This is WWW superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast show,
the one that everybody wants me to start. Sixteen says, just clist your
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E Podcast Mailbag. It is Wednesday, July nineteenth, twenty twenty three.
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slash ww podcast. All right, let's start with Frank, and Frank says,
this is Frank again, going to start off with the Rock and his
possible return to face rolland I think he needs to show up on SmackDown,
cut a promo with Roman face to face, and then demand a match at
WrestleMania for the head of the table. Second. Okay, so before we
get to your second point, I have no problem with them announcing the match
now and building to WrestleMania. They can easily fill six to eight months whatever
it is to WrestleMania. They could easily do that. Even if the title's
not on the line, which I have been a very big advocate of it
not being on the line. There they could easily fill this. Now,
your stipulation is, whoever, who's the head of the table? Well,
what does that mean? You win? Right? If a title's not on
the line and it's just Pride, I guess you could brand that Pride as
head of the table. Who's the true head of the table? Again,
what does that actually result in? I don't know? I mean, what
does that mean? You know what I mean? It's I don't hate it.
I get it because you could use that narrative as the Rocks the true
head of the table. He hasn't spoken yet and he's an elder, and
you know, you could absolutely use that. But it's like, what does
that manifest itself as? So all right? Second, I feel Roquell Rodriguez
needs to face Rhea for the title. I feel the street prophets are going
to join a new generation of herd business. Yeah I never talked about that,
but the herd business in Bobby Lashley. He kind of came out of
nowhere. I figured he'd be the next opponent for Roman reigns, but not
yet, I guess. So it seems as if it could be the Hurt
Business two point zero something like that. I mean, maybe not exactly that
name, but that's probably where they're going. Is a faction, a baby
face faction I would imagine to oppose Roman and Solo or you know whatever.
I don't know, but yeah, that that is an interesting dynamic. I
know they teased for a while the Hurt Business getting back together. That went
nowhere, and now it seems as if Bobby's gonna take Angela, Dawkins and
Montez forward under his wing. I guess. So we'll see where that we're
seeing that goes. All we did was see them get into limo and leave.
So I mean, I'm an interesting I'm interested, no doubt about it.
Alrighty, let's thank you, Frank. Let's get to our next email,
and who who's up next? We've got Darren and Darren says, I
hope all as well. I was thinking of an early summer Slam prediction and
wanted to hear your thoughts. I don't think the match is even official yet.
But if we get Oscar versus Bianca versus Charlotte, I think it turns
out to be a great match. Charlotte wins, but then EO cashes in
her money in the bank and wins. This way, Charlotte can say she's
a fifteen time champion. Something else I could see is that's happening, though,
is when EO cashes in, maybe Bailey breaks up the pin and to
turn on EO. Which one do you think is more likely? Good question?
Yeah, I mean I think we're both on the same page. That
Oscar as champion is. It's very whole hum nobody's really inspired or excited about
it. I mean, no one hates it, no one loves it.
It's just kind of there, and that's weird to stay with somebody as talented
as Oscar is in the ring. But a lot of it has to do
with us seeing the ceiling and limitations of her promos that just aren't there.
And so when you can't connect with the character and you know what that ceiling
is, you know, your level of emotional investment decreases. That said,
yeah, Oscar losing, no one's going to really care too much. Charlotte
winning makes sense, But you're right, does EEO cash in and then Bailey
turns? Or does be Bailey not even let EO cash in? I think
more likely is that you killed her birds with one stone. Your first scenario
is more likely. You knock another another number off of Charlotte's rain, so
you get her closer to that sixteen time. Maybe she can get that at
Mania or something. It'll be a special moment tying her father. And you
also have EO win, get the belt off of Oscar, which no one's
going to shed a tear over, and I believe it'll be EO's first championship
victor singles championship victory on the main roster. And you also have an immediate
opponent, a fresh matchup of Bailey and EO. I really like that scenario.
In fact, that's like four birds with one stone. Instead of having
Bailey stop her, I think Bailey would look at it as I think I
can beat EO. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer kind of deal,
and that I'd get it. I've had I'd have a better shot of
beating EO than I would Charlotte. I'm gonna let her EO cash in,
help her win and then turn on her. Yes, there's like four birds
with one stone. Thanks Darren, great question, and I really like that
scenario. All right, let's go, let's go. Dj Kuzmo. He
says, Hello, a w and W podcast World, dj Kuzmo. He's
back at it again and still our WWE Women's Champion aka the SmackDown Woman's Champion,
the Empress uff Tomorrow Oscar boy, I gotta say, that's just a
matter of time, just a matter of time, whether SummerSlam or Payback,
that Oscar finally loses the title to either Bianca or Charlotte. It's also it's
funny how we're all we're saying, finally she just wanted, you know what
I mean, and people are like, oh, finally, I mean she
she just got it. So but that's how we all feel. It's just
kind of right. So you said that creative is really stretching this storyline with
these women. Hopefully this Friday we finally get the triple threat announced. The
potential triple threat for this year's SummerSlam reminds me of the Triple Threat including Oscar,
Rha and Charlotte from that WrestleMania Backlash twenty twenty one for the RAB Women's
Championship. Seriously, WrestleMania backlash, man, those were the days. Yeah,
no one would. I wouldn't have remembered that if you didn't just tell
me that DJ and WrestleMania backlash. Yeah, stop stop the pain. Right.
As far as adding WrestleMania to any other pay per view other than WrestleMania
is, it's just it's nonsense. But anyway, Ria pinned Osca via the
riptide to retain the championship. What about the other triple threat of Nicky versus
Ria versus Charlotte at Summertime twenty one when Nikki was a transitional champion but then
got pinned by Charlotte to win back the Raw Women's Championship. Anyway, I
had to refer back to those matches to say this my early prediction here for
this proposed women's triple at SummerSlam, where I see that Oscar gets pinned by
Bianca. Bianca then feuds with Charlotte for two more pls and then probably Eo
cashes in in title opportunity because Osca, to no fault of her own,
is just a transitional champion and is oddly placed in this proposed triple threat even
though she's the current champion. Yeah, it's weird to say, right like
that Osca is a transitional champion, Like Osca is a transitional champion, but
she is, She's not a destination. I mean, let's be honest,
and maybe, just maybe for most of y'all that wanted it so badly,
a possible Bianca he'll turn at or after summer slim fingers crossed, Yes,
fingers crossed for sure. One more thing to add. Interesting to see what's
next for what seems to be a new faction brewing with Bobby Lash Bobby lashlely
Montes and Angelo. And if this group will include include the free agents of
MVP and Omas and maybe just maybe include Bianca bel Air. Anyways, DJ,
who's the most signing off? Yeah, it's funny you mentioned that.
And I didn't think about bringing Omas and MVP into the group, but if
they want to make kind of a supergroup, they could do it. I
would advise against not too many members, but Omas is do nothing. MVP
is a great mouthpiece and having him be the center, the center mouthpiece for
that group, sign me up, man, I mean, let's let's go.
Everyone in that group needs it, like everyone in that group needs each
other. Bobby doesn't isn't doing anything right now. Omas isn't doing anything right
now. The street profits have been on a slide for like the last year
and a half. An MVP is a great talker. Everyone needs everyone.
Let's go, That's what I say. All right, we'll get to your
mailbag shortly or if your mahana reports shortly. DJ let's go to Let's go
to Diego from Honduras, Central America, and he says, let me talk
to you. I just wanted to share my thoughts on who I think should
dethrone Roman. I know you're not a fan of Cody Rhodes, but I
truly believe that there will be no one better to do it. He is
the biggest baby face on the roster and he is ready to face be the
face of the company. He's doing a great job on TV and outside of
it. Plus, he has mentioned that the only way to finish the stories
to win the Undisputed Championship, since that was the championship his father never won.
There is no one else that has a storyline attached to them winning the
title and breaking one of the biggest runs in wrestling history and'll only make it
that much more significant. It's just a fact of life. Yeah, keep
up with the good work. Hope your families well, have a great week.
Well thanks diego you as well. And here's the thing with Cody.
You know, I'm softening up a little bit to him. I never hated
him on like a personal level, even professionally. I just thought he was
miscast and was concerned when he came up, especially when he came back from
the injury. He's number thirty in the Rumble and wins the rumble that just
wasn't thought out well bad. It seems very just handed to him. And
then he comes out in the suits and he uses big words all the things
that I've said, you know, over the last six months. But hey,
the crowd continues to chant along with him. I think his music is
a big help. But Cody is a very good promo. He is very
good in the ring. Feels like a polished, polished wrestler at this point,
very few rough edges. Is he perfect? No, But no one
in wrestling I don't care who you are is, So I don't dislike Cody
Rhodes doing it I really don't. You know, I don't have the same
anger towards Cody that some may think. Is he the perfect baby face from
my taste, No, but I understand why people love him, and he's
tolerable, he's enjoyable to watch. He's just not someone that I would sit
there and go, yeay, my hero. You know. I think sometimes
he's too transparently pandering to the fans, telling us on Raw for example,
Oh he loves us and enjoy the night, and he's just like one of
us. Stop, you know, stop the pain. That kind of stuff
is what I don't like. But some people don't care about that, and
that's cool. You know. It doesn't change the fact that he stands head
and shoulders above a lot of other guys and he continues to get monster reactions.
So I don't hate. I wouldn't hate if Cody is the one to
beat Roman. I really wouldn't. And here's the funny thing. I don't
think WWE even knows who this person is, who that person is to dethrow
Roman. Anthony DeMarco and I talked on the current state of w WE this
past week, and we kind of landed on the fact that or I did
anyway, I don't want to speak for him that the run that Roman's having
is. Ultimately I think it gonna be about the run and not the person
who beats him. I think that because at this point you're building up to
such a high expectation and building to an individual that is going to have to
check so many boxes. That's unrealistic that you worry more about the legacy than
you are the person that ends it and that stops the streak. Sure it'll
be a big moment, it'll get social media buzzing, but at the end
of the end of the day, what are the documentaries going to be about.
What's the conversation going to be about. Ultimately, as time goes on,
it's going to be about Roman's legacy. Who he beat over those X
amount of days when it could have ended, you know, who they should
have ended it against, and some of his best matches over that run.
I really think, while again in the moment, we're more worried about the
person that ends it, I think the focus really should be on his body
of work and the storyline over these many years and again we're still in it,
rather than building to this person that is supposed to be picture perfect,
unrealistic. Standard's got to be young, up and coming, the next Austin
Hogan or Rock you know, just just completely is a polished guy that you
can use to spring their career to the next level. Right now, there's
nobody on the roster like that. Again, my pick would be Gunther.
Cody Rhodes is a suitable choice as well, among others, even Seth Rollins.
I've said that before. Seth Rollins could but the argument is, well,
Seth is a made guy. So you know, there's that Seth is
not really He's not the green guy anymore by any stretch. So anyway,
thanks for that, diego Let's get too true when they get too Mason,
Mason says, let me talk to you. You guys love La night.
I love it so first, what the hold on? What the I'm not
gonna swear here, It's just I'm trying to make sure this I'm reading it
correctly. Do you know what happened to Dakota Kai from Damage Control? She
hasn't met on TV in a while, even though Bailey and Eosky have I
believe she's injured. If I'm not mistaken, I think Dakota Kai is injured.
Second, just fantasy booking, But what if Jay versus Roman happens that
After Roman wins, he's like, you will never be the tribal chief and
all that bs and then the Rock comes out and a black hoodie everyone in
ww B seems to own comes into the ring. Rock bottoms. Roman takes
the hood off and says, who's the tribal chief now or something like that.
Yeah. Here's the thing though, um I don't think the Rock would
do the black hoodie deal like Sammy Zane did after he was He was kind
of like the rebel in disguise. He's like the shadow man in the night
attacking the group. You know that that? Um, I don't think that
suits the Rock. You want to do the full entrance. You want to
do the pop in circumstance. You want that moment. You want it as
much of attention on it as possible. You want the full entrance of the
Rock. I understand what you're saying, but when they first meet face to
face, you want it as long and drawn out as possible. You don't
want this kind of surprise Rocks in a hoodie? What No, you want
that if your spell? You want that so I don't dislike it if that
happens along the way, but you don't want it in the very first confrontation
with these two. Third. This week's question for the listeners, if you
get to add the stipulation to Brock versus Cody at SummerSlam, what would it
be? That's all I got talking next week? Thanks Mason, good questions,
So everybody, if you could add a stipulation to Brock versus Cody at
SummerSlam, what would that stipulation be to you? Great question, My answer.
Three Stages of Hell. A big fan of it. The only thing
is it's a bit predictable in that ninety nine point nine percent of them,
not all, but the vast vast majority all go the three falls. It's
just a matter of who wins the first. Whoever wins the first is going
to lose the second because you know they're going to get to a third.
Outside of that, I'd like to psychology. One of my favorite three Stages
of Hell matches of all time came in what was it two thousand and two
between Stonecold and Triple H. When it was revealed that Triple H was the
he was either no, he wasn't the driver but he he co conspirated with
Rakishi to run down Austin that Survivor series the Private prior year. By the
way, I think that was a three Stages of Hell in two thousand and
one. I think it was all one before the two man Power Trip.
All right, cool, let's go, let's get to Let's get to Luke
and he says, hey, ww podcast, this is Luke from Raleigh.
A couple of things for this week. Number one, it's like triple H
and creative. Read my email last week. Bobby lastly looks to be maybe
on the way back. I'm excited about his potential partnership with the Street Profits.
If the three of them team up, who would you like to see
join them? Any factions you'd want to see them feud with if they go
this route, I hope it eventually turns Montees into the single star many of
us think he can be. So, I mean, I kind of already
answered this because of a previous suggestion of Mvpino mass as kind of making this
a supergroup, an unstoppable I mean, if that happens, I mean,
I don't know who to have them oppose again. And here's the problem.
The blood Line is fractured in a big way, a big way. It's
only Roman and Solo left. Paul Hayman's useless. So with Jay and Jimmy
supposedly going their separate way after SummerSlam and Roman and Solo going their own way,
the blood Line is a two man group right now. And if they're
a heel group and you have a baby face that significantly outnumbers the Heels,
that doesn't make sense. Yeah, I don't know. I'd say imperium,
but they're un raw. This is an interesting conundrum as far as Montes turning
into the single star. Yeah, we've been talking about that here on the
show and others as well have been on other shows of Montes being that's breakout
star, and he is, and you know, it seems as if they're
going to double down on not giving him a singles push because they're seemingly going
to be putting him in not a tank team now, but a group he's
gonna be part of, like more people instead of fewer. So eventually,
look, Montes, I think will be a breakout star. I think it's
just a matter of patience and timing. Number Twoe must be really high on
Grayson Waller Sina Edge and now letting him directly bring up the rock and a
promo, who should his first real program b with on the main roster.
Yeah, it is very telling that they allowed Grayson Waller to bring up those
three men, you know, consecutively. But as I look at the SmackDown
roster, I mean I have to pull it up to come up with somebody.
I mean, you could do AJ Styles. There's a guy, he's
already had his quick match with Edge. I think that's kind of a one
and done. Austin theory doesn't make sense. They're both heels, and Austin
theories got his hands full with La Night. I think AJ Styles is a
nice landing spot. How about that? Okay, thank you so much,
Luke, and let's see a couple more. Let's get to Rebecca. Rebecca
says one thought on Money in the Bank, even though it's well over,
if only Becky Lynch had been handcuffed to Trish Stratus, that would have been
more magical in my opinion. Yeah, certainly that could have been a finish,
But I guess that was kind of a missed opportunity. And I see
what you're saying, And yeah, no, it's just I'm trying to wrap
my mind around money the bank. It feels like one hundred million years ago.
So also, this whole thing about WWE stars showing up an NXT.
I've started following the storylines of NXT thanks to that, So it's making a
great marketing ploy. What do you think about Dirty Dom's future. I don't
feel like he has the skill set for WWE, or do you think that's
just the way he's being portrayed. I hate to see him leave WW for
an XT simply because I love to hate him. I'm a fairly new fan
of WWE, and I love all the angles of pro wrestling, the characters,
of the marketing, the athleticism. It's great. Well, that's awesome,
Rebecca, that you are number one a new fan. You know,
I don't talk to me any new fans, So it's cool, you know,
you get that fresh perspective. What's that person thinking? Most fans that
listen to wrestling podcasts most are seasoned fans, So it's cool that somebody brand
new with a fresh set of eyes is coming in. That's very awesome,
very very cool, Rebecca. So welcome to the show. Welcome to Pro
wrestling. So and by the way, don't let your friends make fun of
you for being a wrestling fan. It kind of comes with the territory.
But it's easy to Rebut so all right, So first of all, and
I mean this very seriously, I don't mean this in a facetious or condescending
way. NXT is WWE. So if you didn't, you're again you're a
new fan. Maybe you don't know, maybe you're not aware NXT is part
of w WE, so he you know, the NXT is it's kind of
the in house developmental for w WE. It's they look at it off and
as kind of the third brand, although it hasn't been really respected in that
way. It's been much, very much a one way street when it comes
to n XT being the feeding grounds for the quote unquote main roster. But
sometimes you see people come back and make an impact. Finn Ballard did it,
Baron Corbyn's done it. The Judgment Day Now have done it, Kevin
Owens did it. So when they go back, it feels special. So
for Dom to do this. And by the way, winning the NXT North
American title from Wesley, I love it. I put this on Twitter.
I just love it. I think. Follow me on Twitter by the way
at the w w podcast. So look, dirty Dom is name another heel,
a bad guy in WWE that gets as negative of a reaction as Dom
does. I can't. Dom is the biggest heel in the company. People
won't even let him speak. So I'm very high on Dom's future. And
I really believe that they would have loved to have put a world title on
them, or a US title on them but right now, or an Intercontinental
in his case because he's unrobbed. But everything is tied up somewhere else right
now. Nothing's aligning with Dom being able to do that. The World Heavyweight
Championship with Seth it doesn't work yet, so they had to go back to
NXT. It creates a buzz on NXT. You're right. It brings fans
that are just watching the main roster that maybe don't watch NXT and encourage him
to watch NXT. So I like that. You're right. It is marketing,
but their business. Good for them. They should do that, and
people are now tuning in to see that match, and I like it.
I think Dom as champion is it's a match made in heaven. People already
hate him and that's a good thing. And to put gold on a guy
you already hate or a gal that you already hate just intensifies the hatred.
It makes you want to see somebody come along and beat that person even more
So. I love this. I have no problem with why he's being portrayed
he I think. I mean, he absolutely has the skill set. Is
he completely polished? And at times does he feels like he's overwhelmed by the
moment? Sure, you know he's had that, but he's getting more comfortable
in his own skin by the week. And what the magic that he has
with re Ripley right now is hard to duplicate. I think he's more than
ready for the main roster. Is he ready for the main event? Man,
I don't know if I go that far, but in ring, I've
got no problem with him. He may look like he's, you know,
a senior in high school, but he can go and the people hate him
and that's honestly the most important part. So yeah, well, welcome to
the crazy world of pro wrestling. Rebecca. Enjoy it all, right,
let's get to let's get the Chandler, and Chandler says, hey ww podcast,
I'm one day removed from Raw in Atlanta in my throat is shredded.
I haven't listened to the Raw review yet, so I don't know if you
have any comments in the crowd. But I thought we were pretty good,
but that's just bias. Then i'd started. Well, no, you guys
were really good. I enjoyed definitely. The n I started with two main
event matches, Apolo Cruz versus j D McDonough and Riddick Moss versus a Kirozoa.
Do you mean Riddick Moss or yeah, so you know, uh,
Riddick Moss obviously has become mad Cat Moss, so I'm not sure maybe he
is back to Riddick. So Apollo versus j D was actually a very entertaining
match, and of course the Riddick Moss match was a snooze fest. Well
that's yeah, I do. I do believe Apollo and JD was good,
and the Riddick and a Carrot Dezawa, I mean, zero builds, zero
investment, just kind of getting minutes in front of the crowd. It's hard
to get invested, and it's up to the Allen to put on a great
wrestling match to get people involved and disappointing to hear. But okay, they
kicked off the show with Cody, which was a good choice because he's the
hometown boy, and the crowd went absolutely crazy. But it's hard to care
when this is just the same thing every week. Brock attacks Cody and that's
that's it. Brock never says anything. I understand he's not the good on
the mic, but how hard is it to cut a simple promo that anyone
else can put together? Okay, I really don't want to go off the
deep end on this. Brock found his voice when he was a baby face.
He could easily translate that he's an intelligent human being to a heel Brock
he doesn't really particularly care anyway. I mean, he shouldn't worry about embarrassing
himself, which he's not. But it's not like when he was in two
thousand and two, two thousand and three, when he was, you know,
just getting his feet wet. He was worried, you know, very
nervous on the mic. He doesn't care anymore, so I don't want to
hear that as an excuse. And again, anyone could cut the promos that
I'm asking for the bar that I'm asking for is so low anyone listening in
the sound of my voice could cut them. What I mean is just give
us reasons, even if they're stupid. At least it tells us that you
cared enough to tell us why. Yeah, and I agree, it is
getting a bit formulaic. So anyway, all right, let's see we got
Riddle versus Gun Through was short but always entertaining. Those chops were horrible in
person, everyone was grimacing at everyone. Of course, we booed dom and
that's always fun and was exciting to hear there was going to be a tag
team title match. The Viking Rules match was surprisingly very good, one of
the best matches of the night, very hot crowd. That's interesting because that
was not a part of the Hulu version of Raw, so that's interesting to
note. Shana and Nikki Cross, what can you say about that? I
don't know why they had a match when they could have just done the promo.
But the Rhonda promo didn't seem as bad as usual. I don't know
if it seemed better because I was in person or what. Yeah, I'll
give you that. I mean, Ronda Rousey as awkward as she is,
the content of her promo was okay. The delivery. She needs to slow
the hell down. That would not She's always had this thing to not only
the stupid side smile that she does or it's kind of like Becky Lynch pucking
her pucking up her lips every time she finishes a sentence. There's one that
you'll never unseem, but it's Ronda with a stupid side smile. But also
she's had this problem of not speaking loudly, clearly and slowly, and it's
it's been a problem for a while with Ronda, since she debuted in WWE
five years ago, so it's been it's been an issue. But as far
as the match goes, I don't mind Nikki getting minutes or seconds in this
case in front of a crowd. Also, it was just to establish It
was just to establish Nikki, or rather Shana as a badass that she can
beat someone seconds with her submission. That's what it was. That that's the
purpose of it. Shin's Gay versus Bronson was okay. I was in my
seat and it felt like I was about to fall asleep until Champa came out.
The tag title match was by far the match of the night, very
hot throughout the whole match. It just sucks they didn't have Rolins come out
till the end. Yeah, that was a bit surprising too, but I
would agree with the match itself being the match of the night. I almost
forgot about the women's tag title match. The end was kind of sloppy to
me, and the crowd was dead at the end. But still cool to
see a title change. Yeah, I mean it always feels even if it's
as insignificant as the women's tag titles, which is just what it is,
it does feel cool when you're there to see a title change. So cool.
Thanks Chandler. Gleadi enjoyed rowing. Atlanta sue, let's see here,
let's go. Where am I going going to? I'm not sure who the
Tommy Tommy? Here we go, Here we go, Tommy. Tommy says,
this is my first time to the mail bag. I love the shows.
It seems like the Miss falls back to his goofy serial loser character and
hosting me as TV before or TV being his niche. Yeah, that's been
my thing. Everyone was so excited and overjoyed that the Miss showed some serious
kind of promo with Champa, and then he's back to being bullied by Becky
Lynch and being just the butt of every joke the tiny balls come back,
all the nonsense, all the sophomoric humor, it all gets undone so quickly.
And that's why I tweeted it out, and people are coming at me
and I said, look, the Miss is capable of having a serious character.
The problem is there's five percent of that and then ninety five percent of
this. That's a problem if you're looking for if you're looking for a serious
run from the Miss, I just cannot take him seriously. He's been in
WW since what oh four with the whole Hurrah thing on SmackDown, remember that,
And since that time he has shown nothing to me that would get that
would on a consistent basis, show me he can be a serious character.
He is perpetually the butt of a joke on the Miss TV platform primarily.
So all right, So I heard you mentioned the statistics that they lost nine
hundred ninety four matches thus far. An easy creative direction for the Miss.
I would take him to nine hundred ninety seven and nine hundred ninety eight,
then have a superstar make mention of the big one thousand losses from Miss and
then proceed to beat him so he falls onto nine hundred ninety nine losses.
Then Miss should defeat this blemish and stay on his legacy throughout the entire twenty
twenty three until it becomes a mini streak. Other superstars want to rub want
the rub from It could climax and Miss going for a little for a title
shot and his streak ending and taking his one thousandth loss or winning the world
title. It would be a contrast to Romans one thousand day run. Maybe
it could re establish miss for another year and actually give him some interest to
his stale persona. So the problem with this is wwwe never ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever ever mentions wins and loss records. They may
mention, oh it's a rubber match, they each have a victory, but
it's on a very very small scale. They almost never mention total wins and
losses. I don't think I've ever heard that in my twenty five years of
watching wrestling. Never So that, while I'm on board for doing something for
the Misses character to make him interesting and not just so just formulaic every week,
I don't think they'll do it because it's never been done. That's a
bad reason. I should say something that's never been done actually should be done,
but I just given the precedent that they've sent it almost never happens.
If ever, I've never heard it. I really hope you can find created
for Ala Knight. He's my favorite on the roster. He has that edge
and feel of nostalgic lineage to the attitude are keep up the awesome work,
Tommy PS. I'm not a miss fan, so I do think that they
are figuring out what to do with Ala Knight. They are going to place
him in the United States title picture, presume a having him win. Although
I made a case as to why they should actually not have him win the
US title, I still think they will and have him live there for a
while until it's time for him to move to the next level. Whenever that
is, now, what's that next level? Could he be the one to
actually beat Roman? Let's see how the US title run goes first, Let's
see if the crowd reactions sustain or increase. That is I think what ww's
looking for. They're looking to make sure this isn't just a fad I think,
and I don't think it is a La Night. The love for La
night is I feel genuine it's not a fandango. Remember him when everyone was
doing the Fendango dance one night after WrestleMania and at WrestleMania and then after that
the crowd didn't do it at all and no one cared about fendango or fandango.
Remember that. So I think that they're looking for sustainability from the crowd,
which ultimately is the reason he's in the position he's in right now.
So I think that they he's going to live in the US title picture for
a while until he's Wwe has the stage set for him to move to that
next level, and he is. He's a walking nostalgia. He's walking.
He's the embodiment of nostalgia, I think, which is why a lot of
fans are gravitating to him, and he just feels different than any for everyone
else. The way he speaks is just His promos are really I think what
has done it for him his promos and of course yet his look, his
in ring. I mean, it's no one's talking about his inn ring ability.
That's not good or bad, it's just not what has gravitated fans to
him. So good stuff. Thanks Tommy, alrighty, let's let's continue.
Let's get to I think one more. Let's think this is it? This
is it? So this is I say that's it, but I might have
one more. I lie so much on this show. So this is from
let me get the name. I don't open these guys until you're with me
on the show live. I don't have a name, so maybe we'll find
out throughout the show or throughout this email. So this is from random,
a random listener, and it's a new fan perspective. So this person says,
I'll assume it's a heat. So for a long time I didn't follow
wrestling while with it not being easily accessible when I was growing up. But
since Money in the Bank came to the UK, I thought I would check
it out. Before the last match I watched was Royal Rumble two thousand,
which for some strange reason was not a pay per view in the UK and
was on normal TV despite no other wrestling shows being on normal TV. I
believe that's him on the Rock didn't the Rock win, but he actually lost
when Big Show end him went over at the exact same time, and it
actually ended up being The Rock who won, even though video footage proved he
didn't something like that, I believe. So now I've been hooked watching the
main event or main shows every week since Money in the Bank. But there
are a few things that people don't seem to talk about. So why wondered
if these were just new fan things coming in or well established ground that people
don't need to talk about it anymore. The first is I don't understand the
hype around La Night. Nothing I've seen from him in the past couple of
weeks seems to give me any understanding of why he is a fan favorite.
And he has just been as bland as Ricochet. So yeah, it's fun
to hear from fans that are just watching and going, and I'd agree if
I just popped in, I go, what's the big deal? This has
been a long time coming for La Night. This goes back several months when
he was in the Pitch Black match look that up with Bray Wyatt six months
ago, maybe more, and he cut great promos against Bray. He was
buried against bray Wyatt in just a few minutes. But the fans have gravitated
to him because he feels like a throwback to the Attitude era. I think
in part, I don't care if people say he's a rip off of Austin
or The Rock. I don't really care. The fact is he's over.
To me, that wouldn't be a knock on him. It's working, So
who the hell cares, you know, like people think that's a knock he's
a rip off. Even if he was a direct ripoff, Who the hell
cares? If it works, you know what I mean. So, but
I think that that's in part he feels different. His music is also a
little different. He's older, he's not a young guy, so he feels
like he's kind of a more mature, polished wrestlers, not this like bright
eyed young buck that's coming up, no pun intended. He just I can't
sometimes describe it. This is the difficult part of that X factor. That's
the best way I can describe it. And I think also with WWE not
getting behind him, the fans like to sometimes go against the system to tell
w W what to do, and sometimes by not pushing somebody, the fans
will want somebody to be pushed. So I think there's a little bit of
that. There's it's a multitude of things. That's the best I can describe
it. So let's see, speaking of bland, Ronda Rowsey and SHANEA.
Basler are so bland. I keep confusing which one is which, But at
least this makes them feuding over which one is the knockoff of a realistic I'll
not knockoff a realistic few because I can't tell them apart. You can't tell
the Ronda Rowsey and SHANEA Baseler apart. I mean they are quite different looking.
Their styles may be similar in the ring kind of they are. Their
promos have been about who's the knockoff. I'll give you that. There hasn't
been a whole lot of substance other than just, oh, you know,
I'm the one, I'm the reason you're here, and Shane is like,
I'm a better Roonda Rousey than you are. And that's pretty much been it.
That's been the crux of the whole thing. But as far as which
one is which, I mean, there's a lot of physical differences. Just
pull up a side by side of Ronda and Shana and you'll very quickly realize
they are nowhere near the same person. Okay, for the complete opposite of
the spectrum, Shinsky has become a quick favorite of mine with an obvious in
ring personality and a dramatic flair to want to see more of him, But
he hasn't won a single match since Money in the Bank despite being featured heavily.
Is this kind of losing streak normal? And what do you expect to
see things? Big things for him at all? I don't expect to see
big things from him. He's a guy that has been at the top of
the mountain. He was in the main event of WrestleMania several years ago,
believe it or not. He won the World Rumble several years ago. Don't
put me on the spot of which rumble, like seven eight years ago something
around that. And since that time, he's been Intercontinental Champion. He's been
kind of an in house enhancement talent. He's been a heel, he's been
a baby face. He's just kind of sitting in the mid card. He
is the definition of mid card right now. Occasionally we'll bump up to upper
mid card, but never main event at least anymore. He maybe he can
absolutely perform at that level, but I think, just like Osca on the
women's side of things, he's limited by promo, his inability to cut a
promo that can connect with fans because of a language barrier. Is the barrier,
I think a big one, So I don't expect big things. He
may float in and out of the US title picture, but I don't think
he's ever going to be a world champion ever. Again, it's just not
I just don't think it's in the cards for him. But I see why
you're you're gravitated to him, and also his entrance music is pretty intoxicating,
so all right, let's see. Finally, I would say with no uncertainty
that the highlight of w B for me personally is rear Ripley in the Judgment
Day. Her and Domas have such great ring presence. I just want to
see more of them. I don't understand why Don went back to NXT when
he has signed a RAW, but I will watch any Judgment Day site or
a story. At this point, they have been a highlighted, There's no
doubt about it. I wouldn't touch dom or Ria or and that any of
anybody in that group right now. I know that there's eventually going to be
a split between finn and Damian priests. There'll be a program there, maybe
sooner than later. But right now, I like the way that they are
presently constituted. I like especially the core of that group obviously is Rea Ripley
and Dom, and they're the heart of that group. And yeah, I
think he I mean he went to NXT. I know he's drafted to ROB.
But here's the thing. The draft didn't include NXT. So NXT is
kind of a no man's land. So I'll give them that. While all
about them making sure they adhere to the draft rules, which they never do,
at least you can say NXT wasn't part of the draft, therefore anybody
can kind of float in and out. I'll accept that. And also NXT
is a place that Dom can win a championship from where every championship he's on
or could target right now doesn't make sense storyline wise. As good as Dom
is as a heel, and he arguably is the top heel in the company,
every title that he could win is locked up and right now, the
timing is just not right for Dom. So if they go to NXT and
give him a championship there, so I will say this, if we had
a baby face champion on SmackDown, we might have balanced it out with Dominic
being world champion on Raw, but Roman reigns affects all and that run you
needed to have a counter baby face on Raw to balance things out. All
right, Let's see with them holding two titles and money the bank for a
third. What do you think of the chances of them are trying to do
a clean sleep with holding them all holding a title? What? I would
love to see some kind of story between Ria Live and Raquel where Ria goes
after Raquel promising that if she joins Judgment Day and follows her rules, she
can hold the tag team championship, something she can ever do with Live splitting
apart that team and transitioning Roquel into a heel. That seems to be enough
history between the three of them to make a good storyline, even if there
it doesn't last very long. I also want to say thanks for the podcast
made wrestling come alive for me and helps me a under stand what's going on
as a newbie, even if I don't know who half the roster is or
the history between them. Yeah, the thing is, man, you are
going You've got quite the big gap here. I mean, you've got twenty
three years plus of a of ketchup to do. The last thing you knew
was the rock One, the Rumble. You know, that's it. That's
insane, but kind of cool. You've been You've missed wrestling almost as much
as I've been watching it in my entire life. That's pretty crazy. So,
yeah, you got a lot of catch up, but I'll do my
best. As far as your transition of Roquel to a heel, I can't
agree more about that. I mean, Raquel is not easily likable. She
cannot stop smiling. It's like the smile's tattooed on her face. It's obnoxious.
I don't like her flexing, uh you know, in her in her
entrance. She's just kind of got an annoying flare about her when she cuts
her promos. Yeah, in the ring, she's fine. She's very good
in the ring, and she's a she's very physically imposing woman. Cool,
but she belongs to a heel. That's just enough said there. And do
I think that Damien's going to capture the world title? Not right now,
you can't. Here's the thing with Roman reigns on SmackDown for three plus years
being champion and Seth winning that World Heavyweight championship, what like about two months
ago. You can't have a heel champion on Raw because the whole idea of
the World Championship was to quiet people who were losing their minds. And I
did at times too of Roman never defending that championship he's been at We've had
a heel champion for three years. Raw hasn't had a champion from Russ didn't
have a champion from Rustlemania thirty eight to thirty nine, a full year without
a world title on Raw, all that stuff, and so I agree with
what they did. You had to make a baby face champion on Raw.
So if you give it to a heel while then you're kind of defeating the
purpose of balancing out Roman. Now the question becomes Seth can't carry that forever.
And if Roman holds the belt for another year, do you think Seth's
gonna hold it for another year? So it becomes kind of a balancing act.
You know, how long does Seth hold it to make fans feel better
before a heel champion takes it from him? And you know, doesn't defend
it as regularly as Seth does. He's not a fighting champion and all that
nonsense that I can't stand the fighting champion stuff, which it really defeats the
whole purpose for me of being a smart, smart baby face and also respecting
the title. But I've already gone down that road before, so anyway,
cool, thanks buddy. I think your name is Freeman. I'll go with
that Freeman from the UK. I think I could be wrong, alrighty cool,
So let's check. I might have one more email floating around here.
I might, I might. I don't think I do, so I lie.
That means it's time for the all important voicemails and we're going to start
off, of course, with the vir Mahan Report. Get yourself ready,
here we go. Done in the podcast world. This is DJ Kuzma back
at it again, Audia Mail Maxshell Records. You live on a wesdom morning.
Well, before we get to the virt Maha Report. Before we get
to the vir Maha Report, we got breaking news. We got breaking news.
Oh my goodness, none of the Dominic Mysterio dirty dam dom dooms the
new NXT North American Champion. Last night on NXT we got to see the
shocking finish Dot Dominic Mysterio is finally a champion in the WWE, as he
is now the new North American Champion. So now what is the future of
the judgment day. Does debian priest also officially go after the goal? Does
Finnbala somehow defeats none of the den seth rawlins at Summer Islam, whatever the
case may be. This is freaking awesome now that down Doom, Dirty Doom,
one of the most overheels in the company, is now a champion,
the North American Champion. I can't wait to see what happens that summer slab.
But folks, this is not a songa slab prediction show. This is
not even had an XT reveal show. Because let's get too your favor us.
I'm gonna come in every single week on the mail Man and I'm talking
about the Via, the beer, the ver the beer, the Vir Maharaport.
Now the Vir Mahanaport took place. This passed My Tonight hard Mondy Night
Raw Live from Atlanta, Georgia. But we did not get an appearance,
oh my guy Vi Mahan. We did not get an appearance of Saga,
and we did not get an appearance oh the modern day Maha Rada Jenner Mahal.
But we did get some interesting hints. We did get some teasers on
their Instagram and of course my guy Vir Mahan says. He says, fear
the anticipation hashtag in this year. Had he posted this two days ago and
almost the same picture on Jinder Mahall's Instagram, He says, Tag Team Championships
with the upside down our glasses? Is this a hit of the future of
the Tag Team Championships going into the hands of my guys the ind this year.
There's only one way to find out, and I can't wait to see
the day one day will be called the new Tag Team Chairs on Disputed Raw,
smacked Out, whatever the case may be. But I'm excited. I'm
excited for Dirty Dog and the judgment day. I'm excited right now for the
in this year. But would that be saying this is your guy, DJ,
have a blessed week. Make guys one of the stays and my friends
at peace. Alrighty, DJ, thank you so much, And I'm getting
excited too for the indushear. Honestly, I am, And I don't mean
that as just you know, it's kind of he he haha. I really
am. You know, they have done a great job. They mean w
w E and Vier and Songa and Gender of the execution part and the planning
part of not too much kind of under the radar, but reminding you every
now and then they're still looming in the shadows. The video promos that they've
done have been short, but a very effective. Gender has really found his
place as the mouthpiece but can also take a bump at the same time kind
of manager. That's the perfect combo. And I think you're right that they
are going to be targeting Kevin and Sammy shortly after or at SummerSlam. I've
I've said this for weeks now. I think that's their target. I really
do. Now does that mean that they're gonna win? I don't know.
I mean why not? You know, Kevin and Sammy have been champion for
over one hundred days now, whichever every the problem is, every streak right
now it feels diminished when you put it up against Roman reignses. So you
know, we would be like, wow, one hundred days this champion.
If this was like, you know, proud of Romans run, we'd be
like, whoa, that's a lot of time. Or you know, Gunther's
run as Intercontinental champion, we would be just marveling at it. But everything
you you kind of compare naturally to Romans run and you're going out, well,
that's that's only a one hundred days Romans at a thousand. You know.
So inadvertently it's one of the side effects of Roman's run, not on
purpose, it's just the way it's going right now, in the way that
it's one of the negative side effects, not a massive one, but one
that nonetheless is happening, is that Roman's run really kind of devalues or diminishes
the run of everyone else because his is so much further ahead. But yeah,
you're right, as far as the indusher goes, absolutely are possible to
win. And your point about Dom I made earlier. I'm very excited about
this. I mean, he is the right guy to be a champion.
He's the perfect guy to hold gold right now. And if we didn't have
a champion, if we again, if Roman wasn't champion on SmackDown we had
a baby face champion, I would advocate for Dom to be world champion.
Absolutely so cool, Thanks so much, DJ, Let's keep rolling. He's
Kyle's Baltimore, so I wanted to. I just had to start this now
today where I'll see you like, what is he going to do first service
plan with steth Rowlins and who his next appointent is going to be. I'm
thinking maybe a tribal threat match between Damian Priest, Finnbalor and Seth Rolins just
be very similar similar, like like what they did in twenty to fifteen and
the Royal Rubble between Sena Leisner and Rollins. While how Rollins at the time
was still mister Money in the bag, you have Digion creas as mister Money
in the Bag and they could do that match for Summer Slam, and that
could be that could also tease tease even more deception um in the coming weeks
on Raw if that matches end up being official UM for the I'm not I
just had that success. Now think of that could be something intriguingst and that
kind of want to see and to see how that's going to transpire for the
world. Have we championship match between a tribal threat match with those three men
and see how that's going to play out on TV if that means, if
it if it makes if they officially make that a match, um So,
But when you think about that, I guess it's just an idea. But
you know, if I mean Rollins has been feeding with the judgment judgment day,
I think it probably is going to lead to that. Maybe that another
thing was that's a dollar but probably us threat and match evolvably Damian Priests.
So when he talked on that, but that's a detour calm by Kyle.
So I like your idea. It's it's very solid, and I think that
the tensions between Finn and Damien are right now, they appear resolved, it
appears all's well, but that's usually when it's the calm before the storm,
right, and I think that things are going to explode between Damien and Finn,
maybe as early as Summer Slam, but maybe afterwards, like you said,
if they want to do a triple thread. But the thing is Damian
Priests is money in the bank. The money in bank winner, which means
him getting involved in a triple threat. I don't want to say defeats the
purpose, but why would he do that when he could just cash in at
the easiest possible moment, or maybe they have him still compete. It's not
that he's exempt or barred. Rather, Damien is not barred from regular championship
matches. He's not you know, he doesn't. He's not being prevented from
doing that if he wants to quote unquote earn the opportunity and in some kind
of tournament or something, or just a number one contenders match, but he
is by default at all times number one contender and for him to compete in
a triple threat match unless he actually uses that to cash in and create a
triple threat, which that maybe that's what you're proposing, is that it's Finn
versus Seth. But then Damien, just like Seth did to brock In Roman
at WrestleMania thirty one, makes it a triple threat, albeit very brief,
and he comes in when everyone's exhausted and beat up. That's very possible,
absolutely, But for Damien to just get involved in a regularly earned, normally
earned opportunity to cause it to create a triple threat, but he's also money
in the bank winner doesn't make sense to me. It seems duplicative. But
hey, maybe you're right. I think that this is this Finn and set
thing could go beyond SummerSlam. People love them together and this would be what
their second match in a row. So I don't think there's a problem there.
You know, once you get to three, people start to get a
little bit anty and go, okay, I'm ready to move on. But
they work so damn well together. Their promos have been outstanding, so why
not keep it going. You got a good thing. Add Damien to the
mix, and you know, then then you've got a split of Damien and
Finn and then you've got a baby face Finn Balor. So good stuff.
Thanks Kyle, Let's keep it going. Hey, everyone year Kyle again back
at the coat coat for it small one is week. Cor didn't have big
role this week, but next week you will have a big match. So
this week I see they should damn Brook and like the new girl Collonge Gordon
and I guess it's kind of like an say team now Flying Gordon the one
core lest we like the new girl her and Dana Brooke. We're kind of
having like a training video. It's a weird it was craze, but whatever.
It was stupid, hey, training video and Colannie was saying she learned
to lock in Dana Brook and Dana's like, we're just getting started. We're
a tag team now pretty much. And then she'll chords day walking that video
backstage and she kind of she kind of just like they didn't get better than
me, and she's all angry and just smashed her metal kind of stick.
If he always her stickings, you're weaping her triple leads toledge hammer. She's
hit against the locker, locker room locker and got nya walked away, you
know, a heel thing, Yeah, across the heel thing anyway, then
she um what's it called? She um? And he walked away and they
Now that's a week. She's having a rematch of Dana Brook from gold Rush
of Week one special, but this time next week her and Dana Brook having
a Tenda stick and match because Cores got her kend of sticks. That's gonna
be fun. I know, I turnage it. But this week's Coreer data
port. I have one more thing I want to say is this this week
was a short report, so I have one more thing I wanted to say.
I have posed for La Night future. I think the gonna build up
him and Grayson Waller. Ellen is gonna when the US title of Mall Secteriory
summers Lam. You're gonna hold till like December loses the us tell the Grayson
Waller in December when the Royal rumble and maybe fight Sasamania for the worldhood title
or or Danian Priest castes in but down when did it? He's like Dane
Preest and one if from Danan Preestemnia l A Night anyway, Yeah, I
position for La Knight. Yeah, um, anyway, that's different this week,
see guy next time. Alrighty, thanks so much for the Core Jade
report. Kyle. Good to hear from you. I hope you're not at
work getting in trouble. You seem to always be at work when you call,
but that didn't sound like you were, so anyway, let's talk.
Yeah. First of all, Kor Jade, you know, I'm keeping up
with her because you were telling me what's going on, And I don't imagine
most listening to this are only knowing what's going on with Kory Jade simply because
you're telling us. And that's good, I think, and they may bring
some people to NXT to watch her instead of just hearing your report. So
that's good stuff. As far as your plan with l A. Knight eventually
dropping into Grayson Waller, I mean, look, Grayson Waller is at the
top of his game right now that somebody in w W really loves him,
really loves him. You know, he's mentioning the Rock by name in a
promo this week on on TV. You know he you know, did the
whole thing with John Cena, he worked with Edge. So there's a lot
happening here with Grayson Waller. It's not out of the question to believe he
can be beat l A. Knight. Again, we're three steps ahead.
La Knight still hasn't even gotten an opportunity at the US title. Munchless one,
it much less dropping it to uh, you know, Grayson Waller.
We're getting ahead of ourselves. But it's fun to fantasy book a little bit,
and it's plausible, plausible given especially how they view Grayson Waller clearly working
with top top talent, mentioning even top top top talent that eventually may lead
to a Rock U a Rock being a guest on the Grayson Waller effect.
I would imagine that's where they're headed. We'll see. Maybe it'll be the
Rock on the Grayson Waller effect that SummerSlam. Maybe that could be it.
I don't know, but again we shall see. But eventually, yes,
Lae Knight winning the rumble. I would say Lae Knight is a favorite already
to win the Royal Rumble already. I think he's a very heavy favorite,
and I think the fans will be all on board for that. All right,
let's let's go here we have I think we only have one more voicemail
short on the voicemails along on the emails, but let's get too and I'm
gonna guess this is justin from Maryland based on the fact that it looks like
whoever it was got cut off. But maybe I'm wrong. However, let's
let's take a listen the French guy here are your current European champion. Wanted
to address the situation of the WW right now in general moves. I like
the shows, I like the feuds, but I wanted to I had the
fact that I noticed myself about the storylines. Let me begin. You see,
during the last last Romania, one of the main main events, of
course, she had Corey Rhodes versus Roman reigns, but the first one of
the ninth one was the USOS against Sammy Zane and Kevin Kevin Owens in a
way of ending the feuds between Sammy Jane and the Bloodline. All right,
this was a highlight of the storyline, high high points of blood Life storylines
and good points for Sammy Jane and Kevin Owens. But I find it right
now that they are beginning to be stable in terms of storylines, you know,
like I don't. I don't know where they're heading. And I have
to fear that this problem will occur the same way it did with Sammy Dane
and Kevin Owen, that it will with the blow line. Right now,
we are in a highlight of the storyline of the bloodline, Roman Rains and
the rest of the Bloodline, Solo and Paul Hayman against the USO's in a
general way. All right, Jay is against the Bloodline and Jimmy. It's
out of the way, but it will come back sooner or later. But
what I mean by that, what's after that? Because let's say, all
right, you will say to me, all right, Cody Rhodes will these
thrown Roman Rains and everything. That's not the solution. We all know that
Cody Rhodes, who could be a very good quest it will be the champion,
you know, But he's not the one who trap the trolls Roman range.
You know, all right, solo SKOA, But I mean you really
really need to build up as tender of a storylines to the thron Roman rains
because we are in the point of the storyline is so great. What's after
that? You know? I mean there is a solution which all dream of
you, Matt, the first one which the Rock. Of course, however
this is a dream man like I don't I don't mean I don't want the
Rock to you know as you as you say, Charon woman ran for the
title. But involvement of the Rock I think good very reason it's Redney.
It's a high spot, but I mean, like in two or three months
after Sammerstam it will be in a low spot. I guarantee you that.
So what's in it for WrestleMania? That's my question about the bloodline in general,
and for Sammy Jane and Kevin Owen. I don't know where they're going.
You know, it's interesting, but you know, the tag team titles,
it's nice, but you know, I don't see other tack teams being
that relevant again them all right, Alex, you're not justin for Maryland,
so I lose. However, you bring up some good points about the fact
that things feel like they are a little bit unpredictable right now. Not everything,
but some things, more things than usual, and that's a good thing,
usually because so many fans complain about, oh, it's so predictable,
right which sometimes is not fun. However, right now does feel like it's
a bit of a transition, particularly Slummerslam. You have some programs probably ending,
some programs starting, you know, so as far as Roman rains goes,
though, you're right, Jay's probably not going to beat Roman. Even
if the terms in terms of or what is it, rules of engagement this
coming Friday tomorrow night are going to be outlined that Jay challenges Rome for the
title. Jay's probably not gonna win, probably not very unlikely because Roland rains
Look still has some tread left on the tire as a heel and as champion.
I think that if the Rock doesn't show up, and even if he
does, it's not going to be happening at SummerSlam. It's not going to
be happening at Survivor Series. It's not going to be happening at the Royal
Rumble. It's going to be a Hey, we're gonna build this mother effort
for six months and then you're gonna get the magic WrestleMania, which I'm fine
with. But the thing is Roman needs opponent in between now in Mania,
and those people could be bray Wyatt Randy Orton. I think those two are
top candidates to challenge Roman. Even Edge, I guess could again presuming there's
no trade or somebody coming over from Raw. That to me is a very
likely or La Night again, La Knight could It's a very interesting WrestleMania if
if Rock and Romans happening, La Knight's not going to be winning the Rumble
to challenge Roman, he could win the Rumble to challenge the world champion on
Raw. That's possible. So that's my thinking is that in the in between,
as you look at the roster, I don't know if Solo is gonna
defect yet. He's in the cards, yes, but I don't know if
it's time yet. We'll see. I think Randy Orton is a very high
candidate as well as bray Wyatt. Even though bray Wyatt is m Ia and
he has proven yet to have a good match. He's had one match since
he returned last year, one so it's concerning, but people would still pop
for it, and you'll be there more for the promos and the story than
you with a match. So yeah, I think that that's probably where they're
headed. Thanks so much, Alex, Thanks so much everybody for listening.
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