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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, making her wait till the mic

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<v Speaker 1>they started dimming the lights. You started feeling all right

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<v Speaker 1>from Birmingham home with the teddy lungs and the room

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<v Speaker 1>and studies more. Once you discovered or rather of the lovers,

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<v Speaker 1>Whitney Houston and Roman Reigns, all of the lovers, Mickey

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<v Speaker 1>James and Mark j all of the lovers, it's out

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<v Speaker 1>your banks, You're number pay silk signing and page. Allow

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<v Speaker 1>me to say, look, I just trying to bless week

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<v Speaker 1>escape every one of the buzz I was kind of last.

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<v Speaker 1>I just made it up the troubled bud walking by

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<v Speaker 1>the face because I know it was right in front

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<v Speaker 1>of Udd.

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<v Speaker 2>I ain't with the hay.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta focus on U's great ladies and gentlemen. And

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<v Speaker 1>step Hardy is on the air. Had to drop a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of bars just to make you all aware. So

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<v Speaker 1>sit back, relax, enjoyed a show. You know, I'll go

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<v Speaker 1>by Joe Well the wrestle.

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<v Speaker 2>Good evening, y'all. Hey, welcome, welcome, Welcome to a brand

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<v Speaker 2>new episode of the Hearty Wrestling Podcast with your girl

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<v Speaker 2>Stephanie Hardy. I am trying to mentally put together that

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<v Speaker 2>we are definitely living in a world world where we

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<v Speaker 2>just don't know what's going to come next. So before

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<v Speaker 2>I get started with everything, I just want to say

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<v Speaker 2>that I hope everyone is taking care of themselves, and

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that there are levels of caring for yourself

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<v Speaker 2>that you're doing. I hope that you're keeping your spirits

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<v Speaker 2>lifted in the midst of all this constant change, and

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that you are loving on the people in

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<v Speaker 2>your life as much as you can, because life is

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<v Speaker 2>just lifing at a frenetic pace, and I just hope

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<v Speaker 2>that everyone is doing well. This is watching this right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you're watching this or going to listen to

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<v Speaker 2>this later, I hope you're doing okay at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm just grateful for the time that I'm about

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<v Speaker 2>to have and for everything that has happened in this

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<v Speaker 2>space and everything that I've been able to accomplish, and

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<v Speaker 2>everything you've been able to accomplish. I'm proud of you,

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<v Speaker 2>if nobody ever tells you that. And yeah, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to navigate this tough time together because I'm still trying

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<v Speaker 2>to figure it out. I'm pretty sure you as a

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling fan, if you're not even a wrestling fan. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're watching for the first time, you're trying to figure

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<v Speaker 2>your life out. But in the midst of this, we

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<v Speaker 2>have to hold on to love and light because that's

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<v Speaker 2>all we have. So yeah, this is a show where

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<v Speaker 2>I talk about professional wrestling and everything that's going on

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<v Speaker 2>in it, the ups, the downs, the highlights, the low lights,

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<v Speaker 2>and everything in between. And there really is no way

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<v Speaker 2>to start then to just start, and we got to

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<v Speaker 2>get into it. So thank you all so much for watching.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, yesterday was a day that I just did

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<v Speaker 2>not think was ever going to not say never gonna happen,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just did not think this, anything like this

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna happen so soon. There was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>loss going on this week in so many different levels

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<v Speaker 2>of culture. Will I will which I will get to

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit later, But of course this is news

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<v Speaker 2>and gossip fish, so of course we have to start

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<v Speaker 2>with the big news, and this is involving the death

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<v Speaker 2>of Terry Bolea, who I would always call the man

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<v Speaker 2>formerly known as Hulk Hogan. He passed away yesterday at

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<v Speaker 2>the age of seventy one. According to the Clearwater Police

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<v Speaker 2>Department in Florida. He passed away on Thursday morning due

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<v Speaker 2>to cardiac arrest. He was treated by a rescue crew

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<v Speaker 2>before being taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course, if you've watched wrestling over the years,

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<v Speaker 2>or if you've paid attention to any form of pop

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<v Speaker 2>culture over the years, you've probably seen this man with

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<v Speaker 2>the big mustache and the blonde hair and the red

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<v Speaker 2>and yellow bandana or the black and white bendana, depending

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<v Speaker 2>on when you got started in wrestling or whatever. And

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<v Speaker 2>he had been in movies, he had been in commercials.

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<v Speaker 2>This man basically you've and I'm pretty sure you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people over the past twenty four hours

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<v Speaker 2>plus talk about how he revolutionized wrestling and made it

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<v Speaker 2>more on the mainstream level of things when it came

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<v Speaker 2>to the nineteen seventies into the eighties. Now, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk about all of his accomplishments, because there are

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<v Speaker 2>people who are definitely going to talk about all the

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<v Speaker 2>championships he's won, all the WrestleMania main events that he had,

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<v Speaker 2>how he basically broke the world when he turned bad guy,

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<v Speaker 2>even though he actually started as a heel at the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of his WWE career. With classy Freddie Blassie as

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<v Speaker 2>his manager. My dad told me that tonight and so

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<v Speaker 2>many other things, but I can only talk about what

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<v Speaker 2>this means for me and my experience. So I was

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<v Speaker 2>born in nineteen ninety three, so I didn't start wrestling.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't start watching wrestling with my dad until I

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<v Speaker 2>was about four years old. So the Hull Cogan that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody had witnessed throughout the eighties and everything with the

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<v Speaker 2>red and yellow, I did not get. The first hul

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<v Speaker 2>Cogin I ever saw was Hollywood Hulk Cogin and the

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<v Speaker 2>first match I ever saw him wrestling was against gold

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<v Speaker 2>Berg at the Georgia Dome on w CW Nitro. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a pretty huge first match to start with, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's really what my first match was because my dad

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<v Speaker 2>taped it and I was watching it his art at

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<v Speaker 2>my grandma's house, and that's how my wrestling fandom started.

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<v Speaker 2>So it started with me getting exposed to Haul Cochin

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<v Speaker 2>as a bad guy. And during this time, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>it was the height of the Monday Night Wars. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad purchased so much nWo stuff that you can

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<v Speaker 2>basically swim in it, and my grandma god rest her

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<v Speaker 2>did not like houlcokein growing up like she she did

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<v Speaker 2>not like Holcain at all. She was a huge wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>fan and her favorite wrestl was Rick Flair. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>my grandma new ball in that way. So as I got, however,

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<v Speaker 2>as a wrestling fan and noticed that Hulk Hogan had

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<v Speaker 2>basically took a turn from being the bad guy Hogan

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<v Speaker 2>that he once was back to the red and yellow Hogan,

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<v Speaker 2>that was when I kind of took a liking to him,

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<v Speaker 2>because of course I was a babyface girl still am

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<v Speaker 2>very much a babyface girl, and everybody was cheering him

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<v Speaker 2>every thought. Everybody thought everything was cool and everybody was happy,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was watching Hogan Knows Best with everyone, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>watching the reality show Boom of the two thousands, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>seeing all of that was a pretty colorful time to

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<v Speaker 2>grow up in. It really was. And watching wrestling and

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<v Speaker 2>conjunction to that, it just felt like you were in

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<v Speaker 2>on a lot of the cool stuff on the reality

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<v Speaker 2>show that not that many people would know about because

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<v Speaker 2>they only watched the reality show side and not the

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling side. And it felt like this was also in

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<v Speaker 2>between the time he got inducted into the Hall of

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<v Speaker 2>Fame too, so so growing up in the two thousands,

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<v Speaker 2>it seemed like it was cool to be a younger

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<v Speaker 2>Hok Hokin fan at that point because you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>was getting his flowers for everything he had previously done.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, he had had his match with the Rock,

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<v Speaker 2>which of course is labeled as legendary, and yeah, everything

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<v Speaker 2>was going as smooth as it could go. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was popping up every now and again, wasn't wrestling anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and everything was fine the older I got. But you

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<v Speaker 2>fast forward to twenty fifteen, and that's when all of

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<v Speaker 2>the crap hit the fan. This is where the title

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<v Speaker 2>of this episode, a real American Requiem, sort of comes in,

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<v Speaker 2>because this was where my sort of happy image of

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<v Speaker 2>him just destructed into a billion pieces because I just

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<v Speaker 2>remember him getting inducted into the Hall of Fame in

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<v Speaker 2>conjunction with WrestleMania twenty one, and he had did that

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<v Speaker 2>pose in front of the American flag, and everything was peppy,

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<v Speaker 2>Everything was cool, and I just didn't think anything could

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<v Speaker 2>really burst that bubble at that point in my life

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<v Speaker 2>because I was, you know, a little bit older, getting

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<v Speaker 2>ready to graduate from college, you know, learning about myself,

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<v Speaker 2>getting deeper into my identity as a black woman, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>at a liberal arts college, Everrea all the things and stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you hear tell that someone who you grew

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<v Speaker 2>up watching and enjoying with your family members and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>cracking up at and laughing about, said incredibly unkind things

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<v Speaker 2>about black men and just black people in general. And

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<v Speaker 2>of course I was angry, But I think the word

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<v Speaker 2>that I have for now is just it's actually two words,

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<v Speaker 2>disappointment and just anger, because how could this man who

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<v Speaker 2>would tell us to eat your vitamins and say your

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<v Speaker 2>prayers and you know, talk about how much he loved

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<v Speaker 2>all his Hulka maniacs say the N word in a

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<v Speaker 2>video in an audio and talk about how terrible it

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<v Speaker 2>would be if his daughter actually dated a black man,

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<v Speaker 2>as if that's the worst thing in the world. That

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<v Speaker 2>ripped my heart to shreds. And at one point there

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<v Speaker 2>was a point where a lot of people were like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I don't want to believe it, and

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<v Speaker 2>all this other stuff, but the audio was the audio,

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<v Speaker 2>and it hurts so bad. And then what makes it

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<v Speaker 2>even worse is just like in this picture next to

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<v Speaker 2>my head is like there are countless pictures of him

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<v Speaker 2>in you know, sharing space with black talented people, rich,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and all of the above. You know, taking

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<v Speaker 2>pictures with Dennis Rodman, shaking hands like they showed tonight

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<v Speaker 2>on SmackDown, with Arsenio Hall, who was like Late Night

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<v Speaker 2>Royalty at the time and an actor, you know, sharing

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<v Speaker 2>space with mister T and so many other black people,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, and even in younger and also in

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<v Speaker 2>more recent years, sharing space with people like Byron's accent

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<v Speaker 2>and all the above, And yet you say things like that,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just the craziest thing on the planet. How

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<v Speaker 2>do you do that? How do you work a moment

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<v Speaker 2>black people for all of these years only to show

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<v Speaker 2>your true colors what in what you think is a

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<v Speaker 2>safe space, But as it turns out, it becomes public

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<v Speaker 2>and then you want to sue the people who put

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<v Speaker 2>it out there because you don't want to take accountability

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<v Speaker 2>for it. It hurts so bad, like it just really

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<v Speaker 2>hurts so bad, because you don't want to think that

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that you've been watching on TV and enjoying on

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<v Speaker 2>TV for so long wouldn't even look twice at you.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to think that, but that's just the

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<v Speaker 2>truth of what happened. And then he doubled down on

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<v Speaker 2>it even more after his son got into an accident

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<v Speaker 2>and his biggest talking about how his biggest fear was

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<v Speaker 2>them being reincarnated as black men, and then doubled down

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<v Speaker 2>and then doubling down on it even even further by

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<v Speaker 2>supporting the administration in office which actively chooses to destroy

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<v Speaker 2>and beat down on people of color all of the time.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so hurtful as a wrestling fan, but also

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<v Speaker 2>as a black woman to see someone go out like that,

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<v Speaker 2>to see someone you know blame it on so many

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<v Speaker 2>different things, like my like who I was surrounded by,

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<v Speaker 2>and my environment and all this other stuff like it

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<v Speaker 2>was so painful because because even tonight in the tribute

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<v Speaker 2>they talked about how he was born in Augusta, Georgia.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the South. And as a Southern woman myself, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that there are a lot feelings that white

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<v Speaker 2>that some white Southern people have about black people. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's no secret at this point, it's historical knowledge. No

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<v Speaker 2>matter how much they try to erase it, it's the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>But you decide to get into a business and train

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<v Speaker 2>and share spaces with all of these people who probably

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<v Speaker 2>make it even even worse, you not only harbored horrible

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<v Speaker 2>feelings towards people of color and black people specifically, you

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<v Speaker 2>tried to undercut people who considered you friends for your

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<v Speaker 2>an initiative that could have saved countless wrestlers' lives, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>even including yours. But yet somehow you ruin that. And

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<v Speaker 2>there is the little girl me that will always hold

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<v Speaker 2>on to the memory of watching him in WCW on

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<v Speaker 2>those tapes with my father. I will always hold on

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<v Speaker 2>to that in my mind. But then there's the thirty one,

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<v Speaker 2>almost thirty two year old me that absolutely knows that

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<v Speaker 2>this man was not the best. He was not a

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<v Speaker 2>it also upsets me as a black person to see

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<v Speaker 2>the amount of coverage about him from the regular media

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<v Speaker 2>side the pop culture media side and also the wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>media side, full of people talking about how his accomplishments

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<v Speaker 2>are this even though his politics were divided and all

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<v Speaker 2>this other stuff, And the amount of people who are

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<v Speaker 2>saying stuff like this are people who don't even have

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<v Speaker 2>not having to think about it because it doesn't directly

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<v Speaker 2>affect them. It's not like he was calling those type

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<v Speaker 2>of people you know, horrible names and dehumanizing them and

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<v Speaker 2>yet smiling in their faces. Because even in the tribute

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<v Speaker 2>you saw him taking pictures. The only clips that they

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<v Speaker 2>showed in that tribute were him taking pictures with white fans,

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<v Speaker 2>not with any black ones. I didn't see any hispanic ones.

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<v Speaker 2>It was always the white fans. And those are the

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<v Speaker 2>ones who are privileged enough, and the white pundits and

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<v Speaker 2>other pundits as well, who are in privileged places, who

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<v Speaker 2>have the luxury of saying his accomplishments were this big

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<v Speaker 2>in comparison to how his politics were. But considering those

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<v Speaker 2>level of politics and those harmful feelings do not affect you.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, you can sit by and say stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You can sit by and say, oh, well, it was this,

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<v Speaker 2>but this was this No, And you can't tell black

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<v Speaker 2>it at all, because, at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>if you have the privilege of not having been degraded

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<v Speaker 2>by a word for hundreds of years and having people

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<v Speaker 2>say it to you in front of your face, as

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<v Speaker 2>well as say it about you behind your back to

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<v Speaker 2>try to degrade you and make you seem like you

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<v Speaker 2>are less than human, then you don't get to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about it, and you don't get to tell people what

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<v Speaker 2>they can and cannot feel offended by. And there are

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<v Speaker 2>even people who are trying to excuse it low key

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<v Speaker 2>and not standing on business, who also, you know, want

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<v Speaker 2>to just hang on, you know, to what it meant

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<v Speaker 2>to their childhood. I mean, yes, you can hang on

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<v Speaker 2>to what it meant for nostalgia in your childhood. Back

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day, you have to come to

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<v Speaker 2>grips with the fact that you have to put away

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<v Speaker 2>childish things and understand that this man would not have

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<v Speaker 2>even spit in your direction. He would not have hugged you,

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<v Speaker 2>he would not have taken a picture with you. If

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<v Speaker 2>he had hired you on for a job, or if

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<v Speaker 2>he had somebody to hire you on for a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he found out that you were black, you

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<v Speaker 2>would have fired you because exactly what he did to someone.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's just the truth. And I am so sorry

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<v Speaker 2>that this is us talking about him passing away. I

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<v Speaker 2>never ever want to take away you know the pain

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<v Speaker 2>of what that means, because I know what that feels like,

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<v Speaker 2>even as recent as this year, having lost people that

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<v Speaker 2>I care about, two people that I care about a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot, I know what that pain is like. But

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<v Speaker 2>the thing is I don't. It's like I feel sad

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<v Speaker 2>that a life has been lost, but I don't feel

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<v Speaker 2>sad that that person led a life of trash and

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<v Speaker 2>people are just expecting us to just erase it just

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<v Speaker 2>because he's not here anymore. If you were trash in life,

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<v Speaker 2>then people are going to talk about you the way

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<v Speaker 2>that you treated them. And if you did not treat

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<v Speaker 2>people the best, then that's the consequence that you have

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with. And it seemed like he used a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of his fame and a lot of his money

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of different things to cover up the

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<v Speaker 2>idea that he was deeply flawed and hide the fact

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<v Speaker 2>and hide behind all of that fame and money, because

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<v Speaker 2>he was high behind all of that to hide the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he was masking some serious demons. And because

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<v Speaker 2>it's not with me, I can't deal with that. But

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<v Speaker 2>I just know that as a black woman, the heroes

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<v Speaker 2>that I look up to, I would hope that at

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<v Speaker 2>this stage they talk trash about me or make me

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<v Speaker 2>feel like less than or whatever because of the way

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<v Speaker 2>that I look, or the way that I sound, or

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<v Speaker 2>the way that my hair looks in all of the above.

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<v Speaker 2>So I found Hulk Hogan as a villain in wrestling,

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<v Speaker 2>and now we've reached the end of our journey together

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<v Speaker 2>and he was a villain at the end, and I

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<v Speaker 2>hate that that's how it turned out, but he made

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<v Speaker 2>his choice and that's just all there is to it.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the end of how I feel about the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so sorry that he's gone, and I'm sorry for

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<v Speaker 2>the people that it directly affects. But as for me

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<v Speaker 2>in my community, I have to take care of my

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<v Speaker 2>black community. I have to take care of my woman community.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's it. So yeah, that's the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>real American requiem. Huh. What a world. And in speaking

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<v Speaker 2>of more people who left us this week we do

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to talk about Ozzy Osbourne, who is

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<v Speaker 2>also a WW Hall of Famer, who we lost the

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<v Speaker 2>day before I believe Hulkogan passed. He was, of course

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<v Speaker 2>the prince of darkness and the voice to a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people's childhoods in terms of heavy metal with Black

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<v Speaker 2>Sabbath and of course with his own solo career. I've

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<v Speaker 2>ran up on him on the Osbourne's reality show because

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<v Speaker 2>here again you have that reality TV boom that happened

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<v Speaker 2>in the two thousand with him and Shine and all

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff. But of course he was a music icon

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<v Speaker 2>at that point. He was in lots of different commercials

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<v Speaker 2>for my for our childhoods and everything. So it bummed

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<v Speaker 2>me out when I found out that he had passed,

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<v Speaker 2>especially given a few weeks ago he had a fair

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<v Speaker 2>basically like a Black Sabbath reunion concert in his home

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<v Speaker 2>of Birmingham, England. So I saw that he had been sick,

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<v Speaker 2>but I was hoping, you know, that somehow another he

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<v Speaker 2>would have a little bit longer with us, But sadly

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't the case and he passed. So I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to say rest in peace to him. He did show

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<v Speaker 2>up on Monday Night Raw a couple of times. It

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<v Speaker 2>was also said that he was at WrestleMania too when

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<v Speaker 2>he joined forces with Captain lu Albano to manage the

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<v Speaker 2>British Bulldogs as they captured the World Tag Team Championships.

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<v Speaker 2>And he returned several times in the two thousands to

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<v Speaker 2>perform his latest single, and he was the guest host

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<v Speaker 2>for Roscott Talent in the two thousands as well. And

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<v Speaker 2>of course he is the voice of the war Pigs song,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the theme song to Survivor series war Games

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<v Speaker 2>every year. So big ups to him, Rest in peace

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<v Speaker 2>to him, and I hope he's rocking and rolling wherever

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<v Speaker 2>he's at. And I'm sending prayers and love and light

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<v Speaker 2>to his family because they really loved him a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>And I might actually watch The Osbournes at some point

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<v Speaker 2>because that show and looking at the clips of it

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<v Speaker 2>again because I hadn't watched it in years. It looks

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<v Speaker 2>really funny and I feel like to watch it with

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<v Speaker 2>an adult mind would probably be a hoot. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>sending love and peace to the Osborns. And of course,

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<v Speaker 2>even though this has nothing to do with wrestling, Malcolm

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<v Speaker 2>Jamal Warner past this week as well, in a freak

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<v Speaker 2>accident on the beach at Coasta, Rica with his family,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sending love in prayers to them as well.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was a pillar in the black community as

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<v Speaker 2>the actor who played the role of Theo in The

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<v Speaker 2>Cosby Show, and for all of its controversy and everything,

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<v Speaker 2>he was one of the most talented people on the

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<v Speaker 2>planet because not only was he an actor, he also

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<v Speaker 2>did spoken word. He also played the bass guitar, he

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<v Speaker 2>had a band, and he just did a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>different things. And I he was one of those Cosby

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<v Speaker 2>kids who I enjoyed watching a lot of, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>after the fact and after watching the show in syndication,

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<v Speaker 2>because he was always doing something positive and always just

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<v Speaker 2>sharing his different levels of talent. You can never put

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<v Speaker 2>him in a box, and I appreciated that about him

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<v Speaker 2>so much. And I've heard nothing but nice things about

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<v Speaker 2>him from various actors that I've enjoyed over the years.

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<v Speaker 2>And he will definitely be missed. And I'm just sending

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<v Speaker 2>love and light to his wife and his child because

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<v Speaker 2>it seemed like they, you know, had started a relatively

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<v Speaker 2>young life together. And you hope that you have all

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<v Speaker 2>the time in the world with somebody that you love

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<v Speaker 2>like that, But that accident happened and it just knocked

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<v Speaker 2>the wind out of me. It broke my heart. This

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<v Speaker 2>has just been a very emotional and taxing week as

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<v Speaker 2>a whole, and it started with him. So rest in

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<v Speaker 2>peace and Malcolm Jamal Warner sending love and light to

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<v Speaker 2>every person who's ever worked with him in all the above,

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<v Speaker 2>and I hope that he finds peace on the other side,

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<v Speaker 2>and that Ozzy Osbourne finds peace on the other side. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So now moving more into other news and god Fish.

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<v Speaker 2>Elena Black, formerly known as Cory Jade in ww NXT,

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<v Speaker 2>announced this week that she is stepping away from professional

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling for the foreseeable future. She wrote a message on

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<v Speaker 2>Instagram saying, I originally had a ten minute video explaining

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<v Speaker 2>where my head's at, and maybe eventually I'll post it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it seems unnecessary for now. I'll keep it short,

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<v Speaker 2>but I am going to be taking a break from

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling for the foreseeable future. It's no longer good for

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<v Speaker 2>my mental health and I'll never know if that love

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<v Speaker 2>for it I once had will return. If I don't

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<v Speaker 2>step away, I'm gonna take the rest of the year

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<v Speaker 2>to take care of me and go from there. I

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<v Speaker 2>apologize to the fans and promoters who are looking forward

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<v Speaker 2>to Slash booked by upcoming appearances. I hope you can understand.

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<v Speaker 2>To my supporters, thank you, Signed Bree slash Elena Let

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<v Speaker 2>go or be Dragged Now. When I saw this, this

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<v Speaker 2>made me so sad because she had to fight through

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things during her time at NXT. She

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<v Speaker 2>had to fight through at one point, I believe body

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<v Speaker 2>shaming through another health issue that was just very tragic

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<v Speaker 2>for a young lady to have to go through. She

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<v Speaker 2>had to fight through so many different things in order

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<v Speaker 2>to even be on television. So the idea of her

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<v Speaker 2>having to go through that, plus being released on top

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<v Speaker 2>of that, and then still trying to push through with

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<v Speaker 2>a wrestling career. I don't blame her for taking a

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<v Speaker 2>mental health break honestly, because sometimes you are going. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>in life we tend to go and push ourselves so

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<v Speaker 2>fast until we realized that, oh, I really can't go anymore.

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00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:50.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I love this anymore. I need

421
00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.279
<v Speaker 2>some time to think, I need some time to breathe.

422
00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:55.880
<v Speaker 2>I need a break. And if a break is what

423
00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:59.079
<v Speaker 2>she needs and that's exactly what she needs. And I

424
00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.400
<v Speaker 2>saw a lot of people on social media. I saw

425
00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:04.599
<v Speaker 2>people reacting to men on social media shaming her for

426
00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:07.640
<v Speaker 2>it and also shaming her for possibly also being an

427
00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.839
<v Speaker 2>only fans model. And I'm the need for all of

428
00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:12.519
<v Speaker 2>y'all to just get a life, because however, these people

429
00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:16.119
<v Speaker 2>need to feed themselves and feed their family. There's no

430
00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.000
<v Speaker 2>shame in it, So stop trying to shame these women

431
00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:21.440
<v Speaker 2>or shame these men for doing it as like a

432
00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:25.200
<v Speaker 2>form of a job, like lead these folks alone. People

433
00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.200
<v Speaker 2>are trying to survive and eat out here, and you

434
00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.319
<v Speaker 2>out here trying to make fun of them on social media,

435
00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:33.640
<v Speaker 2>like get a life, touch some grass, or you know,

436
00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:37.200
<v Speaker 2>check into a hotel, do something fun with your life.

437
00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:39.799
<v Speaker 2>But just leave these people alone, because you tend to

438
00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:43.799
<v Speaker 2>forget these are human beings and their lives are just

439
00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:48.000
<v Speaker 2>as important still, And if she needs a break, then

440
00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:51.400
<v Speaker 2>by all means, she deserves to take a break. So

441
00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:55.839
<v Speaker 2>big ups to Elena Black. I hope she continues to

442
00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.440
<v Speaker 2>recover in the best way that she can, and if

443
00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:01.000
<v Speaker 2>it's truly meant for her to come back, she'll come

444
00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:04.160
<v Speaker 2>back swinging. And if not, then that's fine too, because

445
00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I would prefer for her to still be okay as

446
00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:12.559
<v Speaker 2>opposed to just trying to push through and not be okay,

447
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.839
<v Speaker 2>because that can lead to so many different things. So

448
00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:23.480
<v Speaker 2>big ups to her for knowing what she needs for herself. Also,

449
00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:28.559
<v Speaker 2>we have another rumor about Travis Scott possibly falling out

450
00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:32.240
<v Speaker 2>with the WWE. This kind of shocked me today. I

451
00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:35.519
<v Speaker 2>was just like what. So of course, he was featured

452
00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:39.960
<v Speaker 2>in different spots on WWTV, of course most famously when

453
00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.160
<v Speaker 2>it came to the heel turn of John Cena in

454
00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:45.440
<v Speaker 2>February at Elimination Chamber, and then of course his place

455
00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.160
<v Speaker 2>at WrestleMania forty one where he got physical with Cody

456
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:51.440
<v Speaker 2>Rhoades causing him to lose a w W championship, which

457
00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.519
<v Speaker 2>broke my heart for whatever it seems that according to

458
00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:57.640
<v Speaker 2>Dave Meltzer, who we do still have to take with

459
00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:01.759
<v Speaker 2>a grain of salt these days, Travis Scott was originally

460
00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:05.039
<v Speaker 2>scheduled to be the celebrity surprise included in one of

461
00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:09.680
<v Speaker 2>the DLC packs for WW two K twenty five, but

462
00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:15.079
<v Speaker 2>it was not yet confirmed publicly. But they but apparently

463
00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.559
<v Speaker 2>they fell out, and it was noted that the nature

464
00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:20.119
<v Speaker 2>of which hasn't gotten out yet, but it's why it's

465
00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:23.799
<v Speaker 2>open season to start knocking him and you know, dissing

466
00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:27.160
<v Speaker 2>him on television. But here's the thing. My thing is,

467
00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:31.400
<v Speaker 2>if you really don't know exactly what's going on, then

468
00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.079
<v Speaker 2>don't speak about it. Because I also feel like if

469
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.240
<v Speaker 2>it was that much of a falling out, then maybe

470
00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.319
<v Speaker 2>they would have changed the theme song of Monday Night

471
00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:42.200
<v Speaker 2>Raw or something like that, but I don't know. And

472
00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.920
<v Speaker 2>then the last room I heard about him was the

473
00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:47.279
<v Speaker 2>fact that he was training for an n ring appearance,

474
00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.759
<v Speaker 2>which I actually would have been okay with because I mean,

475
00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:53.519
<v Speaker 2>he has been consistently, you know, had been popping up

476
00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:57.039
<v Speaker 2>a lot and everything, so I would have been okay

477
00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.240
<v Speaker 2>with it. But you know, I hope there is a

478
00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.880
<v Speaker 2>complete falling out from it because there was a level

479
00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:06.079
<v Speaker 2>of enjoyment that he was getting. So hopefully they'll work

480
00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:12.920
<v Speaker 2>some stuff out, but yeah, you just never know. Also,

481
00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:17.160
<v Speaker 2>in talking about celebrities, get a female celebrity in the ring, please,

482
00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:24.240
<v Speaker 2>so yeah. Also in the news today, aj Mendes made

483
00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:28.720
<v Speaker 2>her appearance at San Diego Comic Con and she had

484
00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:32.480
<v Speaker 2>different signings and stuff. So she actually spoke at Comic

485
00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:35.599
<v Speaker 2>Con and she was asked if she missed the fan

486
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:40.279
<v Speaker 2>interaction and the physicality of wrestling, and she answered by saying, quote,

487
00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:43.880
<v Speaker 2>that's a really interesting question because they are two totally

488
00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:47.519
<v Speaker 2>different things. My fans are like pieces of my family.

489
00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:51.519
<v Speaker 2>They have been My mission in doing everything in the

490
00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:54.400
<v Speaker 2>public sphere is to help people. It's to help make

491
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:58.519
<v Speaker 2>people feel less alone and help wonderful weirdos realize that

492
00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:01.319
<v Speaker 2>underdogs are cool and we can be the stars of

493
00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:04.640
<v Speaker 2>our own stories, and things that you are insecure about

494
00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.519
<v Speaker 2>can be your greatest strengths in this world. That has

495
00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.239
<v Speaker 2>been my mission statement. The group of fans that have

496
00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:12.519
<v Speaker 2>kept with me these past ten years have helped me

497
00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:16.440
<v Speaker 2>feel less alone. I don't know if they realize that

498
00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:20.239
<v Speaker 2>we sort of share this mission statement in life, and

499
00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:22.920
<v Speaker 2>I've seen them go out and become adults that become

500
00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:26.199
<v Speaker 2>wrestlers or get into the mental health field as well.

501
00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.320
<v Speaker 2>It is the most beautiful thing in the world. I

502
00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:33.320
<v Speaker 2>love them and I feel like I say so close

503
00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:36.119
<v Speaker 2>to them always. They are a piece of my heart.

504
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:39.280
<v Speaker 2>I do miss having that direct connection where I can

505
00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:41.960
<v Speaker 2>see them every week. The really cool thing is when

506
00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.079
<v Speaker 2>I do mental health keynote speeches, wrestling fans will show

507
00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:49.239
<v Speaker 2>up at these medical conferences. You guys are the most

508
00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:52.920
<v Speaker 2>beautiful people in the world. It really is a family bond.

509
00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:56.159
<v Speaker 2>The physicality I was so afraid to do. In Heals,

510
00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:58.320
<v Speaker 2>the TV show that was on Stars that she was in,

511
00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:01.400
<v Speaker 2>it was the first time I wrestled in eight years,

512
00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:04.519
<v Speaker 2>and my body bounced right back. It was like riding

513
00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:08.400
<v Speaker 2>a bike, a really painful bike. The physicality is fun.

514
00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:12.239
<v Speaker 2>So of course, in the midst of her you know,

515
00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:15.679
<v Speaker 2>being a mental health advocate and also popping up at

516
00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:18.199
<v Speaker 2>comic cons because she is a writer of her own

517
00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:23.920
<v Speaker 2>comic book with Amy Garcia, she does these. She actually

518
00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:27.039
<v Speaker 2>did Heals and that was and I love how she

519
00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:29.239
<v Speaker 2>talked about how that was her first time in the

520
00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.239
<v Speaker 2>ring in eight years and how it was sort of

521
00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.679
<v Speaker 2>like a painful bike, but it was good to get

522
00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:36.440
<v Speaker 2>back in the swing of things. And something that people

523
00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:39.519
<v Speaker 2>always have a tendency to leave out is the fact

524
00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:42.519
<v Speaker 2>that she did return to wrestling shortly when she was

525
00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:46.920
<v Speaker 2>the executive producer and color commentator for Wild Women of Wrestling,

526
00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:50.760
<v Speaker 2>because she was doing that when me and Katrina started

527
00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:54.719
<v Speaker 2>covering it. So a lot of people tend to leave

528
00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:57.239
<v Speaker 2>that out, and I really wish they wouldn't, but you know,

529
00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:01.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. But either way, I do miss her

530
00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.840
<v Speaker 2>commentary on Wow, and a lot of people.

531
00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:06.159
<v Speaker 3>Speculated and she would have had a place in Evolution

532
00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:11.159
<v Speaker 3>because WWE Vault actually released a whole compilation video of

533
00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:14.480
<v Speaker 3>the rise of aj Lee and it sent everybody into

534
00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.239
<v Speaker 3>a tizzy like.

535
00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:18.519
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, is gonna be an Evolution And as

536
00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.599
<v Speaker 2>amazing as that would have been as someone who was

537
00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:27.480
<v Speaker 2>there and stuff, it just seems that she's okay with

538
00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.119
<v Speaker 2>not being in the swing of the wrestling stuff, especially,

539
00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:33.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, with that, and then we'll also with see

540
00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:36.920
<v Speaker 2>him punk being and everything too, So I don't know.

541
00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:39.719
<v Speaker 2>I just feel like people the fandom of wrestling, we

542
00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.760
<v Speaker 2>do miss her. I do miss her too, But at

543
00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.519
<v Speaker 2>the same time, you know, she's doing her own thing

544
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.599
<v Speaker 2>and that's okay. And if she chooses the comeback, like

545
00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:51.679
<v Speaker 2>I always say, we'll be right here waiting and we'll

546
00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:56.840
<v Speaker 2>scream over it, we'll celebrate and all the things. So yeah,

547
00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.960
<v Speaker 2>aj if you want to come back, take your time,

548
00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:04.960
<v Speaker 2>Please take your time, don't rush. But if you do

549
00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:11.079
<v Speaker 2>decide to come back, I'll be happy. So yeah, that

550
00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:17.559
<v Speaker 2>was cool. And lastly, in news and gossip Ish. We

551
00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:22.440
<v Speaker 2>had Priscilla Kelly formerly known as GG Dolan go on

552
00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:27.519
<v Speaker 2>Soreya slash Pages podcast called Rule Breakers, and she opened

553
00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.840
<v Speaker 2>up about what life has been like since she was

554
00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:35.239
<v Speaker 2>also released from wwn NXT as well, and she stated

555
00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:38.079
<v Speaker 2>that she wants to go anywhere that gives her the

556
00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:41.599
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to keep growing our brand and get to that

557
00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:43.960
<v Speaker 2>point where I can afford these goals of mine of

558
00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:46.440
<v Speaker 2>taking care of my family. I just want to go

559
00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:50.920
<v Speaker 2>where I can have fun, and she stated. She continued

560
00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:53.599
<v Speaker 2>by saying, the thing that sucks is right before I

561
00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:56.960
<v Speaker 2>got released, I was having the most fun of my career.

562
00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:00.960
<v Speaker 2>My time in NIX. He was very rocky. I never

563
00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:03.960
<v Speaker 2>talked about this, but I went through a bad depression

564
00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:08.760
<v Speaker 2>phase working there. It wasn't particularly because of anything. I

565
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:11.519
<v Speaker 2>was such a creative person on the indies, and when

566
00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:13.599
<v Speaker 2>I went to WWE, it was a whole new thing

567
00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:15.960
<v Speaker 2>for me to work that nine to five, heavy workload

568
00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:18.800
<v Speaker 2>schedule and be told what I could and couldn't do

569
00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:21.960
<v Speaker 2>a lot. There was some other stuff too, but I

570
00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:25.000
<v Speaker 2>went through a really bad depression and kind of lost

571
00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:28.719
<v Speaker 2>who I was. I wasn't sure of myself anymore. I

572
00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.480
<v Speaker 2>got injured. I tore my moniscus in training and it

573
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:36.320
<v Speaker 2>was one of those things that snowballed after that. When

574
00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:38.360
<v Speaker 2>I came back from my injury, I got to team

575
00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:41.039
<v Speaker 2>with Shotzi, which we wanted to do for a while.

576
00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:44.480
<v Speaker 2>They put us with Tatum Pasley, and as soon as

577
00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:48.320
<v Speaker 2>we went out there together, it immediately clicked. We had

578
00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:51.760
<v Speaker 2>all this chemistry. It looked good, it felt good. We

579
00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:54.599
<v Speaker 2>had fun before we went out, and when we came

580
00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:57.360
<v Speaker 2>back we were still laughing and having fun. That was

581
00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:01.320
<v Speaker 2>the first time I genuinely experienced the best sisterhood in wrestling.

582
00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:05.199
<v Speaker 2>There have been bits of that through my career, but

583
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:10.559
<v Speaker 2>this was different. We all felt it. And then when

584
00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:13.440
<v Speaker 2>she was asked if she was giving a reason for

585
00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:17.320
<v Speaker 2>her release, she said, I didn't get an answer. I

586
00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:19.760
<v Speaker 2>was very close with some of the coaches at the

587
00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:22.400
<v Speaker 2>performance center. Some of them reached out to me, and

588
00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.440
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I want somebody to tell me what

589
00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:27.079
<v Speaker 2>it was so I can learn from it and make

590
00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:30.679
<v Speaker 2>adjustments so this doesn't happen or I can grow. Nobody

591
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:33.599
<v Speaker 2>had an answer for me. A lot of times, I

592
00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:36.519
<v Speaker 2>don't think the people down in NXC even know. I

593
00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.880
<v Speaker 2>think it's a higher up thing. Some of the people

594
00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.800
<v Speaker 2>I was close with the NXC were pretty devastated about it.

595
00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:44.840
<v Speaker 2>She also said that being released it's like losing a

596
00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.559
<v Speaker 2>family because you get to know the people at the

597
00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:49.480
<v Speaker 2>PC and see them every day, and then you are

598
00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:54.119
<v Speaker 2>no longer there. That upset me really bad because I

599
00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:58.480
<v Speaker 2>was a big Gigi Dolin fan. I loved what she

600
00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:06.440
<v Speaker 2>brought to Toxic Attraction. I loved everything that she had.

601
00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:08.840
<v Speaker 2>I loved her look, I mean, I loved her energy.

602
00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:15.159
<v Speaker 2>Like when she got it really devastated me because once

603
00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:18.760
<v Speaker 2>Mandy Sachs got released, after everything that happened with her,

604
00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:21.880
<v Speaker 2>there was always the talk of what was gonna happen

605
00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.079
<v Speaker 2>with j C Jane and what was gonna happen with

606
00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:29.400
<v Speaker 2>Gigi Dolan slash Priscilla Kelly, And once Toxic Attraction as

607
00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:32.079
<v Speaker 2>a tag team had broken up, there was all of

608
00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:34.960
<v Speaker 2>this talk about what was gonna happen, you know with

609
00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:36.880
<v Speaker 2>this one, what was gonna happen with that one? Who

610
00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.760
<v Speaker 2>was gonna be, sadly, the Marty Jeannetti or who was

611
00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:42.480
<v Speaker 2>gonna be the Shawn Michaels of the situation, And it

612
00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:47.360
<v Speaker 2>was so terrible that people were even making those comparisons,

613
00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:51.440
<v Speaker 2>and I never thought that Gigi would ever be let go,

614
00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:54.280
<v Speaker 2>Like I just thought that maybe she was gonna have

615
00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:56.360
<v Speaker 2>a future, and even to a degree she thought that,

616
00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:58.760
<v Speaker 2>like she thought that at some point maybe she would

617
00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:01.360
<v Speaker 2>even get called up, and she had been down in

618
00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:03.119
<v Speaker 2>n XC for a while, Like there was a point

619
00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:05.599
<v Speaker 2>where I even thought all of Toxic Attraction as a

620
00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:08.599
<v Speaker 2>whole would have gotten called back up in the case

621
00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:10.800
<v Speaker 2>of Mandy and Call and the other girls would have

622
00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:13.559
<v Speaker 2>gotten called up with her. But sadly that didn't happen,

623
00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:16.119
<v Speaker 2>and it was just like God dang, it's a very

624
00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:21.719
<v Speaker 2>cutthroat business at times. But the thing about wrestling that

625
00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.840
<v Speaker 2>I always say that I am happy about is that

626
00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:28.400
<v Speaker 2>there's always different ways of people to succeed. And she

627
00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:30.920
<v Speaker 2>is someone who I never get tired of watching wrestle

628
00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:35.000
<v Speaker 2>and watch work and everything. So I'm wishing the very

629
00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.960
<v Speaker 2>best for her, and I'm hoping that she could still

630
00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:40.760
<v Speaker 2>have that level of sisterhood and connection with the girls

631
00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:44.320
<v Speaker 2>and everything. And I just hope that all of her

632
00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:47.840
<v Speaker 2>dreams and goals do come true because she deserves it,

633
00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:51.400
<v Speaker 2>and she deserves to live a peaceful and loving life

634
00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:55.480
<v Speaker 2>with her family and also with her fiance Zachary went

635
00:41:55.679 --> 00:42:00.719
<v Speaker 2>from DNA, So yeah, big ups to them. And that's

636
00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.239
<v Speaker 2>really all for news and gossip Fish. I hated to

637
00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:07.480
<v Speaker 2>have to start off really sad and everything, but that's

638
00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:09.679
<v Speaker 2>just the nature of how this week was. I just

639
00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:13.880
<v Speaker 2>had to start off that way. So now we're going

640
00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:17.840
<v Speaker 2>to move into what I liked in wrestling this week.

641
00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:22.360
<v Speaker 2>And this is also sort of reaching back into last

642
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.280
<v Speaker 2>week because I know I didn't do an episode, but

643
00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:29.559
<v Speaker 2>I was recovering from my trip to Atlanta as well

644
00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:35.039
<v Speaker 2>as working. So I have to address the fact that

645
00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:40.079
<v Speaker 2>the Raw After Evolution took place in my hometown of Birmingham,

646
00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:44.800
<v Speaker 2>and I am so happy that ten thousand people showed up.

647
00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:53.599
<v Speaker 2>I am so happy that ten thousand people showed up

648
00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:56.159
<v Speaker 2>to the Legacy e Rent at the BJCC to see

649
00:42:56.239 --> 00:43:00.519
<v Speaker 2>Raw on Netflix the Night After Evolution night where the

650
00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:06.159
<v Speaker 2>women basically took over the first hour that would happen

651
00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:09.719
<v Speaker 2>when I'm not there. But it's okay because I am

652
00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:13.119
<v Speaker 2>just so thrilled and I'm so happy that we got

653
00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:16.559
<v Speaker 2>that episode. I'm glad that they highlighted Birmingham. I'm glad that,

654
00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:20.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, we had such a great episode, and on

655
00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:23.599
<v Speaker 2>top of that. You know that the episode started with

656
00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:26.440
<v Speaker 2>Naomi after of course she cashed in her money in

657
00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:29.360
<v Speaker 2>the bank and became the main girl villain on Raw

658
00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:33.119
<v Speaker 2>with the women's world title and rubbing it in Rhea

659
00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:37.559
<v Speaker 2>and EO's face. Like that was just incredible. Like I

660
00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:41.480
<v Speaker 2>was so happy for us, happy for everyone who got

661
00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:45.639
<v Speaker 2>to go. And then of course, you know, Roman Reigns

662
00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:48.199
<v Speaker 2>came back that night too. He made his big return

663
00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:50.920
<v Speaker 2>in Birmingham. That's the second time something like that has

664
00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:55.239
<v Speaker 2>happened in Birmingham where a big thing happened with Roman

665
00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:57.840
<v Speaker 2>and stuff. Because last year, of course, if you may

666
00:43:57.960 --> 00:44:00.960
<v Speaker 2>or may not remember, the we want Codin movement, basically

667
00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:04.559
<v Speaker 2>God is jumping off point in Birmingham because the Rock

668
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:08.119
<v Speaker 2>came back, and you know, we thought we were getting

669
00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:11.480
<v Speaker 2>the Rock versus Roman, but of course everybody was like,

670
00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:16.239
<v Speaker 2>we want Cody and everything changed. So yeah, and now

671
00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:21.239
<v Speaker 2>we got the return of Roman and the night after Evolution,

672
00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:26.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm so proud of us. I'm so happy. And for

673
00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.920
<v Speaker 2>those who were wondering where I was at, I wasn't

674
00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:30.039
<v Speaker 2>there because I went to see Beyonce. I was still

675
00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:34.320
<v Speaker 2>in Atlanta. I was still in Atlanta after Evolution I

676
00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:36.679
<v Speaker 2>went to see Beyonce had the time of my life.

677
00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:43.159
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I'm just very thrilled that we had that

678
00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:49.519
<v Speaker 2>opportunity and hopefully fingers crossed prayers up we can get

679
00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:53.639
<v Speaker 2>a pl or at least a Saturday NIGHTE main event.

680
00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:57.960
<v Speaker 2>Ww please give Birmingham a pl E or a Saturday

681
00:44:58.039 --> 00:45:01.599
<v Speaker 2>Nice Man event or even an NXT event. Please please, please,

682
00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:05.840
<v Speaker 2>please please. But yeah, I'm just happy about that. But

683
00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:09.199
<v Speaker 2>moving into I went too fast, moving into what I

684
00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:13.400
<v Speaker 2>loved and wrestling. This week, on Monday Night Raw with

685
00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:18.280
<v Speaker 2>the Women, Naomi, the Women's World Champion, got in Stephanie

686
00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:24.199
<v Speaker 2>Baker's face and proceeded to butcher her name in like

687
00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:27.519
<v Speaker 2>the craziest way ever, like because Stephanie was in an

688
00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:30.880
<v Speaker 2>interview I believe with virus accident and then Naomi called

689
00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:35.880
<v Speaker 2>name Stephanie vakaar and I was like, y'all just ain't

690
00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:38.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna do her last name right at all, And then

691
00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:41.400
<v Speaker 2>she proceeded to get in her face and everything, because

692
00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.280
<v Speaker 2>of course, Stephanie now has an opportunity at whatever title

693
00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:49.400
<v Speaker 2>she wants. I guess at Clash in Paris, and Naomi

694
00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:51.480
<v Speaker 2>was like, well, you know, if you're looking to come

695
00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:53.599
<v Speaker 2>over here you need to perceive with caution and all

696
00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:56.199
<v Speaker 2>of the above. And then she was stirring the pot

697
00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:58.559
<v Speaker 2>between her and EO Skot of course, whom she had

698
00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:03.719
<v Speaker 2>just cashed in on the night, well last weekend, and

699
00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:06.679
<v Speaker 2>she was saying, well, I know you never defeated EO

700
00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:08.719
<v Speaker 2>and y'all never got to finish y'all match, so maybe

701
00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:10.679
<v Speaker 2>you want to go finish that and then maybe I'll

702
00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:14.800
<v Speaker 2>see you in Perry. So this was interesting. I am

703
00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.280
<v Speaker 2>very excited to see this match if it does happen

704
00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:20.840
<v Speaker 2>at some point. But of course with them, with Naomi

705
00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:24.880
<v Speaker 2>stirring to pot between Stephanie and EO, we got that

706
00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:29.039
<v Speaker 2>match on Raw Monday, and when I tell you, I

707
00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:34.320
<v Speaker 2>believe it is virtually impossible for EO and Stephanie to

708
00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:38.119
<v Speaker 2>have a bad match against each other. I was glued

709
00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:42.360
<v Speaker 2>to the TV, do you understand me? Glued to the

710
00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:46.440
<v Speaker 2>TV watching them fight. And what made me so upset

711
00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:49.800
<v Speaker 2>was that as the match could have gotten to a finish,

712
00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.079
<v Speaker 2>you see the Secret Harvests come out and finish their

713
00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:57.360
<v Speaker 2>business with Stephanie. That happened the Monday before, at the

714
00:46:57.360 --> 00:47:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Monday After with the Raw after Evolution, and then the

715
00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:03.920
<v Speaker 2>match went to a no contest again, and I was

716
00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:06.639
<v Speaker 2>just like, we are never gonna finish this somehow. It's

717
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:09.599
<v Speaker 2>so crazy. But then, of course, as they were ganging

718
00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:13.559
<v Speaker 2>up on Stephanie, EO actually helped and it was also

719
00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:17.800
<v Speaker 2>ganging up on EO and out pops Rea Ripley with

720
00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:20.599
<v Speaker 2>a real Ripley Houston Rocket shirt which was kind of

721
00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:23.400
<v Speaker 2>which was really cute and everything, and then they even

722
00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:26.840
<v Speaker 2>up the odds. So maybe at some point we'll get

723
00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:29.280
<v Speaker 2>like a six women tag between Chelsea and the Secret

724
00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:32.880
<v Speaker 2>Herves versus Ria, Stephanie and EO. I don't know, but

725
00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:36.000
<v Speaker 2>either way, that was really fantastic, and the match before

726
00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:39.559
<v Speaker 2>it was fantastic. I can't wait until Stephanie and EO

727
00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:45.760
<v Speaker 2>actually get to a definitive finish because those two are

728
00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:52.320
<v Speaker 2>magic together, just straight up magic. I can't wait. So yeah,

729
00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:55.639
<v Speaker 2>then of course you have all the drama involving Lyra

730
00:47:55.800 --> 00:48:01.119
<v Speaker 2>Valkyria and the Women's Intercontinental Champion Becking Lynech. The way

731
00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:05.840
<v Speaker 2>she won that triple threat match and evolution was so slick.

732
00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:10.400
<v Speaker 2>It was so slick to even witness like firsthand that

733
00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:12.559
<v Speaker 2>I just couldn't believe it. I was like, oh, like,

734
00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:17.239
<v Speaker 2>it ended so quick, Like, if I talk about Evolution

735
00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:19.360
<v Speaker 2>when I'm talking about the women, it's because I'm still

736
00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:21.719
<v Speaker 2>not over it. I'm not over it, and I don't

737
00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:23.280
<v Speaker 2>think I'm gonna be over it for the rest of

738
00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:27.679
<v Speaker 2>my life. But that match was fantastic, and of course

739
00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:30.960
<v Speaker 2>Lyra Valcaria became the number one contender after beating Baileyn

740
00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.880
<v Speaker 2>in two out of three falls match at the Raw

741
00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:37.679
<v Speaker 2>after Evolution, and it upsets some people, but of course

742
00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:40.519
<v Speaker 2>these two have a lot of bad blood with each other,

743
00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:45.000
<v Speaker 2>so they got in each other's faces. Becky Lynch was

744
00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:48.039
<v Speaker 2>talking about how she really could have been at the

745
00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:51.320
<v Speaker 2>premiere of Happy Gilmour too because she was in the movie,

746
00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:55.440
<v Speaker 2>but no, she had to be here in Houston or whatever,

747
00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:58.599
<v Speaker 2>and she proceeded to run down Lyra, but then of

748
00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:02.519
<v Speaker 2>course Lyra decided to get in her face, and then

749
00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:05.760
<v Speaker 2>as they got to fighting, when Becky tried to sneak her,

750
00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:10.440
<v Speaker 2>she actually gave Becky a man handled slam, and I

751
00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:15.239
<v Speaker 2>was like, oh, not you giving her a man handled slam?

752
00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:22.800
<v Speaker 2>Lord Jesus how the turn tables. That was really funny

753
00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:26.760
<v Speaker 2>for me. So yeah, I can't wait to see how

754
00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:31.519
<v Speaker 2>this match turns out. But I do still wonder about

755
00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:35.079
<v Speaker 2>the trajectory of Bailey when it comes to this, because

756
00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:38.239
<v Speaker 2>even though I understand that Lyra and Bailey having a

757
00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:41.400
<v Speaker 2>two out of three falls match, you know, was a

758
00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:43.239
<v Speaker 2>cool way of trying to figure out who was going

759
00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:45.760
<v Speaker 2>to be the number one contender, I would have been

760
00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:50.320
<v Speaker 2>okay if they decided to like run back the triple

761
00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:53.239
<v Speaker 2>threat from Evolution at SummerSlam, Like I would have been

762
00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:57.000
<v Speaker 2>perfectly fine with that, because that match was fantastic. It

763
00:49:57.079 --> 00:50:00.719
<v Speaker 2>was such a fantastic opening to evely that if they

764
00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:02.719
<v Speaker 2>decided to do yet another triple threat, it would have

765
00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:06.760
<v Speaker 2>been fine. But then again, they have so many matches

766
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:08.639
<v Speaker 2>over the weekend and maybe they just didn't want to

767
00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:11.840
<v Speaker 2>tire us out or something. But either way, I was

768
00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:15.239
<v Speaker 2>just like, look, what's going on with my girl, Bailey?

769
00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:20.239
<v Speaker 2>What's going on with her? And in speaking of Bailey,

770
00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:24.840
<v Speaker 2>it's like, Hugh, I know people had a lot of

771
00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:31.039
<v Speaker 2>different feelings about her not being in the match or whatnot,

772
00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:36.039
<v Speaker 2>but at the same time, and there are even people

773
00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:38.519
<v Speaker 2>on the internet who are calling for Bailey to even

774
00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:41.880
<v Speaker 2>leave WW at this point because they feel like they're

775
00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:46.400
<v Speaker 2>only using her as a good hand. And I don't

776
00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:50.920
<v Speaker 2>want to believe that, because there's always because there, because

777
00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:54.400
<v Speaker 2>I've seen this narrative over the past two years where

778
00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:56.960
<v Speaker 2>people really feel like, oh, they only use Bailey as

779
00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:58.519
<v Speaker 2>a hand and they don't see her as like the

780
00:50:58.599 --> 00:51:02.239
<v Speaker 2>box office attraction like the other Horsewomen and stuff like that,

781
00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:07.239
<v Speaker 2>and I just don't want to believe that, because that's

782
00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:10.320
<v Speaker 2>just never how I saw Bailey ever, even when she

783
00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:13.239
<v Speaker 2>was the Hugger. Yeah, she had a tough trajectory with

784
00:51:13.239 --> 00:51:15.760
<v Speaker 2>that on the main roster and everything, But at the

785
00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:19.840
<v Speaker 2>same time, I never wanted to believe that she couldn't

786
00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:23.360
<v Speaker 2>be destined for big things like the other Horsewomen have been.

787
00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:28.800
<v Speaker 2>And I feel like her leaving isn't always the answer people.

788
00:51:28.880 --> 00:51:32.239
<v Speaker 2>Leaving isn't always the answer all the time. It might

789
00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:34.599
<v Speaker 2>be the answer for some people, but it's not always

790
00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:39.239
<v Speaker 2>the answer for everybody. And I feel like her sort

791
00:51:39.239 --> 00:51:41.760
<v Speaker 2>of crashing out in this tag team that she had

792
00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:44.920
<v Speaker 2>with Lyra for the tag Team titles, it's sort of

793
00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:46.960
<v Speaker 2>her way of showing that she's about to go in

794
00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:50.719
<v Speaker 2>another direction and maybe we should trust it instead of

795
00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:55.039
<v Speaker 2>just jumping to is this the end? You know, let's

796
00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:59.960
<v Speaker 2>just chill. So yeah, and it would almost be poetic

797
00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:03.440
<v Speaker 2>if she were to go into a completely different direction

798
00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:07.519
<v Speaker 2>involving SummerSlam, because you know, that was where she came

799
00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:11.159
<v Speaker 2>back with damage control and basically shook up the foundation

800
00:52:11.280 --> 00:52:14.840
<v Speaker 2>of everything. So hey, let's just wait and see first

801
00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:19.800
<v Speaker 2>before we you know, just start you know, screaming bloody

802
00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:26.159
<v Speaker 2>murder about things. So yeah, there's a part of me

803
00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:28.159
<v Speaker 2>that still would have liked for her to have been

804
00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:33.239
<v Speaker 2>in that. I see title picture, but there's still something

805
00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:36.239
<v Speaker 2>else there that I feel like we're not seeing or missing.

806
00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:39.800
<v Speaker 2>So we'll get the answer, but we just gotta keep

807
00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:43.920
<v Speaker 2>watching now in order. So let's move on to the

808
00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:49.119
<v Speaker 2>men of Monday Night Raw of course the New Day are.

809
00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:52.639
<v Speaker 2>I just have something to say, and I know this

810
00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:59.079
<v Speaker 2>is gonna sound really thurstastic, but Exember Woods has just

811
00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:06.760
<v Speaker 2>been help. He has just been looking all kinds of

812
00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:11.519
<v Speaker 2>fine lately since he's turned Hell he started wearing trunks

813
00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:14.280
<v Speaker 2>that show off his thighs and everything. He's been showing

814
00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:18.320
<v Speaker 2>his muscles or whatnot. He has the margin tattoo and

815
00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:22.559
<v Speaker 2>he just been all ten and Kofi, you know, he

816
00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:25.880
<v Speaker 2>never ages, so really, the both of them have been

817
00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:28.280
<v Speaker 2>going hand with their looks ever since they turn you

818
00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:31.960
<v Speaker 2>but The thing that gagged me about them after they

819
00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:35.400
<v Speaker 2>lost the Contenders match on Raw was the fact that

820
00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:38.719
<v Speaker 2>they kept saying that they need something and their answer

821
00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:44.920
<v Speaker 2>was to bring in Grace and Waller. Excuse me, out

822
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:47.679
<v Speaker 2>of all the people, you want to bring in Grace

823
00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:50.719
<v Speaker 2>and Waller, remember what happened the last time y'all brought

824
00:53:50.760 --> 00:53:56.320
<v Speaker 2>in somebody like that wasn't Biggie and it was Kevin

825
00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:59.360
<v Speaker 2>Owens and he wound up destroying you guys. I feel

826
00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:03.840
<v Speaker 2>like this is another direction this is gonna go. And

827
00:54:03.880 --> 00:54:07.079
<v Speaker 2>then with Grayson Waller just saying he just abandoned Austin

828
00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:10.039
<v Speaker 2>theory so he had time for them, I was just like, so,

829
00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:13.159
<v Speaker 2>you're just gonna leave Austin theory, So that's just gonna

830
00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:16.559
<v Speaker 2>be the end of Atown down Under because for a

831
00:54:16.599 --> 00:54:20.159
<v Speaker 2>while I was hoping, you know, that with the tension

832
00:54:20.239 --> 00:54:24.599
<v Speaker 2>that they were teasing in the episodes, that maybe Austin

833
00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:28.119
<v Speaker 2>and Grayson were gonna have like a beat for something.

834
00:54:28.159 --> 00:54:30.559
<v Speaker 2>But that wound up not being in the case because

835
00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:32.800
<v Speaker 2>he said Austin was injured and I was just like

836
00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:35.199
<v Speaker 2>what because I could have swore he was just on

837
00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:39.639
<v Speaker 2>main event like a few weeks ago, but I don't know.

838
00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:43.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It just made me feel so sad,

839
00:54:44.760 --> 00:54:48.840
<v Speaker 2>and I just want it made me feel so sad,

840
00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:51.199
<v Speaker 2>and all I want is the best for Austin Theory,

841
00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:55.440
<v Speaker 2>because I because my theory about Austin Theory is that

842
00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:58.039
<v Speaker 2>I feel like he would just benefit from a face

843
00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:01.719
<v Speaker 2>turn because here lately on social media, he's been posting

844
00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:05.119
<v Speaker 2>all kinds of motivational messages and everything. So I'm sitting

845
00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:07.280
<v Speaker 2>here like, Okay, well, if you're doing all this, then

846
00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:10.119
<v Speaker 2>how is this going to translate to television? Make it

847
00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:15.800
<v Speaker 2>translate to TV. Be happy, babyface, because I will definitely

848
00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.599
<v Speaker 2>get behind that. Where in the world is Awestin Theory?

849
00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:23.639
<v Speaker 2>Please bring it back. I feel like there's gonna be

850
00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:26.320
<v Speaker 2>a common theme within the rest of this episode where

851
00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:28.360
<v Speaker 2>there are a lot of men who I'm looking for.

852
00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:36.719
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Autin Theory, please come home. Please. I miss you.

853
00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Handle your business. And another thing I liked for Monday

854
00:55:42.519 --> 00:55:46.719
<v Speaker 2>nightra was the fact that the LWO became the number

855
00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:51.519
<v Speaker 2>one contenders for the World Tag Team titles. They have

856
00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:54.400
<v Speaker 2>been a good tag team for so long, but they

857
00:55:54.480 --> 00:55:57.960
<v Speaker 2>always wound up getting undercut by either the Judgment Day

858
00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:01.159
<v Speaker 2>or the New Day and other people and stuff like that,

859
00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:04.320
<v Speaker 2>and I was just so happy to see them finally

860
00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:08.400
<v Speaker 2>get an opportunity like this, because come on, they've just

861
00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:11.480
<v Speaker 2>been so good. Kruis del Toro, Joaquin Wilde have been

862
00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:15.360
<v Speaker 2>kicking all kinds of butt like and I was just

863
00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:18.280
<v Speaker 2>so happy to see them get a win. It's always

864
00:56:18.320 --> 00:56:21.159
<v Speaker 2>so often that we would see LWO get the short

865
00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:24.920
<v Speaker 2>end of the stick, so it was just really great

866
00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:27.400
<v Speaker 2>to see them get this opportunity. Will they win, I'm

867
00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:29.920
<v Speaker 2>not entirely sure because y'all know the Judgment Day they

868
00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:32.960
<v Speaker 2>like to play dirty, but I definitely know they're gonna

869
00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:35.519
<v Speaker 2>give it a really great try. But I would love

870
00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:37.639
<v Speaker 2>it if they did win, because, oh my god, that

871
00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:40.360
<v Speaker 2>would be amazing for them because I love the LWO

872
00:56:41.400 --> 00:56:45.360
<v Speaker 2>and I miss Raymond Stereo. But you know, this was great.

873
00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:49.039
<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed this very much. I was very happy about this.

874
00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:53.719
<v Speaker 2>And then another thing I love from Monday Night Raw

875
00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:59.960
<v Speaker 2>was just aj Styles tormenting dirty Dominic mysteria. Even while

876
00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:02.960
<v Speaker 2>he was getting in women's business, which he really has

877
00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:08.519
<v Speaker 2>no business doing. He kept getting in Dominic's face because

878
00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:11.159
<v Speaker 2>he wants to keep teasing him until he finally gives

879
00:57:11.199 --> 00:57:14.599
<v Speaker 2>him his tag Deep title opportunity, and Dominic did jump

880
00:57:14.679 --> 00:57:17.960
<v Speaker 2>him backstage and say, fine, I am clear, Let's fight

881
00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:21.480
<v Speaker 2>at SummerSlam. Blase bla. So they have their IC title

882
00:57:21.559 --> 00:57:26.679
<v Speaker 2>match next weekend. But I can't help but feel that

883
00:57:26.840 --> 00:57:30.559
<v Speaker 2>with AJ Stowles returning to TNA Slammiversary like he did

884
00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:34.480
<v Speaker 2>last weekend, I don't know, I just would have liked

885
00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:36.880
<v Speaker 2>it better if he had if he had gotten Trick

886
00:57:36.960 --> 00:57:40.800
<v Speaker 2>William's face, like I really feel like later, of course

887
00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:43.239
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna talk about Trick Williams and the Undertaker, but

888
00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:46.719
<v Speaker 2>I would have liked it better if AJ Styles was

889
00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:50.360
<v Speaker 2>in Undertaker's place on NXC and God in his face

890
00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:52.599
<v Speaker 2>and say you are not TNA. I am t and

891
00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:57.679
<v Speaker 2>a bread let's go. But I don't know. I guess

892
00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:00.480
<v Speaker 2>we're just going in a different direction. But either way,

893
00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:04.199
<v Speaker 2>AJ being goofy with Dirty Dominic has been really funny

894
00:58:04.199 --> 00:58:09.000
<v Speaker 2>and it's been cracking me up, so I like it now.

895
00:58:09.199 --> 00:58:12.280
<v Speaker 2>Moving into the NXT side of things, I did enjoy

896
00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:17.159
<v Speaker 2>seeing Hank in Tank and Sol Ruka, the Women's North

897
00:58:17.199 --> 00:58:21.920
<v Speaker 2>American Champion and the Women's speed Champion, and Zaria tag

898
00:58:21.960 --> 00:58:25.239
<v Speaker 2>team with hankin Tank like this was really fun. I

899
00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:27.880
<v Speaker 2>enjoyed the match that they had with the culling, even

900
00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:29.880
<v Speaker 2>though I was sad that the lights went out because

901
00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:33.760
<v Speaker 2>of dark State, and then Tatum Pactley took advantage and

902
00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:37.920
<v Speaker 2>got the win for the culling and stuff. I enjoyed

903
00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:41.599
<v Speaker 2>seeing them fight. I never get tired of watching Soul,

904
00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:45.119
<v Speaker 2>Ruka and Zaria together, and it will bumm me out

905
00:58:45.159 --> 00:58:48.719
<v Speaker 2>when they do or if they do break up. I

906
00:58:48.800 --> 00:58:51.199
<v Speaker 2>don't want them to, but if they do, it'll definitely

907
00:58:51.280 --> 00:58:55.559
<v Speaker 2>hurt me because they're just so cute together and they

908
00:58:55.599 --> 00:58:59.800
<v Speaker 2>just have such great chemistry. But oh my god, they

909
00:58:59.880 --> 00:59:02.760
<v Speaker 2>just haven't really been on the same page lately, especially

910
00:59:02.800 --> 00:59:08.760
<v Speaker 2>since ourrias speared Soul again at Evolution, So oh my god, help.

911
00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:14.599
<v Speaker 2>But I just want is He Dame to leave Tatum

912
00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:19.239
<v Speaker 2>Pasley alone because she's just taking advantage of the fact

913
00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:23.639
<v Speaker 2>that Tatum doesn't have any friends right now, and she's

914
00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:26.000
<v Speaker 2>just like, oh, I'll be your friend. And then she

915
00:59:26.159 --> 00:59:28.960
<v Speaker 2>just added her to the couling because they got rid

916
00:59:28.960 --> 00:59:34.480
<v Speaker 2>of Brooks Jensen and it's just like, brouh Izzy, you

917
00:59:34.559 --> 00:59:36.599
<v Speaker 2>are not friends with her, you do not like her,

918
00:59:36.679 --> 00:59:41.719
<v Speaker 2>You're a snob. Like it's just she's just using her

919
00:59:41.800 --> 00:59:44.039
<v Speaker 2>like a puppy, and I'm just gonna need for Tatum

920
00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:47.159
<v Speaker 2>Pasi to actually stand on her own two feet, on

921
00:59:47.199 --> 00:59:49.639
<v Speaker 2>her own and not just be so dependent on others

922
00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:52.159
<v Speaker 2>and just fight on her own for now. I know

923
00:59:52.199 --> 00:59:56.119
<v Speaker 2>it sucks that her friends got taken away, but she

924
00:59:56.239 --> 01:00:05.440
<v Speaker 2>needs to rise and be her own lady. So yeah. Also,

925
01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:09.039
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to NXT, hold on movie some stuff around.

926
01:00:10.199 --> 01:00:14.519
<v Speaker 2>I loved the interaction that lash legend. Well, before I

927
01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:16.800
<v Speaker 2>get to last legend, I got to talk about j

928
01:00:16.960 --> 01:00:21.840
<v Speaker 2>c J. Miss ma'am is now a double champion. She

929
01:00:22.239 --> 01:00:27.199
<v Speaker 2>is the NXC Women's Champion and the TNA Knockouts Champion,

930
01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:29.880
<v Speaker 2>and that is a heck of an accomplishment. Not that

931
01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:32.079
<v Speaker 2>many people can say that they've been a double champion

932
01:00:32.079 --> 01:00:34.960
<v Speaker 2>in NXT, but she definitely can. And then she's a

933
01:00:35.039 --> 01:00:38.000
<v Speaker 2>champion on two different brands, So that's pretty lit for

934
01:00:38.079 --> 01:00:40.039
<v Speaker 2>someone who a lot of people kind of considered the

935
01:00:40.039 --> 01:00:44.320
<v Speaker 2>third wheel. So I love that for her. It's amazing.

936
01:00:44.960 --> 01:00:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Even though I did predict that an evolution she was

937
01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:51.199
<v Speaker 2>gonna lose to Jordan Grace Blake Monroe missed that all

938
01:00:51.199 --> 01:00:54.199
<v Speaker 2>the way up. But will get to her in a minute.

939
01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:58.559
<v Speaker 2>But when jay Z Jane was cutting her promo on Tuesday.

940
01:00:58.679 --> 01:01:01.840
<v Speaker 2>It was definitely given, I'm doing all the work and

941
01:01:01.880 --> 01:01:04.280
<v Speaker 2>none of my fatal influence girls have been helping me.

942
01:01:04.840 --> 01:01:08.360
<v Speaker 2>And you could tell that Fallin and Jasmine were very

943
01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:11.920
<v Speaker 2>irritated by that. They was just like, look, you sitting

944
01:01:11.960 --> 01:01:14.039
<v Speaker 2>here acting like you did all this by yourself. But

945
01:01:14.159 --> 01:01:17.519
<v Speaker 2>this is but her one match where she beat Masha

946
01:01:17.559 --> 01:01:20.559
<v Speaker 2>Slamovich by herself. I mean, yes, she did that on

947
01:01:20.599 --> 01:01:23.440
<v Speaker 2>her own, but when she won the NXC title was

948
01:01:23.480 --> 01:01:27.199
<v Speaker 2>because Fallen interfered on her behalf and she took advantage

949
01:01:27.199 --> 01:01:31.199
<v Speaker 2>over Stephanie with care. So jac Jane is getting too

950
01:01:31.199 --> 01:01:33.239
<v Speaker 2>big in the breeches and I'm pretty sure at some

951
01:01:33.320 --> 01:01:35.719
<v Speaker 2>point Jasmine and Fallin are gonna walk out on her.

952
01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:42.559
<v Speaker 2>And it bums me out that Fallin started being, you know,

953
01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:45.920
<v Speaker 2>the ace in the hole for j C considering at

954
01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:48.639
<v Speaker 2>one point she was she kept saying Fallon comes first,

955
01:01:48.679 --> 01:01:51.119
<v Speaker 2>but then you're putting another girl first. It's just kind

956
01:01:51.119 --> 01:01:56.760
<v Speaker 2>of weird, but whatever. I was happy that after all

957
01:01:56.800 --> 01:02:00.239
<v Speaker 2>of that drama ensued, Lash Legend came out and it

958
01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:04.440
<v Speaker 2>was just like, look, I am standing up for my

959
01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:10.400
<v Speaker 2>chance at the NXC Women's title because at Evolution I

960
01:02:10.559 --> 01:02:15.400
<v Speaker 2>made all these big eliminations. I eliminated Naya Jacks, I

961
01:02:15.440 --> 01:02:19.199
<v Speaker 2>eliminated Nikki Bella. It's my time to shine. And I

962
01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:22.679
<v Speaker 2>love that for her because mss Mama's really could have

963
01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:26.480
<v Speaker 2>been Women's Women's Tag Team Champion if Maris Shardet was

964
01:02:26.519 --> 01:02:30.559
<v Speaker 2>still there, but they never really got that chance. And now,

965
01:02:30.559 --> 01:02:34.760
<v Speaker 2>of course Maris Shardat is in TNA now, but Lass

966
01:02:34.800 --> 01:02:37.599
<v Speaker 2>should have been had some gold at some point. So

967
01:02:37.719 --> 01:02:41.880
<v Speaker 2>the idea that now she's going for the NXC title

968
01:02:41.960 --> 01:02:44.760
<v Speaker 2>or maybe even going for it all would make me

969
01:02:44.920 --> 01:02:49.960
<v Speaker 2>so happy. But then you have Miss Jada Parker who

970
01:02:50.079 --> 01:02:53.679
<v Speaker 2>comes out and starts, you know, jawjack and saying how

971
01:02:53.719 --> 01:02:56.599
<v Speaker 2>she's next in line and all of the above. And

972
01:02:56.639 --> 01:02:59.280
<v Speaker 2>the thing that bums me out about Jada Parker is

973
01:02:59.320 --> 01:03:03.920
<v Speaker 2>that she will get all these great opportunities at you know,

974
01:03:03.960 --> 01:03:07.760
<v Speaker 2>the NXC Women's title and wind up losing all the time.

975
01:03:08.440 --> 01:03:13.880
<v Speaker 2>And it's just like, girl, what, what what is gonna

976
01:03:13.880 --> 01:03:17.440
<v Speaker 2>make this time different? Because yes, your performance in the

977
01:03:17.480 --> 01:03:21.000
<v Speaker 2>Evolution Battle World was impressive, I will give you that much,

978
01:03:21.320 --> 01:03:24.559
<v Speaker 2>but every time you draw jack your way into these

979
01:03:24.920 --> 01:03:29.199
<v Speaker 2>these women's title pictures in NXT, you always wind up losing,

980
01:03:29.320 --> 01:03:32.800
<v Speaker 2>and it makes me wonder, when are you going to

981
01:03:32.840 --> 01:03:38.079
<v Speaker 2>stop talking so much? And actually, you know, back up

982
01:03:38.119 --> 01:03:41.760
<v Speaker 2>what you say, Like, I don't know, it's just it's

983
01:03:41.840 --> 01:03:45.000
<v Speaker 2>just aggravating for me. But the thing that I do

984
01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:47.000
<v Speaker 2>love right now is the fact that we do have

985
01:03:47.079 --> 01:03:50.519
<v Speaker 2>two black women trying to go for the NXT title

986
01:03:51.239 --> 01:03:55.559
<v Speaker 2>as well as possibly the TNA Knockouts title, because when

987
01:03:55.559 --> 01:03:59.320
<v Speaker 2>it comes to the very last black NXT Women's champion

988
01:03:59.400 --> 01:04:04.360
<v Speaker 2>that they had, it was literally Athena. Athena was the

989
01:04:04.480 --> 01:04:08.719
<v Speaker 2>last Black NXT Women's champion they had, and I'm gonna

990
01:04:08.719 --> 01:04:11.880
<v Speaker 2>need for them to fix that right now. And these

991
01:04:11.920 --> 01:04:14.039
<v Speaker 2>are the type of women that they can fix that with.

992
01:04:14.760 --> 01:04:17.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean, they could fix it with Kaylanne, they could

993
01:04:17.320 --> 01:04:20.039
<v Speaker 2>fix it with Jada, but they could most definitely fix

994
01:04:20.079 --> 01:04:24.000
<v Speaker 2>it with Lash because she has been hungry for an

995
01:04:24.039 --> 01:04:27.159
<v Speaker 2>opportunity for a long time, and Jada has had opportunity

996
01:04:27.199 --> 01:04:32.880
<v Speaker 2>after opportunity after opportunity constantly, and yeah, it's Lash's time.

997
01:04:33.800 --> 01:04:36.840
<v Speaker 2>It is Lash Legend time. Also, I just loved how

998
01:04:36.880 --> 01:04:39.960
<v Speaker 2>her and Trick Williams were both dressed up like they

999
01:04:40.039 --> 01:04:42.360
<v Speaker 2>left the cowboy carter across her it was really cute.

1000
01:04:42.360 --> 01:04:44.559
<v Speaker 2>But they were in Houston, Texas, which is the home

1001
01:04:44.599 --> 01:04:47.320
<v Speaker 2>of Beyonce, home of Cowboy Carter, so that was cool.

1002
01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:53.039
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's Lash's time. Then. I also love the

1003
01:04:53.079 --> 01:04:56.719
<v Speaker 2>presence that the LFG coaches are having on NXT, and

1004
01:04:56.840 --> 01:05:01.880
<v Speaker 2>Michelle McCool popped up back there with fatal Influence and

1005
01:05:01.920 --> 01:05:05.960
<v Speaker 2>that was really interesting. So I thought this was really refreshing.

1006
01:05:06.039 --> 01:05:08.559
<v Speaker 2>And I just love how good she looks, even you know,

1007
01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:14.239
<v Speaker 2>after all these years. So a bag ups to Michelle

1008
01:05:14.599 --> 01:05:22.199
<v Speaker 2>Lash ledgends supremacy and now when it comes to Blake Monroe.

1009
01:05:22.239 --> 01:05:27.159
<v Speaker 2>She had her first ww NXT match this week, and

1010
01:05:28.199 --> 01:05:30.519
<v Speaker 2>I really don't have much to say about her n

1011
01:05:30.599 --> 01:05:32.960
<v Speaker 2>ring performance because it was pretty solid. And of course

1012
01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:36.079
<v Speaker 2>if you've watched her Wrestle and New Japan or washed

1013
01:05:36.079 --> 01:05:38.880
<v Speaker 2>her wrestle in Stardom or wash her wrestle in ae W,

1014
01:05:39.000 --> 01:05:41.360
<v Speaker 2>then you know what her style is. So I won't

1015
01:05:41.400 --> 01:05:44.320
<v Speaker 2>go too deep off into that, but what I will

1016
01:05:44.360 --> 01:05:50.920
<v Speaker 2>say is mss Mama's interest. Her interest is nuts and

1017
01:05:50.960 --> 01:05:54.000
<v Speaker 2>I just love how creative it is and I just

1018
01:05:54.079 --> 01:05:58.599
<v Speaker 2>love how girly it is. It's just definitely giving Barbie

1019
01:05:58.599 --> 01:06:03.360
<v Speaker 2>Girl Sabrina carpenter vibes, and I just love theatrical stuff

1020
01:06:03.400 --> 01:06:06.000
<v Speaker 2>like that. Like I know a lot of people might

1021
01:06:06.039 --> 01:06:08.199
<v Speaker 2>not like a whole lot of presentation stuff like that,

1022
01:06:08.239 --> 01:06:10.519
<v Speaker 2>but when you're watching TV, you want to see something

1023
01:06:10.559 --> 01:06:13.960
<v Speaker 2>that's going to catch your eye. And Blake Moro's entrance

1024
01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:18.360
<v Speaker 2>was really eye catching and very cutey and girly, and

1025
01:06:18.719 --> 01:06:21.800
<v Speaker 2>I feel like all levels of womanhood deserves to be

1026
01:06:21.880 --> 01:06:27.559
<v Speaker 2>represented in sports and even in wrestling as a whole,

1027
01:06:27.719 --> 01:06:31.519
<v Speaker 2>so this was really cute. I loved also the segment

1028
01:06:31.599 --> 01:06:34.239
<v Speaker 2>she had with Jordan Grace when they went to the

1029
01:06:34.280 --> 01:06:38.000
<v Speaker 2>spa and everything. That was really amazing. I like that

1030
01:06:38.320 --> 01:06:42.360
<v Speaker 2>level of femininity as well. You can be strong and beautiful,

1031
01:06:42.440 --> 01:06:44.960
<v Speaker 2>and I think that's the message that Blake Monroe is

1032
01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:47.599
<v Speaker 2>kind of giving at this stage in her career, and

1033
01:06:47.679 --> 01:06:50.719
<v Speaker 2>I like that. So it was cute. I liked it.

1034
01:06:52.519 --> 01:06:55.760
<v Speaker 2>Now moving to the men of NXT, Like I said,

1035
01:06:55.800 --> 01:07:00.119
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams, the TNA champion, is really feeling himself. He

1036
01:07:00.239 --> 01:07:04.199
<v Speaker 2>was even on Raw on Netflix saying that the Undertaker's

1037
01:07:04.280 --> 01:07:07.880
<v Speaker 2>knees are about to give out any day now or whatever,

1038
01:07:07.960 --> 01:07:10.360
<v Speaker 2>and I was just like, bruh, why would you say

1039
01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:13.000
<v Speaker 2>that about him, and then Underchecker was like, okay, if

1040
01:07:13.039 --> 01:07:15.119
<v Speaker 2>you want to mess with my LFG kids, and I'm

1041
01:07:15.119 --> 01:07:17.639
<v Speaker 2>gonna get in your face. And that's basically what happened here.

1042
01:07:18.280 --> 01:07:22.079
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams definitely held his own. I was so proud

1043
01:07:22.079 --> 01:07:24.039
<v Speaker 2>of him. I was just like, that's a trick, hold

1044
01:07:24.079 --> 01:07:28.039
<v Speaker 2>your own against the American badass, and that's exactly what

1045
01:07:28.159 --> 01:07:34.039
<v Speaker 2>he did. But of course Underchecker was like, look, I'll

1046
01:07:34.079 --> 01:07:37.960
<v Speaker 2>make it famous, and that's exactly what he did. He

1047
01:07:38.079 --> 01:07:44.039
<v Speaker 2>choke slammed him and Trick sold. The face he made

1048
01:07:44.079 --> 01:07:47.320
<v Speaker 2>when he laid flat was so hilarious. He was like,

1049
01:07:47.480 --> 01:07:54.840
<v Speaker 2>a Trick makes me laugh so much because he is

1050
01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:59.199
<v Speaker 2>just so extra and he's been like that forever before

1051
01:07:59.239 --> 01:08:03.280
<v Speaker 2>he really got his n ring bag. He definitely like

1052
01:08:03.360 --> 01:08:07.000
<v Speaker 2>had the personality on lock and he has a swagger

1053
01:08:07.039 --> 01:08:11.000
<v Speaker 2>and he has the braggadocio and everything, you know, and

1054
01:08:11.159 --> 01:08:15.440
<v Speaker 2>it's just so funny. He's so funny to me. So

1055
01:08:16.640 --> 01:08:19.159
<v Speaker 2>after this happened, and after he stood his own against

1056
01:08:19.159 --> 01:08:21.560
<v Speaker 2>the Undertaker, I said to myself, you know what, Trick,

1057
01:08:22.840 --> 01:08:26.640
<v Speaker 2>you got it. You'll be fine. You you are just

1058
01:08:26.760 --> 01:08:30.680
<v Speaker 2>fine in his business. I'm so happy he's here. I'm

1059
01:08:30.720 --> 01:08:36.239
<v Speaker 2>so happy that Trick is there. I'm so happy that

1060
01:08:36.239 --> 01:08:40.880
<v Speaker 2>Trick is in n XT. I'm happy he exists. So yeah,

1061
01:08:41.079 --> 01:08:44.119
<v Speaker 2>this this brought me a lot of joy. I enjoyed

1062
01:08:44.159 --> 01:08:47.880
<v Speaker 2>it very much, and I actually said to myself, you know,

1063
01:08:48.079 --> 01:08:50.760
<v Speaker 2>I feel like Trick should be grateful. He didn't. He

1064
01:08:51.319 --> 01:08:53.399
<v Speaker 2>didn't choke slam him off of a hell in a cell.

1065
01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:58.119
<v Speaker 2>And that's all I had to say about that. So yeah,

1066
01:08:58.520 --> 01:09:03.399
<v Speaker 2>Trick is and pretty good standing at this point, and

1067
01:09:03.439 --> 01:09:09.399
<v Speaker 2>he'll be fine. So yeah, I'm grateful for Trick. Now

1068
01:09:09.439 --> 01:09:13.640
<v Speaker 2>moving into AAW dynamite with the women, I will say this,

1069
01:09:14.439 --> 01:09:19.479
<v Speaker 2>I am so happy that Athena is being is being

1070
01:09:19.800 --> 01:09:23.880
<v Speaker 2>highlighted on television. Of course, she did win the women's

1071
01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:26.760
<v Speaker 2>Gauntlet match, the first ever women's gauntlet match at that

1072
01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:30.399
<v Speaker 2>I think at all in Texas. That was the same

1073
01:09:30.399 --> 01:09:32.560
<v Speaker 2>weekend as Evolution. It was a lot of restling going

1074
01:09:32.600 --> 01:09:36.000
<v Speaker 2>on that weekend. It was crazy. But I'm so happy

1075
01:09:36.039 --> 01:09:39.119
<v Speaker 2>that she won, and I'm happy that she is still

1076
01:09:39.159 --> 01:09:42.520
<v Speaker 2>the Ring of Honor Women's World Champion, the forever champion,

1077
01:09:43.159 --> 01:09:46.600
<v Speaker 2>and she's being heavily featured on AAW television now because

1078
01:09:46.640 --> 01:09:50.079
<v Speaker 2>for a very long time people complained about her presence

1079
01:09:50.159 --> 01:09:53.439
<v Speaker 2>not being you know, prevalent on the show and mostly

1080
01:09:53.479 --> 01:09:57.680
<v Speaker 2>just relegated to just Ring of Honor, which is behind

1081
01:09:57.680 --> 01:10:00.800
<v Speaker 2>the paywall for a lot of people. But but I

1082
01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:02.960
<v Speaker 2>am happy that we are getting to see her because

1083
01:10:03.000 --> 01:10:06.199
<v Speaker 2>she has that contract that she could sign at any

1084
01:10:06.239 --> 01:10:10.079
<v Speaker 2>point to get a title match against timeless Tony Storm.

1085
01:10:10.720 --> 01:10:12.960
<v Speaker 2>But there's just a part of me that's just wondering

1086
01:10:12.960 --> 01:10:18.720
<v Speaker 2>how this is gonna go over with Mercedes Manet, and

1087
01:10:18.199 --> 01:10:21.079
<v Speaker 2>I just don't know. I just don't know. But I'm

1088
01:10:21.119 --> 01:10:24.119
<v Speaker 2>just really happy that Athena is being featured on television

1089
01:10:24.159 --> 01:10:28.359
<v Speaker 2>more often because she deserves that. She is too talented

1090
01:10:28.399 --> 01:10:32.119
<v Speaker 2>to just be in one place. You can't just pigeonhole her.

1091
01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:35.039
<v Speaker 2>She deserves to be everywhere, and I'm just so happy

1092
01:10:35.039 --> 01:10:38.319
<v Speaker 2>to see that. Now, hopefully we'll get the same for

1093
01:10:38.439 --> 01:10:44.600
<v Speaker 2>my girl, Diana Parrazzo, because mss ma'am the Virtuosa, the

1094
01:10:45.199 --> 01:10:49.880
<v Speaker 2>representative for s NHU, MSS Mama's has been wrestling everywhere

1095
01:10:49.920 --> 01:10:53.760
<v Speaker 2>but on aw television, and that needs to be rectified immediately.

1096
01:10:54.560 --> 01:10:59.039
<v Speaker 2>Her versus Mercedes would feed families in terms of submissions,

1097
01:10:59.079 --> 01:11:01.640
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just gonna need for something to actually shake

1098
01:11:01.720 --> 01:11:04.159
<v Speaker 2>for her real quick, because she is far too talented

1099
01:11:04.439 --> 01:11:07.640
<v Speaker 2>and far too amazing and far too gorgeous to just

1100
01:11:08.119 --> 01:11:12.279
<v Speaker 2>not be on aw television. It just makes no sense.

1101
01:11:12.680 --> 01:11:17.000
<v Speaker 2>It makes no sense. And I'm pretty sure if my

1102
01:11:17.079 --> 01:11:19.760
<v Speaker 2>girl Nikki Bougie were here, she would not like it.

1103
01:11:20.319 --> 01:11:23.920
<v Speaker 2>She would not like this at all. So yeah, get

1104
01:11:23.920 --> 01:11:29.119
<v Speaker 2>it together. AIW put Deanna Parazzo on TV. Please also

1105
01:11:29.159 --> 01:11:31.600
<v Speaker 2>pick up to Dianna because she had a magic as Jordan,

1106
01:11:31.800 --> 01:11:34.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean not Jordan, I'm sorry, I'm about to call him.

1107
01:11:34.680 --> 01:11:40.119
<v Speaker 2>His wife's name Jonathan Gresham, and he deserves to be

1108
01:11:40.159 --> 01:11:43.279
<v Speaker 2>on TV more often too. So get these folks on

1109
01:11:43.319 --> 01:11:50.439
<v Speaker 2>TV because they talented. And then, of course my goat,

1110
01:11:50.880 --> 01:11:55.279
<v Speaker 2>who I am just so proud of, regardless of how

1111
01:11:55.600 --> 01:12:04.159
<v Speaker 2>all in Texas went. Oh, Mercedes Money is still the

1112
01:12:04.239 --> 01:12:09.920
<v Speaker 2>rev pro UK un disputed British Women's World Champion. She

1113
01:12:10.079 --> 01:12:13.720
<v Speaker 2>had a match today and she won. She's still the champion,

1114
01:12:14.319 --> 01:12:17.279
<v Speaker 2>so she is still currently the holder of six titles

1115
01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:20.680
<v Speaker 2>and I'm still very much happy that she is going

1116
01:12:20.720 --> 01:12:24.199
<v Speaker 2>around the world and having matches against these women who

1117
01:12:24.239 --> 01:12:27.319
<v Speaker 2>have probably dreamed of facing off against her for years

1118
01:12:27.840 --> 01:12:30.520
<v Speaker 2>and have worked up for a huge opportunity like this.

1119
01:12:30.960 --> 01:12:33.239
<v Speaker 2>I love this for her, I love this for them,

1120
01:12:34.199 --> 01:12:39.399
<v Speaker 2>but I want my girl to get the big one,

1121
01:12:39.520 --> 01:12:45.279
<v Speaker 2>and I know Athena has that contract, but dang it,

1122
01:12:46.119 --> 01:12:51.880
<v Speaker 2>I want my Mercedes to have another big title while

1123
01:12:51.920 --> 01:12:59.800
<v Speaker 2>she has all the other titles. So yeah, my goat

1124
01:13:00.000 --> 01:13:06.640
<v Speaker 2>deserves it all. Like Kendrick Lamar, give her everything. So

1125
01:13:06.760 --> 01:13:09.479
<v Speaker 2>we'll see how that goes. But I'm proud of her regardless,

1126
01:13:09.640 --> 01:13:14.239
<v Speaker 2>it don't matter. That's my goat for life. And then,

1127
01:13:14.279 --> 01:13:19.159
<v Speaker 2>of course in TNA, I love that Mara Shade, who

1128
01:13:19.279 --> 01:13:23.520
<v Speaker 2>was formerly known as Jakara Jackson and NXT, got signed

1129
01:13:23.520 --> 01:13:27.039
<v Speaker 2>to TNA and she actually helped bring a victory to

1130
01:13:27.159 --> 01:13:32.880
<v Speaker 2>the Inspiration formerly known as the Iconics in TNA, so

1131
01:13:33.079 --> 01:13:35.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm really happy that she's been given a chance here

1132
01:13:35.560 --> 01:13:39.640
<v Speaker 2>in a new Lease on Life. She is a goal digger,

1133
01:13:40.439 --> 01:13:43.439
<v Speaker 2>g O, a l digger, and I am just so

1134
01:13:43.560 --> 01:13:46.279
<v Speaker 2>happy that she is having more of an opportunity to

1135
01:13:46.319 --> 01:13:50.600
<v Speaker 2>shine elsewhere because she was another person who I hated

1136
01:13:50.640 --> 01:13:53.680
<v Speaker 2>that thought released because her, Like I said earlier, her

1137
01:13:53.720 --> 01:13:58.199
<v Speaker 2>and Lash Legend were amazing as the Meda girls, and

1138
01:13:58.279 --> 01:14:00.680
<v Speaker 2>I really felt that they really could have carried the

1139
01:14:00.680 --> 01:14:05.760
<v Speaker 2>women's tag Team Championships, but sadly that wasn't to be,

1140
01:14:06.319 --> 01:14:09.680
<v Speaker 2>But I am happy that the very least she can

1141
01:14:09.920 --> 01:14:12.920
<v Speaker 2>get a fresh start in TNA, and for all we know,

1142
01:14:13.479 --> 01:14:15.720
<v Speaker 2>her and lash might bump into each other again. You

1143
01:14:15.840 --> 01:14:18.920
<v Speaker 2>never know, but either way, I'm happy that she got

1144
01:14:18.960 --> 01:14:25.800
<v Speaker 2>this debut and everything, So yay Maria. Now moving into

1145
01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:28.920
<v Speaker 2>the SmackDown side of things, of course, the episode was

1146
01:14:29.000 --> 01:14:33.039
<v Speaker 2>you know, sprinkled in with tributes to that man. But

1147
01:14:33.840 --> 01:14:36.880
<v Speaker 2>let's talk about the women first. We had Alexa Bliss

1148
01:14:36.960 --> 01:14:41.119
<v Speaker 2>and Charlotte Flair backstage having a touching moment while Alexa

1149
01:14:41.279 --> 01:14:43.800
<v Speaker 2>was bleeding out from her matches she had with Roxanne

1150
01:14:43.800 --> 01:14:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Friz and of course Raquel Rodriguez came out there with

1151
01:14:47.920 --> 01:14:53.199
<v Speaker 2>her to basically kind of just help her cheat, but

1152
01:14:53.439 --> 01:14:56.680
<v Speaker 2>basically after the match was over, Roxanne won and everything,

1153
01:14:56.680 --> 01:14:58.720
<v Speaker 2>which kind of gave them the upper hand leading into

1154
01:14:58.720 --> 01:15:02.000
<v Speaker 2>their match at Summer Slam. Charlotte and Alexa had a

1155
01:15:02.039 --> 01:15:06.359
<v Speaker 2>touching moment backstage, and I love this gradual growth of

1156
01:15:06.439 --> 01:15:09.640
<v Speaker 2>friendship between the two, and I love that we're seeing

1157
01:15:09.680 --> 01:15:14.239
<v Speaker 2>more of Charlotte be less regal and just kind of

1158
01:15:14.239 --> 01:15:16.720
<v Speaker 2>more of a fun girl because she came out there

1159
01:15:16.760 --> 01:15:18.960
<v Speaker 2>with the pomp poms the same way that Alexa came

1160
01:15:19.000 --> 01:15:21.319
<v Speaker 2>out with the pompoms for her, and it was just

1161
01:15:21.399 --> 01:15:24.520
<v Speaker 2>really cute. Plus it was really cool to see Alexa

1162
01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:27.279
<v Speaker 2>have that moment in Ohio because she's from there. Of course,

1163
01:15:27.279 --> 01:15:29.720
<v Speaker 2>she wasn't from Cleveland, but you know, she's from Columbus,

1164
01:15:29.960 --> 01:15:32.600
<v Speaker 2>but it was cool to see her get that Ohio pomp.

1165
01:15:35.600 --> 01:15:39.720
<v Speaker 2>And then we had this run in with Jade and Tiffany.

1166
01:15:40.439 --> 01:15:44.840
<v Speaker 2>Jade had a funny matchup with Chelsea Green because of course,

1167
01:15:44.920 --> 01:15:48.560
<v Speaker 2>Chelsea decided to go backstage and throws shade at Jade

1168
01:15:48.680 --> 01:15:54.520
<v Speaker 2>using the manchild lyrics from Sabrina Carpenter, and Jay walked

1169
01:15:54.560 --> 01:15:56.800
<v Speaker 2>up behind her and then Chelsea was like, she was

1170
01:15:56.880 --> 01:16:00.600
<v Speaker 2>right behind me, isn't she? And then Kathy Kelly moved

1171
01:16:00.600 --> 01:16:02.720
<v Speaker 2>out of the way and Jade proceeded to beat up

1172
01:16:02.720 --> 01:16:05.399
<v Speaker 2>on her. And what was so funny was Chelsea was

1173
01:16:05.399 --> 01:16:08.800
<v Speaker 2>getting beat up on in Gorilla and then she got

1174
01:16:08.880 --> 01:16:10.760
<v Speaker 2>beat and then she turned around and hit the wall

1175
01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:13.680
<v Speaker 2>and then just kept running after she hit the wall,

1176
01:16:13.720 --> 01:16:16.479
<v Speaker 2>and it was just so funny. It was like the

1177
01:16:16.520 --> 01:16:20.239
<v Speaker 2>definition of that TikTok sound where Helen Baylor said in

1178
01:16:20.239 --> 01:16:23.600
<v Speaker 2>that gospel song and my head hit the wall bomb,

1179
01:16:24.159 --> 01:16:27.720
<v Speaker 2>but I had a prayer and grandmother, that's kind of

1180
01:16:27.720 --> 01:16:31.199
<v Speaker 2>what it was. Chelsea is so silly and I hope

1181
01:16:31.239 --> 01:16:35.720
<v Speaker 2>she never changes. But Jade winds up beating up on Chelsea.

1182
01:16:36.359 --> 01:16:39.039
<v Speaker 2>But then the secret hervest winds up, you know, jumping

1183
01:16:39.079 --> 01:16:41.640
<v Speaker 2>her from behind, and then Tiffany came to help. But

1184
01:16:41.680 --> 01:16:43.920
<v Speaker 2>of course, since they have a match at SummerSlam for

1185
01:16:43.960 --> 01:16:47.560
<v Speaker 2>the Women's Championship, Jaye got a hold of that title

1186
01:16:48.039 --> 01:16:52.239
<v Speaker 2>and started feeling herself a little big, and Tiffany was like, Okay,

1187
01:16:52.319 --> 01:16:55.720
<v Speaker 2>give me my title, give it back, give it back,

1188
01:16:56.600 --> 01:17:02.880
<v Speaker 2>give it back. So I can't wait for this match.

1189
01:17:03.039 --> 01:17:09.199
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad that j one queen of the ring. Now,

1190
01:17:09.239 --> 01:17:14.439
<v Speaker 2>I will say Naomi cashing in on Io and Rhea definitely,

1191
01:17:15.159 --> 01:17:17.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, let us know that we didn't have the answers,

1192
01:17:17.560 --> 01:17:19.720
<v Speaker 2>because WW is really good at letting us know that

1193
01:17:19.760 --> 01:17:25.960
<v Speaker 2>we ain't got the answers. Sway, So to the whole

1194
01:17:26.079 --> 01:17:30.000
<v Speaker 2>Jade and Tiffany match, it's cool because you know, I'm

1195
01:17:30.000 --> 01:17:33.079
<v Speaker 2>pretty sure that they will have some words leading into

1196
01:17:33.119 --> 01:17:35.880
<v Speaker 2>next weekend. But I was hoping maybe they would have

1197
01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:38.600
<v Speaker 2>more of a fierce running this time. But I don't know.

1198
01:17:39.560 --> 01:17:44.079
<v Speaker 2>Everything just seems very slammed together with the scheduling of everything.

1199
01:17:44.159 --> 01:17:47.279
<v Speaker 2>But either way, I'm still excited for this match, and

1200
01:17:47.319 --> 01:17:54.199
<v Speaker 2>if Jade wins the title, I'll be happy. So yeah.

1201
01:17:54.239 --> 01:17:59.239
<v Speaker 2>And then another reason why I was happy, Lord, Lord, Lord,

1202
01:17:59.279 --> 01:18:02.680
<v Speaker 2>hold hold up podup, because y'all gonna have to see

1203
01:18:02.720 --> 01:18:07.960
<v Speaker 2>my face when I say this. Zelena got in the

1204
01:18:07.960 --> 01:18:10.279
<v Speaker 2>face of Julia and told her that she wants her

1205
01:18:10.359 --> 01:18:13.319
<v Speaker 2>rematch for the Women's United States Championship. And I was

1206
01:18:13.359 --> 01:18:16.840
<v Speaker 2>glad because at Evolution she eliminated the crap out of

1207
01:18:16.920 --> 01:18:19.479
<v Speaker 2>Julia and yelled at her with like a god will scream.

1208
01:18:19.680 --> 01:18:22.760
<v Speaker 2>And I was like, yes, Zelena, take your place, take

1209
01:18:22.800 --> 01:18:24.800
<v Speaker 2>your place. And I would have loved it if she

1210
01:18:24.880 --> 01:18:27.079
<v Speaker 2>won the Battle World, but she didn't, sadly, But it's

1211
01:18:27.119 --> 01:18:30.600
<v Speaker 2>okay because Selena is still out here trying to get

1212
01:18:30.640 --> 01:18:33.439
<v Speaker 2>her things and she has this darker look going on,

1213
01:18:33.479 --> 01:18:35.479
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just like, yes, I'm here, right here with you.

1214
01:18:35.520 --> 01:18:38.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm right here with you, girl. But we got a

1215
01:18:38.840 --> 01:18:42.880
<v Speaker 2>visitor here to shake things up, and that's Keanna James,

1216
01:18:42.920 --> 01:18:46.479
<v Speaker 2>who is finally on the main roster television. Thank god,

1217
01:18:46.640 --> 01:18:50.920
<v Speaker 2>thank God for Black women. She is back she is

1218
01:18:51.039 --> 01:18:55.720
<v Speaker 2>back and she is actually representing Julia. And she said, look,

1219
01:18:55.920 --> 01:18:57.600
<v Speaker 2>if you're gonna want to face her, you're gonna have

1220
01:18:57.680 --> 01:18:59.479
<v Speaker 2>to go through the proper channels, which are through me.

1221
01:18:59.640 --> 01:19:05.359
<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, okay, Keana, you basically are like her representation,

1222
01:19:05.520 --> 01:19:11.399
<v Speaker 2>like her attorney or whatever. Kind of like, okay, Keana,

1223
01:19:11.520 --> 01:19:15.520
<v Speaker 2>I like it. But Zelena gagged me when she called

1224
01:19:15.560 --> 01:19:20.560
<v Speaker 2>her clipboard Karen. And I said, Zelena, you did not

1225
01:19:20.680 --> 01:19:25.359
<v Speaker 2>have to gather her like that clipboard Karen. I can't.

1226
01:19:26.560 --> 01:19:29.600
<v Speaker 2>And of course next week they will be having their rematch.

1227
01:19:30.119 --> 01:19:32.439
<v Speaker 2>But I just got this weird feeling that Keana gonna

1228
01:19:32.479 --> 01:19:35.319
<v Speaker 2>get involved somehow. It's just gonna be some mess. So

1229
01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:40.600
<v Speaker 2>stop playing with my girl. Let her have her things.

1230
01:19:41.479 --> 01:19:45.239
<v Speaker 2>I love you, Zelena. Get your things back, please, please

1231
01:19:45.399 --> 01:19:48.840
<v Speaker 2>get your things back. So I was happy about that.

1232
01:19:50.079 --> 01:20:01.039
<v Speaker 2>Yay Keana. Oh now I know. Oh. People have their

1233
01:20:01.079 --> 01:20:06.359
<v Speaker 2>mixed feelings about Jelly Roll being in the mix of

1234
01:20:06.439 --> 01:20:10.520
<v Speaker 2>things in terms of celebrity fighters, and then on top

1235
01:20:10.560 --> 01:20:14.359
<v Speaker 2>of that, feeling like other superstars are being left out.

1236
01:20:15.720 --> 01:20:19.560
<v Speaker 2>But when I tell you, he ate Logan Paul up

1237
01:20:19.600 --> 01:20:23.640
<v Speaker 2>on the microphone, he ate him up on the microphone,

1238
01:20:23.720 --> 01:20:28.119
<v Speaker 2>like It's like for all of the insults that Logan

1239
01:20:28.199 --> 01:20:34.159
<v Speaker 2>Paul kept throwing at Jelly Roll and everything, by calling

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01:20:34.199 --> 01:20:40.159
<v Speaker 2>him a redneck and all it, Jelly Roll ate him alive.

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01:20:40.720 --> 01:20:44.039
<v Speaker 2>And I'm just sitting here like, Logan, how is it

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01:20:44.680 --> 01:20:49.600
<v Speaker 2>that you've been kind of on the main roster part

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01:20:49.680 --> 01:20:52.560
<v Speaker 2>time for a lot longer than the jelly Roll has been,

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01:20:52.600 --> 01:20:55.600
<v Speaker 2>But yet jelly Roll is getting you together. It's a

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01:20:55.840 --> 01:20:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Southern's that southern. That's what I really feel like it is.

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01:21:00.239 --> 01:21:02.720
<v Speaker 2>He been practicing, he been in he's been in his

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01:21:03.119 --> 01:21:07.159
<v Speaker 2>in his zoom, and I liked it. Jelly Roll ate

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01:21:07.239 --> 01:21:09.920
<v Speaker 2>him up, Like, if you haven't watched it, please go

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01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:12.319
<v Speaker 2>back and watch this episode of Backdown, because Jelly Row

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01:21:12.399 --> 01:21:16.159
<v Speaker 2>really held his own on that microphone. It was lit,

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01:21:16.199 --> 01:21:18.600
<v Speaker 2>and he was talking about how he represents, you know,

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01:21:18.640 --> 01:21:23.319
<v Speaker 2>the little guy and represents the people who were picked

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01:21:23.359 --> 01:21:26.399
<v Speaker 2>on by guys like Logan Paul, who were privileged with

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01:21:26.479 --> 01:21:29.920
<v Speaker 2>a silver spoon in their mouth, like the jocks. And

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01:21:30.000 --> 01:21:32.920
<v Speaker 2>then he definitely ate him up when he said that

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01:21:33.079 --> 01:21:38.880
<v Speaker 2>he was an asshole who empowers other assholes to get

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01:21:38.880 --> 01:21:41.079
<v Speaker 2>on camera and act like assholes. And I was just like,

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01:21:41.960 --> 01:21:46.520
<v Speaker 2>where's the lie? Where is the lie. I can't find it.

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01:21:46.560 --> 01:21:52.399
<v Speaker 2>I can't find the line, so jelly roll you clocked him.

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01:21:53.119 --> 01:21:56.600
<v Speaker 2>That was funny. I liked it. I liked it a lot,

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01:21:57.359 --> 01:22:05.399
<v Speaker 2>So it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be fun. And

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01:22:05.399 --> 01:22:09.159
<v Speaker 2>then Randy Orton came out here in his T shirt

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01:22:09.640 --> 01:22:16.279
<v Speaker 2>that said RKO everybody, And when I tell you I

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01:22:16.359 --> 01:22:21.000
<v Speaker 2>need this shirt, I need it. I need this shirt.

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01:22:21.039 --> 01:22:24.079
<v Speaker 2>I feel like me and my boyfriend need these shirts

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01:22:24.119 --> 01:22:29.920
<v Speaker 2>to match with because I'm feeling sentimental because our anniversary

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01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:34.039
<v Speaker 2>is Tuesday, and we've been together thirteen years and Randy

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01:22:34.159 --> 01:22:36.600
<v Speaker 2>Orton is the reason why he and I are together,

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01:22:38.439 --> 01:22:40.880
<v Speaker 2>and I just feel like us having these T shirts

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01:22:40.920 --> 01:22:48.279
<v Speaker 2>would just be so amazing because backstory, with my boyfriend

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01:22:48.359 --> 01:22:51.239
<v Speaker 2>and I started talking, he made a status about the

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01:22:51.359 --> 01:22:55.079
<v Speaker 2>RKO and I commented under it, and we have been

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01:22:55.119 --> 01:22:59.039
<v Speaker 2>talking ever since, and so for us to have ad

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01:22:59.279 --> 01:23:02.720
<v Speaker 2>a matching the Orton T shirt would just be amazing,

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01:23:02.760 --> 01:23:05.359
<v Speaker 2>and I feel like this has to be it. Also,

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01:23:05.560 --> 01:23:09.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm sort of manifesting that maybe one day Randy and

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01:23:09.079 --> 01:23:13.720
<v Speaker 2>his wife Kim will marry us. So Randy, if you're

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01:23:13.760 --> 01:23:16.399
<v Speaker 2>watching this somewhere or if you see this clip running

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01:23:16.399 --> 01:23:18.520
<v Speaker 2>around on the internet. Please know that there is a

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01:23:18.600 --> 01:23:23.000
<v Speaker 2>girl in Alabama who's in love with a man, and

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01:23:23.199 --> 01:23:25.560
<v Speaker 2>I want you and your wife to marry us. I

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01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:29.960
<v Speaker 2>don't know how it can happen, but I'm just putting

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01:23:30.000 --> 01:23:32.520
<v Speaker 2>it out there. If it can't happen, that's fine too.

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01:23:32.600 --> 01:23:34.680
<v Speaker 2>I will settle for y'all being guests. I don't care.

1285
01:23:35.079 --> 01:23:37.600
<v Speaker 2>But you're the reason we're together and I'm happy. So

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01:23:38.119 --> 01:23:43.960
<v Speaker 2>we need d shirts. So yeah, same, that was pretty

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01:23:44.039 --> 01:23:48.439
<v Speaker 2>lit tonight actually. And then you had the MIAs who

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01:23:49.079 --> 01:23:52.079
<v Speaker 2>made his return to Cleveland because this is his hometown

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01:23:52.199 --> 01:23:55.000
<v Speaker 2>or whatnot. But then he decided that he was gonna

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01:23:55.000 --> 01:23:58.720
<v Speaker 2>get in Jacob Fatu's face. And Jacob already mad because

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01:23:58.760 --> 01:24:01.439
<v Speaker 2>he got a fight solo, so koa in a steel cage. Man.

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01:24:01.640 --> 01:24:03.560
<v Speaker 2>He said, look, I told my family I wasn't gonna

1293
01:24:03.600 --> 01:24:05.760
<v Speaker 2>go back to the cage, but now I'm finna go.

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01:24:06.159 --> 01:24:09.359
<v Speaker 2>And then the Mens was like, look, you beating me

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01:24:09.479 --> 01:24:12.079
<v Speaker 2>up for a couple of weeks ago. I actually put

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01:24:12.079 --> 01:24:14.000
<v Speaker 2>the fire back under me, and now I'm back and

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01:24:14.039 --> 01:24:16.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm ready to fight. And he said, because I'm the

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01:24:16.439 --> 01:24:20.319
<v Speaker 2>Men's and I'm home, and then he's slapped him, and

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01:24:20.359 --> 01:24:24.680
<v Speaker 2>then I was just like now we already had one

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01:24:24.760 --> 01:24:29.000
<v Speaker 2>memorial on this episode, we're gonna have another one. Jacob

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01:24:29.079 --> 01:24:33.840
<v Speaker 2>gonna eat you alive. Sorry, sorry to you, miss and

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01:24:33.920 --> 01:24:40.159
<v Speaker 2>he wound up beating him. But ch'all this was crazy. Also,

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01:24:40.239 --> 01:24:43.359
<v Speaker 2>speaking of crazy, this is the first time we're seeing

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01:24:43.399 --> 01:24:46.239
<v Speaker 2>the Men's you know, on TV really like by himself

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01:24:46.279 --> 01:24:51.199
<v Speaker 2>without a certain Carmelo Hayes, And I'm gonna need for

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01:24:51.239 --> 01:24:53.640
<v Speaker 2>them to figure out real quick what's happening with him,

1307
01:24:53.720 --> 01:25:03.399
<v Speaker 2>because it feels so weird that someone is talented as him,

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01:25:03.880 --> 01:25:10.239
<v Speaker 2>and someone as star made and ready made as he

1309
01:25:10.359 --> 01:25:14.920
<v Speaker 2>is not getting the proper push or TV time or

1310
01:25:14.920 --> 01:25:18.880
<v Speaker 2>whatever it is that he needs. And it's like he'll

1311
01:25:18.920 --> 01:25:21.800
<v Speaker 2>get put in random matches every now and again, but

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01:25:21.840 --> 01:25:24.600
<v Speaker 2>it's just kind of like, what has happened to my Carmelo?

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01:25:26.479 --> 01:25:29.119
<v Speaker 2>I need more of him on my TV, please, because

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01:25:29.199 --> 01:25:32.399
<v Speaker 2>the fact that it's been like multiple pay per views

1315
01:25:32.399 --> 01:25:37.239
<v Speaker 2>and he hasn't been on them, and the fact that

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01:25:37.560 --> 01:25:40.720
<v Speaker 2>there's just been so much other stuff going on with

1317
01:25:40.920 --> 01:25:43.920
<v Speaker 2>the United States title and he hasn't been in that picture.

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01:25:44.560 --> 01:25:48.159
<v Speaker 2>He hasn't even like been moved to raw or anything.

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01:25:48.279 --> 01:25:53.239
<v Speaker 2>Like there's a disconnect happening and I don't like it

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01:25:53.319 --> 01:25:56.159
<v Speaker 2>because a few years ago I've made I've pattern a

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01:25:56.199 --> 01:25:58.760
<v Speaker 2>whole episode after him talking about all the ways of

1322
01:25:58.800 --> 01:26:02.359
<v Speaker 2>which he is a perfectly packaged star, but yet they're

1323
01:26:02.399 --> 01:26:04.760
<v Speaker 2>not treating him like it. And it's just so weird.

1324
01:26:05.560 --> 01:26:08.359
<v Speaker 2>And I'm wondering if the Mez in him is gonna

1325
01:26:08.359 --> 01:26:11.720
<v Speaker 2>be revisited, because at one point it looked like to him,

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01:26:11.880 --> 01:26:14.079
<v Speaker 2>it looked like Carmelo and the Minz were kind of

1327
01:26:14.119 --> 01:26:17.760
<v Speaker 2>gonna maybe break up, maybe not, But then the Mens

1328
01:26:17.840 --> 01:26:21.640
<v Speaker 2>went off and did something else, you know, and Carmelo

1329
01:26:21.760 --> 01:26:24.399
<v Speaker 2>was just kind of just left to his own devices

1330
01:26:24.439 --> 01:26:30.800
<v Speaker 2>after that. But you know, Carmelo won the Andre at

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01:26:30.840 --> 01:26:33.399
<v Speaker 2>Russellmania Weekend and that was fantastic and I was glad

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01:26:33.439 --> 01:26:37.239
<v Speaker 2>to have witnessed it. But mister Sir needs mister him

1333
01:26:37.319 --> 01:26:42.760
<v Speaker 2>needs something else. He needs more, he needs way more,

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01:26:46.079 --> 01:26:53.000
<v Speaker 2>he just does. So yeah, I've spoken my piece about that.

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01:26:54.359 --> 01:26:57.600
<v Speaker 2>Just don't let him get lost because he's super talented.

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01:26:59.119 --> 01:27:03.800
<v Speaker 2>So yeah. And also where is Ron Killings? Where is

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01:27:03.800 --> 01:27:07.680
<v Speaker 2>he at? Like? I mean him and Alistair Black had

1338
01:27:07.680 --> 01:27:10.399
<v Speaker 2>that thing, and now Alistair is feuding with Damian Priest

1339
01:27:10.439 --> 01:27:15.000
<v Speaker 2>because Damien was basically caping up for Ron Slash our Truth,

1340
01:27:16.479 --> 01:27:19.680
<v Speaker 2>and it's like, now Ron is not in the picture anymore, Like,

1341
01:27:20.359 --> 01:27:25.239
<v Speaker 2>what's going on with that? Where is he? Because we

1342
01:27:25.319 --> 01:27:28.159
<v Speaker 2>wanted him to come back. He's back, but where is

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01:27:28.199 --> 01:27:28.520
<v Speaker 2>he at?

1344
01:27:28.560 --> 01:27:28.800
<v Speaker 1>Now?

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01:27:30.399 --> 01:27:37.479
<v Speaker 2>Where's Ron killings? So yeah, and I believe that's basically

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01:27:37.560 --> 01:27:42.199
<v Speaker 2>it for what I liked in wrestling this week. I

1347
01:27:42.239 --> 01:27:46.680
<v Speaker 2>am so happy to have done this episode tonight. Thank

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01:27:46.760 --> 01:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>all of you guys for watching me live, and of

1349
01:27:50.640 --> 01:27:52.760
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1350
01:27:52.880 --> 01:27:57.279
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1352
01:28:02.680 --> 01:28:06.039
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1353
01:28:06.119 --> 01:28:10.000
<v Speaker 2>I am so close and I mean this close, and

1354
01:28:10.039 --> 01:28:14.119
<v Speaker 2>I mean this close to five hundred subscribers, So please

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01:28:14.119 --> 01:28:16.960
<v Speaker 2>subscribe to my YouTube channel, which is the Hardy Wrestling

1356
01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:20.640
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1357
01:28:20.720 --> 01:28:22.880
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1358
01:28:22.880 --> 01:28:27.119
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1359
01:28:27.159 --> 01:28:29.920
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1360
01:28:29.960 --> 01:28:34.119
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1361
01:28:34.479 --> 01:28:37.880
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<v Speaker 2>I want to thank everybody for all of the love

1364
01:28:45.239 --> 01:28:49.199
<v Speaker 2>and support you showed me on Evolution weekend, especially when

1365
01:28:49.239 --> 01:28:54.920
<v Speaker 2>I got to ask Naomi that question. That's another reason

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01:28:54.960 --> 01:28:57.399
<v Speaker 2>why I'm not over Evolution just yet, and I'm not

1367
01:28:57.600 --> 01:29:01.920
<v Speaker 2>over nailing being champion because because number one, I didn't

1368
01:29:01.960 --> 01:29:04.079
<v Speaker 2>just get to witness it happened. I also got to

1369
01:29:04.159 --> 01:29:09.159
<v Speaker 2>ask her a question and it means a lot. So

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01:29:09.239 --> 01:29:12.119
<v Speaker 2>thank you, guys, so so much, and of course this

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<v Speaker 2>is the Hardy Wrestling Podcast with your girl, Stephanie Hardy

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<v Speaker 2>and until next time, by y'all,