WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:05.559 It's business time, baby. You are listening to Solo Monsters 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:10.119 Sounds Off. I love you so, mama, monster dude, I 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:13.039 want your soul mind on a woman. 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.800 You got grown ass wrestlers in the back going on Twitter. 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:20.559 Come over here, heart, is that pet patison you have legs? 6 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:25.079 The weekend I was ninety nine percent positive it was 7 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:25.800 just chessed up. 8 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.280 Now I want out of my contract if I don't 9 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:34.759 care what I want. Welcome to episode nine to nineteen 10 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.119 of the solom Monster Sounds Off here for Sunday, July sixth, 11 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.920 twenty twenty five. I am the Solemn Monster. I hope 12 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.560 you guys had a very good, very happy Fourth of 13 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.920 July weekend. Still have all ten fingers on each of 14 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.799 your hands. We are heading into what is going to 15 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.600 be one of the busiest weekends next weekend of the 16 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:57.159 entire year, and not a ton of news to get into, 17 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.359 but we are going to get into preview and predictions 18 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.159 for most of the big shows coming up next weekend. 19 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.400 I've got a ton of questions from you guys in 20 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:07.760 the mail bag a little bit later on. I want 21 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.280 to thank you for all of your support throughout the 22 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:14.159 month of June and hopefully at July things will pick up. 23 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:16.840 Gets a little slow here the beginning of July here 24 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.480 in the summer, but next weekend it is looking like 25 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.480 the weekend from hell. So we are going to get 26 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:24.359 into all that. But first I want to say thank 27 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.760 you to some of our supporters here this week. 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Pedro, thank you. I will 40 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.280 drop you an email. Big B Bryant Bessera, The Diamond, 41 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:15.639 Dallas Dance Machine, Harrison's so At Velvet Revolver, Robert Murray, 42 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.360 the Chicago Slayer, Willie Eickert, night Stalker, n f Alsafar 43 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.919 Kilshot Keith Hart, who has his ticket to House of 44 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.439 Glory in Philadelphia coming up in September. I will see 45 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.960 you there, brother, big Homie Jonathan Burton, Happy fourth to 46 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:34.599 you as well. I hope it was a good one. 47 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.520 Rebel j Leonard, thank you, my friend. I'm only in 48 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.639 town for the night, but hopefully I will get to 49 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.479 see you on Friday. We've got Raj must see Makwana 50 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.159 who is in the UK and does not get to 51 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:51.840 take part in the weekly streams. So here is his 52 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:57.879 terrible joke contribution. Oh boy, if Miles Bourne had a 53 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:02.240 match in a ring surrounded by barbed wire, would that 54 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:09.159 make it a barbed wire deathmatch? You know, I usually 55 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.000 I usually don't use that. Here are the actual podcast 56 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.039 I usually save that one for the for the live streams. Raj, 57 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:21.039 I'm glad you're able to contribute, but leave it to 58 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:24.919 the pros. My friend, show your role. Chris lu Deck, 59 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.560 I want to give him a shout out and his 60 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:30.560 What could have Happened in Wrestling series on YouTube. It's 61 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.479 now up to episode thirty five on What Could Have 62 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.319 been in Wrestling if Stone Cold Steve Austin did not 63 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:42.000 need to leave to have next surgery in nineteen ninety nine, well, 64 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:43.400 I mean he would have ended up with a few 65 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:45.800 more championships, is what would have happened. And they might 66 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:47.759 have tried that heel turned a little bit earlier than 67 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.840 they did if Austin felt like he was getting stale. 68 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:53.879 But give that a watch and all of the other 69 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.520 content on his channel, and be sure to subscribe. Just 70 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.919 search for it. Chris lu Deck by name on U 71 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:06.400 YouTube that's lud e c k E. Chris Ludek. House 72 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.680 of Glory is making its Texas debut this Friday, and 73 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.439 I will be there. It's going to be a fun show. 74 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:19.879 Charles Mason ZILLAFA two Champion against Champion title for title. 75 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:24.839 We've got Indy Hartwell's first defense of her HOG Women's 76 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.439 Championship against Hi On the Queen of the Indies making 77 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.519 her debut for Hog. Amazing Red will be an action. 78 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.279 Laredo Kid will be in action as well, coming off 79 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.040 that great four way match that he was a part 80 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:39.800 of at World's Collide last month for the NXT North 81 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.839 American Championship. Should be a great show at the Haltem 82 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:47.399 Theater in Haltam City, Texas, just a twenty minute drive 83 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.480 from Globe Life Field where All In is taking place 84 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.399 the next day. Tickets are still available, but they are 85 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.720 going fast. Front row is sold out, I know third 86 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.519 row is sold out. Go to hog Wrestling dot Net. 87 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.879 Can also stream the event live on Triller TV Plus. 88 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:05.399 And because I will be in Texas, just be aware 89 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.680 there will be no SmackDown review this Friday because I 90 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:12.040 will be down South, so hopefully I'll get to see 91 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.759 some of you there coming out of Night of Champions. 92 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.720 This might be the most bored that I have been 93 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:23.199 with WWE television, and we are a month out from SummerSlam. 94 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:26.079 We are definitely not on the highway to hell like 95 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.000 we were in ninety eight. I can tell you that. 96 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:33.079 Let's talk about the two women's titles on Raw. We 97 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:37.639 had Eosky coming out on TV to give Rio Ripley 98 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:42.040 a championship match at Evolution next Sunday. Adam Pierce gave 99 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.560 her the power to choose her opponent. EO said that 100 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.560 she wanted the best. The best, of course would be 101 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:49.600 EO because she is the champion, but I guess she 102 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:54.199 wanted the best competition, So she chose Rheo Ripley, and 103 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.959 that is the biggest match they could do on Raw 104 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.360 Right now, I expect that to close the show at Evolution. 105 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.000 I'm gonna run through that card in a little bit. 106 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:06.319 Eo Sky has had a horrendous run as the Women's 107 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.360 Champion since WrestleMania. She has barely even been on the show. 108 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.040 Just as bad as the run that Mariah May had 109 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.800 as the aw Women's Champion, but Mariah's was better because 110 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.680 at least she actually defended her title against different people 111 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:25.240 Nyla Rose, Willow Nightingale and a J. Eo hasn't even 112 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.120 been a factor on these shows. When we get her, 113 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.480 we get her in little bits in the back. Other 114 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:34.839 than WrestleMania, you would have to go all the way 115 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:38.399 back to Bad Blood in October to find a women's 116 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.120 world title defense on a pl e. Now, we're not 117 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.079 talking about the women's Intercontinental title. We're not talking about 118 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:48.319 the women's United States Championship. We're talking about the world title. 119 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.079 Triple H has done a very poor job. Then on SmackDown, 120 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.959 we had Tiffany Stratton come out to name her opponent 121 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:02.639 for Evolution, which we Trish Stratus, so we got the 122 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.079 same angle on both shows, with the champions handpicking their opponent. 123 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.720 At least on Raw, Rhea made the most sense. Trish, 124 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.920 on the other hand, came out of left field because 125 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.839 they wanted to have a legend on the show. And 126 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.480 Trish made sense because it's the twenty five year anniversary 127 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:22.079 and she already tagged with Tiffany an elimination Chamber earlier 128 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.720 this year. And yet it still feels completely random like that. 129 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:30.839 This is how we got to this point. I can't 130 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.360 sit here and criticize Bill Goldberg getting a title shot 131 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:37.360 on Saturday the way that he did and not call 132 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:39.959 out Trish Stratus getting one on Sunday and basically the 133 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.360 same way, like the way they announced Goldberg and Gunther 134 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:47.759 as a title match, very lazy. I mean, there was 135 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.480 a way to do it that would have been better, 136 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.839 but they took the easy way out. Very lazy, very 137 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.839 low effort booking. And that's exactly what this is. They 138 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:00.839 just show up and boom title match, and they announced 139 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:05.279 this nine days before the show. Has there been another 140 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:08.680 pl in recent memory with as little effort put into 141 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.120 it as that Evolution show next Sunday? I mean seriously, 142 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.800 they have been rushing to put a card together like 143 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.600 it's an afterthought, and they have a bunch of matches. 144 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.959 They have half a dozen matches, so it's a full card, 145 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.680 and yet it just feels so rushed and slapped together 146 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:29.959 because it is. That's exactly what that show is. And 147 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.399 the only reason we're even getting another Evolution in the 148 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:36.600 first place after seven years is because aw is running 149 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.960 its biggest show of the year next weekend. That is 150 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.200 the only reason we are getting this show. So what 151 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.919 they have done is they have flooded the zone with 152 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:51.840 content Saturday and Sunday, Great American Bash, Saturday Night's main event, Evolution, 153 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:55.440 and it shows in the ticket sales for the show. 154 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.039 Saturday Night's main event and Evolution are both being held 155 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.360 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, same building. Great 156 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.399 American Bash is at center stage, so they're gonna have 157 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:07.240 like seven hundred people there and it's still not sold out, 158 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:10.120 by the way, but it'll be full one way or 159 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.000 the other. Come next weekend, it'll be full. Saturday Night's 160 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.240 main event has almost eleven thousand tickets out. Evolution, the 161 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.360 next night, in the same building, doesn't even have five 162 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:23.519 thousand Russell Ticks says it's very likely people in the 163 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.639 upper bowl will end up being moved down to the 164 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:30.080 lower bowl to make it look more full. That first 165 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.240 Evolution show they ever did at the Nassau Coliseum, they 166 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:36.720 had around eleven thousand people. Now, it also had Ronda 167 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:38.840 Rousey in the main event, which was the entire reason 168 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.399 they even did that show. But they also had a 169 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.200 hot feud with Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch that was 170 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.399 going on at the time. I mean, this is when 171 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.440 Becky was really taking off and was super popular. This 172 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.679 show has none of that, Like, what's the real hook 173 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:57.960 for this show? But the fact that it's being slapped 174 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.600 together in the way that it is with no real 175 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:01.559 sense of importance that has a lot to do with it. 176 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.080 Saturday Night's main event. I mean, they have the hook 177 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.240 of Goldberg's final match, you know, whatever that's worth at 178 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.960 this point. But this is what happens when you put 179 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.960 in the bare minimum effort, and I guarantee you if 180 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.879 and when the event flops, the women will get the 181 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:23.559 blame for it. They can't draw, That's why they can't 182 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.519 have their own ple, So it's not even worth it 183 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.200 to book another one of these, it'll be another seven 184 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:33.639 years before you see an Evolution show. But let's go 185 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.960 in order with the two shows. Well, talk about Saturday 186 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:38.879 Night's Main Event first. I will be reviewing the show 187 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.440 on the SoundOff next Sunday because I am not watching 188 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.080 this live. I will be on YouTube at the time 189 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:48.360 talking about all in Texas. It is the fortieth installment 190 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:51.720 of Saturday Night's Main Event, forty also being the age 191 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:56.000 that Bill Goldberg was in two thousand and six. We 192 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.720 should get at least one more match announced tomorrow. Every 193 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.879 one of these shows that they've done so far has 194 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.240 had no less than four matches. Some of them have 195 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.960 had five. Right now we have three. So it could 196 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.240 be an Intercontinental title match between aj Styles and Dominique 197 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.759 Mysterio because that match was bumped from the night of 198 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:16.360 champions Card, so we still have to get that one. 199 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.600 If it happens, I'm picking dom to retain. But there's 200 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:23.919 also the women's Intercontinental title after Bailey and Lyra Valkyria 201 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.200 went to a draw on Monday to decide a number 202 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.840 one contender, So it looks like we're getting a triple 203 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.840 threat match very soon with all three women. I was 204 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:36.600 thinking at evolution, but it could happen here because right 205 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.000 now we have no women's matches on the Saturday show. 206 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.559 I figured they're all saving them for Sunday, but if 207 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.399 they wanted to have one, that would be the one. 208 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:49.320 And if the match does happen, Becky retains. Drew McIntyre 209 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:53.320 returned on SmackDown Friday night, which is back to two hours. 210 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.159 By the way, can I get a hallelujah? We've got 211 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:59.480 two hour Smackdowns back. I thought SmackDown was a fucking 212 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.679 bore on Friday, but think of how much worse it 213 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.600 would have been at three hours instead of two. McIntyre 214 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.080 showing up, though, was one of the few highlights of 215 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:12.039 that show. He interrupted a Cody Rhodes Randy Orton segment 216 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.399 where Orton acknowledged that he hesitated in their match at 217 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:17.360 Night of Champions and the King of the Ring Final. 218 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.399 He's gonna go deliver the punt kick, and he had 219 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.159 a moment where he just couldn't bring himself to do it. 220 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:28.440 He hesitated. Cody took advantage, so now he wants Cody 221 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.159 to make sure he goes to SummerSlam and he kicks 222 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:35.120 John Cena his ass and maybe if Cody fails to do, 223 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.919 so that could be the catalyst for Randy to drop 224 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.759 him with an RKO. Right, you beat me just to 225 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.679 go to SummerSlam and lose, you wasted it. He's like 226 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.039 Abby in the Last of Us, I let you live 227 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:53.360 and you wasted it. That could be Randy Orton, but 228 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:57.039 McIntyre mocked Orton for basically going soft, said the legend 229 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:00.279 Killer is dead, and then he ate an RKA for 230 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.480 his troubles and he got nick. All this McIntyre did 231 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:06.360 to make the match for Saturday night's main event. It'll 232 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:10.120 be McIntyre against Randy Orton. Not really a match that 233 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:14.240 either man can afford to lose, but it's Drew McIntyre 234 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.840 and Randy Orton, so I mean they're pretty much bulletproof, 235 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:20.600 especially Orton. But I think it works better if McIntyre wins. 236 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.679 He just came back. It works better if he wins anyway, 237 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.080 because it only drives Orton that much closer to the 238 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.120 edge of the cliff. So Drew McIntyre is my pick 239 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.879 to win. Speaking of returns, we had one on Raw 240 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.480 Monday night, La night he returned. He brawled with Seth 241 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:40.159 Rollins up on the concourse even threw popcorn on him. 242 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.399 Rolin threw a drink at night and then made his escape. 243 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:47.320 So now La Knight will wrestle Seth Rawlins and La 244 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:50.519 Knight will lose. Because I cannot see Seth Rollins losing 245 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.279 this match. I think Rollins may be the one to 246 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:57.120 break the money in the bank curse. How many money 247 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.720 in the bank winners traditionally have won the briefcase only 248 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.399 to go on to be booked into oblivion and lose 249 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.840 every match. Ah, well, it's fine, they have the briefcase 250 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.759 and we could just beat him. I don't think that's 251 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.000 gonna happen with Seth, not when he's leading the new 252 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.960 top heel faction in the company. I don't know what 253 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.559 that means for the future of La Knight, who should 254 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.960 be moved over to Raw permanently. But Bronson Reid and 255 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.720 bron Breaker will get involved. Knight will eat a stomp 256 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.320 at the end of this Seth Rollins is the predicted 257 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:32.279 winner here. Will it be this match? Will this match 258 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:35.039 be the match that jesse vent Ra does commentary for? 259 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.120 Is this the match where jesse vent Or will get 260 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.600 upset with the referees and competence that seems to be 261 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.279 a running theme here on these Saturday Night's main event shows. 262 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.799 Which match will they have him doing commentary for? Maybe 263 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.720 the main event? The main event will be the shortest 264 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:51.600 of all the matches, so maybe they'll save Jesse for 265 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:55.679 that one. But in that main event, we have Gunther 266 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:02.200 defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Goldberg in what will 267 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:07.159 be Goldberg's retirement match. He has said that his son Gauge, 268 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.399 will walk him to the ring here in his adopted 269 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.559 hometown of Atlanta. He should get a mostly positive reaction. 270 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.480 You can't rule out the possibility of some boo birds 271 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.399 or cheers for Gunther, but I do think that he'll 272 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.759 get a good reaction here in Atlanta. What we will 273 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.840 get out of him in the ring, that is the question. 274 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.840 He is fifty eight years old. He is in much 275 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:33.039 better shape than probably most fifty eight year olds. Still 276 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.480 keeps himself in good shape. But being in good shape 277 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.879 and being in ring shape, especially at that age, are 278 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.840 two different things. And he has been very open on 279 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.080 his podcast about the number of injuries and setbacks that 280 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.679 he has suffered during training for this one match. Hasn't 281 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.360 had a match in three years, you know, the older 282 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.399 you get, the more time you go without being in 283 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:57.399 the ring and taking bumps, that's not a good thing, 284 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.519 you know. Kurt Angle talked about that. It's one of 285 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.960 the reasons why. And Kurt Angle wasn't quite as old 286 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.320 as Goldberg was when he came back to WWE, but 287 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.440 it's why he went to Vince and said, look, I 288 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.159 want to wrestle, and Vince was like, no, I want 289 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.000 you to be the general manager and do that for 290 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.679 a year and then we could talk about you getting 291 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.559 back in the ring. Because Kurt knew like, if I'm 292 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.440 not in the ring and I'm not active on a 293 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.399 regular basis, you know, my body is just going to 294 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.799 stiffen up. And that's exactly what happened. He said, when 295 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.120 I finally came back to the ring and Vince had 296 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.720 me doing stuff in the ring, sometimes it looked like 297 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:34.279 he could barely move, because that's what happens when you're 298 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:39.000 just not active in that way. Goldberg is somebody who 299 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:43.519 obviously trains very hard and probably is harder on himself 300 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:47.000 than he needs to be, and so on his body physically, 301 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.840 that's not necessarily a good thing. So I think that 302 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.159 there's a reason to be concerned when he goes on 303 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.039 these different shows and says, yeah, you know, I have 304 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:57.000 a knee that I can't even run on because I'm 305 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.120 in pain and I hurt this and I did that 306 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:03.679 in training. I went overboard on this. I don't know 307 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.400 what we're gonna get here in this match. This does 308 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:10.160 not need to go longer than five minutes at the most, 309 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.759 and it may not even last that long. There doesn't 310 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:16.079 need to be a single commercial break during this match. 311 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.200 They should be able to fit the entire thing into 312 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.680 one segment. After the entrances are done, all Goldberg has 313 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.039 to do is a few quick power moves, sell for 314 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.359 a little bit. I know that's not his forte, but 315 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.960 sell for a little bit and hit a spear. That's it. 316 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:36.519 Maybe try for a jackhammer gun through those slips behind 317 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.799 him into the choke and you go to the finish 318 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:41.920 from there. I don't know if they're gonna have Goldberg 319 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.720 lose his retirement match in a sleeper hole, because that's 320 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.839 too close to how he lost to Roman Reigns in 321 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.119 his last match in the guillotine when Roman put him out. 322 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.400 But that is all this match needs to be. Bill 323 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:59.960 Goldberg should not under any circumstances, beat Gunther. Bill Golden 324 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.119 should not, under any circumstances hold a World championship ever. Again, 325 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.839 that ship has sailed. It should have been over after 326 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.440 that last match with brock Lesner. That would have been 327 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:13.720 the perfect match for him to go out on defending 328 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.440 the title at WrestleMania. They had a six minute sprint 329 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.920 with each other. It was great. They avenged their horrible 330 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:25.160 WrestleMania twenty match. What a way to go out. But 331 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.640 here we are, and so we have to just get 332 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.759 past this to get to Summer Slim. They did a 333 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.039 segment on Raw Monday Night where Seth Rollins came out 334 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.799 to confront Gunther and then see M Punk came out 335 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.200 and he fought with Rollins, who bailed into the crowd, 336 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.880 and when Punk went to go leave, Gunther grabbed him 337 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.680 by the arm and Punk shoved him down on his 338 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:43.920 ass and he warned him stay out of my business. 339 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.519 Felt to me like the perfect setup to a triple 340 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:50.240 threat match at SummerSlam. You know, if Rollins loses, he 341 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.720 still has the briefcase that he can cash in Gunther 342 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.200 against Punk or Gunther against Punk against Rolins. That should 343 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:00.400 be the night one main event for SummerSlam. I don't 344 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.319 want to see Goldberg win the title here just to 345 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:06.039 drop the belt to Seth Rollins immediately after on the 346 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.960 cash in. Goldberg should not be Gunther. That's it, and 347 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.640 I say that he won't. I don't believe he will. 348 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:16.079 Gunther will retain the championship and Goldberg will have a 349 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.079 nice send off at the very end, and his son 350 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.880 could come into the ring to celebrate with him. He 351 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.400 could wave goodbye to all the fans and he rides 352 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:27.720 off into the sunset. Now, I will say this, if 353 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:31.799 Seth Rollins loses to La Knight on this show, then 354 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.880 I think for sure he's cashing it at the end 355 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.119 of this match, whether Goldberg wins first or he turns 356 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.599 it into a triple threat like WrestleMania at thirty one. 357 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:43.440 If Rollins loses to La Night, He's totally cashing in 358 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.880 at the end of the show. And if Rollins loses tonight, 359 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:49.039 Knight would have to get the title match at Summerslim 360 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:52.200 because he would have a win over Seth Rollins. I 361 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.000 just don't see that happening though. No Cody Roads on 362 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:58.559 the show, but he was in the news this week. 363 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:02.039 There was a Deadline Dot report confirming his role in 364 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:06.240 the upcoming Street Fighter movie. He's going to be playing Gile. 365 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:11.240 Gile is an Air Force pilot, hence the sonic boom. 366 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.160 That's where that comes from. The cast for this movie 367 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:16.160 is just it's something else. I mean, I already went 368 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:18.680 through some of the names. It was the last week 369 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:21.319 of the week before when I mentioned Roman. Fifty cent 370 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:25.039 is in this thing, and so as Roman reigns, he 371 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:28.960 has already been cast as a Kuma. This is not 372 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:32.200 the place I was expecting to get Cody Roman Part three, 373 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:35.720 but here we are. Cody is expected to take some 374 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:40.039 time off after SummerSlam to film production begins next month 375 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:43.319 in Australia. What does that mean for his chances of 376 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.200 beating John Cena at SummerSlam or beating him and then 377 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:51.000 maybe getting cashed in on I don't know. I don't 378 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.640 think that this for sure means he's not winning the title. 379 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.640 Maybe they'll only need him for a couple of weeks. 380 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.839 Like liv Morgan with that Bad Lieutenant movie she filmed, 381 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.359 she was gone for a few weeks. She wasn't gone 382 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.920 for very long. But I have no opinion one way 383 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.440 or the other on Cody being cast because I've never 384 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:10.200 seen him act before in a movie. I think he's 385 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:13.759 done some TV work on that Stephen Emmel Show, but 386 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:15.799 i've never seen him in a movie. I know he's 387 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.839 got a cameo in the new Naked Gun movie that's 388 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:20.920 coming out with Liam Neeson, which I don't think is 389 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:23.440 out yet. I haven't seen it, but I have no 390 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:26.400 opinion one way or the other or how much dialogue 391 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:29.759 Guile might have in the movie. But that's what he'll 392 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:33.079 be doing now. Speaking of Saturday Nights main event, John 393 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.519 Cena this week confirmed that his retirement match will take 394 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:39.960 place sometime in mid December, but he claims that they're 395 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.599 still trying to find a place for it. About a 396 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.400 month ago, there was a TV station in Boston that 397 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.799 did a story unseen his retirement. I think they even 398 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:50.400 interviewed his father for it, and at the very end 399 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.200 of the segment when they came back to the anchor 400 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.400 in studio, they just kind of casually mentioned that the 401 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:57.000 match would happen in December at the TD Garden Arena 402 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:01.799 in Boston. Mid day December is when they did Saturday 403 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:06.079 Night's main event last year, so it looks like a 404 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:11.319 mid December retirement match in Boston, very likely on Saturday 405 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:15.119 Night's main event, which would be very disappointing because that 406 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.279 just means his final match is going to be littered 407 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:23.240 with commercials and that just feels wrong. See Goldberg is 408 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:26.039 having his retirement match on Saturday Nights main event. But 409 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:28.759 like I said, Goldberg's matches are three minutes long, so 410 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:31.880 you could fit the entire thing into one segment. This 411 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:34.960 is different, but it's looking like that's probably what it's 412 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.119 gonna end up being. Now. Evolution two is next Sunday. 413 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:44.720 Big gap between Evolution one and Evolution two about seven years, 414 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.559 but it is next Sunday with a seven o'clock Eastern 415 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:52.400 start time. We've got six matches announced, including a Battle 416 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.839 Royal with the winner receiving a championship match at Clash 417 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:58.599 in Paris, which is coming up at the end of August. 418 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:01.640 This is how they get some more legends in there. 419 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.440 Nicky Bella will probably be in there. She was going 420 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:07.039 to do something with Live Morgan. Live Morgan got hurt, 421 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:09.599 and again I want to mention that real quick because 422 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:12.799 Live Morgan supposedly was factored into this show in a 423 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:15.359 major way. So whatever she was going to do with 424 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.200 Nicky Bello, whether it was going to be one on 425 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.720 one or if they were going to do a tag 426 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.960 team title match with both Bella's challenging Live and Raquel. 427 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.640 Liv was going to have a role on this show 428 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:28.039 that does not have anything to do I have. I'm 429 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:30.079 not going to give WWE a pass if they had 430 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.039 plans for the show that had to slightly be adjusted 431 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:35.720 because one person got hurt. So I don't want to 432 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:38.720 hear people using that as an excuse. If it's like, well, 433 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.799 you know the show kind of feels slapped together at 434 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:43.079 the last minute, it's because Live Morgan got hurt. No, 435 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:45.279 it slapped together at the last minute without a whole 436 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:47.559 lot of thought being put into it, because that's the 437 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:51.079 way it was conceived. Has nothing to do with Live 438 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:53.839 Morgan getting hurt, although it did force some plans for 439 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:56.920 the show to be changed. So we don't know what 440 00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.599 Nicky Bella is going to be doing. This would be 441 00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:01.559 the most likely scenario, just having her at least her, 442 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:05.079 if not her sister in this Battle Royal. Sure, she's 443 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:08.000 going to be on the show. Still, Stephanie Viquier is 444 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:11.480 in there. I know that, and without knowing who the 445 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.359 other names are going to be. Stephanie is my pick 446 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:18.480 to win this. At least there's something of importance at stake. 447 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:21.000 It's not just the Battle Royal for the sake of 448 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:23.799 having a Battle Royal and getting as many people on 449 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.000 the show as possible. There is something of value that 450 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.559 is on the line here, so these women should be 451 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.480 fighting for it like it's the most important thing in 452 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:35.079 the world. I think Stephanie takes it. Jade Cargill gets 453 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:38.200 Naomi in a no holds barred match. This is a 454 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.920 rematch from WrestleMania, which Jade won. Naomi has the money 455 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:45.799 in the bank briefcase, which in their eyes means that 456 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.960 she can lose. Jade just one queen of the Ring. 457 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:51.799 She's the one challenging for the women's title at SummerSlam. 458 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:55.440 I can't see her losing here, especially because I think 459 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:58.160 when Naomi does cash in, it's gonna end up screwing 460 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.640 Jade over in some way anyway. So I'm picking Jade 461 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.680 to win. Question is do we see Bianca bel Air 462 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:08.160 getting involved here in some way? She may not be 463 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.119 physically cleared to wrestle yet, but is she going to 464 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.759 be there and is she going to factor into this 465 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:17.319 match in some form or fashion. Roxanne Perez is officially 466 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:19.640 one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions after Finn 467 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.759 Balor lobbied for her to replace liv Morgan, which Adam 468 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:25.400 Pierce and Nick Aldis agree to, but they also said 469 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:27.319 that they would have to defend those titles in a 470 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:31.200 fatal four way match against one team from Raw, one 471 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:35.160 team from SmackDown, and one team from NXT. As I 472 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:38.279 am recording this, we only know of Charlotte Flair and 473 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:42.519 Alexa Bliss. They will be repping SmackDown on the Raw 474 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:44.640 side of things. I'm thinking it'll end up being Oscar 475 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:49.279 and Kyrie Sane most likely, and from NXT we're looking 476 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:54.000 at either Soul, Ruka and Zaria or the other two 477 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:58.400 members of Fatal Influence. Either way, I think the Judgment 478 00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:02.720 day retains save the Charlotte and Alexa win for another day, 479 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:05.359 maybe Summer Slim, because I do see them winning the 480 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:09.839 women's tag team titles, just not on this show. J C. 481 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:12.319 Jane is the other member of Fatal Influence. She is 482 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:15.240 the NXT Women's Champion. She will be defending that title 483 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:19.720 against the winner of the Evolution Eliminator tournament. Jordan Grace. 484 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:24.720 I love how Sean Michaels sets up this entire tournament 485 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:28.799 to crown a number one contender while on the main roster, 486 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:31.160 the GMS are just letting the champions come out the 487 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.960 week before and just pick the person they want to 488 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:36.039 defend the title against. Yeah, they said I could pick 489 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:38.799 my opponent. I choose, Like they're fucking pokemonors, so I 490 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:43.839 choose you. Grace is teaming with Blake Monroe the night 491 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:47.279 before at the Great American Bash to take on Fatal Influence. 492 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:51.319 Here's my prediction. I think the baby Faces are going 493 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:54.839 to win on Saturday, and because of that, Ja C. 494 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:58.319 Jane is going to retain her title on Sunday. I 495 00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:00.920 don't think they're gonna put the championship on Jordan Grace. 496 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:03.880 I just feel like she's she's probably main roster bound 497 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:07.000 sooner rather than later. And I also feel like when 498 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.559 Blake Monroe wins the championship, it's going to be off 499 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:13.400 of j C. Jane, It's not going to be off 500 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:17.480 of Jordan Grace. So I'm actually gonna go with jac 501 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:21.799 which is I would imagine that's probably not the popular opinion, 502 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.799 but I think she's going to find a way to 503 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:30.160 retain that title. On Sunday, Tiffany Stratton defends the WWE 504 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:35.039 Women's Championship against the Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. It's 505 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.519 a way to get Trisha on the show in a 506 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:39.720 marquee match. It will be her first singles match since 507 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.920 Payback in twenty twenty three inside of Steel Cage against 508 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:46.240 Becky Lynch, which, by the way, was the best match 509 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:49.880 of her career if you take off the rose colored 510 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:53.680 glasses for Days gone by, Trish has never had a 511 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:56.799 better match than the match she had at Payback against 512 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.880 Becky Lynch. But she was in there with Ben and 513 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.240 that was paying off a month's long feud between the 514 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.880 two of them. This is being thrown together a week 515 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.279 before the show with no real story to speak of, 516 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.920 and Tiffany Stratton is not Becky Lynch, so it's a 517 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.000 crap shoot here as far as match quality. But Tris's 518 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.079 showed that she still got it in her to have 519 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.079 a great one, and I hope they go out there 520 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:23.240 and do. She has absolutely no chance of winning the title, 521 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:28.039 so Tiffany is retaining and in what should be the 522 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:32.920 main event, Eo Sky defends her Women's World Championship against 523 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:36.559 Rhea Ripley. We are not getting a title change on 524 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:39.079 the SmackDown side, but I think we get one on 525 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.799 the raw side. EO already holds two wins over Ria 526 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:45.640 this year, the match on Raw where she won the title, 527 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:49.680 and again in the triple Threat match at WrestleMania. Ria 528 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.400 has been out of the title picture ever since. She's 529 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:54.720 one of the biggest stars in the entire company, and 530 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:57.319 we are heading into their second biggest show of the year. 531 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:01.440 I think they're gonna want that title back around her waist. 532 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:04.160 I would like for EO to get some more time 533 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:06.240 with it, but I think her time is up. And 534 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:10.039 the only real question I have is do they want 535 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:15.160 Ria Ripley to go into Perth as the champion or 536 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.039 do they want her to go in as the challenger 537 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:20.480 to win the title there because Crown Jewel is coming 538 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.559 to Perth, Australia in October. Now. The last time they 539 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:26.799 brought a PLA to Perth it was Elimination Chamber last 540 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.039 year and Rha main evented the show as the defending 541 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.680 champion against Naya Jacks. It's hard for me to imagine 542 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:37.759 her losing here and then losing again at SummerSlam just 543 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:40.440 to get us to October so they could do a 544 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:43.720 title change on that show. I think there's a better 545 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:47.200 chance she goes into that show as the champion, but 546 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.880 that's the only thing I'm unsure of is just the 547 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:53.039 timing of it. Maybe they want her big crowning moment 548 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:55.799 to be there, but I just am trying to see 549 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:58.759 the vision of how we hold off and get there 550 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:02.519 and then what she in the meantime. So I I'm 551 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:06.039 predicting a rear Ripley title win here in the main 552 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:09.079 event of this show. And again, it looks like we're 553 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:11.319 gonna get a triple threat match very soon with Becky 554 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:15.400 Lynch defending her Intercontinental title against Bailey and Lyra Valkyria. 555 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:19.079 Whether it happens on Saturday Night's main event or it 556 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:22.559 happens on the Evolution card. Either way, I think we 557 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:25.240 do get it next weekend, and if we do, I've 558 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:29.759 got Becky Lynch retaining, so if anything changes with the card, 559 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:32.200 I will run through it all over again next week, 560 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:35.119 because we do have one more sound off before the show, 561 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.400 and then I will be live on YouTube for the 562 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:40.680 post show next Sunday. You get a daytime podcast and 563 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:46.000 a Nightcap Lucky You. 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There was a report this week regarding former 611 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:26.920 AW Women's World Champion Britt Baker, who has not been 612 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:30.319 seen on AW television since her win over Penelope Ford 613 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.599 on Dynamite. That was in November. That was the match 614 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:36.079 where when it was over, Serena Deeb walked out on 615 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:40.240 stage while Britt stood in the ring saying nobody cares 616 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.319 about Deeb over and over again. Way to bury your 617 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:47.920 opponent or would be opponent, because we never got a 618 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:52.799 match between those two. Britt just disappeared. She only worked 619 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.720 a total of five matches all of last year, including 620 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:58.720 that terrible match with Mercedes at All in the one 621 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:01.559 Black Mark on Mercedes Run so Far in the ring, 622 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.880 and that's after she was suspended the month before and 623 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:06.839 taking off TV for a week or two for the 624 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:11.440 backstage incident with MJF. Controversy always seems to follow this 625 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:15.679 woman around. This week was no different. She shared a 626 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:19.440 quote on her Instagram from Kobe Simmons. Kobe Simmons is 627 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:22.760 a basketball player. It said, a bottle of water can 628 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:26.239 be one dollar at a supermarket. You know what supermarket 629 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:29.760 are you shopping at? One dollar at a supermarket, three 630 00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.840 dollars at the gym, five dollars at the movies, six 631 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:36.320 dollars on a plane. Same water. The only thing that 632 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:39.480 changed its value was the place. So next time you 633 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:43.159 feel your worth is nothing, maybe you're at the wrong place. 634 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:48.280 So naturally, this got a lot of people talking and 635 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:51.679 making assumptions that she was referring to being unhappy with 636 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:55.159 her position in aw and teasing that maybe she needs 637 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:57.559 to go somewhere else that would appreciate the value that 638 00:34:57.599 --> 00:35:00.760 she brings, which, you know, give the fact that she's 639 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:04.199 been off television and hasn't even been mentioned for eight months, 640 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:08.280 I think is a fair assumption to make. When you 641 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.760 assume things, you know many times you can be wrong. 642 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.639 We all do it. But this is one of those 643 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.440 cases where you have a wrestler posting something that they 644 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:20.559 know they know is going to come off as cryptic, 645 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.960 and they know it's going to get people talking naturally, 646 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:27.760 because no one's been talking about them, so this will 647 00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.719 get people talking about them. They're doing it on purpose, 648 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.199 they know what they're doing. But then sometimes they'll also 649 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.920 call the fans out for making assumptions and being wrong 650 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:41.119 that Britt hasn't said anything. She hasn't commented on anything 651 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.119 that was reported about her this week, but it's a 652 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.760 story that I have seen play out multiple times over 653 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:48.360 the years and it just drives me nuts. So I 654 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:51.280 certainly hope that she doesn't pull something like that where 655 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:55.119 she'll start lashing out at people for making assumptions. But 656 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:57.360 on the heels of that, there was a report from 657 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:01.239 bodyslam dot net that reads as follows, Britt Baker is 658 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:05.440 actively seeking to part ways with AW. This would align 659 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:08.159 with what fans have speculated based on her recent social 660 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:12.280 media activity. As things currently stand, AW isn't looking to 661 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:15.679 release Baker from her contract. The internal belief is that 662 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:20.119 they don't want any upcoming WWE Pittsburgh shows to be announced, 663 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:24.360 as well as Evolution to pass before letting anything move forward. 664 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.880 We're told that Britt Fields there's nothing left keeping her 665 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:29.840 in AAW, pointing to burn Bridges in a sense that 666 00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:33.480 the environment has changed around her. Whether this ends with 667 00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:37.000 a quiet release or something louder, the door appears closer 668 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:42.239 to shut than ever before. But wait, here comes Mike 669 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:47.159 Johnson of PW Insider with the following, somehow Baker sharing 670 00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:50.119 an Internet meme has spark speculation and reports that she 671 00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:52.599 is looking to leave the company. We are told by 672 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:56.480 multiple sources that that is incorrect. While there is currently 673 00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:59.320 no word on when Baker will return to AW programming, 674 00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:02.960 Pwncie can confirm that there have been no discussions about 675 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:06.960 Baker exiting the company, asking for a release, or even 676 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:10.920 being close to contractually free. There is nothing to see here. 677 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:16.039 Brian Alvarez also noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that from 678 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.960 what he has heard, there has been absolutely no change 679 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.360 in anything. He said. I heard, she's still got time 680 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.280 left on her deal, and there's been nothing new in 681 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:28.199 terms of coming back, nothing new in terms of imminently leaving, 682 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:32.840 so it appears nothing is going on right now. Dave 683 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:36.119 Meltzer added that when he asked, no one has confirmed 684 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:39.239 or denied her wanting to go to WWE, but those 685 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:41.880 in aw don't think that there is anything to it. 686 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:45.800 I don't know why Britt Baker was taken off TV 687 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:49.719 in November. They were clearly building to a match between 688 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:53.440 her and Serena deeb. Was it a case of again 689 00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:56.800 her mouthing the comments that she did on camera and 690 00:37:56.840 --> 00:38:00.440 it just soured Tony Kahan on doing anything with her. 691 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:03.480 I don't know, all I have on my own two 692 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:07.599 eyes and ears, and her saying no one cares came 693 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:11.199 off as really disrespectful and not very helpful if you're 694 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:14.400 trying to build a feud between two people. I'm not 695 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.480 saying it was going to light the world on fire, 696 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:19.039 and it certainly wasn't for the Women's Championship or anything. 697 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.840 It wasn't going to be a main event program, but 698 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:23.320 it was. It was something for her to do. It 699 00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.480 was a veteran talent for her to work with, and 700 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:28.480 it didn't seem like she was terribly interested in doing so. 701 00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:32.199 Is that why she was taken off TV? I don't know, 702 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:35.360 but it's as good of an explanation as I can 703 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:38.559 come up with. Brit was out for a very long 704 00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:41.840 time with a bad back, but there was no indication 705 00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:43.840 at the time that she was hurt again and needed 706 00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:46.519 time off or any kind of injury. But there have 707 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.920 been issues with her in the past that have caused 708 00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:52.239 some drama, and it's drama that AW does not need. 709 00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:57.840 It is drama that WWE does not need either. And 710 00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:01.960 as far as the idea of Britt Baker going to WWE, 711 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:06.480 WWE does not need Britt Baker. Brit Baker might want 712 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:08.639 to go there, you know, she may need them more 713 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.719 than they need her. I'm sure they would. Look. I'm 714 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:13.519 sure WWE would be more than happy to take her 715 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:17.400 if she became available, because she's a former AEW Women's 716 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:22.119 World Champion. Any chance that they can stick it to AW, 717 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:25.599 they will take it so that fifty people in the 718 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:30.119 performance center can chant Tony Fumbold, So I don't doubt 719 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:32.480 that they would have interest in signing her. You know, 720 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:35.480 Britt would be the third former world champion from AAW 721 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.960 that they would sign, after Cody Rhodes and Mariah May. 722 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.960 But when you see how stacked they are in that 723 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.880 women's division, not only on Ron's SmackDown, but with NXT 724 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:49.039 and LFG and Evolve, they do not need Britt Baker. 725 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:52.679 Brit Baker is not going to be a difference maker 726 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:57.199 for them, and even in aw you know, what essentially 727 00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:00.440 happened is that the women's division moved beyond Britain Baker. 728 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:02.880 You know, their division looked very different now than it 729 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.039 did when Britt Baker was the queen bee there. It's 730 00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:09.280 much it's a much stronger division now than it was then. 731 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:13.360 In ring, she's very hit or miss. I've seen her 732 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:15.519 have some really good matches and I've seen her have 733 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:18.719 her share of not so good matches. She can talk, 734 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:22.880 she's got charisma, she's got a name, and I think 735 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:26.840 there's definitely value in that, but not so much so 736 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.480 that I think if she were to become available wwe 737 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.159 should be rolling out the red carpet to sign her. 738 00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:36.199 So we don't know how Britt really feels outside of 739 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:39.519 a cryptic meme that she posted, but one can safely 740 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:42.239 assume that sitting at home for eight months with no 741 00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.719 one talking about her, that's not the way that she 742 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:48.039 envisioned her career path going when she came back off 743 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:51.000 the injured list, because again, she missed a long time 744 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:54.280 with an injury, so you would think that she would 745 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:56.360 be just chopping at the bit to get back into 746 00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:59.320 the mix, and that just didn't happen, and now here 747 00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:04.079 we are eight months later of nothing again. She would 748 00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:07.599 like to be back in the mix, absolutely, she would 749 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.760 like to be back on television. She would like to 750 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:12.840 be part of their big stadium show in Texas next weekend. 751 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:16.239 And you know what, maybe she will be. They've got 752 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:19.079 that Casino Gauntlet match. Maybe she returns in the Gauntlet 753 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:23.840 as a surprise entrant. But this is potentially a Ricky 754 00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:28.119 Stark situation all over again, or Ray Phoenix or any 755 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:31.280 number of people that have been unhappy and have wanted 756 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:33.400 out again, if this report is to be believed that 757 00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:36.280 had been unhappy and wanted out of aw before because 758 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:39.559 they weren't being used. If this woman does want out, 759 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:43.119 and I know what p W Insider said, and Alvarez says, 760 00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:45.679 has been no change in this and that the fact 761 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:47.800 that she may have a ton of time left under 762 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:49.960 contract and Tony Khan may not be willing to let 763 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.519 go of her doesn't necessarily mean that she isn't unhappy. 764 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:56.039 If this woman wants out, and if Tony Khan has 765 00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:59.039 no plans to use her, then they should work out 766 00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:01.960 some sort of really that is fair to both sides. 767 00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:05.679 I have been consistent on this. If the promoter has 768 00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:09.480 no plans to use the talent contract or not, the 769 00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:11.920 talent should not be forced to sit home twiddling their 770 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:15.679 thumbs getting paid to do nothing. Now, I would imagine 771 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:18.760 that if Britt wanted to work indie shows, she would 772 00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:21.639 have the ability to do so, as most AW talents do. 773 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.159 She would just have to clear it with talent relations 774 00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:27.719 and with their legal team first. Britt has not worked 775 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:30.440 any indie shows in the last eight months. She hasn't 776 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:34.920 worked an independence show in three years. If she wants 777 00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:39.360 to work, she can work. If she just wanted to wrestle, 778 00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:42.039 I don't see any reason that she wouldn't be able 779 00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:44.559 to do so, since it clearly would not conflict with 780 00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:47.159 her AAW schedule. Let me check my little black book 781 00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:50.800 here and see if Tony's got me booked. No, she's 782 00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:55.920 got a wide open schedule. But I'll never understand, you know, 783 00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:58.559 paying someone that much money, because I'm sure she's making 784 00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:02.119 good money. I'll just never understand paying somebody that much 785 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:05.280 money just to bench them and not get a return 786 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.840 on your investment. What is Tony Khan getting out of 787 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:13.519 her at this point. If he's not using her, if 788 00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:16.039 she really wants out, I think that she should sit 789 00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:18.400 down with Tony and try to work something out on 790 00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:21.920 that front. And if she doesn't want out, then this 791 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.800 is all much ado about nothing and she can continue 792 00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:28.159 to sit home and rob Tony Khan blind. He seems 793 00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:30.119 to be okay with it, so I mean, what the hell. 794 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:34.440 But that's the update on Britt Baker. She's not leaving 795 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:41.199 AW anytime soon. Dynamite celebrated three hundred episodes on Wednesday 796 00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:45.440 night and had a really strong show, definitely better than 797 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:49.639 that borfest on Friday night, carried primarily by the matches, 798 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:54.239 including an excellent main event between Kazushka Okata and Koda Ibushi, 799 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:57.840 their first match in nearly four years. A return to 800 00:43:57.960 --> 00:44:00.440 form for Abushie is what it was, and we had 801 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:02.719 the return of Kenny Omega when it was over coming 802 00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.480 out with a chair to make the save for his 803 00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:09.880 old partner. I saw where Konan on his podcast criticized 804 00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:13.599 AW for not bringing Ibushie back last week to save 805 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:18.280 Kenny Omega, that he should have been brought back directly 806 00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:20.880 in something with Omega and they should have done a 807 00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:24.519 Golden Lovers reunion. You know, for someone with as much 808 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:28.079 experience in creative in a creative role as this guy 809 00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:29.920 has had, you would think he would be smarter than that. 810 00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:33.400 How did he not see where they were going with this? 811 00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:37.159 If you would have just waited one week, like, it 812 00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:39.280 was pretty clear to me what they were doing when 813 00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:42.480 they brought Ibushi back. Look, they brought Abushie back on Collision. 814 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:44.960 It was out of nowhere, It was completely out of 815 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:48.840 left field, but it was pretty apparent what we were 816 00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.000 going to be getting on this three hundred episode. Bringing 817 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:56.400 Abushie back for Omega to make the save. Omega making 818 00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.760 the save is what made the most sense because Omega 819 00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:01.280 is the one that needs to be strong going into 820 00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:04.360 All In because it's Kenny Omega's match at All In, 821 00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:09.000 It's not Abushie's match, so having Gabushi come to make 822 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:12.840 the safe for Omega doesn't really make any sense. You 823 00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:15.320 wanted Kenny Omega to come back because he's been off 824 00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:18.039 TV for a few weeks to make the safe for Abushi, 825 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:21.360 which is exactly what they did, and that's what they 826 00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:24.239 should have done, despite whatever Konan may have to say 827 00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:27.239 about it. But let's do a preview for the All 828 00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:30.280 In Texas card next weekend, and I will incorporate some 829 00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:32.440 of the key things that happened on Dynamite this week 830 00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:36.280 as we go along here. All In Texas takes place 831 00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:40.960 this Saturday, July twelfth, from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. 832 00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:46.800 A very hot and humid Arlington, Texas. Ninety three degrees 833 00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:50.559 is projected to be the high temperature on Saturday. I 834 00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:53.920 cannot imagine they open the roof for this show with 835 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:56.960 weather like that. Globe Life has a retractable roof. It 836 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.000 should be closed unless you want to be bunched up 837 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:03.280 with twenty thousand sweaty wrestling fans, which sounds like an 838 00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:07.400 absolute nightmare. It will be their biggest North American show 839 00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:10.559 to date. Tony Kahn told TMZ Sports that they have 840 00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:13.719 sold over two point five million dollars worth of tickets 841 00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:16.039 and the gate will likely end up being over three 842 00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:19.199 million dollars when all is said and done. They've never 843 00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:22.519 even done two million before in the US, let alone three, 844 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:24.800 so it's already a big success for them, even though 845 00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:27.719 it will by no means be full. They will have 846 00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:31.679 well north of twenty thousand fans in attendance. It starts 847 00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:34.239 at three pm Eastern Time, at the same time that 848 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:38.440 NXT is running The Great American Bash. I've looked at 849 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:40.719 that card for the Great American Bash. I'm not gonna lie. 850 00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:44.039 That card looks like ass. I mean, they're not even trying, 851 00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:46.559 literally just doing the show as a fuck you to 852 00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:50.480 aw and putting in the bare minimum effort. I will 853 00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:53.320 be on my way home from the House of Glory 854 00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:55.480 show in Texas that morning, so I should be home 855 00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:58.239 before the pay per view starts, and we'll be live 856 00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:01.440 on YouTube for the full review when it's over. More 857 00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:03.679 matches may be added this week, so this may not 858 00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:06.280 be the complete card, but the key matches are all 859 00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:09.440 accounted for, and Jim Ross is hoping to be on 860 00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:12.119 the call for at least a couple of matches on 861 00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:15.920 the show. He is cancer free now and was very 862 00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:17.880 much hoping to be there, so it'll be nice to 863 00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:21.320 hear his voice again for a match or two. On 864 00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:25.800 Collision last night, Claudio Castignoli issued a challenge to the 865 00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:28.639 ops to try to get back their trios titles at 866 00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:31.559 all in and it has not yet been made official, 867 00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.199 nor did he say who he and Wheeler Yuda would 868 00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:37.800 be tagging with because Pack has been out heard. I 869 00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:39.400 don't know if he's healed up or not. I mean, 870 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:42.159 that's a pretty gnarly ankle injury and that only was 871 00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:44.599 a few months ago, so I'm not sure if he's 872 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:47.320 cleared to come back yet or not. It could just 873 00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:51.199 be Pack returns. They could always trot out Gabe Kid 874 00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:54.960 from New Japan as their partner because he kind of 875 00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:57.199 had an alliance going there with John Moxley and the 876 00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:59.840 Death Riders for a bit. But they're going to be 877 00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:04.079 takes he On Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsiori Shibata. 878 00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:07.119 The match is obviously going to happen, even though it's 879 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:09.800 not official yet, and when it does, I do believe 880 00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:13.880 that Hook will cost the Ops those trios titles. I 881 00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:15.960 was wondering if Hook may end up being the surprise 882 00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:19.840 partner for Claudio and Yuda. I don't really think that 883 00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:23.280 makes sense because if he's their partner and they win 884 00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:24.880 the time, I mean, I don't think Hook is joining 885 00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:27.360 the Death Riders, so I don't think he'll be the 886 00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:29.519 mystery partner. But I do think that he is going 887 00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:31.280 to cost them those titles. I think we're gonna have 888 00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:36.559 new champions We have men's and women's Casino Gonlin matches, 889 00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:40.559 with the winners earning a future world championship match. That's 890 00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:43.400 how they have phrased it. But last year you were 891 00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.760 able to cash in at any time, and I am 892 00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:49.760 so sick to death of the cash in anytime. Shit. 893 00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:52.559 I just wish we could toss it into a volcano 894 00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:54.480 for a year and just take a breather from it 895 00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:57.519 for a little bit. But it is what it is. 896 00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:00.000 I assume the rules will be the same this year. 897 00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:02.079 This is the first time they're doing a women's one 898 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:05.480 on this show, and only the second one ever for 899 00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:09.920 the ladies. Typically there's up to twenty one participants, but 900 00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:12.559 the match can end at any time, so first pinfaller 901 00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:16.320 submission wins the match. We're not getting twenty one people 902 00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:19.280 out there for these. On the men's side, we know 903 00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:22.679 Mark Briscoe will enter at number one, and MJF with 904 00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:26.519 his win on Wednesday over Brody King, Anthony Bowens and 905 00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:31.119 ar Fox will enter at number two. We also know 906 00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.679 now that Mystico is in, and I think that Mystico 907 00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:37.320 is going to play a role in making sure MJF 908 00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:42.119 does not win the Casino Gauntlet, especially after the angle 909 00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:46.119 they shot at MLW a couple weeks ago where MJF 910 00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:49.719 came out and attacked Mystico again. That's the second time 911 00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:54.639 after he stole his mask at Grand Slam Mexico a 912 00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:57.320 few weeks ago. So I think Mystica will get a 913 00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:59.719 measure of revenge on him here that will prevent him 914 00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:03.519 from winning the Gauntlet. There's also usually a few surprises 915 00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:07.079 in there. I could see Switchblade Jay White being one 916 00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:10.360 of them. I would love to see an Eddie Kingston 917 00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:14.320 return here. I've been watching his training videos on cesar 918 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:17.320 Bonani's YouTube channel. He's been helping him with his training 919 00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:20.039 in rehab, and he looks like he can be back 920 00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:23.519 at any time. He was out. God, the injury happened 921 00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:26.719 in April I think of last year, and it was 922 00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:29.719 multiple surgeries because it was his ACL and he broke it. 923 00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:33.159 I mean, it was a horrendous injury when he got hurt, 924 00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:35.840 but he was expected to be out for a year 925 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:38.719 and now it's been over a year, so I feel 926 00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:42.000 like he could be back at any time, and I 927 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:44.559 think it's going to happen here. That's who I'm going 928 00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:47.400 with to win the contract. I'm making a bold prediction here. 929 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:49.440 He hasn't even been announced for the match, but Eddie 930 00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:53.800 Kingston returns and he wins the men's casino Gauntlet. Now 931 00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:56.679 on the women's side, we have Chris Statlander entering at 932 00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:59.639 number one and on Dynamite. This Wednesday, there will be 933 00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:02.960 a four to decide who enters at number two between 934 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:07.920 Tecla ty Mellow, Queen am Nada, and Megan Bain. Tecla 935 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:10.360 and Bain have been on the same team twice now. 936 00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:13.280 They've run these All Star Women's eight person tag team 937 00:51:13.320 --> 00:51:18.039 matches so lazy. They ran the same match on Collision 938 00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:20.960 twice in the last two weeks. Only they replaced Penelope 939 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.920 Ford with Julia Hart in the one that aired last night. Here, 940 00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:28.679 Tecla and Bain, they will be adversaries. I think Tekla 941 00:51:28.800 --> 00:51:33.199 wins this she enters at number two. There are a 942 00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:39.159 few ex WWE names recently released. I don't know that 943 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:43.119 their ninety days would allow them to appear here. I 944 00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:45.199 just I don't know the timeline here on like a 945 00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:49.119 Shana Basler or Dakota Kai. Offhand, I don't remember how 946 00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:52.119 long ago they were released. If their ninety days are 947 00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:54.159 up yet or not. It's possible their ninety days are 948 00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:57.239 not up. If they are, then I would expect to 949 00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:58.880 see probably one of them pop up here. I know 950 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:01.679 there's been reports that A has an interest in Isla Dawn. 951 00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:04.119 Isla Down could be in there because she was released 952 00:52:04.239 --> 00:52:05.800 a lot earlier than that. I think she may have 953 00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:08.920 been released late last year, so I could see, you know, 954 00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:11.119 at least one of those names popping up in here. 955 00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:13.800 I hope Athena gets into this because it may be 956 00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:17.039 her only chance of getting on the card. I'm going 957 00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:20.280 with Meghan Bain to win the Gauntlet. I would say 958 00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:24.159 that if Tony Storm retains her title, Meghan Bain wins. 959 00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:29.280 If Mercedes wins the title, I would pick Willow Nightingale 960 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:32.440 to win. But I'm gonna go with Meghan Bain as 961 00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:36.079 the winner of the women's Gauntlet. We have Adam Cole, 962 00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:40.519 the Collision Kid. He'll be defending his TNT championship against 963 00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:44.480 Kyle Fletcher, who beat danil Garcia last night on Collision 964 00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:46.239 to earn the shot. This is a rematch from the 965 00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:48.800 Dynamite after Double or Nothing, which is the match where 966 00:52:48.840 --> 00:52:52.400 Fletcher gave Cole that sickening power bomb on the Apron 967 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:56.119 which supposedly got him heat backstage with some people. It 968 00:52:56.239 --> 00:53:01.480 was very, very stupid, but this should be time. Kyle 969 00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:04.800 Fletcher will leave Texas as the new TNT Champion. The 970 00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:07.559 title has never felt less important than it does right now, 971 00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:09.360 and it's been I don't want to just lay that 972 00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:12.480 all on, you know, Adam Cole or any one person. 973 00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:14.679 It's been that way for a while. Honestly. It goes 974 00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:17.360 back to when Jack Perry had the belt, and it 975 00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:19.880 got worse when Daniel Garcia won it, and it has 976 00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:23.840 not gotten much better with Adam Cole. They have done 977 00:53:23.880 --> 00:53:26.880 a good job of making something out of Kyle Fletcher. 978 00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:29.280 I think it is time to bring the gold home 979 00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:32.760 to the Kallus family and just try to restore that 980 00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:36.840 TNT title to some semblance of what it was before. 981 00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.000 It just does not feel as important as it used to. 982 00:53:41.960 --> 00:53:45.199 The Hurt Syndicate Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin. They will 983 00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:48.760 defend the aw Tag team titles against Speedball, Mike Bailey 984 00:53:48.840 --> 00:53:52.480 and Kevin Knight. The team of Jet Speed, as well 985 00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:56.679 as the Patriarchy Christian Cage and Nick Wayne have been 986 00:53:56.719 --> 00:54:01.039 added to this match. It's been a very odd build 987 00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:05.400 to this match. The challengers in the form of Jet Speed, 988 00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:09.119 have been destroyed by the Hurt Syndicate at every turn, 989 00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:12.440 at least on Collision. Last night, in that triple threat match, 990 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:16.360 it was Shelton, Benjamin, Kevin Knight, and Nick Wayne. They 991 00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:18.280 actually gave the win to Kevin Knight and he pinned 992 00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:21.880 Shelton to do it. But it's almost like too little, 993 00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:24.679 too late. I mean, they have just been destroyed at 994 00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:28.480 every turn. The story is that they're scrappy. They're the 995 00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:31.599 scrappy underdogs that just will never die. They don't know 996 00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:35.280 how to say I quit. They keep coming back. Thank you, sir, 997 00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:38.559 May I have another? But it has done very little 998 00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:41.960 to make me see them as credible challengers for the titles. 999 00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:46.880 Every week it seems like MVP is on the microphone begging, 1000 00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:51.880 literally begging other teams to step up, come out challenge us, 1001 00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:55.199 and outside of these two guys, nobody ever does. 1002 00:54:56.679 --> 00:54:56.760 So. 1003 00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:58.840 There was talk of adding Christian and Nick Wayne to 1004 00:54:58.880 --> 00:55:01.519 the match, and now they have done so. Now they've 1005 00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:03.719 made it official. Christian and MVP, I know they had 1006 00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:07.920 an interaction on Collision recently, an MVP warned Christian that 1007 00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:11.880 they wouldn't be losing their titles to the patriarchy. You know, 1008 00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:16.039 FTR beat the Outrunners on Collision last night. They have 1009 00:55:16.199 --> 00:55:21.239 no match for Saturday, so I thought, if anything, if 1010 00:55:21.280 --> 00:55:23.400 you're going to add more teams to this, you make 1011 00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:28.039 it a four way and you add FTR because there's 1012 00:55:28.079 --> 00:55:29.960 a story that you could work into this if you 1013 00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:31.920 would have added FTR to the match. Now, I'm still 1014 00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:35.599 picking Lashly and Benjamin to retain no matter what. I 1015 00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:37.679 think that the Hurt Syndicate will walk out with those 1016 00:55:37.679 --> 00:55:40.679 tag team titles. But you know, you have one team 1017 00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:43.719 that causes the other to lose. We could have gotten 1018 00:55:43.719 --> 00:55:46.440 an FTR beat down on Christian and Nick Wayne after 1019 00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:48.679 the match, and that could be where you have the 1020 00:55:48.719 --> 00:55:51.320 return of Adam Copeland, you know, and he comes out 1021 00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:54.000 more so to go after FTR for injuring him than 1022 00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:56.000 to make the save for Christian. But we get that 1023 00:55:56.119 --> 00:55:59.800 moment between Cope and Christian where they exchange looks, and 1024 00:55:59.880 --> 00:56:02.800 you now have two months to tell that story of 1025 00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:07.039 them reuniting and agreeing to work together to wrestle FTR 1026 00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:10.880 in Toronto. It all out. That's how you could have 1027 00:56:11.320 --> 00:56:15.639 started to connect those dots. So look, it's always possible 1028 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:17.519 they could throw FTR in there. This week. We have 1029 00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:20.559 another week of television left and FTR, like I said, 1030 00:56:20.599 --> 00:56:22.400 they have no match, even though they got to win 1031 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:25.280 on collision last night. But that's how I would do it. 1032 00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:27.719 You already added one more team, what the fuck add 1033 00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:30.519 one more and then you could start to connect the 1034 00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:35.519 dots for that story down the road. But I'm going 1035 00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:38.880 with the Hurt Syndicate to retain their titles. I just don't. 1036 00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:43.599 I just don't see Christian and Nick Wayne, you know, 1037 00:56:44.119 --> 00:56:46.840 being together long enough where that would even make sense 1038 00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:50.760 Jet Speed they could put the titles on them in 1039 00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:56.119 a triple threat here without having Benjamin and Lashly lose. 1040 00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:59.280 Maybe that's why they're adding Christian Nick Wayne. You know, 1041 00:56:59.320 --> 00:57:01.239 maybe Nick Wayne is in there to take the fucking 1042 00:57:01.280 --> 00:57:03.599 loss so that the Hurt Syndicate doesn't have to eat 1043 00:57:03.639 --> 00:57:05.519 the pin and you could get the titles off of them. 1044 00:57:06.079 --> 00:57:09.599 That's the thing about doing a multi team match, because 1045 00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:12.880 I just don't see anybody really being credible in this situation, 1046 00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:16.000 credible enough to beat the Hurt Syndicate. But that's how 1047 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:17.960 you could do it. It's kind of a cheap way out 1048 00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:20.159 of it. But you put them in a multiperson match 1049 00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.719 and they can lose without losing, right, I just don't 1050 00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:28.519 see them losing. I just don't Swerve Strickland and will 1051 00:57:28.559 --> 00:57:32.679 Osprey against the Young Bucks. If the Bucks lose, they 1052 00:57:32.719 --> 00:57:36.159 are stripped of their EVP titles. But if they win, 1053 00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:41.280 Swerve nor Ospray can challenge for the aw World Championship 1054 00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:45.840 for an entire year. I'm glad they added that last 1055 00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:48.679 bit on Wednesday, because the Bucks had no reason otherwise 1056 00:57:48.719 --> 00:57:50.960 to put their EVP powers on the line unless they 1057 00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:54.239 were getting something in return, And if you think about it, 1058 00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:56.360 they're not even really getting anything in return. But I 1059 00:57:56.360 --> 00:57:58.119 guess to them it's worth it just to fuck with 1060 00:57:58.159 --> 00:58:00.719 the other two that they won't be able to challenge 1061 00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:02.239 for the world title. I don't know why they would 1062 00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:05.719 even care. I thought the play here was going to 1063 00:58:05.760 --> 00:58:07.480 be Swerve and Hangman. I think a lot of people 1064 00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:11.039 thought that. You know, in the weeks leading up to 1065 00:58:11.079 --> 00:58:15.760 where we are now, Swerve and Hangman. Osprey wins the Owen, 1066 00:58:15.840 --> 00:58:18.119 He's the one that tries to beat John Moxlay to 1067 00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:20.639 win the world title. But you have the story of 1068 00:58:20.679 --> 00:58:23.320 Swerve and Hangman here for the sake of the company, 1069 00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:27.840 forced to put their differences aside and come together to 1070 00:58:27.840 --> 00:58:31.519 face a common enemy, and really playing up the drama 1071 00:58:31.559 --> 00:58:33.800 as well with Hangman and the elite. Whose side is 1072 00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:35.599 he going to be on? Right? Going into all in 1073 00:58:36.039 --> 00:58:37.840 the story was there if they wanted to tell it, 1074 00:58:38.480 --> 00:58:41.039 And maybe it was, and Tony decided very late on 1075 00:58:41.079 --> 00:58:42.880 who he wanted to win the owen. We heard that 1076 00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:45.000 story going around about Osprey. It might have been a 1077 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:48.199 fightful report about Osprey and Hangman. They were both lobbying 1078 00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:52.760 for the other to win. It sounded like it might 1079 00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:55.360 not have been decided upon as late as the weekend 1080 00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:56.800 of the show who was going to go over in 1081 00:58:56.840 --> 00:59:00.159 that tournament. But whatever the case, I actually think the 1082 00:59:00.159 --> 00:59:03.920 Bucks are winning here, especially if Hangman is winning the title. 1083 00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:06.960 I don't think it's going to be all good news 1084 00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:10.639 for the babyfaces on this show. I wish it wasn't so. 1085 00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:13.760 I think the EVP stuff is way overdone in everything 1086 00:59:13.800 --> 00:59:17.239 the Bucks do on TV, and it's a risk to 1087 00:59:17.360 --> 00:59:19.960 keep two of your top babyfaces out of the world 1088 00:59:19.960 --> 00:59:22.920 title picture for a year, but it can be done 1089 00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:25.920 with the right story. I don't think adding that stipulation 1090 00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:30.239 makes the outcome as predictable as some people may think 1091 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:32.280 it is. It's not like they're putting their careers on 1092 00:59:32.320 --> 00:59:35.800 the line or something dumb like that. If the Babyfaces 1093 00:59:35.880 --> 00:59:39.119 lose here, will Osprey cannot challenge for the title for 1094 00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:42.880 an entire year. If we assume that they are going 1095 00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:45.480 to bring all In. Tony Kanna said they're going back 1096 00:59:45.480 --> 00:59:47.360 to Wembley next year. But if we assume that all 1097 00:59:47.400 --> 00:59:50.559 In is going back to Wembley in August of next year, 1098 00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:54.000 not July, and frankly, even if it was July, right, 1099 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:56.519 that would be a year he could still be in 1100 00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:59.159 the owen Hart Tournament and win, because if he wins, 1101 00:59:59.199 --> 01:00:02.480 the actual tie would not take place until after the 1102 01:00:02.480 --> 01:00:05.800 one year is up. So the story there is will 1103 01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:10.800 Osprey finally gets the chance after a year of having 1104 01:00:10.960 --> 01:00:13.679 to wait to challenge for the championship and win the 1105 01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:17.079 championship in his home country of England. Right, that would 1106 01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:20.159 be the story there, But then we have an entire 1107 01:00:20.239 --> 01:00:24.159 year of Osbury doing what exactly right, That's my concern. 1108 01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:28.199 It's even worse for Swerve, who as a babyface, if 1109 01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:30.400 he isn't fighting for the world title of if he 1110 01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:34.440 doesn't have that singular goal in mind. I don't know 1111 01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:38.920 what he's fighting for. It was Osprey who suggested the stipulation. 1112 01:00:39.079 --> 01:00:42.440 Swerve clearly was not happy about this, but he reluctantly agreed. 1113 01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:46.000 I think Osprey is losing this match for his team, 1114 01:00:46.199 --> 01:00:50.480 and that's the catalyst for a Swerve heel turn. Swerve 1115 01:00:50.559 --> 01:00:54.360 needs that edgeback, especially if they're losing this match and 1116 01:00:54.400 --> 01:00:57.320 he can't fight for the top title. He'll blame Osprey 1117 01:00:57.320 --> 01:01:00.079 for the loss and make him pay, and then we 1118 01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:03.159 we get a third match between them, and maybe even 1119 01:01:03.199 --> 01:01:06.320 a fourth. You can milk a feud between them for 1120 01:01:06.360 --> 01:01:09.880 a few months. I doubt that Hangman, if he wins 1121 01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:11.960 the title, even holds it for a year. But if 1122 01:01:11.960 --> 01:01:16.280 he does, there's always the inevitable Hangman Swerve title match 1123 01:01:16.320 --> 01:01:18.280 that they could do. But again, that would be much 1124 01:01:18.360 --> 01:01:21.039 later on. So it's a risk. It's a risk taking 1125 01:01:21.079 --> 01:01:23.920 your two or I should say two of your top 1126 01:01:23.960 --> 01:01:28.920 babyfaces because Hangman's right there with them. It's a risk 1127 01:01:28.960 --> 01:01:31.320 taking two of your top baby faces and kind of 1128 01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:34.960 boxing yourself in in this way. But I think that's 1129 01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:37.519 what's gonna happen. I got the young Bucks winning this 1130 01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:44.519 timeless Tony Storm defends the AW Women's World Championship against 1131 01:01:44.519 --> 01:01:51.159 the undefeated CEO, the TBS champion, Mercedes Monette. They had 1132 01:01:51.159 --> 01:01:54.000 a chance to take the TBS title off of Mercedes 1133 01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:57.920 on Dynamite this week against Mina Shirikawa, they didn't take it. 1134 01:01:58.599 --> 01:02:02.000 Now she rolls into this paper as TBS champion, and 1135 01:02:02.039 --> 01:02:06.199 if she wins the world title, then what does she 1136 01:02:06.440 --> 01:02:10.639 defend both titles? Does she suffer her first loss defending 1137 01:02:10.679 --> 01:02:14.840 the TBS title. That wouldn't make much sense, neither would 1138 01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:17.400 her vacating the TVs title. She's made it this far. 1139 01:02:18.199 --> 01:02:20.159 They probably want her to set the record as the 1140 01:02:20.199 --> 01:02:23.000 longest reigning TBS champion of all time and erase Jade 1141 01:02:23.039 --> 01:02:27.280 Cargill's name from that spot. The way things have played 1142 01:02:27.280 --> 01:02:30.079 out on TV, Mercedes has gotten one over on Tony 1143 01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:32.320 a few times now. They're gonna have a face to face, 1144 01:02:32.360 --> 01:02:35.480 one final face to face on Dynamite this week, and 1145 01:02:35.599 --> 01:02:39.239 so maybe Tony will stand tall there. But Mercedes has 1146 01:02:39.280 --> 01:02:41.800 gotten one over on her a couple of times, left 1147 01:02:41.800 --> 01:02:48.239 her laying again on Wednesday. Another Mercedes win here may 1148 01:02:48.239 --> 01:02:51.800 be good for the Mercedes brand. What it wouldn't be 1149 01:02:51.880 --> 01:02:55.559 so good for is the AW Women's division. I picked 1150 01:02:55.599 --> 01:02:57.800 Megan Being to win the Gauntlet because I think Tony 1151 01:02:57.880 --> 01:03:00.960 Storm is retaining the title. I think she hands Mercedes 1152 01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:03.880 her first taste of defeat, and before she ever lays 1153 01:03:03.880 --> 01:03:06.639 a hand on that world title, she needs to first 1154 01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:09.920 drop that TBS title. If she wins the world title 1155 01:03:10.400 --> 01:03:13.760 and lets the other one go, she's not losing for 1156 01:03:13.800 --> 01:03:17.679 a long time yet. So what is accomplished by keeping 1157 01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:20.760 this woman undefeated for two years? You know, she's been 1158 01:03:20.800 --> 01:03:24.480 plowing through everybody. You really think if she wins the 1159 01:03:24.480 --> 01:03:26.559 world title next weekend that she's going to turn around 1160 01:03:26.639 --> 01:03:30.440 and lose it in two months. It's like we're resetting 1161 01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:33.360 the clock all over again. Mercedes has had a great 1162 01:03:33.440 --> 01:03:35.639 run in terms of the actual matches that she's had. 1163 01:03:35.719 --> 01:03:39.840 She rarely misses. Tony Storm has been consistently one of 1164 01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:42.719 the best performers in the entire business. Her commitment to 1165 01:03:42.760 --> 01:03:44.960 that character and the work that she has done has 1166 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:48.639 been fantastic. These two are going to have an all 1167 01:03:48.719 --> 01:03:51.840 timer on Saturday. It could be the greatest women's match 1168 01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:55.320 this company has ever seen, And when it is over, 1169 01:03:56.159 --> 01:03:59.480 I predict that Tony Storm will still be theaw Women's 1170 01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:06.280 World champ. Kenny Omega. He returned on Dynamite to rescue 1171 01:04:06.360 --> 01:04:09.000 Coda Ibushi from a beatdown at the hands and feet 1172 01:04:09.480 --> 01:04:12.760 of the Don Kallis family. On Saturday, Omega defends his 1173 01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:19.039 aw International title against the Continental champion, Kazuchka Okada. Winner 1174 01:04:19.119 --> 01:04:23.679 take all. No more International title, no more Continental title, 1175 01:04:23.800 --> 01:04:30.599 just one unified champion. People make the Rick Flair Ricky 1176 01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:34.039 Steamboat comparison for a reason with these two, because you 1177 01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:37.159 will not find a better series of matches between two 1178 01:04:37.199 --> 01:04:41.320 people of this quality, of this caliber, in this generation. 1179 01:04:42.559 --> 01:04:47.000 Their Wrestle Kingdom eleven match was an absolute classic. Their 1180 01:04:47.079 --> 01:04:51.440 sixty minute Broadway at Dominion a few months later absolute classic. 1181 01:04:52.159 --> 01:04:56.719 Their G One match two months after that, another classic, 1182 01:04:57.440 --> 01:05:00.760 and they did it in half the time. And then 1183 01:05:00.800 --> 01:05:03.559 Dominion in twenty eighteen, best two out of three falls. 1184 01:05:04.280 --> 01:05:07.599 Maybe the greatest match that I've ever seen, sixty five 1185 01:05:07.679 --> 01:05:10.639 minutes long and I was never bored. That's a high 1186 01:05:10.719 --> 01:05:13.880 bar to set. How do you top that? How do 1187 01:05:13.960 --> 01:05:16.559 you top that series of matches? I don't think you 1188 01:05:16.639 --> 01:05:19.519 go into this with that mentality, especially if you're Kenny 1189 01:05:19.679 --> 01:05:23.400 and you just had a near death experience with diperticulitis. 1190 01:05:24.360 --> 01:05:26.360 He just sounds grateful for every day that he can 1191 01:05:26.400 --> 01:05:28.719 wake up and just wrestle, because he thought he might 1192 01:05:28.760 --> 01:05:31.920 never have that chance again. And after more than a 1193 01:05:31.960 --> 01:05:34.079 year off, he came back and had the match that 1194 01:05:34.119 --> 01:05:36.639 he had with Gabe Kid at the Tokyo Dome, his 1195 01:05:36.719 --> 01:05:40.519 first match back, and it was like he never left. 1196 01:05:41.840 --> 01:05:44.199 Now he finally gets the big match with Okada on 1197 01:05:44.239 --> 01:05:47.320 American soil, on one of the biggest aw shows of 1198 01:05:47.360 --> 01:05:49.599 all time. You don't think these two aren't going to 1199 01:05:49.679 --> 01:05:53.119 go out there and tear down the house. You don't 1200 01:05:53.119 --> 01:05:57.119 think that we're gonna see new Japan Okada out there. 1201 01:05:58.320 --> 01:06:00.599 In most of his matches, it looks like he's coasting 1202 01:06:01.119 --> 01:06:02.960 because he doesn't have to put his body through the 1203 01:06:03.039 --> 01:06:05.280 kind of abuse that he used to Right, not when 1204 01:06:05.280 --> 01:06:07.840 he got not when he has eleven minutes on TV 1205 01:06:07.960 --> 01:06:12.480 with commercials. Right, it's different now, it's a different style, 1206 01:06:12.559 --> 01:06:16.199 it's a different company, it's a little bit older. He 1207 01:06:16.280 --> 01:06:19.840 made his money, but here he's on pay per view 1208 01:06:20.000 --> 01:06:22.719 no less than thirty minutes. I'm sure probably much more. 1209 01:06:22.760 --> 01:06:26.800 To have a classic Okada match, they usually start very 1210 01:06:26.840 --> 01:06:30.559 slow and then they build, they tell a story, and 1211 01:06:30.639 --> 01:06:33.199 by the end of it, especially that closing sequence. They've 1212 01:06:33.199 --> 01:06:36.280 got that crowd in the palm of their hand. You're 1213 01:06:36.320 --> 01:06:39.000 gonna get the holy shit chance before they even touch, 1214 01:06:39.119 --> 01:06:41.639 before the bell even rings. It's like when Okada and 1215 01:06:41.679 --> 01:06:44.559 Brian Danielson finally wrestled, right, this is gonna be special. 1216 01:06:44.639 --> 01:06:46.760 You know that going in. This is the match that 1217 01:06:46.800 --> 01:06:50.280 Tony Kahan had in mind the minute he signed Okada 1218 01:06:50.320 --> 01:06:54.360 to a contract. He couldn't do the match sooner because 1219 01:06:54.400 --> 01:06:56.880 Kenny was hurt. But now we get to see it, 1220 01:06:56.920 --> 01:07:00.920 possibly for the last time, you never know, And it's 1221 01:07:00.960 --> 01:07:03.119 the match that I am most looking forward to on 1222 01:07:03.159 --> 01:07:07.639 this show, a main event on any show. The only 1223 01:07:07.719 --> 01:07:10.079 reason it doesn't get the closing spot on this show 1224 01:07:10.159 --> 01:07:13.559 is if Hangman Page is winning the world title. But 1225 01:07:13.639 --> 01:07:15.960 it is a main event anywhere in the world, and 1226 01:07:16.039 --> 01:07:19.159 I predict that Kenny Omega will walk out the new 1227 01:07:19.320 --> 01:07:25.159 AW unified champion. Now, Okana is not undefeated in AW. 1228 01:07:25.280 --> 01:07:28.519 He lost once to Brian Danielson. He lost to Kyle 1229 01:07:28.559 --> 01:07:32.239 Fletcher in a Continental Classic match. I think those are 1230 01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:37.119 his only two singles losses. On the whole, he has 1231 01:07:37.159 --> 01:07:40.360 been very well protected and he has won most of 1232 01:07:40.400 --> 01:07:43.639 his matches, and he's had that Continental title now for 1233 01:07:43.760 --> 01:07:46.480 a long time. This is where it all comes to 1234 01:07:46.559 --> 01:07:51.559 an end, though, And speaking of coming to an end, 1235 01:07:51.639 --> 01:07:55.599 we can all hope clasp your hands together, everybody, because 1236 01:07:55.639 --> 01:08:00.320 it's finally here, the main event. John Moxley, after nine 1237 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:05.159 painful months, not even childbirth is as painful as this 1238 01:08:05.280 --> 01:08:09.119 death Rider's stuff has been. But here we are, at last, 1239 01:08:09.280 --> 01:08:13.840 in Texas. He defends the AW World Championship against the 1240 01:08:13.880 --> 01:08:18.279 winner of the Owen Heart Tournament, the former AW World Champion, 1241 01:08:18.319 --> 01:08:21.880 the man that we are accounting on to be the savior, 1242 01:08:23.199 --> 01:08:27.399 Hangman Adam Page. And it will be a Texas Death Match. 1243 01:08:27.479 --> 01:08:30.000 This will not be their first match together. It will 1244 01:08:30.000 --> 01:08:33.199 not even be their first Texas Death match together Hangman 1245 01:08:33.279 --> 01:08:36.760 won their first one at Revolution in twenty twenty three. 1246 01:08:36.920 --> 01:08:40.079 Hangman all but said on Wednesday he knows the death 1247 01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:43.119 Riders are going to get involved. He knows the young 1248 01:08:43.159 --> 01:08:46.600 Bucks will be sneaking around, so let's just make it 1249 01:08:46.680 --> 01:08:50.560 Texas Death I like that they're openly acknowledging what we 1250 01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:52.880 already know. There's going to be a metric fuck ton 1251 01:08:52.920 --> 01:08:55.680 of interference in this match. It will be overbooked to 1252 01:08:55.720 --> 01:08:57.960 all hell, and that could be a lot of fun. 1253 01:08:58.560 --> 01:09:02.119 If we get the right out come, this will be 1254 01:09:02.159 --> 01:09:05.840 their Avengers endgame. The Death Riders have screwed over so 1255 01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:08.720 many people. They have injured so many people, going all 1256 01:09:08.720 --> 01:09:11.039 the way back to Brian Danielson when Moxley won the 1257 01:09:11.039 --> 01:09:14.399 world title. Brian Danielson took a bump a few weeks 1258 01:09:14.439 --> 01:09:17.760 ago at Arena Mexico when he delivered a busaku knee 1259 01:09:17.800 --> 01:09:20.239 at the Ring of Honor taping that was after the show. 1260 01:09:20.760 --> 01:09:23.000 I fully expect to see him here, if only for 1261 01:09:23.079 --> 01:09:25.880 one quick cameo to wipe out Wheeler Da. That little 1262 01:09:25.960 --> 01:09:28.479 shit with the same knee that you'da has been using 1263 01:09:28.520 --> 01:09:33.840 ever since Moxley beat Orange Cassidy at full gear. He 1264 01:09:33.960 --> 01:09:36.800 beat Hangman and two other men in a four way 1265 01:09:36.800 --> 01:09:42.840 a World's End, Adam Copeland, Swab Stricklands, Samoa Joe, and 1266 01:09:42.920 --> 01:09:46.359 don't forget throwing Darby Allen down a flight of stairs. 1267 01:09:46.439 --> 01:09:49.039 He hasn't been seen since he actually made it to 1268 01:09:49.079 --> 01:09:52.199 the summit of Mount Everest. He flew the flag literally 1269 01:09:52.399 --> 01:09:55.439 of aw on top of the mountain, something they never 1270 01:09:55.520 --> 01:10:01.159 even acknowledged on television. Why because they wanted to keep 1271 01:10:01.199 --> 01:10:04.680 him out of sight, out of mind for this moment. 1272 01:10:04.720 --> 01:10:06.800 When Darby returns to help put the nail in the 1273 01:10:06.840 --> 01:10:10.800 coffin of John Moxley's reign, is world champion and we 1274 01:10:10.880 --> 01:10:13.399 might even get a sting cameo too. I'm sure he'll 1275 01:10:13.439 --> 01:10:15.720 be there. He lives in Texas. I don't know why 1276 01:10:15.760 --> 01:10:19.560 he wouldn't draw By. There's been a lot of talk 1277 01:10:19.600 --> 01:10:22.760 about Tony Kahan maybe wanting to wait to put the 1278 01:10:22.760 --> 01:10:27.079 title on Darby. Maybe Moxley even wins this match to 1279 01:10:27.159 --> 01:10:30.039 save the title. Win for Darby in Toronto at All 1280 01:10:30.119 --> 01:10:33.399 Out or Wrestle Dream in October. If they go back 1281 01:10:33.399 --> 01:10:37.439 to Seattle, another three or four months of this death 1282 01:10:37.520 --> 01:10:43.000 rider's shit is unacceptable. If Tony Khan wanted Darby to 1283 01:10:43.039 --> 01:10:45.640 be the one to dethrone John Moxley, you don't push 1284 01:10:45.640 --> 01:10:48.800 those plans back just because Darby wanted to go play mountaineer. 1285 01:10:50.239 --> 01:10:52.359 He probably would have been champion by now had he 1286 01:10:52.399 --> 01:10:54.960 not left. That was his choice. If that's what he 1287 01:10:55.000 --> 01:11:00.479 wants to do, go ahead. Life goes on, though, stories 1288 01:11:00.520 --> 01:11:04.840 they go on, aw goes on. You don't put shit 1289 01:11:04.880 --> 01:11:06.800 on hold to wait for Darby to come back from 1290 01:11:06.840 --> 01:11:11.479 his expedition. This stage right here is set for a 1291 01:11:11.479 --> 01:11:14.439 grand finale. Here and now in Texas. Tony Khan has 1292 01:11:14.479 --> 01:11:17.000 given us a lot of grown endings to these pay 1293 01:11:17.039 --> 01:11:20.760 per views, these usually great pay per views, otherwise multiple 1294 01:11:20.760 --> 01:11:26.319 times now, I would hope to build to the happy 1295 01:11:26.399 --> 01:11:29.640 ending here on this show. I don't think he wants 1296 01:11:29.680 --> 01:11:32.479 to send people home disappointed this time from his big 1297 01:11:32.520 --> 01:11:36.199 stadium show. I really don't. You're going to see Darby, 1298 01:11:36.479 --> 01:11:40.239 You're probably gonna see Danielson, the Death Riders, the Bucks, 1299 01:11:40.319 --> 01:11:45.000 the Ops, maybe swerve an Osprey. It's going to be 1300 01:11:45.039 --> 01:11:49.000 overbooked chaos, and I love it so long as we 1301 01:11:49.079 --> 01:11:51.560 get Hangman Adam Page at the end of all of 1302 01:11:51.600 --> 01:11:55.079 it as the new aw world champion. I am predicting 1303 01:11:55.119 --> 01:11:59.319 a win for the Cowboy in Texas. This is Hangman's 1304 01:11:59.359 --> 01:12:02.760 redemption arc, after all the twists and turns with his 1305 01:12:02.880 --> 01:12:06.039 character from babyface to psychotic heel and back to whatever 1306 01:12:06.039 --> 01:12:09.600 he's supposed to be. Now the feud would swerve. It 1307 01:12:09.720 --> 01:12:13.600 had to happen to lead to this moment. Anything else 1308 01:12:14.159 --> 01:12:20.039 would be an epic failure. So we got Hangman's big moment. 1309 01:12:20.239 --> 01:12:26.239 Hopefully we got Omega versus Okada or Bill Goldberg fighting 1310 01:12:26.239 --> 01:12:28.680 for the world title. I know what I'll be doing 1311 01:12:28.720 --> 01:12:32.159 on Saturday night. That's watching this one and going live 1312 01:12:32.239 --> 01:12:35.119 immediately after Saturday night's main event. We'll have to wait 1313 01:12:35.119 --> 01:12:37.399 for the sound off next Sunday, so join me on 1314 01:12:37.439 --> 01:12:39.640 YouTube after the pay per view for the full review. 1315 01:12:40.319 --> 01:12:43.520 It should be a great show. Now I told you 1316 01:12:43.560 --> 01:12:45.680 we had a monster mailbag, I'm gonna turn it over 1317 01:12:45.680 --> 01:12:47.920 to you guys because we have a ton of questions 1318 01:12:48.000 --> 01:12:50.560 here to go through. I wish we had more news, 1319 01:12:50.600 --> 01:12:52.920 but as crazy as next weekend is going to be, 1320 01:12:52.960 --> 01:12:55.600 it's actually been kind of dead. So I'm looking forward 1321 01:12:55.680 --> 01:12:58.479 to the news cycle picking up. But let's turn it 1322 01:12:58.479 --> 01:13:00.319 over to you guys. If you have questions for me 1323 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:03.560 the Sola Monster at gmail dot com. That is the 1324 01:13:03.600 --> 01:13:06.840 place to send your correspondence. Please include your name and 1325 01:13:06.920 --> 01:13:10.239 where you are from when you write in. Let us 1326 01:13:10.279 --> 01:13:15.760 begin with Jim from Pennsylvania with the announcement of Survivor 1327 01:13:15.800 --> 01:13:18.640 series at Petco Park. I am sick and tired of 1328 01:13:18.680 --> 01:13:21.560 the annual Wargames match. I've never been a fan of 1329 01:13:21.560 --> 01:13:24.760 the matches use in WWE in general. The lack of 1330 01:13:24.840 --> 01:13:27.760 blood and open cage for high spot purposes has turned 1331 01:13:27.800 --> 01:13:29.319 a match that used to be one of the most 1332 01:13:29.319 --> 01:13:32.039 intense in all of wrestling into yet another safe and 1333 01:13:32.119 --> 01:13:36.039 predictable match that is more focused on creating highlights and 1334 01:13:36.159 --> 01:13:39.199 hype moments. The number of injuries that we have seen 1335 01:13:39.199 --> 01:13:40.960 in the big match in the last few years is 1336 01:13:41.039 --> 01:13:44.960 also not ideal. I believe Wargames is dangerously approaching hell 1337 01:13:45.000 --> 01:13:47.359 and a cell pay per view territory where the company 1338 01:13:47.439 --> 01:13:49.720 is forced booking the match instead of saving it for 1339 01:13:49.720 --> 01:13:52.920 a storyline that truly deserves it. I believe that WWE 1340 01:13:52.920 --> 01:13:55.960 should be at the very least bringing back some traditional 1341 01:13:56.000 --> 01:13:59.399 Survivor Series tag matches and potentially give Wargames a one 1342 01:13:59.600 --> 01:14:03.239 or two year break to make it feel more special 1343 01:14:03.319 --> 01:14:06.920 in the future. What say you, I think you said 1344 01:14:06.920 --> 01:14:10.319 that perfectly. Yeah. I was very happy when they brought 1345 01:14:10.359 --> 01:14:13.680 war Games to the main roster and at Survivor Series 1346 01:14:13.720 --> 01:14:15.560 because that, I mean literally, that was something I was 1347 01:14:15.640 --> 01:14:18.760 arguing for as far back as twenty ten on this show. 1348 01:14:19.479 --> 01:14:22.039 So when they did it, I was very happy. You know, 1349 01:14:22.039 --> 01:14:24.680 Triple H obviously brought it back an NXT he always 1350 01:14:24.720 --> 01:14:26.800 wanted to do it. Vince wanted nothing to do with it, 1351 01:14:27.600 --> 01:14:29.560 but just the idea that you got these two rings 1352 01:14:29.560 --> 01:14:32.039 set up side by side, you got these ten men 1353 01:14:32.640 --> 01:14:35.159 or women. Now they do the women's ones and they're 1354 01:14:35.279 --> 01:14:37.479 just you know, beating the hell out of each other 1355 01:14:37.560 --> 01:14:41.159 and it's mass chaos. It's it's a fun match, But 1356 01:14:41.319 --> 01:14:43.760 I agree with you in that it should only be 1357 01:14:43.920 --> 01:14:47.159 saved for when you really have a feud worthy of 1358 01:14:47.199 --> 01:14:53.079 a Wargames match, and I think that maintaining even just 1359 01:14:53.159 --> 01:14:56.439 once a year it's Survivor Series, a traditional four on 1360 01:14:56.560 --> 01:14:59.760 four or five on five elimination match is something that 1361 01:14:59.800 --> 01:15:02.119 they should be doing. Even on a card with Wargames, 1362 01:15:02.159 --> 01:15:05.239 you could still have one traditional Survivor Series match. I 1363 01:15:05.279 --> 01:15:08.439 don't know why they just completely junked the entire format. 1364 01:15:09.359 --> 01:15:11.800 So I'm with you. If there is a story to 1365 01:15:11.840 --> 01:15:14.760 support a war Games match, then by all means do Wargames. 1366 01:15:14.800 --> 01:15:16.479 I think part of the problem is that they put 1367 01:15:16.479 --> 01:15:20.199 the promotional materials out so far in advance, and they 1368 01:15:20.199 --> 01:15:23.319 don't always have their plans creatively booked out that far 1369 01:15:23.359 --> 01:15:26.720 in advance. So they already have advertisements out for the 1370 01:15:26.760 --> 01:15:30.760 show promoting Wargames because they think, you know, the idea 1371 01:15:30.880 --> 01:15:34.560 of Wargames is in and of itself a draw, and 1372 01:15:34.600 --> 01:15:37.119 I think that's part of the problem. They want to 1373 01:15:37.159 --> 01:15:39.279 settle on a theme for the show months and months 1374 01:15:39.279 --> 01:15:42.039 in advance, when they may not have their creative plans 1375 01:15:42.079 --> 01:15:44.960 fully fleshed out for the show. But I do think 1376 01:15:44.960 --> 01:15:47.079 giving it a break every now and then is a 1377 01:15:47.079 --> 01:15:49.800 good thing. I'm not saying revert back to the Survivor 1378 01:15:49.880 --> 01:15:53.880 Series format where it's just nothing but elimination matches, but 1379 01:15:53.960 --> 01:15:56.039 even on these shows with wargames, I would like to 1380 01:15:56.039 --> 01:15:59.239 see them at least keep one traditional Survivor series match. 1381 01:16:01.800 --> 01:16:05.600 Lamb from Brooklyn, You've helped me through many times of stress, angst, 1382 01:16:05.640 --> 01:16:09.560 and depression with your hard work. Thank you, lam I 1383 01:16:09.600 --> 01:16:12.279 hope this is not one of those periods. How would 1384 01:16:12.319 --> 01:16:15.199 you feel about John Cena turning baby face at SummerSlam 1385 01:16:15.239 --> 01:16:18.279 with Cody turning heel leading to a CM Punk WrestleMania 1386 01:16:18.359 --> 01:16:20.920 match for the title as a result of Punk winning 1387 01:16:20.960 --> 01:16:23.880 the Royal Rumble. After seeing his loss, he goes on 1388 01:16:23.880 --> 01:16:26.319 a brief period of exile as his dates are limited, 1389 01:16:26.880 --> 01:16:29.159 seeing his last match at Saturday Night's main event ends 1390 01:16:29.239 --> 01:16:33.159 up being Gunther, so he has claims to retiring both 1391 01:16:33.279 --> 01:16:38.680 Goldberg and Sina. I don't have anything against a Sena 1392 01:16:39.279 --> 01:16:42.359 Gunther match. I don't know that he's going to be 1393 01:16:42.399 --> 01:16:46.399 seen his final opponent, CM Punk winning the Royal Rumble. 1394 01:16:46.479 --> 01:16:49.640 I think there's a better chance of Sammy Zain winning 1395 01:16:49.640 --> 01:16:51.840 the Rumble in Saudi next year and getting that shot 1396 01:16:51.880 --> 01:16:54.199 at the World Heavyweight Championship. I just don't see it. 1397 01:16:54.640 --> 01:16:57.439 The idea of Asena and Cody double turn at Summer 1398 01:16:57.479 --> 01:16:59.600 Slim is something I addressed on the show last week. 1399 01:16:59.640 --> 01:17:01.880 I talked about an idea that was floated. I thought 1400 01:17:01.920 --> 01:17:04.640 the way it was laid out was very well done. 1401 01:17:05.279 --> 01:17:08.000 I myself am not sold on turning Cody heel, but 1402 01:17:08.000 --> 01:17:09.560 if you were going to do it, I think the 1403 01:17:09.600 --> 01:17:11.359 way I talked about it last week is the way 1404 01:17:11.399 --> 01:17:15.279 to do it. This I'm not completely on board with 1405 01:17:15.319 --> 01:17:19.560 this idea. Jack from San Diego, I don't really like 1406 01:17:19.640 --> 01:17:22.880 talking about wrestling ratings or any kind of business metrics 1407 01:17:22.880 --> 01:17:25.000 when it comes to things I enjoy. As far as 1408 01:17:25.079 --> 01:17:29.039 I'm concerned, the only viewer that matters is me. That said, 1409 01:17:29.079 --> 01:17:31.960 since there's been talk about aw ratings in twenty twenty five, 1410 01:17:32.039 --> 01:17:34.279 I was wondering if you had seen Tony Kahn's tweet 1411 01:17:34.359 --> 01:17:38.319 posting evidence of their growth this year. Does this tweet 1412 01:17:38.359 --> 01:17:40.920 make you rethink your own stance? On the ratings, I 1413 01:17:41.000 --> 01:17:42.840 for one, am happy to hear the show is doing 1414 01:17:42.880 --> 01:17:46.359 so well because it benefits everyone for any wrestling company 1415 01:17:47.000 --> 01:17:51.279 to do well. Hey, I'm always happy to hear about 1416 01:17:51.279 --> 01:17:54.319 a show doing well. The shows do well, I do well. 1417 01:17:55.159 --> 01:17:58.319 Everybody wins. The shows do badly, or the show's go 1418 01:17:58.920 --> 01:18:01.439 belly up. I have one less show to review, which 1419 01:18:01.520 --> 01:18:05.479 is bad for business, So I'm with you on that. 1420 01:18:05.479 --> 01:18:10.000 That being said, the I did see the graphic. The 1421 01:18:10.000 --> 01:18:12.880 collision numbers that he posted in the graphic that I 1422 01:18:12.960 --> 01:18:17.520 saw are a bit misleading since that would include, however, 1423 01:18:17.560 --> 01:18:20.239 many NBA games that served as a lead in to 1424 01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:22.119 the because the show has been bounced around the lot 1425 01:18:22.159 --> 01:18:24.840 this year, and several times they have used like an 1426 01:18:24.920 --> 01:18:27.520 NBA game or some kind of event like that as 1427 01:18:28.000 --> 01:18:30.319 a big lead in to the show to get a 1428 01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:33.399 lot of eyeballs on that first quarter, and it gives 1429 01:18:33.439 --> 01:18:36.359 them a huge first quarter, but you know, then usually 1430 01:18:36.439 --> 01:18:39.159 there's a big drop off immediately after that. But fair 1431 01:18:39.199 --> 01:18:42.319 play to him because he is technically correct, so he 1432 01:18:42.359 --> 01:18:45.439 can be happy about that. The dynamite stuff is funny 1433 01:18:45.439 --> 01:18:48.720 to me because we're always told how important the eighteen 1434 01:18:48.760 --> 01:18:51.000 to forty nine demo number is when it comes to 1435 01:18:51.039 --> 01:18:54.079 these shows. But in the graphic they cited twenty five 1436 01:18:54.119 --> 01:18:59.039 to fifty four. That was the demo they listed, so 1437 01:18:59.119 --> 01:19:02.399 we seem to have moved down from eighteen to forty nine, 1438 01:19:02.640 --> 01:19:06.319 even though that's still the key demo for advertisers. But 1439 01:19:06.399 --> 01:19:09.640 if they've seen growth in twenty five to fifty four, hey, 1440 01:19:10.000 --> 01:19:12.800 you know, growth is growth, so that's good to see. 1441 01:19:12.920 --> 01:19:15.119 And we still don't know how many more people are 1442 01:19:15.159 --> 01:19:17.600 watching on Max because they don't share those numbers. But 1443 01:19:17.640 --> 01:19:19.960 those numbers don't include Max just for the record, the 1444 01:19:20.039 --> 01:19:24.319 numbers that he posted, so whatever those numbers are, they 1445 01:19:24.359 --> 01:19:26.600 are higher. We just don't know how much higher they are. 1446 01:19:27.880 --> 01:19:30.840 I'm sure it's a shit show in the comments underneath 1447 01:19:30.920 --> 01:19:34.800 what he posted, so I didn't even bother looking. The 1448 01:19:35.159 --> 01:19:37.680 viewership is still down though, from what they were doing 1449 01:19:37.720 --> 01:19:39.359 a couple of years ago, and I don't think that 1450 01:19:39.399 --> 01:19:43.239 point should be lost. Absolutely. If there's growth, then trumpet 1451 01:19:43.279 --> 01:19:46.359 that growth. But the viewership is still down from what 1452 01:19:46.359 --> 01:19:49.720 they had been doing previously. And there is also a 1453 01:19:49.760 --> 01:19:53.760 reason that they are running much smaller buildings for weekly television. 1454 01:19:53.760 --> 01:19:55.960 They may still be running big buildings for pay per views, 1455 01:19:55.960 --> 01:19:57.680 but they're not doing that week to week like they 1456 01:19:57.760 --> 01:20:03.319 used to. If they can build on this growth, maybe 1457 01:20:03.359 --> 01:20:05.239 one day they can get back to the place that 1458 01:20:05.239 --> 01:20:09.119 they were in before. They're not running smaller venues because 1459 01:20:09.159 --> 01:20:12.760 Tony Kahn loves running smaller venues. They're running smaller venues 1460 01:20:12.760 --> 01:20:15.159 because they weren't able to fill the bigger venues and 1461 01:20:15.239 --> 01:20:18.560 they really had no choice. It's much better running the 1462 01:20:18.560 --> 01:20:21.279 smaller venues in this case because that way you don't 1463 01:20:21.319 --> 01:20:23.800 have a half empty building. And plus the acoustics are 1464 01:20:23.800 --> 01:20:26.680 so much better if you have a lively crowd. I 1465 01:20:26.760 --> 01:20:29.159 love some of these venues that they've run. That music 1466 01:20:29.199 --> 01:20:31.720 Hall was in in Boston, I think it was some 1467 01:20:31.800 --> 01:20:34.439 of these smaller venues, and I think there was one 1468 01:20:34.479 --> 01:20:38.239 maybe in Ohio where the crowd is really hot. And 1469 01:20:38.279 --> 01:20:41.279 so even though it's a smaller building, it just aesthetically 1470 01:20:41.359 --> 01:20:43.840 it looks kind of cool and it sounds great on TV. 1471 01:20:44.119 --> 01:20:46.239 That's all well and good, but don't ever lose sight 1472 01:20:46.279 --> 01:20:48.239 of the fact that the only reason they are running 1473 01:20:48.279 --> 01:20:51.159 these buildings in the first place is because they could 1474 01:20:51.199 --> 01:20:54.960 not sell enough tickets in the NBA buildings that they 1475 01:20:55.000 --> 01:20:58.479 were running. So again, if there is growth to be 1476 01:20:58.560 --> 01:21:01.680 seen in this demo or that demo or on Max 1477 01:21:01.800 --> 01:21:07.840 or whatever, then that needs to be built on. Now. 1478 01:21:07.920 --> 01:21:09.920 You can talk about the quality of the shows, and 1479 01:21:10.159 --> 01:21:12.159 there are some people who think the shows right now 1480 01:21:12.760 --> 01:21:16.199 are better than they have ever been. But if that's 1481 01:21:16.239 --> 01:21:20.399 the case, then it would be reflected in attendance, and 1482 01:21:20.439 --> 01:21:23.479 that's not happened yet. So if you think that AW 1483 01:21:23.560 --> 01:21:26.760 Dynamite is better than ever, then that should be reflected 1484 01:21:26.840 --> 01:21:29.600 very soon in the attendance numbers for these shows, especially 1485 01:21:29.680 --> 01:21:32.119 at a time when you would have to sell your 1486 01:21:32.159 --> 01:21:36.560 own kidney to buy tickets to a WWE show. WWE 1487 01:21:36.600 --> 01:21:40.720 is pricing people out of going to shows. AW has 1488 01:21:40.760 --> 01:21:43.439 an advantage over WWE, and that their shows are priced 1489 01:21:43.439 --> 01:21:47.199 more affordably. That's something I would lean into more. But 1490 01:21:47.399 --> 01:21:50.760 if the shows are more affordable and the shows are 1491 01:21:50.800 --> 01:21:53.760 so great, then you would think six months from now 1492 01:21:53.800 --> 01:21:57.119 they would be running bigger buildings. Again. I don't know 1493 01:21:57.159 --> 01:22:00.680 that I see that happening, but if all of that's true, 1494 01:22:00.880 --> 01:22:03.319 then it should. It's just something to watch for in 1495 01:22:03.359 --> 01:22:08.319 the second half of twenty twenty five. Ryan from Hollywood, 1496 01:22:08.359 --> 01:22:12.880 California been listening since twenty seventeen. I've been listening to 1497 01:22:13.000 --> 01:22:18.039 seth Rollins a lot, and this oh my condolences and 1498 01:22:18.239 --> 01:22:21.359 his whole thing is not ever allowing CM Punk to 1499 01:22:21.399 --> 01:22:24.600 win a championship. I predict Punk either eliminates Sammy at 1500 01:22:24.640 --> 01:22:27.439 the Royal Rumble or eliminates bron Breaker in the elimination 1501 01:22:27.600 --> 01:22:30.199 Chamber to go on to beat Rollins in the Night 1502 01:22:30.239 --> 01:22:33.239 one main event of WrestleMania. This has to end with 1503 01:22:33.319 --> 01:22:39.600 Punk overthrowing Rollins. What do you think, Well, you know, 1504 01:22:39.720 --> 01:22:44.359 if Sammy's ain wins the Royal Rumble, and he would again, 1505 01:22:44.960 --> 01:22:49.840 we don't know. It's still very far off. But between 1506 01:22:49.880 --> 01:22:55.479 the location of the show and them repeatedly on television 1507 01:22:55.520 --> 01:22:57.680 pointing out the fact that Sammy has never won a 1508 01:22:57.680 --> 01:22:59.920 world title and Sammy saying I know I can do it, 1509 01:23:00.000 --> 01:23:02.119 but I know I could do it right now, they're 1510 01:23:02.119 --> 01:23:06.119 both on Monday Night Raw. If Punk wins the Rumble, 1511 01:23:06.159 --> 01:23:08.720 then Sammy's not going to be in the elimination chamber. 1512 01:23:09.119 --> 01:23:11.239 If Sammy wins the Rumble, Punk is not going to 1513 01:23:11.239 --> 01:23:13.560 be in the elimination chamber because the chamber would be 1514 01:23:13.680 --> 01:23:17.359 to decide on who challenges for the other title, unless 1515 01:23:17.399 --> 01:23:20.800 Sammy chooses to go after the WWE championship, which I 1516 01:23:21.439 --> 01:23:25.119 you know, I don't see that, but the rumble winner 1517 01:23:25.159 --> 01:23:27.279 does have the right to choose the champion they want 1518 01:23:27.279 --> 01:23:31.439 to go after, So I mean, it's impossible to know 1519 01:23:31.520 --> 01:23:34.760 this early where we're going to be come January or 1520 01:23:34.840 --> 01:23:38.279 February of next year. Does Punk have to be the 1521 01:23:38.319 --> 01:23:40.840 one to overthrow Rollins? It doesn't have to be, but 1522 01:23:40.920 --> 01:23:44.119 it would make a lot of sense if CM Punk 1523 01:23:44.159 --> 01:23:46.960 is eventually going to win the world title, that it 1524 01:23:46.960 --> 01:23:49.399 should be from Seth Rollins. If Seth Rollins is going 1525 01:23:49.439 --> 01:23:52.199 around saying I've made it my mission to make sure 1526 01:23:52.199 --> 01:23:56.199 that you are never a world champion, then for him 1527 01:23:56.199 --> 01:23:57.720 to be the one that Punk has to be to 1528 01:23:57.760 --> 01:23:59.720 win the title actually does make a lot of sense. 1529 01:24:00.640 --> 01:24:02.880 So it doesn't have to be Punk. If they want 1530 01:24:02.880 --> 01:24:05.000 somebody else to be champion, then it could be somebody else. 1531 01:24:05.039 --> 01:24:07.279 But for Punk's story, yes, it would make sense if 1532 01:24:07.279 --> 01:24:13.000 he was the person to overthrow Seth Rollins. Daniel from Ohio, 1533 01:24:13.479 --> 01:24:17.640 fan of the podcast for over twelve years. As much 1534 01:24:17.640 --> 01:24:20.640 as I know you don't like Goldberg beating Gunther, part 1535 01:24:20.680 --> 01:24:22.680 of me believes there is a good chance that Seth 1536 01:24:22.760 --> 01:24:25.880 cashes in and wins the title. I feel like another 1537 01:24:25.920 --> 01:24:28.600 punkin Seth match really could use the title as they 1538 01:24:28.600 --> 01:24:30.560 have had other matches, and I don't see a clear 1539 01:24:30.600 --> 01:24:34.119 match for Gunther defending its SummerSlam. This leads me to 1540 01:24:34.159 --> 01:24:36.079 a scenario that I think would be very cool and 1541 01:24:36.119 --> 01:24:42.920 wanted your opinion. Goldberg beats Gunther. Well, you've already lost me, Daniel, 1542 01:24:43.000 --> 01:24:47.720 You've already lost me. Goldberg beats Gunther, and while celebrating 1543 01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:51.640 Seth's music hits. Seth walks down slowly with Hayman and 1544 01:24:51.680 --> 01:24:55.039 a referee while Goldberg stares them down. Right before Seth 1545 01:24:55.079 --> 01:24:58.319 hands the briefcase to bron Breaker comes out of nowhere 1546 01:24:58.359 --> 01:25:01.840 and spears Goldberg. Seth then hands the briefcase to the 1547 01:25:01.880 --> 01:25:05.479 ref and covers Goldberg. This accomplishes two things. It gets 1548 01:25:05.520 --> 01:25:08.880 Seth the belt and allows the very last move Goldberg 1549 01:25:08.920 --> 01:25:11.920 ever takes in wrestling to be a spear and can 1550 01:25:12.000 --> 01:25:14.720 also be treated as a past the torch moment to 1551 01:25:14.880 --> 01:25:18.439 bron Breaker again. I am also not a huge fan 1552 01:25:18.479 --> 01:25:20.479 of Goldberg winning the title, but if they are going 1553 01:25:20.520 --> 01:25:23.239 to have Seth kash In, I really like this scenario. 1554 01:25:24.039 --> 01:25:29.319 How about you? As I said, you lost me at 1555 01:25:29.319 --> 01:25:32.319 Goldberg beating gun There I just cannot get behind that. 1556 01:25:32.399 --> 01:25:35.239 I just can't. If they are going to do the 1557 01:25:35.319 --> 01:25:37.319 cash in, it has to happen while the match is 1558 01:25:37.359 --> 01:25:41.000 still in progress to at least spare Gunther from taking 1559 01:25:41.039 --> 01:25:44.479 a loss to this man. And then I'm fine with 1560 01:25:44.560 --> 01:25:46.760 bron Breaker being the one to put Goldberg down with 1561 01:25:46.800 --> 01:25:50.039 a spear. But I would not, under any circumstance, approve 1562 01:25:50.159 --> 01:25:53.199 of a scenario that involves Goldberg first beating Gunther and 1563 01:25:53.239 --> 01:25:55.520 then moving on to a cash in and treating Gunther 1564 01:25:55.720 --> 01:25:59.520 like he's just another guy. He already lost to the 1565 01:25:59.600 --> 01:26:03.439 yeat Man this year. To lose to Goldberg at this 1566 01:26:03.560 --> 01:26:08.239 point would just be horrible. Sean from Byron Illinois. Buyers 1567 01:26:08.279 --> 01:26:11.560 sell on the Better Feud with Seth Rollins, where shockingly 1568 01:26:12.600 --> 01:26:16.000 he has never or yet to have a proper one 1569 01:26:16.039 --> 01:26:19.039 on one pl E match or at the very least 1570 01:26:19.119 --> 01:26:23.159 a PL match to end the feud Roman Reigns or cmpunk. 1571 01:26:25.279 --> 01:26:27.359 So what is he what is he asking here? Buyers 1572 01:26:27.359 --> 01:26:30.079 sell on the Better Feud with Rollins where they have 1573 01:26:30.239 --> 01:26:33.199 never had a proper, okay, proper one on one PL match. 1574 01:26:36.279 --> 01:26:37.920 I mean it would have to be Roman Reigns. I 1575 01:26:37.960 --> 01:26:40.000 mean that there's just so much more history between the 1576 01:26:40.000 --> 01:26:42.319 two of them. It is kind of shocking. Wait a minute, 1577 01:26:42.359 --> 01:26:44.479 that there's no way they never had a pl E match. 1578 01:26:45.239 --> 01:26:48.840 They did have a pl match though, all right, didn't 1579 01:26:48.840 --> 01:26:52.479 they have a pl E. Wasn't it Rollins against Rains 1580 01:26:52.520 --> 01:26:54.479 at Money in the Bank that year when Rollins came 1581 01:26:54.520 --> 01:26:57.319 back and he beat Roman. That was before Roman got 1582 01:26:57.319 --> 01:27:01.279 suspended tested positive for something. You got suspended for one actually, 1583 01:27:01.279 --> 01:27:04.079 and maybe he didn't test positive. Maybe he God, what 1584 01:27:04.199 --> 01:27:06.840 was the story with Roman's test failure? He failed to 1585 01:27:06.880 --> 01:27:10.840 report something. I don't remember what it was. So, unless 1586 01:27:10.840 --> 01:27:15.840 I'm understanding your question incorrectly, I know Rollins and Rains 1587 01:27:15.880 --> 01:27:19.000 they've definitely had some singles matches on PL's before they 1588 01:27:19.000 --> 01:27:23.399 wrestled at the Royal Rumble one year. But as far 1589 01:27:23.439 --> 01:27:27.800 as ending their feud, I mean again, I don't know. 1590 01:27:27.800 --> 01:27:30.039 I guess I'm just confused by the question. I guess 1591 01:27:30.840 --> 01:27:35.119 Rollins and Rains is still unresolved. I suppose even though Seth, 1592 01:27:36.800 --> 01:27:39.560 you know, kind of beat him at WrestleMania. I don't know. 1593 01:27:39.640 --> 01:27:41.760 I mean, I'll still go with Rollins and Rains. I'm 1594 01:27:41.800 --> 01:27:44.760 just a little confused here. Rollins in Punk will have 1595 01:27:44.960 --> 01:27:47.880 a definitive ending at some point. It hasn't happened yet, 1596 01:27:48.720 --> 01:27:50.560 but I still have to go at Rollins and Rains. 1597 01:27:50.560 --> 01:27:54.399 There's just so much more history there between them. Ed 1598 01:27:55.319 --> 01:27:59.680 from Mombasa coast of Kenya. Who do you think are 1599 01:27:59.720 --> 01:28:03.119 the best bell to bell performers in WWE? For me, 1600 01:28:03.199 --> 01:28:06.800 it's probably Eosky and maybe Axiom or someone hidden away 1601 01:28:06.800 --> 01:28:11.119 in the mid card as a close second. Eosky is 1602 01:28:11.159 --> 01:28:15.039 for sure one of them, Gunther is another. Those are 1603 01:28:15.039 --> 01:28:19.279 the top two, and I would throw Chad Gable in 1604 01:28:19.319 --> 01:28:22.399 there as well. Bell to bell, those are your three best. 1605 01:28:23.720 --> 01:28:27.520 John from Baltimore. I've been watching old footage from the 1606 01:28:27.560 --> 01:28:30.880 early nineties WWF and it looked like Bulldog was going 1607 01:28:30.920 --> 01:28:33.520 to be a contender for the WWE title in the future. 1608 01:28:33.840 --> 01:28:36.600 I don't think Vince ever really had Breton mind until 1609 01:28:37.039 --> 01:28:39.720 he had nowhere else to turn to. He was never 1610 01:28:39.760 --> 01:28:42.960 being groomed. It looks like Vince had plans for Bulldog 1611 01:28:43.000 --> 01:28:45.319 as early as nineteen ninety one before he snatched up 1612 01:28:45.399 --> 01:28:48.840 sid and Flair. Later that year, Bulldog was one of 1613 01:28:48.880 --> 01:28:51.520 the final four in the ninety one Royal Rumble. He 1614 01:28:51.560 --> 01:28:54.159 also won another Battle Royal a year later. I know 1615 01:28:54.279 --> 01:28:57.479 he had substance abuse problems, and maybe Vince realized Brett 1616 01:28:57.520 --> 01:29:01.000 was more reliable. I just can't help but think Vince 1617 01:29:01.000 --> 01:29:03.840 had Bulldog in mind way before Brett as a future 1618 01:29:03.920 --> 01:29:06.439 world title holder. I still think Vince had plans for 1619 01:29:06.560 --> 01:29:09.079 Sid and Flair, but Flair proved to be difficult to 1620 01:29:09.119 --> 01:29:12.640 work with later on, and so was Sid. What are 1621 01:29:12.680 --> 01:29:17.640 your thoughts, No, I don't have the impression that Vince 1622 01:29:17.680 --> 01:29:20.680 ever looked at Bulldog and was grooming him for anything. 1623 01:29:20.720 --> 01:29:24.520 I mean, could Bulldog without the issues that he had 1624 01:29:24.560 --> 01:29:27.399 that got him fired ultimately, could the Bulldog eventually have 1625 01:29:27.479 --> 01:29:30.159 become a world champion. It's possible, But I don't think 1626 01:29:30.239 --> 01:29:32.439 Vince looked at Bulldog and said, Okay, this guy's gonna 1627 01:29:32.479 --> 01:29:36.920 be my world champion. I never heard about that, and 1628 01:29:36.960 --> 01:29:42.319 I never got that vibe. As far as Sid, you know, Sid, 1629 01:29:42.840 --> 01:29:46.159 had he stuck around in ninety two, I think it's 1630 01:29:46.279 --> 01:29:48.760 very likely Sid eventually would have won the world title 1631 01:29:48.840 --> 01:29:51.439 during that first run. You know, obviously he won it 1632 01:29:51.479 --> 01:29:55.039 when he came back. It was technically his third run. 1633 01:29:55.520 --> 01:29:58.880 But yeah, Sid, I mean, said Jess, I said it 1634 01:29:58.880 --> 01:30:01.159 when he passed away, and I did the whole retrospective 1635 01:30:01.199 --> 01:30:06.319 on him, Sid was just that he was the guy 1636 01:30:06.399 --> 01:30:08.600 that you would create in a lab if you were 1637 01:30:08.640 --> 01:30:13.079 looking to create a pro wrestler. Was psycho Sid like. 1638 01:30:13.199 --> 01:30:16.319 He was that guy and he had the charisma. He 1639 01:30:16.359 --> 01:30:18.399 may not have been the most technically sound, but you know, 1640 01:30:18.439 --> 01:30:20.720 people shit on him and shit on his matches. Oh, 1641 01:30:20.760 --> 01:30:22.479 he always had terrible match He did not always have 1642 01:30:22.560 --> 01:30:25.640 terrible matches. He had a lot of terrible matches. But 1643 01:30:25.760 --> 01:30:28.880 the guy could work, and he had charisma, he had size, 1644 01:30:28.920 --> 01:30:32.279 he had the look. He was that guy. He would 1645 01:30:32.319 --> 01:30:35.199 have done very well had he stuck around that first 1646 01:30:35.239 --> 01:30:40.439 time Flair, you have Vince having problems with proving difficult 1647 01:30:40.479 --> 01:30:42.319 to work with. I don't. I don't know where you 1648 01:30:42.439 --> 01:30:45.079 heard that. I don't. I've never heard of Flair being 1649 01:30:45.079 --> 01:30:49.760 difficult to work with in WWE during that first run 1650 01:30:49.880 --> 01:30:55.920 or any run really. Jonathan from Chicago, Illinois. I was 1651 01:30:55.960 --> 01:30:59.520 looking at the lineage for some WWE titles on Wikipedia 1652 01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:03.399 and came across something interesting. The current WWE World Tag 1653 01:31:03.399 --> 01:31:07.159 Team Championships lineage only dates back to two thousand and two, 1654 01:31:07.279 --> 01:31:09.840 when the second set of tag team titles were created 1655 01:31:09.840 --> 01:31:13.439 for SmackDown. When the first brand split went into effect. 1656 01:31:13.880 --> 01:31:17.319 The other titles tag titles currently on SmackDown's lineage only 1657 01:31:17.399 --> 01:31:21.319 date back to twenty sixteen, when the second brand split happened, 1658 01:31:21.319 --> 01:31:24.800 And this confused me because I was certain twenty sixteen, 1659 01:31:26.319 --> 01:31:29.119 because I was certain, sorry, because I was certain there 1660 01:31:29.159 --> 01:31:32.399 were other tag title reigns that pre dated two thousand 1661 01:31:32.399 --> 01:31:35.279 and two. I found out that in two thousand and nine, 1662 01:31:35.960 --> 01:31:39.840 when both sets of tag team titles were unified, WWE 1663 01:31:39.920 --> 01:31:43.920 decided to keep both championships independently active until the original 1664 01:31:43.960 --> 01:31:49.119 World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in twenty ten, in 1665 01:31:49.159 --> 01:31:53.000 favor of continuing the lineage of the WWE Tag Team 1666 01:31:53.079 --> 01:31:57.199 Championships that were created in two thousand and two. Why 1667 01:31:57.239 --> 01:32:00.479 did WWE? I am so confused right now. Why did 1668 01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:03.840 WWE decide to discard an almost forty year lineage in 1669 01:32:03.840 --> 01:32:07.159 favor of keeping one with almost no history? Did Vince 1670 01:32:07.319 --> 01:32:11.319 just not care about old titles? It seems like an 1671 01:32:11.319 --> 01:32:15.520 odd decision to me. Well, he's a very odd man, 1672 01:32:16.319 --> 01:32:19.840 so that tracks I was confused just reading your email. 1673 01:32:21.159 --> 01:32:23.199 I don't know what lineage they're using for any of 1674 01:32:23.239 --> 01:32:26.840 these tag titles anymore. Vince did not give a shit 1675 01:32:27.239 --> 01:32:29.479 about that kind of stuff, So I'm not surprised that 1676 01:32:29.520 --> 01:32:32.680 it is as convoluted as it is. To me, the 1677 01:32:32.720 --> 01:32:35.800 lineage of those old tag belts with the old design 1678 01:32:35.840 --> 01:32:38.960 that the Heart Foundation and Demolition and Edge and Christian 1679 01:32:39.000 --> 01:32:43.199 and the Dudley Boys held that ended when they created 1680 01:32:43.439 --> 01:32:45.479 two new sets of titles, one for Raw and one 1681 01:32:45.479 --> 01:32:48.159 for SmackDown. To me, that is where that lineage died. 1682 01:32:49.079 --> 01:32:51.800 From that point on. We had a raw title lineage 1683 01:32:51.840 --> 01:32:54.800 and we had a SmackDown title lineage, and through whatever 1684 01:32:54.920 --> 01:32:57.960 unifications there may have been over the years, now we 1685 01:32:58.039 --> 01:33:02.159 have two sets of tag titles. As far as I'm concerned, 1686 01:33:02.399 --> 01:33:06.279 that is continuing the lineage of those first split titles 1687 01:33:06.319 --> 01:33:09.439 that they created in two thousand and two. That to 1688 01:33:09.479 --> 01:33:12.039 me makes it a lot easier to understand. Now, maybe 1689 01:33:12.039 --> 01:33:14.159 that's not the way WWE is acknowledging it, but I 1690 01:33:14.159 --> 01:33:16.159 don't give a shit. As far as I'm concerned, that 1691 01:33:16.319 --> 01:33:18.399 is how I am tracking the lineage of these titles. 1692 01:33:20.760 --> 01:33:24.920 Isaac from Branford, Ontario. Since we are just coming off 1693 01:33:24.960 --> 01:33:28.119 of John sena versus CM punkin Knight of Champions and 1694 01:33:28.159 --> 01:33:30.920 with July marking fourteen years since their Money in the 1695 01:33:30.920 --> 01:33:33.680 Bank match, I was wondering if cmpunk chose to leave 1696 01:33:33.800 --> 01:33:37.439 WWE in twenty eleven rather than re sign, how different 1697 01:33:37.479 --> 01:33:39.720 do you think his legacy would be today? If he 1698 01:33:39.800 --> 01:33:42.000 did not have his world title run of four hundred 1699 01:33:42.000 --> 01:33:46.079 and thirty four days, his legacy would be different, for sure. 1700 01:33:46.279 --> 01:33:50.039 I don't think that he would have been as big 1701 01:33:50.039 --> 01:33:53.000 of a star as he ended up becoming. You know, 1702 01:33:53.079 --> 01:33:56.199 he would be a star, and I think a lot 1703 01:33:56.279 --> 01:33:58.199 of the stuff he did on the independent scene and 1704 01:33:58.239 --> 01:34:01.760 a ring of honor that really would have been kind 1705 01:34:01.800 --> 01:34:05.039 of the major part of his legacy. And if he 1706 01:34:05.119 --> 01:34:07.279 was just sort of floating around the indies or if 1707 01:34:07.279 --> 01:34:10.520 he'd gone to work for TNA when AW started in 1708 01:34:10.520 --> 01:34:13.479 twenty nineteen, I think he would have been near the 1709 01:34:13.479 --> 01:34:16.279 top on Tony Kahn's wish list and he would have 1710 01:34:16.359 --> 01:34:18.439 ended up in AW a lot sooner than he did, 1711 01:34:19.319 --> 01:34:22.520 and very likely things would have maybe ended up a 1712 01:34:22.560 --> 01:34:25.760 little bit differently there for him than they did. But yeah, 1713 01:34:25.800 --> 01:34:28.439 I mean it would have affected his legacy as a 1714 01:34:28.479 --> 01:34:31.640 top performer in the way that people see him now 1715 01:34:31.720 --> 01:34:34.960 as like a top guy. He would not have attained 1716 01:34:34.960 --> 01:34:37.199 that status if he didn't have that run. And it's 1717 01:34:37.239 --> 01:34:38.880 not even just the four hundred and thirty four day 1718 01:34:38.920 --> 01:34:42.479 title run. Just everything he did in the years that followed, 1719 01:34:42.479 --> 01:34:45.239 those two or three years that followed before he left, 1720 01:34:45.760 --> 01:34:52.119 was so instrumental in elevating him to main event status 1721 01:34:52.159 --> 01:34:54.720 in that company and elevating his value then when he 1722 01:34:54.720 --> 01:34:58.239 went to AW eventually, So it was very important for 1723 01:34:58.319 --> 01:35:04.239 him to resign. Tall from Israel. Where does the Mouth 1724 01:35:04.319 --> 01:35:07.239 of the South Jimmy Hart belong on the list of 1725 01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:11.960 who's who of wrestling managers? Good question, he ran, He's 1726 01:35:11.960 --> 01:35:14.720 pretty damn high on that list. Jimmy is one of 1727 01:35:14.720 --> 01:35:17.479 the ghats of wrestling managers, going back to his Memphis 1728 01:35:17.600 --> 01:35:20.359 days and the stuff that he did with Jerry Lawler. 1729 01:35:20.439 --> 01:35:22.560 He even got to work a program with Andy Kaufman 1730 01:35:23.000 --> 01:35:26.880 like Lawler did. He had his greatest success in WWE, 1731 01:35:27.840 --> 01:35:30.479 managed a ton of big names, but he also worked 1732 01:35:30.479 --> 01:35:33.279 for WCW for many years, and you know what, beyond 1733 01:35:33.319 --> 01:35:36.840 his on camera stuff, he was a very important figure 1734 01:35:36.880 --> 01:35:41.159 when it came to entrance music in both companies because 1735 01:35:41.159 --> 01:35:43.680 of his background as a musician. He was part of 1736 01:35:43.720 --> 01:35:45.760 a band called the Gentries, you know, back in the 1737 01:35:45.840 --> 01:35:50.079 sixties and they were very successful. So he's had a 1738 01:35:50.159 --> 01:35:54.399 musical background going back to his younger days, and we 1739 01:35:54.439 --> 01:35:57.079 talk a lot about the importance of entrance music, especially 1740 01:35:57.159 --> 01:35:59.920 at a time now when entrance music, at least in 1741 01:36:00.119 --> 01:36:05.439 WWE is pretty fucking bad. It just goes to illustrate 1742 01:36:05.439 --> 01:36:08.479 how important it is when you listen back to, you know, 1743 01:36:08.640 --> 01:36:12.039 days gone by in these different promotions, and how catchy 1744 01:36:12.239 --> 01:36:13.920 you know a lot of the entrance themes and how 1745 01:36:14.159 --> 01:36:17.800 identifiable many of the entrance themes were. Jimmy had a 1746 01:36:17.840 --> 01:36:19.640 lot to do with that. So for all the great 1747 01:36:19.680 --> 01:36:23.000 songs jim Johnston is credited for, Jimmy probably doesn't get 1748 01:36:23.079 --> 01:36:27.479 enough credit. Jimmy was responsible for Sean Michael's entrance music, 1749 01:36:27.800 --> 01:36:30.560 both the version that had Sherry singing and then the 1750 01:36:30.680 --> 01:36:34.359 version that had Sean himself singing. He was responsible for 1751 01:36:34.399 --> 01:36:38.520 Demolition's theme, the Honky Tonk Man, the Million Dollar Man, 1752 01:36:38.600 --> 01:36:42.239 the Fabulous Rougeau's. You know some of those early instrumental 1753 01:36:42.279 --> 01:36:47.159 themes for Wrestlemanian SummerSlam, that was Jimmy Hart. So was 1754 01:36:47.199 --> 01:36:50.920 the nWo Wolfpack theme. He wrote that one too, or 1755 01:36:51.239 --> 01:36:54.680 he co wrote it at least, and they got c 1756 01:36:54.920 --> 01:36:58.840 Murder to record it. So he's every bit as influential, 1757 01:36:59.319 --> 01:37:01.680 you know, in that way as he was as a manager. 1758 01:37:02.399 --> 01:37:05.279 I ranked Jimmy very high. He's not top three for me. 1759 01:37:06.279 --> 01:37:08.520 That would be Heen and Hayman and Cornett. They have 1760 01:37:08.600 --> 01:37:11.560 those spots locked up. But he's definitely in my top five. 1761 01:37:12.800 --> 01:37:15.760 Those last two spots are between him and sensational Sherry. 1762 01:37:17.199 --> 01:37:20.560 I have Paul behar Is like right below that. So 1763 01:37:21.079 --> 01:37:23.079 put him at number four, put him at number five. 1764 01:37:23.800 --> 01:37:29.000 Either way, he's top five in my book. Mister Rodd 1765 01:37:29.880 --> 01:37:33.600 from Alexander City, Alabama. I was talking to a friend 1766 01:37:33.640 --> 01:37:38.279 concerning Swerve, Strickland and Hangman page for example. I remember 1767 01:37:38.319 --> 01:37:41.079 Meltzer once saying how Okata and Omega were the Rick 1768 01:37:41.119 --> 01:37:44.199 Flair and Ricky Steamboat of this generation. My question to 1769 01:37:44.239 --> 01:37:47.520 you is, can you see Hangman and Swerve being the 1770 01:37:47.640 --> 01:37:53.840 Rock and Austin of this generation? Okay, so there is 1771 01:37:53.920 --> 01:37:57.760 no Rock in Austin of this generation. It's unfair to 1772 01:37:57.840 --> 01:38:02.119 even make that comparison. There is nothing comparable in any 1773 01:38:02.199 --> 01:38:05.319 promotion today to what we got with Rock and Austin. 1774 01:38:05.680 --> 01:38:09.640 It was a moment in time. It was a fleeting 1775 01:38:09.680 --> 01:38:11.880 moment in time. But I am grateful to have been 1776 01:38:11.920 --> 01:38:15.560 a fan during that period. Swerve and Hangman are two 1777 01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:18.680 guys that bring the best and the worst out of 1778 01:38:18.720 --> 01:38:20.479 each other. Because some of the stuff they've done in 1779 01:38:20.520 --> 01:38:23.439 their matches was completely unnecessary and sick and just felt 1780 01:38:23.520 --> 01:38:26.800 like they were especially Swerve was just engaging in some 1781 01:38:26.840 --> 01:38:29.359 sort of weird fetish. But they didn't have to do it. 1782 01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:32.800 They can have great matches without that stuff. They're two 1783 01:38:32.800 --> 01:38:34.960 of the biggest stars in wrestling today, but I don't 1784 01:38:35.000 --> 01:38:36.800 think people are going to look at them as the 1785 01:38:36.840 --> 01:38:40.079 two names most associated with this era of wrestling or 1786 01:38:40.119 --> 01:38:42.920 anything like that, or maybe one of them but not 1787 01:38:43.039 --> 01:38:45.600 the other. I just don't see it as the same 1788 01:38:45.640 --> 01:38:50.880 thing as Rock and Austin. I'm sorry, Christian in York, Pennsylvania, 1789 01:38:50.920 --> 01:38:52.960 I just saw a match that I never knew existed, 1790 01:38:53.439 --> 01:38:56.119 Brent and Owen Hart against the Steiner brothers. It was 1791 01:38:56.159 --> 01:38:59.279 an amazing match. Any reason why this wasn't continued or 1792 01:38:59.279 --> 01:39:01.680 a feud made out of this? I also wanted to 1793 01:39:01.720 --> 01:39:03.359 let you know that you had a celebrity in my 1794 01:39:03.479 --> 01:39:06.600 country of the Dominican Republic that sent a question to 1795 01:39:06.640 --> 01:39:10.319 you a few weeks ago, Ariel Santana. I was shocked 1796 01:39:10.319 --> 01:39:13.159 to hear that he listens to the Sola Monster as well. 1797 01:39:14.800 --> 01:39:18.079 Are you sure about that? I definitely read an email 1798 01:39:18.119 --> 01:39:22.119 from Ariel in Santo Domingo a few weeks ago, but 1799 01:39:22.159 --> 01:39:25.479 I don't know that it was Ariel Santana. If it was, though, 1800 01:39:25.520 --> 01:39:29.760 that's very cool. I just I can't remember. And yes, 1801 01:39:29.800 --> 01:39:32.039 it was a great match. I was so happy to 1802 01:39:32.039 --> 01:39:34.439 see them post that to the Vault channel. Now they 1803 01:39:34.479 --> 01:39:36.439 just need to post the rest of that Colisem video 1804 01:39:36.479 --> 01:39:40.760 that they took it from Wreussell Fest ninety four. It 1805 01:39:40.840 --> 01:39:43.520 had to be taped sometime between Survivor Series ninety three 1806 01:39:44.079 --> 01:39:46.760 and Royal Rumble ninety four because bretton Owen they were 1807 01:39:46.760 --> 01:39:49.800 a tag team for a very short period of time 1808 01:39:49.880 --> 01:39:52.600 before Owen turned on Brett. That would have been a 1809 01:39:52.600 --> 01:39:55.680 great match to do at the Royal Rumble instead of 1810 01:39:55.720 --> 01:39:58.800 bretton Owen against the Quebecers, and they could have had 1811 01:39:58.840 --> 01:40:01.079 the Steiners win and and they could have had Owen 1812 01:40:01.640 --> 01:40:03.760 kick Brett's leg out of his leg after just like 1813 01:40:03.800 --> 01:40:07.079 they did. I wish they would have done that, but 1814 01:40:07.199 --> 01:40:10.439 they really relegated the Steiners to the back burner around 1815 01:40:10.479 --> 01:40:13.000 that time for whatever reason, and they were gone from 1816 01:40:13.039 --> 01:40:15.199 the company after that. I want to say it was 1817 01:40:15.239 --> 01:40:21.560 sometime in May. It was somewhat into nineteen ninety four. 1818 01:40:21.600 --> 01:40:24.920 They didn't leave right away. It was probably sometime in 1819 01:40:25.000 --> 01:40:28.920 like mid to late spring when they finally left, but 1820 01:40:28.960 --> 01:40:31.760 they weren't even factored into the WrestleMania card that year. 1821 01:40:32.600 --> 01:40:34.880 Men on a Mission got a tag team title match, 1822 01:40:34.880 --> 01:40:39.159 but the Steiners were left off the card. Christian is 1823 01:40:39.199 --> 01:40:42.439 not the only one in York Pennsylvania, by the way, 1824 01:40:42.520 --> 01:40:46.039 who listens to this show we got. Nathan sent this in. 1825 01:40:47.199 --> 01:40:49.680 I've been watching wrestling since two thousand and three. I 1826 01:40:49.720 --> 01:40:52.439 got to attend unforgiven that year when it was in Hershey. 1827 01:40:52.680 --> 01:40:55.279 I've also watched TNA in its earlier days, but lost 1828 01:40:55.279 --> 01:40:59.319 interest when Hogan got involved. Unfortunately, I felt indifferent about 1829 01:40:59.359 --> 01:41:02.600 the WWE product over time. Your podcast has been a 1830 01:41:02.640 --> 01:41:05.039 blessing because it helped me still keep up with what's 1831 01:41:05.079 --> 01:41:07.640 going on with the product. I haven't had a chance 1832 01:41:07.680 --> 01:41:10.920 to really watch AW though I wanted to, and then 1833 01:41:11.039 --> 01:41:14.640 the cmpunk drama kind of turned me off. But now 1834 01:41:14.680 --> 01:41:17.000 I want to give AW a fair chance and see 1835 01:41:17.000 --> 01:41:19.439 what I've been missing out on. So my question to 1836 01:41:19.520 --> 01:41:21.520 you is, what are five matches and two pay per 1837 01:41:21.640 --> 01:41:23.039 views that I should go out of my way to 1838 01:41:23.119 --> 01:41:27.920 watch from AW. All right, so grab a pen. Here's 1839 01:41:27.960 --> 01:41:31.199 your homework assignment. Here some of the best matches in 1840 01:41:31.239 --> 01:41:34.800 AW history. You've got to check out the Kenny Omega 1841 01:41:34.840 --> 01:41:38.920 Brian Danielson match from the first Grand Slam show they 1842 01:41:38.920 --> 01:41:42.960 did at Arthur ash Stadium. They went to a thirty 1843 01:41:43.000 --> 01:41:48.399 minute draw. Spoiler sorry, but definitely check that match out. 1844 01:41:48.520 --> 01:41:51.880 There were a couple of matches actually that Hangman Page 1845 01:41:52.119 --> 01:41:56.520 and Brian Danielson had, I think all of them were 1846 01:41:56.560 --> 01:41:58.520 on TV, but there was like a one hour match. 1847 01:41:58.600 --> 01:42:00.399 It might have been their Winter Is Coming from a 1848 01:42:00.439 --> 01:42:04.720 few years ago, I want to say, maybe twenty twenty one. Possibly, 1849 01:42:05.600 --> 01:42:09.359 definitely check that one out. The Luca Brothers against the 1850 01:42:09.439 --> 01:42:12.640 Young Bucks all out twenty twenty one for the tag 1851 01:42:12.640 --> 01:42:15.479 team title Steel Cage match is one of the best, 1852 01:42:15.520 --> 01:42:18.319 not just tag team matches, but matches period and company history, 1853 01:42:19.239 --> 01:42:22.560 as is Kenny Omega and Hangman Page against the Young 1854 01:42:22.600 --> 01:42:26.560 Bucks from Revolution in twenty twenty. You've got to check 1855 01:42:26.600 --> 01:42:29.359 out Cody Roads and Dustin Rhodes from their first ever 1856 01:42:29.439 --> 01:42:32.720 pay per view, which was Double or Nothing in twenty nineteen, 1857 01:42:33.800 --> 01:42:35.760 So that is one to I think that might be five, right, 1858 01:42:35.840 --> 01:42:38.560 four or five. That'll that'll keep you tied over for 1859 01:42:38.600 --> 01:42:41.560 a while. I'll throw one more at you. MJF and 1860 01:42:41.600 --> 01:42:44.880 Brian Danielson. They had what is the greatest Iron Men 1861 01:42:44.920 --> 01:42:47.399 match that I have ever seen a few years ago. 1862 01:42:47.439 --> 01:42:49.960 I don't remember offhand which show it was. It might 1863 01:42:50.000 --> 01:42:53.520 have been Revolution, I don't remember, but that's another one 1864 01:42:53.520 --> 01:42:56.199 to check out. As far as the best pay per 1865 01:42:56.279 --> 01:42:58.920 views to watch, I don't know if they're all up 1866 01:42:59.000 --> 01:43:01.399 yet on Max, but most or all of them are 1867 01:43:01.439 --> 01:43:03.680 probably now up in their library on Max. You could 1868 01:43:03.720 --> 01:43:08.159 stream them from there. All Out twenty twenty one is 1869 01:43:08.199 --> 01:43:11.640 probably still I mean, that's like top of the list 1870 01:43:11.720 --> 01:43:14.159 right there. All Out twenty twenty one is something you 1871 01:43:14.159 --> 01:43:18.319 should definitely check out. And then even last year Revolution, 1872 01:43:18.640 --> 01:43:21.680 which was Sting's retirement match. That was a great show, 1873 01:43:21.720 --> 01:43:25.840 Revolution twenty twenty four and All in twenty twenty four. 1874 01:43:26.399 --> 01:43:28.720 You go check out those matches and those shows, and 1875 01:43:28.760 --> 01:43:31.239 that will give you a very good flavor for what 1876 01:43:31.279 --> 01:43:36.720 AAW has done before. Jack from London, what is the 1877 01:43:36.760 --> 01:43:40.199 worst world title win with a great rain and vice versa? 1878 01:43:40.760 --> 01:43:44.079 For me, the best win worst rain was Kurt Angle 1879 01:43:44.119 --> 01:43:47.239 beating Austin in his hometown at Unforgiven two thousand and one, 1880 01:43:48.159 --> 01:43:51.960 and the worst win best rain was Kenny Omega's aw 1881 01:43:52.079 --> 01:43:55.640 title win over John Moxley at Winter Is Coming twenty twenty. 1882 01:43:56.239 --> 01:44:02.800 What are yours? It's interesting question. There are a few 1883 01:44:03.479 --> 01:44:07.199 that come to mind, you know what. Macho Man winning 1884 01:44:07.279 --> 01:44:12.039 the WWF title from Rick flairt WrestleMania was a great win, 1885 01:44:13.039 --> 01:44:16.359 followed by a rain that, if we're being honest, was 1886 01:44:16.439 --> 01:44:19.800 not very memorable at all. One match with The Warrior 1887 01:44:19.840 --> 01:44:23.239 at Wembley that summer, That's about it. Another one is 1888 01:44:23.319 --> 01:44:26.640 Kevin Owens winning the Universal title on Ron twenty sixteen 1889 01:44:26.680 --> 01:44:30.279 and that great four way match followed by a terrible 1890 01:44:30.319 --> 01:44:34.039 title run ended by Bill Goldberg, by the way in 1891 01:44:34.079 --> 01:44:41.199 twenty seconds. Best title wins, worst rains. CM Punk had 1892 01:44:41.239 --> 01:44:46.960 a couple of those in aw Brian Dangelson had one 1893 01:44:47.319 --> 01:44:50.199 in WWE when he won the title of WrestleMania thirty. 1894 01:44:50.239 --> 01:44:51.920 What a great win that was, and then he had 1895 01:44:51.920 --> 01:44:57.600 a very forgettable run before he got hurt. Worst wins' 1896 01:44:57.760 --> 01:45:03.720 best reigns. I think Roman Reigns is probably one of 1897 01:45:03.760 --> 01:45:05.640 the best examples of that, when he won the title 1898 01:45:05.640 --> 01:45:08.520 in twenty twenty in the Thunderdome and the way he 1899 01:45:08.600 --> 01:45:11.359 won it. I mean, that shit sucked. I'm sorry but 1900 01:45:11.439 --> 01:45:14.479 it did. But then look at what came of that 1901 01:45:14.560 --> 01:45:16.239 title win. Look at the run that he went on 1902 01:45:16.319 --> 01:45:20.119 to have. Now, did it go on for too long? Probably, 1903 01:45:20.840 --> 01:45:23.159 but he had a ton of great matches during that run. 1904 01:45:23.199 --> 01:45:26.680 And that run and the Bloodline story is what helped 1905 01:45:26.760 --> 01:45:29.720 lead the way for WWE to do the best business 1906 01:45:29.720 --> 01:45:36.039 that the company has ever done before. Ronnie from Belgium, 1907 01:45:36.399 --> 01:45:39.039 what were your thoughts on WrestleMania in nineteen In two 1908 01:45:39.079 --> 01:45:42.279 thousand and three, it was a success in the ring 1909 01:45:42.439 --> 01:45:46.920 and box office, but it flopped on pay per view? Well, 1910 01:45:46.960 --> 01:45:48.840 I mean that would be box office. You can't say 1911 01:45:48.840 --> 01:45:51.680 that it was a rousing success in box office. I mean, 1912 01:45:51.680 --> 01:45:53.680 I know they had fifty four thousand people there, But 1913 01:45:54.319 --> 01:45:56.560 did it flopped it? Did it flopped on pay per view? 1914 01:45:56.920 --> 01:45:59.359 He says. I blame it on WWE giving away Angle 1915 01:45:59.439 --> 01:46:02.680 Lesnar in a roadway match and Austin Rock three. I 1916 01:46:02.760 --> 01:46:06.319 didn't feel a demand for another Austin versus Rock match. 1917 01:46:07.880 --> 01:46:11.319 You know, I don't know how far in advance Austin 1918 01:46:11.439 --> 01:46:13.640 knew that this was going to be his final match. 1919 01:46:13.680 --> 01:46:15.840 Obviously they knew coming into it that it was going 1920 01:46:15.880 --> 01:46:19.359 to be and it was held very very close to 1921 01:46:19.399 --> 01:46:23.000 the vest. Only a handful of people even knew. I'm 1922 01:46:23.039 --> 01:46:25.079 not even sure if Earl Hepner knew, you know, the 1923 01:46:25.119 --> 01:46:27.119 referee in the ring. I'm not sure. I'm not sure 1924 01:46:27.119 --> 01:46:31.920 how many people knew going in, but if they mentioned that, 1925 01:46:32.760 --> 01:46:36.479 I mean, it's hindsight. You know, this is not how 1926 01:46:36.520 --> 01:46:40.720 Austin wanted to handle it. Have people known going in 1927 01:46:40.840 --> 01:46:43.960 that this was going to be Austin's last match? I 1928 01:46:44.000 --> 01:46:46.920 think box office wise, pay per view wise, that show 1929 01:46:46.920 --> 01:46:49.840 would have done a lot better than it did. But 1930 01:46:49.920 --> 01:46:51.760 you had a lot of big matches on that show. 1931 01:46:51.800 --> 01:46:54.039 You had Angle and Lesner for the first time, well 1932 01:46:54.079 --> 01:46:55.600 I guess not the first time, but for the first 1933 01:46:55.640 --> 01:46:59.039 time on a pay per view yet angle and Lesner. 1934 01:46:59.119 --> 01:47:02.439 You had, you know, Hogan and Vince. You had Jericho 1935 01:47:02.479 --> 01:47:05.920 and Shawn Michaels and Shawn's first WrestleMania back after years away. 1936 01:47:07.199 --> 01:47:09.520 And then Rock and Austin and yes it was the 1937 01:47:09.560 --> 01:47:12.000 third one at this point, but it's still Rock and Austin. 1938 01:47:13.039 --> 01:47:14.920 So you look at that, you go, man, this is 1939 01:47:15.119 --> 01:47:17.119 a top tier show here, right and we got a 1940 01:47:17.159 --> 01:47:20.399 lot of great matches on that show. But I go 1941 01:47:20.520 --> 01:47:23.760 back to Hogan and Vince. You can't forget Hulk Hogan 1942 01:47:23.800 --> 01:47:27.159 against Vince McMahon was booked as the real main event 1943 01:47:27.199 --> 01:47:29.039 of this show. The way they promoted it, the way 1944 01:47:29.039 --> 01:47:31.479 they advertised it, you would think that this was the 1945 01:47:31.600 --> 01:47:36.039 main event of that show. So maybe people just didn't 1946 01:47:36.079 --> 01:47:40.000 care for WrestleMania built around one old past his prime 1947 01:47:40.079 --> 01:47:44.920 guy and one non wrestler. I think that had a 1948 01:47:45.000 --> 01:47:46.960 lot to do with it. I can't lay it all 1949 01:47:47.000 --> 01:47:51.119 at their feet, but I definitely think promoting it in 1950 01:47:51.159 --> 01:47:54.920 the way that they did, very heavily centered around that match, 1951 01:47:55.840 --> 01:47:59.920 did not help because people just weren't interested. They just 1952 01:48:00.039 --> 01:48:03.079 were not interested in that. But it's very strange if 1953 01:48:03.119 --> 01:48:05.640 you look at a chart. I've seen these charts and 1954 01:48:05.680 --> 01:48:11.159 these graphs before, where you see WrestleMania eighteen, WrestleMania seventeen, 1955 01:48:11.199 --> 01:48:15.039 WrestleMania eighteen, WrestleMania twenty, and then nineteen is in the 1956 01:48:15.039 --> 01:48:18.479 middle there, and you see how far down it is, 1957 01:48:18.520 --> 01:48:21.119 you know, compared to those other shows. It's like wow, 1958 01:48:21.199 --> 01:48:24.800 It's like you can't ignore it. It's just so startling 1959 01:48:24.840 --> 01:48:29.119 to see. But it all comes down to promotion. How 1960 01:48:29.159 --> 01:48:32.960 you promote the show, what you promote, what you really 1961 01:48:33.000 --> 01:48:35.079 focus all of your efforts on. And I'm telling you, 1962 01:48:35.159 --> 01:48:37.159 I remember I lived through it. A lot of it 1963 01:48:37.279 --> 01:48:41.960 was around Hogan and Vince. Can't build an entire WrestleMania 1964 01:48:42.000 --> 01:48:47.399 primarily around Hulk Hogan against Vince McMahon. Jose from New 1965 01:48:47.439 --> 01:48:51.399 York City rank these last four Summer Slam main events. 1966 01:48:52.039 --> 01:48:56.760 Roman Reigns against brock Lesner, Roman Reigns against John Cena, 1967 01:48:57.359 --> 01:49:02.760 Roman Reigns against Jay Usso, Cody Roads Agains Solo Soco. Okay, 1968 01:49:02.800 --> 01:49:06.119 so we're looking at the Summer Slim main events from 1969 01:49:06.199 --> 01:49:10.760 twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four. Basically, Roman Reigns 1970 01:49:10.760 --> 01:49:13.640 against brock Lesnar in twenty twenty two, that was the best. 1971 01:49:14.439 --> 01:49:17.159 Their best matches were actually their first and last ones. 1972 01:49:17.399 --> 01:49:19.640 How about that? Because I assume we have seen the 1973 01:49:19.640 --> 01:49:22.000 final Roman Reigns brock Lesner match. I don't think we're 1974 01:49:22.039 --> 01:49:25.039 ever getting that again. So their first match and their 1975 01:49:25.119 --> 01:49:28.479 last match were actually their best matches. So I put 1976 01:49:28.479 --> 01:49:34.119 that at the top. Number two. I will put Roman 1977 01:49:34.159 --> 01:49:38.680 Reigns against John Cena in twenty twenty one, which I 1978 01:49:38.720 --> 01:49:42.399 honestly didn't even think was that great. Number three I 1979 01:49:42.439 --> 01:49:45.560 would put Cody Rhoads against Solo Socoa, which I hated. 1980 01:49:46.039 --> 01:49:49.880 That was last year. And if I hated that, then 1981 01:49:49.880 --> 01:49:53.039 I must really have not liked Number four, which was 1982 01:49:53.079 --> 01:49:55.199 the worst of the bunch, which was Roman Reigns and 1983 01:49:55.279 --> 01:49:58.920 jay Uso twenty twenty three in that tribal combat I 1984 01:49:58.960 --> 01:50:02.800 think was tribal combat. Yeah, we've had some really bad 1985 01:50:02.840 --> 01:50:06.800 summer slim made events, haven't we in the last several years. 1986 01:50:07.199 --> 01:50:09.439 Roman and Brock though man that last Man's Standing match. 1987 01:50:09.439 --> 01:50:12.880 I gotta give it to him. They saved the best 1988 01:50:12.880 --> 01:50:17.039 for last. David from Chicago. I was listening to Jim 1989 01:50:17.039 --> 01:50:19.840 Cornett's podcast and a question was asked about Paul Haman 1990 01:50:19.880 --> 01:50:23.560 getting the book once Eric Bischoff was sent home from WCW. 1991 01:50:23.920 --> 01:50:25.920 Do you think Hayman would have made a better impact 1992 01:50:25.960 --> 01:50:29.399 on WCW creative or would things have ended the same way? 1993 01:50:30.279 --> 01:50:32.680 You know, it's actually I feel like it's two completely 1994 01:50:32.720 --> 01:50:35.800 different questions here, because would he have had a better 1995 01:50:35.840 --> 01:50:42.840 impact on WCW creative? Absolutely? Did you watch WCW in 1996 01:50:43.000 --> 01:50:48.119 the dying days? I think, honestly, I mean I saw 1997 01:50:48.279 --> 01:50:51.359 possum in the street a few weeks ago here in Brooklyn. 1998 01:50:51.439 --> 01:50:54.199 Yes we have Brooklyn possums. And I think the possum 1999 01:50:54.199 --> 01:50:57.079 would have done a better job than whoever the hell 2000 01:50:57.239 --> 01:51:00.039 was doing. I mean, the creative was handled by so 2001 01:51:00.119 --> 01:51:01.960 many different people at that point. I can't even just 2002 01:51:02.000 --> 01:51:04.800 say it was Russo russou Bishaw, who the hell knows. 2003 01:51:05.880 --> 01:51:08.279 The possum would have done a better job. So would 2004 01:51:08.319 --> 01:51:11.520 Paul Haman have done a better job creatively? That was 2005 01:51:11.560 --> 01:51:15.600 his strong suit. Creatively was his strong suit. The business 2006 01:51:15.680 --> 01:51:18.520 end of things not so much. But you're talking about 2007 01:51:18.520 --> 01:51:22.159 two different things. So creative would have improved under Hayman. 2008 01:51:22.760 --> 01:51:26.039 Would things have ended pretty much the same way for WCW. 2009 01:51:26.159 --> 01:51:28.039 I think they would have, because I think they were 2010 01:51:28.079 --> 01:51:31.760 just so far gone. They were too far gone at 2011 01:51:31.760 --> 01:51:34.960 that point. They were too far gone. And also Turner 2012 01:51:35.079 --> 01:51:37.479 was looking to just unload and just be done with it. 2013 01:51:37.600 --> 01:51:41.279 At that point, the glory days were over. They weren't 2014 01:51:41.319 --> 01:51:44.479 getting them back. WWF was so much stronger than they 2015 01:51:44.479 --> 01:51:48.000 were when WCW was kicking their ass. There were just 2016 01:51:48.039 --> 01:51:50.640 too many things working against them. So I think creatively 2017 01:51:50.680 --> 01:51:53.439 the actual television product might have improved, But I don't 2018 01:51:53.439 --> 01:51:55.079 think it would have really changed the outcome. I think 2019 01:51:55.119 --> 01:51:58.520 we would have ended up in the same place now. 2020 01:51:58.520 --> 01:52:00.840 He also has a completely unrelay to buy or sell 2021 01:52:00.960 --> 01:52:06.520 on movies. Which decade had the better movies, nineteen eighties 2022 01:52:06.640 --> 01:52:14.119 or nineteen nineties. I mean, it's so subjective. I love 2023 01:52:14.319 --> 01:52:18.079 eighties and nineties movies. I just think they're the best. 2024 01:52:18.439 --> 01:52:22.680 The eighties gave us so many things. The eighties gave 2025 01:52:22.800 --> 01:52:30.399 us back to the future, Ghostbusters, die Hard, RoboCop, Terminator, 2026 01:52:31.680 --> 01:52:41.880 top Gun, Lethal Weapon, et Beetlejuice, Batman, Scarface, Beverly Hills Cop, 2027 01:52:42.079 --> 01:52:44.920 just a shit ton of John Candy movies. I miss 2028 01:52:45.000 --> 01:52:49.039 that guy. Oh God, there's so many I'm missing. And 2029 01:52:49.079 --> 01:52:51.560 that's to say nothing of all the horror franchises that 2030 01:52:51.640 --> 01:52:54.439 started in the eighties Right Friday the Thirteenth, which I 2031 01:52:54.479 --> 01:52:56.640 have a question on that actually coming up here in 2032 01:52:56.680 --> 01:53:01.720 a second Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing, Creep Show, 2033 01:53:01.920 --> 01:53:08.000 Child's Play, The Fly Fright, Night They Live. It was 2034 01:53:08.000 --> 01:53:11.239 the era of practical effects. Rob Botten is still the 2035 01:53:11.279 --> 01:53:14.920 best when it comes to that stuff. The eighties were great. 2036 01:53:15.159 --> 01:53:18.560 Eighties wrestling was the best too. The hair maybe not 2037 01:53:18.640 --> 01:53:21.079 so much, But then you look at the movies we 2038 01:53:21.119 --> 01:53:23.199 got in the nineties, and I mean it's not like 2039 01:53:23.239 --> 01:53:24.880 there isn't a lot of great stuff there. I mean 2040 01:53:24.880 --> 01:53:29.000 you got Terminator two, one of the all time great sequels. Right. 2041 01:53:29.039 --> 01:53:31.880 People talk about Godfather too, but you can't leave Terminator 2042 01:53:31.920 --> 01:53:37.600 too out of that conversation either, Goodfellas, Casino Heat, The 2043 01:53:37.640 --> 01:53:40.640 Shawshank Redemption, which is one of the greatest movies ever made, 2044 01:53:41.479 --> 01:53:47.199 Saving Private Ryan Toy Story, Jurassic Park, the Original, not 2045 01:53:47.319 --> 01:53:52.039 all of the inferior sequels that we've gotten, Shindler's List 2046 01:53:52.199 --> 01:53:57.399 Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs, Scream. I mean, 2047 01:53:57.399 --> 01:54:01.520 the eighties was definitely the better horror decade. I give 2048 01:54:01.520 --> 01:54:04.359 it the edge on movies overall. But it's all a 2049 01:54:04.359 --> 01:54:06.319 matter of your personal taste and what you look for 2050 01:54:06.359 --> 01:54:08.760 in your movies. I mean, some people love horror, some 2051 01:54:08.800 --> 01:54:13.439 people like action, some don't. Some like more artsy films 2052 01:54:13.479 --> 01:54:16.720 and less big budget blockbusters, which we got a lot 2053 01:54:16.720 --> 01:54:19.800 of in the eighties. I think you'll find what you 2054 01:54:20.039 --> 01:54:22.359 like in either one. But to me, the eighties is 2055 01:54:22.399 --> 01:54:25.000 still tops. But you know, then you have people that 2056 01:54:25.039 --> 01:54:27.439 are a little bit older who would probably swear by 2057 01:54:27.439 --> 01:54:30.199 the seventies. Look at what we got in the seventies. 2058 01:54:30.239 --> 01:54:34.800 You got The Godfather, The Godfather Part two, Jaws, which 2059 01:54:34.920 --> 01:54:41.720 just celebrated fifty years, The Alien, Rocky, the Exorcist, Taxi Driver, 2060 01:54:42.000 --> 01:54:45.720 Star Wars. If that's your thing, all goes back to 2061 01:54:45.720 --> 01:54:51.199 the seventies, William from New Jersey. I recall that you're 2062 01:54:51.239 --> 01:54:54.039 a big horror movie fan. I am too. I remember 2063 01:54:54.079 --> 01:54:57.520 you did your top five favorite horror films for Episode 2064 01:54:57.600 --> 01:55:02.079 six sixty six, and you the Halloween movies, including your 2065 01:55:02.119 --> 01:55:05.640 reviews on the three latest ones. I remember you bringing 2066 01:55:05.720 --> 01:55:07.680 up Jason Vorhees a few times and think that it 2067 01:55:07.680 --> 01:55:10.039 would be fun to see you rank the twelve movies 2068 01:55:10.159 --> 01:55:14.119 from best to worst, which includes Freddy Versus Jason. Jason 2069 01:55:14.199 --> 01:55:17.239 is my personal favorite slasher killer. Even my wife, who 2070 01:55:17.319 --> 01:55:20.039 wasn't a horror fan before, has now become obsessed with 2071 01:55:20.079 --> 01:55:22.640 it and these movies are to thank for it. We're 2072 01:55:22.720 --> 01:55:27.279 actually going to Camp No b Bosco nob Bosco Wow 2073 01:55:27.319 --> 01:55:30.479 Camp Nobi Bosco's tour later this October with our one 2074 01:55:30.560 --> 01:55:33.560 year old the location where the original Friday the Thirteenth 2075 01:55:33.800 --> 01:55:37.800 was filmed. That's very cool. I forgot they filmed that 2076 01:55:37.840 --> 01:55:43.079 first movie in New Jersey. Ranking all twelve is tough 2077 01:55:43.239 --> 01:55:46.960 because it's been many years since I've seen these movies, 2078 01:55:47.319 --> 01:55:50.279 but I will give it my best shot. I will 2079 01:55:50.279 --> 01:55:52.920 tell you right now. So I did put some thought 2080 01:55:52.920 --> 01:55:54.600 into this and I was able to rank them, but 2081 01:55:54.600 --> 01:55:58.439 I will tell you right now, Part three is my favorite. 2082 01:55:58.680 --> 01:56:01.000 You can tell it was shot in three D because 2083 01:56:01.039 --> 01:56:03.720 some of the weird camera shots, Like if you watch 2084 01:56:03.760 --> 01:56:07.039 the movie now, especially not with like three D glasses, 2085 01:56:07.640 --> 01:56:10.439 there's gonna be some scenes that just look fucking weird 2086 01:56:10.680 --> 01:56:12.640 because they sold this movie when it came out as 2087 01:56:12.760 --> 01:56:16.960 Jason in three D. But I love it. It's the 2088 01:56:16.960 --> 01:56:19.039 one where he actually gets the hockey mask for the 2089 01:56:19.039 --> 01:56:23.600 first time. So Part three is my number one, then 2090 01:56:23.680 --> 01:56:29.760 Part six, then Part four, then Part two. Part four 2091 01:56:29.800 --> 01:56:34.359 was the one with Corey Feldman, then Part two, and 2092 01:56:34.600 --> 01:56:37.760 rounding out my top five, I've got Freddy Versus Jason, 2093 01:56:38.960 --> 01:56:41.399 even though it was probably more of a nightmare movie 2094 01:56:41.479 --> 01:56:43.920 Nightmare on Elm Street than a Friday the Thirteenth film, 2095 01:56:44.520 --> 01:56:46.840 And I really was never a big Freddy guy, but 2096 01:56:46.960 --> 01:56:49.239 I just I just had so much fun watching that, 2097 01:56:49.359 --> 01:56:51.520 like in a theater packed with people when it first 2098 01:56:51.520 --> 01:56:54.039 came out. They actually gave the closing shot of the 2099 01:56:54.039 --> 01:56:57.159 movie a standing ovation. That might have been the first 2100 01:56:57.199 --> 01:56:58.600 time I ever went to a movie they got a 2101 01:56:58.640 --> 01:57:04.680 standing ovation. So that's my top five. Number six is 2102 01:57:04.720 --> 01:57:08.199 the original movie from nineteen eighty. You know, it's not 2103 01:57:08.239 --> 01:57:10.399 too often when you have a franchise like this that 2104 01:57:10.520 --> 01:57:14.279 spawns so many sequels that you rank the original this low. 2105 01:57:15.279 --> 01:57:17.479 But I have to. I just I don't like it 2106 01:57:17.560 --> 01:57:20.359 as much as the movies with Jason as the actual killer. 2107 01:57:21.159 --> 01:57:23.479 The ending freaked me the fuck out though when I 2108 01:57:23.520 --> 01:57:28.520 saw it for the first time. Number seven I have 2109 01:57:28.720 --> 01:57:32.000 the two thousand and nine reboot of the original, the 2110 01:57:32.279 --> 01:57:36.640 Platinum Dunes version, which really wasn't bad. It's not as 2111 01:57:36.640 --> 01:57:40.159 good as Halloween twenty eighteen in terms of like reboots, 2112 01:57:40.199 --> 01:57:43.239 but it was fine. Actually, Halloween twenty eighteen wasn't really 2113 01:57:44.720 --> 01:57:48.039 a reboot, but it's not as good as that one. 2114 01:57:48.159 --> 01:57:50.880 It was fine. Hard to believe that that was the 2115 01:57:50.960 --> 01:57:53.600 last movie they did, since this one made something like 2116 01:57:53.720 --> 01:57:57.680 ninety million dollars on a twenty million dollar budget. Yeah, 2117 01:57:57.720 --> 01:58:00.239 you ask yourself, how come they didn't make more after that? Well, 2118 01:58:00.359 --> 01:58:03.600 got tied up in legal hell and the rights to 2119 01:58:03.640 --> 01:58:06.640 the IP got passed around a few times. I honestly 2120 01:58:06.680 --> 01:58:08.159 have no idea what the hold up is now. I 2121 01:58:08.159 --> 01:58:09.640 don't even know who owns it. I don't know who 2122 01:58:09.680 --> 01:58:12.840 owns the IP. I don't know what the hold up 2123 01:58:12.960 --> 01:58:15.199 is now. I don't know if it has anything to 2124 01:58:15.239 --> 01:58:18.800 do anymore with legal issues. I thought maybe those got 2125 01:58:18.840 --> 01:58:23.720 worked out. But sixteen years without another movie is just insane. 2126 01:58:23.840 --> 01:58:27.000 When they keep crapping out these Halloween movies and these 2127 01:58:27.039 --> 01:58:31.279 alien movies like they're nobody's business. We can't get another 2128 01:58:31.279 --> 01:58:35.000 Friday the Thirteenth movie, It's just crazy to me. I've 2129 01:58:35.000 --> 01:58:39.319 got Part seven at number eight. I've gotten now. This 2130 01:58:39.359 --> 01:58:44.199 one might be a little controversial. I've got Jason X 2131 01:58:44.560 --> 01:58:50.199 at number nine. Don't laugh. Jason goes to Space. As 2132 01:58:50.239 --> 01:58:52.960 silly and as stupid as it was. That movie is 2133 01:58:53.000 --> 01:58:57.600 a guilty pleasure of mine and funny enough. Even though 2134 01:58:57.600 --> 01:58:59.000 it might be one of the worst movies in the 2135 01:58:59.119 --> 01:59:02.520 entire franchise, it has the best kill in the entire series, 2136 01:59:02.560 --> 01:59:05.880 the liquid nitrogen kill, so like if you know, you Know, 2137 01:59:07.159 --> 01:59:09.800 And also in that movie they pay homage to the 2138 01:59:09.920 --> 01:59:13.479 sleeping bag kill from Part seven, which is the second 2139 01:59:13.479 --> 01:59:16.319 best kill of the entire series. One thing about Jason 2140 01:59:16.399 --> 01:59:19.039 Vorhees is he makes it very clear he is no 2141 01:59:19.199 --> 01:59:23.600 fan of teenagers having pre marital sex. If you are 2142 01:59:23.640 --> 01:59:27.000 a teen to having pre marital sex and Jason is nearby, 2143 01:59:27.479 --> 01:59:32.079 you are definitely going to die. Now for number ten, 2144 01:59:33.439 --> 01:59:36.439 I am gonna go with Part eight, which is Jason 2145 01:59:36.479 --> 01:59:41.039 Takes Manhattan, which is as stupid as it sounds. Number 2146 01:59:41.039 --> 01:59:45.439 eleven is Part five, which I fucking hate. Jason isn't 2147 01:59:45.439 --> 01:59:47.880 even in the damn movie. I mean, look Michael. To 2148 01:59:47.920 --> 01:59:50.279 be fair, Michael is not in Halloween Part three either, 2149 01:59:50.319 --> 01:59:52.760 and I always put that movie over. I love it. 2150 01:59:52.760 --> 01:59:56.119 It's become one of my all time favorite movies. I've 2151 01:59:56.159 --> 01:59:59.359 just I've never liked Friday the Thirteenth Part five, I'm sorry, 2152 02:00:01.119 --> 02:00:05.039 and I like Part nine even less Jason Goes to Hell, 2153 02:00:05.680 --> 02:00:07.880 which is why I have it ranked dead last on 2154 02:00:07.920 --> 02:00:13.359 my list. God, I fucking hate that movie. Fucking hate 2155 02:00:13.359 --> 02:00:17.359 that movie. So there you go, all of them ranked. 2156 02:00:18.439 --> 02:00:20.520 It'd be nice to get a new Friday movie. At 2157 02:00:20.520 --> 02:00:23.159 some point. I know they started filming they're doing a 2158 02:00:23.199 --> 02:00:26.479 TV series, and I know they started filming on a 2159 02:00:26.479 --> 02:00:29.960 prequel series that's gonna air on Peacock called Crystal Lake, 2160 02:00:30.520 --> 02:00:33.359 and they just started filming two weeks ago under a 2161 02:00:33.399 --> 02:00:36.479 fake title called Mama's Boy, which just kind of funny. 2162 02:00:37.279 --> 02:00:40.720 But it's gonna be called Crystal Lake. If they just started, 2163 02:00:40.760 --> 02:00:43.479 it's probably not dropping until next year, would be my guest, 2164 02:00:43.479 --> 02:00:45.520 but I know it's supposed to be about eight episodes. 2165 02:00:46.279 --> 02:00:48.840 I would like another movie, though. How would you guys 2166 02:00:48.840 --> 02:00:52.560 feel about I had this idea and it may never happen, 2167 02:00:52.600 --> 02:00:55.600 but how would you guys feel about a found footage 2168 02:00:55.680 --> 02:00:58.239 version of Friday the Thirteenth. I feel like the found 2169 02:00:58.239 --> 02:01:02.199 footage craze is pretty much over this point, but I 2170 02:01:02.239 --> 02:01:04.279 always felt like that could be an interesting take on 2171 02:01:04.319 --> 02:01:08.079 adjacent movie. I think it could work. I will say 2172 02:01:08.279 --> 02:01:12.520 there have been some really good fan made films over 2173 02:01:12.520 --> 02:01:15.159 the years. You can find them on YouTube. There was 2174 02:01:15.199 --> 02:01:18.920 one that I saw a few years ago. I think 2175 02:01:18.920 --> 02:01:23.279 it was I think it was called Never Never Hike Alone. 2176 02:01:23.479 --> 02:01:25.560 I think I think Never Hike Alone, I think was 2177 02:01:25.560 --> 02:01:28.560 the name of it. It's like a full length Friday 2178 02:01:28.600 --> 02:01:30.760 the Thirteenth fan made film. It might be like an 2179 02:01:30.800 --> 02:01:34.800 hour long, really really well done. So there have been 2180 02:01:35.000 --> 02:01:39.159 like Friday the Thirteenth movies of sorts that have come 2181 02:01:39.199 --> 02:01:42.119 out since that two thousand and nine movie. Just nothing official, 2182 02:01:42.199 --> 02:01:45.560 nothing from like a movie studio or like a you know, 2183 02:01:46.479 --> 02:01:49.800 ninety minute two hour length type of movie. But never 2184 02:01:49.880 --> 02:01:52.560 hike alone if you've never heard of it. I only 2185 02:01:52.600 --> 02:01:55.279 saw it once, but I thought it was really well done, 2186 02:01:55.520 --> 02:01:57.920 so that's something. Maybe if you've never seen it, you 2187 02:01:57.920 --> 02:02:00.960 can go check that out on YouTube. But good stuff here. 2188 02:02:01.680 --> 02:02:05.079 You guys are awesome, especially when there's a quiet week. 2189 02:02:05.680 --> 02:02:07.960 Guys come through with the questions. Keep emailing me the 2190 02:02:07.960 --> 02:02:12.560 Solemn Monster at gmail dot com. So here's the schedule 2191 02:02:12.720 --> 02:02:14.760 of events for this week coming up, because we are 2192 02:02:14.760 --> 02:02:17.720 heading into a very busy weekend. I will be live 2193 02:02:17.760 --> 02:02:20.680 on YouTube with the Raw Post Show on Monday night, 2194 02:02:21.039 --> 02:02:24.800 same with Dynamite on Wednesday. In between there, I will 2195 02:02:24.800 --> 02:02:27.600 be live on JD's channel for Tuesday Night Titans. That 2196 02:02:27.640 --> 02:02:30.479 will be episode one oh two, so we get to 2197 02:02:30.479 --> 02:02:32.279 the end of the week. Friday, there will be no 2198 02:02:32.359 --> 02:02:35.880 SmackDown review because I will be in Texas doing commentary 2199 02:02:35.960 --> 02:02:40.439 for House of Glory. I fly back early on Saturday morning. 2200 02:02:40.760 --> 02:02:43.359 I will be watching All in Texas on Saturday and 2201 02:02:43.399 --> 02:02:45.680 then going live on YouTube when that show is over. 2202 02:02:46.840 --> 02:02:49.560 I will watch Saturday Night's main event at some point 2203 02:02:49.600 --> 02:02:52.000 before the podcast next Sunday, so I can review it 2204 02:02:52.159 --> 02:02:55.199 on episode nine to twenty. So there will be a 2205 02:02:55.239 --> 02:02:59.239 podcast next Sunday, and then Sunday Night will be Evolution, 2206 02:02:59.479 --> 02:03:01.560 and I will be live on YouTube for the Evolution 2207 02:03:01.680 --> 02:03:04.920 post show next Sunday. So I guess I'm doing show 2208 02:03:04.920 --> 02:03:06.760 if you count the Hog Show on Friday, I'm gonna 2209 02:03:06.760 --> 02:03:11.560 be doing shows on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, another TNT 2210 02:03:11.720 --> 02:03:16.920 next Tuesday, Dynamite that Wednesday, and then my day of rest. 2211 02:03:17.800 --> 02:03:21.159 So that is the plan, and then we have a 2212 02:03:21.159 --> 02:03:23.479 two night Summer Slam coming. That first weekend in August 2213 02:03:23.600 --> 02:03:24.840 is going to be a killer too. I got a 2214 02:03:24.840 --> 02:03:27.800 Hog Show that Friday and then a two night Summer 2215 02:03:27.840 --> 02:03:31.319 Slam on August second and third, so things are definitely 2216 02:03:31.359 --> 02:03:33.479 going to pick up. As a good old JR Would say, 2217 02:03:33.479 --> 02:03:36.159 business is about to pick up. I will see you 2218 02:03:36.199 --> 02:03:39.920 next Sunday for episode nine to twenty. Until then, be well, 2219 02:03:40.119 --> 02:03:43.239 stay safe, have yourselves a great week, and I hope 2220 02:03:43.279 --> 02:03:45.680 to see you for all of the shows and all 2221 02:03:45.720 --> 02:03:48.520 the content that's coming up, because there's a lot of it. 2222 02:03:48.880 --> 02:03:50.760 Until then, take care, guys. 2223 02:03:51.960 --> 02:03:54.199 The Solemn Monster soundbarb begins. 2224 02:03:53.880 --> 02:03:55.720 To walk down the hallway and all of a sudden, 2225 02:03:56.279 --> 02:03:59.640 who bursts through the doors. Off in the background, Hangmed 2226 02:04:00.159 --> 02:04:03.079 him paid comes charging in. He says Swerve is wasting 2227 02:04:03.119 --> 02:04:05.319 his time because he made a promise a long time 2228 02:04:05.399 --> 02:04:09.159 ago that Swerve Strickland would never hold the aw World 2229 02:04:09.279 --> 02:04:12.279 Championship ever again. It's not gonna let this go. This 2230 02:04:12.439 --> 02:04:15.760 man is still obsessed. Hangman screams that you broke into 2231 02:04:15.800 --> 02:04:18.479 my house. Swerve screams back at him, you burned my 2232 02:04:18.560 --> 02:04:23.159 house down. So Hangman screamed, you deserved it, and then Swerve, 2233 02:04:23.479 --> 02:04:27.119 You're right, I deserved it. God, I fucking love pro wrestling, 2234 02:04:27.520 --> 02:04:29.920 Like it's just so fucking absurd, but I love it. 2235 02:04:29.960 --> 02:04:31.079 How can you not love this shit? 2236 02:04:31.439 --> 02:04:35.880 The Solo Monster sounds off, bringing you the good, the bad, 2237 02:04:35.960 --> 02:04:39.039 and the ugly. Check out the weekly live streams bonus 2238 02:04:39.079 --> 02:04:42.760 content for subscribers, and follow The Solo Monster on Facebook, Instagram, 2239 02:04:42.840 --> 02:04:45.199 and X The Solo Monster. 2240 02:04:45.920 --> 02:04:47.039 I love you so long.