Speaker 1: You know, I was actually having a pretty good day.
Speaker 1: I saw a little teaser from wrestle Votes that they
Speaker 1: were going to have some news later in the day,
Speaker 1: news that was going to make some people want to
Speaker 1: tear their hair out, and I said, oh, this should
Speaker 1: be interesting. So then I tuned in and went over
Speaker 1: to my feed late in the afternoon, I saw the
Speaker 1: update which you saw in that graphic there at the
Speaker 1: very beginning of the stream, that in fact, on January second, Buffalo,
Speaker 1: New York will play host to the first SmackDown of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, and that SmackDown will be three hours long.
Speaker 1: But not only on January second. The show is moving
Speaker 1: back to three hours starting at the beginning of the year,
Speaker 1: and it will run through WrestleMania season and very likely
Speaker 1: will run at least through June at least. So three
Speaker 1: hour Smackdowns are back, coming off of last week when
Speaker 1: I absolutely lost my mind over that show that they
Speaker 1: gave us on Friday, and I cannot believe that I
Speaker 1: might be sitting here in a few months reminiscing about
Speaker 1: the good old days. This right now, what we are
Speaker 1: in right now, this being the good old days of SmackDown.
Speaker 1: I just can't. I can't wrap my head around that.
Speaker 1: So I don't know if there's going to be the
Speaker 1: new annual thing. We're going into the Rumble and WrestleMania.
Speaker 1: They add another hour onto the show, and you know,
Speaker 1: for the most part, there are a lot of people
Speaker 1: who obviously do not like this decision. There were people
Speaker 1: who loved the decision and who think, oh, this is great,
Speaker 1: this is great, more time for talent on this show.
Speaker 1: And I'm just I'm floored by some of these reactions
Speaker 1: because to me, and I'm going to get more into
Speaker 1: this on Sunday, but to me, maybe I'm crazy. The
Speaker 1: issue here is not one of oh, this show is
Speaker 1: not long enough. That's not the issue here. This is
Speaker 1: what some people don't really understand. The issue is not
Speaker 1: that the show is not long enough. The issue is
Speaker 1: that in the time that they have for this show
Speaker 1: each week, in the two hours that they are given
Speaker 1: every Friday on USA on SmackDown, they are not making
Speaker 1: the most of the time that they have. And this
Speaker 1: idea that the show cannot be as good as it
Speaker 1: can be unless we have three hours, that it's not
Speaker 1: possible for SmackDown to be all that it could be.
Speaker 1: Unless the show is expanded by another sixty minutes. Is
Speaker 1: just it blows my mind that this is how some
Speaker 1: people think. And I really think people have been brainwashed.
Speaker 1: I really do. I think there's a lot of newer fans.
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of younger fans who didn't
Speaker 1: become fans of WWE until the last decade, right ten, twelve,
Speaker 1: fifteen years, and so they have been conditioned by three
Speaker 1: hour raws that we had for so many years to
Speaker 1: believe that this is the way that wrestling shows should be,
Speaker 1: That the show has to be three hours, and if
Speaker 1: it's not well, then it can't possibly be as great
Speaker 1: as it can be. And it is just such flawed
Speaker 1: logic to me. My philosophy is very simple. If two
Speaker 1: hours is not enough for you to put out a
Speaker 1: consistently good television show and you feel the need to
Speaker 1: expand that show in order to make it good, you're
Speaker 1: doing something wrong. Something is very wrong in that situation.
Speaker 1: Because I don't know about you, but I grew up
Speaker 1: for a very long time watching wrestling shows that were
Speaker 1: two hours every single week, in some cases, wrestling shows
Speaker 1: that were not even two hours, and there were a
Speaker 1: lot of really good ones in there. There were some
Speaker 1: shitty ones, but there were a lot of really good
Speaker 1: wrestling shows in there. Two hours is more than enough
Speaker 1: time two and a half if you watch Raw on
Speaker 1: Monday nights, to tell stories that are compelling, to tell
Speaker 1: stories that are interesting, and to tell stories that people
Speaker 1: are going to want to tune in the following week
Speaker 1: to watch, and to rotate talent in and out, even
Speaker 1: if they're not on the show consistently every single week.
Speaker 1: That's okay because not everybody has to be on every
Speaker 1: single show. And I don't know why some people are
Speaker 1: incapable of admitting the WWE has done a very poor
Speaker 1: job these last several months when it comes to SmackDown
Speaker 1: more so than Raw. Raw also has weeks where it's
Speaker 1: like eh. But for the most part, Raw it feels
Speaker 1: like it's a show that's being written by a completely
Speaker 1: different writing team. It feels like Raw is in a
Speaker 1: totally different universe on most weeks as compared to what
Speaker 1: we see on Friday nights. And I don't really understand why,
Speaker 1: but this is where we are right now. A show
Speaker 1: that at one point was the A show and not
Speaker 1: all that long ago, has been anything but so excuse
Speaker 1: me if I'm sitting here and I'm not terribly excited
Speaker 1: about the news that this show is going to expand
Speaker 1: and get even longer in a few months, because there
Speaker 1: are some very very big changes that need to be
Speaker 1: made to smack Down before I will ever get excited
Speaker 1: about getting more smacked Down. Now. I am of the impression,
Speaker 1: I am of the belief, I am of the opinion.
Speaker 1: I've always said this that there is no wrestling show.
Speaker 1: I don't care what company, I don't care a quality
Speaker 1: of the show. There is no wrestling show that needs
Speaker 1: to be three hours long every single week. I've always
Speaker 1: been consistent about that, and I still feel that way.
Speaker 1: But if WWE, if USA network, whoever made the call,
Speaker 1: might have been a USA call, But it doesn't matter, right,
Speaker 1: WWE loves getting the extra content. Reality of the situation
Speaker 1: is this, This is going to happen, and we're all
Speaker 1: going to be tuned in because we're heading into Rumble season,
Speaker 1: We're heading into WrestleMania season, right, That's part of the
Speaker 1: reason why this is happening. I don't know what that
Speaker 1: means for braun stroman show that's on after SmackDown. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's the off season for the show because he just
Speaker 1: got informed that his show was renewed, I believe or
Speaker 1: or no, No, it wasn't rendered. I'm sorry. He was celebrating
Speaker 1: the ratings went up for the most recent episode and
Speaker 1: he was hoping the show would get renewed. I don't
Speaker 1: know what this means for the Stroman show that airs
Speaker 1: immediately after Smack. This is going to happen. There's nothing
Speaker 1: anybody can do about it. And what I would like
Speaker 1: to see what has to happen. Changes have to be
Speaker 1: made to this show. You watch the show every week.
Speaker 1: You know where the weaknesses are, You know where the
Speaker 1: holes are in the show. You know where they need
Speaker 1: to shore up the roster. You can tell just by
Speaker 1: watching the show consistently every single week what a lot
Speaker 1: of those changes are that need to be made. The
Speaker 1: women's division, right, tag team division, We're going in circles
Speaker 1: with a lot of the same faces over and over
Speaker 1: and over again. It's been a long time since we've
Speaker 1: had any kind of roster shakeup on this show. A
Speaker 1: move here and there, but that's not enough. Lash Legend
Speaker 1: called up from NXT to the main roster last week. Great,
Speaker 1: that's not enough. Major changes have to be made, and
Speaker 1: if this move helps facilitate those changes, then great. But
Speaker 1: I have been given no reason to have fate that
Speaker 1: this grand change is going to wash over SmackDown overnight.
Speaker 1: It's going to take time. It has to happen. We
Speaker 1: cannot get this show that we are seeing now every
Speaker 1: single week but with a few extra MFT segments sprinkled in.
Speaker 1: I can't do it. I can't do There's a wall
Speaker 1: over here, a perfectly good wall, and bang my head
Speaker 1: against the wall. Changes need to be made to this show.
Speaker 1: The only good thing that could come out of this
Speaker 1: is if it forces them to make those changes. But
Speaker 1: it all goes back to creative. So again, don't assume
Speaker 1: that just because the show is moving to three hours
Speaker 1: it means that everything's going to be great again, because
Speaker 1: at one time when the show was three hours, it
Speaker 1: was actually really good. It comes down to the writing
Speaker 1: and the creative and what you are doing with the
Speaker 1: talent that you have on the show. But the talent, again,
Speaker 1: there's so many different areas of this show that need
Speaker 1: to be improved upon, fixed, shaken up. That's my hope.
Speaker 1: That's really all we can do is sit and wait
Speaker 1: and hope that the show improves on its own so
Speaker 1: that when the show gets longer, it'll be easier to digest.
Speaker 1: I'll have a lot more to say about the three
Speaker 1: hour stuff on the podcast this weekend, but that's my
Speaker 1: thoughts on three hours. Not happy about it because this
Speaker 1: show is in dire need of help. Hopefully they get
Speaker 1: the help it needs. But tonight it was two hours.
Speaker 1: We're not there yet. We still have several weeks before
Speaker 1: the show moves to the three hour format. Cody Rhades
Speaker 1: defended his WWE Championship on the show tonight. Didn't you
Speaker 1: know that? It was unannounced, It was an impromptu match,
Speaker 1: It was made earlier in the night. He defended his
Speaker 1: title against Bronson Reid, who was not a contracted SmackDown talent.
Speaker 1: But that was the main event and boy, you know,
Speaker 1: Cody comes out first, then Bronson the challenger comes out next,
Speaker 1: and it didn't feel like a WWE championship match. It
Speaker 1: was very cold, not a lot of enthusiasm for it,
Speaker 1: and honestly, it was more of an angle than a match.
Speaker 1: The match got thrown out dq. They never bother announcing
Speaker 1: the actual finishes to these matches, but the match was
Speaker 1: thrown out. When the other members of the Vision team
Speaker 1: Vision heading into Survivor Series, they came out, including the
Speaker 1: newest edition to the Heel team at Survivor Series, Drew McIntyre,
Speaker 1: the same Drew McIntyre who was suspended by Nick allD
Speaker 1: this one week ago. So it lasted all of a week.
Speaker 1: But yes, Drew McIntyre is now back, and now that
Speaker 1: leaves one spot open on the heel side. On the
Speaker 1: baby face side, we pretty much know what the Wargames
Speaker 1: team now is going to be. Cody Road, seem Punk,
Speaker 1: Jay Usso. We already knew about them. They're in there.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Usso has added his name to the list. That
Speaker 1: leaves one spot open on the men's Wargames team, and
Speaker 1: g I wonder who's going to fill that spot in?
Speaker 1: Perhaps we'll find out of Madison Square Garden this Monday.
Speaker 1: Who oh, who oh? Who is missing from TV right now?
Speaker 1: Who could help fill in a spot on the babyface side?
Speaker 1: I wonder? Yeah, so the babyface side is complete. The
Speaker 1: only thing we need to find out, really honestly, is
Speaker 1: who takes the fifth and final spot on the heel side.
Speaker 1: And I think we have a pretty good sense of
Speaker 1: who that's probably going to end up being. Paul Hayman
Speaker 1: has a friend he'll call in a favor, and there's
Speaker 1: j Men's War Games match. And one of the things
Speaker 1: they did on the show tonight, which by the way,
Speaker 1: was marginally better than last week's show. I know that's
Speaker 1: a very low bar, but it was a better show
Speaker 1: than last week. Not great, but it was a better
Speaker 1: show than last week. But what they did tonight was
Speaker 1: take steps to help fill the gaps in some of
Speaker 1: the gaps anyway, in terms of the war Games matches
Speaker 1: coming up at Survivor Series. So on the women's side,
Speaker 1: they actually injected some drama into things because all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, even though they were all standing united at
Speaker 1: the end of Raw Monday night, Charlotte Flair realized, Hey,
Speaker 1: you know what I just remembered. I don't like you
Speaker 1: Ria Ripley. I don't like you, I don't trust you,
Speaker 1: and I don't want a team with you. So we
Speaker 1: had Charlotte Flair walking out on her teammates, which means
Speaker 1: that they are in need now of not just one
Speaker 1: but two partners now because it is going to be
Speaker 1: five on five. And the reason they did that is
Speaker 1: because they have a few weeks left until the PL
Speaker 1: and they want to build some drama an intrigue. Of course,
Speaker 1: Charlotte Flair is going to be in wargames now. We
Speaker 1: have to wait and see what it takes to bring
Speaker 1: her back into the fold, so that is why they
Speaker 1: shot that angle tonight. We also had two more matches
Speaker 1: tonight in the John Cena Last Time Is Now tournament,
Speaker 1: including the return of a former WWE superstar the return
Speaker 1: of a former WWE Intercontinental Champion on the show tonight
Speaker 1: to wrestle La Knight. We had another United States Championship
Speaker 1: Open challenge with Ilia Dragonov putting his title on the line,
Speaker 1: still consistently the best thing on this show. And we
Speaker 1: are getting a traditional five on five Survivor Series elimination
Speaker 1: style match, not at Survivor Series, but they are suscitating
Speaker 1: the old traditional Survivor Series elimination format, which is something
Speaker 1: that I was hoping Triple H would start doing. I
Speaker 1: think doing one traditional match on the actual pl each
Speaker 1: year would be cool. They've chosen to do it on
Speaker 1: TV the night before. At least we're getting one. I
Speaker 1: can't say that the lineup is terribly exciting, but I
Speaker 1: was hoping we would at least get one. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about how they set things up on that end tonight
Speaker 1: as we get into this two hour edition of SmackDown.
Speaker 1: It is Friday night, November fourteenth, twenty twenty five. I
Speaker 1: am the Solemn Monster. Thank you for spending your Friday
Speaker 1: night with me here on the channel. Please subscribe and
Speaker 1: like hit those buttons. We are celebrating eighteen years of
Speaker 1: the sound off all November long. You guys have been
Speaker 1: killing it so far. We're almost basically halfway through the
Speaker 1: month already, and before we get into this review, I
Speaker 1: needed to this up and show you guys something because
Speaker 1: this was going around today. I saw this and I
Speaker 1: didn't think it was real at first, but then I
Speaker 1: laughed my ass off when I realized that it actually was.
Speaker 1: Ye know, the last time that I visited the Empire
Speaker 1: State and I live in New York my whole life,
Speaker 1: so of course the Empire State Building is in New York.
Speaker 1: The last time I visited the Empire State Building Observatory.
Speaker 1: It's funny because I actually remember exactly the day that
Speaker 1: I went up there and visited the observatory, because it
Speaker 1: was June of twenty ten, And the reason I remember
Speaker 1: that is because it was a Monday Night Funny enough,
Speaker 1: it was a special three hour episode of Monday Night Raw,
Speaker 1: but it was the night that the Nexus attacked John
Speaker 1: Cena in the main event, right, one of the more
Speaker 1: memorable angles in Raw history. I made it home just
Speaker 1: in time to see that whole thing play out. And
Speaker 1: I can tell you that what I'm about to show
Speaker 1: you definitely wasn't there, because this is going back again
Speaker 1: fifteen years. But this this is actually in the Empire
Speaker 1: State Building and they have this as part of a
Speaker 1: whole display of different items. This is a WWE replica
Speaker 1: Championship belt. Now, I want to draw your attention to
Speaker 1: the placard in the lower left corner of your screen.
Speaker 1: There you see it says WrestleMania thirty five has a
Speaker 1: few wrestler names on there, Becky Lynch, Daniel Bryan. But
Speaker 1: then I will point out to you the name in
Speaker 1: the middle of the name plate where it says Boble Lashly. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: Boble Lashly. What the fuck is a Bobly Lashly? Can
Speaker 1: somebody plays explay this to me? And how this wasn't
Speaker 1: noticed to have this hasn't been fixed because apparently this
Speaker 1: has been this has been up for a while apparently,
Speaker 1: or again again it wasn't there when I was last
Speaker 1: up in the observatory. But I don't know bobbly. Now. Look,
Speaker 1: if AW doesn't jump on this and start marketing some
Speaker 1: Bobby Lashley bobbleheads and calling them bobbly lashly, then I
Speaker 1: don't know what the fuck we're doing here. But then again,
Speaker 1: I don't understand how they haven't started selling those monette puppets,
Speaker 1: even if they're just you know, cheap material bobbly. Look,
Speaker 1: I think it could always be worse, right, it could
Speaker 1: have been blobbly, could have been blobby lashly. Can you imagine?
Speaker 1: Oh man, I don't get it. Man, you had one job.
Speaker 1: The disrespect is just unbelievable. Bobbly lashly, it's ridiculous, all right.
Speaker 1: They recap enough of that. They recap the end of Raw.
Speaker 1: On Monday night, when the Kabooki Warriors won the women's
Speaker 1: tag team titles, we had the return of Rhea, Ripley
Speaker 1: and Eosky. They came out to make the save and
Speaker 1: so that was where Ria said war games and we
Speaker 1: had a sense of what the Women's war Games match
Speaker 1: was going to be at Survivor Series. Why those three names, Leopoldo,
Speaker 1: That's a great question. I have no idea. I don't
Speaker 1: know why they selected Becky Lynch, bob Le Lashley and
Speaker 1: Daniel Bryan's. That is very weird. I don't even remember
Speaker 1: bob Lee Lashley had a match at Wrestle Mini at
Speaker 1: thirty five. Was even on the card? I was there,
Speaker 1: I should know. I don't even remember. I don't remember
Speaker 1: him having a match. That's all I'm going to think
Speaker 1: now when I see him on TV like a bobblehead
Speaker 1: bobb Ley Lashley. Anyway, Eosky and Rhea Ripley, they were
Speaker 1: the first ones out to the ring. Rhea said the
Speaker 1: Kabuki Warriors thought that they were untouchable since she's been
Speaker 1: out with a broken nose. If you add Naya Jackson
Speaker 1: lash Legends in the mix. They think they have the
Speaker 1: numbers advantage, but all they've ended up with are more enemies.
Speaker 1: Eo said, making enemies always catches up to you, and
Speaker 1: then she shouted war game. Everyone loves doing that. Everyone's
Speaker 1: got to shout war games at the top of their lungs.
Speaker 1: Oh man, poor Bobby, did he face Balor on that show,
Speaker 1: Demon Balor, Are you sure about that? God, I have
Speaker 1: no memory of this. Bobby Bobby Lashley wrestled Finn Balor
Speaker 1: at Wrestle MANI at thirty five. Like I was in
Speaker 1: the building that night. I have no recollection of this whatsoever.
Speaker 1: I know they stuck a match in there kind of
Speaker 1: last minute between Roman Reigns and Drew MacIntyre because Roman
Speaker 1: had just come back. He had been, you know, in
Speaker 1: remission from the leukemia, so he came back kind of
Speaker 1: close to many. I remember that Kofe right, Kofe Mania,
Speaker 1: the women's main event, Randy Orton and aj Styles. I
Speaker 1: remember all that. That's a match I don't remember. Apparently
Speaker 1: it didn't leave a very big impression on me. Ria
Speaker 1: then introduced two of their teammates for Wargames Outcomes, Charlotte
Speaker 1: Flair and Alexa Bliss. Alexi said, the Kabooki Warriors, Naya
Speaker 1: and lash they started it, We're going to finish it.
Speaker 1: The second that Ria said Wargames on Monday, she knew
Speaker 1: they were in. Charlotte then told Ria, look, I can't
Speaker 1: I can't do this. I can't pretend anymore. She says,
Speaker 1: I don't like you, I don't trust you. I think
Speaker 1: you're a snake. Charlotte said that there was too much
Speaker 1: history between them to look past it. She told Alexa, look,
Speaker 1: if you want to do it, you can, but you're
Speaker 1: going to have to count me out. And with that,
Speaker 1: Charlotte left the ring and she walked to the back,
Speaker 1: and everybody in the ring was confused. I was confused
Speaker 1: because why would you wait? I'm thinking about this in
Speaker 1: like k fape sends, why would you wait until you're
Speaker 1: live on TV four days later to then blow the
Speaker 1: whole fucking thing up? But that's Charlotte. So now they
Speaker 1: are down a teammate for wargames. It was very awkward
Speaker 1: how they did this, Like Charlotte just walked out and
Speaker 1: that was it. They just cut to the announcers, and
Speaker 1: the announcers were kind of flustered, and then they just
Speaker 1: previewed what was coming up tonight on SMACKDOWNE. That was it. Now,
Speaker 1: later in the show, in the back, the Babyfaces were
Speaker 1: talking amongst themselves, what are we gonna do? We need
Speaker 1: two more teammates, and then they were ambushed by the
Speaker 1: members of the Heel team, or some of them anyway,
Speaker 1: lash Legend Nya Jacks. So they got jumped and left
Speaker 1: for dead. So why did they do this? They did
Speaker 1: it because they're trying to create drama on the babyface side, right.
Speaker 1: They want the babyfaces to be at a distinct disadvantage
Speaker 1: and they want you for the next week or two
Speaker 1: to wonder what are they going to do? Is Charlotte
Speaker 1: gonna come back into the fold. Of course the answer
Speaker 1: is yes, she will, but they made it very clear
Speaker 1: because Riha made a comment here like we need two
Speaker 1: more so because I was a little unclear if we're
Speaker 1: doing four on four or five on five. They're gonna
Speaker 1: stick to the five on five format. You know, when
Speaker 1: you look at the women's side, who do we know?
Speaker 1: We know Oscar, Kyrie, Naya, and Lash. Is one spot open?
Speaker 1: I think that spot is going to Becky Lynch. On
Speaker 1: the baby face side, we have Rhea Eo, Alexa. Charlotte
Speaker 1: will end up in the match, and then that leaves
Speaker 1: one spot open. And I still feel like they're gonna
Speaker 1: have aj Lee on that baby face side. I know
Speaker 1: she hasn't been around since wrestled Palooza. I think we
Speaker 1: could see her as soon as Monday night at Madison
Speaker 1: Square Garden, but Becky has that title defense against Maxine Dupre.
Speaker 1: It could go to Maxine. I just think in a
Speaker 1: match like this, they probably would want Aj on the
Speaker 1: baby face side, but it's one of the other you know,
Speaker 1: it's got to be somebody that Becky has been beefing
Speaker 1: with and working with if Becky is going to be
Speaker 1: on the heel side, and I just can't imagine they
Speaker 1: leave Becky out of wargames when she's right there. So
Speaker 1: that's I think going to end up being the final
Speaker 1: configuration for both those teams. Now, the opening match on
Speaker 1: the show, there's punk k Clayton, Welcome to the channel.
Speaker 1: So Ufman came in with a supertatus. Now Finn defeated
Speaker 1: Bobby Lashley. That's Bobby by the way, at Wrestle Minnie
Speaker 1: at thirty five for the Intercontinental Championship. I can confirm
Speaker 1: this as I was there. I also confirmed that Bobby
Speaker 1: Lashley was not there. Oh, bobb Lely, I'm sorry, I've
Speaker 1: read that wrong. I'm like, boy, you just contradicted yourself.
Speaker 1: He said, Bobbly Lashly was not there. Okay, So that's
Speaker 1: good to know. That's very good to know. The opening
Speaker 1: match on the show was the Mizz going one on
Speaker 1: one here with Jay Usa. This was the John Cena
Speaker 1: last time is now torn in. At least they got
Speaker 1: this out of the way early. Jay yeaeded through the
Speaker 1: crowd on his way to the ring. They went to
Speaker 1: a commercial break. When they came back, he was in
Speaker 1: the ring. He was still yeating and this guy was
Speaker 1: ready to run it back, but he was interrupted by
Speaker 1: the missus music. Thank you, miss Let's get the show
Speaker 1: on the road here, okay, let's get things started. Usso
Speaker 1: escaped an early skull crushing finale attempt. He closedlined Miz
Speaker 1: out to the floor. Then he took off with a
Speaker 1: suicide dive, and then they took off into a commercial break.
Speaker 1: Another one. When they came back, Mis had the advantage.
Speaker 1: He had a spike DDT that wasn't enough to pick
Speaker 1: up the wind. So Mis is kicking at this guy's chest.
Speaker 1: He went for that last kick. Jay countered it into
Speaker 1: a neck breaker for a near fall. As Miz scurried
Speaker 1: to the corner, he avoided the running hip attack and
Speaker 1: then he started mocking John Cena. He was doing the
Speaker 1: John Scena mannerisms. He did the shoulder tackles. He did
Speaker 1: the U Can't scene me and the five knuckle shuffle.
Speaker 1: Jay though recovered he's super kicked Miz. Then he tried
Speaker 1: to lift him up on his shoulders. Miz, though, wiggled
Speaker 1: out and he delivered a skull crushing finale and that
Speaker 1: got a rise out of the crowd, so they were
Speaker 1: able to get a good near fall out of that.
Speaker 1: Mis then lifted Usso up on the top turn buckle.
Speaker 1: He was trying for an avalanche skull crushing finale. Jay
Speaker 1: escaped and he dropped me. He hit some sort of
Speaker 1: drop as he came down from the rope, so he
Speaker 1: basically dropped Miz down face first on the top turn buckle.
Speaker 1: Jay followed that with a spear and then an USO
Speaker 1: splash to advance to the next round of this tournament
Speaker 1: against who. We don't know. We have no idea, but Jay, Usso, Seamus,
Speaker 1: and Russev up to this point in the show have
Speaker 1: all qualified for the next round of the tournament. I thought,
Speaker 1: as far as the match is concerned, it was a
Speaker 1: perfectly solid match, a perfectly solid, if unspectacular match. It
Speaker 1: wasn't anything more than that. It had the predictable outcome. Look,
Speaker 1: Jay Uso is in War Games, okay, the Miss is not.
Speaker 1: And the only plausible way Jay Usso doesn't win this
Speaker 1: match is if the Vision got involved and screwed him
Speaker 1: out of his spot, which was certainly possible because obviously
Speaker 1: they were there. They were in the building tonight. But
Speaker 1: like during the match, at no point did I get
Speaker 1: the feeling that, you know, Jay was not going to
Speaker 1: win this match. There was no Carmelo hay who was there,
Speaker 1: by the way, we heard from Hayes later in the show,
Speaker 1: because he's going to be in the tournament two. That's
Speaker 1: the only reason I was thinking, maybe they give Miss
Speaker 1: a win and the Vision screws Jay, you do Miss
Speaker 1: and Mellow in the next round, But that's out the window.
Speaker 1: If they do Miss and Mellow, it's gonna have to happen.
Speaker 1: Some other times, I could see Miss screwing Mellow, jealous
Speaker 1: that you know he lost his shot and if I
Speaker 1: can't have it, you can't have it either. I could
Speaker 1: see something like that happening. Next week, we had the
Speaker 1: United States champion Ilia Dragonov. He was in the back.
Speaker 1: He was speaking to Nick all this when d I
Speaker 1: Y and Candice Lay interrupted Champa was still very upset
Speaker 1: about Dragonov calling him a jackass. He wanted to know
Speaker 1: how it made sense that he was dodging him. Dragonov said, look,
Speaker 1: I made a promise to do things the right way,
Speaker 1: and the right way was to not give opportunities to jackasses.
Speaker 1: Said I'm going to give them to warriors to fight honorably,
Speaker 1: and there's nothing honorable about Tamaso Champa. So someone honorable
Speaker 1: that he respects is going to get the next shot.
Speaker 1: Champa had a meltdown about this. They walked off Axiom
Speaker 1: and Nathan Fraser walked in. Axiom shook his hand and said,
Speaker 1: thank you. So obviously he was going to be next
Speaker 1: up in the open challenge. Way to spoil it, guys,
Speaker 1: they spoiled it. Although, to be honest with you, I mean, look,
Speaker 1: if if it was going to be Axiom, all due
Speaker 1: respect to Axiom, it's okay. It's okay to spoil that
Speaker 1: surprise in the back. I don't think anybody was waiting
Speaker 1: for the big pot, you know, when he came out.
Speaker 1: But after that all this walked off and the camera
Speaker 1: is following him and he stops because when he gets
Speaker 1: to his office, standing outside of his office are Paul
Speaker 1: Hayman and Bronson Reid, and Hayman has a contract binder
Speaker 1: in his hand that he tells all this, I need
Speaker 1: to talk to you for a minute. So they headed
Speaker 1: into the office and the show went to a commercial break.
Speaker 1: Now after the break, they're in the office. All this
Speaker 1: is on the phone and he is alerting security that
Speaker 1: he needs them make your way to my office. And
Speaker 1: then he hung up with them and he told Hayman,
Speaker 1: speak your peace. Security is on their way. He said
Speaker 1: what he had in his hand was the agreement for Wargames,
Speaker 1: and he said that he's allowed. Hayman said he's allowed
Speaker 1: to take any talent under WWE contract across all brands
Speaker 1: that includes SmackDown. So he said this was just a
Speaker 1: friendly heads up and all this said, well, thank you
Speaker 1: for coming all this way to remind me about what
Speaker 1: was in the agreement when I already knew what was
Speaker 1: in the agreement. He said, this could have been an email.
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Speaker 1: So at that point, Cody Wrotees showed up. Security showed
Speaker 1: up also, but Cody walks in and he got up
Speaker 1: in Hayman's face. Haymond said, I want to talk about
Speaker 1: Cody getting involved in vision business. Cody said that he
Speaker 1: put his friends to the fire, which means he's next
Speaker 1: through the flames. What does he come up with this shit?
Speaker 1: He's always like so dramatic in everything that he's as
Speaker 1: you put my friends in the fire, now I will
Speaker 1: walk through the flames. I don't know. I just laughed.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that was the reaction that was
Speaker 1: intended there for that line, but I'm like, who fucking
Speaker 1: talks like this? So anyway, he was getting all up
Speaker 1: in Hayman's grill and he told Bronson Reid, look, if
Speaker 1: you're not here to fight, then you should leave. And
Speaker 1: Cody told all this, Bronson Reid, Cody Rhodes tonight because
Speaker 1: Reid was up for a fight. So he goes all this,
Speaker 1: make it happen. So then Hayman pipes up and he says,
Speaker 1: why would you make that match and not have the
Speaker 1: title on the line. So Cody, of course the dumb
Speaker 1: babyface that he is too much pride. He took the
Speaker 1: bait and he said, Nick tonight make it happen Cody
Speaker 1: Rhodes Bronson Reid for the WWE Championship, and all this
Speaker 1: was trying to talk him out of it, but Cody insisted.
Speaker 1: So that was our main of I don't know what
Speaker 1: Nick Aldus would have done had this impromptum match not
Speaker 1: been made here in this segment, I have no idea.
Speaker 1: That's what's always funny about this, because later in the show,
Speaker 1: all this was telling Chelsea Green she wanted her championship celebration.
Speaker 1: He was like, there's no time, there's no space on
Speaker 1: the show. Had this match not been made, Chelsea would
Speaker 1: have been able to have her celebration. I guess somebody
Speaker 1: said that he used that line in Street Fighter. Cody
Speaker 1: probably listened to Through the Fire and Flames by Dragon Force. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what, maybe it is something he lifted from
Speaker 1: Street Fighter. Could be I don't know how much dialogue
Speaker 1: though Gile has in the movie. I'm not sure. I
Speaker 1: don't think people are going to be watching that Street
Speaker 1: Fighter movie for the dialogue from Cody Rhodes or Roman
Speaker 1: Reigns or Hiroki Goto's playing I Honda in the movie.
Speaker 1: They cut to the arena as soon as the segment
Speaker 1: was over. We cut to the arena and already in
Speaker 1: the ring the United States Champion Ilia Dragonov an Axiom.
Speaker 1: This was the US title Open Challenge. They gave them
Speaker 1: the jobber entrances here. But hey, I guess if the
Speaker 1: show goes three hours, well then everybody can get an entrance,
Speaker 1: and that makes things great. There you go three hours,
Speaker 1: everybody can get an entrance. Right. We got some chain
Speaker 1: wrestling to start. The champion missed on a shot. Axiom
Speaker 1: rolled underneath and that seemed to impress Dragonof. He went
Speaker 1: for a back elbow, Axiom dodged it and hit a
Speaker 1: dropkick that sent him out of the ring, and as
Speaker 1: Axiom tried to go up top, Dragonov intercepted him. He
Speaker 1: left him sitting on the top rope and they had
Speaker 1: a little bit of a skirmish. Dragonov headbutted Axiom down
Speaker 1: to the mat. He followed that with a sent on
Speaker 1: for a near fall. They came out of a break.
Speaker 1: Dragonof connected with the German suplex. Axiom came right back
Speaker 1: would they released Northern lights. Both men struggled to their feet,
Speaker 1: Axiom blasted him in the face with a strike and
Speaker 1: then he jumped from the top rope with a shotgun
Speaker 1: missile dropkick. Dragonov went for a Constantine special that got
Speaker 1: reversed into an arm bar by Axiom, and the champion
Speaker 1: broke free with a dead lift power bomb. Axiom, though,
Speaker 1: got ahead of an attempted h bomb, and in the
Speaker 1: highlight of the match, this is what woke everybody up.
Speaker 1: Because the crowd was pretty quiet for the majority of
Speaker 1: and I watched even through the commercial break, they were
Speaker 1: pretty fucking silent from most of this match. This right
Speaker 1: here woke everybody up out of their slumber. So he
Speaker 1: turns this move here Axiom does into this incredible leaping
Speaker 1: springboard DDT for the nearest of near falls, and everybody
Speaker 1: is just buzzing after this spot, including the announcers. They're
Speaker 1: going nuts forward too, But you gotta see this, so basically,
Speaker 1: if you could visualize it, they're standing up and Axiom
Speaker 1: has Dragonov's arm, and you need some cooperation on a
Speaker 1: spot like this. You see this in a lot of
Speaker 1: Luca matches where Phoenix does this a lot. He'll grab
Speaker 1: the guy's arm he'll you know, scale the ropes or
Speaker 1: you know, jump up to the top rope and then
Speaker 1: do some sort of arm drag takedown. Axiom jumps up
Speaker 1: on the rope and he does a backflip, but he
Speaker 1: does a backflip into this great spike DDT and Dragonov
Speaker 1: just sold the shit out of it. It was totally safe,
Speaker 1: the way he landed and everything, but it looked great.
Speaker 1: So that was the highlight of the match right there.
Speaker 1: This is awesome chance followed after this. Stunned in the corner,
Speaker 1: the champion is Axiom lifted him up on the top rope.
Speaker 1: He was looking for an avalanche Spanish fly. Dragonov tried
Speaker 1: to fight back. Axiom though, got the Spanish fly right,
Speaker 1: big avalanche Spanish fly off the top rope. But man,
Speaker 1: you know, top rope Spanish flies. I guess they just
Speaker 1: don't hit like they used to. Because Axie him backed
Speaker 1: up into the corner he was setting up for his finish,
Speaker 1: the golden ratio. Dragonov, though, intercepted him with a torpedo Moscow.
Speaker 1: So so much for the avalanche dragon dragon that what
Speaker 1: the fuck was the move? Spanish fly? I was gonna
Speaker 1: call the dragonfly, So I think I just invented a
Speaker 1: move so much for the avalanche Spanish Fly. I guess
Speaker 1: it wasn't very effective. Dragonoff followed that up with an
Speaker 1: h bomb for the win, and he retained the United
Speaker 1: States Championship. That should be a move though the dragonfly.
Speaker 1: We have the Spanish fly. There should be a dragonfly,
Speaker 1: and Dragonov is the mad Dragon, so it should be
Speaker 1: his move. I just don't know what the move would
Speaker 1: look like. After the magic, Dragonov showed respect for the
Speaker 1: challengers' effort, helped him to his feet. Two of them
Speaker 1: shook hands. This was another good outing here for dragon
Speaker 1: of I mean, this guy's on a roll, been killing
Speaker 1: it ever since he came back, ever since they put
Speaker 1: that championship on him. He took the mantle from Sam
Speaker 1: Bes who had this incredible series of matches, and they
Speaker 1: haven't skipped the beat, you know, dragging up, picked up,
Speaker 1: they passed the baton, he grabbed the baton and he's
Speaker 1: been running with it ever since. Again, the crowd was
Speaker 1: not buying Axiom until the DDT spot. That's what got
Speaker 1: them into the match, But that came in the last
Speaker 1: like ninety seconds of the match. Up to that point,
Speaker 1: they were having a solid match, probably the weakest though
Speaker 1: of all the matches we've seen so far, but then
Speaker 1: it picked up a lot in that last ninety seconds,
Speaker 1: so good effort here. After a break, they showed a
Speaker 1: replay of what happened during commercial. Axiom got jumped at
Speaker 1: ringside by Tamaso Champa until Nathan Fraser came over to
Speaker 1: chase him away. So Champa is on a rampage as
Speaker 1: he waits to get his shot at the US title,
Speaker 1: which is coming. They've also been teasing that Tomatonga is
Speaker 1: going to get a shot. There was no further movement
Speaker 1: or development on that tonight, but we already know who
Speaker 1: two of the next challengers, whenever that may be. We
Speaker 1: know who two of the next challengers are likely going
Speaker 1: to be in the back. Our truth was with Nick
Speaker 1: Alldis and he was imploring the general manager to allow
Speaker 1: him to be in the John Cena Last Time is
Speaker 1: Now tournament, and he had two balls in his hand
Speaker 1: for Nick to put into the tumbler. He was begging
Speaker 1: all this to take his balls. So all this did.
Speaker 1: Truth left. Chelsea Green walked in with Alba Fire. Chelsea
Speaker 1: had both belts around her waist. She had her brand
Speaker 1: new Women's United States Championship that she regained after a
Speaker 1: herculean effort in that long iron woman match last week
Speaker 1: against Julia. And then she also had her Tripa a
Speaker 1: Mixtag team title belt around her waist. She was wearing
Speaker 1: a bathrobe. She had some girl shit under her eyes.
Speaker 1: She looked like she just came out of the spa
Speaker 1: and she's standing there, and she was very upset that
Speaker 1: all dis canceled her championship victory celebration tonight, but all
Speaker 1: will be forgiven, she said if he allows her to
Speaker 1: have her celebration next week with Pyro. And Aldus said,
Speaker 1: I think I can make that work, and then he
Speaker 1: handed Truth's balls to Chelsea. Comedy Sammy's Ain was out
Speaker 1: next to address the crowd and the MFTs. Speaking of comedy,
Speaker 1: Sammy said he was in his spiffy flannel modern incarnation
Speaker 1: of Mick Foley. This guy is said that since he
Speaker 1: came to SmackDown, there were some extremely high highs and
Speaker 1: there were some extremely low lows. Oh, you don't have
Speaker 1: to tell me, Sammy, I've sat through it. I'm well
Speaker 1: aware of the extremely low lows of SmackDown. He talked
Speaker 1: about how he beat Solo Socoa for the United States Championship.
Speaker 1: He did some incredible things with that title, like facing
Speaker 1: John Cena in his last ever SmackDown match. Zain mentioned
Speaker 1: that the last four weeks have been incredibly rough on
Speaker 1: him and he was not medically cleared, so he was
Speaker 1: forced to watch Solo in the MFTs attack all of
Speaker 1: his friends and attack people that he had great respect for.
Speaker 1: But that ends tonight and he challenged Solo Siccoa to
Speaker 1: come on out here and face me. Manda Man. Solo
Speaker 1: Sokoa walks out surrounded by his juggalos. Sokohas said that
Speaker 1: he knew the real Sammy's aines, someone who was pathetic,
Speaker 1: someone who was a selfish liar. He claimed that Zay
Speaker 1: didn't care about the people in the back. He didn't
Speaker 1: care about the people here in Albany, so that was
Speaker 1: in contrast to himself. He said, he cares about his
Speaker 1: family and their loyalty to him. Co Ha told Zaye
Speaker 1: that he knew nothing about loyalty. He knew nothing about
Speaker 1: love of family, and so Solo threatened to do harm
Speaker 1: to Sammy, who was still wounded. He said. He motioned
Speaker 1: for the MFTs to come to the ring, but then
Speaker 1: he stopped them from attacking, and he said, they know
Speaker 1: what I want you to be at one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: I'm going to wait until you're medically cleared, but he
Speaker 1: made it very clear I'm coming for you. Sammy then
Speaker 1: revealed that as of today, he is officially medically cleared
Speaker 1: and that if Solo wanted to do something about it,
Speaker 1: then he could do something about it right now. But
Speaker 1: then Sammy said, I didn't come alone. So right as
Speaker 1: he said this, Shinska, by the way, what there's some
Speaker 1: weird kind of undertones here in this segment. You know,
Speaker 1: you got Solo saying I'm coming for you. This is
Speaker 1: after a segment where ar True handed his balls to
Speaker 1: all This and Nick Alldis then handed those balls off
Speaker 1: to Chelsea Green. We go into a segment here where
Speaker 1: Solo Sokoa is telling Samby's Ain I'm coming for you,
Speaker 1: and then Sammy's Ain responds by saying, I'm not coming alone.
Speaker 1: What is road Doug doing on this show? Who thought
Speaker 1: this was a good idea putting him in charge? But
Speaker 1: just as he said that He's not coming alone. Shinsky, Nakamora,
Speaker 1: Ray Phoenix, and the MotorCity machine Guns. They showed up.
Speaker 1: They attacked the MFTs to even the odds, and then
Speaker 1: we had poor Ray Phoenix. So Ray Phoenix goes up
Speaker 1: to the top rope. All the MFTs are all bunched
Speaker 1: up outside in a pile, and Ray Phoenix hits a
Speaker 1: corkscrew plancha, And of course the idea is that all
Speaker 1: of these men are going to catch him on the
Speaker 1: way down or at lease cushion the blow from the fall.
Speaker 1: This man is twisting in mid air. Well, they didn't
Speaker 1: catch him, and so Ray Phoenix basically splatted on the
Speaker 1: floor outside. But I took note of who was in
Speaker 1: the middle of that pile, who was standing right there,
Speaker 1: and who failed to catch Ray Phoenix. It was the
Speaker 1: great Tongaloa. I know this will come as a great
Speaker 1: shock to all of you, but yes, Togaloa and the
Speaker 1: rest of them didn't exactly catch Ray Phoenix. And I'm
Speaker 1: sure that landing didn't feel too good, but he seemed
Speaker 1: to be okay, and he had a look on his
Speaker 1: face when he landed like that must have sent some
Speaker 1: shockwaves through the man's body. But he popped up and
Speaker 1: he got in the ring and he celebrated and stood
Speaker 1: tall with the baby faces. And then in the back
Speaker 1: later just to follow up on this very angry Solo
Speaker 1: Socoa had confronted Nick Alldos and all this informed him
Speaker 1: that in two weeks, the night before Survivor Series, there
Speaker 1: will be a traditional five on five Survivor Series elimination
Speaker 1: style match where Solo and his MFTs will face all
Speaker 1: five of the men who we just saw out in
Speaker 1: the ring. So you've got Sammy Zain, You've got Ray Phoenix,
Speaker 1: You've got Shinskey Nakamora, and you've got the MotorCity machine guns.
Speaker 1: And then we got some Wyatt six style VHS glitches
Speaker 1: and then again all this had left, Solo had left,
Speaker 1: but they kept the shot that particular backstage shot and
Speaker 1: off in the background to the left you could see
Speaker 1: Uncle Howdy was standing there. First time we've seen Uncle
Speaker 1: Howdy on this show in a very long time now,
Speaker 1: if you remember, the Wyatt six were seemingly on a
Speaker 1: collision course with the MFTs, and I know you are
Speaker 1: all very excited to see how this story was going
Speaker 1: to unfold. And then Bo has had some family issues
Speaker 1: with his father. He's been unavailable. We have not seen
Speaker 1: him on the show in a very long time, so
Speaker 1: things got put on the back burner, and I do
Speaker 1: wonder if that would have been the traditional Survivor series
Speaker 1: elimination match that we would have gotten, although I don't
Speaker 1: know if there are are there even enough Why it's
Speaker 1: six members, Let's see, you got Uncle Howdy, You've got
Speaker 1: Joe Gacy, You've got Dexter Loomis, and you've got Eric Rowan,
Speaker 1: So no, you would have to have a fifth guy.
Speaker 1: I assume that would have been Sammy's ain. So I
Speaker 1: don't know how they're going to factor into this, or
Speaker 1: if they're going to factor into this at all. The
Speaker 1: match is made, so they're not going to have anything
Speaker 1: to do with the match, but maybe they'll have something
Speaker 1: to do with the finish. Maybe they'll have something to
Speaker 1: do after the match, and they'll pick up with the
Speaker 1: Wyatt's and the MFTs. We'll see. I wish I could
Speaker 1: tell you I cared more about this. I don't. I've
Speaker 1: outlined all of the issues I have with the MFTs
Speaker 1: and the way they've been presented in portrayed on this show.
Speaker 1: It could have been something more than what it is,
Speaker 1: but it's very low effort on Wweast Park. This is
Speaker 1: a classic example. The MFTs are a classic example of
Speaker 1: we're just gonna just We're gonna feed you this very
Speaker 1: bland meal, gonna put any kind of seasoning on it.
Speaker 1: We're not gonna try to spice it up for you
Speaker 1: at all. It's like, here's your fucking gruel. Like we're
Speaker 1: in prison. It's like a plate of prison food. That's
Speaker 1: what it is. Now. Cody Rhodes was in the back,
Speaker 1: Cody's getting ready for his match. Jay Usso walks up
Speaker 1: to him and he wishes him luck. He says, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have you back tonight. Jimmy Usso then shows up
Speaker 1: and he tells them both, I talked to CM Punk
Speaker 1: already and I'm in for war games. So again, you
Speaker 1: look at what this team is shaping up to be.
Speaker 1: You've got CM Punk, You've got Cody Rhodes, and you've
Speaker 1: got the Usso's. That's four out of five right there.
Speaker 1: And we're not looking at John Cena. I don't believe.
Speaker 1: I think we're looking at Roman Reigns. I mean, what
Speaker 1: else even makes sense here in this situation? Of course, Roman,
Speaker 1: they were chanting OTC tonight at the end of the show,
Speaker 1: but they know the people know what this is setting
Speaker 1: up for. Even though Roman the last time we saw
Speaker 1: him he said he didn't want to see his cousins
Speaker 1: until Christmas. But there are no big shows around Christmas.
Speaker 1: The big show is Survivor series and then the next
Speaker 1: big show for Roman will be the Royal Rumble because
Speaker 1: I don't see Roman having any kind of role on
Speaker 1: December thirteenth. That's all about John Sena, that's not about
Speaker 1: Roman reigns. So we know what Wargames now is looking like.
Speaker 1: La Knight will not be in Wargames, but he is
Speaker 1: in the John Seena Last Time is Now tournament and
Speaker 1: he was facing a mystery challenger tonight. So La Knight
Speaker 1: comes out, he gets the first entrance. He's waiting for
Speaker 1: his opponent to come out, and it turned out to
Speaker 1: be mister Chelsea Green, Matt Cardona, or shall I say
Speaker 1: zach Ryder wu wu wu. He even had the old
Speaker 1: music or a the remixed version of his old zach
Speaker 1: Ryder music wasn't exactly the original. But he was back
Speaker 1: on the main roster tonight for the first time in
Speaker 1: five and a half years, and he got a good reaction.
Speaker 1: It was definitely a case where I think most of
Speaker 1: the people or a good number of people in the
Speaker 1: building seemed to know who he was. It's not the
Speaker 1: kind of reaction he would have gotten, for example, had
Speaker 1: he come out this Monday in Madison Square Garden, or
Speaker 1: if he came out on Long Island at the Nassau Coliseum,
Speaker 1: which is where you know, I'll be out on Long
Speaker 1: Island tomorrow. This was Albany, Allbany for those who don't know.
Speaker 1: Albany is quite a distance away from these places. So
Speaker 1: he got he got a respectful reaction. It wasn't anything overwhelming,
Speaker 1: but he got a good reaction. And it's just it's
Speaker 1: so silly, you know it is. It is just it
Speaker 1: is so silly that he can wrestle week literally weeks ago,
Speaker 1: just recently on behalf of TNA Wrestling in NXT again
Speaker 1: Josh Briggs as Matt Cardona, but he can't be Matt
Speaker 1: Cardona on the main roster. Zach Ryder was such an
Speaker 1: important entity on the main roster that he must be
Speaker 1: Zack Ryder back on TV. He cannot be Matt Cardona,
Speaker 1: even though he was on one of our television shows
Speaker 1: only a few weeks ago, as Matt Cardona, It's just
Speaker 1: it's stupid. I mean it, really, it really does feel
Speaker 1: like they want this to just exist in its own
Speaker 1: little universe, unto itself. That's what it feels like. So
Speaker 1: Ryder went for an early schoolboy roll up, which shockingly
Speaker 1: did not work. And I'm only being partially sarcastic when
Speaker 1: I say that, because I mean the way Triple H
Speaker 1: has been booking La Night for the last few months.
Speaker 1: Would you really be shocked if he did La Night
Speaker 1: like that? Because I wouldn't. So after a break night
Speaker 1: of void A clothesline, he unleashed a flurry of punches
Speaker 1: followed by the neck breaker for a near fall. Night
Speaker 1: continued on offense, but a scoop slam reversal led to
Speaker 1: Rider picking up some momentum. As Knight was down and
Speaker 1: out in the corner, Rider hit the old Brosky boot
Speaker 1: and then they buried him a little bit. On commentary
Speaker 1: for playing with toys and for being the Internet champion.
Speaker 1: Both Michael Cole and Corey Graves were having fun at
Speaker 1: his expense. On Commentary, Night countered and attempted an unprettier
Speaker 1: into a reverse DDT Rider avoided the elbow drop from
Speaker 1: the top. He connected on a rough rider for a
Speaker 1: good near fall. Rider headed up top, but his attempt
Speaker 1: at a standing leg drop was countered into a power
Speaker 1: bomb by La Knight, who then finished things off with
Speaker 1: a BFT to advance to the next round of the tournament.
Speaker 1: Solid match. I'm happy for Cardona that he got the spot,
Speaker 1: or got a spot in the tournament. He does have
Speaker 1: history with John Cena. I think you do want some
Speaker 1: people at least in this tournament, you know, at least
Speaker 1: a few who have some sort of documented history with Sina.
Speaker 1: I think that makes sense. You want to have a
Speaker 1: mix of newer talent younger talent. I will tell you
Speaker 1: all the talent that we have seen so far, and
Speaker 1: even a lot of the talent coming up in some
Speaker 1: of the matches they've announced outside of the javan Evans
Speaker 1: Gunther match that they announced for Monday, which I'm very
Speaker 1: much looking forward to. Not a lot of like younger
Speaker 1: talents in this tournament, and I'm not even sure how
Speaker 1: many slots are left. There aren't that many spots left
Speaker 1: in this tournament, and honestly, Javon Evans is basically like
Speaker 1: the only one, and now Carmelo Hayes is in there too.
Speaker 1: He's a bit older, He's like ten years older than
Speaker 1: Javon Evans. But not a lot of youth in this tournament,
Speaker 1: you know, for a guy in John Cena, who even
Speaker 1: on Monday, you know, has talked about, you know, the
Speaker 1: up and coming generation and wanting to provide opportunities to them.
Speaker 1: And I know he's I'm sure he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: hand in the booking of this tournament, but you I
Speaker 1: think there would be a better mix of some newer
Speaker 1: and younger faces in here, and that's really not been
Speaker 1: the case so far, which is kind of disappointing. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna lie, but I'm happy Cardonah at least was
Speaker 1: able to get his face here on SmackDown. He has
Speaker 1: been very vocal about, you know, wanting the opportunity to
Speaker 1: come back to WWE, and I'm sure he would love
Speaker 1: to also be able to travel and work with his wife,
Speaker 1: you know, like Alistair Black and Zelina Vegan now were
Speaker 1: able to do on SmackDown, or Seth and Becky Punk
Speaker 1: and AJ all these different couples. But he's been busting
Speaker 1: his ass on the indies now for a few years
Speaker 1: and he's been doing phenomenal as the Indie God, but
Speaker 1: you could tell like he would love to have another shot,
Speaker 1: you know, on the main roster in WWE. I didn't
Speaker 1: get the feeling from this, and I don't know, but
Speaker 1: I didn't get the feeling that this is going to
Speaker 1: lead to a full time contract or anything like that.
Speaker 1: It was probably a one and done at least for
Speaker 1: the time being. But the way I look at it,
Speaker 1: this was a win win. You know, you got Cardona
Speaker 1: a spot in the tournament and he got to be
Speaker 1: on SmackDown Tonight, and it's cool. You know that we
Speaker 1: have some talents in here, hopefully more that are not
Speaker 1: on the main roster, that are not even necessarily with
Speaker 1: the company per se, who are able to participate in this.
Speaker 1: And then on the flip side, La Night got a win,
Speaker 1: which for him is good because he hasn't been getting
Speaker 1: very many of those. So I look at this as
Speaker 1: a win win. And as far as Monday, we have
Speaker 1: Gunther and Javon Evans, but we also have Solo Sokoa
Speaker 1: against a mystery opponent who likely will end up being
Speaker 1: Joe Hendry, and I'm sure that'll get a big reaction
Speaker 1: to Madison Square Garden. There was another idea that I
Speaker 1: had as far as how you could go with Joe
Speaker 1: Hendry on Monday, and I'll talk more about that on
Speaker 1: the podcast on Sunday, because there is another way that
Speaker 1: you could go with this. We have the WWE Women's
Speaker 1: Champion Jade Cargill title, of course, one on one against BFAB.
Speaker 1: I wish I knew where I saw the video. It
Speaker 1: was on Instagram. I don't remember what account it was.
Speaker 1: I think it was one. It was like a makeup artist,
Speaker 1: but it was a video of her working on Jade's scar.
Speaker 1: So like when they zoom in on Jade's scar sometimes
Speaker 1: it looks you all gnarly and stuff, and I wasn't
Speaker 1: sure it's totally a makeup job. I saw the scar
Speaker 1: without all the makeup on. It's actually healing really well,
Speaker 1: but they color it in and put some makeup on
Speaker 1: it to make it look even more badass. So if
Speaker 1: you were wondering, like is that scar real? Is it
Speaker 1: not real? It's not real, or at least it's very
Speaker 1: very embellished. But you know what it works for Jade.
Speaker 1: It makes her look like even more of a badass.
Speaker 1: So anyway, Befab escaped an early choke slam attempt. She
Speaker 1: hit Jade with a dropkick and elbows in the corner,
Speaker 1: but her attempt at a pump kick up met by
Speaker 1: an elbow to the face by Jade, who followed that
Speaker 1: up with a fallaway slam and then a kip up.
Speaker 1: Jade then delay her the chokes lamb which was followed
Speaker 1: by a power bomb, but she was not satisfied with
Speaker 1: just one, so she gave her another power bomb and
Speaker 1: then she hit Jaded and got the decisive win in
Speaker 1: two minutes and if anything, I think this actually went
Speaker 1: longer than I expected. Michen then got in the ring
Speaker 1: to check on Bfab. Jaye took notice of this, she
Speaker 1: went face to face with her, and then Jade shoved
Speaker 1: Michin down on her ass. So they're setting up a
Speaker 1: match in the next few weeks between these two, which
Speaker 1: seemed like the likely destination because who the fuck else
Speaker 1: do they have for Jade to work with? Right, you
Speaker 1: feed her some easy, quick wins on TV, and then
Speaker 1: you build to whoever that next challenger, that real competitive
Speaker 1: challenger is going to be. And I think it was
Speaker 1: the right move to take the tag belts off of
Speaker 1: Charlotte and Alexa because you almost have no choice but
Speaker 1: to go to them next. And I think it would
Speaker 1: be in the reverse order. I think, if anything, we
Speaker 1: would get Jade Alexa and then build to Jade and
Speaker 1: Charlotte because Jade and Charlotte is going to be the
Speaker 1: bigger match in their view. You could tell because that's
Speaker 1: the match they've teased now multiple times on TV. I
Speaker 1: haven't teased Jade and Alexa. They've had multiple face to
Speaker 1: face confrontations over the last several months, including one just
Speaker 1: that was the last week with Jade and Charlotte. That's
Speaker 1: the bigger match that they're going to be building to.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the Rumble match or you know,
Speaker 1: a Saturday Night's made a met match in January. I
Speaker 1: don't know. You almost have no choice. It goes back
Speaker 1: to what I talked about at the beginning of the review,
Speaker 1: where this roster needs a refresh, This roster needs help,
Speaker 1: the women's division needs help. Jade needs challengers. Right, even
Speaker 1: if Bianca was on the show, you're not going to
Speaker 1: Jade and Bianca until probably WrestleMania. What do you do
Speaker 1: in the meantime and that's if Bianca's even back in
Speaker 1: time for WrestleMania. Who does Jade work with? You need
Speaker 1: Alexa and Charlotte in that role because there's nobody else
Speaker 1: to the back where Nick All this announced the next
Speaker 1: two matches and the John Cena Last Time Is Now tournament,
Speaker 1: which is coming up on SmackDown next Friday. These are
Speaker 1: the matches Carmelo Hayes will go one on one with
Speaker 1: Bronson Reid. I don't suspect that's going to end very
Speaker 1: well for Carmelo Hayes, although you know what, given what
Speaker 1: happened at the end of SmackDown tonight, I could see
Speaker 1: him back dooring his way into a win because one
Speaker 1: of the last images we saw on the show tonight
Speaker 1: was Bronson Reid pancaking Cody with a tsunami splash. So
Speaker 1: I actually can see Carmelo Hayes advancing in the tournament,
Speaker 1: but what a lame way to advance though. That's about
Speaker 1: the only way he moves on in this tournament is
Speaker 1: if Cody comes out and gets revenge on Bronson Reid.
Speaker 1: So that's one match. In the other match, we have
Speaker 1: Finn Balor one on one against Penta and Honestly, after
Speaker 1: they announced these two matches, my reaction was meh, meh.
Speaker 1: I'm happy that you know Hayes got a spot in
Speaker 1: this tournament. I mean, I think that's cool. But they
Speaker 1: I think, and that correct me if I'm wrong. I
Speaker 1: believe that they said it. Michael Colemy have said it
Speaker 1: that Balor and Penta is the end of the opening round,
Speaker 1: so that may be it. Like whoever this mystery meant
Speaker 1: is against Solo Socoa on Monday. I don't know that
Speaker 1: there's any other surprises left to be had in this tournament.
Speaker 1: I don't have a fucking bracket, so I can't tell
Speaker 1: you if I'm missing another match or two. But I
Speaker 1: think that's it. I think Balor and Penta next Friday,
Speaker 1: and that's the end of the opening round. Mah. I
Speaker 1: have not been impressed by this tournament. Gunther and Javan
Speaker 1: is legitimately the only thing in this tournament I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to. That's why when I pitched that idea, I
Speaker 1: pitched Gunther and Jevon Evans. I talked about this on
Speaker 1: TNT a few weeks ago. My idea was to have
Speaker 1: that and actually build to it as the finals of
Speaker 1: the tournament, Like, what an intriguing final that would have been,
Speaker 1: and you tell the underdog story with Javon, they chose
Speaker 1: to do it in the opening round. I'm just happy
Speaker 1: we're getting the match. Like that match intrigues me. I
Speaker 1: wish we had more intriguing matches in this tournament now.
Speaker 1: Maybe as the tournament progresses and we actually get some
Speaker 1: kind of a bracket, maybe we'll end up with a
Speaker 1: couple of interesting matches. But I'm not seeing it, you know,
Speaker 1: right now, I'm just not seeing it. But they gave
Speaker 1: Mellow a quick promo backstage after this with Kathy Kelly.
Speaker 1: He addressed John Cena. He said that if he gets
Speaker 1: the shot against him, he won't miss. Bronson Reid showed
Speaker 1: up and said that he was going to go out
Speaker 1: there right now and end Cody's reign is the WWE Champion,
Speaker 1: and then he would end Mellow on his way to
Speaker 1: ending John Cena his career. Good luck with that. We
Speaker 1: got another Alistair Black and Zelena Vega promo video talking
Speaker 1: about Damian pre this never ending feud. It feels like
Speaker 1: and I know it hasn't and look, it's a solid
Speaker 1: mid card feud, but why does it feel like this
Speaker 1: has been dragging on for a thousand years. At this point,
Speaker 1: we just get on with this. They had a last
Speaker 1: man's standing match. That's when he took the fireball to
Speaker 1: the face, Like, where do you go after you do
Speaker 1: a last man's standing match? I feel like they did
Speaker 1: things in reverse here. But in this video he talked
Speaker 1: about Damian Priest and Zelena said that they've corrupted him,
Speaker 1: and Black said that they forced Damien to break his
Speaker 1: code and now he had greater things in mind, namely
Speaker 1: those who hold championships on SmackDown. Okay, then, but yeah,
Speaker 1: let's let's move this along. Then it was time for
Speaker 1: our main event for the WWE Championship. It was Cody
Speaker 1: Rhodes defending the title against Bronson Reid Monday Night Raws.
Speaker 1: Bronson reed, he's not even a contracted SmackDown talent, and
Speaker 1: yet Nick all this approved this WWE Championship match here
Speaker 1: tonight because I guess Cody wanted it. So all right,
Speaker 1: there you go. But think about this, right, Bronson Reid
Speaker 1: against Cody for the title. If Bronson Reid wins the
Speaker 1: WWE Championship, are we to believe that Bronton Reid is
Speaker 1: no longer in the vision on Raw and he's just
Speaker 1: gonna be on SmackDown from now on, Like, how does
Speaker 1: that work? I don't know. It was never explained because
Speaker 1: there isn't a person in the world, not even Missus Reid,
Speaker 1: who honestly believed that this man was going to win
Speaker 1: the championship. But that's not why this match was happening.
Speaker 1: It served a different purpose. Cody nailed Reid with a
Speaker 1: disaster kick. Reid came back with a jagged edge death
Speaker 1: valley driver, but he missed on the follow up tsunami.
Speaker 1: This left if Reid opened for a Cody cutter for
Speaker 1: a close near fall. As Reid scurried out to the floor,
Speaker 1: Cody went for a suicide dive. Read, though, cut him
Speaker 1: off with an elbow strike just as he was about
Speaker 1: to come through the ropes outside the ring. Reid had
Speaker 1: Cody in sight for a running charge and he was
Speaker 1: going to knock this man through the timekeeper's barricade. Cody, though,
Speaker 1: could smell him coming from a mile away, so he
Speaker 1: moved out of the way and Reid went flying over
Speaker 1: the barricade. He landed on the concrete outside. So after this,
Speaker 1: Cody clears off the announced desk and wouldn't you know, surprise, surprise,
Speaker 1: guess who showed up the Vision? Well, the other member
Speaker 1: of the vision bron Breaker and Logan Paul Logan. Paul
Speaker 1: is part of the Vision until November twenty ninth, and
Speaker 1: then he won't be. But it was bron Breaker and
Speaker 1: Logan Paul, and they attacked Cody Roads for the disqualify
Speaker 1: or what should be a disqualification. Knowing this company, they'll
Speaker 1: just call it a no contest. Even though the babyface
Speaker 1: was attacked by the heels. So the ussos ran out
Speaker 1: to make the save. They cleared the ring of Paul
Speaker 1: and Breaker. They dropped Logan with a one D Jimmy
Speaker 1: then went outside. He went under the ring and he
Speaker 1: pulled out a Slim Jim table. This is a preview
Speaker 1: of what we can expect in wargames. If you thought
Speaker 1: it was nuts in blood and guts everybody bringing in
Speaker 1: a weapon, you wait until wargames. Everybody will have their
Speaker 1: Kendos stick, they'll have their chairs, they'll have their tables,
Speaker 1: same weapons we got every single year. They'll have the
Speaker 1: Slim Jim logo on them. Because it's not official unless
Speaker 1: it says Slimjim so he slides the Slimjym table into
Speaker 1: the ring. Jimmy sets Logan down across the table and
Speaker 1: the ussos go to opposite corners. They're going to hit
Speaker 1: a double USO splash. But who should show up on
Speaker 1: the apron to knock Jimmy off the top rope? Why
Speaker 1: it is Drew McIntyre screwed for the better part of
Speaker 1: really the entire year suspended a week ago by Nick
Speaker 1: All this. They got into a cussing match in the back.
Speaker 1: Remember they showed that on their social media after the
Speaker 1: show went off the air. They were dropping f bombs.
Speaker 1: They were making fun of Ridge Holland. Drew McIntyre's talking
Speaker 1: about how am I gonna feed my fucking family and
Speaker 1: all this is telling him shut the fuck up and
Speaker 1: get the fuck out of here. This is a real
Speaker 1: conversation between the two of them. It lasted all of
Speaker 1: one week and Drew McIntyre is back. He shoves him
Speaker 1: off the top rope. Now here comes in angry Nick
Speaker 1: All this and he marches down to the range. What
Speaker 1: are you doing here? He goes over to Paul Hayman.
Speaker 1: He gets up in Hayman's face and he's yelling at Hayman,
Speaker 1: and Hayman has the binder but the contract, and he
Speaker 1: is just yelling over and over in his face. Anybody,
Speaker 1: anybody remember I could sign anybody from any brand to
Speaker 1: be on my team for Wargames. So breaker speared, Jay
Speaker 1: Ussa threw the table in the ring, got propped up
Speaker 1: in the corner, and it mostly broke. Wasn't a clean break,
Speaker 1: but it mostly broke. Logan. Paul hit Jimmy with the
Speaker 1: loaded punch. Cody tried to get involved, but McIntyre hit
Speaker 1: him with a Claymore kick, and then Bronson Reid followed
Speaker 1: up with a tsunami to flatten Cody. McIntyre shook Paul
Speaker 1: Hayman's hand and now officially joined their team for war Games.
Speaker 1: All the bad guys posed to close the show. Oh
Speaker 1: my god, what are the Babyfaces? I gotta do my
Speaker 1: Kevin McAllister face? What are the Babyfaces going to do?
Speaker 1: They're one man short. If only there was some other
Speaker 1: big star on the roster who can make his seventeenth
Speaker 1: return this year and come to the aid of the
Speaker 1: Babyfaces to ward off Paul Hayman's team. I wonder who
Speaker 1: it can be. Madison Square Garden a Monday night. We
Speaker 1: will find out, you'll hear the music, he'll make his
Speaker 1: way out, and we'll have our Wargames team, and then
Speaker 1: the Heels just have to find one more person because
Speaker 1: they're down a man, and we can probably surmise that
Speaker 1: that man is going to end up being Brocklesner. Because
Speaker 1: we have not seen Brocklesner since Russell Palooza. There's no
Speaker 1: reason to think that Paul Hayman would not reach out
Speaker 1: to Brock as a friend and say, hey, we need you.
Speaker 1: Brock's not exactly a team player, but I think it's
Speaker 1: safe to say that he's the likeliest choice to fill
Speaker 1: out that final spot in the war Games match, and
Speaker 1: then we'll have our teams. The main event itself, it
Speaker 1: was nothing special. It was a means really just to
Speaker 1: get to the postmatch angle to set up the return
Speaker 1: of Drew McIntyre. How they brought him back, the Hayman stipulation.
Speaker 1: That was the story. They went with him and said, look,
Speaker 1: I the rule is that I could pick anybody who
Speaker 1: was under contract with this company across all three brands,
Speaker 1: and technically he was suspended, but he is still under contract,
Speaker 1: so that nullifies the suspension in theory, that would should
Speaker 1: really only mean the McIntyre's back for one night. Nick
Speaker 1: Alldos can still go wait a minute, you're still suspended now,
Speaker 1: Are they going to do that? Probably not, but he
Speaker 1: is going to be back for Wargames. And look, it
Speaker 1: makes sense. As soon as they announced that Cody Roads
Speaker 1: was going to be in war Games, it only makes
Speaker 1: sense that Drew McIntyre is on the opposing side. Plus
Speaker 1: Drew has history with cmpunk, so it's not like him
Speaker 1: and Cody the only people that have history together. So
Speaker 1: to that end, it makes sense. And they did what
Speaker 1: they had to do tonight to fill things out a
Speaker 1: little bit more. Still incomplete, but they still have two
Speaker 1: weeks left to go until we get to Wargames. This
Speaker 1: was not a great show. It was a slight improvement
Speaker 1: from last week. It was better than last week. It's
Speaker 1: a very low bar. We had another solid entry in
Speaker 1: the US Title Open Challenge tonight. They continued the story
Speaker 1: between DRAGONOV and Tamaso Champa, which gives Champa and Diy
Speaker 1: something to do. It was nice to see Cardona, if
Speaker 1: only for one night, back on the main roster. They
Speaker 1: gave La night to win, which is good. We don't
Speaker 1: get too many of those, so when you get one,
Speaker 1: if you're an La Night fan, you got to kind
Speaker 1: of cling to it and hang on to it like
Speaker 1: like a fucking child, because it could be ripped out
Speaker 1: of your arms at any second. It could be kidnapped
Speaker 1: by the evil Paulovc. But for tonight, La and I
Speaker 1: got a win. He moves on to the next round
Speaker 1: against who we don't know, and we had some progression
Speaker 1: on the wargames front right, Charlotte causing drama with the women.
Speaker 1: Drew McIntyre makes his return, so he's back on TV now,
Speaker 1: and that's where we are heading into Madison Square Garden.
Speaker 1: You want to do three hours of this huh? You
Speaker 1: want to do three hours of this show here every
Speaker 1: single week. There are some big changes that are going
Speaker 1: to have to be made by January if they're gonna
Speaker 1: make this work, if they're gonna make this a quality
Speaker 1: program in three hours. You cannot take SmackDown in its
Speaker 1: current form. You cannot take SmackDown in its current incarnation,
Speaker 1: in the state that it's in right now, and stretch
Speaker 1: it out to three hours and expect to put on
Speaker 1: a good show. Every week. I don't give a shit
Speaker 1: how many matches get more times. It's not about that.
Speaker 1: It's not about that. You could take any two members
Speaker 1: or two teams. You want to a lot of talented
Speaker 1: men and women on this roster and put them out
Speaker 1: there and give them an extra fifteen minutes to have
Speaker 1: a banger match on the show every week. Okay, it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if the creative that is supporting them and
Speaker 1: the stories that you're trying to tell and the feuds
Speaker 1: that you're trying to put together are not interesting. There
Speaker 1: have to be changes now that we know this show
Speaker 1: is actually getting fatter. They're feeding it. This show needs changes,
Speaker 1: and I just hope to God that they can start
Speaker 1: to implement them now so that by the time we
Speaker 1: get to January they might be in a pretty good state.
Speaker 1: Don't wait until January. Start now you have more people
Speaker 1: to call up. Do it now and get them prepped
Speaker 1: and ready to go heading into twenty twenty six. Man,
Speaker 1: that news put me in a sour mood. What did
Speaker 1: you think of SmackDown from Albany tonight? Sixty one point
Speaker 1: seven percent thumbs up for tonight's show. That is a
Speaker 1: stark contrast to the poll from last week thirty eight
Speaker 1: point three percent thumbs down. Can vote at Solemn Monster
Speaker 1: on X is the place to go. I did want
Speaker 1: to before I get into all your questions and we
Speaker 1: have some fun here. I did to just mention because
Speaker 1: this is where I will be tomorrow. If you are
Speaker 1: in the area, there's a big convention in New York
Speaker 1: tomorrow out on Long Island. The big event, the biggest
Speaker 1: autograph expo in the state. Not just wrestlers, a lot
Speaker 1: of wrestlers going to be there, past the President, but
Speaker 1: also celebrities, athletes. Mike Tyson was going to be there,
Speaker 1: he had to cancel. Brett Hart also was going to
Speaker 1: be there. He had to cancel. But a lot of
Speaker 1: people are going to be there. And then at night
Speaker 1: after the expo ends, that goes from ten to four
Speaker 1: at eight pm, House of Glory has SuperClash. And this
Speaker 1: is just some of the names on the card right here.
Speaker 1: Mercedes Monet challenging for another championship, Nick Namath against the
Speaker 1: Amazing Red, We got Killer Cross against a mystery opponent
Speaker 1: on the show. Shanna Basler against Machi Itto might be
Speaker 1: my favorite. I am very much looking forward to calling
Speaker 1: that match. So I'll probably be walking around the floor
Speaker 1: during the expo earlier in the day if anybody's going
Speaker 1: to be around, and then we have the big show
Speaker 1: at night. So tickets are still available, they are going quick.
Speaker 1: So you go to hog Wrestling dot Net and pick
Speaker 1: one up or two or three. Bring your friends. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun night tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1: Get into your super chats here, Victor. Who do you
Speaker 1: see winning the Women's Royal Rumble next year? I don't know,
Speaker 1: depends who's in there. If liv Morgan is in there,
Speaker 1: she's got to be one of the favorites. But I
Speaker 1: could see Rhea. I could see Bianca. If I had
Speaker 1: to go with an early favorite right now, assuming she's
Speaker 1: backed by then, I would go with Bianca bell Air
Speaker 1: thoughts on the Dark Side of the Ring episode on
Speaker 1: Mister Perfect I think that you could definitely do one.
Speaker 1: I mean, as someone who was obviously taken from the
Speaker 1: world earlier than he should have been, and he had
Speaker 1: a drug problem there towards the end played a role
Speaker 1: in his death. I think that fits the criteria for
Speaker 1: Dark Side of the Ring by sell Rent jay Z,
Speaker 1: James Brown, Britney Spears. Oh my god, buy on James Brown,
Speaker 1: rent on Jay Z and sell on Britney Spears, or
Speaker 1: just sell Britney Spears and also buy or sell Hogan,
Speaker 1: Piper Edge, John Cena. I'm just gonna buy on I mean,
Speaker 1: what was that? Even mean, Victor, There's no criteria for this.
Speaker 1: It's kind of a weird question. It's impossible to answer.
Speaker 1: Hogan was the man for me as a kid. Then
Speaker 1: I got smartened up and I came to appreciate other
Speaker 1: talents who did not get the same level of attention
Speaker 1: or maybe didn't sell quite as many tickets as Hogan didn't.
Speaker 1: But Hogan was that guy in the eighties. Piper was awesome.
Speaker 1: You know, those were my guys. How come Macho Man
Speaker 1: wasn't a bigger star than Hogan. He just wasn't as
Speaker 1: big of a box office draw, and Vince chose to
Speaker 1: put all of his muscle behind behind Hogan. Hogan was
Speaker 1: his golden goose. Savage had a great run, he really did.
Speaker 1: I mean, especially when he was the champion that first time.
Speaker 1: They did good business with him as the champion. But
Speaker 1: Hogan was Hogan, simple as that. Why wasn't he a
Speaker 1: bigger star? Because Hulk Hogan existed. That's why super Pony says, update,
Speaker 1: that's not gonna work for me. Brother. That's after he asked,
Speaker 1: I'm sure this Miss versus j match will be cinema.
Speaker 1: Thank you, super Pony. We got our boy. I smoke
Speaker 1: a lot of weed with the four ninety nine. That
Speaker 1: might be the only way to get through SmackDown. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I think he's got the right idea. He did it
Speaker 1: with the US and WWE belts final scene of redesign
Speaker 1: for the Intercontinental title, but it's the classic ic belt
Speaker 1: with a black or maybe a blue strap, just an idea.
Speaker 1: He's not going to have that championship long enough to
Speaker 1: redesign it though, that's the thing. But if he was
Speaker 1: going to, I think that the classic Intercontinental title design
Speaker 1: on a white strap. I know they use white straps
Speaker 1: now for the women's belts, but the old Intercontinental belt
Speaker 1: on a white strap, now, that was a thing of beauty.
Speaker 1: I would bring that back. That's what Cody brought back.
Speaker 1: When Cody brought back some version of the old design
Speaker 1: in like twenty eleven, I think it was it was
Speaker 1: on a white strap, like when Miz was holding that
Speaker 1: championship and having actually some pretty good matches with it
Speaker 1: back in twenty seventeen, twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen. It was
Speaker 1: on a white strap. Nothing wrong with that. Give me backshots,
Speaker 1: Solemn Monster. No, I really believe they refuse to disband
Speaker 1: the MFTs because that would be the end of Solo
Speaker 1: getting real TV time. Big cousin Roman wouldn't like that.
Speaker 1: I can't say that. There's no truth in that. Would
Speaker 1: they have any ideas for Solo? Cause Solo could be
Speaker 1: a funny guy, but they have him as like acting
Speaker 1: as like the mob boss here, and that's not him.
Speaker 1: It doesn't work. He looks like a poser. He's not Roman.
Speaker 1: Holiday one ninety seven says Hi Solo. I was seriously
Speaker 1: considering skipping SmackDown tonight and just watching your review an
Speaker 1: hour into watching the show, and I am regretting it.
Speaker 1: You should have just stuck with me, brother. I could
Speaker 1: have told you what the good stuff was and then
Speaker 1: you can go watch it. The boss moo Jackson, who's
Speaker 1: your early money in the bank? Money in the bank predictions?
Speaker 1: Are you out of your mind? Money in the bank
Speaker 1: is the end of August, dude? Early money in the
Speaker 1: bank predictions. I fucking know. I mean, I don't even
Speaker 1: know who's gonna be on the main roster at that point.
Speaker 1: My early money in the bank prediction. On the men's side,
Speaker 1: I'll shit my god. I mean, I'll go Trick Williams.
Speaker 1: On the women's side, I'll go lash legend Funny enough
Speaker 1: if the two of them are a couple. Josh Carlo's
Speaker 1: better film The Rundown or The Condemned. I enjoyed The
Speaker 1: Rundown more, Osmo Jackson. I'd like to have seen Oba
Speaker 1: instead of Zack. Well. Oba just returned at the end
Speaker 1: of NXT on Tuesday night, so apparently he is not
Speaker 1: done with NXT yet. Oba Femi will not be in
Speaker 1: the tournament. Also, he says, we need to see a bracket.
Speaker 1: Random matches, isn't it. Oh, you will get a tumbler
Speaker 1: and you will enjoy it. You don't enjoy the random tumbler.
Speaker 1: What are your early Royal Rumble predictions men and women? Well,
Speaker 1: I said before, I think Bianca would be my early
Speaker 1: prediction on the women's side. On the men's side, that's
Speaker 1: a little bit tougher. There was a time a few
Speaker 1: months ago where I would have said samy' zayin, but
Speaker 1: they just have gotten completely away from that story about him.
Speaker 1: You know, I know I can be a world champion,
Speaker 1: like he hasn't said anything about that in months, So
Speaker 1: I'm thinking man Breaker, Maybe I go bron Breaker is
Speaker 1: like an early favorite pick for the Rumble, But honestly,
Speaker 1: I could see Roman reigns Arabian Night next NXT two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, he's Matt Cardona in TNA, and tonight we
Speaker 1: see Zack Ryder. I bet deep down he's gutted that
Speaker 1: he had to go buy this again after reinventing himself
Speaker 1: the last five years. It didn't He's say in that
Speaker 1: interview he did with Chris van Vliet that he would
Speaker 1: never be met or he would never be a Zach
Speaker 1: Ryder again. Believe me, I'm sure it wasn't his choice.
Speaker 1: The Bossmo Jackson says, I get so much pleasure seeing
Speaker 1: Cody smashed at the end. I love the way Bronson
Speaker 1: does his finish, But Logan does not look like a wrestler.
Speaker 1: Let me read some of these member chats here. Yes,
Speaker 1: the member chats do not show on this particular screen.
Speaker 1: So I have to go fish. I have to go
Speaker 1: fish for them on a different tab here. It's a
Speaker 1: pain in the ass thanks to YouTube, but I'll find
Speaker 1: them here. Let's see. We got one here from Sidrow
Speaker 1: sixteen months from our boy Sidro. This was from an
Speaker 1: hour ago. My door was a jar, so I added jelly.
Speaker 1: Now it's a door jam this guy. And I'm trying
Speaker 1: to remember what the French word for white is. My
Speaker 1: mind just keeps going blanc. Look at this guy trying
Speaker 1: to be sophisticated. Bobby means with twenty one months, he's
Speaker 1: got Sidro trump by five months. There there was a
Speaker 1: rumor that WWE is considering the Caare against Rhea for
Speaker 1: WrestleMania or Vicare against Becky Lynch. If that's the case,
Speaker 1: then who would you have winning the rumble Bianca Bella,
Speaker 1: because whoever challenges Stephanie Vicaire if she is still the
Speaker 1: champion in WrestleMania, could win the elimination chamber, and I
Speaker 1: think that person is Rhea Ripley. And again Jamie from earlier,
Speaker 1: thank you for those five gifted memberships. You're awesome. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get back to these now. Prince begeta ninety five
Speaker 1: as a fellow Sopranos fan, what do you think happened
Speaker 1: to Valerie the Russian after the Pine Barons episode? He
Speaker 1: was an interior decorator after he was Yes, he was
Speaker 1: an interior see I like to I like to believe
Speaker 1: that he went into an actual career. He had a
Speaker 1: career change and he actually became an interior decorator. Like
Speaker 1: in my mind, that's that's what I see, that's what
Speaker 1: I envision as his future. I have to believe this.
Speaker 1: Joseph with the two bucks says, thought you could use
Speaker 1: this after SmackDown moving to three hours. Thank you, Joseph,
Speaker 1: although after this news, it's uh, I could use more
Speaker 1: than three bucks. You know, a bottle of whiskey costs
Speaker 1: a lot more than three three bucks or two bucks
Speaker 1: two bucks. I think bottle of whiskey's not cheap. But
Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks for looking out. Refresh
Speaker 1: this list here so that you guys can see all
Speaker 1: the new ones. Ragnarok, he says, really Carmelo against Bronson,
Speaker 1: I wonder who's going to win anyway, my prediction Joe
Speaker 1: Hendry shows up on Raw and they debut Obafemi in
Speaker 1: the rumble. Well again, I said, Carmelo could stand the
Speaker 1: chance if Cody gets revenge and then he could backdoor
Speaker 1: his way into the next round, which again I just
Speaker 1: think would be incredibly lame if that happened, but it
Speaker 1: would get him into the next round. So for him,
Speaker 1: you know, I guess a win is a win, but
Speaker 1: what a lame way to win, you know, Super Pony
Speaker 1: smack down back to three hours. That's what we do
Speaker 1: in the triple Ah voice. Yeah, he's very fond of
Speaker 1: saying that's what we do. It's what we do. This
Speaker 1: what we do. I've seen the compilation video. It's amazing
Speaker 1: how many times he says that. Prince Vegeta says with
Speaker 1: a nine to ninety nine logan, Paul might be the
Speaker 1: most undeserving part timer WWE has ever had. He has
Speaker 1: two good matches every four months, disappears and then comes
Speaker 1: back in a main event program. He pinned Jelly Roll
Speaker 1: big deal. He's like some of their are other top
Speaker 1: guys that barely show up when they have a need
Speaker 1: for him. They dust them off, they bring them in
Speaker 1: to most of the time lose. I mean all the
Speaker 1: championship matches, like World championship matches. He's had multiple ones.
Speaker 1: Now he's lost every single one of them, lost to Roman,
Speaker 1: lost to Cody. If he wrestles Punk, he's gonna lose
Speaker 1: that one too, as he should because he's not full time.
Speaker 1: And if he's not not able to commit full time,
Speaker 1: that's fine, But then I don't want to see him
Speaker 1: anywhere near the World Championship. Like, I'm done with that.
Speaker 1: We've had enough of that over these last few years.
Speaker 1: We don't need more of that. Sees. What's your favorite
Speaker 1: EO SKY match this year? I mean, it's one of two.
Speaker 1: It's either the WrestleMania Triple Threat or the match of
Speaker 1: Rea at Evolution. H Man, That match of Rio was
Speaker 1: so good. I might lean towards the Ria EO match,
Speaker 1: but it's tough. You can't go wrong with either one
Speaker 1: of those matches. It's one of those two. It's one
Speaker 1: of those two. When I do my end of the
Speaker 1: year like Match of the Year list, I'll have to
Speaker 1: figure out what goes where. But I think I'm leaning
Speaker 1: towards that Evolution match JDFVA for the five dollars super Chat.
Speaker 1: I've always been advocating for cross branding women's and tag
Speaker 1: team Division. Am I wrong? Tag Team Division? Yes, Women's Division? No.
Speaker 1: You just have to supply an equal number of women
Speaker 1: for each show, which they have not done. There's an
Speaker 1: imbalance between the two shows right now. The tag team division,
Speaker 1: though I agree with you on that at least the
Speaker 1: tag team titles are cross branded. I think that the
Speaker 1: men's tag team titles should be reunified and that you
Speaker 1: should have floating champions there. That's what I think. Mac
Speaker 1: tub better overall performer in ninety nine, Austin or Rock,
Speaker 1: I mean overall performer in ninety nine. Probably Austin, I'm
Speaker 1: sorry Rock, Probably Rock. True Crime on Leash. Dakota Kai
Speaker 1: is set to debut in AW aligned with Mercedes Monette
Speaker 1: as Charlie Girl. I don't know if that's just supposed
Speaker 1: to be a joke or I don't know anymore. I
Speaker 1: don't know if that's a joker, if that's real. I
Speaker 1: don't think that's real. Maybe Charlie Angel. Then Mercedes can
Speaker 1: add somebody else and they she'll have Charlie's Angels. See
Speaker 1: there you go. How do you like that? Sidro? The Shaunathan,
Speaker 1: in your opinion, is triple h hate the traditional Survivor
Speaker 1: series elimination match feels like since he took over he
Speaker 1: just refuses to do one on the pl Well, he's
Speaker 1: doing one on SMACKDD in two weeks, so he must
Speaker 1: not hate it that much. I don't think he cares
Speaker 1: for it, but he obviously doesn't despise it because he
Speaker 1: wouldn't bring it back Both Men Entertainment. Finn defeated Bobby
Speaker 1: Lashley at maybe a thirty five for the Intercontinental title.
Speaker 1: I can confirm this as I was there. I can
Speaker 1: also confirm that Bobbly Lashly was not there. Really, I
Speaker 1: just have no memory of that match. Where were you sitting,
Speaker 1: by the way, you might have been sitting near each other. Leopouldo.
Speaker 1: How long before the crowd chance shut the fuck up
Speaker 1: to Cody? They're not going to Chance shut the fuck
Speaker 1: up until he goes heal. You might start hearing some
Speaker 1: booze eventually, but they're not going to Chance shut the
Speaker 1: fuck up at him. Sees. What would you have Eo
Speaker 1: doing at WrestleMania next year? I don't know. She probably
Speaker 1: will not be challenging for a championship, but I definitely
Speaker 1: want her on the card in some form. For her
Speaker 1: to not be on the card after having the year
Speaker 1: that she's had would be a huge slap in the face.
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I just hope she's on the
Speaker 1: actual show, preferably in a singles match. But if it
Speaker 1: was a triple threat, I could accept that Holiday one
Speaker 1: ninety seven. Shouldn't Bronson read be upset that bron Breaker
Speaker 1: and Logan Paul caused a DQ in his WWE Championship match.
Speaker 1: This is going to make Reid look clueless. Well that's
Speaker 1: how they like doing it. No, he's not going to
Speaker 1: be upset because evidently he was about to lose and
Speaker 1: so therefore he got saved. And nothing matters in this company.
Speaker 1: So there you go. There's your answer. Nothing matters perfectly
Speaker 1: fine question to ask, why would Paul Hayman go through
Speaker 1: the exercise of convincing him to make it a championship
Speaker 1: match and then seemingly not care that the match was blown.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but Triple H would tell you just
Speaker 1: shut up and enjoy the ride and don't ask questions.
Speaker 1: They don't like it when you do that. Mactub who
Speaker 1: is the WrestleMania who has the WrestleMania match catalog besides
Speaker 1: HBK and Taker match catalog? Oh? I could think of
Speaker 1: a few people Randy Savage has a pretty good catalog.
Speaker 1: Brett Hart has a pretty good catalog. So those are
Speaker 1: two names right there. Ron was killed. Guess WWE can
Speaker 1: only handle the truth, says Leopoldo. Yeah, Ron Killings didn't
Speaker 1: last very long. He cut his hair off and that
Speaker 1: was the end of Ron the Truth killings. Oh well,
Speaker 1: at least he got his job back. Griga, thank you
Speaker 1: for the two bucks. Appreciate it. Leopoldo says, what if
Speaker 1: Big Shows finisher was the small package? I would think
Speaker 1: that that would be a little difficult for him to
Speaker 1: pull off, especially with smaller opponents. He would crush them.
Speaker 1: Alex and WWE just released Zack Ryder shirts on their store.
Speaker 1: Of course, gotta make as much money as you can
Speaker 1: while you can. I don't know that that's indicative of anything,
Speaker 1: but I'm not surprised. Leopoldo says, I thought Alexander said
Speaker 1: WWE just released Zach Ryer. Sadly, I would not have
Speaker 1: been surprised. Yeah, you know, as I look at that
Speaker 1: super chat again, that is the first thing that you
Speaker 1: see when you read it. WWE just released Zack Ryder
Speaker 1: man as quickly as they as quickly as they brought
Speaker 1: him back. He's already been released. They brought him back
Speaker 1: just to release him. Grand opening, Grand closing, Matt Fisher says,
Speaker 1: why don't pirates shower before they walk the plank because
Speaker 1: they wash up on shore later. Well done, Thank you, Matt.
Speaker 1: It's not a bad one. Le Poldo with a thirteen
Speaker 1: dollars macho man, super chat. Cody might as well add
Speaker 1: GM to his name. He's sure his comfy, demanding matches.
Speaker 1: From all this, he's becoming a bit insufferable. And why
Speaker 1: the hell was reading not pissed that Division aka bron
Speaker 1: Vision interfered. Yeah, just talked about that. Don't have a
Speaker 1: good answer for you. You're not supposed to ask questions,
Speaker 1: Jamie Dorsh with an orange chat, you go from yellow
Speaker 1: to code orange here. Thank you for painfully watching SmackDown
Speaker 1: each week to keep us up dated so we don't
Speaker 1: have to watch. What is Caine's best match? Does he
Speaker 1: have one? Caine's best match? Hmm, I don't know, I
Speaker 1: don't know. You stumped me. I think the one that
Speaker 1: will probably be the most memorable. I mean it could
Speaker 1: be the first Undertaker Caine won from WrestleMania, but I
Speaker 1: always think of the one where he won the championship,
Speaker 1: the first Blood match, King of the Ring ninety eight.
Speaker 1: It's a pretty memorable match quality wise. Probably not his
Speaker 1: best match though, TLC four Yeah, I mean that's kind
Speaker 1: of cheating, but no, I mean he was part of
Speaker 1: that match TLC four on Raw that was back in
Speaker 1: two thousand and two. Yeah, I mean probably that. By default,
Speaker 1: Caine doesn't really have a catalog of like great matches.
Speaker 1: You know, He's had some memorable matches that he's been
Speaker 1: a part of, but I don't think anybody's making a
Speaker 1: list of like the top fifteen, top twenty Kine matches.
Speaker 1: I do remember there was that one match on Raw.
Speaker 1: I don't remember the date, but he had a match
Speaker 1: with the Big Show and they were trying something different.
Speaker 1: They were doing chain wrestling, and I wish I can
Speaker 1: remember when that was it. I remember watching that being
Speaker 1: like holy shit, like what are they doing? You know,
Speaker 1: they were trying something different. That's why I still remember
Speaker 1: that match all these years later. I just can't remember
Speaker 1: the actual like year or the date that it took place.
Speaker 1: Furious Nation with A nine ninety nine joining us tonight,
Speaker 1: What's Up Solo Raw and SmackDown. Legit is night and day.
Speaker 1: Feels like Triple H is more hands on with Raw
Speaker 1: and Road Doug is more hands on with SmackDown. Like
Speaker 1: you said, feels like Raw is more consistent. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I don't really understand why, but you can tell just
Speaker 1: from the rosters. Raw has the stronger roster right now
Speaker 1: and that helps. And you know why they haven't bothered
Speaker 1: in these last few months to extend that same assistance
Speaker 1: to Smack then. I just don't really understand it, but
Speaker 1: it really does. I mean, it really does feel like
Speaker 1: night and day on most weeks between these two shows.
Speaker 1: Eight nine Tech. Why Gunther isn't the guy in WWE
Speaker 1: right now? Why is he not the guy? He's been
Speaker 1: out with an injury and he's still a heel, and
Speaker 1: a heel is never going to be the guy in WWE.
Speaker 1: So that's why he's great in the heel role. One day,
Speaker 1: if he goes Babyface, you know, maybe some people will
Speaker 1: see him as the guy, but he's never gonna be
Speaker 1: positioned as like in the role that Cody is in
Speaker 1: right now or the role that Roman was in. That's
Speaker 1: just that's just not him. They're not going to have
Speaker 1: him in that role. Diego ASKI has a real question
Speaker 1: Lady Gaga or due lupa Lady Gaga. Mount Vernon Kidd says,
Speaker 1: did you hear about Santana losing the TNA title? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I had no idea. Yeah, I'll be talking about that
Speaker 1: on Sunday as well. Jeremy Rose, do you see Jade
Speaker 1: is the type of heel that wants to face Bianca
Speaker 1: because she thinks she's unstoppable or tries everything to avoid her.
Speaker 1: I don't think she's going to try to avoid her.
Speaker 1: I think that I don't know that they to portray
Speaker 1: her that way. I think that I think option one,
Speaker 1: not option two. Paul Carpenter, who wins brock Lesner or
Speaker 1: Sid Vicious in any era? Brock Lesner. I'm a big
Speaker 1: Sid Mark. I love Sid, but back in the day,
Speaker 1: man Sid was the guy. Man Sid was awesome. But
Speaker 1: I gotta go Brock. See the real match that we
Speaker 1: missed out on was like prime Brock against Prime Vader,
Speaker 1: like big Van Vader, like ninety two ninety three Vader.
Speaker 1: That would have been something. Or imagine them as a
Speaker 1: tag team. I love cats or loves Cats the Sunday shows,
Speaker 1: they don't drop it any specific time. I record them
Speaker 1: as early as I can in the morning. I'm still
Speaker 1: collecting news and stuff. It takes. It's like an all
Speaker 1: day effort. I try to get them out as early
Speaker 1: in the mid afternoon as possible. Push him out hits
Speaker 1: the feed. Sometimes they don't go out until three o'clock,
Speaker 1: four o'clock. You just got to be subscribed to the feed. Man,
Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts or Spotify, Spreaker, wherever you get your podcasts from.
Speaker 1: Just make sure you're subscribed, and as soon as a
Speaker 1: new show pushes through. It may take a few minutes,
Speaker 1: but you'll say, keep refreshing, it'll pop up. Jeremy says,
Speaker 1: I disagree with your take on Cardona. Don't you think
Speaker 1: he was Zach Ryder tonight because he has history with Sina. Dude,
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. Like he's Matt Cardona. Now you know,
Speaker 1: Zach Ryder has been dead for fucking years. Matt Cardona
Speaker 1: had history with Scene. It's I mean, now we're just
Speaker 1: being we're picking nits here, but like it's the same person, dude,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean you could say Cardona back in
Speaker 1: his Zack Ryder days had history with John Cena. So
Speaker 1: Believe me, it would have been fine if they would
Speaker 1: have called him by his real name. I'm sure there
Speaker 1: was some sort of legal reason that they didn't want
Speaker 1: to call him Matt Cardona. I just think it's silly
Speaker 1: that he's Matt Cardona on their own television show like
Speaker 1: a month ago, and now he's Zack Ryder. It's just stupid,
Speaker 1: furious Nation. Also, my grandma is going for partial hip
Speaker 1: replacement surgery tomorrow as she fell this past Wednesday. Hoping
Speaker 1: for the best. I'm hoping for the best for her.
Speaker 1: I hope it all works out. It's very tough, especially
Speaker 1: when you get older. You hear a lot about that
Speaker 1: you take a fall, you know, you have a grandparent
Speaker 1: or an aunt or an uncle. You know, we're kind
Speaker 1: of going through that right now my family, where you know,
Speaker 1: someone falls and it's never a good thing. So I
Speaker 1: hope it all works out. Man, Hey, blue Jay, with
Speaker 1: seven months of membership here, you need to listen to
Speaker 1: Jesse's idea of blood and guts from Wednesday, the idea
Speaker 1: of the match having a purpose in the title picture.
Speaker 1: These matches need sense. I talked about blood and Guts
Speaker 1: in my in my review on Wednesday and gave you
Speaker 1: my thoughts on that if you want to go check
Speaker 1: that out. Jonathan Peters twelve months of membership, Seamus shinsk
Speaker 1: Russev Priest, Gunther Evans, Solo mystery Man, jami is La Cardona,
Speaker 1: Penta Balor Re just reading all the fucking names in
Speaker 1: the tournament. That's all sixteen mystery Hendri, Hendri wins it all, okay,
Speaker 1: So yeah, the mystery Man. That's it. Like it's the
Speaker 1: last mystery spot in the tournament. On Monday, it probably
Speaker 1: will be Hendry. I still feel like Gunther wins the
Speaker 1: whole thing. That's just how I feel. But it also
Speaker 1: I would like to see like where these people are
Speaker 1: going to actually land. So hopefully once they're through this
Speaker 1: entire first round, we will get like a visual bracket
Speaker 1: so we know who's facing who. Like it's ridiculous, like
Speaker 1: you gotta give us something so we could see what
Speaker 1: the different like match configurations are actually going to be.
Speaker 1: Cameo Johnson, Hey, solo, hope all is great. I imagined
Speaker 1: you were swinging the air like tray from Boys in
Speaker 1: the Hood when you heard that they were expanding SmackDown
Speaker 1: back to three hours. Yes, I was punching the air.
Speaker 1: I had a double check to make sure I wasn't
Speaker 1: reading wessel votes, and then when I realized that it
Speaker 1: was wrestle votes, I just sank into a deep depression.
Speaker 1: This afternoon, Leopoldo says, what's your early WrestleMania fifty prediction?
Speaker 1: I mean, to this point, it's going to be solemn
Speaker 1: Monster against the whoever is running the USA network. The
Speaker 1: Mount Burning Kid Macaulay Culkin reprised his role as an
Speaker 1: older Kevin in another commercial and he met an older
Speaker 1: granddaughter of old man Marley. Wow, that's right. He wasn't
Speaker 1: some kind of commercial. So is that the one I'm
Speaker 1: thinking of? Or was there a new one? Chris Bellow?
Speaker 1: What is Mark Henry's favorite Eddie Murphy movie? The True
Speaker 1: Crime Unleash? Wwe move money in the bank to the
Speaker 1: end of September? Oh no, they moved it to the
Speaker 1: beginning of September, not the end. Luis with a five.
Speaker 1: Speaking about Obafemi, KTLA decided to cut into the ten
Speaker 1: o'clock news when Obafemi was making his grand return on Tuesday.
Speaker 1: Do you mean to tell me that your local TV
Speaker 1: station placed a higher priority on the local news than
Speaker 1: the return of Obafemi at the end of NXT. I
Speaker 1: mean I would just I would. I would ban the
Speaker 1: whole network. I would ban the entire channel. By the way,
Speaker 1: earlier tonight, I did see that the news broke that
Speaker 1: YouTube TV and Disney reached an agreement to reinstate all
Speaker 1: Disney owned channels on YouTube TV. I have been without
Speaker 1: ABC and ESPN for a couple of weeks now, and
Speaker 1: it hasn't really had any impact on my life. So
Speaker 1: the only thing I really give a shit about is
Speaker 1: that I'm still paying the same price for a service
Speaker 1: that now has fewer channels that I have an issue with.
Speaker 1: So I got my twenty dollars credit, but now apparently
Speaker 1: the channels are in the process of being restored. So
Speaker 1: if you are a YouTube TV customer, just be aware
Speaker 1: of that. Now you can watch your football again. Uh oh,
Speaker 1: it's John Laurinidis dropping a dollar ninety nine. You know, John,
Speaker 1: you should probably save that money for your legal fees. Buddy,
Speaker 1: I don't know why you're sending it to me, says
Speaker 1: this show needs a little more people power. People power,
Speaker 1: cameo Johnson with a four ninety nine. What do you
Speaker 1: think of Mariah May in nx T how they fumbled Julia.
Speaker 1: I am afraid Mariah will get the same treatment once
Speaker 1: she hits the main roster. WWE is two soulless, yes,
Speaker 1: because the Rock took its soul when he couldn't get Cody's.
Speaker 1: I think that Mariah May is gonna do very well.
Speaker 1: Mariah May has a lot of sex appeals. She's blonde,
Speaker 1: she's already I mean, she's already right there, She's right
Speaker 1: where she needs to be, and she hasn't even hit
Speaker 1: the main roster yet. She already checks the boxes. Believe me,
Speaker 1: they're not going to fumble her the way that they
Speaker 1: fumble Julius. So far, Phoenix downs the greatest match during
Speaker 1: the Thunderdome era, Dude, I honestly like I try to
Speaker 1: block that era out as much as possible. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know they had some dramatic stuff with like Roman
Speaker 1: and Jay. You know they did that hell in a
Speaker 1: cell match. Roman and Ko had that match at the
Speaker 1: Rumble that was in the Thunderdome was a false count
Speaker 1: anywhere offhand, I don't know, maybe the Boneyard match, if
Speaker 1: that counts, Maybe the Boneyard match or Wrestle Mini at
Speaker 1: thirty six. There were some good matches during that era.
Speaker 1: I just I don't have any interest in going back
Speaker 1: and watching him, and I've blocked a lot of that out,
Speaker 1: Like wrestling is not meant to be held in that
Speaker 1: kind of environment. You need to have fans in the buildings.
Speaker 1: So they made the most of a bad situation. But
Speaker 1: it's not like I have some sort of burning passion
Speaker 1: to go back five years ago. Oh I got to
Speaker 1: go back and watch this, Like No, I think five
Speaker 1: or ten years from now there might be some novelty
Speaker 1: in going back and checking some out. But yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: probably leaning towards either one of the Roman Ko matches
Speaker 1: or the Boneyard match or wrestle Mania Paul Carpenter with
Speaker 1: a five. I watched Hulk Hogan versus Mister Wonderful on
Speaker 1: YouTube in Canada. They teased Wonderful winning. I think he
Speaker 1: should have won the championship at least once. You know what,
Speaker 1: if they wanted to, that could have been saved for
Speaker 1: WrestleMania three. But I would say they made the right decision.
Speaker 1: Not that Hogan andre was some great technical masterpiece, but
Speaker 1: there's no bigger attraction that you could have done than
Speaker 1: Hogan Andre but that was right around the time that
Speaker 1: Hogan and Orndorf were still feuding. They had that blowoff
Speaker 1: in the cage on Saturday Night's main event. That was
Speaker 1: only two months before WrestleMania three. If they wanted to,
Speaker 1: they could have pushed it back. They could have put
Speaker 1: the belt on Orndorf in late eighty six and had
Speaker 1: Hogan win it back wrestle Media three. But timing just
Speaker 1: didn't work out. You know, they went with the bigger match.
Speaker 1: I would have done the same thing, you know, I
Speaker 1: would have done exactly what Vince did. Jeremy Rose wwe
Speaker 1: once again fumbling this SNA tour. If the point of
Speaker 1: his last match is to get someone new over Oba
Speaker 1: or trick, he says, Well, he says obi Obi wan Kenobi.
Speaker 1: I don't think he needs the push, says not a
Speaker 1: made man in Gunther. Well, you say that if the
Speaker 1: point of his last match is to get someone new over,
Speaker 1: maybe that's not the point of his last match. That's
Speaker 1: what you say the point might be, but that's not
Speaker 1: what they may feel. I mean, I don't disagree. If
Speaker 1: the point is to get somebody new over, then sure
Speaker 1: it shouldn't be Gunther, But who said that that was
Speaker 1: the point of the match. That's the point of the
Speaker 1: other matches that John Cena has said that he wants
Speaker 1: to have on that Saturday Night's made a venture. That's
Speaker 1: why they're doing a whole series of WWE versus NXT matches.
Speaker 1: You know, that may not be the point of his
Speaker 1: last match. The Mount Vernon Kidd rank these four Stone
Speaker 1: Cold segments, the Pilman incident, paging doctor Austin Tyson and
Speaker 1: Austin brawl on Raw and Stone Cold versus Booker t
Speaker 1: in the Supermarkets. I mean, they are all classic segments
Speaker 1: in terms of my personal level of enjoyment. For me,
Speaker 1: it's different. You got two comedy segments and then you
Speaker 1: have two more serious ones. So for me, I mean
Speaker 1: the supermarket one is a classic, But I mean Austin Tyson,
Speaker 1: that's a mean and that kicked everything off in ninety eight.
Speaker 1: You know, that made all the newscasts. I remember watching
Speaker 1: my local news like Luis probably was actually back then,
Speaker 1: Luis I don't even know the Luise may have been
Speaker 1: a twinkle in his father's eye for all I know,
Speaker 1: but it was a big deal when they had that
Speaker 1: shoving match, between Austin and Tyson. That was a big deal.
Speaker 1: You know, you left off what probably would be my
Speaker 1: favorite one. You didn't even include it here in your list,
Speaker 1: which is the Zamboni incidents, still one of the greatest
Speaker 1: segments of all time. But if I was going to
Speaker 1: rank them, I would go Tyson, Austin paging doctor Austin,
Speaker 1: supermarket gun incident, super pony. What's more miserable being a
Speaker 1: Mets fan or a fan of one of the two
Speaker 1: New York NFL teams? Generally, speaking of being a fan
Speaker 1: of New York sports, I mean the Knicks. The Knicks
Speaker 1: are the best of the bunch, but otherwise they all
Speaker 1: pretty much suck. Hoffman says Satin section three twenty three
Speaker 1: for wrestlemanting at thirty five. All right, I don't remember
Speaker 1: what section I was in, but I know it was
Speaker 1: better than three twenty three. Barry says, Honestly, Sina deserved
Speaker 1: better than what he got this year. Yeah, they fumbled
Speaker 1: a good part of this final run for sure. Duff's VIDs.
Speaker 1: Did you know if you boil a funny bone, you
Speaker 1: get a laughing stock. Isn't that humorous? I have a
Speaker 1: It's like a square It's not framed or anything, but
Speaker 1: it's like a square tile on the wall in the
Speaker 1: living room. It's a picture of a cat, uh holding
Speaker 1: up a bone, and it just says, I found this humorous.
Speaker 1: We're on the We're on the same wavelength as far
Speaker 1: as our humor. Matt Fisher, why did the wrestler bring
Speaker 1: a ladder to the match because he heard the competition
Speaker 1: was on another level? Duffs Vince says, what happened to
Speaker 1: the turkey that got in a fight? He got the
Speaker 1: stuffing knocked out of him? Some Thanksgiving humor. We have
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving coming up in two weeks. Leopoldo. I think Caine
Speaker 1: had great moments more so than matches. I agree, a
Speaker 1: lot of memorable Cane moments over the years. Wayne the
Speaker 1: Cosmic Grandma with a nineteen ninety nine just got back
Speaker 1: from Southern Honor Wrestling main show of the Year and
Speaker 1: AJ Styles was there to hand over the championship. I
Speaker 1: can't believe I've been watching him wrestle for twenty five years.
Speaker 1: What is your favorite Aj Styles match? Probably the Wrestle
Speaker 1: Kingdom match with knockamoor Z, Paul Senti, buy Er Sell,
Speaker 1: Lemons or Limes Uh, don't like either one. Sorry, Alexander
Speaker 1: plot twice. What of Gable is the mystery opponent? He's not.
Speaker 1: Kevin Owens with the four ninety nine says solo fear not.
Speaker 1: I will be coming back soon to save this shit
Speaker 1: show that is SmackDown. Can't come back a day too soon.
Speaker 1: We missed you, Ko Camo Johnson with a four ninety
Speaker 1: nine Elimination Chamber will be at the United Center instead
Speaker 1: of All State. What are your thoughts do you think
Speaker 1: of WrestleMania or any other big pay per view will
Speaker 1: start being at the United Center. I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do a whole segment on this on the soundof The
Speaker 1: only reason it's happening is because All State is booked.
Speaker 1: There's some sort of monster jam show there. I don't
Speaker 1: think they're gonna start running at the United Center on
Speaker 1: a regular basis, so again, I'll I will definitely talk
Speaker 1: more about this on Sunday though. Uh, we've got the
Speaker 1: HM D quante. I want to make sure I pronounce
Speaker 1: that right. Hey, Sola have been following since TV tracks?
Speaker 1: Can you see the Gunther and Evans match next week?
Speaker 1: Ending like the one two three Kid and Razor match
Speaker 1: years ago. Hmmm, I don't, you know, kind of like
Speaker 1: that slip on a banana peel type finish. I don't.
Speaker 1: I can't rule it out, you know, and then Guntherer
Speaker 1: just murders him after the match is over. I can't
Speaker 1: rule it out, but I just don't see it happening.
Speaker 1: It would be I'll tell you what though, if it
Speaker 1: worked out that way of Javon beats Gunther, which I
Speaker 1: don't think he will, how is that not the upset
Speaker 1: of the year. How's that not the upset of the
Speaker 1: decades so far? Matt Fisher with a twelve thank you
Speaker 1: no message, just showing some love, and Dove's VIDs with
Speaker 1: the four ninety nine If you date an FBI agent
Speaker 1: and break up, do they become your FedEx? Thank you
Speaker 1: Dev's viz. My aunt is still in the hospital and
Speaker 1: I actually uh visited her last week, hoping to get
Speaker 1: her into a rehab center in the next week or two.
Speaker 1: So that's the hope. But she's been there now for
Speaker 1: we're going on two months. Actually, I think as of
Speaker 1: yesterday it was exactly two months since she landed in
Speaker 1: the hospital. So she's still you know, in rough shape.
Speaker 1: But you know, one day at a time. But thank
Speaker 1: you for asking. I appreciate that. So that was fun,
Speaker 1: a lot of good questions in there. Always appreciate that.
Speaker 1: And we had, of course a long time ago we
Speaker 1: had passed the four hundred lights school. We're actually sitting
Speaker 1: at six thirteen. So you guys killed it, and that
Speaker 1: means that, of course it is time for be the booker.
Speaker 1: So let's not waste any more time. Ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker 1: it is now time to be the booker. Let's not
Speaker 1: waste any more time. Except we have Hulkling ninety three.
Speaker 1: I heard from your brother earlier five dollars super chat.
Speaker 1: How can you retire a man who's retiring? Lol, I've
Speaker 1: been hearing that phrase, the one to retire John Cena.
Speaker 1: He's retiring, win, lose or draw. Yes, But the idea
Speaker 1: is that you get to be the person who retired him.
Speaker 1: He is retiring. Question is who is going to be
Speaker 1: the man that will always be able to say that
Speaker 1: if they beat him, if they win in that final match,
Speaker 1: they can say that I retire John Cena. See that's
Speaker 1: the point, all right, tag team be the booker. We
Speaker 1: have the ussos Jimmy and Jay shout out to almost
Speaker 1: safe and yeah brother. They don't always show up. The
Speaker 1: superchats show up sometimes the Yellow ones don't, but drop
Speaker 1: it in the chat. If I see it, I'll try
Speaker 1: to answer it. So we got the USO and all
Speaker 1: their tag team How many tag team titles are they
Speaker 1: won over the years? Right, it's got to be at
Speaker 1: least seven or eight the USO. Oh my goodness? Did
Speaker 1: we am I crazy? Or did we not have this
Speaker 1: match last week? The USSOS against Techno Team two thousand.
Speaker 1: I could have sworn we had this match before. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't want to have this match once, let alone twice.
Speaker 1: I was all ready to hit the bell. I'm like,
Speaker 1: all right, who are putting the USOS against Man the
Speaker 1: Heart Foundation Demolition fucking Techno Team two thousand. Man, I've
Speaker 1: already booked them more times than Vince ever did. Oh
Speaker 1: my god, because I hit the wrong button. I don't
Speaker 1: even know what I'm doing. I just gave her every
Speaker 1: sound effect I have. Let's play every sound fucking brebella.
Speaker 1: We have bre mode in the super chat sometimes we
Speaker 1: have bre mode and be the booker. It is inescapable,
Speaker 1: It is absolutely inescapable. I don't know what the point is.
Speaker 1: I'll pick an opponent any way, But I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't really think it's gonna change much. Yeah, jazz, God
Speaker 1: bless jazz. But I mean, it's not changing anything. It's
Speaker 1: not changing anything. I just went full soundboard there on
Speaker 1: that one. Alright, main event, we have the world's most
Speaker 1: dangerous man, Ken Shamrock. He should be in the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. He had a good run. Not very long,
Speaker 1: but he had a good run. Ken Shamrock against Milmoretes. Hey,
Speaker 1: how about that? And we'll add a stipulation to it too,
Speaker 1: because why not in a blindfold match? I just I
Speaker 1: just ruined that made event, didn't I of all the matchup. Dude,
Speaker 1: we have lions, then you could didn't land on lions?
Speaker 1: That we we landed on lions then on Monday or Wednesday,
Speaker 1: I forget which day it was. Why couldn't we land
Speaker 1: on it tonight? We had Ken Shamrock in the main event. No,
Speaker 1: we have to land on blindfold match. We had it.
Speaker 1: We had a bell for the main event, and amazing
Speaker 1: did we go oh for three? We didn't go oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: we did go oh for three? I guess that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we were gonna go one for three, but now we
Speaker 1: went over oh for three. I'm sorry, guys, I like,
Speaker 1: oh shit, you know what I forgot. I don't even
Speaker 1: know what I'm doing tonight. I forgot we had the sweep,
Speaker 1: we have the sweet it's the reverse sweep. That's the
Speaker 1: worst kind of sweep that you can have. That's not
Speaker 1: the one that you want. Tomorrow again, I'm going to
Speaker 1: be out in Brentwood, New York, out on Long Island,
Speaker 1: House of Glory super Clash. It's a stacked card and honestly,
Speaker 1: it's the best and biggest women's card that we have
Speaker 1: ever had in House of Glory. It's not only women's matches,
Speaker 1: but it is by far the strongest women's card that
Speaker 1: we put together, and plus all those other guys as
Speaker 1: you see there in that advertisement. So that begins at
Speaker 1: eight pm. If you can't be there, we will be
Speaker 1: streaming live on Triller TV. I will be on the
Speaker 1: call and it should be a fun night. And anybody's
Speaker 1: going to be at the big event Expo tomorrow, maybe
Speaker 1: we'll bump into each other. I'm going to try to
Speaker 1: get there before it ends. Our show is not until
Speaker 1: eight o'clock at night. But maybe around the two o'clock,
Speaker 1: three o'clock, maybe I'll be walking around. I'll be the
Speaker 1: guy in the suit kind of hard to miss. I
Speaker 1: won't be wearing my Mark Henry Salmon suit. I just
Speaker 1: wore that. I can't wear that again. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: be in my Macho Man costume either, but I'll be there.
Speaker 1: And then when I'm back with you Live again, it
Speaker 1: will be Monday Night. That's gonna be a big night.
Speaker 1: It's John seen his last ever match in Madison Square Garden.
Speaker 1: We don't know who he's gonna face. We'll find out
Speaker 1: who Solo Siko's mystery opponent is going to be in
Speaker 1: the tournament. So it's gonna be a big night. And
Speaker 1: Becky Lynch defends her intercontinental title against Maxine Dupree. And
Speaker 1: I suspect that we're gonna get the return of a
Speaker 1: certain OTC. So come on back here and we'll talk
Speaker 1: about all of it on Monday night. Before that, though,
Speaker 1: you've got episode nine thirty eight of the sound Off
Speaker 1: that's gonna be dropping sometime on Sunday afternoon. That'll be
Speaker 1: my hangover from the Hog Show. So a lot of
Speaker 1: good stuff coming up. Be well stay safe, have yourselves
Speaker 1: a great night, have yourself a great weekend, and I
Speaker 1: will see you back here very soon. Live on YouTube
Speaker 1: for more sound Duff thanks for hanging out with me
Speaker 1: on a Friday night. Guys, I appreciate it. I'll see
Speaker 1: you then