WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.319 Night one of WrestleMania is in the books, and what 2 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:07.320 a night it was. From an absolute classic between Becky 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:10.439 Lynch and Bianca bell Air, the return of Cody Rhodes 4 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:13.800 and Stone Cold Steve Auston having his first match in 5 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:16.920 nearly twenty years. I can't wait to talk about this, guys. 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.039 Let's get it all started right now. 7 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:25.600 This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to 8 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:27.920 the WWE. 9 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:41.840 Podcast, the show, the one that everybody wants me God 10 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:47.320 Lovest three sixteen, So I just grow your ass, is 11 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:48.079 my Eyron. 12 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:49.640 You're gonna acknowledge me? 13 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:53.960 All right, everybody, Welcome to the ww podcast. Thank you 14 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.920 for joining me here, and we're gonna get into WrestleMania 15 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:59.399 Night one and look a little bit ahead to night too. 16 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:01.439 There's a full preview, a prediction show, by the way, 17 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.120 that I did with Grace, and we put that up 18 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:05.599 a couple of days ago, so you can hear our 19 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.120 full Night two preview, but we're mainly going to be 20 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.599 focusing on Night one here. I did a very quick, 21 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:16.760 high level, seven minute overview of my thoughts last night 22 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:19.319 half asleep because I wanted to get something out there. 23 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.560 But today We're going to dive a lot more in 24 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.359 depth on Night one on my thoughts on it, as 25 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:26.439 well as again previewing a little bit of Night two, 26 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:30.159 and boy, is there a lot to discuss with Stone 27 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:32.400 Cold Steve Austin. I think going to be the forefront 28 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.680 of my conversation here in just a minute with after 29 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:38.959 nineteen years, having an official match in WWE and what 30 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.000 that could mean moving forward and something that Stone Cold 31 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.879 said during his promo or during the KO segment in 32 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:48.000 his promo that no one's talking about, and I'm going 33 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.799 to talk about that in just a minute as well. 34 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:54.200 But guys, once again, welcome to the WWE podcast. Thank 35 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:55.840 you so much for being here. There are so many 36 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:59.319 different wrestling podcasts out there, especially this weekend with just 37 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.439 every single show that has wrestling on it is covering 38 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.519 WrestleMania as they should, and you're electing to stay with 39 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.560 us here for coverage and we're going to be going 40 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.159 wall to wall with more coverage and a lot more 41 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.960 live video which I did on TikTok last night. Very short, 42 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:18.360 but I did it and of course on YouTube, and 43 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:20.400 I'm gonna be I'm gonna be advancing a little bit 44 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.680 more in a video, especially for those patrons who are 45 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.039 supporting the show. I'm gonna be on there. 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You won't get any video, but 49 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.439 you can at least get our ad free shows as 50 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:39.680 well as on our WrestleMania or rather our Apple podcast 51 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.719 feed ninety nine cents sales still going on ninety nine 52 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:46.000 cents for a month and our website go vip for 53 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.639 all of our content at free, as well as videos. 54 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.599 So with that said, everybody, let's let's dive into night one, 55 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.439 and yes, I'm leading off with the main event, and 56 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.560 that was the KO show that we knew was going 57 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:00.319 to turn into a brawl, but we weren't sure it 58 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:01.879 was going to be a match, and it did end 59 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.159 up being an official match. As Stone Cold Steve Austin 60 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.840 came out with his knee braces, he came out with 61 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.759 his shirt on. Many people have asked, well, why does 62 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:12.960 he have a shirt? I can he ever wrestled with 63 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.639 his shirt? Well, he alluded to it in the previous week, 64 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:18.159 the last week or two that he did not have 65 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.520 enough time, as much time as he would have liked 66 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:23.439 to prepare for this matchup with Kevin Owens, this confrontation 67 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.599 as it was once framed, and you know that that's 68 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:28.439 the only thing that he wishes he had more time, 69 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.520 which I would imagine he doesn't want to take off 70 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.319 his shirt and have it not look like he did 71 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.639 twenty years ago, you know, and you could tell through 72 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:37.599 the shirt that he still had a little bit of 73 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.159 a little bit of a gut compared to of course 74 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.400 his prime years. But that's probably why he kept his 75 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:46.159 shirt on, no doubt about it. And I don't blame him, 76 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.080 you know I would. I wouldn't want to look like, 77 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:51.439 you know, not look the part, especially after twenty years 78 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.680 and I get it. So now, the one thing before 79 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.120 we get into the actual matchup that I want to 80 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.479 address is something Stone Cold said during the case show. 81 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.599 Let's talk about this, you know what, instead of talking 82 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:04.439 about it, why don't I just play it for you 83 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.280 and without me telling you what I'm going to be 84 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.639 talking about specifically with what stone Colts said, why don't 85 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.159 you see if you can pick it out first. So 86 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.800 let's take a listen to this and we'll play a 87 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.399 little game can you identify what we're going to talk 88 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.959 about and what's very interesting to me? Here we go. 89 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.920 I had my first match right here in Dallas, Texas. 90 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:40.040 I could have my last match right here in Dallas, Texas. 91 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.279 If you won't Stone call Steve Austin to compete in 92 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:57.000 the match tonight to get his second get hell yeah. 93 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.879 All right, well did you did you pick it out? 94 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.120 Did you identify it? I think you did. If if 95 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.600 you've been listening to the show, you know where I'm 96 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.800 going with this. And there's one keyword in there. Could 97 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:12.160 Stone Cold said this could be where I have my 98 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:16.519 last match? Could now? Was he referring to if I 99 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:19.720 decide in this moment to have this match, this could 100 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.680 be my last match right now? Yeah, but very interesting 101 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.199 choice of words. No one's talking about that. But see 102 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.240 we're here on the ww podcast. We are smarter than 103 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.240 everybody else. I say that very facetiously and kind of 104 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.000 subscribed sarcastic ebit, but for real, I mean that to 105 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.519 me was very important because it leaves the door open. 106 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.399 He's leaving the door open. I believe he used this. 107 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.920 This is further evidence that he used last night as 108 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.160 as a test for his body and his mind to 109 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.920 see how everything turned out and to see if it's 110 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.639 indeed worth pursuing a further match or two and then 111 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.959 calling it a complete career against Roman Reigns against brock 112 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.920 Lesner obviously the the two top choices. You could do 113 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.800 others as well, But to me, brock Lezzer and Stone 114 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.319 Cold at wrest my thirty nine is we're we're of 115 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.839 course stretching right now, but it's possible, and I really 116 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.759 believe it's just he would have said that it's you know, 117 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.360 this is where I had my first match, and it's 118 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.360 appropriate this is where I will have my last match, 119 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.519 not could So I know I'm harping on this, but 120 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:28.040 it's very very important when you listen to the phrasing there. 121 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:32.600 So nonetheless, besides moving forward, let's look at what happened. 122 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.439 So Stone Cold comes out after KO just continue to 123 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.319 run him down, and boy, Kevin Owens got some great 124 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.279 heat and he knows how to really turn it on. 125 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:44.079 And even though a guy that's beloved like Ko was 126 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:49.439 able to really get some genuine heat, and Stone Cold 127 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.519 finally comes out after Kevin Owens was running his mouth 128 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.600 and we got a Kevin Owens and stone Cold sitting 129 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:57.759 there and Kevin Owens says he you know, he lied, 130 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.879 he tricked him, he was actually going to challenge him 131 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:06.079 to match, and Austin obviously accepted as anybody would expect. 132 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:10.399 And just in that moment when Austin and Kevin Owens 133 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.199 were pacing each other around the ring before that bell rang, 134 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:18.319 the significance of that moment really sank in. I mean, 135 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:22.600 when you think about the significance of this, it can't 136 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:27.720 be overstated. Like stone Cold see of Austin nearly twenty 137 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:33.800 years later we get another match from him, And hearing 138 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.319 that bell ring and seeing stone Cold just staring across 139 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:41.000 the ring at KO was a hell of a moment. 140 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:42.720 They're talking about moments all the time, and I'm tired 141 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.120 of hearing about moments. You know, WrestleMania has really become 142 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:50.120 kind of a self fulfilling, obsessive, self obsessive prophecy where 143 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:53.240 they're everyone in WWE, all the performers are always talking 144 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.600 about wrestlemaniuments, WrestleMania moments, as if it's like the fourth wall, 145 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:58.959 like stop talking about it, just make it a great 146 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:02.920 card and have great stories elminate there. It's always like 147 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:06.199 there's very self aware of how big this this pay 148 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:09.519 per view is, and that I don't like that because 149 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.959 it's just it's so I don't know how to describe 150 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:16.240 it other than just it's a very just self aware, 151 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.000 constant reminder everybody knows how big it is, but we're 152 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.439 going to talk about how big it is all the time. Anyway, 153 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.480 I'm gonna get off on a tangent. But this was 154 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:28.079 guys hearing that bell ring and seeing Stone Cold there 155 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.040 and realizing, holy, you know what, Holy, we are in 156 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.480 a match like this is a match and it wasn't 157 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:38.799 an Eric Rowan rock match that was just a complete fallacy, 158 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:45.639 just an insult to a match. And seeing this was 159 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:47.799 just it gave me chills. And seeing hearing stone Calds 160 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:49.720 music come out and seeing him come out on I 161 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.840 mean that gave me chills. I mean, I can't imagine 162 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:53.559 what it was like in person. Michael Ritter, who does 163 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.840 our SmackDown review with John, was there in person and 164 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.919 he had said, how you know, he had got chills 165 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.360 the entire time, and I could imagine being there much less. 166 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.919 I mean, watching it at home was I'm watching it 167 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.720 back and watching it back like ten times now and 168 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:10.399 it's still is absolutely amazing to see. And I've heard 169 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:14.320 some criticism already about stone Cold hurt some some No, 170 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.320 he doesn't look like himself. Why is an he weren't 171 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.080 taking off his shirt? Already addressed the shirt thing. Secondly, 172 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.120 is he a step slower? Yeah, he doesn't have that 173 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.799 same quickness that he did at thirty eight as he 174 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.200 does at fifty eight. Okay, duh. And he hasn't had 175 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:34.360 a match in twenty years. Okay, he isn't imagined twenty years. 176 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.840 What do you think you'd be like now? It was 177 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.879 a respectable, a respectable effort by stone Cold. In fact, 178 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:43.559 I would I would argue that it was as good 179 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:46.120 as it could have been for him at that age, 180 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.440 twenty years removed from an actual match. It was as 181 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:53.879 good as it could have been. Now. Again, was it 182 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.320 a little obvious that he was slower in his punches 183 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.519 and everything else? Yes, it was was distracting passingly, it was, 184 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:05.679 But he took a bump on the concrete. When when 185 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.879 Stone Cold took a back body drop or a sup plex, 186 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.440 whatever it was, I think it was a super plex 187 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:13.080 from Ko on the concrete, I would say, first of all, 188 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:17.000 I was I held my breath. I'm like, Steve, what 189 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.000 are you doing? Man? I mean, I know the message 190 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.720 that he was trying to send, because they're all people 191 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.399 love sending messages in w W. I mean that has 192 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.879 to be part of your resume, is that you know, 193 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.440 I'm not gonna I'm not gonna half ask this. This 194 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.080 is gonna be something that if I'm gonna do, I'm 195 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:30.720 gonna show you guys, I'm willing to take a bump. 196 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.799 And he did, and I you know, message received, they 197 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:37.200 got it, and it was amazing, you know, and and 198 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.200 seeing the effort that he put in he did he 199 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:41.679 did not just dish out the punishment. I mean it 200 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.480 was about seventy thirty in terms of punishment dished out 201 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.440 by Austin and Ko got his shots in though, and 202 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.519 I got to give it to Steve Man, he did 203 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.600 take some some flat back bumps. He took that shot 204 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.639 on the concrete. Kevin Owens hit a stunner on him. 205 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.639 But you know, at the end of the day, Ko 206 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.840 end up eating a stunner with the one, two three 207 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.440 eating another stunner. I would have liked the third, but 208 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.000 I'll except to and then, which was one of the 209 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.879 best things ever. Byron Saxton gets stunned as well Byron Saxon, 210 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:17.519 who is just, I mean, just such a distraction uncommentary. 211 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.120 It's it's I mean, I have not gotten used to 212 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:23.519 Byron at all, with his phrases and his just tropes 213 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:29.120 and his corporate, corporate language that he pushes all the 214 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.960 time and all these things. Right, I'm not a Byron 215 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.159 Saxon fan at Also, seeing him get stunned was a 216 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:37.360 lot of fun, and it was it was a great time, 217 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.600 and the crowd was with him one thousand percent from 218 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.279 start to finish. It was awesome. There's no other way 219 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:48.360 to phrase it other than it was nostalgia wrapped with 220 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.080 a hell of an effort, wrapped with some hope for 221 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:59.440 the future that perhaps perhaps we could see could see 222 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.559 his own cold Steve Ahnston in another match. You know that, 223 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.600 of course, will be determined in the future. That'll be 224 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:10.080 something down the line that we'll figure out and hear 225 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:14.159 rumors about. And it's it's also possible that hey, maybe 226 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.200 he's actually on raw. Maybe he's here at WrestleMania, and 227 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:19.240 I too, I don't know what reason I doubt it, 228 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.919 but if anything, maybe he's there in Dallas for Monday 229 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:24.200 Night Raw, and he ends up hitting somebody else with 230 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.639 a stunner, maybe Kevin Owens one last time, and leaves. 231 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:29.000 I hope, so, I hope Austin's there at least for Raw. 232 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.799 And then he goes away for a while and we 233 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.240 hear rumors of next year's WrestleMania where he could face 234 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:36.679 so and so that's hopefully what happens here. I don't 235 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.679 I don't foresee. I don't foresee any anything major happening 236 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:44.639 with Austin at WrestleMania Nite too tonight. But again, awesome effort, 237 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.159 as good as it could have been for Stone Cold 238 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:52.320 and just chills, I mean absolute chills. And I know 239 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:55.200 people have talked about, well here, you know what about 240 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.360 the current roster. They don't get a spot. Why don't 241 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:01.200 they get the main event? This is the biggest draw 242 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.480 in the history of pro wrestling. Returning to wrestling, everyone 243 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:12.080 and everything takes a back seat, everyone and everything. I 244 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.480 know that it's about building new stars, but first of all, 245 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.720 Kevin Owens is still in the prime of his career. 246 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:20.240 This helps elevate us Kevin in a lot of ways. 247 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.960 Even though he took the loss that doesn't matter. He 248 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:25.519 can come back and cut a promo and still talk 249 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:27.159 trash and you'll want to see him get a beat up, 250 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:28.759 get beat up again. I mean, Kevin Owens is not 251 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:30.720 going to be hurt by this loss at all. There's 252 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:34.799 no such thing as being demoted by being in the 253 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:38.200 main event of WRESTLEMANI with Stone Cold Steve Aouston. It's 254 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.600 not like even if this was a squash, which it wasn't, 255 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.399 I still would argue that it doesn't hurt Ko. But 256 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.480 this was just it helps Ko in every sense of 257 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.759 the word. And again, just awesome stuff. Guys. All right, well, 258 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.320 I mean I could go on and on about this, 259 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.080 but all right, let's talk about another match here. Let's 260 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:01.799 talk about Ronda Rousey in Charlotte. I have to say, 261 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.200 first of all, and first and foremost, the match was 262 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.440 better than I expected. Ronda Rowsey impressed me from a 263 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.799 just a number of moves standpoint. She was able to 264 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:16.559 get out of maneuvers, she added a lot of She 265 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:21.279 added some actual wrestling moves to her repertoire. She has 266 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.080 the ankle lock that she seemingly has mastered from Kurt Angle, 267 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:29.519 the armor, all that, all that stuff, and seeing her 268 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.919 lose that match to Charlotte with a boot to the 269 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:40.519 face was surprising, surprising in a way that I'm not 270 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.480 angry about. Okay, I am elated that Ronda Rousei did 271 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:50.080 not win that match. I'm shocked, but I'm elated, elated. 272 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:55.039 So this was, again, honestly a good match. Was it 273 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:59.200 as good as Bianca and Becky? Hell no? But be 274 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.080 given that, a lot of fans, including myself, did not 275 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:04.039 look at this match and say, WHOA the match of 276 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:07.120 the night written all over this? You know, nobody did. 277 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.480 Nobody that I've heard or listened to or even encountered 278 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:13.440 on social media has said that. And I think they 279 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.000 did a very good job of overachieving people's bar they 280 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:21.440 set low, but also telling a decent story and not 281 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.080 having the crowd completely turn on this match. You know, 282 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.679 the crowd didn't actually crap all over this, and I 283 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:30.840 thought they would. Now that said, I think that we 284 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:34.320 still got a lot of indifference from the crowd at 285 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:38.440 least that's how it came off of. It came off 286 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:42.639 very just kind of indifferent and kind of mixed at times, 287 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:46.000 I have to say, So you know that there was that, 288 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:51.759 and overall, again, this was a fine match, a fine 289 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:54.759 match in which both women put in hard work. I 290 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.200 have to say, you know, I'm seeing a lot of 291 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.639 websites that giving A like A B minus C plus. 292 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.240 A lot of websites do that, and you know, I'd 293 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.519 agree with that assessment. I think that's a fair assessment. 294 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.480 I would say that it's A in the C plus 295 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:13.600 B minus range. And this was just a match that 296 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.639 I think is leading to other matches. A lot of 297 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.919 kickouts and finishes, by the way, a lot of submission 298 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.799 holds in which you're not sure if someone's gonna tap. 299 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:24.399 Ronda did get Charlotte to tap, but the referee got 300 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:27.039 knocked out. The referee gets up, boot to the face, bam, 301 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:31.799 gone again. Not a bad match. It was a fine match, 302 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:37.039 and that's that. I mean. Charlotte retains. Many people thought 303 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.000 she was going away after WrestleMania. Nope, she's here to stay. 304 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.399 She is here to stay. And I think Becky Lynch 305 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.279 eventually will face Ronda one on one, maybe at SummerSlam. 306 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:52.519 That's my thought anyway, So good stuff from Ronda and Charlotte, 307 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.679 even though I could care less about Ronda Rowsey. Yep, 308 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:04.440 that's my personal opinion. Let's see here. Ah, Okay, Seth 309 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.559 Rollins mystery opponent, the worst kept secret in all of 310 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.839 pro wrestling for the last month ended up being Cody Rhoads. 311 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:16.960 Crowd loved it, and Jimmy Smith apparently has been living, 312 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.240 you know, under a boulder, not just a rock, but 313 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.839 like some kind of I don't know, some kind of 314 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:30.599 iceberg he's been living under because his comment that after 315 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.119 the pan, after he was introduced, after Cody Roads was 316 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.480 revealed to me Seth's mystery opponent, Jimmy Smith said, and 317 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:42.079 the people here in at and T Stadium can't believe it. Jimmy, 318 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:45.039 are you number one? I have to believe you're trolling 319 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:50.319 because people were channing Cody half the night. People have 320 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:53.599 been channing Cody the last few weeks from every in 321 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:57.039 every city they went when Seth Rollins came out. How 322 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:00.039 exactly is this unexpected? Are you? This is the the 323 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:02.799 narrative lies that they try to push that the people 324 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.680 are shocked and they did a good job by fooling everybody, 325 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.480 and the announcer is telling us so makes it so? No? 326 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.440 I mean anybody with a you know, two ears and 327 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.680 a pair of eyes were like, yeah, no, it's duh, like, 328 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.039 of course it's Cody, and it couldn't have been anybody else. 329 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:18.920 First of all, I mean, imagine if they brought out Shane. 330 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:20.680 I've said that before Grace brought it up, and I 331 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.480 just imagine if it was Shane. I would have actually 332 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.519 loved to hear that, hear him come out and see 333 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:30.039 what the crowd does, just for just you know, the 334 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:34.559 pure evil intentions of hearing what that reaction would be like, 335 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:38.400 and then obviously seeing Cody come out after. But this 336 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:41.359 couldn't have been anybody else other than Cody. The crowd 337 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.480 loved it. Cody was super over and I think that 338 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.319 this match, even though Seth rollins lost, this is probably 339 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:54.279 Seth Rollins's best loss to date at WrestleMania, at least 340 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:56.759 in the last few years. I mean, Seth has some big, 341 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:02.720 big matchups that he's lost to WrestleMania big ones. Kevin 342 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:04.440 Owens for one, I mean he lost to Edge. It 343 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.599 wasn't WrestleMania, but he lost the blowoff to Edge. Recently, 344 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:12.839 Seth Rollins has not had a good outcome lately when 345 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.759 it comes to big matches on the big stage. Seth's 346 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.359 like Seth is does not have a good record at 347 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:21.079 WrestleMania anyway. I'd love to know what the actual numbers are. 348 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:24.519 But the reason I say it's his best loss, even 349 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:27.799 though at this point I think the losses are actually 350 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:32.519 starting to hurt Rollins. This matchup may have been Seth 351 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.799 Rollins' best matchup in a few years. And it's not 352 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.160 because Seth Rollins has not put in the effort, but 353 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:43.839 his opponents sometimes have been limiting him for what he 354 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:46.680 can do. And I then Cody Rhodes and him put 355 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.880 on a clinic. They put on a wrestling clinic for 356 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:53.839 fifteen twenty minutes and absolutely knocked it out of the park, 357 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.960 absolutely knocked it out of the park. I know that 358 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:01.759 there were some at some points. I mean I'm seeing 359 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:03.720 a review right now where somebody said that the match 360 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:07.400 got a bit sloppy, especially down the stretch. I mean, 361 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.559 I think that a lot of it had to do 362 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.680 probably with exhaustion the moment, the adrenaline. When your body 363 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:17.599 is that exhausted from taking a beating for twenty minutes, 364 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.880 I mean, you're bound to have a little bit of 365 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:24.480 a little bit of lack of control of your muscles 366 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.279 and that kind of thing. But that didn't to me 367 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.799 hurt the match. It did not. Now, having Cody Roads 368 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:34.039 hit Crossroads like three times, the way he did it 369 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.359 was a little bit I get that right, Like it's 370 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:39.319 a little weak the way that the Crossroads looked because 371 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:41.960 it was clear that his arm was protecting Seth's head 372 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:44.799 and he did it in a way that wasn't the 373 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:47.960 best looking. But the narrative of it, that's my favorite 374 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:51.359 word lately, narrative, But that to me was the story. 375 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:53.240 There you go. The story they were trying to tell 376 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.759 is that Cody is putting Seth down for good. It's insurance, 377 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:02.079 as Corey Graves said. And Corky Graves, by the way, 378 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:06.480 had some funny action, some funny commentary last night when 379 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:10.039 he said that Stone Cold was like Popeye, right, Like 380 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:14.079 he had an analogy of the beer was to Stone 381 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.559 Cold as Spinach was to Popeye, something along those lines, 382 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:19.880 and it made me laugh. I mean I was laughing 383 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:22.759 at that. So props to Corey Graves on that. But 384 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:25.640 back to the Cody and Seth, this was good. I 385 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:28.960 mean there was a line where Rhodes was being told 386 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:32.119 welcome back to the big leagues and all that, and 387 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:35.799 I'm very fearful though, even though Cody's back and the 388 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:39.119 fans love it and he'll be an immediate babyface that 389 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:44.680 they'll WWE eyes him again, where it'll be very clear 390 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.839 that corporate has their thumb on him, that they're controlling him. 391 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.359 That it doesn't feel like Cody Roads we saw in 392 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:55.880 AEW it doesn't feel like that unchained Cody Roads we saw, 393 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.880 And it's possible. It's possible, and I'm sure they will 394 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:08.319 because nobody's bigger than w WE. And that said, I 395 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.319 do I think that this match is going to continue possibly, 396 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.720 and in fact, I think it's likely that Cody and 397 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:17.039 Seth have another match or two with the next two 398 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:21.680 Premium live events or PLS or plus. That's a real 399 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:26.799 catchy acronym, huh a PLU, but that is what I think. 400 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.319 I think that these two, given how good that they 401 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.599