WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:14.080 This is WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast show, 2 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:27.359 the one that everybody wants met for sixteen So God, just use your ass 3 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:33.039 is my n you can acknowledge me? What's going on? Everybody, Guys 4 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:38.280 and girls, Welcome back to another edition of the SmackDown Review right here on 5 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.640 the WW podcast. As always, I am the host of this show, 6 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:48.000 micro Ritter. You can find me on x at Michael five Ritter on Instagram 7 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:52.840 at micro Ritter five and also the host of the Football Function podcast, available 8 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:56.960 on all of your podcasting platforms, including on Patreon if you prefer an ad 9 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:03.560 free listening experience. So let's talk about the elephant in the room. Huh. 10 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:06.840 This As you should know by now some of you, if you've listened 11 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.719 to the Raw Review or the Mailbag, you should know by now that this 12 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.480 is going to be my final show here on the WW podcast. Definitely a 13 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:21.200 bittersweet, feeling, very tough decision. I'll get into it here in just 14 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.200 a little bit. It's also my two hundredth which is a very special, 15 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:30.599 very monumental milestone that I'm very proud of here on the WW podcast. Strictly 16 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:36.040 because you know, on The Football Function and other podcasts, whenever they're counting 17 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.519 up their episodes, you know, they drop more than one a week. 18 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:45.519 So I'm usually dishing out two to three episodes of the Football Function podcast every 19 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.319 single week. That's why we've been able to already hit our you know, 20 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.120 five hundred and twenty two milestone is what we're at right now. We're five 21 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.920 hundred and twenty two episodes. See on the ww podcast it's once a week. 22 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:04.120 So this is two hundred weeks that I've been doing this show, which 23 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.599 is a long time. And also, you know, I don't count the 24 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:09.400 weeks that I didn't do, you know, like the weeks that grim Reefer 25 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:13.240 had to fill in for me or other people in the past. There's been 26 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.439 multiple people that have filled in and hosted the SmackDown Review for me, just 27 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:22.439 whether it's you know, been a time where I have COVID, which is 28 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:25.439 back in January of twenty twenty one, and then you know, times that 29 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.520 I've gone out of town and I just wasn't available schedule wise to do it. 30 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:37.240 I don't count those weeks. So this is literally my two hundred SmackDown 31 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.080 review here on the WWT podcast, and like I said, you know, 32 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.479 definitely something that I'm proud of being a part of the WWT podcast family for 33 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:51.479 the past four years and of itself is something that I'm extremely proud of. 34 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:55.400 I mean, I definitely waive the flag. Still believe that you put our 35 00:02:55.439 --> 00:03:00.680 team up against anybody, any other podcast out there, and we'll be able 36 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:06.639 to hold our own. Just whether it's the various voices, the different opinions 37 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:08.879 that come on here, the depth of the shows that they go into, 38 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:15.280 the amount of shows. There's a lot of things that Matt does really well 39 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:21.240 to make this such a formidable platform, a credible platform. Like I don't 40 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.400 care if you like it, if you don't like it, you can't deny 41 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.680 the you know, the sheer number of people to share volume that you know 42 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:32.560 was attracted to this show and the people that have been here for years, 43 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.199 in years, I'm talking about hosts, co host listeners. You know, 44 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.560 there's a lot of listeners that I met over the course of these four years, 45 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:44.439 and I'm going to continue to be you know, involved in the projects 46 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.680 that they do, following them on social media. Obviously, I'm still going 47 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:52.039 to be a listener here on the ww podcast, Like I'm not going anywhere 48 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:58.080 in that aspect. It just so happens that, you know, things change, 49 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.240 your schedule changes. Whenever I started this podcast back in October of twenty 50 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.919 twenty, or whenever I started whenever I started doing it, is how I 51 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.479 should phrase that. Whenever I took over the SmackDown Review back in October of 52 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:15.519 twenty twenty, I was twenty six years old. I wasn't single, but 53 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:19.959 I didn't you know, I wasn't in a very serious relationship at the time, 54 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:25.839 and you know, my schedule was pretty much wide open. I didn't 55 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:29.839 have the football function or anything like that, and it was easy to just 56 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:35.279 spend so much time and just have so much of my Friday night dedicated to 57 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:40.519 the SmackDown Review. And now, you know, fast forward four years later, 58 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:45.279 a lot of things have changed. The relationship I'm in is very serious, 59 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.079 and now obviously I have a step son that is six years old. 60 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.680 He was only two years old at the time whenever I started doing this, 61 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:58.040 so now things are a little bit different, and mainly me being directly responsible 62 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:03.240 for him. On Friday night Saturday morning things typically my dedicated time to the 63 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:11.279 SmackDown Review. So whenever that wrench got thrown into the plans in terms of, 64 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.439 you know, my weekly schedule. I knew, okay, this is 65 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.720 going to be a little bit difficult to get out, but we were still 66 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.920 doing it for several several months. You know, I was able to get 67 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.360 the SmackDown review out. There's been a couple of times whenever he was out 68 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.240 here. But as Matt said himself, and as I'm well aware of, 69 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.680 this is a very timely operation. Like you can't drop a SmackDown review on 70 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.519 Monday and just expected to get the same amount of downloads, expected to get 71 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:40.439 taken serious or even just be relevant by then. You know, by then 72 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:44.360 a whole Monday night raws happened. And I took a lot of pride in 73 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.879 getting this show out very quickly to Matt on a weekly basis, especially at 74 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:51.720 the very beginning. I would, you know, start watching SmackDown at seven 75 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:57.319 o'clock when that's whenever it comes on Central time zone where I am, and 76 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.279 I would pause it in between segments. I would posit it, role it 77 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:02.560 if I needed to see something, and I would just put so much effort 78 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.360 into watching the show. And then immediately after I watched this two hour show, 79 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.959 which ended up being a lot longer than two hours, because whenever you're 80 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.759 watching it live, you don't have the luxury of fast forwarding the commercials, 81 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.720 which can shrink and shorten the amount of time that you know you're spending on 82 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:23.399 each episode. But whenever you're watching it live, you have to do the 83 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:27.480 full two hours and then any type of rewinding or any type of pauses that 84 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.399 you have to take for notes. I was typically finishing each episode of smack 85 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.480 Down around two and a half hours, and then I would go into recording. 86 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.240 And keep in mind, at the very beginning, I was very raw, 87 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:40.839 very green at this, didn't have a lot of knowledge, no previous 88 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:46.240 experiences. This is my introduction to podcasting, you know. So I was 89 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.040 learning on the fly every single week, and sometimes those episodes took two and 90 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:53.959 a half hours for me to finish, just simply a thirty five to forty 91 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:59.839 minute recording, just because editing comes into it. Like I would listen to 92 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:01.199 my show immediately after and I would make sure, Okay, is there any 93 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:03.920 things I need to take out here? Is there any mistakes, any type 94 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:08.040 of audio issues. I wanted to make sure that it was a polished product 95 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.399 before I sent it to Matt. Now, once I got more polished myself, 96 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.319 and once I got the experience and I got truly better at the craft, 97 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.519 I was able to knock it out on one take, you know, 98 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:24.079 knock it out just live every single week. And there was even a period 99 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.800 where me and my co host John Crosco were recording these bad boys live as 100 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.480 we were watching SmackDown, and that was a fun era and of itself too. 101 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:35.759 But that's really what it boils down to is just eras and chapters and 102 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:41.439 the fact that, like I mentioned, this was my very first introduction to 103 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.319 podcasting. I wanted to start a football podcast. Back in spring of twenty 104 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.720 twenty, I bought some equipment. I had a computer, but I didn't 105 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:53.040 have a proper recording area. I didn't have the knowledge, I didn't have 106 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:58.240 the skill just as putting it blank or as you know, as direct as 107 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.879 I can, I wasn't good enough to start a podcast then. So pretty 108 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:07.839 much the studio equipment collected dust for months and months that entire summer of twenty 109 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:09.680 twenty. I was thinking, Man, I'd like to come out of the 110 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:11.199 pandemic with some type of, you know, something to show for it, 111 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.920 and I'm like, give me a podcast or something. Let me do something 112 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:22.000 to where it feels like I'm putting this ambition to use, because that's really 113 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.000 what it boiled down to you. I knew that once. You know, 114 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.839 I was listening to podcasts, including Matt's, for two three years before I 115 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:33.600 actually got the urge and the you know, I guess the courage to pursue 116 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.759 something like that, but I knew it was something that I really wanted to 117 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.919 do. And then October rolls around in twenty twenty and Matt puts out a 118 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:43.240 casting call similar to what he just did this week, saying, hey, 119 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.240 I need a host for the SmackDown review. So I sent him, you 120 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:48.840 know, my pitch, like, hey, I would really be interested in 121 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.200 this. I have the equipment to do it. I really love wrestling. 122 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.840 I watch it every single week. And he said, okay, well this 123 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.600 was on a Friday, watch this episode of SmackDown, record it and send 124 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.080 me your recording, pretty much like an audition tape. Ultimately, so I 125 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.679 did that exact thing, and he said, okay, well, hey, 126 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.919 is it fine as if? Is it right if I air this? Like? 127 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.080 Can I publish this episode? Oh? Man? Like I thought only 128 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:13.840 you were going to listen to this, but sure, you know, go 129 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:16.480 ahead. If that's what it takes to to get me this gig, I'm 130 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:20.879 more than willing to do that. And he posted it. He wanted to 131 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.600 see what type of feedback he got at the time. I think he got 132 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.159 some pretty good feedback in return, and he was able to say, hey, 133 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.399 you know, the opportunity is yours. If you want it, you 134 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.559 can start up immediately. This was Sunday, right the Friday was October second, 135 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.360 twenty twenty Sunday. Whenever Matt got back to me, he emailed me 136 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.679 and pretty much told me that, hey, if I wanted to do the 137 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:45.960 SmackDown review, that I could. And that was October fourth, And that 138 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.279 is whenever I truly feel like that crappy era of the pandemic, when you 139 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.200 really just it seemed like you couldn't see the light at the end of the 140 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.799 tunnel. You didn't know when it was going to end. Life as we 141 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:01.960 knew it pretty much been flipped upside down. That moment right there is where 142 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.159 I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I felt like, 143 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.000 Okay, I took a huge step forward here, and it was so fun 144 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:13.399 literally every single week being able to record the SmackDown Review and being able to 145 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.240 watch it and talk to people and meet new people every single week, and 146 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.600 people can follow, you know, follow me on social media and tell me 147 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.399 their thoughts and things like that. That was a really fun, you know, 148 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:28.799 introduction into this whole thing. And then obviously time goes on, I 149 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.919 get better at this. I feel like I'm starting to get more comfortable. 150 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.360 So March twenty twenty one rolls around, almost exactly a year later, whenever 151 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.120 I bought all my equipment originally and just put it up and it was collecting 152 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:46.120 dust, I finally launched my own podcast, The Football Function, And without 153 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.639 a doubt, no question about it, I would not have been able to 154 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.799 do that without the WW podcast, without the SmackDown Review, and specifically without 155 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.399 Matt. And that kind of turns my attention to Matt because I do have 156 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.440 to give him the biggest of thank yous. I do feel like I'm forever 157 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.399 indebted to him because of the insight, the advice, the tips that he 158 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.879 gave me along the way, the opportunity you know right there we get to 159 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:16.000 start there at four straight years, Matt gave me the opportunity of turning my 160 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:22.799 microphone on, speaking into it and recording SmackDown, or I mean reviewing SmackDown 161 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.440 and putting it on his platform that he works extremely hard to build and keep 162 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:33.360 relevant day in day out. He allowed me to be on that platform, 163 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.840 and I did not take that lightly. I didn't take it for granted because 164 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.879 I truly, you know, I truly felt like it was an honor being 165 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:46.039 a part of this ww podcast family. And I know that there wasn't always 166 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.919 great reviews. I saw some negative reviews with my own eyes of the SmackDown 167 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.279 review back, you know, in the summer of twenty twenty three, and 168 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.840 even you know the I guess maybe even spring of twenty twenty three. I'm 169 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.000 not really sure exactly when it was. That doesn't matter, but all I'm 170 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.519 I'm saying is Matt could have very easily said, man, we're getting some 171 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.360 negative feedback here. Let me kick this guy to the curb and start fresh. 172 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.240 If I do a casting call, obviously I'm going to gonna get a 173 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.960 bunch of people immediately show me their interest in recording and joining this team. 174 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.960 So he could have easily done that a year ago, two years ago. 175 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:20.480 The fact that I get to end on my own terms. I'm extremely proud 176 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.039 of because I'm extremely proud of the work that I did and being a part 177 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.399 of this. I didn't want to let the listeners down. I didn't want 178 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:31.879 to be the I guess, the weak link in the chain. I always 179 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.159 talked about it being at the end of the week on a Friday, I 180 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:39.919 felt like I was the fourth leg on the relay, you know, like 181 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.440 I was on the relay team and it was up to me to bring it 182 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:45.799 home, to send the listeners into the weekend, whether it was a pay 183 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.399 per view coming up or something like that. I always love those go home 184 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:54.279 shows. That was one of my favorite parts. But as my schedule got 185 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.879 just a little bit too much towards the end of the week and I had 186 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.360 to move, and my internet took for to get connected, and I was 187 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.799 already struggling to find the time, it kind of hit me at some point 188 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:13.120 that I don't want the show to hurt from this. I don't want my 189 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.320 you know, lack of time to maybe put out the best and most quality 190 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.879 smackgown review that I've ever done. I don't want that to be, you 191 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.360 know, what makes the show take a step back. So I started to 192 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.799 ask myself, is it time, like, is it time for me to 193 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.600 pass the torch? Would it just organically be right with two hundred coming up, 194 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.679 you know, my two hundredth episode, to just allow the show to 195 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:43.919 get a breath of fresh air, a new voice, different perspectives on the 196 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:46.759 product. I feel like that's going to be beneficial in of itself. You 197 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.159 know, it's going to allow the show to have a you know, that 198 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.000 new feeling, and I, you know, I I have a feeling it's 199 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.159 going to be in great hands. It's going to start next week Madison Square 200 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:00.200 Garden. Are you kidding me? What better place to start your you know 201 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.120 you covering the SmackDown reviews? Then to show the air at the Garden? 202 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.279 That just seems like, you know, a little bit of poetic justice and 203 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:09.679 of itself. Because I'll be honest, guys, you know, I just 204 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.000 kind of told you none of the things that I'm doing now podcast wise content 205 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:18.759 creation would be possible without the ww podcast. And I feel like it's time 206 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.600 for somebody else's dreams to come true, you know, Like I was was 207 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.120 thankful to use this platform as a springboard to get me to where I needed 208 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:33.320 to be confidence wise, experience wise, let my craft develop on the job, 209 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:35.799 not just sitting here recording stuff and not publishing it. No, the 210 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.679 WW podcast is a platform and it has a following in listeners, and it's 211 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:43.080 literally like a family, and I didn't want to be the one that, 212 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.480 you know, to let that family down, which is what led to this 213 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.399 decision. But now I really feel like it's time for somebody else to get 214 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.759 an opportunity to wave the flag, allow them to step in this seat and 215 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.559 you know, let their ambitions of being a podcast host. They've probably thought 216 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:00.879 about it, just like me. I'm not the only person that has these 217 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.919 dreams, you know, so why not give another person the opportunity to let 218 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:07.919 their dreams flourish. And I think that that's a great thing to do here. 219 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.679 Like I said, it's kind of just an organic spot where I am 220 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.519 in life, where my life is kind of you know, gotten to by 221 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.320 itself. And then with two hundred coming up, it just you know, 222 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:22.559 it's a round, perfect number. It just seems like it's you know, 223 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:26.000 it's a milestone and ww's about to get great. Guys like trust me, 224 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:31.039 this isn't an easy decision by any means like, it took me about four 225 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.879 or five weeks to actually put the thought into you know, words to somebody. 226 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.000 I reached out to grim Reefer, who obviously has covered for me several 227 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.919 times. He didn't want me to go. I kind of just told him 228 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:43.039 like, hey, would you be interested in filling in for me? Would 229 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.480 you be interested in taking the torch yourself? And he was ready and willing 230 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:52.759 to do that. Matt just obviously this being his product, he wanted to 231 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:56.519 take a chance today the SmackDown review hasn't been open in four years. I 232 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.519 kind of want to just before we just say okay, here's what we're going 233 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:03.320 to do with that. He wanted to take a step back and look at 234 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.440 the landscape. And obviously Grim Reefer he's a member of the Football Function recording 235 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.639 team as well, so there's more than just a review show that he's capable 236 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:15.639 of doing. So I'm more than confident that he can get something going here 237 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.960 on the WWE podcast. But I kind of, you know, it took 238 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.879 me a while to reach out to him and say, hey, like, 239 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.720 would you be willing to do this if I stepped away? And he was 240 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.720 like, man, I would hate to you know, lose you on the 241 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.919 SmackDown review, but you know, you gotta do what you gotta do. 242 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.000 And yes, I'd be honored to take over. And that's what I feel 243 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.919 like a lot of people, That's how a lot of people feel about this 244 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.360 is they would probably be honored to have this opportunity. And that's what I'm 245 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.759 gonna do. I'm going to give somebody else that opportunity and let this show 246 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.399 just keep on rolling like it always has. You know, it was here 247 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:47.039 before I got here, and it's going to be here long after me, 248 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.600 obviously, and I'm going to be a listener. Like I said, I'm 249 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.399 not going anywhere. I've been trying to get on the Wrestle Magic show for 250 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.039 several weeks now. Just like I said, the schedule thing is not an 251 00:16:56.039 --> 00:17:00.919 exaggeration. It's really hard to get on another show and make my schedule match 252 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.319 with somebody else's because it's hard enough getting my schedule to match by myself, 253 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:10.759 just for me to allow myself to record. But nonetheless, guys, I 254 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.799 just wanted to kind of get I know it's a little bit of a lengthy 255 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:15.200 open here. I do apologize about that for those of you who could care 256 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:19.519 less and you're just ready to get into the SmackDown review. I totally understand 257 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:23.200 that, and we will get there. I just had to, in a 258 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:30.480 sense explain this kind of abrupt exit from this team. I wanted to elaborate 259 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.680 a little bit, provides you guys some context as to why that decision was 260 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.720 made. And you know, this wasn't easy. I have a lot of 261 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:38.039 thoughts, a lot of feelings, a lot of emotions whenever it comes to 262 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.519 this. You know, I'm very proud of it, and the fact that 263 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:45.400 I'm about to record my last one, it does feel a little bit bittersweet, 264 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.400 like I'm not excited to leave the ww podcast. I just know that 265 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.480 this is something that for all parties kind of has to happen. But before 266 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.400 we get there, we have one more dance. So let's go ahead and 267 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:00.559 do this. Bad boy, let's review the SmackDown that aired on June twenty 268 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:06.559 first, twenty twenty four, from Chicago, Illinois. Location. Breakdown brought 269 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:10.759 to you by none other than our guy, DJ Cuzmo. And this show 270 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:14.599 opened with the hometown boy see him Punk. He comes out and he talks 271 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:18.400 about live TV and speaking in front of it. You know, a crowd 272 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:23.160 his hometown specifically, but just a large crowd in general. He's talking about 273 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:29.920 how that just by default can provide a lot of pressure. And then he 274 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.680 references July seventeenth, twenty eleven, when he guaranteed he'd win the ww Championship 275 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:38.680 and that put the pressure on himself. And then he talks about Drew McIntyre 276 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.480 over the last few months, kicking him, you know, whenever he was 277 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:47.319 down, whenever he had his triceps injury. Drew McIntyre was always the first 278 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:52.079 person to poke fun and to laugh and spit on the grave of or of 279 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:56.680 seeing Punk in his return here in the WWE. This was the very Chicago 280 00:18:56.759 --> 00:19:00.960 centric promo. That's one thing I will say. There's a lot of references, 281 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.039 a lot of getting the crowd involved. You could tell they really appreciated 282 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:08.079 that, and they were taking every opportunity they got to, you know, 283 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:12.799 let Sea and Punk know that they had his back. But he seeing Punk, 284 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:17.400 he says that he set out to kill Drew's career. He just didn't 285 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.160 expect it to be that easy. And then he calls out Drew for quitting 286 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.720 on Monday night, Raw essentially taking his ball and going home because he could 287 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:30.599 not handle that pressure, and that's whenever Paul Hayman surprisingly comes out, but 288 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.240 not so surprisingly, gives a lot of praise to See him Punk and ultimately 289 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.839 gives him a hug. The crowd was really into this segment. You could 290 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:38.480 tell that they were, you know, digging it. A lot of them 291 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:44.960 are on their feet, but uh. Paul Hayman mentions their ride to the 292 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:51.519 arena. He mentions the local radio station, pretty much the local sports radio, 293 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:53.759 saying that this is Seeing Punk's town, and Solo didn't like that. 294 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:59.680 Hayman reluctantly says that it's because Solo is the head of the table in every 295 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.319 town should be his town. He then warns Seeing Punk to get the hell 296 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.759 out of here before the quote unquote bloodline comes out, and obviously Seeing Punk 297 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:12.279 thinks that's hilarious and on cue outcome Solo and the tongans. Solo demands respect 298 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.680 from Seeing Punk if he wants to quote unquote be on his show in his 299 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:19.079 city, and if he doesn't, they're going to make sure that he never 300 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:23.480 gets cleared. Hayman says, quote unquote take me with you to Punk. 301 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:26.799 I thought that was a little bit weird. Definitely gets referenced a little bit 302 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.799 later in the show by Solo. We'll see how that unfolds in the coming 303 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:32.119 weeks. But I thought that was a little bit strange for him to say 304 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:33.960 on the microphone, you know, right there in front of Solo. That 305 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:40.920 just pretty much tells you exactly how desperate he is to get out of this 306 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:47.160 situation. But anyways, seeing Punk then fakes out everybody by putting his one 307 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:52.240 up and saying he acknowledges that this isn't the Bloodline standing in front of him, 308 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.400 it's just a fake tribal chief with some crazy Samoans. Of course, 309 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.839 they try to respond physically three on one, but Cody Road shows up in 310 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:03.480 the nick of time with baseball bats and as you'd expect, the Bloodline or 311 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.279 runaway. Cody says the Solo quote unquote, you think you're the head of 312 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:10.319 the table, right, well, I already beat one head of the table. 313 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:12.440 The crowd loves that. They go crazy, and then he challenges him 314 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.440 to a match tonight with nobody else, No Ko, no Ran, Jordon, 315 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:21.799 no Tongan's nobody, and Solo accepts. This was probably Solo's best segment, 316 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.599 and I will say he didn't speak a lot. So it's not like 317 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.559 he cuts some monumental groundbreaking promo or anything like that. I just really think 318 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.359 that he was in his element, and this is where it felt the most 319 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.119 authentic. It could be the punk effect. Paul Hayman came out there. 320 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:37.880 This felt like a special segment and shout out to smack down. Like the 321 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:40.799 fact that this is not only episode two hundred, but the fact that it's 322 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.119 my last show, and I feel like they gave me a pretty good one 323 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.920 to go out with. I definitely appreciate that. You know, this wasn't 324 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:52.799 a Mojo Raleigh or a retribution type of segment or anything like that. Like 325 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:56.960 this is a really good quality show, and you know, I just appreciate 326 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:02.640 that a little bit from But anyways, up next, we get a money 327 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:04.279 in the Bank qualifying match, a triple threat. All of the money in 328 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:08.319 the Bank qualifying matches are triple threats, just so you know. But Beyonca 329 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:14.680 Versus Chelsea versus Michen Mitchin looks almost unrecognizable. I will say, she has 330 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.039 new gear and pigtails. I don't know if she's lost a little bit of 331 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.680 weight too. I have no idea, but I can tell you that she 332 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:23.480 definitely looked a little bit different and like I said, almost unrecognizable. Beyoncre 333 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.839 does a pretty big German suplex to Meetchen almost looks a little bit botched to 334 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.279 meet in like lands on her head. But it looked like something from brock 335 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:33.720 Lesna Circle two thousand and two when he was just launching people, like launching 336 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:37.039 the Hardy's across the ring that feud when it was like two on one and 337 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:41.880 he was just dismantling them on a weekly basis. But yeah, like I 338 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.799 said, Beyonca does a huge German suplex to Michin follows up with a kod 339 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:51.079 but Chelsea throws Bianca out of the ring and steals the win. Not a 340 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:56.400 very good week for Bianca if you talk about her not getting pin either time, 341 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:02.480 but losing two very important matches, you know, Triple Threat Tag Team 342 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:06.039 Championship match obviously a clash at the Castle. She doesn't get pinned, her 343 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:08.559 team doesn't get pinned, but yet they still lose their titles. And then 344 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:12.319 just six days later, she loses a money in the bank qualifying match in 345 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:18.279 a triple threat format, same stipulation. She's not the one that gets pinned, 346 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.759 but hey, they will remind you every chance they get. That is 347 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:26.079 why triple threats are very risky. Up next, taking things backstage, Solo 348 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:29.759 calls out Paul Hayman for his comments and he says that they have to have 349 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.759 a talk. Like I said, you know, he's gonna pay for those 350 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.759 take me with you comments that he made to see him punk. It's just 351 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:38.839 a matter of when and exactly what his punishment is going to be. Let's 352 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:45.119 see here we get a backstage interview with Caleb Braxton in time Out. Caleb 353 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:48.200 Braxton's leaving WWE two next week is going to be her final show, so 354 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.640 eight years with the company. I'll give her a salute. She did some 355 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:56.519 great work with her backstage interviews. I felt like she did add quality to 356 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.759 the show. Her little dynamic with Paul Hayman was always fun on the SmackDown, 357 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.880 Lowdown or whatever that show was called, SmackDown Recap, whatever the hell 358 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:06.680 it was. But you get what I'm saying. I feel like she did 359 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.680 a really good job in that capacity, and who knows where she's gonna go. 360 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:12.400 I'd always sucks whenever we lose those backstage interviewers. They're really good ones, 361 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:18.359 you know. Renee Young. Obviously Charlie Arnault. What was her name 362 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:23.759 whenever she was here, though, Charlie, I forgot her name, you 363 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:26.279 know what I'm trying to say, though, Charlie, I know you remember, 364 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:30.960 and obviously CAYLEB. Braxton. You know, hopefully we do not lose 365 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.960 Kathy Kelly. I know he technically already did once, but they brought her 366 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.319 back. Hopefully they pay her enough to where you know, even if her 367 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:41.079 friends are leaving, she will stay. You know. Samantha Irvin, I 368 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.880 know they're pretty close. Samantha Irvin's fiance Ricochet, just left the company. 369 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.640 I mean, this is always tricky. This always gets kind of sticky with 370 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:52.559 relationships, and it's why I imagine the upper management probably hates whenever they hear 371 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:59.319 that people are in a relationship in the company. But like I said, 372 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:02.960 this was a backstay interview Caleb Braxton and Grayson Waller. It was interrupted by 373 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.759 di Y and then loud bangs on the garage door outside of the building, 374 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:11.400 which ends up being Drew McIntyre and a bloody beaten see him punk. I 375 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:18.519 love the way that the production team shot this. It's pretty much just the 376 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.519 slow rise of the garage and seeing seeing Punk laying there bloody, and then 377 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.039 you just get a slow reveal that it's Drew McIntyre. And then Drew carries 378 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:30.240 him on his shoulders through Gorilla all the way to the stage without a single 379 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.000 camera cut, just one shot the entire way. I thought that was well 380 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.119 done. And then he just drops him from well over six feet and steals 381 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.880 his bracelet. That's very meaningful to him. Nick All this comes out and 382 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:41.480 gets into a little bit of a shoving match with Drew McIntyre. I thought 383 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.160 that was a wild scene the way he shoved Drew. Drew shoved him back, 384 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.119 like is he gonna get fined? What's the situation there? I can't 385 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.519 even remember I Drew McIntyre's on SmackDown or not. So this is kind of 386 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.519 muddy at the moment, but nonetheless entertaining, and that's all I could ask 387 00:25:56.559 --> 00:26:00.160 for at this point. Up next, we get a money in the bank 388 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:06.400 qualifying match, another triple threat, Randy Orton versus Tomatonga versus Carmelo Hayes. 389 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:10.319 A long match that was all over the place ends with they roll up from 390 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:15.359 Hayes after taking advantage of a distracted Randy Orton because one of the other Tongans 391 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:18.559 came out and then Kevin Owens came out. They were brawling on the outside 392 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.720 of the ring. That drew Randy Orton's attention, and Carmelo Hayes capitalized got 393 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:26.279 to roll up when and you know, it almost looked like quicker than three 394 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.759 seconds with how fast the camera got there, and the match was over. 395 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:33.599 So Carmelo Hayes earns his spot and the money in the bank ladder match, 396 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.720 and we'll see if he has an opportunity to win it. It's usually for 397 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:40.599 a heel. He is a heel, so it makes sense, but I 398 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:44.359 still have my doubts if he's ready for something like that. But up next, 399 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.799 La Night comes out. He calls out Logan Paul, but he actually 400 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:51.960 ends up getting Santo's escobar instead, and as he's attempting to just brush him 401 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.039 off Santo's cheap shots, La Knight but then still gets dropped and of course 402 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.920 out comes Logan Paul and he hits him with a knockout punch. So I'm 403 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:03.839 not really sure what you guys think about this Logan Paul La Night stuff. 404 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.759 But they are starting to get involved with each other more and more often. 405 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.440 So that tells you that Summer Slam, you could just bet your bottom dollars 406 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.720 at that United States Championship's gonna be on the line. You could see them 407 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.119 doing it money in the bank. But I feel like with the US title, 408 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:21.799 especially with it being two nights, why not just do it now? 409 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.319 Or I'm sorry, why not just do it at SummerSlam, and you know, 410 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:30.519 just forget it. I feel like that's a juicy enough matchup where it's 411 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.279 worthy of being on the card, and it's just a matter of you making 412 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.240 it stretch out from now to then. And I think that with Logan Paul 413 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.559 in the way that he kind of comes and goes, it would be relatively 414 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:45.359 easy for WWE to, you know, to get this done. But continuing 415 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.400 on here in the show, we get another money in the Bank qualifying match, 416 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.079 Kevin Owens versus Grayson Waller versus Andrade. The Tongans attack Kevin Owen's from 417 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:55.720 behind as he's making his entrance. I thought that was going to just screw 418 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.640 him out of his opportunity, but luckily he still makes his way to the 419 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.680 ring. He tries as hard as he can. I mean, they both 420 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:06.599 go at and once the match starts and or Grayson Waller does at least he 421 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:10.839 makes an effort to just eliminate Kevin Owens from the match, and Kevin Owens 422 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:14.839 still does relatively well for the circumstances, but at the very end, Grayson 423 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:18.279 Waller pulls him out of the ring and you know, attempts to do his 424 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:25.640 finishing move on and Drade and he actually reverses it, encounters it into some 425 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.519 type of move. I'm not really sure exactly what it was, but he 426 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.720 was able to get the job done and get the win, which is really 427 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:34.519 all that mattered at that point. So and Rade and Carmelo Hayes earned their 428 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:38.640 spot and the money in the bank ladder match. And after this match was 429 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.680 over, after the commercial break, I should say WWE, as they've done 430 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:49.559 every single year for god knows how long, they have given a WWE Championship 431 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:53.880 belt to sports teams that win the championship, you know, in the four 432 00:28:53.920 --> 00:29:00.240 major sports. And I believe nine hundred percent. Sure someone may have to 433 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:07.000 correct me on this, but I believe the NBA Finals just ended not that 434 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:11.200 long ago, and I can't remember the team that won. Someone's gonna have 435 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.519 to, you know, Freshen up my memory on that. I'm not really 436 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.240 sure who. So, yeah, somebody wants to bring that to my attention, 437 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.880 I would really appreciate it. But the NBA champion got their A dbutbut 438 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.720 championship belt, and you know, credit to them whoever that team is shout 439 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.480 out for when in your eighteenth NBA Finals. But either way, let's go 440 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:34.000 ahead and move on here to Tiffany Stratton and meech In having a little bit 441 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:40.039 of a backstage exchange. Michin slaps the taste out of her mouth and Nya 442 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.839 Jax comes up and pretty much just take care takes care of Tiffany's light work. 443 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:49.240 I'm not really sure what to think about that other than Tiffany kind of 444 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:52.960 had it come in in terms of her getting slapped. But Nia Jack, 445 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:56.000 she's just a big bully. You know, She's gonna walk around and just 446 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.039 do that. I mean, she really didn't do anything too crazy. She 447 00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:02.440 just pretty much did like a little running splash like you would do to somebody 448 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.720 if they were in the turnbuckle. But she just did it to meet you 449 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:07.720 and as she was standing there. So yeah, I guess credit to Nia 450 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:11.960 Jack. She's an unstoppable force right now, if you want to call her 451 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:17.640 that up next, Solo so CoA says that Roman Reigns is not coming back. 452 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.440 I thought that was strange, a weird comment. We'll see if that 453 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:23.640 is actually true or not. Obviously it's not true, but that just tells 454 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:30.200 you where Solo is. And whenever Roman Reigns does eventually come back, you 455 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:34.599 could expect that there's going to be some pretty strong words that he has with 456 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:38.279 Solo so CoA. But speaking of Solo, he has a one on one 457 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:42.440 match with Cody Rhoades here is. The main event does not go on long, 458 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:51.079 though it's extremely quick after a bloodline interruption and interference caused it disqualification and 459 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:53.880 to even out the number of odds and you know, make this a three 460 00:30:53.920 --> 00:31:00.160 on three. Kevin Owens and Randy Yorton come out to help and then insert 461 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:03.880 Jacob Ftwu a brutal beat down. Cody ends up going through a table thanks 462 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:10.160 to a frog splash from Jacob FORTUU off of the turnbuckle. This was just, 463 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:12.680 you know, Shane McMahon esque put him right through the table. A 464 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:18.720 hell of an introduction to probably the most dangerous man in the Bloodline and arguably 465 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:22.359 in the WWI right now, go do your research on Jacob Fatu. He's 466 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:26.119 been long awaited to come to the WWE, but people wondered if you would 467 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:30.759 actually get to come because he's not your typical oose. We'll just say that, 468 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:33.119 you know, you definitely want to get a load of this guy if 469 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:37.920 you haven't yet. And I think that it could be a pretty good member 470 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.359 in this bloodline because you know, as you guys know, I'm not really 471 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:44.799 too sold on this version of it, so I'm not necessarily thinking that this 472 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:49.039 is going to be an extremely dominant faction, although now that they have Jacob 473 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:52.920 for two, you could expect that it's going to be, you know, 474 00:31:52.920 --> 00:32:00.000 at the very least a very tough team to beat. So I guess we'll 475 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:02.839 see kind of how they develop what happens there with this new version of the 476 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:06.200 bloodline. If we're gonna get my time right now, I don't think that 477 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.559 any of the people in that bloodline can you know, cut a promo to 478 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:15.440 save their life, So we will hopefully get a little bit more of a 479 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:19.680 look at that, I guess if that's what you want, because I mean, 480 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.920 they can't just beat the hell out of people without talking solo can't be 481 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.599 the only person cutting promos every single week. But I guess we'll, you 482 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:29.400 know, just let them play it out. But guys, that does it 483 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:34.640 for me here on the SmackDown Review my final show. The time has come 484 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:38.079 to say goodbye. Definitely not easy. I'm definitely gonna miss you guys. 485 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:44.759 I'm gonna miss doing this every single week. It's something that it took me 486 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.519 a little bit to actually hit record. You know, I was studying my 487 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:49.839 notes, I was kind of just looking over what happened on the show, 488 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:51.799 and I was like, man, I really don't want to. I kind 489 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:57.720 of got those butterflies that I used to get, that nervousness before hitting record 490 00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.559 that I used to get whenever I first started, and you know, that 491 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:07.200 was a pretty cool feeling. But you know, I'm definitely reluctantly letting this 492 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:10.440 go. But it has to happen, and I'm looking forward to seeing where 493 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:13.519 the show goes from here. I'm still going to be a listener. Like 494 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:17.799 I said, I'm not going to just disappear from the ww podcast world, 495 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:22.079 but you know, I'm definitely going to be making my appearances a little bit 496 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:24.880 more spaced out. So I guess we'll see I'll see you guys when I 497 00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:28.640 see you. But outside of that, just you know, still support the 498 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:31.240 football function. If that's something that you're into, I'm not going to be 499 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:35.680 able to plug it anymore on this show. So hopefully you guys that have 500 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.480 come around, you know, guys like Howard Poole, guys like Double J 501 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:45.559 Detroit, Kyle DJ, Cuzmo, obviously the casual wrestling fan, Kanye Twitty, 502 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:50.279 Frankie Graham, a lot of different guys have made their appearances on the 503 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.640 show, and hopefully I'll get more people coming on over because that's somewhere that 504 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:57.119 you could still hear me if you, you know, are interested in my 505 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:00.440 podcasting endeavors. But one more time, guys, thank you so much for 506 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:05.480 allowing me to be part of your wrestling coverage for the last four years. 507 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:09.840 Thank you for making me part of your weekly, daily whatever experience that you 508 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.199 you know that you listen to the show on. You know, I appreciate 509 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.679 being part of your routine in one way or another, and I definitely didn't 510 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:20.360 take it for granted. But with all that being said, guys, continue 511 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:24.400 to walk passionately in the direction of your dreams. And I'll talk to you 512 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:31.039 soon. Thanks for listening to the WWE Podcast. Don't forget to subscribe on 513 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:37.119 your favorite podcast app so you don't miss a show, or head to wwepodcast 514 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:42.880 dot com and for all of these shows add free head over to Patreon dot 515 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:49.199 com slash WWE podcast. Until then, we'll see you next time.