WEBVTT 00:00:33.429 --> 00:00:38.549 And hello there, one and all welcome to Finishers 00:00:38.549 --> 00:00:42.350 and Factions does Monday Night Raw. Now, this 00:00:42.350 --> 00:00:46.990 is the Raw after WrestleMania. We are still... 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:52.460 broadcasting from Las Vegas, Nevada. But we've 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:56.539 moved from Allegiant Stadium over to T -Mobile 00:00:56.539 --> 00:01:04.040 Arena with an attendance of 19 ,262 people for 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:10.560 the Raw after WrestleMania. Now, the Raw after 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.280 WrestleMania, it's... It's supposed to be sort 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.459 of like the boxing day after WrestleMania It's 00:01:17.459 --> 00:01:20.620 supposed to be that low that we've just had this 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:24.200 huge event It's a almost it can sometimes be 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:27.859 a complete systems reset It's the end of some 00:01:27.859 --> 00:01:30.620 storylines and this is where we start setting 00:01:30.620 --> 00:01:36.180 up the new ones and because of that Not a massive 00:01:36.180 --> 00:01:39.140 amount of wrestling in this role. I think in 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:45.340 total we have Three matches and Yeah, it's three 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:49.739 matches the rest of it is promos victory laps 00:01:49.739 --> 00:01:52.480 just superstars really wanting to get out in 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.519 front of the crowd and Do you know what who can 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:58.659 blame them? We want to get we want to see all 00:01:58.659 --> 00:02:02.019 of the the victors the losers We want to this 00:02:02.019 --> 00:02:05.459 is where if you didn't manage to fuck it like 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:10.229 catch all of WrestleMania weekend. I mean I Why 00:02:10.229 --> 00:02:13.969 not? I certainly managed it. So there's no excuse. 00:02:14.530 --> 00:02:18.949 And it just gives you that that sense of closure 00:02:18.949 --> 00:02:24.050 around. Yeah, WrestleMania weekend. So let's 00:02:24.050 --> 00:02:27.110 dive straight in. We had an opening VT, which 00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:30.569 recapped WrestleMania weekend. Obviously, if 00:02:30.569 --> 00:02:35.189 you haven't caught any of it, then we are we 00:02:35.189 --> 00:02:38.129 at finishers and factions are here to serve because 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:41.860 we've got. Night one and night two broken down 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:45.300 in our normal fashion where myself and my normal 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:48.080 co -host, Rich, who is not joining me this week, 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:52.819 he did a lot of the wrestle at the pre WrestleMania 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:57.819 shows solo. So as a favor, I've given him the 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:03.280 day off to be able to do this and and and. Finishes 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.520 and Factions does NXT, which will be the next 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.699 episode we come out with. Now, before we move 00:03:10.699 --> 00:03:14.039 on to NXT, of course, I will be taking us through 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:17.659 Monday Night Raw, which starts with an in -ring 00:03:17.659 --> 00:03:27.860 promo from our new WWE Champion, John Cena. Now 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:32.759 - John Cena obviously this is not the you can't 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.900 see me Cena that we've known for the last 20 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:42.780 some odd years this is heel Cena and Yeah, he's 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:46.719 come out basically to take his victory lap after 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:51.250 winning over Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania weekend 00:03:51.250 --> 00:03:54.949 wasn't done in the cleanest fashion. But as always 00:03:54.949 --> 00:04:01.370 in WWE, it is a case that a win is a win. Now 00:04:01.370 --> 00:04:04.770 Cena has come out. Nothing's changed about his 00:04:04.770 --> 00:04:08.330 demeanor. I mean, he's now one hell of a record 00:04:08.330 --> 00:04:13.169 holder at being a 17 time world champion, which 00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:21.100 is a phenomenal achievement in of itself. But 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:24.540 before Cena's even said anything he's calling 00:04:24.540 --> 00:04:27.300 the ring announcer Mark Nash who's filling in 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:31.839 for Alicia Taylor Who announced all over WrestleMania 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.560 weekend needs to give those older vocal cords 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.560 a good rest I think and Basically hands Nash 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:44.800 a note to read out And, do you know what? The 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:48.240 note itself just sort of stroking John Cena's 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.740 ego a little bit, not that it needs any stroking 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:56.100 at this point. It's a case that, yeah, we're 00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:58.720 not looking at, I'm not gonna go over what was 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:03.100 in there, but his first actual words were, winners 00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:08.040 write history. Which is true no matter how you 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.750 look at it, we're not. It's not an outrageous 00:05:10.750 --> 00:05:17.850 statement to make It's a case that he's still 00:05:17.850 --> 00:05:20.269 harping on about the fact that his relationship 00:05:20.269 --> 00:05:25.269 with the WWE Universe and the fans and everything 00:05:25.269 --> 00:05:29.470 else that goes along with that is Dysfunctional 00:05:29.470 --> 00:05:32.490 that no matter what he does no matter how he 00:05:32.490 --> 00:05:36.029 does it what he says what yeah, no matter what 00:05:36.029 --> 00:05:40.720 he is hated In one form or another and he's had 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.100 enough which do you know what I can't say I blame 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:49.019 him for He is now that he has become the world 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:52.040 champion he is once again the face that runs 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:56.060 the place It is a case that Cena wants apologies 00:05:56.060 --> 00:05:59.339 from everybody, but he knows he won't get it 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:05.160 and Yeah, it's a case that the crowd almost on 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:11.019 cue are then Chanting back at him that they are 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:14.000 that they're not sorry They're not sorry for 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.240 how they've treated him. He's I mean to a certain 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.639 extent. He's encouraged this behavior throughout 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:26.199 the years again to a certain degree now he then 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:31.050 of course confirms that the WWE Universe do not 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:35.430 mean anything to him as a person and this is 00:06:35.430 --> 00:06:37.810 when the crowd start chanting calling him an 00:06:37.810 --> 00:06:42.069 asshole which to be honest somewhat illustrated 00:06:42.069 --> 00:06:49.009 Cena's point and out of the original 36 dates 00:06:49.009 --> 00:06:52.790 that we were given on John Cena's farewell tour 00:06:52.790 --> 00:07:01.389 he reveals that he has 27 dates left. And if 00:07:01.389 --> 00:07:05.870 everything goes to plan for him, he is just making 00:07:05.870 --> 00:07:09.990 appearances. These aren't 27 matches that he's 00:07:09.990 --> 00:07:13.769 going to be having. These are appearances. It's 00:07:13.769 --> 00:07:18.050 a case that every time he appears on WWE television, 00:07:18.470 --> 00:07:21.870 it is a case that is another date scrubbed off 00:07:21.870 --> 00:07:30.300 the list. He is So yeah, he plans to make all 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:34.259 of these appearances rather than rather than 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:37.839 the Making it sort of 27 times. We're gonna see 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:43.019 him wrestle again And Cena is taking those undisputed 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:46.600 that undisputed title with him when he goes which 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.540 in fairness is Everything that he is saying now 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:56.170 was said before WrestleMania as well Sena mentions 00:07:56.170 --> 00:08:00.350 Cody Rhodes and honestly the crowd in Las Vegas 00:08:00.350 --> 00:08:07.889 booed Rhodes hard and again this sort of illustrates 00:08:07.889 --> 00:08:11.089 John Sena's point a little bit is that if they 00:08:11.089 --> 00:08:14.750 were They booed Rhodes because he lost he lost 00:08:14.750 --> 00:08:17.209 the title which I can understand some people 00:08:17.209 --> 00:08:21.240 being upset about I mean, when you watch back 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:24.339 the match, it's a case that the deck was very 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:27.720 much stacked against him. This wasn't an easy 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:35.600 win under any circumstances. Now. Yeah, this 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:38.279 just sort of went to illustrate more of Cena's 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:43.659 point of how fickle the crowds are in WWE, and 00:08:43.659 --> 00:08:47.429 it's very much the same in any sort of. Any sort 00:08:47.429 --> 00:08:49.830 of sport I feel I don't think it's just WWE. 00:08:49.889 --> 00:08:55.009 I think it's any sort of sport that has a that 00:08:55.009 --> 00:08:59.269 has a crowd football soccer crowds football crowds 00:08:59.269 --> 00:09:03.350 is Are very much the same if your team's winning 00:09:03.350 --> 00:09:05.610 then you're on top of the world if they're losing 00:09:05.610 --> 00:09:07.470 then they're the worst thing the worst thing 00:09:07.470 --> 00:09:12.149 on the planet and And you'll always get Somebody 00:09:12.149 --> 00:09:14.330 that doesn't like the same team that you like 00:09:14.330 --> 00:09:17.009 and you won't like some of the teams that somebody 00:09:17.009 --> 00:09:23.789 else likes It works exactly the same way Now 00:09:23.789 --> 00:09:29.029 Sina is doubling down and saying that there is 00:09:29.029 --> 00:09:34.230 no one like him left. And he then goes on to 00:09:34.230 --> 00:09:37.690 give the crowd a chance to get a picture of the 00:09:37.690 --> 00:09:42.309 last real champion, which is going to be a bit 00:09:42.309 --> 00:09:44.870 of a talk line for him, I feel, over those next 00:09:44.870 --> 00:09:48.629 27 dates. But somebody that takes issue with 00:09:48.629 --> 00:09:52.809 this, basically as Cena is doing this, Randy 00:09:52.809 --> 00:09:58.110 Orton, the Viper. comes in behind and hits John 00:09:58.110 --> 00:10:01.529 Cena with those most three dangerous letters 00:10:01.529 --> 00:10:11.590 in sports entertainment. R -K -O. And yeah, John 00:10:11.590 --> 00:10:18.870 is hit with that R -K -O. And that's Randy Orton 00:10:18.870 --> 00:10:22.350 basically declaring himself for the world title 00:10:22.350 --> 00:10:28.679 picture. Now, we are... 100 % expecting or my 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.799 expectation at this point is that we're gonna 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.779 see a rehash of the Randy Orton John Cena rivalry 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:37.720 which honestly Outside of the attitude era was 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.259 one of the best Rivalries, I mean their I quit 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:48.909 match all that time ago was phenomenal now At 00:10:48.909 --> 00:10:51.289 this point to close out this section of the show 00:10:51.289 --> 00:10:54.730 the crowd are singing Randy Orton theme tune 00:10:54.730 --> 00:10:58.889 voices back to him, which was honestly it was 00:10:58.889 --> 00:11:04.309 really nice to hear and Really enjoyed it. Now 00:11:04.309 --> 00:11:09.289 we went from there into a VT recap of WrestleMania 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:14.250 which saw Bayley being attacked and taken out 00:11:14.250 --> 00:11:18.360 so Lyra so Lyra Valkyria who was supposed to 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.919 be tag teaming with Bayley on WrestleMania Sunday 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:28.820 to face the then tag champs Liv Morgan and Raquel 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:33.840 Rodriguez But obviously after being attacked 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:39.960 Bayley was declared not fit to compete basically 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.399 Adam Pearce had to turn around to Lyra and say 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.799 look basically you've got 24 hours to figure 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.899 this out you need a tag partner or other tag 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:51.519 partner otherwise we're going to have to scrap 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:56.220 the match sort of thing and I mean Lyra found 00:11:56.220 --> 00:12:02.690 a phenomenal partner in the man Becky Lynch who 00:12:02.690 --> 00:12:05.789 returned at WrestleMania and honestly I don't 00:12:05.789 --> 00:12:08.129 think anybody saw this coming especially considering 00:12:08.129 --> 00:12:14.230 in so many interviews she's she's gone on record 00:12:14.230 --> 00:12:16.850 saying you know what I'm not going to do it anymore 00:12:16.850 --> 00:12:21.350 it's not going to happen so yeah no I'm done 00:12:21.350 --> 00:12:24.210 I've got nothing left to come back for at this 00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:29.759 point and the pair, Lyra and Becky, went on to 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:33.759 win the Women's World Tag Team Championships. 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:41.059 Now, that was a phenomenal piece of business 00:12:41.059 --> 00:12:45.269 done at that point. and we go from that VT into 00:12:45.269 --> 00:12:49.610 another VT promo which basically promotes WWE, 00:12:50.009 --> 00:12:53.769 Worlds Collide, a PLE which will be featuring 00:12:53.769 --> 00:12:58.370 NXT and Triple A, the new acquisition which is 00:12:58.370 --> 00:13:02.370 a Mexican based promotion featuring mostly lucha 00:13:02.370 --> 00:13:07.350 libre stars such as the like of Rey Fenix, Penta, 00:13:07.710 --> 00:13:11.690 Rey Mysterio, have probably all competed in this 00:13:11.690 --> 00:13:14.049 promotion at one stage or another, but there's 00:13:14.049 --> 00:13:17.809 so much other talent on offer out of that promotion, 00:13:18.009 --> 00:13:22.529 it is untrue. Now, this will be the same weekend 00:13:22.529 --> 00:13:28.190 as Money in the Bank, which will be on Saturday, 00:13:28.409 --> 00:13:33.950 the 7th of June in Los Angeles, California. So 00:13:33.950 --> 00:13:38.879 that will be one to keep, one to... Look back 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:44.000 on now This takes us quite nicely into match 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:49.220 one Which is for the Women's Tag Women's World 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:53.100 Tag Team Championships Which is basically a WrestleMania 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:56.019 rematch WrestleMania rematches on Monday Night 00:13:56.019 --> 00:14:00.399 Raw after WrestleMania are not uncommon But obviously 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.419 this sees Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez versus 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:09.240 the new champions of Lyra, Valkyria and Becky 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:15.039 Lynch. Now it is revealed in the warm up to this 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:20.200 match that Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolan of NXT 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:25.340 are in the crowd as they have a shot at the titles 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:32.149 on NXT the next night. And we also get a health 00:14:32.149 --> 00:14:35.850 update on Bayley. It is revealed that she has 00:14:35.850 --> 00:14:39.830 a partial shoulder dislocation with an anterior 00:14:39.830 --> 00:14:44.529 labral tear. I'm no doctor but that sounds damn 00:14:44.529 --> 00:14:47.570 painful and obviously everybody here at Finishers 00:14:47.570 --> 00:14:51.909 and Factions wishes Bayley a speedy, speedy recovery. 00:14:52.870 --> 00:14:55.309 Because yeah, it just wasn't the same having 00:14:55.309 --> 00:15:01.159 WrestleMania without the role model. But she 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.299 will be yeah, she'll be out for a chunk of time. 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:08.899 I feel so we look forward to having Bailey back 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:13.019 now to start this match off and the Women's World 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:16.399 Tag Team Championship match we had Liv and Becky 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:21.759 start but Liv is leaving nothing to chance. She 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:25.200 goes absolutely hell for leather on Becky and 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:33.789 and Yeah, it was This I think that that Liv Morgan 00:15:33.789 --> 00:15:38.149 Raquel Rodriguez were competing in a way that 00:15:38.149 --> 00:15:43.769 Made it fit. Yeah, it made it feel for me that 00:15:43.769 --> 00:15:50.730 Like I'm trying to think how to word it It made 00:15:50.730 --> 00:15:54.350 it feel to me like live and Raquel had had something 00:15:54.350 --> 00:15:57.690 stolen away from them. I don't think they thought 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:01.389 they deserved to lose, but the loss they took 00:16:01.389 --> 00:16:07.590 was fair. It was legitimate, in my opinion. But 00:16:07.590 --> 00:16:11.250 Loira and Becky don't stand idly by. At one point 00:16:11.250 --> 00:16:14.769 they hit a double baseball slide. And Liv and 00:16:14.769 --> 00:16:17.850 Raquel, in the early starts of this match, just 00:16:17.850 --> 00:16:20.929 do not seem to be in sync with one another at 00:16:20.929 --> 00:16:24.629 all. The loss of that title seems to have majorly 00:16:24.629 --> 00:16:30.389 affected them. Now we do see some big hits from 00:16:30.389 --> 00:16:33.070 Becky Lynch who's obviously only had one other 00:16:33.070 --> 00:16:36.289 match and that was to win these titles who hits 00:16:36.289 --> 00:16:42.190 the Bexploder Liv Morgan at one stage stages 00:16:42.190 --> 00:16:46.029 a small comeback rolling through off the manhandle 00:16:46.029 --> 00:16:49.750 slam into a two -count then Liv then goes on 00:16:49.750 --> 00:16:54.750 to hit a code breaker attempts oblivion but Lynch 00:16:54.750 --> 00:17:00.909 manages to pull out a counter. Now moving on 00:17:00.909 --> 00:17:06.190 from there it appears my notes are telling me 00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:10.269 that Lyra and Lynch are attempting double team 00:17:10.269 --> 00:17:14.809 superplex to Raquel but Liv puts the kibosh on 00:17:14.809 --> 00:17:17.509 that one by plucking Lynch from the top rope 00:17:17.509 --> 00:17:22.279 and power bombs are in the ring and Lyra has 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:26.519 to adapt her stance and instead pulls a super 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:31.559 runner, but Raquel's power is just too much for 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:36.259 Lyra's little body weight to get that to try 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:40.880 and pull that move off as Lyra then ends up being 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:45.660 power bombed from the top rope for a two count. 00:17:49.070 --> 00:17:51.589 We do start to see some light at the end of the 00:17:51.589 --> 00:17:55.230 tunnel for the current women's tag team champions 00:17:55.230 --> 00:17:58.890 Lyra hits a night wing to Raquel goes for a pin 00:17:58.890 --> 00:18:03.450 but only gets the two count as Liv gets Raquel's 00:18:03.450 --> 00:18:07.690 foot on the rope to break the pin now Becky does 00:18:07.690 --> 00:18:10.529 not take kindly to this. It's been a case that 00:18:10.529 --> 00:18:14.009 Liv has been heard to be going around saying 00:18:14.009 --> 00:18:17.569 that she was the one that retired the man all 00:18:17.569 --> 00:18:22.069 that time ago. So I think there's been some beef 00:18:22.069 --> 00:18:24.829 bubbling under the surface between Becky Lynch 00:18:24.829 --> 00:18:32.329 and Liv Morgan. It's a case that Lynch levels 00:18:32.329 --> 00:18:37.680 Liv. goes for another manhandle slam but is driven 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:42.180 into the ring post as Lyra dives through the 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:50.619 ropes delivering boots to Liv. Now Liv and Raquel 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:56.109 do go on to win this match and regain their championships 00:18:56.109 --> 00:19:01.089 after Liv hits an oblivion. This now makes Liv 00:19:01.089 --> 00:19:06.549 and Raquel four -time women's tag team champions 00:19:06.549 --> 00:19:13.130 and yeah it's a case that they are extending 00:19:13.130 --> 00:19:17.779 that reach they are still the most accomplished 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:23.500 women's tag team in WWE history I believe having 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:27.480 held the titles now for a record fourth time 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:32.890 now To have held the championships for what must 00:19:32.890 --> 00:19:37.390 be less than 24 hours is not a fantastic legacy 00:19:37.390 --> 00:19:41.670 for For both Becky and Lyra and Lyra hasn't missed 00:19:41.670 --> 00:19:44.650 out on a massive amount as she is still women's 00:19:44.650 --> 00:19:50.140 Intercontinental champion however This could 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:52.799 be one of the last times we see the man properly 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:57.720 in the ring. So to have lost that championship 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:02.339 so very quickly is obviously going to be upsetting. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.779 It's upsetting for both of them. They're both 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:09.519 of Irish origin and they felt a kinship in that. 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:14.380 On top of that, Becky has been a huge... mentor 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:18.500 to Lyra. It's a case that this isn't the first 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:21.859 time they've worked together, I believe. And 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:25.140 yeah, they look to commiserate one another in 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:29.240 the middle of the ring. But something snaps in 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:33.819 Lynch's brain when she just goes and goes completely 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:39.680 hog wild on Lyra. I mean, considering we saw 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:43.839 Obviously the well -known relationship between 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:47.420 Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch We saw Seth Rollins 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:51.039 to pull one hell of a heel turn out of his ass 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.460 at WrestleMania night one to then be on the roar 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:58.759 after WrestleMania seeing Becky Lynch doing something 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:03.799 similar is Is not entirely unsurprising in my 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.740 opinion, but still Very shocking to see something 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.940 like that from somebody that hasn't been in the 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:13.269 ring In such a long time and we weren't expecting 00:21:13.269 --> 00:21:16.710 her to come back So this does leave the door 00:21:16.710 --> 00:21:20.589 open for a for a storyline moving forward in 00:21:20.589 --> 00:21:24.529 my opinion But yeah husband and wife heel turns 00:21:24.529 --> 00:21:31.089 in 48 hours What a what a way to to open raw 00:21:31.089 --> 00:21:36.910 there from there we go into a VT promo of the 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:40.940 main event of WrestleMania Saturday. This was 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:43.720 more so just to illustrate, obviously, Becky's 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.039 just pulled one hell of a heel turn out of her 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:51.200 ass. And yeah. Seth did exactly the same thing 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.420 in the night one main event that men's triple 00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:57.920 threat match being Heyman being one hell of a 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:01.359 Conductor in that and yeah, we do full coverage 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:03.359 of that in our finishes and factions episode 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:06.519 So I'm not going to go back over it into in any 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:09.779 detail here because I'd implore you to go back 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:12.599 Listen to that episode because it was a fantastic 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:16.190 episode that we are so so very proud of Now moving 00:22:16.190 --> 00:22:19.990 on from there we get an announcement basically 00:22:19.990 --> 00:22:24.589 that it is revealed already that WrestleMania 00:22:24.589 --> 00:22:29.390 41 was the most socially viewed WrestleMania 00:22:29.390 --> 00:22:37.329 of all time generating a huge 1 .1 billion views 00:22:37.329 --> 00:22:42.589 across all social platforms, which is a huge 00:22:42.589 --> 00:22:47.730 number of views. I mean, the Finishes and Factions 00:22:47.730 --> 00:22:51.049 TikTok page doesn't have that many views. Now, 00:22:51.049 --> 00:22:54.990 of course, if anyone is in any way, shape or 00:22:54.990 --> 00:23:00.390 form interested in our social media at all, then 00:23:00.390 --> 00:23:09.690 we can be found. The TikTok is at Finn and fact 00:23:09.690 --> 00:23:14.710 podcast. Finn and fact pod, sorry. It's a case 00:23:14.710 --> 00:23:17.789 that we are posting on there regularly. You'll 00:23:17.789 --> 00:23:22.869 get new podcast episode updates as well as original, 00:23:23.190 --> 00:23:26.500 as much. original content as myself and Rich 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:31.339 can put out at any one time. So yes, we 100 % 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:36.440 implore you to come and give us a follow on there 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:39.539 and yeah, drop us a message. Have a look at what 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:42.299 videos we've already put up. You'll see a nice 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:44.940 mix between myself and Rich and also be able 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:48.119 to put some faces to a name as we are aware that 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.099 this is an audio podcast. Maybe we'll branch 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:56.420 out into doing video podcast again sometime soon. 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:59.740 But at the moment, this format works really well. 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.759 And yeah, who knows? We may be able to move forward 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:09.079 with that at another time. But moving on from 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:13.119 there, it is a case that we go back in -ring 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:19.279 for another in -ring promo. Our new Raw Tag Team 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:25.180 Champions, the new day. come out to basically 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:28.319 brag and gloat on their win over the War Raiders. 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:34.720 Now again we had a lot to say on this when it 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:38.730 went when it all went down and Again, I'd implore 00:24:38.730 --> 00:24:40.829 you to go back and listen to the episode to get 00:24:40.829 --> 00:24:42.789 mine and Rich's thoughts on it because I think 00:24:42.789 --> 00:24:45.470 we had some, we had some things that we had sort 00:24:45.470 --> 00:24:48.829 of in common, but as well, we had some polarizing 00:24:48.829 --> 00:24:51.769 views as well. So we'd love to hear what you 00:24:51.769 --> 00:24:57.299 guys think on that. Now. This title wins at this 00:24:57.299 --> 00:25:01.859 title this latest title win for the new day Seems 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:05.400 to have sort of elevated their over in already 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:08.839 over inflated egos into something approaching 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:11.940 a God complex in my opinion as we are getting 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:15.880 a lot of Xavier Woods telling everybody to drop 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:23.299 to your knees and thank God for the new day and 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:28.119 And yeah, I said on one of our earlier podcast 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:31.440 videos that I don't agree with how they've treated 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:36.700 Big E after Big E was forced to retire. But the 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:40.660 new face of the new day, I am not against at 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:43.519 all. I'm really rather enjoying it, actually. 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:48.039 It's nice to see all of that coming into play. 00:25:49.369 --> 00:25:52.230 Now, as the new champs get done saying that they 00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:56.250 are the greatest tag team living or dead, which 00:25:56.250 --> 00:26:04.309 is a subject to debate, I feel, but we won't 00:26:04.309 --> 00:26:09.009 go into that, Alpha Academy, fronted by Maxine 00:26:09.009 --> 00:26:15.230 Dupree, come out and... Basically to remind them 00:26:15.230 --> 00:26:18.789 that they beat the New Day not too long ago in 00:26:18.789 --> 00:26:24.930 60 seconds and Yeah, Maxime basically baits the 00:26:24.930 --> 00:26:28.630 New Day into a title match which they initially 00:26:28.630 --> 00:26:35.049 refuse before being called minute men now Such 00:26:35.049 --> 00:26:38.190 an odd little turn of phrase, but obviously referring 00:26:38.190 --> 00:26:40.410 to the fact that they can only last a minute 00:26:40.410 --> 00:26:44.759 now It's taking every ounce of my own self -control 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:47.619 to say I think we know somebody else that knows 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:50.319 that at least Xavier Woods can last longer than 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:54.359 a minute But yeah, I'm not rich. I'm not gonna 00:26:54.359 --> 00:27:00.019 stoop to that level page But yeah, they initially 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:04.059 refuse it after being called minute men then 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:08.279 they are all for it now Just as this match is 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:12.700 about to begin the lighting changes in the arena, 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:18.720 and instead of the new day, we welcome Rusev 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:24.220 Day. Now, I, again, not a huge fan of Rusev. 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:27.079 I remember following his career as he went through 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.539 WWE on his first initial run. I was then watching 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:36.240 AEW when he went over there and became Miro. 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:42.039 and he seems to have the same effect everywhere 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:49.160 he goes he is a big brutish bastard and no bones 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:54.140 picked about that as it goes but it is a case 00:27:54.140 --> 00:28:00.299 that his size gets him in the door has he actually 00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:04.960 got anything else to keep him in the game because 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:09.640 last time I seem to remember And I would love 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:14.160 to sit here and be able to blame WWE's booking 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.920 on the fact that they booked him wrong, which 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:19.579 I'm sure there are some decisions that some people 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:22.400 would go back and say, do you know what? I probably 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.079 wouldn't have done this. I probably wouldn't 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:27.299 have done that. And you'd probably be well within 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:32.039 your rights to have that opinion. But regardless, 00:28:33.130 --> 00:28:36.650 That would then mean that AEW made all of the 00:28:36.650 --> 00:28:40.769 same mistakes and learned nothing from Rusev's 00:28:40.769 --> 00:28:43.829 initial run because the same thing happened in 00:28:43.829 --> 00:28:49.329 AEW that happened in WWE. He came in as this 00:28:49.329 --> 00:28:52.490 big, brutish bastard, got himself in the door, 00:28:52.670 --> 00:28:57.329 had a ton of hype behind him. And then sort of 00:28:57.329 --> 00:29:00.349 faded into obscurity, drifted down into the mid 00:29:00.349 --> 00:29:05.309 card, which is where he then stayed. And I honestly 00:29:05.309 --> 00:29:07.410 hope that that isn't going to be the case this 00:29:07.410 --> 00:29:12.210 time. I hope that we are... sort of Triple H 00:29:12.210 --> 00:29:14.829 and the team get the booking right and they can 00:29:14.829 --> 00:29:17.049 actually get behind him. I would love to sit 00:29:17.049 --> 00:29:20.190 on a future episode of Finishes and Factions 00:29:20.190 --> 00:29:25.390 and say I was wrong about Rusev. I am a Rusev 00:29:25.390 --> 00:29:29.849 fan. Thank God for Rusev Day. But at the moment, 00:29:30.509 --> 00:29:34.230 honestly... It's looking like more and more of 00:29:34.230 --> 00:29:37.170 the same. New Day Scarper out of the ring as 00:29:37.170 --> 00:29:40.630 Rusev makes his way down, which sort of leaves 00:29:40.630 --> 00:29:47.130 Alpha Academy being Otis and Akira Tozawa in 00:29:47.130 --> 00:29:51.289 the ring to try and deal with this big Bulgarian 00:29:51.289 --> 00:29:56.849 brute. And yeah, he makes relatively short work 00:29:56.849 --> 00:30:01.930 of them. It's a case that... Tozawa, I mean, 00:30:02.069 --> 00:30:04.269 he weighs about, what, about the same as a bag 00:30:04.269 --> 00:30:08.329 of, same as a two kilo bag of flour, went through. 00:30:09.170 --> 00:30:11.470 So yeah, Rusev wouldn't have seen much challenge 00:30:11.470 --> 00:30:14.730 in him. It didn't stop him being scrappy and 00:30:14.730 --> 00:30:18.369 continually going for it. But Otis ends up getting 00:30:18.369 --> 00:30:23.569 put into the accolade, which was Rusev's signature 00:30:23.569 --> 00:30:29.309 submission maneuver. And yeah, it's a case that 00:30:29.289 --> 00:30:33.109 He makes a very impactful statement upon his 00:30:33.109 --> 00:30:38.329 return that he is back. He is brutish and yeah, 00:30:38.710 --> 00:30:42.609 stay out of his way basically, which is from 00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:48.069 what I remember, the original point they made 00:30:48.069 --> 00:30:52.789 with him when he first debuted in WWE. So it's 00:30:52.789 --> 00:30:55.589 looking very much like more and more of the same. 00:30:55.849 --> 00:31:00.490 Now we move from in -ring and switch to backstage 00:31:00.490 --> 00:31:03.710 and go to the Judgment Day's clubhouse where 00:31:03.710 --> 00:31:10.789 it is party time! As Dom, Liv, Raquel and Carlito 00:31:10.789 --> 00:31:17.869 are celebrating every last bit of the new gold 00:31:17.869 --> 00:31:20.809 that has made its way in because as well as Raquel 00:31:20.809 --> 00:31:24.069 and Liv regaining their Tag Team Championship 00:31:24.069 --> 00:31:29.549 gold Dirty Dominic Mysterio has managed to claim 00:31:29.549 --> 00:31:34.650 his very first main roster singles title As he 00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:39.670 lifted the IC title off Bron Breaker in a fatal 00:31:39.670 --> 00:31:46.250 four way On I believe that was WrestleMania Sunday 00:31:46.250 --> 00:31:52.960 off the top of my head Yeah, so We go into there. 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:56.240 Don makes a reference to how glad he was that 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.839 Rey Mysterio regrettably missed WrestleMania 00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:03.119 due to an injury he suffered on the Friday night 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:07.500 SmackDown episode, the go -home episode of SmackDown 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:11.299 before WrestleMania, which was incredibly sad. 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:15.559 But it again is to be sort of expected to a certain 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:18.839 degree. I certainly wouldn't expect anything 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:24.930 less. Not a jibe at Rey Mysterio as a performer. 00:32:25.069 --> 00:32:28.009 It is just that Rey Mysterio is regrettably getting 00:32:28.009 --> 00:32:31.910 older He's not getting younger and he will be 00:32:31.910 --> 00:32:36.410 prone to more To more and more injuries as as 00:32:36.410 --> 00:32:40.829 his career progresses. So yeah I'm not saying 00:32:40.829 --> 00:32:42.829 this is the last time that we'll ever see Rey 00:32:42.829 --> 00:32:48.339 Mysterio, but that clocks a tick in and I'm not 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:54.920 really expecting many more years of 619 left 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.339 in the WWE. Now Finn enters the frame at this 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:04.259 point looking rather upset and intense but declares 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:10.859 what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas but still 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:16.519 looks pretty upset. There is a reason that Finn 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:19.339 Balor would be looking upset at this point as 00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:22.740 Dirty Dom ended up pinning Finn Balor himself, 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:26.500 his Judgment Day teammate and I suppose sort 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:30.599 of opponent in that fatal four way, to win that 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:36.039 title. So it was at Finn's expense almost that 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:40.440 Dom picked up this title win. But... Is this 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:44.180 just going to fuel more contempt within the Judgement 00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:46.779 Day that they've got to sort of go down this 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:49.339 route maybe? Is that what we're seeing or is 00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:55.740 that how we're going to be moving forward? Is 00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:58.599 Finn going to be content with playing second 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:03.299 fiddle to Dom Mysterio? Now I'm not a performer 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:07.740 myself but I'm not sure I could stand being second 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:12.539 fiddle to... Dirty Dominic Mysterio of all people 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:15.719 but hey ho who knows maybe a Finn Balor Finn 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.980 Balor is a better performer than I figuratively 00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:22.300 am And I hope that's true. I've had a lot of 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.940 time for Finn Balor over the years Not an out 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:28.000 -and -out fan, but I'm not one of his biggest 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:30.739 haters either. I've Really enjoyed his stuff 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:34.559 with the Demon King I've seen excerpts from his 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.949 time in NXT, which looked really good And yeah, 00:34:38.989 --> 00:34:41.090 some of the matches that I've seen him in since 00:34:41.090 --> 00:34:43.949 has been absolutely phenomenal. I mean, it's 00:34:43.949 --> 00:34:49.190 been nothing, nothing out now recently. The last 00:34:49.190 --> 00:34:51.750 match that I saw Finn Balor that I really liked 00:34:51.750 --> 00:34:54.070 him in was obviously the street fight between 00:34:54.070 --> 00:34:59.269 him and Damian Priest before Damian Priest was 00:34:59.269 --> 00:35:03.949 drafted to Smackdown. But yeah, other than that, 00:35:04.469 --> 00:35:08.030 very much a case that Yeah, just not feeling 00:35:08.030 --> 00:35:15.289 it now We do get a few facts About WWE in Las 00:35:15.289 --> 00:35:20.469 Vegas. This is the 11th Monday Night Raw To take 00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:25.489 place in the city of entertainment But the last 00:35:25.489 --> 00:35:29.369 one the last episode to of Monday Night Raw to 00:35:29.369 --> 00:35:32.949 take place in Las Vegas was back all the way 00:35:32.949 --> 00:35:38.070 back in 2017 so eight years ago, somewhere around 00:35:38.070 --> 00:35:43.289 there, which is a horrendously long time. Now, 00:35:43.789 --> 00:35:48.090 the next segment that we come to is another in 00:35:48.090 --> 00:35:53.110 -ring promo which sees our Women's World Champion 00:35:53.110 --> 00:35:58.489 EO Sky, the genius of the sky, coming to do her 00:35:58.489 --> 00:36:02.909 victory lap as it goes. Now, she declares that 00:36:02.909 --> 00:36:06.500 she is over the moon with her wrestlemania saying 00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:10.860 that it was quote the best night of her career 00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:15.460 uh unquote i've put so far because we have come 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:19.699 nowhere near to seeing everything that eo sky 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:23.960 has to offer and i think there's so much more 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:27.659 left in her future we have got so much more eo 00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:31.579 sky to see and she's such a joy she really is 00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:37.769 um now She also says that her beating two of 00:36:37.769 --> 00:36:44.750 the best being the EST of WWE Bianca Belair and 00:36:44.750 --> 00:36:53.150 Mommy Rhea Ripley is Will well by the law of 00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:58.389 transference should make her the best now And 00:36:58.389 --> 00:37:01.250 she also mentions obviously one of the big running 00:37:01.250 --> 00:37:05.309 themes through her road to WrestleMania was being 00:37:05.309 --> 00:37:12.230 shoved to one side by both Bianca and Rhea. Now 00:37:12.230 --> 00:37:17.429 obviously that has averted, but yeah she's glad 00:37:17.429 --> 00:37:22.150 not to be being forgotten any longer. Now she 00:37:22.150 --> 00:37:28.039 is interrupted and met in ring by the reigning 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:34.579 defending NXT Women's Champion Stephanie Vacure. 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:41.119 Do you know what? Stephanie came out very respectful, 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:46.139 very demure and comes out to congratulate Io, 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:51.380 introduce herself and pay her respects which 00:37:51.670 --> 00:37:54.409 I think was probably a massive breath of fresh 00:37:54.409 --> 00:37:57.050 air for Io as she spent a lot of her road to 00:37:57.050 --> 00:38:02.090 WrestleMania as we've discussed on previous episodes 00:38:02.090 --> 00:38:06.170 being completely disrespected by her opponents. 00:38:07.409 --> 00:38:13.219 Now Stephanie proposes a Champion versus champion 00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:16.579 match as Stephanie only really wants to compete 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:20.159 against the best of the best To keep pushing 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:23.880 herself just to get that little bit better now 00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:31.320 at first Eos down to clown as it goes she's she's 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:36.199 down to get down with it and Adam Pearce, just 00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:39.139 to make an appearance I think, comes out and 00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:44.739 makes it officiel. And that match starts right 00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:50.199 now! As a poor referee ends up legging it down 00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:53.099 the entrance ramp into the ring. That draws us 00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:59.659 into match two, which sees the women's singles 00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:05.760 match between Eoskai and Stephanie Vacure. And 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:10.500 honestly, they spent a good couple of minutes 00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:12.519 feeling each other out as they've never faced 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:15.139 one another before. They will obviously be aware 00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:19.860 of each other's bodies of work. But we're also 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:24.789 told that EO Sky made history at WrestleMania 00:39:24.789 --> 00:39:29.869 41 as the first female Japanese star to win at 00:39:29.869 --> 00:39:34.130 the show of shows, which is just WWE breaking 00:39:34.130 --> 00:39:37.309 down all of those barriers that have been put 00:39:37.309 --> 00:39:41.630 up before by backwards ways of thinking basically, 00:39:41.670 --> 00:39:49.659 and I am here for all of it. Obviously, NXT is 00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:56.980 still wrongly, in my opinion, viewed as the developmental 00:39:56.980 --> 00:40:01.420 territory for WWE. And again, I feel that this 00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:03.239 is wrong. I don't feel like this should be the 00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:08.400 case. But by that measure, we sort of expect 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:13.400 EO Sky to come out on top in this. The offense 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.360 really sort of supports it. Io with a missile 00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:19.579 drop kick and a bullet train attack for a two 00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:24.820 count at one stage during the match. But Vecchio 00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:29.179 being the consummate professional that she is, 00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:39.630 gives us a... gives us a dragon screw and a meteora 00:40:39.630 --> 00:40:43.070 for our own two count and this is sort of the 00:40:43.070 --> 00:40:45.809 running theme for this match to a certain degree 00:40:45.809 --> 00:40:53.349 is that it's just they are going it's tip for 00:40:53.349 --> 00:40:58.630 tap basically E .O. does it and then Stephanie 00:40:58.630 --> 00:41:02.469 does exactly the same thing back to her But in 00:41:02.469 --> 00:41:05.590 her own words sort of thing. It's one of those 00:41:05.590 --> 00:41:09.690 they are it goes through a big period of like 00:41:09.690 --> 00:41:13.369 feeling each other out and then going from there 00:41:13.369 --> 00:41:19.590 into Into just sort of yeah, very sort of tit 00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:25.190 -for -tat wrestling but At one point, I will 00:41:25.190 --> 00:41:27.989 be honest, it's a case that, and I had to take 00:41:27.989 --> 00:41:30.469 the name from the announce team that named this 00:41:30.469 --> 00:41:37.489 move, Viqueur with a disgustingly beautiful hurricanrana 00:41:37.489 --> 00:41:41.769 pump fake into a pin. Now, this only gets a two 00:41:41.769 --> 00:41:44.510 count, but it was just a beautiful move and it 00:41:44.510 --> 00:41:47.789 is, unfortunately, other than the name, it's 00:41:47.789 --> 00:41:50.570 so difficult to describe what happens in this 00:41:50.570 --> 00:41:54.150 move. So... Monday night raw seriously go back 00:41:54.150 --> 00:41:57.730 and watch it and watch this women's singles match 00:41:57.730 --> 00:42:01.530 match two on the card and You'll know the move. 00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:06.010 I'm talking about when we come to it now Yeah, 00:42:06.070 --> 00:42:08.510 as I've said already both sky and for cure matching 00:42:08.510 --> 00:42:12.130 each other move for move You know sky with a 00:42:12.130 --> 00:42:17.210 Spanish fly and it's shortly after this that 00:42:17.210 --> 00:42:22.300 the the match is essentially almost abandoned 00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:28.659 at that point as Roxane Perez makes an appearance 00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:38.880 along with the beautiful madness Julia and as 00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:43.099 both women appear at least at this stage to be 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:48.159 aligned with one another they both come out and 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:52.940 set in on the cure and sky and Honestly all seems 00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:57.380 a little bit lost for them both at this point 00:42:57.380 --> 00:43:01.559 Because yeah, it's two on two they've got the 00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:05.199 drop on them and both women's champions don't 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:10.139 seem to be in any great hurry to to get themselves 00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:17.309 out of it until Until Well, who else should come 00:43:17.309 --> 00:43:22.590 out but Rhea bloody Ripley who comes out to help 00:43:22.590 --> 00:43:26.550 the two champions now She is sporting one hell 00:43:26.550 --> 00:43:29.710 of a black eye and I can only assume that she 00:43:29.710 --> 00:43:34.639 attained this black eye in the match at WrestleMania 00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:37.460 Sunday, and I'll be honest, I don't recall her 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:39.480 coming out with any sort of injuries at all, 00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:42.420 but this just means that either she hid it really 00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:46.320 well, but yeah, you can't miss this shiner on 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:49.460 sort of the, I think it was the right hand side 00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:52.500 of her face. No, left hand side of her face as 00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:55.360 she faces you, it is that left hand, her left. 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:03.000 And yeah, it is a case that... Julia retreats 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:06.960 not breaking a stair with with mommy and Roxanne 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:11.860 Perez doesn't Doesn't really want any part of 00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:15.820 real bloody Ripley either now once the once that's 00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:19.719 cleared Ripley Handing sky back the belt but 00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:22.559 sort of declaring she's not done with this title 00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:28.059 just yet So we have got more EO and mommy content 00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:34.400 coming shortly Thank God. Now, switching gears 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:40.820 entirely, we have a VT promo this time, and this 00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:47.019 VT is basically a whistle stop tour of Mr. WrestleMania. 00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:49.880 Well, I can't even call him WrestleMania main 00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:57.119 event. He is main event world champion. Jey Uso's 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:00.780 life and career culminating at WrestleMania, 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:06.360 where he became our world heavyweight champion 00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:10.719 after putting Gunther away, not just pinning 00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:19.820 that Austrian monster. He tapped him out. And 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:24.210 yeah, it is a case that... we cut to in -ring 00:45:24.210 --> 00:45:30.710 where Jay makes his first entrance as a WWE world 00:45:30.710 --> 00:45:36.590 champion and honestly the entire T -Mobile arena 00:45:36.590 --> 00:45:42.809 including Jay Uso was yeeting. I was yeeting 00:45:42.809 --> 00:45:46.909 at this. It was such an atmosphere that you could 00:45:46.909 --> 00:45:50.530 taste that atmosphere through the screen of watching 00:45:50.530 --> 00:45:54.090 it. Even though I wasn't watching it live, I 00:45:54.090 --> 00:45:57.150 got every last ounce of it. Even talking about 00:45:57.150 --> 00:46:01.010 it now, I can feel the goose bumps. It's untrue. 00:46:02.489 --> 00:46:05.909 But the highlight of his entrance for me, that 00:46:05.909 --> 00:46:09.150 t -shirt that he was wearing, the World Heavy 00:46:09.150 --> 00:46:13.139 Yeet champion. I want it. I want that shirt. 00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:20.079 100 % I want it. Now, he comes to the ring, eventually 00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:22.500 makes it all the way down after doing several 00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:30.260 encores of day one ooze. It's all me ooze. He 00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:33.179 talks about how he's wanted this since he was 00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:38.559 a kid, how hard it was. sort of Jay had a little 00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:41.219 bit of a brag about making Gunther tap which 00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:45.420 was lovely love that all together and Jay wraps 00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:48.500 it up by basically saying do you know what I'm 00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:51.900 going to be here week in week out I'm going to 00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:54.840 be your fighting champion. I am not just going 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:57.219 to turn up for the big events. It's going to 00:46:57.219 --> 00:47:01.340 be a case that I am here to I am here to make 00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:04.099 sure that every last person that supported him 00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:07.039 is not disappointed by the fact that they supported 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:10.360 him for him then to go sort of part time champion 00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:16.099 on them after that. No. This is where we get 00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:22.719 a surprise entrance from mr. Sammy Zane who Comes 00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:26.699 out basically to celebrate with Jay now Jay and 00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:29.599 Sammy have not always had the best relationship 00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:32.579 in the world When they were both part of the 00:47:32.579 --> 00:47:35.099 bloodline Jay was one of the big advocates for 00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:39.010 getting shot of Sammy, but Since all of that 00:47:39.010 --> 00:47:41.710 bloodline stuff was put behind them, they've 00:47:41.710 --> 00:47:44.550 grown quite a close friendship, a comradery between 00:47:44.550 --> 00:47:47.130 the two of them. It's been lovely to see and 00:47:47.130 --> 00:47:52.070 it was really nice to see Sammy's aim back. Obviously 00:47:52.070 --> 00:47:55.829 he was put on the shelf after a packaged pile 00:47:55.829 --> 00:48:01.800 driver from... Kevin Owens on the road to WrestleMania, 00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:04.659 which put him out of action. And the irony is 00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:07.059 he was put out of action for a neck injury, which 00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:10.400 is exactly what Kevin Owens is now on the shelf 00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:14.059 for himself. So we love that. Love a bit of irony. 00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:18.480 And yeah, Sammy's got a little bit of stuff to 00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:23.389 say. Talks about how... Being sidelined is hard 00:48:23.389 --> 00:48:27.329 for him a lot of what he says is how it's made 00:48:27.329 --> 00:48:31.849 him feel He regrets not being able to be at WrestleMania. 00:48:31.849 --> 00:48:36.469 He was in Vegas He took part in the WrestleMania 00:48:36.469 --> 00:48:40.010 roast Apparently had a really good outing on 00:48:40.010 --> 00:48:45.110 that had some really funny insights it's a case 00:48:45.110 --> 00:48:48.050 that He nearly didn't come out to Vegas at all. 00:48:48.329 --> 00:48:50.329 Because he couldn't compete. It was too close. 00:48:50.389 --> 00:48:52.309 It was going to be too uncomfortable for him. 00:48:52.630 --> 00:48:54.469 Which, you know what, I think we can all sort 00:48:54.469 --> 00:48:57.469 of appreciate to a certain degree is that if 00:48:57.469 --> 00:48:59.829 you can't do what you want to do to the best 00:48:59.829 --> 00:49:01.650 of the ability that you want to do it, do you 00:49:01.650 --> 00:49:03.869 really want to start watching all your mates 00:49:03.869 --> 00:49:06.530 have a good time doing what you want to do? It 00:49:06.530 --> 00:49:19.329 just doesn't work that way. So Sammy and Jay 00:49:19.329 --> 00:49:23.969 and the Las Vegas crowd are yeeting away. The 00:49:23.969 --> 00:49:27.289 last person to come out for this segment was 00:49:27.289 --> 00:49:31.659 Big Jim. Now, Big Jim was there at WrestleMania 00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:34.800 night one when Jay won the title. He came out 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.300 and celebrated with him there, but he is not 00:49:37.300 --> 00:49:39.679 going to miss out on his twin brother's celebration 00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:43.480 on Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania. And we 00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:46.460 have all three of them in there in the ring. 00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:50.539 Yeeting, it was such a wholesome moment where 00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:52.280 this could have all been turned on its head. 00:49:52.340 --> 00:49:56.940 We could have had the set up for. Jay's first 00:49:56.940 --> 00:50:00.219 defense backlash. We could have had that this 00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:03.099 week. We didn't. We had the wholesome moment 00:50:03.099 --> 00:50:07.599 of the embattled babyface's victory lap over 00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:14.559 that. Yeah, just the insurmountable heel champion. 00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:17.960 And yeah, I've loved every second of this story 00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:20.860 going forward. Really looking forward to what 00:50:20.860 --> 00:50:25.900 Jay can do as champion. Now from there we go 00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:30.659 into a VT promo which shows a WrestleMania post 00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:33.980 -match interview with Logan Paul held by Cathy 00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:39.139 Kelly. Now Cathy Kelly is bringing up what I 00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:42.260 suppose Logan Paul would deem as some controversial 00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:45.500 points about his match with AJ Styles which he 00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:51.530 came out as the victor. Kelly points out that 00:50:51.530 --> 00:50:53.909 his win may not have been possible without his 00:50:53.909 --> 00:50:56.710 manager and the distraction from Carrie and Cross. 00:50:58.210 --> 00:51:01.369 Paul quite dismissive saying basically a wins 00:51:01.369 --> 00:51:03.750 a win and now Paul is basically on the lookout 00:51:03.750 --> 00:51:10.269 for the next mountain to climb. And yeah, he 00:51:10.269 --> 00:51:13.210 wasn't really having any of this, not doubting 00:51:13.210 --> 00:51:16.269 me. I'm not here to be doubted. I'm here to be 00:51:16.269 --> 00:51:20.570 enjoyed. And I'm here to enjoy myself as well, 00:51:20.570 --> 00:51:23.929 which is very sort of Logan Paul -esque from 00:51:23.929 --> 00:51:30.590 what we've seen. Now, cut to present day where 00:51:30.590 --> 00:51:33.309 Jackie Redmond is standing by with AJ Styles 00:51:33.309 --> 00:51:37.280 for an interview. AJ admits that while the loss 00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:40.500 is difficult to take, that he's gonna take the 00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:44.440 L, move on, bounce back, which is something that 00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:46.940 AJ Stolls has done a lot over his career, not 00:51:46.940 --> 00:51:51.519 just in WWE, but in TNA, in New Japan, he's done 00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:54.500 low, yeah, everybody's gotta be able to bounce 00:51:54.500 --> 00:52:00.239 back from these, from every last, every last 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:03.780 sort of... What's the word? Every last little 00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:06.219 setback that happens. You can't let it get you 00:52:06.219 --> 00:52:09.039 down. I mean, I'm one to talk. I'm a bugger for 00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:13.820 it. But this sort of seems to catch the attention 00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:19.039 of one Carrion Cross, who is incensed by the 00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:22.960 fact that the person that he deems as the best 00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:27.340 of us... has lost to Logan Paul and it sort of 00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:31.940 legitimizes him. I mean AJ Styles is an absolute 00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:36.300 mammoth of a star in the worlds of professional 00:52:36.300 --> 00:52:42.440 wrestling. He's had presentations in most major 00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:45.360 promotions and has come to settle in the WWE 00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:49.699 which is where he will likely retire. So yeah, 00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:53.460 I can sort of understand why Karrion is putting 00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:59.199 so much weight behind AJ. Now, AJ does point 00:52:59.199 --> 00:53:03.639 out that Cross is sort of obsessed with the heel 00:53:03.639 --> 00:53:06.440 styles, but says that heel styles ain't coming 00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:09.780 back. He even goes as far as to say, when I was 00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:13.300 heel styles... It's a case, when I was that darker 00:53:13.300 --> 00:53:15.519 version of myself, I couldn't look at myself 00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:18.760 in the mirror. I didn't like what I saw. So, 00:53:18.880 --> 00:53:23.059 he's been put away, he's not coming back, and 00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:25.739 basically turns around and says, look, if you're 00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:29.260 that upset by it, sort it out your damn self 00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:31.659 instead of trying to get somebody else to do 00:53:31.659 --> 00:53:38.679 it. And that segment closes with a sickening... 00:53:39.530 --> 00:53:42.650 sickening smile spread across Karrion Kross's 00:53:42.650 --> 00:53:49.989 face and yeah I feel like there are some some 00:53:49.989 --> 00:53:53.570 dark times on the horizon for it and do you know 00:53:53.570 --> 00:53:57.510 what I've not seen a lot of Karrion Kross in 00:53:57.510 --> 00:54:00.250 WWE I know he was released at one point and then 00:54:00.250 --> 00:54:03.969 bought back he's been underutilized overlooked 00:54:03.969 --> 00:54:08.260 and I think nothing sort of stands out or makes 00:54:08.260 --> 00:54:12.980 that more prominent than if you look at his performance 00:54:12.980 --> 00:54:17.280 in the Bloodsport event that was held in Las 00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:20.340 Vegas this past weekend as well, which he and 00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:23.280 a couple of other WWE superstars went and competed 00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:26.659 in, including Charlie Dempsey and Tavian Heights 00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:30.500 of No Quarter Catch crew from NXT, Natty Neidhart 00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:35.159 competed at Bloodsport as well. Yeah, there was 00:54:35.159 --> 00:54:37.760 there was a good few people that went and and 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:41.239 competed and it was a really good event I've 00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:44.280 seen clips of it. I've seen bits of it I haven't 00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:48.019 seen any like beginning to ends of it, but some 00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:53.139 real aggression some fantastic Styles put on 00:54:53.139 --> 00:54:56.280 put on display there for it and carrying crosses 00:54:56.280 --> 00:54:59.079 matches that mean the guy is an absolute brute. 00:54:59.239 --> 00:55:03.360 We know he's got a jiu -jitsu backing to all 00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:09.199 of his combat sport ability so it's not horrendous 00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:15.119 to go to that extent. Now we come back from a 00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:20.320 commercial break to ringside where we see the 00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:23.659 former world heavyweight champion Gunther going 00:55:23.659 --> 00:55:29.159 absolutely berserk. at Michael Cole specifically. 00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:32.619 Pat McAfee is a bit of collateral damage for 00:55:32.619 --> 00:55:34.880 something said earlier in the show. Now, Cole 00:55:34.880 --> 00:55:39.679 has been quite outspoken about about Gunther 00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:44.239 and nothing in my opinion that he has said about 00:55:44.239 --> 00:55:48.340 Gunther is wrong. It's nothing is factually incorrect. 00:55:49.500 --> 00:55:53.199 And yeah, sure, maybe some of his some of his 00:55:53.389 --> 00:55:56.369 I don't feel this but I know that Michael Cole 00:55:56.369 --> 00:55:59.929 during this segment says this and yeah it's a 00:55:59.929 --> 00:56:04.670 case that maybe some of his opinions are what 00:56:04.670 --> 00:56:10.250 may be deemed as controversial but yeah what 00:56:10.250 --> 00:56:13.010 happens during this promo is just inexcusable 00:56:13.010 --> 00:56:22.389 really inexcusable it's a case that Cole, to 00:56:22.389 --> 00:56:25.210 Gunther's face at least, was being very respectful 00:56:25.210 --> 00:56:28.949 and apart from when he goes to the point of saying, 00:56:30.210 --> 00:56:34.030 look, I wasn't the one that tapped out on Saturday 00:56:34.030 --> 00:56:37.550 and that just seems to push Gunther over the 00:56:37.550 --> 00:56:41.469 edge. He takes a swipe at Cole, knocking his 00:56:41.469 --> 00:56:46.909 headset off and locks a sleeper hold in. thankfully 00:56:46.909 --> 00:56:51.210 was not held for too long as the hero of the 00:56:51.210 --> 00:56:56.530 story Pat McAfee comes in with a forearm clubbing 00:56:56.530 --> 00:57:01.610 blow to the back of Gunther's head and as security 00:57:01.610 --> 00:57:06.690 and execs are flooding ringside it is a case 00:57:06.690 --> 00:57:10.460 that They just aren't enough as Gunther manages 00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:13.860 to lock in a rear naked choke hold. There's more 00:57:13.860 --> 00:57:17.860 security holding back Pat McAfee's entourage 00:57:17.860 --> 00:57:20.960 than there is trying to get Gunther off of Pat 00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:24.820 McAfee, which, yeah, I think was a detail possibly 00:57:24.820 --> 00:57:30.940 overlooked at the time, maybe? None of Pat McAfee's... 00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:33.900 Team to the best of my knowledge are professionals 00:57:33.900 --> 00:57:37.000 in combat sports So you understand wanting to 00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:40.800 protect them from Gunther himself, but I feel 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:43.559 if they got a few more security guards they could 00:57:43.559 --> 00:57:50.380 have They could have 100 % broken this rear naked 00:57:50.380 --> 00:57:56.239 chokehold on On Pat McAfee, which honestly was 00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:58.860 held for such a long time the guys lips were 00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:02.179 turning blue at one point I'm convinced of it 00:58:02.179 --> 00:58:08.000 and yeah as it sounds it's a case that a combination 00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:10.719 of Adam Pierce execs and security eventually 00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:13.739 get Gunther to break the hold Gunther is marched 00:58:13.739 --> 00:58:17.699 into the back out of the building as far as I'm 00:58:17.699 --> 00:58:21.699 aware as McAfee is taken to the trainer's room 00:58:21.699 --> 00:58:28.500 accompanied by Michael Cole. Now, after Pat McAfee 00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:32.599 is sent into the trainer's room for medical treatment, 00:58:33.760 --> 00:58:37.800 it is a case that Pierce turns to Michael Cole 00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:40.929 and says, look, It's inexcusable. It shouldn't 00:58:40.929 --> 00:58:43.130 have happened. Please take the rest of the night 00:58:43.130 --> 00:58:46.449 off. I've got Joe Tesatoria down on announce 00:58:46.449 --> 00:58:49.570 desk now. He's getting himself set up. He'll 00:58:49.570 --> 00:58:52.690 take over announcing the rest of the show. And 00:58:52.690 --> 00:58:55.590 Cole, as the true consummate professional that 00:58:55.590 --> 00:58:59.329 he is, says, no, I've started. I will finish. 00:58:59.550 --> 00:59:04.309 I am not letting Gunther win. And actually puts 00:59:04.309 --> 00:59:06.650 out a rather powerful message and says, look. 00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:09.960 As commentators, if we can't have an opinion, 00:59:10.440 --> 00:59:14.320 if we can't speak our minds on what it is that 00:59:14.320 --> 00:59:19.260 we're supposed to be commentating on, then what 00:59:19.260 --> 00:59:22.460 the hell is the point? And I completely agree. 00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:27.099 Gunther had no right whatsoever to go after Michael 00:59:27.099 --> 00:59:31.639 Cole and Pat McAfee as neither of them are professionally 00:59:31.639 --> 00:59:37.010 trained fighters. It's like going after children 00:59:37.010 --> 00:59:43.989 to a certain extent. But Cole, on his way back 00:59:43.989 --> 00:59:47.170 to announce desk, basically says to Adam Pearce 00:59:47.170 --> 00:59:49.909 that something had better be done about it. And 00:59:49.909 --> 00:59:52.590 do you know what? I think if any of us had experienced 00:59:52.590 --> 00:59:55.170 anything like this in the workplace, we'd be 00:59:55.170 --> 01:00:00.849 saying exactly the same damn thing. However... 01:00:00.860 --> 01:00:03.960 Moving on obviously from announce desk at this 01:00:03.960 --> 01:00:06.940 point. We will have Joe Tessa Tory from Friday 01:00:06.940 --> 01:00:11.239 night Smackdown and of course Michael Cole returning 01:00:11.239 --> 01:00:15.900 trying to compose himself So yeah moving on from 01:00:15.900 --> 01:00:21.190 there We go into the well What turns out to be 01:00:21.190 --> 01:00:23.929 the main event match of the evening, the third 01:00:23.929 --> 01:00:29.469 match on the card, a Men's Intercontinental Championship 01:00:29.469 --> 01:00:33.849 match, which sees Dominic Mysterio, our current 01:00:33.849 --> 01:00:37.130 champion, accompanied to the ring by Carlito 01:00:37.130 --> 01:00:45.369 and Finn Balor, versus Penta, one of the... participants 01:00:45.369 --> 01:00:50.329 in the Fatal Four Way from I believe it was Sunday 01:00:50.329 --> 01:00:54.849 night of WrestleMania. Now this is Dom's very 01:00:54.849 --> 01:01:00.130 first title defense and honestly in the opening 01:01:00.130 --> 01:01:03.449 stages Penta seems to have all of the offense 01:01:03.449 --> 01:01:06.590 here. Dom doesn't seem to be able to get any 01:01:06.590 --> 01:01:11.260 head of steam going. He seems to be able to evade 01:01:11.260 --> 01:01:13.599 a few moves, but doesn't really seem to get ahead 01:01:13.599 --> 01:01:16.280 of steam in terms of an offense going for him 01:01:16.280 --> 01:01:19.139 I mean Penta goes for a Mexican destroyer at 01:01:19.139 --> 01:01:24.519 one point and Dom sort of intercepts and counters 01:01:24.519 --> 01:01:30.420 with a hurricane DDT Penta then hits a later 01:01:30.420 --> 01:01:34.719 attempt at a Mexican destroyer on Dom as Dom 01:01:34.719 --> 01:01:37.420 wisely rolls out of the ring to give himself 01:01:37.420 --> 01:01:41.320 a bit of space. Finn goes to check on Dom at 01:01:41.320 --> 01:01:47.380 this point and catches a Hurricanrana from Penta 01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:56.039 who jumps off the apron to do so. It's a case 01:01:56.039 --> 01:02:01.170 that... This match wasn't even horrendously long 01:02:01.170 --> 01:02:03.789 in my opinion. It wasn't a long match It wasn't 01:02:03.789 --> 01:02:06.789 a drawn -out match which in some cases probably 01:02:06.789 --> 01:02:09.090 benefited a lot of people especially the two 01:02:09.090 --> 01:02:12.369 gents in the ring who would have had a full -on 01:02:12.369 --> 01:02:15.409 WrestleMania weekend to go through as well as 01:02:15.409 --> 01:02:18.510 then having to get ready for a title defense 01:02:18.510 --> 01:02:23.920 match afterwards now Penta tries to go high -risk 01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:26.559 at one point and Carlito sort of distracts the 01:02:26.559 --> 01:02:31.880 ref we then see the return of JD McDonough who 01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:36.599 has been out with Broken ribs punctured lungs 01:02:36.599 --> 01:02:40.219 from a rather nasty landing against an announced 01:02:40.219 --> 01:02:43.920 desk several months a few months earlier and 01:02:43.920 --> 01:02:48.739 he comes in pushes Penta off the top rope and 01:02:49.659 --> 01:02:53.739 Yeah, Dominic Mysterio. It's a 619 and a frog 01:02:53.739 --> 01:02:58.239 splash to retain. And yeah, this just keeps all 01:02:58.239 --> 01:03:01.139 the gold in Judgment Day's camp. Judgment Day, 01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:06.219 as far as the faction goes, have had a phenomenal 01:03:06.219 --> 01:03:11.400 Monday night. A reasonable sort of WrestleMania 01:03:11.400 --> 01:03:15.659 weekend. It's a case that they have got no real 01:03:15.659 --> 01:03:20.059 room to complain. Now... As Judgement Day are 01:03:20.059 --> 01:03:23.559 retreating up the ramp back to their clubhouse 01:03:23.559 --> 01:03:28.340 to celebrate, no doubt. Obviously, first time 01:03:28.340 --> 01:03:32.179 JD McDonnor has seen anybody. He's congratulating 01:03:32.179 --> 01:03:36.699 Dom. He's so proud of Dom. And yeah, the only 01:03:36.699 --> 01:03:39.300 one that seems slightly perturbed by all of it 01:03:39.300 --> 01:03:45.090 is Finn Balor. Now Finn seems to be positioning 01:03:45.090 --> 01:03:47.949 himself more and more on the outside looking 01:03:47.949 --> 01:03:51.829 in of the Judgement Day. So I don't think Finn 01:03:51.829 --> 01:03:54.130 Balor's time with Judgement Day has got much 01:03:54.130 --> 01:03:57.550 legs left on it. Mark my words, I would say, 01:03:58.429 --> 01:04:03.090 possibly by backlash, I want to say. Finn Balor 01:04:03.090 --> 01:04:08.329 will split from the Judgement Day. And either 01:04:08.329 --> 01:04:11.809 create a faction of his own to rival them or 01:04:11.809 --> 01:04:15.869 just go off on a singles run or possibly He may 01:04:15.869 --> 01:04:18.909 even be up for a release once that happens. It's 01:04:18.909 --> 01:04:21.510 unknown. I don't know what's gonna happen It 01:04:21.510 --> 01:04:29.179 will be interesting to find out now We go from 01:04:29.179 --> 01:04:32.920 there into a VT promo, which basically documents 01:04:32.920 --> 01:04:37.440 El Grande Americano's debut victory at WrestleMania 01:04:37.440 --> 01:04:43.639 and then we come to the final closing thing of 01:04:43.639 --> 01:04:46.840 of Monday Night Raw. It was an in -ring promo 01:04:46.840 --> 01:04:52.769 where Seth freaking Rollins and the wise man 01:04:52.769 --> 01:04:56.510 Paul Heyman come to address the actions of Saturday 01:04:56.510 --> 01:05:00.469 night's main event. Now the crowd initially are 01:05:00.469 --> 01:05:03.909 switching between chants of thank you Seth CM 01:05:03.909 --> 01:05:12.349 Punk and OTC and yeah it is a case that once 01:05:12.349 --> 01:05:15.110 Seth actually gets on the mic he spends a fair 01:05:15.110 --> 01:05:19.420 amount of time bragging about stealing Paul from 01:05:19.420 --> 01:05:23.239 Reigns and Punk being the winner of the main 01:05:23.239 --> 01:05:27.619 event but is then interrupted by CM Punk who 01:05:27.619 --> 01:05:30.639 is coming to the obviously when we've seen CM 01:05:30.639 --> 01:05:34.940 Punk coming to the ring and and going through 01:05:34.940 --> 01:05:38.039 like coming down for a match his hands are all 01:05:38.039 --> 01:05:40.659 taped up from like the middle of his forearm 01:05:40.659 --> 01:05:44.059 up to up to his knuckles He's managed to get 01:05:44.059 --> 01:05:46.559 one hand taped. In fact, he's still taping it 01:05:46.559 --> 01:05:48.599 as he's coming down the ring. The other hand 01:05:48.599 --> 01:05:55.800 is completely un -taped. And yeah, it is a case 01:05:55.800 --> 01:06:02.219 that CM Punk comes down, proceeds to beat the 01:06:02.219 --> 01:06:06.739 living daylights out of Seth Rollins. After Seth, 01:06:06.739 --> 01:06:09.900 he feels Seth is suitably incapacitated. He turns 01:06:09.900 --> 01:06:15.380 his attention to his once best friend Paul Heyman 01:06:15.380 --> 01:06:20.159 who he backs into a corner but Seth comes out 01:06:20.159 --> 01:06:23.559 and nowhere from behind him rakes the eyes and 01:06:23.559 --> 01:06:27.639 curb stomps Punk's face into the mat which is 01:06:27.639 --> 01:06:31.400 just completely eliminates him. As Seth is checking 01:06:31.400 --> 01:06:37.960 on Heyman the OTC's music hits as well And all 01:06:37.960 --> 01:06:41.099 we see is Seth scrambling to get CM Punk out 01:06:41.099 --> 01:06:43.420 of the ring. Get him out. He's dead weight. There's 01:06:43.420 --> 01:06:47.039 no need to have him there anymore. As soon as 01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:53.360 Roman hits the ring. He spears Seth Rollins, 01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:58.659 sets himself up and Superman punches Heyman, 01:06:58.880 --> 01:07:02.039 which we don't very often. We see obviously a 01:07:02.039 --> 01:07:05.230 lot of. collar cuffing and things like that, 01:07:05.389 --> 01:07:07.750 sort of getting him round the scruff of the neck 01:07:07.750 --> 01:07:10.230 and things like that. It's not very often we 01:07:10.230 --> 01:07:13.230 see somebody actually physically land a blow 01:07:13.230 --> 01:07:20.469 on Paul Heyman as it goes. Sorry, having a quick 01:07:20.469 --> 01:07:27.809 drink there. And yeah. Roman basically sets himself 01:07:27.809 --> 01:07:31.230 up in the corner. Calling for another spear, 01:07:31.409 --> 01:07:36.670 but to the wise man now He is surprisingly intercepted 01:07:36.670 --> 01:07:41.789 by an initially hooded figure who is It is revealed 01:07:41.789 --> 01:07:47.690 to be the human missile himself. Mr. Braun breaker 01:07:47.690 --> 01:07:54.469 and and brought as the I mean the spirit we know 01:07:54.469 --> 01:07:57.849 that Carlito probably being the one that can 01:07:57.849 --> 01:08:04.829 tell you the most about them we know that Brawn 01:08:04.829 --> 01:08:12.550 breakers Brawn breakers spears are Infamous infamously 01:08:12.550 --> 01:08:17.329 sort of able to rip people in half almost so 01:08:17.329 --> 01:08:20.670 Romans at Roman taking one of those spears will 01:08:20.670 --> 01:08:24.920 not have been fun for him, but as Bronn and Seth 01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:27.659 are exchanging looks Bronn looks to make his 01:08:27.659 --> 01:08:31.899 move but ends up sailing straight past Seth and 01:08:31.899 --> 01:08:36.119 lands another spear but on an emerging CM Punk 01:08:36.119 --> 01:08:42.659 at this point we see Seth embrace Bronn knowing 01:08:42.659 --> 01:08:45.899 that they are now working to confirming once 01:08:45.899 --> 01:08:50.720 and for all that they are in cahoots and Bronn 01:08:50.720 --> 01:08:56.020 makes his move to is then given instructions 01:08:56.020 --> 01:09:01.199 by Seth to go and basically cause a bit more 01:09:01.199 --> 01:09:06.100 pain to Roman Reigns on the outside. Now Breaker 01:09:06.100 --> 01:09:09.140 goes to lay him out, but OTC is not going down 01:09:09.140 --> 01:09:12.800 without a fight, lands a fantastic uppercut on 01:09:12.800 --> 01:09:17.670 the chin of Bron Breaker, but... Breaker just 01:09:17.670 --> 01:09:20.869 shakes it off takes the long way around builds 01:09:20.869 --> 01:09:25.449 up as much speed as he can and Spears reigns 01:09:25.449 --> 01:09:29.689 through the barricade into timekeepers Which 01:09:29.689 --> 01:09:34.270 looked oh so very painful now Seth at this point 01:09:34.270 --> 01:09:38.489 is in ring barking orders To get Roman back in 01:09:38.489 --> 01:09:43.050 the ring once once there he is held in place 01:09:43.050 --> 01:09:47.229 in a headlock of sorts by Brom Breaker and made 01:09:47.229 --> 01:09:50.329 to watch as Rollins delivers another stomp to 01:09:50.329 --> 01:09:55.050 Punk and then in short order delivers a stomp 01:09:55.050 --> 01:09:58.989 to Roman Reigns himself and Breaker, Rollins 01:09:58.989 --> 01:10:04.449 and Heyman stand victorious in the ring not having 01:10:04.449 --> 01:10:08.789 said a huge amount about how this all sort of 01:10:08.789 --> 01:10:12.289 came about so any questions you had off the back 01:10:12.289 --> 01:10:17.890 of that main event were going were left unanswered 01:10:17.890 --> 01:10:21.010 for the time being. Who knows? Maybe we'll find 01:10:21.010 --> 01:10:23.909 out a little bit more on Friday Night SmackDown. 01:10:24.149 --> 01:10:29.289 But that brings to a close this episode of Finishers 01:10:29.289 --> 01:10:35.689 and Factions does Monday Night Raw. Now we will 01:10:35.689 --> 01:10:39.569 see you will hear from me especially again when 01:10:39.569 --> 01:10:43.420 we come back to do finishers and factions does 01:10:43.420 --> 01:10:48.760 NXT and this will be the NXT after Stand and 01:10:48.760 --> 01:10:53.600 Deliver which was a phenomenal PLE in its own 01:10:53.600 --> 01:10:57.800 right. Some would say possibly even better than 01:10:57.800 --> 01:11:00.760 both nights of WrestleMania put together. That 01:11:00.760 --> 01:11:04.899 is something for you guys to sort of decide for 01:11:04.899 --> 01:11:09.329 yourselves but... Maybe we'll get a post up on 01:11:09.329 --> 01:11:13.489 our TikTok account. I'd love to hear what your 01:11:13.489 --> 01:11:18.569 guys' thoughts are. So, by all means, thank you 01:11:18.569 --> 01:11:22.310 so much for listening to me ramble on. I hope 01:11:22.310 --> 01:11:26.789 you have a fantastic week ahead and I hope that 01:11:26.789 --> 01:11:31.409 you tune in to listen to finishers and factions 01:11:31.409 --> 01:11:36.069 does NXT. See you there!