WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:13.480 This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE Podcast, the 2 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:24.519 show, the one that everybody wants me. God tell you, I st 3 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:30.559 fore sixteen, So just cut your ass is mind, you're gonna acknowledge me. 4 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:36.280 Hey, everybody, welcome to the ww podcast. It is Sunday, 5 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:41.359 February twenty fifth, twenty twenty four, and we're back. It feels like 6 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:43.479 I've been gone for a while, even though it was only one night. 7 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:48.399 I don't know, it feels like forever. I my cough has returned. 8 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:53.759 I was gonna have a co host on here tonight, but my cough has 9 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:59.119 returned, and I'll be unbeknownst to the listeners, but I'll be pausing this 10 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:03.120 show more than you would know, obviously because this is a pre recorded show. 11 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:06.680 But if I had brought on a guest, it would have been really 12 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.760 tough to have a conversation. And we'll bring her on Tuesday for the Raw 13 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:14.799 review. So we'll have a co host. Chrissy will be back with us 14 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:18.040 on Tuesday night for the Raw review. If things clear up. I mean, 15 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:22.560 I'm cycling from one sickness to the other. It's pretty crazy. On 16 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.719 top of being hungover, but that's my own doing. So thank everybody for 17 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.079 joining me here on the WW podcast. We're going to talk about the elimination 18 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.040 Chamber that's going to be the sole focus of today's show, right, tonight's 19 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.920 show whatever, because I haven't given them yet. I haven't really outside of 20 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.640 a couple of tweets I've put out there or posts on X, I haven't 21 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.640 really said too much about the chamber. And that's not only because I've been 22 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:47.560 busy and sick, but also because is there really much to talk about. 23 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:53.280 I mean, we got some news Cody challenging the Rock to a match a 24 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.200 one on one. Seemingly Seth said he'll be his backup, which he said 25 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.799 every week for the last six weeks. We get it, Seth, Yet 26 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:02.200 he has yet to show that he'll be, you know, back him up 27 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:08.560 yet. So I mean, I still think that's gonna come to a one 28 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:10.680 on one. Now, how or where that happens, I don't know. 29 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.520 I mean, it could actually be a match on SmackDown. I mean, 30 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.840 imagine that the Rock versus Cody rhades like a week before wrestle Mania or something 31 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.520 like that. I mean, they could do it, or they wait until 32 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.039 after WrestleMania and see what happens. The Rock right now doesn't have a locked 33 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.240 in match for WrestleMania and obviously can't happen with Cody at Mania. So perhaps 34 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:32.680 Cody and the Rock happens. Like I said on SmackDown, how big of 35 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:38.400 a SmackDown rating would that draw? So that's my thought when it comes to 36 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:43.240 that. And I mean, we had Grayson Waller in that segment really trying 37 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:47.599 to play the neutral, the neutral party, even though he's with Austin Theory. 38 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.560 He didn't help Austin Theory. He didn't run down the Australian crowd. 39 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.719 He was very much neutral. They made a very big effort to not turn 40 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:00.919 him into a heel in front of his home crowds. So they made a 41 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:04.960 very concerted effort to do that. And I understand why Austin Theory was the 42 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.280 butt of the joke. He's the one that got beat up. So we'll 43 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.680 see if that leads to further tension with Austin Theory and Grayson Waller or if 44 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:14.639 it's just going to be blown over. But to be honest, I mean 45 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:19.800 that segment with Seth and Cody was outside of the challenge from Cody kind of 46 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.439 run of the mill. And that's not to say it's bad, but kind 47 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.439 of like the rest of the matches when it comes to the outcome, most 48 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.960 matches were exactly or if not all of them were exactly what most people predicted 49 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:37.120 in terms of the outcomes. Now, the quality of each match and how 50 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:42.479 the finish happened and the logan Paul seemingly getting into an out real program with 51 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.159 Randy Orton, that kind of stuff maybe we didn't see coming. So we 52 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:49.360 can discuss that down the line here. But most matches, when you look 53 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:54.240 at it, were really very heavily favored and with good reason. And Triple 54 00:03:54.360 --> 00:04:00.400 H didn't deviate from that. They he didn't deviate, They didn't go some 55 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.599 wild way they did. They went with Becky Lynch winning the women's chamber, 56 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.319 which I mean, I know that there's some people out there that think Bianca 57 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.759 Bellair should have won. I'm in that boat that she could have absolutely won. 58 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:15.639 We got no Jade Cargill face off, so we don't know if or 59 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.480 whence she's gonna be appearing for WrestleMania. And let's just start with the women's 60 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:26.680 match though, and then we'll go batch my match. So the women's chamber 61 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:32.399 match starts out with Becky Lynch and Naomi and two big stars in the company. 62 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:38.439 Right, we know what they've what they have provided the company, especially 63 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:44.639 Becky Lynch. Naomi has been kind of lukewarm since she returned. Nothing real 64 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.279 earth shattering since she came back, Nothing that you could really say, Oh 65 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.160 my god, this is gonna be great. She's gonna get in this and 66 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:55.720 that. No. I mean, like she hasn't done much, but she's 67 00:04:55.759 --> 00:05:00.759 still an exciting talent. She's got a new entrance theme, and she's good 68 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.040 the ring, really good in the ring, and then you get this five 69 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:11.079 minute intro to the of the women's match. It was way too friendly for 70 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:14.199 me. I don't mind a handslap at the beginning. They go into some 71 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.079 chain wrestling. Eventually it breaks down into punching and stuff, which is how 72 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.879 to respected baby faces usually face off against one another when there's a cold program 73 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.560 with them. I mean, they're just thrown in the ring. They have 74 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:30.360 a very respectful match. Fine, but I'm sorry the beginning of this match 75 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:35.439 was it was awful, and I mean that from the perspective of it was 76 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:42.639 so unbelievable, meaning when I say, unblievable. I don't mean it was 77 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.879 awesome. I mean it was just it didn't draw me in because it looked 78 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:50.519 incredibly choreographed, incredibly choreographed. You do this, I do this, Then 79 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:55.759 we match move for move. It was it was awful. And then we 80 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.199 had Naomi even shaking her ass at one point. How is that exactly going 81 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.160 to help you win the match? And not to mention what's on the line, 82 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:10.920 here is a title opportunity at WrestleMania, and they're more worried about shaking 83 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.680 each other's asses and move for move and you do a pin, I do 84 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:15.639 a pin, I do a pin. You do a pin. Counter for 85 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.839 counter. I know what you said. Some of you are going to say, 86 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.879 is, well that's what they know. That's how you know things used 87 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:25.879 to be done. Okay, well maybe they in some respects did used to 88 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.079 do it this way and where you'd have babyface babyface, and I've seen this 89 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:33.680 dynamic. It was just verily poorly executed that it felt so choreographed. Now, 90 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:39.279 let's counter that negativity with some good stuff. The women's match, in 91 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.319 some I think there's a case to be made it was better than the men's 92 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:48.920 They killed themselves in there. Tiffany Stratton had a career night in there, 93 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:55.839 especially with the crowd support Live Morgan. I know that she lasted until the 94 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.480 end. The crowd didn't give a damn about her. I know they didn't 95 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.240 because I have two ears and I can hear they were very upset when Tiffany's 96 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:09.360 Stratton. Tiffany Stratton, who's a heel and a newcomer to the main roster, 97 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:15.560 gets more support from the crowd than your long standing Live Morgan. That, 98 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:21.040 I mean, all you have to do to summarize Live Morgan's career is 99 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:27.800 listen to her number thirty reaction from the rumble. That's all you need to 100 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:32.560 do is listen to that, which was very ho hum and honestly beyond the 101 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:36.519 crowd reaction which the crowd winded nothing to do with Live not that they didn't 102 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:41.560 boo her, they were just disinterest. There's a disinterest, which I think 103 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:46.879 is worse. There's just an indifference in Live Morgan from the crowd. They're 104 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.279 just going, yeah, I mean, I guess cool, like we like 105 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:54.800 Live but she's okay. That's how most fans would say, don't we talk 106 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:59.079 about her? You don't believe me go listen to every crowd. She gets 107 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:05.680 a mildly nice reaction until the bigger star comes along, which is about half 108 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:11.000 the roster on the women's side, and she just gets forgotten. And that's 109 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:15.319 It's not disrespectful to Live, it's just fact. I mean, if it's 110 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:20.199 disrespectful by just kind of as a side effect, I mean, that is 111 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.959 what it is. But I mean, all these people are supporting Live Morgan. 112 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.000 Why, I know she's she might be a nice person. She had 113 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.040 like a hot mug shot. She had the hot smug shot of all time. 114 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:35.039 Great, you know, wonderful. But explain to me how Live Morgan 115 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:41.200 lasting into the last couple of people in the match? How exactly does that? 116 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:46.759 How exactly is that benefiting anyone else in the match? Meaning someone like 117 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:52.600 Naomi. Naomi just returned and you're gonna eliminate her first. So that was 118 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.519 a bit of a head scratcher. Live Morgan should have absolutely been the first 119 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:01.879 one out. Again, she was the disinteresting person in the match. I 120 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.679 know she's on this magical imaginary revenge tour. All this hateful It's not hateful, 121 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:11.200 Live, It's just guys, stop me when I'm telling a lie. 122 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.960 You know, I may not like Live's style or whatever, but that's all 123 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:20.440 opinionated. The crowd reaction is not an opinion, it's a fact. Listen, 124 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:24.799 it's mild, it's not booing, it's just mildly nice. It's okay, 125 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:28.799 right, the crowd on Saturday night or Saturday morning, whenever you listened 126 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:37.120 or watched very just about Live, and especially when she pinned Tiffany Stratton, 127 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.039 the crowd was at that point they were just like, screw you Live, 128 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.799 you know, and you can tell that wasn't by design. Live, who's 129 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.399 a baby face should have gotten cheered for that pin and she did not. 130 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.360 All right, and Live Morgan just never you know, even her title run, 131 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.879 even her time to run with, you know, beating after beating around 132 00:09:54.879 --> 00:10:00.279 a Rousey? How did she win it again opportunistically with the i mean the 133 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:05.159 bank briefcase, and then how did she defend it? She was successful, 134 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.919 she didn't outright cleanly beat Ronda Rousey if you remember that match, right, 135 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.200 She's never to me, I mean, it's just is what it is. 136 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.639 Those are facts. Those are facts. All my other opinionated stuff. I 137 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.720 mean, you disagree or agree, but this is not a hate on Live 138 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:28.840 Morgan. It's just I'm just very perplexed as to why Naomi was the first 139 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:33.000 one eliminated. I didn't get that. But moving on to other things in 140 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:37.159 the match, tifty Stratton's jump off of the pod, I mean the crowd 141 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.879 loved it. The crowd was, I mean, the crowd was one hundred 142 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:45.039 percent into this, and they should have been. It was again in some 143 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:46.879 ways a little more physical than the men's you know. And once we got 144 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:52.879 past the just bizarre beginning of the match, things really heated up quickly. 145 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.919 It's like we finally got into not just it was like an introduction, and 146 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.960 then we finally got into the real match. And so the first elimination, 147 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.519 as I said, was Naomi being eliminated by Tiffany Stratton in thirteen minutes and 148 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:09.720 thirty seconds, and then Raquel Rodriguez comes out and Bianca bell Air comes out 149 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:16.440 as a sixth and final entrant. So Tiffany Stratton again a breakout performance with 150 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.559 what she did. Tiffany Stratton, though, was eliminated by Live Morgan at 151 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.799 twenty two minutes and fifty five seconds. The crowd was not happy. As 152 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:28.480 I mentioned Live More, I'm sorry Raquel Rodriguez was then eliminated by Bianca bell 153 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:33.559 Air at twenty five minutes and five seconds, and then the final three were 154 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.120 Lynch, bell Air and Morgan, and we had Bianca Belair eliminated by Live 155 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.120 Morgan in thirty two minutes and ten seconds, so Live, actually I thought 156 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:46.000 for some reason she made it to the top three. She made it to 157 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.960 the top two, so she was eliminated by Live at thirty two ten so 158 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.240 she gets a bunch of, you know, devastating roll ups as if she's 159 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:01.320 competing for the twenty four to seven title, and Biancamella was eliminated, shocked 160 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:07.559 and eliminated. I think they wanted to stay away from Bianca bell Air against 161 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.840 Becky Lynch, that dynamic. They need to keep them both babyface, and 162 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.080 I don't think they wanted the crowd to make a decision. They wanted to 163 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:16.080 keep them both kind of separate. So Live was the bridge to that. 164 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:22.159 And then we immediately got a man handle slam, thank god, by Lynch 165 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:28.919 on Morgan and got the victory in thirty two minutes, so again very good. 166 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:33.759 I enjoyed the chamber match. All the women really killed it. But 167 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.600 the one person you're talking about really, isn't even Becky Lynch tell me most 168 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:43.320 people are not talking about Tiffany Stratton. No, I mean, really, 169 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.159 Tiffy time is over. Is she a bit Chelsea Greenish? Yes? But 170 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.759 she still has her own identity. I mean she does have the center of 171 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.919 the universe deal she feels. I mean, her confidence is through the roof. 172 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:00.080 I think most people are on board with this, and really with how 173 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.000 popular she's become over the last twenty four to forty eight hours, you do 174 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.200 wonder if that's going to translate back to the States or if it's just going 175 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.720 to be back to you know, just you know, a negative as design 176 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.440 reaction for tiff Tiffany Stratton and then you know, it just continues on or 177 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.960 if this actually does translate to the States. Perhaps it does, and what 178 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:26.120 we'll have to see because the fans have gravitated to her and we'll see if 179 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.720 that trend continues. But Becky Lynch winning is not a shock to anyone that 180 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:35.240 has been watching anything in WWE over the last two months. They have they 181 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.840 started this promotion with Becky Lynch against rear Ripley. I mean a long time 182 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:45.240 ago. It was solidified at the press event in Vegas a month ago through 183 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.159 through three weeks ago, three weeks and it feels a lot longer, but 184 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.360 they solidified it there. It was now just a matter of formality for Becky 185 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.840 Lynch to go through the chamber. I did say though, that we could 186 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:03.159 absolutely have a dark horse in a what do you call it? A Bianca 187 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.720 Bella Air victory, and I would have loved that too. As I've said, 188 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:11.120 Bianca Belair, how she has not crossed passed with Rhea Ripley yet is 189 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:16.200 it's surprising. I wouldn't call it criminal yet because there's still time and you 190 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.759 always want to have an ace in your back pocket for a big match, 191 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:22.039 and that would be a big match. I continue to say, I think 192 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:28.879 that that Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair would produce a more exciting matchup than Becky 193 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:33.600 Lynch and Rhea Ripley would. I think that that it just lends itself to 194 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:39.879 a I think their styles would mesh better. But Becky Lynch is no slouch. 195 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.600 I mean, she has worked with all styles, all shapes, all 196 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:46.000 sizes and has proven herself time it again, so you don't get to get 197 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:50.360 a good match out of her. But it just feels like they teased Becky 198 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.799 or they tease Bianca Belair and Riha Ripley. Last year, we didn't get 199 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.480 it. We still don't have it a year later. But it's coming, 200 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:00.840 and I'm just I guess I'm just impatient. But Okay, Becky Lynch is 201 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:05.840 the winner. Let's move on. We got the tag team title match, 202 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:11.080 Damian Priest, Infann Balor versus the New Catch Republic, Pete Dunn and Tyler 203 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.000 Bait. This match, you know, I don't think it's getting the love 204 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.799 it deserves. I mean, this is a match that was overlooked by many, 205 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.240 including myself. It wasn't one that anyone really was particularly losing their minds 206 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.200 over because it wasn't really built up that well, and especially when you have 207 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:33.360 challengers coming and going for the tag titles, they haven't been able to really 208 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:39.399 take and hone in on a tag team to tell a good, longer story. 209 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.960 With the Judgment Day, I mean, they started to a little bit 210 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:48.759 with the Creed Brothers and then they just disappeared into the ether. And they've 211 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:50.559 done it with some other teams as well, and I know that they're eventually 212 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.279 going to get to awesome. Truth, I would think with Bizen and Our 213 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:58.000 Truth at WrestleMania, but I don't have a problem with Pete Done and Tyler 214 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:03.080 Bait. I think that they really had an opportunity here on a big platform 215 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:07.000 in front of fifty two thousand fans to put on a show, and they 216 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.919 did. I mean, this was a very good tag team match, again, 217 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.120 one that I don't think gets enough love from the fans, or at 218 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.840 least the attention it deserves. There was some audio and video issues, I 219 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.879 think during this match, and that happened a couple times throughout the show, 220 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.759 by the way, I'm sure everyone else experienced it. But this match was 221 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:33.399 seventeen minutes and it ended with Damian Priest and Finn Balor retaining. But there 222 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:38.320 were moments where you really did believe that Pete Dunn and Tyler Bate were gonna 223 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:45.440 win. They had some really nice, believable near falls and I said to 224 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.200 myself, Oh, maybe maybe they do. Where's Our Truth. I'm shocked 225 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:53.879 he didn't make an appearance. I'm shocked Our Truth didn't. But we did 226 00:16:53.919 --> 00:17:02.120 get an ejection of Dominic Mysterio to the crowds much delight so. But overall, 227 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:07.279 again, very nice match up. Here really fun. It was a 228 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:10.640 match that you went in not really caring. Most people didn't really care too 229 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.039 much about it. There wasn't much conversation about it. And they came out 230 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:17.920 and you went, I'd like to see that again. And that's all you 231 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:21.720 can ask the talent to do. Would they barely get any promo time for 232 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.079 this? Sorry, guys, I know my voice is cracking and I'm still 233 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:30.160 struggling. I really have never been this sick in my entire life for this 234 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:33.079 long. It keeps rolling into a new sickness, so I'm getting over them. 235 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.519 It's not the same one. I just you know, it keeps on 236 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.160 overlapping and then I start a new thing. So not that anyone cares, 237 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.759 but I just wanted to tell you that I promise you I'm normally not this 238 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.680 sick. I've been more sick in the last like six weeks than I have 239 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:53.000 in the last like probably six years of my life. Anyway back for my 240 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.920 own personal woes, this again, was all you could ask the talent to 241 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.880 do. It's commendable and it's a match that you would love to see again, 242 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.680 is anybody? Wouldnybody wants say to themselves now, I wouldn't want to 243 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.839 see that again. No, if you're a wrestling fan, you looked at 244 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:14.200 this and said, this is pro wrestling. This is professional wrestling at its 245 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:18.680 finest. And I give all the men in this match credit. It was 246 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:23.799 awesome. All right. Then we get the whole segment. As I kind 247 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:30.680 of went over earlier about Grayson Waller. The Grayson Waller effect was South Rollins 248 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:36.359 and his weird glasses. You know, I understand Seth is doing this weird. 249 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.559 That's kind of his gimmick as he comes out with the most ridiculous outfits. 250 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:44.519 But sometimes it's so distracting and it's just like, you know, like 251 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.440 that when he had that third it was like a third eye. I don't 252 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.160 know that that looked like so goofy and distracting. Sometimes I don't mind it. 253 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:56.200 This was a little distracting. I don't know where he gets this stuff. 254 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:02.279 But beyond that, again, the segment was what you thought it would 255 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:06.839 be. Grayson Waller remained neutral and that's a smart move. Austin theory was 256 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:10.599 the butt of the joke we did again as Cody Road said, he challenged 257 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:15.519 the rock and Oh also Rollin saying he had a secret I forgot about this 258 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:19.519 that he's just days away from being medically clear to compete, which would lend 259 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:26.319 itself to probably Monday Night Raw perhaps, So hey, this is a This 260 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:30.519 is great news considering where we thought things could be for Seth and the world 261 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.839 title, you know, after we heard the news that he, you know, 262 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.599 busted up his knee during the match with Jenner Maer Hall a couple months 263 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:42.720 ago. So alrighty oh, and during this match. And there's another thing 264 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:48.799 I can't believe I've glossed over this either. Cody Rhodes did almost address the 265 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:53.200 one question that we had directly on this show and others that he said the 266 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:59.200 Rock wouldn't want to talk about the conversation that he had that led to the 267 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:03.680 to Cody stepping out of the Wrestlemaniam main event. And that's when Waller interrupted 268 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.480 him, like, bro, yes, this is actually an important piece of 269 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:15.640 the story. So I'm shocked that they even addressed the question that fans event 270 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.400 asking. I know they didn't give an answer to it, but at least 271 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.079 they addressed it before Grayson Waller cut him off. And it's an important thing 272 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.960 to know. Why would Cody as the Royal Rumble winner step aside for The 273 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:30.960 Rock to only step back in. Now we know the real reason is because 274 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:36.480 of the fans and they're they're you know, their outcry literally for Cody Rhodes 275 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:41.960 to face Roman Reigns and not The Rock. So we know the real reason. 276 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.599 But give me the storyline reason. What is that now? The fact 277 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.119 they brought it up is encouraging, and that they'll tell Maybe they're going to 278 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.880 tell us down the line in a promo with The Rock and Cody before they 279 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:56.079 have their match. Perhaps that is what's going to happen. But I appreciated 280 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.480 that they at least acknowledged it the question. I know, they didn't give 281 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.839 an answer, so they don't get a full pad on the back, but 282 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.680 at least they acknowledged Hey, yeah, like fans are asking what the hell's 283 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.960 going on now? One thing, I was surprised a bit about this segment 284 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.559 No Roman Reigns. I know The Rock said he wasn't gonna be there, 285 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:15.559 but if I know again he said in his promo that if he does here 286 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.920 trash talk about him, that he will show up and slap the taste out 287 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.480 of Cody Road's mouth. I mean, obviously it didn't happen, but there 288 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.400 was a hint like, okay, he said he wasn't going to show up, 289 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:29.079 but maybe he could. But even more shocking than that was really Roman 290 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:33.440 Reigns. I thought for sure Roman Rerains was gonna come out, maybe with 291 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:37.200 solo or Jimmy, take them both down, hold the titles up, massive 292 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:40.880 heat, and they didn't do that, which it's fine, I just I 293 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:48.079 was wrong, So all right, let's go. We then got the men's 294 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:53.920 elimination Chamber match. McIntyre Knight started the match. The third entrant was Kevin 295 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:56.920 Owens, the fourth Entranyt was Bobby Lashley, the fifth was Randy Orton, 296 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:03.279 and the sixth was Logan Paul Out A cool thing that I'm sure some of 297 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:08.039 you or most of you picked up on. It was Kevin Owens Michael Cole 298 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:12.240 telling us about Kevin Owens meeting a kid earlier in the day. I think 299 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:18.319 it was Make a Wish Kid, and that the kid asked Kevin Owens to 300 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.480 do a choke slam in the match, and he promised the kid that he 301 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:26.119 would do it, and he followed through on that. He followed through on 302 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:32.160 that that promise, which was really cool to see. So you know, 303 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:36.920 even even though you know, some cynical people could say, oh, he's 304 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.000 just doing it for the cameras. I mean, even if he is, 305 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.920 I don't care, because the kid got his wish, you know what I 306 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:45.799 mean. So that's cool because when Kevin Owens did that, I'm like, 307 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:51.160 what what do you did? He just pull an undertaker? But good for 308 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.880 him on l a night. It didn't affect the match in any capacity, 309 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.839 of course, but the kid must have been elated. So that was a 310 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.839 really kind of feel good story from Cole. So I really shited hearing that. 311 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:07.039 But you know the other thing about this match that's come into my mind. 312 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:12.759 Did Logan Paul get any offense at all? Or did he was he 313 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:18.200 in the in the match to just be a body to toss around. Maybe 314 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:22.319 he got a couple of punches or small, you know, small offensive maneuvers. 315 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:29.920 He just got his ass kicked the whole match. I mean, I 316 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:32.960 mean it had to have been like ninety five ninety eight percent of the match. 317 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:36.759 Logan Paul got almost no offense. And it's not a complaint. This 318 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:42.000 is not a negative. It's just something I strikingly noticed. Now. He 319 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:49.160 took hellacious bumps I mean the spear from Bobby Lashly was brutal, which I 320 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:53.160 mean, I remember I saw a part of the glass actually at one point 321 00:23:53.759 --> 00:24:00.680 that actually or the fiberglass or the plexiglass rather not fiberglass, was up against 322 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:03.839 the throat of Logan Paul. I think I saw that at one point. 323 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:07.839 But he took some hellacious bumps man. I mean, credit to Logan Paul 324 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:12.279 on that. So we didn't get to see, you know, absolutely off 325 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:17.319 the wall offense that I thought we could see. But we did get to 326 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:21.480 see him just be used as a rag doll for the most of the match, 327 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:26.519 so again credit to him. He must be feeling like a truck hit 328 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:33.640 him. So now we did get Randy Orton hitting the RKO on Paul as 329 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:37.720 he was about to use the brass knucks RKO one two three also very cool. 330 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:41.319 They're still protecting the RKO. No one's kicking out of the RKO. 331 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.160 So I still like that, which makes you wonder why the hell the Cody 332 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:52.079 cutter doesn't work. But we did get Randy Orton pinning Logan Paul. But 333 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:57.640 then Logan Paul paid him back and hit him in the face with brass knucks 334 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:03.599 and and now you're starting a program with Logan Paul and Randy Orton. So 335 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.559 that's how Randy Orton got eliminated, of course by Drew mcatire, who keeps 336 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:12.440 lucking into these pinfalls. I mean mcatire's not using low blows, he's not 337 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:17.799 using any chair shots. He's just being opportunistic. This is where the brilliance 338 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:22.359 of his heel turn comes is he's just trying to win the match. He's 339 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:26.559 not the one who's using brass nuts or doing stuff behind the referees back or 340 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:30.960 no. He's just kind of taking advantage of the situation which you should to 341 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:37.680 win. Right at the same time, you despise him because of his his 342 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:42.880 demeanor and his arrogance and his holier than now kind of I'm the hero all 343 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:47.880 the time. I love it. So it's just some kind of brilliance that 344 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:51.480 this man is putting out lately, and I love it. So Drew mcatyre 345 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:56.799 gets pinfall after pinfall after pinfall of just kind of lucking into it. Night 346 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:03.279 at one point nearly eliminated Drew aj Styles, though came in and started beating 347 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:10.039 down La Knight, and so aj Styles is fully a heel now. So 348 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:15.559 it looks like at WrestleMania AJ Styles versus La Knight or is this just kind 349 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:21.400 of an in between program that will eventually burn off before WrestleMania and these two 350 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:25.759 will be involved in some kind of multi person United States title match. Either 351 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.079 way, if these two are going to build a program to WrestleMania, like, 352 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:30.400 let's see what this is. I was hoping Knight would be crowned a 353 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:34.319 champion at WrestleMania, But next best thing is being involved with the talent, 354 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:37.480 the caliber of AJ Styles. You know you're gonna get a great match, 355 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:45.039 and it's high profile, and you know AJ Styles is a full heel now, 356 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:48.880 so you don't need to think about where he's landing. And La Knight, 357 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.880 you know, get him back into the conversation he is, he's cooled 358 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:56.920 off, So I have no issue with this now. I don't know how 359 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:00.839 Logan Paul got out in by the way. I know AJ Styles used the 360 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:03.960 uh took advantage of somebody coming out of the chamber to come in, but 361 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:07.200 you know, Logan Paul like there was such a gap between the person being 362 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:11.519 eliminated before him and him being able to come back in and hit Randy with 363 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:15.160 the brass nuts. I'm like, who is managing the door? They need 364 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:19.039 you know, they need a performance review here. You know, whoever has 365 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:23.400 that one job, whoever that ref was of making sure that that chamber door 366 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:27.279 is sealed and locked and no one can get in. Uh, gets a 367 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:30.519 failing grade from me. But I mean that it's not a complaint, of 368 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.200 course, guys, It's just kind of funny, Like, I mean, 369 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:37.039 how the hell did Logan Paul get back in? Uh? It still served 370 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:40.319 its purpose. I have no issue with it. I'm not complaining. But 371 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:48.200 Logan Paul hitting Randy Orton and seeing Randy Orton and Logan Paul being teamed up 372 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:52.599 here, it is a very intriguing matchup, very intriguing. Their styles, 373 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:56.359 you know, are gonna You're can already tell they're gonna mesh well. And 374 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.200 Randy Orton's a mega babyface, Logan Paul is a mega he There's no need 375 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.119 to think about who's going to be cheered and booed. It's very clear cut 376 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:07.039 lines. Now. The question though, is does Orton challenge for the US 377 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:10.839 title if he does? Cool? I mean, when was the last time 378 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:15.039 Randy Orton was United States Champion? So that that should be an interesting little 379 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.880 bit of business here with Orton and Logan Paul and also gives Orton something to 380 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:22.240 do. You know, I feel like since Orton's come back, he almost 381 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:25.880 gotten a one on one with Roman that got all muddied up in a fatal 382 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:29.319 four way, and then since then he hasn't done much. He hasn't been 383 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:33.000 singled out for a sing you know, a matchup, and now you have 384 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:36.960 Logan Paul waiting in the wings, and I think that that's a good thing. 385 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:40.519 I think Logan Paul again and Orton are going to put on whatever this 386 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:45.079 match happens, Mania, whatever they're gonna pay on a really fun program. 387 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.160 Logan Paul's going to play an excellent heel. I mean you already can tell 388 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:52.119 that all you're gonna want to see is Orton hit the RKO on Paul, 389 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:55.359 and Paul's going to do from behind attacks. He's going to continue to use 390 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:59.640 the brass knucks. It's gonna be just so much fun to watch. So 391 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:06.119 all right, but uh it ends with, of course, uh the victory 392 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:10.319 going to Dramagica Tire and that's fine. I know a lot of people are 393 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.720 disappointed in that out as predictable. Yeah, it is, and you know, 394 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:18.599 we all what we'd like is as fans, things to be unpredictable but 395 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:25.680 also the right thing. That's a difficult combination, in an unrealistic one to 396 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:32.720 get every single time. Oh it's predictable, Okay, Well, like what's 397 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:36.359 then you know, if I were you w W, well, then well 398 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:41.559 then what to you is the right decision? That's also the one that's kind 399 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.039 of a twist or the one that you didn't see coming. And the answer 400 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.480 is there's not always one, and they're very rarely is one really because oftentimes 401 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:55.519 what's surprising and what is the right thing our conflicting outcomes. So I know 402 00:29:55.640 --> 00:30:02.279 fans we when we get it, it's fun, but it's a rare combination 403 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.160 to acquire. So I think as fans we need to realize that. All 404 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:11.319 right, now, let's talk to or not talk to God Almighty. I 405 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:14.720 feel like I'm doing the mailbag, although I do have emails from you guys 406 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:19.119 that I'll save until even one or two people that went to Perth that wrote 407 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:25.160 in, so we'll talk to them on Wednesday. But let's finish up here 408 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:30.079 with Ria Ripley and Iijack for the Women's World Championship. And Ria Ripley had 409 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.359 her thirteen family members at ringside, her father, her mother, her sister, 410 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:41.480 and Cole was touting how Ripley had started training at the Riot City Wrestling 411 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:47.119 at Riot City Wrestling in Adelaide at the age of fifteen. And Ria Ripley 412 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:49.519 just, I mean again, I said this before the event on the preview 413 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:53.640 show. She needs to take this moment in and soak it in into her 414 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:59.039 soul because being in your home country, in front of your family, with 415 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.480 fifty two thousand people channing your name is It's something that a lot of wrestlers 416 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.839 go their whole careers and don't get. So I'm sure she was soaking in 417 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.839 every moment and good for her and saying for Nia Jacks. You know, 418 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.920 I give her the credit to for finding her confidence, finding her voice, 419 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:19.119 finding more of who she is as a competitor, and really she held up 420 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:23.759 I think her end of the deal in this matchup. So now the crowd, 421 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.960 I have to say, they were very, very into Rhea. But 422 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:33.440 maybe I over estimated the level of support for Rea, and maybe that's because 423 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:40.319 what I expected, I guess is just people constantly chanting throughout the entire match 424 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:45.920 for Rea. All these things and we got just a very very warm baby 425 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.960 face reaction for Ria. I guess I just had the standards a little too 426 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:53.839 high. And also I think it's because they had an open air stadium, 427 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.680 so a lot of the sound escapes, you know, with no retractable roof, 428 00:31:57.960 --> 00:32:00.759 So I think that doesn't help. But I mean, I'm not saying 429 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:06.000 her reaction was bad. Re Ripley's reaction was very positive. I just had 430 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:12.440 lofty expectations, I guess, so that's on me. So fun match up 431 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:19.079 here, fourteen minutes and this was. This was fun. You know. 432 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.599 It wasn't the smoothest, it wasn't your fast paced match, but of course 433 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:25.240 you're not going to get that. You're not gonna get that with Rea Ripley 434 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:31.640 and especially Nia Jacks. That's not their game, right, So this was 435 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:36.400 It was a I think a solid main event. Didn't blow me away, 436 00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:40.640 but I don't think anyone expected this to be match of the night. Rea 437 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:46.599 Ripley won as expected. Out of every outcome that could possibly have happened at 438 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:52.039 Elimination Chamber, Naya Jacks winning the women's world title would have made the least 439 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.279 sense out of every outcome you could probably cut, you know, come up 440 00:32:55.319 --> 00:33:01.759 with. So Rea Ripley wins after she hit riptide, which she got her 441 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:07.759 up as well as you could hope to get Nijacks up, And we did 442 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:10.160 get an Annihilator finished, but Ripley kicking out. I think no one's kicked 443 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:15.839 out of that yet. And Jax then went up a couple moments later, 444 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:22.319 but Rhea came up and superplexed her. Now there was a moment that I 445 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:29.960 thought we were going to get the ring collapse with Nia Jacks, and this 446 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:34.839 also came from I thought it, But also I got a text from the 447 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:37.599 Batch Guy. I remember the watch guy on YouTube, So we still chat 448 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.759 every once in a while. Shout out to Batch Guy on YouTube, Go 449 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:45.160 follow him great channel. He was texting me how he actually thought they were 450 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:49.119 going to do the ring collapse with Nijacks on the super Plex two, and 451 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:52.039 I'm like, I was thinking to myself, well, that would be cool, 452 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:57.440 but two problems. Number One, would they dare do that with a 453 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:01.279 women's match? You know, would they send the mess that Nia Jacks is 454 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:07.880 so big and she's so overweight that if she gets superplex off the top, 455 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:14.000 the steel reinforced ring will collapse. You know, I think that you'd have 456 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.960 some people outraged, even though I think it'd be a cool moment. But 457 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:22.679 also logically part two in that is you had a lot of men who exceed 458 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:24.599 that weight that Nia Jackson. I'm gonna guess Nia Jacks. While they don't 459 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:30.280 say her weight, she's probably a good two forty right, probably two hundred 460 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:35.480 and forty pounds. There are several men that competed earlier in the night that 461 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:38.599 were well in excess of her weight. So you know, if you're gonna 462 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:43.320 tell me that Nia Jacks broke the ring, well what about all the other 463 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.800 men that were flying around the ring the rest of the earlier in the night 464 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:50.599 and the men's chamber, you know, come on, right, But there 465 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.599 was a moment. I don't know if you guys felt the same way. 466 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.800 It just I don't think the WW would do that with women. And also 467 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:00.639 there's a lot of men in there that were a lot heavier. So but 468 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:06.639 overall, I thought it was a very solid match. You know, we 469 00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:09.440 didn't get the face off of Becky coming out to face Rhea Ripley. That's 470 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:14.960 smart. That would have been a bad decision if we had Becky Lynch come 471 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.800 out to face Rea Ripley just in a stare down. We don't need that 472 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:22.280 visual yet, because you would have got Becky destroyed in front of that crowd. 473 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.199 I mean, the crowd would have just instantly turned on her obviously here 474 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:29.880 in Australia. But you know, I don't need the visual right now, 475 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:34.000 and it's about Nia Jacks, or rather Rea Ripley's moment, having that moment 476 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:38.519 with her her family, which I mean, you know she was genuinely obviously 477 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:45.559 enjoying and I'm happy for her. A really good match again. Physical Ripley 478 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:52.800 getting tossed onto the announced table with the monitors still there, the iPad screen 479 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:58.599 still there was oh my god, physical as hell. Here Samoan dropped from 480 00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:04.599 the second rope with Ripley covering, getting covered for a near fall. Jackson 481 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.800 goes to the rope and Ripley slips underneath, gets in the electric chair position 482 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:12.800 and then dumps her face first in the top turnbuckle. Nia Jacks really did 483 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.320 hold her up her end of the bargain up here. You know, she's 484 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:22.440 a heavier woman that's gonna pose limitations just because it's physics. But I think 485 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:25.239 she did as well as you could expect her to do, and probably you 486 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:30.159 know, nia Jack's best match to date, certainly her biggest. This is 487 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:37.239 this is nia Jack's biggest match ever, and you know she I think she 488 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.079 showed her her ability. I think she showed another level that she can go 489 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:45.239 to. So I'm not sad if Niajack sticks around in the title picture. 490 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:49.239 Maybe after WrestleMania, I don't need her involved in Becky and all that, 491 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.239 but maybe they go to the Jade Cargill and Naya. I mean, who 492 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:55.480 knows, but Nijacks is gonna be I think a force to be reckoned with 493 00:36:55.480 --> 00:37:00.559 it WrestleMania. Now, I'm gonna end with this this this statement here about 494 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:06.440 Rea Ripley. Rea Ripley is obviously an attractive woman. She just is right, 495 00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:12.360 even especially when she doesn't have all of her goth makeup on. I 496 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:20.400 think her outfit she chose was heavily accented on her backside. And sure we've 497 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.480 seen you know, we've seen this in the past with women in their choice 498 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:27.840 of attire to the ring, but this, especially when there was some maneuvers 499 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:31.400 done by nia Jackson Rea Ripley. I think it was the half Boston crab. 500 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:38.440 People are specifically pointing to when I'm more distracted by the sexuality, you're 501 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:40.760 trying to emit and don't tell me, you know, that's how you're interpreting 502 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:45.480 you that's you know, no, that's exactly what she's You know, you 503 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:50.119 don't wear an outfit like that. And then when men especially or women look 504 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:52.280 at that and go, oh my god, wow, that's that's a hot 505 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.960 outfit. You don't think she knows that's the response she's looking for or wants 506 00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.320 or expects, don't you know. So I'm sure some people know it's just 507 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:07.639 because you're You're no. I mean, everyone knows that Ree Ripley is a 508 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:12.840 She's a unique character, and I think she genuinely plays who she is on 509 00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:15.559 TV pretty close to what she is off camera. I mean, not to 510 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:20.400 that extreme. But my point in all this is it was a bit distracting, 511 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:23.559 I think, especially in that maneuver and others where it was just I 512 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:27.400 mean, it basically was a thong. Let's be real, what she wore 513 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:31.360 in the back was a thong. It just was a very it was a 514 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:39.480 much more I guess fabricant forced material because she uh was wrestling, But that 515 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:44.599 outfit that that that curved her down, you know, her her nether regions 516 00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:46.519 was just a little much for me. Not that I'm offended by it, 517 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:52.000 just Mike, I don't need to be that distracted. You know, when 518 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:53.679 the cameras are on you, where am I supposed to look? You know? 519 00:38:54.599 --> 00:39:00.159 Uh So it's not a complaint, just you know it was. It's 520 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:04.159 a bit just kind of like, oh so you want us to clearly look, 521 00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:08.159 let's be serious here. But also we recognize how good you are. 522 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:13.880 So I don't know what that was about her, Her outfit choices were just 523 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:17.559 they're up for discussion. It's not a complaint. It's just something I noticed. 524 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.159 And I don't know if you guys feel the same way or don't care. 525 00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.679 Maybe most of you don't care. That's fine. Most of you don't 526 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:25.119 give a damn. Some of you probably enjoyed it. Some of you probably 527 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:29.960 think I'm some misogynistic pig. I really could care less. It's fine. 528 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.360 It just is what it is. And you guys know I'm speaking the truth 529 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:36.079 on this. You know I am. I got a primarily male audience, 530 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.320 So you know that when you saw Rea Rupley's outfit, you're like oh, 531 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:45.679 I see right, So you know, I'm also for all the women. 532 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:52.079 You know, whenever I see any of the women on Instagram, like Nikita 533 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:58.679 Lyons just as an example, or even Jade Cargill that are constantly posting crap 534 00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:02.639 on Instagram or or on x or face wherever, and it's all about just 535 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:07.079 showing off their body. Like if I saw that one, if it was 536 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:09.559 like one picture out of you know, one hundred, I'd be like, 537 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:14.760 all right, but it's the majority of what some of these women post is 538 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:19.000 look at my ass and you know that's what it is, which I mean, 539 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:21.800 fine, we'll do it. But then don't also turn around and be 540 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:24.280 like, well, you're sexualizing me right, Like you're a wrestler. I 541 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:29.239 want to see you wrestle. And the women's division has made such strides from 542 00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:34.679 getting away from the sexualization of women and into like the main event of WrestleMania. 543 00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:37.960 That's I mean, you talk about night and day, and they've come 544 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:43.320 so far. I think sometimes when the women on social media of wrestling just 545 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:46.800 are constantly posting of this themselves and the skimpiest stuff to get attention and look 546 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:50.000 at my body, I understand you're proud of your body good. I mean 547 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:53.360 cool. Yeah, it's it's difficult. You you busted your ass to get 548 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:58.320 that physique, and good for you. But when it's all you see all 549 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.400 the time from some some of the women, it's like, I feel like 550 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:05.840 they're taking the women back a little bit. I feel like they're taking some 551 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:10.400 of the women back to just the men gawking at them, which is what 552 00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:15.280 most of the Attitude era was. The women's division was not taken seriously. 553 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:22.360 It was a joke at best, a time filler at best, and it 554 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:28.000 was mostly bron panties matches. They were used as managers, push up bras. 555 00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:30.599 I mean, you remember, if you go think back, even the 556 00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:35.119 ruthless aggression era had some of that. So when they've made so many strides 557 00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:37.599 and you see these women today doing just kind of the repeating the same thing 558 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:44.960 for attention or for their own self self serving reasons, whatever, whatever the 559 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:50.519 case, the general public is going to look at that and go huh wow, 560 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:54.960 especially men while she's hot, instead of think instead of the reaction, 561 00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:59.440 I think that they should have with things you're posting, which is damn, 562 00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:02.039 she's badass. I can't wait to see this matchup versus this matchup. Do 563 00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:07.159 you think there's any bikini photos or lingerie photos that anyone's seeing from these some 564 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:12.440 of these women and going, man, their first reaction is, oh, 565 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:15.760 think about the dream matchup? No, you know exactly what they're thinking. 566 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:21.400 So I just there's a time and place for that kind of stuff, and 567 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.800 I don't mind it every once in a while because I'm the I guess you 568 00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:30.639 would call the official voice on how the women should conduct themselves in w right, 569 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:37.000 I'm just my own personal preference. It's my own personal preference because that 570 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:40.639 kind of stuff you can find anywhere, all the time, every day anywhere. 571 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:44.079 We all know what that is or where to get it. When I 572 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:47.960 watch wrestling, and I watch women's wrestling specifically, I want to see competition. 573 00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:52.880 I don't need them in you know, Saudi Arabia outfits. Okay, 574 00:42:52.920 --> 00:43:00.519 in T shirts, no, But when you are blatantly saying, look at 575 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:04.280 this part of my body, which is exactly what the purpose of it is, 576 00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:10.239 It's like, well, I mean, I will, but also it's 577 00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:15.519 discrediting some of the women's progress a little It eats away at it a little 578 00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:21.239 bit. It takes baby steps back, baby tiptoe steps, and it's like, 579 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.280 I don't know, So that's my spiel. It's not a complaint with 580 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:30.599 Rhea, just more of you know, I think that outfit was a very 581 00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:35.719 interesting choice. But does it affect her career? Is it going to affect 582 00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:38.760 her moving forward? Of course not. It's just to me triggered more of 583 00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:46.880 an overall bigger problem that today's some of the women in today's wrestling are conducting 584 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:52.519 themselves on social media, which they're top. I think they're dragging the women 585 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:54.760 back a little bit, and I want to see them keep moving forward with 586 00:43:55.519 --> 00:44:00.599 you want to be equal to the men and not be objectified, then Pete, 587 00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:02.840 don't put your body out there all the time, because that's not what 588 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:06.519 you're doing. You're not a you know, you're not a fitness model, 589 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:12.199 right, You're a professional wrestler, and that's what people want to see you 590 00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:17.239 do, So do it and kick ass at it. So I don' wonder 591 00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:20.920 how many people I just pissed off with that rant. Probably a lot. 592 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.320 Probably here's what some of the people who are listening probably heard. So he's 593 00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:29.719 telling the women how they should act on social media. Uh, and he 594 00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:32.760 looks at some of the women as sex objects. I know that some of 595 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.599 you heard only that, but if you listen carefully, that's exactly the opposite 596 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:43.440 of what I said. Okay, so touchy subject, but somebody had to 597 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:46.079 put it out there because I think it's a trend that's growing. I think 598 00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:50.280 it's a trend that's growing, especially some of even some of the NXT wrestlers. 599 00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:57.320 It's I don't want to see it is that's not women's wrestling, you 600 00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.960 know. So see how many emails I get about voicemails. Again, by 601 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:07.840 the so, I was listening to your Elimination Chamber review and I really took 602 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:10.440 issue with what you said about the women. Right whatever, it's fine, 603 00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:15.519 it's fine. I mean, I'm actually advocating for them to stop being sexualized. 604 00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.960 But if you know that's the message some of you take, is what 605 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:21.480 it is. You hear what you want to hear. All right, Well, 606 00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:23.239 thanks so much everybody for joining me. If you want to go ad 607 00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:28.280 free, Patreon dot com, slash w B podcast is the way to go. 608 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:30.800 You can also go to Apple Podcasts and gets a seven day free trial 609 00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:35.679 there. There's free trials also on Patreon. 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