Go. And welcome to the second night of WrestleMania
41 with us, finishers and factions with myself,
Rich, and as always, when we get the opportunity,
my co -host, Adam. Adam, WrestleMania night two,
buddy. Let's go. WrestleMania night two and what
a night it is. We've got such a card ahead of
us. I'm genuinely more gassed than I was for
WrestleMania night one. Mm -hm. Yeah, straight
away 100 % more gassed and we get to see our
opening ceremonies done by none other than Stephanie
McMahon. It's always nice to see Stephanie come
back to the WWE even If she's not in a massively
active role, it's always nice to see her make
her presence felt. I kind of feel sometimes we
miss the McMahon, like miss having a McMahon
around. Are you going to say it's that she's
like the last McMahon standing? Well, yeah, I
don't even think. Yeah, I'm not even sure what
Shane's up to these days. We know Vince doesn't
have anything to do with pro wrestling anymore.
Well. unless the rumours are to be believed.
Oh, I mean, if Vince McMahon pops up with another
promotion after all that malarkey, it would be
like P Diddy being allowed to buy a new mansion.
Yeah, pretty much. Allegedly, I just want to
put that out there. Allegedly, it would be like
P Diddy buying a new mansion. Yeah, but Stephanie
McMahon comes out to give the customary welcome
to WrestleMania Reminding us that last time WrestleMania
was in Vegas was WrestleMania 9 and she was 16
years old Today on that on night two her middle
daughter is the same age and Basically gives
a little bit of a speech about how WWE's family
to welcome family. Now before even that kicks
off I think we are I forget a little bit because
I don't normally make notes around this part
but the very first note that I've made on night
two was we were reminded that Bailey will not
compete tonight due to being attacked on Saturday
during the pre -show which obviously affects
the Women's tag team match later on yes, we have
a surprise entrant for that one I'm guessing
because I've not seen anything announced yet
and In the position of this one so we when we
get to that much. We'll let you know what happens
and how it happens but Now, the other thing that
I, the other thing I cottoned onto has nothing
to do with the women's tag team match, has nothing
to do with any of the in -ring action at all,
actually, was that for night two, they swapped
the announce desks round. They did, yes. So on
the first night, the English speaking announce
table was on the left and the Spanish was on
the right. And for night two, the Spanish was
on the left and the English was on the right.
That is a weird move in of itself because the
Spanish announce desk has always been to the
right as long as I can remember. So to put the
English speaking announce desk on the right and
put the Spanish speaking announce desk closer
to timekeepers just made no sense to me whatsoever.
But yeah, now we've got all of those little bits
of housekeeping out of the way. We're still Las
Vegas, Nevada. We're still at Allegiant Stadium.
And our first match is the WWE Women's Championship
Triple Threat match, which sees Rhea Ripley versus
Bianca Belair versus our current champion, Io
Sky. Yes. Again at WrestleMania night to opening
up with a banger like WrestleMania night one
did and Yeah, jeez This is a this was already
written up to be one hell of a match and the
build -up has been absolutely phenomenal too,
so Yeah, I can't can't see why on paper. This
wouldn't be a phenomenal start to uh the night
two of wrestlemania yeah it doesn't make sense
to do it any other way realistically but uh yeah
i mean um the so again this is we they had this
in a match in night one i forget which match
it was but um traditionally i think uh i think
we said it was The Challengers come out first
with Champion to come out last. No, it was Tiffy
and Charlotte. But they did it with this one
as well, is that Io Sky was the first to make
her entrance. Yes, she was. Now, Io is entering
her third career WrestleMania match. She is 3
-0 in triple threat match types. and is currently
enjoying her 48th day as champion. Yeah. I didn't
really make any notes on what her entrance was
specifically. I didn't. I can only assume that
means that her entrance was pretty much the same
as it always is, which... Yeah, even thinking
about back to it, nothing really jumped out of
it out too much at me about Io's entrance to
be fair. No, this is it. I mean, the one thing
that got me about Bianca's entrance that I thought
was quite cool is that she had her stepdaughter
dancing up on the top of the entry ramp and she
went to say hello to her before she went down
to the entrance. But yeah, it wasn't a huge amount
with any of the entrances to be fair. I mean,
even Ria's was pretty basic. it's a standard
wrestling well standard entrance i suppose with
that little bit of extra wrestlemania jazz but
nothing too much no this is it and this is uh
i mean when bianca entering second as you said
joined by a stepdaughter as she enters her fifth
korea wrestlemania match and she enjoys a four
and oh record match record at wrestlemania itself
which is the current Women's longest active win
streak at WrestleMania. I think that's just longest
active WrestleMania win streak. I don't think
there's even a male competitor that has more
active victories in a row than. I can't think
of anyone off the top of my head to be fair,
so. No, this is it and I mean the most extravagant
the only other extravagant thing that Bianca
Bella did come to the ring in was that she had
a Robe made almost entirely out of roses, which
I mean, it's probably a good thing She didn't
suffer with hay fever is the one thing that she
almost suffered from a trip when she got her
foot caught in it on the Parade around the ring
after she got in the ring Yes, I do remember
seeing that actually. And then finally we are
joined by Rhea Ripley. Again, her entrance wasn't
anything special to speak of, but it was more
her entrance gear that sort of grabbed people's
attention. She came out adorned with like a dark
veil. crown of skeletal hands holding this veil
up which i i adored that that headpiece this
was part of the clash of clans thing because
over the course of this evening the the the character
that she is cosplaying is split over three wrestlers
so she has the headpiece uh damian priest When
he comes out for his match a little bit later
against Drew, McIn Cryer has a section of the
character on his outfit as well. And then a little
bit later on in the evening, the final section
of that character is bought out on the outfit
of Juan Dominic Mysterio. I wonder if that was
intentional those three being selected for that.
Well, I thought it was a Judgment Day legacy
head tip, but I'm not 100 % sure. Obviously with
Dom still being in Judgment Day and Ria and Damian
being former members that are no longer there,
I thought that might have been what that was.
But I could be barking up the wrong tree. It's
not the first time that's happened. No, this
is true. But back to Rhea Bloody Ripley. According
to my notes here, she's been a part of every
WrestleMania for the last five years. So this
is Rhea's sixth career WrestleMania and WrestleMania
match where... She has never lost a world title
match at the show of shows. But has a 2 -2 career
record for triple threat matches. That bodes
in nicely on the other hand where she has never
beaten EO Sky. So there's a lot of different
statistics lining up here saying we should have
a banger of a match. 100%. Without further ado,
let's crack into said banger, I think. I think
that would be the best way to do this, don't
you? Oh, 100%. So the match begins. I mean, the
action comes thick and fast. We've seen it in
the match run up to... in the run -up to these
matches coming in is that obviously the biggest
beef is between Bel Air and Ripley. Yeah, Io's
the side piece in this. Yeah, well they've tried
to push her out to the side a few times and she
has not been happy about the fact that she's
taken the hands of the champ and the challenger,
sorry the hands of the two challengers to the
face and to be fair as champ I'd be pretty pissed
as well. Yeah, this is it So Yeah, I don't even
know where to start with my notes at this point
I mean I started mine off with the fact that
EOSky hit a hurricane runner on Bianca Belair
and then a missile drop kick on Rhea Ripley came
from the same direction and that both Bianca
and Rhea when they got an opportunity to go one
-on -one after dispatching EOSky had basically
mirror image space lock takedowns. as Io comes
in and starts grabbing hold of Bianca's braid,
which we are told is used as a weapon. We saw
that in the elimination chamber against Liv Morgan,
and now it's being used against her. Well, yeah,
it's the trade -off, isn't it, with Bianca Belair's
braid. Now, I've been fairly vocal about her
braid. I don't like it for the fact that it can
be categorized as a weapon, but... Bianca Belair
is able to use that weapon even in no disqualification
matches with no uh with no repercussions consequence
yeah because it is part of her attire i mean
it's a hell of a thick thing it is huge as well
it's not exactly a small braid is it she um it
is well you've got to remember there's got to
be the thickness of a coke can that map the what
That braid has done in the past. I mean, look
at the injuries that Liv Morgan sustained during
the elimination chamber. She came out with literal
cuts across her stomach. Blood was drawn. Blood
was drawn. I'd go as far as to say it's dangerous.
I genuinely don't like it. I get that it's part
of her attire, but a majority of it is hair extensions
anyway. Right, yeah, no, nearly all of it is.
Yeah, it's completely detachable. So it's one
of those things that I know that it's something
that she's known for, but how that hasn't been
a match stipulation at this point that Bianca
Belair is not allowed to use her braid is...
Beyond me. Well, yeah, definitely She doesn't
use a lot of it as a weapon in this match that
I remember to be fair It is more where it was
used against her, which I think is fair game
the same with the NFL They're not supposed to
pull on the hair. But if it comes out from the
helmet, I think it's fair game We do see EO Sky
hit a double blockbuster on both Bianca and Rhea
for a double two count because she tries to pin
them both. A show of confidence here basically
just to say, no, fuck the two of you. I'm the
one that's the champion and I'm going to show
you why. And this was pretty much her opportunity
to do so at the start. Yeah, this is it. There's
like so many other moves. I mean, Rhea locks
in a prison lock on Io, but is broken up by Bianca.
And again, it's like the triple threat from night
one. She hits a razor's edge at one point as
well. Yeah. Like plenty of riptide attempts,
in fact. One in particular, she tries to hit
a riptide on EO Sky, who, as best as I'm able
to tell, is quite literally playing possum as
she turns that riptide into a spike DDT on Rhea
Ripley. At one point, Bianca Belair hits a shooting
star on EO Sky. That's not a move we see very
often these days. No, it really isn't. Something
tells me we saw a night one from somewhere, but
It's definitely not something we see a lot of
the old shooting star Not since Brock Lesnar
had it to the band moves list after he almost
broke his own neck again using it Yeah, but that's
Brock Lesnar is the man that was never meant
to fly Yeah, right IoSky goes for a moonsault
to Ripley. Rhea gets her boots up which bounces
the champ to Bianca who then hits the KOD pins
but the pin is broken by Rhea at two. There was
some great chain wrestling in that match. Yeah
very much so and it can be difficult to do. I
mean chain wrestling can be difficult to do from
what I can understand when it's just a one -on
-one but when you're dealing in more with more
than one person. Oh, yeah. Trying to chain wrestle
between three, four, five, any number of people.
It becomes infinitely more difficult because
you've all got to be sort of aware and in sync
with what everybody else is doing. Because if
one of you is even a little bit out, that's when
things can go horribly, horribly wrong. Especially
with that famous clip of the eight men with the
old thumb up the ass. But, you know, if they
weren't too plugged in with that one, excuse
the pun. that could have gone incredibly wrong
and we could have had an old x -pac style injury
there the old torn rectum off the old uh yeah
he's got he can't be the only person that suffered
that injury in a ring surely oh this is it um
but yeah i mean the match finish itself i've
got down here after a slugfest between Rhea and
Bianca, Bella slips out of a riptide, rips Rhea
with the braid, hits a KOD on Rhea for a pin,
but it's broken up by over the moonsault, but
Io who pins Bianca to retain her championship.
That is pretty much word for word how I've written
it too. So if the two of us have got it that
way, that must be true. Yeah, this is it it's
Considering we said that we can we said towards
the beginning of this this little bit for this
match that we don't really remember Bianca Using
the braid at all. She used it once at the very
end. Yeah. No, I thought that was gonna come
back You know what, it's funny, you thought it
or you said it just as I was thinking it going,
I wonder if anyone's going to pick up on the
fact we've mentioned the fact of the braid there.
Oh no, I will always pick us up on anything that
we say that turns out not to be right because
yeah, no, I'd rather pick ourselves up on it
than anything else. Oh yeah, definitely. But
no, this wasn't a bad first match to open up
WrestleMania night two and to be fair, I think
the right result came here. because we know that
either Bianca is gonna go into something with
Jade Cargill, I think, at some point due to that
triangle of intensity they've got there with
Bianca, Jade Cargill and Naomi. And Rhea is probably
not gonna get another title opportunity for a
while. Be interesting to see who EO's first major
sort of feud after this is gonna be. I'm sure
we'll find out soon to be fair. There's a lot
of women who want to get their hands on that
title. Yeah, this is it. I think we've got a
lot to look forward to in the women's division
in that particular arena because it's... It literally
is open season at this point. You write about
Bianca Belair, I think she's going to end up
having something to do with Naomi and Jade Cargill.
She's got to go back and finish the unfinished
business over there before she can do anything
else. Yeah, Rhea Ripley has had a lot to do with
the women's championship for a long time now,
and it's about time that she went and focused
elsewhere and gave somebody else a crack at the
whip. I think we're going to get every package
of Rhea as well. You think so? You think we're
going to lose Mami? Yeah, I think we are going
to get a completely... I think it would still
be similar, but I think we're going to get a
more badass, heel -y... Brutal rear ripley Yeah,
this is it It wouldn't it wouldn't shock me at
all. And yeah, but Eos got Eos guy She's an open
book. She could literally go against anybody
So I suppose we really have got to wait for Monday
night to find out where we go from there but
before we move on to Match two. I'll clear up
the celebs in attendance that were revealed during
this next section. Flava Flav, rapper, musician,
TV personality, and also a founding member of
Public Enemy, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. Hall of Fame alum. Mirab. Devalish Vili,
UFC bantamweight champion and Rich the Kid. I
mean the only one I had any chance of knowing
at this point was probably Mirab, the UFC bantamweight
champion but even then I'm not terribly up on
all of UFC at the moment. Yeah neither am I and
I didn't know who either of those three were
so I can't really help you with that one. I recognize
Flavor Flav. Oh, yeah, I could recognize the
name. I wouldn't be able to tell you what he
did. I knew he was a musician, but apart from
that, I wouldn't be able to tell you much. Yeah,
but we'll switch it up and go into match two
from here, I think. I think that's a great idea.
Yeah, so as we said, match two was the Sin City
Street Fight, which sees Drew McEncryer versus
Damian Priest. And opening VT basically documents
all the times that Priest has screwed Drew over
and then switches halfway through to Priest basically
calling bullshit on the lot of it, which is sort
of what we've seen over the last few weeks and
months with these two as they're feud seems to
have escalated as Drew seems convinced that Damien
is out to screw him in every way shape or form
possible. Yeah see I'm not with Drew on this
one I just see Damien taking opportunities that
are presented to him because Drew's been too
sidetracked by CM Punk. You see I can very much
see where Drew is coming from I can see his point
of view But I am very much with you is that Damian
Priest has just been in terms of everything to
do with With Drew it is a case that he's just
been in the wrong place at the wrong time Well,
you've got to think as well who trained Damian
Priest. He's trained by the Undertaker When did
you ever know the Undertaker to go? Oh, there's
an opportunity to win a title there Do you know
I mean like Yes. This isn't something Damien
Priest is ever gonna do. He's not gonna pass
up an opportunity to take something that belongs
to him, but take the easy way to doing so. Cashing
in his money in the bank? Did he take the easy
way, beating up a half -done Drew McIntyre? Yes.
Is it something I would have done myself? Yes.
is there's no way in hell I'm gonna be able to
take draw on one -on -one with these fresh so
you sure as fuck gonna know I'm gonna let someone
else do half the work first and if all I've got
to do is hit a south from heaven and pin him
then that's what I'm doing. Oh, 100%. So yeah,
we can look at it as the easy way out or we can
look at it for what it is. After taking a title
off someone as well that says to me that they've
already lost the mental game So can I throw them
out at the Royal Rumble? Hell, yes, I can and
I eliminate them at elimination chamber after
I've done them at the Royal Rumble Mm -hmm. Yes,
I can am I in that person's head rent free now
and going into WrestleMania weekend. Oh Yeah
I can, as I said, I can very much see both sides.
But as you can tell, we both want Damien Priest
to win because he's fighting on the right side
of righteousness. Yeah, this is it. Now, coming
to the entrances, we see Drew Mackencryer come
in first and I was actually really pleased with
myself for this one because I managed to call
it before... they told us what it was that was
going on on stage. Now, this was a case that
this was one of the entrances that differed from
the main vein as Rich seems to have cottoned
onto with some of the entrances being Clash of
Clans related. This actually, Drew's entrance
had nothing to do with Clash of Clans at all.
Instead, Drew's entrance was based more so around
the new Doom game that's coming out. As Drew
came out dressed as a Doom Slayer. Well, I put
down Cybernetic Doom Slayer, but I'm not sure
if it should just be Doom Slayer. That's the
only that's the only caveat I'll make on I'm
not entirely sure myself either to be fair But
Drew McIntyre looked like the dogs danglies walking
down that entrance ramp. Oh 100 % it is a look
that he very much. He very much suited oddly
It's yeah No, no doubt. He was he was dressed
to impress coming down that ramp and impressed
that man did well, yes Now I'm a little while
to get out of it when he got to the ring though
You can see him getting frustrated, but some
of those arm pads and some of that and some of
the attire It was very elaborate though. It was
but it was very very cool it was very cool very
elaborate and Yeah, probably could have been
simplified for ease, but would it have had the
same effect if they had done? Probably not. Tell
you what though, as cool as McIntyre's entrance
was, nothing I think this weekend was cooler
than seeing the guitarist from Slayer, Kerry
King, performing Damien Priest's entry music
like walking to the ring at WrestleMania to a
Slayer solo performed by the man who wrote that
solo. Wow. Yeah, so the comparison between both
entrances was very sort of night and day. I mean,
Drew was coming into his 12th WrestleMania, whereas
Damian's only coming into his fourth. I didn't
realize Drew had been around that long, damn.
You've got to remember he was also part of a
three -man band at one point and before he came
back as this big muscle -bound brute he was...
Riembi, Werra, was that Jinder Mahal and... Jinder
Mahal, Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater. I wonder
what Hugh Slater is doing these days. I have
no idea. Absolutely no idea. Well, Hugh Slater,
if you're listening to the Finishes and Factions
podcast, mate, let us know what you're up to
these days. We're actually very interested. Yeah.
And if you fancy coming on and having a chat,
we'd have a chat with you as well, mate, by all
means. We'll figure out a time and a place put
together a special episode finishes and factions
interviews the one -man band himself and Wouldn't
it just But yeah, it's a case that Priest comes
out adorned with wings and he is focused to fuck
I mean it needs to be this is a sin City Street
fight. This isn't just a standard one -on -one
This has got the potential to be hell on earth
with some severe punishment coming his way. Yeah,
this is it. And yeah, I mean, Damien Priest does
not get off to a good start in this match, as
I think Drew ends up blindsiding him to begin
with. Well, that wouldn't be a surprise, would
it? He also hits a suplex on him on the entrance
ramp as well, and then splits the steel steps,
puts one part on the bottom ring, and then throws
the other half off the side of Damian Priest's
head. And then, to be fair, not long after this,
we see Damian Priest go under the ring to see
what bundle of goodies he can find. He finds
himself a table! And that set the tone for this
match, I think. As soon as that table came out,
we knew we were going to get the brutality that
we were promised from Damian Priest. Yeah, this
is it. And I've got to admit, though, Damian
Priest's offense in this match was more or less
non -existent to a certain degree. He got some
early control. But after that, Drew very much
took his time in just a systematic breakdown
of Damian Priest. Well, I was a little bit disappointed
in this match at some parts. This was meant to
be a street fight. This was meant to be something
that Damian Priest is known for. And like you
said, his offence was lacking. So the brutality
in this match, there was brutality, do not get
me wrong, but it was not at the level I expected
to see. It's in WrestleMania, boy, it's like,
come on. You think about the street fight that
Damian Priest had with Finn Balor. Right, I was
thinking that with an injection of testosterone
and a few other steroids for WrestleMania. Not
something that you'd find on a standard, you
know, an NXT or possibly Evolve. It was not great
quality, I didn't think. You think about the
comparison that they have that you can pull between
that WrestleMania match Which they should be
pulling out all the stops for Compared with I
think that map that street fight between Finn
Balor and Damian Priest, I think that took place
on a I want to say a Monday night It was a Monday
night roar. It wasn't even a PLA. It was the
straight -up Monday night rule It was a main
event, don't get me wrong, but it was literally
just a Monday Night Raw episode. There was no
special programming for it. And this is WrestleMania.
I expected this match to go off, especially considering
the caliber of the two superstars we have in
the ring. And it really wasn't what I was expecting.
Well, I didn't get what I expected. I thought
it was a very piss poor excuse for a street fight.
It's not a decent match, but it just wasn't.
It was a decent match. It could have been a decent
no disqualification match. Yes. Had they billed
it as a no disqualification match, I don't think
my expectations would have been as high, even
considering who was in it. But because they said
it was going to be a Sin City Street Fight with
the Street King Damian Priest versus Drew McIncryer,
That that to me was billing it a lot higher than
it actually was and the only person that I can
think who would have had That much influence
on what was being done in that match. Honestly
was Drew McIntyre Yeah, there was not a lot of
stuff at all from Damian Priest that It's kind
of It kind of felt like Priest was being protected
because he's got a big match coming up or he's
just done too much and he needs a break. Either
that or Drew, when they've gone through sort
of planning the spots for this match, have they
gone through and come up with a bunch of ideas
that Drew's just gone, nah, fuck that, I'm not
doing that. Yeah. That's a good point. Whereas
Finn Balor was like, yeah, fuck it, I'll do it.
Right, yeah, no, I'll do that. Yeah, no, and
that one. Oh, and I'll do that one too. And that
one. Yeah, what if I go a step, what if I go
a step further and do this instead as well? Yeah,
if I set fire to myself and then jump off the
top of that steel cage through like 25 tables
into a glass panel, and then you pin me on the
broken glass, how does that sound? Where Drew
McIntyre's like, oh, so I don't get a safety
mat? What? Fuck that. direct the cameras where
they were because they didn't have a live studio
audience to catch them out doing it. Drew takes
a bump off the side of the apron onto the floor
but ends up hitting a crash map but because it's
only the cameras that can tell you what it is
that you can see, it is a case that nobody else
picked up on it apart from the fact that the
camera never actually depicted Drew hitting the
floor. It stops me there. It was a championship
match between him and Bobby Lashley, I believe.
He's now in AEW as part of the Hurt Locker part
two. But yes, anyway, we digress away from there.
So, yeah, the biggest thing that I got out of
this was Priest just doesn't seem to be able
to mount much of a comeback. You've got that
McIntyre hit a future shock DDT on Damian Priest
on the steel steps and Priest went old school
but McIntyre pushes him off the ropes and he
goes through two tables on the outside of the
ring that he set up earlier on. I think that
was probably the biggest spot of the match to
be fair. That was the only thing at the entire
match where I was kind of like, oh yeah, the
two tables. I think that was probably the biggest
section of it for me. Yeah, after that Drew sort
of drags Damian back into the ring, positions
his head in front of the wedge chair that Damian
Priest set up on that, between that top and middle
turnbuckle and delivers a skull shattering claymore.
and covers him for the win. Now, the only other
thing I know after this is that Drew practically
forces the ref to raise his hand in victory,
whereas the ref's trying to check that Damien
Priest is still alive. Right. Sort of had to
settle for a, hey Sanka, you did? Damien Priest
lying on the floor. Yeah, man. Kiss my lucky
egg. To be fair, Damian Priest did not need the
medical attention at that time. That match was
not as brutal as it could have been and I am
disappointed in them. Yeah, I think considering
how they've built this up and how physical these
two superstars can be, it was incredibly underwhelming
to have this match end in this way? Yeah, I at
least expected one of them to be slightly covered
in some form of claret before the match finished,
but with some slight more risk to it. Yeah, for
how this was billed to what we were given was
a false advertising WWE, I want this match redone.
I don't think that'll happen somehow, but yeah,
we'll move on to the next match. But before we
do that, we will talk about some more celebs
that are in attendance here. One of them is Jamir
Gibbs, Detroit Lions. Yes. You probably know
more about that than I would. It's not a name
that I recognized. They probably did give us
some information, but Detroit Lions are a team
that I don't know a huge amount about. do know
they had an incredible season last season made
at the playoffs, but didn't quite make it to
the Super Bowl. But apart from that, I can't
tell you much about them. Fair enough. I know
one of the other names that was in it was Daniel
Cormier, UFC commentator. Yeah, he used to be
a UFC heavyweight champion as well. Ah, OK. He
had some incredible matches, Daniel Gromio. And
the other name that we had was Tony Hinchcliffe.
The Kill Tony podcast. He also had his own section
of WrestleMania to host as he hosted the Roast
of WrestleMania, which apparently was very good.
I don't know. Where I may have to go and see
if I can find that if I get a spare minute at
any point Because I would really love to know
what was said and during that road I was told
that no Jack's had a rather interesting segment
in the roast of WrestleMania and she basically
did what Tiffy Stratton did and Ripped the fuck
out of her for being Owen three in weddings Oh
right, okay. Apparently it got quite brutal and
Charlotte was quite obviously annoyed. Yeah,
I'm told that Sami Zayn was in attendance at
the Roast of WrestleMania and had a few interesting
things to say himself. Would not surprise me
at all. Yeah, Tony Hinchcliffe and the Kill Tony
podcast is there was a kill tony podcast well
there's a kill tony special sorry on netflix
which is hilarious um he also did the roast of
tom brady which is also on netflix and that is
just pure comedy gold three hours of just the
poor this poor guy being ripped a new one from
more angles than bonnie blue Fair enough Speaking
of which we'll move on from there going into
match three But yeah, I don't have anything else
from match two and I'm assuming that rich does
not either I don't know but I do have a little
bit of of information about much three that information
being that much is a fatal four way for the Intercontinental
Championship between Dominic Mysterio, Enter,
Finn Balor, and the current champion, Brom Breaker.
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof. So yeah, no, that
is gonna be an incredible match three to be able
to sit and deal with. Apparently it's the first
time that the Intercontinental title is being
defended in a fatal four way at WrestleMania.
Yes, that is spot on correct. I thought that
was a cool little tidbit considering how long
we've had the Intercontinental title for and
some of the names that have held it. The fact
that it's only ever been defended for the first
time in a Fatal Four way at WrestleMania 41.
Yeah, this is it. So, yeah, the VT basically
sort of tracks the trials and tribulations leading
to this record match. You've basically taken
a lot of my notes away from me on that one. Let's
have a quick look. I'm playing catch -up a little
bit. While you play catch -up a little bit, let
me take you a little bit further in. So, Brawnbreaker
goes right after Don Mysterio to start but ends
up laying a beat down on Penta instead. And eventually
Penta hits Finn Balor and Dominic Mysterio with
a cross body finishes off with a Rana on Finn
Bala and Dominic Mysterio goes to the outside
as Penta flies over taking them both out and
landing on his feet. Now this match was going
to be a real pain in the ass for us to write
about because Finn Bala, Penta and Dom are very
very fast and both Dom and Penta have that slight
lucha style where Finn Balor is just short, fast,
quick and annoying and that's just when it comes
to writing notes on his matches where Bron Breaker
when he gets into a series of chain moves he
flies too so I had to keep pausing this and some
of my spelling was not great so trying to decipher
some of these notes is actually quite difficult.
It was a case of my my watching of this match
was very stop -start oh fuck I need to rewind
and yes that was it was that I'd be typing something
I'd hear like a oh and I'd be like oh shit what
have I missed and I'd look up and I'd forget
what I was typing and then I'd end up having
to go back pause type and then rewatch. Pause
type and pause watch carry on Yeah, this is it
so Yeah again with this match everybody seems
to have a few minutes to get their shit in and
that it shows Show us what they've what they've
got going for them But I'm just trying to Yeah,
so at one point in this match I know that Carlito
of the Judgment Day seems to make a just random
appearance at ringside. He does. It's the first
time we've seen him since the Battle Royale,
the Andre the Giant Battle Royale, where he was
the first man eliminated by R -Truth who stole
his apple and then had the audacity to throw
it at him too. I mean... Yeah, why not? Classic
R -Truth there. Runs in, steals Carlito's apple,
eats it, and then throws Carlito out and throws
the apple at him. Like, fuck you, take your apple
too, bitch. It's not cool. It was not cool, and
that was pretty much what happened to Carlito.
Yeah, this is it. Yeah, I mean I think out of
all the things we got to see in this match my
favorite move Out of it was the frankensteiner
from bron breaker on fembala for the two count
That frankensteiner the way he hits it just looks
so fucking evil. It's unreal Like it's so powerful
naming it slightly. It's uh, it's called the
breakensteiner Uh But yeah, well I mean, either
way you want to look at it, it is an absolutely
ruthless move and I'm surprised Finn Balor even
got up after that, let alone have the ability
to take part in any of the match. Yeah, now,
obviously, two members of this fatal four -way.
Now, fatal four -way obviously meaning that it's
every man for themselves. Supposed to be. There's
two men in this match. both flying under the
same banner, if you like. And that is, of course,
Dirty Dom Mysterio, and, uh... I can fin bala.
It's, uh... And it appears, or at least according
to my notes, that Dom is actually the first one
to break their little alliance that they have
going... He tries to pop a 619 on his homeboy.
He sets him up and as he runs in to hit it, Bin
catches him. Coz I don't fucking think so mate.
Not on your Nelly. And throws him back around.
And then we end up with Bron Breaker. Hitting
a spear a little bit later on Penta. Dom hits
the 619 on Bron Breaker. And then Finn Balor
disturbs the count with a frog splash and then
hits the sling blade on Braum Breaker. I mean,
to be fair, the final segment, I might as well
finish it off. You go from a sling blade onto
Braum into a basement drop kick. He then goes
up top for coup de grace. And then Dom ends up
frogs flashing the pin attempt from Finn Balor
on Braum Breaker. And then Dirty Dom Mysterio
pins Finn Balor, his Judgment Day homeboy, to
win the Intercontinental title. Which is his
first main roster singles title. He did have
a few runs in it. He had a run in NXT where he
was, I think he was North American champion,
possibly North American champion or NXT men's
champion. So he's had a few singles titles in
other brands, but since he's been in main roster,
this is his first main roster singles title.
but it's going to be so very interesting to find
out what happens within the Judgement Day camp
once they're all sort of healed up and Finn Balor
gets back to his normal jealous bitch -ass words.
Talking about the rest of Judgement Day, for
those of you who are wondering where Carlito
disappeared to for this final section, Carlito
was stood on top of the English announce table
at one point towards the end of this match and
Bron Breaker, 16 feet away on the Spanish announce
table, bust out what I can only say was spear
of the century to put Carly through the announce
table and leave him pretty much broken. Beaten
and fucked up down by the prime stand while he
lost his title to Dom on the inside of the ring
But yeah, no Carlito got absolutely destroyed
by yet another spear and this seems to be so
Carlito has eaten some massive spears over the
last few weeks He really has. That one on the
entrance ramp, I want to say like two weeks ago
where Brom Breaker hit full sprint and hit Carlito
and then went straight through him and bounced
off down the ramp like Carlito wasn't even there.
That makes me shake like Jacob Fatu just thinking
about it. I mean, Brom Breaker is the human equivalent
to a Polaris missile. It's like the man's been
shot out of a freaking cannon. Yeah Yeah, that
guy's a fucking specimen I'll give you some Steiner
maths, but I'd forget about it Do you know what?
Out of everybody that could have won this I genuinely
thought if the title was gonna drop it was possibly
gonna drop to penta but Similar to the WWE Universe,
I've actually, while I've never been a huge fan
of Dominik Mysterio, I can't be mad at him for
winning this Intercontinental Championship because,
you know, I think he might actually do some decent
work with it. I'm hoping so, to be fair, and
I think that Dom, to be able to hold this, is
going to be... It will be making break if he
does a decent job with this title you will see
Dom with a bigger title within the next couple
of years or even You know a couple of shots at
a bigger title Whether we see Dominic go on to
emulate his dad in a Royal Rumble win at some
point only the future can let us know that one,
but I think Dom has the potential to be able
to do well with this title and I think we're
going to have some interesting things to do so
and now he's won it off Finn. I think that's
going to be the final nail in the Judgement Day
coffin and I think we'll see Judgement Day split
with Liv and Raquel going off and staying in
the women's tag division. Dom and Finn going
off into singles obviously Don with his IC title,
Finn probably going off to chase something, maybe
the United States title, maybe they ship him
out over to Smackdown with Damian Priest and
Rhea Ripley. Potentially, maybe. I'm not sure,
you know, they may still find some legs for this
judgment because they've got to the judgment
day's got to implode it's been going that long
there's got to be an implosion there will be
match consequences because of it um it's it's
not going to just fade out that's like could
be finn dom and maybe backlash for the ic title
then potentially basically finn saying dom shouldn't
have been in that match because he didn't earn
the opportunity to be there And then Dom going,
well, you know, I still walked out of it. It's
the champion. If you think you're better than
me, let's see who's the best one. Yeah. The dickhead
versus the degenerate. That's certainly one way
of putting it, I suppose. You can choose which
one's which because they both fit the categories.
But yeah, I mean I don't have anything else for
that and I will cover celebs in attendance that
they did at this part before we move on to the
next match So celebs in attendance we were treated
to hear Colby Covington UFC welterweight fighter.
Yes Metro booming multi -platinum three times
Grammy nominated nominated record producer and
songwriter and Dean Norris from Law and Order
Organised Crime. Oddly enough, considering how
much of a bit of a... I like cop shows and...
Yeah, that was one I've not watched either. I've
not watched any Law and Order at all. I don't
think I've done any Law and Order either, to
be fair. I've skirted around it and I've certainly
sat on TikTok on many an occasion and watched
excerpts from Law and Order, I think it's Special
Victims Unit. Yeah, I've watched that but I've
never actually got round to doing it. No, I've
never sat and watched like a full episode or
anything like that I know that I think a lot
of the law and orders are on Netflix at the moment
potentially I think some of them are on Prime
Video anyway, so they're definitely easy to get
a hold of It's gonna be something I'll have to
give a watch of at some point, but just haven't
ever really gotten round to it It seemed a bit
dry from what I took from what I've gathered,
but I will be honest I think it may be something
that I look at a little bit down the road. Maybe
Eventually, I'll have watched everything around
it that just leads me to it Regardless we've
got much for to come up we do but we will get
to that in a second So our next entrant to the
ring is a gentleman that has been at WrestleMania
an awful lot of times before and has recently
had his match cancelled due to an injury to Kevin
Owens. That is correct, I am talking about the
Viper Randy Orton. Who issued an open challenge
on Smackdown basically saying he would be at
night two of WrestleMania with his ring gear
and if anyone was brave enough to come down the
ramp and catch themselves a guaranteed RKO he
would be there ready and waiting for them and
he then reiterates that whilst in the ring that
you know who's it going to be who's got these
big balls that's gonna take on Randy Orton at
WrestleMania and the camera pans up to the ramp
and we get to see who it is. Adam, what was the
big shock at WrestleMania weekend this weekend
with Randy Orton's opponent? I thought you were
gonna talk to me about ticket prices. Not for
this one. Yeah, so well. He's a certain gentleman
that if you say his name, apparently he will
appear. Well, yeah, definitely. But as of always
with this podcast, we can't say his name too
loudly because my wife does not believe. That
is correct. Randy Orton this year had a match
at WrestleMania with the one and only TNA champion,
Joe Hendry. Now, which TNA championship Joe Hendry
is currently holding? I couldn't tell you because
I'm not 100 % sure. But I can. There we go. He
is currently TNA heavyweight champion. So he
is the big dog. I'm confused. I thought that
was Moose. Or is he X? He's X division. No, okay,
that's my bad. Which is like Cruiserweight. Right,
okay. That's what I say. I'm not a consumer of
TNA content apart from what scrolls through my
Facebook Reels. So yeah, I wasn't 100 % sure
who the big dog was or if it was Moose or if
it was someone else. No, Moose is a big dog.
Don't get me wrong, but he's not the big dog.
The big dog is more commonly referred to these
days as our tribal chief Roman Reigns But yeah,
no, he was definitely not in this much This was
just Randy Orton and Joe Hendry and it was a
really really good opportunity for I think for
Joe Hendry to showcase himself the show of shows
and I mean it was hell of a pop. I think Joe
Hendry got the biggest pop of the evening to
be fair 100 % I mean we knew that he was going
to be in Las Vegas for WrestleCon and yeah there
was loads of like all of wrestling seemed to
descend upon Las Vegas all at once. Well it's
known as Wrestle Week for them isn't it because
everyone tends to have something going on that
weekend and there's normally a fuck ton of indie
shows in the same city as well to keep all of
these wrestling nerds happy. Sounds like a rather
expensive week I'm not gonna lie. I mean don't
get me wrong I was watching a video on the Finnishism
Faction's TikTok earlier of a young woman who
was going through her haul from the WWE world
and there was some incredible bits of merchandise
that she'd managed to get her hands on but the
overall amount she spent was more than my monthly
rent so um yeah that was not going to be something
i'd be doing if i went rough i said if you're
in for me to go to wrestlemania would be a once
in a lifetime opportunity and hell would have
to freeze over for that to happen um but Yeah,
I probably would spend a fair chunk of cash don't
get me wrong like without the fact that if I'm
only going once I'm getting the best tickets
I can afford I'm getting a half decent hotel
again. I'm eating decent food. I'm buying t -shirts
and buying vinyl pops programs in Yeah, meet
and greets. I'm doing what I can do but spending
that sort of money I'm good, bro, and have that
sort of money spent Yeah, sort of floor level
seats. I think we're sitting around the $30 ,000
mark somewhere around there. And there's even
videos floating around of the Viper himself being
told what the ticket prices were. And even he
turned around and said on video said, yeah, that's
insane. Yeah. But then especially considering,
you know, One point WrestleMania seats were like
the the top dollar WrestleMania seats were $75
Right, and now you're looking for a $30 ,000
ticket to sit ringside. I mean You gotta think
green t -shirt guy must have saved himself some
hell of a lot of money taking that punch from
CM Punk Yeah, that's a video that's made the
rounds on a couple of occasions this week this
week alone Yeah, I found it. I found it today
and was like, holy crap The reason green t -shirt
guy is a thing is because he got punched by CM
Punk Punk can you punch me in the face, please?
I'd love ring side seats for the rest of my life
at WWE events Yeah, 100 % or even stone cold
if you want to drive your ATV in my general direction.
I can sell a move pretty well Yeah, you should
see what he can do with a taser That is not going
on the finishers and factions TikTok Thousand
followers on the TikTok and I will upload that
video That's it Rick versus a taser. Yeah, if
you want to see what happens with the co -host
of finishes and factions meets 50 ,000 volts
You're gonna have to do me a thousand followers
Adams like I'm half tempted to put my hand in
my pocket and buy a load No, no, I'm really not
because I know how expensive they are Yeah, those
those promote functions are not good, you know
this match definitely need didn't This much sorry
was a definite promotion for the the man from
Edinburgh, Scotland and I believe the first time
a non WWE superstar has appeared in a WWE ring
at WrestleMania as a competitor like a booked
competitor rather than a you know someone jumping
out the crowd and Kind of interfering and then
being like oh this guy works for such -and -such
and getting carted off down the back Yeah, you're
not too far wrong there, I don't think I haven't
done the research to be able to say one way or
the other but Yes, definitely something along
those lines I feel but yeah, I mean It was a
fantastic opportunity to showcase Joe Hendry.
I'm not gonna deny that at all. I feel that the
match itself could have been more competitive.
It felt a little bit squashy to me, not gonna
lie. I sort of, now that I've had chance to almost
reflect on it a little bit, I do sort of understand
why they've done what they've done. to a certain
extent but I just don't think it should have
been at the expense of the TNA World Heavyweight
Champion I feel they could have they could have
got somebody else who could have had a similar
match and done what was needed to be done Okay,
so I'm gonna have to take my statement right
back because according to the information I've
just seen, a gentleman called Kenichiro Tenryue
was a Japanese wrestling legend that appeared
at WrestleMania 7. Might be WrestleMania 12 actually.
Anyway, 1991. And ECW stars Sabu Sandman and
Tommy Dreamer participated in WrestleMania 23,
which was 2007. And then, yeah, Joe Hendry this
time round. So actually, yeah, we've had a fair
few non WWE wrestlers compete at WrestleMania.
Yeah, which sort of makes it just that little
bit more slack, the fact that they Yeah, no,
I've seen that boy like that and then you know
apart from the fact that he managed to get a
knockdown and a neck breaker on Randy Orton and
uh, he did attempt to choke slams at one point
and Randy just kind of gave me this really weird
look in a potamini hobby Who the fuck does Joe
Henry think he is trying to choke slam Randy
Orton? Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what was going
on with that. I will be honest. It's it didn't
necessarily make sense and He did have a fallaway
slam as a reversal to an RKO as well but Considering
you know that he did get a few few bits in He
it wasn't long before the WrestleMania appearance
made him a little bit starstruck and he did his
classic spin and pose to eat what and this was
promised you know that whoever came to the ring
was going to eat those three most dangerous letters
and sports entertainment and Joe Henry ate them
very well um but yeah he did eat that RKO uh
eventually and Randy Orton did manage to pull
off the three count for the win in this one,
which I said, I thought this was huge for Joe
Hendry, but I think they did him dirty the second
time round. So after Hendry, you know, after
he was finished, he's kind of sat in his ass
on the floor like, what the fuck just happened
there? You know, Randy Orton picks him up, dusts
him off a little bit, raises his hand to the
crowd, you know, really bigs him up a fair chunk.
And then he hits them with a second dark. I mean,
it is very on brand for Randy Orton to do something
like that. He's not so known for giving. He's
not known for giving flowers for the sake of
giving flowers, so to speak. There is normally
a wind up and a pitch to it. But yeah, it just
again, it felt. the match itself just felt very
squashy i feel like it could have been it could
have been kinder in how it was put together in
terms of in terms of joe in terms of joe hendry
himself as a superstar considering how closely
together now tna and wwe are working with nxt
yes it's a case that it just yeah It was played
off in, it could have been a lot kinder to Joe
Hendry in my opinion. That is how I feel, other
people may feel differently about it and that's
their choice. It has been released since this
match that we have been promised by Triple H
that we are going to see Joe Hendry at WrestleMania
again. Now whether that is due to their TNA connection
that they have going currently or whether that
is because as soon as Joe Hendry's contract is
up with TNA Triple H is gonna come in and offer
him a big fat check I personally And this is
gonna sound really so dumb considering how big
a name Joe Hendry has turned himself into Do
not want to see him sign with WWE I think if
he stays with TNA he can continue to be a bigger
star But if he goes to WWE he's gonna get sucked
in with the rest of the stars there and just
be another average guy And it will ruin him Where
if he stays at TNA where he is he's the top guy
there. He's a big guy there and you know I think
it'd be better for him to stay there. I'd rather
see him at WrestleMania as part of their TNA
contract than have him there as a WWE superstar.
Yeah, and me and you have discussed this off
podcast already, but and I'm very much in agreement
with you is that I think if they the only way
that Joe Hendry would work and even then it's
very, very tenuous, so to speak. The only way,
in my opinion, that Joe Hendry works in WWE is
if they keep him in NXT, which almost feels like
a shame for how big a star Joe Hendry is. Yeah,
I'd feel guilty. It'd be like a punishment. Yeah,
welcome to the biggest wrestling company in the
world, but we're gonna shove you on what used
to be our developmental brand. Yeah, it just
- Yeah, it just feels it feels wrong You get
sent to NXT if you fucked up if you've gone to
main roster and you're making appearances on
NXT You fucked up somewhere Like you've done
something you shouldn't have done that you've
pissed the wrong person off and they're getting
back at you and going You know what go and spend
a couple of weeks in NXT dealing with the noobs
And I think Or what they do is they build you
up into a really really amazing storyline make
it look like it's gonna be one of the best WrestleMania
matches in the world Pull you out of that storyline
throw you into another random storyline give
you a half decent WrestleMania match and then
pull you out of it the day before For a returning
legend to make an appearance Well, I can't say
too much about it Can't say too much about it
without giving away an awful lot, but yeah, there
was definitely some heat behind that candle.
Well, I'll tell you what, we'll come back to
that in just a few moments. I think if we move
on to the next one, we've played out Randy versus
Joe Hendry. We have. Let's see where we go from
here. Well, I can tell you where we go from here
and I'll do it in just one second.