WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.040 Well, the Saturday Night main event comes to us tomorrow 2 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:07.559 night from Madison Square Garden, but not before SmackDown Tonight one. 3 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:10.359 That does seem to be shaping up to be relatively big. 4 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.320 They've got Cody Rhodes, Gunther and see them Punk scheduled 5 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.440 to appear as well as I think Adam Pearris is 6 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.879 going to be filling in again for Nick Aldis, who 7 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.039 after his attack last week from Gunther, is not going 8 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.600 to be there apparently, but we will see. If they're 9 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.000 going to do a Summer Slam match, then they probably 10 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.960 will have something from all this, a message from a 11 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.359 hospital bed or from something. I mean, if they're going 12 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:36.960 Nick Alldos and gun there, which it seems like they're 13 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.280 going to do, then you'd imagine Nick Alldos will be 14 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:43.359 there in some form or fashion. So big night I 15 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.640 think tonight for SmackDown, big star power, and WWE certainly 16 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:51.320 needs it. As Summer Slam has not sold out as 17 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.560 of this recording, they are fifty five hundred tickets short. 18 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:58.280 They've sold about twenty five thousand tickets for Night one, 19 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.840 and they can have a capacity of about three or 20 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.040 thirty thousand seats, so they're trying and the announcement of 21 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.640 cm Punk and Cody Rhoads for the disputed Championship did 22 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.239 not really move ticket sales. They went up about six 23 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.640 hundred and fifty that's essentially nothing. They went up a 24 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.599 minuscule amount after the announcement of Cmpunk and Cody rhads 25 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.400 that many people believe would be a WrestleMania main event. 26 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.079 They even set as much on television. But it tells 27 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.480 you that the product is just not generally as hot 28 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:35.680 as they'd like it to be. And they don't have 29 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.159 stars that are white hot. They don't have that those 30 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.280 one or two big, big, big stars that are just 31 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:47.040 needle movers, they don't. I mean, yes, Cmpunk's a big name, 32 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.400 Cody Roads is a big name, brock Leser huge name. 33 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.920 Those are the guys that helped move the needle. But 34 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.200 they were expected to be there. And with the general 35 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:00.000 consensus from fans that TKO is gouging them every chance 36 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:04.719 that they can because they are unashamed to be the 37 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.520 most money hungry company outwardly that I've ever seen, then 38 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:13.680 they're facing the backlash. Now TKO is reaping what they've sown. 39 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:19.719 TKO is getting what they deserve. They're seeing the results 40 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.960 of their labor. They are now understanding that it's not 41 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.479 just the ticket prices that are i think hurting the sales, 42 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.680 but also the product. If you just improved the product, 43 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.080 you could try to justify the prices you're charging. And 44 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:37.080 they're not doing that, or they haven't based on the metrics, 45 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:39.599 and I'm sure they would use ticket sales as a 46 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.120 metric of success. They're all about not paying attention to 47 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.000 the social media negativity, which is of course nonsense, but 48 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.400 they certainly use ticket sales as a metric of success. 49 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.680 And right now Summer Slam ticket sales are not good. 50 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:58.199 They're not horrible, but they would love to be able 51 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:01.120 to say Summer Slam sold out. They're trying to get 52 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.280 Summer Slim to sell out. It won't. They may have 53 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:07.520 some walk up, some late minute decisions, but it's a 54 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:11.879 two day commitment for most people three if you're going 55 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.759 to go all all both nights and travel and everything 56 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.120 else that comes with it from Minneapolis, which is also 57 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.120 not the best destination to go to right now if 58 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.840 you're paying attention to the news, especially earlier this year, 59 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:28.759 things haven't really gotten better. So it's not exactly a 60 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:33.120 tourist destination. It's not a place that people would go 61 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.599 to to really do anything other than maybe visit people 62 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:40.159 they know that are there. They don't go there for vacations. 63 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.439 Not the best venue, Also bad timing from a lot 64 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:48.919 of other worldly perspectives. So you compile all that on 65 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.840 top of a product that is just not as hot 66 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.919 as they would like it to be and increase ticket 67 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:56.840 prices and you have the end result of not a 68 00:03:56.919 --> 00:04:02.280 sellout and underperform arming in sales overall year over year. 69 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:07.479 That's the consequence of their decisions and of their creative 70 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.560 that they've put forth over the last several months to 71 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:16.800 couple years. Now that's what they get. And again, if 72 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.439 they improve the overall product, they would be able to 73 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:21.839 justify their prices as well, and you'd see more people. 74 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:24.439 It all comes down to the quality of the product. 75 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.079 That's really what it is. We've seen that people will 76 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.680 be willing to spend whatever they want because of just 77 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.680 the idea of credit cards and you can use lines 78 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.399 of credit like affirm to spend whatever you want, and 79 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.240 then well it's just an extra fifty sixty, seventy, one 80 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:44.800 hundred and fifty whatever a month. I can afford that, 81 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:48.000 and people will take on debt. They will if they 82 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:51.199 believe that what they're going to receive in return exceeds 83 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.199 what they're paying. And right now people aren't feeling that 84 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:01.800 way about WWE. They aren't, So we'll see. We'll see 85 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:04.759 on oh end. WrestleMania I think hurts as well because 86 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.920 the general feeling online and I don't want to hear 87 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:09.800 that negativity. It doesn't matter online. It does because these 88 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.519 are the people who are going to be purchasing tickets 89 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.759 or not purchasing tickets to your events. The feeling coming 90 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:18.680 out of WrestleMania this year, with the overwhelming complaints of 91 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.600 people online saying that the ticket prices are ridiculous for 92 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:30.639 WrestleMania Vegas did not sell well, then you're gonna have backlash. 93 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:34.240 You're gonna have a lingering effect from your biggest e 94 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:36.079 end of the year to your second biggest ev end 95 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:38.120 of the year, your only other two night event that 96 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:42.000 they're trying to make WrestleMania of the summer be and 97 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:46.519 you're gonna have backlash and you're seeing it. So I mean, 98 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:53.759 I cry zero tiers for TKO none, So just the 99 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.560 way it is again, it's a lot of little factors, 100 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.480 but the overwhelming one is just make a better product, 101 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:04.040 give us better stories, bigger stars. Easier said than done. 102 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:07.759 I'm not saying this is easily done. I'm telling you 103 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:14.120 what the solution is. It's really that simple. Okay. So 104 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.600 we're going to get into the Saturday Night main event 105 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.319 preview and prediction that's going to be coming to you 106 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.360 in a few minutes. But first I want to welcome 107 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.079 you and encourage you to go ad free at patreon 108 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.800 dot com slash WWE podcast for all of your ad 109 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.079 free needs. All right, let's go to a couple of 110 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:36.600 emails first before we dive into the actual preview predictions. 111 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:42.480 This is from Joey. Joey says here with another Michael 112 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.560 Cole email. That's right, Joelia, Yes, I enjoy this. Okay, 113 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.519 here's a fun scenario. You and Michael Cole took a 114 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:52.079 ski trip for the weekend. You both get some hot 115 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.199 coco and cheap coffee because Michael Cole loves cheap coffee. 116 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.399 You're in a cabin Michael Cole bought years ago from 117 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:03.360 his WWE paychecks. All of a sudden, you both get 118 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.240 snowed in from an avalanche. You and Michael Cole are 119 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:08.959 calling for help with a walkie talkie and Michael Cole 120 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.879 is screaming into it, help help anyone. Me and my 121 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.120 voice Twitter are stuck here in a cabin on the 122 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.399 mountain I bought from my WWE paychecks I have to 123 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.079 be at RAW and my friend Matt has a WWE podcast, 124 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.720 Only to find out you both are stuck in their 125 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.839 cabin for a full week until help can arrive. What 126 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.000 do you do? How do you pass time? The only 127 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.519 things you can eat in there are Michael Cole's canned 128 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.360 food he bought from publics in two thousand and eight 129 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.560 and some salty chips. Your only source of heat is 130 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:44.360 a big, itchy blanket Michael Cole's mom made from his 131 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:47.360 small little stove. I'd love to hear how you would survive, 132 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.319 my God, and the AI picture you created is creepy 133 00:07:54.279 --> 00:08:00.639 but hilarious. The effort you're putting into this, Joe, is 134 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:08.639 commendable but disturbing. I would so in this very likely, 135 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:14.279 almost certain scenario that I'll find myself in with Michael Cole, 136 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.439 where we are stuck in a cabin because of an 137 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:22.920 avalanche that has snow pouring in the windows. And what 138 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:28.120 would I do, Well, I would probably you know what here, 139 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.040 here's how it passed the time. If we're stuck in there, 140 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.840 say for a week, a full week, okay, I'd have 141 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.919 a lot of conversations with the guy. I mean, I 142 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.679 really would pick his brain. He's a wealth of knowledge. 143 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:40.600 I'd love to hear the stories behind the scenes, if 144 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.960 he was able to go unfiltered. I'd love to know 145 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:47.600 some funny shit that's happened to him some yes, some 146 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.559 dirts and things that maybe he isn't able to share. Otherwise, 147 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.679 if I'm a trusted source and I'm a lock box 148 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.519 where I wouldn't tell anybody else, I'd love to hear 149 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:00.440 the stuff that no one knows. But I would love 150 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.080 to just pick his brain for a while. And yes, 151 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.399 that would get old after a while, and I'd be saying, hey, pal, 152 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:06.240 I really would want to get the hell out of here. 153 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:10.360 I'm hungry. What would I do? How would I pass 154 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.200 the time? Well, again, if I don't have any electronic 155 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.200 devices and all we have is a walkie talkie radio, 156 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.000 I would be probably on the radio seeing if someone 157 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.840 can get to us sooner, because being stuck in the 158 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:23.320 cabin with anybody for a week snowed in, I'd get 159 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.879 I mean, I would get claustrophobic because if I know 160 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:30.039 I'm being if there's a thousand pounds per square inch 161 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:32.480 of snow around the cabin, thinking that I could die 162 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.600 in any moment if the cabin collapses would be on 163 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.799 my mind. I might even consider trying to dig myself out. 164 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.519 I would just kind of like slowly do it in 165 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.320 through the window that I see you've created here through AI. 166 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.759 I would kind of try to slowly dig myself out 167 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:54.600 with Michael Cole and see how that works out. Maybe 168 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:57.679 I can find my way to the surface. That's what 169 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.519 i'd probably do after a few days. If I knew I 170 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:01.679 was only going to be in there for a week, 171 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.200 maybe I wouldn't risk my life doing that. I may 172 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.279 even have a counter what I would probably do without 173 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.279 him knowing. I'd keep a tally of how many times 174 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:16.039 he says wwe, and I'd give like an over under 175 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.039 on it ahead of time, like, oh, does he say 176 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.480 it forty fifty times while we're there? And I'd also 177 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:25.519 challenge him to say wwe. I'm going to see if 178 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:29.440 he's even capable of it. Is he does he have 179 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:33.159 the ability. Is his brain wired in a way as 180 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.960 such that he could actually change the way he says 181 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:38.919 it to the way that ninety nine percent of the 182 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:41.799 population says it. I really don't know anyone else that 183 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:46.480 says it this way. It's very it's too much work. 184 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.279 Just do it yourself. Anybody can do it. It's not 185 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:54.639 an accent. You're just over pronouncing the W. Nobody else 186 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.360 says it's the way he does. He's doing He's just 187 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.759 exerting more energy than he needs to say w seeal quick. 188 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.159 That was. 189 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.559 Even You know what Kurt Angle might be his antithesis. 190 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:10.399 Kurt Angle says it totally the opposite in under a second. 191 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:14.279 So Michael Cole says, WWE. Right, we all know that 192 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:19.120 Kurt Angle. You ever listen to him say wwe? He 193 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.000 says it almost sped up. You have to slow him down. 194 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:27.240 He he'll say it somewhat like this. W He'll say, 195 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:30.679 it's so quick he almost doesn't pronounce the letters. So 196 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.360 Kurt Angle is his antithesis. So all right, this is 197 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:40.399 getting crazy. That's your answer, Joey, all right. Going on 198 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:45.480 to Dylan, he says, for the love of God, can 199 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:49.279 we please see you do the obastrut. Guys, you want 200 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:51.200 me to do a lot of stuff. I don't know 201 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.080 what it is. I mean, I figure it to be 202 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:56.039 a lot of product questions and Saturday Night main event 203 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.240 and Summer Slam issues. But you want to see me 204 00:11:58.279 --> 00:11:59.919 do the obastrut. My best friend does it all the 205 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.320 time and he's like thirty. It's addictive. If you can't 206 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.600 do the obastrut, can you impersonate Roman Reigns and do 207 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.120 a promo? I know you said before you can't do impressions, 208 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.840 but man, it's wrestling and it's all worth a shot. 209 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:12.679 Love the pod and the reviews. By the way, the 210 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:16.240 only wrestler I've ever met in is named Kazarni. In 211 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:19.159 two thousand and eight, I thought it was or I 212 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:22.600 was around ten years old. He was at a store 213 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:26.799 called Giant Tiger. Dylan, Bill Dillon. Hope you're doing well. 214 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:29.279 I don't know who Kazarni is. I'd have to google it, 215 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:34.279 but yeah, it's not a common occurrence. Running into wrestlers 216 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.279 is not something you anticipate to do, unless you're going 217 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:38.159 to a show or you try to find the gym 218 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.200 they'll be at before they go to the event, which 219 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.480 is also difficult because there's so many gyms around in 220 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:50.480 different franchise gyms and things like that. But outside of that, 221 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.159 you don't really anticipate it. So it's always special when 222 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.919 you run into a wrestler. Now, I mean, I'll be honest, 223 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.399 I'm not gonna I can't cut a promo and you 224 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.519 say you can't do it. It's wrestling, But I mean, 225 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:04.120 I'm not apt to do that. I don't have the 226 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.480 skill set for it. I also don't have the context 227 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.559 of what promo i'd be cutting, or for who, or 228 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.320 for why or for what. You know. I actually don't 229 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.080 even know if I've ever cut No, I have. I 230 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:17.480 have cut a promo before, a real one at a 231 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:24.000 wrestling school in Massachusetts. It was called It's Chaotic Wrestling. 232 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.759 I don't know if they're still there. They're just outside 233 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:31.840 of Boston. And back in twenty ten, I attended a 234 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.000 wrestling camp that you might have paid like one hundred 235 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.080 bucks or whatever to attend. It was a few hours. 236 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:40.240 They went over some of the in ring items, talked 237 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.919 about the history of the actual wrestling camp or the center, 238 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.440 who they've trained, the wrestlers that have come out of it. 239 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.000 Killer Kowalski actually came out of it. Those of you 240 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.519 that are old enough to remember who that is or anything, 241 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.399 probably not, but they've had some pretty big wrestlers go 242 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.600 through there. I don't know if the Katok Wrestling Center 243 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.159 or training center. I think it's CTC if I'm not wrong, 244 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.840 But anyway, attended back in twenty ten, I remember hitting 245 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.679 the ropes, taking a bump. It's brutal. Those of you 246 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.799 that think that it's a fun little bouncy house, it's not. 247 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:17.080 It's essentially like landing on a piece of plywood. It 248 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:22.200 is horrible. People don't respect and understand how hard it 249 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:23.799 is to take a bump, because you see it one 250 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.360 hundred times, hundreds of times on any given wrestling show. 251 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.519 You take it for granted. You're just you know, you're 252 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:35.960 sitting there. Yeah, you're eating, you're sometimes falling asleep. But 253 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.120 if you understand what it means to take a bump, anybody, 254 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.879 go take a bump in a wrestling ring. I encourage 255 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.240 you to because it'll give you a new respect for 256 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:47.399 what the wrestlers go through, taking a single bump and 257 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.120 then also hitting the ropes. Just hitting the ropes. People 258 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:58.039 think that that is also super fun, bouncy, no problem. No, 259 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.759 the ropes actually will you, sometimes worse than the mad 260 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.639 because the ropes are made out of steel wrapped in 261 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:11.080 like a little some thin material. The ropes are super tough. 262 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.840 They're not bouncy. They're meant to be. It's part of 263 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:17.120 the structure of the ring. So the ropes actually will 264 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:22.480 bruise you. And the bumps are just brutal and guys. 265 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:25.440 So if anybody gets an opportunity to I would encourage 266 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:29.200 you to back to my story. So they cut promos. 267 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.519 Everybody was told to cut a promo as well in 268 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.000 front of the class quote unquote, and I got up 269 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.840 there and cut a promo. It was not good. At 270 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:40.320 the time, I was trying to essentially be a stone 271 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.360 cold adjacent it was. It was horrible. Somebody does have 272 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.879 it recorded somewhere. It is embarrassing. So that is my 273 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:53.120 only true promo experience. And I'm not gonna reiterate that 274 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:58.320 or duplicate that here. I just I can't. But the obastrite. No, 275 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.240 here's the thing with the Obustride. Actually I understand it, 276 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:07.039 but I haven't bought into it yet, probably because of 277 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:10.799 the way and that Obis has used it thus far. 278 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.639 He comes out and does it as his entrance, But 279 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.159 I don't like when he does it if somebody's already 280 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:21.679 out there and they've cut a promo on him. It 281 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.600 comes away across two phony too forced. If someone just 282 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:27.879 cut a promo on you, are you gonna seriously walk 283 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.039 down to the ring with a straight face doing your strut? 284 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:35.240 It's too performative, So you gotta pick and choose when 285 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.600 he does it. If no one's in the ring, I 286 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:38.639 have no problem with it. It's just part of his entrance. 287 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.919 Otherwise it looks goofy. He comes out and how do 288 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.600 you keep a straight face? Look? What are you doing? Dude? 289 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:49.559 Does anybody feel that way too? Am I overthinking this? Probably? 290 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.480 But I understand OBUs strut. I get it. It goes 291 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.080 nice with the music. He's the ruler, got it. But 292 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:59.519 if someone's in the ring and they're challenging him to 293 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:01.840 come out to a fight, or they just run them 294 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:05.759 down in a promo and then OBA interrupts, is the 295 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:10.559 strut supposed to be intimidating to the person standing in 296 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:13.799 the ring? What's the purpose of doing it if someone's 297 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.119 in the ring other than just this is my entrance. 298 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:19.720 You gotta cut that shit out. Depending on the context 299 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.039 of what's going on, it looks goofy if someone's already 300 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:28.279 in the ring. That's how I feel about it. Okay, 301 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.839 but he's not gonna stop doing it. I mean, that's 302 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.799 part of his gimmick. But I don't think anybody's thinking 303 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:36.720 that way until maybe I've brought it to your attention 304 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:39.279 and you think, yeah, that actually doesn't make a lot 305 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:45.759 of sense. Sorry, let's go on, all right, a couple more. 306 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.480 This is a Wes and he says it's been about 307 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.720 a month or so since my last email was Saturday 308 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:55.640 Night made Event this weekend. I wanted to send my 309 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.720 predictions as well as some thoughts from the past week. 310 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:02.119 I have higher hopes for this event with it being 311 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.119 in the Garden and topping off Fanatics Fest. It seems 312 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.000 like they should be pulling out all the stops to 313 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:10.039 give this weekend a ple e feel, although the card 314 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.599 doesn't seem to have that feel. But again, don't forget 315 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:17.359 it's Saturday Night main event. It's not supposed to be 316 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:21.240 a real ple e. I don't know how you would 317 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.759 categorize this. It's not to me a true ple e's 318 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:30.960 it's just not but there. I don't know they're trying 319 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:33.480 to make this a thing. I actually don't like it 320 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.200 being a part of the schedule here because you have 321 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:39.079 to almost ignore it until it's on top of you, 322 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.960 because there are always bigger pls after it. In other words, 323 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:47.160 right after they ended the last ple right what Night 324 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.640 of Champions in Saudi, they didn't even talk about Saturday 325 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:53.319 night main event and they just went right to SummerSlam. 326 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:55.599 And now I know Summer Slim is infinitely bigger, and 327 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.920 they're trying to sell tickets, and they've had a lot 328 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:03.039 of problem selling tickets. But my point is that they've 329 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.839 just skip over Saturday night main event and all of 330 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.519 a sudden they a week or two out there. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 331 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:13.319 I'll challenge you at Saturday Night's main event. All right, Well, 332 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.400 so number one Bailey and Lyra. You're looking forward to 333 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:19.240 this as both a fan of Bailey and really enjoying 334 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:23.680 the new Lyra character after floundering around on the tag division. 335 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:26.400 Here is to hoping we finally get a payoff with 336 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.480 this new dark edgy descent into complete madness. I have 337 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:31.920 Lyra completely losing it in this fight and Bailey getting 338 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.559 the win by DQ, probably setting up a future street fight. 339 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:37.599 I guess Lyra could beat Bailey to a bloody pulp 340 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.720 and take her out of action for a significant portion 341 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:42.160 of time, But if booking history is any indication, we're 342 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:46.200 probably gonna see the former setting up continuing into SummerSlam 343 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:51.079 for the Women's Tag Team Championship of Brie and Page 344 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:54.160 versus Fatal Influence. There's only one way I see this going, 345 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.839 and that is with Fatal Influence getting the win, probably 346 00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:59.359 with some interference, as it seems we can never have 347 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:04.160 a heel team win cleanly in WWE. Is far time 348 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.880 for Page and Breed to go their separate ways. Will 349 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:11.160 we see a Nikky return, perhaps Cost being the determining 350 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.640 factory in the match. Personally, I hope not, as I 351 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.680 could go the rest of my life without Nicki Bella 352 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:18.119 setting footback in the ring. But I know I have 353 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.240 heard rumors of this direction, which isn't bad, but honestly 354 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:24.759 not interested in feuding. I'm not interested in the feud. 355 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.920 There are so many more things to do with Paige. 356 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.640 I think this direction would be a complete waste. Notice 357 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:32.480 I'm not responding to this because I'm going to give 358 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:37.039 my previewing predictions in a moment so hak tight the 359 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:39.519 Nody Q match Dan Housen and j D McDonough. I 360 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:42.839 expect Shenanigan's galore, every member of Judgment Day will be 361 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:45.079 out there. I hope to see some comedic interactions with 362 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.920 Dom and Zombie Miz and Kit. Matt Cardona will hit 363 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.000 JD with a rough rider, and possibly some celebrity involvement 364 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:55.519 with some knicked players. No chance Dan Housen loses the 365 00:20:55.559 --> 00:21:02.079 tag team match of CM, Punk and Cody taking on 366 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:07.880 Gunther and Sammy's ain. This match, I can see going 367 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.160 a lot of different ways, from a free for all 368 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:13.839 brawl in which we get no winner as Temple's tempers 369 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.759 boil over, a straight clean win by the Babyfaces, a 370 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:22.000 cheap win by Sammy, or a submission by Gunther for 371 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.480 one of them to make a claim why they should 372 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:29.319 be a part of the title match at SummerSlam. Ultimately, 373 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:31.799 I think we have Cody and Punk constantly tried to 374 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:33.519 out do each other and show the other one up, 375 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:39.559 closing out simultaneous crossroads in GTS for the win. I've 376 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:42.839 also had a few thoughts on SmackDown and Raw first 377 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:45.039 being that I am glad to see Roxanne getting some 378 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:47.720 great in ring time with the best pound for pound 379 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.200 wrestler in the division. This Batista like role of going 380 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:54.680 in and softening up opponents for live prior to their 381 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:57.839 upcoming matches has been interesting. I think everyone is honestly 382 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.640 just waiting for Roxanne to betray live move away from 383 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.559 the judgment day. It seems a travesty that of all 384 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:06.000 the classes of NXT call ups, she's the only one 385 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:09.079 without a singles title, Julia with the US title and 386 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.920 Stephanie Vicaer with the World title. My opinion, she certainly 387 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.839 seems to be the better wrestler and certainly is better 388 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:18.680 on the mic, so I can respond to this yes, 389 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.279 and I would also expect Stephanie vic Kaer to be 390 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:24.359 returning very soon, if not at SummerSlam. She's been off 391 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:27.559 TV for a couple months now and from what I understand, 392 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.559 she's close to returning. I wouldn't be surprised if she 393 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.880 returns at Summer Slam or even at Saturday Nights made 394 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:35.000 event as possible, but I think that Summer Slam would 395 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:38.279 be a more appropriate return for her, or just before 396 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:42.440 just after. So but Roxanne. Yeah, but we're all waiting 397 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:44.440 for that. I think that she is going to betray 398 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.079 Live in that very near future and go off on 399 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:49.519 her own. She should. Live has also been kind of 400 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:54.359 cold lately. Live has cooled off. They haven't given her 401 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:56.599