WEBVTT 1 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:35.159 Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, making her wait till the mic 2 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:36.640 they started dimming the lights. 3 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:40.159 You started feeling all right from Birmingham home with the 4 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.799 teddy lungs and the room and studies more once you 5 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.560 discovered Paul rather than lovers, Whitney Houston and Roman Reigns 6 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.719 all of the lovers, Mickey James and Mark j all 7 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:50.439 of the lovers. 8 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.600 It Sasa Banks, You're number day silk signing. Can page 9 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:56.759 allow me to say, Lord, I just found to bless sweetness, 10 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.359 gave every one bus I was kind of last. I 11 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.280 just made it trouble blood walking by the faith because 12 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:03.600 I know it's right in front of U. 13 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:05.439 I ain't with the Hey, you gotta. 14 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.239 Focus on much grass ladies and gentlemen, and steph Hardy 15 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.200 is on the air. Had to drop a couple of 16 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.680 bars just to make you all aware. So sit bad, relax, 17 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.400 enjoy the show. You know why go by Joe what 18 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:17.719 the wrestle. 19 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:51.680 Yea Hey, y'all, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to a new episode 20 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:55.480 of the Party Wrestling Podcast with the Girl Stephanie Hardy. 21 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:57.760 I know I did say that the show was supposed 22 00:01:57.799 --> 00:01:59.640 to start earlier, but I needed to push you back 23 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.799 because I needed some quality time with my best friend. 24 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:06.079 Shout out to Cinnamon, I love you so much. I 25 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.960 just wanted to talk to her. But before I get 26 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.400 started with the show, thank you guys so much for 27 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.560 all of your love and all of your support throughout 28 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.520 the year. Because it's December, we have reached the end 29 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.240 of the year. Guys. What a world win that we 30 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.919 have gone through in just this one week in professional wrestling. 31 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.560 But of course I'm here to talk to you about it. 32 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.759 So of course, if you're watching live tonight on any 33 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:36.719 one of the platform's YouTube, Twitter, anything else, Facebook, any YouTube, 34 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.280 all the things, thank you so much for watching live, 35 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.919 And of course as the conversation continues to go you 36 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:46.240 can comment and your comments might wind up on there. 37 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.919 We have backstage bro watching from x slash Twitter saying 38 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.639 hey hey, thank you so much for watching, and of 39 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.759 course chime in as the subjects continue to go on. So, yeah, 40 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:01.360 this week has been absolutely and I would not be 41 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:04.639 myself if I did not come before y'all and address 42 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.759 everything that's happening. So of course we are going to 43 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:13.000 start with blah blah blah. What are we gonna start with? 44 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:18.360 We're gonna start with news and gossip Fish, And there 45 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:20.319 is something that I wanted to just take some time 46 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.280 to highlight a little bit. AJ Francis, mister Man, is 47 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:31.520 having a TNA World Championship match up against Nick Nick Nemuth. Now, 48 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.080 for those who might not remember who Nick Nemoth is, 49 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.680 he was Dolph Ziggler in WWE for a very very 50 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:40.840 long time. At one point he was one of the 51 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.039 longest tenured wrestlers in WWE before they released him, I 52 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.639 believe last year. But since then he has been going 53 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:51.240 on an absolute tear throughout the wrestling landscape, even going 54 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.520 to TNA and becoming their World Champion. So big shout 55 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.759 out to Nick Neemath for that. And AJ Francis actually 56 00:03:57.800 --> 00:03:59.960 has a match against him for the title at Final 57 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:04.400 Resolution next Friday, December and thirteenth, And I think that 58 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:09.080 is just so amazing for someone who was teased endlessly 59 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.840 and for someone who you know, struggled with a lot privately, 60 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.800 it's just really good to see people like that get 61 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:21.160 amazing opportunities. I hope that he continues to just grow 62 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:25.160 more and more as a wrestler as he's in TNA 63 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.360 and get more opportunities like this, because he was always 64 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.120 a really cool big man that I liked in hit 65 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:34.399 Row with the whole rapping thing, Like, I actually liked that, 66 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.560 so when they fell apart, I was just like, dang, 67 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:42.000 that's really unfortunate. But I'm just really happy to see 68 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.319 everyone from that group doing their own thing now and 69 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.360 just sort of revamping themselves to a degree. And AJ 70 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:50.759 Francis is definitely one of those people, so I just 71 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:53.120 wanted to give a shout out to him just to 72 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.560 get stuff started. We miss you stuff, hope all as well. Yeah, 73 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.120 everything is doing fine and I miss y'all too. I 74 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.240 gotta get back to New York at some point, but yeah, 75 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.360 big ups to AJ Franc's win or lose. You are 76 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:09.680 a champion and I am so happy for that. Backstage 77 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.639 Brawl is also saying TNA has been a safe haven 78 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.199 for stars to get eyes on them. I'm just like, 79 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.959 why don't they go to a Why don't they go 80 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:20.879 to AW more often? Well, I don't know, it's just 81 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:24.480 a personal choice, but honestly, TNA is a safe haven 82 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:28.680 for wrestlers, and I do believe it should be talked 83 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.040 about on the same level as an AEW because they've 84 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.959 just been so good and so substantial for so long 85 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:39.319 and stood the test of time. They deserve more flowers 86 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:42.759 for how they maintain, especially for their knockouts division. So 87 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:47.360 I'm really excited for aj Franc's rising and so many 88 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.879 other wrestlers finding their groove over there in TNA and 89 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.680 making an impact. See what I did there. Further in 90 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:00.399 news and gossip Fish, we have mistrist Stratus, that ww 91 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:05.319 Hall of Famer, Toronto's greatest export and justin all around 92 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:11.040 beautiful diva making people's heartbeat on social media this week 93 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.279 because she was on the cover of a fitness magazine 94 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.199 and the name escapes me right now, but with these 95 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.319 viral pictures of her, everybody was just losing their mind 96 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:23.519 because for a woman who is a little bit older 97 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.079 than she was when she started out in wrestling, and 98 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:28.560 of course, you know, became a champion and all of 99 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:33.360 the above, she still is a smoke show. Miss ma'am 100 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.920 really set the internet on fire with these pictures. So 101 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.439 many men were saying, man, doctor Umar is not even 102 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.279 a real doctor because of these pictures. Like I feel 103 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.519 like a lot of these female wrestlers come out with 104 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.600 these pictures that just make me feel so bad for 105 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:51.959 eating fries like at any point in time, because I'm 106 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.279 just like, man, why and why y'all gotta do this 107 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:59.920 to me? But yeah, Tris is Trish Stratus is mother 108 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.040 and a lot of people have been saying that all week. 109 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:04.920 She is such a beautiful woman and she has a 110 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:08.120 beautiful spirit as well to match how gorgeous she is 111 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.360 as a woman, and I just wanted to take some 112 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:14.079 time to just appreciate all of her beauty. But she 113 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.839 also made an appearance and did a couple of interviews 114 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.079 because this week and today as it stands, it's the 115 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:25.279 twentieth anniversary of her main eventing Monday Night Raw for 116 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:29.160 the very first time with Lyda for the WWE Women's Championship, 117 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.399 and that of course made a lot of history and 118 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.199 set the president for a lot of women's wrestlers to 119 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:40.240 main event Raw as SmackDown and of course NXT as 120 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.839 a regular occurrence in WW. Now, you don't have all 121 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.279 of the things and all the evolutions that we've seen 122 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:50.079 in women's wrestling inw without Trish and Lida. So they've 123 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.879 been sort of going on a tour doing press stuff 124 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.480 and then they even showed up at Galaxy Con to 125 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.920 talk about it as well. But in an interview with 126 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:02.040 Scott Fishman of TV Insider, she was asked about, you know, 127 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:06.000 what she enjoys or who she enjoys watching in modern WWE, 128 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:09.759 and she talked about how she loves watching Naya Jacks. 129 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.319 She said, and I quote, I'm so happy she came back. 130 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.120 She has a great presence, she has been owning it. 131 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.120 I really enjoy watching her. I have this weird thing 132 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.279 where I don't think I could fully retire until I'm 133 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.040 ragged all by her? Is that weird? Imagine that then 134 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:29.600 I can retire. And then she also shared her thoughts 135 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.440 about how she feels about the mid card titles for 136 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:36.080 the women. She said, I think it's amazing. This is 137 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:38.879 exactly what we wanted back in the day. We wanted 138 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.879 the same opportunities and exposure as the men. Now this 139 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.200 is a big step to have that level of competition. 140 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.480 Having the titles means you're going to have matches for 141 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.799 those titles. There is room for multiple feuds over the 142 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:55.759 titles and influx of characters. It creates opportunities for more 143 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:59.120 characters on the show who happened to be female. So 144 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.559 Trisha Stratus, of course, weighing in on the growth of 145 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.519 the women's division with their new titles, the Women's IC 146 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:10.240 and Women's United States titles, and a part of me 147 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.480 just can't help but wonder what would it have been 148 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.120 like to see women like her and like Jacqueline and 149 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.120 like Jazz and so many others fighting for titles like 150 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.960 that if they existed back then. But you know, I'm 151 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.840 glad that even though it might not have happened for them, 152 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.559 that at least it can still happen for other people 153 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.399 in the future. So big ups to True Stratus for 154 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:35.759 being an absolute legend and icon and for always setting 155 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:41.720 our hearts ablaze with pictures like that. So yeah, love you, Treasure, 156 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.559 love you down. So something else that I also wanted 157 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.759 to discuss is the curious case to me of the 158 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:53.960 absolute Ricky Starks. He has not been seen on aaw 159 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:57.159 television in such a long period of time, and because 160 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:59.279 of this, you know, he's actually been getting interviews with 161 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.799 people like christ span Fleet and making appearances in other 162 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.000 places and sort of talking about his discontent with not 163 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.200 being utilized on television even though he's healthy and he's 164 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:15.440 ready to go, and it's just it's just really sad 165 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.000 and I and there was even a point where he 166 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:21.039 was taken off of a show. It was a GCW show, 167 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:23.200 if I'm not mistaken, that he was supposed to make 168 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.320 an appearance at, and a lot of people online were 169 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.879 really upset about it because this really could have been 170 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.840 a really great opportunity for him, but only for him 171 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.600 to get snatched away from it. But they did announce 172 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.600 that he was supposed to be that he's going to 173 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.120 be at House of Glory in New York at a show, 174 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:44.039 so I think that's really cool. But him not being 175 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:47.039 on AW television makes me really sad because the first 176 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.799 time I saw him wrestle, I was just like, man, like, 177 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.840 how come you're not, you know, in world title contention 178 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.679 or like TNT title contention or anything like that, Like 179 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.159 what are you doing? Like what are they doing with 180 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:02.279 this man? And he just has a lot of the 181 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:05.080 umph that you're looking for. So, for the life of me, 182 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.440 it just makes me sad that he's not on television 183 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:12.399 as frequently as he could be. I feel like he 184 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.519 could be AW world champion if they were to push 185 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.960 him that way, But I just have my feelings about that, 186 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.679 and I'm just going to keep that on the hush. 187 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:25.240 Right now. But I really just I just want more 188 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.120 for him. I always want more for all black athletes 189 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.919 because you see Powerhouse Hobbs behind him in that picture. 190 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.960 But I always want more for all black athletes. But 191 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:37.639 I definitely want more for him. Backstage brawl saying free 192 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:42.600 Ricky Starks, yep, free him. So yeah, I just I 193 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.840 just don't understand what the deal is. But I hope 194 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.080 whatever the deal is, they get over it so he 195 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.799 can get back on television because he is freaking talented. 196 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:58.039 He is the future, So do right by Ricky Starks. Now, 197 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.960 moving on further in New and Gossipish, something funny that 198 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:08.080 I saw online this week was somebody discovered that Elijah 199 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:13.519 formerly known as Elias and Wwe is on TikTok doing 200 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.080 lives where he's teaching Bible studies, and they were just like, well, 201 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.679 is this what Elias is doing now? And yeah, a 202 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:21.679 lot of people came to his defense and say, yeah, 203 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:25.120 he teaches Bible study on TikTok and it's really great. 204 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.080 And I just thought it was really interesting how some 205 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.679 people really might not know where he went. Now, Elijah 206 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.960 does still wrestle every now and again, but he is 207 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:39.360 definitely a Christian, and he is very passionate about the 208 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.159 Gospel of Jesus Christ, if you believe in that. I'm 209 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.000 a woman of fans, so I definitely appreciate that. I 210 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.320 love it when wrestlers are open about their faith and 211 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.240 they are utilizing their faith in the right way and 212 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.240 not in a way that takes away from anybody or 213 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:59.159 hurts anybody or pushes people away based off of differences 214 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.679 and stuff. So as long as he's doing that, then 215 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.000 that's all that truly matters. He's teaching and spreading the 216 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.399 Gospel in his own way, and I think that's amazing, 217 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.000 and as long as he continues to do it in 218 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:13.440 a healthy way, then that's all that matters. And also, 219 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.600 you know, if he's continuing his wrestling career, then that's 220 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.159 really great too. But yeah, for those who don't know 221 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.720 mister formally, Mister who Wants to Walk with Elias is 222 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.480 teaching Bible studies on TikTok, and I do recommend that 223 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:30.200 you listen because it's really great. He has a very 224 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:35.919 soothing voice and he's very passionate about the gospel, So yeah, 225 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.120 gotta love it. That was just really a really viral 226 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:42.639 thing that just took place, and I thought that was 227 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:47.559 just really interesting. So yeah. Also another thing that was 228 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:52.000 very interesting this week in terms of stuff going viral 229 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:57.120 is the fact that Spotify Rapped came out this week 230 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:59.320 for a lot of Spotify users, which is like a 231 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.080 million's mealllions of people all around the world. They were 232 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:04.360 talking about and sharing the list of all the songs 233 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:07.240 that they listened to over the past year. And I 234 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.200 have an Apple I have an Apple Music subscription, so 235 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.919 it does like a replay, so I understand what that is. 236 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:17.279 But there were a lot of people on social media 237 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.799 who were very surprised that there are wrestling fans that 238 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:24.720 listen to theme songs on a recreational basis. They were like, 239 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.600 y'all really be listening to WW songs? Like somebody actually 240 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:31.120 tweeted it, and of course there was a huge discourse 241 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.720 of people saying, look, I do like there were some 242 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:37.919 people who had WW in their top five or in 243 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:42.960 their top ten of theme songs being listened to. I know, 244 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.879 I didn't really have that many songs pop up in 245 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:51.080 my Apple Music replay this year, but I do listen 246 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.080 to them, you know, when I am in the mood 247 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.279 for them. And the one that I tend to listen 248 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.000 to the most is Bianca Bellair's theme song, because I 249 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.799 kid you not. If you listen to her song with 250 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:04.480 some excuse me, really power headphones, it makes you want 251 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.320 to run through a brick wall before you know it. 252 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:10.440 You if you're walking outside, if you listen to Bianca 253 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:14.440 Bellair's theme song, you will run or at least walk 254 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.559 two miles before you realize what actually happened, because you're 255 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.120 just like, WHOA, how did I get here? Because you're 256 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.559 listening to I Never needed you at Oh da da 257 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.200 da da Da Da da da da da. And then, 258 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:28.720 of course, if you listen to Solo Sokola's theme song, 259 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.799 his song is an absolute banger. I'm pretty sure if 260 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.679 you were to put that on in the car and 261 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.399 turn that up sky high, it'll sound like your average 262 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:39.840 every day rap song. So yeah, people do listen to 263 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.279 theme songs recreationally. I have Carmelo Hayes's theme song as 264 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:48.080 my ring tone. It actually rang today while he was 265 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.559 on TV, and I thought that was really funny. But yeah, ww, 266 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.159 theme songs and wrestling theme songs are where it's at. 267 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.919 I love listening to Adam Cole's theme song. He has 268 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.919 an aaw you know, it's all about that boom, like, 269 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.360 come on, it gets you hype. So if you are 270 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.279 one of those people who loves to listen to wrestling 271 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:12.600 theme songs, but when you're by yourself, when you're running, 272 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.720 when you're working, or when you're working out or whatever, 273 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.759 don't feel ashamed of that, Like, embrace that part of 274 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.799 yourself and know that there's a part of yourself that 275 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:25.200 loves it. I think my girl Ella J who is 276 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:30.600 an amazing wrestling journalist, actually tweeted out during a very 277 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.879 tenuous part of this week, which we will get to, 278 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.120 that Kofi Kingston should definitely bring back so os and 279 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:42.360 I'm just like, not now, not now, not now, okay, 280 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:47.759 but theme songs are the best. Keep them in your 281 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.000 playlist and don't be ashamed to express what music you 282 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.600 listen to with your Spotify raps, your Apple stuff or 283 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:59.799 everything else or title or whatever you listen to or whatever. 284 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.519 So yeah, I just wanted to address that part, and 285 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.279 I think that's it for news and gossip ish. So 286 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:11.039 now we're gonna go into what I liked in wrestling 287 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:15.160 this week, or more specifically, what made me feel emotional 288 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:21.839 feelings this week as well, so I have to talk 289 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:27.759 about my girls in the Wargames match Survivor series. Wargames 290 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:32.920 took place in Vancouver, BC, in Canada, and it never 291 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.880 ceases to amaze me, you know how Wargames as a 292 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:40.039 spectacle continues to grow and just get better with each 293 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.799 and every year. Like, I just really loved that they 294 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.799 added this concept into Survivor series because it's a little 295 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:52.519 bit more refreshing than just the average brand supremacy thing 296 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.160 that had been done for a number of years. I 297 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.359 know a lot of people would love the whole classic 298 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:03.240 raw versus SmackDown thing, which is cool and does service 299 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.920 purpose in a major way, but I actually really liked 300 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:10.200 the Wargames part better, and it actually allows for people 301 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.440 from different brands to actually intermingle with each other as 302 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.039 opposed to fighting against each other, and I just like it. 303 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:22.039 So the women's Wargames match was really fire. The parts 304 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.759 that I absolutely enjoyed was definitely Tiffany Stratton and seeing 305 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:33.160 her do her backflip over everyone else while EO Sky 306 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:38.039 missed Wargames put the trash can over her head and 307 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.440 did a moon salt onto everybody else on her side 308 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:46.799 of the cage that was unbelievable. Rhea Ripley participating in it, 309 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.359 even though her face was still injured and she had 310 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.920 on like a mask or something that looked like the 311 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.920 face of the bone of an animal's face. It was 312 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.960 just really cool and I just loved watching her, you know, 313 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.640 fight with like, I just really enjoyed every bit of 314 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.039 this match. And surprisingly enough, even though Bianca was in 315 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.000 it and she's one of the pillars of the women's 316 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:13.319 Wargames concept, she did get beat down a lot and 317 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:15.640 didn't really have a whole lot of time to shine 318 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:19.680 as much as she did last year. But it was 319 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.200 still good. Everyone did a phenomenal job and Team ria 320 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:26.079 Est wound up winning and you can't really go wrong 321 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.480 with that. And Naomi won on her birthday, which is 322 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.279 just really cool. So big shout out to those women. 323 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:37.680 And it was in that Wargames match it was sensational, Yeah, 324 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:43.079 very sensational, And yeah, EO is crazy. And I did 325 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:45.720 want to talk about how when EO was in the 326 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:49.039 press conference after Wargames, she talked about how she just 327 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.400 trusts the trash can and I just thought that was 328 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:54.400 a funny concept for her to just say, Oh, I 329 00:19:54.519 --> 00:20:00.440 just trust the trash can now, and I was just like, EO, 330 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:05.440 you're nuts, You're nuts, And I love it. So as 331 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:07.720 long as she trusts the trash can and then will 332 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.039 trust the trash can. But she really just be flipping 333 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:14.079 onto people with that trash can, not really caring about anything, 334 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:18.720 and it's just like, girl, I love it so him. 335 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:22.880 Another thing that shocked me in War Games was just 336 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:28.079 the fact that Shitsk Knackamora made his return on SmackDown 337 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:31.359 and beat l A. Knight for the United States Championship. 338 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.400 Mind you, this is a championship that he has help before, 339 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.519 but the idea of him, you know, being a big 340 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:40.039 bad now and coming after LA Knight and getting in 341 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:43.000 his head to the point where he beat him was 342 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:45.720 just like really surprising for me. I was like, whoa, 343 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:50.480 Like when it went one, two three, I was like, huh, 344 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:52.640 Like I was really surprised at that. And that's not 345 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.039 because I feel like Shitsk is not a good wrestler, 346 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:58.519 because he clearly is. He's well accomplished. It was just 347 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:02.880 because I thought maybe La would have kept it a 348 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:05.559 little bit longer, but you know, Shinsk has it now, 349 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:08.400 and I guess you really can't be La Night without 350 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:11.640 a good villain, so hey, this is where we're at. 351 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:15.759 But I feel like shins K's whole presentation now is 352 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:18.920 very dark and it's very different in comparison to how 353 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.640 we've seen him in the past, and I do like it. 354 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:28.920 It's really giving a mysterious warrior vibe. And yeah, even 355 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.880 tonight on SmackDown when he was possibly about to get 356 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:38.039 attacked by the crash out bloodline, like he just had 357 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.240 miss coming out of his mouth, like to creep people out, 358 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:49.880 and I'm just like, yep, I'm here for that. So yeah, 359 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:52.440 schits K is here to really shake some stuff up, 360 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:55.640 and with him being US Champion now, it's just kind 361 00:21:55.640 --> 00:22:00.160 of like, Okay, yeah, we got something different here. It's 362 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:03.440 really interesting. So big upsitions gave for being the new 363 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:08.400 United States Champion, but I just can't help but feel 364 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:12.279 like at some point, I feel I just can't help 365 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:14.960 but feel like they've just relegated. I don't want to 366 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:18.160 stay relegated because the men card is important, but I 367 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:20.680 really just feel like he should have been WW champion 368 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:24.640 by now, Like I really feel like Shenske really could 369 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:27.519 have been WW Champion by now, but they really drop 370 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:29.400 the ball with it and I really hate it, but 371 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:34.119 that's just how it is. But it's okay, I guess. 372 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:37.880 And of course you had the men's War Games match 373 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:42.359 in which Team Punk Roman wound up winning. Og Bloodline 374 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:45.440 actually wound up winning and gave some of the most 375 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.920 funniest moments that I saw from a group of men 376 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.400 in my life. The idea that you have CM Punk 377 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:55.119 a year removed from when he made his fight, his 378 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:59.559 phenomenal return at war Games, and now he's in a 379 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:05.400 war Game match with Roman, It's just really nuts. It's 380 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.680 not really something that I thought I would ever see 381 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:11.720 at this point, because of course he did kind of 382 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:14.440 have a partnership with Roman when Roman was in his Shield, 383 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:17.119 and that was way back when. But I just never 384 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.640 thought I would see these two egos kind of just 385 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:22.640 have to work together and have to lean on each other, 386 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:25.920 and I think that was present throughout the whole match. 387 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:28.319 But I'm just really glad that they were able to 388 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:31.480 pull it together and actually protect each other so they 389 00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:35.400 could win against the crash out Cousins. So it was 390 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:40.880 really cool. This picture deserves to be framed somewhere, And yeah, 391 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:43.079 it was nuts, but it was a really great match. 392 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:46.039 I enjoyed it a lot, and it just gave really 393 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:48.359 great moments, like with the both of them standing in 394 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:51.400 this cage like this kind of looking like, eh, I 395 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:55.119 don't want to be here, but I gotta stand here, 396 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:58.000 and I don't think I should look at him, and 397 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:00.599 Roman's like, he better not look at me. He better 398 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:02.240 not look at me, he better not look at me. 399 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:05.640 Like they just really was just really funny, Like it 400 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:08.319 was just really comical. I'm just like, oh my god, 401 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.799