WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.759 Tonight was the end of an era. It was the 2 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:07.120 final Monday Night Raw on USA network, final Monday Night 3 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:12.480 Raw on over the air television before the Netflix era begins. 4 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:15.519 It is finally upon us. The beginning of this five 5 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:20.960 billion dollar deal takes place next year, which is only 6 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:24.480 one week away. Rale will move to Netflix. It was also, 7 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:29.000 though more importantly, the final two hour edition of Monday 8 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.759 Night Raw, which has me very said. So, I don't 9 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:34.960 know where you may be watching this right now, but 10 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.759 pour one out for two hour raws. It's too bad 11 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:41.719 because I really felt like they were getting into the 12 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.439 groove of the two hour format recently, and now they're 13 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.320 going back to three or whatever it ends up being. 14 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:50.079 I mean, next week's show may well be more than 15 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.960 three hours. I wouldn't be shocked if next week's show 16 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.960 was three and a half hours. We don't exactly know 17 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.359 how long the show is going to be next week, 18 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.039 but going forward, Smack is going to be three hours 19 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:05.480 starting this Friday, and Raw will be comparable every Monday Night. 20 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:10.359 Tonight was one giant infomercial basically for the move to Netflix, 21 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.280 which it had to be. Raw is moving homes. You 22 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.319 want to let the audience know even though they were 23 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.680 constantly for weeks now driving Home, Raw is moving to 24 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.640 Netflix on January sixth. Raw is moving to Netflix on 25 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.879 January sixth. You're still gonna have people who are gonna 26 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.120 flip on USA next week and be like, where's Raw. 27 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:32.840 But you want to try to minimize that as much 28 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.920 as possible, and to that end, they did what they 29 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.000 had to do. But this was a lame duck show, 30 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.000 as many of the shows the last couple of weeks 31 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.359 have felt like, really ever since Saturday Night's Made Event, 32 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.079 all of these shows feel like lame duck shows, even SmackDown. 33 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:49.680 But even though it was a lame duck show and 34 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:51.920 there wasn't a whole lot that happened, it was not 35 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.239 a show completely devoid of anything good, because we actually 36 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.920 had two excellent segments on the show tonight, but it 37 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.640 closed with one of the best segments of the night, 38 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.519 if not the best segment of the night, involving CM 39 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.439 Punk and seth Rawlins. Now we are getting a lot 40 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.879 of big matches on the show next week. It's loaded up. 41 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:12.520 It feels like a pay per view, right we got 42 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.000 Roman rains is Wrestling on Raw. Okay, when was the 43 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:18.599 last time that happened. If Roman Rains is wrestling on Raw, 44 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.879 then you know it's a big show, so he'll be 45 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.759 wrestling Solo Socoa next week. We know Rhea Ripley is 46 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.680 going to be challenging Live Morgan for the Women's World Championship. 47 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.879 But the big match that was made many weeks ago 48 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.439 was a match that we were supposed to have gotten 49 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.599 to WrestleMania this year, and we didn't because Punk got hurt. 50 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.919 Seem Punk against seth Rawlins, And instead of waiting until 51 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.319 WrestleMania to do the first match, they're doing it next 52 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.879 week on TV. My expectation is that even with Roman 53 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:50.280 on the show, depending on what I guess, the outcome 54 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:52.800 of his match is going to be. This match is 55 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.400 the real main event. This is the match that should 56 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.319 close the show. Seem Punk against seth Rawlins. They're either 57 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:01.800 opening the show or they're closing show. But this this 58 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:05.479 feels like the real main event of the show. Ever 59 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.080 since Punk came back to the company at Survivor Series 60 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.439 last year, the issue is CM punkin seth Rawlins. Seth 61 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.639 Rollins was beside himself right the night he came back. 62 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:17.439 He was cussing and he was trying to get it 63 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.800 punk and they had to hold him back. Nobody was 64 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.800 more upset to see CM punk back in w w 65 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.719 WE than seth Rawlins, and they were going to ride 66 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.400 that all the way into WrestleMania. Then they got away 67 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:31.919 from it for a while, but then around summertime they 68 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.319 got back to it, and we've gotten it in drips 69 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.479 and drabs since then. But in the last few weeks, 70 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:39.840 ever since Survivor series, ever since War Games, they've really 71 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.599 ratcheted things up and they've traded barbes on the microphone 72 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.520 back and forth. They had a pull apar brawl on 73 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:49.240 raw was it last week? Last week of the week before. 74 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.759 Two weeks ago they had a pullup bar brawl and 75 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.159 it all culminated tonight in one final face off in 76 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.280 the ring between these two. No physicality because they're didn't 77 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.080 have to be. We already saw a pullupar bro What 78 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.560 more can you do. You're gonna do some lame injury angle. 79 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.879 There's nothing left to do except have the match, so 80 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.879 there was no physicality. You put a microphone in each 81 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:13.439 of their hands, you let them go out there, and 82 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.160 you let them fire away one last time to really 83 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.040 draw people in and make them want to see this 84 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.160 match next week. And to that end, I thought they 85 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.839 did a very good job. It was a tense, heated confrontation. 86 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.120 At the end of the show. CM punk got to 87 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.000 say his piece, Seth Rolins got to say his piece. 88 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.920 Each of them got some shots in, some good digs 89 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.079 in on the other there were a couple of things 90 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.519 that Seth Rollins said in particular that just made me cringe. 91 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:43.519 You might be able to figure out what it was 92 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:46.120 if you saw the segment, but it did involve a 93 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.600 reference to AW without actually saying a We had all 94 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.240 kinds of things in this promo. We had references to AW, 95 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:58.720 We had references to Vince McMahon more than one without 96 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:02.439 naming him, so they were going back and forth. But 97 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.079 there were a couple of things that Seth said in 98 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.279 this promo about winning the war, and I was like, oh, 99 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.560 oh my god. But aside from that, it was an 100 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.720 excellent segment and now it leads into a match next 101 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.600 week that's going to be very interesting to see what 102 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.839 the end result of that is because that will tell 103 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:22.959 the tale of whether or not we are still going 104 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.839 to get CM Punkin, Seth Rawlins or WrestleMania. The belief, 105 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.720 the chatter that we have been hearing of late has 106 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.160 nothing to do with CM punkin SETH Rollins, and it 107 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.680 has everything to do with CM punk and Roman Reigns 108 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:38.959 potentially being a match of WrestleMania forty one that would 109 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.519 be an even bigger match, and the last that we 110 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:46.040 heard the reports that were going around. Even Mike Johnson, 111 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.639 a PW insider who I consider to be a reputable source, 112 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:55.199 says that there are discussions internally focusing on that match. 113 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.759 Doesn't mean that it's going to happen, but that's where 114 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.800 their head is at right now. If that's the case 115 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.079 and we're not going to get Punk and Rollins of WrestleMania, 116 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:05.120 I still feel like it's not a one and done. 117 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:08.839 This can't be a one and done thing. So do 118 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:10.680 we get it next week and then they run it 119 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.839 back an elimination chamber or the Royal Rumble, We don't know. 120 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.800 Next week will be a very important night for a 121 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:21.639 lot of reasons as far as where we are headed 122 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:25.120 for WrestleMania, because not only is it the first raw 123 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.199 of the year, but you look at some of the 124 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.839 big matches on this show involving Roman, involving Punk, involving Rhea. 125 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.399 This is going to give us at least some insight 126 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:37.720 into some of the directions that we are headed in 127 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.519 for Las Vegas next year. We're heading into a Women's 128 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.319 World Championship match where Ria Ripley I think, absolutely needs 129 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.319 to walk out of Los Angeles next week with that 130 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:53.000 championship because this needs to be the end of that few. 131 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.199 I feel the same way about that that I do 132 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.759 in many ways MJF and Adam Cole, which I talked 133 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.040 about in my World's End review on Saturday night, I 134 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.319 sat here and we talked about how thank god it's over. 135 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.680 Hopefully it's over. It needs to be over. There are 136 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:09.879 just certain programs, there are certain feuds. You get to 137 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.720 a point where it just feels like, okay, we've jumped 138 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.240 the shark here and it's time to move on. Two 139 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:19.000 very different situations and sets of circumstances. But I feel 140 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:23.360 the same way about this. They have squeezed every ounce 141 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.000 out of that feud that they can, and it's time 142 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:28.959 for Ria to move on to something else and live. 143 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.040 Morgan is gonna move down the card because of it. 144 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:33.680 She's not gonna be the beneficiary of losing, but it's 145 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:35.600 time to move on, and I think we do next week. 146 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.480 I think next week we're gonna get Becky Lynch back 147 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.360 on the show. I'd be shocked if she wasn't there. 148 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.199 John Cena. They're advertising that John Cena's retirement tour kicks 149 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.759 off next week. Is it going to be a case 150 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.000 where John Cena comes out next week and he becomes 151 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.879 the first man to announce formally for the Royal Rumble match. 152 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:57.519 I think he will, cause you know he's gonna be 153 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.680 in the Rumble. Why shouldn't he be the first man 154 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.600 to Claire. Next week we'll find out got to be 155 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:09.480 doing something. We have the New Day and Raymistereo and 156 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.920 there's a tag team match. I don't think they specifically 157 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.040 said it would take place next week, but it looks 158 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:16.360 like Pente is going to be tied into that, which 159 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.079 I talked about last week. I think that's a good 160 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.720 spot for him to debut. So there's a lot to 161 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.120 look forward to next week. But the punk in the 162 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.519 rollin stuff was one highlight. The other highlight of the 163 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.720 night tonight was one of the semi final matches we 164 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.279 got in the women's tournament to crown an Intercontinental Champion 165 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:37.200 EO Sky Lyra Valkyria probably the most unpredictable match in 166 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.519 the entire tournament. I was sticking to my guns, if 167 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:43.840 you watch the review last week, sticking to my guns 168 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.399 about Lyra going all the way. But there were a 169 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.360 lot of people who thought, well, with EO Sky now 170 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.440 being in the tournament, surely she's going to at least 171 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.840 go to the finals, and we're going to get an 172 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.879 all damage control final. And boy, did ww we want 173 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.120 you to believe that we were going to get an 174 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.399 all damage control final tonight. The point where they leaned 175 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.240 in on it a little too hard, And if I 176 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.399 wasn't convinced that Lyra was winning going into this, it 177 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.320 was clear as day as the match progressed, who was 178 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.159 going over in that match. They tipped their hat a 179 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.360 little too much. But Lyra and Eo went out there 180 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.960 and they had an excellent match, one of the better 181 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:25.679 women's matches on WWE television that they have had in 182 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.960 a while. These two went out there and I thought 183 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:32.399 they killed it tonight. And it's all good news because 184 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:36.320 even though EO Sky is not going to the finals 185 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.559 for the Intercontinental Championship, this is a good thing if 186 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:42.799 you're a fan of vo Sky, because I think that 187 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.399 this greatly enhances her chances of doing something much more 188 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:51.440 significant as we head into Wrestle Media. That match, by 189 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:55.799 the way, the finals with Lyra and with Dakota Kai 190 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.279 not taking place next week. They're holding off on that 191 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.600 for two weeks, and so January thirteenth is when we 192 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.960 are going to get the finals of that tournament, which 193 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:08.639 I guess I understand because it is going to be 194 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.960 completely overshadowed by everything else that's going on next week. 195 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.360 Not that they couldn't fit it on the show, but 196 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.360 I get it, you know, I get wanting to save 197 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.320 something special for the week after. Right, You blow your 198 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.519 load next week and you got nothing left over for 199 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.240 the following Monday. So we'll have to wait two weeks 200 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:29.159 to find out who the first Intercontinental Champion is going 201 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.879 to be. But we have an entire show here to 202 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.120 talk about the final Raw on USA Network. This is 203 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.960 your Monday Night Raw Review. It is December thirtieth, two 204 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:44.120 thousand and twenty four. I am the Solo Monster, Like 205 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:46.559 and subscribe. Thank you for joining me here on a 206 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.720 Monday night. Superchats are open as they come in. You 207 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:52.600 will see them popping up on your screen. I do 208 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.759 appreciate the support. I will be reading all of your messages. 209 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:01.840 This is not, by the way, the final stream of 210 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:07.480 twenty twenty four. That will come tomorrow, because tomorrow night 211 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.120 I'm going to be live here on YouTube and it 212 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:14.519 is our annual make It Till Midnight stream count down 213 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:19.200 to twenty twenty five, and that is coming up tomorrow night, 214 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.879 probably around ten pm Eastern or so. So if you 215 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.799 got no New Year's plans, now you do. And not 216 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.679 only are we going to be hanging out, I'll be 217 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:31.159 taking your questions, but we're gonna be counting down the 218 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:35.320 best matches, ranking the best matches of twenty twenty four. 219 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:38.039 So that should be a good time and hopefully you 220 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:41.519 guys can join me on the stream tomorrow night. That 221 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:47.360 will be our final stream of the year. After this 222 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.720 our biggest year to date on YouTube. So I thank 223 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:53.919 you all for that. The show open tonight with Joe 224 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:57.519 Tessitur and Wade Barrett. They were standing ringside promoting the 225 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.480 fact that this is the final raw on you, I say, 226 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.639 and that it would have limited commercial interruptions, so we 227 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:06.320 had no commercials for the first They said the first 228 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.679 thirty minutes, it really was like forty minutes of the show. 229 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.159 And you know what that means. Whenever you get a 230 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:15.600 commercial free anything, you're gonna pay for it later in 231 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.120 the second hour, and that's exactly what happened. So they 232 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:20.159 were about to introduce jay us out to the ring 233 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.200 when the New Day's music hit Kofi Kingston Xavier Woods. 234 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.399 They came out. Houston, Texas was not very happy to 235 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.720 see them. They would not let them speak. They were 236 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.840 trying to speak as they were coming to the ring, 237 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:36.480 they got drowned out. And then clearly they're leaning into it. 238 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:39.600 They're really trying to, you know, get the dominic mysteria 239 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.759 thing going in every city that they go to. I mean, 240 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.559 they had that megaheat a few weeks ago, but now 241 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.720 they're like really leaning into it where you know, they 242 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.240 could speak, but then they stop like they can't and 243 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:54.279 it's like their cue like boo us more, and the 244 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:57.559 crowd was more than happy to oblige, so they start 245 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.240 channing New Day sucks. The continued to try to talk, 246 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:05.000 kept getting booed, and then finally jay Usso's music hit 247 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.320 and he entered it through the crowd. Once he made 248 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:13.120 his way to the ring. Xavier Woods said, look, they 249 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:17.039 go way back with Jay. We've seen a lot of 250 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:21.519 battles between the New Day and the ussos. Who is 251 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:28.440 this who just gifted five memberships? Brian, Brian Musha gifting 252 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:36.720 five channel memberships. Thank you, Brian big G. No, it 253 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.039 was not an hour commercial free. There were a lot 254 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.960 of people who seemingly thought it was ninety minutes the 255 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.759 first ninety minutes of the show, which on a two 256 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.279 hour show is the majority of the fucking show. And 257 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.159 I saw all these comments about it, oh, the first 258 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.080 ninety minutes, and it wasn't ninety minutes, it was thirty minutes. 259 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.840 It's just Wade Barrett's he's got that heavy accent. So 260 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.279 I went back and I listened to it again. I 261 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.840 thought maybe I was it's crazy, And apparently he definitely 262 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.919 did not say ninety He said thirty minutes. But again, 263 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.240 it was like a forty two or whatever before they 264 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:12.039 took their first commercial break. But everybody thought Wade said 265 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:17.080 ninety not the case. See, I can understand ninety minutes 266 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:21.120 the first ninety minutes on a three hour show. You're 267 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.320 gonna be commercial free for the first ninety minutes on 268 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.799 a two hour show, you may as well just go 269 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.879 commercial free for the whole two hours, and that's never 270 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:31.080 gonna happen. It's still not gonna happen on Netflix either, 271 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.639 by the way. So they were again try to tell Jay, hey, 272 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:40.200 we go way back. Jay told the fans quiet down 273 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.080 so that we could hear what this chump has to say, 274 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:48.120 and they ignored him. They ignored Jay Uso and they 275 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.399 continued to boo anyway. So Jay said that he and 276 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.039 the New Day they do go way back. But he 277 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.960 only had one thing to say to the two of them. 278 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:02.240 New Day sucks. It would stepped up to him. Kofe 279 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.240 got him to back down. As the New Day left, 280 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.519 Jay stayed in the ring. He said he's got other 281 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:13.720 problems to address, namely the New Bloodline and Drew McIntyre. 282 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:17.480 He said, Roman Rains is gonna handle Solo Socoa next week, 283 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.159 and he's gonna handle Drew McIntyre. He called out McIntyre, 284 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.879 but then Solo Socoa and the other members of the 285 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.440 blood Line they pumped up on the Titan Tron. Solo 286 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.360 said that Sammy's ay and he got a little too 287 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:34.159 close to the sun. On SmackDown last Friday. You see 288 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.080 what happened to him. He said, the Ula fallow will 289 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:40.919 stay on his neck forever. He will destroy Roman Reigns 290 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.440 next week in their tribal combat match, and then Jay 291 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:48.720 and everybody else will acknowledge him, so clearly a message 292 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.000 that they were sure to tape I'm sure backstage on 293 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.960 Friday night. And that was the last we saw of 294 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:58.120 or heard from Solo Socoa for the rest of the show. 295 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.759 So after Solo's mess it was done. Playing Drew McIntyre. 296 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:03.919 You could see him in the background and he comes 297 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:08.240 out of the crowd. Jade doesn't see him, sneaks into 298 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:12.799 the ring and he ambushes Jay Uso and laid a 299 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.399 beat down on him, and then he set up for 300 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:16.639 a Claymore kick, but he ate a superkick as he 301 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.600 came in. McIntyre dropped him though with a Glasgow kiss 302 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:24.159 and tried again for a Claymore, but officials hit the 303 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.799 ring to prevent him from doing so, so they got 304 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.519 Drew out of the ring, but then he broke free, 305 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.919 ran back down to the ring, slid in and finally 306 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.879 he connected on a Claymore kick and he yelled that 307 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.919 Jay was next. You know, it's an amazing thing because 308 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:44.879 almost nothing really happened here. And yet I looked at 309 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.159 the clock and it was already eight to fifteen. Fifteen 310 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.120 minutes of this show had already gone by and nothing happened. 311 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.120 I mean, it really was mostly the New Day, you know, 312 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:59.639 milking those booze and the reactions and the crowd just 313 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:03.080 shitting all over them. They really took their time with that, 314 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:06.920 so fifteen minutes went by, crowd was loud, though they 315 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.000 were very animated for all of this. I still say 316 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.440 there is a very good chance that Drew gets involved 317 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:16.160 in Roman's match next week, even though they're telegraphing it. 318 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.680 I mean I said this a couple of weeks ago 319 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.759 after Saturday Night's main event. Remember when Drew beats Sammy 320 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.559 and he was walking to the back and they got 321 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.519 a shot of him. I think he posted the video 322 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:28.359 on his social media. He had somebody film it with 323 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:31.200 his phone and it was him walking to the back 324 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:34.279 and he just was like one down, four to go. Remember, 325 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:36.480 and I was having this discussion about, well, who are 326 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:40.039 the other four people he's referring to, right, Jimmy and 327 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.759 Jay obviously are two. Who are the other two Is 328 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:49.079 it Roman and Solo? Is it Roman and Punk? Right? 329 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.519 He made he was very clear four more to go 330 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.720 after Sammy's a and so I was talking about that 331 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.079 and I said, he's going to attack Roman Reigns on 332 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.640 January sixth. He may even call him the match. I 333 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:03.519 don't know if he's gonna cost him the match. A 334 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.519 lot of it depends on what the outcome of tribal 335 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:11.079 combat is going to be. If Roman Reigns is going 336 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:14.200 to beat Solo Socoa next week and take back the 337 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.440 ULA follow I don't see the point and Drew McIntyre 338 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.480 getting involved in the match if Roman is just gonna 339 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:24.440 win the ULA follow back anyway. If Drew's gonna get 340 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:29.039 involved though, and costs Roman, that would make sense. Of course, 341 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:31.880 it would prolong things with Solo. He'd still walk around 342 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:35.359 as the tribal chief. But we could be in for 343 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:38.680 a situation where Roman wins and then McIntyre shows up 344 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:41.839 and jumps him. So I'm not sure what they're gonna do, 345 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.400 but I do think that Drew will be involved in 346 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.440 some way, either during the match or after the match, 347 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:49.799 because Roman is on his hit list. Why wouldn't he be, 348 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.480 I mean, I know he said jay Uso is next. 349 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:56.440 McIntire's wrestling jay next week, So there is that he's 350 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:58.720 gonna be He's gonna be occupied with jay Uso, but 351 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.359 they're gonna be under the same rum. And we know 352 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:05.079 Roman is on his list. Roman is his number one 353 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:08.519 target and all this. How does he factor into this? 354 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:10.920 A lot of it depends on who goes over in 355 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.720 that match. I just don't see the point and Drew 356 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:17.400 getting involved. If Roman is gonna win, maybe Roman's not 357 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:22.440 gonna win, I don't know. We'll see. We had Chad 358 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:28.759 Gable one on one against Otis. This is a match 359 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.119 that should have happened months ago when the story had 360 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.640 reached its peak, because they had a good thing going 361 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.680 there for a while. It was getting great heat every week. 362 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:42.160 Gable was such a dick to him and too Tozawa 363 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:45.200 and Maxine and the way he would bully them and 364 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:49.200 berate them, and it was building to Otis, you know, 365 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.759 finally getting that match and getting revenge on you know, 366 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.920 master Gable, and we never got it. We never got 367 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.160 a singles match between them. It's like they just blew 368 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.200 it off. Gable kept losing, but he moved on to 369 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:06.599 do other things, even showed up on SmackDown and wrestled 370 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:10.519 Cody Rhodes lost to him too. Now, all of a sudden, 371 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:14.680 they circle back around to this match. Gable started off 372 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:20.240 by clubbing him with chops, had no effect. Otis responded 373 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:23.880 with a shoulder block that left Gable all rattled in 374 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:26.720 the corner. He lifted Gable over his head for the 375 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.720 gorilla press drop, and then after he dropped him, Gable 376 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.200 rolled out to the floor. So Gable created an opening 377 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.160 for himself by avoiding a shoulder charge, and Otis went 378 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.240 into the ring post. Gable targeted the left knee after 379 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.839 that misfire, and later on Gable missed a diving headbutt 380 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.519 off the top rope. When Otis rolled out of the way, 381 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:51.880 Otis hit the caterpillar elbow drop well. When he tried 382 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:54.079 for the pin, Gable was able to get his foot 383 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:58.440 on the bottom rope. Creed brothers they were out there. 384 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:02.039 They attacked tozawe ring side. That prompted Otis to get involved, 385 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:04.720 and Maxine tackled Ivy Nile to the ground that got 386 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.440 a pop. She was raining blows down on her. As 387 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:11.200 Otis re entered the ring, Gable locked on the ankle lock, 388 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.599 and after a struggle, Otis managed to power his way 389 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.359 out of it, sent Gable out of the ring. Creeds 390 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:20.920 entered and they got taken out by Otis. They got 391 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:26.480 tossed into Gable. Otis was using them as a target practice, 392 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:30.640 so then Otis locked on an ankle lock of his own. 393 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:35.480 Gable escaped. He nailed a a very impressive deadlift German souplungs. 394 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.759 You do a deadlift to someone the size of Otis, 395 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.599 it's going to be impressive no matter what. But Gable 396 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.279 obviously is the smaller of the two, but he's very strong, 397 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:48.200 so that was impressive. Gable went up top, but he 398 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:50.960 got met by a close line from Otis as he 399 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:54.799 jumped off, and then Ivy Nile tried to grab at 400 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:58.279 Otis from the outside. That created a momentary distraction that 401 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:01.200