WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.839 You know, I was actually having a pretty good day. 2 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:08.279 I saw a little teaser from wrestle Votes that they 3 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:11.279 were going to have some news later in the day, 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:13.400 news that was going to make some people want to 5 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:16.839 tear their hair out, and I said, oh, this should 6 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.239 be interesting. So then I tuned in and went over 7 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:23.879 to my feed late in the afternoon, I saw the 8 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.239 update which you saw in that graphic there at the 9 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:32.799 very beginning of the stream, that in fact, on January second, Buffalo, 10 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:35.640 New York will play host to the first SmackDown of 11 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:41.399 twenty twenty six, and that SmackDown will be three hours long. 12 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:44.799 But not only on January second. The show is moving 13 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.560 back to three hours starting at the beginning of the year, 14 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.240 and it will run through WrestleMania season and very likely 15 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:58.560 will run at least through June at least. So three 16 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:02.840 hour Smackdowns are back, coming off of last week when 17 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.439 I absolutely lost my mind over that show that they 18 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:10.000 gave us on Friday, and I cannot believe that I 19 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:14.920 might be sitting here in a few months reminiscing about 20 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.799 the good old days. This right now, what we are 21 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.920 in right now, this being the good old days of SmackDown. 22 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.159 I just can't. I can't wrap my head around that. 23 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:30.439 So I don't know if there's going to be the 24 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.200 new annual thing. We're going into the Rumble and WrestleMania. 25 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.400 They add another hour onto the show, and you know, 26 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:38.079 for the most part, there are a lot of people 27 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.560 who obviously do not like this decision. There were people 28 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.840 who loved the decision and who think, oh, this is great, 29 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:47.640 this is great, more time for talent on this show. 30 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.840 And I'm just I'm floored by some of these reactions 31 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.879 because to me, and I'm going to get more into 32 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:01.560 this on Sunday, but to me, maybe I'm crazy. The 33 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:05.280 issue here is not one of oh, this show is 34 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:09.599 not long enough. That's not the issue here. This is 35 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.000 what some people don't really understand. The issue is not 36 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.199 that the show is not long enough. The issue is 37 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.280 that in the time that they have for this show 38 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.599 each week, in the two hours that they are given 39 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:26.439 every Friday on USA on SmackDown, they are not making 40 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.080 the most of the time that they have. And this 41 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.680 idea that the show cannot be as good as it 42 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:35.919 can be unless we have three hours, that it's not 43 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.240 possible for SmackDown to be all that it could be. 44 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:42.960 Unless the show is expanded by another sixty minutes. Is 45 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.639 just it blows my mind that this is how some 46 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.199 people think. And I really think people have been brainwashed. 47 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:51.199 I really do. I think there's a lot of newer fans. 48 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.039 I think there's a lot of younger fans who didn't 49 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:58.159 become fans of WWE until the last decade, right ten, twelve, 50 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.560 fifteen years, and so they have been conditioned by three 51 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:05.240 hour raws that we had for so many years to 52 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:07.960 believe that this is the way that wrestling shows should be, 53 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:10.919 That the show has to be three hours, and if 54 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:13.159 it's not well, then it can't possibly be as great 55 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:16.719 as it can be. And it is just such flawed 56 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.759 logic to me. My philosophy is very simple. If two 57 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.919 hours is not enough for you to put out a 58 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.599 consistently good television show and you feel the need to 59 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:31.800 expand that show in order to make it good, you're 60 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.759 doing something wrong. Something is very wrong in that situation. 61 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:38.759 Because I don't know about you, but I grew up 62 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:40.879 for a very long time watching wrestling shows that were 63 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.759 two hours every single week, in some cases, wrestling shows 64 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.360 that were not even two hours, and there were a 65 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:47.960 lot of really good ones in there. There were some 66 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:50.039 shitty ones, but there were a lot of really good 67 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:53.479 wrestling shows in there. Two hours is more than enough 68 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.120 time two and a half if you watch Raw on 69 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.879 Monday nights, to tell stories that are compelling, to tell 70 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:01.280 stories that are interesting, and to tell stories that people 71 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.599 are going to want to tune in the following week 72 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.879 to watch, and to rotate talent in and out, even 73 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:09.319 if they're not on the show consistently every single week. 74 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.199 That's okay because not everybody has to be on every 75 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.120 single show. And I don't know why some people are 76 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.839 incapable of admitting the WWE has done a very poor 77 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.199 job these last several months when it comes to SmackDown 78 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:23.639 more so than Raw. Raw also has weeks where it's 79 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:25.720 like eh. But for the most part, Raw it feels 80 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:27.519 like it's a show that's being written by a completely 81 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:29.759 different writing team. It feels like Raw is in a 82 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.199 totally different universe on most weeks as compared to what 83 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.600 we see on Friday nights. And I don't really understand why, 84 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:39.000 but this is where we are right now. A show 85 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.720 that at one point was the A show and not 86 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.240 all that long ago, has been anything but so excuse 87 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:47.439 me if I'm sitting here and I'm not terribly excited 88 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.560 about the news that this show is going to expand 89 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.720 and get even longer in a few months, because there 90 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.360 are some very very big changes that need to be 91 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:57.720 made to smack Down before I will ever get excited 92 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.079 about getting more smacked Down. Now. I am of the impression, 93 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.240 I am of the belief, I am of the opinion. 94 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:06.920 I've always said this that there is no wrestling show. 95 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.560 I don't care what company, I don't care a quality 96 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.240 of the show. There is no wrestling show that needs 97 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.680 to be three hours long every single week. I've always 98 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.199 been consistent about that, and I still feel that way. 99 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.279 But if WWE, if USA network, whoever made the call, 100 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.439 might have been a USA call, But it doesn't matter, right, 101 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:28.560 WWE loves getting the extra content. Reality of the situation 102 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:32.360 is this, This is going to happen, and we're all 103 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:34.480 going to be tuned in because we're heading into Rumble season, 104 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.639 We're heading into WrestleMania season, right, That's part of the 105 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:38.879 reason why this is happening. I don't know what that 106 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.759 means for braun stroman show that's on after SmackDown. Maybe 107 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.160 it's the off season for the show because he just 108 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:47.600 got informed that his show was renewed, I believe or 109 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.839 or no, No, it wasn't rendered. I'm sorry. He was celebrating 110 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.480 the ratings went up for the most recent episode and 111 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:55.519 he was hoping the show would get renewed. I don't 112 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.959 know what this means for the Stroman show that airs 113 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:05.279 immediately after Smack. This is going to happen. There's nothing 114 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:08.480 anybody can do about it. And what I would like 115 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.079 to see what has to happen. Changes have to be 116 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.480 made to this show. You watch the show every week. 117 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.680 You know where the weaknesses are, You know where the 118 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.920 holes are in the show. You know where they need 119 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.920 to shore up the roster. You can tell just by 120 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:25.519 watching the show consistently every single week what a lot 121 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.839 of those changes are that need to be made. The 122 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.680 women's division, right, tag team division, We're going in circles 123 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.439 with a lot of the same faces over and over 124 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.600 and over again. It's been a long time since we've 125 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.079 had any kind of roster shakeup on this show. A 126 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.879 move here and there, but that's not enough. Lash Legend 127 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.600 called up from NXT to the main roster last week. Great, 128 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:47.240 that's not enough. Major changes have to be made, and 129 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.199 if this move helps facilitate those changes, then great. But 130 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.519 I have been given no reason to have fate that 131 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:57.800 this grand change is going to wash over SmackDown overnight. 132 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.839 It's going to take time. It has to happen. We 133 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:03.839 cannot get this show that we are seeing now every 134 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:08.399 single week but with a few extra MFT segments sprinkled in. 135 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.319 I can't do it. I can't do There's a wall 136 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:13.240 over here, a perfectly good wall, and bang my head 137 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.680 against the wall. Changes need to be made to this show. 138 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.800 The only good thing that could come out of this 139 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.879 is if it forces them to make those changes. But 140 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:24.399 it all goes back to creative. So again, don't assume 141 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:26.319 that just because the show is moving to three hours 142 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.040 it means that everything's going to be great again, because 143 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.040 at one time when the show was three hours, it 144 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.720 was actually really good. It comes down to the writing 145 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.000 and the creative and what you are doing with the 146 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:41.399 talent that you have on the show. But the talent, again, 147 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.360 there's so many different areas of this show that need 148 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:49.000 to be improved upon, fixed, shaken up. That's my hope. 149 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.120 That's really all we can do is sit and wait 150 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.000 and hope that the show improves on its own so 151 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:59.319 that when the show gets longer, it'll be easier to digest. 152 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:01.879 I'll have a lot more to say about the three 153 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.040 hour stuff on the podcast this weekend, but that's my 154 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.720 thoughts on three hours. Not happy about it because this 155 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:11.040 show is in dire need of help. Hopefully they get 156 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.000 the help it needs. But tonight it was two hours. 157 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:17.000 We're not there yet. We still have several weeks before 158 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:21.959 the show moves to the three hour format. Cody Rhades 159 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:24.920 defended his WWE Championship on the show tonight. Didn't you 160 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.240 know that? It was unannounced, It was an impromptu match, 161 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.759 It was made earlier in the night. He defended his 162 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.720 title against Bronson Reid, who was not a contracted SmackDown talent. 163 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.360 But that was the main event and boy, you know, 164 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.559 Cody comes out first, then Bronson the challenger comes out next, 165 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:44.519 and it didn't feel like a WWE championship match. It 166 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.000 was very cold, not a lot of enthusiasm for it, 167 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.919 and honestly, it was more of an angle than a match. 168 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:55.320 The match got thrown out dq. They never bother announcing 169 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.559 the actual finishes to these matches, but the match was 170 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:01.240 thrown out. When the other members of the Vision team 171 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.000 Vision heading into Survivor Series, they came out, including the 172 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:09.240 newest edition to the Heel team at Survivor Series, Drew McIntyre, 173 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.919 the same Drew McIntyre who was suspended by Nick allD 174 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.399 this one week ago. So it lasted all of a week. 175 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.320 But yes, Drew McIntyre is now back, and now that 176 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.159 leaves one spot open on the heel side. On the 177 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:26.799 baby face side, we pretty much know what the Wargames 178 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.600 team now is going to be. Cody Road, seem Punk, 179 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.360 Jay Usso. We already knew about them. They're in there. 180 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.759 Jimmy Usso has added his name to the list. That 181 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:43.559 leaves one spot open on the men's Wargames team, and 182 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.840 g I wonder who's going to fill that spot in? 183 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.039 Perhaps we'll find out of Madison Square Garden this Monday. 184 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.600 Who oh, who oh? Who is missing from TV right now? 185 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.799 Who could help fill in a spot on the babyface side? 186 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:04.320 I wonder? Yeah, so the babyface side is complete. The 187 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.480 only thing we need to find out, really honestly, is 188 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.120 who takes the fifth and final spot on the heel side. 189 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:11.799 And I think we have a pretty good sense of 190 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.720 who that's probably going to end up being. Paul Hayman 191 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.039 has a friend he'll call in a favor, and there's 192 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.279 j Men's War Games match. And one of the things 193 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:21.879 they did on the show tonight, which by the way, 194 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:24.960 was marginally better than last week's show. I know that's 195 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.679 a very low bar, but it was a better show 196 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.639 than last week. Not great, but it was a better 197 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:32.000 show than last week. But what they did tonight was 198 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.159 take steps to help fill the gaps in some of 199 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.279 the gaps anyway, in terms of the war Games matches 200 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.519 coming up at Survivor Series. So on the women's side, 201 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:44.480 they actually injected some drama into things because all of 202 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.759 a sudden, even though they were all standing united at 203 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.799 the end of Raw Monday night, Charlotte Flair realized, Hey, 204 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.840 you know what I just remembered. I don't like you 205 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.360 Ria Ripley. I don't like you, I don't trust you, 206 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.639 and I don't want a team with you. So we 207 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.960 had Charlotte Flair walking out on her teammates, which means 208 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:01.879 that they are in need now of not just one 209 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.519 but two partners now because it is going to be 210 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.279 five on five. And the reason they did that is 211 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:10.279 because they have a few weeks left until the PL 212 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.399 and they want to build some drama an intrigue. Of course, 213 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.799 Charlotte Flair is going to be in wargames now. We 214 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:16.399 have to wait and see what it takes to bring 215 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.840 her back into the fold, so that is why they 216 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:23.120 shot that angle tonight. We also had two more matches 217 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.200 tonight in the John Cena Last Time Is Now tournament, 218 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:33.120 including the return of a former WWE superstar the return 219 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:38.240 of a former WWE Intercontinental Champion on the show tonight 220 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:42.559 to wrestle La Knight. We had another United States Championship 221 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.679 Open challenge with Ilia Dragonov putting his title on the line, 222 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:49.440 still consistently the best thing on this show. And we 223 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:54.320 are getting a traditional five on five Survivor Series elimination 224 00:11:54.480 --> 00:12:00.679 style match, not at Survivor Series, but they are suscitating 225 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:04.480 the old traditional Survivor Series elimination format, which is something 226 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.159 that I was hoping Triple H would start doing. I 227 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.039 think doing one traditional match on the actual pl each 228 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:14.639 year would be cool. They've chosen to do it on 229 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:19.000 TV the night before. At least we're getting one. I 230 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:23.360 can't say that the lineup is terribly exciting, but I 231 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.200 was hoping we would at least get one. We'll talk 232 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:28.240 about how they set things up on that end tonight 233 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:33.240 as we get into this two hour edition of SmackDown. 234 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.720 It is Friday night, November fourteenth, twenty twenty five. I 235 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.639 am the Solemn Monster. Thank you for spending your Friday 236 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.039 night with me here on the channel. Please subscribe and 237 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.399 like hit those buttons. We are celebrating eighteen years of 238 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:51.360 the sound off all November long. You guys have been 239 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.279 killing it so far. We're almost basically halfway through the 240 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.480 month already, and before we get into this review, I 241 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:02.200 needed to this up and show you guys something because 242 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.559 this was going around today. I saw this and I 243 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.519 didn't think it was real at first, but then I 244 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.039 laughed my ass off when I realized that it actually was. 245 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.120 Ye know, the last time that I visited the Empire 246 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.879 State and I live in New York my whole life, 247 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.039 so of course the Empire State Building is in New York. 248 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.080 The last time I visited the Empire State Building Observatory. 249 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:29.039 It's funny because I actually remember exactly the day that 250 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.840 I went up there and visited the observatory, because it 251 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.440 was June of twenty ten, And the reason I remember 252 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:37.360 that is because it was a Monday Night Funny enough, 253 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.440 it was a special three hour episode of Monday Night Raw, 254 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:43.759 but it was the night that the Nexus attacked John 255 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.840 Cena in the main event, right, one of the more 256 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.440 memorable angles in Raw history. I made it home just 257 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:53.600 in time to see that whole thing play out. And 258 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.159 I can tell you that what I'm about to show 259 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.600 you definitely wasn't there, because this is going back again 260 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:03.120 fifteen years. But this this is actually in the Empire 261 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.120 State Building and they have this as part of a 262 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:11.480 whole display of different items. This is a WWE replica 263 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.919 Championship belt. Now, I want to draw your attention to 264 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:19.679 the placard in the lower left corner of your screen. 265 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.840 There you see it says WrestleMania thirty five has a 266 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:29.759 few wrestler names on there, Becky Lynch, Daniel Bryan. But 267 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.399 then I will point out to you the name in 268 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:42.559 the middle of the name plate where it says Boble Lashly. Yes, yes, 269 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:50.399 Boble Lashly. What the fuck is a Bobly Lashly? Can 270 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:52.679 somebody plays explay this to me? And how this wasn't 271 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.120 noticed to have this hasn't been fixed because apparently this 272 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:58.960 has been this has been up for a while apparently, 273 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.080 or again again it wasn't there when I was last 274 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:07.960 up in the observatory. But I don't know bobbly. Now. Look, 275 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.799 if AW doesn't jump on this and start marketing some 276 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:15.919 Bobby Lashley bobbleheads and calling them bobbly lashly, then I 277 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:17.759 don't know what the fuck we're doing here. But then again, 278 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:21.159 I don't understand how they haven't started selling those monette puppets, 279 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:25.639 even if they're just you know, cheap material bobbly. Look, 280 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.320 I think it could always be worse, right, it could 281 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:31.720 have been blobbly, could have been blobby lashly. Can you imagine? 282 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:38.480 Oh man, I don't get it. Man, you had one job. 283 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:52.360 The disrespect is just unbelievable. Bobbly lashly, it's ridiculous, all right. 284 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:55.279 They recap enough of that. They recap the end of Raw. 285 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.720 On Monday night, when the Kabooki Warriors won the women's 286 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.480 tag team titles, we had the return of Rhea, Ripley 287 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:05.440 and Eosky. They came out to make the save and 288 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:08.840 so that was where Ria said war games and we 289 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.879 had a sense of what the Women's war Games match 290 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:17.679 was going to be at Survivor Series. Why those three names, Leopoldo, 291 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.600 That's a great question. I have no idea. I don't 292 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:22.600 know why they selected Becky Lynch, bob Le Lashley and 293 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.960 Daniel Bryan's. That is very weird. I don't even remember 294 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.240 bob Lee Lashley had a match at Wrestle Mini at 295 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.759 thirty five. Was even on the card? I was there, 296 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:35.320 I should know. I don't even remember. I don't remember 297 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:39.759 him having a match. That's all I'm going to think 298 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.519 now when I see him on TV like a bobblehead 299 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:46.879 bobb Ley Lashley. Anyway, Eosky and Rhea Ripley, they were 300 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:51.320 the first ones out to the ring. Rhea said the 301 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:55.480 Kabuki Warriors thought that they were untouchable since she's been 302 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:58.440 out with a broken nose. If you add Naya Jackson 303 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.399 lash Legends in the mix. They think they have the 304 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:04.319 numbers advantage, but all they've ended up with are more enemies. 305 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.920 Eo said, making enemies always catches up to you, and 306 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:13.440 then she shouted war game. Everyone loves doing that. Everyone's 307 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.559 got to shout war games at the top of their lungs. 308 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:28.160 Oh man, poor Bobby, did he face Balor on that show, 309 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:30.920 Demon Balor, Are you sure about that? God, I have 310 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.319 no memory of this. Bobby Bobby Lashley wrestled Finn Balor 311 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:40.839 at Wrestle MANI at thirty five. Like I was in 312 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.960 the building that night. I have no recollection of this whatsoever. 313 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.400 I know they stuck a match in there kind of 314 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:50.759 last minute between Roman Reigns and Drew MacIntyre because Roman 315 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.799 had just come back. He had been, you know, in 316 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:56.319 remission from the leukemia, so he came back kind of 317 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:59.799 close to many. I remember that Kofe right, Kofe Mania, 318 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:03.359 the women's main event, Randy Orton and aj Styles. I 319 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:07.319 remember all that. That's a match I don't remember. Apparently 320 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:15.119 it didn't leave a very big impression on me. Ria 321 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.039 then introduced two of their teammates for Wargames Outcomes, Charlotte 322 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:23.200 Flair and Alexa Bliss. Alexi said, the Kabooki Warriors, Naya 323 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:25.640 and lash they started it, We're going to finish it. 324 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.240 The second that Ria said Wargames on Monday, she knew 325 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:32.759 they were in. Charlotte then told Ria, look, I can't 326 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:37.440 I can't do this. I can't pretend anymore. She says, 327 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:42.079 I don't like you, I don't trust you. I think 328 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.279 you're a snake. Charlotte said that there was too much 329 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.559 history between them to look past it. She told Alexa, look, 330 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.799 if you want to do it, you can, but you're 331 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.599 going to have to count me out. And with that, 332 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.480 Charlotte left the ring and she walked to the back, 333 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.000 and everybody in the ring was confused. I was confused 334 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.359 because why would you wait? I'm thinking about this in 335 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.400 like k fape sends, why would you wait until you're 336 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.720 live on TV four days later to then blow the 337 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.119 whole fucking thing up? But that's Charlotte. So now they 338 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.519 are down a teammate for wargames. It was very awkward 339 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.920 how they did this, Like Charlotte just walked out and 340 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:19.559 that was it. They just cut to the announcers, and 341 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:21.480 the announcers were kind of flustered, and then they just 342 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:25.319 previewed what was coming up tonight on SMACKDOWNE. That was it. Now, 343 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:29.720 later in the show, in the back, the Babyfaces were 344 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.000 talking amongst themselves, what are we gonna do? We need 345 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:36.839 two more teammates, and then they were ambushed by the 346 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.759 members of the Heel team, or some of them anyway, 347 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:44.079 lash Legend Nya Jacks. So they got jumped and left 348 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:47.640 for dead. So why did they do this? They did 349 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:51.920 it because they're trying to create drama on the babyface side, right. 350 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:55.319 They want the babyfaces to be at a distinct disadvantage 351 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.880 and they want you for the next week or two 352 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:01.039 to wonder what are they going to do? Is Charlotte 353 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:03.240 gonna come back into the fold. Of course the answer 354 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.039 is yes, she will, but they made it very clear 355 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:09.039 because Riha made a comment here like we need two 356 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.480 more so because I was a little unclear if we're 357 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.400 doing four on four or five on five. They're gonna 358 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:16.200 stick to the five on five format. You know, when 359 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.240 you look at the women's side, who do we know? 360 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:23.319 We know Oscar, Kyrie, Naya, and Lash. Is one spot open? 361 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:27.039 I think that spot is going to Becky Lynch. On 362 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:32.160 the baby face side, we have Rhea Eo, Alexa. Charlotte 363 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:34.160 will end up in the match, and then that leaves 364 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.079 one spot open. And I still feel like they're gonna 365 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:39.680 have aj Lee on that baby face side. I know 366 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:42.799 she hasn't been around since wrestled Palooza. I think we 367 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.880 could see her as soon as Monday night at Madison 368 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.559 Square Garden, but Becky has that title defense against Maxine Dupre. 369 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:51.480 It could go to Maxine. I just think in a 370 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:54.519 match like this, they probably would want Aj on the 371 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:57.880 baby face side, but it's one of the other you know, 372 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:01.240 it's got to be somebody that Becky has been beefing 373 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.359 with and working with if Becky is going to be 374 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:05.359 on the heel side, and I just can't imagine they 375 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:09.440 leave Becky out of wargames when she's right there. So 376 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:12.839 that's I think going to end up being the final 377 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:18.839 configuration for both those teams. Now, the opening match on 378 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:24.440 the show, there's punk k Clayton, Welcome to the channel. 379 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:28.000 So Ufman came in with a supertatus. Now Finn defeated 380 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:31.359 Bobby Lashley. That's Bobby by the way, at Wrestle Minnie 381 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:35.200 at thirty five for the Intercontinental Championship. I can confirm 382 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:37.880 this as I was there. I also confirmed that Bobby 383 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:42.240 Lashley was not there. Oh, bobb Lely, I'm sorry, I've 384 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.599 read that wrong. I'm like, boy, you just contradicted yourself. 385 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.880 He said, Bobbly Lashly was not there. Okay, So that's 386 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:52.640 good to know. That's very good to know. The opening 387 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:55.640 match on the show was the Mizz going one on 388 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:58.680 one here with Jay Usa. This was the John Cena 389 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:01.240 last time is now torn in. At least they got 390 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:05.279 this out of the way early. Jay yeaeded through the 391 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:07.480 crowd on his way to the ring. They went to 392 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.599 a commercial break. When they came back, he was in 393 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:12.559 the ring. He was still yeating and this guy was 394 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:15.039 ready to run it back, but he was interrupted by 395 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:20.119 the missus music. Thank you, miss Let's get the show 396 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:23.920 on the road here, okay, let's get things started. Usso 397 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:28.000 escaped an early skull crushing finale attempt. He closedlined Miz 398 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:30.200 out to the floor. Then he took off with a 399 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.799 suicide dive, and then they took off into a commercial break. 400 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:37.559 Another one. When they came back, Mis had the advantage. 401 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:39.880