WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:05.000 Man, that ending. That ending was not good. That ending 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.120 was not good at all. I'll tell you what, man, 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.679 four weeks in a row, Sammy's Ain and the US 4 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:14.679 Title Open Challenge has been the highlight of SmackDown for 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.600 a month, and I actually am dreading the day that 6 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.760 Sammy actually loses the championship because I don't know what 7 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:22.839 this show is going to look like in the absence 8 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:26.160 of these matches. But holy shit, I am not looking 9 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:30.199 forward to that. Sammy's A and Javon Evans, that was 10 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:33.079 the highlight of the night they were in Orlando. Javon Evans, 11 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.840 of course, the twenty one year old phenom from NXT 12 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:40.079 who is wrestling at No Mercy tomorrow night. He showed 13 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:42.880 up and stepped up for the Open Challenge and had 14 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.600 a great match, a banger of a match with Sammy's Ain. 15 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.320 One of those matches that I think we'll look back 16 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:51.759 on years from now as the first real breakout moment 17 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:53.679 for him on the main roster, even though he's not 18 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.119 officially on the main roster yet. I very much enjoyed 19 00:00:57.119 --> 00:00:59.240 that match. I wish I could say the same about 20 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.600 the main event on this show, but I cannot. I 21 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.359 cannot we had Tiffany Stratton, we had Jade car Gill, 22 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.120 and we had Naya Jacks for the WWE Women's Championship. 23 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.000 The winner would go on to meet Stephanie Viquier at 24 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:17.920 Crown Jewel because they're doing these champion versus champion matches again, 25 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.000 brand versus brand, and the only person in this match 26 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.480 that really made sense was Tiffany Stratton, even though she's 27 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:29.040 been undefeated this entire year and I'm already over this 28 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.519 run and it's not even entirely her fault. The SmackDown 29 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:37.000 Women's division sucks. There's no competition for her. It's boring. 30 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:41.680 They desperately need some new faces in this division, calling 31 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.159 up people, moving people over from Raw, whatever they need 32 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.079 to do. The division is in dire straits right now. 33 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.400 And Tiffany Stratton was the only name though that really 34 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.000 made sense for the match with Stephanie. You're not gonna 35 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.719 do Stephanie and Naya. You're not gonna do Stephanie and Jade, 36 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.599 because Jade's not ready to be in that spot a match, 37 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.680 And you know, I can't even say. I'm not gonna 38 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.799 say the match was terrible. I don't think the match 39 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.959 is as good as some of you were saying it is. 40 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:10.159 I didn't think it was a great match at all 41 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.919 as far as the main event goes. But it really 42 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.479 fell apart towards the end and Jade car Gilt came 43 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:22.520 up busted open because she ate the steps courtesy of 44 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:26.520 Naya Jacks. Naya Jacks threw her into the steel steps 45 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:30.080 and Jade got all of it, and she came up 46 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.520 and she had a gash on her face. There's blood 47 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.439 all over the floor, and from that moment on, the 48 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.159 entire finish of this match, the entire finishing sequence of 49 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.919 this match completely fell apart. And it wasn't it wasn't 50 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.520 just that she got busted open. That was really just 51 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.599 the beginning of it. But she gets busted open and 52 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:51.680 she gets back in the ring with Naya, puts Naya 53 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.840 down with one of her signature moves. Tiffany is supposed 54 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.360 to break up the fall, but she's late, so Nya 55 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.120 has to kick out and then Jade gets dropped. Kick 56 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.280 Tiffany covers Naia. We're supposed to get a three count, 57 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.400 and the referee counts one, and the referee counts two 58 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.800 and Nya still laying there, shoulders flat on the mat 59 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:14.439 and the referee holds up her count. I don't know 60 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:16.360 what the referee was expecting. I don't know if she 61 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.599 saw a ghost, I don't know, but she held up 62 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:23.199 the count. The arena went silent. Tiffany had her back 63 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.199 to her and she hears the silence of the crowd 64 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.680 and is like, what's going on here? And you can 65 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.639 see Nya look up and go what happened? And the 66 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.360 referee is just It's one of those moments where I 67 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.280 feel bad for the referee because put yourself in the 68 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:39.879 referee's position here you realize in this moment you're on 69 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.319 live television and you have fucked up the ending of 70 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.080 this match, right, these three women. Whatever you thought of 71 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.439 the match, and again I've seen much better smack Down 72 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.599 main events than this, But whatever you think of the match, 73 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.319 you never want to be in a position where you 74 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.319 feel like you've ruined the match, right, and you're not 75 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.840 even one of the combatants the match. I'm sure that 76 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.319 she feels really badly about what happened. It looked awful. 77 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.080 And so they sat there and they had to figure out, well, 78 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.120 what do we do now? And the easiest thing, right, 79 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:12.560 the path of least resistance was just have Tiffany go 80 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:14.680 up and hit her moonsalt, and that's what she did, 81 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:20.279 so she actually won with her finish and retained her championship. 82 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.439 But in that instance, you've got to count the three 83 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.519 and that was a Vince McMahon thing. I don't know 84 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:29.279 if that's still the policy now in WWE, where you 85 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.639 have to call it as a shoot. But that makes 86 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.639 sense because when you're in a situation like this, and 87 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.120 this is live TV. This is not like a house 88 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.759 show match or something you're on television. It's the main 89 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.160 event of the show. You only have so much time 90 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:44.519 left before you go off the air. I don't know 91 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.240 if she got lost. I don't know if there was 92 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.160 a miscommunication somewhere. But if you see somebody on the 93 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:54.360 mat and they don't kick out, that's on them. That's 94 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.000 not your responsibility. So as the referee, it makes a 95 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.879 lot of sense that you would count it as a shoot. 96 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:03.439 And if the person doesn't get their shoulder up, if 97 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.759 the person doesn't kick out fast enough, you blame the wrestler, 98 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.360 you don't blame the referee. So again, I don't know 99 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.480 what was going through her head. I don't know what 100 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.160 the hell happened there, but it was a batchtastic finish 101 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.439 to a triple threat main event. Now we know what 102 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.360 the Crown Jewel title matches are going to be in 103 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:24.279 Perth next month. I mentioned Sammy's ain his match with 104 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.240 Javon Evans was the highlight of the night. Jacob Fatu 105 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.839 is back, right. I'm trying to pull little positive pieces 106 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.360 out of the show here. Jacob FA two is back. 107 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:35.439 He's gonna be in a program now with Drew McIntyre, 108 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:39.800 who we have to wait and see what happens here. 109 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.879 I will be very surprised if it ends up with 110 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.360 Drew McIntyre doing a one and done program with Cody Rhodes. 111 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:52.720 It can't be one and done for Drew McIntyre. That 112 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:56.480 would be completely ridiculous. But for the time being anyway, 113 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.399 he is moving on to Jacob fa Tou. They set 114 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.319 things up for a future match I would assume Perth, 115 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.519 but future match between the two of them. So I 116 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.399 was happy to see Jacob back. He's been in the 117 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:12.680 Witness Protection program now for many many weeks, and beyond that. 118 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:14.480 I don't really have a whole hell of a lot 119 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.199 to say about this show. SmackDown for me continues to 120 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.959 be a slog to sit through every single week. You 121 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.720 could say that SmackDown this week was marginally better than 122 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.360 it was last week. Cool, SmackDown is still not a 123 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.839 great show. I'm still waiting for SmackDown to heat up 124 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.240 again like it was a year ago. There was a 125 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.399 period of time where SmackDown was actually the a show 126 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:41.759 during the week, more so than Monday Nightraw. That, of course, 127 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.920 is not the case right now. SmackDown, though, just feels 128 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.480 like a very dead show. I think of all the 129 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.360 WWE shows week to week, this is the one that 130 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.240 feels the most empty. This is the one that feels 131 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.639 the most dead right now. And the crowd didn't help. 132 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.759 Crowd in Orlando obviously was very nonplus by a lot 133 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:01.920 of what they saw on this show unless your name 134 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.800 was Javon Evans or Sammy's Ain that they were very 135 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:09.920 much into. But SmackDown for me, it just doesn't do much. 136 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.680 That's why I keep talking about the US Title Open 137 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.160 challenge of when it's over, what the fuck is this 138 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.360 show going to look like? It has been consistently the 139 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.519 highlight of the week every single week in many ways, 140 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.600 just like the John Cena US Open Challenge was ten 141 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.680 years ago. So when Sammy stood in the ring with 142 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.480 Seena a month ago and said, look, out of respect, 143 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.560 I want to ask your permission to bring back the 144 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.000 US Title Open Challenge, I said, Man, if he can 145 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.360 recapture even some of the magic of the one that's 146 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.519 seen it did ten years ago, we're in for a treat. 147 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.160 And it's been a huge net positive for this show 148 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:47.759 because there's not a whole lot else going on to 149 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.519 really get you excited on Friday nights. Thank God for 150 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.439 the US Title Open Challenge. I never thought I would 151 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.920 be sitting here lavishing all of this praise on an 152 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.040 open challenge, as if we don't get enough of those 153 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:02.079 these days. But what would we do on Fridays without it? 154 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.600 I don't know. I don't want to know. We'll talk 155 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.800 about this SmackDown show. It is Friday night, September twenty sixth, 156 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.160 twenty twenty five. I am the Solomons. Yes, Knackamora, I'm 157 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:19.319 gonna mention Nakamura. Oh my goodness, Jay is on another planet. 158 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.720 I see in the chat like and subscribe super chats 159 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.879 are open. Let me know what you thought of this 160 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:27.160 SmackDown show. Let me know if I'm right or wrong, 161 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:29.560 you chime in, we'll read your messages a little bit 162 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.519 later on. Thank you guys for all of the support 163 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.279 this week, Chattel members, all of our new channel members 164 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:40.279 as well. Shout out to all of you you know 165 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:44.559 who wasn't on the show tonight, Corey Graves. Corey Graves 166 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:48.159 got murdered by Brockelesner on the show last week. Michael 167 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:49.679 Cole said he's going to be gone for a couple 168 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.240 of weeks and in his place on this show tonight, 169 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:57.120 we had Booker T loaned over from NXT, so we 170 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.679 had Michael Cole and Booker T on the call. Booker T. 171 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.399 We didn't get any Devil's kisses, but Stephanie was technically 172 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:08.519 on the show tonight, so Bookers should be uh kind 173 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:11.840 of pleased with that. I'm sure he's missed Stephanie's presence 174 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:16.679 on NXT. So they gave us a wrestle Palooza recap. 175 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.360 The less set about that show, the better it is. 176 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.360 In the rear view after that, Paul Hayman was in 177 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.200 the ring. He said that he would paraphrase a pseudo 178 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:31.279 de facto secondary champion and ask, so Orlando, what do 179 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.519 you want to talk about. Hayman asked if we would 180 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.480 like to talk about the World heavyweight champion seth rollins. 181 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:45.000 I can answer that question, no fans chanted OTC. Hayman 182 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.840 says he would love to talk about Roman reigns, but 183 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.320 it's disrespectful to speak of the injured after he got 184 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:56.200 stretchered out of Paris, So he asked if maybe we 185 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.720 should talk about the man who will main event WrestleMania 186 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.240 and carry this company through the twenty thirties and possibly 187 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:05.360 even the twenty forties if we make it that far, 188 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.600 Bron Breaker. Hayman then turned him, by the way, how 189 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.080 much Bronson Reid feel after every time he makes these 190 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.000 comments about bron Breaker and how he's the future? Right, 191 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:19.120 Bron's the future. He's gonna headline five or ten wrestle Manias. 192 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.759 Like at some point Bronton Reid is gonna have to 193 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:24.600 turn to Hayman and go, hey, I'm standing right here, 194 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:29.120 what about me? How come I can't headline WrestleMania. Maybe 195 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:30.960 that'll be the impetus one day for him to turn 196 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.840 and leave the Vision because he's sick and tired of 197 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.240 Hayman putting over Breaker and not putting over him with 198 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.159 the same level of respect. I mean, the man is 199 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:41.840 standing right there. How much older is he than bron Breaker. 200 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.799 He can't be that much older. He could headline a 201 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.879 wrestle Conceivably, he could headline a WrestleMania himself one day. 202 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:51.200 I know it's a lot less likely, but it's at 203 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:55.039 least possible. Haman then turned his attention to the conspiracy 204 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.840 theories and all the rumors about brock Lesner. Before he 205 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.879 could go on further, Cody Roads Music cut him off 206 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:05.840 and out comes the WWEE Champion comes to the ring 207 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.720 and he asks if we've all had a chance to 208 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:12.679 watch the Wressell Paloozer recap. He said that he made 209 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.799 a mistake last week in calling Paul Hayman a goon. 210 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.720 He called Hayman the smartest man he knows, and he 211 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:22.919 would go ahead and ask the question, tell me about 212 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.879 brock Lesner. And then he asked for the truck to 213 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:28.559 show the evidence, and they threw up a still shot 214 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:32.360 from Brock's introduction that Hayman gave to him at Wressell Polooza, 215 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.759 and in the shot, Brock has got a big smile 216 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:36.799 on his face and Hayman's got a big smile on 217 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:41.320 his face. Cody said, he knows brock Lesner. Does that 218 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:46.000 look Does that look like the face of someone if 219 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.799 it was a one night thing? He asked, am I 220 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:53.440 talking to an oracle? Am I talking to a wise man? 221 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.159 Or am I talking to an advocate? Hayman said, Cody 222 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:04.279 was talking to a goat, not an elephant, not a cow, 223 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.480 not a zebra, not a sheep, not a monkey. He 224 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:12.600 was talking to a goat. And as the greatest of 225 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.120 all time, he respects the fact that Cody is confronting 226 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.759 him about brock Lesner, because Cody knows that when brock 227 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.600 Lesner is here, everyone is in danger. And at that moment, 228 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.279 bron Breaker and Bronson Reid they appeared at ringside. They 229 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.559 came out of the crowd into the ring, and Haymond said, 230 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:32.080 Lesner isn't here. But what makes Cody think he isn't 231 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.080 in danger right now? Cody says, he keeps hearing how 232 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.720 dangerous these two men are, that they're going to inherit 233 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:42.679 all of this. Breaker, He'll bet that Hayman tells him 234 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:45.840 he's a future wrestle many, a main inventor, and Reed 235 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.399 he probably tells you the same thing. Actually he doesn't, 236 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.840 not that we've heard on TV. I've never heard Paul 237 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.480 Hayman say that about Bronson Reed on TV. Maybe he 238 00:12:55.480 --> 00:13:00.320 tells him that backstage. But Cody is trying to point 239 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.080 out that whatever he's telling you, he's probably telling you. 240 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.720 He's telling you what you want to hear. He's making 241 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.559 you sound special and making you feel like you're one 242 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.840 of one, But in reality he's saying the same thing 243 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.399 to the both of you. This man cannot be trusted. 244 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:20.320 You cannot take what he says seriously. And he says, 245 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.159 I grew up the son of a booker. I bet 246 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:25.600 he was gonna say the son of a plumber, but 247 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.639 that was his father said. He grew up the son 248 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.519 of a booker, grew up around people like Hayman. He 249 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:34.360 saw Vern, he saw Bill Watts as some of the 250 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:38.320 fans in the crowd, No doubt, go who Vern Troyer? 251 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:43.600 Who's he talking about? Bill Watts? Bill? What makes me sad? 252 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:45.519 It makes me sad how many people were in this 253 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:47.919 crowd tonight who probably have no idea who he was 254 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:52.200 referring to. But that's just the way it is now right, 255 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.559 That's the audience they're cultivating, especially with these ticket prices. 256 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:58.840 You think these people paying these exorbitant amounts of money 257 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:01.919 know or have a shit who Paul Bosh was. Of 258 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.639 course not, of course not. They don't care. They don't know, 259 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.960 they don't care. They just want to see Stephanie Vacier, 260 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.600 and they want to see Rhea Ripley, and they want 261 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.440 a chant for Mommy. That's what they want. That's wrestling 262 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:17.279 fans in twenty twenty five. But he said he saw 263 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:20.120 it all and he could always tell why they were 264 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.200 doing it. The vern gun is in the Bill Watts, right, 265 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.240 you can always tell why they were doing the things 266 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:29.440 they do. With Hayman, no one has figured him out yet. 267 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:33.559 Who is Paul Haman loyal to? One thing is for sure, 268 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.639 it ain't you. So bron Breaker got very upset and 269 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:41.840 he ripped his shirt off. So Cody took his jacket off, 270 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.799 he took his watch off. He says, it looks like 271 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.840 you boys want to fight. Huh. Probably not a good 272 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.159 decision of my part, but what the hell? And he 273 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:53.519 starts throwing shots. So Cody had Reid hooked for a 274 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.080 crossroads Breaker though took him down. So now it's two 275 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.960 on one and they're stomping him and we hear voices 276 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.960 in our head because here comes Randy Orton. I actually 277 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.360 was hoping that maybe this would be the moment that 278 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.440 Jacob Foughtu would come out, and maybe it would set 279 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.000 up a TV main event. We didn't get Jacob Fattu here. 280 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.960 We got him later, we got Randy ort He comes 281 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.159 down to the ring. Before he could even get into 282 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.679 the ring, Bronson Reid exits, tries to cut him off 283 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:24.279 in the aisleway, and Orton puts him down. Now he's 284 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.559 in the ring, he sets his sights on bron Breaker. 285 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.799 He goes for an RKO, but he gets shoved off. 286 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.159 But he gets shoved off right into Bronson Reid and 287 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:35.799 gives Red an RKO instead. And that was pretty much 288 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.480 the end of the segment. Right there, the Vision were 289 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.399 scrambling for their lives out of the ring, and it 290 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.039 was Orton and Cody left alone inside the ring, and 291 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.120 I thought maybe they were setting up a tag team 292 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:50.720 main event. Didn't occur to me that they were going 293 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.600 to close the show with the women. I thought, maybe 294 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.559 they'll you do that match at the top of the 295 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.679 second hour or something. But that was our main event. 296 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.639 We're gonna get a tag team match, I feel that way, 297 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:02.919 Cody and Randy against the Vision. It's not going to 298 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.399 be Crown Jewel obviously, but that could be a SmackDown 299 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:08.440 main event I would. I don't know about next week 300 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.039 or the week after, but it feels like a match 301 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.879 we're gonna get very soon, you know. He mentioned brock Lesner. 302 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.679 Fightful is saying that Brock is not due back on 303 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:19.519 TV for a while, which I'm fine with, let him 304 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.960 take another vacation. But it actually felt like they were 305 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:26.600 teasing Cody possibly defending his championship at some point in 306 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:30.360 the not too distant future against Brock Lesner, which I 307 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.840 don't need to see. We've already seen it. They've already 308 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.440 had three matches before, and Cody beat him decisively at 309 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.679 Summer Slammed the last time, and Brock put him over 310 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:41.759 and raised his hand. There's no need to see that again. 311 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:47.720 So hopefully him bringing up Lesner was just feeding into, 312 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.080 like he said, the conspiracy theories and the questions about 313 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.639 whether or not Hayman is really back with Brock or not, 314 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:57.320 and not a sign of something more that we're going 315 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.279 to be getting between Cody and Brock because I don't 316 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:02.120 want to see it, because we already saw it and 317 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.279 we don't need to see it again. Now after this 318 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.519 we got speaking of things that I don't need to 319 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.640 see again. We have the Street Profits who were back 320 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:14.359 on the same page, and there were no signs of 321 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:17.720 any sort of animosity or any miscommunications between them tonight 322 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:21.119 or anything like that. They put their differences aside at 323 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.400 least for now, and everything is cool with the Street Profits. 324 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.160 They were in action next. They were taking on Carmelo 325 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.519 Hayes and the Miz. The winners of this match would 326 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:36.400 be the number one contenders for the WWE tag team titles. 327 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:42.519 After a break, Miz drilled Montese Ford with a kneeling DDT. 328 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:47.279 Michael Cole brings up that on social media this week 329 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:53.079 or on social media of late, the Miz has been 330 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:58.039 lobbying for one last match on this retirement tour with 331 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:04.279 John Cena. We've wasted enough time, We've wasted enough of 332 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:07.839 John Cena's retirement tour. We don't need to waste more 333 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.240 of it. One of his last few remaining matches on 334 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:14.680 the MIZZ. So I don't know if he brought that 335 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.920 up for a reason, or if he just brought it 336 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:22.400 up because he felt like bringing it up. But let 337 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.839 us hope that is not one of John Cena's final matches. 338 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.359 Here in this retirement tour. We're getting John Cena and 339 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:31.920 aj Styles at Crown Jewel. Great. That's an old match 340 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:33.640 that I would love to see them run back. I'm 341 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.799 glad we're getting that match. If you were to ask 342 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.599 fifty people if you had the pen here, if you 343 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:46.640 had the pen, and you can book the remaining three matches, 344 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:49.640 four matches at most that John Cena has left on 345 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:55.039 this retirement tour, Okay, you got put your top five 346 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:59.440 names on the list. None of those fifty people would 347 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:05.119 have the mid in the top five. I'm sure MS 348 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:08.160 would love to wrestle John. Everyone wants to wrestle John Cena. 349 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.400 Everybody on that roster wants to write Joe Hendry was 350 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:17.000 lobbying to wrestle John Cena. Of course Mis wants to 351 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.839 wrestle John Cena. Question is does anybody want to see 352 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:24.440 the Miss wrestle John Cena. The answer is no, No, 353 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:27.319 they don't not at this point. Maybe if it was 354 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.680 January you could do a raw match. It ain't January. 355 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.920 It's almost October. The next time we do is SmackDown Review. 356 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.759 It's gonna be October. Ain't nobody want to see that match? 357 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:40.680 Hayes got the tag as he delivered a cheap shot 358 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:44.119 to Angelo Dawkins on the apron. Meanwhile, Montez Ford managed 359 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:46.640 to fight his way out of enemy territory. He tried 360 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:50.519 to tag in Dawkins. Mizz, though pulled Dawkins down off 361 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:54.279 the apron outside. This allowed Hayes to hit forward with 362 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:57.039 the first forty eight, and then Hayes headed up top. 363 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:00.400 He was looking for his finish. He was looking for 364 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:04.319 nothing but net. But as he's up top, the Miz 365 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:10.480 once again selfishly tags himself in but Ford or not Ford, 366 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.759 but Hayes grabs him. I think by the rest he's 367 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:14.359 holding him and Miss is like what are you doing? 368 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.319 You know, he looks back at him, like what are 369 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:19.839 you doing? Because Hayes is tired of this, right, He's 370 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.400 tired of Miz stealing the glory. So this gave the 371 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.039 Profits a chance to make a comeback, as Dawkins rock 372 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:29.200 Miz with a corkscrew elbow followed by a spinning neck 373 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.160 breaker and with Ford as the legal man, he took 374 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:35.680 to the skies with the big frog splash. Now Ford 375 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:39.519 had him covered. Hayes went to go crawl into the 376 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.480 ring and had plenty of time to break up the pin, 377 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:47.680 but he stops himself. He hesitates, he decides against it, 378 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.880 and he just watches as Montez Ford pins the Miz 379 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:55.079 and that there go their chance to challenge for the 380 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:59.880 Tag Team championships. By bye. The Street Profits are wanting 381 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.200 again number one contenders for the WWE Tag team titles. 382 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:08.720 Mellow don't miss. Yeah, they'll have to wait for another day. 383 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.160 That day is not today. After the match was over 384 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:15.839 the Wyatt Six, all of a sudden they appeared. They're 385 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:19.079 standing around and sitting on the announced desk outside just 386 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:24.480 watching on So yet another title match for the Street Profits, 387 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:28.079 which Michael Cole said would be coming down the line. 388 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.319 So even they don't know when this match is going 389 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:32.319 to take place, I'm sure it'll be a TV match. 390 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.960 It needs to be a TV match. We don't need 391 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.079 the Street Profit. We know how limited the real estate 392 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.119 is on these triple hpls. We do not need the 393 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:44.480 Street Profits in the Wyatt Six on a pl So 394 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.559 they could do that on SmackDown any week they want to, 395 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:50.160 so we don't know when, but we know that that 396 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:54.440 match is going to be coming. It doesn't inspire any 397 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:57.799 excitement for me. We weren't even supposed to get that 398 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:00.680 match in Paris, right, That was going to be Andrade 399 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.440 and Ray Phoenix, And because of what happened with Andrade, 400 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:07.240 they basically went with the Street Profits as a fallback. 401 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:12.119