WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.240 Oh, tonight, it was the return of the AEW Dark 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:08.160 Pay your fucking Light Bill, Tony. I don't know what 3 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:11.400 was going on with the lights tonight, but we actually 4 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:13.960 had a lights out main event on this show, which 5 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:16.199 is kind of funny that they had issues with the 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:20.519 lights going out in multiple segments, including a main event 7 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.120 that was billed as a lights out match, but they 8 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.280 did not intend for the lights to actually go out 9 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.039 during said match. But yes, that's what we got. We 10 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.560 got Hangman Adam Page, and we got Swerve Strickland together 11 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:35.600 on the same page on the same team tag team 12 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:40.719 partners against Hook and Powerhouse Hobbs lights out, which means 13 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.679 no rules, anything goes. This match went almost I think 14 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.920 twenty minutes beyond the top of the hour, so we 15 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:50.719 more or less got a two and a half hour 16 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:54.039 show tonight, and in the end, Hangman got his revenge 17 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.079 on Hook for his role in costing him the World 18 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:01.039 Championship back at Full Gear. I finally got his revenge no 19 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:04.840 Samoa Joe on the show tonight, which probably could have 20 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:10.040 used him. We did have MJF and Bandido who had 21 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.760 a little bit of a face off after Bandido's match. 22 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:15.280 Do they of course, have a big World Championship match 23 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:17.959 coming up next week that's going to be on what 24 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:23.719 they're building the Maximum Carnage episode of Dynamite, and that 25 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.120 was probably the best part of the entire show, honestly, 26 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:29.640 as far as just Yeah, the back and forth between them. 27 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:33.439 MJF was his usual self. He had his translator out 28 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:37.920 there with him, John Cruz, and Bandido stood tall when 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.159 it was all over. You know, he stood tall. He 30 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.359 was holding up the championship that he will never have, 31 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.400 but he was holding it up. It's a match I'm 32 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.680 looking forward to. We all know what the outcome is 33 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.959 going to be, but it is a match that I'm 34 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.719 looking forward to that's coming up next week. We have 35 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:57.000 more members though, of the don Kallis family. See, I 36 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.480 don't think we had enough. I think we needed more, 37 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.680 and now we have more and I will tell you 38 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:07.319 who those members are, so we'll talk about that. Yeah, 39 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.319 we got some good wrestling tonight, which is pretty average 40 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.120 for aw. We got some good wrestling tonight. The show 41 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.639 on the whole was not anything terribly exciting. And the 42 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:22.159 issue that I'm having is that there is no real story. 43 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.960 There's no one story right now that I would say 44 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:30.120 is terribly hot. And the one story that I actually 45 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.680 am invested in is one that they couldn't continue tonight 46 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.039 because the two players were not even on the show 47 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.599 because they just came off big matches in Japan at 48 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.560 the Tokyo Dumb the other night, that being Okata and Takeshida. 49 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.280 That's two weeks in a row now that we have 50 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.280 not seen them here on this show. So I am 51 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:50.599 hoping that next week we will get them back and 52 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.960 we can begin to really push that story forward a 53 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.039 little bit more, because that's the one that really interests me. 54 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.439 None of the other stories they're telling are trying to 55 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:04.240 tell right now, are really grabbing me. So what you're 56 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.520 left with is some good wrestling matches, which we get 57 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:09.360 every week on the show. And that was it. So 58 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.879 it was a pretty average episode honestly, of Dynamite tonight. 59 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:16.000 But this is your aw Dynamite review. It is Wednesday, 60 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:21.879 January seventh, twenty twenty six, so technically the first episode 61 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.080 of the new year. Here of Dynamite. 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I think they were in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 72 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.280 They open with ex Caliber and Tony Shavanni on commentary 73 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:00.400 Nobrian Danielson. This week they threw it to Justin Roberts 74 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.599 who was in the ring to do the introduction for 75 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.840 a very special guest who was in attendance on this 76 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:11.039 show because they were in fact in Oklahoma, and so 77 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:15.319 the special guest was good old Jr. Jim Ross, who 78 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.480 has not been on the show in a few months. 79 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.839 I don't remember actually the last time they had him 80 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.240 on the show. It would have been one of the 81 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.199 pay per views. I don't remember how many months ago 82 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:31.120 it was. Obviously, he's coming off some health issues that 83 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:34.600 he's been dealing with, so he got a big ovation, 84 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:36.920 you know, given that they were in Oklahoma, as you 85 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.079 would expect, and he joined on commentary for the remainder 86 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:45.800 of the show on a day where Devon Dudley dropped 87 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:51.519 his response to JR. Now, if you don't know this controversy, 88 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:56.160 Devon Dudley on his podcast, I don't know, maybe a 89 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:01.199 month ago, two months ago, maybe if that he shared 90 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:04.800 a story and he had done some kind of interview 91 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:08.560 with Bubba and this was brought up and it's not 92 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.439 really a news story, but for whatever reason, it came 93 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.480 up again recently and then it really blew up where 94 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.360 I think he was actually asked by Bubba. I think 95 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.959 that's what it was if he had ever encountered any 96 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.720 racism during his time in the business and during his 97 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:28.560 time specifically in WWE, and he has said in the 98 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:33.120 past that he has, and he never specified any names. 99 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.560 But because of that, and because he kind of left 100 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.759 it out there hanging, everybody and their mother was just guessing, Oh, 101 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.000 it must have been Michael Hayes, or it must have 102 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:45.360 been John Laurnidis, or it must have been Bruce or Vince, 103 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.600 and they were all wrong because the person that he 104 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.560 was inferring and then he flat out came out and 105 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.240 said who it was was Jim Ross. That certain comments 106 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:01.279 were made to him that stuck with him for all 107 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.160 these years, and Bubba Bubba was there for it, so 108 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.160 Bubba can back him up on It's not just Jr. 109 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:10.040 It's not just the Jr's ward against Devon's. Bubba backs 110 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.439 him up, Maven backs him up. So it was pretty damning. 111 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.600 And then Jim Ross again he was I think in 112 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.759 the hospital. They didn't know that at the time. So 113 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.920 he came out of the hospital and he resumed his 114 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.439 podcast with Conrad and then a few weeks ago, Jr. 115 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:29.079 Responded and he said that the comments really took him 116 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.480 off guard, and he doesn't know what Devon's talking about. 117 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.879 It's not true. It's not something he said to him. 118 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.879 And he's saying, well, maybe Devons just trying to generate 119 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.199 some attention for a show. You know, he's desperate to 120 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:45.319 get downloads on his podcast. You know, I like Divon. 121 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.040 I signed him in Bubba and you know they made 122 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.639 money with them and all this stuff, stuff that Bill 123 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.279 Watts would say, right, how can you say all these 124 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:56.560 things about me? All these wrestlers I had on my 125 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.560 roster and Jyd was my main star and we made 126 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.879 money to how can you say all these terrible things 127 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.759 about me and JR. Of course, I mean you talk 128 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.000 about the Learning Tree. He sat under the Learning Tree 129 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.519 with with Cowboy Bill Watts. So anyway, it just was 130 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:15.399 a very nasty, ugly situation. So devon today, of all days, 131 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.759 the day that JR. Returns to TV, it just so 132 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:24.160 happened that he dropped a new podcast with Maven It's 133 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:30.120 like forty five minutes long, just responding to Jim Ross 134 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:35.079 and saying, in fact, no, I'm not lying or you know, 135 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.000 making it up or pulling it out of thin air, 136 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:39.600 I think, is what JR. Said. And he actually got 137 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:43.000 even more specific with it, where you know, he mentioned 138 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.519 that it was it was actually two different incidents. One 139 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.879 at the WWF New York restaurant in Times Square. It 140 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.879 might have been the launch, So we're looking at late 141 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:58.600 ninety nine, maybe early two thousand and he was there 142 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:03.639 with Bubba and he said JR. Was drunk. So they're 143 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:06.279 they're downstairs, they're hanging out at the restaurant and here 144 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:10.920 comes Jim Ross and clearly he's he's had a few, 145 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.160 and he comes over to them and says, you know, 146 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:19.240 you boys are doing well, And it was some comment 147 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:21.879 to the effect of Divon though, I'm not so sure 148 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:25.240 about and Divon wasn't sure what he meant by that, 149 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.600 What do you mean by that? We're doing well, but 150 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.840 you're not too sure about me? And you know, long 151 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.679 story short, he was implying, you know, I'm not so 152 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:42.360 sure about him, you know, because he's black, and Devon said, 153 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:44.440 like Bubba had to hold him back, like he was 154 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.759 in his mind, you know, he was contemplating, Okay, if 155 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.559 I punched this guy in the face, We're going to 156 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.519 be fired. And they were still very new to the 157 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.879 company at the time. If I say something to him, 158 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.799 I'm gonna probably get fired, and so you know, Bubba 159 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:03.200 spoke up, and Bubbaka's sense that this was about to 160 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.919 get very you know, combustible, and again Jr. Is supposedly 161 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:12.320 drunk and whatever. It's just a very weird comment to make, like, well, 162 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.519 you know, you're black, Like yeah, no shit, Sherlock. But 163 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:17.919 then there was like another incident he said, in Minneapolis 164 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.279 or Indianapolis maybe, I think he said, where Paul Hayman 165 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.759 was there. A bunch of people were there. Apparently this 166 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:29.000 was like known by multiple people, and it just doesn't 167 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.879 it doesn't paint you know JR in the in the 168 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:36.000 best light, and as Devon said during his podcast, Yeah, 169 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.440 the thing is like when you're drunk and you're making 170 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:42.240 comments like that, there is an expression that a drunk 171 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:46.919 man's words are a sober man's thoughts, and there is 172 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.879 something to be said for that. But anyway, he certainly 173 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:53.840 did not lay down and just take you know, the 174 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.639 response from JR. He had his own response and Maven 175 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.480 was there with him, you know, basically you know, backing 176 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.200 up what he was saying. So not the best day 177 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.559 for JR. But at least we saw him back on TV. 178 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:09.679 He did commentary. You know, he was quiet for some 179 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.200 of the matches. He was a little more animated during 180 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.519 the main event. You know, but at least he's doing 181 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.519 well enough where he could actually be at the show 182 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.000 because again, I know, he's had a lot of health 183 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:24.759 issues in the last few years. So earlier today we 184 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:30.559 got some footage from backstage where we had Renee. She 185 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.039 was in the back and told us that Jet Speed 186 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.720 were attacked and that they would not be cleared by doctors. 187 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:39.320 There was supposed to be a match tonight where Jack 188 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:42.200 Perry was going to team up with Mike Bailey, and 189 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.480 Kevin Knight to take on Ricochet in the Demand, and 190 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.639 now that's not going to happen because they were attacked. 191 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:53.440 So Jack Perry was once again all by himself. So 192 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:57.080 the Demand and Ricochet are they're there feigning concern, and 193 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:00.000 Renee brings up the bounty that they put on Jets 194 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:06.559 speeds Heads last week. So Don Kallis shows up and 195 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:11.120 he says that someone or something just got very rich. 196 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:17.000 Mark Davis walks in with Jake Doyle. Jake Doyle is 197 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:22.080 the former Jake Something from TNA. He is now officially 198 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:27.960 a member of the aw roster. So that was quite 199 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.519 unexpected there, and Callus says that they're going to kill 200 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.720 some people. So now this leaves Jack Perry in need 201 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.080 of some partners heading into tonight's six man tag team 202 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.440 match against Ricochet and the Demand. Poor Jack Perry, this 203 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.320 guy just can't catch a break here. First he loses Lucasaurus, 204 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:46.919 now he loses Jet Speed. It's like nobody wants the 205 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:48.679 team with this guy. So now he's got to go 206 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.120 out and find some new partners. Let me talk about 207 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:55.399 Jake Something here for a second. This was a pretty 208 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:58.440 big fumble here. I mean, this was TNA fumbling the 209 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:02.320 bag with Jake something. I don't know how you have 210 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.840 someone like Jake on your roster. I know he was 211 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:07.799 hurt for a while, he had like a leg injury, 212 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:12.080 but he came back and they really never seemed to 213 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:16.639 push him in any sort of real significant way. And 214 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:21.080 he's a good wrestler physically, he's very impressive. I don't 215 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.320 know how you don't find more for someone like that 216 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.840 to do. Now, maybe they made him an offer. Now 217 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:31.320 his contract came due, is what happened. So his contract expired, 218 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.840 and I don't know if TNA made him an offer. 219 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.279 I don't know if there was no offer made. Maybe 220 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:38.919 they made him an offer and he just took a 221 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:42.519 better one. But whatever, however it all ended for him. 222 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.000 There there's more that they could have been doing with him, 223 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.679 and they weren't doing it, And if they were, there's 224 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.440 a pretty good chance he would probably still be there, 225 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.159 especially now you know TNA's going into this big AMC 226 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.960 debut next week. They could use somebody like him on 227 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.399 their roster. So I don't know how they fumbled somebody 228 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.240 like that. We've had him in House of Glory before. 229 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:04.039 He's very impressive and now TNA's loss is going to 230 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:07.840 be Aw's gain and a roster that's already very big 231 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:12.799 and bloated as it is. But he's he's definitely, you know, 232 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.879 a quality pick up, you know, for Tony Kah. Now 233 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.679 we could talk about you know, the name Jake Doyle. 234 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.799 That's his real name. By the way, Doyle is his 235 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:25.000 shoot last name. It's let's be honest, Okay, it's a 236 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:29.039 better name than Jake Something. Jake Doyle is a better 237 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.440 name than Jake Something. I mean, you may disagree because 238 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.159 Jake Something is more established, but it's certainly no worse 239 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.360 than Jake Something was. The name change doesn't really bother me. 240 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.159 The issue is that they appear to be pairing him 241 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.399 up with Mark Davis, and it looks like they're going 242 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.480 to be a team. There's positives to it in that 243 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.559 the tag team division in this company is of late 244 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:55.080 recent months, has been reinvigorated. They could be a force 245 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.120 in the tag team division. I question how seriously they're 246 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.519 going to be pushed if they're going to be paired 247 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.039 up as a tag team. Mark Davis lost his tag 248 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:06.879 team partner Kyle Fletcher because Mark Davis was hurt. It 249 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.039 gave them a chance to push Kyle Fletcher as a 250 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:10.679 single It was the worst thing that could have happened 251 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:13.360 to Mark Davis was him getting hurt. That was the 252 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.120 end of Ossie Open. Kyle Fletcher Now he doesn't need 253 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.399 Mark Davis anymore. Kyle Fletcher will be a world champion 254 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.679 on his own one day. So that leaves Mark Davis, 255 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.279 as you know, way down here in the Callous Family. 256 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:30.360 So for him, if he has Jake Doyle now as 257 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.679 a tag team partner, it's good for Mark Davis. How 258 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.200 good is that going to be for Doyle? We'll see 259 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.720 if they start him out that way, but then over 260 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:41.519 time they kind of gradually, you know, he climbs the 261 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.000 ladder and he could be doing more than just teaming 262 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.480 with Mark Davis. Then that's great. So it may not 263 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:48.480 be a bad place to kind of start him out 264 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.639 in and the Callous Family because they have so many 265 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.480 fucking members. I mean, they're on television every single week, 266 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.679 so I mean I could think of worse things for 267 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:58.679 them to be doing with him. He could be relegated 268 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:02.440 to some banished to some show where nobody will see him. 269 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.559 But yeah, so that appears to be the plan for him, 270 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:10.519 right now is to keep him in a team. But 271 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:14.320 the opening match saw John Moxley against Shelton Benjamin. This 272 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:19.279 was a Continental title eliminator match, first time ever match 273 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:23.320 actually between the two of them. Shelton had tears visibly 274 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.279 running down his face as he came out and made 275 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.240 his entrance. I don't know what that was all about, 276 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:33.559 but it was pretty obvious if you were paying attention 277 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.600 during his entrance. MVP sat in on commentary for this. 278 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.279 It was a little crowded out there on commentary because 279 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.279 Danielson wasn't there, but you had ex Caliber, you had 280 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:47.120 Tony Schavati, you had Jim Ross, and you had MVP, 281 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.759 so you had a lot of voices out there on commentary. 282 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.080 Both men brawled into the crowd early on. Referee Paul 283 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:59.159 Turner just followed them instead of laying the count on. 284 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.120 Moxley went back to ringside. Benjamin met him by leaping 285 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.919 off the barricade, taking him down with a clothesline. Moxley 286 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.480 tried to create some distance. Benjamin continued his onslaught with 287 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:14.639 a release German supplex. Moxley was able to avoid a 288 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.879 second one. He sent Benjamin crashing into the ring steps 289 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.480 and then they teased the count out, which was very 290 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:23.120 silly because we just had the referee followed these men 291 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:27.720 into the crowd. But now he's interested in it administering 292 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.759 the count. Before he wasn't, but now he is. Moxley 293 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.879 was scaling the ropes when Benjamin jumped up to meet him. 294 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:39.919 Up there hit an avalanche superplex. Later on, Moxley tried 295 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.919 a rear naked choke, Benjamin spun out. He tried his 296 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:47.080 rewind kick. He missed it, only to catch Moxley charging 297 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.399 with pay dirt, and then we had supplex city here 298 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:54.639 from Benjamin Moxley. Ultimately they'll caught Benjamin with a leaping 299 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.519 cutter for a two count. At the fifteen minute time call, 300 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.919 we had five minutes remaining. All these continental matches have 301 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.279 twenty minute time limits, so we had five minutes remaining. 302 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.200 Moxley tried ten corner punches. Benjamin power bombed out of 303 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.759 it into a high stack for two, transitioned into a 304 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:14.200 submission hold. Moxley made the ropes. Moxley went for a 305 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:17.160 King Kong lariot. He ran into another pay dirt only 306 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.559 for a near fall Moxley. Later on he got the 307 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:23.400 paradigm shift Benjamin, though kicked out. Moxley quickly got a 308 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:27.400 bulldog choke applied. We have sixty seconds now, we're told 309 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:32.119 left in this match. Benjamin grabbed the ropes, so we 310 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.400 had to break the hold. Benjamin applied a triangle. Moxley 311 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.440 looked like he was about to fade, but he stacked 312 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.160 Benjamin up and he pinned him. He got a flash pin. 313 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.799 With what they said was five seconds left in this match, 314 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:53.000 John Boxley pins Shelton Benjamin and after the match, Boxley 315 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:57.720 offered a handshake. Benjamin accepted and the crowd applauded. So 316 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.920 this was a good opener. Moxley can tinues to churn 317 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:06.240 out good matches with this sort of fighting babyface role 318 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.240 that he's been in. Now really, ever since the Continental 319 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:13.799 Classics started, he's had some good matches. I was pretty 320 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.000 surprised they did not have this one go to a draw. 321 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:18.640 I thought this was going to a draw. I thought 322 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.720 that they would have Benjamin come back with an actual 323 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.440 championship match, and instead they just beat him, So that 324 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.559 was kind of disappointing. I would not mind Benjamin challenging 325 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.960 for the TNT title since apparently he ain't going to 326 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.160 be challenging for the continental title because he lost tonight, 327 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.039 which means he doesn't get another opportunity to get a 328 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:41.519 title matched. This was not a title match, this was 329 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.519 an eliminator match. So since he's not going to be 330 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:49.079 going after that championship, why not the TNT title. Mark 331 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.759 Briscoe has that title right now, and frankly, I would 332 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.599 love to see Shelton Benjamin get a run with it. 333 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.559 That's what I would like to see. You could do 334 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:01.759 Benjamin and Briscoe, you could build to that, and again, 335 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.400 I think giving Benjamin a run with that championship for 336 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:08.400 a little bit would be a fine idea. Or pick 337 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:10.839 another title. They have plenty to choose from. Put a 338 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.720 fucking blindfold on and just point and I guarantee you'll 339 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.440 land on one of the many championships that you can 340 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.440 have Shelton Benjamin challenging for. There's a national title, there's 341 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:24.720 an international title, continental title. That's not gonna happen. So 342 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:30.799 they have the TNT title, pick a belt. Shelton's been 343 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.960 great since he came back. It's unfortunate that Bobby Lashley 344 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.519 went down with apparently what might be a shoulder injury. Yes, 345 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:41.720 I'm not even joking, so he's gonna be gone for 346 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:45.119 a while. So rather than just have Benjamin sort of 347 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.039 bounced around the meander around aimlessly, I'd love to see 348 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:53.160 them really find something meaningful for him to do. TNT 349 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:58.559 title sounds good to me. We see Darby Allen skateboarding 350 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:05.400 backstage looking for pack. The ex Caliber brings up Hiroshi Tanahashi, 351 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:09.759 the Ace who wrestled his final match at the Tokyo Dome. 352 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:14.160 Wressell Kingdom, of course, was this past weekend just an 353 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:19.720 awesome main event against Okada, a fine send off, fighting 354 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:22.960 until the bitter end, not giving up, giving it all 355 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.200 he's got, but falling to the rain Maker in the end, 356 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.079 and then getting that incredible send off with all the 357 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:33.160 different cameos and the parade float. It's a very special night. 358 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.720 So we got some highlights of that. Don't let TV 359 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:40.640 Asahi know, or they're likely to throw aw off the 360 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.680 air if they find out they were using their footage 361 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:49.200 Jack Perry and his Mystery Partners. By the way, if 362 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:52.079 you missed it, I did a bonus podcast this week 363 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:55.160 about twenty minutes just talking about the key matches that 364 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:59.279 I saw from Wressell Kingdom, including that Tanahashi and Okada match, 365 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:04.240 but also the Takei match with Yotasuji, the Aaron Wolf debut, 366 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:07.559 the women's match, so that is up on the channel 367 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.680 right now. We had Jack Perry and his mystery Men 368 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:16.880 against Ricochet and the Gates of Agony. So the mystery 369 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:19.880 partners turned out to be the Young Bucks. So much 370 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.039 for them getting time off. I thought they weren't cleared 371 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.400 and we might not see them for a while, And 372 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:27.920 two weeks later they're back, came out to their babyface 373 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:32.400 entrance music. Of course they are babyfaces now. So this 374 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.759 was the usual Young Bucks party match, the spot fest 375 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:39.519 that you would expect. Too many moves here to mention, 376 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.440 but there was a triple Samoan drop spot. I did 377 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:45.400 want to point this out. I did want to show 378 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.000 some love for this. At one point we had Bishop Kahn. 379 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:52.200 He got Perry and both Bucks with the help of 380 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.599 his partner Totallyona, but he got all three of them 381 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:00.359 on his shoulders and he walked with them and then 382 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:03.039 he dropped him for a triple Samoan drop. So that 383 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:06.759 was impressive. Ricochet loaded up the Spirit Gun, Perry ducked, 384 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:09.880 he ate a pump knee. Ricochet tried the powerbomb death 385 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:13.599 valley Driver. Perry, though countered into a poison Runa and 386 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:16.160 the Bucks returned for a super kick party on all 387 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:19.400 of the demand. As Perry joined in on the fun, 388 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:23.519 ricochet got placed on Matt Jackson's shoulders. Nick took out 389 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.799 Goa outside with a dive. Perry hit a doomsday device. 390 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.039 We got a BTE trigger connects and an assisted sacrifice 391 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:37.640 knee launched Perry into ricochet for the win over the 392 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:40.400 national champion. That ought to earn him another crack at 393 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.960 that title because he just pinned the champion, so he 394 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.640 better get a shot at that title. After the match, 395 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:53.400 guess who hits the ring? Mark Davis and Mark Davis 396 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:58.160 Part two. They're dressed the same. They're dressed it's like 397 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:02.720 Callus dressed them both wearing black tank tops. And they 398 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:05.079 hit the ring and they attacked Perry in the Bucks. 399 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.240 Kallus is on the apron jumping for joy. Lance Archer 400 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:13.480 is at ringside. I think I saw l kloone was 401 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:17.720