could come back again just for the wrestling

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not for the amount of notes I've written over

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the last six days that that has been kind of

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I'm pretty sure I've got some kind of permanent

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writer's injury or something along those lines

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because yeah it's my hand has not been the same

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since yeah fucking comments I have written an

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awful lot of notes citing the fact that we are

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in the Allegiant Stadium home of the Las Vegas

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Raiders for this year's WrestleMania. With an

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attendance that we are informed is over 60 ,000

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to start off with. We do get a more precise number

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a little bit later on. But 60 ,000 to start off

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with is pretty incredible. Oh, 100%. And as is

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tradition now at WrestleMania, we have opening

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remarks in ring um by Triple H fresh off his

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hall of fame induction for his own personal contributions

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um to the wrestling industry and ongoing contributions

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might I add. Oh definitely we're not seeing Triple

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H disappear anytime soon. No certainly not um

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he welcomes the crowd to Las Vegas um and this

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we're informed that this is the first WrestleMania

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to be broadcast completely globally which is

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a pretty cool concept considering for the last

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few years we've you know we've had sort of 80

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to 90 percent of the globe have been able to

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enjoy wrestlemania with us and then now everyone

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in the world can enjoy the thrill that is wrestlemania

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yeah 100 and after The customary opening of,

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are you ready? We have an appearance from some

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guy called Salvatore Ganucchi, I think was how

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I've written that down. Which I wrote down. It

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was a Bosnian slash Swedish DJ. slash music producer

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and is credited to a game called Fatal Fury City

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of Wolves where I believe he is actually a playable

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character which is due to release on the 24th

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of April. Well that sounds all very nice for

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Salvatore Genucci but he's not a wrestler so

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at this point no fucks given. Let's get into

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the meat and veg odds. I feel like there's a

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Booker T quote in there somewhere from NXT. Can

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you dig it, sucker? Well, that's all the Booker

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T you're getting from me this weekend. Finisher's

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and Faction's fans. There's going to be a weekend

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of poor, poor impersonations. I can promise you

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that, but that is the only Booker T on you again.

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In which case we'll crack straight on. Match

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one on the card this week. in this WrestleMania

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night one was for the World Heavyweight Championship

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and saw our Royal Rumble winner, Jey Uso, trying

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to lift the title off of Gunther, our current

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World Heavyweight Champion. This is an interesting

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concept for the fact that Jey Uso has never beaten

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Gunther in a title match. So with this one also

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being a title match, this is going in where the

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odds are very much stacked against Jay. There's

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also two other people that I'd like to point

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out whose odds are stacked against them. This

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is two young gentlemen from the crowd that we've

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spoken about on previous episodes. The young

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lad with the villa shirt and the young lad with

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the Birmingham City shirt at the front. can you

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please stop going to wwe events you're making

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us west bron fans incredibly jealous i mean i'm

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not a west bron fan i couldn't give a toss but

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no but i'd also like to be at wrestlemania with

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a baggy shirt on just not near those two i'll

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go and stand in the decent seats yeah i was gonna

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say i'd go and stand in the better seats but

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they have got premium seats right along the entry

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sign. So, you know, right where Jeyuso jumps

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over the barricades into the ring area after

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his entrance through the crowd. The serious Jeyuso

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is back, Adam. No yeets on his entrance. Well,

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no yeets on him. There were 60 ,000 other people

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yeeting in unison, including Michael Cole, who

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looked like he was about to have a heart attack

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at commentary. I mean, he's getting better. It's

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obviously doing him some good, all of this yeeting.

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He's definitely getting fitter. I think the only

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other person in the arena that wasn't yeeting

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was Mr. Wade Barrett, who made his WrestleMania

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debut on commentary this year. I also believe

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that at this point... Gunther, who is still backstage,

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would not have been yeeting as well, because

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we've never seen Gunther pop a yeet. I'd quite

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like to see Gunther drop a yeet. Yeah, I don't

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think that's going to happen somehow. I'm talking

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of yeets. Oh, I was going to say, speaking of

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yeets, Adam's video on the Finnishism factions

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TikTok is the first video to hit a thousand views.

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And that was Adam popping a very serious looking

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yeet. Well done on that one, Ed. No worries at

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all there, mate. No worries. Right, let's see.

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Jump in with Gunther. Yeah, I mean Gunther, he's

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coming into WrestleMania 41 in his sixth title

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defense during a 259 -day reign as world heavyweight

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champion. It's not the longest reign we've ever

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seen, but still an impressive feat to hold on

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to it. for that long yeah definitely and uh but

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he's got a thing for holding on to titles for

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quite a while as we are informed a little bit

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later into the match just scrolling down through

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my notes to see if i can find it but he does

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hold he has held two other titles yeah here we

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go so Gunther was the NXT UK champion for 870

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days and he was the intercontinental champion

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for 666 days. So, you know, he's definitely got

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a way to go on those two title runs, but coming

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up to a year almost, just under a hundred days

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off a year as the world heavyweight champion.

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It's gonna be an interesting one. You say that

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because it starts off pretty much as I think

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everybody expected it to because pretty much

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early doors Gunther was dominating in this. Most

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of my notes in the start of this match start

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with a G. Actually the first six that I've written

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down start with a G. This is it and it's because

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Gunther just He literally settled in. He settled

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in dead quick to the match. It's nothing that

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he hasn't done before. It's another day at the

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office for him. He's slapping about Jey Uso.

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You know, it's all fun games for him. He's been

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doing this for fun for the last couple of weeks,

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just choking him out, slapping him out, and just

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generally making Jey Uso feel like he's Gunther's

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bitch. you know, he gets taken out at one point

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with a step up. Well, Gunther does end up getting

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dropped at several points in the sort of the

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openings at five, 10 minutes. And one of those

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is to a step up in Segiri. But Jay does seem

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to hit some big shots in this, like the opening

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sort of sections of this match. And with like

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body slams, spears, you know, even in the start

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of this. just the start he's still trying to

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pull everything he can out for a probably a fast

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finish you know if he can explode out the blocks

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and surprise Gunther and get lucky then maybe

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that's the best way to do it the longer you stay

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in the ring with that guy the more fucks you're

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gonna get yeah 100 % longevity in a match against

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Gunther does not favor Gunther's opponent at

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all so yeah it's always best to If you're going

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to hit him, hit him hard, hit him fast. Don't

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let him build ahead of steam, which unfortunately

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Jusso did do at this stage. But despite that,

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he did come back with some big moves. I mean,

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he had a series of moves, including a Samoan

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drop, a spear and a Nusso splash, which he was

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pointing at at one stage. I must admit I made

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a big note of that one as well. That was right

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at the end of the match as well. um so for him

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to still have gone at this point i think when

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he hits this off it was for the first time it

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was pretty much like maybe 10 10 to 15 minutes

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into the match so they'd already had like a pretty

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serious session going on before he manages to

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pull that out of trinidad disaster and then goes

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on to pull it out again a little bit later on

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after he's had a few more bombs dropped on him.

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One of those bombs was Gunther chopping at him

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in the middle of the ring and Jey Uso just stood

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there laughing at him like he finally lost the

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plot. Yeah that was sort of the note that I made

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as well because we've got to remember one of

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the one of the all -time things that Gunther

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is probably the most famous for is how One of

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his chops would be enough to put down any normal

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human being. I'm pretty sure if he chopped either

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me or Rich we'd be on the floor gasping for air.

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To stand in the middle of a WWE ring at WrestleMania

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and take several of those chops and start laughing

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sort of suggests a detachment from reality, I'm

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not gonna lie. I mean we wouldn't be surprised

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if that was the way he was going off. We saw

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Gunther beat the living shit out of his brother

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a couple of weeks ago. So that's where the more

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serious Jays come from and at this point he has

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been as serious as serious can be. He's very

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much jumped on with the opportunity and he's

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at some points of this match, not all of it,

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some points, he was on top. I mean yes, it was

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a very 50 -50 match. I feel up until the last

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two minutes, it was probably a very, very 50

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-50 match. It was only the ending and the way

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that went that kept it... It was a big surprise

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and it was not what I thought was going to go

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down. He was trying everything in his arsenal

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to get it to... put Gunther away, which he's

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done so many times before and come out unsuccessful.

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I mean, even for Gunther to start throwing some

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of his classic moves at him, like at one point

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he puts Jay in a sleeper hold, which we've seen

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weeks in, week in, week out. Will put Jay to

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sleep very easily and will not take very long

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to do so. No, and once he'd locked that in on

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Jay, I think we pretty much all thought it was...

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game over Gunther was retaining but the fact

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that Jay managed to suplex and get a German suplex

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to get you'll use a German suplex to get himself

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out of this choke hold to then follow that up

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with a power bomb on Gunther followed by a super

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kick and a spear to then go for an Uso's flash

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to to finish off the the selection of the second

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time and then Don't think he hit just one. He

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didn't there was two. Oh Actually, I'm wrong.

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There was three I was gonna say I've noted down

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that there was three. Yeah, there was three So

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at this point, he's getting some pent -up aggression

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from his system as well You know again with all

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those beatings that he's taken what Jimmy took

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a few weeks ago He's definitely got a lot of

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aggression to get out and he does with these

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splashes and then, yeah, decides that he's gonna

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try and play Gunther at his own game and locks

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in that same sleeper hold that Gunther likes

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to use. Gunther tapped to it. Out of all the

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ways to try and beat Gunther, a submission move

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was not something I expected to see being used.

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But - No, we've got to remember that Gunther's

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hardly ever been pinned in WWE. Yeah, well Gunther's

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been pinned twice in the WWE. And I can tell

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you who he's been pinned, like how and where.

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So he was pinned at Crown Jewel by Cody Rhodes

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and pinned at WrestleMania 40 by Sami Zayn. And

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he was submitted by Isla Dragunov, known as Walter

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at the time, in August 2021 at NXT TakeOver 36

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with a rear naked chokehold. That was the match

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that ended his 870 day reign as the NXT UK champion.

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Yeah, this it wasn't it I mean Gunther being

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beat in general is not something that happens

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very often So the fact the fact that he's only

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ever been he's only ever tapped out once previously

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in WWE He's only been beaten like three times

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in singles matches in WWE I Think each time he's

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been beaten. He's lost a title Yeah Most likely.

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Yeah, no, it's pretty much that is the way it's

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run. Each time he has been beaten, he has lost

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his title. NXT UK title lost and then was the

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first loss. Then yeah, the IC title was the second.

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He's spent 80 % of his career in WWE as champion

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in some way, shape or form. Yeah, done a very

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good job with it as well. But yes, Jey Uso taps

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out Gunther to become the new heavyweight world

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champion. and we get to see him celebrating with

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his brother Big Jim in the ring. You know, nice

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little bit of sort of recognition from Big Jim

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there for the work that Jay's put in and obviously

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the help that Big Jim had to give Jay in different

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ways to get him there. But yeah, first major

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solo's title for Jay as well. Yeah, not his first

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solos title major Yeah, I said first major I

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like to get my facts in as well, you know But

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yeah, no, it's a case that this was a huge emotional

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victory for for Jay and for Jim to come out as

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:57.759
well big big props to both of the USOs because

00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:00.059
Yeah, I don't think one could have done it without

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:04.970
the other sort of thing. It's Even if it took

00:18:04.970 --> 00:18:09.210
Jim to get his ass Hospitalized to work to to

00:18:09.210 --> 00:18:11.710
get him there sort of thing He did manage to

00:18:11.710 --> 00:18:16.549
get in the slap that was heard around the world

00:18:16.549 --> 00:18:22.269
So it was probably worth it in the long run May

00:18:22.269 --> 00:18:27.369
maybe maybe but this is classic WWE storytelling

00:18:27.369 --> 00:18:29.450
at the end of the day We've seen this type of

00:18:29.450 --> 00:18:32.799
story so many so many times in the past and do

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.819
you know what we'll see it so many other times

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:39.519
afterwards because it is it's such a it's such

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:44.500
a powerful story to tell that underdog face character

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:50.119
taking on the seemingly completely dominant heeled

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:54.119
champion to then come out on top at the um at

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.799
the end of the series sort of thing it's it's

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.279
yeah we've seen it so many times before done

00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.920
by so many other people in the past yes one of

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:03.920
the ones in the well that they can keep going

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:08.599
back to and they need to yeah pretty much um

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:12.819
but yeah i think we'll uh we'll leave big german

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:16.059
j to wander off and we'll uh crack on with the

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:22.880
next one yeah so as we pan round to our second

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.380
match of the card. We are introduced to a few

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:30.880
celebrities that are in attendance. One of them

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:35.259
is the San Francisco 49ers very own George Kettle

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:39.420
and we are informed that this is his eighth WrestleMania

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:44.039
making him a rather large wrestling fan and in

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.500
the process of him being on camera decides he's

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:48.700
going to do the typical frat boy thing and chug

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:51.559
that beer. Seems to struggle a little bit with

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:55.509
it but he does get it down. Which is a something

00:19:55.509 --> 00:19:57.450
the 49ers struggle with at the moment getting

00:19:57.450 --> 00:20:00.849
that ball down the field I'll have to take your

00:20:00.849 --> 00:20:02.869
word for that as we've discussed on many different

00:20:02.869 --> 00:20:06.569
occasions. I am not really an NFL fan I stay

00:20:06.569 --> 00:20:08.690
up late enough late nights watching wrestling.

00:20:08.730 --> 00:20:10.750
I don't need to stay up more late nights watching

00:20:10.750 --> 00:20:13.009
Monday night football Yes, this is funny because

00:20:13.009 --> 00:20:15.329
before we started this podcast I was looking

00:20:15.329 --> 00:20:17.990
into maybe starting to get into the hockey season

00:20:17.990 --> 00:20:20.869
and then I started this and there was no time

00:20:20.869 --> 00:20:26.559
for hockey nothing I even thought about adding

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.819
an AEW or TNA episode. More AEW just so I had

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:35.160
an excuse to watch timeless Tony Storm a little

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:37.680
bit more than just what I do on TikTok and Facebook,

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.200
but no, there is not enough time for a Finishes

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:45.019
and Factions does AEW in a week either. No, we'd

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:49.599
need to expand our team to be able to do things

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:53.500
like that I think. Might be something to do to

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:57.220
further down the line, maybe. That's if AW manages

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:59.200
to stay in the business long enough for us to

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.339
produce finishes and factions, doesn't it, AW?

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.519
Either that, or we do finishes and factions,

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:07.279
does TNA. But anyway, enough about future talking.

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:10.599
We've got a couple of other celebs in attendance

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:12.740
in this particular segment that we're introduced

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:15.000
to. One is a gentleman that goes by the name

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.920
of Rick Rubin, a nine -time Grammy Award winner.

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.940
Despite being that successful, I still didn't

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:24.920
know who he was. But one man I do know who he

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:28.839
is, is a gentleman who goes by the name of Chris

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:36.039
Angel, host of a very successful magicians TV

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:39.720
show called Mind Freak, that is broadcast mostly

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:43.019
in the states. But yeah, I mean, Chris Angel,

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:47.220
he's one of the biggest names in close -up magic,

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:53.670
as it goes. Yeah, anybody who's a magic fan has

00:21:53.670 --> 00:21:56.690
to be aware of Chris Angel. It's like not knowing

00:21:56.690 --> 00:22:00.930
who Penn and Teller are. Oh, it's funny how you

00:22:00.930 --> 00:22:04.390
say that considering I spoke about Penn and Teller

00:22:04.390 --> 00:22:07.509
a little bit on finishes and factions that does

00:22:07.509 --> 00:22:11.210
stand and deliver because they were playing some

00:22:11.210 --> 00:22:14.369
little magical tricks with Alexis King and his

00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:19.029
heritage trophy. which I believe he has not found

00:22:19.029 --> 00:22:23.130
yet, which could cost him a pretty penny. Well,

00:22:23.130 --> 00:22:25.269
I'm sure we'll find out when we come round to

00:22:25.269 --> 00:22:28.710
do finishes and factions, does NXT, which will

00:22:28.710 --> 00:22:32.130
be coming up soon. But we've got to finish this

00:22:32.130 --> 00:22:36.190
episode. So let's crack on with match two of

00:22:36.190 --> 00:22:40.450
the card, which was the World Tag Team Championship

00:22:40.450 --> 00:22:45.509
match, which saw the new day. versus current

00:22:45.509 --> 00:22:49.430
champions, the War Raiders. Yes, and as we are

00:22:49.430 --> 00:22:55.890
told by commentary, WrestleMania is war. Well,

00:22:55.970 --> 00:22:59.410
I think it takes, I think it may have taken Pat

00:22:59.410 --> 00:23:01.849
McAfee two attempts to do that, as I think he

00:23:01.849 --> 00:23:05.410
may have said to begin with, that Raw is war.

00:23:05.529 --> 00:23:10.869
Yes, he did. Just out of sort of... Just out

00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:13.390
of pure, what's the word I'm looking for? Habit,

00:23:13.490 --> 00:23:20.269
that's the word. But yeah, we see, as is traditional

00:23:20.269 --> 00:23:25.930
format for WrestleMania, we normally have a VT

00:23:25.930 --> 00:23:31.250
which shows us what the, basically what happened

00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:36.859
in the run up to. This match and this one shows

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:42.839
sort of I put this down as the It shows the defection

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:46.160
of the new day from the power of positivity which

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:49.619
we've had within the new day for the last ten

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:54.440
years or so and then They sadly had to say goodbye

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:58.740
to biggie which saw them sink ever deeper into

00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:05.009
a pit of darkness and We have the new new day

00:24:05.009 --> 00:24:11.430
coming up with that. And yeah, I mean, I'm used

00:24:11.430 --> 00:24:16.869
to go on. I was gonna say I'm I'm getting to

00:24:16.869 --> 00:24:18.730
a point with the with the new day now where I'm

00:24:18.730 --> 00:24:21.509
a little bit like, come on, let's see what we

00:24:21.509 --> 00:24:23.390
can do as a two man. Obviously we're getting

00:24:23.390 --> 00:24:27.569
to see Xavier Woods have to pull his skinny little

00:24:27.569 --> 00:24:29.869
weight. like around a bit more rather than just

00:24:29.869 --> 00:24:32.390
outside the blowing his own trumpet while Big

00:24:32.390 --> 00:24:36.410
E and Kofi got on with it. This is their first

00:24:36.410 --> 00:24:42.730
sort of major run as a duo. Well, we both expected

00:24:42.730 --> 00:24:47.930
Big E to be replaced at some point, but no, I'm

00:24:47.930 --> 00:24:50.990
kind of intrigued. So to speak, I enjoy watching

00:24:50.990 --> 00:24:55.369
the War Raiders, but kind of think I'm backing

00:24:55.369 --> 00:24:59.670
the new day on this one. You don't get me wrong.

00:24:59.670 --> 00:25:02.130
I was still back in the war Raiders in this one

00:25:02.130 --> 00:25:05.609
when it came when it came down to it But definitely

00:25:05.609 --> 00:25:10.470
the new new day is is growing on me one of the

00:25:10.470 --> 00:25:15.690
tradition that comes with WrestleMania is over

00:25:15.690 --> 00:25:20.299
exaggerated entrances now The New Day didn't

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:23.400
have as much of an over -exaggerated entrance

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:27.019
as such, but their ring entrance gear was interesting.

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:30.940
Now I noted down that they had a patch on their

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:34.720
back that depicted a three -headed unicorn, but

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:39.079
one head was withered, dying or dead. It's difficult

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:42.660
to tell which one exactly it was, which obviously

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:46.650
was a subtle nod to... their fallen brother -in

00:25:46.650 --> 00:25:52.970
-arms Big E Langston. Yes. Which is a nice little,

00:25:52.970 --> 00:25:54.670
nice little treat. Because obviously, yes, they

00:25:54.670 --> 00:25:57.930
had to toss him from their tag team, but they

00:25:57.930 --> 00:26:00.150
really did not want to do it. But with the injuries

00:26:00.150 --> 00:26:02.410
that he's had with his neck, he's not medically

00:26:02.410 --> 00:26:07.150
cleared to be able to wrestle. I think he's currently

00:26:07.150 --> 00:26:09.569
doing stuff with the production and writing at

00:26:09.569 --> 00:26:13.819
the moment. He's doing some some bits on the

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:17.240
side. He's doing hosting of like pre -shows and

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:21.460
things like that. So whenever they caught him

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:24.460
out in a suit whenever it comes to doing pre

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:27.180
-shows where they get like Michael Cole book

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:31.720
a tea and Yeah, somebody else to come in and

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.799
talk about what's gonna happen in the the upcoming

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:37.619
show before the show actually starts yes yeah

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:39.539
i didn't watch any of the pre -shows there was

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.359
enough wrestling for me to watch this weekend

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:43.160
without needing to worry about the pre -shows

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:46.700
so i know i did miss some bits but i can't imagine

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.440
they were too important if they weren't featured

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:52.059
on the main cards of wrestlemania or at least

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:57.019
advertised for the raw after mania no this is

00:26:57.019 --> 00:27:02.259
it it's a case that we yeah um There's normally

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:06.660
maybe a match in the pre -show, but it's more

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:09.319
rare now than it used to be. It always used to

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:11.180
be a case that there was always a match in the

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:15.579
pre -show. And it sometimes had relevance to

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:18.180
the main show, but not always sort of thing.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:22.279
But we were safe from that on the WrestleMania

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:27.220
pre -show for it. Now, War Raiders definitely

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:30.119
had some interesting attire to come down to.

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:33.859
come down to the ring with because this match

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:38.619
we were told was sponsored by the mobile game

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:42.160
clash of clans which is currently having a WWE

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:44.799
event at crossover event there at the moment

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:49.240
and We're yeah, basically a sponsor of WrestleMania

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.380
in general and the war Raiders came direct addressed

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:57.150
as characters from the game of We Were Told.

00:27:57.289 --> 00:27:59.430
Never really played it myself, I will be honest.

00:28:00.170 --> 00:28:02.029
So I sort of took them at their word for that

00:28:02.029 --> 00:28:05.150
one. Yeah, it's not something I think I've played

00:28:05.150 --> 00:28:09.089
a huge amount of. Now, if it had been Raid Shadow

00:28:09.089 --> 00:28:12.869
Legends, I could possibly have admitted to playing

00:28:12.869 --> 00:28:17.650
a small amount of that multiple times a day for

00:28:17.650 --> 00:28:21.869
multiple weeks. But we're not here to talk about

00:28:21.869 --> 00:28:26.859
that. This, the Clash of Clans promo did kind

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:29.259
of piss me off after a little while. There just

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:33.480
seemed to be a lot of it and yeah, it was cool,

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:36.940
but I don't feel it was something we necessarily

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:40.099
needed rammed down our throat with every wrestler

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:44.720
that came out. It was every wrestler. It's like

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.160
a massive cosplay, like Clash of Clans cosplay

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:51.900
convention this weekend at WrestleMania. See

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:54.119
I picked it up on the war Raiders. I didn't pick

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:57.279
it up with anybody else's though I know there

00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:01.279
were a number of different Like advertisements

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:03.759
throughout the show for it, but I didn't really

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.940
pick up on it anywhere else So over the course

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:09.519
of the two nights of WrestleMania we will get

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:12.440
into some of these other matches, but we do see

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:18.240
a few other Superstars appear with elements to

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.819
it on them One of them was Damian Priest. One

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:29.740
of them was Don Mysterio. Braun Strowman had

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:32.359
some aspects to his ring gear that were part

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:36.960
of it. Drew McIntyre did. Quite a few of them

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.480
had different elements to it. Oh, right, okay.

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.259
As I said, I never really picked up on that,

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:48.950
so no, fair play for that. Back to your superior

00:29:48.950 --> 00:29:53.109
knowledge on that one More of an eye for detail

00:29:53.109 --> 00:29:55.470
when it comes to clothing where you seem to be

00:29:55.470 --> 00:29:58.250
able to pick out the fine details and the promos

00:29:58.250 --> 00:30:01.789
For example, I did also notice and so did commentary

00:30:01.789 --> 00:30:05.349
that Xavier Woods and the ring announcer Alicia

00:30:05.349 --> 00:30:10.670
Taylor have the same hairstyle Like they've gone

00:30:10.670 --> 00:30:13.809
for the the cocky peacock and it works very well.

00:30:13.809 --> 00:30:15.849
It looks better on Alicia Taylor than it doesn't

00:30:15.849 --> 00:30:21.559
Xavier Woods But, yeah, no. Commentary were quite

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:24.619
eager to pick that one up, but this one did not

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:27.220
start in the ring, to be fair. New Day could

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:31.259
not wait for the War Raiders to come into the

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:34.059
ring, so New Day went and met them on the outside.

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:39.180
And it basically ended up with Eric using Kofi

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.779
Kingston as a battering ram and slapping Xavier

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:46.099
Woods around with him, which... The irony of

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.259
it, I thought was quite good. I just wish one

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:52.380
of them had still been wearing their llama outfits

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:58.640
for when they were doing it. But enough of that

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:02.900
because I'm not entirely sure that's PG. I'm

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:12.940
not sure if that's PG. Tommaso Ciampa. He introduced

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:18.099
WrestleMania. He did. Amasa Ciampa introduced

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:20.960
WrestleMania for the R -Truth fans out there.

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:26.519
But yeah, it's a case that I enjoyed this match

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:29.839
because it's a War Raiders match and New Day

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.720
got their heads kicked in. So what's not to enjoy?

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:35.299
But I didn't get a tremendous amount of notes,

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:39.200
like sort of interspersed. I tried to pick up

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.500
on what I felt were the most important parts

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:45.799
of the match. right so that's what i try and

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:49.339
do and this match there was not a lot of oh my

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:53.759
god moments there was a few and normally i try

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.519
and keep my notes to a rough like you know such

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:58.519
and such is done such and such and then it's

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.619
like oh that was and it's normally combination

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.940
based so you know i've got here that eric picks

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:06.920
that ivar up throws them on uh over the top rope

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:09.160
to the outside landing on the new day taking

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:14.640
them both out then ivar run hits a running crossbody

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:18.640
against the both members of the new day who are

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:21.200
sat slumped up against the LCD screen on the

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:25.579
outside of the ring and I of ours not exactly

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:29.799
a small dude and When that small dude throws

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:36.039
himself at you when you are a small dude And

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:39.359
you are stuck between a ring that does not move

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:45.140
and a big dude that Just gonna yeah like that

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:47.200
video in the jackass where they get punched in

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:49.160
the face and slap with the flick with the fish

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:52.519
That is pretty much what is happening here WWE

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.740
style and it is not pleasant and the look on

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:58.680
that both Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston's face

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:06.299
afterwards said ow ow Fuck Why did we do that?

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:11.980
Yeah? Yeah, it's a case that they I challenge

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:14.740
anybody not to feel exactly the same way under

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:17.200
those circumstances, if we're completely honest.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:20.059
It was one of those where if you could swap some

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.519
members of Jackass and the New Day out, it'd

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.960
be, hi, I'm Kofi Kingston. Why am I trying to

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:31.859
be Kofi? Like because, yeah, Kofi ate Eric. Well,

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:35.900
no, Ivar, sorry. And Ivar ate both of the members

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:38.160
of the New Day for breakfast in that specific

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:51.380
move. just completely brutal. That's War Raiders

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:56.279
3 though. It is. War Raiders are just that. They

00:33:56.279 --> 00:34:01.740
are positively brutal. But then The New Day can

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:04.039
be just as brutal. There's a section a little

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.960
bit later on where Xavier Woods throws Eric into

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:11.090
the barricades and then back into the ring. Wazavian

00:34:11.090 --> 00:34:14.929
Woods holds Eric on the ropes and Kofi does a

00:34:14.929 --> 00:34:17.909
senton off the top turnbuckle onto the apron

00:34:17.909 --> 00:34:22.929
for the two count, which was quite brutal. And

00:34:22.929 --> 00:34:25.050
we've seen quite a lot of, I'm quite enjoying

00:34:25.050 --> 00:34:27.150
watching Kofi going up top at the moment. You

00:34:27.150 --> 00:34:28.769
don't know what you're going to get from him.

00:34:29.090 --> 00:34:31.429
It used to be that it was very much the same

00:34:31.429 --> 00:34:34.530
move over and over again. And then you'd finish

00:34:34.530 --> 00:34:37.960
it off like a trouble in paradise. But now he

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.940
seems to be a lot more advanced and a lot more

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.820
high flying and I think a lot more entertaining.

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.940
I think if we'd have had this Kofi Kingston and

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:48.760
Kofi held the title, I'd have enjoyed it a lot

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:51.539
more. And he might have survived longer than

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:59.280
20 seconds with Brock Lesnar. Yeah, just going

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:02.559
through everything out. He was never realistically

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:05.219
going to last that long. No, he didn't have enough

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:07.239
in his arsenal, but that arsenal seems to have

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:12.619
improved during the last few years. I feel anyway.

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:18.099
Yeah, I mean, fair play. I'm not going to argue

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:27.610
the toss with it. But yeah, so. I'm just having

00:35:27.610 --> 00:35:37.969
a look to see where I've gotten to. I know at

00:35:37.969 --> 00:35:43.329
one point Woods did his tribute to Rick Flair.

00:35:43.849 --> 00:35:48.289
He did yes and both Eric and Xavier Woods stand

00:35:48.289 --> 00:35:54.010
there trading slaps and there seemed to be an

00:35:54.010 --> 00:36:00.139
attempt at a Hardy Boys sort of tip of the cap

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:03.320
as well, but it didn't quite get there. I think

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:08.320
I believe it was broken up by war raiders, more

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:13.179
specifically Ivar. I mean, that does sound roughly

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:23.320
about right. I mean, yeah. Again, it wasn't like

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:26.519
a tremendously Oh my god he went through the

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:31.679
table sort of a match it was I mean there was

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:35.039
a little bit of cheating going on for example

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:39.480
Kofi Kingston saved Xavier Woods from a double

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:43.300
team and when War Raiders went for War Machine

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:48.300
Kofi Kingston interfered and caused Ivar to drop

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:55.340
out and then Kofi dragged Ivar away whilst Eric

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:59.000
was being pinned to make sure that they couldn't

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.500
get them off. So without the ref paying too much

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:05.239
attention as to what was going on. So yeah, basically

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:09.880
just dragged his opponent like drag. Yes, Eric

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:13.440
was being pinned. You've got Xavier Woods on

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:16.699
top and Kofi drags Eric's legs and pulls him

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:21.460
and Kofi Kingston away from or drags Ivar sorry

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:23.940
away from Eric so Eric can't get to him in time

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.780
to break the count where they get the three count

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:29.699
and they basically ran out of the ring grabbed

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:33.500
the title and did bond like they were quoted

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:36.360
by commentaries running like they had stolen

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:39.219
something because that's pretty much what they

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:41.360
did with this match they snuck in at the end

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:45.340
and they stole a victory and quite frankly I

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:51.719
loved it yeah it wasn't It wasn't a cheap win

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:54.820
it was that there was there was a real match

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:58.599
leading up to that point Yes, all Raiders did

00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:01.139
not get shit on in this opportunity. They didn't

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:03.820
get squashed. They didn't get You know, they

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:06.679
were given fair time good matching, you know,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.639
and they were allowed to have some good spots

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:13.559
and um, yeah the ending was I actually think

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:15.780
the ending suited it that little stolen. We don't

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:19.590
see stolen title victories very often so I think

00:38:19.590 --> 00:38:23.829
it was quite cool. And it's a classic heel maneuver.

00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:27.369
Yes. So it's something we've seen hundreds of

00:38:27.369 --> 00:38:29.510
times before. We've seen it more recently. I

00:38:29.510 --> 00:38:31.489
think the Judgment Day have done it on several

00:38:31.489 --> 00:38:36.650
occasions where they have almost stolen titles

00:38:36.650 --> 00:38:39.769
away or stolen retentions and things like that.

00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:45.150
It's insane. Yeah, but no. It's a very compelling

00:38:45.150 --> 00:38:48.530
story. it does and this one was an incredible

00:38:48.530 --> 00:38:51.389
story and i actually really like i said i really

00:38:51.389 --> 00:38:54.230
enjoyed watching this much there was a lot to

00:38:54.230 --> 00:38:57.610
it that it may not have had the massive spots

00:38:57.610 --> 00:39:01.789
that you'd expect but it was it was great and

00:39:01.789 --> 00:39:06.210
um yeah new day of the new world tag team champions

00:39:06.210 --> 00:39:11.650
which is a pretty pretty nuts i think we i worked

00:39:11.650 --> 00:39:16.190
out they had been They are 13 time tag champions

00:39:16.190 --> 00:39:21.090
now. I've got it written down somewhere. I think

00:39:21.090 --> 00:39:25.590
including this one is 13. So that is pretty incredible.

00:39:27.110 --> 00:39:31.269
But as with the rest of this, we have so much

00:39:31.269 --> 00:39:34.269
more to cover. So we are now going to jump off

00:39:34.269 --> 00:39:37.230
into the build up for the next match, which was

00:39:37.230 --> 00:39:42.050
Naomi and Jade Cargill. Yeah, let's switch gears.

00:39:44.269 --> 00:39:47.289
But before we switch gears completely we've got

00:39:47.289 --> 00:39:49.570
a few more celebrities to talk about before we

00:39:49.570 --> 00:39:54.210
go before we go into that Jade Naomi match First

00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:56.969
one that we are shown is a an actor by the name

00:39:56.969 --> 00:40:00.530
of O'Shea Jackson jr We are told he's an actor

00:40:00.530 --> 00:40:03.369
and a musician. Although again, I don't really

00:40:03.369 --> 00:40:08.849
know who who Who he is. We also see Michael Shea

00:40:08.849 --> 00:40:12.880
Shea Michael Shea. Yeah Michael Che is one of

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:19.159
the hosts to Saturday Night Live. He is hilarious.

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:25.460
Him and his co -host Colin, I can't remember

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:29.300
Colin's surname, but yeah, they are highly hilarious.

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:31.860
If you haven't seen Saturday Night Live and you

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:36.679
have a interesting sense of humor, then go and

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:40.650
check it out. It's brilliant. And of course,

00:40:40.789 --> 00:40:43.789
the other celebrity we are introduced to is no

00:40:43.789 --> 00:40:48.230
stranger to a WWE event. In fact, I believe,

00:40:48.369 --> 00:40:50.409
if I remember correctly, he may have actually

00:40:50.409 --> 00:40:54.210
had a small spot in, I wanna say, the last year

00:40:54.210 --> 00:40:57.889
or the year before's WrestleMania. We have Jelly

00:40:57.889 --> 00:41:01.590
Roll, the Grammy Award winning rapper, singer,

00:41:01.829 --> 00:41:06.610
and songwriter. Yeah, and the 200 pound lighter

00:41:06.610 --> 00:41:11.610
rapper, singer. and songwriter. As we are informed

00:41:11.610 --> 00:41:15.030
that old jelly roll has been laying off the jelly

00:41:15.030 --> 00:41:19.690
rolls and is doing very well with it. I believe

00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:24.150
a little bit of fourth wall stuff here. I remember

00:41:24.150 --> 00:41:30.190
seeing an episode of the Two Bears One Cave podcast

00:41:30.190 --> 00:41:35.730
which is Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura. They

00:41:35.730 --> 00:41:40.340
are doing a I want to say it's a 10k with Joe

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:46.000
Rogan and Jenny Roll. So that could be where

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.980
a lot of that weight is going in, because I've

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:50.860
noticed that Tom Segura has lost an awful lot

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:54.260
too. Not sure how old the video was, but yeah,

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:56.460
there was definitely some fun stuff going on

00:41:56.460 --> 00:42:00.639
there, I believe. What way of a podcast to make

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:05.050
money for charity. is to go into a 5K, but getting

00:42:05.050 --> 00:42:08.309
two hilarious comedians, a guy who smokes a lot

00:42:08.309 --> 00:42:17.349
of weed and Joe Rogan. I made a claim a moment

00:42:17.349 --> 00:42:20.409
ago that Jelly Rolls had a match at WrestleMania.

00:42:20.590 --> 00:42:23.230
It wasn't at WrestleMania. It was at SummerSlam

00:42:23.230 --> 00:42:27.949
last year. He teamed with The Miz and R -Truth

00:42:27.949 --> 00:42:35.019
against Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. a town

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:40.679
down under yeah that's the one before we silly

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:44.139
our tongues with that name again we'll move on

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:47.800
now match three was of course the women's singles

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:53.000
match which saw Jade Cargill versus Naomi now

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:57.039
as the VT recapping this shows and as we've talked

00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:02.559
about a lot on the podcast November Jade Cargill

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:06.679
was subject to a horrific attack out of nowhere

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:12.739
and it was a mystery for months who had attacked

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:18.159
Jade Cargill and left a beaten broken on the

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:24.019
hood of a car out in the car park at a WWE event.

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:28.159
Well a few people were accused of doing it. The

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:32.929
people accused of doing it are current women's

00:43:32.929 --> 00:43:36.610
tag team champions, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.

00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:40.710
Yeah, who were due for a match on night two,

00:43:40.750 --> 00:43:45.130
I believe. I believe so. But we do find out it

00:43:45.130 --> 00:43:50.530
was not them because it was... At Elimination

00:43:50.530 --> 00:43:53.590
Chamber, we found out because Jade Cargill made

00:43:53.590 --> 00:44:01.340
her... Return. ...vicious return. It was in the

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:04.840
women's elimination chamber match itself where

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:09.659
we had Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Bianca Beller,

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:15.940
Naomi and I want to say Rhea Ripley as well.

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:20.099
No, it wasn't Rhea because she was the holder.

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:24.739
I think it was Roxane Perez. Yes, it might have

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:30.630
been actually. No, yes, no it was, that was a

00:44:30.630 --> 00:44:36.849
good show. And because we'd spent weeks and weeks

00:44:36.849 --> 00:44:40.130
thinking that it was Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez,

00:44:40.269 --> 00:44:43.610
Liv was in that ring looking mighty sheepish

00:44:43.610 --> 00:44:49.650
until Naomi was the one that was dragged, beaten.

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:53.440
bruised and even had her neck slammed in the

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:58.280
elimination chamber main chamber door. She was

00:44:58.280 --> 00:45:02.159
brutalised by Jade Cargill. I'd like to point

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:04.900
out that Finishes and Factions, courtesy of yours

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:07.619
truly, did actually call that before that happened,

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:11.000
but we're not going to harp on at it. All right,

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:14.239
Miss. I beat John Cena at WrestleMania once.

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:19.139
I did. Did nobody see that? We didn't see John

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:23.199
Cena. I mean, admittedly, afterwards I woke up.

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:30.719
So, yeah. But then my game saved. And I lost

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:36.460
the save data. Damn it. But yeah, and that documented

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:40.500
all of the, well, I'd say craziness that's happened

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:43.639
up to that point, because we've had Naomi take

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:46.199
a heel turn for it. We found out Naomi had done

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.380
all of this because she was basically jealous

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:52.000
of how close Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair would

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:56.380
be coming. I felt like she was third wheeling

00:45:56.380 --> 00:46:02.500
almost. Coming out of that VT, we saw Naomi debuting

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:05.420
her brand new entrance, which I've been waiting

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:08.619
for. I've been waiting for her to update her

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:14.079
entrance music. It was. I like the approach with

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:16.480
caution aspect that they're going with with her.

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:23.300
a far cry away from feeling the glow. So 100

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:30.780
% on board with Naomi's repackage there. And

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:33.900
Jade Cargill in her entrance almost had a bit

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:38.159
of an X -Men feel for it as she's being referred

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:42.739
to as the oncoming storm. She also reminded me

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:46.719
of when Halle Berry was in that James Bond movie.

00:46:49.570 --> 00:46:53.989
In what way? Just the there's one point where

00:46:53.989 --> 00:46:58.389
they're both I'm Sort of honey berries in a bikini

00:46:58.389 --> 00:47:00.429
in the movie I think and Jade Cargill was obviously

00:47:00.429 --> 00:47:02.309
in a wrestling gear, but they just look very

00:47:02.309 --> 00:47:06.369
similar. Oh Right, okay I'll have to take your

00:47:06.369 --> 00:47:08.010
word on that. I didn't make that compare. I didn't

00:47:08.010 --> 00:47:15.030
draw that comparison Yeah, so Naomi debuting

00:47:15.030 --> 00:47:19.809
new entrants Jade Cargill this was actually Jade's

00:47:19.809 --> 00:47:23.489
first WrestleMania singles match. I think she

00:47:23.489 --> 00:47:25.369
may have had a WrestleMania match previously,

00:47:25.389 --> 00:47:31.809
but I don't think it was a one on one. And yeah,

00:47:31.949 --> 00:47:36.369
I mean, again, this one didn't go any way that

00:47:36.369 --> 00:47:40.070
I didn't expect it to. Jade is a powerful force.

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:43.539
in the ring, she was powerful a force in AEW

00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:46.900
when she was there and has continued to do so

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:55.300
when she is here in WWE. But it's a case that

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:58.920
Jade took almost immediate control of the match

00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:02.440
from that point on. She wasn't there to fuck

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:05.960
around. She was there to, what was it CM Punk

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:10.099
said? To bubble gum and sign contracts? he was

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:11.920
all out of bubble gum, she was just there to

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:15.599
get this match over and done with. Oh 100 % she

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:17.980
wants, I think at this point she wants to put

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:21.000
Naomi in her rear view mirror and sort of move

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:23.159
on with her career a little bit. The way she

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:25.000
started this match it looked like she was trying

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:27.760
to put Naomi in the same place as the Pope in

00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:32.639
a coffin. Like she was trying to, well I mean

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.880
she was all over her, like absolutely all over

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:38.869
her to start off with. even when she slams her

00:48:38.869 --> 00:48:42.389
from the top turnbuckle, you know, and then when

00:48:42.389 --> 00:48:44.150
she rolls out of the ring for a bit of safety

00:48:44.150 --> 00:48:46.690
and gets tossed into the barricade, there was

00:48:46.690 --> 00:48:50.530
nowhere to hide in this match for Naomi. No,

00:48:50.909 --> 00:48:55.190
and despite this approach with caution, repackage

00:48:55.190 --> 00:48:59.730
that she's had, I don't feel that Naomi's moveset

00:48:59.730 --> 00:49:03.760
was quite there to match. the sheer power and

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:07.920
ferocity of her. Then she did get some half decent

00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:13.920
moves in. So she gets a hanging DDT off the,

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:17.599
which we normally see being done by the apex

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:23.500
predator, Randy Orton. She popped that off the

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:26.820
apron onto the outside. They referred to it as

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:30.599
an X factor, but we'll go with hanging DDT. It's

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:34.730
slightly better. She also hit Jade Cargill with

00:49:34.730 --> 00:49:37.230
a... I'm sure I've got her in down here. She

00:49:37.230 --> 00:49:42.429
hits her with a spine buster at some point. Oh,

00:49:43.389 --> 00:49:46.230
she hits a block buster on the outside as well.

00:49:46.869 --> 00:49:52.409
Naomi does. And she hits... She hits several

00:49:52.409 --> 00:49:54.690
sort of near falls in the start. And there's

00:49:54.690 --> 00:49:58.670
sort of like... If we split the match into like

00:49:58.670 --> 00:50:01.699
beginning, middle and end. The end of the beginning

00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:03.719
middle of the middle like the start of the middle

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:06.800
section. She was Naomi was all over Jade Cargill

00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:10.860
for quite a while Yeah, it's a case that I know

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:13.340
that at one point towards the end of the match

00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:17.539
Naomi ends up hitting like a I put it down as

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:20.340
a super bulldog because it was a bulldog maneuver

00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:24.320
off the top rope. It was followed swiftly by

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:27.760
a split -leg moonsault. I did get that one down.

00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:32.280
Yeah, that was very near the end. You know, at

00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:35.579
one point just before that, Jade Cargill caught

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:39.739
Naomi off the ropes a second time and we had

00:50:39.739 --> 00:50:42.719
a fall away slam and Jade Cargill just kips up.

00:50:42.780 --> 00:50:45.820
bows to the crowd and then carries on kicking

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:50.820
the crap out of Naomi. Yeah, this was pure dominance

00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:54.940
show by, by Jade Cargill. And I mean, as you

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:57.239
said, Naomi got some good moves in as well. One

00:50:57.239 --> 00:51:00.539
of my favourite ones was actually towards the,

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:05.039
well, right at the very end is that Naomi managed

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:08.699
to put in place a variation of the submission

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:13.090
manoeuvre called the Rings of Saturn. which was

00:51:13.090 --> 00:51:17.389
made famous by Perry Satin of the Attitude era,

00:51:17.590 --> 00:51:20.590
if I remember correctly. Not a terribly successful

00:51:20.590 --> 00:51:24.849
superstar, but he was a formidable presence in

00:51:24.849 --> 00:51:31.050
the ring from what I can recall. But Jade herself

00:51:31.050 --> 00:51:34.309
powers out of this and sort of turns it into

00:51:34.309 --> 00:51:43.710
a powerbomb. then hits her finishing maneuver

00:51:43.710 --> 00:51:49.090
called jaded which is beautiful yeah which was

00:51:49.090 --> 00:51:53.809
I mean all in all this was a good finish to the

00:51:53.809 --> 00:51:57.070
story and Jade we all could see was gonna be

00:51:57.070 --> 00:51:59.730
allowed to get revenge on the grandest stage

00:51:59.730 --> 00:52:05.570
of them all I feel personally this match and

00:52:05.570 --> 00:52:09.030
I'm not saying it was a bad match I'm just saying

00:52:09.289 --> 00:52:12.070
for the revenge style match it was supposed to

00:52:12.070 --> 00:52:15.469
be. I'd like to have seen it being maybe no DQ

00:52:15.469 --> 00:52:20.929
or a little bit more brutal, so to speak. No,

00:52:20.949 --> 00:52:23.809
I understand not all matches can be brutal. I

00:52:23.809 --> 00:52:25.889
do realize that we're not going to get blood

00:52:25.889 --> 00:52:27.769
in every match. We're not going to get, you know,

00:52:28.090 --> 00:52:30.929
like tables, ladders, chairs, people being hit

00:52:30.929 --> 00:52:34.050
with belts, you know, you name it, right? I understand

00:52:34.050 --> 00:52:36.269
we're not going to get that all the time. This

00:52:36.269 --> 00:52:40.389
was... Naomi attacked Jade Cargill and left her

00:52:40.389 --> 00:52:44.210
out for months, right? In the worst, the beat

00:52:44.210 --> 00:52:46.550
down at Elimination Chamber was more brutal than

00:52:46.550 --> 00:52:49.469
this match. I feel this match could have been

00:52:49.469 --> 00:52:54.130
a little bit more out there, a little bit more,

00:52:55.030 --> 00:52:59.090
not John Moxley, but a little bit more, do you

00:52:59.090 --> 00:53:01.989
know what I mean? A little bit more that way.

00:53:03.070 --> 00:53:05.659
Yes. i do get what you mean yeah it's maybe a

00:53:05.659 --> 00:53:07.780
bit of something like that because we do get

00:53:07.780 --> 00:53:10.280
to see some of these items introduced over different

00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:14.219
matches over the course of the weekend but you

00:53:14.219 --> 00:53:16.780
know watching Jade Cargill smash Naomi in the

00:53:16.780 --> 00:53:19.719
head with a trash can would have been really

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:23.760
effective to that storyline it makes me kind

00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:26.059
of think that this storyline is not really finished

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:29.860
because the beat down wasn't that bad if you

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:32.940
get me i think I've got a feeling that the storyline

00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:38.019
between Jade and Naomi is more or less finished.

00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:41.019
You think there's going to be one between Naomi

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:44.260
and Bianca now, don't you? Yeah, pretty much.

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:47.440
Before the best friends are going to go one on

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:50.940
one and that could be a backlash, possibly, if

00:53:50.940 --> 00:53:54.079
that is the way that is going to go. I just find

00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:58.679
it really odd that considering Bianca was at

00:53:58.679 --> 00:54:03.519
the centre of it, She was then transplanted out

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:09.820
of that storyline to then be put in the Women's

00:54:09.820 --> 00:54:11.900
World Championship match with Rhea Ripley and

00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:17.519
EO Sky and left completely out of this rivalry,

00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:22.159
which she was at the centre of. I mean, they

00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:26.159
haven't pulled her out completely because on

00:54:26.159 --> 00:54:31.300
Smackdown... we did see there was Io, Rhea and

00:54:31.300 --> 00:54:35.500
Bianca in the ring and Naomi came out to talk

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:38.500
to Bianca in the ring basically saying look you're

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:40.920
on smackdown but you haven't come to talk to

00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:43.980
me like what's this about we're gonna do that

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:45.320
you know and if you wouldn't come and find me

00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:46.960
in private you know like I was trying to do we're

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:49.219
gonna do this in public and she tries to do it

00:54:49.219 --> 00:54:51.099
in the ring and Bianca basically kind of shuts

00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:54.059
her down well they end up having a massive scrap

00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:56.940
to be fair that's what shuts it all down but

00:54:56.940 --> 00:54:59.739
they have kind of held that position with that

00:54:59.739 --> 00:55:01.440
story. They've kind of pulled her out a little

00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:03.159
bit and they can kind of throw her back in there

00:55:03.159 --> 00:55:05.219
because they've kept kind of dragging it sort

00:55:05.219 --> 00:55:09.260
of back and forth with what's going on. I see

00:55:09.260 --> 00:55:15.619
this going one of three ways. The next stage

00:55:15.619 --> 00:55:18.119
for this is either going to be that this storyline

00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:22.780
ends, they draw a line under it and work in something

00:55:22.780 --> 00:55:27.119
new. in the next week following WrestleMania.

00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:31.360
That's option one. Option two is that Naomi then

00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:34.380
turns her attention to Bianca Belair. They start

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:39.980
a one -on -one rivalry. Or we set up, from SmackDown,

00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:44.380
we set up a triple threat match for Backlash,

00:55:44.739 --> 00:55:49.980
which will see Jade versus Naomi versus Bianca

00:55:49.980 --> 00:55:53.019
Belair. because there is beef on all sides of

00:55:53.019 --> 00:55:55.719
that the only person that doesn't have beef with

00:55:55.719 --> 00:55:57.760
the other is Bianca doesn't really have any beef

00:55:57.760 --> 00:56:01.199
with Jade but yeah doesn't like the fact that

00:56:01.199 --> 00:56:05.019
Bianca then replaced seemingly almost immediately

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:08.099
replaced her with Naomi the person who attacked

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:12.360
her yeah and got a feeling that that that could

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:15.559
make for an interesting potentially interesting

00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:18.539
storyline for it it could be it could be but

00:56:18.539 --> 00:56:23.000
we are going to turn our eyes away from Naomi

00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:26.659
Jade Cargill for this year's WrestleMania because

00:56:26.659 --> 00:56:28.820
as we said Jade Cargill hits the three count

00:56:28.820 --> 00:56:32.039
to get that victory over Naomi. We are going

00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:35.599
to move our coverage over onto the United States

00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:41.639
Championship match. So our next match on the

00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:45.739
card is a United States Championship match between

00:56:45.739 --> 00:56:52.699
the Samoan werewolf Jacob Fatu and the champion

00:56:52.699 --> 00:57:00.260
LA Knight. Obviously this one's got quite a long

00:57:00.260 --> 00:57:04.699
winding storyline behind it to be fair. All starting

00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:08.780
off long before LA Knight had his hands on the

00:57:08.780 --> 00:57:13.860
United States Championship. I mean I think this

00:57:13.860 --> 00:57:16.760
pretty much, this feud pretty much started when

00:57:16.920 --> 00:57:20.400
Jacob Fatu didn't want to use his inside voice,

00:57:20.500 --> 00:57:24.340
so LA Knight threw his ass outside before he

00:57:24.340 --> 00:57:27.039
went into a United States match with Shinsuke

00:57:27.039 --> 00:57:31.760
Nakamura. They've been having beef well before

00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:35.840
now as it goes. It's a case that this isn't something

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:38.400
that's unusual or anything along those lines.

00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:41.579
This is something been in the works, as you said,

00:57:42.780 --> 00:57:50.030
for a very, very long time. Yeah, it makes no

00:57:50.030 --> 00:57:55.889
sense whatsoever to sort of go back through everything

00:57:55.889 --> 00:57:58.269
that's happened because quite frankly, we've

00:57:58.269 --> 00:58:00.730
already covered everything that happened. We've

00:58:00.730 --> 00:58:04.170
happened up to now. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that

00:58:04.170 --> 00:58:06.269
we've been doing Finishes and Factions the same

00:58:06.269 --> 00:58:08.829
amount of time these two have been trying to

00:58:08.829 --> 00:58:11.929
kick each other's front teeth in. Yeah, over

00:58:11.929 --> 00:58:16.849
50 episodes. But yeah, it's a case that the opening

00:58:16.849 --> 00:58:21.130
VT shows LA Knight's rise to champion and then

00:58:21.130 --> 00:58:24.030
sort of demonstrates this ultimate test in front

00:58:24.030 --> 00:58:27.989
of him, which is which is that of Jacob Fatu,

00:58:28.389 --> 00:58:30.849
the the man that's it or the Samoan werewolf

00:58:30.849 --> 00:58:36.570
that seems to have got WWE by the balls, basically.

00:58:38.510 --> 00:58:45.869
And I quite enjoy it well. Jacob Fatu's entrance

00:58:45.869 --> 00:58:50.329
felt a little bit flat. How do I put this? It

00:58:50.329 --> 00:58:54.969
felt a bit Vince McMahon -ish. They called him

00:58:54.969 --> 00:58:58.030
the Samoan Werewolf, so the logical thing in

00:58:58.030 --> 00:59:00.630
Vince McMahon's mind would be to have him dress

00:59:00.630 --> 00:59:04.289
up as a wolf. So they put him in a wolf mask

00:59:04.289 --> 00:59:07.469
to come out. Which, don't get me wrong, I love

00:59:07.469 --> 00:59:10.550
the wolf mask. I thought it was a great touch.

00:59:10.710 --> 00:59:16.340
It just felt a bit on the nose. I can get behind

00:59:16.340 --> 00:59:20.739
that, but this a little bit of useless information

00:59:20.739 --> 00:59:26.400
I found out. The gentleman who created the Samoan

00:59:26.400 --> 00:59:30.320
Werewolf's mask for WrestleMania, it's the same

00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:34.440
person who designed and made the face mask for

00:59:34.440 --> 00:59:41.320
The Fiend. So yeah, another little tribute to

00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:46.139
Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania with With the mask

00:59:46.139 --> 00:59:50.639
maker of his going on to make Jacob Fatu's mask

00:59:50.639 --> 00:59:56.679
as well So I thought that was kind of cool Not

00:59:56.679 --> 00:59:59.119
as cool as the fact that LA Knight arrived in

00:59:59.119 --> 01:00:11.860
a Maserati That guy went in style Uh -huh, it

01:00:11.860 --> 01:00:15.679
was nice it was smooth I just wish they'd driven

01:00:15.679 --> 01:00:20.940
them to the ring, innit? Yeah, as wide as that

01:00:20.940 --> 01:00:23.420
ramp was, I wouldn't have trusted them to have

01:00:23.420 --> 01:00:26.980
got it back out again afterwards. No. Which I

01:00:26.980 --> 01:00:28.940
think was probably the reason it didn't go there.

01:00:29.119 --> 01:00:30.960
Well, Stone Cold Steve Austin struggled getting

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:34.059
the ATV back out on night two, so yeah, that

01:00:34.059 --> 01:00:39.239
Maserati won't go around. Yeah, this is a...

01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:41.860
Let's face it we are recording this a little

01:00:41.860 --> 01:00:44.139
bit later than we probably should have done so

01:00:44.139 --> 01:00:47.920
everyone's seen the viral clip Everybody's seen

01:00:47.920 --> 01:00:52.679
it Yes, they're talking about the megastar that

01:00:52.679 --> 01:01:04.469
is stone cold Steve Austin Yeah, that's We'll

01:01:04.469 --> 01:01:06.750
say we'll save those conversations for night

01:01:06.750 --> 01:01:17.769
two at least I think Until then What's my place

01:01:17.769 --> 01:01:22.329
in my notes here what's going on So we're informed

01:01:22.329 --> 01:01:24.969
that la night competed twice the night before

01:01:24.969 --> 01:01:30.869
and smackdown Yeah, and as far as la night tenure

01:01:30.869 --> 01:01:34.550
goes it's it's the fact that he is a Two -time,

01:01:34.590 --> 01:01:38.989
two -time United States champion and is currently

01:01:38.989 --> 01:01:44.329
on a 43 -day reign with this only being his second

01:01:44.329 --> 01:01:48.090
defence in that time. Yeah, after he won the

01:01:48.090 --> 01:01:51.929
title back from the part -timer Shinsuke Nakamura.

01:01:53.610 --> 01:02:00.510
Well, believe it or not, 43 days ago. Yeah. And

01:02:00.510 --> 01:02:03.820
this one started off pretty strong to be fair

01:02:03.820 --> 01:02:10.440
with LA Knight going for an instant BFT but didn't

01:02:10.440 --> 01:02:14.760
quite get it and they ended up with a strong

01:02:14.760 --> 01:02:19.880
neck breaker instead and the second BFT got countered

01:02:19.880 --> 01:02:24.719
into which we get Jacob Fatu hitting one of,

01:02:24.980 --> 01:02:27.179
I love it when he drops this move, it's the pop

01:02:27.179 --> 01:02:33.289
-up Samoan drop and you know it just hurts but

01:02:33.289 --> 01:02:35.289
then when he finishes that off with a swinging

01:02:35.289 --> 01:02:38.550
neck breaker you know you're fucked at that point

01:02:38.550 --> 01:02:40.789
i'd be lying on the floor going please just pin

01:02:40.789 --> 01:02:44.489
me i'm done like just take it you can have the

01:02:44.489 --> 01:02:49.030
title i don't care just let me live yeah it's

01:02:49.030 --> 01:02:51.630
not it doesn't look in any way shape or form

01:02:51.630 --> 01:02:54.849
like a pleasant move to take at all does it no

01:02:54.849 --> 01:02:58.269
and then when la night goes for that sunset flip

01:02:58.269 --> 01:03:04.719
that he can't get fatu down And as Fatu decides,

01:03:04.860 --> 01:03:07.800
you know what, just gonna rikishi myself and

01:03:07.800 --> 01:03:10.239
just dump all my weight onto his chest, Ele Knight

01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:17.760
moves and ends up eating a sit down slam from

01:03:17.760 --> 01:03:21.280
Fatu and then Fatu hits him again with a cross

01:03:21.280 --> 01:03:26.699
body lateral press for the 1 -2. There was so

01:03:26.699 --> 01:03:31.719
many 1 -2 in this match. Got I should have put

01:03:31.719 --> 01:03:34.239
a counter on the screen So every time I saw it

01:03:34.239 --> 01:03:36.219
the number like I could have made a note of it

01:03:36.219 --> 01:03:38.360
made the counter go up Like how many times you

01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:42.239
get one two? In this match because there was

01:03:42.239 --> 01:03:47.800
a lot of them Yeah, they they weren't shy using

01:03:47.800 --> 01:03:52.659
a near fall in this match by any means necessary

01:03:52.659 --> 01:03:59.239
it's a case that We saw a hell of a lot in there

01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:05.599
for this one to go through. We do, including

01:04:05.599 --> 01:04:08.800
things like attempted moonsaults, you know, LA

01:04:08.800 --> 01:04:13.659
Knight suplexes, Jacob Fatu off the top ropes.

01:04:15.500 --> 01:04:19.800
Fatu recovers from a BFT and hits a running hip

01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:23.820
attack three times and then pulls off a rather

01:04:23.820 --> 01:04:28.730
beautiful Swanton for a two count. Before we

01:04:28.730 --> 01:04:33.289
are then very rudely reminded that this is actually

01:04:33.289 --> 01:04:37.590
Jacob Fatu's first ever title match in WWE. Believe

01:04:37.590 --> 01:04:39.650
it or not, if you were just coming into this

01:04:39.650 --> 01:04:43.230
WrestleMania and did not know who he was, you

01:04:43.230 --> 01:04:45.670
would probably not believe that statement, but

01:04:45.670 --> 01:04:48.230
it is true. This is the first title match he's

01:04:48.230 --> 01:04:50.449
had and he looked like a veteran that had been

01:04:50.449 --> 01:04:54.650
doing this for the last 30 years going in and

01:04:54.650 --> 01:04:57.480
out of WrestleMania. The pressure just did not

01:04:57.480 --> 01:04:59.820
seem to be there at all for him. It's just another

01:04:59.820 --> 01:05:01.460
day at the office. Do you know what I mean? Might

01:05:01.460 --> 01:05:03.039
as well have just been in the performance center

01:05:03.039 --> 01:05:05.420
lifting some weights for all he seemed to care.

01:05:06.860 --> 01:05:09.119
Well, this isn't an unusual thing for us to see

01:05:09.119 --> 01:05:12.440
out of Jacob Fatu as it goes, because yeah, the

01:05:12.440 --> 01:05:15.659
guy seems pretty unshook by anything. He does.

01:05:15.760 --> 01:05:18.780
I mean, this is the same guy that if memory serves

01:05:18.780 --> 01:05:25.980
won a won a last man standing match against the

01:05:25.980 --> 01:05:28.719
person that doesn't lose at last man standing

01:05:28.719 --> 01:05:33.900
match the one big sob Braun Strowman he is the

01:05:33.900 --> 01:05:36.440
only person to beat Braun Strowman in a last

01:05:36.440 --> 01:05:40.380
man standing match you are correct yes yeah so

01:05:40.380 --> 01:05:47.420
that in itself is no no no small feet no Braun

01:05:47.420 --> 01:05:50.670
Strowman does not have small feet they are rather

01:05:50.670 --> 01:05:55.670
large to hold such a huge frame yeah which is

01:05:55.670 --> 01:06:02.789
quite common in tall people realistically um

01:06:02.789 --> 01:06:06.050
yeah i love trying to figure out a character

01:06:06.050 --> 01:06:13.530
despite la night um despite la night delivering

01:06:13.530 --> 01:06:18.860
all the offense um In the in the opening stages

01:06:18.860 --> 01:06:21.340
of this match. Yeah, it just didn't seem to we

01:06:21.340 --> 01:06:26.360
see a lot more of this This skill I suppose that

01:06:26.360 --> 01:06:29.880
Jacob Fatu seems to have picked up in that he

01:06:29.880 --> 01:06:32.500
no sells everything It's just a case that he

01:06:32.500 --> 01:06:33.820
may as well have been he may as well have been

01:06:33.820 --> 01:06:35.800
trying to beat the man down with a feather duster

01:06:35.800 --> 01:06:38.380
I think he'd have probably done more damage.

01:06:38.500 --> 01:06:44.380
Yeah, he did an awful lot of damage to to Illinois's

01:06:44.380 --> 01:06:48.289
character in this match by no selling everything

01:06:48.289 --> 01:06:54.010
that was meant to be a big move. I hate it. That's

01:06:54.010 --> 01:06:57.730
why no. We've said this before on podcast on

01:06:57.730 --> 01:07:01.090
many different occasions. It's a case that Jacob

01:07:01.090 --> 01:07:05.190
Fatu would be a phenomenal asset, but he doesn't

01:07:05.190 --> 01:07:10.369
have to no sell everything. Yes. For him to for

01:07:10.369 --> 01:07:15.230
him to be a formidable character. There are plenty

01:07:15.230 --> 01:07:22.389
of scary ass people in the wwe past present and

01:07:22.389 --> 01:07:26.670
future that will still sell different moves they

01:07:26.670 --> 01:07:30.289
don't have to no sell every move for them to

01:07:30.289 --> 01:07:32.869
be like oh shit this guy means business like

01:07:32.869 --> 01:07:35.570
yeah look at the moves that brock lesnar ate

01:07:35.570 --> 01:07:40.789
over the years still a big powerful motherfucker

01:07:40.789 --> 01:07:45.769
that held an awful lot of gold but had a weak

01:07:45.769 --> 01:07:49.489
point. I didn't see it very often, but it could

01:07:49.489 --> 01:07:52.849
be used. And he'd, yeah, he'd sell things reasonably

01:07:52.849 --> 01:07:54.429
well for the right move, but there's certain

01:07:54.429 --> 01:07:56.329
things that you're not gonna be able to clothesline

01:07:56.329 --> 01:08:01.750
Brock Lesnar if you are, you know, like fucking

01:08:01.750 --> 01:08:09.030
Hindley or what's the name of the midget that

01:08:09.030 --> 01:08:11.309
used to run around dressed as an Irish person?

01:08:12.710 --> 01:08:15.780
That's the one. Yeah, Hornswoggle's not taking

01:08:15.780 --> 01:08:17.720
Brock Lesnar off his feet with a clothesline.

01:08:18.600 --> 01:08:20.800
You know, you've got to make it believable. And

01:08:20.800 --> 01:08:22.739
I think some of these bigger guys not selling

01:08:22.739 --> 01:08:24.699
stuff does make it a little bit more believable,

01:08:24.819 --> 01:08:29.180
but if you over -no -sell, then when you start

01:08:29.180 --> 01:08:31.939
reacting to being flicked in the chin and stuff

01:08:31.939 --> 01:08:34.640
like that, it's a big like, nah, come on, mate.

01:08:35.239 --> 01:08:37.840
What are you doing? You lose your character build.

01:08:38.399 --> 01:08:40.159
It doesn't look very believable and it hurts

01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:43.949
you in a long -term way. Yeah, and I think that's

01:08:43.949 --> 01:08:47.069
realistically what they did with with LA Knight

01:08:47.069 --> 01:08:49.130
in this match as you said before it's a case

01:08:49.130 --> 01:08:52.449
that this match did more to harm LA Knight's

01:08:52.449 --> 01:08:55.489
character which regrettably they've done to this

01:08:55.489 --> 01:08:57.949
individual before because this isn't the first

01:08:57.949 --> 01:09:00.949
time that this isn't the first incarnation of

01:09:00.949 --> 01:09:06.329
LA Knight that we've seen in WWE in the in the

01:09:06.329 --> 01:09:08.949
past few years. I mean LA Knight has gone under

01:09:08.949 --> 01:09:12.539
a couple of different names i believe he went

01:09:12.539 --> 01:09:16.039
under i want to say alias drake at one point

01:09:16.039 --> 01:09:20.340
that was tier name wasn't it no i think it uh

01:09:20.340 --> 01:09:23.539
it might have been but he has been in wwe under

01:09:23.539 --> 01:09:29.800
a different name i feel like he played somebody's

01:09:29.800 --> 01:09:32.060
brother at some point but i can't quite remember

01:09:33.399 --> 01:09:35.779
I've seen different bits and pieces and yeah

01:09:35.779 --> 01:09:38.340
they they either give him a shit gimmick or they

01:09:38.340 --> 01:09:40.659
give him a good gimmick which he's able to get

01:09:40.659 --> 01:09:44.000
which he's able to pull through like LA Knight

01:09:44.000 --> 01:09:48.000
I mean me and Rich big fans of LA Knight we love

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:50.760
watching the guy we think he's fucking hilarious

01:09:50.760 --> 01:09:53.699
yeah so he was Eli Drake when he signed with

01:09:53.699 --> 01:10:00.479
TNA in 2015 didn't he play Elias? Elias' brother

01:10:02.839 --> 01:10:07.560
No, no that was actually Elias's brother. Oh

01:10:07.560 --> 01:10:13.960
was it? Yeah He was Max Dupree for a little while

01:10:13.960 --> 01:10:18.699
Yes, that was another name It was a terrible

01:10:18.699 --> 01:10:22.359
character to play but LA Knight did his best

01:10:22.359 --> 01:10:26.579
with it But his current iteration, LA Knight,

01:10:27.840 --> 01:10:30.619
if they're planning on repackaging him, I don't

01:10:30.619 --> 01:10:36.300
know why Because he's over over Yeah, why would

01:10:36.300 --> 01:10:39.340
you repackage something that's working and I

01:10:39.340 --> 01:10:41.979
can't see them having a reasonable idea for him

01:10:41.979 --> 01:10:50.279
to have a heel turn Makes sense So everybody

01:10:50.279 --> 01:10:58.439
saying That would be fucking brilliant Just flop

01:10:58.439 --> 01:11:00.399
his catchphrase around a little bit. So it just

01:11:00.399 --> 01:11:05.500
ends up being with everybody saying you are shite

01:11:05.500 --> 01:11:13.859
But yeah this match ends I mean, yeah, the no

01:11:13.859 --> 01:11:15.720
selling and everything sort of gives away where

01:11:15.720 --> 01:11:20.720
this match is going because after a few moves

01:11:20.720 --> 01:11:26.260
From Fatu which includes two springboard moonsaults

01:11:28.539 --> 01:11:32.840
Jacob Fatu claims his very first singles title

01:11:32.840 --> 01:11:38.260
as a member of his family. I believe it was Haku

01:11:38.260 --> 01:11:42.420
came out to... Haku was at ringside, which was

01:11:42.420 --> 01:11:47.119
kind of cool. Yeah, I love that. I didn't I didn't

01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:50.239
love with this much when I'm not gonna lie. Yes,

01:11:50.300 --> 01:11:53.300
we're gonna get to see Jacob Fatu with the US

01:11:53.300 --> 01:11:56.760
title for a little bit. Honestly, I hope they

01:11:56.760 --> 01:11:59.119
don't take it off him for six to nine months.

01:11:59.380 --> 01:12:01.659
Purely for the fact that this title has been

01:12:01.659 --> 01:12:04.640
passed around more than Bonnie Blue recently.

01:12:05.420 --> 01:12:08.420
It needs to stay somewhere and have some legitimacy

01:12:08.420 --> 01:12:11.579
built within it and have some strength put to

01:12:11.579 --> 01:12:15.140
it. I think Samoan Werewolf is the person to

01:12:15.140 --> 01:12:19.500
do that. I just wanted it to be LA Knight. I

01:12:19.500 --> 01:12:23.220
like watching LA Knight, but I think I like watching

01:12:23.220 --> 01:12:26.520
Jacob Fatu too, but You know what you're getting

01:12:26.520 --> 01:12:28.859
from a Fatih match and it's not skilled wrestling

01:12:28.859 --> 01:12:33.300
and it's not comedy He's very much a beat down

01:12:33.300 --> 01:12:36.520
So like like he says you either get down or he's

01:12:36.520 --> 01:12:40.859
gonna beat you down But yeah, I'm getting a little

01:12:40.859 --> 01:12:43.720
bit bored of the enforcer style Jacob Fatih,

01:12:43.779 --> 01:12:51.960
I think Well, I think I might know who Jacob

01:12:51.960 --> 01:12:57.680
Fatu's first defense might be against after I've

01:12:57.680 --> 01:13:02.340
got a feeling with with all the the animosity

01:13:02.340 --> 01:13:05.260
building backstage between him and Solo Sokoa

01:13:05.260 --> 01:13:07.479
I've got a feeling that Solo Sokoa is going to

01:13:07.479 --> 01:13:11.619
try double crossing Fatu and trying to lift that

01:13:11.619 --> 01:13:17.579
title off him. That could be a summer slam moment.

01:13:19.440 --> 01:13:27.920
The other way that I see this going is they've

01:13:27.920 --> 01:13:31.579
taken the title off LA Knight prematurely in

01:13:31.579 --> 01:13:33.220
my opinion. I think they should have left it

01:13:33.220 --> 01:13:37.479
on him for a bit longer or put it on him sooner.

01:13:39.399 --> 01:13:41.800
Why they had him lose it to Shinsuke Nakamura

01:13:41.800 --> 01:13:44.659
I have no idea because Nakamura did fucking nothing

01:13:44.659 --> 01:13:48.460
with it. No, this is it is that it was either

01:13:48.460 --> 01:13:51.479
Nakamura doing nothing with it or WWE doing nothing

01:13:51.479 --> 01:13:54.439
with Nakamura either way It made no sense to

01:13:54.439 --> 01:13:56.859
have the US title on him because he didn't appear

01:13:56.859 --> 01:14:00.399
for so many weeks Like I realize after he was

01:14:00.399 --> 01:14:02.960
I think it was after he lost the title or just

01:14:02.960 --> 01:14:05.720
before he lost the title he obviously lost his

01:14:05.720 --> 01:14:08.640
brother which Terribly sad and I'm not gonna

01:14:08.640 --> 01:14:12.279
say anything out anything against Nakamura for

01:14:12.279 --> 01:14:14.300
that because you lose a family member you go

01:14:14.300 --> 01:14:16.520
to be with your family that's just how it goes

01:14:16.520 --> 01:14:21.260
but I just don't understand the lack of usage

01:14:21.260 --> 01:14:25.600
behind Nakamura as US champion he hung he hung

01:14:25.600 --> 01:14:28.340
around in the background of promos and all the

01:14:28.340 --> 01:14:32.699
rest it just it made no sense whatsoever but

01:14:32.699 --> 01:14:38.439
I've got a feeling that LA Knight may start going

01:14:38.439 --> 01:14:45.939
for a bigger title. Could we see LA Knight possibly

01:14:45.939 --> 01:14:49.939
go up against the Yeet on the street? That's

01:14:49.939 --> 01:14:53.199
my thought. I'm genuinely thinking that they've

01:14:53.199 --> 01:14:55.979
lifted that title off him for him to go and have

01:14:55.979 --> 01:15:01.380
a series with Jey Uso. The Yeet from the street.

01:15:01.880 --> 01:15:05.300
That could be an interesting one. Yeah. The Yeet

01:15:05.300 --> 01:15:09.439
versus the Yeet. that could be good i like that

01:15:09.439 --> 01:15:13.079
but yeah that's that's where i see that going

01:15:13.079 --> 01:15:16.680
potentially it might take a it might take a month

01:15:16.680 --> 01:15:21.319
or two to get there but that's genuinely where

01:15:21.319 --> 01:15:24.840
i see that that's the only way that in the last

01:15:24.840 --> 01:15:26.560
two minutes where i've been sat here thinking

01:15:26.560 --> 01:15:30.439
about it that i can see la night turning heel

01:15:30.439 --> 01:15:34.220
to go after the to go out after the world heavyweight

01:15:34.220 --> 01:15:37.739
championship because There is no reason to trigger

01:15:37.739 --> 01:15:42.199
a Jeyuso heel turn and reasonably having two

01:15:42.199 --> 01:15:45.340
baby faces facing off against one another traditionally

01:15:45.340 --> 01:15:49.119
hasn't worked, even if they're as over as Jeyuso

01:15:49.119 --> 01:15:52.220
and LA Knight are. But that's, yeah, that's where

01:15:52.220 --> 01:15:54.840
I sort of see that one going. Well, that's Adam's

01:15:54.840 --> 01:15:57.279
predictions, finishes and factions found. So

01:15:57.279 --> 01:15:59.560
we'll have to see if that one sneaks its way

01:15:59.560 --> 01:16:04.680
back into the equation later on. Yeah, so before

01:16:04.680 --> 01:16:10.260
we move on to the next matches, we've still got

01:16:10.260 --> 01:16:13.760
a lot to go through. We had a few more celebs

01:16:13.760 --> 01:16:16.399
in attendance here. We had somebody called Lily

01:16:16.399 --> 01:16:21.079
Singh, a TV host, comedian and author. I believe

01:16:21.079 --> 01:16:23.720
she's one of the judges on Canada's Got Talent.

01:16:25.279 --> 01:16:29.069
That's a oxymoron if you've ever heard one. Well,

01:16:29.369 --> 01:16:32.250
yeah, you said it, not me. And if we get cancelled,

01:16:32.449 --> 01:16:44.609
I'm coming for you. And we also had multi -platinum

01:16:44.609 --> 01:16:49.949
rapper and singer Lil Yachty. Lil what, sorry?

01:16:50.970 --> 01:16:53.529
Yeah, no, you're not getting me to say it again.

01:16:54.689 --> 01:17:01.119
Okay. Lil Yachty. Shout out to that gentleman

01:17:01.119 --> 01:17:04.960
there who I noticed this whenever you watch American

01:17:04.960 --> 01:17:07.420
TV and they go ask such and such so many times

01:17:07.420 --> 01:17:12.479
Grammy award -winning and I'm like who? I've

01:17:12.479 --> 01:17:15.880
never heard of half of these people. It's either

01:17:15.880 --> 01:17:18.579
they don't run in the same musical circles as

01:17:18.579 --> 01:17:22.260
we do or it's a case that they are an act that

01:17:22.260 --> 01:17:26.449
only really exists in the US. So wins all of

01:17:26.449 --> 01:17:30.010
the US awards. Not an international award winner.

01:17:33.229 --> 01:17:38.130
So instead, we've got a match that's a little

01:17:38.130 --> 01:17:43.109
bit different than advertised, which is match

01:17:43.109 --> 01:17:47.670
five on the card. But yeah, I don't think there's

01:17:47.670 --> 01:17:50.449
anything left to go through for the Fatu match.

01:17:51.029 --> 01:17:54.090
I don't think there is at all. We'll jump into

01:17:54.090 --> 01:18:00.000
the next one. Catch you there. So as we said,

01:18:00.899 --> 01:18:03.359
match five was a men's singles match and it was

01:18:03.359 --> 01:18:07.220
a little bit different than advertised as Friday

01:18:07.220 --> 01:18:11.479
night Smackdown during a match, during a six

01:18:11.479 --> 01:18:16.039
man tag match. Yeah, obviously this match was

01:18:16.039 --> 01:18:19.960
supposed to be El Grande Americano versus Rey

01:18:19.960 --> 01:18:24.979
Mysterio. in a men's singles match, but unfortunately,

01:18:25.020 --> 01:18:28.840
Rey got injured during the six -man tag match

01:18:28.840 --> 01:18:34.159
on SmackDown. So instead, Rey Fenix has decided

01:18:34.159 --> 01:18:39.380
to sub in for him tonight. Both men making their

01:18:39.380 --> 01:18:42.600
WrestleMania debuts, I believe. Yeah, so basically

01:18:42.600 --> 01:18:48.020
it is Rey Fenix is taking on the opponent that

01:18:48.020 --> 01:18:50.600
his brother first debuted against, Chad Gable.

01:18:56.059 --> 01:18:58.840
So previously on previous episodes of the podcast

01:18:58.840 --> 01:19:01.880
here rich you've gone on record saying oh well

01:19:01.880 --> 01:19:04.699
No, this is this can't be this can't be yeah.

01:19:04.739 --> 01:19:08.140
No, I've looked a little bit more Through this

01:19:08.140 --> 01:19:13.279
there is on Smackdown there is an incident and

01:19:13.279 --> 01:19:15.960
Chad Gable ends up with a very distinctive mark

01:19:15.960 --> 01:19:20.050
on his chin And then a little while later when

01:19:20.050 --> 01:19:24.029
El Grande Americano screws Rey Fenix in the Andre

01:19:24.029 --> 01:19:27.869
the Giant Battle Royale, El Grande Americano

01:19:27.869 --> 01:19:32.390
has same distinctive mark on his chin. So my

01:19:32.390 --> 01:19:35.710
opinion on this has changed very quickly. I think

01:19:35.710 --> 01:19:39.449
El Grande Americano is Chad Gable. I'm with you.

01:19:40.550 --> 01:19:44.909
I'm with the people. I'm glad to see you're finally...

01:19:45.100 --> 01:19:50.600
Finally catching up now. The opening VT for this

01:19:50.600 --> 01:19:55.420
basically was all centered around El Grande Americano.

01:19:55.420 --> 01:19:59.720
It was in that typical sort of sepia tone, old

01:19:59.720 --> 01:20:06.140
timey video. It was cool where basically he was

01:20:06.140 --> 01:20:09.920
the best luchador in Mexico that nobody's ever

01:20:09.920 --> 01:20:17.890
heard of until he... Made his debut in WWE and

01:20:17.890 --> 01:20:23.689
honestly El Grande's entrance. I was a little

01:20:23.689 --> 01:20:28.569
bit disappointed in The I'd like to have seen

01:20:28.569 --> 01:20:31.569
some of those like a mariachi band or something

01:20:31.569 --> 01:20:35.729
just Because it's a comedy gimmick right the

01:20:35.729 --> 01:20:39.149
guys name translating into black large black

01:20:39.149 --> 01:20:43.649
coffee you know a mariachi band would have just

01:20:43.649 --> 01:20:48.270
topped it all off well there was a mariachi band

01:20:48.270 --> 01:20:54.710
there because they played him out okay i missed

01:20:54.710 --> 01:20:59.970
that bit did you fall asleep during the the match

01:20:59.970 --> 01:21:02.550
entrance for that one possibly it was late at

01:21:02.550 --> 01:21:04.350
night or was it early in the morning when i watched

01:21:04.350 --> 01:21:08.979
this one Work definitely got in the way over

01:21:08.979 --> 01:21:10.939
the course of this weekend and I was watching

01:21:10.939 --> 01:21:13.479
bits sat in car and lunch breaks I was watching

01:21:13.479 --> 01:21:18.100
it sat in this shop and it was quiet Yeah, I

01:21:18.100 --> 01:21:20.020
watched a lot of different bits of WrestleMania

01:21:20.020 --> 01:21:25.699
in a lot of different places Yeah, so he had

01:21:25.699 --> 01:21:30.619
Masked mariachi band play him play him out. He

01:21:30.619 --> 01:21:33.960
was adorned in a cape the reason that I'm disappointed

01:21:34.390 --> 01:21:38.189
in this matchup, in this... this WrestleMania

01:21:38.189 --> 01:21:41.710
entrance is I genuinely wanted him to come out

01:21:41.710 --> 01:21:50.710
dressed in a giant Starbucks cup. And I'm honestly

01:21:50.710 --> 01:21:54.829
really disappointed that he didn't. El Grande

01:21:54.829 --> 01:21:59.270
Americano, you disappoint us with your lack of

01:21:59.270 --> 01:22:03.279
large Starbucks cups. It could have been... that

01:22:03.279 --> 01:22:05.159
look we could have gone that one step further

01:22:05.159 --> 01:22:08.439
that added detail of having chads gable's name

01:22:08.439 --> 01:22:10.779
written on the side of the cup like he just ordered

01:22:10.779 --> 01:22:13.380
it that to me would have finished that off for

01:22:13.380 --> 01:22:14.979
me i wouldn't have been able to take the match

01:22:14.979 --> 01:22:17.100
seriously or anything like that not that i took

01:22:17.100 --> 01:22:20.340
the match seriously but in in terms of el grande

01:22:20.340 --> 01:22:25.260
americano anyway but it was it's yeah That would

01:22:25.260 --> 01:22:27.359
have been the icing on the cake for me. I'd have

01:22:27.359 --> 01:22:29.300
been pissing myself laughing throughout the entire

01:22:29.300 --> 01:22:31.680
match and I'd have missed it all. But yeah, either

01:22:31.680 --> 01:22:33.859
way, I'm incredibly disappointed that that didn't

01:22:33.859 --> 01:22:39.220
happen. But who knows? I mean, if that was the

01:22:39.220 --> 01:22:44.039
case, we would not have seen a Grande Americano

01:22:44.039 --> 01:22:46.979
walking around the outside of the ring and going

01:22:46.979 --> 01:22:51.260
up and basically starting an argument with Vikingo,

01:22:51.560 --> 01:22:59.060
who is Known in the triple a promotion Is quite

01:22:59.060 --> 01:23:03.680
a big heavy -hitting luchador in yeah in triple

01:23:03.680 --> 01:23:08.140
a Yeah, so we have a we have a more of an announcement

01:23:08.140 --> 01:23:11.060
about this further on through the further on

01:23:11.060 --> 01:23:16.439
through this card, but The reason vikingo is

01:23:16.439 --> 01:23:19.840
featured so heavily at this point is because

01:23:19.840 --> 01:23:23.600
AAA being a former rival wrestling promotion

01:23:23.600 --> 01:23:28.659
has recently been acquired by the WWE as apparently

01:23:28.659 --> 01:23:31.199
it was announced on the pre -show and then they

01:23:31.199 --> 01:23:34.199
do another more official announcement later on

01:23:34.199 --> 01:23:38.840
in the card as well so more action coming to

01:23:38.840 --> 01:23:47.760
WWE in form of lucha libre. While they're also

01:23:47.760 --> 01:23:50.180
featuring people that aren't currently involved

01:23:50.180 --> 01:23:54.439
in the match, they do also note that Dana White,

01:23:54.720 --> 01:23:58.380
the UFC CEO, is also in attendance. And I think

01:23:58.380 --> 01:24:00.659
this is actually the first of two appearances

01:24:00.659 --> 01:24:05.000
he makes on night one of WrestleMania as it goes.

01:24:06.680 --> 01:24:09.039
But yeah, El Grande just seems to go up and get

01:24:09.039 --> 01:24:16.069
in for Kingo's face, which I suppose sort of

01:24:16.069 --> 01:24:20.789
almost legitimizes El Grande Americano to a certain

01:24:20.789 --> 01:24:26.210
degree. Well, at least tries to. Yeah, it's a

01:24:26.210 --> 01:24:30.369
bit odd. I will be honest. I wasn't too convinced

01:24:30.369 --> 01:24:34.829
by it myself, to be fair. He gives Vakingo a

01:24:34.829 --> 01:24:38.310
bit of a push. Vakingo hits back by basically

01:24:38.310 --> 01:24:43.479
kicking El Grande in the side of the head. Yeah,

01:24:43.479 --> 01:24:50.479
it's a case that Yeah, the match starts as El

01:24:50.479 --> 01:24:53.720
Grande retreats from Vikingo into the ring somehow,

01:24:53.939 --> 01:24:55.659
I think forgetting the fact that he's actually

01:24:55.659 --> 01:24:59.539
doing a match with with Ray Phoenix at the moment

01:24:59.539 --> 01:25:05.479
and Yeah, it's a case that we knew because it's

01:25:05.479 --> 01:25:09.819
a Lucha Libre style match. It's gonna be fast.

01:25:09.819 --> 01:25:14.380
It's gonna be high flying and we're gonna struggle

01:25:14.380 --> 01:25:18.060
to keep up to a certain degree. Now I didn't

01:25:18.060 --> 01:25:22.920
do too badly with notes for this one, but admittedly

01:25:22.920 --> 01:25:25.699
I think it may have taken me a lot longer to

01:25:25.699 --> 01:25:29.640
watch night one than it did night two. That might

01:25:29.640 --> 01:25:33.520
have also been because night two was an hour

01:25:33.520 --> 01:25:38.970
shorter than night one. was it actually? yeah

01:25:38.970 --> 01:25:42.250
so when i got around to watching uh the rest

01:25:42.250 --> 01:25:45.770
of night two night two is only three hours long

01:25:45.770 --> 01:25:48.970
where night four was four hours uh night one

01:25:48.970 --> 01:25:52.090
was four hours long night four fucking hell i

01:25:52.090 --> 01:25:53.989
don't think i could deal with a four night weekend

01:25:53.989 --> 01:25:56.689
in wrestlemania i'd be dead we'll get there in

01:25:56.689 --> 01:25:59.250
the end the the rate that it's going i mean summer

01:25:59.250 --> 01:26:02.399
slam this year is due to be a two uh two -day

01:26:02.399 --> 01:26:05.539
event. We're informed about that during this

01:26:05.539 --> 01:26:08.260
as well or during the weekend because is it Cardi

01:26:08.260 --> 01:26:10.800
B that's going to be the host of SummerSlam?

01:26:11.659 --> 01:26:14.020
Or was it Megan Thee Stallion? It was one of

01:26:14.020 --> 01:26:17.640
the two. Is that who that was? I genuinely didn't

01:26:17.640 --> 01:26:20.119
recognise who it was. I think it was either Cardi

01:26:20.119 --> 01:26:23.859
B or Megan Thee Stallion. So let's just hope

01:26:23.859 --> 01:26:27.739
that M &M doesn't take a shot out of feet because

01:26:27.739 --> 01:26:32.600
yes. We don't be needing no more issues Yeah,

01:26:32.800 --> 01:26:35.539
no, that's that's summer slam and that was announced

01:26:35.539 --> 01:26:38.279
that's gonna be in the MetLife Stadium in New

01:26:38.279 --> 01:26:43.020
Jersey, New York so yeah It's definitely gonna

01:26:43.020 --> 01:26:46.319
be one of those two women. I believe Yeah, this

01:26:46.319 --> 01:26:57.390
is it Now the match itself as I said yeah it

01:26:57.390 --> 01:26:59.510
was definitely not what i was expecting i thought

01:26:59.510 --> 01:27:01.310
we were going to get blown off by a five minute

01:27:01.310 --> 01:27:05.029
squash match and this was just going to be one

01:27:05.029 --> 01:27:08.510
of those where el grande americano gets unmasked

01:27:08.510 --> 01:27:10.390
and that's the end of that we never hear any

01:27:10.390 --> 01:27:14.729
more of the story but that is not the way it

01:27:14.729 --> 01:27:17.029
went and it was actually yeah a pretty respectful

01:27:17.029 --> 01:27:21.010
match for for what it was um but you know i sort

01:27:21.010 --> 01:27:24.979
of expected it to be um Bit of a squash match

01:27:24.979 --> 01:27:28.939
it was gonna be and I expected El Grande to be

01:27:28.939 --> 01:27:30.920
unmasked at the end of it I thought that was

01:27:30.920 --> 01:27:33.760
the end game and honestly, I think that's how

01:27:33.760 --> 01:27:37.899
it would have gone if Rey Mysterio would been

01:27:37.899 --> 01:27:42.539
able to compete in the match Yeah, I think it's

01:27:42.539 --> 01:27:46.140
been carried on I think it's been carried on

01:27:46.140 --> 01:27:51.000
So Rey can do it possibly at backlash or SummerSlam

01:27:51.000 --> 01:27:54.489
yeah I think it will happen at backlash if it

01:27:54.489 --> 01:27:56.850
happens at any point because they haven't got,

01:27:56.890 --> 01:27:58.550
I don't think they're going to have enough material

01:27:58.550 --> 01:28:03.729
to see this through to SummerSlam. No. But yeah,

01:28:03.829 --> 01:28:06.909
I mean the match itself, content wise, fantastic.

01:28:07.090 --> 01:28:09.590
I mean Ray hit a black fire driver at one stage

01:28:09.590 --> 01:28:12.109
of the match. That was the one I was just looking

01:28:12.109 --> 01:28:18.149
at to be fair. The 450 back splash from El Grande

01:28:18.149 --> 01:28:25.569
Americano was nice as well. Yeah I mean somebody

01:28:25.569 --> 01:28:28.710
did somebody was potentially going to be unmasked

01:28:28.710 --> 01:28:31.130
during this match because I've got noted down

01:28:31.130 --> 01:28:34.390
that El Grande tried to remove Rey's mask which

01:28:34.390 --> 01:28:38.329
I think even commentary pointed out that as a

01:28:38.329 --> 01:28:41.010
luchador himself trying to unmask another luchador

01:28:41.010 --> 01:28:43.949
is almost as shameful as being unmasked yeah

01:28:43.949 --> 01:28:47.550
so it sort of points more toward the fact that

01:28:47.550 --> 01:28:51.649
he's Is El Grande an actual luchador or just

01:28:51.649 --> 01:28:59.390
Chad Gable in a cosplay at this point? Now it

01:28:59.390 --> 01:29:02.710
is a case that during this match we see El Grande

01:29:02.710 --> 01:29:08.270
go back to his normal ways here where he ends

01:29:08.270 --> 01:29:12.449
up loading his face mask yet again with that

01:29:12.449 --> 01:29:20.720
metal plate which I mean, it doesn't go quite

01:29:20.720 --> 01:29:24.779
the way I think El Grande wants it to go because

01:29:24.779 --> 01:29:31.220
he goes to drop the nut on Rey Fenix and I believe

01:29:31.220 --> 01:29:34.560
Rey Fenix dodges him or he misses or something

01:29:34.560 --> 01:29:45.579
along those lines and only really comes to Ray

01:29:45.579 --> 01:29:47.779
Phoenix isn't aware that the mask is loaded,

01:29:47.779 --> 01:29:51.560
but he becomes very aware of it after a goodbye

01:29:51.560 --> 01:29:54.439
amigo kick. Oh yeah, he kicks it and he feels

01:29:54.439 --> 01:29:58.000
that, doesn't he? Oh, 100%. Has anybody that's

01:29:58.000 --> 01:30:01.060
ever kicked anything that's like metal or thick

01:30:01.060 --> 01:30:02.880
wood or anything like that? I mean, I've nearly

01:30:02.880 --> 01:30:09.640
broken toes doing it. It's untruly painful. That's

01:30:09.640 --> 01:30:15.739
not nice. And yeah, that sort of spells Ray Phoenix's

01:30:15.739 --> 01:30:20.479
downfall with this one, I will be honest. As

01:30:20.479 --> 01:30:24.520
El Grande locks in an ankle lock. Curiously,

01:30:25.479 --> 01:30:28.859
he locks the ankle lock in on the other ankle.

01:30:30.220 --> 01:30:33.859
It's not the one Chad Gable uses then, though.

01:30:35.859 --> 01:30:38.840
No, it was more of a case that Ray Phoenix hits

01:30:38.840 --> 01:30:42.109
the goodbye amigo kick. that then does damage

01:30:42.109 --> 01:30:47.850
to that foot oh right yeah oh yeah El Grande

01:30:47.850 --> 01:30:51.189
locks in a ankle lock but locks it in on the

01:30:51.189 --> 01:30:55.289
other ankle yeah not the one that got hurt i

01:30:55.289 --> 01:30:57.550
get you surely that would have made more sense

01:30:57.550 --> 01:30:59.890
i feel like that would have been the ankle to

01:30:59.890 --> 01:31:02.770
go for go for the ankle that's already injured

01:31:02.770 --> 01:31:06.250
unless he was trying to take out Ray Phoenix's

01:31:06.250 --> 01:31:09.390
come entire vertical base sort of thing. That

01:31:09.390 --> 01:31:11.409
was the only other read the only other reasoning

01:31:11.409 --> 01:31:15.229
that I could think of It's definitely a strong

01:31:15.229 --> 01:31:24.289
show But yeah locks in the ankle lock Phoenix

01:31:24.289 --> 01:31:27.949
tries to mentor an offense after rolling through

01:31:27.949 --> 01:31:32.029
but our granday lands the headbutt and That's

01:31:32.029 --> 01:31:35.880
pretty much game over to be fair in it He just

01:31:35.880 --> 01:31:38.579
adds insult to injury almost by going up to the

01:31:38.579 --> 01:31:42.939
top rope and landing a flying headbutt. Yeah,

01:31:43.100 --> 01:31:45.880
that definitely wasn't needed. The only other

01:31:45.880 --> 01:31:49.680
thing that I question about any of this is that

01:31:49.680 --> 01:31:52.640
you're putting a metal plate in your face mask

01:31:52.640 --> 01:31:55.539
and then headbutting people. They're not hurting

01:31:55.539 --> 01:31:58.510
them too. I was going to say, surely that's going

01:31:58.510 --> 01:32:01.750
to be causing as much damage to yourself. How

01:32:01.750 --> 01:32:07.069
is Enoch seeing stars at this point? But yeah,

01:32:07.170 --> 01:32:11.149
this basically, after the flying headbutt, goes

01:32:11.149 --> 01:32:14.689
for a pin and secures the win over Rey Fenix.

01:32:15.489 --> 01:32:21.529
Now, with how they have built Rey Fenix up in

01:32:21.529 --> 01:32:26.250
the last few weeks, it's a protected finish.

01:32:27.079 --> 01:32:29.840
because El Grande cheated, he got the loaded

01:32:29.840 --> 01:32:34.260
mask. So his character is protected in that way.

01:32:34.659 --> 01:32:38.439
I would have preferred to see Rey Fenix on his

01:32:38.439 --> 01:32:44.899
- WrestleMania. To have won his match and keep

01:32:44.899 --> 01:32:47.699
his winning streak going. Even though it's a

01:32:47.699 --> 01:32:50.840
protected setup and it doesn't do much damage,

01:32:51.020 --> 01:32:53.640
I think still the little damage that it has done

01:32:53.640 --> 01:33:00.609
to Rey Fenix's character is so early on is a

01:33:00.609 --> 01:33:05.789
bit shit really I mean it's not even a nice like

01:33:05.789 --> 01:33:08.590
loss it's not like a lost Rey Mysterio or a lost

01:33:08.590 --> 01:33:13.449
her a lost her piss tape that's that's embarrassing

01:33:13.449 --> 01:33:17.289
man they've done that guy at WrestleMania in

01:33:17.289 --> 01:33:23.890
front of over 60 ,000 people and to be precise

01:33:24.439 --> 01:33:27.859
To be precise, because just after this match

01:33:27.859 --> 01:33:32.539
finishes, we do get to see the Heartbreak Kid

01:33:32.539 --> 01:33:36.159
himself, Mr. Shawn Michaels come out and tell

01:33:36.159 --> 01:33:41.859
us the exact attendance for this at night one

01:33:41.859 --> 01:33:51.579
of WrestleMania 41. And that is there is 61 ,467

01:33:51.579 --> 01:33:55.829
people in attendance at this year's WrestleMania

01:33:55.829 --> 01:33:59.869
night one, which is incredible. Apparently that

01:33:59.869 --> 01:34:04.829
is a sold out arena as well, Adam, which I'm

01:34:04.829 --> 01:34:07.029
glad you've mentioned that because I want listeners

01:34:07.029 --> 01:34:09.149
to remember that we've said that when we come

01:34:09.149 --> 01:34:11.090
to do night two, which will be the next episode

01:34:11.090 --> 01:34:13.630
to come out. It's funny you say that because

01:34:13.630 --> 01:34:16.310
I have something I wanted to say about that on

01:34:16.310 --> 01:34:21.500
night two too. I imagine you want to say exactly

01:34:21.500 --> 01:34:25.000
the same thing as me. Yes I do and I think someone

01:34:25.000 --> 01:34:28.300
somewhere might be a lying bastard but I'm not

01:34:28.300 --> 01:34:31.920
making any accusations at this moment. I will

01:34:31.920 --> 01:34:34.760
give you more evidence on WrestleMania night

01:34:34.760 --> 01:34:40.260
2. But for now we're gonna skip talking about

01:34:40.260 --> 01:34:42.000
WrestleMania night 2 because we're not there

01:34:42.000 --> 01:34:45.060
yet and we're gonna jump into our next match.

01:34:45.470 --> 01:34:49.850
Which is the women's title match between Tiffany

01:34:49.850 --> 01:34:56.789
Stratton and Charlotte Flair Yes Little bit more

01:34:56.789 --> 01:34:59.649
information around the triple -a acquisition

01:34:59.649 --> 01:35:05.449
acquisition. Oh, yes in the in the crowd on night

01:35:05.449 --> 01:35:10.649
one of WrestleMania we have the Triple -a president

01:35:10.649 --> 01:35:15.750
which is my Marisela Pena, Dorian Pena, the CEO

01:35:15.750 --> 01:35:21.949
and general manager of AAA, and Alberto Paz -Japoen,

01:35:22.409 --> 01:35:25.529
which is apparently co -founder of Philippe,

01:35:25.529 --> 01:35:27.510
I don't know who that is or don't know what that

01:35:27.510 --> 01:35:31.329
is, are in attendance. But we are told that AAA

01:35:31.329 --> 01:35:35.449
content will be debuting for WWE fans on June

01:35:35.449 --> 01:35:40.449
7th at the Kia Forum in LA at Worlds Collide.

01:35:40.729 --> 01:35:43.329
So I think that they're going to set triple A

01:35:43.329 --> 01:35:48.829
up as either an extra episode and inter company.

01:35:49.770 --> 01:35:52.930
So it's, I've seen something since that says

01:35:52.930 --> 01:35:59.329
that it's going to be on Tuesday night. I don't

01:35:59.329 --> 01:36:02.689
know how that works with NXT, whether they're

01:36:02.689 --> 01:36:05.779
going to shift NXT to a different night. Which

01:36:05.779 --> 01:36:08.539
honestly, I wouldn't be against. No, I wouldn't.

01:36:08.699 --> 01:36:13.460
I don't want an extra night's rest. It's a triple

01:36:13.460 --> 01:36:16.359
A. I don't feel is going to be something that

01:36:16.359 --> 01:36:21.640
we do much, if any coverage of. I'm sort of hoping

01:36:21.640 --> 01:36:26.140
that it just becomes an extra faucet to, uh,

01:36:26.180 --> 01:36:31.600
smacked down. Yeah. I feel like it's gonna cause

01:36:31.600 --> 01:36:37.409
worlds collide is an NXT PLA. So it's gonna be

01:36:37.409 --> 01:36:39.689
it's gonna be more directly involved with NXT,

01:36:39.890 --> 01:36:45.729
but I'm just yeah, it's I don't think Triple

01:36:45.729 --> 01:36:48.029
A is gonna be something that finishes and factions

01:36:48.029 --> 01:36:51.130
does an awful lot of coverage on only because

01:36:51.130 --> 01:36:57.369
especially on weekends like this where We've

01:36:57.369 --> 01:37:00.569
got a solid five days worth of wrestling in a

01:37:00.569 --> 01:37:05.409
row to try and watch note take record Render

01:37:05.409 --> 01:37:09.229
and publish in somewhat of timely manner when

01:37:09.229 --> 01:37:11.710
we've got both got other commitments as well

01:37:11.710 --> 01:37:15.170
is It's challenging enough during a normal week.

01:37:15.170 --> 01:37:17.390
We'd probably be able to just get away with it

01:37:17.390 --> 01:37:20.529
But I'm not saying that we be able to get away

01:37:20.529 --> 01:37:25.710
with it at all anyway Yes, so we went from there

01:37:25.710 --> 01:37:31.010
into mr. WrestleMania HBK Shawn Michaels, we

01:37:31.010 --> 01:37:38.520
also got a few other A few other celebs in attendance,

01:37:38.720 --> 01:37:43.520
one of which being Stephen Amell, who we are

01:37:43.520 --> 01:37:48.539
told is an actor and a 2015 Slammy Award winner

01:37:48.539 --> 01:37:52.199
for Celebrity Moment of the Year for his match

01:37:52.199 --> 01:37:57.319
at SummerSlam against Stardust. Stephen Amell,

01:37:57.640 --> 01:38:04.569
probably most commonly known for playing Arrow

01:38:04.569 --> 01:38:11.390
in the DC Universe TV series, Arrow. And we also

01:38:11.390 --> 01:38:23.789
have Israel Adesanya. The UXC fighter, yes. But

01:38:23.789 --> 01:38:27.590
other than that, we can then go straight into

01:38:27.590 --> 01:38:31.649
the WWE Women's Championship match, which sees

01:38:31.649 --> 01:38:35.119
Tiffany Stratton. defending her title against

01:38:35.119 --> 01:38:38.060
Charlotte Flair. I think we should do that then.

01:38:38.279 --> 01:38:39.300
Right, let's crack on.