Speaker 1: This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to
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Speaker 2: The one that everybody wants.
Speaker 3: Me sixteen, So that your ass is my eye, you're
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Speaker 2: What is going on everybody? And welcome to another main
Speaker 2: event review. Thank you very much for tuning in once again.
Speaker 2: I just came back from a four day vacation. You
Speaker 2: guys call a vacation. I call it a holiday, same
Speaker 2: old I guess, but from Interstate in Tasmania, small little
Speaker 2: island off the shore of Australia. It's the little separate
Speaker 2: island at the bottom for those that don't know. Was
Speaker 2: there for four or five days, which is pretty nice.
Speaker 2: Hence the late main event review episode, but still another
Speaker 2: episode to get through. Now that we've passed the SummerSlam review,
Speaker 2: we're back to normal proceedings. And before I probably start this,
Speaker 2: I want to address the obvious announcement of carrying a
Speaker 2: cross and scarlet not being renewed, or their contract's not
Speaker 2: being renewed for WWE. Looks as though that they're officially
Speaker 2: not going to be part of WWE, which to me
Speaker 2: is a massive blow and a shame, A lot of
Speaker 2: people are saying if this could be a work or not.
Speaker 2: But my feeling towards this that it's not going to be.
Speaker 2: And the reason why I think the way that Cross
Speaker 2: announced it and what's happened with Our Truth, I don't
Speaker 2: think it's got the similar sort of storyline or sort
Speaker 2: of way it's been described, especially the fact that once
Speaker 2: Our Truth did get released, he didn't really address it
Speaker 2: on his social media as Cross did and a Scarlet did.
Speaker 2: So Yeah, it looked as though that he was getting
Speaker 2: a push, and people are saying that he didn't get
Speaker 2: the push he deserved. He did end up getting a
Speaker 2: match of SummerSlam, which to me was a pretty decent push.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if they were just trying to close
Speaker 2: him out with a SummerSlam match, or even if they
Speaker 2: had more plans for him that Cross probably wasn't happy
Speaker 2: about or whatever. They did sort of push him because
Speaker 2: he ended up being at SummerSlam, which is a massive event.
Speaker 2: But again, we're not going to really know the full
Speaker 2: potential of carrying Cross. He never had a title around
Speaker 2: his belt, and I guess from what I've seen and
Speaker 2: what I've seen on YouTube and basically what he's been quoted.
Speaker 2: It does seem as though he's been getting a lot
Speaker 2: of support from other superstars, such as Our Truth, who've
Speaker 2: mentioned that he's got the fans's approval, which is bigger
Speaker 2: than any title that could be one. So that's awesome,
Speaker 2: But yeah, it's going to be I guess a big
Speaker 2: loss for him not being there and not really seeing
Speaker 2: what he could have been as this new character that
Speaker 2: was supposedly getting pushed further with that Summer Stay match
Speaker 2: and we didn't know what was next. He did say
Speaker 2: that he wanted to start a new faction that was rejected,
Speaker 2: so Cross did have some ideas, and I guess that's
Speaker 2: probably why they didn't come to an agreement, is that
Speaker 2: he wasn't able to really have a control on what
Speaker 2: he wanted to do or what he deemed best fit
Speaker 2: for himself and trying to kind of make it out
Speaker 2: of the industry to sort of get that sort of
Speaker 2: push that he deserved. And he did win the fans over,
Speaker 2: and I think that's something that's really important. He won
Speaker 2: me over, especially with that promo post WrestleMania, and he
Speaker 2: got a lot of support from the universe, so maybe
Speaker 2: we'll see some we want Cross chance on raw and
Speaker 2: maybe it could be a work. That's probably what we're
Speaker 2: hoping for. But it really seems as though the chapter
Speaker 2: is going to be closed on Karen Cross's WDA career
Speaker 2: and whoever takes him, whether it's AW or an independent circuit,
Speaker 2: they're going to do. Oh, they're going to have someone
Speaker 2: that's probably going to be a star of the company
Speaker 2: in my opinion, and who knows, you might come back
Speaker 2: to ww again after a few years if things work
Speaker 2: out in those other circuits, but we'll have to I guess, yeah,
Speaker 2: wait and see on that. But moving on, we'll go
Speaker 2: straight to the main event review. We have Chelsea Green
Speaker 2: getting on main Event, which where she had a large
Speaker 2: pop from the crowd. A lot of people were getting
Speaker 2: behind her, and she took on BFAB again b Fab
Speaker 2: somehow getting a singles match on main event and obviously
Speaker 2: she loses. Chelsea Green gets the victory here. The fans
Speaker 2: went crazy and you could hear her kind of taunting
Speaker 2: and chaining and saying that they love her, and we
Speaker 2: really do. I'm a massive fan of Chelsea Green. I
Speaker 2: love her character. I love that she's willing to sort
Speaker 2: of do anything it takes to get crowd heat and
Speaker 2: fan reactions and she comes off as this ditsy, dumb wrestler.
Speaker 2: But it works perfectly. And I wouldn't change her character.
Speaker 2: I't I wouldn't turn her into a babyface. I'd keep
Speaker 2: her how she is. Obviously, she's getting a lot of
Speaker 2: cheers from the crowd is because people really resent and
Speaker 2: relate to her character and know she's doing a really
Speaker 2: good job there. And side note, for those that watch
Speaker 2: WWN reel, it does cover her story as well, and
Speaker 2: I've got some pretty different takes to it. I kind
Speaker 2: of do like the idea of ww Unreel. I really
Speaker 2: did enjoy the series. I like the idea that it
Speaker 2: really shows what wrestling is about and the work that's required.
Speaker 2: And I think for existing wrestling fans, and obviously I'm
Speaker 2: going off topic here, but I wanted to bring this
Speaker 2: up for existing wrestling fans, it's obviously and I do
Speaker 2: understand why they would think that it's showing too much
Speaker 2: and it sort of kind of ruins the spark of
Speaker 2: wrestling and what we love. But I sort of see
Speaker 2: the other side in that you want to attract new fans,
Speaker 2: and that's what WDWWD is trying to do, and I
Speaker 2: think the best way to sort of attract new fans
Speaker 2: is to really see what goes on behind the scenes
Speaker 2: and actually show what's real in wrestling, because a lot
Speaker 2: of the superstitions and a lot of what people say
Speaker 2: is that wrestling is fake. And then when you see
Speaker 2: a documentary like this, you understand the work that goes
Speaker 2: into sort of what they do and realize that, no,
Speaker 2: it's not fake. It is a performance. But at the
Speaker 2: end of the day, most of the stuff that's done
Speaker 2: and the hard work and stuff that needs that you
Speaker 2: need to do to get there, the crazy storylines intricacies
Speaker 2: that go about it is crazy and I kind of
Speaker 2: I kind of like that, and I kind of like
Speaker 2: that they covered that. But that's something that personally I
Speaker 2: really like is when you see sort of behind the
Speaker 2: scenes in what works. And I like it in sport
Speaker 2: documentaries as well. We see it in other series such
Speaker 2: as Quarterback and etc. So, without rambling too much, I
Speaker 2: love WWN Real And the reason why I brought it
Speaker 2: up is because Chelsea Green is on it and you
Speaker 2: really see her in real life, how she's like and
Speaker 2: how much she's willing to sort of give for the business,
Speaker 2: which is resonated here. And also when we saw on SmackDown.
Speaker 2: I know it's not a SmackDown review, but when she
Speaker 2: had the cake in her face, like she's willing to
Speaker 2: do all those things, and that's why I love her
Speaker 2: and that's why a lot of fans love her too.
Speaker 2: So it's great to see that Chelsea Green is getting
Speaker 2: the victory and having more momentum going forward as well.
Speaker 2: We then had on Raw, Charlotte Flair and Alexiblisz come
Speaker 2: out to basically celebrate their tag team victory against Rakhal
Speaker 2: and Roxanne of the Judgment Day. They come out demanding
Speaker 2: a rematch, which they get and they keep their titles,
Speaker 2: So not too much going on there. It was expected
Speaker 2: that they were going to keep the titles. I think
Speaker 2: this was to sort of close the Judgment Days chapter,
Speaker 2: which is probably something that will be good for Charlotte
Speaker 2: Flair and Alexa Bliz. They're definitely elevating the women's tag
Speaker 2: team division already with their sort of relationship at the moment,
Speaker 2: and Charlotte Flair looks to finally have found herself as
Speaker 2: someone that is relaxed and enjoying her wrestling and enjoying
Speaker 2: the time has on the mic as well, which is
Speaker 2: why I think the fans are enjoying her too. So
Speaker 2: I guess we'll continue to see how those two go
Speaker 2: eventually when they do split up, Hopefully it's not, like
Speaker 2: Matt has said in his reviews, to a point where
Speaker 2: they need to fight each other, because I don't think
Speaker 2: that is necessary here. I think them splitting up is
Speaker 2: fine to go like mutually and respectfully as well, but
Speaker 2: it will be a good, enjoyable run with these two
Speaker 2: having the tag team titles, I think, and I think
Speaker 2: it is something that both these superstars need to sort
Speaker 2: of stay relevant as well as when they both come back.
Speaker 2: They didn't really seem to have anything significant, and even
Speaker 2: when you talk about Charlie Flair being significant, she was
Speaker 2: simply there to put Tiviny Stratton over. I think that
Speaker 2: was the objective there. But for something that can propel
Speaker 2: her and really make her, I guess win the fans
Speaker 2: back and sort of get that babyface character back is
Speaker 2: I think that's something she truly wanted. This is perfect
Speaker 2: for her, and I think Alexa Bliss is really popular
Speaker 2: and that supports it as well, and it also gives
Speaker 2: her something something to do too. We move on to
Speaker 2: the back to the Women's Intocontinental Championship sort of talks
Speaker 2: with Becky Lynch coming out and essentially pulling out a
Speaker 2: promo basically saying that her time with Lara's done and
Speaker 2: she needs a new challenge. And that's where Nicki Bala
Speaker 2: comes in. So something refreshing here. They take heaps of
Speaker 2: shots at each other, but this promo we can talk
Speaker 2: about and review all we want, but it's always going
Speaker 2: to be remembered for the line that Becky Lynch mentioned
Speaker 2: about her being the greatest couple with Steph Rowlins in wrestling,
Speaker 2: and it could have been Nicki Balla because oh wait,
Speaker 2: that's what she mentioned. Well obviously we all knew what
Speaker 2: she was talking about. And then she mentioned that I
Speaker 2: guess she can't see him anymore, which was just an
Speaker 2: unbelievable line to a point where if you look at
Speaker 2: the crowds reaction, there's one guy I kind of remember
Speaker 2: what he looked like that pretty much presented everyone in
Speaker 2: that line. It was an unbelievable promo from Becky Lynch,
Speaker 2: and I really think she torched Nicky Bella here. I
Speaker 2: think it's really hard to come back from that. Hopefully
Speaker 2: that was sort of rehearsed and Nicky Bella was aware
Speaker 2: of it because it looked like she was stunned. But
Speaker 2: it was an excellent line from Becky Lynch, and I
Speaker 2: think this is probably going to set up a match
Speaker 2: between these two and Nicky Balla gets something to do
Speaker 2: against Becky Lynch, which is going to be a quite
Speaker 2: decent match, and I think a perfect match for where
Speaker 2: Nicki Bella should be at the moment, and also for
Speaker 2: Becky Lynch to sort of move on and continue feuds
Speaker 2: with other superstars. And I thought that they were gonna
Speaker 2: put Lyra over here, but with this Nicki Blla element,
Speaker 2: I think it's the right decision what they've done, so
Speaker 2: I we'll look forward for that and maybe on Raw
Speaker 2: in the next episode, Nicki Bella comes back and puts
Speaker 2: out some decent shots firing forward. We then get the
Speaker 2: second main event match and that is the war Raiders
Speaker 2: taking on the LWO and we have the war Raiders
Speaker 2: getting the victory here with their finisher. This tag team
Speaker 2: division is so underwhelming, like besides these two, the New
Speaker 2: Day and the Judgment Day, there isn't really much going on,
Speaker 2: and it's a shame because you see what's happening on
Speaker 2: SmackDown and how well that division's going, you kind of
Speaker 2: wish the same for Raw. It comes to a point
Speaker 2: where should they just unify the titles and then make
Speaker 2: the tag team division cross branded because there doesn't seem
Speaker 2: to be enough going on on Raw and the SmackDown
Speaker 2: Division just looks a lot better at the moment. So
Speaker 2: it's something to think about, especially when it's the same
Speaker 2: four teams going at it and there isn't really much
Speaker 2: that's kind of being sorted. So I guess that's something
Speaker 2: that probably have to consider. If it was up to me,
Speaker 2: I would definitely just have one tag team championship just
Speaker 2: because there's not enough divisions or not enough tag teams
Speaker 2: in the divisions I think to really sustain Raw unless
Speaker 2: they find under way to do what I guess Charlotte
Speaker 2: Flair and Alexi Blessed did and get two single stars
Speaker 2: and bring them together. Another one could be maybe bringing
Speaker 2: the USO's back and just getting them to win another
Speaker 2: tag team title too. I think that's the one that
Speaker 2: makes sense there. And before I might add, SmackDown Division
Speaker 2: is getting better because they've got now Talatanga and Jason
Speaker 2: Matteo who are probably in contendership for the tag team
Speaker 2: titles on SmackDown too, So maybe one of those tag
Speaker 2: teams that are on SmackDown need to move to Raw
Speaker 2: to make this better, or again, as I mentioned, they
Speaker 2: need to do the same thing as they did with
Speaker 2: Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, which is something that I've
Speaker 2: mentioned before, because yeah, there's not really much going on,
Speaker 2: like who are the Judgment Day realistically going to battle
Speaker 2: the titles for Who's going to try to take him off?
Speaker 2: His New Day going to go back and have another
Speaker 2: rematch and we're going to have two heels there. A
Speaker 2: lot of people are quite underwhelmed by the New Day's run,
Speaker 2: but I think that it would have been great for
Speaker 2: the New Day to hold the titles a little longer,
Speaker 2: so then we'll wa to really see in full force
Speaker 2: how they go as a tag team, being a heel
Speaker 2: tag team as well, Like we see them without the
Speaker 2: titles them doing pretty decent job. But I think with
Speaker 2: the titles that they've proven to be a multi championship team,
Speaker 2: so why wouldn't they just keep the titles on the longer.
Speaker 2: I don't I don't get it, but again, it's what
Speaker 2: it is, and the Raw tag team division is is
Speaker 2: very down at the moment, and I think the war
Speaker 2: Raiders as they come back, is everyone going to be
Speaker 2: realistically excited to see the war Raiders battle the Judgment
Speaker 2: Day for like the eightieth time. So yeah, don't really
Speaker 2: know what's going to happen there. We then move on
Speaker 2: to the final segment of Raw, which sort of starts
Speaker 2: with the start where La Knight comes in basically challenges
Speaker 2: Seth Rolins for the World Heavyweight Championship. Basically this is
Speaker 2: because he did beat Seth Rolins, although it was injury
Speaker 2: Russ on main event, Alley Knight is addressing that. So
Speaker 2: it's great to see La Knight in sort of those
Speaker 2: World Heavyweight Championship talks, and it's great to see him
Speaker 2: on Raw. I really like him on Raw, and I
Speaker 2: really like that they're sort of pushing him and getting
Speaker 2: him involved in titles like this and in sort of
Speaker 2: feuds like this as well. Because on SmackDown, I think
Speaker 2: with Cody Rhodes being there and the main baby face,
Speaker 2: it makes sense for all a Night to do something
Speaker 2: on Monday Night raw as well. He then gets himself
Speaker 2: into a match as mentioned, Alex Peers sets up the
Speaker 2: match and we have all A Knight take on Seth Rowlins,
Speaker 2: where we have seam Punk coming in and interrupting the
Speaker 2: match as well. So Seth Ranz gets the victory by
Speaker 2: dq l A. Night wasn't too happy with that. And
Speaker 2: then we had basically a brawl in the ring where
Speaker 2: we had Bronson Reed and bron Breaker come out, bron
Speaker 2: Breaker with another mean spear. The way he sprinted to
Speaker 2: the apron to the ring was unreal when he first
Speaker 2: laid his eyes on Punk and just speared him crazily.
Speaker 2: And then they get attacked and then we see Roman
Speaker 2: Reigns come out, who I think left it pretty late
Speaker 2: and he got out numbered as well, so he also
Speaker 2: got Brilliant attacked and Bronson Reed took his shoes again,
Speaker 2: so it seems as though they're running with this gimmick
Speaker 2: of Bronson Reed taking Ramon Rains's shoes, calling him the
Speaker 2: shoe Lafala and the tribal Thief, which I kind of like.
Speaker 2: It makes Bronson Reed look a bit more kind of
Speaker 2: significant in this sort of faction. I think he's very
Speaker 2: secondary to bron Breaker, and this sort of puts him
Speaker 2: in the spotlight a little bit, not probably for the
Speaker 2: reasons that I think make him better than bron breaking
Speaker 2: seth Rons, but definitely make him do something significant in
Speaker 2: the faction. And I sort of liked the idea of
Speaker 2: him just stealing the shoes and whatnot, so that was
Speaker 2: pretty cool. But it was pretty funny that seth rowlans.
Speaker 2: So Seampunk and Roman Reins had a bit of beef
Speaker 2: post match, where Seampunk told him it took him too
Speaker 2: long to get out, which which is so true, like
Speaker 2: why would Roman Reins wait for that long to come
Speaker 2: out where you literally have three of the of the
Speaker 2: of the of the Superstars, or three of the faction,
Speaker 2: the full faction ready to sort of embrace him and
Speaker 2: not embrace him, but ready to attack him. He does
Speaker 2: do a decent job in defeating them, but then again
Speaker 2: it becomes a numbers game, and the numbers game become
Speaker 2: too strong, So it would have made sense if Romarins
Speaker 2: came out later. Maybe he wanted to see seeing punkket
Speaker 2: peting up and do it himself. But they have advertised
Speaker 2: Raman Rains as the main kind of face of the
Speaker 2: billboard for Clash in Paris, So it looks as though
Speaker 2: that Roman Reigns will be at Clash in Paris for
Speaker 2: what match I don't know, could be for the title.
Speaker 2: We could have a fatal four way here. We have
Speaker 2: three of the big baby faces on Raw being able
Speaker 2: to sort of compete for the title. So we'll have
Speaker 2: to wait and see on that one and see what
Speaker 2: really happens. So that's going to be super interesting. I'm
Speaker 2: keen for that, and that pretty much concludes the main event,
Speaker 2: So thank you very much for tuning into another episode,
Speaker 2: this one obviously being a quicker one given that we
Speaker 2: don't have the PL reviews, but I'm pretty sure that
Speaker 2: will come very much quicker then expected because we have
Speaker 2: the next PL at the end of August, Clash in Paris,
Speaker 2: which should be good. I don't know what to think
Speaker 2: about it. It's really hard to be excited for a
Speaker 2: PL after a main one, so we'll have to see
Speaker 2: what happens then and how the storyline is set up.
Speaker 2: But it looks as though there's some new storylines too,
Speaker 2: which keeps things very interesting. But again, it's been your boy, Daniel,
Speaker 2: You've listened to another main event review and I'll catch
Speaker 2: you guys next week. Cheers.
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