WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.879 Wouldn't be an episode of AW Dynamite without having audio issues plaguing the show. 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:09.599 I honestly thought that Megatron was invading the show. I thought maybe we would 3 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:14.119 see Star Scream. I was keeping an eye out for Optimus Prime. Maybe 4 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:16.160 it's a TBS thing. I don't know. I mean, I'd love to 5 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:19.879 hear from the people who watch this on fight if any of you guys have 6 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.800 these issues. Maybe maybe it's a TBS thing. But glitch is aside. 7 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:31.039 Tonight's episode of AW Dynamite was all about pushing Wrestle Dream, which is coming 8 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.640 up this Sunday. Is there a tribute to Antonio and Noki? But unfortunately, 9 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:41.000 and I actually thought they did a pretty good job of pushing the key 10 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:44.799 matches they had to push for Sunday, so as a go home episode of 11 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.240 Dynamite, the last Dynamite before Wrestle Dream, I thought, I thought they 12 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:53.799 did a good job of that. But unfortunately, we have some bad news 13 00:00:54.600 --> 00:01:00.880 because all week AW was silent about the status of Adam Adam Cole. For 14 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.680 those who don't know, last week Arthur ash Stadium, he came down the 15 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:08.000 ramp, the elevated ramp. He jumped off the ramp and he clearly fucked 16 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.840 up his ankle. We just didn't know how bad the injury was. He 17 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:17.400 was spotted on crutches and there were no updates. Tony Kahn wouldn't talk about 18 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.879 it. He only said that MJF and Cole would be on Dynamite tonight to 19 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.680 address the situation. So we went all week without knowing what the status of 20 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.319 Adam Cole was. And as it turned out, according to Adam Cole, 21 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:38.799 anyway, he broke his ankle in three places and he tore ligaments coming out 22 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:45.879 of that show last week. This is a situation where you have the best 23 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:51.959 story going in aw which is the MJF Adam Cole story. It started back 24 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.359 in June. You know, we're now heading into October and it's been a 25 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.159 great story to follow along with, and you still don't know exactly who is 26 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:02.599 going to turn on who, how's it going to turn out, So I've 27 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:07.920 been digging the story. Unfortunately, when it comes to injuries, you do 28 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:12.319 have these situations where injuries can really throw a monkey wrench into your plans, 29 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:16.000 and that's exactly what's happened here. Because the update on Cole really couldn't be 30 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:20.719 any worse. It really is a worst case scenario. If you believe that 31 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.840 he is as injured as they said tonight, and it's not all part of 32 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.000 a story, which is certainly possible, it is a worst case scenario because 33 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.560 he has to have surgery. He hasn't even had surgery yet. So if 34 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.479 everything is on the up and up and everything is legitimate, I mean, 35 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 we're looking at it could be a minimum six months. That's a lifetime. 36 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.879 And I'm sure they'll find ways to work Coal, you know, as much 37 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.000 as he can appear, to try to work him into the shows, and 38 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.520 they can do some funny segments, but it's not going to be the same. 39 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.479 So the update could not have been worse. However, out of this, 40 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:59.240 what we got tonight was the first set up to an eventual match and 41 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:05.479 a program which I was not expecting between MJF and Switchblade. J White and 42 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.800 now Switchblade usually we see him on Collision, we don't see him on Dynamite, 43 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.159 so I was not expecting to see him walking to the ring tonight, 44 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.639 and let alone seeing them set up something for the future between Cole and Jay 45 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:22.319 White, which I am all in for. I'm very much looking forward to 46 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.199 that. So if it is a case where this is not a worked injury, 47 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:29.879 you know they're they're trying to make the best of a bad situation. 48 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.680 That's one way to do it. To pivot to something with MJF and Bullet 49 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:38.400 Club Gold is not a bad way to try to make chicken salad out of 50 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:43.280 the chicken shit that's been handed to them. We also got a contract signing 51 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.479 tonight between Hangman Adam Page and Swerve Strickland for their match on Sunday, a 52 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:52.319 Wrestle Dream Don Callis and Canoskate t Keshta. They paid a visit to Tokyo 53 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:57.439 to drop in on Coda a Bushi to beat him up, send a message 54 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.719 to Kenny Omega ahead of the trio's match on Sunday. And Julia Hart, 55 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.319 I have to say this, Julia Hart continues to impress every time I see 56 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.960 her Julia Hart in the ring character work, she impresses me. And she 57 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:14.599 has made great strides over the past year if you look at her work a 58 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.000 year ago as compared to now. And I'm sure a lot of that has 59 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:21.000 to do with her working with the House of Black because when you're working directly 60 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:25.879 with people like Malachi Black and Brodie King. Those are those are two people 61 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.240 not too bad people to be learning from. I'm sure that's been a big 62 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.240 help to her as well. But it's as much the character stuff as the 63 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.399 in ring stuff, and so we got to see some of that on the 64 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:40.279 show tonight. She has a title match as well on Sunday at Wrestle Dream. 65 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.680 But if you are a fan of the matches generally, if you're a 66 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.279 fan of the action here on Dynamite, the matches were fine. The matches 67 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:54.360 were nothing spectacular. It's just again nothing, nothing that is going to light 68 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.920 your world on fire. This probably then wasn't the episode for you, But 69 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:03.480 I think the talking segments were important, and it's okay that not every episode 70 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.839 of Dynamite is going to have in ring bangers every single week, you know 71 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:12.959 what. That's what Collision is for, That's what the Saturday shows. So 72 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.000 I thought they did a good job pushing the matches that they needed to push 73 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:19.800 here on this show. This is your aw Dynamite review for Wednesday, September 74 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:27.519 twenty seven, two thousand and twenty three. Dynamite open with an open challenge 75 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:32.720 for the AW International Championship, with the new champion Ray Phoenix defending against eighty 76 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:38.600 five time champion Jeff Jarrett. That's what Tony con tweeted before the show. 77 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.839 I didn't go on caagematch dot Net to count it out myself, because you 78 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.199 know who the fuck is going to do that. So I'll take their word 79 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.319 for it that Jeff Jarrett is an eighty five time champion. Considering how long 80 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:51.959 he's been around for it wouldn't surprise me if he is an eighty five time 81 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:58.319 champion. John Moxley was not on the show tonight. He was not medically 82 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:01.839 cleared, nor will he be for the pay per view on Sunday. John 83 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.720 Moxley was not supposed to lose the International title last week at Grand Slam. 84 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:12.839 He can cussed during his match with Ray Phoenix. He wrestled another ten minutes, 85 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.680 realized he was hurt, called an audible Phoenix became the champion. That 86 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:23.319 was not the plan apparently, though. That upset plans that Tony Khan had 87 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.680 for Dynamite and for Wrestle Dream. And so this is a report that I 88 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.279 want to read to you real quick here from Fightful. Fightful is reporting that 89 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:36.279 the finish being changed not only impacted the match, but caused immediate changes to 90 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:42.600 Dynamite and possibly Wrestle Dream on Sunday. As original plans called for a non 91 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:48.319 AEW wrestler to come to Dynamite and challenge Moxley for the title at Wrestle Dream. 92 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:53.040 Once the match result was changed, it nixed the match challenge. It 93 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.920 is unclear who the surprise challenger was supposed to be. And when I hear 94 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.079 that, the first thought I had one with Sammy Callahan, because I don't 95 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:04.920 know how many of you saw it, but Sammy Callahan posted this week that 96 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.720 as of September thirtieth, as of this Saturday, he was going to be 97 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.199 a free agent. He's been with Impact now for a number of years. 98 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.639 Sammy Callahan and John Mosley are like this, They're very tight. So I 99 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:17.920 could and this is just me speculating here, but I could see a situation 100 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:21.240 where, you know, Impact would have allowed him to appear on Dynamite on 101 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:26.279 Wednesday Saturday, he's a free agent, and he shows up at Wrestle Dream 102 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.079 and we get Callahan and Moxley. But again that's just that was my first 103 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.360 thought, just because I know the two of them are friends and he is 104 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.759 about to become a free agent now. Once the Heels made their way down 105 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:42.040 to ringside, Phoenix dove from the top rope onto them, and he and 106 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:46.439 Jeff Jarrett they fought at ringside. Phoenix had are running Herrican Rana on the 107 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:53.240 floor on Jay Lethal. That sent Lethal forward head first into the crotch of 108 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:58.920 Satnim saying Jarrett put Phoenix down with a DDT heading into a picture and picture 109 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:03.439 break. There were some very ugly spots here in this match. This was 110 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.160 a rough match, mainly because Jared just I mean, how old is Jared 111 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.199 at this point? You know, you put him in the ring with somebody 112 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.839 like Ray Phoenix and Phoenix has to slow his ship down. What makes Ray 113 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.600 Phoenix so dynamic is his speed and some of the crazy spots that he does 114 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:20.399 when he's in the ring, and it's hard to do with somebody like Jeff 115 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.639 Jarrett who's a lot older than him. So Jarrett wasn't really able to keep 116 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:30.800 up with him. Then it just turned into the usual Jarrett overbook mess interference 117 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:35.120 from Jay Lethal, interference from Sanjay Dutt. We had interference from Satinham saying 118 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.519 Jarrett hit a low blow behind the referees back got a near fall out of 119 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:45.399 it. Then he hit the stroke and Phoenix had to visibly reposition himself and 120 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.360 move himself closer to the ropes before the referee started counting so that he can 121 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:52.080 get his foot under the bottom rope, which he barely did in time. 122 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.480 Jarrett tried for a figure four, but he got pulled into an inside cradle 123 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:01.120 and Phoenix got the win to retain the title. Phoenix seemed to be selling 124 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.600 a hip injury. He was selling some kind of a lower body injury. 125 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.440 When the match was over and the announcements played up how much of a disadvantage 126 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.080 he would be at next week against the winner of the triple threat match later 127 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.360 in the show that they were holding between Nick Jackson, Brian Cage, and 128 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:22.600 Claudio Castagnoli. Because next Wednesday is the four year anniversary episode of Dynamite, 129 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:30.360 and which is hard to believe when you think about what this company has done 130 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.639 in four years, it really is very impressive. Four years later, we 131 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.840 are going to be getting a match because I'm spoiling the match later in the 132 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:43.440 show, but we're getting a match between Ray Phoenix and Nick Jackson, which 133 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.919 we had on one of the early episodes. I think they said it was 134 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.879 episode eight of Dynamite back in twenty nineteen, and they tore the house down 135 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:52.360 the last time they were in the ring together. You know, Nick Jackson 136 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.799 is somebody who doesn't wrestle singles matches very often. I think they said that 137 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.879 this is going to be his fourth one the entire time he been in AW 138 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.080 so can't go wrong with that. But honestly, you couldn't go wrong with 139 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.799 any of the three who were in that match. Later in the show. 140 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.519 Now, somebody in the chat mentioned Britt Baker's Twitter page, So I will 141 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.879 ask you, because I don't have it open in front of me right now, 142 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.759 to give me an update if there was some sort of update that she 143 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.360 posted relative to Adam Cole, because that is something I would like to know 144 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.639 about. In fact, I think I might go check it out right now 145 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:35.879 myself just to see what it is if she posted something because I saw somebody 146 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:43.480 mentioned Britt, So let me just check real quick here and see if in 147 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:54.000 fact there is an update. Oh wow, oh there you go. Yes, 148 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.799 So she has photos up right now on her Twitter page or x or 149 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:03.320 whatever you want to call it of Adam Cole's ankle, and it looks very 150 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:09.240 gnarly, and she has the X ray up as well. So I didn't 151 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.120 think the whole thing was a work. I really I didn't buy into that. 152 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.720 But this seems to confirm the fact that he is. He fucked himself 153 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.600 up, and just think about it, wasn't even in a match. He 154 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:24.240 didn't even have a match on the show last week. He came out at 155 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.559 the very end of the main event, and all he did was just jump 156 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.600 off that that stupid ramp they had, the elevated ramp to the ring, 157 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:35.159 and just like that entire storyline all the month they pumped into this story with 158 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:41.039 MJF and Adam Cole fending the Ring of Honor tag team titles all down the 159 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.919 drain. Now they'll recalibrate, you know, they'll find a way to change 160 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.320 the story accordingly. They're not gonna, you know, abandon the entire story. 161 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:54.519 But they were putting everything into this and all it takes is one freak 162 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.360 accident like that to just completely fuck everything up. It's unbelievable. So if 163 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.360 any of you were doubting the seriousness of the injury, you can go on 164 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:07.360 her Twitter. She's got those photos up right now. Speaking of which, 165 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.159 we had a video that aired of Adam Cole on crutches after injuring himself last 166 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:16.320 week. He was standing on a dock on Long Island somewhere. MJF was 167 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.679 behind him on a boat and he invited Cole to join him. Cole asked 168 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.399 if it was mjf's boat, and he said that it belonged to his father, 169 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.159 but that schmuck doesn't need to find out except for the fact that this 170 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:35.039 is airing on national television. Yeah, I mean, Thomas, that's a 171 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.840 great point. That's kind of the point that I was making for all the 172 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.200 criticism that a lot of talent in AW get, for all the flips and 173 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:46.120 all the crazy spots. You know that we see Moxley gut Can cussed last 174 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.840 week. But there's a lot of people on the AW roster in particular, 175 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:52.840 who will do a lot of crazy shit and take a lot of risks in 176 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.960 their matches. Look what Darby Allen puts himself through every single week. How 177 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:00.799 is he not walking around in a bodycast every week? And here's a situation 178 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:05.639 where all Adam Cole did was just jumped down from the ring. Any any 179 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.759 movement, any movement, any any kind of action out there in the ring 180 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.720 is dangerous because all it takes is you know, you land wrong, you 181 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:18.639 plant your foot wrong, and that's it. That's all it takes. But 182 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.600 it is. It is kind of amusing for all the talk about all the 183 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.840 dangerous spots and the dangerous moves, that this is what did Adam Cole in. 184 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.759 It's unbelievable. So they're on the boat. They're on a boat as 185 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:35.679 they were enjoying their fishing trip. MJF showed some frustration with Cole because he 186 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.919 said, you were on the phone an awful long time last week with Roderick 187 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.039 Strong, and you didn't come out from my match until much later on towards 188 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:46.480 the end of the match. So Cole says, look, I was just 189 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:52.000 worried about him. MJF asked Cole. He goes hold his beer. He's 190 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.639 gonna go grab another beer for Adam Cole. You want another one? He 191 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.840 goes short, He's gonna go grab another beer out of the cooler for Adam 192 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.360 Cole. So he goes over to the ice chest. He opens it up 193 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.159 and he pulls out his dynamite diamond ring. I don't know if he was 194 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.480 keeping the ring on ice. He pulls out the dynamite diamond ring. He 195 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.039 puts it on his hand that Cole is sitting down. His back is turned 196 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:18.879 so he's not actually he can't see this, but he senses something and he 197 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.080 can he could tell that something was a little off about this, and he 198 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.799 asked Max if he did you bring me out here just to hit me with 199 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.399 the dynamite diamond ring and toss me overboard. And MJF says, that's the 200 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.480 last thing I would do. That's insane. At the same time that he's 201 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.799 hiding the diamond ring, and Cole tells him, look, it's it's healthy 202 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:43.440 to have more than one friend. I know this whole friendship thing is new 203 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.120 to you, but it's normal. It's natural to have more than one friend. 204 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:52.320 Doesn't mean I don't care about you. MJF says that it's your deal, 205 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.360 if you're cool with it, I'm cool with it, he says. 206 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.559 Besides, I almost got caught once the last time trying to toss somebody overboard, 207 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.240 so this is great. And at that moment, Cole catches something on 208 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:09.559 his fishing line and it's something big, so MJF comes over and he's trying 209 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.720 to help. You know, whatever it is, they're trying to reel it 210 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:16.600 in, and then the camera cuts to the water and we see a shot 211 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:26.799 of Big Show dressed up as Captain Insano in a rubber ducky floaty just happens 212 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:31.799 to be in the water here on Long Island. I guess Captain Insano has 213 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.120 a he's got a place over in plain View, I guess. So they 214 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.200 caught Captain Insano and after that, they pulled him, They pulled him ashore, 215 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:43.240 they pulled him aboard the boat. They shared a beer with him, 216 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.519 and he told them, hey, better than you, Baybay. You guys 217 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.759 are all right. So this was played up for cheesy comedy, but I 218 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:54.679 enjoyed this, and clearly Tony con might be a Sopranos fan, because anybody 219 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.320 who watched this segment, and I know they did something like this, some 220 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.200 kind of spoof on South Park ones, I think with Eric Cartman, but 221 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.919 this is a Sopranos scene with Tony When he was he was contemplating throwing Paully 222 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.720 overboard. He almost did. He thought about it. He had evil intentions. 223 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.440 I'm grateful that he didn't. That would that would have sucked. I'm 224 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.799 glad that Paully made it. I like to think that Paully had a nice 225 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.799 retirement for himself. At the end of the show, he's doing okay. 226 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.720 Well, I know the actor who played in My Note passed away I think 227 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:32.399 last year. But I enjoyed this the Captain and say no Cameo cameo. 228 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:34.600 It was fun. It was a fun, silly thing, and it served 229 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:38.799 a purpose because again it was highlighting potential issues between MJF and Adam Cole, 230 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:44.480 which, in hindsight, what the fuck does it even mean having given the 231 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.720 situation, But I thought this was fun. Now we had a shot of 232 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.720 Don Callus with Cano Skate to Keshta. They were walking the streets of Tokyo 233 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:59.480 looking for Coda Aboushi last Saturday night. They were hunting ibushi and Callas said 234 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:02.960 maybe Kenny Omega will have to find a new partner for Wressel dream if they 235 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.559 can get rid of Eboushi. That led into the next segment, which was 236 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:11.039 Renee, who was looking quite good, I must say in the ring tonight. 237 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.519 She was in the ring to interview Don Callis and Canoskate Takeshta. She 238 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.599 could barely get her question out through all the booing before her callus started speaking. 239 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.799 He brought out the newest member of the Kalus family, Sammy Gavara. 240 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:27.200 An outcomes Sammy Gavara. He's got this Hawaiian looking button down shirt that's mostly 241 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:32.079 unbuttoned. He's walking out there looking like Razor Ramone in those early vignettes when 242 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.079 he first started in the WWF, which in and of itself was a copy 243 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:40.640 of Alpaccino in scarface. Fucking Tony Montana walking out here to the ring, 244 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.119 only not nearly as cool. Don wanted to talk about Tokyo, though, 245 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.920 and he told us that code Adbushi was not safe, and he's got some 246 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:52.480 footage that he would like to show us. So we see Don and Tekeshta. 247 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.680 They're entering Ibushi's dojo and one of the Boushi's students is in the ring 248 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:02.000 and he tells Don that Ibushi he'll he'll be out in two. So Don 249 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:06.200 smacks him in the face, Takeshta attacks this poor guy. Here comes a 250 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.839 Bushi though to stop him, and he checks on his student. But here 251 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:15.079 comes to kesh Don the attack. Kalis hits Ibushi from behind with an umbrella 252 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:19.519 and Ibushi no sells this he gets up, he's stalking Don Callus. That 253 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:23.960 gives te Keshta enough time to recover and he picks up a kettlebell so when 254 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:26.279 he Bushi turns around, he gets hit right in the head with it. 255 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.799 He didn't do a blade job though, but he did wrap his leather jacket 256 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:34.079 around coat his neck. He choked him out as Don yelled that he is 257 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:38.799 not safe in Tokyo or in Seattle. So Sammy got some mike time. 258 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.079 He told us, I'm not the villain. Jericho's the villain. Jericho was 259 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:45.759 supposed to pass him the torch, but he was never going to do it. 260 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.759 He had to take the torch himself. And now it's time for him 261 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.359 to be the champion in the star that he was born to be. And 262 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.400 Kalis says that it wrestled dream. They're going to take everything from Ibushi, 263 00:18:55.480 --> 00:19:00.240 Jericho and Omega until there is nothing left but tears. So this was fine. 264 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.480 I was a little worried there for a second that they did that angle 265 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.400 with the bushy because they were going to take him out of the match and 266 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.400 maybe he was hurt. He wasn't going to be able to make it to 267 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:11.680 the pay per view, but he is still scheduled to be at the pay 268 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:15.440 per view, And I said this on the podcast on Sunday. The use 269 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:21.839 of a boushi in AW so far exclusively in multiman matches or Trio's matches, 270 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:25.440 has to have something to do with the fact that either he's still not one 271 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.880 hundred percent fully healed from his injuries, or they just don't trust him enough 272 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:33.039 yet in a single situation. That's what I think, So that's why we're 273 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:37.160 getting another Trio's match on Sunday. Now, we got footage that aired to 274 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.880 Brian Danielson and Ricky Starks. They were shaking hands after Collision went off the 275 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:45.119 air after their Texas Death Match. Starks was backstage after the match. He 276 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.759 had some dried blood on his face. Big Bill was with him. Starks 277 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:53.400 said that Danielson never pinned him, so he should still be ahead of Danielson 278 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:59.440 in the rankings. Yes, those imaginary rankings that AW did away with a 279 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.480 couple of years ago. Wheeler Utah showed up. He said that he was 280 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.160 wrong to put his hands on Starks when he was trying to show Danielson respect. 281 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:12.759 Starks barked at him, called Utah, called Starks and entitled Prick and 282 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:15.960 then challenged him to a match of Wrestle Dream, which Tony Kahn later made 283 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:22.240 official. And so finally a match that Ricky Starks can actually win and he 284 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.279 absolutely should win on Sunday against Wheeler Utah. I mean, if he can't 285 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:30.759 beat Wheeler Uta, then he may as well pack it up. That's it. 286 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.960 Ricky's been in the ring with se him Punk, He's been in the 287 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.839 ring with Brian Danielson. If he can't beat Wheeler Utah, that's it, 288 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:44.920 man, it's all over. Start counting down the days on the contract. 289 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:51.599 So he had Nick Jackson, Brian Cage, and Claudio Castignoli in a three 290 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.920 way to decide the challenger for the International title on next week's four year anniversary 291 00:20:55.960 --> 00:21:00.279 episode of Dynamite. There was a lot going on here, or I'm not 292 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.960 going to recap all of it, but all three men had a chance to 293 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.920 shine, including Cage. Who you know, Brian Cage is the perennial loser 294 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:10.480 in these matches. He goes in there, he doesn't impressive power spots, 295 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:14.480 but invariably he's usually the one looking up at the lights, and so this 296 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:18.200 match really was no different. But he showed some impressive feats of strength here 297 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.720 in this match. Cage caught or was caught in the corner. It was 298 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:27.519 a double stop to Claudio that led to a rolling backstabber on Brian Cage by 299 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:32.319 Nick Jackson, and as Nick was posing, Claudio met him with a running 300 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:34.720 boot that took us into the picture and picture. After the brake, Cage 301 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:38.799 planted Claudio with a released German, but Nick Jackson was there to meet him 302 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:44.119 with a step up knee strike and a bulldog. Jackson hit a four fifty 303 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:47.960 splash on Cage for two. Claudio sent Jackson crashing to the floor and that 304 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:53.160 he connected with the giants swing on Cage, which again cages. Cage is 305 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:56.960 a big guy, so that was impressive see him hit the I think he 306 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:03.519 got about ten revolutions on that giant swing, only got a two count out 307 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:08.200 of it. Jackson sent cast Ignoli outside, but a crossbody off the top 308 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:11.640 got caught by Cage, who turned it into an F five for a near 309 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:17.319 fall. Cage connected on his supplex from the apron back into the ring on 310 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:21.720 Claudio, which will never not be impressive and Claudio, look, Claudio was 311 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.119 no small man, so that was a very impressive spot Jackson and Claudio. 312 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:32.079 They took turns connecting with super kicks and uppercuts on Cage until Claudio hit a 313 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:36.960 pop up uppercut on Nick Jackson. We got the anvil elbows on Brian Cage 314 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.720 that led to a Recola bomb, but Jackson flew in with a springboard her 315 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.759 conronto that sent Claudio to the floor and he stole the pin on Brian Cage 316 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.599 to win the match. Nick Nick Jackson, as I said before, has 317 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:55.039 only had about four singles matches in all these years on AW television, So 318 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:59.039 it's nice to separate the bucks every now and then. It's just that's something 319 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.799 different instead of just seeing the young bucks in there doing their thing. It's 320 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.279 nice to separate them out. And Yeah, if you give me the choice 321 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:08.799 of which buck I'd like to see in there with Ray Phoenix, it's Nick 322 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:15.640 Jackson over Matt Jackson. We got a video package for the Righteous, who 323 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:19.799 were scheduled to challenge MJF and Adam Cole on Sunday at Wrestle Dream for the 324 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:26.200 Ring of Honor World Tag Team titles. They addressed their opponents on Sunday. 325 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.000 They said, Karma has no deadline and they've done nothing wrong. It's easier 326 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:34.799 to forgive your enemies than it is to forgive your fake friends. And that 327 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:41.400 brought us to the key segment here on this show, which was the aw 328 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:48.000 World champion MJF and Adam Cole out to the ring. Cole was on crutches 329 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.680 and his left leg, nearly up to the knee, was in a cast, 330 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:56.400 and Cole got a seat in the ring. MJF got a chair so 331 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.200 he could take a seat, and we got story time with Adam Cole, 332 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:06.720 and unfortunately he had a sad chapter to share with us. He said that 333 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:11.079 his ankle broke in three different places when he jumped off that ramp last week 334 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.559 on Dynamite. He also tore ligaments, and unfortunately that means he has to 335 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.680 have surgery. So again he hasn't even had the surgery yet. And that's 336 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:23.519 a serious injury. I mean, if he broke his ankle in three places 337 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:30.200 and tore ligaments, you're talking about an extended layoff here, you know, 338 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.839 Kofi Kingston, I think I don't know if he broke his ankle. I 339 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.720 think he may have broken his ankle. He had surgery earlier this year that 340 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:40.240 kept him out for several months. Aj Styles broke his ankle and he missed 341 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:44.079 a long time. Actually with that injury, this sounds even more serious than 342 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:51.039 that. So it sucks. It is a worst case scenario. It's a 343 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:55.599 devastating blow to Tony Kahn and aw at a time when they're pushing this as 344 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.680 their biggest story on television and honestly, it was the best thing going on 345 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:02.279 the show. Now they have to pivot and they have to go in a 346 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:06.079 different direction and eventually they can circle back around to this, and but you 347 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:08.000 never know, you know, if they come back to this where Cole is 348 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:12.400 physically able to be back on television months from now, you know, is 349 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:17.119 Mjf's still going to be the champion? Are people still going to be as 350 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:21.039 up for this story as they are now? I think they will be, 351 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.680 but you never know, you know, with the passage of time, people 352 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.359 move on. It's a risk. So it sucks, and it was the 353 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.079 worst news that we could have gotten out of this. But he said that 354 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:34.720 he was going to do everything in his power to get back as soon as 355 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:41.200 possible. Because they are the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions, they 356 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:45.319 have to relinquish and then before he could go on, MJF cut him off 357 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:51.720 and said, hold up a second, hold up one second, said he 358 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:56.400 knows that Cole didn't have his kosher ass wrestled twice just to relinquish those titles 359 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.519 due to the Righteous or to the Righteous. He said, Cole would not 360 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:04.359 be hurt right now if he didn't need him at Grand Slam. So he 361 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:08.880 felt guilty. He felt a sense of responsibility here for what happened, and 362 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.759 Cole tried to tell him, no, no, no, it's not your 363 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.720 fault. He also knows how much those Ring of Honter tag team titles mean 364 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.319 to him, and he wants to make sure when he comes back here, 365 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:22.599 which he will because he's one of the best wrestlers in the world, one 366 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:25.480 of the best wrestlers of all time. He said, these will be waiting 367 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.960 for you. And he said, hey, Righteous, I'm going to defend 368 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:33.000 these titles against you on Sunday in a handicap match. So the match is 369 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:37.799 technically still on, only it's MJF one on two against the Righteous. We'll 370 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.720 get back to that because I think that may change. All of a sudden, 371 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:48.519 we had the shrieking of Adam Adam, Adam over and over again, 372 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:53.480 and it's Roderick Strong. He's in his wheelchair, in his neck brace, 373 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:57.079 wheeled out on stage by the Kingdom. On the back of his wheelchair. 374 00:26:57.119 --> 00:27:00.160 When they eventually rolled him out, did on his shot a head. He 375 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:06.720 has a sign on the back of his wheelchair that said hot Roddy and it 376 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:11.960 had the hashtag next Strong on it. So MJF said that as much as 377 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:15.880 he thinks Roddy is nothing but a simp, he learned a lesson on that 378 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:18.680 boat. He said, he's your boy. MJF may not like it, 379 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:22.720 but he respects it. So he tells Cole, go do what you need 380 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.680 to do and I'll be waiting here for you when you come back. Cole 381 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:30.920 stood up. I and Max hugged. Cole left the ring, Roddy got 382 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:36.200 wheeled off, and MJF was all alone in the ring by himself. When 383 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:41.279 we heard Bullet Club Golds music and the music of the Switchblade, Jay White 384 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.720 and Bullet Club Gold comes out. Jay White, Juice Robinson, the guns 385 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.759 even cardboard cutout. J White was with them, but j White sent them 386 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:53.319 to the back. He sent them backstage, and he came down to the 387 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:59.920 ring all by himself, He told m JF to shut up, said everybody 388 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:04.240 would like to hear his sweet exotic accent for a change. MJF told him 389 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:08.680 you must be smoking some strong Colorado grass since they were in Colorado tonight. 390 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:14.720 So that got a weed chant from the crowd. There you go. He 391 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:18.480 said that mid mic work isn't going to work with him, and when you 392 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:23.319 come for the King, you best not miss and then MJF insulted his goatee. 393 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.400 He compared it to pubic hair. Now we had a chant of weed, 394 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:33.240 and that wasn't even the weirdest chant on this show. Well, I 395 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:37.920 guess there's nothing weird about it. But normally you wouldn't expect the crowd to 396 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:42.359 break into a chant of weed. Let's they see Vince McMahon coming out of 397 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:47.799 the weeds. But here we got a chant from the crowd of pubic hair. 398 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.880 Now that is a chant I was not expecting. I cannot tell. 399 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.759 I cannot say that when I started watching the show tonight, I was expecting 400 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:59.079 this crowd to be chanting pubic hair. But that is what they started doing. 401 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.359 MJF said that he's always been compared to a lot of people, and 402 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:07.000 it's always been ah, yeah, Sure, Mjf's good, but he's not 403 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:11.880 blank. And as he got better and he proved a lot of people wrong, 404 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:17.880 people started moving the goalposts. They kept moving, and it never bothered 405 00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:22.599 him until he heard, well, MJF is good, but he's no J. 406 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:26.640 White, and that bothered him. Now that they're standing eye to eye, 407 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.160 it's become very apparent to him why it bothered him. He said, 408 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:33.559 He's like a fine filet Mignon says, if you got filet on a plate, 409 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:37.440 sure you can have a lot of crap on the plate around it, 410 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.440 but it's all about the filet, he said. J. White is very 411 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.440 talented, but even the smartest of wrestling fans, you've managed to convince them 412 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:52.799 that you're Filet Mignon, when in reality you're tofu. Funny thing about tofu. 413 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:56.799 It takes on the flavor of whatever you want it to, but you 414 00:29:56.839 --> 00:30:00.839 need to add something to it to trick yourself into believing that it actually has 415 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:06.160 taste. J White, you have been given everything, the cool entrance, 416 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.799 the cool nickname, the cool theme music, big match opportunities. You were 417 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:14.119 handed the keys to one of the greatest wrestling factions of all time. However, 418 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:17.400 if he plucks it all away. He's left with nothing but boring, 419 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:22.200 bland, tasteless tofu And now here you are trying to hop on my plate 420 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:26.759 steal some of the champ's flavor. And I don't even mind because I see 421 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:30.039 through you because you're all hype. You're the vision of what someone in Japan 422 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.559 thought was a top guy. So here's some advice from a real top guy. 423 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:37.039 I would leave the ring, and I would damn sure not be talking 424 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.960 smack to my pores because if you don't, for the rest of your career, 425 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:45.079 whatever our names are mentioned in the same sentence, it'll read like this. 426 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:49.680 Sure, Jay White is good, but he's no Maxwell Jacob Friedman, 427 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:56.480 because I'm better than you and you know it. So then it was j 428 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:00.079 White Stern to respond, and he said, that's what he came out here 429 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:04.240 for. He came out here for his own personalized, authentic MJF experience. 430 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:10.799 But he's a little bit led down some things. Something's a little off about 431 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:14.519 you these days, he said, I think you're a little bit distracted by 432 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:18.559 your new bromance with Adam Cole, and he doesn't think the fans love him 433 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.079 the way that they love Cole. And this whole situation with Adam Cole, 434 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:26.519 it's kind of his fault, kind of J White's fault. And he explains 435 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:32.440 that if he didn't temporarily end Cole's career after the first Forbidden Door and that's 436 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.720 that's a nice little call back there, because if you remember, on the 437 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:38.559 first Forbidden Door show last year, they had a four way for the IWGP 438 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.720 title, and that was the match where Adam Cole suffered a really bad concussion. 439 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.839 I don't remember the exact spot, but he got concussed and he was 440 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.319 gone for a long time and he thought his career might be over. He 441 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:53.160 missed months and months and months, and so I like that he's bringing it 442 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:57.039 back back. There's actual history here because I had forgotten about that, that 443 00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:00.559 he was part of that match. So he said, if that doesn't happen, 444 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:05.839 maybe you don't have a soft spot for it, and everything that you 445 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:09.440 end up doing together doesn't happen, including Cole nearly breaking mjf's neck at Wimbley 446 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:15.759 Stadium. So he probably looks at Cole's broken ankle as payback. Basically, 447 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:20.200 White says MJF calls himself the devil. Nobody is on the level of the 448 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.039 devil. He says, he's taking the thing that matters the most to him. 449 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:25.440 He says, the man who I'm the man who sold out Madison Square 450 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:30.400 Garden, I'm the man who sold out the United Center. And he not 451 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:35.559 MJF will be a truly elite champion when he peels that title away from his 452 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.640 carcass, and then he can go sulk with all of his loser poors. 453 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:43.480 At the end. They will have you, You will have them, and 454 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:47.319 he will have the trip will be we can all breathe with the switch blade. 455 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:52.000 He says, this is the Switchblade era and MJF has gone soft. 456 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:57.559 And as soon as he said that, MJF freaked out and he was ready 457 00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:00.559 to throw down. He started taking his shirt off, and j Y at 458 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:06.480 that point bailed out of the ring. So there's a lot to unpack here. 459 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:12.559 I was worried that they were dead silent all week about the Adam Cole 460 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.480 stuff, and so this was my worst fears realize as far as how bad 461 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:22.119 the injury was, is it possible that the injury is a work because there 462 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:25.200 are a lot of people online who are already saying no, I don't I 463 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:29.759 think it's a work, or it's embellished and he's not that hurt and he's 464 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:32.400 gonna, you know, him and Roddy are gonna gang up on MJF or 465 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:36.880 something. First of all, that just would not make sense for the story. 466 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.240 For that to be the direction of things seems very convoluted to me. 467 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:44.319 And so what that sounds like to me are a lot of people having hope 468 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.880 either that Adam Cole is not as injured as they claim, or thinking they 469 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:52.200 know everything and to them, every fucking thing is a work. Everything is 470 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.200 a work. It doesn't matter what. So I think you fall into one 471 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.480 of two camps. I'm not neither one of those camps. Especially after the 472 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:05.480 Britt Baker post that I saw on Twitter. He's really hurt, and so 473 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:09.280 Tony Khan and MJF and all of them. They had to pivot in a 474 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:15.920 new direction. So what they said here is that on Sunday at Wrestle Dream, 475 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:19.760 it's gonna be MJF in a handicap match. I think we end up 476 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:23.760 seeing Roderick Strong as a substitute for Adam Cole. I think he makes the 477 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:28.480 offer. I think we had MJF on this show talking about how all right, 478 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.320 you know what, I don't like this guy. He's a simp, 479 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.320 he's this, he's that. But if he's your friend, I'm okay with 480 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.559 it. And so I could see Roddy manipulating his way into taking Adam Cole's 481 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:43.159 spot as mjf's tag team partner for the Ring of Honor Tag team titles. 482 00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:47.719 And that would actually make a lot of sense for this reason, because eventually 483 00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:52.440 we are going to get a Ring of Honor Tag team title match with the 484 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:59.400 Kingdom, and so at some point at you know, Roderick Strong will effectively 485 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.599 costs. He'll throw the match, and he'll effectively cost MJF the titles that 486 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.760 he said he was going to hold onto until Adam was ready to come back. 487 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.039 So I could see Roddy manipulating his way into that spot and eventually being 488 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:14.719 the catalyst for a title change and then the Kingdom become the Ring of Honor 489 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.320 World Tag Team Champions. So I would keep an eye out for that on 490 00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:22.679 Sunday. That may not end up being a handicap match after all. The 491 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.599 J White promo. The J White promo definitely felt a little long to me, 492 00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:34.320 but the idea of a switchblade MJF program. Whatever minute criticism I may 493 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:37.119 have of the length of the promo, which again is just minor, because 494 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:40.960 I enjoyed it, you know what, more than makes up for it the 495 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:45.760 fact that we're getting an MJF Switchblade J White program at some point. The 496 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:50.920 thing I really liked about the J White promo though in a lot of these 497 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:54.199 MJF promo and MJF is fantastic, and I thought he was really good here 498 00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:58.679 too, But like the stuff like the pubic hare and that kind of stuff, 499 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:02.559 like he'll go for the pete sometimes in these promos, J White didn't 500 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:06.400 do that, you know, he didn't kind of stoop to his level. 501 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:08.840 He went out there, he explained who he is and why he thinks he's 502 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:14.480 such a big deal, and he staked his claim as somebody who is next 503 00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:17.360 in line and he's going to take the aw World Championship. So I thought, 504 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:22.079 you know, I enjoyed that aspect of the promo because he got a 505 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:27.119 lot of time out there. Again, maybe maybe too much, I think 506 00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:29.920 that and what preceded it, you know, doing it back to back and 507 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:36.800 made for a very long segment. But this was effectively his first real major 508 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:40.000 promo on the main show you know on Dynamite, So he has to go 509 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:44.559 out there and just let people know who may not know who he is. 510 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:47.000 And I'm not sure how many aw fans at this point are left you don't 511 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:51.280 know who j White is. But for him to go out there and kind 512 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:55.280 of state his mission statement, he's making MJF his target. He's coming for 513 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.480 the title, and I thought it was very effective. So this was only 514 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:02.119 the first shot fired in this I want more between these two. This is 515 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:07.480 just the first taste between these two on TV. This sets him up though 516 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:10.400 seemingly is the next challenger I would guess for Full Gear right. Full Gear 517 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:14.719 is the next pay per view after Wrestle Dream. Full Gear is not until 518 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:19.199 mid November, so Wrestle Dream is October first. They have all of October 519 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:22.079 and half of November, which I think is a good amount of time to 520 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.400 really build to that first match, the first of what I think will end 521 00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:30.599 up being multiple matches between MJF and J White. So I'm very much looking 522 00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:36.519 forward to that. If that was kind of a backup plan in the light 523 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:40.079 of Adam Cole's injury, because I honestly don't believe that the plan all along 524 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:44.280 was for MJF to work with j White. I think that the Adam Cole 525 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:50.559 injury really just up ended their plans and as a backup plan. This ain't 526 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:53.159 bad. This is not bad, and I think the match is going to 527 00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:58.760 be great. But I think full gear is probably the date of that first 528 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.440 match and that will mark one year as the aw World Champion for him. 529 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:07.119 JF. But again, a shame about what happened with Adam Cole. There's 530 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:10.320 never a good time for an injury, but boy, you talk about bad 531 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:15.800 timing, the timing could not be any worse and it's a pretty gnarly injury 532 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:19.880 too. Again, for those of you joining Late Pop, on over to 533 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:22.199 Britt Baker's Twitter, She's got some pictures up of what the ankle looks like. 534 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:30.159 It's not good. Jim Ross earlier in the day had a sit down 535 00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:37.079 interview backstage with Christian Cage, officially now the new TNT champion. He pinned 536 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:42.719 Lucasaurus on Collision last week to officially win the title and the challenger for the 537 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:46.639 title and the two out of three falls match on Sunday. Darby Allen so 538 00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:52.800 Jr. Talked about Christian winning the title on Collision and this confused Christian, 539 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:55.400 who said that he retained the title on Saturday. This guy's he's brilliant. 540 00:38:57.079 --> 00:39:00.320 Christian is brilliant, just never misses a step. He said, the times 541 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:05.320 he's been pinned by Darby were all flukes, no titles were on the line. 542 00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:07.480 He knows in his heart that Darby is nowhere near the man or the 543 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:12.159 wrestler that he is. And he hopes that Darby is prepared to let his 544 00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:15.280 family down at Wrestle Dream. And he asked if Darby's uncle is going to 545 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.519 be there. He said, ah, right, I forgot. He sounded 546 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:24.000 like a great guy taking a five year old nephew out while intoxicated. And 547 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:30.199 he asked Darby what happened, and Darby said, he's dead. His uncle 548 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:34.719 is dead. He said, everybody you talk shit about is dead. But 549 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:39.960 Darby is not afraid of dying or losing in his hometown. Darby told or 550 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:45.719 Cage rather told Darby to bring his entire family, bring Nick Wayne, bring 551 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:49.280 his mom, who Christian said he would call since he has her digits. 552 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:53.599 Darby said the Cage should leave the dinosaur at home. On Sunday, Christian 553 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:59.519 told him that Nick Wayne needs a real mentor. He needs a real champion, 554 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:02.920 not somebody who paints up his face and hides behind it. So this 555 00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:08.079 bothered Darby, and Darby reached down and he picked up a water bottle and 556 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:10.880 splashed it on his face, which you know, looked like it thrilled Jim 557 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:15.840 Ross, and he started wiping some of the face paint off and he got 558 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:21.840 really intense. Darby did and he said that he doesn't he said. Christian 559 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:27.119 said he doesn't need Lucasaurus to show Darby who he really is. And Christian 560 00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:31.719 is the TNT champion. Darby has to get used to it. I didn't 561 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:35.920 see the very end of this promo, or there were some parts of this 562 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.679 that I missed, because this is where the audio went on the fritz. 563 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:42.679 This is where I thought we were having some kind of alien invasion. So 564 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:45.000 there were parts of this that I missed, but I got the gist of 565 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:49.039 it. And this is one of the matches that I'm looking forward to on 566 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:53.400 Sunday very much. So Darby and Christian two out of three falls. She's 567 00:40:53.480 --> 00:41:00.480 going to be thank you and shoe, thank you, thank you, m 568 00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:08.960 Mills. Indeed, there's no shooting her. Thank you. Michelle Kind of 569 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:15.760 scared me. I'm not gonna lie. I was not expecting that. So 570 00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.719 this is the match I'm one of the matches I should say, not the 571 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:21.119 only match, but this is one of the matches I'm looking forward to most 572 00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:24.400 on Sunday. Christian has been in the midst of I would argue, if 573 00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:28.679 not his best run, his second best run, because I always go back 574 00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:30.800 to that great run ahead with Randy Orton in twenty eleven and the matches they 575 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:34.519 had in the story they told, and it's hard for me to not put 576 00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:38.639 that at number one. But Christian in this run and this heel run that 577 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:43.880 he has been on an aw and now being the fake TNT champion, now 578 00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:49.719 he's the real TNT champion. He's been fantastic. There is absolutely nothing redeemable 579 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.960 about him. Yeah, some guys who want to go out there, they 580 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:57.639 want to be the cool heel or there's nothing about Christian that makes you want 581 00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:01.119 to cheer for this guy. Whether it's the turtle, whether it's insulting dead 582 00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:05.639 people or any of the other stuff that he does and the stuff that he 583 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:10.360 says. He is a completely irredeemable, despicable character. He is the best 584 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:16.119 heel in aw, he's been fantastic so and he can still go in the 585 00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:20.039 rate, which is why I think this match on Sunday is going to be 586 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:23.840 really good. Their match being in Seattle or narily, I would say this 587 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:27.679 is going to be a win for Darby, right the happy ending here, 588 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:31.079 But the fact that Darby for those who don't know, the fact that Darby 589 00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:38.039 is off to Switzerland next month and then going to China in November. He's 590 00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:45.079 starting to train for his Mount Everest climb. And so if that's the case 591 00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:46.960 and he's going to be out of the country for an extended period of time, 592 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:52.519 I don't see the point in doing a title change here. You just 593 00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:54.239 put the title on Christian officially, why are you going to take it off 594 00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:58.639 im immediately. He's one of the best parts of the show. In fact, 595 00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:00.280 now that the Colin mj F still or he has been derailed, he 596 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:05.360 may be the best part of the show. But if Darby is not going 597 00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:07.920 to be around, there's no point in taking the title off of Christian. 598 00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:09.880 And also, I think you're gonna have a lot of people talking about the 599 00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:15.880 fact that Wrestle Dream is on October first, and Christian has a certain friend 600 00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:22.320 whose contract with WWE, assuming it hasn't been renewed, is set to be 601 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:25.760 up at the end of September. So technically, I think as of this 602 00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:31.840 Sunday, as of this weekend, Edge would be free and clear his WWE 603 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:37.159 commitments unless against something has been signed and nothing's been said yet, but I'm 604 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:39.840 sure that'll get some people talking. Also, if Christian really is going to 605 00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:45.679 leave Lucasaurus at home and they're gonna go one on one and Christian's gonna win, 606 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:51.679 assuming he cheats in some way, could we see an Edge debut on 607 00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:55.119 Sunday helping Christian, debuting as a heel and helping Christian retain the TNT title. 608 00:43:55.719 --> 00:44:00.360 That would be interesting, and I just put that out there as a 609 00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:07.559 possibility. We had a four way match with Orange, Cassidy Penta, Matt 610 00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:13.119 Jackson, and Austin Gunn, four of the men in the four way match. 611 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.440 There's a four way tag match at Wrestle Dream this Sunday for a shot 612 00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:21.519 the future shot. They haven't said Wayne, It only said a future shot 613 00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:27.400 at the aw World Tag Team titles. So this was the Battle four momentum 614 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:31.480 heading into Sunday. Always loved these battles from momentum. Here gun tried for 615 00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:37.000 a power bomb. Orange Cassidy hit a destroyer. If you love destroyers, 616 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:39.360 then this was the match for you. All four men get back up, 617 00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:44.000 they all go down. Referee starts the count. Penta's the first one up. 618 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:49.119 He goes after Matt Jackson. Orange Cassidy helps Matt drop Penta with an 619 00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:55.079 inverted DDT. Jackson hits stereo Northern Light supplexes while pinning orange Cassidy excuse me 620 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:59.480 with his own legs, only gets a near fall. Matt goes for the 621 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.599 BTE trigger, Penta blocks it. He goes with a fear factor but no. 622 00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:10.119 Matt counters and Penta hits the ropes sling blade to Austin gunn Orange punch 623 00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:14.719 to Penta. He blocks a kick though from Matt hits the beach break, 624 00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:17.920 but here comes a famous sir to orange Cassidy. He covers, only gets 625 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:22.599 a near fall. So then Austin covers Matt and he gets one and he 626 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.639 gets two, only a near fall covers Penta one two, only gets a 627 00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:29.679 near fall. This kid was trying to steal a win here anyway he could, 628 00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:32.480 and he didn't have any luck. So they end up delivering a triple 629 00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:37.000 super kick to Austin Gunn and for the finish, Austin pulls Penta out of 630 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:40.840 the ring. Orange Cassidy hits the Orange punch and covers Matt Jackson to win 631 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:45.480 the match. So not a good night for the other Jackson brother. His 632 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:49.760 brother is victorious, he is not. Yeah, this was wild. Is 633 00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:52.639 a wild match like the three way earlier, but I enjoyed the three way 634 00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:57.559 match more of the two matches. I enjoyed that one better. On the 635 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:01.559 show, we had Willow Nightingale one on one with Julia Hart, the obligatory 636 00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:07.440 women's match that they always stick in here, usually in the second to last 637 00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:13.360 second on this show. Julia Hart comes out and she has Brodie King with 638 00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:16.480 her in her corner, as she has had him in there lately in her 639 00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:21.320 corner. No Malachi Black, he's been out hurt. Buddy Matthews has been 640 00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:25.480 off TV, so we've been seeing Brodie King managing her basically and coming down 641 00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:30.519 to the ring with her for her matches. Willow came into the match Willow 642 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:36.119 sorry, Willow came into the match injured storyline injured. She had one eye 643 00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:40.199 completely wrapped and all bandaged up. From Julia's missed the other night. During 644 00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:45.280 the match, Willow's bandage slipped and you could see the black makeup on her 645 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:49.840 eye. Julia took a powder outside the ring and she climbed under the ring, 646 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.400 right in front of Brodie King. Willow headed outside, went face to 647 00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:59.679 face with Brody. Julia emerged from under the ring and clipped Willow's knee, 648 00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:04.840 heading into a picture and picture break. Late in the match, Willow put 649 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:08.280 Julia down with a pounce. She followed up by tying Julia up in a 650 00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:12.800 tree of woe, and when Willow came in for a cannonball in the corner, 651 00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:16.639 Julius sat up and so Willow got nothing but turnbuckles, and then Julia 652 00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:22.159 hit a picture perfect top rope moon Salt to put away Willow Nightingale, fair 653 00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:27.039 and square right in the middle of the ring. After the match was over, 654 00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:31.119 Julia put Willow in her submission hold. Chris Statlander ran down to the 655 00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:35.360 ring, chased Julia out of the ring, and when she went after Julia, 656 00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:40.119 Julia hid behind Brodie King. Julia is getting a shot on Sunday at 657 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:45.159 Chris dat Lander's TBS Championship, so she had to win this match and the 658 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:49.519 loss. The loss does nothing for Willow. It doesn't hurt Willow at all. 659 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.639 Willow came in, you know, supposedly injured. Julia has been on 660 00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:57.920 a roll. Julia has been undefeated since last year, I want to say 661 00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.519 last April, and the last person that she lost to was Chris Statlander. 662 00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:06.679 So that's all the story you need. That's why she's getting a title shot 663 00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:10.320 on Sunday, That's why she's looking to avenge that last loss that she took 664 00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:14.559 in the ring. But I said it at the beginning of the stream, 665 00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:19.599 I have been really impressed. I really have been. I really been very 666 00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:23.599 impressed. I see Julia Hart whether it's on Collision or here on Dynamite occasionally 667 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:28.480 when I'll check out Rampage, and it's been very noticeable, you know, 668 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:30.199 the improvement that she has made in the ring. But it's not even just 669 00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:34.320 the end ring improvement, where she looks more confident in what she's doing and 670 00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:37.199 she's trying new things. And again, the moon Salt looked great, but 671 00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:43.559 her character work and her music is pretty fucking great. Her entrance, the 672 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:46.440 whole package, it just seems to really be coming together for her. And 673 00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:50.400 so whoever's been working with her, and I have to assume it's been Malachi 674 00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:52.639 and Brody and I don't know, Dustin Rhodes, maybe whoever's been working with 675 00:48:52.639 --> 00:49:00.360 her. You've seen the improvement now. They headline the show with the contract 676 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:07.800 signing for a Wrestle Dream with Hangman, Adam Page, and Swerve stricklet out 677 00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:13.079 to the ring. It came back from Brake and Swerve was already in the 678 00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:20.320 ring and Renee introduced Hangman Page, who came down to ringside. Once both 679 00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:24.239 men were seated, Renee mentioned that the Elite and the Mogul Affiliates were both 680 00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:30.320 banned from ringside, and Swerves said that he was impressed by the fire that 681 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:32.719 Hangman showed over the last two weeks. He said it was a little too 682 00:49:32.800 --> 00:49:37.239 late since they were only four days out from Wrestle Dream. Swerve asked Hangman 683 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:43.199 if he understood what he was walking into on Sunday, and he said that 684 00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:47.639 Page was facing him in Seattle, which he called the Lions. Then Swerves 685 00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:52.719 said he's nothing like Hangman, and Hangman is nothing like him, because what's 686 00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:59.440 a farmer to a mogul, what's a cowboy to an outlaw? What's at 687 00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:05.719 buckshot to a kill shot? I understood that reference. See Luca Underground will 688 00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:09.280 never die. Luca Underground will live forever in some former fashion. I like 689 00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:14.280 how they continue to keep it alive. So I did get that reference. 690 00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:17.559 For those who don't know, that's the character that Swerve used the portray on 691 00:50:17.639 --> 00:50:22.400 Luca Underground. He was kill shot, so Hagman said that Swerve was fired 692 00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:27.719 up, and he should be. He said Swerve's previous comments stunned a little 693 00:50:27.719 --> 00:50:30.639 bit, and he thanked them for it. He said he knew deep down 694 00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:35.920 inside that Swerve was right. Hangman said for a year and a half he 695 00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:38.880 would come to work with a little black cloud over his head that he couldn't 696 00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:45.480 get rid of, and he named that little black cloud Phil Now he didn't 697 00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:51.920 say. He recalled beating John Moxley in a Texas death Match and rejoining his 698 00:50:51.960 --> 00:50:54.599 friends in the Elite. Page said that whenever he started to smile, that 699 00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:59.400 black cloud returned and started to rain. Page said that he knew that he 700 00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:02.679 couldn't couldn't say or do anything about it. He said that that's over with 701 00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:07.079 and he weathered the storm. He said, the people deserve the best of 702 00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:09.840 Hangman. He said he deserves it for himself and that's what Swerve will get 703 00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:15.559 at Wrestle Dream and with that he signed the contract. Swerve laughed. He 704 00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:20.880 said that Page was more embarrassing than Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos last week, 705 00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:24.960 so easy heat in the building. Swerve said he might have mental health 706 00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:30.239 problems because he makes an enemy out of somebody every single day. He said 707 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:32.760 he's going to take Page's position from him at Wressel Dream. Oh and by 708 00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:37.760 the way, it rains a lot in Seattle, which was a good line. 709 00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:40.440 Page said, Swerve wants to be a main event guy in AW and 710 00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:44.880 he said he believes he would have been the first black AW champion had he 711 00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:47.880 gotten the same opportunities that Hangman gut and Hangman said, look, I don't 712 00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:51.280 know, maybe you would have. There's no way of knowing. We're never 713 00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:54.000 going to know for sure. He said that he's knocked every opportunity he's ever 714 00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:58.920 had though out of the park. So both men stood up. Page said 715 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:01.320 that Swerve should want his spot, but he doesn't have what it takes to 716 00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:06.599 fill his boots, and Swerve smacked him across the face and he signed the 717 00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:13.119 contract and then Hangman Page and this seemed a little excessive, but he stabbed 718 00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:16.519 Swerve in the hand with the pen or with one of the pens that was 719 00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:22.840 on the table, and security pulled the two of them apart. I thought 720 00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.559 Page kind of outclassed him, honestly in this promo. There were some good 721 00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:30.199 lines that Swerve got off here, but I think Page had the stronger promo. 722 00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:34.159 I gotta give this one to him, But I'm glad they gave these 723 00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:38.559 two the spotlight that they did here at the end of the show, because 724 00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:42.639 you know, they're not in a championship match on Sunday. They're on the 725 00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:45.559 undercart, it's not the main event. There's no title on the line, 726 00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:51.079 but they gave their contract signing. The closing segment, well we'll talk about 727 00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:52.960 what the actual closing segment was, but really it was the closing segment, 728 00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:59.280 closing in ring segment on the show. And it's just nice to see Hangman 729 00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:04.039 having something to do, because for so long he was just sort of a 730 00:53:04.159 --> 00:53:07.800 man with no direction and they weren't doing anything with him, and he was 731 00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:10.679 still hanging out with the door order and it's like, this is your former 732 00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:14.880 aw World champion. This guy should be one of the top names in the 733 00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:17.280 company, and you don't have anything for him. So it's nice to see 734 00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:21.519 that he's got something that is sink his teeth into and the same thing with 735 00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:24.920 Swerve. Swerve deserves this opportunity. Also, if it's me, I put 736 00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:29.480 Swerve over in Seattle, but this is not the only match between the two. 737 00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:32.400 I look at this as the first in a series of matches that carries 738 00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:37.679 over at least a full year, and if it were me, this would 739 00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:43.320 be the biggest win of Swerve's aw career. He goes over on Sunday if 740 00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:46.239 I'm the one calling it. But I'm just glad that. You know, 741 00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:50.840 these guys have had a chance to really sink their teeth into something different, 742 00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:53.119 and I thought they both, especially Hangman, showed good fire here and I 743 00:53:53.199 --> 00:53:58.079 enjoyed this segment. Now, the show looked like it was going to end 744 00:53:58.079 --> 00:54:04.119 there, but it didn't. They cut backstage in the closing moments of the 745 00:54:04.159 --> 00:54:07.320 show and we see four men. They look like ninjas. Oh boy, 746 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:10.159 we got ninjas back on the show. You know how I feel about that. 747 00:54:12.360 --> 00:54:15.760 There was a period of time here during the early pandemic days, especially 748 00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:21.320 in WWE, where I felt like I was talking about ninjas on these streams 749 00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:24.920 every single week. So we got these four guys. They're dressed in all 750 00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:30.320 black. They're beating up J White. There's a fifth man in black and 751 00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:35.920 he's wearing mjf's devil masks, and he looks into the camera and then whoever 752 00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:38.639 it is under the mask takes his hand, puts his hand up to the 753 00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:45.800 camera, and the feet goes dead. My reaction to this was, what 754 00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:49.400 the fuck? I don't know what to make of this. I will tell 755 00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:51.480 you this, though, whoever was in the devil mask, it was not 756 00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:53.760 MJF. You could just they just look at the guy's shoulders, you could 757 00:54:53.760 --> 00:55:00.840 tell it was not MJF in the mask. It almost doesn't even matter who 758 00:55:00.880 --> 00:55:02.679 was in the mask. If they're going to do some big reveal when that 759 00:55:02.760 --> 00:55:05.480 day comes, it could be anybody. I mean, it's like the Black 760 00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:08.360 Scorpion angle in WCW. You know it ended up being Rick Flair, but 761 00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:13.440 it's it's not like Flair was in the costume every week on TV. So 762 00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:20.000 who's going to be revealed as the main attacker here? I don't know. 763 00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:22.760 It's not going to be Adam Cole. I thought maybe there was a chance, 764 00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:25.880 if in fact this injury was a work, if there was even the 765 00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:30.360 remote possibility of that, that maybe it could end up being MJF and we'd 766 00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:34.280 find out MJF and Roddy are in cahoots. But again, it's a very 767 00:55:34.280 --> 00:55:36.639 real injury that he's dealing with, so it's not going to be him. 768 00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:42.679 But color me intrigued. That's certainly one way to leave people talking, going 769 00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:45.679 off the air into a pay per view on Sunday. That that, right, 770 00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:52.199 there was a cliffhanger. Could it be Roddy? It's possible, It's 771 00:55:52.199 --> 00:55:54.760 possible. There were more people, I think than just Roddy and the Kingdom, 772 00:55:55.440 --> 00:56:00.000 right, because we were like five of them, But it's certainly possible. 773 00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:02.960 Well I don't think it was though. I don't think it was. 774 00:56:04.199 --> 00:56:06.840 And they were beating up j White, So you know what's up with that? 775 00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:09.639 I don't know. I don't know, and my brain is too fried 776 00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:14.199 today to sit here and start analyzing this. But I am intrigued to see 777 00:56:14.199 --> 00:56:16.840 where that goes. So that was dynamite tonight. Again, I thought very 778 00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:21.719 strong. As far as the final push, I know they have rampage and 779 00:56:21.800 --> 00:56:27.119 Collision still but the final Dynamite before Wrestle dream a lot of talking on the 780 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:30.000 show, but I thought it was strong for the most part, and I 781 00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:32.039 thought overall it was a good show, even though there just was not as 782 00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:37.400 much to talk about as far as the end rain. Now, Rampage on 783 00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:40.920 Friday Night has The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn defending their trio's titles against The Hardies 784 00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:46.920 and Isaiah Cassidy Ruby Soho takes on Hikarushida. The winner will get an aw 785 00:56:46.920 --> 00:56:53.079 women's title shot at Title Tuesday on October tenth, because I believe they're taping 786 00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:59.679 either Dynamite and Rampage or Dynamite and Collision on that night. It's a Tuesday, 787 00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:02.880 and I would imagine that has to do maybe with the baseball schedule. 788 00:57:04.559 --> 00:57:07.400 I don't know, but they're doing a Tuesday taping next month. Any Kingston 789 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:12.639 defends his new Japan Strong open weight title against Rocky Romero. So that is 790 00:57:12.679 --> 00:57:17.239 the lineup coming up on Friday Night. Now, it is not cmpunk van 791 00:57:17.320 --> 00:57:23.119 Paris, and the chat says maybe the person in the mask was cmpunk. 792 00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:29.639 I know cmpunk doesn't have a lot of you know, definition in his traps, 793 00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:35.760 but this did not look like cmbook. It is not cmbook. Collision 794 00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:40.000 on Saturday has Andrade l Da Loo taking on Juice Robinson and best Friends will 795 00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:45.039 take on the Kingdom Matt Tavan and Mike Bennett, and then we have Wrestle 796 00:57:45.159 --> 00:57:52.920 Dream on Sunday. I will give my predictions on the podcast on Sunday if 797 00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:57.880 I survived long enough to do a podcast on Sunday. I'm pretty miserable. 798 00:57:57.880 --> 00:58:02.039 I'm not gonna lie. It's been a miserable night. I'm getting through it 799 00:58:02.119 --> 00:58:07.719 somehow, but it has been a fucking miserable night. But here's the Wrestle 800 00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:09.719 Dream card for Sunday. Brian Daniels, sad Agains, Zach Saber Jr. 801 00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:17.159 Hangman Page against Swart Strickland. We have Omega Jericho Ibushi against Keshavara and will 802 00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:22.960 by God Osprey. As Don Callis would say, MJF is going to go 803 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:25.639 it alone supposedly against the Righteous, but again I would watch and keep an 804 00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.559 eye out for Roddy. I think Roddy may end up being his partner. 805 00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:36.480 FTR defend the aw Tag team titles against Aussie Open. That is a guaranteed 806 00:58:36.519 --> 00:58:40.039 banger between those two teams, and it's actually one year to the day that 807 00:58:40.119 --> 00:58:44.400 they had one of the best matches all year. Last year at the New 808 00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:49.039 Japan Royal Quest show, Chris Statlander defends the TVs title against Julia Hart, 809 00:58:49.079 --> 00:58:52.280 Eddie Kingston and Katsiori Shibada for the Ring of Honor World and New Japan Strong 810 00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:58.000 open Weight titles. Christian Cage against Darby Allen TNT title two out of three 811 00:58:58.039 --> 00:59:01.559 falls, The Young Bucks, The Guns, Orange Cassidy and Hook and the 812 00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:07.119 Luca Bros. Four way winners get a future tag team title match, and 813 00:59:07.239 --> 00:59:14.079 Ricky Starks takes on Wheeler Utah. That is the lineup for Sunday, And 814 00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:17.880 of course the plan right now is to be live as I usually am after 815 00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:21.679 that pay per view for the full recap, so you can find me back 816 00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.960 here. Here's the Twitter poll, what did you think of the Final Dynamite 817 00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:35.280 before Wrestle Dream Almost seventy five percent thumbs up and twenty five percent thumbs down. 818 00:59:37.239 --> 00:59:43.000 So at solom Monster is where you can go cash your vote. Let 819 00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:49.719 me know what you thought of tonight's show. I made it. I made 820 00:59:49.719 --> 00:59:52.280 it. I feel like I'm about to drop dead, but I made it. 821 00:59:52.880 --> 00:59:57.239 I don't know how I did it, but I made it. Made 822 00:59:57.239 --> 01:00:02.159 it for you guys. I didn't want to leave hanging hate missing streams. 823 01:00:05.880 --> 01:00:08.719 Oh man, let's see what we got. But I said on Twitter, 824 01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:13.400 I said, what the trivia question? What is Slomnster and La Night have 825 01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:19.599 in common? The one thing we have in common naughty delicious chicken with flavor. 826 01:00:19.679 --> 01:00:22.800 If the story is true about Serenade having heat with the company over TV 827 01:00:22.960 --> 01:00:30.840 time, honestly speaking, aw's women's division is hot garbage period. Yeah. 828 01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:32.239 So for those of you who don't know, Fightful had a report on that 829 01:00:32.320 --> 01:00:39.800 this week. Casey, you know that's an interesting point, Casey. And 830 01:00:39.840 --> 01:00:45.519 the chat mentioned is it Camerstone and Holiday, Roddy and the Kingdom? So 831 01:00:45.639 --> 01:00:50.920 Alex Hammerstone is from MLW. Richard Holiday used to be with MLW and he 832 01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:55.480 was tag team partners and best friends with MJF before MJF went to AW. 833 01:00:57.519 --> 01:01:01.960 And was it Hodgkins lymphoma that he was diagnosed with? He beat cancer and 834 01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:05.800 now he's making his comeback. They're said to be interest in him from w 835 01:01:05.960 --> 01:01:09.159 w E as well. That would be interesting though if they wanted to bring 836 01:01:09.239 --> 01:01:15.000 him into AW and link him up with MJF. Look any everything's on the 837 01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:16.519 table now, you know. With Adam Cole. You know, if we 838 01:01:16.840 --> 01:01:22.280 assume that the description of the injury is accurate, he's gonna be gone for 839 01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:27.320 a long time. They're gonna have to come up with some interesting twist and 840 01:01:27.360 --> 01:01:31.199 turns in this story. And it could involve MJF maybe reverting back to his 841 01:01:31.239 --> 01:01:37.400 old self a little bit. You know, who knows. I wouldn't mind 842 01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:44.760 that. I wouldn't mind that. But to go back to the Serena deep 843 01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:47.880 thing for a second. She's been gone for a long time. We've seen 844 01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:52.000 her on TV. They' is said to be heat on her? What there 845 01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:54.360 was? I don't know if there still is said to be heat on her 846 01:01:55.119 --> 01:02:00.639 in the company, she claims that she's been out with an injury. According 847 01:02:00.639 --> 01:02:05.119 to Fightful, we talked to people in the company, there was heat because 848 01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:08.320 she took issue with the amount of time that she was given. I guess 849 01:02:08.400 --> 01:02:14.599 last year in her matches. I guess being short, not finding out until 850 01:02:14.599 --> 01:02:17.599 she went to the ring that her time was being cut. And so again, 851 01:02:17.719 --> 01:02:21.639 who knows who's telling the truth on this and what? But apparently she 852 01:02:21.679 --> 01:02:24.880 had heat or raising us think about this, and we have not seen her 853 01:02:24.920 --> 01:02:30.119 on television since at this point. I don't know that we ever will again. 854 01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:35.920 I have no idea, but that is the status of a Serena Deed 855 01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:43.239 does not look like she's actually naughty. Delicious says, I'll be clear. 856 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:46.559 I want women's wrestling in general to succeed in pro wrestling, but all elite 857 01:02:46.559 --> 01:02:54.880 wrestling is going backwards thinking when it comes to in Dan Matthew, there's always 858 01:02:54.880 --> 01:02:59.199 won women's match. I don't know why you're so surprised by that. That's 859 01:02:59.239 --> 01:03:02.480 pretty much the story or of Dynamite every week. Damn the one obligatory women's 860 01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:12.159 bad. That's basically been the way that it's been on Dynamite now for so 861 01:03:12.280 --> 01:03:17.599 long. GMB says, I love that. Trick Williams is arguably the most 862 01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:22.719 overdue in NXT right now. His theme with Booker t ad libbing might be 863 01:03:22.800 --> 01:03:27.519 the most catchiest thing on TV. Well, Trick Williams now is challenging for 864 01:03:27.519 --> 01:03:32.599 the North American title on Saturday at No Mercy, and he could very well 865 01:03:32.599 --> 01:03:36.639 win. I don't think he has to win, but he could very well 866 01:03:36.679 --> 01:03:43.440 win. The Winston's Slip says, well, it is Captain Insano, Lady 867 01:03:43.440 --> 01:03:46.239 Firepan to thank you for the twenty Who is the best wrestler out of these 868 01:03:46.280 --> 01:03:53.159 three? Prime HBK, Prime bred Hart or Perkang. They're They're all great, 869 01:03:54.280 --> 01:03:57.599 They're all great in different ways. I hate, I hate having to 870 01:03:57.679 --> 01:04:00.719 choose. I'll take all three, all three of those. Well, maybe 871 01:04:00.719 --> 01:04:03.679 perk Angle, we'd get him into rehab first, but the other two. 872 01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:08.360 Actually, Prime HBK is probably a fucking prick, So you know what, 873 01:04:08.400 --> 01:04:14.400 I'll go with Brett. Brett was probably the least the least amount of trouble 874 01:04:14.440 --> 01:04:16.960 of the bunch, So I'll go with Brett. I'm a Brett guy, 875 01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:26.920 after all. Unregistered Hypercan says ending felt like retribution. Please no slap dick. 876 01:04:27.800 --> 01:04:32.599 Yeah, let's hope it doesn't go in that direction. Jake Finn says 877 01:04:32.599 --> 01:04:40.679 Stage two talent zeros that elevated ramp. Think about this, if they had 878 01:04:40.719 --> 01:04:44.639 the normal aisle way on that show last week, if they just had a 879 01:04:44.719 --> 01:04:48.079 normal level aisle way, we wouldn't even be talking about this. We wouldn't 880 01:04:48.119 --> 01:04:54.599 even be talking about an injury later. It just happened to use that elevated 881 01:04:54.679 --> 01:05:00.639 ramp whenever they go to Arthur ash It Grosso the nineteen nine What was that 882 01:05:00.760 --> 01:05:04.559 ending? Is aces and aids all elite? Seriously, though, I hope 883 01:05:04.599 --> 01:05:10.039 Adam Cole really is not hurt that badly. Hopefully he's working it and him 884 01:05:10.239 --> 01:05:13.400 Roddy and the Kingdom are behind the attack on j White and they frame and 885 01:05:13.599 --> 01:05:20.360 JF Well sadly does not look like that is the case. Paul Carpenter, 886 01:05:20.440 --> 01:05:27.199 could the Devil Ninjas be Kylo O'Reilly in the Kingdom show was trashed? Kylo 887 01:05:27.199 --> 01:05:33.760 o'reiley is getting better, but Kylo Riley is still not clear. Pick Crosso 888 01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:38.280 says, I've really been enjoying Julia Hart's improvement. She has the look, 889 01:05:38.320 --> 01:05:41.760 the entrance, the music, and her in ring work is getting better every 890 01:05:41.760 --> 01:05:46.360 week. I think she should win the TVs title this Sunday. Yeah, 891 01:05:46.400 --> 01:05:50.760 I mean, I guess that would I wouldn't mind that. I guess I 892 01:05:50.840 --> 01:05:56.480 like this run that stat Lander has been on, but I wouldn't hate that. 893 01:05:58.280 --> 01:06:01.280 Hbk C eighty three. In your opinion, how much more difficult is 894 01:06:01.320 --> 01:06:06.840 it for a masked wrestler to sell since the face is covered and cannot really 895 01:06:06.880 --> 01:06:13.840 see facial expressions? Well, I mean, just as a fan speaking just 896 01:06:13.880 --> 01:06:18.639 watching the show. Look, I look at someone like Kane. Kane was 897 01:06:18.760 --> 01:06:26.599 masked for years, and he was great at these subtle body movements or like 898 01:06:26.639 --> 01:06:30.000 when he would tilt his head a certain way, like Michael Myers or something. 899 01:06:30.559 --> 01:06:33.519 But even like during his matches in the ring. Like I guess, 900 01:06:33.559 --> 01:06:36.280 when you wear a mask long enough, you just learn how to sell in 901 01:06:36.360 --> 01:06:42.719 other ways. So you can't convey pain if you're wearing a mask. There's 902 01:06:42.719 --> 01:06:45.199 certain things you just can't convey because your face is covered. But I think 903 01:06:45.199 --> 01:06:51.199 there are other ways with your body language that you could convey certain emotions, 904 01:06:51.760 --> 01:06:56.119 but it's a lot more difficult. I mean, there's just certain things you 905 01:06:56.159 --> 01:07:02.760 can't do because you're hidden away under a mask. Paul Carpenter says CM cole 906 01:07:05.599 --> 01:07:09.800 Stephen Chappa, thank you for that thirty dollars, Bully the clown been too 907 01:07:09.840 --> 01:07:15.920 long. But the circus is in town and Tony replicate the Vipers the Vipers 908 01:07:15.920 --> 01:07:18.440 scene night the wipe is who with the wipe? Is with the wipe? 909 01:07:18.599 --> 01:07:26.880 Is? We should do like a Sopranos podcast. Actually they already do a 910 01:07:26.920 --> 01:07:30.920 Sopranos podcast. I think with the people who were on the Sopranos EJ. 911 01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:36.079 Slim rest in Peace Brooks Robinson, the greatest defensive player in MLB history and 912 01:07:36.119 --> 01:07:42.639 one of the classiest and nicest legends in all of sports. Indeed, I 913 01:07:42.800 --> 01:07:47.440 was sad to hear that this week. Zachariah says, I was thinking about 914 01:07:47.440 --> 01:07:51.079 this for Fast Late. Yes, another Judgment Day versus Kevin oh and Sammy 915 01:07:51.159 --> 01:07:55.840 Zane Cody Rhodes. I know, but it's more of a setup for Survivor 916 01:07:55.920 --> 01:07:59.960 series. JD. Mcdunnah runs in to get the win for the Judgment Day 917 01:08:00.000 --> 01:08:05.960 priests, accepts mcdonnought. I doubt Cody is teaming with Sena. No La 918 01:08:06.079 --> 01:08:11.400 Night is teaming. Would see that's already a done deal. La Night is 919 01:08:11.440 --> 01:08:16.479 going to be John Cena's partner at Beasley. As far as the match that 920 01:08:16.520 --> 01:08:20.520 you just proposed, and being my god, how many times you know, 921 01:08:20.560 --> 01:08:24.199 how many times are we supposed to see it? I get what you're saying, 922 01:08:24.199 --> 01:08:28.800 though, because I do think we're headed towards a War Games match where 923 01:08:28.800 --> 01:08:32.840 it'll be Cody and Jay Husso and Kevin Owens and Sammy's ain against Balor Priest 924 01:08:33.000 --> 01:08:36.079 Dominic and mcdonna. I think that's going to be the setup for war games 925 01:08:36.840 --> 01:08:41.000 and they have to set it up somehow. But Jesus, I mean, 926 01:08:41.039 --> 01:08:45.760 how many fucking times do we need to see different permutations of this match? 927 01:08:46.279 --> 01:08:51.199 I feel like I'm living in some sort of simulation here. It's ridiculous. 928 01:08:53.760 --> 01:08:57.880 Marcus metcalf. If I'm booking, I'm figuring away to get the TNT title 929 01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:02.439 on Swerve and the International Old title on Ricky Stars. I've said before the 930 01:09:02.479 --> 01:09:09.119 International title should go from Ray Phoenix, either to Te Keshta or Ricky Stars. 931 01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:14.520 One of those two. M Mills says, feel better, Thank you, 932 01:09:14.560 --> 01:09:21.680 Michelle, that's very kind of you. We've got Dylan Hensley, our 933 01:09:21.760 --> 01:09:27.479 head trainer and promoter. Dylan is always checking in with updates on his wrestling 934 01:09:27.479 --> 01:09:31.600 training. Our head trainer and promoter. Got onto us for forgetting the fundamentals. 935 01:09:31.720 --> 01:09:34.239 Just goes to show that no matter how much you know, the basics 936 01:09:34.239 --> 01:09:38.680 are important. That sounds like a very smart head trainer. He knows what 937 01:09:38.720 --> 01:09:43.159 he's talking about. Listen to what he tells you. Without the fundamentals, 938 01:09:43.199 --> 01:09:46.000 you have nothing. You can say that about all sports, your baseball player, 939 01:09:46.039 --> 01:09:51.279 football player, You've always got to have the fundamentals down, whether sending 940 01:09:51.680 --> 01:09:58.640 Jade Cargill to the performance ot work on her fundamentals, Zacharia says, what's 941 01:09:58.640 --> 01:10:08.199 your opinion on Malachi? Always laugh when he spells Malachi Malachi's video? Is 942 01:10:08.239 --> 01:10:12.560 this another Miro situation or does he really want out of a mysterious figure? 943 01:10:12.680 --> 01:10:17.039 Is Tony Kahn? It was him all along. I saw what he's referring 944 01:10:17.079 --> 01:10:23.760 to as a video that Malachi Black posted on his Instagram stories addressing these rumors, 945 01:10:24.600 --> 01:10:29.239 speculation that he's been out or he's not doing singles matches because of his 946 01:10:29.319 --> 01:10:33.279 back injury, and he claims that it is not a back injury. His 947 01:10:33.399 --> 01:10:36.079 back is fine, he's not hurt, and in fact, I think he 948 01:10:36.119 --> 01:10:40.880 just did a singles match on the Indies a few weeks ago. But what's 949 01:10:40.960 --> 01:10:43.319 very telling is that in the video when he says, how come I'm not 950 01:10:43.359 --> 01:10:46.560 doing more singles matches, his answer is I don't know, almost like why 951 01:10:46.600 --> 01:10:49.119 don't you talk to the guy in charge? You know he doesn't know. 952 01:10:49.880 --> 01:10:54.000 But it didn't strike me as something where you know he's trying to get out. 953 01:10:54.079 --> 01:10:57.680 I do think that when his contract is up, he would be a 954 01:10:57.760 --> 01:11:01.000 prime candidate to go back to WWW. I don't know when his deal is 955 01:11:01.079 --> 01:11:06.199 up. But I don't think he's asking out of his contract or anything like 956 01:11:06.239 --> 01:11:10.119 that. But I did think it was very telling that he said, you 957 01:11:10.159 --> 01:11:12.720 know, as far as why why do I not do more singles matches? 958 01:11:12.720 --> 01:11:15.880 He goes, I don't know, but it has nothing to do with an 959 01:11:15.920 --> 01:11:25.560 injury. D Gibbs. The fact that Tony Khan doesn't utilize Athena with the 960 01:11:25.560 --> 01:11:30.479 Top Women bothers me. He did Jade the same way. Yeah, look, 961 01:11:30.520 --> 01:11:32.960 I mean it's it's a shame that Athena is being hidden away behind a 962 01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:39.840 paywall on a product that probably very few people watch. You know, it 963 01:11:39.880 --> 01:11:44.239 feels like her prime here is being wasted. I want to see her on 964 01:11:44.279 --> 01:11:48.640 AW television. I want to see her mixing it up with people like for 965 01:11:48.800 --> 01:11:56.399 stat Lantern, Willow Nightingale and you know, Tony Storm and all these people 966 01:11:56.439 --> 01:11:58.479 that she doesn't have a chance to work with. And Ring of Honter. 967 01:11:58.840 --> 01:12:00.920 She's been in Ring of Hoter for a long time. At some point it's 968 01:12:00.960 --> 01:12:04.720 like when is enough enough? You know, It's like, get her off 969 01:12:04.760 --> 01:12:10.640 that show and get her on Dynamite, get her on Collision. She's just 970 01:12:10.920 --> 01:12:19.000 wasting away. Chris axc if Edge comes into AW does he still use metal 971 01:12:19.119 --> 01:12:24.279 ingus? How can he not? I'm sure Tony Kann would have no issue 972 01:12:24.279 --> 01:12:27.640 buying the rights to the song, so I agree he won't be able to 973 01:12:27.680 --> 01:12:31.159 call himself Edge. We've talked about this before. He can call himself wedge, 974 01:12:31.239 --> 01:12:36.520 he can call himself ledge Sledge. But the song, yeah, I 975 01:12:36.520 --> 01:12:42.920 think Tony ka would make a play for the Song's not like it's a WWE 976 01:12:43.039 --> 01:12:45.760 song. WWE probably licensed it, so Tony Khan could do the same thing. 977 01:12:45.760 --> 01:12:51.199 It's like punk using cult the personality Oz and Glorious are the mask folks 978 01:12:51.199 --> 01:12:58.920 attacking j White Bullet Club Japan people. I hadn't thought about that. Oh 979 01:12:58.960 --> 01:13:02.319 you're talking about David Findlay and all them. I don't know. I mean 980 01:13:03.560 --> 01:13:11.039 he was kind of excommunicated from there, so I don't I don't think so. 981 01:13:13.439 --> 01:13:17.359 Samoan fan Noah Mark told me you have below the belt beads. I 982 01:13:17.399 --> 01:13:23.039 don't know what the hell that means. Thank you, Samoan, Jesus, 983 01:13:23.520 --> 01:13:32.560 thank you Simone. Some of you are very weird. Edge is going to 984 01:13:32.640 --> 01:13:43.359 be called curve, It's gonna be called corner. Oh man, Well, 985 01:13:44.640 --> 01:13:47.079 thank you again for sticking out with me, sticking it out with me, 986 01:13:47.159 --> 01:13:51.840 I should say, I am. I am very sick, although better now 987 01:13:51.880 --> 01:13:56.159 that I was a few hours ago. So I wanted to make sure I 988 01:13:56.199 --> 01:14:02.039 did this scream. But yeah, no I I I'm not feeling great. 989 01:14:02.119 --> 01:14:04.880 So if I feel better now that I got to hang out with you guys, 990 01:14:05.000 --> 01:14:08.560 and I actually got to interact with people today instead of laying in bed 991 01:14:08.600 --> 01:14:14.079 all a day. So let's be the booker, ladies and gentlemen, it 992 01:14:14.239 --> 01:14:20.199 is now time to be the booker. My gift to you. Let's be 993 01:14:20.399 --> 01:14:26.239 the booker. Be our wrestle dream on Sunday. I want to book some 994 01:14:26.279 --> 01:14:32.159 matches of my own for my own paper. How about that, Let's book 995 01:14:32.159 --> 01:14:41.640 our own wrestle dream card. All right, our wrestle dream card. Samoan 996 01:14:41.720 --> 01:14:45.800 Fans says, you should really burn Noah's hat after this. See that I 997 01:14:45.880 --> 01:14:50.880 agree with that. I agree with I'll have to I'll have to consider that 998 01:14:53.760 --> 01:15:00.000 we begin with Bobby Lashly, whereas brock Lesner would say, Bobby former ww 999 01:15:00.039 --> 01:15:08.079 BE champion, Bobby Lashley. Not a bad way to start. It's gonna 1000 01:15:08.079 --> 01:15:16.359 be Bobby Lashly. Oh my god? What is that? This is Jericho 1001 01:15:16.600 --> 01:15:21.840 in some weird phase of his career. When he was the pain maker in 1002 01:15:23.399 --> 01:15:26.840 New Japan. Well, look, I mean it kind of gives Dad bought 1003 01:15:26.880 --> 01:15:33.520 a new a new meaning. He's flexing those pecks there. He is the 1004 01:15:33.600 --> 01:15:36.960 pain maker and Bobby. Lastly, I don't want the pain maker against Bobby 1005 01:15:38.039 --> 01:15:41.039 Lashley. This version of Jericho is not the one that I want against Bobby 1006 01:15:41.119 --> 01:15:47.399 Lashley. I don't I don't even know what I'm looking at. Oh boy, 1007 01:15:47.680 --> 01:15:59.479 put that off my screen? All right, oh man, all right, 1008 01:15:59.680 --> 01:16:10.920 I'm the women's side. We begin with Ziah Lee, who somehow survived 1009 01:16:10.960 --> 01:16:16.279 the w w E cuts even though they do absolutely nothing with her. I'll 1010 01:16:16.319 --> 01:16:19.880 never understand that. I'll never understand calling somebody up to the main roster and 1011 01:16:19.880 --> 01:16:24.760 then doing just fuck all with them. I just don't get that those main 1012 01:16:24.880 --> 01:16:29.119 roster opportunities should be reserved for the best of the best, you know, 1013 01:16:29.199 --> 01:16:30.720 and the people that you're gonna do something with. Even if she just does 1014 01:16:30.760 --> 01:16:34.760 on TV losing most of her matches, she's not even on TV. It's 1015 01:16:34.760 --> 01:16:47.520 not like main event Ziale one on one with Rhonda Rousey. I don't want 1016 01:16:47.600 --> 01:16:51.920 Rhonda Rousey on my Wrestle Dream show. The hell out of here with that. 1017 01:16:56.159 --> 01:17:00.439 Get out of here with that. Thank you, Yah chi U. 1018 01:17:00.640 --> 01:17:06.720 I appreciate that tag team be the booker we begin. We'll look at that 1019 01:17:06.800 --> 01:17:14.199 with the Luca Bros, Ray Phoenix, and Penta former aw Tag Team champions 1020 01:17:15.039 --> 01:17:16.640 and I believe Ring of Ring of Vato two right, Ring of Vatter World 1021 01:17:16.680 --> 01:17:24.079 Tag Team Champions, Luca Bros. Getting into the ring with the dream team 1022 01:17:24.199 --> 01:17:30.000 of Greg Valentine and Brutus the Barber Beef Game. What the hell? What 1023 01:17:30.159 --> 01:17:34.319 the hell? That's a unique enough match. I want to see Greg Valentine 1024 01:17:34.439 --> 01:17:42.920 selling for Ray Phoenix. Do you think he would? What a match that 1025 01:17:43.039 --> 01:17:55.079 is? The dream team Wrestle Nightmare. Yeah, we just booked Wrestle Nightmare. 1026 01:17:57.359 --> 01:18:00.880 There's a reason why I'm I'm booking here and Tony Conna booking the actual 1027 01:18:00.880 --> 01:18:10.319 show. OZ and Glorious actually one a Wan Mono Kampo says, have not 1028 01:18:10.399 --> 01:18:14.079 been on the streams lately. Take care of your mentals and your bread. 1029 01:18:15.640 --> 01:18:18.600 I love you guys, even if I'm not on here and talking as much. 1030 01:18:18.680 --> 01:18:27.319 Take care, take care of your mentals and your bread. Okay, 1031 01:18:27.520 --> 01:18:30.520 Wan, I hope you're good. Thank you for checking in. OZ and 1032 01:18:30.520 --> 01:18:35.760 Glorious ut called Stark's whiney, entitled and a monor spot on. In my 1033 01:18:35.880 --> 01:18:40.840 opinion, Tony Kan should not keep investing in this guy. If he's giving 1034 01:18:41.000 --> 01:18:46.079 WWE the eyes like he is, well, how exactly is he giving WWE 1035 01:18:46.079 --> 01:18:53.560 the eyes? I would like to know what exactly does that mean? Is 1036 01:18:53.600 --> 01:18:58.600 he not allowed to acknowledge their existence at all? Does that automatically mean he's 1037 01:18:58.640 --> 01:19:01.640 looking to leave? I think he's a great candidate to leave. I think 1038 01:19:01.640 --> 01:19:05.560 there's a very good chance he'll leave when his contract is up. But I 1039 01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:12.079 don't know what you mean by giving WWE the eyes like he is? KD 1040 01:19:14.279 --> 01:19:16.560 long time, no chat. That three way match to get an opponent for 1041 01:19:16.560 --> 01:19:20.800 Phoenix is still an open challenge? Well, you know they love their open 1042 01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:25.760 challenges. You know this already. It is still an open challenge. Why 1043 01:19:25.840 --> 01:19:30.960 kid aw build up an actual opponent for the title. It's been going on 1044 01:19:30.199 --> 01:19:36.640 since your doppel ganger won it. Hope you feel better? Yeah, I 1045 01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:40.119 don't know. I mean they love their open challenges. What else is there 1046 01:19:40.159 --> 01:19:45.479 to say? Makes it easier for them to book Lazier? Yes, but 1047 01:19:45.560 --> 01:19:48.000 that's what they like to do. We get in the w W E two. 1048 01:19:48.039 --> 01:19:51.520 It's not just an AW problem. It's a wrestling thing now. Just 1049 01:19:51.720 --> 01:19:55.399 that's the way things are now. Things now everything is an open challenge. 1050 01:19:56.359 --> 01:20:01.640 We have Becky Lynch doing open challenges for the NXD women's title. That's just 1051 01:20:01.720 --> 01:20:06.720 how that's how it is now. Zacharias his one last five spot, just 1052 01:20:06.800 --> 01:20:10.800 to say, I sure do miss Jamie Hayter. I really like her in 1053 01:20:10.920 --> 01:20:15.159 ring work, and might I add she is so pretty I am drinking. 1054 01:20:15.199 --> 01:20:19.600 The hater aid, well, there's another injury that threw a monkey wrench into 1055 01:20:19.640 --> 01:20:25.520 their plans and she had to miss the Wembley Show. It sucks, you 1056 01:20:25.560 --> 01:20:30.000 know, it just sucks when these injuries happen. It just ruins everything. 1057 01:20:31.720 --> 01:20:38.199 And Samoan fan, one day you'll get Ray Phoenix against Giant Gonzalez and I 1058 01:20:38.239 --> 01:20:44.680 will have my finger on the buzzer so fast your head will spin if that 1059 01:20:44.800 --> 01:20:51.000 day ever comes. Thank you guys for hanging out with me on a Wednesday 1060 01:20:51.119 --> 01:20:56.079 night. Sorry that I was not at my best here, but doing the 1061 01:20:56.079 --> 01:20:59.680 best I can. Hopefully I will get better in the days ahead. We 1062 01:20:59.720 --> 01:21:01.399 got a pay per view on Sunday night and a podcast this weekend. I 1063 01:21:01.439 --> 01:21:08.560 gotta be okay, but thank you. I will see you hopefully fingers crossed. 1064 01:21:08.600 --> 01:21:11.880 The plan is to see you live back here for SmackDown or after SmackDown 1065 01:21:12.439 --> 01:21:15.520 on Friday night. That is the plan. There's not going to be a 1066 01:21:15.560 --> 01:21:18.319 no Mercy review n XT no Mercy. I will watch the show. I'll 1067 01:21:18.319 --> 01:21:23.159 just talk about it on the podcast on Sunday. So the plan is SmackDown 1068 01:21:23.199 --> 01:21:28.399 stream Friday night, Wrestle dream stream on Sunday. So that is the plan. 1069 01:21:28.560 --> 01:21:32.680 Until then, be well, stay safe, stay healthy, and I 1070 01:21:32.720 --> 01:21:38.640 will see you back here for the SmackDown stream, hopefully on Friday night. 1071 01:21:38.720 --> 01:21:40.039 Until then, take our guess,