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This is the 11 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:52.079 gift that's going to stimulate their brain. Check out b blocks dot com. 12 00:00:52.200 --> 00:01:03.359 This is ww superstar Drew McIntyre. If you're listening to the WWE podcast show, 13 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:19.159 the one that Everybody Wants me twenty six days, this modern you're gonna 14 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:25.760 acknow the track everybody, Welcome to the w W podcast. It is Sunday, 15 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.719 June eighteenth, twenty and twenty three. Happy Father's Day to all of 16 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:34.480 you fathers out there. It's one of those days that it's kind of the 17 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.599 redheaded step child to mother's days. Mother's Day seems to be celebrated a little 18 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:40.840 more than Father's Day, just kind of the way it is. I don't 19 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:42.159 know. That's not really a complaint, just kind of an observation, right, 20 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:46.680 it's we're second place to Mother's Day, but that's okay. We get 21 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.359 our own day. And happy to Father's Day to all of you out there. 22 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:53.920 And let's let's talk about WWE and let's talk about what the heck is 23 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:57.719 going on right now. And you know, I was going to come on 24 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:02.480 here, I was gonna rant, I was gonna I was gonna give you 25 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:05.680 guys a little bit of a negative start. But I'm won't do that. 26 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:07.080 I'll save that for a little bit later. I think you know where I'm 27 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:09.919 going with a little bit of that, in particularly the three title belts that 28 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:15.240 Roman Reins is carrying around now. But let's talk about something good, and 29 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:21.319 that is the bloodline storyline as it continues to be every week. We finally 30 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:25.800 got an answer with jusso we finally know what side of the aisle he falls 31 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:31.000 on, and that is on the side of his brother Jimmy. He ousted 32 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:38.120 himself on SmackDown. Wwwe did a great job of threading this throughout the show 33 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:43.719 of SmackDown. They did a great job keeping us hooked until the end. 34 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.599 I think it was well done. The segments with Paul and Jay and Paul 35 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:54.879 and Roman were well executed. I think that you have again the all of 36 00:02:54.919 --> 00:03:00.680 these men have kind of found their place. They understand what they need to 37 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:05.360 do, they know there, they understand their role, and it's something that's 38 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.439 been so fun to watch. And the acting ability of all four men has 39 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:14.520 been superb. And the way that this turn was executed, if you want 40 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:21.759 to call it, that was well executed as well. And Jay explaining that, 41 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.879 you know, Jimmy didn't want Jay to be the next in line, 42 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:31.759 and Roman basically throwing everything at Jay to get him to stay and basically selling 43 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:37.199 him a bill of goods that Jay didn't buy and ultimately saying to Jimmy, 44 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.919 you're out, and then saying and I'm out too, and then wham superkick 45 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.439 on super Well sweet Chin music almost on Roman, and then Jimmy and Jay 46 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:51.240 both had a double superkick on Roman. It's been a lot of fun to 47 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:57.680 watch. Now the bloodline as we know it anyway has imploded. Does that 48 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:02.080 mean that the bloodline, it's health as an entity has exploded. No, 49 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:11.120 it doesn't. There's still the foundation of Solo and Roman, and until that 50 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:15.800 union is broken, there is still a bloodline. And why wouldn't there be. 51 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.600 This is a cash cow for WWE, And if you've seen some articles 52 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:27.199 over the weekend, that seems to be why they have no plans on Roman 53 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:32.000 dropping the belt anytime soon. Is the fact that that Roman reigns right now 54 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:38.560 is a cash cow for WWE. The bloodline is the storyline that surrounds. 55 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:45.199 A bloodline is a cash cow. They understand this is a very rare opportunity 56 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:51.560 that they have and a storyline that they dream about that comes along very rarely. 57 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.319 That they're able to live out right now and squeeze every dollar they can, 58 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.800 and good for them. So don't expect Just because Jimmy and Jane now 59 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:04.959 are are segregated on their own island of relevancy I guess or irrelevancy depending on 60 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.720 how you look at it, it doesn't mean this storyline is over. It 61 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:15.560 has only just begun in some respects because now Roman and Solo are going to 62 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:21.439 face off against Jay and Jimmy and that is confirmed to be taking place at 63 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:26.040 Money in the Bank in London in the O two arena. That's one percent 64 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.800 confirmed. It's called the Bloodline Civil War. I mean, that's good, 65 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.839 good marketing. I like that phrase. I like the marketing there, if 66 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:39.720 you are into such things. And I believe even Marvel did that, didn't 67 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.800 they They called it civil War with it was a who was a Captain America? 68 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.120 An iron Man? Good movie, by the way, and so that 69 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.160 it's funny. I'm I'm just watching that movie for the first time. I 70 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:54.800 know, I'm way behind a Marvel movies, Marvel movies, but it's just 71 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:59.399 weird that they lined up like that. However, great marketing. I like 72 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.240 the way that it's being portrayed. It is civil war. However, is 73 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:09.240 it really civil war when the one the one half of the group leaves because 74 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.199 they're no longer in that group. It has to happen within the same group. 75 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.759 But whatever, it's cool, great marketing. And this story is far 76 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:20.160 from over because eventually where does Solo land? Yeah? Where what happens there? 77 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:24.639 Eventually he's going to turn on Roman. Could he be the one to 78 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:30.000 finally take down Roman reigns? And win the championships. Many people are pointing 79 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.639 to Solo Skoa as that guy. It could also be Jimmy or j if 80 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.800 I was if I had a gun to my head, I'd say it's Juso. 81 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:41.480 Right now, with everything equal, it's not going to be Randy Orton. 82 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.199 It's not going to be Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins has a solid chance. 83 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.120 Maybe the money in the Bank winner has a solid chance. If that's 84 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:53.279 La Night, who seems to be the front runner, you know, there 85 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:59.079 could be certainly, but I think it comes from within because nobody from NXT 86 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:01.959 is ready and I don't even know. Here's the thing, I don't even 87 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.120 know if w knows how pure they don't even know. I bet you they 88 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:10.079 have no idea. They're just continuing with the programs and saying, well, 89 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:13.199 well, we know, when that person comes along, we'll know it. 90 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.759 Maybe that's the way they're looking at it, kind of like when you are 91 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.959 looking for someone to marry, and you know, the harder you look, 92 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:23.079 the you know, the fewer the options that seem to be out there, 93 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.560 and all of a sudden, someone just pops up out of nowhere. Right. 94 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:30.319 Maybe that's the approach they're tanking because it seems to be they don't have 95 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.639 an idea, and maybe they don't, but I would go with Juso right 96 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:40.720 now. That's just me. Now again, as I've praised this, and 97 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.720 I think that that that matchup at Money the Bank is going to be really 98 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:46.920 good. Obviously it's the main event, even though the title's not involved. 99 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:53.120 That's kind of where things turned a little bit from me in frustration in that. 100 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.040 Not that I don't like this tag team match. I think it's a 101 00:07:56.079 --> 00:08:01.959 perfect matchup. It's an absolute pay per vieworthy think about this. Roman Reigins 102 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:07.399 hasn't defended his championship since what April first, April two, whatever, twenty 103 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:11.000 twenty three. He's not going to be defending it at Money in the Bank, 104 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:16.040 which means he's not going to be defending it until SummerSlam, which is 105 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.879 what August six, seventh, eighth, ninth, something like that first week 106 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:22.560 of August. That would mean that Roman Reigins would have gone from April to 107 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:28.160 August four months before he defended his belt again. And that's assuming he defended 108 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.639 at SummerSlam. I can't imagine he doesn't, but let's assume he does. 109 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:39.080 Four months a quarter of a year, he hasn't defended that championship, and 110 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:46.480 now we're supposed to all just be blinded or distracted by Seth Rollins essentially treating 111 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.080 the World Heavyweight Championship like the twenty four seventh title, and everyone gets an 112 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.440 opportunity. All they have to do is ask, are we supposed to just 113 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:58.559 be you know, completely just oblivious to or not care about the fact that 114 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:03.279 Roman is just doing a complete opposite. I'm not distracted by it. That 115 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.360 title of that Roman is holding does currently at the moment feel more important than 116 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:16.600 Seths And it's inexcusable that you go four months, four months without defending that 117 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:22.600 championship. I really I would like to look, somebody comes up with that. 118 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.679 Somebody has to come up with this stat In the history of w WE, 119 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.919 I'd say the modern era, okay, which means like you know, 120 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:35.759 nineties onward, has anyone held the championship man or woman and gone four months 121 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.120 straight without defending it. The only one I can think of this comes even 122 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.519 close is perhaps Oscar when she was the women's champion during the pandemic era and 123 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.240 they essentially forgot about her. Maybe that's one, but other than that, 124 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:54.960 guys like this is unbelievable and I'm not being distracted by or being thrown a 125 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.240 consolation prize by w WE and said, well, here you go, a 126 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.480 little boy. Don't worry about Roman, worry about this World Heavyweight Championship. 127 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.320 You guys wanted a fighting champion. Here you go, right right now. 128 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.120 A lot of people are probably obliviously being blinded and distracted by that. I'm 129 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:16.279 not hasn't been lost on me. It's inexcusable, and it does, I 130 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.039 think a little bit tarnish the run of Roman reigns, a little bit, 131 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.759 not enough to take him out of the Hall of Fame or eventually probably become 132 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.720 a legend in WWE. I mean using that word lightly is not something that 133 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.519 we do as fans, but he is potentially already bordering on legend, potentially 134 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:39.080 already all of Famer, no doubt. But it does a little bit tarnish 135 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.399 his run because when you go four months without defending the championship, that adds 136 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:52.519 what roughly one hundred and twenty days to your run artificially without defending it. 137 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.399 Are we supposed to applaud that I'm not asking for defense every two weeks. 138 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.480 I'm not even asking for every every pay per view. Okay, I know 139 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.240 a lot of people would like that, but I've kind of come to understand 140 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.080 that's not how Roman's run has gone or will go. But four months are 141 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:18.639 you kidding? You're artificially inflating his run by one hundred and twenty days in 142 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.919 a way, and it does I think hurt his run a little bit because 143 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.879 there's been so many instances of him going long periods, not this long. 144 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:28.399 Typically it's been two months. I don't even know if he's done three yet. 145 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:33.240 But this is insane. It's insane. I know the bloodline story has 146 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:37.720 to pass, you know, of course, you know, play itself out, 147 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.360 no doubt, the Jay and Jimmy's story has been great. It doesn't 148 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.679 need to play itself out. But why can't Roman have an opponent in the 149 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:50.120 meantime? I don't. I don't understand that. So anyway, that's one 150 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.000 thing. The other thing, you gotta saw this one coming. Roman reigns 151 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.600 last week, two weeks ago, three weeks ago, whatever was Adam Pierce 152 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:01.200 introduced him with a new undisputed a w w E championship. Isn't that the 153 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.919 name of it? Whatever it's called, right, and that was supposed to 154 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:11.840 be the physical representation of the unification of the w w E Universal. Finally 155 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.320 get one belt. Well we did get one belt, except now we now 156 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:20.919 have three. And I should have known better. I should have known better 157 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:28.799 that WWE could not help themselves to have Roman appear to be carrying three separate 158 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.840 championships when in fact it's one. Okay, it's one. I know the 159 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.759 w w E Universal we're two separate, but we were told it has become 160 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.120 one, so therefore it is one. There should be one belt. But 161 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:48.720 now we're being just completely I don't know what the word is. We're just 162 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:56.879 being led astray by three physical championship belts. Yet Roman is one champion. 163 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:01.159 I mean, they just couldn't help themselves with the usual. I think that's 164 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.840 what they want. They want the visual of Roman with three championships wish, 165 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.720 which I think is bad a lot of levels. Number One, we've seen 166 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:11.600 Roman hold gold. We've seen him countless times at the end of events, 167 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.639 holding up the championships and the fireworks going off. Wonderful. We've seen it. 168 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:22.720 We get it. He's champion, wonderful, Okay, but now he's 169 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:24.080 got three or are we going to be more and are we going to be 170 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.679 that much more impressed than he's holding up three physical championships? The answer is 171 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.120 no. I just is it for something? Is it because they want Paul 172 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.799 Hayman to be able to hold onto something? Or does he fidget? Do 173 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.080 they not know what to do with Hayman if he doesn't have two belts? 174 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:46.679 What is the reason in it? Also, even though there's one championship as 175 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.039 a concept, if there's three physical belts, it kind of makes every belt 176 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:56.120 that you see look less valuable because Romans holding three? How are there essentially 177 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:05.440 four championship belts for two titles? How? How does that work? Again, 178 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.399 they can't help themselves with the visual. Well, I was a little 179 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.200 Roman hope be the first one to hold three belts. That's great? I 180 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.480 mean, why don't you make it seven? Why don't you make it ten? 181 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:20.480 What? At this point, it doesn't matter he's holding a single championship. 182 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.600 It would be different if he also captured the IC title of the US 183 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.039 title, or he was tag team champion. That's fine, those are separate 184 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:35.399 championships. To be one represented by its own belt, this is just absolutely 185 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:43.360 egregious that you have one championship represented by three belts. Why outside of well, 186 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.840 let's roman, How isn't that gonna be a cool picture? Isn't that 187 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.200 could be a great photo? Op? It's gonna it isn't a little great 188 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:54.519 in his documentary? I mean, I guess, but is that really going 189 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.960 to add to his championship ragin any belt anymore? I don't know. I 190 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:03.200 think it's stupid bid and I saw it and now I'm just like I literally 191 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.600 said to myself out a lot ago, I should have known better, all 192 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:09.399 right, But I wanted to rant about that because I just I don't understand 193 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.399 it. Why introduce a new championship belt that's supposed to take the place of 194 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.360 the two that were unified a year ago, and then you still keep the 195 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:22.759 other two around? Why? All right? Switching topics, let's talk about 196 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:30.080 Charlotte Flair on SmackDown. She has felt weird, has she not? She's 197 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:35.279 felt weird since she came back. She looks thinner almost. I mean, 198 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.559 look, these men and women are in exemplary shape. Charlotte Flair has always 199 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:46.519 been in just just exceptional shape, right, But I don't know, maybe 200 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:52.840 lately she's looked to me a little bit too thin, Like she has so 201 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.519 little body fat it almost I don't know, something just she looks a little 202 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:03.360 unhelp. That's just my personal take. I think she needs a little bit 203 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.480 more meat on her bones. Okay, she just does, And that's my 204 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:12.919 take. I'm just I'm legitimately a little concerned about her um. But that's 205 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:17.159 what hey. I mean, others are, you know, probably not seeing 206 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.200 that. I just she looks different this time, and I'm more concerning. 207 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.679 Maybe she's just working out like a maniac. I'm sure she is, and 208 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:29.759 maybe she is, uh, just following a healthy regiment. And you know, 209 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.919 I'm not I'm not following her around of course, and you know, 210 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.799 tucking her in it and I and all that stuff. Like, I mean, 211 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:41.080 I would imagine she has a very regimented, regimented plan for her nutrition 212 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.159 and health. Anyway, It's just something I observed. However, this segment 213 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:51.559 with Grace and Waller, she was just kind of a bit dismissive. And 214 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:57.600 I don't know if I liked that on Charlotte Flair or not. I'm not 215 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:03.000 really sure. It was kind of just a little bit off putting for me. 216 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:08.279 And Waller asked her if she was going to become a fifteen time champion. 217 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:12.319 She said fifteen sixteen. But as long as they're talking numbers, she 218 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:19.279 has Osca's number. Waller, then Wood and Bianca Baylar came out and she 219 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:23.920 asked Charlotte as she was tripping because she was due a rematch, and Charlotte 220 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:27.480 just walked in and called her shot. Charlotte said she didn't make the rules 221 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.960 and didn't politic to change them, so she was gonna not going to apologize. 222 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:37.759 Bianca said that she she stuck around and got her title shot right away. 223 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.960 Charlotte ran away for three months and then called her shot. Charlotte said 224 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.599 she didn't run away, she stepped away, and she has lost before and 225 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.640 picked herself up fourteen times. She questioned whether Bianca was a champion with her 226 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:52.799 without the title, and she told Charlotte she would be at ringside for her 227 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:57.720 match with Oscar in London no matter who won, she would call her shot. 228 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.400 So here's here's one positive. Though I did like Bianca bel air, 229 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:11.200 it seems that she's been a bit recharged. I don't know if it's hinting 230 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.680 at a heel turn or if it's just Bianca adding a little bit more depth. 231 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:19.200 To her baby face character, which is sorely needed, sorely needed. 232 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:23.039 Either way, the last couple of weeks, Bianca has kind of found a 233 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:27.680 backbone instead of being so smiley and accepting of everything and so tolerant, She's 234 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:32.640 found herself a little bit. And I'm feeling this version of Bianca a little 235 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.960 bit more than I have over the last year. So I don't know, 236 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:40.240 again if this is towards the heel turn or if it's just Bianca just being 237 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:44.680 more relaxed as a baby face and being more aggressive as a baby face. 238 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.799 So I'm cool with either one. I like, I still like the Bianca 239 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:52.000 heel turn, but either way, it's just been encouraging over the last couple 240 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:57.799 weeks for Bianca and again for Charlotte. I don't know, um something something 241 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:02.480 feels weird with her and I don't know what it is, just beyond how 242 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:06.480 she looks, her her demeanor, the way she talks. Something's different. 243 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.200 And I don't mean in a way that's like, ohh, I wonder what 244 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:12.240 they're doing with her character. I'm like talking about the human being again. 245 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:17.480 It's just something feels different this time, So we'll have to see. Maybe 246 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:22.799 it's just my intuition is completely wrong. I don't know, but all right, 247 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:29.599 let's get to let's see, let's talk about Zelena Vega and EO Sky 248 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:36.400 quick match four minutes or so, and it ended with Sky losing to Zelena 249 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:41.880 Vega because of a Bailey outside accidental distraction. Vega took advantage and hit the 250 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.680 six, one nine and then stacked up Sky and got the victory. Another 251 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.519 miscommunication between Neo Sky and Bailey, who are both in the money of the 252 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:55.680 bank the ladder match for the women's side of things. And the problem though 253 00:19:55.759 --> 00:20:03.480 is I think we have a potential Bailey, potential Bailey removal from the match 254 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:08.960 because she put her her her opportunity or she will be putting her opportunity for 255 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.240 the money bank ladder match up, and I don't know if she's going to 256 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.960 make it out of there. Okay, because we have Yosky and Bailey who 257 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.559 are clearly on a path to Splitsville. Oh and that person's shots by the 258 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:29.319 way, So Shotzi challenged Bailey for her spot and EO accepted on her behalf, 259 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.559 So that adds more tension. EO and Bailey are in Splitsville for all 260 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.599 intents and purposes, damage control is dissolved anyway, and no one cares. 261 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.759 In fact, it's a it's positive. It just is all right. Let's 262 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:49.279 see, let's we got a pretty deadly and brawling brutes match and this was 263 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.440 really good. I enjoyed this. Well, this was the ending. I'll 264 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:57.480 get to the let me just start to beginning here. This was the tag 265 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:03.119 team Gauntlet match match and it started with the Street Profits and the Brawling Brutes. 266 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:08.640 The Brawling Brutes beat the Street Profits and then beat the Good Brothers. 267 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:15.960 This was really surprising for the Street Profits. The Good Brothers you expect to 268 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:18.759 just lose because that's all they do, and they never get Mike time. 269 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:25.720 They just lose. And I think the Brawling Brutes have were really the highlight 270 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:30.160 of this match. They got a lot of good The crowd was one hundred 271 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:34.839 percent behind them and rightfully so, and they were a buzz saw through this 272 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:38.160 match. Of course, till the end, the Good Brothers lost again. 273 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:41.359 It's crazy that the Street Profits didn't get it really much, but showing at 274 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.079 all, they just ran into a broke kick and good night the lights. 275 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:51.279 That also leads to more evidence of a potential Street Profits disintegration, whether they 276 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:53.400 feud with one another, or they just simply break up and there's no feud. 277 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:59.319 It's just not looking good for the street profits. But then we got 278 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:04.960 the LWO versus the brawling brutes, and Holland slammed down Del Toro and got 279 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:10.960 the rent win. So brawling brutes beat the LWO and then hit Row face 280 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:18.079 the brawling brutes, and boy oh boy, they got instant I mean it 281 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.880 was it was less than ten seconds. The hit Row lost of the brawling 282 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:26.440 brutes as Flop Dollar as Michael Cole called him, got hit by bro kick 283 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:30.480 and lost. This is and I tweeted this out. To follow me at 284 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.119 Wrestling Underscore Audio or just search the ww podcast on Twitter, you can find 285 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:41.160 me that. If you want evidence concerning evidence that hit Row is up for 286 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:48.599 the future endeavoring list, if they're on that list, they you, well, 287 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.960 you've got that evidence on Friday last night, because it's concerning as hell. 288 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:56.559 And this is the kind of stuff that happens over a prolonged period when 289 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:03.279 you get this consistent, you know, just burying of talent on the way 290 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:07.000 out. It's concerning as hell. If you are a hit Row fan, 291 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:12.519 not good, especially not only not only did you lose in seconds? You 292 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:15.880 got no promo time about this matchup, what it meant to you why you're 293 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:22.240 competing. And you also got you also got a you know, kind of 294 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.440 torched by the announcer himself, who usually is there to put people over, 295 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:29.400 but called him flop Dollar. I mean, so that's not good either, 296 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:36.039 not good. Oh boy. Then we got Pretty Deadly versus the Brawling Brutes, 297 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:37.400 and you kind of knew here when you're looking at the matchup and you're 298 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.359 going, well, who does seven Kevin and Sammy want to face or who 299 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.880 should they face? And if it's a heal team, you got it. 300 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:47.519 I mean, pretty Deadly had to win this, and they did, and 301 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:52.319 it was a really fun ending to the match here, and it ended with 302 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:56.279 pretty Deadly getting a clean victory over the brawling Brutes at twenty one minutes. 303 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:03.400 And then we got the Kevin and Sammy coming out and said there were some 304 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:08.720 congratulations in order and told them basically get out of the ring. After some 305 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:14.440 back and forth, eventually Kevin, because that's what he does now is just 306 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.880 get angry over everything, so easily comes to the ring and pretty deadly backs 307 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:25.680 off up the ramp. So Okay, they fine, you know, I 308 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:29.079 actually I'm on board for this. I don't know what the shelf life of 309 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:33.480 Pretty Deadly is. I don't know. You know, they seem to have 310 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.279 good chemistry, they seem to be good in the ring. They're obnoxious, 311 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:41.799 they kind of check all the boxes of a heel team. We'll see what 312 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.400 the longevity is of this team if they can continue to cut good promos and 313 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.559 beyond just surface level annoying, but if you can find out who what they 314 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.200 are and why you despise them on a deeper level, we'll see if that 315 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:57.599 ends up showing itself. But as it stands right now and as things play 316 00:24:57.640 --> 00:25:00.880 it out on Friday Night, it was it was good, and it gives 317 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:07.119 Kevin and Sammy fresh opponents. And do I think Kevin and Sammy are gonna 318 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:11.599 lose the belts? No, but they're at least under threat from a new 319 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:15.400 team. And this team is going to probably put on an amazing show at 320 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.200 the Money to the Bank event. I expect this team, these two teams 321 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:25.039 to probably have fifteen sixteen minutes and have a lot in ear falls, a 322 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:29.480 lot of high spots, some really, you know, I expect them to 323 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:33.079 have good chemistry. It seems like all four of these men would. So 324 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.079 that's it's something fun if you like new matchups and you like Kevin and Sammy 325 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:40.880 to move on to something beyond the bloodline. This is it, all right 326 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:48.000 overall though good? And also one thing that Michael Cole said too when Pretty 327 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:51.640 Deadly was claiming that they beat five other teams, and then Michael Cole called 328 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:55.240 them out and said that's a flat out lie. Oh well, if that's 329 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.319 the case, Michael Cole, well why don't you apply that logic to the 330 00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:00.799 Royal Rubble winner every year that claims that they beat thirty other men or thirty 331 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:06.480 other women. It's the same logic, right, every year we hear I 332 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.759 beat thirty other men. I went through thirty other men thirty other women. 333 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:15.559 Again, unless you're number one, no you didn't or number two you did 334 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:19.039 not, Okay, And it's so if Michael Cole wants to be consistent, 335 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:25.359 then the Royal Rumble winner also should not be able to claim that achievement. 336 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:30.000 All right, all right, anyway, I'm Marty at Rumble Rants and we're 337 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.720 not even close to the Royal Rumble, all right, So that that was 338 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:36.519 an a mate I really enjoyed. That was probably the highlight of the wrestling 339 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:41.279 from Friday Night SmackDown was easily the tag team Gauntlet. I mean that was 340 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:47.440 so much fun to watch. And yeah, so we also got let's see, 341 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:49.359 we got I got a lot of wrestling, which is good. We 342 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:53.960 got a AJ Styles and Meachen versus carrying cross and scarlet. This match very 343 00:26:55.000 --> 00:27:00.000 quick, under three minutes. It ended with we got a course, the 344 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:06.000 obligatory woman being able to attack men, but men can't retaliate because they're simply 345 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:08.799 women. That whole narrative, which is nonsense, but it continued to show 346 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:11.440 itself every week. So as long as it continues to show itself, I'm 347 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.160 not going to shut up about it because it's ridiculous. But in the world 348 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.720 that we live in today, for a lot of reasons, like you won't 349 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:23.680 get into it's not something that you do on television. However, this ended 350 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:30.680 with of course scarlet, you know, slapping AJ and AJ can't retaliate, 351 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:36.039 but then the cross Jackie Get puts on AJ and hit the crosshammer and got 352 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:42.279 the victory on AJ Styles at two minutes and forty four seconds. So again, 353 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:47.039 this isn't going to hurt Aj styles in any form or fashion. It's 354 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:52.559 just to build a matchup between him and carrying Cross. Probably that culminates at 355 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.440 Money in the Bank. So also good to see Scarlet getting involved, though 356 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.240 I have to say if she's if she's going to be an actual in ring 357 00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:04.000 wrestler. Good to see. All right, then we get we get Uh, 358 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.200 let's see what did we get after that? Oh? Ray came out 359 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:14.880 and talked about how we're forming LWO was one of his proudest accomplishments. And 360 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:18.240 then brought out Santos Escobar and called him the essence of the LWO and the 361 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:22.640 next mister Money in the Bank. And he came out and thanked Ray for 362 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:26.000 believing in him and him and told him he loved him, and I mean 363 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:30.079 I thought they were going to make out at one point, and Santos told 364 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:32.400 Ray he inspired him and he was fighting for him. I mean, it's 365 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:40.200 just all this just nonsensical, this bland, boiler plate baby face language of 366 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:42.319 I fight for family, I fight for love, I fight for truth, 367 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:45.759 I fight for justice. I fight for all of you who have a dream. 368 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:51.039 Shut up. I mean, like literally, like I like Santos, 369 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:56.160 I like Ray to some extent. This is this is where I think WWE 370 00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:00.359 is out of touch, where they just essentially create these It's this assembly line 371 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:04.680 of baby face characters that they think all have to have X, Y, 372 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:11.200 and Z traits of always being a fighting champion and fighting for truth and justice 373 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.039 in the American way. You know, you know what I mean. It's 374 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:18.440 just it's no, that's not the way people relate anymore, and there has 375 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:22.200 to be an edge. There has to be a connection that's beyond just this 376 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:27.559 wholesome say your prayers and take your vitamins crap, which I think is sometimes 377 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:33.039 goes way too far with their baby faces at times. And sorry Santos, 378 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.599 not your fault here, it's just this. This is a sickening promo to 379 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:40.559 me from from the perspective of being able to connect and be like, man, 380 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.960 I could get behind this guy. It's more of just like, ugh, 381 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:45.880 I just like I hear that crap, and it's just I know what 382 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:48.920 you're trying to do, and it's just so transparent and it makes me want 383 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:53.000 to vomit. That is what turns me off. However, I know some 384 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:56.240 of you totally disagree with me, and that's that's fine, right all right, 385 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.119 But La and I came out and he got a nice pop, and 386 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.799 boy, the crowd was behind him here, and eventually WW, by the 387 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:07.720 way, he's going to have to just acknowledge La Night and do something with 388 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:11.359 him. He fought Santos Escobar. Santos did beat l A Knight, but 389 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.319 then La Night attacked Escobar after the match, which prompted Raymonsterio to run down 390 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:21.559 and make the save, and La Knights back on his losing ways. But 391 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:26.720 they here's the weird thing. WW is continuing to try to refuse to give 392 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.279 crowds a reason to cheer La Night, but they do it anyway, So 393 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.279 perhaps they're doing this on purpose. I really believe that it's a bit of 394 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:41.039 reverse psychology going on here. I think where WWE fans tend to get behind 395 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:45.839 somebody that they perceive WWE should be pushing but they're not. That allows and 396 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:52.039 creates more support for that person underneath the surface that comes to eventually a boiling 397 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:55.559 point. So I think they're purposely trying to make it look like they're ignoring 398 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:57.839 La Night, or that they are burying him or not burying him, but 399 00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:02.960 it's not. He's not on the he's not on that push list right now, 400 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.039 right, And I think that's working because so far La Night has while 401 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:11.359 he's build as a heel and he hasn't he doesn't win a whole lot of 402 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.359 matches. He is being supported by the crowd in a way that he has 403 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:18.599 no business being supported by the crowd in that way. Which if that's their 404 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.599 reverse psychology goal, it's working. The problem is going to come when they 405 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:26.640 actually decide to pull the trigger and flip the script and go, okay, 406 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:29.279 here we go, We're gonna push him and hopefully the fans don't go, 407 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.119 oh, wait a minute, now, you're trying to push him, well 408 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:36.000 boo. Right, as fans, we need to kind of recognize when they 409 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:38.119 do that to not give the reverse reaction and that it's just it's there's no 410 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:42.799 need to do that. So that's just my assumption. They could be just 411 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:45.559 genuinely not pushing La Knight and trying to get the crowd to not cheer for 412 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.079 him, and they're doing it anyway. It could just be as simple as 413 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:51.880 that and they're not trying to play reverse psychology. I don't know, but 414 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:57.279 this La Knights, you know, whole just underlying support is very interesting and 415 00:31:57.319 --> 00:32:04.839 fun it's great and they're not even giving any promo time either, So all 416 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:07.400 right, okay, then we got the main event, of course, which 417 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:12.799 was just Jay eventually siding with Jimmy an overall really fun episode of SmackDown. 418 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:15.240 I enjoyed this episode of SmackDown. I thought it was well executed, as 419 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:22.440 the Bloodline story has continued to deliver after deliver after deliver every time, and 420 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:25.799 this was no exception. Now you wonder, what is Roman gonna do? 421 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:30.160 You know, now he doesn't have the numbers game in his favor. What 422 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:34.599 does he do when he doesn't have the numbers game in his favor? Because 423 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:38.599 now Jimmy and Jay it's two on two. Is there another member of the 424 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:44.839 Bloodline? A third one out there somewhere floating? Maybe? But when the 425 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.839 problem is, when you have a group called the Bloodline, you can't bring 426 00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:52.240 in somebody that is not blood That limits you severely in who you can bring 427 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:58.119 in unless they just don't care about that. So all right. Also, 428 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.680 yeah, I want to mention Sampunk. I did and see a whole lot 429 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.799 of punk of We're gonna be having a Collision review soon, by the way, 430 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.480 so stay tuned for that if you're interested in such things. But I 431 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.039 did see a little bit of the CM punk thing. I guess Collision was 432 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:13.359 very well received for those I did see it, So I wanted to mention 433 00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:16.359 that I saw the moment of Samoa, Joe and Sampunk in the ring together. 434 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:22.920 That was a fun, little quick moment. So anyway, a review 435 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.839 of that is coming down the line, not from me, of course, 436 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:30.200 but to our team. And let's talk about Raw quickly before we close things 437 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:35.839 out. Mona att Raw. Let's see as I go through here. Mona 438 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:40.200 att Raw was, from what I recall, a decent show. We got 439 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:45.039 let's see, just as a reminder, Cody Rhodes versus the Miss, with 440 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:52.839 the Miss losing to Cody in ten minutes. We got let's see Lynch coming 441 00:33:52.880 --> 00:34:00.359 out and speaking about our money in the bank match and how people do crazy 442 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:04.200 things when they're scared, and she says she likes it because it makes her 443 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.960 better. And then Lynch said Trish was so scared that she got herself an 444 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.320 insurance policy in the form of so we Stark. So that's when we got 445 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:15.760 Becky versus Chelsea Green. That was about seven minutes with Becky Lynch beating Chelsea 446 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:20.960 Green, Riddle versus Damien Priest. That was the Money the Bank qualifier. 447 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:25.639 This ended with Damien Priests beating Riddle in fourteen minutes to qualify from the Money 448 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:30.199 in the Bank. Mac now Damien Damien is a frontrunner to win the Money 449 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:35.960 in the Bank. Him and La Night really the only two that's even worth 450 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:40.800 discussing, so I would imagine it's one of those two. We got what 451 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:45.920 else, a whole lot of recap from the Bloodline stuff, General mahaullback stage 452 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:52.320 with vir Mahan and Songa didn't they weren't in ring, but a lot of 453 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:57.079 just talking. Bronson read versus Ricochet, read no soul, Ricochet strikes and 454 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:02.400 ended up beating Ricochet by DQ in seven minutes after Nakamura ended the match by 455 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:08.599 interfering, so Bronson reed beat Ricochet again by DQ. We got Finn Balor 456 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:15.360 and the whole conundrum with the crowd, which was still egregious. I mean, 457 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:22.360 I really really hope moving forward this isn't a thing. I just guys, 458 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.440 please don't make this a thing. It's not fun. All of us 459 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:30.840 sitting at home now now know how annoying it was, so hopefully sitting at 460 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:36.760 home, which nine percent of us were we get the idea. Okay, 461 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:39.599 now we know how super annoying that was to try to hear a really important 462 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:45.519 promo and the crowd just went into business for themselves. And I thought, 463 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.880 I thought it was selfish. I really mean, it's just that's just the 464 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:51.760 way it is, and it is. And I just hope the crowd, 465 00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:53.679 though that now attends raw goes, oh well, we can sing along. 466 00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:58.599 But guys, come on, it's not fun to sit at home. We 467 00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:00.480 were just at home last week hearing this. Let's not do that to the 468 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:06.000 crowd at home this week. You know, like hopefully that crowd in Kansas 469 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:09.719 City or which it was at Whitchtt Topeka, wherever they were in Kansas that 470 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:13.960 they, you know, hear that crowd and they use it as an example 471 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:17.599 to go bad move right, Not good for the product, not good for 472 00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:22.320 anybody, not good for anybody at home. All right? Then, um, 473 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:29.239 we got Shana versus Raquel Rodriguez, and SHANEA. Beazler beat Roquel in 474 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:35.360 two minutes, so it made Raquel look like a complete idiot. I thought, 475 00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:38.960 I did not I did not like that finished because Bezel rolled up Rodriguez 476 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:45.679 and got the pen Rousey added some leverage to it, and I don't know 477 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:50.239 it just Raquel doesn't belong to be a baby face anyway. But Chad Gabel 478 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:54.880 versus Eric, and this was a minute in forty seconds which Gabel hit a 479 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:59.079 sunset flip on Eric and got the victory. I don't know what more to 480 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:02.639 say about that. Then we got Kevin Owns and Sammy versus Gunther and Ludwig 481 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:07.159 for the undisputed tag team titles. Really good match here. I really enjoyed 482 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:09.320 this as the main event of the show. I would have loved to have 483 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:13.960 been in person for this. It was fun. Gunther continues to be over, 484 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:19.719 the Imperium continues to be over. Kevin and Sammy are as you'd expect 485 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:22.280 very have been doing very well as as you really use a bell, as 486 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:27.000 you could expect them to be as undisputed tag team champions. Hopefully they get 487 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:36.800 unified belts as well. But it ended with a victory here for Zane end 488 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:40.960 at Ko. Most interestingly, it was ended with a blue thunderbomb that's traditionally 489 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:45.880 been a transition move. So that's fun, because you know what, a 490 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:50.840 finish doesn't always have to be the maneuver that ends the match, So that 491 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:53.159 was a good thing. I think to see the blue thunderbomb be the thing 492 00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:59.800 to end this match. Unexpected but fun. And that's your week in WW 493 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:04.039 guys generally speaking. I know I didn't get every nook and cranny, but 494 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.079 that was your your weekend review for this Sunday, June eighteenth. 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