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<v Speaker 1>The views expressed in the following program are those of

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<v Speaker 1>Saga nine sixty am or its management.

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<v Speaker 2>It's twenty twenty six, and you know what that means.

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<v Speaker 2>Ring side he is on the air new stock Saga

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<v Speaker 2>nine sixty am, your favorite podcascher and YouTube. When I

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<v Speaker 2>get to it, Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Lex Tan, host,

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<v Speaker 2>the producer of the show, and here back again for

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<v Speaker 2>more wrestling talk radio. And you'll be actually kind of

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<v Speaker 2>interested to know that we have some new airtimes that

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<v Speaker 2>we want to tell you about here on Saga nine

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<v Speaker 2>sixty AM. We'll still drop the podcast at three pm

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<v Speaker 2>as well as ad on YouTube as when I get

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<v Speaker 2>to it, but our airtimes four Ringside Heat on Saga

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<v Speaker 2>nine sixty AM are now twelve pm. That means we're

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<v Speaker 2>noon programming for your Wednesdays, five pm for your drive home,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as nine pm Easter all on the Wednesdays.

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<v Speaker 2>your drive home, and you get us for some late

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<v Speaker 2>night well I guess late night. I guess that calls it. It

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<v Speaker 2>qualifies as such late night wrestling programming if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be watching AW or something like that because we're

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<v Speaker 2>on during a AW unfortunately. But hey, you know what, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>works here, whatever is going to be on for the

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<v Speaker 2>station and whenever you want to tune in on a

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<v Speaker 2>Moving forward here in twenty twenty six, and remember we

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<v Speaker 2>are from the heart of Saga to the soul of

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<v Speaker 2>the Squared Circle, Ringside Heat on the air, lext hand

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<v Speaker 2>and a solo show here for me today, here, today, tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna start off or this afternoon tonight or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you want to listen to this, We're gonna start where

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<v Speaker 2>an Era ended. Our last episode was back on the

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<v Speaker 2>live stream on December the tenth, I believe it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just get that date over here for you.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the Saturday Night's Mad Event on So I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>December thirteenth, on John Cena's final match as a wrestler

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<v Speaker 2>for the WWE. Of course, he's still gonna be going

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<v Speaker 2>on being the ambassador that he always has been and

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<v Speaker 2>done well since two thousand and two when he made

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<v Speaker 2>it up to the main roster and started getting big

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<v Speaker 2>from there. However, he's no longer a wrestler. He was

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<v Speaker 2>defeated by Gunter, and he had a smile onness face

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<v Speaker 2>as he tapped out to Gunther in the submission hold

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<v Speaker 2>and very very Obi wan Kenobi versus Darth Vader and everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and passed it on to the next generation. And so

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna start off from there. At Saturday nights Man event,

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<v Speaker 2>the final bell rang on the career of John's and

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<v Speaker 2>standing across him, not as a footnote, not as a

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<v Speaker 2>nostalgia actor, not as a mercy kill, but was judgment itself. Gunter,

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<v Speaker 2>going through defeated John Cena, clean shortcuts, none interference, none,

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<v Speaker 2>no thank you, roll up, no protective curtain call, just

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<v Speaker 2>a smile on his face as he tapped out. Some

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<v Speaker 2>people were shocked, some people were angry. Some people will

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<v Speaker 2>say that's not how you send John Cena out respectfully though,

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<v Speaker 2>that is exactly how you send John Cena out. So

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<v Speaker 2>let me say this plainly. If Cina had won, Gunter

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<v Speaker 2>would have just stayed another dominant champion. He would have

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<v Speaker 2>lost nothing. He would have gained quite a bit, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he was Johnsona's last match. If the match

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<v Speaker 2>editing chaos, the moment would have gotten deluded. If nostalgia

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<v Speaker 2>takes over and you have Johnsena win the match, the

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<v Speaker 2>future gets robbed. But John Cena, because he lost, he

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<v Speaker 2>stood there, absorbed the punishment, smile on his face as

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<v Speaker 2>he tapped out, fought until his body said no, and

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<v Speaker 2>he stayed down. Gunta didn't just win a match. He

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<v Speaker 2>inherited that damn mountain. This wasn't a burial, This was

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<v Speaker 2>a succession. John Sena didn't need protection. His legacy untouchable.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably a greater legacy than the Rock, a greater legacy

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<v Speaker 2>than Stone called Steve Austin, possibly a greater and I

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<v Speaker 2>will dare to say this, I will dare to say this.

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<v Speaker 2>He may have had a bigger impact on culture on

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<v Speaker 2>the whole, on WWE on the whole, than Haul Cogan

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<v Speaker 2>may have had. Now, don't get me wrong, Haul Cogan

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<v Speaker 2>probably had the single most influential career in all the

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<v Speaker 2>profess wrestling. And he took professional wrestling from I guess

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<v Speaker 2>from from from from the small time to pop culture,

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<v Speaker 2>mainstream culture to the big time where wrestling never thought

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<v Speaker 2>it could be until Vince McMahon and Hulk Cogan saw

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<v Speaker 2>money in each other, and I guess that's what Vince

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<v Speaker 2>McMahon saw in John Cena. Well, at least well Stephanie

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<v Speaker 2>McMahon saw it when when she, you know, told him

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<v Speaker 2>to go and do the whole Vanilla Ice rap gimmick.

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<v Speaker 2>But still, the amount of dedication that Sina had to

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<v Speaker 2>time into his movie career, the loyalty that he had

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<v Speaker 2>surpasses for sure anything that Hult Cogan did. And I

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<v Speaker 2>guess it's also what an emulation of what Stone called

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Austin and The Rock did because neither of them,

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<v Speaker 2>neither of them appeared for ww or appeared outside of

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<v Speaker 2>WWE save four. I believe it was The Rock inducting

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<v Speaker 2>Ken Shamrock into the CNA Wrestling Hall of Fame or

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<v Speaker 2>Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame as it was called then.

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<v Speaker 2>But no John Cena, I would say, he's still I

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<v Speaker 2>would say, the most impactful professional wrestler with the WWE

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<v Speaker 2>has ever produced, and the biggest star I guess, other

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<v Speaker 2>than The Rock, that WWE has ever produced. So what

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<v Speaker 2>does this all mean? First of all, let's go and

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<v Speaker 2>talk about who is still wrestling, And who's still in

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<v Speaker 2>the company right now it's Kunter. He is now the

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<v Speaker 2>heel of the company. He's getting booed out of buildings

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<v Speaker 2>like Dominic Mysterio was when he turned on his father

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<v Speaker 2>or his adoptive father, raymus Stadio. And here's the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that people are underestimating. The finish didn't just elevate Gunter,

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<v Speaker 2>it redefined him. He's not respected, he's not cool, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not quietly dominant. He is hated viscerally organically, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>got nuclear heat the same, very same, oh, it's very

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<v Speaker 2>very same, very similar heat to you the way Dominic

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<v Speaker 2>Mysterio got it. And now that he has, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people started to like, you know, like you know, they've

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<v Speaker 2>been loving to hate him, and now they're starting to

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<v Speaker 2>love him. And now they're actually letting him speak and

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<v Speaker 2>letting him do things. And he's no longer getting booed

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<v Speaker 2>viscerally to the point where he won't be able to talk.

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<v Speaker 2>That now belongs to Gunther. This is the kind of

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<v Speaker 2>heat that you cannot fake. This is the kind of

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<v Speaker 2>heat that you cannot book into existence. And that's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a thing, even with Dominic mysterio. You could

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<v Speaker 2>not have predicted how how heavy, at how hot the

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<v Speaker 2>crowds were going to be against him when he turned

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<v Speaker 2>against his father. And that's what we have here with Gunther.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what a true heel looks like in this

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<v Speaker 2>day and age. In January twenty twenty six, Gunter has

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<v Speaker 2>no catchphrase except for the fact that he calls himself

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<v Speaker 2>that ineral. No wink to the crowd at all. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not cosplaying. It's just him a big old trench coat

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<v Speaker 2>and trunks going into the ring. Nothing like that. Well boots, yeah, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but nothing more than that. It's all all it is

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<v Speaker 2>is consequences for you once you step in a ring

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<v Speaker 2>with them. And that's something that we will actually be

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<v Speaker 2>seeing possibly next week in Germany on Monday Night Raw,

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<v Speaker 2>which we'll you know, we'll get to actually next week,

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<v Speaker 2>Chico will be back and hopefully we'll have another another

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<v Speaker 2>Front of the show join us as well. But the

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<v Speaker 2>run times of wrestling shows these days is something that

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to get into one of these days, but

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get into with other people around the show.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's coming up. Hopefully we'll have that come up

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<v Speaker 2>for next week. But Sina's final gift. This isn't about losing.

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<v Speaker 2>This wasn't about him losing. This was obedient to the future.

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<v Speaker 2>John Cena didn't ask for the spotlight. He worked his

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<v Speaker 2>ass off for that spotlight from day one in this company,

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<v Speaker 2>all the way back in o in OVW. He worked

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<v Speaker 2>his ass off for the spotlight he deserved last month

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<v Speaker 2>at Saturn Night's main event. But he didn't ask for it.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't ask for the feel good ending. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>ask the business to bend around him. He did what

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<v Speaker 2>he has always done. At his best, he has been

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<v Speaker 2>able to make somebody else, and he made Gunther that night.

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<v Speaker 2>John Cena, all through his career, always been saying people

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<v Speaker 2>have been chanting you can't wrestle. People boot him out

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<v Speaker 2>of buildings, people cheered for it was loud. I've We've

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<v Speaker 2>been talking about this so many times over the years,

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<v Speaker 2>but he made wrestlers. If you were going up against

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<v Speaker 2>John Cena, you knew you were getting a hot crowd,

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<v Speaker 2>If you were going up against John Cena, you knew

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<v Speaker 2>that you would be safe. If you were going up

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<v Speaker 2>against John Cena, you knew that people would notice when

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<v Speaker 2>you were wrestling, whether you won or lost against John Cena.

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<v Speaker 2>You knew you were being watched by the millions and millions.

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<v Speaker 2>That is what he did for Gunther. He left his

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<v Speaker 2>legacy in the hands of the next generation represented by

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<v Speaker 2>Gunther that night. That's legacy, that's stewardship. Sina didn't walk

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<v Speaker 2>out on his back. He walked out completed the job

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<v Speaker 2>that he did. Remember back in twenty seventeen when the

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<v Speaker 2>reason when he when he went up to Roman Reigns

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<v Speaker 2>and Roman Rains screwed up his promo and John Cena

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<v Speaker 2>called him out on it, and John Cena said, all improv,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still here because you can't do your job. Gunther

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<v Speaker 2>did his job. The youth Roman Reigns found a way

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<v Speaker 2>to do his job. And that's why John Cena felt

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<v Speaker 2>this is the right time to finally say give a

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<v Speaker 2>proper goodbye to the wrestling career that he had and

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<v Speaker 2>the fans who cheered him throughout his wrestling career. And

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<v Speaker 2>here is why the finish did that match with Gunther

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<v Speaker 2>will age beautifully. Five years from now, when Gunther is

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<v Speaker 2>still the most feared man in the company, people will

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<v Speaker 2>point back and say that night he beat John Cena.

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<v Speaker 2>That night Johnsena tapped out with a smile on his face.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when he that's when this became real. Not because

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<v Speaker 2>Sena lost, not because Gunter was any better than anybody

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<v Speaker 2>else in the company, but it's because the business, the

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<v Speaker 2>business of professional wrestling in the WWE, led creatively by

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<v Speaker 2>Triple H Paulaveck, the business shows gravity over its comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>The Gunther era didn't begin with a title win. It

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<v Speaker 2>began with a decision. And that's the legacy that we

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<v Speaker 2>are going to see five years down the line when

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<v Speaker 2>we come back, we're going to talk about WWE's most

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<v Speaker 2>our next challenge. Rather when everything is special, nothing is special.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Ringside Heat and we'll be back after these

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<v Speaker 2>promotional considerations. Wait, this is the Little and you're listening

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<v Speaker 3>Yo, bro It is Vince Russo Man and you are

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<v Speaker 3>listening to Ringside Heat bro a News Talk Saga nine

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome back to Ringside Heat and you suck Saga

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<v Speaker 2>as on Patreon. Welcome back. If segment one was about gravity,

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<v Speaker 2>times three hours of WW SmackDown on a Friday night

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<v Speaker 2>long and it's like, oh, I get another half and

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<v Speaker 2>plans on a Friday night. Great, but now it's consistently

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<v Speaker 2>three hours on a Friday night, and that is all.

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<v Speaker 2>And to add to that, yes, I know that there

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<v Speaker 2>So let me get back to it. Raw on Netflix,

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<v Speaker 2>might have been the right thing to do. See him Punk,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not exactly a spring chicken. He still got it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's still got it, but he's also no pushing fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>He might I think he's already fifty. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>more good clean health with them. And of course would

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<v Speaker 2>see him Punk being straight edge, never did drugs, never

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<v Speaker 2>did any alcohol. He's very very clean. His body is

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<v Speaker 2>very very clean in that sort of sense. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people thought that it would have been see him Punk

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<v Speaker 2>dropping the title to bron Breaker the Young Buck that night,

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<v Speaker 2>just in the same way a month ago that John

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<v Speaker 2>but it wasn't meant to be. And that's where I was,

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<v Speaker 2>at the Royal Rumble over in Saudi Arabia, and that

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<v Speaker 2>I guess connected pay per view or PLA because that's

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<v Speaker 2>when back in twenty thirteen or something, I believe, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't remember which year it is. It was before Wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>Year twenty eight when the Rock defeated Cmpunk at the

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<v Speaker 2>Spinner Belt for like a day or something like that,

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<v Speaker 2>bloodline story. But let's talk but let's go back. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go back to Monday Night and talk about the match.

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<v Speaker 2>This was wrestling done right, no smoke, no overproduction, just collision. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there were shenanigans, but bron Breaker didn't blink, see him.

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<v Speaker 2>that's the key. It was just a great little match,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was. It was a very very good match

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<v Speaker 2>from both of those guys over there. The match does

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<v Speaker 2>But let's talk about the elephant in the upside down.

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<v Speaker 2>The Stranger Things theme integration well produced, very very well

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<v Speaker 2>emotionally confusing. Also, yes, it felt like the algorithms online

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<v Speaker 2>pop culture tie in start dictating the tone instead of

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<v Speaker 2>enhancing it, the show loses its internal logic because wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>works best when it is in its own little universe

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<v Speaker 2>and not when it borrows from someone else's. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>of the guest hosts of Monday Night Raw with Vince

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<v Speaker 2>McMann and also Vince Command of the Million Dollar Giveaway

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<v Speaker 2>or something like that, because it just started making the

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<v Speaker 2>those guest host ras had some pretty entertaining ones with

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<v Speaker 2>were always fun. But it did you know, it didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how much it added to the shows,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, but Bob Barker, Bob Barker, you could do

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<v Speaker 2>anything with Bob Barker is awesome, was awesome, and besides,

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<v Speaker 2>he lived as close to one hundred maybe without going over.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know that showcus like three years old now,

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<v Speaker 2>the one year anniversary of a Night Raw, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing, it's one year of Netflix on Monday Night

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<v Speaker 2>Raw and if you want to go and advertise Stranger Things,

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to go and advertise Netflix House in

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<v Speaker 2>between segments. Great. Don't get me wrong, the set design

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<v Speaker 2>and the little bumpers, the visual bumpers on the TV

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying. Next one thing, I'm very very happy

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<v Speaker 2>about the new Raw theme by eminem that that works

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<v Speaker 2>so much better than Travis Scott. Thank God, thank god

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<v Speaker 2>that Traffick Scott will not be on ww ON on

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<v Speaker 2>w W e ra's programming. It was already his. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>all different genres of music, just not what Travis Scott offered.

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<v Speaker 2>And at the same time, the time that I get

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<v Speaker 2>introduced to Travis Scott is when he's getting is when

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<v Speaker 2>he is getting his you know, getting his debut with

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<v Speaker 2>because he potatoed him. He hasn't been on ww programming

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<v Speaker 2>since because he knows that cmpunk is sorry, Cody Rhodes

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<v Speaker 2>as a receipt and good on the rock, Cut on

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<v Speaker 2>the rock for trying something new, got on the rock

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<v Speaker 2>for trying to promote the guy. But rock, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>some things should just be left in its own universe.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank god. Though even though it's even though it's not rock,

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<v Speaker 2>it's eminem and eminem is just as much rock as

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't WWE chasing youth culture. This is ww owning its

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<v Speaker 2>place in it. And there's a big difference between synergy

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<v Speaker 2>and surrender. And there's a synergy that WWE does have,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know what it is and you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>think that's what and that's what we're gonna get into

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<v Speaker 2>in the next segment of Ringside Heat. But we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>stick with Raw for now. The women's division Clarity returning,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're gonna talk about the results. A strong knight

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<v Speaker 2>for the women, Rhea Ripley and Eo Sky defeating the

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<v Speaker 2>Ria Ripley and Neo Sky phenomenal wrestlers, phenomenal town, phenomenal personalities,

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the thing. These skew Ria, Ripley Eosky, the

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<v Speaker 2>So Becky was able to work with that and put

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<v Speaker 2>Lynch taking the tunnle back was not a demotion for

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<v Speaker 2>Maxine Duprie. It was logistics. Well, congrats, So let me

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<v Speaker 2>take the time this right now to head into a

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<v Speaker 2>congratulatory tone for Maxine Duprie heading into her honeymoon. Congratulations

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<v Speaker 2>to her and her husband and w W did the

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<v Speaker 2>responsible thing. They gave her the championship as cut I guessing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm guessing that this is the championship was a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a wedding present and also a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of a reward for her improvement in the ring and

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<v Speaker 2>the way that she's been able to grow as as

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<v Speaker 2>a wrestler and as a personality slowly from from when

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<v Speaker 2>we first encountered her as Maxine Dupree, the sister of

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<v Speaker 2>Max Dupree, Yeah and the U and the leader of

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<v Speaker 2>the stable Maximum Male Models, and eventually became part of

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<v Speaker 2>the Alpha Academy and got into that and got the

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<v Speaker 2>storyline with UH with with Chad Gable and UH with

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<v Speaker 2>Otis and just did some really good work from there

428
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<v Speaker 2>and behind the scenes just being able to build a

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling skills to the point where she can actually hang

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<v Speaker 2>with Becky Lynch on a main event on a main

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<v Speaker 2>event on Raw, which was great, which is great, And

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<v Speaker 2>so kudos to Maxine Dupris and congratulations on her wedding

433
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:19.839
<v Speaker 2>and and well wishes for her married life and also

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<v Speaker 2>have fun of that honeymoon lady. So the bigger issue

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<v Speaker 2>right now about this, about everything, This is where we

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<v Speaker 2>zoom out now from the logistics and the results and stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>Like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Raw SmackDown NXT on Netflix. That's money, production, cross promotion,

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<v Speaker 2>star power, you name it, worldwide audience all at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time whenever, and and you don't have to wake

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<v Speaker 2>up if you're in England and Raw is on in

442
00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:58.000
<v Speaker 2>the United States on Eastern time eight o'clock Eastern time.

443
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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to wake up for or I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>what's six o'clock in the six o'clock. You don't have

445
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<v Speaker 2>to wake up in the wee hours in the morning

446
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<v Speaker 2>to watch RAW live or even a pl live if

447
00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.880
<v Speaker 2>you if you don't want to, you can just go

448
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<v Speaker 2>on Netflix whenever the heck you want and just turn

449
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<v Speaker 2>it on and it's gonna be a good show. You

450
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<v Speaker 2>know you're gonna get a good show every time you

451
00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:24.799
<v Speaker 2>turn on your WWE programming on Netflix. The challenge now

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<v Speaker 2>for WWE, though, is when episode what's every episode feels

453
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<v Speaker 2>like a season finale or a season premiere for that matter,

454
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<v Speaker 2>whenevery Raw, SmackDown NXT feels like a go home show,

455
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<v Speaker 2>a fallout show. How do you teach the audience to

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<v Speaker 2>wait when everything is special, nothing is special? And that's

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<v Speaker 2>the challenge for WWE moving forward in twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 2>when we come back, we're talking about the one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that WWE can't out rhythm its way out of access

460
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<v Speaker 2>ticket prices, families, and why independent wrestling might be the

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<v Speaker 2>sole level answer to this question. This is Ringside Heat.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be back after these promotional considerations.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello everyone, this is former pro wrestling Slash Sports entertainment

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<v Speaker 4>referee Jimmy Corderos, and you're listening to the new voice

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<v Speaker 4>of pro wrestling slash Sports Entertainment in the GTA, Ringside

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<v Speaker 4>Heat right here on News Talk SAGA ninety sixty Am,

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<v Speaker 4>No Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>No Problem. Stream is live on SAGA nine sixty am.

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<v Speaker 2>Dot CAA Hey guys, I'm Shan Spears, and you're listening

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<v Speaker 2>to Ringside Heat.

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<v Speaker 5>And welcome back to Ringside Heat on new STOCKSAGA and

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<v Speaker 5>I sixty your favorite podcastcher as well as on YouTube

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<v Speaker 5>lex Tan at Lextan Media. Ringside Heat at Ringside Underscore

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<v Speaker 5>Heat Episode two four entitled I've been subscribing to Netflix

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<v Speaker 5>for a year, yep, I sure have.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep to get my WWE fixed. I can't get it

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00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.519
<v Speaker 2>on Sportsnet anymore. I can't get it on you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't. It's been years since TSN. I don't have

479
00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:23.039
<v Speaker 2>access to USA network. I don't even subscribe to any cable.

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<v Speaker 2>What I do have as a Netflix account and an

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon Prime account. So if I wanted to watch an

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<v Speaker 2>AEW pay per view, I can buy it if I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to watch ww programming easy. I'm paying for it already.

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<v Speaker 2>So in the beginning of the show, we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>truth with Gunther and the right and the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>he got the win in the way that he did.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about the spectacle and how in everything is special,

488
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<v Speaker 2>nothing is special. But we're gonna talk about the part

489
00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:59.839
<v Speaker 2>of the wrestling industry that doesn't necessarily trend, but determines

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00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:05.799
<v Speaker 2>whether the industry actually survives as something human. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about Access, not WWE Access, because that was

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<v Speaker 2>a show from back of the day that's copyrighted. But

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<v Speaker 2>first let's establish something clearly so nobody misunderstands what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>about to say. WWE, I said this earlier in the

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<v Speaker 2>second segment, is not in danger. They are not going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose their spot as the top of the wrestling industry.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not going to lose it to AW They're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to lose it to Anthem Entertainment and TNA Wrestling.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not going to lose it to an upstart promotion.

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<v Speaker 2>They will sell out arenas no matter where they go,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're selling out arenas all around the world, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're selling out arenas in Europe with the hottest crowds

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00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:59.440
<v Speaker 2>that you could ever imagine. Liver remre phenomenal. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>how phenomenal Aj Styles is in Germany when they when

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00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:06.640
<v Speaker 2>he wrestles Gunther. But he is phenomenal. Let's just put that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's I digress, but let's just remember that Aj Styles

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<v Speaker 2>ilereno ireremoremo phenomena. The content itself is accessible, instantly, globally distributed,

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<v Speaker 2>endlessly rewatchable, and anyone with a phone in their hands

509
00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:30.519
<v Speaker 2>can review it, clip it, critique it, or crown themselves

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<v Speaker 2>an expert. Hey what do you think I'm doing here

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<v Speaker 2>on the air? But this what we're seeing today. Love

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00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.199
<v Speaker 2>him or hate him, This was the vision that Vince

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<v Speaker 2>McMahon had when he launched twenty four to seven, when

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<v Speaker 2>he launched WW twenty four to seven on premium television cable,

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00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:58.239
<v Speaker 2>and then when they folded twenty four to seven the

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<v Speaker 2>original WWE network was stablished, and that this is exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what he wanted. This was the vision all along from McMahon.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, love him or hate him, whatever his shenanigans

519
00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:15.400
<v Speaker 2>were or may not have been, I'm sure he had

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00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:22.079
<v Speaker 2>his shenanigans. Oh sure. But the one thing that you

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00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:27.360
<v Speaker 2>can't deny is his vision for the wrestling industry. He

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00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:34.920
<v Speaker 2>went from the territorial industry. His dad hated the fact

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00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:38.199
<v Speaker 2>that he wanted that Vince wanted to take it national

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00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:45.039
<v Speaker 2>and fold all the independence into one federation. Look what

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00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:47.239
<v Speaker 2>it did for wrestling. Look what he did with WrestleMania.

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<v Speaker 2>He was able to survive the Monday Night War, he

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<v Speaker 2>was able to survive TNA trying to be trying to

528
00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.840
<v Speaker 2>take away eyes from his product. He was able to

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<v Speaker 2>survive a whole bunch of different challenges that the wrestling

530
00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:18.079
<v Speaker 2>industry has. And we see the fruition of his vision

531
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<v Speaker 2>back in the two thousands when the twenty four to

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00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:24.719
<v Speaker 2>seven pay per view pay TV channel launched into what

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<v Speaker 2>we know today as the WW Network on Netflix, or

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00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:35.840
<v Speaker 2>at least WW programming on Netflix. So in that sense,

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<v Speaker 2>the vision did work. Nowadays, since Vincickmann stepped the way

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<v Speaker 2>because of his shenanigans and the accusations of his shenanigans.

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<v Speaker 2>Under Triple H, WWE has drawn a clear boundary for

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<v Speaker 2>one thing. Political content will not be part of WW programming.

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00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:59.519
<v Speaker 2>So you won't see you won't see Barack Obama impersonators.

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00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:03.679
<v Speaker 2>Gonna see Hillary Clinton impersonators. You're not gonna see Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump impersonators. There's not gonna No one's gonna appear in

542
00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:11.199
<v Speaker 2>the show like that, not thoughing Vin sick Man did

543
00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.880
<v Speaker 2>it back in the day. Of course, Donald Trump wasn't

544
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<v Speaker 2>put wasn't a politician when he appeared to WrestleMania and

545
00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.679
<v Speaker 2>when he let vincick Man hold WrestleMania four and five

546
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<v Speaker 2>in the in in in the Trump properties. So you're

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna see him around anymore, at least not in

548
00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:38.119
<v Speaker 2>the WWE. Because WWE has positioned itself as a shared

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00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.559
<v Speaker 2>cultural space, a place where families, generations, and backgrounds can

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00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:44.880
<v Speaker 2>sit in the same building and cheer for the same moments,

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00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:48.440
<v Speaker 2>which is the reason why even so, even though people

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00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:53.559
<v Speaker 2>do have complicated feelings about holding WWE shows in Saudi Arabia,

553
00:37:56.880 --> 00:38:02.000
<v Speaker 2>at least, the fact is with the Saudi fans, they're

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00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:05.320
<v Speaker 2>still chanting, they're still cheering for the same things that

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00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:10.719
<v Speaker 2>we're cheering for, because it's just wrestling. It's wrestling. Wrestling

556
00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:16.559
<v Speaker 2>is the way that the ww does. It transcends those boundaries,

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00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:21.760
<v Speaker 2>and for the most part, content is still family friendly

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the problem. The problem isn't the product on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen, it's the cost of being in the building.

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<v Speaker 2>So Chico and I are going to go to the

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<v Speaker 2>Go Home Monday Night rob before the Royal Rumble later

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00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:39.039
<v Speaker 2>this month. I will be on January the twenty sixth.

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<v Speaker 2>We actually have the upper level seats, the upper bowl

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<v Speaker 2>seats to that show. And you know it's gonna be

565
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<v Speaker 2>a fun show. Don't get me wrong. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun to be at that show, because

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00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:56.239
<v Speaker 2>WWE great fun. Ww wrestling is just great fun anyway,

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00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:59.960
<v Speaker 2>no matter what, no matter who you're watching, no matter what,

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00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:07.079
<v Speaker 2>which billionaire is promoting it or billionaire company. But here's

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00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:10.960
<v Speaker 2>the thing. Upper bowl seats after taxes and fees, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty dollars in the upper bowl of the

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00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:19.679
<v Speaker 2>Scotia Bank Arena. Back in March last year's Elimination Chamber

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<v Speaker 2>at Rogers Center, upper level five hundred level seats two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty dollars. Now, compare that in March two

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<v Speaker 2>thy and twenty three Edges twenty fifth anniversary, I bought

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<v Speaker 2>an upper bowl ticket at Scotia Bank Arena for sixty

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00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:42.480
<v Speaker 2>dollars thirty days before the Endeavor merger was finalized. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I was sitting on the floor eleven rows away from

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<v Speaker 2>the Copeland family because I was able to get a

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00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:52.320
<v Speaker 2>media pass and take some pictures. Beautiful, great, but just

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00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:54.360
<v Speaker 2>in case, I still wanted to be there for Edges

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<v Speaker 2>twenty fifth anniversary, and that was a sixty dollars ticket.

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<v Speaker 2>Compare that to back in two thousand and three, the

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<v Speaker 2>fallout of on the WWE Raw Fallout show after WWE

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<v Speaker 2>No Way Out, where The Rock defeated Hulk Hogan out

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<v Speaker 2>of pay per view for the second time in a row,

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<v Speaker 2>this time in Montreal. Back in two thousand and three,

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<v Speaker 2>the upper Bowl ticket was twenty dollars. Twenty freaking dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>If you adjust that for inflation to twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 2>that's fifty four dollars today or back in twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Rather when Edges twenty fifth anniversary, so fifty four dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to sixty dollars. There were not much, not much in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of, like you know, when you factor inflation, the

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<v Speaker 2>buying power of the ticket was still relatively stable, relatively stable.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the part that doesn't show up in press releases

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<v Speaker 2>from the WWEE. Yes, the profits are off the roof, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the gate, the draws, the the amount of money they're

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00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:09.679
<v Speaker 2>taking in from live performances, from live shows, even without

599
00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:18.880
<v Speaker 2>house shows anymore, they're phenomenal numbers. Okay, but the question

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<v Speaker 2>is though, the problem the question answer, but the quest.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, let me say that again. The problem is

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00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:29.719
<v Speaker 2>that most family incomes didn't triple. The cost of living exploded,

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00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:37.719
<v Speaker 2>not just from Canada but in the United States. Wages, however,

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00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:42.639
<v Speaker 2>didn't follow the explosion of the cost of living. I

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<v Speaker 2>was talking with John Dawson the other day, miss him

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00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:51.159
<v Speaker 2>on the show. He's a big fan, working dad, working guy,

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00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:57.559
<v Speaker 2>two young sons who love wrestling, a wife who grew

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00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:02.199
<v Speaker 2>into a love for wrestling. And the reason why he

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<v Speaker 2>can't take his family the live shows anymore isn't lack

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<v Speaker 2>of interest. It's cost and that's also costing him his

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling fandom. Sentiment of that is spreading out throughout North America,

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<v Speaker 2>even in household where both parents are working. WWE has

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<v Speaker 2>always branded itself as a family show that identity matters

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<v Speaker 2>and will always matter, because when families are priced out

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<v Speaker 2>of the building in the under three years, something and

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<v Speaker 2>I mean something I can't tell you what it is

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<v Speaker 2>right now is out of alignment. I wish I could

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what's out of alignment, but I can't. But

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<v Speaker 2>here is where I just don't critique what's happening, offer hope,

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<v Speaker 2>a hope that creates opportunity, not for resentment but for

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<v Speaker 2>independent wrestling. And yes, I've been away from independent wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>for a while. Last show I was at before this

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<v Speaker 2>one before December to twenty eighth, at Great Canadian Wrestlings

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<v Speaker 2>Seasons Beatings, I was there. The last show I went

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<v Speaker 2>to with Great Canadian Wrestling was January fourth last year,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as I did an independent show with Oshawa

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<v Speaker 2>Wrestling in June and ran sound for that. So unfortunately

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't been to a lot lately. However, gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>back into it because on December to twenty eighth, going

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<v Speaker 2>to Season's Beatings with GCW, nice venue, good seats, clear

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<v Speaker 2>sight lines, real interaction between the fans and the wrestlers,

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<v Speaker 2>not just when they were in the ring, but when

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<v Speaker 2>they're at the merch tables selling their own merch. You

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<v Speaker 2>get to meet the wrestlers, shake their hands, You can

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<v Speaker 2>cut promos against them and they'll play along. You got

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<v Speaker 2>little ten year old kids going up to these wrestlers

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<v Speaker 2>who are twice their size and twice their age, three

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<v Speaker 2>times their age sometimes and they're just ragging on them.

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<v Speaker 2>So much fun. It's so much for the kids to

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<v Speaker 2>have that outlet there, and it's fun to see all

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<v Speaker 2>that happening. It's not just the kids, but their families,

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<v Speaker 2>their parents, their grandparents, all them together. The wrestling itself

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<v Speaker 2>in the ring, top notch, Daniel Dirt, Frankie Falbo, to

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<v Speaker 2>my good friends in the industry. They had a two

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<v Speaker 2>camera production going live to tape TV quality. I was

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<v Speaker 2>even able to do some videos switching to help out,

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<v Speaker 2>to help out with the show, and I'm realizing something

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<v Speaker 2>that night. Personally, for myself, my home just isn't in

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<v Speaker 2>the crowd anymore. It's calling the matches, producing the shows,

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<v Speaker 2>helping tell the stories, and that is okay. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I'll be able to get to WWE. I

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<v Speaker 2>would that's the dream come true, to take Michael cole'spot,

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, maybe independent wrestling is worred. It is

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<v Speaker 2>for me personally in terms of in terms of working

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<v Speaker 2>in the industry. But you get everybody together, your family's

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<v Speaker 2>can afford a good night of wrestling for I would

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<v Speaker 2>and food. Wrestling and food and you know drinks if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to all for under a family four, A

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<v Speaker 2>family four can do that for less than one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty dollars. You want to spend a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>morn Yeah, less than two hundred. It's a two hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>You're spending just two hundred dollars for a family outing

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<v Speaker 2>and for a family of four, like John's loves wrestling.

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<v Speaker 2>Great way to keep the wrestling fandom going. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>where it is for independent wrestling. That's where that's where

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<v Speaker 2>you have hope in the industry because WWE will always

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<v Speaker 2>be spectacle, the Globe brand, the Mountain Top. Independent wrestling, though,

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<v Speaker 2>is the heartbeat. If the heartbeat stops, the body will

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<v Speaker 2>not survive. So what am I saying through all this?

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<v Speaker 2>Support independent wrestling, Support your local promotions, support the people

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<v Speaker 2>building something real at a price that families can afford.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it for this week on Ringside Heat. If you

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<v Speaker 2>want to follow me, you can follow me at lex

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<v Speaker 2>This has been ringside heat, where the lights are brightest.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that the roots go deepest, and we do remember

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<v Speaker 2>things that you probably forgot. Take care top to you

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