WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:10.839 This is WWW Superstar Drew McIntyre, and you're listening to the WWE podcast God 2 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:25.800 Show, the one that everybody wants me to. Step three sixteen says, 3 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:32.600 just clift your ass is my You're gonna like now a train. Welcome to 4 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:35.840 the kurd State of w W everybody. We are back as always every Monday 5 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.719 night at Table seventeenth, twenty twenty three, and tonight we've got a bit 6 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:44.560 of a different topic as we are driving closer and closer to the Draft in 7 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:49.200 just a couple of weeks. Anthony DeMarco and I are back tonight to not 8 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.439 just talk about the draft, but kind of had of our own little fantasy 9 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.280 draft where we're each gonna not necessarily do a top five or top ten, 10 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:02.119 but rather just look at Raw and SmackDown and for both of us what we 11 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.280 would do for kind of the foundational pieces of each show. So I hope 12 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.000 that's clear to everybody. It's not gonna be a you know, he picks 13 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.519 I pick kind of thing. It's just he's gonna, you know, have 14 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.000 his core on SmackDown and Raw. I'm gonna have my cores for SmackDown and 15 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:17.079 Raw and that kind of thing. But Anthony, Welcome to the show. 16 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.439 This should be a lot of fun. Yeah, it should be. Like 17 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:25.400 I think draft time always sparks a lot conversation, and it's almost like if 18 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:29.400 you're watching sports, when the trade deadline comes around or free agency opens, 19 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:33.719 it always makes for good theater and good entertainment. That's exactly what WWE is. 20 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.120 It is quite self proclaimed as sports entertainment, and I think when you 21 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.640 bring in something like the draft, where you could bring in some of that 22 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.400 drama, you could, you know, bring some anticipation like who's gonna be 23 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.159 wrestling on one night the other night, Red Blue all that. The way 24 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.560 they market it, I think it's great for stuff like this where you just 25 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:57.159 want to talk wrestling, and when you abide by the brand split rules one 26 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:01.040 hundred percent, which we're gonna I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that 27 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:06.040 they will even though they don't deserve it. But for the exercise of this 28 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.919 show part me, we're gonna assume that it will mean that it will come 29 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.199 with fresh programs, fresh rivalries, and maybe even some fresh new characters. 30 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:19.439 That's exactly right where I mean that that is what we're going to assume. 31 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.240 I'm glad you brought that up that you know as much as you and I 32 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.439 have a massive concern, valid concern that this is going to be a draft 33 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.400 that WWWE violates within i'd say the first month of them implementing the rules, 34 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:36.759 we're gonna just just go with take him and face value. They're going to 35 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:38.360 adhere to their own rules. That way, it makes this a little bit 36 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.919 more fun because I think the biggest benefit of the draft is it gives new 37 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:46.960 guys more time to shine than they otherwise would. It creates two separate worlds 38 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.280 that allows you to kind of fantasy book of massive matchups when oh my god, 39 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.199 this you know somebody from Smackdowns on Raw and actually have that make it 40 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.199 feel like something that shouldn't happen. So that, I mean, those are 41 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.960 the I think some of the biggest benefits. So we're gonna take those benefit. 42 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.560 It's at face value, and I mean, I'm going to toss it 43 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:08.120 to you. So do you want to touch on SmackDown or Raw first for 44 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:14.360 your foundational pieces? I'll leave that up to you. Well, I'm gonna 45 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:16.719 go with the A show SmackDown. And it's weird to say, right because 46 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:21.000 it always felt like you would start with Raw and then the rest would kind 47 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.680 of fall into place. But I don't think that there's any denying the fact 48 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:29.039 fact that for the last two years and maybe coming up on three years now, 49 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:31.520 SmackDown has been the a show. Like going all the way back into 50 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:37.360 the Thunderdome during the pandemic era, SmackDown has been the show to watch. 51 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.719 And I think that's why you have to just start first and foremost with the 52 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.039 best show and professional wrestling right now. And I think that's fair to say. 53 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:50.439 Even if you want to go to Impact or ROAH or a W I 54 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:55.280 think SmackDown is the undisputed champion, no unintended in terms of wrestling programming, 55 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.159 So starting there, I think the low hanging fruit is, yeah, you're 56 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.360 keeping the bloodline on SmackDown. I know maybe some people find it tired, 57 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:10.280 but like they are pillars of SmackDown, they define SmackDown. It's like peanut 58 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.319 butter and jelly. Obviously, we've had them go to Monday and Night Raw, 59 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:17.399 with Theo's having been the undisputed tag champs and Roman Reigns being the undisputed 60 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.720 champion for both shows, but I think all in all, they are SmackDown 61 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.639 guys. They predominantly live over on SmackDown, So low hanging fruit to start 62 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.759 off with. But the bloodline has to stay on SmackDown. Yeah, and 63 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.279 I'll you know, call you on that. And I'm thinking of a poker 64 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.560 reference, I will meet you, I'll meet you your bat because I would 65 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:43.800 agree with that. I mean, not only are they the faces some of 66 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.879 the faces major faces of SmackDown, but I think also the Fox executives have 67 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.000 a say in this, and I think that they have a bit of an 68 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:55.639 input in who they want on SmackDown, that is the a show. I 69 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:58.439 would totally agree though, even if Fox doesn't have a say or whatever that 70 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.759 they should remain. I would draft them to SmackDown. It just I don't 71 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:04.720 think they would fit well on Raw. I just you know, you look 72 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:10.199 forward to SmackDown because that is where a lot of the bloodline progression of the 73 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:15.279 stories continues and raws. If something happens on Raw in a storyline with the 74 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.560 bloodline, it's kind of a bonus or unexpected. So SmackDown is just it's 75 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:24.319 it's great, it's a it's a great mix with the bloodline. I would 76 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:28.240 agree. And to raise you and see what your response is to this, 77 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:32.680 I would I would actually move the entire Judgment Day to SmackDown. I think 78 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:38.639 the Judgment Day as an entire group, meaning Damian Priest, Dominic Masterio, 79 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.240 Rea Ripley. Obviously she's the SmackDown Women's Champion. Kind of makes sense that 80 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:48.920 she would move to SmackDown and have the entire group come to SmackDown. That's 81 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:53.639 just my take. What do you think? No, I think that's absolutely 82 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.839 a good choice. And re Ripley is the SmackDown Women's Champion, so makes 83 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:02.639 sense. And you have those guys really competing on SmackDown more times than not, 84 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:08.160 like we saw this past week Damien Priests versus Santos Escobar. That's a 85 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:12.240 nice little rivalry going, and I think that that's something that could freshen up 86 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.720 the Judgment Day a bit. And not that they haven't been good. They've 87 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:18.800 been among the best programming on in WWE right now, or among the best 88 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:23.959 on WWE programming. I think that's the better verbiage. But it feels like 89 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.560 on Raw they've kind of run its course. Maybe that's just because they've only 90 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.439 been feuding with Edge predominantly, but I could see them over on SmackDown and 91 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:35.319 they kind of fit the bill there. But one guy I think a major 92 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:43.439 addition that I would move over to SmackDown because I think that the options are 93 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.839 limitless over on the Blue brand would be Bobby Lashley. What do you think 94 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.720 about that? Oh that I thought you're gonna say somebody else. Wow? 95 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:57.279 Yeah, no. I So Bobby Lashly right now is in a bit of 96 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:00.319 a program with Bronson Reid and he's you know, he's just trying to help 97 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.600 create Bronson read to help him get to that next level. This past week 98 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:08.639 they had a double count out so there was no winner. But I think 99 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.800 that's not a bad option. You could have him face Roman Reigns. I 100 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:15.279 think that is a program that is waiting to happen. Not that I don't 101 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:19.800 think he'd dethroned Roman, but it's a fun new program. And yeah, 102 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:24.480 I mean Bobby Lashly needs kind of a kick in the ass when it comes 103 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:28.519 to his career, just kind of a different thing to do. He's been 104 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.079 getting a little stale on raw. If they're not going to have the Hurt 105 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.879 business get back together, because they were then they weren't now I guess they're 106 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:39.439 not. I don't know. Then if he's a single entity coming over to 107 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.199 SmackDown, he could really shake things up. Yeah, I would agree. 108 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:47.160 He's a really good addition to SmackDown, especially interacting with the bloodline. Well, 109 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.079 since he returned to WWE in twenty eighteen, he's only been exclusive to 110 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:57.120 Raw. He's never moved to SmackDown in any of the draft, so I 111 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.680 think it would really freshen him up, especially given the that if you go 112 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.279 all the way back to two thousand and five, he started on SmackDown. 113 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.600 So I think that would be kind of a homecoming of sorts. And the 114 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.920 other pillar of SmackDown, both now and presumably for the both of us in 115 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:18.160 this fantasy land of the draft is Gunther and Imperium. And I think we've 116 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.480 already talked about that we don't want Gunther going anywhere right where he is on 117 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:28.319 SmackDown. And imagine Gunther versus Boy Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship. Wow, 118 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:33.240 Yeah, I mean certainly you could. Yes, I mean to me, 119 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.720 though, there's since I proposed that we had the judgment day go to SmackDown. 120 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:45.759 There's usually has to be a trade of equal equal reaction the opposite way, 121 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:48.759 and if I'm going to have the Judgment Day go to SmackDown. Imperium 122 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:54.639 to Raw is kind of an equal trade. It's close, It's close enough 123 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.559 to make a case. Again, though, I would agree that you have 124 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.240 you have Gunther, who is the biggest start in that group. Without a 125 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:05.000 question. He could face Roman reins, as you said, he could face 126 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.759 Bobby Lashly. But if we're gonna make an equal trade and not completely you 127 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:13.679 know, strip Raw and not give back, then I would agree. But 128 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:18.960 I mean, what would you do with Imperium though? I would keep Imperium 129 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.519 where they are, just because I think they're They're so crucial to SmackDown. 130 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:28.360 And I would probably send the brawling brutes to the Monday Night Raw and along 131 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.600 and along with the brutes, even though he's not really a part of them, 132 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.399 and assuming he stays in WWE, I think you're sending Drew to Monday 133 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:39.200 Night Raw as well, who probably is in most desperate need of the brand 134 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:46.440 split or the draft than anyone right now. So to compensate for Lashly and 135 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.639 the Judgment Day going over to SmackDown, I would have Drew and the brawling 136 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:52.120 brutes going over to Monday Night Row. Do you think that would be a 137 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.279 fair trade. Yes, I do, boy, I mean, I'm glad 138 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.080 you brought up Drew because, I mean, we've all heard the rumors. 139 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.960 He's not happy. He blacked his Twitter out. You know, it's the 140 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.360 two seas cash and creative he's not happy with. And there's been worries that. 141 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.120 I mean, I don't know when his contract is up, but I 142 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.000 would imagine it's kind of coming close to renewal time and that he wants out 143 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.159 and all these things. Again, we don't know, you know, what's 144 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.720 true and what's not. But when rumors tend to consolidate into a single narrative 145 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.360 that he is wanting to get out, it's you know, it's something to 146 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.879 consider. And where he'd go, who knows. Of course, a aw 147 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.759 seems to be the instant reaction people have. But yeah, if he stays 148 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.840 at WWE, I think that is a fair trade of having him go to 149 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.919 Monday at raw and get a kind of a fresh start. Now, one 150 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.679 name I can't believe. We haven't talked about yet, but this has to 151 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.960 happen. This is probably he'd be a number one pick in my mind, 152 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.879 and that's Seth Rollins. I mean Seth Rollins coming to SmackDown is a slam 153 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.759 dunk, is it not. Yeah, it's weird to say that because he 154 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:03.759 has always been known as Monday Night Rawles, and when he went to SmackDown, 155 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.879 I believe in twenty twenty one, during the pandemic era, it kind 156 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.000 of felt forced and he was like the second heel on Roman Reigns, and 157 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.120 maybe that's why it didn't make a whole lot of sense. He was living 158 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.720 in Roman shadow, but at this point he would be stepping up one on 159 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.879 one two Roman Reigns, and I think that Seth Rawns has kind of run 160 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:26.240 his course someone in Night Raw in a lot of ways. He's helped carry 161 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:31.600 Monday Night Raw without a world championship. But you bring him over to SmackDown 162 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.919 now as a baby face, rekindle that rivalry that was never brought back up 163 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.440 after they faced each other at the Rumble in twenty twenty two. I think 164 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:48.240 it is a slamdown because even now you're looking at the SmackDown roster and they 165 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.519 don't really have a top tier baby Face. You know, you ran through 166 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.600 Drew, you kind of ran through Kevin Owens, but he's still on Monday 167 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.720 Night Raw, Roman Reigns needs a top tier baby face over on SmackDown. 168 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.000 Amy Zane, You've been there, done that. The last guy he faced 169 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.759 as a Raw guy in Cody Rhodes. So you bring in seth Rawlins over 170 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:11.759 to to SmackDown, you bring Bobby Lashly over to SmackDown. Those are two 171 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.360 big time level baby faces, specifically Rawlins, and you line up Roman Rains 172 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.480 probably all the way into the fall if you want to be honest, and 173 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.519 the last guy, the last major guy that I see maybe going to SmackDown 174 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:28.679 and then we can maybe pivot to Monday Night Raw here. But what about 175 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:33.399 Randy Orton? Well, I guess that depends where Riddle goes, because I 176 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.720 think where Riddle goes, Orton will follow, at least in the short term. 177 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.399 Because that's that's a good point. If if Randy Orton goes to SmackDown, 178 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.000 boy, that I mean that seems to leave Raw kind of high and 179 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.679 dry, and we can look at the potential stars I could come to Raw. 180 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.759 We already talked about Drew. But yeah, Randy Orton coming to SmackDown 181 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.559 that almost seems like a lock too, only because how do we not get 182 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.519 Randy Orton Roman Rains? And I know we're still talking about Roman here. 183 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.399 A lot of this is centering around Roman and the guys that he could face. 184 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.039 But I mean, let's call his spadest bad. He's still the biggest 185 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:11.799 thing in WW right now. And Randy Orton coming back and facing Roman Reigns 186 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:15.639 at some point, if you know it's got to happen at some point this 187 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.960 year, you'd imagine then he's got to go to SmackDown. I mean, 188 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.679 if they want that program, they've got to do it, because if they 189 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:26.120 go to Raw and then violate their own rules again, we're not going to 190 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.480 go there. They can't do it. So yeah, I mean, just 191 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:33.039 for the Roman factor and the fact that a year ago it's nearly been a 192 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.519 full year that they took out Randy to get his revenge, it makes sense. 193 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.039 No, Yeah, I think so. And you talk about like leaving 194 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.559 Raw high and dry, but like in a lot of ways, you're just 195 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:50.039 sending a lot of these established guys over to SmackDown because there's so many untapped 196 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:56.320 rivalries one on one with Roman Reigns and Randy Orton rekindling what he had with 197 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:01.480 seth Rawlins. He's never really cross passed Bobby Lashly since they first competed in 198 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.639 twenty eighteen when Roman Rains was still the big dogs, so I don't even 199 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.799 count that. Or actually he collided a Remember that weird faction that Lashly had 200 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:15.559 with Corbin and Drew McIntire that face off against the Shield in like early twenty 201 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:22.240 nineteen. Yeah, I was a lot. Yes, No, but they 202 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.799 it's been at least four years since they've stepped up to one another because they've 203 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.639 both been on separate brands and now Romans completely reinvented himself. Lashly is a 204 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:37.000 two time world champion now like Roman Reigns versus Bobby Lashly. If you're ever 205 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:41.639 getting to that program, is that not the best part of having a true 206 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:45.320 brand split, when moments like this finally come to be Yes, then see, 207 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:50.399 it's exactly what this is supposed to bring, the excitement of new matchups, 208 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:54.159 shaking things up. Let's have two separate worlds. Oh wow, we 209 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.039 haven't seen Lashly and Roman yet. This is gonna be a lot of fun. 210 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.600 It's exactly one of the biggest fits of SmackDown. Now, before we 211 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.679 shift to Raw, I just have to ask you about the women's division. 212 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.159 Do you think we have any If you could just pick one of the women 213 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.519 coming to SmackDown. Who do you think could be one of those women coming 214 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.559 to SmackDown. I know we mentioned Ria Ripley, she's a SmackDown Women's Champion, 215 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.720 but do you see any other ones outside of Riya? You know, 216 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:24.600 maybe it's low hanging fruit, but I'm thinking Becky Lynch because she's kind of 217 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.519 gone in a bit stale one Monday Night Raw. We haven't seen her versus 218 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.879 Ria Ripley. She's been on Monday Night Raw since two thousand and nineteen. 219 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.240 I want to say when she won the championship or both championships at restume at 220 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:43.559 thirty five, and she was the first ever woman drafted over to SmackDown in 221 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:48.120 twenty sixteen, she was the first ever SmackDown Women's champion. Like Becky Lynch's 222 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:54.159 history as a big tie to the SmackDown brand, and I think that Becky 223 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:58.639 Lynch going to SmackDown on a fresh brand to go up against Ria Ripley. 224 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:00.600 I think that's something that I would do. I would agree with that, 225 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:06.399 And it's also strengthened by the fact that you have seth Rollins and Becky who 226 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.720 are married and w W has been keeping them together. It makes sense. 227 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.279 They're you know, the travel plans, they're, you know, their child 228 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.039 together, all that kind of thing. So I think wherever Becky goes, 229 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.360 Seth follows, or rather vice versa. So yeah, I would I would 230 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:22.200 think that it's a solid pick. So all right, Monday net Raw, 231 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.039 who is or what is one of your big moves to Monday and at ray 232 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.039 No, we already mentioned Drew as a potential pick, but what else, 233 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.559 honestly like And this goes aside from the guys that I think that are going 234 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:38.120 to stay there in terms of like the current Pillars, I think Cody Rhodes 235 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.759 and Austin theories stay right where they are positioned on Monday Night rought to be 236 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.840 the Pillars, and Cody Rhodes presumably ends up being a world champion on Monday 237 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.320 Night row, whether that's a new belt or the WWE Championship coming over. 238 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:52.279 And I'm okay with that. Even though not a Cody Rhodes fans, I 239 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:56.840 do think he's proved that he has made event caliber. But in my mind, 240 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:03.080 one of the biggest act wishes acquisitions for Monday Night La Knight. He 241 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.759 makes all the sense in the world to go to Monday Night Raw. I 242 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.960 think he would explode on Monday Night Raw. Maybe him in Austin Theory could 243 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.839 butt heads in terms of like they're positioning on the card, the roles they 244 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:19.400 play, but Raw has that extra hour. And that's the big wild card 245 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:25.559 here is that you could have La Knight and Austin theory maybe exists simultaneously in 246 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:30.039 some way. And to be honest, it's only a matter of time before 247 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.720 they turn Austin Theory baby face, like if we're calling his fights like he's 248 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.960 an up and comer. They brought him in as a heel exactly as they 249 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.720 should have, very Randy Orton esque. But maybe in a year or two 250 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:45.720 you have a baby Face Austin theory when he eventually and inevitably gets into that 251 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:51.039 main event scene and La Knight could kind of maybe be his natural successor in 252 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.480 that role. For me, La Knight a massive edition Monday Night Raw, 253 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.960 and he screams Monday Night Raw to me La Knight every week every time, 254 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.559 might have a podcast. I just can't I sing his praises. So I 255 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.960 mean, I agree, l A Knight to Raw is a to me, 256 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:10.720 it's close to a lock. I think he would thrive them on The Night 257 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:14.519 Raw And I tweeted this out, but I think it's worth mentioning, not 258 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.359 because I said it, but just because I think it's true. Is that 259 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.200 LA Knight is. Think about how over he is right now, the reactions 260 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:26.880 he gets right now, and he's won one match by distraction, like at 261 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:30.680 the last three months, he's lost every other match. He doesn't get as 262 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.799 much promo time nearly as he should, he didn't even appear at all on 263 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.000 WrestleMania, and yet he's still this over. Imagine when ww WE actually decides 264 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:40.440 to say, oh we should get behind this dude. I mean, like 265 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.759 they haven't even done anything with him other than he gets decent he has good 266 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.480 matches and he's with prominent stars, but he loses and loses and loses and 267 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.440 loses, no mic time, no WrestleMania, and he's still this over. 268 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:53.519 So once the machine gets behind him, I think l A. Knight is 269 00:18:53.559 --> 00:19:00.839 going to skyrocket to stardom. And that just that just shows you how untapped 270 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:03.640 of potential he has right now. And I'm really excited for l A. 271 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.160 Night coming to Monday Night Raw and on the heels of La Night. Do 272 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:12.240 you think that and I think it's possible, bray Wyatt, if he returns 273 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:17.279 going to Monday Night Raw. That's where I was exactly going with it, 274 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:22.640 because you have to send him to Monday Night Raw just to freshen it up 275 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:27.079 a bit because it just went so poorly on SmackDown. And it sucks because 276 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:33.000 I think that organically he's always felt like a SmackDown guy to me, bray 277 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:37.039 Wyatt. That is both times he's been a world champion, he's been a 278 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.160 member on the SmackDown Brandon or actually the three times he was a world champion, 279 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:45.519 it all took place on SmackDown. But you have to freshen this up, 280 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.400 and you know, maybe you bring him back, you have him feud 281 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.559 with Drew McIntyre or Cody Rhoades. We could get into maybe some other baby 282 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.160 faces they could send over to Monday Night Raw or what have you. But 283 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:00.640 I think bray or No, he's a he's a baby face. I think 284 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.720 what is he? I forget he is? He is a baby face. 285 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:10.559 He's Yeah, they've never really established him as a bit and anything. He's 286 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.480 just kind of himself. But we've always cheered him because he's so compelling, 287 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.400 even when they were trying to push him as a heel, as the fiend. 288 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:18.279 He's a he's a baby face. Yeah yeah, So you bring him 289 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:23.319 over to Monday and Night Raw. You have Austin theory. Obviously you're not 290 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:27.599 going to go down the road again with um with La Night. In my 291 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:30.400 opinion, another guy at the at the lower end of the car that should 292 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:34.160 switch to Mona a Raw would be carrying a cross. So carrying cross versus 293 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:37.839 bray White could be interesting if bray White ever gets back on the rails. 294 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:41.880 So yeah, I think bray White absolutely has to be a member on Monday 295 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:47.079 Night Raw because we just brought up you're losing the star power and seth Rawlins 296 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:52.440 and Bobby Lashley and I guess to a lesser extent, who is the guy 297 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:55.759 we just talked about on smack though, Randy Orton because he hasn't been there 298 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:59.599 for so long, and presumatively Riddle as well. You need something compensate for 299 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:04.359 that. So again, assuming you have them him on Monday Night Raw or 300 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:08.160 all those guys on SmackDown, you need bray Wyatt to compensate for that. 301 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:12.319 And this is assuming that he's back and healthy and ready to compete. Aside 302 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:17.559 from that, And maybe this is difficult because of where the bloodline would be 303 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:22.200 placed, but you have to imagine it's eventually coming to a head. Would 304 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:25.640 you have Sammy Zane and Kevin Owens as Monday Night Raw guys? I know 305 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:30.200 they're unified tag team champions right now, are undisputed tag champs, which gives 306 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:33.039 them the right to float between brands. But when they aren't champs, do 307 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:37.559 you think they would be Raw guys when they dissolve or when they disolve, 308 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.640 when they get rid of those belts and they're eventually losing them, probably in 309 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.319 a few I would say Summer Slamm with the earliest. Yeah, I think 310 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.559 they should be because while they could fight the bloodline forever, eventually they're going 311 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:52.880 to need new opponents, and you know, so, yes, I would 312 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:57.119 have them on Monday Night Raw, And I think that that gives Monday Night 313 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.799 Raw more arsenal because I don't thing that they're going to be long term tag 314 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:07.359 a long term tag team. They are single because competitors predominantly, and you 315 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.480 split those two up on Monday Night Rad, you give yourself so many other 316 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:18.440 toys in the tool chest or whatever the analogy is. But the small switch 317 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:22.039 that I just suggested. I know he hasn't done a lot since coming back 318 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:26.960 to WW, but carrying cross like, I don't know why, but there's 319 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:32.960 something about carrying cross that does intrigue me. I'm not a huge Scarlet fan. 320 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:37.000 The entrance is a bit too hokey, but there's something there with carrying 321 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:41.720 cross. Is he a guy you think that could benefit from brands of the 322 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:45.839 draft? He's exactly the type of performer that you would look at and say 323 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:48.400 yes, because he's not somebody that if there wasn't a draft there would whole 324 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.880 get a whole lot of attention because there's singular storylines running through both friends, 325 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:55.480 which is, as we mentioned at the top, one of the big benefits 326 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:59.960 to guys that are up and coming more time for people that otherwise wouldn't get 327 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.359 So, yes, I think he is going to be a big benefactor. 328 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.920 I mean, I think what makes it work. As as kind of gimmicky 329 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:10.799 as he is and all all of the crows and all the stuff that happens 330 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.119 during his entrance, what makes it really work for him is that he is 331 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:18.519 believable on the microphone. He's got he's got a realism about him. He's 332 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:21.079 kind of got a bit of an l. A Night factor in a way 333 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:25.160 where I'd like to see those two go off like on a promo against one 334 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.640 another. They're both kind of in the same position, although I put l 335 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.920 A Night as a higher ceiling right now. But he's got that kind of 336 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.079 gravitas to him on the screen, like you pay attention to what he has 337 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:37.720 to say, even if it is a little hokey. So yes, I 338 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:40.759 would, I would say yes to answer your question now, kind of rebounding, 339 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.640 what about big Ee? Do you think Biggie could be someone that they 340 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:48.599 bring to raw that's so tough, Like it feels so long ago that we 341 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:52.640 saw Biggie. You know, I feel like he's gonna go back, But 342 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.960 the new day, it feels like that's what they're gonna do. They're maybe 343 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:02.960 just going to default back to what they know. And I think maybe you 344 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:10.119 keep him on SmackDown because maybe that gives him because on SmackDown we're looking around, 345 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.960 like I've heard it. You bring up on the Weekend review him maybe 346 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:19.000 going toe to toe with Imperium and gone through for the Interconal Championship. If 347 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:25.480 you have the judgment day over there, maybe that's another faction that it would 348 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:29.039 seem that Smackdo would be pretty faction heavy. So maybe it would be good 349 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.839 to have the New Day over on Monday Night Raw. But to me, 350 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:36.480 the New Day again, maybe I'm going too much based on history and just 351 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:40.039 assuming that Biggie would be back in the New Day, but they've always seemed 352 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.920 more SmackDown to me, so I think they would keep him there now. 353 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:45.440 If they want to push him as a single star again, then yeah, 354 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:52.759 Monday Night Raw because of how open Monday Night Raw would be in this fantasy 355 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.839 draft world that we're talking about, because on SmackDown, it would pretty much 356 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.640 be laid out the main event scene that is for the foreseeable future, because 357 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:07.000 you'd have Roman as the champ with seth Orton and Bobby Lashley waiting in the 358 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.640 wings for that fresh type of matchup, and I think in the pecking order 359 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:14.759 Biggie he would probably come forth on that list. So yeah, if you're 360 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.799 going to push him as a single story, it would have to be on 361 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.039 Raw. But if you're going to put him back in the New Day, 362 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.839 probably Unsmacked All. Yeah, that it probably should have clarified because they've they 363 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:26.759 kind of half asked his push as a single star. Yes, he became 364 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:30.799 champion, but even as champion, he was every chance they got associating him 365 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.359 at the New Day backstage or oh it's a it's a pay per view, 366 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:37.799 both brands are here, and these you know, dancing like a fool to 367 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.079 the to the trumpet with Xavier Woods and all that. That really I think 368 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:45.680 regressed his character and and and held him back. So it depends if they 369 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.559 want to just keep him with the New Day for the rest of his life, 370 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:51.480 which is seemingly what they want to do, or if they actually want 371 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.359 to give it a full real try disassociate him from the New Day, make 372 00:25:55.440 --> 00:26:00.240 him his own dude and go for an intercontinental or if he goes to raw 373 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.599 the US title against Austin Theory, Austin Theory needs a new guys to work 374 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.720 with. I think Biggie and Austin Theory would be a lot of fun. 375 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.440 So yeah, that really is a good question. Is what do they see 376 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:14.240 Biggie doing. Is it's still with the with with New Day, And actually 377 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:17.599 I think, unfortunately, at least in the short term, it probably is 378 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:22.079 based on what's going on now on SmackDown with Xavier Woods poking Imperium this past 379 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.000 week. I think what's going to happen is that we're going to have a 380 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.599 cofee return and then oh, it's three on two, and then here comes 381 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:32.519 Biggie. Oh it's three on three, and it's New Day versus Imperium. 382 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.480 I think that's coming, and they planted the seed for that this past week 383 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:40.759 on SmackDown. So maybe I answered my own question. What about a guy 384 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:45.880 like Braunstrom? Now, I know that he hasn't really had any success in 385 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:51.000 the way of the main event since coming back. He is kind of a 386 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:53.160 you know, an ass we could say that, but in real life he's 387 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:59.079 kind of showed himself to be kind of a jerk. But I do think 388 00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:02.519 he is a valuable that you need good big men who can work, and 389 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:04.759 for his size, he's probably among the best WW he has ever had. 390 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:08.200 I still think it was a good decision to bring him back. Has kind 391 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:12.559 of found his home in the tag team division alongside Ricochet. What would you 392 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:17.400 do with bron stroman Would you keep him where he is with Ricochet on SmackDown? 393 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.720 Would you move him and Ricochet over to Money a Raw? Would you 394 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.640 make him a single star on either particular brand. What would you do with 395 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:26.519 a guy like bron Stroman. Yeah, for now, I mean I think 396 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:30.079 he's got a little chemistry, He's got a little something going with Ricochet. 397 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:34.960 I mean again personal feelings aside about him being actual d bag in person in 398 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.480 real life, I mean, it is what it is. But as far 399 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:41.599 as on screen, yeah, I mean I'm all for bolstering the tag team 400 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.279 division that always seems to need hell, particularly with the women, but the 401 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:49.440 men too. And I think that you have Sammy's aiming Kevin Owens who were 402 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:52.839 going to need opponents, even if they're baby faces, they're gonna need opponents. 403 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:56.599 And I think down the line you could have broun Stroman and Ricochet if 404 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.440 they're still a team, be able to beat those next challengers in line or 405 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:04.119 be contenders. I mean, if you dissolve them, then you know, 406 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:08.400 I think they're a nice baby face tag team that doesn't have a lot of 407 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.519 baby face tag teams going on. I mean, they I think are a 408 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:15.359 valuable asset even if they don't get a whole lot of camera time. This 409 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.759 past week, they were assaulted by the Viking Raiders who kind of come in 410 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.559 and out of relevancy. But I would keep them together, you know, 411 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.319 at least for the foreseeable future, and if you want to move them to 412 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:29.160 Raw after Backlash, then you know, so be it. I mean, 413 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.880 I think, honestly, you could do anything with them. I think they're 414 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.680 very flexible. I mean, you could have them on Raw, you could 415 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:36.640 have them on SmackDown. But either way, I would keep them as a 416 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:41.359 team. That's exactly what bron Strow and also Ricochet, what they are like, 417 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.759 just because they're I guess made card guys at best and could flirt with 418 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:51.119 the Intercontinental or US title, although bron Stroman had a half decent run as 419 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:55.319 the Universal Champion during the COVID era. But I mean they're good utility guys 420 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.680 like you need guys like that, guys who that you could kind of plug 421 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:03.799 and play tag team ic title picture a lower card personal feud, like if 422 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.440 you ever split broun Stroman from Ricochet, which is far down the line, 423 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:10.559 because I completely agree that there's still a lot of tread left on that tire 424 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:14.759 in the tag team Like he's a guy that like you could see him feuding 425 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:18.000 with a guy like caring Cross at the lower end of the of the of 426 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:21.920 the card, like I remember, just like a random feud from the ruthless 427 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:26.039 Aggression era I really enjoyed for some stupid reason. Was Jeane Snitzky versus Kane, 428 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.839 Yes, or you know what I mean, fault like just yeah, 429 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:33.119 it wasn't my fault, punted the baby into the into the crowd, like 430 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:38.880 just a stupid rivalry of two big men. But it worked, and I 431 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:42.960 think, like caring cross Wass, broun Stroman is something that could work in 432 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:47.519 that regard and in a lot of ways not as good obviously, but broun 433 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:51.680 Stroman has kind of become the new Cane in terms of what he means to 434 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:55.319 that roster. Yeah, that's true. I didn't think of that at Algae, 435 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.039 and all I could picture was with Jeane Sisty punting the baby. Now, 436 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.279 I mean, that's that's burned memory. Those of you that don't know 437 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.119 what we're talking about, just go back. I think it was like oh 438 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:07.720 four somewhere around there. Yeah, exactly, Oh my god, it wasn't 439 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:12.200 my fault. Yeah, I mean, guys, this was a storyline over 440 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:17.240 a miscarriage, all right, like that, that's how far back this was, 441 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.400 all right? Where it was it was acceptable to talk about miscarriages on 442 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:23.519 Raw, I mean and and many other things. Anyway, Yes, I 443 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:27.519 mean, I think that's a good analogy, and I think that having as 444 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:30.359 you said and as I said, I think you could make these two guys 445 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.680 anything you need them to be. And it's okay that they you don't think 446 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:38.079 of them as defined roles anywhere, because you need guys that can do these 447 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:41.359 kinds of things in phil roles as you need them. They can be singles. 448 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:44.720 You could put them as a tag team for now. I'd keep them 449 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:47.759 as a tag team, but they could split easily and and go off on 450 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:51.839 their own again. And I think that's a valuable thing to have, even 451 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.799 if you don't look at them and goal they're definitely this or definitely that. 452 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:57.119 I think it's okay. Um. But as we kind of wrap this up, 453 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.119 two big names I want your your take on. We don't need to 454 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:03.680 go super in depth, but two big legacy stars we haven't talked about, 455 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:10.319 brock Lesner and Edge. Where would you put them? Honestly? Probably both 456 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:12.480 on Monday Night Raw, Edge, just because he has to get as far 457 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:17.119 away from the judgment as humanly possible. For all I care you could put 458 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:22.400 him on NXT at this point where the defunct a W just because he has 459 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:27.000 to be far away. And Brock, I just think that he's always been 460 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:30.759 Monday Night Raw since he returned, you know. And that's weird to say, 461 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:34.720 because back in the Ruthless Aggression error he was the face of SmackDown. 462 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:40.839 Him and Curt Angle like single handedly made SmackDown of relevant standalone brand in a 463 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:45.839 lot of ways. But I just think both of those guys are Raw guys, 464 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:52.839 and it's weird, but it seems that more often than not, the 465 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:56.279 legacy guys just kind of live on Monday Night Raw. Like look at John 466 00:31:56.319 --> 00:32:00.680 Cena. He was originally drafted SmackDown in and he's sixteen, and then as 467 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:05.759 soon as he became part time and moved into that legacy role, he just 468 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:08.559 kind of like morphed into exclusively to Raw. No. He shows up on 469 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:12.680 SmackDown from time to time when he had the match, the tag match with 470 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:15.519 the O Wins against the Bloodline around New Year's Eve or whatever it was. 471 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:20.720 But it just feels maybe it's the extra hour, maybe it's the lineage of 472 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.880 Monday Night Raw. I don't know what it is, but I just kind 473 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:27.519 of default the same Monday Night Raw, and at this point in their career, 474 00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:30.359 I feel like Edge and Braw kind of belong on Raw. I would 475 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:35.440 agree. I mean again, the biggest reason is since Judgment Day is, 476 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:38.119 I mean, Judgment Day is going to SmackDown. I just I think that's 477 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:44.640 a very solid decision to make, or rather solid prediction. And yeah, 478 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.640 Edge needs to get the hell away, getaway. You can't be on the 479 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:51.960 same brand. I would absolutely agree that you're going to keep Edge on Raw, 480 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:54.000 which again, he shows up every three months, and I actually believe 481 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:58.000 he'll extend his career to Rossimania forty and probably call it a career there. 482 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:04.240 But yeah, Raw is kind to where the big stars that return live and 483 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.440 when they make that return, Raw, even though it's not, they call 484 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:10.799 it a flagship show. Yet SmackDown gets better ratings and is better, the 485 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:15.480 better overall show. Raw is sometimes viewed or still viewed by management, and 486 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:20.279 I'm sure Vince, to whatever extent is it's kind of kind of their baby. 487 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:22.960 It's their firstborn. It's been around longer, it has more, it 488 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:27.359 has more history, all this than that. But SmackDown is clearly the better 489 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:29.480 show. But I would agree. I mean, Brock should should stay on 490 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.440 Raw and we have because we don't need Brock and Rollan interacting at all. 491 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:37.359 I don't think there's any need for that, and uh yeah, I would 492 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.240 agree with that. So all right, well, I mean there's so much 493 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.400 more we could talk about with especially the women's division. We didn't talk a 494 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:45.960 whole lot about that, with potentially where Charlotte Flair goes, or Ron and 495 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:50.720 Rousey wherever the hell she is, where you know, wherever they go. 496 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.519 But you know, hey, maybe we could do a part two next week 497 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.960 as we get closer to money at Raw and SmackDown. That will have the 498 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:00.440 draft in a couple of weeks. But before we go, let everyone know 499 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:07.400 your latest show and when it drops. Yes. So last week my triumphant 500 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:10.599 return after a two week hiatus because of WrestleMania and then made losing Power for 501 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:15.679 almost three days, but I covered the rumble from two thousand and five. 502 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:21.519 It actually stemmed from you watching the A W or a W the A n 503 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:24.480 E. I almost said a n WF for that, the an eu WW 504 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:30.480 rivals between Triple H and Batista and that kind of point in time, and 505 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:37.480 obviously the hilariousness of Shane McMahon and Triple H and Vince McMahon tearing all of 506 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:43.199 their quads and the funniest of all or the infamous of all, Vince mcmah 507 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:47.360 happening at the Royal Rumble oh five and going back and covering that all the 508 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:52.960 rivalries and storylines intertwined into that one pay per view was crazy. Like we 509 00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:59.960 talked about SmackDown versus Raw and seeing guys face off against one another who never 510 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:02.519 a cross pass before and how special it feels. And the Rumble oh five 511 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:07.559 was the dawn of the curd Angle Sean Michael's rivalry that we came to know 512 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:12.440 as one the best of the ruthless Aggression era. You know, arguably won 513 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.960 the best matches in the history of ww of WrestleMania at Wrestling at twenty one, 514 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:21.559 and obviously you have the unplanned finish which turned into one of the most 515 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:27.719 historic finishes in WWE history in terms of the Royal Rumble, and then Batista 516 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:31.239 going on to win that Rumble, going on to culminate one of the best 517 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:36.440 told stories in wrestling history in my opinion with him and Triple H. So 518 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:40.599 yeah, just an overall fantastic pay per view and next or this coming week, 519 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:46.440 I will finally be covering JBL's ww Championship run on SmackDown and during the 520 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.360 twenty fourteen, thousand and five era. Awesome. Now, that is a 521 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.679 great topic, Roal Rumble of five, one that if you live through it, 522 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:57.039 you'll never forget it. Even if it was where a silly moment of 523 00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:01.039 Vince and him. The best part about it was of him hitting his legs 524 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:04.000 and he didn't feel like it looked like he was in any pain. But 525 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:06.199 then when he tried to stand, it's one of the funniest things you'll ever 526 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:08.679 see with him trying to stand with just just like totally buckle in, like 527 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:12.960 sitting there. It's just so funny. Um. But outside of that, 528 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:15.639 you know, outside of the silliness, yes, I would agree, very 529 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:21.360 kind of a culmination point for a lot of different programs that led to WrestleMania 530 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:24.920 that year, WrestleMania It's twenty one. Totally a great topic. And of 531 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:29.199 course, as you mentioned this coming week with JBL and his title run that 532 00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:35.199 lasted ten months, was at that time it felt like infinity and yet now 533 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:38.559 we look back and we're like ten months Hey, then, what's that. 534 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:42.440 That's like a blink of an eye compared to Roman's run. Um, but 535 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:46.760 what a great wrestling it really, it really was. I mean, even 536 00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:51.719 though you had Rock and Austin gone at that point in one Dude injury one 537 00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.280 Dude to Hollywood, you had their two biggest stars gone, It's still was 538 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:59.239 just it was the peak of ruthless aggression. I think you still had Brock 539 00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:02.880 in there. Well, actually Brock left and Old four Yeah yeah, yeah, 540 00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:07.119 Brock just left two so uh yeah, but you still had HBK, 541 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:09.000 you had Triple H, right, you had Chris Ben while you mean, 542 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:14.920 you had some amazing wrestlers and uh yeah, so good topics. Looking forward 543 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:19.159 to this coming Friday, and uh I'm sure we will be talking next week 544 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:22.199 as we get closer to the draft. Looking forward to it. Man, 545 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.599 have a good week, you too. Bye. 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