WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:04.639 Let's talk about mental health. Mental health is increasingly important in something none of 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:08.640 us like to address. Are you stuck or does your mind have you dressing 3 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:12.199 sharp but feeling dull? Perhaps it's time to talk to a life coach. 4 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:18.480 Meet fellow WWE podcast listening and wrestling fan Steve from a Damn Healthy Dose of 5 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:24.440 Coaching. Steve is a certified ADHD life coach and getting you unstuck is what 6 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:29.239 he does. Period working together, he'll come up with strategies and provide you 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:34.439 with the tools you need to set you on the way. Follow at Damnhealthy 8 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:42.399 Doose on Instagram or x or visit damnhealthydose dot com. That's damdose dot com. 9 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:50.200 You can also email Steve at damnhealthydose dot com. That's Steve Steev at 10 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:57.320 damnhealthydose dot com directly for a free thirty minute consultation mention this podcast and Steve 11 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:02.679 will provide you with the first two sessions for free to see if life coaching 12 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:10.959 is a fit for you. Again damnhealthydose dot com. This is WWE superstar 13 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:23.359 Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast show, the one that everybody 14 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:34.920 wants me. God's good for sixteen So just what your ass? This is 15 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:40.640 my iron. You're gonna acknowledge me? What's going on? Everybody, Guys 16 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:45.680 and girls, Welcome back to another edition of the SmackDown Review right here on 17 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.840 the ww podcast. As always on one of the hosts of the show, 18 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.719 Michael Ritter. You can find me on x formerly known as Twitter at Michael 19 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.400 five Ritter, and also one of the hosts of the Football Function podcast, 20 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.640 available on all of your podcasting platforms, including on Patreon if you prefer an 21 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.159 ad free experience. WHOA, that was a pretty good episode of SmackDown. 22 00:02:07.199 --> 00:02:13.080 Right impactful, as one word that I would use to describe it. Not 23 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.560 a whole lot of segments like it wasn't just packed full of like six seven 24 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:22.199 different segments with backstage interviews and video packages galore things like that. It was 25 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:29.000 more so focused on the segments that were on the show, giving them depth. 26 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.639 So I really appreciated that the segments that you know, it took place 27 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:38.719 from start to finish, I felt like all mint something, especially the start 28 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.400 and obviously the finish, which is typically how the shows go. So just 29 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.080 an all around good episode of SmackDown, and obviously This episode of SmackDown took 30 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:54.560 place on November tenth, twenty and twenty three from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, 31 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.319 Ohio. Shout out to DJ Cuzmo for the location breakdown. So let's 32 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:05.199 get into it right now. This episode's coming on Saturday, Saturday afternoon. 33 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.479 Had to work, so my work schedule once again interfering with this. But 34 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:12.879 I've noticed that this is kind of becoming a trend, right This is kind 35 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.039 of becoming one of the, I guess, more normal things to happen here 36 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:21.400 lately with my schedule. So here's what we're gonna do. I am going 37 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:25.319 to try to make it up to you guys for having a little bit of 38 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.639 a later show at least that I record, by giving you a little bit 39 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:36.159 of bonus content at the end of the episode. If you're a loyal listener, 40 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.840 then you're very familiar with what we used to call Top five Fridays here 41 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:46.319 on the SmackDown Review. Now, obviously it's not Friday. I'm recording this 42 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:53.360 on Saturday, So how about we do something somewhat like a stack them up 43 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:58.919 Saturday, pretty much the exact same concept. I'm going to rank my top 44 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.639 five of something anytime one of these episodes is late, just as a way 45 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:04.520 to make it up to you, just to give you a little bit of 46 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:09.639 bonus content towards the end of the episode, So stay tuned for that, 47 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.639 because this time in particular, I'm going to give you my top five spears. 48 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:15.839 A lot of people do the spear, a lot of people have used 49 00:04:15.839 --> 00:04:19.600 the spear as they're finishing move over the years. So I am going to 50 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:24.360 give you my top five. This is mine very subjective list, per usual, 51 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.360 and you know, as always, feel free to respond with your top 52 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.199 five. Who you think should have been on my list? Who did I 53 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.959 get wrong? Who did I misplace? I would love to hear. I 54 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:39.560 would love to hear your opinion on the spear because it's always been one of 55 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.639 my favorite moves. So we'll get into that towards the end of the episode. 56 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.000 First things first, we got some business to talk about here, and 57 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.160 that is this episode of SmackDown. So let's go ahead and get into it, 58 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:54.000 starting with the way that the show opened, which is this whole LWO 59 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:59.560 dilemma, specifically with Raymastereo. But before Raymisterio came out, Kevin Owens came 60 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:03.079 out guest on commentary had a nice little tie. He was on commentary up 61 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:09.319 until a little Austin Theory Grayson Waller debacle that took place. We'll talk about 62 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:13.319 that a little bit later, but I will say phenomenal job by Kevin Owens. 63 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.439 He just brings a lot. You know, you see former wrestlers put 64 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:20.079 themselves on the commentary table. Look at Taz, look at Jerry the King 65 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:26.079 Waller. Obviously Corey Graves has history of being in the ring. It's just 66 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:31.040 a way bear, It's just something that is a very common transition as a 67 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:38.360 wrestler will go from being an active wrestler on the roster to possibly calling the 68 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:44.040 action at ringside. So seeing Kevin Owens thrive in that role not a surprise 69 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.160 to me at all. I would definitely consider or I'd be interested in seeing 70 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:51.000 him possibly take that path after his wrestling career is over. He's been around 71 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:56.000 for a pretty long time. I know that My knowledge of Kevin Owens pro 72 00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:00.839 wrestling career, I guess is what you want to phrase, it dates back 73 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:03.240 to like two thousand and eight. He was on that star studded two thousand 74 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:10.360 and eight Ring of Honor roster. So that's how I was introduced to him, 75 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.560 not necessarily in real time, obviously, I was not watching A Ring 76 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.839 of Honor back in two thousand and eight. But whenever I heard about Kevin 77 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:20.160 Steen and they were talking about his history and where I could go look him 78 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:24.399 up to find, you know, some of his best work, that's where 79 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.240 I was pointed. So clearly, he's been around for a while, well 80 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.160 over like fifteen years. At this point, he's already a family man. 81 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.319 He has kids that are grown up at this point, damn near So obviously, 82 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:36.680 Kevin Owens is someone that you know, the clock isn't taking on his 83 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:43.040 career, but I would imagine that he has a lot more matches behind him 84 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.519 than ahead of him, and that would be a phenomenal transition just whenever his 85 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.000 wrestling days are over. A way to keep him around, keep his personality 86 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:55.800 and his charisma right there close to the vest by having him, you know, 87 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:59.199 just move over to the commentary table. But anyways, back to the 88 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:04.160 show, Raymisterio and LWO come out, and he's pretty much just addressing the 89 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:06.920 obvious. You know, he's addressing the elephant in the room. He lost 90 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:11.040 his US title this past Saturday a week ago. Right now, from when 91 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:16.839 I'm recording this to Logan Paul, and clearly it's you know, a pretty 92 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.399 big deal. It's a big deal from you know, for all parties. 93 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:24.959 Number One, ray Masterio lost a championship. That's not going to hurt his 94 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:30.319 his resume or anything like that. But who he lost it to That's where 95 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.839 some people might have a problem. Obviously, Logan Paul was not there tonight. 96 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.920 What kind of championship rain is this going to be? Is it going 97 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:40.519 to be one where he's just kind of in kind of out Do they just 98 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.639 do this as like a publicity stunt. I don't really know. I have 99 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.879 to wait and let it all play out and then I'll you know, be 100 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.319 able to have an opinion on it. But as we sit here right now, 101 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.600 you know, I picked Logan Paul to win that match because I thought 102 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:57.759 that it made sense. But I thought that, you know, his schedule 103 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.199 was free up or freed up for the near future where he would be able 104 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.959 to make these types of appearances, especially for a night like this. But 105 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:11.519 clearly the US title itself really wasn't the focal point in this whole little segment 106 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:18.560 here. Raymonsterio lost it, but you know he acknowledged the brass knuckle part 107 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:20.720 of this whole thing. You know, he brought up that, hey, 108 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.519 I would still have that championship if it wasn't for Logan Paul using the brass 109 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:31.639 knuckles. And then outcomes Carlito, one of my you know, I like 110 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.279 seeing Carlito. I will say, you know, out of all the wrestlers 111 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.039 that I see, he's one of my favorites that you know, just kind 112 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.000 of pops in here and there. I'm waiting for him to, you know, 113 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.559 be more involved. I'm waiting for him to have a bigger role, 114 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.440 and we might be getting there based off what we saw on this episode of 115 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.120 SmackDown, because he comes out and he flat out says it. You know, 116 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.440 every now and then, there's those situations where you kind of want to 117 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.480 call somebody out, you know that they need to be called out, and 118 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.559 it would pretty much just serve everybody involved. It would do them justice just 119 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.480 to you know, point out something. And that's exactly what Carlito does here 120 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:11.279 by telling Rey Mysterio that he's pretty much blaming the wrong person. Like, 121 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.960 look, Logan Paul didn't pull those brass knuckles out of his boot himself. 122 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.399 KSI wasn't out there dressed up as a prime bottle and slid this to him. 123 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.399 It was one hundred percent someone who you wouldn't expect you should be looking 124 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.320 and blaming. Santos has kebabra. It's exactly Carlito said it, but pretty 125 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:35.759 much he just tells Ray look Santos is the one that slid those brass knuckles 126 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.000 to him, dude, like you're blaming the wrong person. Santos is absolutely 127 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.159 just furious about this. He's losing his mind, like you're seriously gonna blame 128 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.240 me, Like this is my family. I was here in LWO before you. 129 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.480 I mean, they're kind of bickering back and forth. They pretty much 130 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.200 have to be split up. Santos eventually leaves, you know, he exits 131 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.360 through the Samantha Irvin area. I know she's not the SmackDown ring announcer, 132 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.279 but you know what I'm talking about now, right right over there where the 133 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:03.480 ring announcers, it's and obviously Ray Masterio and Zelina Vega chase him. They 134 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.440 try to get him to stop. He's too mad. So you kind of 135 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:11.000 got an idea on where this was going to go because it was rumored earlier 136 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.519 in the show that there was going to be a quote unquote turn, someone 137 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.279 was going to turn. It was going to be a pretty big deal. 138 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:18.759 And this is what we thought, you know, this is what we thought. 139 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:20.399 It was like, Okay, here we go, like Santo's Escabar is 140 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:28.360 for whatever reason not happy with the LWO and he's just deciding to be the 141 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.840 one that's going to drive a wedge in this group. And immediately after this 142 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.000 opening segment we get a match Carlito set to go one on one with Bobby 143 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:39.480 Lashley, and I still throwback match here. I was enjoying this. If 144 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.279 you just picture those two in their early runs in WWE, like Carlito without 145 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.399 the facial hair, wearing the unbuttoned like Hawaiian type shirt or like beat shirt 146 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.039 with the apple in hand, looking at Bobby Lashley pretty much looks the exact 147 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.679 same that he looked back then, minus just a little bit of a gear 148 00:10:54.799 --> 00:11:00.879 change. But all in all, these two dudes have a aged very well. 149 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.240 Seeing them in a match in twenty twenty three on SmackDown, had to 150 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.600 tip my cap a little bit, had to kind of give a little bit 151 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.399 of a you know, round of applause, because it's not easy to maintain 152 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:18.120 a professional athlete's physique over all these years. Professional wrestling brutal, brutal lifestyle. 153 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:24.279 Like it's pretty much like you your whole life is to get thrown on 154 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.919 your back, Like that is what you do for a living essentially, is 155 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.679 yeah, I mean what do you get? What do you do for a 156 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.000 living? While I work in an office? No, I staid at a 157 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.759 computer desk. I do this, I do accounting, this or that. 158 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:41.000 You know, I'm involved in landscaping. I am a lawyer. You know, 159 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.440 there's all types of different career paths professional wrestlers. They just so happen 160 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.840 to get thrown on their back. They power bomb people. You know, 161 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.600 it's a it's a unique line of work. That's why it's not easy to 162 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.679 get into. That's why it's extremely hard. Only the strong survive is a 163 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.919 very real statement whenever you're talking about the path to being a professional wrestler. 164 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.919 And I've always given my respect to people who you know, have it in 165 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.440 them to do this because it's it's a sport that gets fun poked at a 166 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.240 lot. We all know why it is what it is. Not everybody understands 167 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:16.039 it, and I don't expect them to. So the people who kind of 168 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.039 tough it out, they stick it out, and you know, they put 169 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:20.320 their body through hell. I always want to give them a little bit of 170 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.679 extra respect. And then whenever you talk about professionals, you know, doing 171 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.080 it at the tip top level, that's where it points you back to these 172 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.000 two, you know. I mean, I don't know when exactly Carlito was 173 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.120 involved in the whole John Cena stabbing him in a nightclub. I feel like 174 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:39.840 that had to have been sometime in the two thousand and five range. I 175 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.320 don't know for sure. I know that John Cena had to have been on 176 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.240 SmackDown, right, and then John Cena moved over to Raw in two thousand 177 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.480 and six. I know that it didn't happen then. But then again, 178 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:52.039 I could be very wrong in this situation. It's all kind of blurry, 179 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.639 but I do know that. You know, obviously, Bobby Lashley showed up 180 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.879 there in the mid two thousands as well, pretty much just representing easy to 181 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.279 you had a nice run on SmackDown to Bobby Lashley had potential, Like I 182 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:09.559 don't really know exactly who I would compare him to in terms of athletes like 183 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.840 from other sports who just kind of came in, they dominated, they took 184 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:16.720 a little bit of time off, they came back next thing, you know, 185 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:20.559 Bam, they have a whole second chapter of their career and it ends 186 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.480 up being phenomenal. Maybe Michael Vick, I don't know for sure if that 187 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.879 would be a you know, an accurate comparison, But if you think about 188 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.559 Michael Vick, you know, obviously being with the Falcons, that's Bobby Lashley 189 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.080 in his first run with WWE, where he was just so raw, such 190 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:37.360 a you know, untapped potential, just all that talent there waiting to be 191 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.639 unleashed. And then obviously Bobby Lashley leaves the WWE, Michael Vick goes to 192 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:46.080 prison. A little bit of a different comparison. That's where the comparisons kind 193 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:50.000 of stop right there, but they kind of picked back up whenever you think 194 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:56.360 about Michael Vick eventually had a rejuvenated, a resurrected career with the Philadelphia Eagles, 195 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:00.399 where he mastered his ability to throw the football, played with any Reid, 196 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.759 had just you know, a beautiful connection with the Shan Jackson, Jeremy 197 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:07.600 Macklin, Lashawn McCoy, Brent Selick, the phenomenal Eagles offensive line that they've 198 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:13.399 had for such a pretty long time. You look at Bobby Lashley now he's 199 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.840 back, has the Street Profits. He was doing his thing with the Hurt 200 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.600 business. Like, Bobby Lashley has had a nice second run here in the 201 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.240 WWE. It's been like four years now or something like that. It's been 202 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.360 a pretty long time, and I'm just not eager to see him take any 203 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.000 time off. I'll just say that I think Bobby Lasty's kind of hitting a 204 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.320 stride again here, and comparing him to Michael Vick is a pretty accurate comparison. 205 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.919 I'm glad I was able to nail one there, or I feel like 206 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.799 I nailed it. You might think I'm a little bit off. Give me 207 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:41.639 your opinion. I want to know if you feel like I could have, 208 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:46.120 you know, had a different lay up there with another athlete comparison for Bobby 209 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.039 Lashley. Definitely let me know because I'm into that type of thing. But 210 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.919 anyways, Bobby Lashley wins this match with Carlito, and after the match is 211 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.200 over, you already know his boys, the Street Profits in himself. If 212 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.200 they start putting a beat down on Carlito is their new thing. They beat 213 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.960 people up. After the match, we see Befab backstage watching on a JumboTron 214 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:11.759 or just a television screen. But that's just kind of, you know, 215 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.279 teasing that she's going to be joining the group. So I thought she might 216 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.919 go out, but Lena Vega left to go chase Santo's escobar, so it 217 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.519 really wouldn't have made sense for her to go out then. But the fact 218 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.320 that they showed her, they gave her some airtime, they acknowledged her, 219 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.600 it just lets you know that it's happening. So be prepared for, you 220 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:33.879 know, an inevitable b Fab joining. Whatever this group is called. I 221 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:35.840 hope they get a name. I want to continue to call them the Street 222 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.639 Profits, but I can't just say Bobby Lashley in the Street Profits. Like, 223 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.919 no, this isn't a band. You know, this isn't Casey in 224 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.240 the Sunshine Band. You know, this isn't Hoody and the Blowfish. You 225 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:50.480 know, we need a solid faction name for this group, and I do 226 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.799 believe it will come in due time. Let's see, let's move on to 227 00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:00.240 another little part of the show. Not a lot of segments like I mentioned 228 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:03.679 to begin, so we're gonna kind of just talk about the next thing that 229 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:10.120 pops up here. Dragon Lee defeated Cedric Alexander, speaking of her business via 230 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:14.799 pinfall DDT was the move that he used. It does look like Dragon Lee 231 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.360 starting to get a little bit more exposure just in terms of matches. What 232 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.480 this is two and out of three weeks or something like that. He's getting 233 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.679 more and more TV time. It does seem like maybe SmackDown has a plan 234 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:32.679 for him. That's where you know, the Cruiserweight Championship being Is this still 235 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.960 a thing on NXT? I honestly don't know. I don't watch a XT, 236 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.240 so I'm not one hundred percent sure. It kind of confused me why 237 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.720 they brought it down to NXT in the first place. But the Cruiserweight Championship 238 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:47.960 has a spot on the main roster because it's for that lower card, the 239 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.279 guys that you know, I mean, when are they going to get an 240 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:56.639 opportunity to go after Roman Reigns Championship. When are they gonna be really go 241 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.440 after Gunther or now Logan Paul is the mid car champion, you know, 242 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:04.519 so the people like Cedric Alexander, like Dragon Lee, Akira Tozawa, people 243 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.400 from you know, the even the Monday Night Ross side of thing, like 244 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:14.160 the Cruiserweight Championship used to have meaning. It really did. Ray Mysterio really 245 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.400 brought some credibility to that championship back in his heyday whenever he was a champion. 246 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.440 Obviously Chavo had it, Billy Kidman had it. There were several different 247 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.119 wrestlers that kind of you know, rotated. I remember Jamie Noble, he 248 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:30.680 had that championship from several times and the storylines were interesting. Spike Dudley even 249 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.400 got his hands on that bad Boy. See. I mean, there's the 250 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.680 fact that I can just name about five or six off the top of my 251 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:41.400 head just tells me that they're misusing an entire weight class right now, Like 252 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:48.039 look at you. You're telling me that Johnny Gargano wouldn't be a phenomenal Cruiserweight 253 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.960 champion and you could actually have you know, his cult following. All the 254 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:59.240 fans that love Johnny wrestling, they would probably have some interest in the Cruiserweight 255 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.839 Championship. So it's just something I kind of want to plant to seed there. 256 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:07.599 We'll see if the cruiseweight Championship is being utilized on the or I guess 257 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.839 in the NXT division. I mean, is Becky Lynch not going back and 258 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.920 forth. Is she not kind of appearing on both? I don't know. 259 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.039 I know I'm kind of contradicting myself because you guys all know how much I 260 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.039 value the brand split. But I'm just saying that Cruiserweight Championship is a smack 261 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.440 down championship. It started off in the Ruthless Aggression era as a smack down 262 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.519 championship. Let's bring it back. Let's just go ahead and you know, 263 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:36.000 have a little reunion there. The roster's there for this championship to thrive. 264 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.839 That's all I'm gonna say there about that. But you guys all get where 265 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:45.000 I'm going. I wouldn't mind seeing a Cruiserweight division actually get some vocal point 266 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.759 and you know, don't turn the ropes purple. Let's not have the Cruiserweight 267 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:51.720 Classic or anything like that where we try to make it more than what it 268 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.119 is. I was never a fan of that. Whenever, you know, 269 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.880 they tried to make the cruiseweight division like back whenever it was in zo Omore, 270 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:02.880 Devil was in it, TJ. Perkins, there were so many others. 271 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:06.960 I think Cedric Alexander might have been too, Mustafa Ali, Tony nice. 272 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:11.880 There were quite a bit back in that twenty sixteen twenty seventeen range when 273 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:18.519 the cruiseweight Championship was initially brought back, and I just feel like they kind 274 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:22.039 of dropped the ball the execution. I mean, I get the plan right. 275 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.960 They wanted to make it feel good, they wanted to make it feel 276 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:29.279 important. But I feel like whenever you would change the ropes and make it 277 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:33.000 just seem like it was something different, and that's the main thing different. 278 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:36.720 Not everybody likes different. If you just bring the Cruiserweight wrestlers out and make 279 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.519 it seem like, yeah, this is part of Monday Night Raw, this 280 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.039 is just part of the show. Here, We're going to have a cruiseweight 281 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.359 match. You don't have to make it seem like it's like it's something completely 282 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:47.920 different from the show, from the regular show that you were watching, with 283 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.720 the red ropes or whatever. That's where I felt like they kind of went 284 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:55.160 wrong because people felt like it was less than Whenever it feels different, then 285 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:59.480 it has to be either better or worse because it's not part of the exact 286 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.599 same show, so it has to be better or worse. And I feel 287 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:04.440 like they kind of, you know, set it up for failure in that 288 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:08.759 regard, but there is a route and there is a method for them to 289 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:14.160 do it the right way. Up next, we get La Knight and Grayson 290 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:18.079 Waller having a one on one match here, and this is obviously where the 291 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:22.039 Kevin Owens on commentary was really entertaining, and just because of the history that 292 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.000 he already has, the quick history that he has with Grayson Waller in his 293 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.799 short time being on SmackDown. But before the match actually happens, La Knight 294 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:36.480 gets a pretty good promo talking about, you know, his match at Crown 295 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:38.319 Jewel, how he lost but he ultimately should have won had it not been 296 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.839 for Jimmy Usso I'm sorry, La Knight. Get in line. There's a 297 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.400 long list of wrestlers that have gotten screwed over by the bloodline. You were 298 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:48.920 just the most recent name, and you're definitely not going to be the last, 299 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:53.640 so you know, don't feel too bad about that, I will say, 300 00:20:53.640 --> 00:21:00.000 though. He also took some shots at Grayson Waller once he eventually got 301 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:04.400 out there, just pretty much saying that dude, you got beat up by 302 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:10.960 a you know, Saudi Arabian actor or comedian whoever that guy was. It 303 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.880 wasn't the worst segment I've ever seen, but it wasn't going to just be 304 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.200 something that you look at and think, man, this is this is right 305 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.440 up there with some of the best comedy that we've ever seen from WWE. 306 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:22.880 But you know, it is what it is. I'm not complaining about it 307 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.559 by any means. Ellie Knight does get the win here obviously against Grayson Waller. 308 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:32.559 I don't really believe anybody thought that it was going to be the other 309 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:36.400 way around, But I don't really know. I just feel like La Knight, 310 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.680 I told you there was no way in helly was going to win. 311 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:41.759 It's where do we go from here? What do they do with La Knight 312 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.759 from this point? And that's really what's going to make me, I guess, 313 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:52.599 believe in his future as a you know, a mainstay. Crowd's going 314 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.519 to get tired of channing his name and buying his merch if WW doesn't do 315 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.359 the right thing with him. Obviously, as many times as they bring him 316 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:02.559 out, when time you hear that music here, the crowd's gonna pop. 317 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:06.680 But his merch cells have to be through the roof right now. Like I 318 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.480 imagine that he'll probably you know, bring that up in one of his promos 319 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:11.519 if he hasn't already. But he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that 320 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:15.000 really smells the roses or likes to, you know, pat himself on the 321 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.759 back from that type of perspective. Now, don't get me wrong, La 322 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.759 and I will tell you he's the best thing since sliced bread, and that's 323 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:25.720 just a fact of life. But he will also not just say, Hey, 324 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.519 there's fans everywhere here that have my shirt on. You know, there's 325 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:32.240 just all these kids everywhere that are chating. Yeah, you know. It's 326 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.680 one of those things where I feel like La Knight is pretty humble. Now 327 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:38.039 behind the scenes, backstage he might be soaking it all up and just saying, 328 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:41.160 oh my god, this is so awesome, But for the most part, 329 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.400 it does have a little bit of I've been here before or I'm not 330 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.799 surprised by this type of vibe. So ill I mean, that's not easy 331 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:52.759 to do. If you get your little five minutes of fame, especially for 332 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:55.640 somebody who's worked as hard as La Night has to get to this point, 333 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.519 it's pretty easy to kind of just say yeah, you know, my you 334 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:06.559 know what doesn't stink and I'm just pretty much walking on water here and La 335 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:10.599 Knight, I feel like isn't necessarily taking that approach, But nonetheless, I 336 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.519 am happy for the guy that he's getting all this popularity. He definitely deserves 337 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:18.799 it and the future could still be bright for him. Talk about Cody Rhoades 338 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.799 finishing his story, we may see La Knight have his own story get finished. 339 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:26.640 Now. Obviously he's not gonna go beat Roman Reigns or anything like that, 340 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:29.440 but there is still a story to be told with La Knight, and 341 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.759 I do believe that it's going to be at some point, and who knows. 342 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:36.319 I mean, I'm happy for the guy, so whatever happens, I 343 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:41.160 will be on board with more wins for l A Night. The final part 344 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:47.559 of the show is this six women tag match. We got Osca, Bianca 345 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:51.279 Belair, and Charlotte Flair. They call it an all star team multiple times, 346 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.200 which is true. It's what it is. All these women have pretty 347 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:59.160 much main invented WrestleMania at some point. Maybe not Oscar officially, but she 348 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:02.160 did go into wrestle with an undefeated Street That was a big time match, 349 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:07.079 as you had with Charlotte back in like WrestleMania in twenty eighteen, maybe twenty 350 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.960 nineteen. I don't know. Like I said, man, my memory is 351 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:12.119 starting to get kind of foggy. Let's talk about mental health. Mental health 352 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:17.279 is increasingly important in something none of us like to address. Are you stuck 353 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:21.559 or does your mind have you dressing sharp but feeling dull? Perhaps it's time 354 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:26.000 to talk to a life coach. Meetfellow WWE podcast listening and wrestling fan Steve 355 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:33.119 from a Damn Healthy Dose of Coaching. Steve is a certified ADHD life coach 356 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:37.839 and getting you unstuck is what he does. Period. 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So we had Bailey, EO Sky and Kyrie sayin versus Charlotte Bianca 365 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.359 and Osca, And you know, I think this is kind of a mismatch. 366 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:37.839 Despite the other team the champion Bailey was a phenomenal wrestler and the newly 367 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:42.839 returned at Kyrie Sain, I still think that the other team is a good 368 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:51.160 head and shoulders better on paper, they just felt like the more I guess, 369 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.240 well rounded team. They can hit you from a lot of different ways, 370 00:25:55.759 --> 00:26:00.680 and their skill sets seemed to compliment each other pretty well, whereas Bailey 371 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:04.720 seems like, I don't know, like in terms of her entering, she's 372 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:07.680 not I don't know. I want to be careful when I say this, 373 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:12.640 but I don't feel like Bailey is on the level that she was a few 374 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:18.160 years ago now character wise, the way that she, you know, interacts 375 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:22.839 with the crowd and is telling stories that is still very very elite. But 376 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.640 at one point, I feel like, you know, babyface Bailey, she 377 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.240 was known for her entering, like she was one of the best women dressers 378 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:32.039 that was on the roster. I feel like things have kind of changed over 379 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:36.799 the past few years and she's kind of slowly transitioned into you know, this 380 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.839 new role in this new chapter or her career, and again you know it's 381 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:44.359 going well for her. But it's just one of those things that I noticed, 382 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.720 like when I'm looking in the ring and I'm looking at all the talent, 383 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.519 it's rare that Bailey's in a match, and whenever you're talking about the 384 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:55.920 most talented or you know, the most quote unquote hot in terms of figurative 385 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.680 like who's hot right now going you know, in their career, Bailey isn't 386 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:03.119 necessar, you know, on the level of EO Sky, who's the champion, 387 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:07.480 and Bionca bell Air is constantly a challenger. Charlotte Flair doesn't even need 388 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:11.559 an explanation. Oscar has this new thing going on, and clearly tonight she 389 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.160 had a big role in this whole situation. Bailey's name comes up fifth or 390 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:18.440 sixth, and that just seemed like it was strange. I had to, 391 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:25.960 you know, point that out that Bailey's I guess time at being at the 392 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.799 very top or one of the top four women wrestlers in the entire company. 393 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:34.279 I guess maybe those days are coming to a close. But Hey, she 394 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:38.279 still offers a hell of a lot to this company, and even just doing 395 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:42.799 her role in Damage Control, it's been entertaining and she's currently in the midst 396 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:47.920 of like an arc right now, So you know, we have to acknowledge 397 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:51.880 that and kind of just appreciate what she's doing despite her ring work maybe not 398 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:55.799 being top tier. You can't be ninety nine overall on every single aspect. 399 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.519 It's usually not doesn't work out that way, and you know, she's no 400 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.519 spring shot either, so I definitely want to give her a shout out, 401 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:07.920 And I guess just say that despite the talent around her kind of continuing to 402 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:15.200 reach their peak, she's still excelling in other ways. But this match took 403 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.440 a massive left turn whenever Osca refused to tag in. After Bianca Belair was 404 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.400 crawling to their corner to try to get a hot Oscar get the hot tag 405 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:26.720 and their team obviously run away with the match. Oscar moved her hand, 406 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:34.240 hit Bianca with the mist and yes, Osca aligns herself, she teams up, 407 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:41.119 she turns hill and joins damage control. It's weird. Do you remember 408 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.640 the Kabuki Warriors. There's a little bit of a reunion there obviously. Now 409 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.160 you got Eo Sky. This is a dangerous team. Man. When you 410 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.119 factor in Dakota Kai, you got Bailey there as well. This is a 411 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:57.359 solid group now the whole Bailey having her own plan, Eo having her plan, 412 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:00.559 This is clearly going to come to a head soon. We're not going 413 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:07.440 to get this dream team of the three Japanese wrestlers who were all badass in 414 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.400 the ring. I just want to go ahead and give them their you know, 415 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:14.839 give them their flowers right now along with the charismatic wit and the ring. 416 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:21.799 I guess the in ring ability of a healthy Dakota Kai and a veteran 417 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.920 Bailey who we just talked about. This is a solid group in terms of 418 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.359 women's factions, Guys, this might be the best one of all time. 419 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.200 I know, it's barely scratching the surface. We barely saw it, you 420 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.240 know, kind of built. But what other women's factions that we've seen over 421 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:37.400 the years that we could actually look at and say, okay, they can 422 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:42.759 hold the candle to that group? PCB, what was that, Paige Charlotte 423 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:47.200 Becky. I think that that's a talented group when you look at you know, 424 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:52.240 what they have accomplished over the years, but even that group was really 425 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.920 short lived. Now clearly this group right here isn't going to have a long 426 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:59.480 run either. But for as long as they are together, man, this 427 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:02.920 group hass potential. Man, I really think that they have to keep Bailey 428 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:06.559 there though. They really do to be a mouthpiece that can kind of translate 429 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:11.960 and you know, keep the interest levels up. But when you have the 430 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.319 the no pun intended the warriors, like the Kabuki Warriors who were there, 431 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:18.079 it's it's dangerous. And I feel like this is this is massive. Two 432 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:25.599 hill turns on one night Osca and Santo's Escobar just great stuff. You always 433 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.000 appreciate a good hill turn, and they gave us two in the same night. 434 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:32.839 But that does do it for the SmackDown review portion of this show. 435 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.960 And like I mentioned, guys, we are getting into a stack them up 436 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.599 Saturday. I'm gonna rank my top five spears. And this is kind of 437 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:44.680 tricky because I have some personal attachments to a lot of these wrestlers. The 438 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.680 spear is a great move. If you're a football player, you have imagined 439 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:51.680 yourself, whether it's football practice or a game. You've just said, Man, 440 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.640 that felt like Goldberg. There you know, I felt like I delivered 441 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:56.279 a spear. You know, I felt like I actually executed the move. 442 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.240 And if you do it on a trampoline, it's one of the easy est 443 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:02.680 ones you can do. Now, as I say it's the easiest one. 444 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.000 Not all of them look the same. I'm going to talk about it. 445 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:07.480 Some of them are not as good as the others, and that's just part 446 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.160 of it. Not all stunners are as good as stone cal Steve Austin's. 447 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.359 We see super kicks left and right. As it's officially become a transition move, 448 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:18.720 they don't all look like the Heartbreak kid. So it's just kind of 449 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:22.319 the same thing with the spear. It's one of those moves that it's not 450 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.759 really a transition move. It's a finishing move. It's a move that can 451 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.640 end a match if you hit it right and if you do it good enough. 452 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:33.720 Now, we talked about one person already on the show, and I'm 453 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.079 just gonna go ahead and get this one out of the way. It's not 454 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:40.319 an honorable mention. I just want to mention it and say that it's not 455 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:44.480 on my list, and I didn't even consider it. Charlotte Flair, she 456 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:49.480 does this spear, and I'm gonna be honest, it's the worst spear I've 457 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:53.000 ever seen in my entire life. Number One, she's running and I've always 458 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:59.119 said this, Charlotte Flair, she's a very choreographed wrestler. Like I don't 459 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:02.359 want to say that as like a complete derogatory thing, because I understand wrestling 460 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:06.319 scripted. It is what it is. It's just kind of how the cookie 461 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:10.160 crumbles. But Charlotte looks like she's rehearsing, Like she looks like she's acting 462 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:14.680 out moves that were rehearsed if you've done this type of thing on a trampoline, 463 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.559 or like, if you've ever had any experience watching like a cheerleading team 464 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:21.240 warm up doing something to day. For her, it looks like she's literally 465 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.839 waiting to do something, and her matches just seem more choreographed than others. 466 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:30.759 That's not even what I dislike about her spear. Her spear is that she 467 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:36.759 runs pretty much bent over already. Not like because whenever you're tackling somebody, 468 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.039 it's important to have a low center of gravity. Why do you think Goldberg 469 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:43.920 starts out you know, the the what's it called in the ropes? Whenever 470 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:47.319 he's I guess, kind of leaning between the second rope and the first rope 471 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:52.640 or the bottom rope, I guess is what it's called. And he's squat 472 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.559 down same thing with edge. He's bouncing up and down with his hand there, 473 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:59.759 and they're kind of they're staying low because you need to be running low 474 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:02.240 with your head up. But she doesn't really do it properly. I understand 475 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:06.039 that it could be the you know, the woman that's selling it, the 476 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:09.920 wrestler that she's delivering the spear to. A lot of things probably factor into 477 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:14.880 the equation, but still it's it doesn't even pass the eye test. I've 478 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:17.599 never once seen a Charlotte spear and thought, oh man, she almost cut 479 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.960 that lady in half. And she even gets extremely fired up afterwards. You 480 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.319 know, she gets up, she screams, does her own little version of 481 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:28.160 you know, Roman reigns. But I had to get her out of the 482 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.319 way because, yeah, I didn't even consider it. I've always had an 483 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.039 issue with her spear. I wish that it was done right, and you 484 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.599 know, I'm sure that someone can come along the way and you know, 485 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:40.920 master it as a women's wrestler. But number five, guys, this one 486 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:45.599 might not sit well with some of you. Some of you might be like, 487 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.079 what are you kidding me? But at number five, I'm putting Edge, 488 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:52.519 And at one point in his career, I feel like Edge had a 489 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.240 good spear. It looked good, you know, I feel like it was 490 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:59.079 I bought it. I guess is what you know, a way to put 491 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.359 it, but here lately, and it could be because of his neck injury. 492 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:04.839 It is what it is. That's just, you know, something that 493 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:10.760 he has to deal with, and it's just a circumstance. But it doesn't 494 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:15.920 change the fact that his spear is pretty much just like an over exaggerated hug. 495 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.440 He runs up to him, pretty much hugs him, falls on his 496 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:22.599 knees. There is no you know, hardcore. Damn, he just absolutely 497 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:25.239 killed that person. I don't know, that's just my personal opinion. I 498 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:28.920 feel like, you know, had I be making had I made this list 499 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.639 back in two thousand and six. Yeah, obviously Edge is probably gonna be 500 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:35.599 a lot higher. But for the past like three to four years, I've 501 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:39.599 seen Edges spears and they've been very underwhelming and they don't hit the same as 502 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:43.119 what they once did. I'm always going to be a fan. That's why 503 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.000 I did put it on the top five. But I just feel like whenever 504 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.840 you compare it to some of the other spears that are delivered, I don't 505 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:53.719 think that it is quite at the top. Number four Bobby Lashley, I 506 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:58.480 do think his is better than Edges. It's a little bit more believable, 507 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.800 you know. He just he is someone that, whenever you see them spear, 508 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:06.159 someone you think, Okay, that looks like it hurt like a son 509 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:09.079 of a you know what. So Bobby Lashley, I do feel like Edges 510 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:14.800 out Edge no pun intended whenever you talk about their spear. And I know 511 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:17.559 that's not going to be the popular opinion, but that's just how I view 512 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.679 it. Whenever I look at the spear, I do think Lashly is a 513 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.599 little bit better. Number three, I'm going with bron Breaker. Guys. 514 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:29.000 I think that this is someone who has mastered the spear. It's a great 515 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.519 move. It looks great whenever he does it. It looks like, man, 516 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.360 if I got a spear from him, I would be sore for a 517 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:37.960 week. I don't necessarily know if that would be the case with Edge. 518 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.920 Bobby Lashley, Yeah, he's a really strong dude. It would probably hurt 519 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:44.000 like hell. But with bron Breaker, I feel like he would knock you 520 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.000 out of your shoes. He could bruise a rib at the very least. 521 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:51.840 And you know, he's just he's been the face of n XT and actually 522 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:55.039 just recently got his action figure part of my collection on my shelf. So 523 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:58.639 I do believe the top three, you know, I gotta give it to 524 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:01.880 him. I think he does do the spear just as good as damn near 525 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:07.920 anybody, and he is a legacy wrestler, like he's from a generation of 526 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.000 professional wrestlers, So I think that he does have a bright future and he's 527 00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:15.079 gonna make that spear look damn good over the course of the rest of his 528 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:19.719 career. Number two I went with Roman Reigns, another one that could be 529 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.119 unpopular, but you know, you know what is what it is. I've 530 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:27.400 seen him do it pretty impressive ways he jumps up, he times it very 531 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:30.000 perfect. It's not an easy thing to do the way that he does it. 532 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.480 It is different than any other spear. I will say, I could 533 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:37.079 do without the ooh ah that he does before. That's almost like stomping up, 534 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.920 you know, pumping up the band or whatever. Seaw Michaels does. 535 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:46.559 It's like counting down the clay war. For Drew McIntyre, it just seems 536 00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:50.519 like it's letting your opponent know. Every time Roman Rains does the spear, 537 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:53.599 especially in his babyface era, whenever he would lose matches, lose big time 538 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:57.880 matches for the championship and things like that, I would get pissed. I'm 539 00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:00.480 like, dude, stop freaking letting them know when you're about to hit him 540 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.039 with the spear. But I have seen him do it, you know, 541 00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:05.920 pretty creative ways as well. Like I mentioned, so I had to give 542 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:09.480 him the top two spot. But number one, guys, it's no secret. 543 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:14.360 And this is where some of you might click tune me out, but 544 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:17.960 guys, you got to give credit where it's due. The one thing that 545 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:23.800 Goldberg does well that you cannot argue with is spear. People people say he's 546 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:27.039 not a good wrestler, he only does two moves. Well, guess what. 547 00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:30.280 One of the two moves that he does is a spear, and he's 548 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:35.280 done it pretty damn good for his entire career. Even late in his career, 549 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:37.039 he delivered some pretty good spears. But you want to talk about the 550 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:42.840 nineties like Goldberg and his heyday in WCW. There's not a better spear out 551 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:45.000 there. I promise you there's just not. You can go watch a highlightrail 552 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:50.280 of him just killing people, massive people, The Big Show, Brock Lesner, 553 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:53.760 Mark Henry. The list goes on and on. Goldberg in his prime 554 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:58.400 has by far the best spear of all time. And that's just I feel 555 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:00.559 like, obviously it is subjective, but I'm pretty confident in that one. 556 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:04.400 You could flirt and move around all the others, all the other four, 557 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:06.519 and you might be able to include someone that got left out. But I 558 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:10.360 feel pretty confident and I will pound the table for Goldberg having the best spear 559 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:14.679 of all time. So there, you guys have it. Stack him up 560 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:19.280 Saturday. 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