WEBVTT 1 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:19.320 All right, everybody to night's episode of Wrestling Magic. 2 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:20.760 We're just going to talk about what happened at the 3 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.000 Royal Rumble because wrestling right now, and like my usual 4 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.600 joining me tonight is going to be the gardner Michael Gross, 5 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:29.239 hey man, how. 6 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:30.800 You doing great? 7 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:32.079 How are you doing over there in the UK? 8 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:33.640 Not too bad? 9 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.039 It's been interesting over here, to say the least. Don't 10 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:36.719 give it that much. 11 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:40.880 How cold is it over there right now? 12 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:43.479 I just went for a run not too long ago, 13 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.079 and it was about forty ish degrees. 14 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:47.759 It's not terrible, not too bad. What about where you're at? 15 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.159 You know? Two days ago it was seventy degrees in 16 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:56.920 Louisville and today it's thirty degrees in Louisville. So my 17 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:02.399 skin is taking a beating. My nose runs one day 18 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:04.920 and then I swept the next. I don't get it here, man, 19 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:07.439 But I gotta ask you, because you said you're taking 20 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.840 a run. Don't you have something coming up? Uh? 21 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.680 Yeah, you know, just my typical racing stuff. I try 22 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.599 to keep the locations private for safety reasons. But yeah, 23 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.640 I'm gonna be doing another marathon sometime soon, so it 24 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:21.359 should be fun. 25 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:22.519 I'm really excited. For it. 26 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.120 It should be in the next couple of weeks. Well, 27 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:26.840 how was how was the last marathon that you did? 28 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:28.519 Uh? 29 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:32.959 Last actual marathon I did was back in Okanawa a 30 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.599 little over a year ago. It was amazing and I 31 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.519 kind of miss it that. People were incredible. They were 32 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.200 like so many people in the crowd, just on the 33 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.519 sides of this entire race, like on the sides with 34 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.719 like these little jello cups they're handing out to everybody. 35 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.239 And there were people like this light acane spray. I 36 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:50.599 remember run up to them and like just point to 37 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.239 whatever body part was hurting. They would get in there 38 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:54.799 and like spray the crap out of it. 39 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:55.560 And he would just go numb. 40 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:57.280 And I remember one guy he got to my knee 41 00:01:57.319 --> 00:01:59.920 really well, like he got into every little crease and 42 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:01.079 everything through my pants. 43 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:02.719 I was like, man, I don't know who this dude is. 44 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.159 He must have been a doctor. I don't know how 45 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:05.760 you did that that well. And I just kept going. 46 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:07.879 I was like, man, these guys are good. They really 47 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:08.560 know what they're doing. 48 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:10.879 But yeah, what's going on with you, dude? 49 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:17.680 That was an Okinawa, yeah, back and ok Oh my gosh, 50 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.680 So did you eat a lot of authentic Japanese food 51 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:21.719 while you were there in ok. 52 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:23.439 Oh, yeah, definitely. 53 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.360 I mean a friend of mine who uh I got 54 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.120 to see out there, and I'm really happy that I did. 55 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.639 He took me out to uh Cocasai, which is like 56 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.199 the big touristy place, and I remember I told him 57 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:34.800 I wanted to have ramen and. 58 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:35.199 He saw me. 59 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:37.080 He's like, Okay, we're not going to go to any 60 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.879 of these main big places here. I want you to 61 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.240 pick a dark alleyway. We're gonna walk down there. There's 62 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.039 gonna be a random red light that says ram and 63 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.159 above a door that's gonna have the best ramen. 64 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:46.400 Of your life. 65 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.319 Or we're just walking along. I find a random dark 66 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:50.960 alley way, I'm like, all right, this is the one. 67 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.800 He's like, okay, we just walked down there. He was 68 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:55.520 dead right. I still couldn't believe it. 69 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:00.159 That's really awesome. Well, today we're going to talk about 70 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:04.199 our reactions to the Royal Room. Okay, and you and 71 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:06.479 I both watched it. We both have our own opinions 72 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.479 on it. I think we have some shared opinions. I mean, 73 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:12.639 obviously you're my nephew, so everybody knows that mystery is over. 74 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:17.280 And also something I want to say is thank you 75 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.280 for all the work that you've done as far as 76 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.000 your interviews and everybody that you and Scully have looked 77 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:23.759 up a lot of people don't know this, but to 78 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:29.520 get these interviews with retired wrestlers, King, Scully and Maverick 79 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:32.520 have looked up these people, researched these people, and taken 80 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:36.120 their own hard time to get these people on the show. 81 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:38.479 And I can be present for some of these interviews. 82 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:40.360 I can't be present for some of these interviews. We 83 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.199 all have a work life, we all have a regular life, 84 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.560 and I just want to personally thank you for all 85 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.599 the content that you've been going out of your way 86 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.599 to create in every contact that Scully has found, because 87 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.039 it is really amazing to me how much of the 88 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:56.080 Wrestle Magic team are trying to create and contribute to 89 00:03:56.479 --> 00:04:00.879 wwepodcast dot com. And you know, I know Rocky'll be 90 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.919 back in a little while, and you know Memphis Mark 91 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.439 has taking a sabbatical, but he's going to be doing 92 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:10.319 some work with me soon as far as some show 93 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:12.960 ideas that he and I have had. Creating content is 94 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:18.199 not very easy, folks, and especially doing interviews with famous 95 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:22.720 retired wrestlers is very very important to how you format, 96 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.120 how you talk to them, how you ask them questions. 97 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.720 Like for instance, when you talked to Raven, one of 98 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:29.800 the precursors for when we got him on the show 99 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.560 was he didn't want to be asked the same old questions. 100 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.439 So that was that was really amazing that you and 101 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:41.240 I had worked but mostly you on questions for Raven 102 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.079 to come up with ideas and things for him to 103 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.879 actually think about. So, you know, I just want to 104 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.879 give like a big hats off to you and everybody 105 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.680 you know, should really really appreciate the fact that you 106 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.519 and Skully have done a lot of work as far 107 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:58.319 as finding these people. You've done a lot of work 108 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.199 as far as interviewing these peop people, and you know, 109 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.000 I just it amazes me. I think that you deserve 110 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:08.360 a little break for a while, and so why don't 111 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:09.480 you take a little break? You know? 112 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.079 Yeah, I uh, man, I really appreciate that. And I 113 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.639 know Scully will appreciate that too. You know, he's uh, 114 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.439 he's kind of stayed on the outside. He kind of 115 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.120 feels weird about jumping in with some of these guys. 116 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.920 Think he's a little shy honestly, but honestly great person 117 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.199 and I'm really proud of him for helping me out 118 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:26.920 with that as well. 119 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.040 And we both help each other find. 120 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:30.839 Some of these guys, and it's like, hey, what do 121 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.720 you think about trying to get this dude, and like 122 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:34.519 trying to figure out every way that we can contact 123 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:35.839 some of these guys, and it can be a real 124 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:39.040 pain and sometimes the research it can be insane, looking 125 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.839 up every little thing that we can to find something 126 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.399 that nobody's really asked about before, or try to find 127 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:46.360 something that would be interesting to ask about. It really, 128 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.600 uh means a lot for you to say that about. 129 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:52.920 It, But yeah, you know, in ways, you're you're you're 130 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:58.519 my hero. Okay, my nephew is my hero. So it's you. 131 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.519 You followed in your uncle's steps as far as loving wrestling, 132 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.600 and you're living in a Mason life. You're living in 133 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:10.000 a foreign country, you're defending the country. You fix airplanes, 134 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:14.279 you fix aircraft. I mean, you're doing something that is 135 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.800 most of service that some of the people who listen 136 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.560 to the show will never understand or have the opportunity 137 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.480 to do so. For that, I applaud you you're my hero. 138 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.519 Thanks man, and I do think I'll take you up 139 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.040 on that break here soon, probably take a couple of 140 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:34.560 weeks off just to relax, decompress, not think about everything 141 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.720 all at once instead of, you know, dealing with work 142 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.759 life and this at the same time and just kind 143 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:41.639 of doing a round robin every day. It kind of 144 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:43.800 felt like, for a little bit, just I get this 145 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.120 done today, get that done. Am I stepping into the 146 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.360 next role that I need to And it could be 147 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.000 a little backbreaking at times, but honestly, it felt worth it, 148 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:53.160 and it's very rewarding now that a lot of it 149 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:57.040 is over. But I don't want to keep talking about 150 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:57.600 this too much. 151 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:58.720 Guys. Sorry about that. 152 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.519 A little bit of a side conversation there, But we're 153 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:02.759 gonna get into the royal rumble. 154 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:03.879 So let's get into it. 155 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.480 Man. Let's give the people what they're paying or not 156 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.160 paying to hear either way. I don't blame you guys 157 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:11.240 for that. So let's start off with the woman's royal rumble. 158 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:12.800 So what are your thoughts on it? 159 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:13.000 Man? 160 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:13.800 Going into it? 161 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:17.920 I mean, everybody knew Charlotte was coming back. That was 162 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:23.399 a worse kept secret than Penta coming in so I 163 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.720 kind of felt that she was gonna win it like 164 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:31.120 this seriously felt like Vince was talking into Triple H's ear. 165 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:35.560 As far as booking this, think, honestly, the person I 166 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:40.000 wanted to see when it was Selena Vega. I think 167 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:45.319 that she's incredibly talented. She's incredible, I mean, just an incredible, 168 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:50.319 incredible manager and wrestler and performer. And I just don't 169 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:52.959 see why they didn't give her a shot because at 170 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.800 this point, Player's done it all. Does she really need 171 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:00.160 to match her dad with sixteen world championships? Come on on, 172 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:06.560 we don't need that. Also, some thoughts I had from 173 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:12.160 it real quick is, uh, Piper Nivin, I'm not a 174 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:18.079 fan of the whole wrestling talk show thing. I mean 175 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.439 it works maybe one segment, but not multiple segments in 176 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.319 the night, and they kind of dumbed it down. But 177 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:29.000 wouldn't it be awesome if Piper Nevin brought back Piper's Pit? 178 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.559 No one has How has nobody thought of this yet? 179 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.600 How has nobody said that's a great idea, Piper Kniven 180 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:42.960 Piper's Pit. Now, maybe Roddy Piper's family or a state 181 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.799 won't allow that because it was trademarked or something to 182 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:50.480 that degree. However, I think that would be really awesome 183 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:55.120 for her and that could boost her career quite a bit. Yeah, 184 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:58.519 I can say that's that's just an idea. But anyway, 185 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:02.480 as I was watching it, I saw a lot of sorry, folks, 186 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.279 I'm changing up my garbage right now. I saw a 187 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.840 lot of really talented women go over that top rope 188 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.559 and the predictability of Charlotte. It just it didn't do 189 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:14.799 anything for me. And I'm a big Charlotte fan, but 190 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:23.120 oh geez, you know, I just don't get why we 191 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:24.759 have to put her over and have her headline in 192 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.720 WrestleMania one more time when she's had so much times 193 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.159 she's been in the spotlight. We get that she's a 194 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.480 top star. It's just very very sketched me. The other 195 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.759 people I would have put over in this lived Morgan, 196 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.480 because she's worked her tail off and it's a beautiful 197 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:46.360 tale to get where she is. And I really appreciate 198 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.919 that Zoe Stark just because I think that they cooled 199 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.240 their engines on her for no good reason. And I 200 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.840 think Zoe Stark could have been something for WrestleMania and 201 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.360 maybe uh Raquel Robergos. So, you know, Jordan Grace, it's 202 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:04.240 too early. It's too early, and I think it would 203 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:08.000 be a slap in the face to everyone in the 204 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.639 woman's division for Jordan Grace to take it right away. 205 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.919 I'm a big fan, a huge fan of first However, 206 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.600 I'm not a fan of someone taking spotlight right away. 207 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:21.879 So I think that they did the right thing with 208 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:25.120 her just sticking around, having some eliminations things like that. 209 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:28.879 I think that the real money is going to be 210 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:33.159 Jordan Grace against being Uncle beell Air. Just two powerhouses going. 211 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.639 It's like a female hoss mash match. I should say, 212 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:45.399 Naya Jacks, what were your thoughts on Nia Jackson this one? 213 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:50.320 So I'm really not Anyjacks fan. I'm very open about that, 214 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:53.200 and you know, I feel like the shouldn't be a problem. 215 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.799 If anybody disagrees that, I really don't care. That's just 216 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:57.799 my opinion. I'm not really a fan of her, but 217 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.679 I do think that if she were to have won 218 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.639 the match, at least this is kind of understandable for 219 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:08.320 storyline purposes, like, Okay, she's pursuing the title that she 220 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:13.240 just lost. Cool, this makes some sense. It would align 221 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.039 kind of well because now she gets that chance to 222 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:20.240 go after Tiffany for the title again. But realistically, I 223 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.559 don't know. I've never been impressed with Nia Jack's performances. 224 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:25.799 She can be a heel, but that's just because I 225 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:30.279 already don't like her. That's kind of a problem. It's 226 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:32.919 not even like heel heat. It's go away heat to me. 227 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.440 So I really am not a fan of hers. 228 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.639 And her performance was okay. I didn't think her eliminating 229 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:42.759 like half of the rumble was really necessary. 230 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:44.039 In that one move. I thought it was just kind 231 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:47.639 of not there. That's not how that should have went. 232 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:52.279 But otherwise, I will say, there's a lot of names 233 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.320 that I feel like I would have been okay with 234 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.279 winning the Women's Royal Rumble, but there's a lot of 235 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.320 names that I would not have okay with honestly. So 236 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:06.159 first off, the Big Veterans Returns, we had Tris Stratus. Now, 237 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.960 I wouldn't have wanted her to win, just because, well, 238 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.240 let's face it, she's well past her prime and her 239 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.440 wrestling days are kind of behind her. I think it's 240 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:16.360 time for her to just keep putting the spot on 241 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.559 it and others, and that's what she did, and I'm 242 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:19.759 very happy with that. But then you have Nicki Bella 243 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.679 coming out. I'm like, who asked for this? 244 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.039 No? But when? When? When was Nicki Bella really a wrestler? 245 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.519 And I know everybody's gonna be like eight it was 246 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:31.320 between two thousand. No, she was guarded, she was pants, 247 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.279 she was terrible in the rain. Everybody knows that she 248 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.600 was made fun of her, how many botches she would make, 249 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.039 and how badly scripted and how she would like say 250 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:40.960 what she was gonna do. 251 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.720 I mean, everybody knows this, and so somebody out there 252 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.840 is gonna say, oh, it's a Hall of Famer. Okay, 253 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.600 so it is Drew Carey. Is he a great wrestler? 254 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:53.039 Yeah, exactly, Pete Rose, I mean, come on, it's so silly, 255 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:56.279 like let's let's not like bathe ourselves and oh they're 256 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.759 a Hall of Famer this or that. The other fact 257 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:03.440 is that was like it was leaked that she might 258 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:08.360 be back. But did anybody care because my answers, no, 259 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.600 she got a pop because they just wanted to see 260 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.960 her wiggler booty and walk to the ring and do 261 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.240 two or three really bad moves and then just get 262 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:24.399 thrown over. Also, though, what did you think of Stephanie 263 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:28.360 the coour? I think I'm saying that right here. 264 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.799 I yeah, how exactly to say her name? I'm not 265 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:34.080 gonna lie. I I probably watched it too, but I 266 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.360 think she's a very good performer. 267 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.960 This match, I don't know. 268 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.879 It didn't really feel like you saw a whole lot 269 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.240 of her highlighted, so I can't really say, but I've 270 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.279 seen her work prior to this, and I think that 271 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.360 she is a great performer this match. Honestly, well, this 272 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.919 is how I feel about most larger numbered contestant matches 273 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.679 like this. I feel like it puts a spotlight on 274 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.879 somebody for like five seconds, and then it pulls to 275 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:57.120 somebody else. So I feel like everybody pretty much gets 276 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.799 a very slim look at their talent. You're not gonna 277 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:01.919 see all that much out of it. But overall, it's 278 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.279 not necessarily a bad thing. It's just another one of 279 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.519 those gimmicks to get people in seats, and it's okay, 280 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.279 there's nothing wrong with that. I actually enjoyed most of 281 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:13.080 this women's match, except for as soon as that number 282 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:14.480 thirty hit and here comes Nicki Bell. 283 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.480 It's like, come on, man, seriously. 284 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.799 But the overall match wasn't bad necessarily, I will say 285 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.759 it's relatively good, but I feel like it could have 286 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.960 been a lot of others that should have won. I 287 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:29.320 don't hate Charlot Flair by any means. I think she's 288 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.000 very talented, but at the same time, I feel that 289 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:36.240 the Undertaker was extremely talented, but he was not a 290 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:39.279 champion every five seconds. Also, the fact that she has 291 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.320 fourteen championships already, does she really need another one right now? 292 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.240 I think she should be, you know, letting someone else 293 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.399 take the spotlight right now. It seems a little ridiculous 294 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.240 that she's already at fourteen and how many years she 295 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.840 been wrestling. It's nowhere near her father's legacy. It's just 296 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.799 kind of rushed. It feels like, and I get it. 297 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.639 They're probably trying to do it because it's like, Okay, 298 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.720 it seems like women wrestlers don't really like last as 299 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:04.720 long career wise as men do. So maybe that was 300 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:06.519 their thinking, was like, Okay, we're gonna try to rush 301 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.440 it so that she can beat his record. But it's 302 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.600 not going that well with the fans. A lot of 303 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.240 fans are like, Okay, we get it, you're the best 304 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.919 blah blah blah. 305 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.440 Who cares. 306 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.759 I think even Alexa Bliss cut a promo want Her 307 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.720 like that a long time ago, and it was pretty funny. 308 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.320 But the point being, I just don't think who was 309 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:25.919 necessarily right instantly come back, instantly win. Sometimes it works, 310 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.399 but that's when the crowd's already really behind you. And 311 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.559 if you guys check, he got pretty badly ratioed on 312 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.159 YouTube for who is actually liking and disliking this one? 313 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.759 It's not very much a great reviews favor so it 314 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:43.600 is what it is. I don't hate this, but I 315 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.559 will say I'm not. 316 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:46.639 Really for Charlotte winning. 317 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.519 I think it could have went to a lot of 318 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.399 other stars who could have used this push. 319 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.159 And really, even if it's. 320 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.200 Just for that WrestleMania moment to get there, push a 321 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.679 little bit higher and they still lose the match, it's 322 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.519 still okay. You just had a you know, title match Mania. 323 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.159 Who cares. 324 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.120 There's a lot of names that could have been in there. 325 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.919 I mean, honestly, I would have been okay with seeing 326 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:06.559 Bailey in there. I would have even been okay with 327 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.440 seeing Nia Jacks win it. And I'm not a fan 328 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.639 of hers. That's kind of sad, but it is what 329 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:13.919 it is. What it at least made some storyline sense, 330 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:17.080 and I would have said, okay, fair enough, hands off. 331 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:21.360 Well looking looking over the participants, some people that I 332 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:25.200 thought would be like I said, I thought that, you know, 333 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.519 Jordan Grace, it would it was too early. Raquel Rodriguez 334 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:33.679 would have been fun. Not Piper Kniven. I think she's 335 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.799 she's great and she's an entertainer, but her time is 336 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.080 about a year from now, a year from now, and 337 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.639 they can build a storyline around her. I think that 338 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.799 she'll have something. Shanna Basler, how about Shanna Basler, the 339 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.879 woman that retired round to Rousey, you know from from WWE, 340 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:55.200 that is a great winner. Zelena Vega. Zelena Vega to 341 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:57.519 me is still the one that I really want to see. 342 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:59.639 And I also want to say a welcome back to 343 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:01.960 elect A Bliss because I'm a big fan of a 344 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.559 Lexa Bliss. For as small and petite as she is, 345 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:10.440 she is an amazing performer. And if people don't remember, 346 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:14.400 you know her her run at the top of the 347 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.720 car when she was the Woman's Champion, especially when she 348 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:20.279 was going against Rowsy and she e vicerated Ronda Rowsey. 349 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.680 On the MIC. 350 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:25.640 I mean a vicerated her with promos. I don't see 351 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.839 how you couldn't say, okay, she could be the top. 352 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.079 But so out of this, who do you think look 353 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.599 the strongest? Or who do you think look the weakest? 354 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:39.640 Or you know, look Maxine dupri Do I think she'll 355 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.319 ever do anything? 356 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.119 No? 357 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:45.160 You know, Bailey shyes, she should have done something, but 358 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:49.480 Basler obviously should have done something. Natalia Natalia is way 359 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.000 past her prime and she's so good though, but she 360 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:54.839 enhances so much talent. And I'm not saying she's an 361 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.920 enhancement talent. She just anybody she's in the ring with, 362 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.039 she makes that much better. She was trained by to Hearts. 363 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:05.920 They know how to train people, so, you know, but 364 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:09.240 you have to look at realistically, who's gonna win this, 365 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:11.359 who's not gonna win this? Who belongs in this? Who 366 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.119 does not belong in this? And everybody knew Jordan Grace 367 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.599 was going to be there. It was just a matter 368 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:20.160 of time. And as far as she goes like that 369 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:24.000 girl is, she's a year away, just like Piper Niven is. 370 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.920 I think that the two of them could write a 371 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:31.519 great story one year out and have like one of 372 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:35.160 the greatest female matches ever. I know I sound crazy 373 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:37.359 when I say this, but I really do because Jordan 374 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.359 Grace is strong as hell and Piper Niven, for her size, 375 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.960 is agile as hell, and I think that Piper has 376 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.240 a lot more to offer than people think. So but 377 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.799 you know, I'm looking at even Sonya Deville could have 378 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.920 done something more in this. This is just it makes 379 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.759 no sense to put it on Charlotte again. So that's 380 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:02.920 how I feel about that, and that's it was a 381 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:08.119 great female royal rumble, but it was a really bad result. 382 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.480 It makes no sense just to keep going to the 383 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:13.279 same well. If the well is dry, you dig a 384 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.279 new hole, right. 385 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.640 Yeah, And honestly, I kind of felt like I am 386 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:22.000 a fan of Roxane Perez. I honestly feel like she 387 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:24.519 could have been a okay choice for it. 388 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:26.160 I would have been fully supporting that. 389 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.480 There's some of these talents where I'm thinking, okay, still 390 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:34.119 NXT not quite there yet. Like you said, Jordan Grace, 391 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:36.359 I feel like, yeah, I'd say about a year out, 392 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:38.240 maybe even a little bit less time, but I'm not 393 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.799 going to put it past like seven eight months I 394 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.200 think would be reasonable to become potential champion, but not 395 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:50.039 anything than that, just because I know that she is talented. 396 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:52.680 She was in TNA for years and she's one of 397 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.920 those people that I could watch most of her matches 398 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.680 and be okay with. I mean, I kind of felt 399 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.839 bad for in TNA. Where for to end before she left. 400 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.000 All of a sudden, Tae brings back Tessa blanchert and 401 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:05.119