WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:10.839 This is w W Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast God 2 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:26.719 Show, the one that everybody wants me to start sixteen says, just clift 3 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:33.840 your ass is my You're gonna like knowledge train. All right, everybody, 4 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.719 welcome to the Summer Slam Review Show. We're gonna dive through every match and 5 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.520 dissected piece by piece, the good, the bad, the boring, the 6 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.399 weird. All of it will be coming your way in just a minute. 7 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.640 But first, for all of the new listeners, welcome. We get a 8 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:52.280 lot of We get a typically an influx of new listeners as the plis come 9 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.759 on each month, and this month is no difference. 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But I got to build the 19 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.400 bills, right, So we got a new a new patron, Ryan, 20 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.480 Welcome to the show, Buddy, Welcome to the party, Welcome to the 21 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.879 family. I hope you enjoy your AD free experience over there Patreon. All 22 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:47.599 right, guys, SummerSlam. You know, I was traveling Saturday, so 23 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:49.000 I wasn't able to watch it live, and by the time I got home, 24 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.519 I was dead to the world. I would have been of no use 25 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:55.719 to watch the event. I probably would have fallen asleep during the event. 26 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:01.359 But I did have a chance. I did have a chance to to actually 27 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.480 watch it today. And today being Sunday, I'm recording this like ten pm 28 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:08.280 on a Sunday, So yeah, I know, super late, guys. 29 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:13.680 I wish I could have gotten this too earlier, but life. So this 30 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:21.960 was an interesting event, and my knee jerk reaction to this is that this 31 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:28.120 event was below most people's expectations, including my own, And when you look 32 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.919 at why, you know, when you break down the why why did this 33 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:37.319 fall short? In most people's eyes? Not everybody. Some of you loved 34 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:40.680 it, thought it'd exceeded expectations or met your expectations. But I feel like 35 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:46.240 the majority of you would look at this event and go, hey, not 36 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:50.840 bad. Some good matches thrown in there, some good drama, a weird 37 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.719 heel turn at the end, but overall it kind of felt flat for me. 38 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:58.680 It didn't fall off a cliff. It wasn't bad. It just kind 39 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.719 of was. It was okay. I feel like that's how most people feel. 40 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.479 It was like a five or six out of ten. And I have 41 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:07.800 to say, you know, to join in the bandwagon here is not popular 42 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.680 or controversial, But I am on that bandwagon, and I'll tell you why. 43 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.960 I think a major reason why Summer Slam for a lot of us fell 44 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:20.319 flat one of I'll get into the others, and don't get me wrong. 45 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:25.319 Before I jump on Summer Slam. I thought it was an okay to slightly 46 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:32.439 above average show. I do, But here's where I think things didn't meet 47 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:40.479 expectations for fans returns. How many times do we go through pls and predict 48 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:49.840 Bray Wyatt, Biggie the Rock, Randy Orton and we don't get him? 49 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:55.240 It is happening constantly, and I fall victim to it as well. And 50 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:00.240 we're told that WrestleMania is the biggest party of the summer. I don't how 51 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:02.360 they say party. It just could say event, because party wouldn't sinuate we're 52 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:09.639 not taking this seriously, but potato potato. So I think a big factor 53 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.520 for a lot of people is there was nothing you came away with of that 54 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.319 event where you would go, oh my god, I can't wait to see 55 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.680 the follow up. You just kind of were looking at it going no, 56 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:27.439 okay. Some rivalries got wrapped up, you know, the Jimmy thing will 57 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:32.959 get into that. A lot of people were very perplexed about. And some 58 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:39.639 matches that were just blase and we'll talk about the MMA rules match, which 59 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.160 I think you know I'm going to talk about. And so there's there's multiple 60 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:48.879 reasons. But the big return flop that many people expected didn't happen. And 61 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:53.160 I thought for sure, I mean, I wasn't confident on the Rock, 62 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:59.439 but I had thought that maybe Randy Orton or Bray Wyatt or Biggie would at 63 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.639 least be the ones to come out one of them, one of the four, 64 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:05.279 one of the three come out and make a major return, make a 65 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:09.399 splash, make it. Make it so that you come away from the event 66 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:14.120 going, man, I need to see the follow up. Tell me, 67 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:18.519 tell me one match in which you came out of this and going, oh 68 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.680 my god, I need to see the follow up. It can't be the 69 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:30.360 Jimmy turn because I'm kind of done with that version of Roman facing whoever and 70 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:33.959 the intra family stuff. I'm kind of done with it like most of us. 71 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:40.040 So you'd imagine it's going to be Jimmy versus j And it makes me 72 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:45.120 concerned because I'm thinking back to the Hardies. Remember when Matt and Jeff Hardy 73 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.639 faced each other and Leda was a special referee. I think that was a 74 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.279 thing, and no one really cared to see or wanted to see the Hardies 75 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:56.720 face each other. This could be one of those scenarios. This could be 76 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.519 one of those scenarios as to looking at the USO's going one of the greatest, 77 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.519 if not the greatest tag team in WW history, and now you're gonna 78 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:08.800 pit him against each other. It was like a turn for a turns sake, 79 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:13.839 where they didn't have another finish for the end of the match, and 80 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.079 you know the referee bump. Did referee actually take a bump in that match? 81 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.000 I don't know if he did, but it was an ODQ match anyway, 82 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:24.000 so it was not like the referee needed to be knocked out in order 83 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:28.720 for the some kind of Shenanigan staguan, because nothing would have mattered anyway if 84 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:31.079 it happened in front of the referee. But it was Jimmy Yuso who came 85 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.879 out and yeah, hey, he was dressed in his you know, his 86 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:42.160 handkerchief and his black hooded sweatshirt and he screwed over Jay. And I'm looking 87 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:46.240 at this going, uh now, shout out to DJ Couzmo, one of 88 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.079 our listeners. He had actually called one of these possibilities. Many people didn't, 89 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.639 And I think the reason is people are looking at this going, I 90 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:58.000 don't know if we want to see this. Sure, it's it's a bit 91 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.160 shocking. It's a bit it's a shock to them because they've never faced each 92 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.040 other before. They've always been on the same page. But when you look 93 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:11.439 at this, you're like, do I want to see this now? It'll 94 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.560 pull Jay away from Roman rains. You would imagine it's gonna pull Jay away 95 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.600 from Roman Rains and it's gonna be Jimmy versus j at Payback, but that 96 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.800 leaves Roman Rains open to, oh yeah, by the way, do nothing 97 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.839 at payback. You know that's coming, so he might defend it at fast 98 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.160 Lane. So this is where you jump another two months to another title defense, 99 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:39.439 and you are just padding on numbers that are certainly inflated artificially when you 100 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.600 go these long stretches, and no one else Unsmackdown has even talking about the 101 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.199 belt, trying to chase the belt, and we're told it's the most important 102 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.279 belt on the entire roster, and yet no one's even talking about it. 103 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:56.000 It's just it's frustrating. But this is where maybe, perhaps maybe for the 104 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:03.240 first time, we are witnessing the whole Bloodline story take a turn that fans 105 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:09.360 actually don't want to see. Perhaps too early to call, too early to 106 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:16.680 tell, but at first sniff, you're looking at this and hearing most fans, 107 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.120 and you even heard the live reaction of people going yeah, it wasn't 108 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.639 overwhelming. It was just kind of like, oh, Jimmy's turning now, 109 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:31.439 and really you're looking at this also saying why not in the typical why you 110 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.759 know, why Austin. Why. In other words, you're so interested to 111 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.320 know why that person turned their back. I mean, you're mildly interested, 112 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:48.399 But I'm my why is more of why does Jimmy even? Why is Jimmy 113 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.360 supporting Roman after everything that he did, pummeling him into the ground, you 114 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.000 know, all these things that just is really unforgivable to come back to, 115 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.320 and all of a sudden, Jimmy just sympathizes and signs with Roman. Now 116 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.799 we can project forward and assume the answer is going to be that Jay really 117 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.360 wanted to dethrone Jimmy or you know, whatever the case may be. And 118 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.960 you really were you never really had my back brother, and look what Roman 119 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.679 did to me. You weren't able to save me from what Roman did. 120 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.080 And you know I'm doing what's best for the family. I mean, you 121 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.720 can see, it's what's common. They have no other real narrative. But 122 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:26.960 my point is, do the fans even care about what Jimmy's explanation is? 123 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:33.000 That's the bigger question. It's not the typical Oh, I can't wait to 124 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:37.519 hear the reason, it's why are we doing this? That's the why. 125 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:43.240 That's not a good why to have when you do a heel turn and look, 126 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.480 I can be totally wrong. Things turn in a way that you know 127 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.120 that this fire is up the Bloodline story again and all that like, and 128 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.279 I hope it does. I'm not rooting for this to fail. It just 129 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.720 for the first time in all the booking and all the promos and all the 130 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.879 segments for the last three years, this one you're looking at, going, 131 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:11.000 huh, was this finally a misstep in the otherwise nearly perfectly told story of 132 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:16.799 the Bloodline in Roman reigns and the three year reign Because now we've about past 133 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:22.320 three years. So again I'm not going to judge it as good or bad 134 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:30.600 yet, because follow up is key to any decision you make. But I 135 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.080 do look at this and go, you know, you're raise an eyebrow, 136 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:39.799 You raise an eyebrow like Dwayne would and go, you know. Not only 137 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.720 are some fans asking the question that w W wants to ask of why Jimmy 138 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:50.360 Why, as if they're along for the ride and so interested here Jimmy's explanation 139 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:54.399 as to why he turns his back on Jay, But I think most fans 140 00:10:54.399 --> 00:11:00.879 are asking why is Jimmy even doing this? Not that I'm interested in the 141 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.559 story or getting emotionally invested in it, but rather why this doesn't make sense. 142 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.200 That's not the why you want if you're WWE. But I could be 143 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:16.080 wrong. I mean not that I've ever been wrong before, but it's out 144 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.919 there in the ether as a possibility. So outside of that, though, 145 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.399 guys, the match I thought with Jay was very good. It was now 146 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:31.240 the pacing was a bit a bit questionable. I'm all four matches that slow 147 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.799 the hell down, but sometimes Roland Rains matches feel like they're long just to 148 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:41.480 keep him on the screen longer when it's actually coming at the cost of the 149 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:45.399 pacing of the match, of people sitting there going oh my god. It 150 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:50.840 feels a bit like if you're a baseball fan the time between pitches and MLB 151 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.000 has regulated this. There is an actual time limit now between pitches, but 152 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:01.080 it was identified as one of the ways to shorten the game because it is 153 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.799 downtime that needs to be filled. And when you add up all those seconds 154 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.679 in which pitchers you know, sit there, they adjust their hat, they 155 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.159 messed with their shirt, they wipe the sweat off their head, they put 156 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.879 their ball on their glove, then they step off the mouth and all these 157 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.159 things, right, they spit and they're just like thrilled the damn pitch right. 158 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:22.840 It kind of felt a little like that with the pacing, I need 159 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:28.159 something in between Ricochet and Logan Paul's pace and Roman reigns in Jay's pace. 160 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.960 That was a bit at times a little too slow for me, but overall, 161 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:39.240 physical, well told story and having Solo come out and beat up Jay 162 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.360 was good. Having Jay finally get those chair shots in on Roman was a 163 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:48.919 lot of fun. The table spots were good. All of that certainly was 164 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.360 a lot of fun to watch. Having Jay hit the spear on Roman a 165 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.000 couple of times, through the barricade in the ring, a couple of nice 166 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.519 near falls, certainly the USO splash, the I mean, all well done, 167 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.000 no sloppy wrestling, but you didn't expect that. It was just a 168 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:16.799 well told story. However, I feel like there was no point at which 169 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:22.480 I actually believe Jay could win this. He never felt like a true contender 170 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.399 throughout this whole thing, outside of just the narrative that he's a family member, 171 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.159 which a lot of people hung their hat on. Right, that he's 172 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.120 a family member, How cool it be? How apropos would it be that 173 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.799 an intra family member or somebody internal from in the bloodline was the one who 174 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:43.440 finally dethrown him. And I certainly get that. I understand why people would 175 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.080 believe that, and there's a there is a case to be made for it. 176 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.240 But when you're actually looking at it and you're just using your eyeballs, 177 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.720 you know, you're like, m, this probably ain't happening, right. 178 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:01.080 You can't tell me that Roman, or rather Jusso felt like as credible of 179 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:07.480 a threat as Cody Rhodes did, or Drew McIntyre did, or or somebody 180 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.919 else even Kevin Owns at one point felt like a true threat or Sammy Zane 181 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:18.360 more recently at the elimination chamber. Those men felt like true threats, and 182 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.320 you were genuinely excited, going, well, this is kind of the time, 183 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.919 let's do it, whereas Jay was like, well, you know we're 184 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.440 hearing reports. Roman still has a guys out there he hasn't matched up with 185 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:33.919 yet, probably ain't gonna happen, right, And so as the match went 186 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.440 on, you know, you're just you're looking at him, going the crowds 187 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.320 behind him. But I don't think the crowd truly believes that Jay can beat 188 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.600 Roman, and he ended up, of course not doing it because of Jimmy 189 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.559 pulling him out of the ring, presumably when he was about to beat Roman. 190 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.559 I would also like Roman to find, you know, once in a 191 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.000 while, win a match where he doesn't need help. I understand that's the 192 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.320 WWE tried and true method for heels, where the heels always need help. 193 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.600 I don't always want them needing help. I also also I also don't want 194 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:07.399 them always being cowards too, you know, not that Roman over is showing 195 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:13.120 cowardice, but I what about having a true badass heel that just people can't 196 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:18.679 simply beat Right and have him cheat once in a you know, once in 197 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:24.000 a while, not every single time where he needs help. Okay, now 198 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.639 you can say legally he did because the match was no DQ, but for 199 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.559 all intensive purposes, this was the heel cheating to win right and Roman has 200 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.759 had that more often than not throughout is run. And I think that's one 201 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.600 blemish on the on the run of Roman in this historic, legendary run that 202 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.720 none of us in our lifetimes will ever forget and we won't trust me. 203 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.919 But it's just a bit of a blemish, you know, or it's just 204 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:54.080 certain ideologies of what a what a baby face, and or certain characteristics I 205 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.919 should say of what a baby face and heel should be in wrestling. WWE 206 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:02.360 just will not let go of baby faces must be fighting champions, they'll take 207 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.559 on all comers, where heels cheat to win and they don't want to fight 208 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:10.039 anybody. And it's just sometimes you can blur the lines a bit and not 209 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:15.159 have it be so black and white. And I think that romans run, 210 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.759 you know, because if you have a massive heel run like Roman has right 211 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:21.240 now, wouldn't it be fun to actually have him just be a badass that 212 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:26.120 doesn't need help and you know, can defeat the baby faces on their own 213 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.600 and want to see somebody that can finally take him down. Wouldn't that be 214 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:34.480 more satisfying. I don't know, I'm going off on the tension. However, 215 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:41.600 now Roman did his usual thing as we've seen for the past three years, 216 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:48.720 holding up the championship, fireworks go off. I mean he was standing 217 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.919 in the aisle away. But when he was standing in the aisle away, 218 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:55.200 that meant that was what made me think nobody's coming out, because you don't 219 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:56.960 have a return when the guy's standing in the aisle way. Not that it's 220 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.879 never happened, but it's not something that happened and frequently. So when he 221 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.079 didn't stand in the ring and hold up his belts, I go, oh, 222 00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:06.920 well, nope, no one's coming, No one's coming to No one's 223 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.680 gonna be the White Knight, no Rock, no Randy, no Rko, 224 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.440 none of that. So it is it's a bit disconcerting because now I don't 225 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.000 know Roland goes. You know, you look at this and go, where 226 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:22.960 the hell is Roman going? Yeah, I don't know who his next opponent 227 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.079 is. I really hope it's not Jay. I'm done with it. I'm 228 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:29.839 done with the kind of that version of the bloodline story. I'm ready to 229 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:36.079 move on. So I don't know, I don't know. You know, 230 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:40.839 when you don't have that next big opponent lined up, it just Wwe clearly 231 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.640 didn't want him to go there yet, which tells you that Payback is not 232 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:48.039 going to be a Roman rain show. And hey, at least this, 233 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.079 at least they had four main events. And I thought about that. I 234 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:53.839 know that you guys don't care as much about this as I do. No 235 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.440 one cares about these little things like I do. However, the reason i'm 236 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.720 and I hate the way that they try to tell you there's it's just lying 237 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.319 to your face. There's one main event, period, end of subject. 238 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:07.519 I don't care. If WrestleMania is twenty nights, it's the final match of 239 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.359 the final night, and whatever the night is, that's the last night. 240 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.759 Or if just one night, then it's the last match of the night. 241 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:15.799 But I think the reason they do that is not just marketing to make it 242 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.759 feel like a bigger event than it actually is, to kind of skew your 243 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.720 perception, but also they also they don't want to make it look like Roman 244 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.759 Rains has been main eventing every pay per view for the last three years, 245 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:33.400 you know, because because could you could easily make that complaint. I'm not 246 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.759 complaining about it, but someone could. And backstage, I'm sure people are 247 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:41.599 thinking Roman reins the main event again. Instead they're trying to sell the fans 248 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.559 and I think the talent backstage of well, there's four main events, No, 249 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.400 there's not. I mean, anybody with you know, four or five 250 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.599 brain cells to rub together, we'll look at this and go, you know, 251 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.000 don't insult my intelligence. The main event, as we all know, 252 00:18:56.119 --> 00:19:00.160 is the final match. It's just it's just a law, it's just a 253 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.839 lie. They've tried to pluralize. Well, I said that, right. 254 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:08.720 I think it's right pluralize main event when main event inherently is a singular thing. 255 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:15.960 It just is. So I'm not buying into the narrative. To me, 256 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.119 Roman reigns the last match. That's the main event, period of subject. 257 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.240 Okay, moving on to as many of you want me to just shut 258 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:25.920 up and talk about SummerSlam, and I'm going to. So we got Logan 259 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.079 Paul and Ricochet, and I felt that match was a perfect way to set 260 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:36.559 the tone for the pay per view. Excellent. It was just it was 261 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:41.200 really well done, and I give the devil his due. Logan Paul, 262 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:48.119 while not perfect, should be nowhere near this good. He doesn't have any 263 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:56.079 business being this good with so few matches in front of live crowds. He 264 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:00.960 has no business being this good. I don't care, look, personal, 265 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:04.599 professional, whatever, whatever you think about it. Objectively, you cannot deny 266 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:11.160 he should not be this good right now. And I was still watching with 267 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.680 a keen eye, a very kind of weary eye, that somebody would get 268 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.880 injured, and luckily nobody did. But boy, some of the spots they 269 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.720 did amazing. Some of these spots they did were just I mean, John 270 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:30.680 dropping that swinging neck breaker that Ricochet did on Logan Paul. My god, 271 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:37.839 the backflip in toward Tornado DDT really good. The only the only blunder was 272 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:45.200 a recoiler or a was it a recoil where Ricochet or rather Logan Paul just 273 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.000 did a back bump and didn't sell that. You know, it was a 274 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.920 codebreaker basically, and Logan Ball didn't sell it perfectly. But my god, 275 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.559 am I splitting hairs. I'm trying to I'm trying to search for something that 276 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.119 was bad about this match. It's difficult to do. They lived up to 277 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:03.400 the hype. They just did the Spanish fly on the outside of the ring. 278 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:10.920 Huh Holy, I mean, this stuff is just insane, Logan Paul 279 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:15.880 calling it the Hogan Paul doing the boot and the leg drop that he modified 280 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:21.559 into his own so he didn't completely rip off Hoogan. About nine and then 281 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.319 Ricochet did the People's elbow, which was interesting to me. You know, 282 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:27.079 all of a sudden, the rock is kind of coming back through Grayson Waller 283 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:32.359 and through Ricochet. Here. I just an interesting note I don't think it 284 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.960 has anything to do with the rock and particularly directly with this storyline, of 285 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:41.039 course, but interesting to see and I did not expect it. But the 286 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:47.920 match went eighteen minutes and the finish was the four fifty that landed flat back 287 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:52.559 for Ricochet he missed. And then we got somebody from the crowd or from 288 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:57.079 ringside somewhere when one of Logan Paul's cronies put brass knucks on him. I 289 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:02.920 love that. Oh, brass knucks have been missed. I've greatly missed the 290 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:08.160 brass knucks finish of the old William Regal finish and having him knockout Ricochet with 291 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:14.359 the brass knucks that the referee didn't see. Brilliant, brilliant, and then 292 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:18.519 Samantha Irving having to announce Logan Paul as the winner. And she did a 293 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.720 good job of the facials too, I have to say, because she didn't 294 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.319 oversell, she didn't overreact. She just kind of sat there with quiet anger. 295 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:33.799 But you could see her subtle facials and this kind of just anger being 296 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:37.319 shown on her face. But it wasn't overdone, it wasn't overdramatic, and 297 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.599 it was just well done. I know, It's just a small thing, 298 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:44.319 but I enjoyed that. But this program, I don't think it's over. 299 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.759 I mean, that's the point of the next pay per view event called Payback, 300 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:55.319 So I would imagine that they have a rematch. I'm thinking, but 301 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:59.319 Logan Paul, who comes out of the woodwork about five six times a year 302 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:02.680 at this page, who knows. Maybe they wait till fast Lane, maybe 303 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.400 they way all the way to the Robber Series. I don't know, but 304 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.599 this was a really nice match to start and set the tone for the night. 305 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:14.720 One could argue though, that it was kind of a slow decline from 306 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:19.680 here generally, and this was just it was a great match though, good 307 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:25.680 stuff from both men. Logan Paul just the dude was like made to do 308 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:32.519 this. So all right, what's next? A lot of promos for Payback 309 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:37.039 and WrestleMania forty in Philly. That was fun to see WrestleMania x L on 310 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:41.640 the Liberty Bell. Nice logo. Let's see what else? What was the 311 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.480 next match? We got Cody Roads and brock Lessner. I was surprised that 312 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.240 they made this the second match. You know, I looked at this and 313 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.960 I said, wow, Okay, I guess we're doing this. The narrative 314 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:55.480 throughout the match was that they were trying to sell you is Cody doesn't ever 315 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.440 give up. He has the heart of a lion. And the pacing of 316 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:03.480 this match was similar to Jay in Roman, and it was a striking contrast, 317 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:06.240 even more so because I just came off for Cachet and Logan Paul, 318 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:08.400 So you're that's still fresh in your mind. When you see these two, 319 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:15.079 you think they're moving in slow motion. But the match was good and I 320 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:19.920 thought they told a good story from the perspective of the story they were trying 321 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:22.920 to tell. I think they did a nice job telling it that, you 322 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:30.559 know, Logan or loganball Brock. Lessner was trying to f five Cody Rhodes 323 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.440 and get him counted out, and Cody Rhodes continue to fight and beat counts 324 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:38.039 into the ring and just it was a glutton for punishment and Brock was looking 325 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:45.079 at him kind of pitifully. Eventually Cody comes back and hit his hit his 326 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:52.000 signature moves, hit the Cody Cutter, some disaster kicks and you know, 327 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:56.559 fought back and yeah, Lessner was sent into the ring post and then he 328 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:03.200 finally got the ring steps and hit Brock Lessner with it, and then Cody 329 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.440 took or either Lesser took Cody down with a Camara lock, and then Cody 330 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.359 eventually reached the bottom rope to break the hold, and then Cody used the 331 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:18.119 Camara on Brock and Lessener t's tapping out, but he eventually drove Cody into 332 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.599 the mat and then Lessner hoisted up Cody for an at five, but Cody 333 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:26.359 slipped out and hit Crossroads. Of course he has to hit it three times, 334 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.799 which it's the one criticism about this match, not just that, I 335 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:34.599 mean I kind of am on the train that I'm not a still I'm not 336 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:40.559 a fan of the baby face Cody Rhodes. He feels too produced as a 337 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:45.000 wrestling baby face, and he feels too pandering, which always is a massive 338 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.200 turn off for me. However, really good, I mean, he knows 339 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:51.960 his stuff. He's a polished pressler. It's just it's just not my flavor, 340 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.880 that's all. And if you don't like a certain flavor, it doesn't 341 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:59.480 mean you don't respect other people that like it. And so my point is 342 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:06.480 the Crossroads thing, and this has nothing to do specifically against Cody. It's 343 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:12.319 just generally speaking that in this instance applies to Cody, why should you be 344 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:17.000 hitting your finish three times now? Your answer could be, well, you 345 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.279 know, he knows it's not going to put Brock down for a three count. 346 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:23.559 Well, how do you know any The thing is Cody has also done 347 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:36.599 this many times before, and it's just it diminishes the significance of your finish 348 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:40.240 because it tells the crowd, oh, well, one's not effective enough, 349 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:44.039 he's going to have to go for three. And I just I'm not a 350 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:48.880 fan of that. A finish is exactly what that is. It's a finishing 351 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.519 maneuver. If you don't have faith in your finish, maybe you should change 352 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:56.640 it. And actually, in Cody's case, it's a difficult finish for the 353 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:06.440 receiving person to take. I mean, I haven't seen the Crossroads be sold 354 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:12.640 well, I mean more often than not, it's it's not it's a difficult 355 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:18.000 move to sell because there's so much torque and you got to hit it right. 356 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:22.799 And I know it's never gonna change. But I don't like the Crossroads. 357 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:25.599 I don't. It never looks like it affects it. Actually, most 358 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.599 of the time is delivered. And you guys know, I'm right about this. 359 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:32.759 Whether you love Cody or not, most of the time that the Crossroads 360 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:36.640 is delivered, it looks like most of the damage is on Cody and not 361 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:41.119 the opponent, because half the time, Cody's the one taking the bump and 362 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:44.440 they're trying to sell it like the you know that that all the opponent's heads 363 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.119 being spiked into the mat, and you're like, it didn't even come close, 364 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:52.200 like not even close. And by the way, if it's performed expertly, 365 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.000 what are we supposed to buy into as to why this finish is so 366 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.799 devastating? Cody is still taking a bump. I mean, so, I 367 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:07.359 just I'm not a fan of Crossroads because it's never executed well and even when 368 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:10.839 it is, it's you're still looking at it going well, Cody's still bumping 369 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:14.839 like well, it's like, I don't know, It's not as bad as 370 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:18.480 the big ending from Biggie, which is probably one of the worst endings of 371 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.640 all time, worst finishers of all time in my estimation, But Crossroads is 372 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.720 just is It's just it's not an easy move to make look good or convincing 373 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:33.000 to be a finish. I've said enough about that. But Cody Roads won 374 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:38.880 Okay, Cody Rhodes pinn Lessener after that Third Crossroads got the victory, got 375 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:44.960 the you know that that chapter of his story is complete. So we still 376 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:48.720 don't know since April, I thought it was May April. We still don't 377 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:52.720 know why the hell Brock attack Cody the night after WrestleMania. We have no 378 00:28:52.279 --> 00:29:00.799 idea, zero, We don't know. It's ridiculous that they just said, 379 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.920 hey, we're gonna put Brock with Cody, and we're gonna say, hey, 380 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:06.119 we're not going to give the crowd an answer as to why we're just 381 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:11.519 gonna do it. It's lazy, insulting booking. Even if the execution of 382 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:15.599 the matches are good, the storytelling has been bad. Sorry, you can't 383 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:19.599 give us a basic element of storytelling. You hit the road, pal. 384 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:25.599 I'm just frustrated by that. However, the matches have been executed well, 385 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:27.359 and that's enough of a deodorizer for most people to go add and give a 386 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:30.000 damn about the story. I just the matches have been great. Who cares? 387 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.839 And that's that's good. That's that's you, bro You know I do 388 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:40.759 care about storytelling. That's what foundationally pro wrestling is built on. Okay, 389 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.279 but this matches. This program's over. As brock Lesner showed the sign of 390 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.480 respect to Cody and gave him a hug, and I think they made out 391 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:52.519 a little bit in the ring, and you know, which is very un 392 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.119 brock Lesner, Like I have to say, so brock Lessener, though, 393 00:29:55.960 --> 00:30:00.759 essentially turns baby face. And I think that they did that because the next 394 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.480 time that we see Brock could be against Gunther at WrestleMania. I mean, 395 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:07.640 that's my guest, but I've also heard conflicting reports that Brock's going to be 396 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:12.160 around from now to WrestleMania. So either way, whoever Brock's next opponent is, 397 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:17.480 whether it's all the way until WrestleMania season and Brock comes back towards the 398 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:22.480 Rumble, or it's a round at Payback. Whoever he's facing next is a 399 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.799 heel. That's to me what this told me. And sure they have signs 400 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:30.480 of respect, and all of a sudden, Cody's smiling at Brock after all 401 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:36.400 he did a yeah, yeah, yeah, But it was just I understand 402 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:38.039 why they did it. I don't disagree. If you're going to end a 403 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.920 program, end it that way to really send a message, drive it home 404 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:48.200 to fans that brock Leser Cody Rhodes is finished. So it is. It's 405 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:53.079 done. Good, great, right, all right, let's go here the 406 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:59.519 Battle Royal. My gosh, guys, the Battle Royal. This was the 407 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.960 third man on the card. It had Kaiser, Nkamuro, Waller, Riddle, 408 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.079 shame As Butch holland Cruz Escobar. I'm not gonna go through all of 409 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.960 them, you know, And of course let me talk to you mister la 410 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:17.200 Knight was the star of the show. Now surprisingly Omas came back and he 411 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:19.240 was a force to be reckoned with in the match, doing double eliminations. 412 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:23.240 He looked decent in the match, as he does in and Omas. I 413 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:30.559 will always continue to say this. He may not be as charismatic or rather 414 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:38.799 as technically sound as his younger and you know, lighter, shorter counterparts, 415 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:45.759 but for his size, he is good for his size, and I will 416 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:48.759 continue to say that he's never gonna put on a five star match for you, 417 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:52.119 at least how we define five star matches in twenty twenty three. But 418 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.920 for his size, again, I think he is more than equipped to put 419 00:31:56.920 --> 00:32:02.880 on good matches. I really respect the progress Omas has made. Now you 420 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:06.640 knew he was going to be a big threat. Eventually he is the one 421 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:09.720 that's he has eliminated. And Lae Knight was the one after like five guys 422 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:14.759 piled on Omas. Elia Knight was the one that he was the straw that 423 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.839 broke the camel's back, the broverbial camel's back, and he was the one 424 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:22.359 that finally helped push a moss over. And that was interesting because'm like, 425 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:25.720 they're trying to push the guy that in which five other men are really the 426 00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:29.000 ones doing the heavy lifting, and he's just going to come over and basically 427 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.319 lift a finger and help, you know, put a moss over, and 428 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:32.680 there we're supposed to go, Wow. Elie Knight's the one that did it, 429 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.720 and they didn't try to sell it like that, but I was worried 430 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:43.759 they were. And Elie Knight also I think corrected or made good on his 431 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:49.079 botch with a Shamus on SmackDown where they did that spot at the top rope. 432 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.200 It was a hurricane ronner or a suplex, but neither fell off. 433 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:55.119 They did, you know, they executed it the way that they wanted to, 434 00:32:54.839 --> 00:33:00.440 so that I understand why they did that. I would too. And 435 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.720 la Knight wins Lnight wins. It came down to the two men you thought 436 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.920 it was going to come down to, and Shamus and La Knight. They 437 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:13.359 didn't do any tomfoolery, They didn't do any you know, trying to push 438 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.920 him without pushing him. I think the strategy. I think we can finally 439 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:25.400 declare that the reverse psychology or the sneaky underhanded method of pushing La Knight by 440 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:30.720 not pushing him or whatever. The case is over. And I think while 441 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:35.799 winning about a Royal isn't exactly something you put on your resume as a you 442 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:43.119 know, a top a top accolade, but it's a starting point. And 443 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:47.920 that was the message, and well, actually the message was La Knight has 444 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:52.680 arrived from Michael Cole, and Michael Cole said that about somebody else, and 445 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:59.880 we'll get to that a little later in the show. But that was kind 446 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:04.319 of W's way of saying, Okay, here we go, let's do this 447 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:08.400 and again winning a bottle Royal, which was hilarious to me because if you 448 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.880 watch the video package, and I actually appreciate them trying to attempt to put 449 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.360 a video package together for a Battle Royal. When's the last time WWE did 450 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:21.719 that? Typically it's a throwaway, mean nothing everyone that's got no actual program 451 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.599 going on in the match to get in ring time. You know all that, 452 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:28.119 and I get that, but I can't remember the last time they actually 453 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.719 had any kind of effort put towards a video package for a Battle Royal. 454 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:37.880 However, it wasn't a video package for a Battle Royal. It was a 455 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:44.800 video package from Royal Rumbles being used and trying to repackaged as a promo for 456 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:51.119 a Battle Royal. Right, much different from a Royal Rumble to a Battle 457 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.480 Royal. Now, there were some Battle Royal footage moments in there, but 458 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:59.679 the Rock. They put the Rock in there. The Rock never was I 459 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.400 mean, at least cut a promo in a Battle world. I don't even 460 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:04.639 know if the Rock was involved in an actual Battle royld. I'm sure in 461 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:07.360 his career he was. But the actual audio he was talking about was in 462 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.599 a Royal Rumble. Might have been Royal Rumble two thousand. They think we 463 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.599 weren't going to catch this Royal Rumble in Battle Royal. Two very different things. 464 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:21.760 Yes, the mode of elimination is the same, but very different as 465 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:28.440 to the what's at stake and how the entrance come out very different and anyway, 466 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:31.039 anyway, I just found that funny or I don't, I don't know 467 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:35.719 what I guess funny is the word. I'm like this is this is mostly 468 00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:39.719 footage from Royal rumbles. What are you talking about? Right? But to 469 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:45.440 their credit, I will give them that at least they did do something to 470 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:50.639 promote and make the winner of the Royal Battle Royal have a little bit of 471 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:55.920 a shine. Right. So whatever La Knight wins, crowd was super into 472 00:35:57.039 --> 00:36:00.079 La Knight, super into it. And Michael Cole kept talking about the ground 473 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:05.559 swell and now that you know the crowd reaction to l Ae Knight, and 474 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.400 then the fans finally have something to seek their sink their teeth into. All 475 00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:14.400 true. That knows. People that look at this and say no w W 476 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.199 either not do anything to push l A Night and they haven't been. But 477 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:21.159 yet the ground swell has continue to grow. And they they had no choice 478 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:23.039 here but to have Elia Knight win. They could not go another time, 479 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:29.079 They could not have him lose again. It was time. There's really nothing 480 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.440 at stake. You could go anywhere with this. It's a starting point. 481 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:38.239 Now where did they go? We will see, we shall see. I 482 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:43.960 think l A Night's gonna, I mean, probably use this victory as a 483 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.880 selling point to Adam Pierce to get himself involved in the US title. That's 484 00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:52.079 my guess. Directly one on one against Austin theory, that's my guess. 485 00:36:52.719 --> 00:37:00.320 So all right, ron Rolsi, Shana Basler. This sum was seven and 486 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:04.639 a half minutes and an MMA rules match. The referee was on the mic, 487 00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:09.079 well on the camera's mic, explaining the rules to Rousey and Basler, 488 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:16.199 and a MMA type production. That's how MMA starts their matches with the referee 489 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:21.079 kind of going over the basic rules and except it's competed in an octagon. 490 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.840 But overall, it was a nice start to the match, even though the 491 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:31.679 crowd again it was leaning Shana booing, but also slightly indifferent against Ronda. 492 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:37.400 To their defense, the crowd was also a little bit burned out from the 493 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:44.559 previous three matches La and I Brock and the showcase that was Logan, Paul 494 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:50.400 and Ricochet, so the crowd's energy level was significantly deteriorated already by this point. 495 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.000 Add that to the fact that most of the fans look at it this 496 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.960 going, I guess Rona is the baby or the Ron's the heel. But 497 00:37:57.280 --> 00:38:00.880 I don't really know, right, I don't know, it's sure whatever, 498 00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:06.519 And I do have to say one thing before I forget. It made a 499 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:12.480 difference with the crowds not being in London or the you know, or Puerto 500 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:21.719 Rico or Saudi Arabia, the crowd in Detroit, you guys, you were 501 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:25.880 not a sustained You didn't have a sustained energy level. You came alive for 502 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:30.679 some things. And Ford Field. I looked up from what I could see 503 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:35.280 anyway from the cameras, and it does have a roof, so I was 504 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:37.960 worried all the sound's gonna escape through the roof into the open you know, 505 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:42.159 into the open sky. No, there's a roof, so you'd imagine that 506 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:46.159 any sound should trap and be reverberated and things be louder than the otherwise would 507 00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:52.400 be Nope. I mean again, for fifty nine thousand people, there were 508 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:58.079 times where you guys like fell asleep and it made me long for the days 509 00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:07.039 of of the previous three pls Postmania. Now again, I'm not insulting you 510 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:12.159 guys in Detroit. It's just the way that US crowds are. There's very, 511 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:17.760 very much lulls and times where people need time to recharge, no doubt. 512 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:21.840 I mean, hell, my own city here in Albany, we do 513 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.920 the same thing. It's just kind of and every every event I've been to 514 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:29.920 almost has been like that. But when you go from pls being you know 515 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:34.920 you're used to now crowds going bananas for every match and every move, no 516 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:38.400 energy level drop to this. It's just a striking difference, and it does 517 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:40.880 make a difference on the show and how you perceive the show too. It 518 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:49.800 just did so all right back to the match, it was okay, and 519 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:53.800 I might be being generous here. It wasn't disastrous, It wasn't embarrassing. 520 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:59.719 It was just people looking at this going, I don't know if I really 521 00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:05.880 care who wins this. I really think that's how people viewed this. Again, 522 00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:09.039 not embarrassing effort was there by both women. They did. I think 523 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:15.000 they executed the MMA rules stipulation the best that they possibly could have given. 524 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:21.199 It's in w w W E ring, So the kicks and the punches and 525 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:25.480 the kick though by Shana on Ronda looked brutal. I don't know how you 526 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.440 fake that one. It was either you know, the best kick of all 527 00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:32.639 time, or she made some contact, So that kick to Ronda was really 528 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:37.679 well done. The fact that Michael Cole pointed out that Ronda has never tapped 529 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:43.239 gloves with anyone in her career was I enjoyed that little tidbit by Michael Cole 530 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:51.079 and Ronda losing here after Shana made her pass out. It was a technical 531 00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:55.119 submission, was the right call. Ronda looked a little bit disheveled after the 532 00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:59.159 loss, you know, she she looked like she wanted to go back into 533 00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:04.480 her hole and wherever she came when she went into the Holly Home depressions, 534 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.159 looked like it looked like that's where she wanted to go back to. So 535 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.000 perhaps she will be I mean, I really don't know if people are going 536 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:14.519 to cry that Ronda Rousy goes away or maybe that is it for Ronda, 537 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:22.599 whatever her contract is saying, but it was This match was definitely a kind 538 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:30.719 of a snack break. And the reason is simply because the characters aren't emotionally 539 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:35.480 the crowd is not emotionally invested in the characters. They just aren't, and 540 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:39.960 this pairing didn't make it any easier because Ronda's inherently unlikable. Shane is the 541 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:44.000 one that actually they portrayed try to be the heel at the beginning, and 542 00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:45.519 she is. I don't know if she's ever been a baby face in her 543 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:50.559 main roster career. So the fans were just like, I don't know what 544 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:52.840 to do here. They told a good story in the video packages, but 545 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.800 even after the video packages last week, you're looking at it going cool. 546 00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:00.760 I know the backstory, but who do I cheer for? Again? What 547 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:04.880 am I supposed to do? It was still kind of an indifference. So 548 00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:08.679 all right, let's keep going here. Early a match or two left. 549 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:14.920 We've got seth rollins, Finnbaler and Oh No, no, no, no, 550 00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:19.199 no, my bad, Gunther and Drew McIntyre for the icy title physical 551 00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:25.280 as hell as you'd imagine, Physical as hell, McIntyre setting up to the 552 00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:30.599 Claymore a couple of times. Gunther saw it coming. Gunther and his dropkicks. 553 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:32.000 I think some of those drop kicks, I think one of them was 554 00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:37.679 supposed to be or was Drew McIntyre's Claymore, And I think Michael Cole labeled 555 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:39.760 it as a Claymore or a drop kick, when in fact I think Gunther 556 00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:45.360 minute meant it to be a claymore anyway, this match was again both men's 557 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:52.239 chests are brutal this morning. I'm sure the effort was there. I think 558 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:58.960 the standard was unfairly placed on this match to meet WrestleMania equality standards, and 559 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:04.199 I don't think they WrestleMania quality, but it was certainly main event quality if 560 00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:06.280 they if they put this on as the main event, I would have been 561 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.400 like, m okay, Like you know, in some respects, I would 562 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:15.400 have liked it to go on last. But it was pretty apparent when they 563 00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:20.280 brought up the Honky Tonk Band that Gunther's only thirty two now, thirty one 564 00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:25.079 days away from beating that that record and being able to claim he is the 565 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:30.119 longest running intercontinental heavyweight champion of all time. You knew immediately you're going, 566 00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:34.559 that's not that belts not going anywhere. They have an opportunity to crack that. 567 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.880 They are not going to touch that, right They're not going to touch 568 00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:46.159 Gunther right now. So we had Gunther beat Drew. I think this was 569 00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:52.440 absolutely the right call, absolutely the right call. So thirty two days though, 570 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:59.599 guys, that puts you past payback, So there's zero chance that Gunther 571 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:02.559 loses that payback if he's defending his title, So the next time he could 572 00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:07.440 is a fast Lane in October, if that's where they want to go, 573 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:10.400 just to get Gunther over the hump, being able to have him claim that 574 00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:14.159 he's the longest running Icy title, and I mean, maybe he loses it 575 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.639 at Survivor Series and then he goes on to face brock Lesnar at WrestleMania forty, 576 00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:22.280 which is the rumored match right now. But before we get to that 577 00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:25.440 again, this match with McIntyre, I can't complain about it. And in 578 00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:30.760 the least, it's about almost a fourteen minute match, and it was Gunther 579 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:37.599 and here's the most important part, winning clean over McIntyre. It was the 580 00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:44.519 right move, no doubt about it, and having Gunther hit the top rope 581 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:47.599 splash, but then he followed up with a lariat and a power bomb stacked 582 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:53.639 him up win. I enjoyed the match. I just it wasn't It didn't 583 00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:58.679 blow me away. But I sat there and go, I'm engaged, right, 584 00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:01.199 I'm engaged. Two men are beating the hell out of each other. 585 00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:07.920 Both men are established stars. Gunther is on his way to being a world 586 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:12.719 champion in the next year or two, depending on Roman and of course what 587 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:15.079 Brandy's on and all that. But Gunther's on his way, well on his 588 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.800 way. So I'm excited for you for his career. And this isn't hurting 589 00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:25.840 Drew and the least, not in the least. All Right, what do 590 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:34.920 we got next, Seth and Finn? Okay, let me say that I 591 00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:39.760 love, I really do enjoy Michael Cole. I think he is an unsung 592 00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:45.719 hero. Corey Graves said he's the goat the grace of all time. I 593 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:51.440 don't know if he's ever heard of the name Jim Ross, but Jim Ross, 594 00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:53.800 I mean what Everyone's got their own. Of course, opinion is a 595 00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:59.159 subjective. They are, That's what they are. But I'm just like, 596 00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:04.159 Okay, Cole's he's very good. But really he's better than Jim Ross, 597 00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:10.119 at least in his heyday. Anyway, I give Cole all the credit in 598 00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:15.119 the world. He is on his game most of the time. He knows, 599 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.679 he inserts things. It's like, you can tell he does his damn 600 00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:22.000 homework. You could tell he prepares for the matches by going in and getting 601 00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:27.639 in depth information and you know, spitting facts about stuff that we may not 602 00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:30.280 know about that individual like Rona Rowsy and the touching of the gloves that was 603 00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:32.400 a nice little I'm like, oh cool, I didn't know that. That 604 00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:37.039 shows that she actually respects from you know, Shana all that like little things 605 00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:42.679 like that. He does very well and he has a ton of experience, 606 00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:49.239 he's seen it all. But for some reason, and this is not specific 607 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:53.440 to Cole, although Cole seems to be a constant offender of this, and 608 00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:59.559 it's a I'm sorry, it's a fatal flaw in an announcer that they just 609 00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:04.400 can't help themselves when they do this, they cannot help themselves. It's just 610 00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:08.800 an itch they have to scratch. I don't know what, for the love 611 00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:16.639 of God can announcers, and I guess I'm talking to call the most specifically, 612 00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:24.199 when somebody is about to or somebody has a false finish coming, can 613 00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:29.159 you not say the opposite of what's going to happen? What I mean by 614 00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:34.719 this is Finn's gonna win the World Hippood Championship right here, right or gun, 615 00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:39.440 there's got whatever the case may be. Once an announcer says that'll do 616 00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:45.360 it, that'll do it. We have a new champion. The moment I 617 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:50.159 hear that, I tune out, And isn't that the most important part of 618 00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:54.480 the match. If you hear those words, you're you're sitting there going shut 619 00:47:54.840 --> 00:48:00.280 the f up? Can you and can you use different words when we're in 620 00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:08.199 that scenario. Tell me the last time that you heard an announcer say, 621 00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:13.079 Cole, if you want to use him, say we're going to have a 622 00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:20.079 new champion right here and it actually happened. No. And I understand that 623 00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:22.840 their job is to make the crowd believe take them on a ride, bah 624 00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:25.199 bah bah bah. But what you're doing is doing, in fact, the 625 00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:31.559 exact opposite. When you say that, we have been conditioned to know the 626 00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:38.559 opposite is happening. There might be rare exceptions, but over my twenty five 627 00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:44.760 plus years of watching wrestling, I have been conditioned by Again, this is 628 00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:47.679 not specific to Coal, but Cole seems to be the most most prominent offender 629 00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:53.440 of announcers doing this. At the moment that the near falls happening, they 630 00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:57.559 try to make you believe the opposite is happening, in which case you know 631 00:48:57.599 --> 00:49:05.159 whatever they say is not happening, if that makes sense. So that kills 632 00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:07.599 it for me, because there have been some near falls that go I actually 633 00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:10.039 don't know, this could be it. And the second that I hear an 634 00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:14.280 announcer say that'll be it. We have a new champion or so and so 635 00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:16.559 is going to retain the championship, I go, h, well, that's 636 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:23.480 not happening. Here comes a kick out right, it's it's infuriating. So 637 00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:31.119 Cole, buddy love, you find a new way to announce or or to 638 00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:40.519 to what's oor position? I guess position that moment to perceive that moment, 639 00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:45.400 that the way that you want the h the fans to perceive it. The 640 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:50.800 fans inherently will think that's it. But when you say that's it, we 641 00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:54.920 know it's not. Think about when when? When go listen to when finishes 642 00:49:54.920 --> 00:50:00.800 actually happened in the three count happens? Cole, I've never heard him say 643 00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:04.199 and that'll do it. All he'll say is oh gun, the stacks him 644 00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:08.320 up, and then I'll go quiet, and then that's it. Like so, 645 00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:13.559 either if you don't know what to say, shut up, or if 646 00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:17.800 you do, be consistent when you go back and listen to some tape of 647 00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:22.719 when finishes happened and listen to what you're saying. So that when near falls 648 00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:27.800 are happening that fans may believe is the finish, but it's not. You're 649 00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:30.880 saying or doing the same thing that you would during an actual three count or 650 00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:37.199 submission so that it's more believable. Does that make sense? It was just 651 00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:45.159 it happened like three times or more throughout the event last night. Okay onto 652 00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:50.800 Finn and Seth boy. Okay, a lot happening in this match. This 653 00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:55.000 could have also easily made event of the entire pay per view, but we 654 00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:59.400 were told it's one of the main events. Lol. This match also got 655 00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:01.719 eighteen minutes. Eighteen minute seems to be that sweet spot that was allocated to 656 00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:07.480 like three different matches. But this was good, really good. They did 657 00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:14.320 bring back the spot as I had predicted of Finn and Seth that happened the 658 00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:19.159 injury that happened seven years ago a Wrestling or Summer Slim twenty sixteen during the 659 00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:22.360 Universal title match, except that it was this time Seth doing it to or 660 00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:30.119 rather Finn doing it Seth. But nonetheless, this was I really enjoyed this. 661 00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:34.480 This was a very traumatic match, one that I actually predicted Finn to 662 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:38.800 win. And actually I don't have any issue that Seth one other than the 663 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:43.960 fact that I think Finn winning the world title would have been more fun because 664 00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:49.280 Damien would have been lurking and there's that tension there, and then all the 665 00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:52.679 Judgment Day was holding gold. But this now they clearly are just pointing towards 666 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:59.519 Finn leaving the group, turning baby face and him and Finn, him and 667 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:02.800 Aamian priests is going to get into a program. And then that that makes 668 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:07.360 you wonder, well, what Seth gonna do? I mean, Seth, 669 00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:12.679 I guess could go back to Finn one more time at payback, but we 670 00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:19.920 shall see. So this again really good stuff here. I enjoyed most of 671 00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:24.000 what happened. Of course, we get the full Judgment Day group coming out 672 00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:29.239 to try to help Finn and the ku de graw. When when when when 673 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:30.920 Damian or rather Finn hit the cou de gra, I said, oh my 674 00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:37.639 god, this this actually could be it and Seth kicked out. So really 675 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:40.920 good stuff. Dom and Rha get involved. They were I think they were 676 00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.239 hooded or something. Maybe they weren't, but really fun, a lot of 677 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:49.800 fun Dom getting did he get pedigreed on the out, now he got stomped 678 00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:52.360 on the outside, So that was fun watching Dom get his ass kicked. 679 00:52:53.920 --> 00:53:04.480 And so that whole miscommunication between Balor and Finn happened when Priests threw the briefcase 680 00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:10.159 into the ring, presumably to help Finn, but it ended up being Seth 681 00:53:10.239 --> 00:53:15.199 who used it as a platform to stomp Finn's face off of and that is 682 00:53:15.239 --> 00:53:20.440 what prompted the three counts. So quite interesting, and we all know I 683 00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:25.960 think where this is going. All right, we get a sponsored segments with 684 00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:30.880 Mike's hard Lemonade with Gable, Otis, Maxi and Duprie and of course them 685 00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:36.079 is and they're talking about Mike's I don't even know why I'm talking about this. 686 00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:43.440 Let's move on. Osca Bianca Charlotte WWE Women's Championship. The match started 687 00:53:43.440 --> 00:53:47.400 out slow, you know, and I'm you know, this actually got twenty 688 00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:52.719 one minutes. My god, I'm reading this now twenty one is it did 689 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:55.039 feel that long? It was a long match, unnecessarily long. I thought 690 00:53:55.880 --> 00:53:59.760 one that I think they could have easily put Trician, Becky and Lynch into 691 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:02.760 and each gets ten minutes, or even Becky and Trish get eight minutes, 692 00:54:02.760 --> 00:54:06.639 and this match could have got twelve minutes. But I don't want to hear 693 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:08.360 that they couldn't fit Becky and Trish into this. I mean, there's just 694 00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:16.760 no excuse none, that's just it's disappointing. But okay, this was This 695 00:54:16.920 --> 00:54:22.960 match was fun, I guess, you know, again, slow to start, 696 00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:27.480 slowly even in the middle, but ramped up towards the end as most 697 00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:34.840 finishes do. And it ended with Bianca Belare feigning an injury, which you 698 00:54:34.880 --> 00:54:37.840 know, you weren't actually sure if it was an injury or not, because 699 00:54:37.840 --> 00:54:39.320 they did a good job of making you wonder as a fan, so that 700 00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:45.039 was nice. And then have hering her limp out like she had torn you 701 00:54:45.079 --> 00:54:51.360 know, her achilles heel and you know her acl and her mcl limping and 702 00:54:51.400 --> 00:54:53.800 she couldn't put any weight on that thing on her way out, and then 703 00:54:53.840 --> 00:55:00.679 suddenly she finds it in her to self medicate and go, you know, 704 00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:05.840 just have some kind of divine intervention when she needs to hit a four or 705 00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:09.119 fifty splash, suddenly she has the ability to do it. That's the part 706 00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:13.679 I understand. She did a nice job selling the injury up until it came 707 00:55:13.719 --> 00:55:15.800 to the point where she actually had to use the leg that she was selling 708 00:55:16.199 --> 00:55:20.880 to perform in a maneuver in which case, all of a sudden, her 709 00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:22.639 leg worked perfectly, and then she went back to selling it. It's like, 710 00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:24.199 no, no, no, no, that's not how that works. 711 00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:30.039 It's not like your leg is saying you saying to you, Okay, you're 712 00:55:30.079 --> 00:55:34.199 I'm gonna be unusable until you need me to actually you need to actually use 713 00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:37.800 me. That's that's not how injuries work. That's not how your body works, 714 00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:44.519 right, So I was a bit off put by that. However, 715 00:55:44.679 --> 00:55:49.199 Bianca Bellair did get to victory. Oscar sprayed the mist in Charlotte's face. 716 00:55:49.760 --> 00:55:52.320 Roll up one, two, three, blah, blah, blah blah. 717 00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:57.840 We got a new w W Women's Champion in Bianca bell Air. That didn't 718 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:02.079 last long though, because, as maybe people predicted, since the wwe can't 719 00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:07.320 keep the briefcase on the women for more than five seconds, is Eo Sky 720 00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:12.639 cashing in, Bailey went on a tear hitting everyone with the briefcase. I 721 00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:17.480 enjoyed that that that was a nice version of Bailey and having Eo Sky versus 722 00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:22.480 Bianca bell Air. She beats Bianca bell Air becomes the new w Women's Champion. 723 00:56:22.559 --> 00:56:27.159 Crowd went crazy as they should have, because no one wants to see 724 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:30.199 Bianco bell Air's champion again, at least not this point, at this point, 725 00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:34.119 and Bailey did not turn on EO, So that turn that we were 726 00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:37.800 all waiting for it didn't happen. We just it just didn't end. U. 727 00:56:37.400 --> 00:56:42.840 They're waiting on that. And EO got a great pop. I mean 728 00:56:42.960 --> 00:56:47.119 they, I mean just an enormous pop. It was well deserved. It 729 00:56:47.159 --> 00:56:51.159 was really fun to hear the crowd get behind her. And I also think 730 00:56:51.159 --> 00:56:53.320 it was let's change it up right. It doesn't need to be the same 731 00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:58.719 few women that are trading the belt back and forth. Let's give it to 732 00:56:58.760 --> 00:57:04.679 somebody that is a fresh face and is in a group that honestly need. 733 00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:07.960 I thought they were actually dead. I didn't know that they were still a 734 00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:12.599 group. Corey Graves pointed out that they actually debuted a year ago and a 735 00:57:12.679 --> 00:57:16.840 year later, here they are and Dakota Kai came out and she had been 736 00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:20.199 injured. I don't know if she's still injured and just made a cameo. 737 00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:22.920 But seeing them all together, it was the night. It was a feel 738 00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:28.159 good moment. The crowd loved it. The crowd absolutely dug this and they 739 00:57:28.159 --> 00:57:37.159 should have EO Sky's champion. So all right, this was this is pretty 740 00:57:37.239 --> 00:57:40.159 much it because I already covered the main event, so overall, everybody again, 741 00:57:40.599 --> 00:57:43.840 if I was to rate this, I'd give it a six out of 742 00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:51.239 ten. This event no big returns did hurt just because there were there were 743 00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:54.840 lofty expectations here. It felt kind of just like a B pay per view, 744 00:57:55.400 --> 00:58:00.599 except the B pay per views actually overperformed where the big events, that 745 00:58:00.679 --> 00:58:06.719 is, they're wrestlemanting the summer and stadium show. Now they just kind of 746 00:58:07.960 --> 00:58:10.639 made it a ho hum, slightly above average show. I mean, it 747 00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:17.000 felt like a SmackDown on steroids. You know, it wasn't as you know, 748 00:58:17.639 --> 00:58:21.039 I don't know, I'm not trying to crap on Summer Slam. But 749 00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:25.320 after the last three p l's postmania, you hear the crowd reactions, just 750 00:58:25.800 --> 00:58:31.559 deafening crowd reactions to everything. Everyone overperformed, the matches exceeded all that, 751 00:58:31.639 --> 00:58:35.280 and then all of a sudden, the Summer Slim happens and you're just like, 752 00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:39.480 oh, all right, well that was okay, and you're looking forward 753 00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:45.360 to just seeing seeing what happens next because it feels like everyone's at a crossroads. 754 00:58:45.400 --> 00:58:47.000 Right now, no pun intended. Cody's moving on to something different. 755 00:58:47.400 --> 00:58:52.000 EO Sky is going to find a new opponent. La Night is the starting 756 00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:53.280 point. You don't know who his first real opponent's going to be. Maybe 757 00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:59.239 Austin theory. You know, the role of the Jo Roman Reigns thing is 758 00:58:59.280 --> 00:59:02.199 done. Jimmy and Jay apparently you're going to fight if anyone cares about that. 759 00:59:02.760 --> 00:59:07.320 And so you have a lot going on, and you also have to 760 00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:10.840 finish up Trishan Becky, which is perplexing they didn't put this on the event. 761 00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:15.119 I think it would have really helped. Actually, so there's a lot. 762 00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:17.559 There's a lot here Logan, Paul and Britochet probably one of the few 763 00:59:17.599 --> 00:59:22.840 that are continuing their program and maybe through payback. 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