WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:00.280 It. 2 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:07.160 This is WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:12.839 the WWE podcast. 4 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:18.039 Stop the show, the one that everybody wants me. 5 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:29.440 God sixteen says, your ass's modern. 6 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:31.160 You're gonna acknowledge me? 7 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.000 Okay, everybody, Welcome to the official twenty twenty three Royal 8 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:40.880 Rumble Review. I have with me today a special guest 9 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.520 co host, patron of the show, longtime patron of the show, 10 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:47.039 and voicemail contributor to our mailbag, as well as an 11 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.840 in person perspective from last night's Royal Rumble. And we've 12 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.359 got a lot to talk about. But first let me 13 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:55.880 introduce you to Rocky T. You guys have heard him before, 14 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.079 but if you haven't, I want to introduce him to 15 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.159 you now. And Rocky T, how you doing man, and 16 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:00.799 how was the show? 17 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.200 I am doing well, Man, still coming off the high 18 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:08.760 from last night. The show was amazing. First time to 19 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:12.159 a Rumble. I've been to past WrestleMania's and plenty of 20 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.719 smackdowns and raws house shows over the years, but this 21 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.599 roy Rumble is at the top of the list. 22 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.879 I could imagine you don't get in our wrestling fandom careers. 23 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:25.560 We don't get to go to too many pay per views, 24 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.439 much less one of the biggest pay per views that 25 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.480 WW has every year. So I'm jealous. I'm sure many 26 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:32.680 of us that are watching are jealous, or listening rather 27 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:35.920 are jealous. And before we get going, where were your 28 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:39.879 seats exactly when you went to the arena, where'd you said? 29 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.079 So? I was behind the entrance, so where the intrance was, 30 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.640 we were above it to on the camera angle would 31 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:48.560 have been to the left. 32 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.560 So unfortunately, as I told you. 33 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.120 When we message, I was not able to get the 34 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:54.560 sign inside the arena. 35 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.000 It was too big, was what they told me. But 36 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.239 I think the guards. 37 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:02.040 Were by our gate just being more a little more 38 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.640 strict because we saw signs get in that were about 39 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.680 about our size that I had. And then even the 40 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:10.919 side the sign that she created, they said it was 41 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.680 too big and it's a regular poster poster board signs. 42 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.879 So we were right behind the entrance pretty much, but 43 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.159 not on camera. So even if I would have had 44 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.719 the sign, it may not have made the camera angles. 45 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.280 But I did rewatch some of the roombo last time 46 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.360 when we got back to the hotel, and to see 47 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.879 where if we could see ourselves on camera but I 48 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.280 don't think it would have made it on camera either way. 49 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.120 It's all right, yeah no, And I when I was 50 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.080 looking around, I didn't see too many signs as a 51 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.879 whole anyway. I mean, and it's not like back in 52 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:43.039 the late nineties where everyone brought a sign every single show, 53 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:48.159 And I think, like you encountered, you have much stricter regulations. 54 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.520 I guess for what the security and the building are 55 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.199 told by w W management is allowable and it's what's not. 56 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.400 And so yeah, no, no big deal. I actually had forgot. 57 00:02:58.400 --> 00:02:59.840 I was like, oh, that's right, and I started looking 58 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:01.199 for the sign and I'm like, I don't even see 59 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.240 many signs at all. So I figured that's something had happened. 60 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.120 But no big deal. Let's jump into the show. As 61 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.039 we opened the show, this may have been the only 62 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.919 Royal Rumble I can remember that we had the actual 63 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.400 Royal Men's Royal Rumble match open the show. So that 64 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:19.400 was pretty surprising. And uh, we opened the show with 65 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:20.080 the World Rumble. 66 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.120 Were you surprised by that? First of all? 67 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.599 When they immediately went to the Men's Royal Rumble, which 68 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:26.840 typically is slated for the end of the show. 69 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.639 Absolutely, yeah, I remember what you were saying in the 70 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.360 last couple of podcasts that if the Rumble came on 71 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.759 first before Romas match, then we would probably end up 72 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:41.080 seeing Cody win, and if it was vice versa, then 73 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:43.919 maybe a Sami win. So when they announced the start 74 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:46.879 of the Rumbo, yeah, I was very surprised. I didn't 75 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.120 expect that format. By the end of By the end 76 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:52.919 of the night, I felt like like it took out 77 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.800 a lot of energy from the crowd. I mean, that 78 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.639 was a good rumble. The order everybody came out, the 79 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.120 little the mini storylines that they told was great, but 80 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.800 it was loud and it took a lot of energy 81 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:06.560 out of us. So maybe there wasn't as loud later 82 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:09.120 on during I mean, I know it's loud, the whole 83 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.080 whole rumble, but uh, I think it's totally surprised me. 84 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.879 I guess, I guess I'm okay with it. But I 85 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:20.639 didn't like the back to back women matches. So if 86 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.639 they would have started with maybe you know, the women's 87 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.519 match and then men's were a rumble and then the 88 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:28.759 woman's but that's what threw me off. 89 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.839 Yeah, usually, yeah, I'm with you. 90 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.480 This was I didn't hate it I'm like, okay, cool, 91 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:36.240 I don't have to wait two and a half three 92 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.279 hours to get to the match that we all want 93 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:38.680 to see. 94 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.000 And no disrespect to. 95 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.319 The women's but right now, the men's Rumble and specifically 96 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.240 the championship match with Roman and Kaoh, we're the main 97 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.879 events of the show, without question. And so I was 98 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.120 I'm with you. It took me by surprise, but I'm like, all. 99 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:50.720 Right, let's do this. 100 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:53.480 Let's go and with a fresh crowd, you're going to 101 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:56.600 get the maximum reaction at the beginning. And you guys, 102 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:59.000 were you guys, were you guys were loud? I gotta 103 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:00.560 say there were, there were some There was some times 104 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.480 that you know, especially with the Sammy turn and we'll 105 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.360 get there, that may have been the loudest pop I've 106 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.199 heard in quite some time. Again, we'll we'll, we'll touch 107 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.040 on that in just a few minutes. But as far 108 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.199 as this World Rumble goes, when you guys saw Gunther 109 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:16.600 and you saw Seamus one and two, you guys must 110 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:17.879 have been like, all right, cool, we're gonna get a 111 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.480 couple of minutes of some great wrestling. 112 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.839 Uh, Gunter's music hit and the pace, I mean, the 113 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:26.720 roof must have flew off or at least lifted a 114 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.639 few inches. Same thing with Shamus. They both had amazing pops, 115 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:34.439 and their pops lasted from the time they came out 116 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.399 all the way to the ring. Like it wasn't just 117 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.680 an initial pop and then just lackluster, but it went 118 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.879 through all the way down to the ring. Yeah, the 119 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.680 people were hyped and then it was just I mean 120 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:47.720 just hearing those two theme songs hit and the lights 121 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.480 go out for both of the entrances. Yeah, the crowd, 122 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.279 that was a I think it was a perfect way 123 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:53.000 to start the roumbull. 124 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:55.839 And let's not forget about Pat McAfee. I forgot to 125 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:56.399 mention him. 126 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:58.839 You guys gave him a pretty wow. 127 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.399 Yeah. Yeah, to open the show. That was crazy. You 128 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.240 would think you were at like a college football game 129 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:06.560 or something. People were just jumping up and down in 130 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:09.040 the crowd and going nuts for this dude. 131 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:10.800 Yeah, it was. 132 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.959 It was a bigger reaction than I've most superstars don't 133 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:16.879 have that reaction, much less announcers. 134 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:17.399 Yeah. 135 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:20.399 So you guys pop for him pretty damn vague and 136 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:22.439 that was cool to see, you know, and he almost 137 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.279 fell off his chair. Did you see that we had 138 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:26.439 McAfee nearly slip off his chair and he had to 139 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.480 have one of the ring crew hold his chair at 140 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:29.639 ringside when he came in. 141 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.399 So I saw when I played it back last night 142 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:32.959 in the hotel. 143 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:35.120 Yeah, he just is. 144 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:38.319 He's so fun to watch. So yeah, very cool. So 145 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:40.519 back to the rumble, we had gone through one and two. 146 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.360 I'm not going to go through all thirty, but some 147 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.600 of the bigger moments that happened in the rumble, well, 148 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:51.160 Kobe Kingston had his moment of just always creative non 149 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.439 eliminations that he had some way to stay in the match, 150 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.079 and that was fun to watch. I believe his foot 151 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.519 was on a chair, so he technically wasn't eliminated. We 152 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:03.800 had Gargano, Xavier Woods carrying cross, Chad Gable. So before 153 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:05.800 I get that's the first third of the match. Jam 154 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.680 McIntyre was number nine and Santos sasca Bar was number ten, 155 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.639 So just the first third of the match. If there's 156 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.800 anything notable that you remember or wanted to comment on, 157 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.720 just with the that that first part, well. 158 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.160 The first part, like I said, Gunt and Seam has 159 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:22.839 had those long lasting pops, so did Drew the other guys, 160 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.920 you know, They had their initial pops when the music hit, 161 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:28.199 but then they were coming down and to the ring, 162 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.160 and you know, people were cheering, but just not as loud. 163 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:33.600 I don't know if it transitioned over to the into 164 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:38.839 TV where you're watching. Chad Gable had a nice little 165 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:40.480 shoes from the or at least from my section. My 166 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.240 section was cheering a lot and started a couple of chants. 167 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:48.839 There was a little shoes chant for him and Kofe 168 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:50.839 and I don't know what, I know, you don't like 169 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.279 New Day. I'm over them too, But those guys got 170 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:57.800 pops and there was even New Day caps before the 171 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.560 show started. People were doing the little New Day, the 172 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.360 little clap clap before the show started, and then a 173 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:07.040 couple of things before As we're walking into the arena, 174 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.920 there's a lot of La Night Yeah Chance and then 175 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.439 of course the Rick Flew, Rick Flair, the woos. This 176 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:15.360 is all before the show, but that first half of 177 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:19.279 the rumble, yeah, Koffee and Xavier's pops and you know, 178 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.120 they do the little thing in the ring, but other 179 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.600 than that, not too much. Santos comes out at number ten. 180 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.959 I like the guy hit hit a cool little pop. 181 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:32.799 I think people really by with his music and his wagger. 182 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.799 But at the same time, I feel like a lot 183 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:36.879 of people don't know him yet, even though he's been 184 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:38.600 on you know, SmackDown for a little while now, they 185 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:40.399 just they don't know his work. If they don't if 186 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.759 they didn't watch him in NXT. So he got a 187 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.720 good pop for me though. 188 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.159 Yeah, no, I'm with you on that. And I was 189 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:50.759 actually surprised to see Carrie and Cross get eliminated so quickly. 190 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.799 I mean, for all of what all the things he's 191 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:54.679 done the past six to twelve months, I'm like, wow, 192 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:59.080 and he got eliminated pretty quickly. But that said, after 193 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:03.000 we got Santos Escobar, it was Dawkins and then Brock Lesner, 194 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.639 Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbyn and Seth Rollins. So that was 195 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.799 the first half of the match, and boy twelve through 196 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:14.080 fifteen Lesner, Lashley, Corbin and Rollins. That's a I mean, 197 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.399 that's like a superstar dump. And then of course you 198 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.720 slow down and then pick up again with bigger stars. 199 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:25.480 So comment on the lastly Corbin, Rollins, Lesner participation in 200 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.159 the rubble. 201 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:30.240 Right, So again like with Gunter, Shamus and Drew and 202 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:33.120 you know, New day having their long lasting pops. Of 203 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:36.600 course Brock and Bobby get their pops as well. I mean, 204 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.919 when Brock's music hit again, the roof it must have shifted, dude, 205 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.759 it's and then you and then you hear the Pyro hit, 206 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:50.919 so those guys are coming down. And when Bobby's music hit, 207 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:54.519 you know, Rock thirty in the ring waiting, and you know, 208 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:57.639 people were waiting for the showdown. And again I'm surprised 209 00:09:57.639 --> 00:09:59.559 to see Brod get eliminated that fast too. I thought 210 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:03.200 he would do more. And then Rawlins comes out, and 211 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.519 then you have Gun the Shams and Drew and and 212 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.720 then Bobby and you have all these heavy hitters in 213 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:11.840 the match, and you're just like, these guys are going 214 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:13.960 to go the distance. That's what That's what I'm thinking 215 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:15.480 in my head anyways, like these guys are going to 216 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.279 go the distance and be in the final five or 217 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.960 final six, and and then you know, you know, surely 218 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:25.120 everybody gets limited one by one. So yeah, like you 219 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:29.080 were saying towards the last the first half, a big 220 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.600 name dumps and then a couple of guys get dumped out. 221 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:36.200 But uh, from there on out, well, who's next? We 222 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:41.000 got otis and we got what happened with Ray? What 223 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:43.159 did you think about that with Ray? Because people in 224 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.039 the in the crowd were mad. They were chatting for Ray. 225 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:48.159 Where's Ray? Like the whole rest of the match, Where's Ray? 226 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.240 Even during the Woman's royal, but they're like, where's Ray? 227 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.200 People were just asking for him? But there was was 228 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:56.840 there anything on commentary that that led to anything about 229 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:57.559 what happened to him? 230 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:58.720 They were speculating. 231 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.000 I mean, obviously they were suspicious of dominic who had 232 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.159 something to do with it, and I'm sure he obviously 233 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:06.240 does so they were speculating and a bit suspicious. 234 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:12.120 Yeah, okay, Yeah, the crowd was, you know, they were 235 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:15.240 into it the whole time. When Dominie came out, of 236 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:19.039 course you get your booze. There's something about dom now 237 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.000 that he's you know, kind of growing up a little bit. 238 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.840 When I saw dom in person, you know from the 239 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:27.759 view I had, there's something about this kid now that 240 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.480 he's like, he's on the track to be a big star. 241 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.679 He's got he's got it in his blood. You know, 242 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.200 he's got to polish his Mike scales and the ring work. 243 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.200 But he's doing great work right now. But when I 244 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.279 lay the eyes on him in person, it changed like 245 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:45.120 I respect his kid in some like a whole different level. 246 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:49.320 I can't really explain it. I have a soft spot 247 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:52.679 for second generation stars, I've mentioned back on older emails 248 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:57.120 and podcast so now that he's getting into his groove, 249 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.519 I might like to buy his kids shirt. I'm not sure, 250 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.399 but seeing him in person was a little game changer 251 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:03.679 for me. 252 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.840 That's interesting to hear. You know, Dominic who has he's 253 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.559 getting one of the biggest heel reactions that the company 254 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.320 has right now for anybody, and deservedly so. He has 255 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.000 found his niche as this punk x con dom gimmick. 256 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:20.399 I love everything about it. It it fits him and 257 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.000 suits him absolutely perfectly. And of course we're getting to 258 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.039 a Ray Dominic match at WrestleMania and that'll be fun. 259 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.919 That whole story is going to be really fun. The 260 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.039 video package on that should be absolutely phenomenal. I'm looking 261 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.320 forward to that. But continuing with the rumble, we got 262 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:37.519 Elias who was pretty much a non factor, Finn Balor 263 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.879 in that match, and then and then Booker t. I mean, 264 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:42.840 you guys pop pretty big. I would have as well. 265 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.799 Booker t entering the Royal rumble. How did how did 266 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.679 that sound in person? 267 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:54.840 That that was incredible hometown boy for me? Sorry about 268 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.519 Booker Before he had Reality of Wrestling down here in Houston, 269 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.879 he had p w A, which was his pro wrestling alliance, 270 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.399 and he had that down in Pasadena when I was 271 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:08.080 going to college. The lady I knew was dating his promoter. 272 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:10.279 So I actually got to pass out the flyers for 273 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.559 Brooker T when he had his promotion down there when 274 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.279 I was in college back in two thousand and six 275 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:18.639 and seven. So besides being a hometop boy, Brooker T, 276 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.039 you know, I have a soft spot for him, But 277 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.759 the crowd went nuts for him. He must have had, 278 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:26.399 if not the biggest pop, you know, next to next 279 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:31.559 to Edge or Brocker Bobby's pop, Booker T might have 280 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.960 been the loudest one and sustainable too, all the way 281 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:36.519 down to the ring. And then when he hit the 282 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:38.840 spinner Rounee, I mean, the people were just jumping, like 283 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:42.399 they were just calling for it, like yeah, I just like, 284 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.480 I'll never forget it. I hadn't seen the spinning Roune 285 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.440 in person before I experienced the crowd reaction for it. 286 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:51.679 I was, I was going ballistic for it. I couldn't wait. 287 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.639 It was a fun moment. And you know what, for 288 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.840 his age for not being in the ring, he was 289 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:58.720 in really good shape and he you know what, he 290 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.519 wasn't exactly what he was, you know, twenty years ago, 291 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:04.519 but of course he's not gonna be However, I really 292 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.039 enjoyed seeing him. He just seeing Booker T was such 293 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.080 a nice fun throwback. Of course, you know he's not 294 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.799 gonna win, but it's always fun to see those guys 295 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.360 come back for kind of a cameo appearance. And I'm 296 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:16.399 with you. I was sitting at home like, oh. 297 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.639 This is great. 298 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.919 Like you know, when you don't load up the Rumble 299 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.840 with a lot of legacy stars and it's kind of 300 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.200 here and there, it means more. 301 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:23.879 So I was I was big on this. 302 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.879 I really enjoyed Booker T in the Rumble, even if 303 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.200 it was for a short period of time. Then we 304 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:34.080 get Damian Priest, Montes Ford Edge and Austin Theory at 305 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:37.440 number twenty five. So for that batch with Booker, Damien, 306 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.279 Montes and Edge and Austin Theory kind of go through that. 307 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:45.399 If you have any comments on just that batch of individuals. 308 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:48.879 Uh, well, you know you already had Dominic and Finn 309 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.200 in the match, and then when Priest comes out, you 310 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:53.159 kind of had an idea that they were gonna throw 311 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.720 people out and take over, and then the idea of 312 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:59.600 Edge started to sink in, and you know, in my head, 313 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.559 Gimberly had mentioned it that he was going to come back, 314 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:05.399 and I wasn't sure, you know, because we're speculating a lot. 315 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.960 We thought he might have came back the Raw Raw 316 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:11.039 thirty or something. So I like that he didn't come 317 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.480 back for Raw thirty. And then so when you see 318 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:18.679 you know, Judgment Day in the ring and then you 319 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:21.200 got Ford come out, which was you know, kind of 320 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.399 almost of a throwaway even though he's on the rise, 321 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.320 and then they're standing tall on the ring, Judgment Day 322 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.360 is and then it Edges music hits. It's I don't 323 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.000 know how that's like the perfect setup. I mean for 324 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.879 him to come back and get get his revenge, you know, 325 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.600 so to speak, instead of coming back and making a 326 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.240 return on Raw and just beating them. I think it 327 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:42.000 was perfect to do the storyline with that. In the rumble. 328 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.600 Also three comes out, he gets his booze, you know, 329 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.440 walks to the ring and does his thing. But there 330 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:52.679 were actually a couple people during for the kid. I'm 331 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.039 pretty high on the kid right now too. It's got 332 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:57.879 a good luck. Of course, he's in ring is very 333 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:01.919 good and his mic skills so and then he made 334 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:04.480 it to the final four, you know, so good showing 335 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.720 for him, even though he came out at number twenty five. 336 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.639 But the Edge pop was just back to that real 337 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.759 quick was just it was amazing two people. Await. I 338 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:16.559 don't know if people are ever gonna get hired of Edge. 339 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.919 You know, as many times he's come back and every 340 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.600 time it's a pop, loud pop, I don't think people 341 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.399 ever gets hired of him. No. 342 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.600 I mean, well, I think he's also doing a really 343 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.000 smart thing of not sticking around too long for when 344 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.200 he comes back. I mean he's he's kind of sticking 345 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.399 around for a month maybe two, and then going away 346 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.759 for three months and then doing you know, it's it's 347 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.799 extending his career at his age, and it's also keeping 348 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.360 him somewhat fresh when he comes back. So yeah, I 349 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.440 mean plus his music, I mean, his music never gets 350 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.720 old ever. It's one of the best entrance music I 351 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:47.279 think of all time in terms of for baby faces. Anyway, 352 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:52.039 I absolutely love it. So yeah, it gets the crowd 353 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.519 going every time. It's energetic, it's catchy, it's it's just perfect. 354 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.480 And ye when I'm at the gym sometimes. 355 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.000 No, I'm with you. 356 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.120 It gets you pumped out if you're exercising. Yeah, it's 357 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.359 great workout music, but it also is a perfect wrestler's 358 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.880 entrance music. And yeah, so you put all that together, 359 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:12.640 an edge comes back. It's a measure of revenge. Although 360 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.000 I don't think it's over, you know, as we get 361 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.279 closer to elimination chambers. So all right, then the final five. 362 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:22.880 Here we get Omas ron Stroman Ricochet, Logan Paul, Cody 363 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.920 Rhodes at number thirty. And I mean there's a bunch 364 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:28.680 of places you can go with this, but I guess 365 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:33.079 my first question is that spot with Logan Paul and Ricochet. 366 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.480 I mean, that's gonna be one of those highlight reel 367 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:38.400 things that people remember from the Rumble in probably for 368 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.319 a few years with their spot. And I don't like 369 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:43.720 Logan Paul like on a lot of levels. I know 370 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.279 he's good in the ring, but I'm not a fan 371 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.119 of him. However, he's very good in the ring. So 372 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.440 comment on just that spot and then anything else you want. 373 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.799 To talk about. Okay, well, just to start off, I mean, 374 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.839 I'll comment that on a second. But to get back 375 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.920 when Almost comes out at twenty six, and then you 376 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.400 have Roman at Strowman at twenty seven, of course we're 377 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.240 you know, people were expecting that little show off, but 378 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.079 he started getting all these big men in the ring, 379 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:12.720 you know, towards the end, and uh, Ricochet comes out. 380 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:18.440 I'm not a fan of his music at all. He 381 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:20.039 didn't really get a big of a pop as I 382 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:23.319 thought he would. And then Logan's pop music. 383 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:27.039 Hits and the crowd just they just lost it and 384 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.920 in a bad way. People. 385 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.920 Yeah, people love to hate this kid. He's super great 386 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.359 in the ring. 387 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.240 I give him that. He's got that that he doesn't 388 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.960 have that go away heat he has that. I want 389 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:38.480 to see him get punch in the face heat. And 390 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:42.559 my crowd with my section, I think they started the 391 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:49.480 f you Logan chat did that? Uh yeah, he did. Okay. 392 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:52.000 I thought they were gonna edit that out. I didn't. 393 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.960 I mean, it was loud in my section and. 394 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.319 We heard it in the arena, but I didn't know if. 395 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:01.119 It would go on to the TV. But yeah, I 396 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.880 was I mean, it was kind of funny, but at 397 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:08.200 same time, like people were yelling no waste of an entry, 398 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.200 waste of an entry, and they just kept on f 399 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:14.160 you and in the spot with Ricochet whenever they were 400 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:18.680 both on Apron, I mean, wasn't much tales they could do. 401 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:21.400 I guess the double clothesline was or the crossbody what 402 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:25.039 they did. Yeah, it'll definitely be in the highlights of 403 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:28.920 Nick Year's Rumble opening package to the show and from 404 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:33.599 years on going on. That was a big moment. People 405 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:35.480 were wild for that. 406 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.400 And I think Logan Paul got a lot of heat. 407 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.839 Number One, he's not a likable guy. I mean, just 408 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:44.839 in general, he's he's not likable at all. He's got 409 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.640 an arrogance about him that he just can't help. And 410 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.960 that's great if you want to be a heel. So 411 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.160 I think he's I think ww he's embraced that they're 412 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.279 not going to try to swim upstream and just continue 413 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.759 to put him as a heel. I think that's a 414 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:57.039 smart thing to do. I hope they do. And so 415 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.079 as we move on here, you know, Logan Paul finally 416 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:03.160 gets eliminated. And one thing I didn't talk about too 417 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:06.000 Brock Lesser got eliminated very quickly and more much quicker 418 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:08.440 than anyone expected. He starts tearing up ringside. I know 419 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:10.319 this was earlier in the match, but I never got 420 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:13.720 your opinion on or your reaction to. What was it 421 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:17.000 like in person? Where people actually angry that Bronck got 422 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.400 eliminated so early, even though they didn't want Brock to 423 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:21.799 win and knew Brock wasn't gonna win. Were they kind 424 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.680 of disappointed? That's the sense I got from listening to 425 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.279 the crowd that you guys were just you guys were 426 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:28.960 just kind of angry that he was eliminated so quickly. 427 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.680 Yeah, because he got in and you know, of course 428 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:38.960 the German the suplex city and again I'm taking he's 429 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.400 him and Bobby they're gonna last, you know, to the 430 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.039 final foursome, or at least down to the last five, 431 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:46.519 and he got eliminated. I was disappointed. 432 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:48.839 Some of the people around me were sharing, and some 433 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.839 of them you could. 434 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.759 Feel the disappointment, like, oh, like he's out, so like 435 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.079 bro When Brock comes out, it's always a big moment. 436 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:57.799 People are always getting drops, you know, f five's and 437 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:01.319 German and German suplexes, and it's like it came and 438 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:03.119 it went so fast, and I think that's why people 439 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:05.720 were disappointed. I think they just wanted it more from him, 440 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:10.039 but to the story of him and Bobby, I guess 441 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:13.359 it makes sense. But again, yeah, people were seemed like 442 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.599 they were disappointed. 443 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:18.200 Yeah, okay, that's kind of what I felt. So, so 444 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.960 one more thing about Logan Paul and then we'll get 445 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.839 to of course, Cody Rhads ending with Gunter is that. 446 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.400 I think Also he got heat, not just because he's 447 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:29.640 an arrogant kid, but also because people realized that Cody's. 448 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.079 A part of the Brumble. 449 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.960 They knew that there were only two spots left and 450 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:34.599 one of them for sure is Cody Rhodes, and people 451 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:36.720 were wondering, wait a minute, could twenty nine be the Rock? 452 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.799 Could twenty nine be Stone Cold? Could twenty nine be 453 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:41.319 Randy Orton or Riddle or somebody else? So I think 454 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.400 also it was a kind of a disappointment angry pop 455 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:46.640 on top of the fact that Logan Paul is just 456 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:50.640 an annoying, you know kid and an sob So, did 457 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:52.279 you feel that way? Do you feel like the fans 458 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.799 felt that way? 459 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.160 In person? 460 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:55.599 It was kind of also disappointment that it was Logan 461 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:58.519 Paul instead of another big name that was floating around 462 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.920 for weeks. 463 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.599 Absolutely absolutely yes, Like I said, as soon as he 464 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:05.240 came out, loud booze, and then the people in my 465 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:09.599 section start started that if you Logan chant yeah, and 466 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:12.480 the guy behind me was a waste of an entry. 467 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:14.839 He kept on saying it over and over. Yeah, people 468 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:18.319 were expecting a superstar, a full time superstar, or a 469 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:20.720 big name like Rock or Austin. I know we people 470 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:23.480 were speculating. But if it would have been Riddle or 471 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:27.480 Randy or Biggie, you know, somebody that we wanted to see, 472 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:31.119 then yeah, it would have been great. But for log gonna 473 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.279 take up somebody's spot, knowing that he's not gonna win, 474 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:37.319 just just you know, get more heat on him. Uh, 475 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:41.000 people were really upset. Yeah. I can't really stress that enough. 476 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:45.720 I don't know who. I guess since maybe he eliminated Rollins, 477 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.880 could we be expecting something between them going forward? You 478 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:50.240 think maybe? 479 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.640 Yeah? 480 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.720 I mean their styles certainly match up, and we also 481 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.119 have proof that Logan Paul can put on a really 482 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:00.559 good match that has been established very well, and he 483 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:03.480 is getting a very big push, very quickly, which is 484 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.400 going to create resentment for him, And that's great if 485 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.680 they want to push him as a heel, and I 486 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.480 think they could with him and and Seth Rollins. So 487 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.240 I'm all for Logan Paul Seth Rollins match. However, I'm 488 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.519 more of a Seth Rollins the main event of WrestleMania 489 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:19.240 instead of being a grudge match at Mania. But I digress. So, 490 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:23.200 but yeah, I think that that is probably where they're 491 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.519 going because they know that the match is almost guaranteed 492 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.359 to be really good. 493 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:33.880 Okay, to circle back real quick about Raining dom I 494 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:36.359 know we were you were, and I were expecting a 495 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:38.640 show off between them, a face to face, and we 496 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:40.519 didn't get that. How disappointed were you about that? 497 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.200 I was. 498 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:44.000 I understand where they're going. I know that eventually it'll 499 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.240 be revealed. You know, we'll get footage of Ray Mysterio 500 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:49.079 being you know, hung up in a basement somewhere, strapped 501 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.960 to a pole, or just you know, beat up, or 502 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:55.119 it'll be something some kind of nefarious reason why we 503 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.799 all know that. But I would have liked them to 504 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.480 have had it play out on the Rumble where Ray 505 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:03.319 Masterial on fire Dominic has been eliminated and Dominic, even 506 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.799 though he's eliminated, comes back low blows his dad and 507 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.160 throws him over the top rope. 508 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.440 Like I would have liked to have seen. 509 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.119 Him play out in front of fans, Like I know 510 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.920 we'll get to something on SmackDown, but yeah, like they 511 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:16.000 could have easily continued to push this at the rumble 512 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:20.960 where Dominic does something underhanded. Again, Yes, I was disappointed. 513 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:27.559 Yeah, very much so whenever dom was coming out with 514 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:29.799 the mask, you know, so the story is that he 515 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.880 took off raised masks and Ray can't come to the 516 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:35.279 ring got beat up. In my mind, logically, I'm thinking, 517 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:38.200 doesn't Ray have a ten thousand masks and every rest 518 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:40.599 of travels but at least at least three or four 519 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:43.519 different color schemes, you know, for for the ring gear, 520 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.599 So like why can't you just put on another mask? 521 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:48.480 But yeah, it was disappointing not to see that. I 522 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.799 was looking forward to that. I'm not like, you know, 523 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.720 I've always liked Ray over the years. He's not at 524 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.279 the top of my list or anything, but you know, 525 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:58.440 respect and then again soft spot for the second generation stars, 526 00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.160 you know, like dom So I think that really would 527 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:04.480 have added a nice spice to their storyline leading into WrestleMania. 528 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:07.759 If Dom would have eliminated Ray or vice versa. You know, 529 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:10.160 if if Ray would eliminated Dom, that would have been 530 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.599 a great pop. But we didn't get any of that. 531 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:17.319 So a little disappointment there, but you know, yes's uh, 532 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.920 we can move on from from that now to mister 533 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.640 Cody Road. 534 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.680 Explain the pop. 535 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.880 I mean, people knew number thirty was Cody, right, so yeah, yeah, 536 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.640 but go ahead. 537 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.920 Once twenty nine hit, you know it was Paul and 538 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:32.440 then we knew, okay, Cody's the only one left. People 539 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:35.200 were ready for it. So one thing we didn't talk 540 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:38.680 about is the demographic, you know, of the of the crowd. 541 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:42.480 So a lot of families and I'm talking about like 542 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:45.440 mom and dad with kids all in bloodline shirts. You 543 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.599 had grown grown men in our age, like in groups 544 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:51.559 of three and four and five, all with matching USO 545 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:57.039 gear like red red hats, red shirt, red shoes. You 546 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:59.799 had a lot of men in their thirties and forties 547 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.279 that were in my area, you know, like it looked 548 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:06.000 like lifetime fans. But at the same time, there was 549 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:09.000 a lot of kids. Uh, the kids were going crazy, 550 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.359 like young kids, you know three, I mean like four 551 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.880 to five, maybe ten years old. The cheering for Cody, 552 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:18.240 like just before it even came out, like crazy, And 553 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:20.720 once we knew it was Cody coming out at thirty, 554 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:24.440 everybody was just Cody, Cody, you know, doing the little 555 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:28.160 chance when his music hit, Yeah, the loud pop happens 556 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:32.160 when he walks down to the ring. The noise went down, 557 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.960 and then at one part of the song where it goes, oh, 558 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.279 everybody likes to sing along with that part, so he 559 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:39.319 gets that loud pop. He gets to the ring, and 560 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:42.720 then he does his little pose of the pops. So 561 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:45.839 Cody's pop wasn't as big as I as I thought 562 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.160 it was going to be, and it wasn't long lasting 563 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:50.400 to the ring like some of the other guys. And 564 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:52.240 I was very disappointed because I, you know, like I 565 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:54.519 had mentioned in a couple of mile backs ago that 566 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.480 if Cody was gonna win it, I thought he should 567 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.960 have been as the number one spot coming at thirty. 568 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:04.359 I don't feel like it's earned at all, and I'm 569 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.640 very disappointed with that. I'm happy that he won, but 570 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:09.799 I do not like the way that he won. I 571 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:12.680 don't feel like it was earned. At all. I don't 572 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:16.559 know if they were maybe just testing out his pet 573 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:19.240 and see how he could go. I don't think they 574 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:21.119 wanted to put him at number one or even at 575 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:23.160 number fifteen. I don't think they want him in the 576 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:28.960 match that long, maybe to risk injury again, but the wind, 577 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:33.480 the pot from the wind was pretty big, but it 578 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:36.319 could have been better if it felt like it was earned. 579 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.279 Do you hit the nail on the head now? Again, 580 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.359 I know him in the minority. I'm not a Cody 581 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:45.720 Worlds babyface fan, and that doesn't help my analysis here. However, 582 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:49.119 regardless of who wins the rumble, number thirty is a 583 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:51.480 privileged spot to be in. And if you're going to 584 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:53.480 bring a guy back that you're bringing back from injury, 585 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.480 you're creating this whole story that we're all supposed to 586 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.960 get behind him and feel for him and all this, 587 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.400 and you put him in at number thirty. He is 588 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:02.039 in a spot that has a very high likelihood of 589 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:05.359 success and you It just also doesn't help him that 590 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:07.599 he was it was down to the number one guy 591 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:10.200 of Gunther and him. He almost lost to a guy 592 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.960 that was in the match for over an hour. I mean, 593 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:14.000 that's not a good it's not a good testament to 594 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:16.160 your baby face that you're supposed to push. They did 595 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:19.519 a great job, and Gunther is a future world champion, 596 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.880 bar none. I mean, I am a massive Gunther fan. 597 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.960 I love everything that he is and stands for. I 598 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:28.359 love everything Imperium stands for. But if you're gonna bring 599 00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.359 Cody Rhodes in and make him number thirty and then 600 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.880 nearly lose to the guy that's been in the match 601 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:34.440 for an hour, it's not a good look. Now, I 602 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:36.440 think fans in the moment don't think that. They just 603 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:39.799 look at Gunther versus Cody, and then then maybe later 604 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:42.279 on the reality of wait a minute, he kind of 605 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:45.039 just kind of slid into this position. You know, why 606 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:47.079 are we cheering for him again? And plus it's Sammy 607 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:49.640 Zain's here. This is not Cody Rhodes is year, you know, 608 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:52.720 so's there's a dynamic there as well. But yeah, I 609 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.359 thought the end of the match was very well done. 610 00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.920 Of course, from a. 611 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.400 Wrestling perspective, they had me believing for a moment or 612 00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:59.599 two Gunther could win it. I mean, they they did 613 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:01.839 an job at the end of the match. There's no 614 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:05.440 complaining from a wrestling in ring perspective, but when you 615 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:09.160 look at it from logical perspective, I mean, yeah, Cody, Cody, 616 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:12.440 Cody was in a very advantageous position that we're supposed 617 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.599 to be, you know, admiring. 618 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:19.119 Right, So back to circle the gun through real quick. 619 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:22.440 I've renamed him iron Gun there because he did go 620 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.720 the distance. Uh, and that was really incredible to see 621 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.640 for him to make the final two, start as number one, uh, 622 00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:32.799 and then to be a champion on top of that, 623 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.200 like going forward, I mean, you think he's gonna keep 624 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.920 the bell forever. He's gonna have to drop it eventually, 625 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:42.720 but uh, yeah, you're right, he's in a future champion 626 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:46.839 h Cody. Who knows if he's gonna be a future champion? 627 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:49.079 And well at he said WrestleMania. Of course he will 628 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:51.799 be eventually, but who knows if it's gonna be a WrestleMania. 629 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.920 What what did disappoint me? I did not like what 630 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.759 it had. What did not happen was usually when the 631 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:03.079 final four, after the fifth guys is thrown out and 632 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:06.200 there's four left, the guys usually revert back to a corner, 633 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.759 you know, and they didn't have a final four face off. 634 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.599 We didn't get that. 635 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.079 I noticed. 636 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:14.799 Yeah, yeah, and it happened in a woman's match too. 637 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.519 And you know, I don't know if I'm nitpicking or not, 638 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.359 but if you noticed it, then maybe I'm not a nitpick. 639 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.440 No, it's because you and I've seen so many rumbles 640 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:24.960 and it's it's predictable, but you want that. It's kind 641 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:27.279 of like a reset of like, okay, here I find 642 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.680 you know what I mean. Like it is, it's like 643 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.920 turning the chapter, change the page of a book, and 644 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.359 you're like, all right, here's the stage. Here's a scenario. 645 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.279 You get a chance to just for a few moments 646 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.359 even just sit back and try to figure out what's 647 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.720 going on. 648 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:40.480 I agree, yeah, and then you get everybody to, you know, 649 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.599 to start chearing. You know, the final four. You know, 650 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.680 it's the final four of a rumble, like people were 651 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.720 hyped up and ready for a winner. And yeah, it 652 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:50.240 just that kind of you know, left a little sotour 653 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.559 taste in my mouth. But I got over it. 654 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:55.799 No, very good, and I'm I know I didn't. It 655 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:58.000 didn't ruin the rumble overall. I thought the Rumble match 656 00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:01.240 itself from a wrestling perspective, was good. There was some 657 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:06.039 surprise exits of course, brock Lesser being eliminated fairly early, 658 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.200 carring Cross being eliminated fairly early, Ray not being a 659 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:12.039 part of the rumble. We did not have any John Cena. 660 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.759 I was surprised about that. We didn't have Rock, we 661 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.720 didn't have Austin, we didn't a Biggie, we didn't have Orton, 662 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.119 we didn't have a Riddle. All these names that were 663 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:21.039 floating around, even Vince McMahon himself, you know, like I've 664 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:23.359 heard crazy things and we had got none of that. 665 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.440 And so at the end of this, after people, I 666 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:28.680 mean people were generally cheering for Cody Rhoades. 667 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:32.319 So twenty won was the pop really? 668 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:34.200 I mean it sounded loud, but in person, did you 669 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:36.279 hear any booze or was it pretty unanimous that people 670 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.440 were cheering for him? 671 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.640 It was a unanimous cheering. There weren't any booze. But 672 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:44.000 like I said, it wasn't as it wasn't as loud 673 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.200 or sustainable as a Cody roads Wind should have been 674 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:54.359 for a royal rumble win. You know, of course you 675 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:56.839 got the Pyros gets on a rope and does the point. 676 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:59.920 That's always an out of pop. But the initial once 677 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:03.920 once he got good over. Yeah, it was a good 678 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.920 pop but no booze, but just not allowed enough pop 679 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:09.119 to satisfy satisfying me. 680 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:13.240 Yeah, no, I understand that. And being that it's the 681 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:15.559 first match of the show that you guys give maximum 682 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.680 amount of effort, you have maximum amount of energy, and 683 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:20.359 it still wasn't a place it should be, as I 684 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.799 you know, I think it's a little concerning, but I 685 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.680 ultimately I think I know I'm know him in the 686 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.400 minority here and I'm cool with that. I usually I'm 687 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.359 not in this one, I am, and I'm willing to 688 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.759 embrace it. So all right, Well, any thoughts or rather 689 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:35.160 any final thoughts on just the Rumble match itself before 690 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.440 we get to Bray White in l a night. 691 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.240 Uh. The only thing else I have to say is 692 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:42.480 that I'm glad that Booker T was the only legacy 693 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.920 star that showed up and there wasn't you know, any 694 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:48.400 other wasted spots besides Logan, Paul you know, of course 695 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:52.359 you had, you know, you know, Edgent and Brock are 696 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:54.839 your your part timers, but there's still big names and 697 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:58.119 very relevant. But very glad to see that there wasn't 698 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:02.480 a lot of wasted spots on Legend Legacy Stars. But 699 00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.559 Booker t being at Texas, Boy, was I think the 700 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.119 perfect fit if you're going to use anybody to fill 701 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.640 up a spot. 702 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:10.799 Agreed, Yeah, I'm cool with one or two of them. 703 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.400 They didn't like and they didn't even do that a 704 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.759 whole lot with the women's which I really appreciate. We'll 705 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:17.359 get to that a little bit later. So all right 706 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:20.559 now the women are rather the pitch black match bray 707 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:24.519 White versus La Knight. It was a basically a rave 708 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:28.400 party with black lights. I have no idea what all that. 709 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:31.599 I guess it was just shredded up paper that was 710 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:35.559 somehow implanted into the announced table that was made for 711 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.119 the spot to look more dramatic. 712 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.440 It was. 713 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.640 I mean, I know why they did it because it 714 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.720 looks cool, but it also is preposterous that there's a 715 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:44.839 bunch of paper shoved into the desk. 716 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.839 It was ridiculous. 717 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.720 Nonetheless, I get why they did it. I think that 718 00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:51.119 bray White's makeup and his mask were really cool. It 719 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:54.200 was kind of an evolution of the fiend, but also 720 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:57.680 a version of himself that we haven't seen yet. You know, 721 00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:00.759 La Night, I love all of his works. You know, 722 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:03.160 I think that he is a massive star in the making. 723 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.000 My quick analysis, and I'll toss it to you, is 724 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.320 that I thought the match was okay. I thought that 725 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:10.320 it was it was physical as it should have been. 726 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:14.039 I was very disappointed in the ending that it was 727 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:17.840 basically a complete squash at the end of La Knight 728 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.760 where there wasn't even a hint that he could win, 729 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:22.960 and then he got destroyed by Uncle Howdy. We still 730 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.960 don't know the identity of Uncle Howdy, which is kind 731 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.800 of puzzling to me. But Uncle Howdy showed up and 732 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:31.639 did his spot off of the scaffolding or whatever it 733 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:35.239 was that, you know, set off the pyro and La 734 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:38.159 Knight not only lost but was completely destroyed at the 735 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.679 end of this. 736 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.119 To me, being an L. A. 737 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:42.119 Knight fan, I think he needed to win more than 738 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:44.679 bray Wyatt did. But I didn't hate it. I thought 739 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:47.239 it was okay. What did you think being there in 740 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:48.239 person about this match? 741 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:53.360 So right after the men's wear rumble finish, everybody's rushing, 742 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.840 you know, through a Russian break, and then I'm not 743 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:58.400 expecting La Knight to go on second. I'm expecting a 744 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.760 woman's match to go second. So I go as well. 745 00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:04.280 The lines are are out out the restroom, you know, 746 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.039 they're so long. 747 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.079 But then you hear ed a Night's music hit and 748 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.920 everybody's running back from the restroom lines back to their seats. 749 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.639 It was nuts, so there was a scramble to get 750 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.159 back to our seats. I actually didn't make it back 751 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.840 to my seat until Bray White's music hit, so I 752 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.599 missed any Night's insurance, which is kind of disappointing because 753 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.360 I am a big fan of him as well. I 754 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:24.760 followed him in n XT. I knew he was going 755 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:27.000 to be a big star whenever he was finally, you know, 756 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.719 brought up to the main roster. Uh. I was very 757 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:32.719 mad when he was Max the Prix and then when 758 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:35.039 we when he you know, reverted back to the early night, 759 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:38.039 I was like this, this guy's this guy's gonna be 760 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:41.320 be something. It's gonna be a champion. The match started, 761 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:47.880 they dropped the lights, Yeah, the Neon show, the Rave party. 762 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:51.039 Look, I guess it was cool. 763 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:54.000 I did watch it back at the hotel. It looked 764 00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:56.119 I think it might look better on camera than it 765 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:58.559 does in person, maybe because from my view. 766 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:03.719 And the Maschi's. Yeah, it was physical, but a Night. 767 00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:06.239 I don't think he had enough offense to really to 768 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:09.920 look strong in the loss. So that was disappointing to me. 769 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:14.440 The botched part on the on the outside where that 770 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.519 set up the stairs, it looked like Bray was trying 771 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:19.639 to supplex him. But then I don't know if l. A. 772 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.280 Knight reversed it or he just fell off the barricade. 773 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.480 But then when he tackled him onto the table and 774 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:27.679 all that confetieploded. Yeah, I thought it was kind of 775 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.800 silly too, but you know, to go along with the match, 776 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:37.239 I guess it fits. The squashed part of it. Again, 777 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:40.239 I was expecting didn't have to have more offense. And 778 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:43.119 when he got that candlestick out was is it just 779 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.320 me or was when he was hitting Braidy, does it 780 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.039 look like it was like made a rubber. 781 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.079 It looked yes, I'm glad you brought that up. 782 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:53.280 Yes, it looked like a like a pool floating kind of. 783 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.800 Yes, like one of those pool newes. 784 00:36:56.079 --> 00:37:00.239 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, So that that kind of let 785 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.960 that kind of lost it for me there when I 786 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.679 saw that part and then the ending with with howdy, 787 00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:08.199 So I think that should. 788 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.960 Have been the end of the match, not the after 789 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:12.760 mass of the match. They should have fought over there 790 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.400 to that part whether we're going to. 791 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:18.840 Do the spot, and then Howdie should have done his 792 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:21.039 thing and then break. It should have been like a 793 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.440 KO victory instead of it being the after mass of 794 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.280 the match. That was too far from us to see, 795 00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:28.320 of course, on the oppos side of the arena, so 796 00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.400 we were watching it on the big screens up there. 797 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:35.000 I don't know if, if if I'm really happy with that, 798 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.480 because we were expecting, expecting to reveal or we were 799 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:40.719 expecting something more to the to the story. We saw 800 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:43.880 the Firehouse puppets up there, which is a cool visual. 801 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:47.280 But I don't like it was a squash match. I 802 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:50.960 don't feel like any like La Night doesn't look stronger 803 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:54.280 in the loss. It was a squash match. It's like 804 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:57.199 all that all that hype and stuff to the match 805 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:00.000 and then I don't think I don't think it delivered honestly. 806 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:06.119 Yeah, overall, I thought it was a slight disappointment. It 807 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:09.119 wasn't embarrassing, it wasn't a sloppy match. It just was 808 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:12.000 I don't know. I mean, maybe it's because every Bray 809 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.480 Wyatt match always seems to have to have a gimmick 810 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.159 to it. It can ever just be a normal match, 811 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:19.000 which I don't think is a good thing. Like I 812 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.800 know that bray Wyatt hasn't wrestled in a couple of 813 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:22.800 years in we and all that, and he used to 814 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:25.039 have the red lighting when he was the Fiend, which 815 00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:27.000 I don't think was a It was cool for the 816 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:29.320 first like one or two times, and then it became annoying. 817 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.000 And then also the fact that he never sold is 818 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:34.000 the Fiend. It was just like, you know, nothing could 819 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:36.199 destroy him. Ever, there was a little bit of that 820 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:38.679 with the Kendo stick. It reminded me of the seth 821 00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:41.400 Rollins disaster at Hell in a cell number of years ago, 822 00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:45.559 where there's you know, it brought flashbacks to me, scary flashbacks. 823 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:47.320 So yeah, I'm with you about the pool noodle. Look 824 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.199 I looked at that. I was trying to watch the kendostick. 825 00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:51.719 I'm like, Kendo sticks don't bend like that. It looked 826 00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:54.880 like rubber. But in the interest of safety, I know 827 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.519 why they did it. If you're gonna take a kendo 828 00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:59.440 shot to the head, I totally understand why they did it, 829 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:02.440 and they knew they could cover it under the darkness 830 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.960 of the match, so it didn't look ridiculous. But yeah, 831 00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:07.920 it bent way too much. But I still think the match. 832 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.159 I think it hurt l A. Knight a little bit. 833 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:13.199 I was disappointed that La Knight was just so dominantly 834 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.119 defeated at the end instead of you know, putting up 835 00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:18.559 more of a fight and uncle howd he screwed him over? 836 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:21.199 I could have seen that. I could have seen that. Okay, fine, 837 00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:23.639 like you said, La Knight is winning, He's about to 838 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:26.039 win the match, and you know, uncle how he comes 839 00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:28.159 out to make the save. And that's not the way 840 00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:30.159 they did it, I think because they want to give 841 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:32.679 Bray whye to win, given his first match back, and 842 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:35.920 you also don't want to give the heel an argument 843 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.679 to say I had you beat right. It's typically flipped. 844 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:41.800 The babyface usually is about to you know, deliver the 845 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:44.800 heel of victory or a defeat, and then somebody interferes 846 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:47.760 and causes the babyface to lose. But since the baby 847 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:50.239 face is Bray, it gets a little wonky either way. 848 00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.119 To me. 849 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.840 The follow up is very interesting to me. I think 850 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.800 LA Knight can get back on his feet and get 851 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.760 some momentum back with him because he's so good on 852 00:39:57.760 --> 00:40:00.679 the microphone. He can generate that heat pretty quickly. So 853 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:04.400 it's not a great for me an outcome for being 854 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.719 an L. A. 855 00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.239 Knight fan. 856 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:08.679 But that said, it's I don't think it's a career killer, 857 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.840 you know for La Night. 858 00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:13.840 No, I don't think so either. And I don't know 859 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:16.480 if I really see Edie Night as a heugh. I mean, 860 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:18.280 I know he talks like a heal and talks a 861 00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:21.320 little trash to the crowd sometimes, but his caschhage is 862 00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.760 getting over. Like I'm telling you people, well, as we're 863 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:28.119 walking into the Alamodome, you just hear everybody, yeah, let 864 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:30.239 me talk to you like and then everybody's you know, 865 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.719 repeating it just over, just like the Rick fairbou chance. 866 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:35.159 It was. There was like, you know, neck and neck 867 00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:36.920 of how much you were hearing and that's all you 868 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:39.360 were hearing. You weren't you know, hearing the what chance 869 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:42.079 of stone col or anything else like that in the 870 00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:45.000 crowd beforehand, But you were hearing those any Night chants. 871 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.360 Yeah, Now you're right, I think L. A. 872 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.159 Knight and he could flip flip to a baby face 873 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.719 very quickly. He is a He's a guy that is 874 00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:55.039 a sleeper pick. I think to become world champion, maybe 875 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:57.960 by you know, any year's time, whenever the hell Roman 876 00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:59.920 decides to you know, give it up, her w B 877 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.559 decides to finally drop it from Roman. I think that 878 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:05.559 La Knight is in the conversation. At least, you know, 879 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:08.519 in the next year or year and a half, and 880 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:12.519 we'll be seeing him at least carry Intercontinental Championship gold 881 00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:15.239 or United States Championship gold at least in twenty twenty three. 882 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:17.639 La Night is destined for some kind of gold in. 883 00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.159 Twenty twenty three. 884 00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:20.719 I don't think there's any question. But okay, let's get 885 00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:23.280 into the next match. Here 'ra All Women's Championship biancabell 886 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:26.280 Air versus Alexa Bliss. I'll tell this toss this one 887 00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.079 to you first, Rocky. 888 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:32.960 So this was my actual restroom break. I knew after 889 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.800 this we're getting the Woman's roy Rumble and then of 890 00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:39.159 course the main event. So this was my actual restroom break. 891 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:41.599 We went out and I'll choose the restroom, and before 892 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:43.199 I got back to my seat, the match was over. 893 00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:45.679 So I actually didn't get to watch it, but I 894 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:47.960 did watch it before you know what, I was waiting 895 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:54.920 for you to get anything set up underwhelming. Alexa was aggressive, 896 00:41:55.320 --> 00:42:00.159 but it just was it was just a match was 897 00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:03.280 It really wasn't much else to it. You know, Bianca 898 00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:07.719 comes out, does her thing defense. I expected Alexa to 899 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:10.199 maybe at least kick out of the kod at least once. 900 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.480 And there wasn't a lot of close spots where you 901 00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.760 thought Alexa was gonna win, which also disappointed me a lot. 902 00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:20.840 I would have preferred her to win. I'm a big 903 00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:23.719 Alexa fan. I always happened ever since, you know, her 904 00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:28.920 godless gimmick. Uh and even through all the fun playhouse 905 00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.199 funhouse stuff, I still liked her even though she wasn't 906 00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:35.599 in ring. Uh. So disappointing that she didn't have a 907 00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:38.599 better showing And then, like where does she go from here? 908 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:40.400 Is what I'm really worried about, because I thought she 909 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:42.599 was kind of making her way back up the ladder, 910 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:44.440 maybe going to be a champion soon. But she didn't 911 00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:48.039 have a good enough of a showing to really, you know, 912 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:50.000 make you think that she's going to be a champion soon. 913 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.599 What did you think? 914 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:55.239 No, this was a I don't want to say it was. 915 00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:57.719 It wasn't a bad match. It just felt like a 916 00:42:57.760 --> 00:43:02.960 typical Monday Night raw matchup, and exactly, yeah, it was 917 00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:05.320 just kind of a normal match. And again that's not 918 00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:08.159 an insult or a compliment, it's just kind of there. 919 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:12.199 And I'm with you that Alexibliss, I think is deserving 920 00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:14.800 of gold. The problem is timing for her. If this 921 00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:17.400 was after WrestleMania, then I think we're talking about a 922 00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.360 potential win for Alexa. But given that they want to 923 00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:22.800 get Bianca to WrestleMania as champion to face Rhea Ripley, 924 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:26.239 I mean, this was to me a slam dunk, you know, 925 00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:29.159 take it to the bank decision that Bianca Belair was 926 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:31.639 going to retain because of the timing of this match, 927 00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:33.760 and I don't think Alexa Bliss is going to get 928 00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:39.400 another championship match, probably until after WrestleMania sometime against Rhea Ripley. 929 00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:41.480 I think, you know, I do believe Rie Ripley. I know, 930 00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:43.400 going far ahead here, but I think Rie Ripley will 931 00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:47.119 capture the Women's Championship in April at WrestleMania thirty nine, 932 00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:49.880 and then then she'll have opponents lined up and hopefully 933 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:52.800 Alexibliss is one of them. So for Alexiblist fans out there, 934 00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:54.760 you know, for her carrying gold, it's probably going to 935 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:57.599 be a while. That said, this match was okay, as 936 00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:00.000 I said, and you know, the near falls. The only 937 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:01.840 near fall I can think of was when she hit 938 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:05.320 her DDT she did, you know, and got the near fall, 939 00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:08.760 and that was like, oh, never mind, right, I was like, oh, okay, 940 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:11.920 Like that's it. And really what this match was about 941 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:14.719 was okay. After the match, the bray Wide symbol flashed 942 00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:17.760 and then she got mesmerized by watching you know, the playground. 943 00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:19.840 So apparently she's going back to sitting on a swing 944 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:22.119 for a month. I don't know what she's doing, but 945 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:26.599 that's really what this progress of this story is is 946 00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:30.280 her How far is she going to descend back into darkness? 947 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:31.920 Is it going to be the same character, is it 948 00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:34.320 going to be another version of her? What is this 949 00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:37.320 going to be? That is really the takeaway, not who 950 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:41.119 won the match, but rather where does Alexa Bliss's character 951 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.840 go after this? 952 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:46.519 Right? So with that being said, I would have much 953 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:50.039 preferred a dec you finished with Alexa going off the hinges, 954 00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:53.360 maybe not releasing a hold while beyond holding the ropes, 955 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:56.599 or maybe grabbing a weapon and after seeing the symbol 956 00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:58.119 or you know, during the match, if they would have 957 00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:00.719 played the symbol, then maybe a de you finished when 958 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:03.000 it's been to make her look so that she doesn't 959 00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.239 have a loss by being pinned. And then like I said, 960 00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:07.159 she didn't even kick out of the kod once. You 961 00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:09.840 don't see Alexa finish her off the top ropes. I 962 00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:13.199 would have liked more close you know, naked Cemac Alexa 963 00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:17.039 was gonna win at least and if she's gonna revert 964 00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:20.280 back to dark Alexa, I'm okay with with her ring gear, 965 00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:22.840 the makeup and the little black skirt or whatever the 966 00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:25.239 overall skirt she wears. But yeah, I don't want to 967 00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:27.480 see her on the favre on swinging, just a waste 968 00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:31.239 of her talent. Let her be back in the ring, 969 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:33.440 I don't know, Move her the SmackDown, let her go 970 00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:36.960 after Charlotte or something. Don't take her out of the 971 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:39.280 title picture though. I know she's a five time champ 972 00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:42.360 and it's been what almost five years since she's had 973 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:48.519 the belt. Yeah, it's been a while. Uh, I'm over 974 00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:54.800 Bianca a very I'm not a huge Bianca fan. I'm 975 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:58.039 very happy that she made history Wassaga a few years ago. WrestleMania. 976 00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:03.239 I'm happy that, you know, WW has somebody of color 977 00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:06.480 to represent for the last few years and to make history. 978 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:10.280 But yeah, she has that that heel gimmick that she 979 00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:15.199 you know, disguises as a babyface gimmick and people cheer it. 980 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:17.800 I can't wait till Beyonca turns hell. When she turns 981 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:21.039 heill'll probably buy her shirt. But until then, No, I mean, 982 00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:23.920 I'm a heel through and through man like truly am 983 00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:26.719 I'm a heel. I love, I mean, I was, I 984 00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:29.440 mean I'm purposely. I mean, I'm not a Logan pant, 985 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:32.400 a Logan Paul fan, but purposely. I was clapping for 986 00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:38.239 him during the rumble. Wow. Yeah, same thing with with Dom. 987 00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:40.639 People hate Dom. I like him. So I was clapping 988 00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:43.639 Dom's performance and people around me were looking at me like, 989 00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:51.679 you know, what's wrong with you? So but yeah, So anyways, 990 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.760 back to the Beyonca match. Let's just see what they 991 00:46:54.880 --> 00:47:00.159 Hopefully Alexi doesn't doesn't get lost in the security here 992 00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:03.960 and you know it becomes a jobber. Hope not, but 993 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.519 we'll see. 994 00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:06.920 Yeah, I hope not to. I think again. 995 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:09.079 While she won't be involved in the title the title 996 00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:11.599 picture for some time, it's about the evolution of the character. 997 00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:14.719 Does she rejoined Bray in some kind of Wyatt five 998 00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:17.679 group We don't know, but that's clearly going to be 999 00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.719 the path for Alex over. 1000 00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:19.360 The next several months. 1001 00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:22.400 So speaking appeals, we get to the women's Worlal Rumble 1002 00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:25.679 match and number one is Ria Ripley after she was 1003 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:30.039 speared earlier in the night by returning Beth Phoenix. So 1004 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:32.800 Ria Ripley entering number one and Live number two, first 1005 00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:33.320 two in the ring. 1006 00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:37.760 What were your thoughts, Well, the consensus around my crowd 1007 00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:40.920 my section was that Beth was gonna be number two. 1008 00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:43.239 So when Ria came out, people were cheering Beth. 1009 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:47.920 But then Live Live came out, Uh, mommy gets a 1010 00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:53.039 pop she does. We love her in our household. I 1011 00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:55.400 love I've always loved Ria especially I mean I follow 1012 00:47:55.440 --> 00:48:00.119 her since NXT two. I love Ria. I love what 1013 00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:02.519 she's doing the work in Judgment Day when she came 1014 00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:05.519 out as number one, you know, she's my head. Was 1015 00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:07.639 my heavy favorite as long as we know, with yours 1016 00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.559 as well. In my mind, I'm like, Ria's gonna go 1017 00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:12.639 to the distance. She's making history tonight, like I'm telling 1018 00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:16.760 I'm telling Kimberly. We're watching History tonight, Rie's gonna win. Uh, 1019 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:19.360 you know, Live comes out and then you're like, Okay, 1020 00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:21.159 that's cool. That's a good way for that's a good 1021 00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.559 spot for Live. You know, she's gonna show up and 1022 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:27.480 show out. And then we get rolling, we get number three, four, 1023 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:30.760 you get Dana. You know, no pot for Dana, no 1024 00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:34.280 pop for Emma Shanton gets a little pop. Bailey always 1025 00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:36.159 gets a pop for me. I love Bailey, but people 1026 00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:40.400 were booing Bailey. People were like, I hate you, Billy Hey, 1027 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.880 Like people don't like Bailly. You know, I don't, man, 1028 00:48:43.039 --> 00:48:44.800 I get it, But at the same time, I don't 1029 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:47.079 get it. Like she's a four horse woman, She's a 1030 00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:52.360 legend already. She's annoying as hell, but I love it. 1031 00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:55.800 What do you think about the first six that came out? 1032 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:58.559 Yeah, I thought that you always have the ebbs and 1033 00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:01.800 flows of you know, kind of the lower card and 1034 00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:03.519 the big card to balance it out. But you got 1035 00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:05.119 to have that. You can't have just big Star, Bixtar 1036 00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:07.400 Bixar big Star. So I don't mind the fact that 1037 00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:10.280 you had a couple of down you know, entrants with 1038 00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:12.880 three and four with Dana and Emma. That probably got 1039 00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:15.039 little to no reaction, as you said, and then SHANEA. 1040 00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:16.480 Bezler picks it back up and you're like, all right, 1041 00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:18.119 here we go, and then Bailey really picks. 1042 00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.360 It back up. 1043 00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:20.960 I thought the beginning of the match was good, and 1044 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:23.119 Rea Ripley's selling that spear was good. 1045 00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:24.360 She didn't forget about it. 1046 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.000 You know, so many times there's a lack of selling 1047 00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:32.320 that can really really push a storyline forward, and it 1048 00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:34.960 really I think adds an element of realism to the 1049 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:38.280 sport that people forget about selling, and she sold it well. 1050 00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:41.079 She was coming out kind of clenching her her midsection, 1051 00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:45.639 and so yeah, I'm a real Ripley fan, but I 1052 00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:48.199 wouldn't cheer her. I would still boo her, but in 1053 00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:51.039 a way that is what they're designed to be. I 1054 00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:53.239 wouldn't boo her that I don't want her on my screen. 1055 00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:55.519 I think this is Rea Ripley's year. She's in a 1056 00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:57.960 position I don't think anybody would have expected her to 1057 00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:00.920 be in. She was my favorite, your favorite, many other 1058 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:03.800 favorites to win, and uh, you know, having her in 1059 00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:06.880 the match here for the first six anyway, was what 1060 00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:10.599 you'd expect, you know, No, massive eliminations, just kind of 1061 00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:13.599 you know, hold the hold the fort and wait for 1062 00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:16.159 the ring to kind of fill up. So as we 1063 00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:20.000 move we get b Fab, Rox Sane Perez, Dakota Kai, 1064 00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:22.920 and Neo Sky to round out the first ten. Again 1065 00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:26.000 not not the biggest stars in the world, but looking 1066 00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:28.519 at the first ten, what are your thoughts? 1067 00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:31.719 Right? So after Bailey you get beat b Fab, who 1068 00:50:31.800 --> 00:50:35.519 gets doesn't get much of anything for her. I guess 1069 00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:37.239 they need to do something or they need to fill 1070 00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:40.880 a spot because I know Befab was not really she's 1071 00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:43.519 on the main roster, but she's not really full time wrestling, 1072 00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:47.760 but whatever with her. Then rox Hanne comes out. That's 1073 00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:50.760 my new number one, rox Hannes. Rox Haanne got a 1074 00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:54.199 very nice pop. I guess more people know her now. 1075 00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:56.000 I don't know if it's because she's a Texas girl 1076 00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:59.639 or because she's an NXT champ, but she got a 1077 00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:01.400 very nice pop. She came in the ring. 1078 00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:04.519 It was a little firecracker, as you know, and some 1079 00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:05.320 other people know. 1080 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:08.039 I was able to meet her back on the Christmas 1081 00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:11.000 Holidays break. She was in my part of town, uh 1082 00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:14.559 with I believe it's her boyfriend. His name is Gino. Uh, 1083 00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:17.920 he wrestles with Brokers's promotion down here in Houston. They 1084 00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:20.280 were together in town, just trying to get away from 1085 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:24.159 her recent you know, uh stardom or her famous she 1086 00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:26.199 got from winning the title. They can't even go to 1087 00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:30.760 anywhere local in Loreto where she's from. So they were, 1088 00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:32.559 you know, on my side of the town in Houston, 1089 00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:34.800 visiting his family. So it was very cool to meet 1090 00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:37.000 her and then to see her in the rumble. I 1091 00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:40.039 mean I almost fell like the role in front of 1092 00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:42.760 me when I jumped out of my seat. Uh. And 1093 00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:44.960 then and then we get Dakota and Eo and then 1094 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:48.119 again just like when when Finn and Priests were out, 1095 00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:52.320 you knew that, you know that these girls were gonna 1096 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:54.800 take over the match with Bailey. They were coming in 1097 00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:56.960 back at Bailey, and of course it's started eliminating people. 1098 00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:02.480 So whenever we whenever we have those three girls in there, 1099 00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:05.639 you're thinking, well, who's going to come out to oppose them? 1100 00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.840 So then you have eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, which is 1101 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:15.760 Natalia Cannis, ray Zoe starting Xia Lee Kimberly being you know, 1102 00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:18.000 a part time watchup. You know, no, she's not a 1103 00:52:18.039 --> 00:52:20.000 new fan but she's, you know, getting back into it. 1104 00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:22.920 She's like, who are these people? She knows Natalia because 1105 00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:24.880 of her when she got her nose busted by shaying 1106 00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:27.519 a bas lern because she knows her as the balltox lady. 1107 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:29.760 But then you have Candis lo Ray and Zoe and 1108 00:52:29.840 --> 00:52:32.199 Lee and Azili who she doesn't. She's like, who are 1109 00:52:32.239 --> 00:52:36.000 these girls? So I'm explaining and then big Time Becks 1110 00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:38.599 comes out and the roof just goes off. You're like, 1111 00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:43.400 all right, all right, it's getting good. What do you 1112 00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:47.000 think about Well, at least between the time that EO 1113 00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:48.960 came out and to the time that Becky came out, 1114 00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:53.880 what was your your initial reaction to those few yeahs? 1115 00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:57.039 So I thought that it was u you know, it 1116 00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:59.559 held my interest right because, like you said, the dynamic 1117 00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:04.159 was Bailey and Bailey and her cronyes Eosky in Dakota 1118 00:53:04.199 --> 00:53:08.199 Kai pretty much dominating the match, and that was the narrative, 1119 00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:10.000 and I was all for it, you know, and also 1120 00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:15.360 giving giving the quote newer stars some shine like Zoe Stark, 1121 00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:19.000 who you know, most fans, most mainstream fans who don't 1122 00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:22.079 follow NXT probably looked at her and said, who you know? 1123 00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:24.760 Like most of them probably did. I mean, let's be real, 1124 00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:27.719 so you know, and also rox sanm Perez and Champion. 1125 00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:30.519 But again, you can't assume that everyone that watches the 1126 00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:34.000 main shows watches n XT. Most don't looking at the numbers. 1127 00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:37.360 So it's nice to see those women get exposure on 1128 00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.599 the main roster on a big stage. And that's to 1129 00:53:40.599 --> 00:53:42.960 me the most important part of this particular part of 1130 00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:45.599 the rubble. I will say what was interesting to me 1131 00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:49.800 about b Fab and it's not her performance, which was okay. 1132 00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:53.719 It was the comments made by Michael Cole. He's being 1133 00:53:53.840 --> 00:53:57.239 clearly directed by whoever in the headset. It was almost 1134 00:53:57.280 --> 00:53:59.559 like Vince was in the headset or something, because he 1135 00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:03.840 was running down top dollars so much like about how 1136 00:54:03.960 --> 00:54:06.079 you know he was an embarrassment and all that. He 1137 00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:08.760 will not let it go about that over the top 1138 00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:12.480 rope flub that he had like a month ago on SmackDown, 1139 00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:14.840 And I'm like, why are we making such a big 1140 00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:17.960 deal about this? Are they trying to humiliate? Like what 1141 00:54:17.960 --> 00:54:19.800 what are we getting out of this? With the announcers 1142 00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:23.719 continuing to remind the fans of this flub, Like who, 1143 00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:26.480 I don't really care anymore? It was a scary moment, 1144 00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:28.400 but and then we talked about it for like a day. 1145 00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:28.960 We moved on. 1146 00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:32.760 So the announcers continue, especially Michael Cole, continues to try 1147 00:54:32.760 --> 00:54:36.199 to put down the top dollar and again, I know 1148 00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:38.280 in person you obviously didn't hear this, but if you 1149 00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:41.000 watch it back, you're gonna hear that. And I just 1150 00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:43.519 I don't understand what the payoff is other than to 1151 00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:45.480 humiliate and eventually let these three go. 1152 00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.519 I don't get it. 1153 00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:53.239 I don't I really don't have anything to say about 1154 00:54:53.280 --> 00:54:55.480 them these I liked them when they were I like 1155 00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:57.719 him bro when they were NXT, but when they came up, 1156 00:54:58.320 --> 00:55:02.679 they ever dating through the right right direction with them, 1157 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:06.800 the right storytelling. That just lost everything for me. And 1158 00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:10.000 also they're missing they're missing the leader, which is you know, 1159 00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:13.519 Swarp of Strickling. I know he's with a W, but 1160 00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:16.559 that man is talented and he's good on the mic, 1161 00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:20.119 and he he was the glue to that group. So 1162 00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:22.800 without him, you know, hit Row is nothing to me really, 1163 00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:26.639 and you know, they haven't really proven anything. They're not 1164 00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:30.639 good on the mic. I don't know what WW is 1165 00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:32.039 doing with them or how long are you even going 1166 00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:34.039 to be around. I guess there's just a job or group. Now. 1167 00:55:34.679 --> 00:55:39.280 Yeah, they are in a very, very not desirable position. 1168 00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:41.880 I know they turned heel, but people seem to still 1169 00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:44.880 not care. I would be very if I was if 1170 00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:48.079 I was any group of any part of the Top Dollar, 1171 00:55:48.440 --> 00:55:51.760 you know, the whole group there, I would I would 1172 00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.880 be very concerned if I was anywhere near hit Row, 1173 00:55:53.920 --> 00:55:55.039 if I was a part of hit Row, I'd be 1174 00:55:55.079 --> 00:55:55.840 very concerned. 1175 00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:56.079 About my job. 1176 00:55:56.119 --> 00:55:58.320 I just would, based on the fact that announcers were 1177 00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:00.920 even running you down now and continue ryind fans of 1178 00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:04.239 the Botch like, I don't know, it's just not a 1179 00:56:04.239 --> 00:56:06.840 good spot. But okay, let's move on. Becky Lynch again. 1180 00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:10.000 She comes out as you mentioned, and massive pop has expected. 1181 00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:14.239 Then Tiagan Knox and then a returning OSCA new look. 1182 00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:14.880 I liked it. 1183 00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:17.679 Piper Niven, I mean, thank god they changed her name 1184 00:56:17.719 --> 00:56:21.679 from do Drop, Alujah, Tmina, and Chelsea Green. So looking 1185 00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:25.320 from fifteen to twenty, this was a I mean, there's 1186 00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:28.400 a lot of big names in here, some nice changes 1187 00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:32.000 for names for Piper Niven, specifically new look for Oscar. 1188 00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:33.440 Your thoughts. 1189 00:56:35.400 --> 00:56:38.400 So teaking Knox, I know her a little bit again, 1190 00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:41.639 from NXT. She had a very great match with Dakota Kai. 1191 00:56:41.760 --> 00:56:44.840 It was a street fight. That's how I learned about 1192 00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:48.559 those two names. So if anybody doesn't know much about 1193 00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:50.760 their history, check out their street fight from NXT. I 1194 00:56:50.800 --> 00:56:53.639 believe it was at a takeover event a few years ago. 1195 00:56:54.320 --> 00:56:57.440 Oscar's new little Oscar got a great pop. Everybody was 1196 00:56:57.440 --> 00:57:00.760 happy to see her and then her face, it was amazing. 1197 00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:03.840 Is that a new gimmick or is that a past 1198 00:57:03.880 --> 00:57:06.360 gimmick or is it do you know anything about it? 1199 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:08.840 It's not anything I recognized. 1200 00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:12.800 No, okay, uh so, yeah, so that was great. And 1201 00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:14.719 then yeah, it was great to see Piper back. I'm 1202 00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:17.880 glad she's back from injury. I'm glad they changed her name. 1203 00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:20.519 I was really starting to be high on her before 1204 00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:23.000 she got injured, you know, when she was kind of 1205 00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:25.960 having a title match here and there to Mina. 1206 00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:28.480 I guess they need to, you know, fill a spot again. 1207 00:57:29.800 --> 00:57:32.039 And then Chelsea Green I heard, I've heard the name 1208 00:57:32.679 --> 00:57:34.280 here and there, but I don't know her work. Do 1209 00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:38.840 you know her a little bit? Not? Okay? Okay, so, 1210 00:57:39.000 --> 00:57:41.880 but so it seemed like in my road there was 1211 00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:45.519 some hardcore indie fans so they they popped really hard, 1212 00:57:45.679 --> 00:57:48.000 like they were like high fiving and hugging for her. 1213 00:57:48.480 --> 00:57:51.320 So they must have known her, you know, from the indies, 1214 00:57:51.719 --> 00:57:53.000 but I don't know nothing about her. 1215 00:57:54.320 --> 00:57:57.760 Yeah, I mean, she that's that's what you're gonna get 1216 00:57:57.760 --> 00:57:59.599 with somebody like Chelsea Green. It's gonna be kind of 1217 00:57:59.679 --> 00:58:03.320 very isolated groups of people that are that much into wrestling, 1218 00:58:03.360 --> 00:58:06.719 that that know everything about everything, including independence. So yeah, 1219 00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:08.840 I mean, but overall, I mean, the reaction for her 1220 00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:12.239 was tame and as expected. Most fans don't know a 1221 00:58:12.239 --> 00:58:15.159 lot of her work. I know very little as well, so. 1222 00:58:15.400 --> 00:58:17.039 Right, and then she didn't do anything right, she got 1223 00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:22.239 eliminated really fast. Yeah. Yeah, So what's the point of 1224 00:58:22.280 --> 00:58:24.000 having her come if we don't even get to see her, 1225 00:58:24.639 --> 00:58:27.599 you know, do a finisher or do her a signature 1226 00:58:27.639 --> 00:58:30.719 move to anybody likes in and out? Great? I think 1227 00:58:31.079 --> 00:58:33.159 I think I think she was a wasted spot just 1228 00:58:33.199 --> 00:58:34.559 because they didn't showcase her. 1229 00:58:35.559 --> 00:58:35.800 Yep. 1230 00:58:36.199 --> 00:58:38.000 No, it was when you have somebody come in just 1231 00:58:38.039 --> 00:58:41.119 get eliminated that quickly. It's especially if someone that you're 1232 00:58:41.119 --> 00:58:44.159 trying to maybe build as something bigger, it's not it's 1233 00:58:44.199 --> 00:58:47.079 not not not good. No, I agree, but all right, 1234 00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:52.400 Selena Vega, Rackel Rodriguez, Meechen, Lacy Evans, and Michelle McCool. 1235 00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:53.559 Very interesting. 1236 00:58:54.159 --> 00:58:56.639 She might have been one of the very few actual 1237 00:58:57.360 --> 00:59:00.920 legacy stars that have plagued the women's World rumble the 1238 00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:03.239 last few years kind of in an embarrassing way, just 1239 00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:04.480 to fill thirty spots. 1240 00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:06.239 In this case, you know, we had we had. 1241 00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:08.480 Triple H to actually utilized the NXT roster, you know, 1242 00:59:08.519 --> 00:59:12.000 instead of Vince bringing back quote unquote legacy stars that 1243 00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:15.639 it's really an exposure of how weak the women's division is. 1244 00:59:16.079 --> 00:59:18.039 So I'm really glad the way Triple H booked this, 1245 00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:23.079 but from for rather Zelena Vega, Raquel Rodriguez, Meechin, Lacy Evans, 1246 00:59:23.159 --> 00:59:24.199 and Michelle McCool. 1247 00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:25.039 What'd you think? 1248 00:59:25.920 --> 00:59:30.840 So Selena? I like Selena, I always have. Of course 1249 00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:32.440 I didn't really like her as you know, the queen 1250 00:59:32.519 --> 00:59:34.840 when she was the Queen of the Ring or whatever 1251 00:59:34.840 --> 00:59:38.280 the Queen's crown. But uh, you know, very impressed with 1252 00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:43.639 her mic work. Roquel hometown pop for Roquelle, I know 1253 00:59:43.840 --> 00:59:47.079 she's from She's from Texas. She had a nice hometown pop. Uh, 1254 00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:48.480 Mitchong was lackluster. 1255 00:59:49.159 --> 00:59:51.840 Lacy Evans the same and then Michelle. 1256 00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:53.440 McCool comes out and Yeah, I think she's the only 1257 00:59:53.519 --> 00:59:56.480 Legacy Star in this rumbo, just like how Booker T 1258 00:59:56.679 --> 00:59:59.440 was the only guy. I think she's the only Legacy star. 1259 00:59:59.639 --> 01:00:02.239 We got a couple of NXC people. Do you think 1260 01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:05.320 her plaguing the End the World rumble like you just said, 1261 01:00:05.360 --> 01:00:06.880 has anything to do? Do you think, I don't take her 1262 01:00:06.880 --> 01:00:11.280 has any pool with that getting her in because we 1263 01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:14.679 saw an article that or uh maybe she posted it 1264 01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:18.480 that she was upset that WW didn't call her for 1265 01:00:18.559 --> 01:00:21.159 the rumble and that because she was so close to 1266 01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:23.519 where it was going to be where she lives. So 1267 01:00:24.039 --> 01:00:26.400 we think that was an online swerve that they try 1268 01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:28.039 to swerve us. But then they showed her in the crowd, 1269 01:00:28.920 --> 01:00:32.360 so I don't know for that. 1270 01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:37.119 Yeah, So if they are only going to delegate one 1271 01:00:37.199 --> 01:00:40.159 spot or maybe two per year for Legacy star kind 1272 01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:41.760 of cameo appearance, it's an I'm all for that. 1273 01:00:41.760 --> 01:00:42.119 It's fun. 1274 01:00:42.119 --> 01:00:43.960 It makes the room for fun if you don't do 1275 01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:45.679 too much of it. And if they're going to choose 1276 01:00:45.719 --> 01:00:49.280 just one and they realize that that the wife of 1277 01:00:49.320 --> 01:00:52.440 the Undertaker is interested, I mean it'd be kind of 1278 01:00:52.559 --> 01:00:55.079 silly to say that now that has no effect on 1279 01:00:55.119 --> 01:00:57.920 their decision if they're looking at Michelle McCool, Tory Wilson, 1280 01:00:58.000 --> 01:01:02.280 Stacey Keebler, Molly Holly and they're like, well, like, obviously 1281 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:05.840 they're gonna choose, you know, Michelle McCool given the connection 1282 01:01:05.920 --> 01:01:08.360 with Undertaker. Do I think that's the only reason. No, 1283 01:01:08.519 --> 01:01:10.800 But if that's a I mean to say it's not 1284 01:01:10.840 --> 01:01:12.079 a factor, I don't think it's fair. 1285 01:01:12.199 --> 01:01:13.639 So yeah, I think it had something to do with it. 1286 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:18.239 And I know they were in town tyfically because Undertaker's 1287 01:01:18.239 --> 01:01:21.519 doing a one man show now and he had he 1288 01:01:21.639 --> 01:01:24.760 was doing a show on Friday night here somewhere in 1289 01:01:24.800 --> 01:01:28.079 town in San Antonio. So they were definitely, you know, 1290 01:01:28.199 --> 01:01:31.320 here in San Antonio. But uh yeah, so glad that 1291 01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:34.719 they only put out the one Legacy Star and then 1292 01:01:34.800 --> 01:01:37.159 from from the n XT. You know, think we only 1293 01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:40.159 had three people from NXT, which we had was a 1294 01:01:40.239 --> 01:01:43.400 rock sand and then it's always dark and then comes out. 1295 01:01:43.760 --> 01:01:49.079 Uh was Indy hartwell at twenty six after Michelle? Are 1296 01:01:49.079 --> 01:01:50.280 you familiar with the Indy. 1297 01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:50.960 A little bit? 1298 01:01:51.360 --> 01:01:54.760 Yeah, a little bit. So I'm familiar with her back 1299 01:01:54.800 --> 01:01:57.440 when she was in the group with Johnny Gargano and 1300 01:01:57.519 --> 01:02:00.079 Kennith Loray and Dexl Loomis. They were together in the 1301 01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:03.519 n XT. She had that big thing with Dexter, they 1302 01:02:03.519 --> 01:02:04.800 got married, all kinds of stuff. 1303 01:02:04.840 --> 01:02:09.079 So, uh, she's she's solid in the ring. 1304 01:02:09.760 --> 01:02:12.199 She definitely is working on promo. But I like Indy, 1305 01:02:12.400 --> 01:02:17.039 so if if if this was her highlighted spot to 1306 01:02:17.840 --> 01:02:19.760 letting us know that eventually, like she's coming up to 1307 01:02:19.800 --> 01:02:22.519 the main roster soon, she may be somebody to watch 1308 01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:27.800 out for. And then you get Sonya, like I said earlier, 1309 01:02:27.880 --> 01:02:30.760 and I was clapping for on purposely clapping for dom 1310 01:02:30.840 --> 01:02:33.320 and and clapping for Logan. I did the same thing 1311 01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:36.360 with Sonya. I know she's a little whiny baby right now, 1312 01:02:36.440 --> 01:02:39.960 but people love to hate this woman. I don't know 1313 01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:43.320 if their respect her because of all the whining men. 1314 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:47.000 She hasn't proven herself, and you know, she keeps on losing, 1315 01:02:47.199 --> 01:02:52.639 but she's she's getting her way. I don't know. I'll 1316 01:02:52.639 --> 01:02:55.199 talk to you about about those last two with Indy 1317 01:02:55.280 --> 01:02:56.639 and Sonya. 1318 01:02:57.280 --> 01:03:00.920 Yeah again I thought that, Uh, well, specific Sonya Deville, 1319 01:03:01.119 --> 01:03:03.599 she gets a negative reaction. I mean, she's just she's 1320 01:03:03.639 --> 01:03:05.519 so good on the microphone. I don't think people realize 1321 01:03:05.519 --> 01:03:06.760 how good she is on the MIC, and I don't 1322 01:03:06.760 --> 01:03:09.400 think she's utilized to her for a full potential. Yet 1323 01:03:09.719 --> 01:03:12.559 she's she's getting there. I don't think she's in championship 1324 01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:16.639 territory yet. Again, everything resets when it comes after WrestleMania. 1325 01:03:16.679 --> 01:03:19.079 But looking at WrestleMania season, I don't think she's involved 1326 01:03:19.079 --> 01:03:21.559 at all. I understand she has a championship match against 1327 01:03:21.599 --> 01:03:25.639 Charlotte Flair again, that's gonna go absolutely nowhere. Charlotte will 1328 01:03:25.639 --> 01:03:28.159 beat her again and then you know she'll she might 1329 01:03:28.159 --> 01:03:30.360 be involved in like the elimination chamber for the women 1330 01:03:30.400 --> 01:03:32.480 if they have a chamber match, But there's just no 1331 01:03:32.559 --> 01:03:35.280 way that she's going to win the championship before WrestleMania. 1332 01:03:35.320 --> 01:03:39.000 But I think that, yeah, these two entries were good. 1333 01:03:39.039 --> 01:03:41.760 I mean, you have somebody that most again most people 1334 01:03:41.840 --> 01:03:44.000 probably don't know, and then that you have then you 1335 01:03:44.039 --> 01:03:47.480 have somebody that almost everyone that watches the product knows 1336 01:03:47.519 --> 01:03:50.679 the name Sonya Deville. And while you were cheering, I'm 1337 01:03:50.679 --> 01:03:53.000 gonna assume most of the other people were booing. And 1338 01:03:53.039 --> 01:03:56.679 then you get Shatzi out there, and Shazi seemingly got 1339 01:03:57.400 --> 01:04:00.239 a pretty good reaction. She brought out her TEA C 1340 01:04:00.440 --> 01:04:03.519 B tank. I'm not a fan of it. They get silly. 1341 01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:06.840 But the announcers were The announcers were kind of making 1342 01:04:06.840 --> 01:04:09.159 fun of her, saying, hey, why don't you just drive 1343 01:04:09.159 --> 01:04:11.480 that damn thing to the ring instead of sprinting to 1344 01:04:11.519 --> 01:04:13.599 the ring. I can't imagine how many people were like 1345 01:04:13.719 --> 01:04:15.559 blown up by the time they ran to the ring. 1346 01:04:15.599 --> 01:04:18.039 That was a hell of a distance and they were saying, hey, 1347 01:04:18.599 --> 01:04:21.239 just drive your tank to the ring. And so you 1348 01:04:21.280 --> 01:04:22.480 know that they were making fun of that. 1349 01:04:23.320 --> 01:04:26.639 Matt, leave Shatzi's tank alone. Why do you hate it? 1350 01:04:26.760 --> 01:04:27.280 I hate it? 1351 01:04:27.800 --> 01:04:29.599 I like it, Okay. I didn't like it when they 1352 01:04:29.599 --> 01:04:31.400 were when they had the NERF gun came the little 1353 01:04:31.400 --> 01:04:33.079 NERF bullet came out. But now that they put some 1354 01:04:33.119 --> 01:04:36.039 pyro on it, okay. Yeah. And then, like I mentioned 1355 01:04:36.119 --> 01:04:37.559 a few it might have been a few months at 1356 01:04:37.559 --> 01:04:41.960 this point. If she ever makes it, you know, George Championship, 1357 01:04:41.960 --> 01:04:44.320 and they ever get that merchandise out, that tank is 1358 01:04:44.320 --> 01:04:47.280 gonna sell. It will I'm telling you. When when they 1359 01:04:47.280 --> 01:04:51.559 make a Shazi figuring with the tank, it'll sell. They 1360 01:04:51.639 --> 01:04:56.360 won't with the green hair. But other than that, yeah, 1361 01:04:56.519 --> 01:04:58.440 she got a nice little pop but I didn't from 1362 01:04:58.440 --> 01:05:00.519 where I was sitting, I couldn't. I didn't get to 1363 01:05:00.519 --> 01:05:02.400 see the tank and I didn't watch that part back 1364 01:05:02.440 --> 01:05:04.960 over yet on the on the playback, so I didn't 1365 01:05:05.000 --> 01:05:07.440 get to see it yet. But uh so I'm I 1366 01:05:07.440 --> 01:05:10.480 guess I'm glad she came out with it. And then 1367 01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:13.639 twenty nine where we got Rick Niki Cross and then 1368 01:05:14.119 --> 01:05:16.360 that was not a waste to pick because she's not 1369 01:05:16.360 --> 01:05:20.000 a legacy star. But I mean, there wasn't really much 1370 01:05:20.239 --> 01:05:23.079 a part for her at decent in the crowd. Uh 1371 01:05:23.599 --> 01:05:25.719 and then number thirty, I know you saw the boss 1372 01:05:25.760 --> 01:05:29.960 with the clock, Yes, okay, so yeah, people were very 1373 01:05:30.079 --> 01:05:33.760 upset about that in the crowd, and I don't I 1374 01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:36.519 think people were just just as upset that it was 1375 01:05:36.639 --> 01:05:40.039 Nia Jacks. What did you think about her coming back? I, 1376 01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:42.360 you know, well, what are you expecting? 1377 01:05:42.599 --> 01:05:45.360 I thought it was Ronda Rowsey. 1378 01:05:45.480 --> 01:05:48.039 I think I'd rather have Nia Jackson, Ronder. 1379 01:05:47.840 --> 01:05:51.679 Raul agree, agreed, But given the the you know, given 1380 01:05:51.719 --> 01:05:54.519 the current roster, I was thinking, well, it's probably Ronda Rowsey. 1381 01:05:55.079 --> 01:05:57.440 I did not expect Nia Jacks. Nia Jacks is not 1382 01:05:57.480 --> 01:05:59.800 a name I've even mentioned over the last six months. 1383 01:06:00.159 --> 01:06:00.519 I didn't. 1384 01:06:00.559 --> 01:06:04.079 I actually didn't hate it. I don't like her character. 1385 01:06:04.599 --> 01:06:06.719 I don't think she's good in the ring, but I 1386 01:06:06.719 --> 01:06:08.639 had like there was there was a pop for her, 1387 01:06:09.039 --> 01:06:11.119 and I was trying to listen to you guys and 1388 01:06:11.159 --> 01:06:13.639 figure out if it was positive or negative, and it 1389 01:06:13.760 --> 01:06:17.280 generally trended. It started off like WHOA, what cool? Then 1390 01:06:17.320 --> 01:06:20.320 it I feel like it kind of like that devolved 1391 01:06:20.360 --> 01:06:21.239 into booze. 1392 01:06:21.920 --> 01:06:24.599 It did? It did? Yeah, because well because I think 1393 01:06:24.639 --> 01:06:27.000 more of the initial pop that you heard might have 1394 01:06:27.039 --> 01:06:29.199 been from the crowd reacting to the botch of the 1395 01:06:29.280 --> 01:06:32.039 clock and then her music hitting, because her music hit 1396 01:06:32.079 --> 01:06:34.079 and then the clock was like at eight and seven, 1397 01:06:34.119 --> 01:06:35.840 and then they just they didn't do the rest of 1398 01:06:35.840 --> 01:06:38.039 the condown because he was he was already coming out. 1399 01:06:38.480 --> 01:06:40.440 So that first initial pop was the botx of the 1400 01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:42.719 clock and then her music, and then when she walked out, 1401 01:06:42.760 --> 01:06:45.719 people went a little crazy, and then maybe they lost 1402 01:06:45.840 --> 01:06:48.000 little interest that she walked to the ring. But then 1403 01:06:48.000 --> 01:06:49.840 when she got in the ring, it picked up, you know, 1404 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:52.440 because of the spot where everybody gangs up on her. 1405 01:06:54.559 --> 01:06:59.079 So yeah, no, I that's probably a better analysis than 1406 01:06:59.119 --> 01:07:01.840 watching it at home. Glad you know you gave us 1407 01:07:01.840 --> 01:07:04.360 exactly why. There was probably that initial like, well, people 1408 01:07:04.400 --> 01:07:07.719 are reacting positively, and then it's like nope, you know, 1409 01:07:07.719 --> 01:07:10.840 and then people started booing it and boeing her generally. 1410 01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:14.119 I don't think that, you know, Naya Jacks was a 1411 01:07:14.480 --> 01:07:18.000 key component of the women's division. I understand why they 1412 01:07:18.000 --> 01:07:20.320 put her thirty. She's returning. She hasn't been around in 1413 01:07:20.360 --> 01:07:24.000 a while. She hadn't nagging injuries, and from last I 1414 01:07:24.039 --> 01:07:26.320 saw her, I think we had Shanna Basler break her 1415 01:07:26.400 --> 01:07:28.639 arm or something. I think that was during the pandemic era. 1416 01:07:28.719 --> 01:07:31.679 So it's been quite some time since we've seen Naya Jacks, 1417 01:07:32.159 --> 01:07:35.239 and nobody's been asking for her to come back. No one, 1418 01:07:35.639 --> 01:07:37.360 I don't think asked to have her back. But we 1419 01:07:37.440 --> 01:07:41.360 have her back, and you know, I've I don't know. 1420 01:07:41.519 --> 01:07:44.360 I understand why they have her. I think she's her 1421 01:07:44.760 --> 01:07:47.719 look is actually an asset. While she's not as flippy, 1422 01:07:47.719 --> 01:07:50.320 floppy and athletic as the other women her size, I 1423 01:07:50.360 --> 01:07:53.480 think can be an advantage because she's not going to 1424 01:07:53.519 --> 01:07:55.800 ever put on a very fast match, which is fine. 1425 01:07:56.280 --> 01:07:59.440 She is a powerhouse woman, but that also leads you 1426 01:07:59.480 --> 01:08:02.360 to potential matchups with other powerhouse women like Piper Niven 1427 01:08:02.920 --> 01:08:06.000 like a Rickel Rodriguez and they had that quick kind 1428 01:08:06.000 --> 01:08:09.440 of standoff. I think that there's something something here. I 1429 01:08:09.480 --> 01:08:12.599 don't think she's a women's champion yet, but uh, I 1430 01:08:12.599 --> 01:08:15.639 don't know. I think there's there's value in it. But ultimately, 1431 01:08:15.679 --> 01:08:19.720 rear Ripley winning was the one hundred percent right call here. 1432 01:08:20.159 --> 01:08:23.159 And I have no issue with Ria Ripley winning at all. 1433 01:08:23.560 --> 01:08:27.560 Did you Absolutely not? Like I said, when she came 1434 01:08:27.600 --> 01:08:30.520 out one, I just I felt it. I felt that 1435 01:08:30.560 --> 01:08:33.800 she got such a good pop. People were just chanting, uh, 1436 01:08:34.199 --> 01:08:37.039 chanting for mommy dude to just it's it's gonna get over. 1437 01:08:37.840 --> 01:08:39.600 I don't. I mean, I know she's in a hill group. 1438 01:08:39.600 --> 01:08:41.760 I know she's doing hell tactics and she's talking like 1439 01:08:41.760 --> 01:08:46.079 a hell. But she may be the coolest female hell 1440 01:08:46.159 --> 01:08:48.399 that we ever had or had it in a long time. 1441 01:08:50.520 --> 01:08:53.760 And then, you know, towards towards the end there again 1442 01:08:53.880 --> 01:08:56.039 with the women's match, when the final four happened, there 1443 01:08:56.079 --> 01:08:58.640 was no final four showdown, just like in the men's map, 1444 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:00.600 so that that kind of you know, threw me there, 1445 01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:05.319 and I was upset about that. When it gets down 1446 01:09:05.359 --> 01:09:08.920 to the final three of her Oscar to live. You know, 1447 01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:12.960 we just knew. I mean I especially knew after Bailey 1448 01:09:13.000 --> 01:09:16.359 and Becky were gone from the match, Like after that, 1449 01:09:16.399 --> 01:09:18.840 there was no other big names that you really thought 1450 01:09:18.960 --> 01:09:21.159 could pull it off. And Ree was in it, and 1451 01:09:21.399 --> 01:09:24.520 every woman that came in the match was dropping Rio. 1452 01:09:24.600 --> 01:09:26.000 They were hitting her with the move and then Rio 1453 01:09:26.039 --> 01:09:27.560 will go off to the side, and then somebody else 1454 01:09:27.560 --> 01:09:29.000 will come out, and then they would hit Rio with 1455 01:09:29.039 --> 01:09:31.720 another move. And she was bleeding for most of the 1456 01:09:31.760 --> 01:09:33.960 match and looked like, I think from her nose. Did 1457 01:09:33.960 --> 01:09:37.279 you see that? Yes, I'm sure, but you know, just 1458 01:09:37.640 --> 01:09:40.079 I mean just mad respect and props to her for 1459 01:09:40.159 --> 01:09:47.000 fighting through it, but you know, she was getting cheered regardless. 1460 01:09:47.039 --> 01:09:49.880 And then whenever she told everybody to, you know, to 1461 01:09:49.920 --> 01:09:53.560 gang up and throughout Naya like people were behind it. 1462 01:09:54.119 --> 01:09:58.279 And I'm looking over the list here people that had 1463 01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:03.760 got thrown out. Rhea had eliminations, which leads, which leads. 1464 01:10:03.840 --> 01:10:05.720 I thought she was gonna have more. I thought maybe 1465 01:10:05.720 --> 01:10:07.680 she might have set a record or something, but she 1466 01:10:07.760 --> 01:10:10.239 does have six. I know, she says the record of 1467 01:10:10.239 --> 01:10:12.800 being the female to start the match at one and win. 1468 01:10:13.159 --> 01:10:16.159 She lasted over an hour, so that's gonna be you know, 1469 01:10:16.239 --> 01:10:19.720 in in the history, you know, forever, just like how 1470 01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:22.920 they show ray materials sixty two minute you know, World 1471 01:10:22.960 --> 01:10:25.920 Rumble victory, and you know the opening package, the video 1472 01:10:25.920 --> 01:10:28.319 package of the Rumbo They're gonna put Ria's you know, 1473 01:10:28.439 --> 01:10:30.880 time and win in there for the rest of our 1474 01:10:30.920 --> 01:10:35.159 lives and then just walk quick to get back to 1475 01:10:35.680 --> 01:10:40.560 the men's match. Gunther had five eliminations, and so did Cody, 1476 01:10:41.479 --> 01:10:44.079 so you know there was nobody who had you know, eight, 1477 01:10:44.159 --> 01:10:46.800 nine or ten eliminations, but you know some people had 1478 01:10:46.920 --> 01:10:50.600 a few, uh but Riah at the end there. 1479 01:10:50.560 --> 01:10:54.439 You know, the finish on the eighth from there, I 1480 01:10:54.479 --> 01:10:54.920 think that that. 1481 01:10:55.039 --> 01:11:00.520 Was the best way to get uh Oscar back up, 1482 01:11:00.760 --> 01:11:02.640 showing that she had a good showing, get her back up, 1483 01:11:02.680 --> 01:11:05.800 you know, maybe to a championship. Here Live has a 1484 01:11:05.800 --> 01:11:09.199 great showing starrying for number two, finishing the match, you know, 1485 01:11:09.479 --> 01:11:12.840 final two get eliminated. There the spot with the poison 1486 01:11:12.920 --> 01:11:16.880 miss being you know, sprayed into the liv's face, and 1487 01:11:17.000 --> 01:11:18.439 it was a good spot, you know, And there was 1488 01:11:18.479 --> 01:11:19.960 a lot of times where you thought Ria was going 1489 01:11:20.039 --> 01:11:22.479 to get eliminated and she didn't, so you know, a 1490 01:11:22.520 --> 01:11:24.640 lot of roller it was the roller coaster ride. Really, 1491 01:11:26.439 --> 01:11:31.920 but when you know she eliminates live I mean again, 1492 01:11:32.000 --> 01:11:36.079 the roof it just it had to shift. Man. People 1493 01:11:36.079 --> 01:11:40.159 were just cheering, mommy, Mommy is just just And the 1494 01:11:40.359 --> 01:11:43.760 girl's only twenty five years old, dude, I mean I 1495 01:11:43.760 --> 01:11:46.920 don't know, she might. Yeah, she's very young, you know, 1496 01:11:47.079 --> 01:11:49.000 I mean, who knows how many times she's gonna win. 1497 01:11:50.279 --> 01:11:52.640 You forget how young she is. Yeah, it's a good point. Yeah, 1498 01:11:52.960 --> 01:11:55.359 she doesn't look twenty five. I mean, yeah, the dark 1499 01:11:55.399 --> 01:11:58.239 makeup doesn't help, but the way she acts it feels 1500 01:11:58.239 --> 01:12:00.800 like she's ahead of her years in terms of understanding 1501 01:12:00.840 --> 01:12:04.000 psychology and all that. She Yeah, so that's a good 1502 01:12:04.000 --> 01:12:05.680 thing if you're a really Ripley fan. She's got a 1503 01:12:05.720 --> 01:12:08.039 lot of years in front of her barring injury that 1504 01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:09.399 she she's gonna be with us. 1505 01:12:09.439 --> 01:12:10.399 So that that's a good point. 1506 01:12:10.439 --> 01:12:13.600 And to put a ball in the Women's rumble, I think, yeah, 1507 01:12:13.640 --> 01:12:15.800 that that's the ending of the Women's Rumble was a 1508 01:12:15.800 --> 01:12:18.520 lot of fun. The mist that the real to me, 1509 01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:20.600 the Women's World Rumble was a little bit more up 1510 01:12:20.600 --> 01:12:22.680 in the air at the end when you had those 1511 01:12:22.720 --> 01:12:25.680 three Because Oscar is a believable candidate, given that she 1512 01:12:25.880 --> 01:12:27.680 just returned, she's got a new look. They're trying to 1513 01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:30.079 rebrand or whatever. And I'm like, all right, well Ria 1514 01:12:30.159 --> 01:12:32.399 should win, but you know, Oscar's making a good case 1515 01:12:32.439 --> 01:12:34.279 for it. And they had her teetering on the rope 1516 01:12:34.279 --> 01:12:36.159 and I'm like, oh, all right, like they had us. 1517 01:12:36.640 --> 01:12:38.399 They had us hook line and sinker for the ending 1518 01:12:38.439 --> 01:12:39.920 of that match, and it was very well done. And 1519 01:12:39.960 --> 01:12:42.119 I really don't have any complaints the way Ria won. 1520 01:12:42.880 --> 01:12:45.199 I think it was the right person. So all right, well, 1521 01:12:45.239 --> 01:12:47.199 let's we got to jump into the championship match here, 1522 01:12:47.239 --> 01:12:50.119 which is Roman Reigns, of course, facing Kevin Owens for 1523 01:12:50.119 --> 01:12:54.479 the undisputed Universal Championship. And you know, the match, let 1524 01:12:54.520 --> 01:12:57.760 me just quickly says, the match itself, because this is 1525 01:12:57.760 --> 01:13:00.560 not something that is the talking point. Is really the 1526 01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:03.199 match itself that I thought was good, and I think 1527 01:13:03.199 --> 01:13:04.920 we all knew it was going to be good. It 1528 01:13:04.960 --> 01:13:07.800 was just a matter of how well could they convince 1529 01:13:07.880 --> 01:13:10.640 us during the match that Owens might actually win. And 1530 01:13:10.760 --> 01:13:13.560 there was one or two spots, but generally it was 1531 01:13:13.760 --> 01:13:17.000 pretty clear that Roman Reigns wasn't losing. Here he hit 1532 01:13:17.039 --> 01:13:20.359 the stunner once there was no referee at one point 1533 01:13:20.479 --> 01:13:24.399 and you know everyone's counting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, whatever, 1534 01:13:24.640 --> 01:13:27.840 and there's no refs, So that spot, you know, happened 1535 01:13:27.880 --> 01:13:29.880 and you're thinking, oh, well, he could have won there, 1536 01:13:29.920 --> 01:13:32.199 But ultimately we knew it wasn't gonna happen. It was 1537 01:13:32.239 --> 01:13:36.600 all about the post match at post match antics, that 1538 01:13:36.960 --> 01:13:40.239 is the discussion here, and I actually not to toot 1539 01:13:40.279 --> 01:13:43.359 my horn, but I called it nearly verbatim of what 1540 01:13:43.439 --> 01:13:45.520 was going to happen after he was going to beat 1541 01:13:45.560 --> 01:13:48.800 down Kevin Owens after he beat him and then tell 1542 01:13:48.880 --> 01:13:51.680 Sammy that he wants to do the same thing, and 1543 01:13:52.159 --> 01:13:56.680 that's exactly what happened. I didn't know what would transpire 1544 01:13:56.720 --> 01:13:59.920 after that, who would attack who, But ultimately Sammy hit 1545 01:14:00.159 --> 01:14:01.800 Roman reigns in the back and let me just ask 1546 01:14:01.840 --> 01:14:04.680 about that moment because people online are talking about it. 1547 01:14:05.000 --> 01:14:07.000 You know, I went back and listened to it several times. 1548 01:14:07.279 --> 01:14:11.119 The pop when Sammy hit Roman was it was probably 1549 01:14:11.199 --> 01:14:13.840 the biggest pop of the night, would you agree, being there? 1550 01:14:15.039 --> 01:14:19.000 Yes? And then the leading up to the chair shot 1551 01:14:19.039 --> 01:14:24.159 when Roman first when when Roman first gave Sammy the 1552 01:14:24.279 --> 01:14:26.960 chair and he was just holding it up, you know, 1553 01:14:27.119 --> 01:14:30.239 like he was about to hit him. The people were anticipating, 1554 01:14:30.399 --> 01:14:32.079 like they were cheering for it, you know, and then 1555 01:14:32.119 --> 01:14:35.239 some people were like, no, no, don't do it. So yeah, 1556 01:14:35.279 --> 01:14:38.359 and then when it actually happened, like, oh my god, 1557 01:14:38.680 --> 01:14:42.760 it was Yes, definitely that I was pop of the night. 1558 01:14:43.720 --> 01:14:45.880 But when when it happened, you, I mean, I don't 1559 01:14:45.880 --> 01:14:47.720 know if you, I'm sure you felt too, but I 1560 01:14:47.840 --> 01:14:51.479 felt the shift in the landscape of WWE with that 1561 01:14:51.560 --> 01:14:56.439 one chair shot and and just you know before that, 1562 01:14:56.520 --> 01:14:58.359 when they were when they were just beating up Owen, 1563 01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:02.880 I started to feel bad for the guy. Uh, they 1564 01:15:03.000 --> 01:15:06.840 just they did a real number on him. Uh, even 1565 01:15:06.880 --> 01:15:08.920 before the handcuffs that they did a number on him. 1566 01:15:09.000 --> 01:15:13.159 They put the handcuffs on and oh my yes, the 1567 01:15:13.520 --> 01:15:16.359 stairs before the match even ended. You know, when when 1568 01:15:16.439 --> 01:15:21.199 when he threw him on the stairs twice. Yeah, Kevin's okay. 1569 01:15:21.279 --> 01:15:23.279 I hope he didn't hurt his neck or something. I mean, 1570 01:15:23.479 --> 01:15:25.399 I'm sure this will take him off TV for a while. 1571 01:15:26.119 --> 01:15:30.039 But whenever, whenever that happened, yeah, you knew there was 1572 01:15:30.079 --> 01:15:32.000 no chance that Kevin was gonna win. I mean, we 1573 01:15:32.039 --> 01:15:34.680 already knew it, but just when that happened, like you 1574 01:15:34.720 --> 01:15:37.560 knew that this was gonna be bad. And then you know, 1575 01:15:37.680 --> 01:15:39.640 right when that chest shot happened, like I said, I 1576 01:15:39.640 --> 01:15:41.680 felt a shift in my heart and my mind and 1577 01:15:42.079 --> 01:15:44.119 the w W universe. I felt it. I felt it 1578 01:15:44.159 --> 01:15:47.279 in the crowd. And then when you see the USA 1579 01:15:47.399 --> 01:15:50.600 is getting mad and Jay's yetting at him, and you 1580 01:15:50.720 --> 01:15:54.760 just you can feel his anger and disappointment and the betrayal, 1581 01:15:54.960 --> 01:15:58.560 and you know, just but at the same time, you're 1582 01:15:58.800 --> 01:16:02.720 it's a watercoaster of because you're feeling bad for Kevin, 1583 01:16:02.760 --> 01:16:05.720 you feel bad for Sammy. You're excited for Sammy because 1584 01:16:05.720 --> 01:16:09.159 he's finally gonna turn. You know. You see Roman get 1585 01:16:09.239 --> 01:16:11.199 hit with the bell, the users getting mad, Paul Fame, 1586 01:16:11.560 --> 01:16:14.279 Paul Haymen's facials, and you just you don't know what 1587 01:16:14.359 --> 01:16:19.239 to feel. You're feeling everything. And Sammy drops a chair 1588 01:16:19.279 --> 01:16:22.399 and then you're like, oh man, here it comes. You 1589 01:16:22.880 --> 01:16:24.720 you hear You're like, here it comes. And then the 1590 01:16:24.760 --> 01:16:29.239 super kick happens and he falls, and then you feel 1591 01:16:29.319 --> 01:16:31.720 jays you know, the struggle that Jay is having not 1592 01:16:31.920 --> 01:16:34.720 not to help, you know, and there's Jimmy beating down 1593 01:16:34.840 --> 01:16:37.359 Sammy and and then you just feel the struggle get 1594 01:16:37.359 --> 01:16:41.319 backs into the corner, Solo gets in and the Roman 1595 01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:46.000 gets up, and I mean when he ripped off Sammy's shirt, 1596 01:16:46.079 --> 01:16:49.039 I mean I was I was wearing my honorary shirt 1597 01:16:49.199 --> 01:16:51.920 and I'm like, that's it, He's not use anymore. I 1598 01:16:51.960 --> 01:16:53.119 was like, let me just hang the shirt up on 1599 01:16:53.119 --> 01:16:57.520 the wall. But yeah, we felt it coming, and but 1600 01:16:57.800 --> 01:17:01.159 you felt the sympathy for Sammy. You can feel that 1601 01:17:01.239 --> 01:17:03.960 the tide shifting, like, yeah, he's an ultra babyface now 1602 01:17:04.159 --> 01:17:09.760 like ultra babyface. And whenever Ko does come back, I'm 1603 01:17:09.800 --> 01:17:13.880 assuming that they are gonna che us ussos eventually. But 1604 01:17:14.079 --> 01:17:16.399 we got to see how that dynamic plays out between 1605 01:17:16.439 --> 01:17:19.640 the USO's because of what happened with Jay not helping 1606 01:17:19.680 --> 01:17:23.560 out and leaving the ring. How loud was the Jay 1607 01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:26.840 chance when he was walking back to the stage then 1608 01:17:26.920 --> 01:17:29.199 they can'tlate on TV. Pretty well, Yeah. 1609 01:17:29.039 --> 01:17:32.119 It came through very clearly. And that is the other part. 1610 01:17:32.199 --> 01:17:35.359 I don't think that we thought of what would happen, 1611 01:17:35.399 --> 01:17:37.840 and we knew that somebody was going to turn on somebody. Ultimately, 1612 01:17:37.880 --> 01:17:39.880 Sammy was going to come out on top or rather 1613 01:17:40.279 --> 01:17:42.840 get cheered with all of this, and that's exactly what happened. 1614 01:17:42.840 --> 01:17:44.520 But the j part of this is something that I 1615 01:17:44.520 --> 01:17:46.439 don't think a lot of people thought about, where he 1616 01:17:46.600 --> 01:17:49.239 was conflicted. Jimmy immediately super kicked him. Of course, Solo's 1617 01:17:49.279 --> 01:17:51.600 co game the Small and Spike. But Jay, like you said, 1618 01:17:51.600 --> 01:17:54.239 it's conflicted and doing a great job from a facial 1619 01:17:54.439 --> 01:17:57.720 standpoint of going through the emotions and the struggle and 1620 01:17:57.760 --> 01:17:58.279 what do I do? 1621 01:17:58.279 --> 01:17:59.399 Do I attack him? Do I not? 1622 01:17:59.600 --> 01:18:02.279 He just excused himself and then just left the ring, 1623 01:18:02.319 --> 01:18:05.399 and Roman was staring him down like angrily, like what 1624 01:18:05.479 --> 01:18:06.039 are you doing? 1625 01:18:06.079 --> 01:18:06.279 You know? 1626 01:18:07.159 --> 01:18:10.159 And then we get of course Roman reigns standing tall 1627 01:18:10.199 --> 01:18:12.840 at the end of this, but you know, both of 1628 01:18:12.840 --> 01:18:15.039 them are beaten down. Where do they go from here? 1629 01:18:15.079 --> 01:18:17.199 I mean, it's gotta lead to a championship match between 1630 01:18:17.279 --> 01:18:20.399 Sammy and Roman. But the question is does that happen 1631 01:18:20.439 --> 01:18:22.960 at wrestle Mania or is that still reserve for Cody. 1632 01:18:22.960 --> 01:18:25.079 If it's a reserve for Cody given he won the Rumble, 1633 01:18:25.439 --> 01:18:28.159 well then where does Sammy's ain fall at WrestleMania. It's 1634 01:18:28.199 --> 01:18:30.720 gotta be against Roman unless they split the belts. I mean, 1635 01:18:30.760 --> 01:18:32.760 there's again, there's still a lot of ways they could go, 1636 01:18:33.319 --> 01:18:35.239 but I still think that it's going to be at 1637 01:18:35.279 --> 01:18:39.760 Elimination Chamber, given it's in Montreal, and imagine that hometown 1638 01:18:39.840 --> 01:18:44.560 crowd with Sammy z Ain challenging Roman Reigns at the 1639 01:18:44.600 --> 01:18:46.760 Chamber in the Bell Center in Montreal, and then it's 1640 01:18:46.800 --> 01:18:50.159 gonna be Kevin and Sammy versus the USSOS at WrestleMania, 1641 01:18:50.199 --> 01:18:53.520 eventually probably taking down the USOS for the tag tag 1642 01:18:53.560 --> 01:18:57.560 belts with Cody versus Roman at Mania. That's still my prediction. 1643 01:18:58.119 --> 01:19:00.199 It doesn't seem like any big stars are coming out 1644 01:19:00.239 --> 01:19:02.760 of the woodwork, at least at this time to challenge 1645 01:19:03.079 --> 01:19:06.640 Roman Reigns for that Universal Championship. So given that, I 1646 01:19:06.680 --> 01:19:08.439 don't know, what are your thoughts moving forward on where 1647 01:19:08.479 --> 01:19:08.960 this goes? 1648 01:19:11.399 --> 01:19:14.520 Well? Where to start? I guess it. I guess it 1649 01:19:14.560 --> 01:19:17.720 really depends on what we get at the Limitation Chamber. 1650 01:19:18.039 --> 01:19:20.439 Are we getting? I mean, of course we're getting the match, 1651 01:19:20.560 --> 01:19:23.720 But what does the winner get of the match. I mean, 1652 01:19:23.760 --> 01:19:27.880 I'm sure Roman's not defending in the chamber. Is Sammy 1653 01:19:27.920 --> 01:19:29.680 in the match? Is he not in the match? Is 1654 01:19:29.800 --> 01:19:32.720 Roman defending the title at Limitation Chamber in the singles match? 1655 01:19:33.279 --> 01:19:37.640 Maybe Sammy interferes in the match. I don't know, because 1656 01:19:37.760 --> 01:19:40.600 if again, what is the winner of the Chamber get 1657 01:19:40.640 --> 01:19:42.359 We know the winner of the Rumble gets the title shot, 1658 01:19:42.760 --> 01:19:45.399 but if there's only one title and they're not splitting it, 1659 01:19:45.479 --> 01:19:50.000 then that spot is reserved for Cody. So the only 1660 01:19:50.079 --> 01:19:52.159 other thing I mean between now and then over the 1661 01:19:52.159 --> 01:19:56.000 next months is going to be the storyline of Sammy's 1662 01:19:56.359 --> 01:20:00.479 rise basically. But does he get so ultimately popular that 1663 01:20:00.560 --> 01:20:03.039 they have to change the main event like with a 1664 01:20:03.159 --> 01:20:07.680 Daniel Bryant thing in Resumania thirty? Is Cody really I mean, 1665 01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:10.960 based on the reaction of his the Royal Rumble win 1666 01:20:12.680 --> 01:20:15.560 and then the reaction of Sammy now being turned on 1667 01:20:15.640 --> 01:20:19.159 by the blood line, I mean, sammy startup might overshadow 1668 01:20:19.199 --> 01:20:21.399 that Royal Rumble win, And that's what I'm thinking might 1669 01:20:21.680 --> 01:20:25.920 might be the case. So do we have a situation 1670 01:20:26.079 --> 01:20:30.000 where maybe Cody tries to cash in his win before Mania, 1671 01:20:30.119 --> 01:20:32.800 like Austin did that that one year and you know 1672 01:20:32.920 --> 01:20:36.640 doesn't lose, or because people are gonna expect Cody to 1673 01:20:36.680 --> 01:20:39.399 win as Pressemania, but we are expecting Roman to keep 1674 01:20:39.439 --> 01:20:42.840 it for the thousand days. I know you've been mentioning 1675 01:20:42.840 --> 01:20:45.000 it time and time and again. We've done the mass 1676 01:20:45.000 --> 01:20:50.359 It's all the way until May. It's it's I know, 1677 01:20:50.399 --> 01:20:52.359 we have a lot of answers now after the rumble 1678 01:20:52.399 --> 01:20:54.840 with the split or the initial split of the Bloodline, 1679 01:20:54.880 --> 01:20:59.039 We'll see what happens with Jay. We know Sammy's out. 1680 01:21:00.079 --> 01:21:02.039 I don't think we have enough answers yet to really 1681 01:21:02.159 --> 01:21:08.199 to really say. The easy answer is Cody versus Roman again. 1682 01:21:08.439 --> 01:21:11.520 You know, I'm a big fan of second generation stars, 1683 01:21:11.560 --> 01:21:15.399 so Cody Bean the second generation star soft spot for him, 1684 01:21:15.800 --> 01:21:19.880 and the right the right thing in my mind for 1685 01:21:20.039 --> 01:21:23.560 Roman to lose is Royal Blood beats Royal Blood, and 1686 01:21:23.560 --> 01:21:29.600 that's Cody beating Roman. But again, it's the bigger story here, Sammy, Now, 1687 01:21:32.319 --> 01:21:35.520 how do you become such a babyface and such a 1688 01:21:35.520 --> 01:21:39.840 dominant Hill group, you know, and then you turn this 1689 01:21:39.880 --> 01:21:44.279 group around over the last six months and make this 1690 01:21:44.399 --> 01:21:49.199 title Reign of Romans not so aggravating of you know, 1691 01:21:49.680 --> 01:21:52.399 because it made Starline good. Everything that was going on, 1692 01:21:52.680 --> 01:21:55.159 the initial heat between him and Jay, the progression of 1693 01:21:55.399 --> 01:21:59.079 their relationship, and then him accepting Sammy and then now 1694 01:21:59.119 --> 01:22:02.000 you have, you know, his confection and you have the 1695 01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:05.000 heartbreak of Sammy being kicked out the group and beating Downber. 1696 01:22:05.079 --> 01:22:06.840 That was a good beatdown. The way he ripped off 1697 01:22:06.880 --> 01:22:09.399 his shirt and beat him and then broke off the 1698 01:22:10.000 --> 01:22:12.600 tribal chief necklace over him. I think that was a 1699 01:22:12.600 --> 01:22:19.039 really nice touch. I don't know. I think I think 1700 01:22:19.279 --> 01:22:22.880 maybe Sammy, like I said, I think his his startup 1701 01:22:22.920 --> 01:22:25.960 might overshadow that Royal rum will win. Of course, we're 1702 01:22:25.960 --> 01:22:29.600 gonna get Cody's speech tomorrow on Raw you know about 1703 01:22:29.600 --> 01:22:33.560 winning the Rumble, wanted to go for the title, but again, 1704 01:22:33.720 --> 01:22:37.800 we'll see if his initial crowded reaction is sustainable all 1705 01:22:37.840 --> 01:22:40.800 the way into Mania, because we have a few months still. 1706 01:22:42.159 --> 01:22:43.600 So yeah, yeah, the. 1707 01:22:43.800 --> 01:22:47.680 Playoff is whatever happens that elimination chamber exactly. 1708 01:22:47.880 --> 01:22:51.560 And if I was WWE, I would be very careful 1709 01:22:51.960 --> 01:22:55.000 about putting Sammy Zan and Cody Rhoads in the same 1710 01:22:55.039 --> 01:22:57.520 program at all. I mean, because that will turn if 1711 01:22:57.520 --> 01:22:59.520 they're not trying to turn. But that I think the fans, 1712 01:22:59.520 --> 01:23:01.680 if they were going to choose Weld, choose Samy's Ain 1713 01:23:01.720 --> 01:23:03.880 over Cody Roads. Right now, Sammy Zein's the hotter one. 1714 01:23:03.960 --> 01:23:07.600 He's the more organically connected one with the fans. He's 1715 01:23:07.640 --> 01:23:10.399 been around longer with the fans. I think he's the 1716 01:23:10.439 --> 01:23:12.159 hot I mean, he's just way hotter. They've got the 1717 01:23:12.199 --> 01:23:14.239 biggest storyline that they've had, and I don't know how 1718 01:23:14.239 --> 01:23:16.319 many years, and they've been waiting for this turn and 1719 01:23:16.439 --> 01:23:19.800 waiting for this moment. To me, if you're gonna keep 1720 01:23:19.840 --> 01:23:23.199 wrote Cody Rhoads in a babyface position, you got to 1721 01:23:23.239 --> 01:23:25.840 keep them away from Sammy Zain because then the fans 1722 01:23:25.880 --> 01:23:27.880 will be forced to choose, and guess what they're gonna do. 1723 01:23:27.880 --> 01:23:30.880 They're gonna turn on Cody instantly in favor of Sammy's Ain. 1724 01:23:31.000 --> 01:23:33.680 So I think that right now what they're gonna do 1725 01:23:33.800 --> 01:23:36.920 is just finish it up at Chamber and then somehow 1726 01:23:37.079 --> 01:23:39.319 just keep the belt on Roman, not split it, and 1727 01:23:39.319 --> 01:23:42.720 have Cody versus Roman at WrestleMania, and then I still 1728 01:23:42.720 --> 01:23:44.920 don't think he'll drop it there, but that's the only 1729 01:23:44.960 --> 01:23:47.600 way you can go through with this and not have 1730 01:23:47.680 --> 01:23:51.159 the fans resent Cody Roads for taking the spot that 1731 01:23:51.239 --> 01:23:53.920 really should be reserved for Sammy z Ain at WrestleMania 1732 01:23:53.920 --> 01:23:56.840 and the main event, because you know, while Cody is 1733 01:23:56.840 --> 01:23:59.600 a over, you know he's over, he's in, he's a 1734 01:23:59.680 --> 01:24:03.079 great performer, all that. Right now, he's he's been absent 1735 01:24:03.119 --> 01:24:05.560 for seven plus months and Sammy's Aine's been here and 1736 01:24:05.600 --> 01:24:08.840 he's been in a position that's been a very very 1737 01:24:08.920 --> 01:24:12.840 enviable position of growing slowly with the fans. Fans start 1738 01:24:12.840 --> 01:24:14.560 realizing he's a he's a you know, he's really good 1739 01:24:14.600 --> 01:24:16.840 on the mic. They they start just starting to connect 1740 01:24:16.840 --> 01:24:20.039 with him. They've seen him be a wrestler in WW 1741 01:24:20.279 --> 01:24:22.560 for like, I don't know how many five, six, seven, eight, 1742 01:24:22.640 --> 01:24:24.720 nine years he's had great match after a great match. 1743 01:24:25.199 --> 01:24:27.920 It's just a dangerous position. And I would not be 1744 01:24:28.119 --> 01:24:30.760 wwe want to be them. If they're trying to somehow 1745 01:24:30.800 --> 01:24:33.239 get them in a fatal or a triple thread or 1746 01:24:33.279 --> 01:24:33.920 something like that, I. 1747 01:24:34.239 --> 01:24:35.199 Really wouldn't do that. 1748 01:24:35.600 --> 01:24:36.479 I would. 1749 01:24:36.720 --> 01:24:39.560 It's danger zone if they try to position the fans 1750 01:24:39.800 --> 01:24:40.359 in that way. 1751 01:24:42.319 --> 01:24:45.800 Uh yeah, I totally agree. Have you heard any rumors 1752 01:24:45.800 --> 01:24:48.079 about what might have been at Chamber yet? Because I'm 1753 01:24:48.079 --> 01:24:52.199 not really big on going through the rumor Mayo, And 1754 01:24:52.199 --> 01:24:54.800 you know, I see it on the news articles here 1755 01:24:54.800 --> 01:24:59.640 and there, but I perfectly keep myself out of, you know, 1756 01:24:59.680 --> 01:25:03.039 the line groups where they're spoilers and stuff, because I 1757 01:25:03.319 --> 01:25:05.279 even though restling can be predictable, I still like to 1758 01:25:05.279 --> 01:25:09.319 be surprised. Yeah. So, and I know it's hard in 1759 01:25:09.359 --> 01:25:11.039 this day and age, because anytime you just go through 1760 01:25:11.039 --> 01:25:14.479 your phone, something's popping up or you're hearing somebody's telling 1761 01:25:14.520 --> 01:25:16.319 you something. Especially in your case, I'm sure people are 1762 01:25:16.319 --> 01:25:17.920 missing you all the time about did you hear this? 1763 01:25:18.039 --> 01:25:21.159 Did you hear that? I purposely like to keep myself 1764 01:25:21.199 --> 01:25:25.399 out out of it, so I get most of my 1765 01:25:26.079 --> 01:25:28.760 news updates from from you and the other co hosts. 1766 01:25:28.760 --> 01:25:31.760 When I listen to all the reviews and you know, whatever, 1767 01:25:31.920 --> 01:25:35.199 whatever the Patriots are saying, the mailbag, whatever people bring up, 1768 01:25:35.199 --> 01:25:37.359 That's where I get my news, and then I'll research it. 1769 01:25:37.640 --> 01:25:39.680 But I don't like to hear it, you know beforehand. 1770 01:25:41.159 --> 01:25:41.920 Yeah, I'm with you. 1771 01:25:41.960 --> 01:25:44.159 In the age that you can access anything at any point, 1772 01:25:44.199 --> 01:25:46.640 it kind of ruins the fun of pro wrestling, doesn't it. Like, 1773 01:25:46.680 --> 01:25:49.279 I don't want to know, And I hear things and 1774 01:25:49.319 --> 01:25:50.960 I talk about them because I have to, but I 1775 01:25:51.000 --> 01:25:54.279 don't go purposely digging out the spoilers. I really don't. 1776 01:25:54.319 --> 01:25:56.800 I don't want spoilers. I don't I think there. I 1777 01:25:56.800 --> 01:25:58.680 think they're a detriment to the business. I know people 1778 01:25:58.760 --> 01:26:00.680 use it to get clicks and all that on their websites. 1779 01:26:00.720 --> 01:26:02.560 It's not for me, but I will report on things 1780 01:26:02.600 --> 01:26:05.119 like if if Fight Fuller or Bleacher Report comes out 1781 01:26:05.119 --> 01:26:06.920 with something I'll report on, I don't. I'll talk about it, 1782 01:26:06.960 --> 01:26:08.960 but I'm not going to go into you know, the 1783 01:26:09.000 --> 01:26:11.359 stuff that's maybe comes out that leaks out of Oh 1784 01:26:11.439 --> 01:26:13.359 someone someone's gonna win the belt at wrestle an. I 1785 01:26:13.399 --> 01:26:15.239 don't like to get into that. I don't like spoilers. 1786 01:26:15.279 --> 01:26:17.279 But all right, well let's put a ball on this 1787 01:26:17.319 --> 01:26:20.359 whole thing. What are your final kind of final thoughts, 1788 01:26:20.399 --> 01:26:23.800 final conclusion on the event and being there live and 1789 01:26:23.920 --> 01:26:25.680 of course anything that you want to touch on that 1790 01:26:25.720 --> 01:26:26.359 we didn't. 1791 01:26:27.159 --> 01:26:31.239 Uh sure, Well, actually, I know usually whenever you and 1792 01:26:31.279 --> 01:26:33.239 I know we were both excited to get to start 1793 01:26:33.279 --> 01:26:35.760 of the show and well a lot of talk about 1794 01:26:36.199 --> 01:26:39.720 but usually when you bring on somebody usually ask them 1795 01:26:39.840 --> 01:26:41.960 how they got into wrestling. We skipped that part. 1796 01:26:42.039 --> 01:26:43.720 Oh yeah, yeah, Well go ahead. 1797 01:26:44.119 --> 01:26:48.239 Uh So, my wrestling career or my wrestling days start 1798 01:26:48.359 --> 01:26:51.159 as a very young child, about four or five years old. 1799 01:26:51.840 --> 01:26:54.560 I remember going through the Compact Center a lot, you know, 1800 01:26:54.600 --> 01:26:58.399 for house shows here in Houston. My early earliest remember 1801 01:26:58.920 --> 01:27:02.319 memory is my took me and my cousin, my aunt 1802 01:27:02.399 --> 01:27:04.399 and the only thing I remember from that show is 1803 01:27:04.439 --> 01:27:07.920 her running back to our seats screaming that old smiling 1804 01:27:08.000 --> 01:27:09.960 warrior had touched her hand because he would run down 1805 01:27:10.000 --> 01:27:11.920 and slap pants. I was waited for the ring. So 1806 01:27:11.960 --> 01:27:15.439 that's my early earliest memory of wrestling. But I remember going, 1807 01:27:15.600 --> 01:27:17.840 you know, all those early years based from five to 1808 01:27:17.840 --> 01:27:24.159 ten years old, Compact Center and shows. And by the 1809 01:27:24.199 --> 01:27:27.000 time I was in sixth grade, because you're you're only 1810 01:27:27.000 --> 01:27:29.840 two years older than me, so just get that in perspective. 1811 01:27:30.199 --> 01:27:31.840 By the time I was in sixth grade, you know, 1812 01:27:32.279 --> 01:27:35.800 wrestling it was it was getting hot, attitude, the air 1813 01:27:35.920 --> 01:27:38.479 was starting. I threw away. When I threw away, I 1814 01:27:38.479 --> 01:27:40.680 gave away all my Power Rangers and Injin Turtles to the 1815 01:27:40.680 --> 01:27:42.920 Little Brother and it was all wrestling figures From there, 1816 01:27:43.479 --> 01:27:46.479 I had the Wrestling subscription. I had posters all up 1817 01:27:46.520 --> 01:27:48.960 and down the wall. My whole room was full of it. 1818 01:27:49.920 --> 01:27:53.079 I've been to a handful of smackdowns over the years. 1819 01:27:53.359 --> 01:27:57.000 I was at Wrestmating in seventeen and the Astra going, 1820 01:27:57.079 --> 01:28:01.840 I was at Wrestmating of twenty five and Reliance Stadium. 1821 01:28:01.960 --> 01:28:04.600 But what really what really got my I guess my 1822 01:28:04.640 --> 01:28:07.640 passion started is uh Brett Hart and hb K where 1823 01:28:07.680 --> 01:28:09.720 my dudes growing up. Those were my number one and two. 1824 01:28:10.640 --> 01:28:13.319 I always liked the big guys like Taker, you know, 1825 01:28:13.439 --> 01:28:16.560 and kne stuff, technical wrestlers, high flyers were or my 1826 01:28:16.680 --> 01:28:19.399 kind of guys because my bite, my my heightened body 1827 01:28:19.720 --> 01:28:23.640 type is like them. So those were my guys. And 1828 01:28:23.720 --> 01:28:28.119 I remember UH Sean you know, winning the Rumbo to 1829 01:28:28.119 --> 01:28:31.079 Face bred at Wrestling twelve, and that was the first 1830 01:28:31.439 --> 01:28:33.520 UH pay per view that I asked my dad to 1831 01:28:33.560 --> 01:28:35.800 get for me because I wanted to watch that match. 1832 01:28:36.720 --> 01:28:39.600 And the announcement of the Iron Man match was was 1833 01:28:39.600 --> 01:28:42.239 was a big thing, and and even as a young kid, 1834 01:28:42.279 --> 01:28:46.520 I understood the magnitude of what it represented. And then 1835 01:28:46.600 --> 01:28:48.760 I remember sitting down watching that match for the full 1836 01:28:48.800 --> 01:28:51.680 hour and I was just in awe. You had that 1837 01:28:51.760 --> 01:28:54.960 epic entrance of Sean. It was an epic match. They went, 1838 01:28:55.119 --> 01:28:59.720 they went into overtime and that sweete music that Shawn 1839 01:28:59.720 --> 01:29:02.279 deliver to Brett to end the match. You see the 1840 01:29:02.319 --> 01:29:05.239 spit fly off of BRIT's mouth and the way that 1841 01:29:05.319 --> 01:29:07.359 he just draped over his body and hooked the leg 1842 01:29:07.680 --> 01:29:11.199 like you know, I was, I was memory of mesmerized. 1843 01:29:12.920 --> 01:29:15.359 I can't I've watched it back so many times. I've 1844 01:29:15.399 --> 01:29:17.880 had that image in my head over the years. You 1845 01:29:17.960 --> 01:29:20.880 hear JR. Screaming, you know, the boyhood dream has come true, 1846 01:29:21.000 --> 01:29:23.800 and then you have Howard Finkel announcing the HPK is 1847 01:29:23.840 --> 01:29:26.000 the winner. Like all of it, all of it together, 1848 01:29:27.560 --> 01:29:29.760 that wrestle I don't remember anything else from that WrestleMania. 1849 01:29:30.159 --> 01:29:34.960 I remember that match forever, and that's what if I 1850 01:29:35.000 --> 01:29:38.159 wasn't already hooked before, that's what hooked me right there. 1851 01:29:39.439 --> 01:29:41.760 I remember watching Raw from time to time, you know, 1852 01:29:41.920 --> 01:29:45.239 over the years, those early years, there was an early 1853 01:29:45.399 --> 01:29:47.239 Saturday morning show they used to come on, maybe it 1854 01:29:47.279 --> 01:29:49.520 was Superstars. It was for an hour every Saturday. I 1855 01:29:49.520 --> 01:29:53.880 remember catching that from time to time. But that wrestlemending 1856 01:29:53.920 --> 01:29:56.520 twelve match was was was what did it for me, 1857 01:29:58.079 --> 01:30:01.079 and I was hooked, and from from there on out, 1858 01:30:01.199 --> 01:30:05.479 I was it was just I was all wrestling. Yeah, 1859 01:30:05.520 --> 01:30:07.920 it was cool to watch wrestling. You know, back in 1860 01:30:07.960 --> 01:30:11.279 middle school you had some of your everybody like of 1861 01:30:11.319 --> 01:30:14.079 course Austin and Rock. That's what everybody remembers. That's what 1862 01:30:14.119 --> 01:30:17.520 everybody still ask about, and you know, it was cool 1863 01:30:17.520 --> 01:30:19.399 to like it. Then we used to wrestle in the 1864 01:30:19.399 --> 01:30:22.479 backyards and our trampolines and have our wrestling matches. I 1865 01:30:22.520 --> 01:30:25.960 had all the title belts, and you know, it was 1866 01:30:26.039 --> 01:30:27.960 it was a great time growing up. And then by 1867 01:30:27.960 --> 01:30:30.319 the time you get into high school, it's not cool 1868 01:30:30.399 --> 01:30:32.079 like wrestling anymore. So in high school, I was a 1869 01:30:32.079 --> 01:30:34.439 closet wrestling fan. I had to you know, hide and 1870 01:30:34.520 --> 01:30:36.399 not hide it. But my friends wouldn't come over to 1871 01:30:36.399 --> 01:30:38.640 watch it anymore, so I was watching it on my own, 1872 01:30:38.720 --> 01:30:42.520 but I didn't care. I'm I'm a fan for life. 1873 01:30:43.119 --> 01:30:47.119 So you know, early days, I fell in love with 1874 01:30:47.159 --> 01:30:50.600 the Intercontinental title that watched that that Sean had. I 1875 01:30:50.680 --> 01:30:52.439 used to think that was the top belt because they 1876 01:30:52.439 --> 01:30:55.359 said Intercontinental in front of you know, championship instead of 1877 01:30:55.399 --> 01:30:58.479 just w W championship. So because the name was longer 1878 01:30:58.600 --> 01:31:00.920 and sounded more prestigious, thought it was the top bell 1879 01:31:01.000 --> 01:31:02.159 when I was a young kid. At the time, I 1880 01:31:02.159 --> 01:31:06.119 didn't know better. And then in high school, you know, 1881 01:31:06.359 --> 01:31:08.680 I want to walk through Attitude Era, all through PG era, 1882 01:31:09.840 --> 01:31:12.760 and then John Cena happens, and I respect the hell 1883 01:31:12.800 --> 01:31:16.600 out of the dude, but I hate John Cena. I 1884 01:31:16.680 --> 01:31:20.079 disliked him whenever he beat Triple A's Wrestlemanda, and then 1885 01:31:20.079 --> 01:31:22.520 I started hating him when he beat HPKA WrestleMania. And 1886 01:31:22.520 --> 01:31:25.840 then the PG era happened, And of course I still watch, 1887 01:31:26.079 --> 01:31:29.600 but I would tune out from time to time, but 1888 01:31:29.760 --> 01:31:32.159 I would still keep up with each report back then. 1889 01:31:33.800 --> 01:31:37.039 And then I know, as during the twenty fifteens when 1890 01:31:37.039 --> 01:31:39.000 it started to pick up again, you know, I started 1891 01:31:39.000 --> 01:31:42.039 to get heavily back into it. But lifelong fan thirty 1892 01:31:42.119 --> 01:31:49.159 years plus my first rumbo now, so I mean, what's 1893 01:31:49.239 --> 01:31:51.479 left to do is try to go to a Summer 1894 01:31:51.479 --> 01:31:54.079 Slam or try to go to a Survivor series. That way, 1895 01:31:54.119 --> 01:31:55.439 I can at least say that I've been to all 1896 01:31:55.479 --> 01:31:59.239 the Big Four, which is which is a life, lifetime 1897 01:31:59.279 --> 01:32:00.760 goal for me. So if I can make it through 1898 01:32:00.760 --> 01:32:02.920 the Virus series and a Summer Slam sometime in our 1899 01:32:02.960 --> 01:32:05.359 lifetime and I can say I've been to the all 1900 01:32:05.399 --> 01:32:09.399 Big four events, then I would say that I accomplissed 1901 01:32:09.399 --> 01:32:12.800 something in the resting world myself. And then ever since 1902 01:32:12.800 --> 01:32:18.159 finding your podcast back the beginning of the pandemic, that's 1903 01:32:18.159 --> 01:32:21.079 really changed a lot for me, just because I stopped 1904 01:32:21.079 --> 01:32:23.840 listening to the radio as much and I didn't have 1905 01:32:23.880 --> 01:32:26.479 any friends that like to talk wrestling. I mean, they 1906 01:32:26.520 --> 01:32:29.000 were all grown now, and people don't they don't you know, 1907 01:32:29.119 --> 01:32:31.199 believe in it as much, or they don't care for 1908 01:32:31.239 --> 01:32:33.680 it as much. So I don't have anybody to talk 1909 01:32:33.720 --> 01:32:37.000 to about it. So when I found y'all's podcast, you know, 1910 01:32:37.079 --> 01:32:40.600 I really took to y'all's. I backlog listened to all 1911 01:32:40.640 --> 01:32:44.439 your nostalgic shows and on all the reviews and stuff. 1912 01:32:44.640 --> 01:32:47.079 And then once I got caught up, and then you 1913 01:32:47.079 --> 01:32:50.520 started the mail back and that was a big deal, 1914 01:32:50.680 --> 01:32:52.439 I know for me and for a lot of other 1915 01:32:52.439 --> 01:32:55.319 people because you know, you have a lot of international listeners. 1916 01:32:55.800 --> 01:33:00.159 So the mailbag was a great, great addition to the podcast. 1917 01:33:01.479 --> 01:33:02.760 And that's what really made me. 1918 01:33:05.479 --> 01:33:08.279 Like, I believe in you. I believe in the podcast. 1919 01:33:08.319 --> 01:33:11.439 I believe in everybody that takes the time dedication to 1920 01:33:11.680 --> 01:33:15.399 take the time to put into the podcast. That's why 1921 01:33:15.479 --> 01:33:17.439 I wanted to make the sign for you and and 1922 01:33:17.439 --> 01:33:19.720 and to kind of advertise for you because I want 1923 01:33:19.760 --> 01:33:24.680 to help I want to help this podcast grow. So 1924 01:33:24.720 --> 01:33:30.760 that's pretty much my story there. So faithful listener, faithful contributor. 1925 01:33:31.760 --> 01:33:34.000 Uh so, you know, just to you and all all 1926 01:33:34.000 --> 01:33:36.479 the other all the other hosts keep up the good work. 1927 01:33:37.159 --> 01:33:39.399 I was a little disappointed I was not able to 1928 01:33:39.439 --> 01:33:43.359 meet up with Michael and John Michael. Michael Ritter did 1929 01:33:43.439 --> 01:33:45.760 not have good service at the Rumble, so when I 1930 01:33:45.800 --> 01:33:48.680 got there and I was messaging him, he didn't get 1931 01:33:48.720 --> 01:33:50.720 a message until after, so I did. I did not 1932 01:33:50.800 --> 01:33:52.840 get to meet the guys, which was a little disappointing. 1933 01:33:54.720 --> 01:33:56.199 And I'm sure they're gonna have a lot to say 1934 01:33:56.199 --> 01:34:01.319 on their Snackdown review. But than that, that's that's you know, 1935 01:34:01.520 --> 01:34:02.720 that's that's my story. Man. 1936 01:34:03.680 --> 01:34:04.159 Very cool. 1937 01:34:04.439 --> 01:34:07.399 I mean to hear how people get into wrestling is 1938 01:34:07.399 --> 01:34:11.319 always interesting to me, how their evolution of a fan continues, 1939 01:34:11.359 --> 01:34:13.439 and especially in school when it's not cool to be 1940 01:34:13.439 --> 01:34:14.079 a wrestling fan. 1941 01:34:14.079 --> 01:34:15.640 I'm with you. We all experience that. 1942 01:34:15.680 --> 01:34:17.920 If you're a wrestling fan in the early two thousands, 1943 01:34:17.960 --> 01:34:20.279 especially when you're in high school, it's like, yeah, I'm 1944 01:34:20.279 --> 01:34:22.039 with you on that, you know. But if you find 1945 01:34:22.039 --> 01:34:23.760 your group of friends that like wrestling, then you guys 1946 01:34:23.760 --> 01:34:25.800 are bonded forever. It's just kind of the way it worked. 1947 01:34:26.119 --> 01:34:28.640 But yeah, and then of course the moments you went 1948 01:34:28.680 --> 01:34:32.399 to seventeen twenty five WrestleMania, I mean, like the Undertaker 1949 01:34:32.600 --> 01:34:34.600 HBK match at twenty five, which is just one of 1950 01:34:34.600 --> 01:34:37.159 the greatest of all time, and WrestleMania seventeen, which is 1951 01:34:37.199 --> 01:34:39.079 generally regarded as one of the best pay per us 1952 01:34:39.119 --> 01:34:41.520 of all time. I mean, those are certainly some some 1953 01:34:41.640 --> 01:34:43.640 things that you could put in your resume that are 1954 01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:47.119 pretty awesome to be at. And then you know as 1955 01:34:47.119 --> 01:34:49.960 you look to the present and that you're you know, 1956 01:34:50.000 --> 01:34:52.319 you have the Big Four you want to get to. 1957 01:34:52.439 --> 01:34:55.680 I think that that's a that's that is that's not 1958 01:34:55.800 --> 01:34:58.119 something most fans can say that they have done. Most 1959 01:34:58.159 --> 01:34:59.920 fans can't say they've been to a WrestleMania, much less 1960 01:35:00.079 --> 01:35:02.920 Big Four. So I hope that you eventually get to 1961 01:35:03.199 --> 01:35:06.199 get your goals achieved and maybe maybe get to a 1962 01:35:06.239 --> 01:35:10.479 wrestling event that has or doesn't say that your sign 1963 01:35:10.560 --> 01:35:12.880 is too big to bring in, right Like, I that's 1964 01:35:13.399 --> 01:35:16.239 that's something of it must be a new regulation or 1965 01:35:16.239 --> 01:35:17.840 if you're on the camera side, it can't be this 1966 01:35:17.920 --> 01:35:20.039 big or that big. I don't know who knows, but 1967 01:35:20.560 --> 01:35:23.239 I really appreciate you you at least making even the 1968 01:35:23.279 --> 01:35:25.880 effort to make that. I really do appreciate it, and 1969 01:35:25.920 --> 01:35:26.840 I appreciate listening. 1970 01:35:26.840 --> 01:35:29.439 And yeah, I have a solution for the sign. I 1971 01:35:29.479 --> 01:35:30.920 was just gonna get a T shirt. Mate. It can't 1972 01:35:30.920 --> 01:35:32.079 take off my T shirt. 1973 01:35:31.960 --> 01:35:32.640 That's true. 1974 01:35:33.359 --> 01:35:35.359 Yeah, they can't sell your T shirt's too big. Sorry, 1975 01:35:35.359 --> 01:35:36.720 So you're gonna have to remove your T shirt. 1976 01:35:36.760 --> 01:35:39.640 Yeah. Yeah. But there was a lot of eyeballs that 1977 01:35:39.680 --> 01:35:41.359 were put on the sign as I was walking in 1978 01:35:41.520 --> 01:35:44.800 going through security, waiting to get into the stadium. But 1979 01:35:44.840 --> 01:35:46.960 once we got up to the doors to show our tickets, 1980 01:35:46.960 --> 01:35:49.199 there like that sign is too big and it must 1981 01:35:49.199 --> 01:35:51.520 have just been our side of the stadium because I've 1982 01:35:51.560 --> 01:35:54.479 seen other postal board signs, but mine was like four 1983 01:35:54.520 --> 01:35:56.800 feet tall. Ude, So I get it. And even if 1984 01:35:56.840 --> 01:35:59.000 I was gonna cut off the borders, they still said 1985 01:35:59.000 --> 01:36:00.520 that was gonna be too big. They want to be 1986 01:36:00.560 --> 01:36:02.319 the top off part of your legs where it says 1987 01:36:02.319 --> 01:36:05.840 the w W pocket. If you cut it at the legs, 1988 01:36:05.880 --> 01:36:08.079 you can get in. I'm like, well, that defines the 1989 01:36:08.079 --> 01:36:08.600 point of it. 1990 01:36:08.680 --> 01:36:12.079 Yeah, yeah, exactly, yeah yeah. 1991 01:36:12.119 --> 01:36:14.960 But yeah, so a good handful of people got to 1992 01:36:15.000 --> 01:36:17.640 see it as we're walking through. So I'm hoping, you know, 1993 01:36:17.640 --> 01:36:19.680 if some people get in and get some listeners and say, hey, 1994 01:36:19.680 --> 01:36:22.079 I saw the sign at the rumble, that would be great. 1995 01:36:22.279 --> 01:36:25.760 No, no, I I if anybody does that, I I 1996 01:36:25.800 --> 01:36:28.359 would you know, I think that that would be awesome. 1997 01:36:28.399 --> 01:36:29.760 I would be like, you know, how did you first 1998 01:36:29.840 --> 01:36:31.520 listen to it? Well, actually I saw a sign at 1999 01:36:31.520 --> 01:36:33.279 the Royal Rumble that that would be so cool to 2000 01:36:33.319 --> 01:36:35.880 hear somebody say that they actually started listening because they 2001 01:36:35.880 --> 01:36:38.119 saw the sign at the Rumble. That'd be really cool. 2002 01:36:38.119 --> 01:36:39.800 And I will let you know if anybody does. But 2003 01:36:39.920 --> 01:36:42.800 Rocky listen. I really appreciate you coming on. I'm so 2004 01:36:42.920 --> 01:36:45.119 glad you were able to give us the in person 2005 01:36:45.199 --> 01:36:48.000 perspective and have a lot of fun. It sounds like 2006 01:36:48.039 --> 01:36:51.159 at the show, and certainly you know anytime that you 2007 01:36:51.199 --> 01:36:53.600 want to want to come on and chit chat wrestling, 2008 01:36:53.880 --> 01:36:54.359 you let me know. 2009 01:36:56.680 --> 01:37:00.399 Thanks for listening to the WWE podcast. Don't forget to 2010 01:37:00.439 --> 01:37:04.279 subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss 2011 01:37:04.319 --> 01:37:08.680 a show, or head to wwepodcast dot com and for 2012 01:37:08.760 --> 01:37:11.640 all of these shows ad free head over to Patreon 2013 01:37:11.760 --> 01:37:17.640 dot com slash WWE podcast. Until then, we'll see you 2014 01:37:17.680 --> 01:37:18.279 next time.