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Go. And welcome to the second night of WrestleMania

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41 with us, finishers and factions with myself,

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Rich, and as always, when we get the opportunity,

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my co -host, Adam. Adam, WrestleMania night two,

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buddy. Let's go. WrestleMania night two and what

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a night it is. We've got such a card ahead of

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us. I'm genuinely more gassed than I was for

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WrestleMania night one. Mm -hm. Yeah, straight

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away 100 % more gassed and we get to see our

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opening ceremonies done by none other than Stephanie

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McMahon. It's always nice to see Stephanie come

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back to the WWE even If she's not in a massively

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active role, it's always nice to see her make

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her presence felt. I kind of feel sometimes we

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miss the McMahon, like miss having a McMahon

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around. Are you going to say it's that she's

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like the last McMahon standing? Well, yeah, I

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don't even think. Yeah, I'm not even sure what

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Shane's up to these days. We know Vince doesn't

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have anything to do with pro wrestling anymore.

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Well. unless the rumours are to be believed.

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Oh, I mean, if Vince McMahon pops up with another

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promotion after all that malarkey, it would be

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like P Diddy being allowed to buy a new mansion.

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Yeah, pretty much. Allegedly, I just want to

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put that out there. Allegedly, it would be like

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P Diddy buying a new mansion. Yeah, but Stephanie

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McMahon comes out to give the customary welcome

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to WrestleMania Reminding us that last time WrestleMania

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was in Vegas was WrestleMania 9 and she was 16

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years old Today on that on night two her middle

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daughter is the same age and Basically gives

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a little bit of a speech about how WWE's family

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to welcome family. Now before even that kicks

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off I think we are I forget a little bit because

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I don't normally make notes around this part

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but the very first note that I've made on night

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two was we were reminded that Bailey will not

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compete tonight due to being attacked on Saturday

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during the pre -show which obviously affects

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the Women's tag team match later on yes, we have

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a surprise entrant for that one I'm guessing

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because I've not seen anything announced yet

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and In the position of this one so we when we

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get to that much. We'll let you know what happens

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and how it happens but Now, the other thing that

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I, the other thing I cottoned onto has nothing

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to do with the women's tag team match, has nothing

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to do with any of the in -ring action at all,

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actually, was that for night two, they swapped

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the announce desks round. They did, yes. So on

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the first night, the English speaking announce

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table was on the left and the Spanish was on

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the right. And for night two, the Spanish was

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on the left and the English was on the right.

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That is a weird move in of itself because the

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Spanish announce desk has always been to the

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right as long as I can remember. So to put the

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English speaking announce desk on the right and

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put the Spanish speaking announce desk closer

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to timekeepers just made no sense to me whatsoever.

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But yeah, now we've got all of those little bits

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of housekeeping out of the way. We're still Las

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Vegas, Nevada. We're still at Allegiant Stadium.

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And our first match is the WWE Women's Championship

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Triple Threat match, which sees Rhea Ripley versus

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Bianca Belair versus our current champion, Io

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Sky. Yes. Again at WrestleMania night to opening

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up with a banger like WrestleMania night one

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did and Yeah, jeez This is a this was already

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written up to be one hell of a match and the

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build -up has been absolutely phenomenal too,

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so Yeah, I can't can't see why on paper. This

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wouldn't be a phenomenal start to uh the night

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two of wrestlemania yeah it doesn't make sense

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to do it any other way realistically but uh yeah

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i mean um the so again this is we they had this

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in a match in night one i forget which match

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it was but um traditionally i think uh i think

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we said it was The Challengers come out first

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with Champion to come out last. No, it was Tiffy

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and Charlotte. But they did it with this one

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as well, is that Io Sky was the first to make

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her entrance. Yes, she was. Now, Io is entering

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her third career WrestleMania match. She is 3

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-0 in triple threat match types. and is currently

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enjoying her 48th day as champion. Yeah. I didn't

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really make any notes on what her entrance was

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specifically. I didn't. I can only assume that

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means that her entrance was pretty much the same

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as it always is, which... Yeah, even thinking

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about back to it, nothing really jumped out of

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it out too much at me about Io's entrance to

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be fair. No, this is it. I mean, the one thing

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that got me about Bianca's entrance that I thought

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was quite cool is that she had her stepdaughter

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dancing up on the top of the entry ramp and she

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went to say hello to her before she went down

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to the entrance. But yeah, it wasn't a huge amount

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with any of the entrances to be fair. I mean,

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even Ria's was pretty basic. it's a standard

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wrestling well standard entrance i suppose with

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that little bit of extra wrestlemania jazz but

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nothing too much no this is it and this is uh

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i mean when bianca entering second as you said

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joined by a stepdaughter as she enters her fifth

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korea wrestlemania match and she enjoys a four

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and oh record match record at wrestlemania itself

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which is the current Women's longest active win

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streak at WrestleMania. I think that's just longest

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active WrestleMania win streak. I don't think

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there's even a male competitor that has more

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active victories in a row than. I can't think

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of anyone off the top of my head to be fair,

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so. No, this is it and I mean the most extravagant

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the only other extravagant thing that Bianca

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Bella did come to the ring in was that she had

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a Robe made almost entirely out of roses, which

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I mean, it's probably a good thing She didn't

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suffer with hay fever is the one thing that she

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almost suffered from a trip when she got her

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foot caught in it on the Parade around the ring

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after she got in the ring Yes, I do remember

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seeing that actually. And then finally we are

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joined by Rhea Ripley. Again, her entrance wasn't

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anything special to speak of, but it was more

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her entrance gear that sort of grabbed people's

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attention. She came out adorned with like a dark

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veil. crown of skeletal hands holding this veil

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up which i i adored that that headpiece this

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was part of the clash of clans thing because

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over the course of this evening the the the character

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that she is cosplaying is split over three wrestlers

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so she has the headpiece uh damian priest When

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he comes out for his match a little bit later

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against Drew, McIn Cryer has a section of the

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character on his outfit as well. And then a little

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bit later on in the evening, the final section

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of that character is bought out on the outfit

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of Juan Dominic Mysterio. I wonder if that was

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intentional those three being selected for that.

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Well, I thought it was a Judgment Day legacy

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head tip, but I'm not 100 % sure. Obviously with

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Dom still being in Judgment Day and Ria and Damian

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being former members that are no longer there,

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I thought that might have been what that was.

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But I could be barking up the wrong tree. It's

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not the first time that's happened. No, this

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is true. But back to Rhea Bloody Ripley. According

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to my notes here, she's been a part of every

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WrestleMania for the last five years. So this

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is Rhea's sixth career WrestleMania and WrestleMania

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match where... She has never lost a world title

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match at the show of shows. But has a 2 -2 career

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record for triple threat matches. That bodes

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in nicely on the other hand where she has never

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beaten EO Sky. So there's a lot of different

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statistics lining up here saying we should have

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a banger of a match. 100%. Without further ado,

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let's crack into said banger, I think. I think

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that would be the best way to do this, don't

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you? Oh, 100%. So the match begins. I mean, the

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action comes thick and fast. We've seen it in

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the match run up to... in the run -up to these

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matches coming in is that obviously the biggest

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beef is between Bel Air and Ripley. Yeah, Io's

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the side piece in this. Yeah, well they've tried

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to push her out to the side a few times and she

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has not been happy about the fact that she's

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taken the hands of the champ and the challenger,

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sorry the hands of the two challengers to the

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face and to be fair as champ I'd be pretty pissed

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as well. Yeah, this is it So Yeah, I don't even

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know where to start with my notes at this point

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I mean I started mine off with the fact that

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EOSky hit a hurricane runner on Bianca Belair

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and then a missile drop kick on Rhea Ripley came

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from the same direction and that both Bianca

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and Rhea when they got an opportunity to go one

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-on -one after dispatching EOSky had basically

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mirror image space lock takedowns. as Io comes

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in and starts grabbing hold of Bianca's braid,

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which we are told is used as a weapon. We saw

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that in the elimination chamber against Liv Morgan,

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and now it's being used against her. Well, yeah,

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it's the trade -off, isn't it, with Bianca Belair's

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braid. Now, I've been fairly vocal about her

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braid. I don't like it for the fact that it can

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be categorized as a weapon, but... Bianca Belair

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is able to use that weapon even in no disqualification

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matches with no uh with no repercussions consequence

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yeah because it is part of her attire i mean

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it's a hell of a thick thing it is huge as well

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it's not exactly a small braid is it she um it

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is well you've got to remember there's got to

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be the thickness of a coke can that map the what

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That braid has done in the past. I mean, look

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at the injuries that Liv Morgan sustained during

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the elimination chamber. She came out with literal

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cuts across her stomach. Blood was drawn. Blood

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was drawn. I'd go as far as to say it's dangerous.

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I genuinely don't like it. I get that it's part

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of her attire, but a majority of it is hair extensions

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anyway. Right, yeah, no, nearly all of it is.

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Yeah, it's completely detachable. So it's one

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of those things that I know that it's something

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that she's known for, but how that hasn't been

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a match stipulation at this point that Bianca

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Belair is not allowed to use her braid is...

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Beyond me. Well, yeah, definitely She doesn't

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use a lot of it as a weapon in this match that

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I remember to be fair It is more where it was

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used against her, which I think is fair game

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the same with the NFL They're not supposed to

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pull on the hair. But if it comes out from the

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helmet, I think it's fair game We do see EO Sky

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hit a double blockbuster on both Bianca and Rhea

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for a double two count because she tries to pin

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them both. A show of confidence here basically

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just to say, no, fuck the two of you. I'm the

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one that's the champion and I'm going to show

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you why. And this was pretty much her opportunity

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to do so at the start. Yeah, this is it. There's

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like so many other moves. I mean, Rhea locks

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in a prison lock on Io, but is broken up by Bianca.

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And again, it's like the triple threat from night

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one. She hits a razor's edge at one point as

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well. Yeah. Like plenty of riptide attempts,

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in fact. One in particular, she tries to hit

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a riptide on EO Sky, who, as best as I'm able

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to tell, is quite literally playing possum as

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she turns that riptide into a spike DDT on Rhea

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Ripley. At one point, Bianca Belair hits a shooting

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star on EO Sky. That's not a move we see very

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often these days. No, it really isn't. Something

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tells me we saw a night one from somewhere, but

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It's definitely not something we see a lot of

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the old shooting star Not since Brock Lesnar

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had it to the band moves list after he almost

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broke his own neck again using it Yeah, but that's

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Brock Lesnar is the man that was never meant

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to fly Yeah, right IoSky goes for a moonsault

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to Ripley. Rhea gets her boots up which bounces

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the champ to Bianca who then hits the KOD pins

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but the pin is broken by Rhea at two. There was

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some great chain wrestling in that match. Yeah

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very much so and it can be difficult to do. I

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mean chain wrestling can be difficult to do from

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what I can understand when it's just a one -on

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-one but when you're dealing in more with more

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than one person. Oh, yeah. Trying to chain wrestle

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between three, four, five, any number of people.

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It becomes infinitely more difficult because

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you've all got to be sort of aware and in sync

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with what everybody else is doing. Because if

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one of you is even a little bit out, that's when

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things can go horribly, horribly wrong. Especially

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with that famous clip of the eight men with the

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old thumb up the ass. But, you know, if they

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weren't too plugged in with that one, excuse

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the pun. that could have gone incredibly wrong

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and we could have had an old x -pac style injury

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there the old torn rectum off the old uh yeah

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he's got he can't be the only person that suffered

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that injury in a ring surely oh this is it um

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but yeah i mean the match finish itself i've

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got down here after a slugfest between Rhea and

00:18:51.829 --> 00:18:58.609
Bianca, Bella slips out of a riptide, rips Rhea

00:18:58.609 --> 00:19:03.089
with the braid, hits a KOD on Rhea for a pin,

00:19:03.150 --> 00:19:06.009
but it's broken up by over the moonsault, but

00:19:06.009 --> 00:19:10.490
Io who pins Bianca to retain her championship.

00:19:10.869 --> 00:19:14.250
That is pretty much word for word how I've written

00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:17.049
it too. So if the two of us have got it that

00:19:17.049 --> 00:19:22.680
way, that must be true. Yeah, this is it it's

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.440
Considering we said that we can we said towards

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.779
the beginning of this this little bit for this

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:31.619
match that we don't really remember Bianca Using

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:35.599
the braid at all. She used it once at the very

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:37.339
end. Yeah. No, I thought that was gonna come

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:39.680
back You know what, it's funny, you thought it

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.740
or you said it just as I was thinking it going,

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:43.400
I wonder if anyone's going to pick up on the

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.519
fact we've mentioned the fact of the braid there.

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:49.500
Oh no, I will always pick us up on anything that

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:51.819
we say that turns out not to be right because

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:56.880
yeah, no, I'd rather pick ourselves up on it

00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.259
than anything else. Oh yeah, definitely. But

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:02.380
no, this wasn't a bad first match to open up

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:04.779
WrestleMania night two and to be fair, I think

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:09.329
the right result came here. because we know that

00:20:09.329 --> 00:20:12.049
either Bianca is gonna go into something with

00:20:12.049 --> 00:20:19.230
Jade Cargill, I think, at some point due to that

00:20:19.230 --> 00:20:22.750
triangle of intensity they've got there with

00:20:22.750 --> 00:20:27.410
Bianca, Jade Cargill and Naomi. And Rhea is probably

00:20:27.410 --> 00:20:30.109
not gonna get another title opportunity for a

00:20:30.109 --> 00:20:35.769
while. Be interesting to see who EO's first major

00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:40.519
sort of feud after this is gonna be. I'm sure

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:42.380
we'll find out soon to be fair. There's a lot

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:44.000
of women who want to get their hands on that

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.079
title. Yeah, this is it. I think we've got a

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.079
lot to look forward to in the women's division

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.500
in that particular arena because it's... It literally

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:58.440
is open season at this point. You write about

00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.720
Bianca Belair, I think she's going to end up

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.940
having something to do with Naomi and Jade Cargill.

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:06.380
She's got to go back and finish the unfinished

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:08.420
business over there before she can do anything

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:13.279
else. Yeah, Rhea Ripley has had a lot to do with

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:16.039
the women's championship for a long time now,

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:19.079
and it's about time that she went and focused

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:21.680
elsewhere and gave somebody else a crack at the

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.420
whip. I think we're going to get every package

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:26.819
of Rhea as well. You think so? You think we're

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:29.799
going to lose Mami? Yeah, I think we are going

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.140
to get a completely... I think it would still

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:35.579
be similar, but I think we're going to get a

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:43.180
more badass, heel -y... Brutal rear ripley Yeah,

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:46.660
this is it It wouldn't it wouldn't shock me at

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:53.240
all. And yeah, but Eos got Eos guy She's an open

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:56.079
book. She could literally go against anybody

00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.039
So I suppose we really have got to wait for Monday

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:04.900
night to find out where we go from there but

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:09.519
before we move on to Match two. I'll clear up

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:12.460
the celebs in attendance that were revealed during

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:17.279
this next section. Flava Flav, rapper, musician,

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.039
TV personality, and also a founding member of

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:24.619
Public Enemy, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:34.029
of Fame. Hall of Fame alum. Mirab. Devalish Vili,

00:22:34.430 --> 00:22:40.009
UFC bantamweight champion and Rich the Kid. I

00:22:40.009 --> 00:22:41.990
mean the only one I had any chance of knowing

00:22:41.990 --> 00:22:47.569
at this point was probably Mirab, the UFC bantamweight

00:22:47.569 --> 00:22:50.710
champion but even then I'm not terribly up on

00:22:50.710 --> 00:22:53.789
all of UFC at the moment. Yeah neither am I and

00:22:53.789 --> 00:22:56.609
I didn't know who either of those three were

00:22:56.609 --> 00:23:03.700
so I can't really help you with that one. I recognize

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:07.119
Flavor Flav. Oh, yeah, I could recognize the

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.640
name. I wouldn't be able to tell you what he

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:11.160
did. I knew he was a musician, but apart from

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.460
that, I wouldn't be able to tell you much. Yeah,

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:18.660
but we'll switch it up and go into match two

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:20.660
from here, I think. I think that's a great idea.

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:25.240
Yeah, so as we said, match two was the Sin City

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:29.279
Street Fight, which sees Drew McEncryer versus

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:38.799
Damian Priest. And opening VT basically documents

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:42.380
all the times that Priest has screwed Drew over

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:48.599
and then switches halfway through to Priest basically

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:53.119
calling bullshit on the lot of it, which is sort

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:55.700
of what we've seen over the last few weeks and

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:59.730
months with these two as they're feud seems to

00:23:59.730 --> 00:24:03.670
have escalated as Drew seems convinced that Damien

00:24:03.670 --> 00:24:06.509
is out to screw him in every way shape or form

00:24:06.509 --> 00:24:11.329
possible. Yeah see I'm not with Drew on this

00:24:11.329 --> 00:24:14.190
one I just see Damien taking opportunities that

00:24:14.190 --> 00:24:16.609
are presented to him because Drew's been too

00:24:16.609 --> 00:24:22.250
sidetracked by CM Punk. You see I can very much

00:24:22.250 --> 00:24:25.509
see where Drew is coming from I can see his point

00:24:25.509 --> 00:24:29.210
of view But I am very much with you is that Damian

00:24:29.210 --> 00:24:32.509
Priest has just been in terms of everything to

00:24:32.509 --> 00:24:35.970
do with With Drew it is a case that he's just

00:24:35.970 --> 00:24:38.369
been in the wrong place at the wrong time Well,

00:24:38.369 --> 00:24:40.690
you've got to think as well who trained Damian

00:24:40.690 --> 00:24:45.289
Priest. He's trained by the Undertaker When did

00:24:45.289 --> 00:24:48.890
you ever know the Undertaker to go? Oh, there's

00:24:48.890 --> 00:24:54.369
an opportunity to win a title there Do you know

00:24:54.369 --> 00:24:58.670
I mean like Yes. This isn't something Damien

00:24:58.670 --> 00:25:01.130
Priest is ever gonna do. He's not gonna pass

00:25:01.130 --> 00:25:05.190
up an opportunity to take something that belongs

00:25:05.190 --> 00:25:07.990
to him, but take the easy way to doing so. Cashing

00:25:07.990 --> 00:25:11.130
in his money in the bank? Did he take the easy

00:25:11.130 --> 00:25:14.769
way, beating up a half -done Drew McIntyre? Yes.

00:25:15.809 --> 00:25:19.410
Is it something I would have done myself? Yes.

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:22.700
is there's no way in hell I'm gonna be able to

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.740
take draw on one -on -one with these fresh so

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.700
you sure as fuck gonna know I'm gonna let someone

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.960
else do half the work first and if all I've got

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.839
to do is hit a south from heaven and pin him

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:36.920
then that's what I'm doing. Oh, 100%. So yeah,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:39.440
we can look at it as the easy way out or we can

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:44.940
look at it for what it is. After taking a title

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:47.279
off someone as well that says to me that they've

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:49.759
already lost the mental game So can I throw them

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.400
out at the Royal Rumble? Hell, yes, I can and

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.740
I eliminate them at elimination chamber after

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.740
I've done them at the Royal Rumble Mm -hmm. Yes,

00:25:57.740 --> 00:26:01.660
I can am I in that person's head rent free now

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:07.079
and going into WrestleMania weekend. Oh Yeah

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.359
I can, as I said, I can very much see both sides.

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:19.980
But as you can tell, we both want Damien Priest

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:23.079
to win because he's fighting on the right side

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:27.279
of righteousness. Yeah, this is it. Now, coming

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.059
to the entrances, we see Drew Mackencryer come

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:33.200
in first and I was actually really pleased with

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:35.500
myself for this one because I managed to call

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:39.009
it before... they told us what it was that was

00:26:39.009 --> 00:26:42.630
going on on stage. Now, this was a case that

00:26:42.630 --> 00:26:46.309
this was one of the entrances that differed from

00:26:46.309 --> 00:26:49.750
the main vein as Rich seems to have cottoned

00:26:49.750 --> 00:26:52.089
onto with some of the entrances being Clash of

00:26:52.089 --> 00:26:55.230
Clans related. This actually, Drew's entrance

00:26:55.230 --> 00:26:59.630
had nothing to do with Clash of Clans at all.

00:27:00.750 --> 00:27:08.109
Instead, Drew's entrance was based more so around

00:27:08.109 --> 00:27:13.670
the new Doom game that's coming out. As Drew

00:27:13.670 --> 00:27:18.369
came out dressed as a Doom Slayer. Well, I put

00:27:18.369 --> 00:27:20.910
down Cybernetic Doom Slayer, but I'm not sure

00:27:20.910 --> 00:27:24.059
if it should just be Doom Slayer. That's the

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.660
only that's the only caveat I'll make on I'm

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:29.099
not entirely sure myself either to be fair But

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:33.940
Drew McIntyre looked like the dogs danglies walking

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:38.559
down that entrance ramp. Oh 100 % it is a look

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:42.140
that he very much. He very much suited oddly

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:48.349
It's yeah No, no doubt. He was he was dressed

00:27:48.349 --> 00:27:51.450
to impress coming down that ramp and impressed

00:27:51.450 --> 00:27:56.509
that man did well, yes Now I'm a little while

00:27:56.509 --> 00:27:58.250
to get out of it when he got to the ring though

00:27:58.250 --> 00:28:00.109
You can see him getting frustrated, but some

00:28:00.109 --> 00:28:02.650
of those arm pads and some of that and some of

00:28:02.650 --> 00:28:07.150
the attire It was very elaborate though. It was

00:28:07.150 --> 00:28:11.269
but it was very very cool it was very cool very

00:28:11.269 --> 00:28:14.920
elaborate and Yeah, probably could have been

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:17.839
simplified for ease, but would it have had the

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:21.420
same effect if they had done? Probably not. Tell

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:24.279
you what though, as cool as McIntyre's entrance

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:29.039
was, nothing I think this weekend was cooler

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:34.960
than seeing the guitarist from Slayer, Kerry

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:39.880
King, performing Damien Priest's entry music

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:44.559
like walking to the ring at WrestleMania to a

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:48.660
Slayer solo performed by the man who wrote that

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:57.500
solo. Wow. Yeah, so the comparison between both

00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:02.539
entrances was very sort of night and day. I mean,

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:07.559
Drew was coming into his 12th WrestleMania, whereas

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:10.789
Damian's only coming into his fourth. I didn't

00:29:10.789 --> 00:29:13.250
realize Drew had been around that long, damn.

00:29:14.470 --> 00:29:19.069
You've got to remember he was also part of a

00:29:19.069 --> 00:29:23.849
three -man band at one point and before he came

00:29:23.849 --> 00:29:28.069
back as this big muscle -bound brute he was...

00:29:28.069 --> 00:29:33.509
Riembi, Werra, was that Jinder Mahal and... Jinder

00:29:33.509 --> 00:29:39.299
Mahal, Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater. I wonder

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:46.279
what Hugh Slater is doing these days. I have

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:52.019
no idea. Absolutely no idea. Well, Hugh Slater,

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.779
if you're listening to the Finishes and Factions

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.420
podcast, mate, let us know what you're up to

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:58.819
these days. We're actually very interested. Yeah.

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:01.099
And if you fancy coming on and having a chat,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.220
we'd have a chat with you as well, mate, by all

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:07.630
means. We'll figure out a time and a place put

00:30:07.630 --> 00:30:10.009
together a special episode finishes and factions

00:30:10.009 --> 00:30:16.369
interviews the one -man band himself and Wouldn't

00:30:16.369 --> 00:30:21.890
it just But yeah, it's a case that Priest comes

00:30:21.890 --> 00:30:27.250
out adorned with wings and he is focused to fuck

00:30:27.250 --> 00:30:31.049
I mean it needs to be this is a sin City Street

00:30:31.049 --> 00:30:33.630
fight. This isn't just a standard one -on -one

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:38.000
This has got the potential to be hell on earth

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:46.799
with some severe punishment coming his way. Yeah,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:52.740
this is it. And yeah, I mean, Damien Priest does

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:55.500
not get off to a good start in this match, as

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:58.279
I think Drew ends up blindsiding him to begin

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:01.119
with. Well, that wouldn't be a surprise, would

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:04.559
it? He also hits a suplex on him on the entrance

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.539
ramp as well, and then splits the steel steps,

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:10.240
puts one part on the bottom ring, and then throws

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.440
the other half off the side of Damian Priest's

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:18.359
head. And then, to be fair, not long after this,

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.559
we see Damian Priest go under the ring to see

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.880
what bundle of goodies he can find. He finds

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:32.200
himself a table! And that set the tone for this

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.480
match, I think. As soon as that table came out,

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:37.720
we knew we were going to get the brutality that

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:43.079
we were promised from Damian Priest. Yeah, this

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:49.299
is it. And I've got to admit, though, Damian

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:52.079
Priest's offense in this match was more or less

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:55.839
non -existent to a certain degree. He got some

00:31:55.839 --> 00:32:00.130
early control. But after that, Drew very much

00:32:00.130 --> 00:32:03.369
took his time in just a systematic breakdown

00:32:03.369 --> 00:32:06.490
of Damian Priest. Well, I was a little bit disappointed

00:32:06.490 --> 00:32:09.269
in this match at some parts. This was meant to

00:32:09.269 --> 00:32:12.170
be a street fight. This was meant to be something

00:32:12.170 --> 00:32:16.509
that Damian Priest is known for. And like you

00:32:16.509 --> 00:32:20.589
said, his offence was lacking. So the brutality

00:32:20.589 --> 00:32:23.369
in this match, there was brutality, do not get

00:32:23.369 --> 00:32:25.769
me wrong, but it was not at the level I expected

00:32:25.769 --> 00:32:29.279
to see. It's in WrestleMania, boy, it's like,

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:34.099
come on. You think about the street fight that

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:37.940
Damian Priest had with Finn Balor. Right, I was

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:41.160
thinking that with an injection of testosterone

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:44.799
and a few other steroids for WrestleMania. Not

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.740
something that you'd find on a standard, you

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:53.400
know, an NXT or possibly Evolve. It was not great

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:56.390
quality, I didn't think. You think about the

00:32:56.390 --> 00:32:59.829
comparison that they have that you can pull between

00:32:59.829 --> 00:33:03.289
that WrestleMania match Which they should be

00:33:03.289 --> 00:33:07.890
pulling out all the stops for Compared with I

00:33:07.890 --> 00:33:12.049
think that map that street fight between Finn

00:33:12.049 --> 00:33:14.289
Balor and Damian Priest, I think that took place

00:33:14.289 --> 00:33:17.069
on a I want to say a Monday night It was a Monday

00:33:17.069 --> 00:33:19.329
night roar. It wasn't even a PLA. It was the

00:33:19.329 --> 00:33:25.519
straight -up Monday night rule It was a main

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:27.740
event, don't get me wrong, but it was literally

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:30.259
just a Monday Night Raw episode. There was no

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:33.700
special programming for it. And this is WrestleMania.

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:40.559
I expected this match to go off, especially considering

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:43.920
the caliber of the two superstars we have in

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:47.839
the ring. And it really wasn't what I was expecting.

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:50.180
Well, I didn't get what I expected. I thought

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:53.000
it was a very piss poor excuse for a street fight.

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:57.019
It's not a decent match, but it just wasn't.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:34:01.440
It was a decent match. It could have been a decent

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:05.099
no disqualification match. Yes. Had they billed

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:08.559
it as a no disqualification match, I don't think

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:11.519
my expectations would have been as high, even

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.039
considering who was in it. But because they said

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:17.940
it was going to be a Sin City Street Fight with

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:23.500
the Street King Damian Priest versus Drew McIncryer,

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:27.860
That that to me was billing it a lot higher than

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:31.000
it actually was and the only person that I can

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:34.320
think who would have had That much influence

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:37.019
on what was being done in that match. Honestly

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:41.699
was Drew McIntyre Yeah, there was not a lot of

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:46.039
stuff at all from Damian Priest that It's kind

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.869
of It kind of felt like Priest was being protected

00:34:49.869 --> 00:34:52.469
because he's got a big match coming up or he's

00:34:52.469 --> 00:34:57.230
just done too much and he needs a break. Either

00:34:57.230 --> 00:34:59.969
that or Drew, when they've gone through sort

00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:03.909
of planning the spots for this match, have they

00:35:03.909 --> 00:35:06.670
gone through and come up with a bunch of ideas

00:35:06.670 --> 00:35:09.250
that Drew's just gone, nah, fuck that, I'm not

00:35:09.250 --> 00:35:17.300
doing that. Yeah. That's a good point. Whereas

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:20.239
Finn Balor was like, yeah, fuck it, I'll do it.

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:22.119
Right, yeah, no, I'll do that. Yeah, no, and

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:24.639
that one. Oh, and I'll do that one too. And that

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:26.440
one. Yeah, what if I go a step, what if I go

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:28.719
a step further and do this instead as well? Yeah,

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.860
if I set fire to myself and then jump off the

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:34.039
top of that steel cage through like 25 tables

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:37.340
into a glass panel, and then you pin me on the

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:40.579
broken glass, how does that sound? Where Drew

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.840
McIntyre's like, oh, so I don't get a safety

00:35:42.840 --> 00:36:13.900
mat? What? Fuck that. direct the cameras where

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:16.380
they were because they didn't have a live studio

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:20.000
audience to catch them out doing it. Drew takes

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:24.719
a bump off the side of the apron onto the floor

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:26.980
but ends up hitting a crash map but because it's

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:28.960
only the cameras that can tell you what it is

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:32.900
that you can see, it is a case that nobody else

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:34.900
picked up on it apart from the fact that the

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:37.159
camera never actually depicted Drew hitting the

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:44.070
floor. It stops me there. It was a championship

00:36:44.070 --> 00:36:47.610
match between him and Bobby Lashley, I believe.

00:36:49.489 --> 00:36:57.289
He's now in AEW as part of the Hurt Locker part

00:36:57.289 --> 00:37:05.349
two. But yes, anyway, we digress away from there.

00:37:07.869 --> 00:37:11.530
So, yeah, the biggest thing that I got out of

00:37:11.530 --> 00:37:13.880
this was Priest just doesn't seem to be able

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:16.940
to mount much of a comeback. You've got that

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:20.719
McIntyre hit a future shock DDT on Damian Priest

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:26.780
on the steel steps and Priest went old school

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:30.239
but McIntyre pushes him off the ropes and he

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:33.300
goes through two tables on the outside of the

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:35.820
ring that he set up earlier on. I think that

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:38.139
was probably the biggest spot of the match to

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:42.070
be fair. That was the only thing at the entire

00:37:42.070 --> 00:37:43.809
match where I was kind of like, oh yeah, the

00:37:43.809 --> 00:37:46.289
two tables. I think that was probably the biggest

00:37:46.289 --> 00:37:50.250
section of it for me. Yeah, after that Drew sort

00:37:50.250 --> 00:37:52.949
of drags Damian back into the ring, positions

00:37:52.949 --> 00:37:56.030
his head in front of the wedge chair that Damian

00:37:56.030 --> 00:38:01.329
Priest set up on that, between that top and middle

00:38:01.329 --> 00:38:07.210
turnbuckle and delivers a skull shattering claymore.

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:14.940
and covers him for the win. Now, the only other

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:19.179
thing I know after this is that Drew practically

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:21.699
forces the ref to raise his hand in victory,

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.760
whereas the ref's trying to check that Damien

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:28.340
Priest is still alive. Right. Sort of had to

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:33.059
settle for a, hey Sanka, you did? Damien Priest

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:37.289
lying on the floor. Yeah, man. Kiss my lucky

00:38:37.289 --> 00:38:43.269
egg. To be fair, Damian Priest did not need the

00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:46.230
medical attention at that time. That match was

00:38:46.230 --> 00:38:48.989
not as brutal as it could have been and I am

00:38:48.989 --> 00:38:54.409
disappointed in them. Yeah, I think considering

00:38:54.409 --> 00:38:58.730
how they've built this up and how physical these

00:38:58.730 --> 00:39:04.449
two superstars can be, it was incredibly underwhelming

00:39:04.449 --> 00:39:09.769
to have this match end in this way? Yeah, I at

00:39:09.769 --> 00:39:13.130
least expected one of them to be slightly covered

00:39:13.130 --> 00:39:16.090
in some form of claret before the match finished,

00:39:17.389 --> 00:39:23.349
but with some slight more risk to it. Yeah, for

00:39:23.349 --> 00:39:28.730
how this was billed to what we were given was

00:39:28.730 --> 00:39:32.329
a false advertising WWE, I want this match redone.

00:39:34.570 --> 00:39:38.070
I don't think that'll happen somehow, but yeah,

00:39:38.489 --> 00:39:41.530
we'll move on to the next match. But before we

00:39:41.530 --> 00:39:43.769
do that, we will talk about some more celebs

00:39:43.769 --> 00:39:48.349
that are in attendance here. One of them is Jamir

00:39:48.349 --> 00:39:51.889
Gibbs, Detroit Lions. Yes. You probably know

00:39:51.889 --> 00:39:54.309
more about that than I would. It's not a name

00:39:54.309 --> 00:39:57.050
that I recognized. They probably did give us

00:39:57.050 --> 00:40:00.929
some information, but Detroit Lions are a team

00:40:00.929 --> 00:40:03.260
that I don't know a huge amount about. do know

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:07.079
they had an incredible season last season made

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:09.099
at the playoffs, but didn't quite make it to

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:11.860
the Super Bowl. But apart from that, I can't

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:14.800
tell you much about them. Fair enough. I know

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:17.179
one of the other names that was in it was Daniel

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:22.659
Cormier, UFC commentator. Yeah, he used to be

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:29.110
a UFC heavyweight champion as well. Ah, OK. He

00:40:29.110 --> 00:40:35.869
had some incredible matches, Daniel Gromio. And

00:40:35.869 --> 00:40:40.690
the other name that we had was Tony Hinchcliffe.

00:40:42.710 --> 00:40:47.889
The Kill Tony podcast. He also had his own section

00:40:47.889 --> 00:40:52.170
of WrestleMania to host as he hosted the Roast

00:40:52.170 --> 00:40:54.949
of WrestleMania, which apparently was very good.

00:40:55.010 --> 00:40:58.460
I don't know. Where I may have to go and see

00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:01.059
if I can find that if I get a spare minute at

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:03.679
any point Because I would really love to know

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:06.639
what was said and during that road I was told

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:10.380
that no Jack's had a rather interesting segment

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:14.880
in the roast of WrestleMania and she basically

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:20.719
did what Tiffy Stratton did and Ripped the fuck

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:25.639
out of her for being Owen three in weddings Oh

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:29.099
right, okay. Apparently it got quite brutal and

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:37.960
Charlotte was quite obviously annoyed. Yeah,

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:42.079
I'm told that Sami Zayn was in attendance at

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:44.820
the Roast of WrestleMania and had a few interesting

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:48.500
things to say himself. Would not surprise me

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:51.860
at all. Yeah, Tony Hinchcliffe and the Kill Tony

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:56.179
podcast is there was a kill tony podcast well

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:59.119
there's a kill tony special sorry on netflix

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:04.059
which is hilarious um he also did the roast of

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:08.380
tom brady which is also on netflix and that is

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:15.880
just pure comedy gold three hours of just the

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:19.099
poor this poor guy being ripped a new one from

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:29.590
more angles than bonnie blue Fair enough Speaking

00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:36.269
of which we'll move on from there going into

00:42:36.269 --> 00:42:40.969
match three But yeah, I don't have anything else

00:42:40.969 --> 00:42:43.809
from match two and I'm assuming that rich does

00:42:43.809 --> 00:42:49.449
not either I don't know but I do have a little

00:42:49.449 --> 00:42:54.130
bit of of information about much three that information

00:42:54.130 --> 00:43:00.260
being that much is a fatal four way for the Intercontinental

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:04.719
Championship between Dominic Mysterio, Enter,

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:10.500
Finn Balor, and the current champion, Brom Breaker.

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:15.460
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof. So yeah, no, that

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:20.179
is gonna be an incredible match three to be able

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:24.739
to sit and deal with. Apparently it's the first

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:27.960
time that the Intercontinental title is being

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:31.280
defended in a fatal four way at WrestleMania.

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:37.719
Yes, that is spot on correct. I thought that

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.159
was a cool little tidbit considering how long

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:42.539
we've had the Intercontinental title for and

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:46.519
some of the names that have held it. The fact

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:49.340
that it's only ever been defended for the first

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:52.039
time in a Fatal Four way at WrestleMania 41.

00:43:55.659 --> 00:44:06.579
Yeah, this is it. So, yeah, the VT basically

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:10.199
sort of tracks the trials and tribulations leading

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:15.440
to this record match. You've basically taken

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:18.849
a lot of my notes away from me on that one. Let's

00:44:18.849 --> 00:44:21.329
have a quick look. I'm playing catch -up a little

00:44:21.329 --> 00:44:23.849
bit. While you play catch -up a little bit, let

00:44:23.849 --> 00:44:26.429
me take you a little bit further in. So, Brawnbreaker

00:44:26.429 --> 00:44:30.630
goes right after Don Mysterio to start but ends

00:44:30.630 --> 00:44:37.809
up laying a beat down on Penta instead. And eventually

00:44:37.809 --> 00:44:47.739
Penta hits Finn Balor and Dominic Mysterio with

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:52.159
a cross body finishes off with a Rana on Finn

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:58.099
Bala and Dominic Mysterio goes to the outside

00:44:58.099 --> 00:45:01.320
as Penta flies over taking them both out and

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:05.320
landing on his feet. Now this match was going

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:08.119
to be a real pain in the ass for us to write

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:12.019
about because Finn Bala, Penta and Dom are very

00:45:12.030 --> 00:45:15.590
very fast and both Dom and Penta have that slight

00:45:15.590 --> 00:45:20.610
lucha style where Finn Balor is just short, fast,

00:45:20.829 --> 00:45:25.250
quick and annoying and that's just when it comes

00:45:25.250 --> 00:45:28.570
to writing notes on his matches where Bron Breaker

00:45:28.570 --> 00:45:34.590
when he gets into a series of chain moves he

00:45:34.590 --> 00:45:38.139
flies too so I had to keep pausing this and some

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:40.900
of my spelling was not great so trying to decipher

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:43.519
some of these notes is actually quite difficult.

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:48.400
It was a case of my my watching of this match

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:51.239
was very stop -start oh fuck I need to rewind

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:55.760
and yes that was it was that I'd be typing something

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:58.639
I'd hear like a oh and I'd be like oh shit what

00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:00.159
have I missed and I'd look up and I'd forget

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:01.719
what I was typing and then I'd end up having

00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:06.199
to go back pause type and then rewatch. Pause

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:12.679
type and pause watch carry on Yeah, this is it

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:18.400
so Yeah again with this match everybody seems

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:21.920
to have a few minutes to get their shit in and

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:25.659
that it shows Show us what they've what they've

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:36.570
got going for them But I'm just trying to Yeah,

00:46:36.570 --> 00:46:40.210
so at one point in this match I know that Carlito

00:46:40.210 --> 00:46:43.130
of the Judgment Day seems to make a just random

00:46:43.130 --> 00:46:46.550
appearance at ringside. He does. It's the first

00:46:46.550 --> 00:46:49.889
time we've seen him since the Battle Royale,

00:46:50.070 --> 00:46:53.230
the Andre the Giant Battle Royale, where he was

00:46:53.230 --> 00:46:57.849
the first man eliminated by R -Truth who stole

00:46:57.849 --> 00:47:00.949
his apple and then had the audacity to throw

00:47:00.949 --> 00:47:07.239
it at him too. I mean... Yeah, why not? Classic

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:10.440
R -Truth there. Runs in, steals Carlito's apple,

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:13.480
eats it, and then throws Carlito out and throws

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:15.920
the apple at him. Like, fuck you, take your apple

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:21.920
too, bitch. It's not cool. It was not cool, and

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:24.659
that was pretty much what happened to Carlito.

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:31.559
Yeah, this is it. Yeah, I mean I think out of

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:34.539
all the things we got to see in this match my

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:38.039
favorite move Out of it was the frankensteiner

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:41.260
from bron breaker on fembala for the two count

00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:44.980
That frankensteiner the way he hits it just looks

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:51.000
so fucking evil. It's unreal Like it's so powerful

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.059
naming it slightly. It's uh, it's called the

00:47:54.059 --> 00:48:00.710
breakensteiner Uh But yeah, well I mean, either

00:48:00.710 --> 00:48:03.349
way you want to look at it, it is an absolutely

00:48:03.349 --> 00:48:07.070
ruthless move and I'm surprised Finn Balor even

00:48:07.070 --> 00:48:10.349
got up after that, let alone have the ability

00:48:10.349 --> 00:48:15.469
to take part in any of the match. Yeah, now,

00:48:15.510 --> 00:48:19.550
obviously, two members of this fatal four -way.

00:48:19.690 --> 00:48:22.409
Now, fatal four -way obviously meaning that it's

00:48:22.409 --> 00:48:27.369
every man for themselves. Supposed to be. There's

00:48:27.369 --> 00:48:30.670
two men in this match. both flying under the

00:48:30.670 --> 00:48:34.530
same banner, if you like. And that is, of course,

00:48:34.829 --> 00:48:40.090
Dirty Dom Mysterio, and, uh... I can fin bala.

00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:45.909
It's, uh... And it appears, or at least according

00:48:45.909 --> 00:48:48.769
to my notes, that Dom is actually the first one

00:48:48.769 --> 00:48:51.809
to break their little alliance that they have

00:48:51.809 --> 00:48:54.989
going... He tries to pop a 619 on his homeboy.

00:48:55.289 --> 00:48:58.909
He sets him up and as he runs in to hit it, Bin

00:48:58.909 --> 00:49:02.329
catches him. Coz I don't fucking think so mate.

00:49:02.690 --> 00:49:06.849
Not on your Nelly. And throws him back around.

00:49:08.230 --> 00:49:15.449
And then we end up with Bron Breaker. Hitting

00:49:15.449 --> 00:49:19.369
a spear a little bit later on Penta. Dom hits

00:49:19.369 --> 00:49:24.519
the 619 on Bron Breaker. And then Finn Balor

00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:28.679
disturbs the count with a frog splash and then

00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:35.800
hits the sling blade on Braum Breaker. I mean,

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.619
to be fair, the final segment, I might as well

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:41.820
finish it off. You go from a sling blade onto

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:45.739
Braum into a basement drop kick. He then goes

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:50.780
up top for coup de grace. And then Dom ends up

00:49:50.780 --> 00:49:55.639
frogs flashing the pin attempt from Finn Balor

00:49:55.639 --> 00:50:02.039
on Braum Breaker. And then Dirty Dom Mysterio

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:07.559
pins Finn Balor, his Judgment Day homeboy, to

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:11.139
win the Intercontinental title. Which is his

00:50:11.139 --> 00:50:16.460
first main roster singles title. He did have

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:19.380
a few runs in it. He had a run in NXT where he

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:22.860
was, I think he was North American champion,

00:50:23.739 --> 00:50:27.619
possibly North American champion or NXT men's

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:34.280
champion. So he's had a few singles titles in

00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:37.699
other brands, but since he's been in main roster,

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:40.639
this is his first main roster singles title.

00:50:41.050 --> 00:50:43.969
but it's going to be so very interesting to find

00:50:43.969 --> 00:50:50.369
out what happens within the Judgement Day camp

00:50:50.369 --> 00:50:54.769
once they're all sort of healed up and Finn Balor

00:50:54.769 --> 00:50:57.289
gets back to his normal jealous bitch -ass words.

00:50:57.289 --> 00:51:00.829
Talking about the rest of Judgement Day, for

00:51:00.829 --> 00:51:04.030
those of you who are wondering where Carlito

00:51:04.030 --> 00:51:12.039
disappeared to for this final section, Carlito

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:17.239
was stood on top of the English announce table

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:20.860
at one point towards the end of this match and

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:25.320
Bron Breaker, 16 feet away on the Spanish announce

00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:30.780
table, bust out what I can only say was spear

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:35.559
of the century to put Carly through the announce

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:41.079
table and leave him pretty much broken. Beaten

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:46.460
and fucked up down by the prime stand while he

00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:51.500
lost his title to Dom on the inside of the ring

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:55.800
But yeah, no Carlito got absolutely destroyed

00:51:55.800 --> 00:51:59.340
by yet another spear and this seems to be so

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:02.559
Carlito has eaten some massive spears over the

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:06.980
last few weeks He really has. That one on the

00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:09.920
entrance ramp, I want to say like two weeks ago

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:13.840
where Brom Breaker hit full sprint and hit Carlito

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:15.960
and then went straight through him and bounced

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:19.019
off down the ramp like Carlito wasn't even there.

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:25.659
That makes me shake like Jacob Fatu just thinking

00:52:25.659 --> 00:52:30.440
about it. I mean, Brom Breaker is the human equivalent

00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:35.579
to a Polaris missile. It's like the man's been

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:41.280
shot out of a freaking cannon. Yeah Yeah, that

00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:45.079
guy's a fucking specimen I'll give you some Steiner

00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:50.679
maths, but I'd forget about it Do you know what?

00:52:52.179 --> 00:52:54.940
Out of everybody that could have won this I genuinely

00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:58.340
thought if the title was gonna drop it was possibly

00:52:58.340 --> 00:53:04.920
gonna drop to penta but Similar to the WWE Universe,

00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:07.960
I've actually, while I've never been a huge fan

00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:12.820
of Dominik Mysterio, I can't be mad at him for

00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:16.260
winning this Intercontinental Championship because,

00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:19.440
you know, I think he might actually do some decent

00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:22.579
work with it. I'm hoping so, to be fair, and

00:53:22.579 --> 00:53:27.300
I think that Dom, to be able to hold this, is

00:53:27.300 --> 00:53:30.329
going to be... It will be making break if he

00:53:30.329 --> 00:53:33.010
does a decent job with this title you will see

00:53:33.010 --> 00:53:36.610
Dom with a bigger title within the next couple

00:53:36.610 --> 00:53:41.250
of years or even You know a couple of shots at

00:53:41.250 --> 00:53:44.630
a bigger title Whether we see Dominic go on to

00:53:44.630 --> 00:53:47.690
emulate his dad in a Royal Rumble win at some

00:53:47.690 --> 00:53:50.929
point only the future can let us know that one,

00:53:50.929 --> 00:53:54.380
but I think Dom has the potential to be able

00:53:54.380 --> 00:53:56.619
to do well with this title and I think we're

00:53:56.619 --> 00:53:59.139
going to have some interesting things to do so

00:53:59.139 --> 00:54:03.219
and now he's won it off Finn. I think that's

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:05.639
going to be the final nail in the Judgement Day

00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:09.260
coffin and I think we'll see Judgement Day split

00:54:09.260 --> 00:54:12.320
with Liv and Raquel going off and staying in

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:18.500
the women's tag division. Dom and Finn going

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:21.929
off into singles obviously Don with his IC title,

00:54:22.010 --> 00:54:26.530
Finn probably going off to chase something, maybe

00:54:26.530 --> 00:54:28.909
the United States title, maybe they ship him

00:54:28.909 --> 00:54:32.710
out over to Smackdown with Damian Priest and

00:54:32.710 --> 00:54:38.889
Rhea Ripley. Potentially, maybe. I'm not sure,

00:54:39.030 --> 00:54:44.250
you know, they may still find some legs for this

00:54:44.250 --> 00:54:46.070
judgment because they've got to the judgment

00:54:46.070 --> 00:54:49.050
day's got to implode it's been going that long

00:54:49.050 --> 00:54:51.590
there's got to be an implosion there will be

00:54:51.590 --> 00:54:55.429
match consequences because of it um it's it's

00:54:55.429 --> 00:54:57.829
not going to just fade out that's like could

00:54:57.829 --> 00:55:02.530
be finn dom and maybe backlash for the ic title

00:55:02.530 --> 00:55:07.150
then potentially basically finn saying dom shouldn't

00:55:07.150 --> 00:55:09.170
have been in that match because he didn't earn

00:55:09.170 --> 00:55:12.550
the opportunity to be there And then Dom going,

00:55:12.829 --> 00:55:14.510
well, you know, I still walked out of it. It's

00:55:14.510 --> 00:55:16.530
the champion. If you think you're better than

00:55:16.530 --> 00:55:23.469
me, let's see who's the best one. Yeah. The dickhead

00:55:23.469 --> 00:55:30.250
versus the degenerate. That's certainly one way

00:55:30.250 --> 00:55:32.849
of putting it, I suppose. You can choose which

00:55:32.849 --> 00:55:34.869
one's which because they both fit the categories.

00:55:38.130 --> 00:55:42.130
But yeah, I mean I don't have anything else for

00:55:42.130 --> 00:55:45.949
that and I will cover celebs in attendance that

00:55:45.949 --> 00:55:49.289
they did at this part before we move on to the

00:55:49.289 --> 00:55:53.110
next match So celebs in attendance we were treated

00:55:53.110 --> 00:55:58.349
to hear Colby Covington UFC welterweight fighter.

00:55:59.010 --> 00:56:03.070
Yes Metro booming multi -platinum three times

00:56:03.070 --> 00:56:08.300
Grammy nominated nominated record producer and

00:56:08.300 --> 00:56:13.199
songwriter and Dean Norris from Law and Order

00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:17.360
Organised Crime. Oddly enough, considering how

00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:23.480
much of a bit of a... I like cop shows and...

00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:26.659
Yeah, that was one I've not watched either. I've

00:56:26.659 --> 00:56:29.400
not watched any Law and Order at all. I don't

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:31.480
think I've done any Law and Order either, to

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:35.190
be fair. I've skirted around it and I've certainly

00:56:35.190 --> 00:56:38.230
sat on TikTok on many an occasion and watched

00:56:38.230 --> 00:56:42.150
excerpts from Law and Order, I think it's Special

00:56:42.150 --> 00:56:46.789
Victims Unit. Yeah, I've watched that but I've

00:56:46.789 --> 00:56:50.059
never actually got round to doing it. No, I've

00:56:50.059 --> 00:56:52.679
never sat and watched like a full episode or

00:56:52.679 --> 00:56:55.260
anything like that I know that I think a lot

00:56:55.260 --> 00:56:58.280
of the law and orders are on Netflix at the moment

00:56:58.280 --> 00:57:00.860
potentially I think some of them are on Prime

00:57:00.860 --> 00:57:03.099
Video anyway, so they're definitely easy to get

00:57:03.099 --> 00:57:06.559
a hold of It's gonna be something I'll have to

00:57:06.559 --> 00:57:09.380
give a watch of at some point, but just haven't

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:11.800
ever really gotten round to it It seemed a bit

00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:13.920
dry from what I took from what I've gathered,

00:57:13.940 --> 00:57:16.340
but I will be honest I think it may be something

00:57:16.340 --> 00:57:19.380
that I look at a little bit down the road. Maybe

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:24.679
Eventually, I'll have watched everything around

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:28.460
it that just leads me to it Regardless we've

00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:31.800
got much for to come up we do but we will get

00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:37.250
to that in a second So our next entrant to the

00:57:37.250 --> 00:57:39.929
ring is a gentleman that has been at WrestleMania

00:57:39.929 --> 00:57:43.750
an awful lot of times before and has recently

00:57:43.750 --> 00:57:47.309
had his match cancelled due to an injury to Kevin

00:57:47.309 --> 00:57:51.750
Owens. That is correct, I am talking about the

00:57:51.750 --> 00:57:56.829
Viper Randy Orton. Who issued an open challenge

00:57:56.829 --> 00:58:00.110
on Smackdown basically saying he would be at

00:58:00.110 --> 00:58:02.690
night two of WrestleMania with his ring gear

00:58:02.690 --> 00:58:06.329
and if anyone was brave enough to come down the

00:58:06.329 --> 00:58:12.989
ramp and catch themselves a guaranteed RKO he

00:58:12.989 --> 00:58:15.590
would be there ready and waiting for them and

00:58:15.590 --> 00:58:19.769
he then reiterates that whilst in the ring that

00:58:19.769 --> 00:58:21.989
you know who's it going to be who's got these

00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:24.800
big balls that's gonna take on Randy Orton at

00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:28.780
WrestleMania and the camera pans up to the ramp

00:58:28.780 --> 00:58:34.139
and we get to see who it is. Adam, what was the

00:58:34.139 --> 00:58:37.440
big shock at WrestleMania weekend this weekend

00:58:37.440 --> 00:58:41.539
with Randy Orton's opponent? I thought you were

00:58:41.539 --> 00:58:46.059
gonna talk to me about ticket prices. Not for

00:58:46.059 --> 00:58:53.590
this one. Yeah, so well. He's a certain gentleman

00:58:53.590 --> 00:58:57.489
that if you say his name, apparently he will

00:58:57.489 --> 00:59:06.610
appear. Well, yeah, definitely. But as of always

00:59:06.610 --> 00:59:08.670
with this podcast, we can't say his name too

00:59:08.670 --> 00:59:12.309
loudly because my wife does not believe. That

00:59:12.309 --> 00:59:14.750
is correct. Randy Orton this year had a match

00:59:14.750 --> 00:59:18.269
at WrestleMania with the one and only TNA champion,

00:59:18.610 --> 00:59:22.530
Joe Hendry. Now, which TNA championship Joe Hendry

00:59:22.530 --> 00:59:24.690
is currently holding? I couldn't tell you because

00:59:24.690 --> 00:59:30.769
I'm not 100 % sure. But I can. There we go. He

00:59:30.769 --> 00:59:34.530
is currently TNA heavyweight champion. So he

00:59:34.530 --> 00:59:41.489
is the big dog. I'm confused. I thought that

00:59:41.489 --> 00:59:46.980
was Moose. Or is he X? He's X division. No, okay,

00:59:47.119 --> 00:59:50.500
that's my bad. Which is like Cruiserweight. Right,

00:59:50.500 --> 00:59:53.360
okay. That's what I say. I'm not a consumer of

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:57.980
TNA content apart from what scrolls through my

00:59:57.980 --> 01:00:00.960
Facebook Reels. So yeah, I wasn't 100 % sure

01:00:00.960 --> 01:00:03.400
who the big dog was or if it was Moose or if

01:00:03.400 --> 01:00:08.719
it was someone else. No, Moose is a big dog.

01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:11.260
Don't get me wrong, but he's not the big dog.

01:00:13.550 --> 01:00:16.710
The big dog is more commonly referred to these

01:00:16.710 --> 01:00:20.590
days as our tribal chief Roman Reigns But yeah,

01:00:20.710 --> 01:00:22.690
no, he was definitely not in this much This was

01:00:22.690 --> 01:00:25.289
just Randy Orton and Joe Hendry and it was a

01:00:25.289 --> 01:00:29.010
really really good opportunity for I think for

01:00:29.010 --> 01:00:33.670
Joe Hendry to showcase himself the show of shows

01:00:33.670 --> 01:00:37.110
and I mean it was hell of a pop. I think Joe

01:00:37.110 --> 01:00:38.869
Hendry got the biggest pop of the evening to

01:00:38.869 --> 01:00:43.130
be fair 100 % I mean we knew that he was going

01:00:43.130 --> 01:00:48.090
to be in Las Vegas for WrestleCon and yeah there

01:00:48.090 --> 01:00:51.429
was loads of like all of wrestling seemed to

01:00:51.429 --> 01:00:54.949
descend upon Las Vegas all at once. Well it's

01:00:54.949 --> 01:00:58.150
known as Wrestle Week for them isn't it because

01:00:58.150 --> 01:01:01.429
everyone tends to have something going on that

01:01:01.429 --> 01:01:04.309
weekend and there's normally a fuck ton of indie

01:01:04.309 --> 01:01:07.530
shows in the same city as well to keep all of

01:01:07.530 --> 01:01:14.400
these wrestling nerds happy. Sounds like a rather

01:01:14.400 --> 01:01:17.099
expensive week I'm not gonna lie. I mean don't

01:01:17.099 --> 01:01:20.760
get me wrong I was watching a video on the Finnishism

01:01:20.760 --> 01:01:23.340
Faction's TikTok earlier of a young woman who

01:01:23.340 --> 01:01:27.860
was going through her haul from the WWE world

01:01:27.860 --> 01:01:31.900
and there was some incredible bits of merchandise

01:01:31.900 --> 01:01:34.820
that she'd managed to get her hands on but the

01:01:34.820 --> 01:01:38.969
overall amount she spent was more than my monthly

01:01:38.969 --> 01:01:43.989
rent so um yeah that was not going to be something

01:01:43.989 --> 01:01:46.369
i'd be doing if i went rough i said if you're

01:01:46.369 --> 01:01:48.650
in for me to go to wrestlemania would be a once

01:01:48.650 --> 01:01:51.769
in a lifetime opportunity and hell would have

01:01:51.769 --> 01:01:56.940
to freeze over for that to happen um but Yeah,

01:01:57.000 --> 01:01:59.699
I probably would spend a fair chunk of cash don't

01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:01.780
get me wrong like without the fact that if I'm

01:02:01.780 --> 01:02:03.539
only going once I'm getting the best tickets

01:02:03.539 --> 01:02:05.559
I can afford I'm getting a half decent hotel

01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:08.599
again. I'm eating decent food. I'm buying t -shirts

01:02:08.599 --> 01:02:14.679
and buying vinyl pops programs in Yeah, meet

01:02:14.679 --> 01:02:17.480
and greets. I'm doing what I can do but spending

01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:21.420
that sort of money I'm good, bro, and have that

01:02:21.420 --> 01:02:25.039
sort of money spent Yeah, sort of floor level

01:02:25.039 --> 01:02:28.460
seats. I think we're sitting around the $30 ,000

01:02:28.460 --> 01:02:31.800
mark somewhere around there. And there's even

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:35.420
videos floating around of the Viper himself being

01:02:35.420 --> 01:02:38.559
told what the ticket prices were. And even he

01:02:38.559 --> 01:02:42.219
turned around and said on video said, yeah, that's

01:02:42.219 --> 01:02:46.840
insane. Yeah. But then especially considering,

01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:50.699
you know, One point WrestleMania seats were like

01:02:50.699 --> 01:02:54.400
the the top dollar WrestleMania seats were $75

01:02:54.400 --> 01:03:00.059
Right, and now you're looking for a $30 ,000

01:03:00.059 --> 01:03:05.679
ticket to sit ringside. I mean You gotta think

01:03:05.679 --> 01:03:08.199
green t -shirt guy must have saved himself some

01:03:08.199 --> 01:03:10.079
hell of a lot of money taking that punch from

01:03:10.079 --> 01:03:14.420
CM Punk Yeah, that's a video that's made the

01:03:14.420 --> 01:03:16.960
rounds on a couple of occasions this week this

01:03:16.960 --> 01:03:21.099
week alone Yeah, I found it. I found it today

01:03:21.099 --> 01:03:23.619
and was like, holy crap The reason green t -shirt

01:03:23.619 --> 01:03:26.239
guy is a thing is because he got punched by CM

01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:30.559
Punk Punk can you punch me in the face, please?

01:03:30.579 --> 01:03:32.760
I'd love ring side seats for the rest of my life

01:03:32.760 --> 01:03:37.800
at WWE events Yeah, 100 % or even stone cold

01:03:37.800 --> 01:03:40.000
if you want to drive your ATV in my general direction.

01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:45.280
I can sell a move pretty well Yeah, you should

01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:54.880
see what he can do with a taser That is not going

01:03:54.880 --> 01:04:02.360
on the finishers and factions TikTok Thousand

01:04:02.360 --> 01:04:04.340
followers on the TikTok and I will upload that

01:04:04.340 --> 01:04:10.369
video That's it Rick versus a taser. Yeah, if

01:04:10.369 --> 01:04:12.210
you want to see what happens with the co -host

01:04:12.210 --> 01:04:14.730
of finishes and factions meets 50 ,000 volts

01:04:14.730 --> 01:04:17.309
You're gonna have to do me a thousand followers

01:04:17.309 --> 01:04:22.710
Adams like I'm half tempted to put my hand in

01:04:22.710 --> 01:04:27.070
my pocket and buy a load No, no, I'm really not

01:04:27.070 --> 01:04:31.570
because I know how expensive they are Yeah, those

01:04:31.570 --> 01:04:33.909
those promote functions are not good, you know

01:04:33.909 --> 01:04:37.260
this match definitely need didn't This much sorry

01:04:37.260 --> 01:04:41.840
was a definite promotion for the the man from

01:04:41.840 --> 01:04:47.119
Edinburgh, Scotland and I believe the first time

01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:54.280
a non WWE superstar has appeared in a WWE ring

01:04:54.280 --> 01:04:59.280
at WrestleMania as a competitor like a booked

01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:02.559
competitor rather than a you know someone jumping

01:05:02.559 --> 01:05:05.639
out the crowd and Kind of interfering and then

01:05:05.639 --> 01:05:07.800
being like oh this guy works for such -and -such

01:05:07.800 --> 01:05:12.519
and getting carted off down the back Yeah, you're

01:05:12.519 --> 01:05:15.619
not too far wrong there, I don't think I haven't

01:05:15.619 --> 01:05:18.519
done the research to be able to say one way or

01:05:18.519 --> 01:05:24.519
the other but Yes, definitely something along

01:05:24.519 --> 01:05:31.179
those lines I feel but yeah, I mean It was a

01:05:31.179 --> 01:05:33.679
fantastic opportunity to showcase Joe Hendry.

01:05:33.719 --> 01:05:37.380
I'm not gonna deny that at all. I feel that the

01:05:37.380 --> 01:05:40.079
match itself could have been more competitive.

01:05:41.659 --> 01:05:44.739
It felt a little bit squashy to me, not gonna

01:05:44.739 --> 01:05:52.559
lie. I sort of, now that I've had chance to almost

01:05:52.559 --> 01:05:56.599
reflect on it a little bit, I do sort of understand

01:05:56.599 --> 01:06:01.170
why they've done what they've done. to a certain

01:06:01.170 --> 01:06:04.610
extent but I just don't think it should have

01:06:04.610 --> 01:06:11.230
been at the expense of the TNA World Heavyweight

01:06:11.230 --> 01:06:15.889
Champion I feel they could have they could have

01:06:15.889 --> 01:06:20.889
got somebody else who could have had a similar

01:06:20.889 --> 01:06:27.570
match and done what was needed to be done Okay,

01:06:27.690 --> 01:06:30.070
so I'm gonna have to take my statement right

01:06:30.070 --> 01:06:33.449
back because according to the information I've

01:06:33.449 --> 01:06:37.250
just seen, a gentleman called Kenichiro Tenryue

01:06:37.250 --> 01:06:40.389
was a Japanese wrestling legend that appeared

01:06:40.389 --> 01:06:46.309
at WrestleMania 7. Might be WrestleMania 12 actually.

01:06:46.969 --> 01:06:52.659
Anyway, 1991. And ECW stars Sabu Sandman and

01:06:52.659 --> 01:06:56.840
Tommy Dreamer participated in WrestleMania 23,

01:06:57.420 --> 01:07:03.619
which was 2007. And then, yeah, Joe Hendry this

01:07:03.619 --> 01:07:06.780
time round. So actually, yeah, we've had a fair

01:07:06.780 --> 01:07:10.039
few non WWE wrestlers compete at WrestleMania.

01:07:12.940 --> 01:07:15.199
Yeah, which sort of makes it just that little

01:07:15.199 --> 01:07:18.820
bit more slack, the fact that they Yeah, no,

01:07:18.900 --> 01:07:22.360
I've seen that boy like that and then you know

01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:24.960
apart from the fact that he managed to get a

01:07:24.960 --> 01:07:29.559
knockdown and a neck breaker on Randy Orton and

01:07:29.559 --> 01:07:32.920
uh, he did attempt to choke slams at one point

01:07:32.920 --> 01:07:35.960
and Randy just kind of gave me this really weird

01:07:35.960 --> 01:07:39.760
look in a potamini hobby Who the fuck does Joe

01:07:39.760 --> 01:07:42.239
Henry think he is trying to choke slam Randy

01:07:42.239 --> 01:07:46.659
Orton? Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what was going

01:07:46.659 --> 01:07:49.440
on with that. I will be honest. It's it didn't

01:07:49.440 --> 01:07:54.400
necessarily make sense and He did have a fallaway

01:07:54.400 --> 01:08:00.639
slam as a reversal to an RKO as well but Considering

01:08:00.639 --> 01:08:05.239
you know that he did get a few few bits in He

01:08:05.239 --> 01:08:10.239
it wasn't long before the WrestleMania appearance

01:08:10.539 --> 01:08:14.019
made him a little bit starstruck and he did his

01:08:14.019 --> 01:08:20.619
classic spin and pose to eat what and this was

01:08:20.619 --> 01:08:23.300
promised you know that whoever came to the ring

01:08:23.300 --> 01:08:26.399
was going to eat those three most dangerous letters

01:08:26.399 --> 01:08:29.939
and sports entertainment and Joe Henry ate them

01:08:29.939 --> 01:08:35.180
very well um but yeah he did eat that RKO uh

01:08:35.180 --> 01:08:38.720
eventually and Randy Orton did manage to pull

01:08:38.720 --> 01:08:42.140
off the three count for the win in this one,

01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:45.779
which I said, I thought this was huge for Joe

01:08:45.779 --> 01:08:48.399
Hendry, but I think they did him dirty the second

01:08:48.399 --> 01:08:53.760
time round. So after Hendry, you know, after

01:08:53.760 --> 01:08:55.319
he was finished, he's kind of sat in his ass

01:08:55.319 --> 01:08:57.060
on the floor like, what the fuck just happened

01:08:57.060 --> 01:09:01.039
there? You know, Randy Orton picks him up, dusts

01:09:01.039 --> 01:09:03.100
him off a little bit, raises his hand to the

01:09:03.100 --> 01:09:06.880
crowd, you know, really bigs him up a fair chunk.

01:09:08.800 --> 01:09:13.260
And then he hits them with a second dark. I mean,

01:09:13.319 --> 01:09:16.760
it is very on brand for Randy Orton to do something

01:09:16.760 --> 01:09:19.659
like that. He's not so known for giving. He's

01:09:19.659 --> 01:09:22.399
not known for giving flowers for the sake of

01:09:22.399 --> 01:09:26.539
giving flowers, so to speak. There is normally

01:09:26.539 --> 01:09:31.439
a wind up and a pitch to it. But yeah, it just

01:09:31.439 --> 01:09:37.159
again, it felt. the match itself just felt very

01:09:37.159 --> 01:09:41.100
squashy i feel like it could have been it could

01:09:41.100 --> 01:09:45.779
have been kinder in how it was put together in

01:09:45.779 --> 01:09:52.300
terms of in terms of joe in terms of joe hendry

01:09:52.300 --> 01:09:55.340
himself as a superstar considering how closely

01:09:55.340 --> 01:10:00.000
together now tna and wwe are working with nxt

01:10:00.000 --> 01:10:05.579
yes it's a case that it just yeah It was played

01:10:05.579 --> 01:10:09.619
off in, it could have been a lot kinder to Joe

01:10:09.619 --> 01:10:16.140
Hendry in my opinion. That is how I feel, other

01:10:16.140 --> 01:10:19.500
people may feel differently about it and that's

01:10:19.500 --> 01:10:24.100
their choice. It has been released since this

01:10:24.100 --> 01:10:28.039
match that we have been promised by Triple H

01:10:28.039 --> 01:10:30.779
that we are going to see Joe Hendry at WrestleMania

01:10:30.779 --> 01:10:35.979
again. Now whether that is due to their TNA connection

01:10:35.979 --> 01:10:39.340
that they have going currently or whether that

01:10:39.340 --> 01:10:43.800
is because as soon as Joe Hendry's contract is

01:10:43.800 --> 01:10:47.399
up with TNA Triple H is gonna come in and offer

01:10:47.399 --> 01:10:52.880
him a big fat check I personally And this is

01:10:52.880 --> 01:10:56.260
gonna sound really so dumb considering how big

01:10:56.260 --> 01:10:59.630
a name Joe Hendry has turned himself into Do

01:10:59.630 --> 01:11:02.989
not want to see him sign with WWE I think if

01:11:02.989 --> 01:11:06.350
he stays with TNA he can continue to be a bigger

01:11:06.350 --> 01:11:09.430
star But if he goes to WWE he's gonna get sucked

01:11:09.430 --> 01:11:11.829
in with the rest of the stars there and just

01:11:11.829 --> 01:11:16.510
be another average guy And it will ruin him Where

01:11:16.510 --> 01:11:19.090
if he stays at TNA where he is he's the top guy

01:11:19.090 --> 01:11:22.939
there. He's a big guy there and you know I think

01:11:22.939 --> 01:11:25.140
it'd be better for him to stay there. I'd rather

01:11:25.140 --> 01:11:27.340
see him at WrestleMania as part of their TNA

01:11:27.340 --> 01:11:30.939
contract than have him there as a WWE superstar.

01:11:32.699 --> 01:11:35.020
Yeah, and me and you have discussed this off

01:11:35.020 --> 01:11:38.479
podcast already, but and I'm very much in agreement

01:11:38.479 --> 01:11:42.020
with you is that I think if they the only way

01:11:42.020 --> 01:11:47.159
that Joe Hendry would work and even then it's

01:11:47.159 --> 01:11:52.520
very, very tenuous, so to speak. The only way,

01:11:52.520 --> 01:11:56.060
in my opinion, that Joe Hendry works in WWE is

01:11:56.060 --> 01:11:59.220
if they keep him in NXT, which almost feels like

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a shame for how big a star Joe Hendry is. Yeah,

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I'd feel guilty. It'd be like a punishment. Yeah,

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welcome to the biggest wrestling company in the

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world, but we're gonna shove you on what used

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to be our developmental brand. Yeah, it just

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- Yeah, it just feels it feels wrong You get

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sent to NXT if you fucked up if you've gone to

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main roster and you're making appearances on

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NXT You fucked up somewhere Like you've done

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something you shouldn't have done that you've

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pissed the wrong person off and they're getting

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back at you and going You know what go and spend

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a couple of weeks in NXT dealing with the noobs

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And I think Or what they do is they build you

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up into a really really amazing storyline make

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it look like it's gonna be one of the best WrestleMania

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matches in the world Pull you out of that storyline

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throw you into another random storyline give

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you a half decent WrestleMania match and then

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pull you out of it the day before For a returning

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legend to make an appearance Well, I can't say

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too much about it Can't say too much about it

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without giving away an awful lot, but yeah, there

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was definitely some heat behind that candle.

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Well, I'll tell you what, we'll come back to

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that in just a few moments. I think if we move

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on to the next one, we've played out Randy versus

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Joe Hendry. We have. Let's see where we go from

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here. Well, I can tell you where we go from here

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and I'll do it in just one second.