Speaker 1: It's time to get rambling. What is up, guys, Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the Ramblin About Wrestling podcast. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Nick Pearl, and I'm pissed off. This road to wrestle
Speaker 1: Mania has been very sucky. There's really no other way
Speaker 1: to say it. There's been some great builds like Opa
Speaker 1: Femi and Brock Lesner that should be the main event,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna open night too instead, which is fine,
Speaker 1: it's gonna get people to want to watch the show.
Speaker 1: But looking at the build and I have the card
Speaker 1: pulled up for each day and these are probably the
Speaker 1: most pixelated graphics you would ever see. On paper. The
Speaker 1: card looks fantastic, it really does. Cody Rhodes versus Randy
Speaker 1: Orden's a great match. Stephanie Vuker Lived Morgan another great match,
Speaker 1: aj Lee Becky Lynch Gum through seth Ronalinds. Matches on
Speaker 1: Night one are great. Then Night two Sammy's a and
Speaker 1: Shrick Williams a sleeper pick to steal the entire weekend.
Speaker 1: By the way, uh Dean and Finn Balor and Dirty
Speaker 1: Dom Roman Reigns see them punk. These matches all on
Speaker 1: paper look fantastic, but what about the build. Look at
Speaker 1: this ladder match. They just kind of threw people in there,
Speaker 1: and it's like, all right, we had qualifying matches on
Speaker 1: main event over the last two months, So you're gonna
Speaker 1: tell me that Penta, before he had the championship, decided
Speaker 1: that he was gonna have a ladder match with a
Speaker 1: bunch of random people. Nana, That ain't that ain't right.
Speaker 1: But we could talk about the build for all these
Speaker 1: other matches a whole nother time, and we will on
Speaker 1: the WrestleMania round Table this year. But my issue is
Speaker 1: with the celebrity involvement. WWE has done a good job
Speaker 1: at having other celebrities like Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny's been great.
Speaker 1: Everybody loves Bad Bunny. He came into the company kind
Speaker 1: of people were rubbed the wrong way. He sung his
Speaker 1: song Booker t at the Royal Rumble, then he had
Speaker 1: a great performance at WrestleMania. He showed up in the
Speaker 1: World Rumble, and he had a phenomenal matchup against Adamian
Speaker 1: Priest at Backlash. Bad Bunny cares. Therefore I care about
Speaker 1: Bad Bunny. Think of like even Logan Paul was an
Speaker 1: outsider and now I may not necessarily like the guy.
Speaker 1: I think he's turned over a new leaf and I
Speaker 1: can respect the work that he's doing. Good on you, logan, Paul,
Speaker 1: But this is WrestleMania. This is not the super Bowl.
Speaker 1: When you want to watch the super Bowl, you know that, Oh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have some celebrity involvement. We're gonna have some
Speaker 1: people performing in the in the halftime show, We're gonna
Speaker 1: have some people shown in the crowd, stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You know when you watch the super Bowl, you're going
Speaker 1: to see celebrities. So WrestleMania is like WWE super Bowl.
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with that. They've had celebrity
Speaker 1: involvement for years, but they were their own separate thing.
Speaker 1: Or it was like a one night let them interact
Speaker 1: and that'll be like a Kevin and Owen's power bombing
Speaker 1: machine gun, Kelly, that happened. You remember it because it
Speaker 1: was a one off and it didn't really change things.
Speaker 1: Pat McAfee, we'll talk about him first, because this is
Speaker 1: the big issue. I like Pat McAfee. He is great
Speaker 1: in the WWE. He returned, but I don't want to
Speaker 1: see him return this way. This man's about to pull
Speaker 1: up a chair if we'll. Hardie just got here, so
Speaker 1: maybe he'll join in the podcast because he's got no
Speaker 1: other choice. Good guy, Blardy, Welcome to the podcast, Fallardi.
Speaker 1: What's going on?
Speaker 2: Stuff?
Speaker 1: All right? Fix fix that side, make sure it's make
Speaker 1: sure it's right. It's not right. Oh this is the
Speaker 1: switch too, but my switch to down. Oh okay, anyway,
Speaker 1: yeah he could PLoP down exactly what I figured you
Speaker 1: were gonna do. So, Ballardi, we were just about to
Speaker 1: talk about Pat McAfee and his involvement in the WWE
Speaker 1: Championship story line at WrestleMania.
Speaker 2: So what do I love Pat?
Speaker 1: Yes? I was just saying that I love had to.
Speaker 3: I always say I want him to return. I want
Speaker 3: him to return. He should not have returned for this,
Speaker 3: not this way, not this way. Maybe if it was
Speaker 3: a surprise he was a commentator. Yeah, they jumped him
Speaker 3: and then he low blowed Cody during the match as
Speaker 3: a commentator. Maybe, but having him directly involved it this
Speaker 3: much is just please buy tickets. We haven't sold any tickets.
Speaker 1: Oh that's the other thing. He had this big announcement
Speaker 1: for SmackDown, building it up all week. You know what
Speaker 1: it was twenty five percent Well, Night one tickets. Night
Speaker 1: two sucks. Don't buy tickets for that night, buy them
Speaker 1: for Night one.
Speaker 2: It's the one one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, look see how bid these graphics? Yeah, he looked
Speaker 1: look at this graphic and even on the T shirt
Speaker 1: and stuff he's on the which is it just looks atrocious.
Speaker 2: You want to talk about a good T shirt right now?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the one that we got last year in Vegas.
Speaker 1: It's a great T shirt.
Speaker 2: The one I might get another one of this year.
Speaker 1: You're not going to Vegas? Are you? Anyway? We don't.
Speaker 1: I like how Pat McAfee is involved so much. Celebrities
Speaker 1: should not be involved in big time storylines like this,
Speaker 1: Pat McAfee, I like the guy. You like the guy,
Speaker 1: not like this. This is a few Cody Rhods and
Speaker 1: Randy Orton that has been I guess in the making,
Speaker 1: like twenty years in the making. Yeah, at least so
Speaker 1: when you have all this history to touch on with
Speaker 1: Dusty Rhodes, cowboy Bob.
Speaker 3: Orden Coddy literally getting fired because he couldn't beat Randy.
Speaker 1: Yes, let's make Pat McAfee the one that was in
Speaker 1: Randy Orton's here this entire time telling him. You know,
Speaker 1: this is how you should do it. This is how
Speaker 1: you should do things.
Speaker 3: It could be a twist, it could be as Black
Speaker 3: was in the background, and yeah, this is something getting
Speaker 3: the storyline Cross should have gotten. Yeah, and I feel
Speaker 3: like he might have been the puppet master and he's
Speaker 3: playing both of them.
Speaker 1: See, that would be something very interesting. But I would
Speaker 1: not do it. They're not going to do it, and
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have had him in the background for the
Speaker 1: first time this week. The other thing, they don't forget
Speaker 1: so many different pieces in this puzzle for how they're
Speaker 1: gonna have the story come along. You got Pat mac
Speaker 1: if you got Randy Worden, you got Coody Rhodes, Alista Black.
Speaker 1: You can't forget about the most important one. Jelly Roll. Oh,
Speaker 1: he was like, where is he going with that one?
Speaker 1: Jelly Roll has been in the most segments out of
Speaker 1: anybody on it, most of the smackdowns, and I mean
Speaker 1: he does bring name recognition, right.
Speaker 3: Not my favorite one because of the storyline too, because
Speaker 3: of the World Cup song.
Speaker 1: But that's that's what happened with the World Cup.
Speaker 2: It's not a good World Cup.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, jelly Roll obviously, I was
Speaker 1: saying before how bid Bunny. He cares about the business.
Speaker 1: He put on great.
Speaker 2: Matches people, but he was in the match. Everyone loved it.
Speaker 3: Yes, And we want to notice how once a storyline
Speaker 3: was done, they didn't try to force him down our throats.
Speaker 2: He took time off. He's back touring the world. Welcome
Speaker 2: to America.
Speaker 1: Please come to Yeah, please come back, bed Bunny.
Speaker 2: But you can't just throw like random celebrities in and say, oh.
Speaker 1: Yeah, not every he's gonna be the biggest storyline of
Speaker 1: the year. You're gonna be the cause of it. Does
Speaker 1: It just doesn't make sense. They built Bunny up. Well,
Speaker 1: we love the guy Jelly Roll. He did have a
Speaker 1: match as SummerSlam and he took the pin because he
Speaker 1: is a very kind person. He said, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna win. I'll take the loss.
Speaker 2: I would.
Speaker 1: He's not one and one in wrestling matches. He beat
Speaker 1: Kit Wilson on an episode of SmackDown. Did you know this?
Speaker 2: It's very toxic.
Speaker 1: But yeah, you shouldn't have your top one of your
Speaker 1: top storylines of what should be your top storyline with
Speaker 1: all this celebrity involvement, is what I'm trying to say,
Speaker 1: And it's not just Pat McAfee. It's not just Jelly
Speaker 1: roll you have with Trick Williams. Who's the guy with Trick, Liliatti?
Speaker 1: Do you like Lily Yacht?
Speaker 2: I like this gave me a lot of good memories
Speaker 2: back in middle school.
Speaker 1: But like, I think it's cool that he's coming out
Speaker 1: with Trick, but it actually pisses me off when he's
Speaker 1: coming out and they're chanting, whooped that Trick. He's like,
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe.
Speaker 2: It's not for me, Maybe it's not the only one
Speaker 2: person could do that.
Speaker 1: It's true, but like Little YACHTI is a guy that yes,
Speaker 1: it's good for It's good exposure for both of them.
Speaker 2: Li Yacht doesn't need the exposure.
Speaker 1: He doesn't need the exposure. But there is this a
Speaker 1: Trick were to win the United States Championship at Wrestleming
Speaker 1: is just gonna be standing in the background, just like
Speaker 1: Travis Scott. He's Little YACHTI is gonna be in the
Speaker 1: background of the trading card of all the pictures of
Speaker 1: Trick winning this belt, and then if something goes wrong
Speaker 1: down the line, they're gonna have to try and erase them.
Speaker 1: It's like Travis Scott was there when he Seena turned heel.
Speaker 1: He was there when Sina won the title, and what
Speaker 1: did Travis Scott do? Nothing? That's it. I gotta change
Speaker 1: it's still my alarm. I don't know. I just haven't
Speaker 1: changed it. I mean, oh, Speed, how do we forget
Speaker 1: about his Speed?
Speaker 2: He's doing good.
Speaker 1: Speed is doing good.
Speaker 3: It is a good example of how to book a celebrity.
Speaker 3: But then again, him Logan Paul, they're freak athletes.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to stop talking for two seconds. Okay,
Speaker 1: back to spoo.
Speaker 3: Him Logan Paul. They're freak athletes. You put them in
Speaker 3: whatever show you want and they'll perform amazing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why I don't have a problem with this.
Speaker 1: And they only put this match up together like the
Speaker 1: six Man's tag with Speed, well, yeah, because of Dan Hausen.
Speaker 1: And he's been doing great stuff too. He's been the
Speaker 1: highlight of like every show he's on. He doesn't even
Speaker 1: do much.
Speaker 3: He did.
Speaker 1: Anyway, and Curse Speed and La Night are taking it
Speaker 1: upon themselves to build this match on social media. That's
Speaker 1: what Speed's major thing is. And he's also been a
Speaker 1: wrestling fan. Speed was also in the World Rumble and
Speaker 1: he had one of the best spots in recent Rumble history.
Speaker 1: Taking that spear from Rodbrey, any eliminated otis he had
Speaker 1: an elimination in the Rumble? Do you remember half? It counts.
Speaker 1: It counts to the record books.
Speaker 2: If you were one of the twin many people it
Speaker 2: took to eliminate a big show. Does that still count?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I would say something whatever. Whatever. Speed is like
Speaker 1: a bad bunny where we appreciate him. You know, they
Speaker 1: love it. I'm all for it, like a Logan Paul.
Speaker 1: I don't know about je I mean Jelly Will, Yeah,
Speaker 1: but Pat McAfee, it's just he loves it. He cares
Speaker 1: about it. He's great at what he does. He's a
Speaker 1: great commentator. But he was the last time he saw him,
Speaker 1: he was just getting beat. We saw him get choked
Speaker 1: out by Gunther at WrestleMania. After WrestleMania, sorry.
Speaker 2: Orton did come back to Jordan.
Speaker 1: Ye're not talking about Orton, but yeah, it's true he
Speaker 1: did atle Bit. There could be a bit of a
Speaker 1: connection anyway, whatever, whatever, Yeah, and then he lost to
Speaker 1: Gunther at whatever pay per view that was. And then
Speaker 1: now he's back all of a sudden as a heel.
Speaker 1: I just don't think it makes much sense. And the
Speaker 1: way that they're trying to build this is McAfee's the
Speaker 1: company guy, backing one of their It's like all they're
Speaker 1: doing the authority all over again, and nobody liked the authority. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's it. He has yet to punch somebody. All we
Speaker 1: wanted last year Owens, that's all we wanted. It was
Speaker 1: gonna happen, and then you know, unfortunately everything with with
Speaker 1: the Owens happened. Do you think it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: good match. Do you think they're gonna overbook it?
Speaker 3: They're gonna overbook it, but knowing Randy, he'll try to
Speaker 3: still put the match on his back.
Speaker 1: Well, I think Orton's gonna try really really hard, and
Speaker 1: it's just not gonna work because they're positioning Ordon as
Speaker 1: a heel and if you remember last year in Vegas, it's.
Speaker 2: A natural hell. You can't force him as a heel,
Speaker 2: that's yes.
Speaker 1: And they're trying to force it. And then with McAfee
Speaker 1: taking center stage with all the beatdowns and stuff, he's
Speaker 1: cutting the promo, Orton just beating up. It's just a
Speaker 1: really weird visual. But I just do not like how
Speaker 1: well the celebrities are just on television more than a
Speaker 1: bunch of the wrestlers. Yeah, it's terrible. Tko is horrible.
Speaker 1: That's my thoughts on the state of the celebrities in
Speaker 1: the WWA. We could go on and on and on,
Speaker 1: but quite frankly, the more we talked, the more pissed
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get. And it's just a shame, it really is.
Speaker 1: Maybe WRESTLEMANI, you'll still be good. Like I said, on paper,
Speaker 1: I think it's good at Fallardi. On paper, it looks
Speaker 1: like a good show.
Speaker 3: Looking at the graphics, yeah, looking at other than them
Speaker 3: being pop out mcafeel a little bit, Yeah, crop out.
Speaker 2: For a belt because they both deserve it.
Speaker 3: Actually should have been in the w W champions trade
Speaker 3: because she doesn't I like Jade.
Speaker 1: I think that that actual surprise.
Speaker 3: Change trick versus Sammy to Sammy can't win at any
Speaker 3: cost because no one wants to see Sammy Hogan hold
Speaker 3: the belt for another two seconds you know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: And they're going to do a double turn, which they
Speaker 1: didn't need to do, because yeah, I like that choice.
Speaker 1: But again, this is not the wrestling your Round table.
Speaker 1: We'll be having that very soon. I've been your host,
Speaker 1: Nick pel this has been the guy Vallardi making appearance
Speaker 1: halfway through the episode. And we really don't like celebrities in.
Speaker 2: The w w A I basically, we really don't celebrity appearance.
Speaker 1: You did, welcome, Thank you for coming in. All right,
Speaker 1: we'll catch you guys on the next one. Let's keep
Speaker 1: rambling everybody
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