Speaker 1: Listen is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to
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Speaker 3: What is going on everybody, and welcome to another main
Speaker 3: event review with your host Daniel. Thank you very much
Speaker 3: for being here and tuning into another episode that I
Speaker 3: put out every single week covering the matches our main
Speaker 3: event and also snippets across Raw and Spackdown as well.
Speaker 3: So really excited to get into this once again with
Speaker 3: you guys. Lots to cover in these episodes and what's
Speaker 3: been occurring across the three. When I say episodes, it's
Speaker 3: all three of the shows as mentioned before. But before
Speaker 3: I do that, I did want to kind of sort
Speaker 3: of address the most recent events that transpired on SmackDown,
Speaker 3: and it was the John Cena infamous promo pretty much
Speaker 3: replicating exactly what Seeing Punk's promo was about thirteen years ago.
Speaker 3: And Seeing Punk's promo is always going to be infamous
Speaker 3: and is always going to be probably I probably go
Speaker 3: down as the most notorious promo that's ever been done
Speaker 3: on Monday Night Raw and it was just great that
Speaker 3: John Cena was able to replicate it, and I think
Speaker 3: he did a really really good job in replicating pretty
Speaker 3: much what Punk did back all those years ago. And
Speaker 3: it's just crazy that I didn't really pick this up,
Speaker 3: especially considering that before Punk PuTTY's promo, ar Trip was
Speaker 3: involved as well in a match of John Cena, and
Speaker 3: he happened to also be involved in a match with
Speaker 3: John Cena again, So lots of moving parts there. But
Speaker 3: in terms of the hype up for that of Champions,
Speaker 3: this was a great promo and excited to see how
Speaker 3: these two go at it with each other one more time.
Speaker 3: I still question as to why see him Punk just
Speaker 3: put the seth roleins feud to the side, But I guess,
Speaker 3: as I said last week's probably because the retirement tour
Speaker 3: is coming to an end. For John Cena a pretty
Speaker 3: underwhelming he'll run retirement tour. He's doing his best to
Speaker 3: try and be this heel and do really good promos
Speaker 3: like the one he did with Seam Punk, but everyone
Speaker 3: is unable to see through it and really understands that
Speaker 3: when he does retire, is eventually going to turn face
Speaker 3: and turn the leave. So we're waiting for that, but
Speaker 3: I think Not a Champion is going to be something
Speaker 3: really exciting and keen to kind of review that as
Speaker 3: well next week when obviously main events done. And that's
Speaker 3: why I kind of wanted to touch up on this
Speaker 3: promo too, because it will be probably the last time
Speaker 3: we speak about those two before going into Night A Champions,
Speaker 3: which will definitely be the main event, which I definitely
Speaker 3: see John Cena winning and retaining the title, and not
Speaker 3: really sure where CM punk goes for Summer Slam. He
Speaker 3: might have to go back in fighting Seth Rollins, because
Speaker 3: it doesn't seem as though that Seth Rowlins, besides potentially
Speaker 3: cashing in his money in the bank contract, has any
Speaker 3: significant feuds like I know La Night is one, but
Speaker 3: is that realistically going to be a Summer Slam feud.
Speaker 3: It's hard to say, given that it's not really as
Speaker 3: big as what a CM Punk Seth Rolins feud would be.
Speaker 3: But that's something to talk about for another day, but
Speaker 3: thought i'd address that quickly before Night A Champions. We
Speaker 3: also have, well before that, the main event match between
Speaker 3: Julia and b Fab, which I'll go through as well,
Speaker 3: but the match with them, I'm pretty sure on the
Speaker 3: night before the Night of Champions on SmackDown, they'll be
Speaker 3: fighting for the US title, which is going to be interesting.
Speaker 3: She takes on Zelena Vega, but before that we'll go
Speaker 3: into the first main event match, as that's a nice
Speaker 3: smooth transition into it, Julia taking on Befab and Julia
Speaker 3: getting the victory here, which she is giving her momentum
Speaker 3: for this match next episode of SmackDown, where I really
Speaker 3: really hope she does win and become the new United
Speaker 3: States Champion Women's United States Champion, And the reason for
Speaker 3: that is because I find Selena Vega's run to be
Speaker 3: very flat and just insignificant at this point of time,
Speaker 3: and I feel as though Julia coming on and bursting
Speaker 3: onto the scene from NXT will really lift up the
Speaker 3: Women's United States Championship kind of division as well and
Speaker 3: those mid card wrestlers that can come in and compete
Speaker 3: for those titles, and I think Julia sets the standard
Speaker 3: for that, given that she's new on NXT and she's
Speaker 3: proven to do so many good things at the moment
Speaker 3: on SmackDown and also in the latest PRL too, so
Speaker 3: I think Julia should get the title of Selena Vega.
Speaker 3: Maybe they can have a program or a rematch there,
Speaker 3: but I think having other superstars across that title will
Speaker 3: be a lot better too, and Julia will set the
Speaker 3: standard for that, I suspect, and I truly hope so
Speaker 3: as well. But yeah, we're gonna have that match, and
Speaker 3: we're also going to have just before I kind of
Speaker 3: move over to what's happened on Raw, not Gunda the
Speaker 3: Wirt six, Dexter Loomis and Joey Gacy taking on the
Speaker 3: street profits for the Tag Team Championships as well, So
Speaker 3: we'll have to see where that's positioned in SmackDown or
Speaker 3: where both those title matches are positioned as well, because
Speaker 3: I don't suspect new title new title handovers to occur,
Speaker 3: but potentially potentially for one of the matches, depending on
Speaker 3: where it's positioned on SmackDown is what wolves will see there.
Speaker 3: But I do suspect the Prophets will retain the title
Speaker 3: and there'll be some sort of interference or disqualification involved
Speaker 3: in that. That's my guess early on, But we go
Speaker 3: to Raw and we get Gunher coming into the ring.
Speaker 3: They put off a bit of a replay on him
Speaker 3: winning the World Heavyweight Championship. He comes out to address
Speaker 3: the crowd. He basically mentions that Jus was the better
Speaker 3: man just for one night, but Gunther continues to be
Speaker 3: the better man. People start mentioning Goldberg chance as Gunther
Speaker 3: says what's next for him, he puts that down, basically
Speaker 3: saying that he embarrassed him in front of his whole family.
Speaker 3: So he's essentially ended that feud, and he was out
Speaker 3: there to pretty much call out Seth Rollins and say
Speaker 3: that he wants his title. But as he's saying that,
Speaker 3: Goldberg does end up coming in to the ring and
Speaker 3: pretty much calling himself, calling out Guntha that he did
Speaker 3: his family and he's after the World Heavyweight Championship and
Speaker 3: wants to fight it in his hometown in Atlanta at
Speaker 3: Saturday Night's main event. Before that, he was kind of
Speaker 3: giving respect to Gantha, which I felt quite confusing given
Speaker 3: that he was already frustrated with him. But yeah, they're
Speaker 3: fighting for the World Heavyweight Championship, and this is the
Speaker 3: plan all along. This is what everyone sort of expected,
Speaker 3: especially last year when they did have that little feud,
Speaker 3: and then the fact that they've obviously given the title
Speaker 3: back to Guntha, But I don't see the value in
Speaker 3: this match. Obviously it's said to be Goldberg's last run
Speaker 3: at it, but there hasn't been confirmed that it's his
Speaker 3: retirement match, only because they've put the World Heavyweight Championship
Speaker 3: on the line. But what frustrates me is that Goldberg
Speaker 3: gets an opportunity at the title at Saturday Night's main event.
Speaker 3: But when Our Truth wanted to Verse sin or went
Speaker 3: to Verse Sena at the last Saturday Night's main event,
Speaker 3: they didn't put the title on the line, nor did
Speaker 3: they put the title on the line last Mackdown either.
Speaker 3: So it's just weird to me how a feud between
Speaker 3: Johnson and Our Truth that's becoming really strong at the
Speaker 3: moment hasn't accounted for a title for Our Truth or
Speaker 3: Wrong Killings. But Goldberg can simply come into the ring,
Speaker 3: call that gunther and just get a title match there.
Speaker 3: And obviously he's not gonna win the match. Gunthera's gonna
Speaker 3: smash him. I hope and I think it will happen,
Speaker 3: but it's just crazy to me that Goldberg just can
Speaker 3: easily get a title run there. And the reason why
Speaker 3: it frustrates me so much because it takes me back
Speaker 3: to when he came and challenged The Fiend and pretty
Speaker 3: much ruined that character. It got me really off ww
Speaker 3: when they did that, because The Fiend was such a
Speaker 3: big thing RP to Bray Wyatt, and they just kind
Speaker 3: of made him look so weak because they wanted Gundha
Speaker 3: to the title of into Man want to win the title.
Speaker 3: It didn't make sense or sorry, not good for Goldberg,
Speaker 3: my mistake, but Goldberg to win the title. And now
Speaker 3: that they've got Guntha here, if I see Goldberg win
Speaker 3: the title, I'm probably gonna crash out given that he
Speaker 3: just came onto the scene and and just called out
Speaker 3: for a title shot, which I just find extremely unfair
Speaker 3: and just hope Gunther makes clear for him. I know
Speaker 3: he's a legend, and I know a lot of people
Speaker 3: love him, but for me personally, I never really was
Speaker 3: a big fan of Goldberg given that, yes, I know
Speaker 3: there's that stereotype that he has just two moves, and
Speaker 3: I generally think he does and I just don't see
Speaker 3: a place for him right now in the WWE, and
Speaker 3: I think that it's time that he retires. Hopefully this
Speaker 3: is his last match and he can end on a
Speaker 3: sort of high trying to fight for the title. But again,
Speaker 3: there's no way that he deserves a title match here,
Speaker 3: even though he's a legend whether you like him or not.
Speaker 3: But again, it is just something that don't really sit
Speaker 3: well with especially with what's happened before, and if they
Speaker 3: do give him the title, it's going to remind me
Speaker 3: of that and it's really gonna make Gantha look so
Speaker 3: weak and they alreally tried to do that with ja
Speaker 3: Us and they knew that was the wrong decision, so
Speaker 3: hopefully they just make Gantha look super powerful here. We
Speaker 3: then get the next segment, basically the match between j
Speaker 3: D McDonald and AJ Styles. We had a bit of
Speaker 3: a little bit of a cut scene on the previous
Speaker 3: promo at ROW with John Cen and Cmpunk when Cmpunk
Speaker 3: entered the ring and called him out. But we'll go
Speaker 3: straight to the next match and AJ Styles got the
Speaker 3: victory here. Dominic tried to help but it backfired and
Speaker 3: then an Aj ended up hitting the Styles clash. He
Speaker 3: then got a cheap shot from Dominic or Dominic tried
Speaker 3: to give him a cheap shot, and as a Style
Speaker 3: was about to attack him, Finn Balla came to his rescue,
Speaker 3: all three of members of the judgment, they centered the
Speaker 3: ring and as they ran into the ring to try
Speaker 3: ambush Aj Styles, AJ just ran out to the side
Speaker 3: where they didn't come out of and took the title
Speaker 3: away and kind of flexed it there. And this confirmed
Speaker 3: the match between Dominic Mysteri and AJ Styles for the
Speaker 3: Intercontinental Championship at Night of Champions, which again I suspect
Speaker 3: Dominic Masterio will retain the title there too. There's just
Speaker 3: too much heat on dom at the moment for him
Speaker 3: to just lose the belt so quickly, and I think AJ,
Speaker 3: coming to the end of his career, doesn't really need
Speaker 3: the Intercontinental Championship at the moment. He can simply put
Speaker 3: Dominic over and kind of make that run very significant too.
Speaker 3: It's funny that he came out with the title. I
Speaker 3: found that pretty amusing as well, but he ended up
Speaker 3: giving it to Nicoldis. Anyway, I was trying to get
Speaker 3: his name because I remember that Adam Pierce wasn't the
Speaker 3: general manager on that day nicolds took over, but he
Speaker 3: did end up giving the title to him, and then
Speaker 3: nic Oldis gave him the match at Night of Champions,
Speaker 3: So we'll see that are there as well, and that's
Speaker 3: going to be pretty exciting too. We then get onto
Speaker 3: a main event where we have Cruiz del Toro taking
Speaker 3: on Carrion Cross. Another massive loud pop and a great
Speaker 3: reception to him. The fans were really loving him. Even
Speaker 3: after the match when it was concluded, you started hearing
Speaker 3: Carrying Cross chance which was amazing too. And he did
Speaker 3: get the victory here with the final prayer which was
Speaker 3: great carrying Cross again. When everyone expects him to be
Speaker 3: on main events, they weren't expecting him to be on
Speaker 3: WW main event show, which is what I'm covering. But
Speaker 3: it's just funny to see those comments there about that
Speaker 3: and everyone's here to really watch Carrion Cross. It's very
Speaker 3: notable and very obvious at the moment, especially with the
Speaker 3: crowd as well getting involved too. But it does look
Speaker 3: like there is a silver lining. It seems as though
Speaker 3: that now that's se Samuzain got eliminated by Randy Orden
Speaker 3: on Smackdow. These two might have a significant feud and promo,
Speaker 3: and I think the best way to really keep carrying
Speaker 3: across his career is to get a victory against Sammy Zain,
Speaker 3: just to show that he is while and truly ready
Speaker 3: for the next step, and that's where everyone wants him
Speaker 3: to be, and that's being part of prls and contending
Speaker 3: for titles. I know that's probably premature to think that
Speaker 3: Cross could win a world title, but the way he's
Speaker 3: going at the moment, I don't see why not, and
Speaker 3: I think he'd make for an extremely strong heel champion.
Speaker 3: May not be this year, but definitely next year, especially
Speaker 3: when John Cena retires and the floor kind of opens
Speaker 3: up for these new and upcoming superstars there. But Cross
Speaker 3: is getting the push on main event, getting victories, if
Speaker 3: that's any positives, and the fans are reacting to him crazily,
Speaker 3: so hopefully we can see something now. I'm really disappointed
Speaker 3: that he didn't get a money in the bank qualifier
Speaker 3: match he didn't win. I think he should have been
Speaker 3: in the match. He didn't get his WrestleMania moment. He
Speaker 3: didn't get anything out of Backlash. He didn't even get
Speaker 3: a King of the Ring fatal four way match, which
Speaker 3: is also frustrating. But now that Samizin is available for
Speaker 3: a feud, I think that's where they're going with this,
Speaker 3: and that's what I'm ultimately excited about, So bring it on.
Speaker 3: More Cross, the better for me. He's unbelievable on the MIC,
Speaker 3: and he's a big presence in the ring as well.
Speaker 3: So something to look out for if you're not enjoying
Speaker 3: the main event and if you're not really excited about
Speaker 3: it because of the lack of storylines and just superstars
Speaker 3: that you probably don't connect with, You've got Carrying Cross,
Speaker 3: and Carrying Cross is going to bring the heat, and
Speaker 3: as he continues to be a staple on main event,
Speaker 3: he's going to continue to get that crowd hype, which
Speaker 3: is something that I love to see and I'm excited
Speaker 3: to continue to see hopefully, and continuing to have the
Speaker 3: chance to cover him as well has been great. So
Speaker 3: Carrying Cross going to be following his journey continues to win.
Speaker 3: I think he's undefeated in his last four and onto
Speaker 3: the bigger, better things. With Sami saying I suspect, then
Speaker 3: we get the fatal four way to finish off the
Speaker 3: main event and also Raw with Jay also getting the
Speaker 3: victory here. The se faction group bron Breaker, Bronson Reid
Speaker 3: seem to have a lot of enemies because as they
Speaker 3: try to help Bronson Reid win the match bron breaker.
Speaker 3: In that way, Penta comes out and interrupts the match,
Speaker 3: and and and l A Night also comes out and
Speaker 3: costs the match as well to allow for for j
Speaker 3: Usso to get the splash and get the victory there. So,
Speaker 3: as mentioned before, looks like La Knight and Seth Rollins
Speaker 3: is going to be feuding. One is from SmackDown and
Speaker 3: one is from Raw, so obviously no consideration of brand
Speaker 3: splits once again, but something for l A Knight to do,
Speaker 3: which is which is very exciting. Now that he's off
Speaker 3: the US run, he can do some different feuds and
Speaker 3: I think this one's going to be very special and
Speaker 3: can potentially elevate him given that it is up against
Speaker 3: someone of Seth Rowlands, Someone's like Seth Rowlands who is
Speaker 3: a high color a superstar there. But after that, we
Speaker 3: do get Seth Rowlands coming into the ring as ja
Speaker 3: Uso just finishes the match, taking off his blazer getting
Speaker 3: ready for an ambush on jay Uso. But we get
Speaker 3: Cody Rose that comes into the ring and they have
Speaker 3: a standoff and pretty much septh Rowlans exits without any
Speaker 3: foul play or whatnot, and we then had Cody Rhodes
Speaker 3: and jay Uso looking at each other as the stage
Speaker 3: is set for those two to take on each other
Speaker 3: for a chance to make the finals of the King
Speaker 3: of the Ring tournament, and most likely Cody Rhodes is
Speaker 3: going to win this match. I don't see how jay
Speaker 3: Uso wins this match, but extremely excited for that as well.
Speaker 3: Those two haven't versed each other in a long time,
Speaker 3: and they have been pretty close. They've been tag team
Speaker 3: champions together. They've always stuck up for each other the
Speaker 3: last two years especially, so it's going to be interesting
Speaker 3: to see how that match goes. Hopefully they put on
Speaker 3: a really big five star performance in terms of the
Speaker 3: inn ring stuff and Cody Roads. I suspect we'll get
Speaker 3: the victory here. But a Cody Rhoads Randy Orton match
Speaker 3: at Night of Champions for the final would be extremely,
Speaker 3: extremely exciting and interesting, and I really don't know who's
Speaker 3: gonna win that match. I suspect that they're gonna ride
Speaker 3: with Cody Rhoads here, and that might force Randy Order
Speaker 3: to potentially turn heel and start to get jealous of
Speaker 3: Cody Rhods. You might set up something for them in
Speaker 3: the future too, but something to definitely look out. A
Speaker 3: Cody Rhoads Randy Order match is something that I think
Speaker 3: everyone's been waiting for since Cody Roads come back to
Speaker 3: the WWE, especially given the history that they've had between
Speaker 3: each other back at their kind of legacy days and whatnot.
Speaker 3: So that will be exciting and something that I'm really
Speaker 3: really looking forward to. And there's so much history that
Speaker 3: that can be an extremely strong program for Cody Rhoads
Speaker 3: and Randy On and I think that will be something
Speaker 3: that will be extremely captivating and a lot of people
Speaker 3: will be across it and all for it, so look
Speaker 3: out for that as well. But yeah, that pretty much
Speaker 3: perhaps this week's main event review. With Night of Champions
Speaker 3: coming up and I've SmackDown and Raw things again are
Speaker 3: ramping up, We're then going to get Saturday Night's main event,
Speaker 3: and as soon as you know it, Summer Slam will
Speaker 3: literally be around the corner. I think we're a little
Speaker 3: over a month away from Summer Slam, so lots happening
Speaker 3: in ww at the moment. It feels like there are
Speaker 3: pls every two three weeks. I personally enjoy them. I
Speaker 3: know a lot of people prefer some space and gaps
Speaker 3: between them because storylines have been rushed and etc. But
Speaker 3: I do kind of like the idea of having good
Speaker 3: pls to settle the scores. The storylines just need to
Speaker 3: be solid and consistent with that as well. But again,
Speaker 3: thank you very much for tuning in and I will
Speaker 3: catch you guys next week as well, where we'll actually
Speaker 3: break down the Night of Champions results as well as
Speaker 3: main event too, So cheers.
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