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<v Speaker 1>This is WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the WWE podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop the show, the one that everybody wants me.

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<v Speaker 3>God, I st three sixteen, So I just used your

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<v Speaker 3>ass is my arm?

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<v Speaker 1>You can acknowledge me.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, WrestleMania forty one night one is now over. I

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<v Speaker 2>was going to record last night, but I want to

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<v Speaker 2>be in tip top shape before I get on here,

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<v Speaker 2>because I was tired, like many of us after a

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<v Speaker 2>four hour plus event. It's basically like watching two and

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<v Speaker 2>a half movies straight. And I thought, you know, at

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<v Speaker 2>the time when WrestleMania concluded that it was an underwhelming event,

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<v Speaker 2>I had come to the conclusion, that's after eleven o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>easting time, that not only was I tired, but also

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<v Speaker 2>this was an event that was really, really underwhelming. I

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<v Speaker 2>even went to the point where I figured, hey, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a good case for why WrestleMania should be one night,

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<v Speaker 2>not two, and we know that won't happen. This was

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<v Speaker 2>certainly and this is certainly a format that they are

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<v Speaker 2>not going to get rid of. The two night format

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<v Speaker 2>is here to stay, and in fact they're expanding it

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<v Speaker 2>as we see with SummerSlam. This year, but the two

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<v Speaker 2>night event, and it was full of celebrities and advertising,

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<v Speaker 2>advertising all over the mat, the sacred space of the mat,

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<v Speaker 2>which I still just can't stand. I understand they're in

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<v Speaker 2>the business of making money, but every time you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the mat, every time you look at your screen,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't look at anything at all in the product

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<v Speaker 2>and not see some kind of sponsor. And it does

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<v Speaker 2>take away a little bit from the event because it's

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<v Speaker 2>constantly in your face all the time. It's not so

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<v Speaker 2>focused on in ring. It's the prime or it's whoever's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, spent thousands and thousands of dollars to get

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<v Speaker 2>their logo on the mat of a WrestleMania. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>over the place. And I'm not a fan, but I

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<v Speaker 2>understand it from a business perspective. However, this event, after

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<v Speaker 2>sleeping on it, I've appreciated it and do appreciate it

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more than I did when I went

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<v Speaker 2>to bed. And that's not to say I thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was a great night one. In fact, I still think

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<v Speaker 2>it was average. It was okay. Now, that's not to

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<v Speaker 2>say the main event wasn't spectacular. That's not to say

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<v Speaker 2>that we're in a match or two in between that

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<v Speaker 2>between the start and the show and the main event

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<v Speaker 2>that weren't really good. In fact, I, unlike a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of others, really liked the Tiffany Stratton Charlotte match. Many

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<v Speaker 2>of many of you guys, including prominent reviewers and streamers,

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<v Speaker 2>really didn't like it. Thought it was clunky and it

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<v Speaker 2>was guard I to be honest with you, charl I

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<v Speaker 2>thought Charlotte over delivered. I was concerned about her motivations

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<v Speaker 2>going into this that she did seem just very underwhelmed

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<v Speaker 2>and just bothered by Tiffany, And so honestly, that match

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<v Speaker 2>over delivered from my perspective. The United States Championship match

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob Fat two and La Night, that one I think

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<v Speaker 2>really brought the crowd back to life. It's the first

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<v Speaker 2>match that I thought the crowd really you could hear

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<v Speaker 2>the crowd. And I heard from some people that went

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<v Speaker 2>to the event. They messaged me and they said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because I had been concerned that is this just the

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<v Speaker 2>quiet crowd? Is it the acoustics or is it that

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<v Speaker 2>WWE hasn't given them anything to be excited about? And

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<v Speaker 2>I had some people tell me, no, it's the acoustics

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<v Speaker 2>of the building, and they've gone to NFL games there

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<v Speaker 2>and it's kind of the same way. So while you

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<v Speaker 2>have sixty thousand people yelling, screaming, it gets lost into

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<v Speaker 2>the ether the way that the building is structured. And

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<v Speaker 2>so that's what I've been told and I'm gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>with that. But the crowd did come alive and overcame

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<v Speaker 2>the acoustic issue when d l A. Knight and Jacob

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<v Speaker 2>Bot Too match happened, which I thought was very good,

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<v Speaker 2>very good, and it felt more WrestleMania esque, because to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, for the first hour of the show, I

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<v Speaker 2>felt like I wasn't watching WrestleMania. Didn't feel like WrestleMania.

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<v Speaker 2>The bill to WrestleMania, as many of us have said,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't feel like WrestleMania, and it felt very much just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like any other pl and for the first

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<v Speaker 2>couple of matches, and we'll dive into it in a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>it felt very much like even dare I say, a

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<v Speaker 2>SmackDown or raw no big returns, no big swerves, and

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<v Speaker 2>not every match needs to have it. But the stories

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<v Speaker 2>going into them, we were okay. They didn't really feel

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<v Speaker 2>like they were peaking at the right time. Although Jay

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<v Speaker 2>and Gunther did do a nice job the last couple weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I think everybody knew the outcome, but the finish of

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<v Speaker 2>Jay and Gunther, which we'll get into, was atrocious, an

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<v Speaker 2>atrocious decision. Despite the fact that they are trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get Jay over into a real legitimate champion, the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>seemed to be behind him. I was a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>skeptical that the crowd wasn't going to be that they

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<v Speaker 2>decided to back Gunther and that that j was was

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<v Speaker 2>going to have an issue with the crowd supporting him

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the match, and that didn't seem to be the case.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm happy for Jay. We'll get into that, and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get into the tag team title match and the

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that was that could have been a house

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<v Speaker 2>show match, and it look Look, war Raiders and New Day,

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<v Speaker 2>no disrespect to them, They're not exactly the hottest thing

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<v Speaker 2>going on in w right now. And especially with the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that there was no Big Eie, no Big Ee return,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it was very disappointing in that respect. Almost

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<v Speaker 2>no reaction for the war Raiders and New Day. Yeah

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<v Speaker 2>they're a heel team, but they have cooled off immensely

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<v Speaker 2>since turning on Big E, which you thought, Okay, they're

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<v Speaker 2>building to something here and it'll blow off at WrestleMania,

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<v Speaker 2>and WrestleMania came and went and no Big Ee. So

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<v Speaker 2>Big Ee apparently was just being used as a pawn

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<v Speaker 2>to get them over, with no actual payoff of Big

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<v Speaker 2>Eie getting involved or screwing them over in any way.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if Biggie. Here's the thing, even if Big e

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<v Speaker 2>was not medically cleared to compete, he could have still

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<v Speaker 2>screwed them over in a non wrestling role. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to do anything physical to screw them over. Just

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<v Speaker 2>come out and distract them, stand on the apron, act

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<v Speaker 2>like you might do something and then don't and just

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<v Speaker 2>cause a distraction. War radios retain. Now Biggie still maybe

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<v Speaker 2>slotted for down the line, but it was very disappointing

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<v Speaker 2>for him not to appear use many. If he was

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<v Speaker 2>cleared in any capacity, WrestleMania is the spot to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>have a come out and just lay waste to them,

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't, and that was to me, the one

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<v Speaker 2>thing that would have saved this segment from being otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>looked at as kind of any other part of any

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<v Speaker 2>other show. This was not a very interesting match. It

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<v Speaker 2>was all to me. It was all about Biggie. Despite

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that the title changed hands. The titles changed

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<v Speaker 2>to the New Day, which is about as interesting as

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a cloudy day. I mean, I'm sorry. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's get into it though as we get on. But

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<v Speaker 2>oh wait, first, I want to thank you everybody. I

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<v Speaker 2>did pop in the discord Chat a little bit at

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the show, and many people thought I

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<v Speaker 2>was a bot. So I did pop in the discord

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<v Speaker 2>chat on our Patreon. I'm going to try to do

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more of that tonight. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if I'll do doing a live show. I say I'll

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<v Speaker 2>do it, and then I get to eleven o'clock and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be fogheaded going into the show,

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<v Speaker 2>so I might be doing it on Monday, but the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I will be doing it as soon as I can

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<v Speaker 2>get a review out. I did an instant reaction video

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday right after the show, give you guys a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of something of my opinion, So check that out. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>me on Twitter. I do a lot of updates there,

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<v Speaker 2>WW podcast. I'm right there, all right, Jay Uso and Gunther. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>we had, yes, jelly Roll, who was apparently just required

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<v Speaker 2>by law to be at every WW event. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know why they have an obsession with jelly Roll. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not quite getting it, but fine, he's there and the

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<v Speaker 2>event starts. So this match was pretty much what you'd

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<v Speaker 2>expect it to be. Kickouts of finishes. I think there

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<v Speaker 2>were three or four finisher kickouts in that match. Hard work.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is not never a referendum under their efforts.

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<v Speaker 2>This is almost never a referendum on anybody's efforts. How

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<v Speaker 2>often do you come in here and have me say

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<v Speaker 2>even though the match sucked, or that the match was underwhelming,

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<v Speaker 2>that it was a lack of effort. Sometimes it just

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<v Speaker 2>isn't there that night. But this match was fine. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it was even their best of their series

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<v Speaker 2>of matches. Now, Gunther went in three to zero against Jay,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think this was their best match that

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<v Speaker 2>they have ever had. Certainly not. I think their previous

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<v Speaker 2>one was actually better, and that was on raw, I believe,

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<v Speaker 2>despite the fact there's kickouts of finishes and now you

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<v Speaker 2>have both men using each other's finishes, which again is fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't expect that to happen. Gunther did not really

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<v Speaker 2>look as dominant as I'd hoped he would. This was

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<v Speaker 2>all about Jay. We knew where this was going. Most

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<v Speaker 2>of us did predict Jaya win, and he did. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's not really the problem here. As many of us

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<v Speaker 2>have pointed out, Jay winning right now has about I

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<v Speaker 2>think thirty something thousand dislikes as of this recording for

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<v Speaker 2>WWE's clip that they put about Jay winning, and so

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of dislikes, a lot of dislikes for this

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<v Speaker 2>this win here, I think a lot of that win though.

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<v Speaker 2>Those dislikes though, are not because Jay one, but how

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<v Speaker 2>he won, which was just just a it was just

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<v Speaker 2>bad the normal way they put it. Why would you

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<v Speaker 2>have a guy like Gunther who comes in. His whole

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<v Speaker 2>deal is he's all business, he's dominant, he doesn't cheat

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<v Speaker 2>to win, but he's unlikable, so people hate him and

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<v Speaker 2>he loses like that. He loses with a sleeperhold. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Gunther's move that he turned on him. Fine,

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<v Speaker 2>but not only did Gunther tap out, but he tapped

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<v Speaker 2>out faster than Vince McMahon against Brett Hard at wrestleming

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<v Speaker 2>A twenty two. If you remember that Brett Hart put

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<v Speaker 2>the sharpshooter. I mean, before Brett even fully applied the

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<v Speaker 2>sharp shooter, Vince McMahon was tapping out. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>was that quick, And why would you have gun Through

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<v Speaker 2>do that. Maybe it could have been and I've heard

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<v Speaker 2>people say and I missed it apparently the referee telling

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<v Speaker 2>Gunther tap tap, tapped or h Yeah, there was something

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<v Speaker 2>about the referee telling Gunther to tap right now. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it was a time issue, maybe it was maybe it

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<v Speaker 2>was a hey, we got to grap this up, but

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<v Speaker 2>you couldn't have waited an extra twenty seconds. Maybe have

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<v Speaker 2>Gunther pass out and win the match that way, that

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<v Speaker 2>would know, that would have been a little bit more acceptable.

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<v Speaker 2>But for Gunther, this is the if I was to

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<v Speaker 2>find a way and someone said, hey, you need to

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<v Speaker 2>find a way to damage a character by the end

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<v Speaker 2>of this match, you need to find a way to

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<v Speaker 2>damage Gunther. This is the perfect way to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is how you do it is by having him

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<v Speaker 2>tap and tap quickly to a sleep for hold. What

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<v Speaker 2>So I really didn't like. While we all kind of

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<v Speaker 2>knew the outcome and accepted it, and most people don't

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<v Speaker 2>hate it, I think per se that Jay's champion, they

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<v Speaker 2>hate the way that he won it. And let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>if they had taken even just half of jay USO's

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<v Speaker 2>entrance and put it at the end of the match,

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<v Speaker 2>you would have had, I think a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>of an acceptable finish or Gunther fine, okay, even if

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<v Speaker 2>he taps out, which I still would never do. You

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<v Speaker 2>have him fight through it a little bit, and instead

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<v Speaker 2>he taps, you know, but in seconds. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>a bad finish to a match that was fine and

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<v Speaker 2>to a program that was fine overall. Still feeling kind

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<v Speaker 2>of sour about this program as a whole now that

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<v Speaker 2>it's wrapped up. And I'm sure Gunther may get his rematch,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not going to win because how often does

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<v Speaker 2>a major title change hands at WrestleMania only to have

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<v Speaker 2>that person drop it at WrestleMania. Almost never, So we

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<v Speaker 2>can pencil that match in as a rematch, but we

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<v Speaker 2>all know I think the outcome before it happens. And

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<v Speaker 2>to speak on Jay USO's entrance, what are they thinking?

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<v Speaker 2>Was Jay Uso in the bathroom? I mean, where was Jay?

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<v Speaker 2>Was he in the bathroom and he's getting like notifications

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<v Speaker 2>on his phone. He's just sitting there. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>scrolling through TikTok and you know he's getting texts from

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<v Speaker 2>from uh Gorilla and they're like, hey, hey Jay, Jay

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<v Speaker 2>You're you're up. You're up, bro? You know he's is he?

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<v Speaker 2>Is he in the bathroom on the other side of

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<v Speaker 2>the stadium. What happened? And then he takes forever to

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<v Speaker 2>walk down. I understand it's a long every everybody's entrance

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be expanded by like four x because

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<v Speaker 2>of how long they have to walk from the stage

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<v Speaker 2>to the ring. There was no need for Jay's entrance

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<v Speaker 2>to be that long. It's sucked up in an unnecessary

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<v Speaker 2>amount of time. I did not like that. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think anybody did, and said to myself, I tweeted this

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<v Speaker 2>out to us, said, look, if Jay's entrance is this long,

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<v Speaker 2>they need to set aside about forty minutes for Roman

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<v Speaker 2>Reigns' entrance that is already long, even when there's no

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<v Speaker 2>you know, extended ramp to the ring. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>not a good tone to set right off the bat.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, again you get your finisher kickouts, and again

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<v Speaker 2>the effort was there. I'm not trying to disparage either man.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you saw if you saw the Jay Uso

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<v Speaker 2>p press conference, he was drunker than a skunk. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the dude was. He was in his Yeat mode promo voice,

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<v Speaker 2>but in a drunk Yeat mode promo voice. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a bad, bad look. Look, I have no issue you

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<v Speaker 2>want to drink your drink, man, but it was just sloppy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what he's saying. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>really have subtitles. He should just walk around with some

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who has subtitles under If we could somehow super

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<v Speaker 2>impose subtitles under what he says, I need them half

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<v Speaker 2>the time because I don't know what he's saying. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he's capable of speaking normally like a human being,

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<v Speaker 2>but when he gets in his yeat promo voice and

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<v Speaker 2>then is drunk on top of it, it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>challenging to understand what the hell are you saying. So

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<v Speaker 2>I know he's excited and he deserves it. Look, Jay

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<v Speaker 2>Usso does not have a ton of time left in

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<v Speaker 2>front of him. People forget, like most of his career

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<v Speaker 2>he was a tag team guy, and then he was

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bloodline for several years, and now he's a

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<v Speaker 2>singles guy finally making it to the top, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I congratulate him. He's deserving of this. But again, the

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<v Speaker 2>fans don't seem super excited when you look at the

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<v Speaker 2>dislikes on YouTube. But yeah, sure that's not the only metric,

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<v Speaker 2>but I guess it's those damn internet fans on Triple

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<v Speaker 2>h those those imaginary fans that aren't real life who

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<v Speaker 2>are clicking that button. Must be all those bots, huh.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So that's what I think I mean. If

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<v Speaker 2>I was to give a star rating, you have like

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<v Speaker 2>as far as this match goes, like a two and

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<v Speaker 2>two quarter two and a quarter stars out of five,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even a two out of five, just because the

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<v Speaker 2>finish really just was the worst finish you could imagine

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<v Speaker 2>for Gunther. It was damaging to Gunther. That's the issue,

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<v Speaker 2>all right. So the next match here that we have

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<v Speaker 2>is the World Tag Team Championship match. As I said,

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<v Speaker 2>the War Raiders a New Day. I don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot to add to what I've already said about

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<v Speaker 2>this match. It it was a bit I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>was standard. It was your standard matchup, no biggie, no interference,

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<v Speaker 2>no big returns, no nothing. And again, not every match

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<v Speaker 2>needs to have that, Not every match needs to be unpredictable.

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<v Speaker 2>But when a match is that was on Wrestlemedia and

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<v Speaker 2>you are watching it and you're thinking to yourself, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this could eat easily just be a middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>show SmackDown match, that's not good WrestleMania. I will continue

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<v Speaker 2>to say, if it's truly the super Bowl of wrestling,

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<v Speaker 2>should be the best of the best. The best storylines

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<v Speaker 2>get the placement on the show. It's not a everyone

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<v Speaker 2>gets a jersey show. They've turned it into that, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure the guys and gals love that because they

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<v Speaker 2>get a spot, and I'm happy for them, and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>probably feel that way too if I were in their shoes.

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<v Speaker 2>But from a fans perspective, this is a strong case

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<v Speaker 2>for why WrestleMania should be one night and not everybody

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<v Speaker 2>should get a jersey. All right now, it'll never go back.

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<v Speaker 2>I am accepting of that, and it is cool to

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<v Speaker 2>have two nights of WrestleMania where it's the whole weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, a four hour show that's felt like

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<v Speaker 2>three quarters of it could have been put on a

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<v Speaker 2>regular SmackDown or raw. Not a good feeling. And again

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<v Speaker 2>it's not because of effort, it's just who's just that's it,

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<v Speaker 2>all right? But anyway, the match ended with the New

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<v Speaker 2>Day hitting the Daylight finisher and woods pinning Ivar, which

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<v Speaker 2>Ivar man, I mean, he almost killed himself. Can we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that? Ivar literally almost unlived himself when he

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<v Speaker 2>did that moon salt. It was scary, man. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that he can do those things. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that he does things that cruiser weights can do, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's extremely impressive. But it's the old adage, just because

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<v Speaker 2>you can doesn't mean you should. Okay, sometimes if you're

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<v Speaker 2>a big dude, you should work like a big dude.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just because it makes the match feel different,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just safety. Inherently, because of physics, you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to put yourself and your opponent at a higher risk

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<v Speaker 2>because you're a bigger guy. But all right, let's move on.

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<v Speaker 2>Jade Cargo and Naomi another match that I have to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, I did not have high expectations for in

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<v Speaker 2>this match, but I did say it was Jade's by

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<v Speaker 2>far biggest match of her entire career. Naomi in some

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<v Speaker 2>respect too, because she has for the first time gone

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<v Speaker 2>heel and she's really reinvented herself. And it was a

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<v Speaker 2>good spot for both women to show what they can

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<v Speaker 2>do and make a case for their runs to continue.

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<v Speaker 2>And the story was pretty good. I have to give

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<v Speaker 2>this build. The build for this pretty pretty good, despite

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that Jade had limited interviews and we still

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who she is really other than just she

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<v Speaker 2>was a victim of a of a blind side assault,

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<v Speaker 2>so I guess that was really how they were going

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<v Speaker 2>to garner sympathy here. And I was a little worried

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<v Speaker 2>too for Jade that she wasn't going to get a

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<v Speaker 2>big reaction, and from what I heard, she didn't. She

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get really boozed, but people still it just was

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<v Speaker 2>par for the course. It's like a mild acceptance, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not it's not rejection. She didn't get dueling chance,

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<v Speaker 2>she just got kind of the oh cool, it's Jade,

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<v Speaker 2>we're still you know, we're still on board with you.

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<v Speaker 2>But time's ticking, you know, And she still got that reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>But this match overall, before I get into the finish,

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<v Speaker 2>in specific spots here I thought was I thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was better than it probably better than I expected it

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<v Speaker 2>to be. All Right, this match did what it needed

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<v Speaker 2>to do. It was a little clunky, those some spots

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<v Speaker 2>where you could tell, like very obviously Jade waited a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit too long for Naomi to hit her spot

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<v Speaker 2>or yeah, it was clear that they had rehearsed it

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, and the timing of Jade was a

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<v Speaker 2>little off. And she doesn't work like the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the girls, so the pacing is a little different as well,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's not a bad thing. I don't expect her

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<v Speaker 2>to work at the rate of you know, anyone else

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<v Speaker 2>in the division, right, But Naomi had to slow herself

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<v Speaker 2>down to meet Jade, and that's fine. You don't need

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<v Speaker 2>everybody looking and feeling the same in the ring. Differentiation.

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<v Speaker 2>Differentiation is good, and so Jade, it's like she was

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<v Speaker 2>being extra careful, though I feel like she could ramp

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<v Speaker 2>it up. But her style is one that because she's

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<v Speaker 2>a muscular woman much more than any of the other women.

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<v Speaker 2>She does have to slow down a little bit and

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<v Speaker 2>not work at a crazy high spot pace because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>number one, it's a little unsafe, but number two, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really fit how she looks. So it felt like

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<v Speaker 2>a time she was thinking too much and thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>her spots next instead of just working. And look, she's

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<v Speaker 2>still green, you know in terms of especially in a

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<v Speaker 2>singles role. But this match delivered and she is a

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<v Speaker 2>powerhouse of a woman. My god, the spot that she

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<v Speaker 2>picked Naomi out of the air on a souplex that

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<v Speaker 2>was incredibly impressive. That's what see, that's a good thing

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<v Speaker 2>here the fans, as we all talk about all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>and w B loves to say, it's about moments. I

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<v Speaker 2>think all the clunkiness of this match that happened, fans

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<v Speaker 2>will put that aside for the moments that Jade really

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<v Speaker 2>showed what she can do and that's a great thing

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<v Speaker 2>for her. So I think coming out of this people

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<v Speaker 2>most of the most people will say it was good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I think what this was and Jade getting

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<v Speaker 2>the victory was the right move. She needs a kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a staple victory Naomi will be just fine. That

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<v Speaker 2>power bomb that she did at the end was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Only to have her hit her finish jaded and gets

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<v Speaker 2>the victory. That was great. Nine minutes and twenty seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of figured it'd be about ten minutes and

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<v Speaker 2>that's what they gave her. So good a breaking news.

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<v Speaker 2>Cardi b is going to be hosting Summer Slam. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>the big deal here, or at least we're supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>believe again all lea, if my personal opinions decide, this

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get me excited in the lead, but fine, So anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>we get Only Night and Jacob font two for the

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<v Speaker 2>United States Championship. Here's where the fans woke up. I

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<v Speaker 2>would have liked this match school a little bit longer.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it would go fifteen. It went ten minutes

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<v Speaker 2>and forty seconds, and the match was really good, exceeded

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<v Speaker 2>my expectations and the right person won. The BFT that

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<v Speaker 2>was done in the middle of the air wasn't exactly perfect,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was as good as you could expect someone

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<v Speaker 2>to do without retakes. That was a hell of a spot.

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<v Speaker 2>Fans really popped on that one. And you know again,

413
00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:46.079
<v Speaker 2>kickouts and finishes happened here, and that's fine. It was.

414
00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:49.200
<v Speaker 2>It's WrestleMania for at least these two. I don't believe

415
00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.920
<v Speaker 2>anyone has anyone ever kicked out of the BF. I'm

416
00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:55.359
<v Speaker 2>sure Roman did, but BFT seems to be a pretty

417
00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:58.119
<v Speaker 2>protected finish that, you know, no one really talks about

418
00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:03.319
<v Speaker 2>it in these days where finishes are not protected at all. It's,

419
00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, a pretty protected finish, So having Jacob to

420
00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:08.200
<v Speaker 2>kick out of one, especially one that was caught mid air,

421
00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:13.160
<v Speaker 2>was a big deal. Uh And so the finish though,

422
00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.680
<v Speaker 2>was Fatu Soup lexing Knight. He hits a Moon Salt,

423
00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:23.720
<v Speaker 2>a double Moon salt and got the three count. No weirdness,

424
00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:27.759
<v Speaker 2>no no sloppy finish, no outsider interference, just a straight

425
00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:31.000
<v Speaker 2>up Fatu victory, which is exactly what this should be. Now.

426
00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:35.359
<v Speaker 2>Myself and others had suspected that Solo could be involved here.

427
00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:41.160
<v Speaker 2>He didn't. Solo so was not involved. So they're clearly

428
00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:43.359
<v Speaker 2>just still building that on the back end, and that's fine.

429
00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:47.519
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna happen. Maybe backlash or the uh you know,

430
00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:50.119
<v Speaker 2>the uh pl e after that, or maybe they'll wait

431
00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:52.440
<v Speaker 2>till Summer Slam. This could be a slow burn for

432
00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:56.279
<v Speaker 2>Fatu and Solo so CoA. We're all just hoping. I

433
00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.319
<v Speaker 2>think that it's not Solo so CoA who answers the

434
00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:01.400
<v Speaker 2>call tonight for Randy Orton. I don't think anyone wants

435
00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:04.240
<v Speaker 2>to see that. That would be a snooze fest. I

436
00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:07.119
<v Speaker 2>think Nick Aldos would be a guy that actually people

437
00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:10.720
<v Speaker 2>would want to see Over Solo. Solo has really faded

438
00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:14.880
<v Speaker 2>into the background here after his massive victories. It really

439
00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.119
<v Speaker 2>all fell downhill after the Survivors Series War Games match.

440
00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:20.519
<v Speaker 2>You could point to that as really where things just

441
00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:22.960
<v Speaker 2>went off a cliff. Remember, he disappeared for a while,

442
00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.960
<v Speaker 2>then he comes back, but Jacob Fatu is now the star,

443
00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:28.000
<v Speaker 2>and then there's tension with Jacob Fatu and Solo, and

444
00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:32.119
<v Speaker 2>that's kind of where we're at now. It's been a

445
00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:37.000
<v Speaker 2>massive downslide over the last five months for Jacob Fatu.

446
00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:41.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry for Solo, so I thought there was a

447
00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:43.319
<v Speaker 2>chance he could come out here. But either way, Jacob

448
00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.920
<v Speaker 2>Fantu is probably gonna win this, and he did. It

449
00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:49.519
<v Speaker 2>was a nice win for Fatu. There were some chance

450
00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:53.160
<v Speaker 2>for Fatu, and I kind of figured that as well,

451
00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:55.480
<v Speaker 2>with the support he had had from the crowd. Even

452
00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:57.839
<v Speaker 2>as a heel over the last couple of months, and

453
00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:01.200
<v Speaker 2>that's exactly what we got. It wasn't a fifty to fifty.

454
00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:04.440
<v Speaker 2>It was more of an eighty twenty, I would say

455
00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.880
<v Speaker 2>in support of Ella Knight because people still love Night

456
00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.440
<v Speaker 2>and him coming out in the Lambeau was fun, although

457
00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:13.759
<v Speaker 2>everyone seemed to get a how many car entrances did

458
00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.559
<v Speaker 2>we get? I mean we got Charlotte, we got Night.

459
00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean was there somebody else that? Am I just overstating?

460
00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:27.200
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so Ellena comes out in the Lambeau and yeah,

461
00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:31.480
<v Speaker 2>the crowd still really loves him and rightfully. So I

462
00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.039
<v Speaker 2>don't know where Ellen Night goes from here. Probably a rematch,

463
00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:38.440
<v Speaker 2>but maybe Llen e gets pushed into the title picture

464
00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.359
<v Speaker 2>in a serious way. We'll have to wait and see,

465
00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:46.240
<v Speaker 2>all right, But again, really nice victory here for Fatu.

466
00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:50.079
<v Speaker 2>We had at the end Haku appear at ringside and

467
00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:54.559
<v Speaker 2>congratulated Fatu. So that was that was really cool, all right.

468
00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:59.640
<v Speaker 2>We then had Ray Phoenix versus Al Grande Americano. They

469
00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:05.079
<v Speaker 2>did mention how there was a change where he's from

470
00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:08.200
<v Speaker 2>of Gulf of America now he's the Gulf of Mexico.

471
00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:13.000
<v Speaker 2>And the reason that that they gave per Pat McAfee

472
00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:15.720
<v Speaker 2>on his show, was that, well, he's from Gulf of

473
00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:18.119
<v Speaker 2>Mexico because he was born when it was still the

474
00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:23.680
<v Speaker 2>Gulf of Mexico. So yeah, that's still that's not how

475
00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:29.000
<v Speaker 2>things work, right, you Like, people can change the names

476
00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.960
<v Speaker 2>of states, change the name of countries. I mean, you

477
00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:36.480
<v Speaker 2>just can. You can change names of things. But that

478
00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:39.799
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean that because you were born in a place

479
00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.160
<v Speaker 2>where it was had a previous name, that that name

480
00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:44.599
<v Speaker 2>sticks with where you were born. No, because the name

481
00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:49.680
<v Speaker 2>of the place changes, it doesn't stay static because of

482
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.640
<v Speaker 2>when you were born, right that. I know they're trying

483
00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:56.240
<v Speaker 2>to me. It's just a cowardice that they decided to

484
00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.240
<v Speaker 2>do that. I think that he would have got a

485
00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.640
<v Speaker 2>lot more And it's not I shouldn't say the success

486
00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:02.200
<v Speaker 2>depends on the naming of where he was from. But

487
00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:05.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad they at least acknowledged it. I appreciate that.

488
00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.720
<v Speaker 2>But I think that him being from the Gulf of

489
00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:12.319
<v Speaker 2>America would be it would just just add to his

490
00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.960
<v Speaker 2>character in the heat for his character because of the

491
00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:17.839
<v Speaker 2>renaming of the body of water. So I mean, people

492
00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:19.240
<v Speaker 2>can say whatever you want it, I mean, it is

493
00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:22.039
<v Speaker 2>the Gulf of America. Like that's the name. It doesn't

494
00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:25.119
<v Speaker 2>change where it is, it doesn't change what it is.

495
00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:28.599
<v Speaker 2>It just changes the name that we arbitrarily give it.

496
00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.400
<v Speaker 2>So I mean, but officially on the books it is

497
00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.039
<v Speaker 2>the Gulf of America. Lover hate it, so it's it's inaccurate.

498
00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:38.880
<v Speaker 2>The Gulf of Mexico doesn't exist because it's not a thing.

499
00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:45.559
<v Speaker 2>It did exist, right, it did, but it doesn't anymore. Well,

500
00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.559
<v Speaker 2>I lover hated I mean, not getting into politics, just facts,

501
00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.759
<v Speaker 2>all right, But this match was too short. I mean,

502
00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.160
<v Speaker 2>by the time they really started to heat up here,

503
00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:59.640
<v Speaker 2>they cut it short. And this is where the entrances

504
00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:03.240
<v Speaker 2>and the propaganda and the I don't know if propaganda's

505
00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:09.119
<v Speaker 2>right where, but the constant celebrity shots and the video

506
00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:12.480
<v Speaker 2>packages and the back stage, like they could add take

507
00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.359
<v Speaker 2>that time, even just a little bit of it, a

508
00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.440
<v Speaker 2>fraction of it and added to the matches, and I

509
00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:19.039
<v Speaker 2>think we would have gotten a a little bit more time,

510
00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.920
<v Speaker 2>at least three four to five minutes for this match.

511
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.240
<v Speaker 2>This was seven minutes and fifty five seconds. That's that's

512
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:30.039
<v Speaker 2>just unacceptable. I know Grande got the victory, as I

513
00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:32.160
<v Speaker 2>think he probably should have, despite the fact that Ray

514
00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>Phoenix has debuted, and also given the fact that they

515
00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:44.400
<v Speaker 2>just acquired Triple A the Lutidor promotion, they probably should

516
00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:46.119
<v Speaker 2>have given this match a little more time, given the

517
00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:50.160
<v Speaker 2>fact that you had the Triple A owners ringside. It's

518
00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:52.319
<v Speaker 2>it was, you know, it's a bit of an issue

519
00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:54.920
<v Speaker 2>here where you know, it's like, oh, we're really happy

520
00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:57.599
<v Speaker 2>to have you guys, but by the way, we're going

521
00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:00.559
<v Speaker 2>to give you the shortest match of the night. You know,

522
00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:04.680
<v Speaker 2>in terms of lutrador wrestling or I know Grande people,

523
00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, it is what it is with El Grande.

524
00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:10.559
<v Speaker 2>He is a faux lutador we all know. But Ray

525
00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:14.440
<v Speaker 2>Phoenix legit, right. I guess we can also understand how

526
00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:19.359
<v Speaker 2>El Grande Americano was brought into WWE. The mystery has

527
00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:23.759
<v Speaker 2>been solved, right, He came from Triple A. So now

528
00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:26.000
<v Speaker 2>people are asking how did he get to w B. Well,

529
00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:28.200
<v Speaker 2>there's your answer. I think we finally know why. The

530
00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:31.599
<v Speaker 2>mystery has been solved as to how we acquired El

531
00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Grande Americano. All right, so yeah we have Steven Emmel,

532
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't care. Just look at the notes here. Shawn

533
00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:44.960
<v Speaker 2>Michaels came out and he you know just listed now

534
00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.279
<v Speaker 2>the attendance at sixty one thousand, pretty good pop for

535
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:50.920
<v Speaker 2>HBK d X music played. He did a second thing

536
00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:54.839
<v Speaker 2>that he's been doing for twenty five years. So let

537
00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:58.640
<v Speaker 2>me get Tiffany and Charlotte for the Women's Championship, and

538
00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:04.079
<v Speaker 2>I will say the entrance for Tiffany was pretty cool.

539
00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:07.640
<v Speaker 2>The Charlotte Flair entrance is exactly what you always think.

540
00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it was a worlds Royce or whatever.

541
00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:13.759
<v Speaker 2>She came out in the Tiffany's Barbie doll box thing.

542
00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.359
<v Speaker 2>Really cool. I don't know anyone. Did anyone actually think

543
00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:19.079
<v Speaker 2>that the other two on the sides of her were

544
00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:22.160
<v Speaker 2>possibly her? I know they were trying to fool you

545
00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.960
<v Speaker 2>as to what one and it was pretty good quality,

546
00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:26.599
<v Speaker 2>but you could still tell like which ones which. But

547
00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:29.960
<v Speaker 2>still nonetheless a really fun entrance for her and this

548
00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:35.720
<v Speaker 2>match boy physical a little clunky at times. Tiffany I

549
00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:38.480
<v Speaker 2>think has a chip tooth, and you know, so she'll

550
00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:42.079
<v Speaker 2>get that repaired. A bump on her head, a bruise

551
00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:43.920
<v Speaker 2>on her head, so she hit it some at some

552
00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.000
<v Speaker 2>point and yeah, again the clunkiness where she you know,

553
00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:49.279
<v Speaker 2>Charlotte went for the swinging neck breaker and she couldn't

554
00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:51.720
<v Speaker 2>quite hit it on on Tiffany, which was it looked

555
00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:55.759
<v Speaker 2>like Tiffany's fault. But yeah, the clunkiness was there, but

556
00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:01.440
<v Speaker 2>this seemed like a It was just a gritty wrestling match,

557
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:07.240
<v Speaker 2>and that's what I loved about this. It went nineteen minutes,

558
00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:10.480
<v Speaker 2>but it didn't feel like nineteen minutes. It felt like twelve.

559
00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:17.079
<v Speaker 2>And Tiffany beats Charlotte to retain. Now, the finish had

560
00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:20.359
<v Speaker 2>Stratton going for the prettiest moon salt, but Flair put

561
00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.200
<v Speaker 2>her knees up. That was just an excellent spot. She

562
00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:26.039
<v Speaker 2>got the near fall. Flair sold her knee as Tiffany

563
00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:28.319
<v Speaker 2>did attack the knee. That was a great, great part

564
00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:30.519
<v Speaker 2>of the match here, but Flair did the same to

565
00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:34.160
<v Speaker 2>attack Tiffany's knee. Flair hit a natural selection from the

566
00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:37.640
<v Speaker 2>top rope. Again if they are not exactly the cleanest

567
00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:40.839
<v Speaker 2>natural selection. Natural selection is a difficult move to make

568
00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:44.759
<v Speaker 2>look really good because like Charlotte's flipping over and that

569
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.279
<v Speaker 2>the person taking the move has to hit just right.

570
00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:51.640
<v Speaker 2>It's a difficult move to make look clean, especially also

571
00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.240
<v Speaker 2>when you're coming off of a second rope or a

572
00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:56.920
<v Speaker 2>top rope. Even more difficult, So it wasn't the cleanest look,

573
00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:59.759
<v Speaker 2>but fine, I just don't ever put that in slow mo.

574
00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.400
<v Speaker 2>You ever put that in slow mo? I mean you

575
00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:04.680
<v Speaker 2>shake your head. But in real time it was fine.

576
00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:08.079
<v Speaker 2>And then Flair grabs Stratton's head trash talktr Flair went

577
00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:10.599
<v Speaker 2>for her finish again, the figure eight, but Stratton avoided it,

578
00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:13.880
<v Speaker 2>and Stratton used in Alabama slam to send Flair into

579
00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:16.480
<v Speaker 2>the corner and then hit a rolling sent on and

580
00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:20.799
<v Speaker 2>hit the prettiest moon Salt ever for the victory. And

581
00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.839
<v Speaker 2>I really thought that this was right up there with

582
00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:31.240
<v Speaker 2>Fatu and Night better in some ways too, didn't feel

583
00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:34.200
<v Speaker 2>as rushed like a lot of the matches did. There's

584
00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:37.960
<v Speaker 2>also another reason why we shouldn't have two nights or

585
00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:40.519
<v Speaker 2>everybody on the card, because then you have too many matches,

586
00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:42.160
<v Speaker 2>and then if you run out of time, everybody's match

587
00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.960
<v Speaker 2>has to suffer with time being taken away. So fewer

588
00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:49.519
<v Speaker 2>matches usually is better. But this match, again, gritty is

589
00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:53.240
<v Speaker 2>the perfect word for this. Tiffany was beaten up. Charlotte

590
00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:56.519
<v Speaker 2>looked really good despite all the criticism that I've given

591
00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.960
<v Speaker 2>her that we don't want to see her, don't need

592
00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.720
<v Speaker 2>to see her, it's still not going to change the

593
00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:01.920
<v Speaker 2>fans opinion. But I think even the people that really,

594
00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.920
<v Speaker 2>really really hate Charlotte Flair and don't ever want to

595
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:08.599
<v Speaker 2>see her again can't deny that she is just awesome

596
00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:15.239
<v Speaker 2>in the ring. She just is. She understands psychology, pacing,

597
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.760
<v Speaker 2>helping get her opponent over. She gets it. She has

598
00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:21.800
<v Speaker 2>put all the pieces together. And I can say that

599
00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.639
<v Speaker 2>while still also saying that if Charlotte Flair left tomorrow

600
00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.360
<v Speaker 2>and we put her in the Hall of Fame, I

601
00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:30.559
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be I wouldn't be chanting one more match. But

602
00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:35.239
<v Speaker 2>she's damn good. She looked great. I know that. I

603
00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:37.360
<v Speaker 2>said the other week that she looked kind of sickly

604
00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.320
<v Speaker 2>with how thin she was, But last night, maybe it

605
00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:42.760
<v Speaker 2>was the outfit she was wearing that particular night, because

606
00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:46.039
<v Speaker 2>I think she looked really good, you know, still on

607
00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:49.119
<v Speaker 2>the thin side, but not to the point of Mike

608
00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:53.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm concerned for her, But boys, she good. She is

609
00:34:53.760 --> 00:35:00.559
<v Speaker 2>damn good. So the victory here, Charlotte Flair losing actually

610
00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.119
<v Speaker 2>surprised a lot of people and wonder if that was

611
00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:04.559
<v Speaker 2>the last second decision or fall along that they thought

612
00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:06.239
<v Speaker 2>that Flair or New Flair was going to lose and

613
00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.119
<v Speaker 2>Tiffany was going to retain, but it was the right decision,

614
00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:11.599
<v Speaker 2>and Cole saying that you know, you hit her here first.

615
00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.000
<v Speaker 2>This may be a bold prediction, but she that Tiffany

616
00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:18.480
<v Speaker 2>has the potential to, you know, or likelihood to have

617
00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:23.159
<v Speaker 2>a Charlotte Flair esque career. I think that's very possible.

618
00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:28.239
<v Speaker 2>It's very possible. But now we get the Hall of

619
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:32.320
<v Speaker 2>Fame ceremony before the main event with Triple H, Brett Hart,

620
00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:36.599
<v Speaker 2>Steve Austin, Michelle McCool typhoon, and the family of the

621
00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:41.440
<v Speaker 2>late John Earthquake Tenta. They were introduced on stage. That

622
00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:46.599
<v Speaker 2>was fun. I will say seeing Austin out there on

623
00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:53.800
<v Speaker 2>stage unceremoniously, just without his music, it felt wrong. I

624
00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:56.039
<v Speaker 2>don't want Austin out there like it's kind of like, oh,

625
00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:57.280
<v Speaker 2>we all know he's here, is he going to come

626
00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:59.039
<v Speaker 2>out tomorrow night? And then you see him last night

627
00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:02.400
<v Speaker 2>he just walks out, calmly with a suit. It felt

628
00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:06.400
<v Speaker 2>like sacrilegious. I didn't want, like, that's the last way

629
00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:08.199
<v Speaker 2>I want to see Austin is kind of calmly walking

630
00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:10.840
<v Speaker 2>out with a suit, just to you know, be presented

631
00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.480
<v Speaker 2>in an award for a match that he had. It's

632
00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:14.519
<v Speaker 2>just I don't know, especially with what could happen tonight,

633
00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:18.519
<v Speaker 2>and I hope still happens tonight, but it's kind of

634
00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.960
<v Speaker 2>like taking the air out of the room when you

635
00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.920
<v Speaker 2>see a guy like he's already there and he's it's like, oh,

636
00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:25.320
<v Speaker 2>well there you are, you know, instead of that big

637
00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:28.320
<v Speaker 2>moment when you know, crash and he comes out. Anyway,

638
00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:31.880
<v Speaker 2>so him and him and Brett Hart absolutely deserving of

639
00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.960
<v Speaker 2>their award for the match they had to WrestleMania thirteen

640
00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.039
<v Speaker 2>and Triple H doing his water thing if fine, you know,

641
00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:41.320
<v Speaker 2>it was a it's the the moment that all of

642
00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:47.639
<v Speaker 2>those men deserve, all right, So Seth comes out. Cult

643
00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:50.880
<v Speaker 2>of Personality plays live for Sampunk. I'm never a fan.

644
00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't care who it is, whether it's Triple H's

645
00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:56.719
<v Speaker 2>motor Head, Cult of Personality here rear Ripley's last year,

646
00:36:56.719 --> 00:37:01.519
<v Speaker 2>which I mean, I don't like her music as it is,

647
00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.280
<v Speaker 2>But anyway, no matter who it is, whatever band they

648
00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:07.400
<v Speaker 2>bring in they think is like cool to have the music.

649
00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:10.400
<v Speaker 2>It never sounds right, it never sounds like how you

650
00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:13.159
<v Speaker 2>want it to sound. How we all remember their entrance

651
00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:16.559
<v Speaker 2>music sounding so I don't. I'm not a fan of

652
00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:19.119
<v Speaker 2>the bands coming out and performing the entrance music live.

653
00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.239
<v Speaker 2>I understand, Oh it's cool. To me, it's like I

654
00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:25.320
<v Speaker 2>just want the original, Like, just give me the recorded version.

655
00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:28.480
<v Speaker 2>It always one hundred percent of the time sounds better.

656
00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.639
<v Speaker 2>But nonetheless I know why they do it. I just

657
00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:39.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't like it. So this match, my god, twenty

658
00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:45.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, twenty thirty three minutes, but deserving of every minute.

659
00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:49.159
<v Speaker 2>This match had everything. Yes, it had finished your kickouts

660
00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:54.280
<v Speaker 2>and yeah, as always too many, but the synchronicity of

661
00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:59.760
<v Speaker 2>these three men, the timing the spear into a pedigree

662
00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:03.760
<v Speaker 2>by Rollins, when all three men went down towards the end,

663
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:07.639
<v Speaker 2>with all three men, you know that the GTS was

664
00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.760
<v Speaker 2>hit on Rollins, a spear was hit on Punk but

665
00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.880
<v Speaker 2>then a stomp was hit on the Reins and all

666
00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:18.239
<v Speaker 2>three men went down. Just it was awesome. I didn't

667
00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.239
<v Speaker 2>think it would be this good. So this match, to me,

668
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:25.880
<v Speaker 2>saved the night. Yes night, and Fatu was a shining star.

669
00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:29.239
<v Speaker 2>Yes for me, Charlotte and Tiffany, I'd like to even

670
00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:32.280
<v Speaker 2>see a rematch. Was a shining light on the night.

671
00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:35.400
<v Speaker 2>But this one was like a pillar to hold up

672
00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.880
<v Speaker 2>the whole night. If this main event had been a flop,

673
00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:41.719
<v Speaker 2>to me, this would be a highly negative review of

674
00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:45.639
<v Speaker 2>Night one. The main event saved. It was a saving

675
00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:49.679
<v Speaker 2>grace of Night one. Again, not the only one, but

676
00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:53.719
<v Speaker 2>the this is far and above all of the other matches,

677
00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:58.400
<v Speaker 2>and it was a pillar of the night. So awesome, awesome,

678
00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:03.760
<v Speaker 2>awesome match here. I mean the GTS reversals. Everybody was clean,

679
00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:07.679
<v Speaker 2>everybody was on point, the timing, the pacing, everybody had

680
00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.320
<v Speaker 2>their moment where you thought they could win. And then

681
00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:11.239
<v Speaker 2>they go for a finish that's a false finish, that's

682
00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:14.039
<v Speaker 2>a false finish. For the false finish, it was awesome.

683
00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:19.280
<v Speaker 2>And then the finish, the real finish, of course, had Punk.

684
00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:23.159
<v Speaker 2>And when everybody went down, you had Paul Hayman, who

685
00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:25.840
<v Speaker 2>you knew was you don't know where his loyalties lie.

686
00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:30.599
<v Speaker 2>And that was the whole story. He comes out or

687
00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:33.639
<v Speaker 2>he was there already and he had the chair and

688
00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Rains wanted it, but he handed it to Punk and

689
00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:39.840
<v Speaker 2>once he handed it to Punk, Punk or Hayman gets

690
00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:44.559
<v Speaker 2>in the ring, Low blows Punk and you're thinking, Okay,

691
00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:47.920
<v Speaker 2>I guess he's back with Roman, and I guess he

692
00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:49.719
<v Speaker 2>could turn on Roman, but it doesn't look like it.

693
00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:52.559
<v Speaker 2>He could have just been turning up Punk. And then

694
00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:56.639
<v Speaker 2>he ends the chair to Roman, who's laughing at this point,

695
00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:02.679
<v Speaker 2>and just as Roman was about strike Seth rollins, Roman

696
00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:05.000
<v Speaker 2>gets a low blow, kind of a weird one, but

697
00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:10.480
<v Speaker 2>gets one nonetheless from Paul Hayman. And that's when you realize, Okay,

698
00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:14.199
<v Speaker 2>they're going with the most interesting potential outcome here, and

699
00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:16.760
<v Speaker 2>I know that there's so many people, even though even

700
00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:19.000
<v Speaker 2>the big streamers who are just so shocked by this

701
00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:23.719
<v Speaker 2>moment or pretending to be for for likes or reviews,

702
00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:27.280
<v Speaker 2>we all knew there was only three outcomes here, only

703
00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:32.360
<v Speaker 2>three outside of the yeah, the brock Lessner one, which

704
00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:37.559
<v Speaker 2>I threw out as a wildly a wild potential, but

705
00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:41.559
<v Speaker 2>one that is not likely. So there were really only three,

706
00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.159
<v Speaker 2>and that led to the most interesting of the three.

707
00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.199
<v Speaker 2>You either knew Paul Hamm was going to turn on Punk,

708
00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:48.920
<v Speaker 2>turn on Reins, or turn on both and join Seth.

709
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.960
<v Speaker 2>We all knew that. So the idea that this was

710
00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.199
<v Speaker 2>totally out of nowhere and no one saw this coming

711
00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:57.320
<v Speaker 2>is it's just wrong. I mean, we all knew there

712
00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.199
<v Speaker 2>was only three possibilities here, but they went, but the

713
00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:02.320
<v Speaker 2>woman's that was the most interesting, and they did it.

714
00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:08.000
<v Speaker 2>The execution was just perfect. That's where we really should

715
00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:10.320
<v Speaker 2>appreciate it here. Is not that they didn't they did

716
00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.159
<v Speaker 2>something that no one expected. I mean, if you pay

717
00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.960
<v Speaker 2>attention to wrestling, you knew this was a possibility. But

718
00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:20.679
<v Speaker 2>the execution of this was just perfect. And the fact

719
00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:25.639
<v Speaker 2>that this is still about the services of three grown

720
00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:27.760
<v Speaker 2>men fighting for the services of a sixty year old

721
00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:32.840
<v Speaker 2>man is quite wild. I mean, it's it's just logically,

722
00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:37.039
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of crazy, but one that I understand. I mean,

723
00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:40.039
<v Speaker 2>it's Paul Hayman, who is the greatest of all time

724
00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:41.840
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to managers, and if he were able

725
00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.360
<v Speaker 2>to ever get in the ring and have a match,

726
00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:46.400
<v Speaker 2>and he would have been a legend in the business

727
00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:51.400
<v Speaker 2>in ring performer wise. But he ends up low blowing

728
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:53.880
<v Speaker 2>both guys, turns on Seth and rains, so we have

729
00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:57.320
<v Speaker 2>a heel Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins gets the victory after

730
00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:00.440
<v Speaker 2>a chair shot to Roman Stomp one two three, and

731
00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:03.639
<v Speaker 2>Rollins is now a heel with Paul Haman and we

732
00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:06.800
<v Speaker 2>haven't seen this pairing before, so it's new. Some people

733
00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:09.280
<v Speaker 2>who for some reason didn't see this coming, are now

734
00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:14.320
<v Speaker 2>surprised and are like, oh my god, and you wonder

735
00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:16.280
<v Speaker 2>what this is going to look like. But Seth Rollins

736
00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.559
<v Speaker 2>needed a change. He's been a babyface now for what

737
00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:22.800
<v Speaker 2>four years? I mean it's been a while. Maybe we

738
00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:25.320
<v Speaker 2>never have to hear his song again. I want his

739
00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.960
<v Speaker 2>entrance music to just change. Please, I never hear it.

740
00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:31.559
<v Speaker 2>Need to hear the woes again. So hopefully that changes.

741
00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:35.320
<v Speaker 2>But Paul Hayman Seth Rollins are a team that leads

742
00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:37.559
<v Speaker 2>you to believe, okay, Punk and rains. Where does that

743
00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:39.840
<v Speaker 2>leave them? Do they team up? You would think that

744
00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:43.039
<v Speaker 2>in some way they do. But if they do, and

745
00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.440
<v Speaker 2>they're going after to get their hands on Hayman, you know,

746
00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:47.719
<v Speaker 2>Rollins is going to have somebody who so who joined

747
00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:51.280
<v Speaker 2>Seth Rollins. I know there's even talk of tonight Seth

748
00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.719
<v Speaker 2>Rollins and Paul Hayman getting involved in the main event.

749
00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.920
<v Speaker 2>So there's a big faction of sorts of John Cena,

750
00:42:57.119 --> 00:43:01.679
<v Speaker 2>Rollins and Paul Hayman, maybe Drew McIntyre. I mean, there's

751
00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:04.400
<v Speaker 2>wild things going on, but it's not impossible that tonight

752
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:06.840
<v Speaker 2>we see Paul Hayman and Seth Rollins appear in the

753
00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:11.400
<v Speaker 2>main event tonight and do something to screw over Cody Rhoades.

754
00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.119
<v Speaker 2>So I think that that's an absolute possibility, one that

755
00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:18.880
<v Speaker 2>is going to be just discussed for for a long time.

756
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:25.239
<v Speaker 2>So overall, a really an excellent, excellent main event that

757
00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:30.079
<v Speaker 2>would have otherwise been kind of a low, kind of

758
00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:33.559
<v Speaker 2>a sinking feeling coming out of WrestleMania, one that is

759
00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:36.400
<v Speaker 2>absolutely going to be looked at, I think as a

760
00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:38.960
<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest main events in recent memory, just

761
00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.480
<v Speaker 2>in terms of execution, not in terms of unpredictability. To

762
00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:43.679
<v Speaker 2>be honest with you, I know many people are somehow

763
00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:49.119
<v Speaker 2>shocked by this, but execution was just ten out of ten.

764
00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:52.679
<v Speaker 2>The rest the main event here, I mean, I'd give

765
00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:55.119
<v Speaker 2>it four and a half out of five stars. You know,

766
00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:57.320
<v Speaker 2>if I was to give it a star rating, maybe

767
00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:00.519
<v Speaker 2>four and three quarters. In terms of execution, just awesome,

768
00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:04.800
<v Speaker 2>just incredible. So a great way to end the show.

769
00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:07.239
<v Speaker 2>Despite the fact that it wasn't the most unpredictable night,

770
00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:10.599
<v Speaker 2>it did have the most interesting of the three possibilities

771
00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:12.960
<v Speaker 2>with Paul Ayman joining Seth. What does that mean? What

772
00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:15.440
<v Speaker 2>does that look like? What what does this new heel

773
00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:18.079
<v Speaker 2>Seth look like? So many great questions to come out

774
00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.119
<v Speaker 2>of it. But again, if you're going to main event

775
00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:21.760
<v Speaker 2>this and have Paul Hayman do what he did and

776
00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:24.400
<v Speaker 2>you're going to have the most interesting outcome, this deserve

777
00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this deserved to be the main event. I

778
00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:28.000
<v Speaker 2>know that Charlotte and Tiffany could have still main invented,

779
00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.400
<v Speaker 2>but you knew that if they main invented this with

780
00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:32.559
<v Speaker 2>no title on the line, nothing really other than the

781
00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:35.599
<v Speaker 2>services of a geriatric man, you had to have big

782
00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.800
<v Speaker 2>consequences in this match. It couldn't just be oh, Punk

783
00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:42.159
<v Speaker 2>wins and then Roman is back with Paul Hayman and

784
00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:44.039
<v Speaker 2>then off we go. You had to have something big

785
00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:47.079
<v Speaker 2>and tonight, I think you're going to have very similar

786
00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:50.840
<v Speaker 2>outcome with the main event of Cody and with John Cena.

787
00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.519
<v Speaker 2>Is it bad that I'm mostly looking forward to Austin

788
00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:56.960
<v Speaker 2>stunning the Rock like that is the thing, the cornerstone

789
00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:58.960
<v Speaker 2>that I am looking forward to tonight, And if it

790
00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:02.280
<v Speaker 2>doesn't happen, I am going to go into a deep

791
00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:05.960
<v Speaker 2>dark place in my life. So just because I've built

792
00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:08.239
<v Speaker 2>it up for years now of this happening, last year

793
00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:10.679
<v Speaker 2>we got screwed out of it because of money, and

794
00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:12.880
<v Speaker 2>this year I hope it's not the case because Austin's there.

795
00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>There's no excuse, there's no excuse, there's no more well,

796
00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:18.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, I had a project. Yeah, I had this

797
00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:20.960
<v Speaker 2>pre you, I had a you know something else that

798
00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:23.880
<v Speaker 2>I you know, a pre commitment or whatever. No, No,

799
00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:26.480
<v Speaker 2>we saw you last night. You're here and you live

800
00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:30.360
<v Speaker 2>in Vegas. So there is absolutely no reason that when

801
00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:33.639
<v Speaker 2>the Rock comes out to try to screw Cody that

802
00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:38.400
<v Speaker 2>Austin is the neutralizer. Ultimately, Cody's gonna lose. But I

803
00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:41.639
<v Speaker 2>think that to me is the number one thing I'm

804
00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:44.960
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to of for tonight, And I think tonight

805
00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:48.079
<v Speaker 2>actually as a whole, not previewing it again, but I

806
00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:51.039
<v Speaker 2>think as a whole it'll be a better night than

807
00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:54.119
<v Speaker 2>it was last night from just in terms of match

808
00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:57.400
<v Speaker 2>to match, there's bigger matches, bigger stars, and of course

809
00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:59.880
<v Speaker 2>the main event that we're all looking forward to that

810
00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.960
<v Speaker 2>I think is going to be wild. So that'll do it.

811
00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.880
<v Speaker 2>Thank you everybody for listening. He's always you can go

812
00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:07.679
<v Speaker 2>add free, Patreon, dot com, slash ww podcast. I'll be doing,

813
00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:11.239
<v Speaker 2>at the very minimum a instant reaction for Night two,

814
00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:14.199
<v Speaker 2>postiting it on Patreon. If you want to become a patron.

815
00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:16.159
<v Speaker 2>It's a place to go and do it. Patreon dot

816
00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:19.840
<v Speaker 2>com slash ww podcast. I'll be also tweeting throughout the show.

817
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:23.199
<v Speaker 2>I'll try to pop in the discord chat and if warranted,

818
00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:24.880
<v Speaker 2>and if I have enough energy, I'll do a post

819
00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:27.519
<v Speaker 2>show immediately following, but I don't want to promise it

820
00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:31.800
<v Speaker 2>because I want to be not tired. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm much sharper when i'm not tired. So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>that'll do it. Thanks everybody for listening. We'll talk next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Until then, we'll see you.

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<v Speaker 4>It's time, no

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<v Speaker 2>MHM