WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, you got me a little bit earlier tonight. It 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:05.200 is a Monday night. I am the solemn Monster. This 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:11.640 is your Raw on Netflix Review June thirtieth, twenty twenty five. 4 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.400 A little bit earlier tonight because Raw aired two hours 5 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:19.239 earlier than normal on Netflix. There as we speak, taping 6 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.199 SmackDown that will air on July fourth, The first two 7 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:26.879 hours SmackDown that'll be for this Friday. So you may 8 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.800 see spoilers abound on social media this week. Just be 9 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.719 aware of that. So here we are. We are here 10 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:36.719 for the final Raw review here for the month of June. 11 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.200 This was the fallout from Night of Champions. They were 12 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.920 in Rhea this weekend and the interference that we saw 13 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.399 in the main event between John Cena and cmpunk. We 14 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.240 saw a lot of people get involved in that main event. 15 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:52.359 As it turned out, it led into the main event 16 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:55.119 on the show tonight, which was samby Zan and Penta 17 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:58.159 as tag team partners against bron Breaker and Bronson Reid. 18 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.240 So at least that made sense that we got a 19 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.680 match out of what we saw on Saturday. And we 20 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.599 also had some follow up with CM punk and seth Rawlins. 21 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.439 CM Punk was screwed out of the WWE Championship by 22 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.120 Seth Rollins. This is the few that will never die 23 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:21.120 here between these two men, their rivalry continues. They were 24 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:24.000 going at it again here on this show tonight. But 25 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.359 we also had and I wasn't actually expecting him to 26 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:31.519 be back this soon. We had an appearance by La 27 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.159 Knight and actually we now know a new match that 28 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.760 has been made official for Saturday Night's made event, which 29 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.760 we will talk about. We have new tag team champions 30 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.400 Finn Balor and JD McDonough have brought the gold back 31 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.040 into the Judgment Day actually ended up being a hell 32 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.319 of a match. Seamus and Russev had a hell of 33 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.040 a match as well here on this show started slow, 34 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:58.920 but it turned into a good battle. I would say 35 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:02.359 in ring wise, this was a good show if nothing else, 36 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.159 purely from an inn ring perspective, because the main event 37 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:09.000 was actually very good match. Seamus and Russev turned into 38 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.800 a battle that turned into a really good match and 39 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.280 the tag team title match actually that in the main event. 40 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.479 But the tag team title match probably had more heat 41 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:22.000 than anything else on the show. This Pittsburgh crowd was 42 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.159 big time into Finn Balor. I have not heard it 43 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:26.159 was a little weird because I've not heard Finn Baalor 44 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.520 get a baby face reaction like he was getting in 45 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.560 Pittsburgh tonight. And there were some segments on the show 46 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.719 where it was like pulling teeth to get a reaction 47 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:36.759 out of these people, but not everything on the show. 48 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.159 They were big into Finn Balor, so a newsworthy show 49 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:44.120 in that regard. Also because we had our first batch 50 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.919 of Evolution announcements, which we needed because Evolution is coming 51 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.360 up in less than two weeks. It's gonna be a 52 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.919 big wrestling weekend. We got a lot of wrestling the 53 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.800 weekend of July twelve and July thirteen, so we now 54 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.879 know some of the matches at Evolution. We now know 55 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.960 what the Women's World Championship match is going to be 56 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:06.680 that likely will be your main event at Evolution, that 57 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.319 was made official. We know that there will be a 58 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.919 triple threat match for the women's tag team titles on 59 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.039 that show, and we know that there will be a 60 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:17.319 Battle Royal and there are some stakes as well in 61 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.039 that Battle Royal. So we're going to talk about all 62 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.599 of that and also the return of El Grande Americano. 63 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.159 You know, poor Chad Gable is going to be out 64 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.680 for a while. He had either had or is about 65 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:34.080 to have shoulder surgery. But there he was tonight, El Grande. 66 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:39.240 Is it the same person though, that's the question. Looked 67 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.879 a little bit different to me underneath the mask. So 68 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.360 the N ring is really what carried this show. This 69 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.240 was not the most exciting episode of RAW. I don't 70 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.680 want to say that it was mailed in. We've had 71 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.840 more exciting episodes of the show. But the N ring 72 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.520 is really what carry the day for me. We'll talk 73 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.919 about the entire thing. Is or WWEE RAW review. As 74 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.639 I mentioned, it is June thirtieth. I am the solo monster. 75 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.319 Thank you for hanging out with me one last time 76 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.639 here live in the month of June. This is it. 77 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.159 I love it. Corey Graves loves it because he was 78 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.519 back in the seat next to Michael Cole tonight. He 79 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.920 was in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Doles. This is a 80 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.839 homecoming for Corey Graves, filling in yet again for Pat McAfee, 81 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:27.040 who has been feeling burned out lately. Yeah, I would 82 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.839 too if I had three or four different gigs. No shit, 83 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.079 this was bound to happen, So he's going to be 84 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:35.879 out for a while. I think it's gonna be a 85 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.839 while because this is the first week since McAfee has disappeared. 86 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:43.399 I don't think Michael Cole mentioned him by name at all. 87 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.319 It was just Michael Cole and Corey Graves unless I 88 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.720 missed it. So we're gonna be getting these two, I 89 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.600 think for a little bit. I certainly have no issue 90 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.639 with that. Rhea Ripley, she got a big win over 91 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.800 Raquel Rodriguez in a street fight on Saturday in riaz 92 00:04:57.839 --> 00:04:59.560 so she was out to open the show. She had 93 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:04.120 a mess for the audience. One would assume that this 94 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.439 would be tied into Evolution, and she said that she 95 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.120 hoped to be done with Raquel Rodriguez and the judgment 96 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.600 they once and for all, you and me, both, you 97 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.240 and me both, Yes, that would be nice. Then she 98 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.600 questioned what was next for her. She says she needed 99 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:25.399 to get her priorities straight. Enter Eosky, the Women's World 100 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.160 Change in case you forgot, because it's not as if 101 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:31.199 she's been getting a whole lot of television time. So 102 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.600 Eosky comes to the ring and she says, you can't 103 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.079 have Evolution without her, And I just thought, oh, no, really, 104 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:40.959 I think you can. You take a look at some 105 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.360 of the recent pls. There have been plenty of them 106 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.079 without her on them. She said, Ria Ripley was wrong 107 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.759 about one thing. Rio was not on top. Mommy is 108 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:54.399 not on top, she said, not without the title. Adam 109 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.680 Pierce told Leo. She said that she could defend her 110 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.639 championship against the opponent of her choosing at Evolution, and 111 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.319 she wants to defend against the very best, and that 112 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.480 meant defending against Rho Ripley. And Rhea said that she 113 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:09.839 had nothing but respect for EO, but she warned her 114 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:12.920 that she would stop at nothing to get that title back, 115 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.600 and she accepted the match at Evolution and that was it. 116 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:21.240 So this was a very basic, very straightforward way of 117 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.519 making it official and making the announcement. But that is 118 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.839 the first big match set now for that Evolution card. 119 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.600 You know, I've been asking the question on some of 120 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.759 the recent shows. I've been saying, you know, what's up 121 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.560 with Rheo Ripley for SummerSlam, Like, what is she going 122 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.160 to be doing on that card? Because obviously she's going 123 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.279 to be in a major match on that show, But 124 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.639 what do you do at Rhea Ripley at SummerSlam. Well, 125 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:46.319 I think we have our answer. Now you have Rheo 126 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:50.920 Ripley likely going into SummerSlam defending the world championship. That's 127 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.360 probably what we have against two. I don't know, maybe 128 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.199 a rematch with Eo, maybe Osca. I think the chances 129 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.319 of Rio Ripley walking out of evolution and as the 130 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:05.560 champion though, are pretty damn high. And there is a 131 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:08.879 very real problem right now in the women's division on 132 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.360 this show, and it actually has nothing to do with 133 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:17.600 the women themselves. It actually centers primarily around one person, 134 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:22.519 and that person is EO Sky. EO Sky is the 135 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.279 women's World Champion. She has been now for several months. 136 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:32.199 It has to be said, Eosky has had an absolutely horrendous, 137 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:37.680 horrendous run as the women's world champion. That's not a 138 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:40.120 reflection on the quality of her work. It's not a 139 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.759 reflection on her at all. Actually, EO is still one 140 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:48.079 of the more popular stars on the roster. EO is awesome. 141 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.240 Eo is one of the best wrestlers in the entire company. 142 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:55.399 I have absolutely nothing against Eosky. Triple H has done 143 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.600 a piss poor job with her, and it reminds me 144 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:02.800 actually of the title run that Mariah May had in 145 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:07.160 aaw Maria May had such a great story and build 146 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:10.360 up to the match where she won the championship at Wembley, 147 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.560 and then the actual period of time where she was 148 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.360 the champion was terrible. It was awful, and yet it 149 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:21.600 was still better than the run that EO Sky has had. 150 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.920 It was better, and it was more competitive, and she 151 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:28.920 was actually more active than EO has been. So think 152 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.439 about that. Okay, as awful as the Mariah May run 153 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:33.799 his champion was until she got back in the ring 154 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.320 with Tony Storm, it's still better than what Triple H 155 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:39.240 has done with the EO Sky over the last few months. 156 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.120 EO has been champion for four months now. In those 157 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:50.519 four months, she has defended her title twice twice, and 158 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:55.399 the last time she defended her title was WrestleMania, and 159 00:08:55.480 --> 00:09:00.200 WrestleMania the match of the weekend was her match. Her 160 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.519 match with Rha and Bianca stole the show. That was 161 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.159 the best match at WrestleMania this year. You can fight 162 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:07.600 me on that. I don't think I'm gonna have too 163 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.799 many takers. I think most people would agree with that. 164 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:14.279 And even still, that was the last time that we 165 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:18.960 saw her defending a championship on a pl If you 166 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.360 wanted to go back, and this is a larger reflection 167 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.360 of a world championship itself, you would have to go 168 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.840 back all the way to Bad Blood in October to 169 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:32.360 find another ple where the Women's world title was defended. 170 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:36.039 I'm not talking about the Intercontinental title. I'm not talking 171 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:39.080 about the United States Championship. We're talking about one of 172 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:44.919 the world titles here. Forget WrestleMania for a second. You 173 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:48.679 have to go all the way back to October. What 174 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.639 are we doing here. I understand if it's not defended 175 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:57.519 on every show, but certainly you've heard of switching off, 176 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:00.399 You've heard of rotating, you've heard of skip one one, 177 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.000 skip one do like, apparently that doesn't apply to the 178 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:09.399 Women's World Championship. It's pathetic. It is absolutely pathetic, and 179 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.840 you know EO has First of all, EO has not 180 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.279 even had a match since May twelfth on Raw that 181 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.000 was a tag team match, and it's not like she's 182 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.159 been hurt. So this is a problem with the title, 183 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.759 but it's also a problem with the way that EO 184 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:28.559 herself has been utilized. And if she goes into evolution, right, 185 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:32.000 she goes into evolution and just loses to Rhea Ripley. 186 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:34.120 I mean, it would almost just be the cherry on 187 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.799 the shit Sunday for her run to end that way, 188 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.279 after not even really being utilized, to just go in 189 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.960 there and lose to Rehea. But as I sit here 190 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:44.559 right now, it just feels to me like that's probably 191 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.240 what we're going to see on that show in Atlanta, 192 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.840 probably going to see Rhea Ripley win the championship. I 193 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:52.600 would love it if EO could at least take it 194 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.080 to Summer Slim, because you know, they teased in a 195 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:59.440 backstage segment last week during commercial they actually tease the 196 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:03.879 possibility of EO against Oscar. Even if we don't get 197 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:06.360 EO against Oscar one on one, maybe we end up 198 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:08.200 with a triple from it. Maybe they could work Oscar 199 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.679 into this in some way. I would love to see 200 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:14.039 that Oscar had her work and shoes on on Saturday, 201 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.879 because she, again, she took ninety five percent of that 202 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.279 match with Jade. I mean, it was basically all all 203 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:23.600 Oscar virtually on Saturday. She did what she could. Oscar 204 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.039 has looked good since she came back. I would like 205 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.159 to see her back in the Hunt as well. But 206 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:31.679 I reflect back on this run, which feels like it's 207 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.120 coming to an end very soon for EO Sky, and 208 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.519 I just shake my head. I just shake my head 209 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.039 that they have been unable to come up with a 210 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.919 way to, even if she's not active in the ring, 211 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.440 let's say she had a minor injury, you know, to 212 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:49.679 factor her into things in some way. She's been such 213 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:56.120 a non entity on the show. It's just sad. But again, 214 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:59.039 I've heard and read nothing about her having an injury. 215 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:01.559 She's been on the show and little backstage segments here 216 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.039 and there, so it's not like she hasn't been at 217 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.639 the buildings. You know, she's there. But I don't see 218 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.679 how anybody could look back and reflect back on this 219 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:13.039 run so far and see, you know, anything in it 220 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:17.399 to praise or look back on and go, man, you know, 221 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:20.360 that's gonna really be a memorable run that she had there. 222 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.000 Even if she loses it, at least she had this 223 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:25.360 incredible spade of matches. It's unfortunate, But the answer is no. 224 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.360 It all really just goes back to the WrestleMania match. 225 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.759 That WrestleMania match was excellent, and she'll have you know, 226 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.759 she'll have that match at least to hang her hat on. 227 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.039 But it's just been really, really sad the way that 228 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.799 she has just been completely overlooked in all this and 229 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.799 now at least, you know, Evolution, she has a big 230 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.879 match on that show, but feels like that's probably coming 231 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:54.639 to an end now. Backstage, Dominic Mysterio wished good luck 232 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.799 to Finn Valor and Jad McDonough ahead of their tag 233 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:01.440 team title match tonight because they were challenging the New 234 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.320 Day after they left, Dom was confronted by AJ Styles. 235 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.799 Now they were supposed to wrestle yet Night of Champions. 236 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:11.519 It didn't happen. They claimed Dom has a rib injury. 237 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.759 Again I'm not sure I buy that, But the match 238 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:18.320 didn't happen, and so Dom here produces a doctor's note, 239 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.840 or what he claims is a doctor's note. It looked 240 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.440 like a letter, and he presented it proving that he 241 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.840 is still not medically cleared, and in fact, he said 242 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:31.519 that he's had a stepback, So it's going to be 243 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.960 a little bit, he says, before AJ can get his 244 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:38.720 title match. So he wondered if AJ needed glasses before 245 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.600 he read the note, and In fact, aj did pull 246 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.600 out his glasses. He had these black frame eyeglasses that 247 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.480 he pulled out. Looked like doctor AJ or a Grandpa AJ. 248 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.200 And he put the glasses on and read the note 249 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.000 and he said, yeah, this note says that you're a 250 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:55.639 punk ass. Styles warned Dom that he would do a 251 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:57.639 lot worse to him once he got his hands on him. 252 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.799 So we'll have to wait a little bit longer to 253 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:06.480 get our championship match the New Day against Finn Balor 254 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.480 and JD McDonough for the World Tag Team titles. You know, 255 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.639 as bad as EO's title run has been, the New 256 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:18.879 Day says, Hi, Wow, you talk about a tag team 257 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.440 championship run for the ages, Look at the New Day, 258 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:26.039 Look at the competition that they have thrown their way 259 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:29.360 since they won those titles of WrestleMania. This was only 260 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:33.399 their second title defense since WrestleMania. And this was a 261 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.879 weird one because, as I mentioned earlier, Finn Balor was 262 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.399 super over with this crowd in Pittsburgh the Judgment day. 263 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:43.480 They worked the match basically like Babyfaces, and so JD 264 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.080 McDonough also was getting cheered, but not quite like Finn Balor. 265 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.480 He was very much the crowd favored here, and the 266 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.120 match started with Kofi Kingston offering Balor a piece of bread. 267 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:59.159 He offered him a piece of bread so that he 268 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.399 could get some car herbs in his body. This man 269 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:06.480 thought he was in church. Balor shoved it away. New 270 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:09.679 Day worked over McDonough through a commercial break. Balor made 271 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.200 a hot tag which got a nice pop, and he 272 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.039 ran wild on the New Day. Balor hit a sling blade. 273 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.399 He went for a dropkick. Kofe cut him off with 274 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:20.960 a leaping double foot stomp. They tagged out and McDonough 275 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:24.440 hit Woods with an Assagai moon salt, thankfully not on 276 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.480 the side of the ring by the announcers. Woods though, 277 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.559 got his his boots up as mcdonoughh came down because 278 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.759 again this moon salt was in the ring. Every time 279 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.440 I say a Saii moon salt, I think of the 280 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.279 moon salt on the outside, but this one was thankfully 281 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.600 far away from where Cole and Corey were. Balor made 282 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.200 a blind tag. He went for a coup of grass 283 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.799 on Woods, but Woods moved and Balor hit McDonough by accident, 284 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.279 and Woods rolled up. Balor only for a near fall, 285 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.679 so that was a good near fall actually because you think, okay, 286 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:59.840 that might be the finish, stirring up some more tension 287 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.840 than the judgment day, but the match goes on new 288 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.679 day hit Ballor with their midnight hour finish, also for 289 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:09.039 a close near fall. Each team took turns cheating behind 290 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:11.559 the referees back, which led to Woods hitting Balor with 291 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.440 one of the tag title belts from behind. Balor kicked 292 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:20.320 out yet again. Big cheer McDonough got back in hit 293 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:23.799 Woods with an avalanche Spanish fly off the top. Kofe 294 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:27.720 broke up the pin, Balor gave Kingston a sling blade 295 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:31.279 on the floor outside the ring. McDonough hit Woods with 296 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.759 a moon salt on the inside, and then Balor went 297 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:38.159 up top and hit the Couda grass to win the 298 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.279 tag team titles. This got a huge baby fit, Like, 299 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.200 if you don't watch this show week to week, you 300 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.440 would watch this and you would think that these two 301 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:50.960 guys were total babyfaces, and so when they won, the 302 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.960 Crab was very happy to see them win. Or either 303 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.399 that or they were just very happy to get a 304 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:59.039 title change on the show. But anyway, they shot Pyro 305 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.159 off in the back. When they went to the aisle, 306 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:03.799 Dom joined them, and they all held up their titles. 307 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.440 So now they have all the gold. They have the 308 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.359 men's tag team titles, they have the women's tag team titles, 309 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.880 although the women were not out there with them. But 310 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:16.319 Dom has the Intercontinental title. And again big Pyro celebration 311 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:20.440 in the background, So the Judgment Day is draped in gold. 312 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:24.240 You know, you think the bloodline will never die. Take 313 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.440 a look at the Judgment Day here. Every time I 314 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.680 feel like this thing is winding down, they add another 315 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:34.799 chapter to the story. And it's hardly the best book 316 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.640 that I've ever read, but they just keep adding to it. 317 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.519 This is an example. This match is an example, though, 318 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.519 of how great tag team wrestling can be. This was 319 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.480 a fun match, and it helps when you have the 320 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.200 crowd invested, you know, in the way that they were here. 321 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.640 But y'all said, four guys in the ring who work 322 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.799 their asses off, like these are four great wrestlers, and 323 00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:59.839 they were out there and they were working a great match, 324 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:02.319 and so the crowd loved it and they were hanging 325 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:05.799 out to every near fall. The New Day's run is over. 326 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:10.200 It was every bit as bad as EO Sky's run 327 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.559 has been. But there isn't much. Look I say there 328 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:15.400 isn't much of a division on Raw. Right. I was 329 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.400 thinking about this. It's not even a fair statement to make. 330 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:21.400 If I sit here and I tell you, well, you know, 331 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.359 it's not really much of a division. Right on SmackDown. 332 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.440 I can name off the top of my head four 333 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:31.119 or five teams on SmackDown. Right, you got the Street Profits, 334 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:34.799 you got Phraxium, you got Dy, you got the Wyatts, 335 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.880 you got the MotorCity machine Gun. Right, like I can 336 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.839 name a bunch of teams off the top of my head, 337 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:45.119 Los Garza pretty deadly. And then you look at Monday 338 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.920 Night Raw New Day were the tag team champions, right, 339 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:52.279 they beat the war Raiders at wrestlemania'll win the belts. 340 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.240 Who else is there? There actually are teams on this show, 341 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:00.480 Finn Balor and JD McDonough right, as one of example, 342 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:05.519 the Creed Brothers Alpha Academy, although Otis is out injured apparently, 343 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:08.839 so right now there is no Alpha Academy. Uh, but 344 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.359 you've got those teams. You've got Grayson Waller in Austin Theory, 345 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:17.720 You've got the LWO. You can't say that there aren't teams. 346 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:22.039 The teams are there. The difference is that the majority 347 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.640 of these teams are not pushed, they're not doing anything, 348 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:29.960 they're not featured. There is no there is no I mean, 349 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.519 they don't do like a top five rankings or anything 350 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:35.720 like that. So it's kind of hard to hard to 351 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:38.400 see it, but there are teams there. So it's not 352 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:40.880 even really accurate to say, well, there's no teams on 353 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.839 Row they have no competition. There's plenty of competition to 354 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.279 Triple H cared enough about tag team wrestling to really 355 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:50.200 build it up. Now on SmackDown, they have been you know, 356 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:52.799 at times, they've been firing on all cylinders with their 357 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.799 tag teams. Now it's starting to feel like, Okay, we're 358 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.839 kind of running the same teams over and over again. 359 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.039 It could use maybe another team grown in there, but like, 360 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.039 how do you have what we see on Friday and 361 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:07.920 then you see what we have on Monday. And despite 362 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.079 what we see on Friday, it still feels to me, 363 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.160 in terms of tag team wrestling, for the tag team titles, 364 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:18.799 there's no real premium put on it by Triple H 365 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.440 that really is all that different than what we got 366 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:24.119 with Vince McMahon, and it's kind of sad. I like 367 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.680 tag team wrestling I think tag team wrestling, what it's 368 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.960 done right, is a lot of fun. There are some 369 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:31.240 people that don't think it sells. They don't think you 370 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.759 can headline with it that you know, it's it's all 371 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.000 about the singles feuds, and I kind of understand that, 372 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:40.559 but like, I love really good tag team wrestling when 373 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:43.480 we get it, and I just don't feel that there's 374 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:47.680 enough attention paid to it. And it's not all that 375 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:51.440 different under Triple H than it was under Vince McMahon, 376 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.960 and so that makes me a little sad. But when 377 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:59.599 I see like Waller in Theory, like come on, you know, 378 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:02.680 like there's nothing there. They don't do anything with them. 379 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:06.039 Pete Dunn and Tyler Bait, I think one or both 380 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:10.759 of them are injured. I don't know exactly what is 381 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:14.319 going on with those two or why they vanished. Because 382 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:17.559 Tyler Bate came back, remember he came back. He had 383 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:21.000 one match. We haven't seen them since, So that's another 384 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.000 example of I don't know what's going on with them. 385 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:25.519 They would be a nice, you know, a little addition 386 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.839 there to the division, but it's kind of a mess 387 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.519 right now. The new day, My god, what can I say? 388 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:36.680 Imagine just imagine thinking back to the level of heat 389 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:41.039 that those two men had six months ago, right six 390 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.440 and a half months ago, and where we are now, 391 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.640 and it's not and I can't even say where we 392 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:50.920 are now, where we were two months later, like it 393 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:55.440 was already gone after two months. Like I understand if 394 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.839 Biggie was not cleared, so Biggie couldn't come back and 395 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:00.880 get his revenge. But there was something there that you 396 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:04.440 could have capitalized on to really milk that heat that 397 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.599 these two guys had, and they squandered it. They just 398 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:10.079 let it go and New Day is just two guys 399 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:12.799 on the show. Now. You know, it's a shame, But 400 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:15.559 I will remember that brief period of time where they 401 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:17.519 were coming out every single week and those two guys 402 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:20.799 were getting nuclear heat on these shows. It didn't last 403 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:25.119 very long. It didn't last long. It was squandered, But 404 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.599 I'll remember Pepperidge Farm will remember. I don't think the 405 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.920 Triple H and wwe will, but we'll always have that now. 406 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.200 Jackie Redman was in the back interviewing Bailey. Asked if 407 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:45.440 she was still focused on the Intercontinental Championship. Bailey said 408 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:47.599 that she is, and she said that she would be 409 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:50.519 the champion right now? Had it now been for Lyra 410 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:55.039 Valkyria because Lyra got involved in her business, she said, 411 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:58.119 So Lyra showed up right on cue. She took offense 412 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:01.519 to those comments. Valcyrious that it's personal between her and 413 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:04.559 Becky Lynch and Bailey talked about how things between her 414 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.960 and Becky are also personal. So then Bailey and Lyra 415 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:12.480 they began to bicker and shout loudly over each other. 416 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:15.039 They were talking over each other and yelling and very annoying, 417 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:17.759 like they would not shut up. And then Adam Pierce 418 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.640 showed up and he finally got them to pipe down, 419 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.519 and he booked Bailey against Lyra tonight so the winner 420 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:28.279 would get a shot at Becky in her title. So 421 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:32.640 that came later on in the show, during a commercial break, 422 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:38.279 Byron Saxton interviewed Grason Waller up on the concourse somewhere. 423 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:41.559 Waller said that he was inspired by The New Day 424 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.160 cutting dead Weight and turning on Biggie. I thought for 425 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.319 a second that maybe they took I say the tape, boy, 426 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:52.160 I'm dating myself now, that they took a segment that 427 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.960 they filmed six months ago and accidentally spliced it into 428 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:00.880 the show. Here during this commercial break. He's out here 429 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.200 talking about the dead weight and respecting New Day for 430 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:05.960 the dead weight that they cut in Biggie. Yes, that 431 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:12.640 was six months ago. What relevance does that have right now? 432 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:20.359 None said he thought he could learn something. I have 433 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.759 no idea what the point of any of these segments are. Okay, 434 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:24.720 I really I don't. I don't know what the point 435 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.880 of any of these segments are that they do with 436 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:31.400 Waller and theory or theory without Waller. Waller without theory. 437 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:35.720 It is the very definition of time filler. Doesn't It 438 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:38.240 does not forward any kind of story. It does not 439 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.799 help get anybody over. They are not interesting. They are 440 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:48.319 a waste of everybody's time, including Grayson Wallers. Like legitimately, 441 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.039 it's like, Okay, we got two and a half minutes 442 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.519 to pad before we come back from this commercial break, 443 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:57.119 so let's have Jackie or let's have Byron interview Waller 444 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:01.200 about the most inane bullshit that doesn't matter. Just kill 445 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:03.920 time and then we'll come back and we'll move on 446 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:07.640 with the important parts of the show. Just irritates the 447 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:09.720 shit out of me, and it irritates the shit out 448 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:13.680 of me. For him, what must he be thinking. If 449 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.920 you're Grayson Waller and you show up to these shows 450 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.839 every week, you're flying all around the fucking country. You 451 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.240 show up, Okay, what am I doing tonight on the show? Oh? Well, 452 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.839 first of all, you're not even really technically on the show, 453 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:27.960 but you'll be during one of the break segments and 454 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:30.160 we're just gonna have you talk about some random bullshit 455 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:33.839 that happened six months ago. Oh great. I mean, I 456 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.680 guess the check is the same, right, I mean, it's 457 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:39.400 not like his pay is any different. Right, He's got 458 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.799 his downside guarantee, he's got whatever he makes, so you know, 459 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:45.079 he makes his money, he goes home. But it's gotta 460 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:47.720 be frustrating, right, It's got to be frustrating to just 461 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:52.599 be wasting away doing absolutely nothing, Like do you look 462 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.160 at yourself in the mirror and say, what am I 463 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:58.000 doing with my life? I just I don't understand it. It 464 00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:01.039 would drive me nuts if that was me, drive me nuts. 465 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.160 You know, these are professionals who want to advance in 466 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:08.039 their career. They see everybody around them getting pushed, getting 467 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:11.839 pl matches, getting merch. You can't tell me that it 468 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:15.880 doesn't annoy the fuck out of them. I truly like 469 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.359 I just snapped during this segment because I'm watching this 470 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:25.000 going what is the point of this? Please? 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I'll give them some praise for this. They 510 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:32.359 aired a video package for Goldberg. I'm actually going to 511 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:36.119 praise a Goldberg segment here. This was exactly what we 512 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.759 needed to see. I think most fans watching this show 513 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.200 have been exposed to Goldberg, even if it's only in 514 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:46.079 the last few years, they know who he is. For 515 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:48.119 the ones who don't, this is even better because they 516 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.559 haven't seen him in his natural habitat, which was twenty 517 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:55.720 seven years ago in WCW when he was at his peak. 518 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.480 But they had a video package here set to Dominate, 519 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:03.160 which is a song by Three Days Grace with highlights 520 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:07.119 from his white hot run in WCW and then his 521 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:10.079 not so white hot run in WWE. But they had 522 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:13.160 a mix of clips, so it's good. This is the 523 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.720 sort of thing they should be doing to try to 524 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.880 get people invested in what is supposed to be his 525 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:20.880 final ever match. So I enjoyed this video. I thought 526 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:26.400 it was well done. Footage aared from earlier in the 527 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:29.440 day of Chad Gable with his arm in a sling 528 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:33.000 telling Julius Creed, Brutus Creed an Ivy Nile that they 529 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.359 would need to hold down the fort while he's gone. 530 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:39.160 For those who don't know. Again, Gable, if he has 531 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:44.039 not already had it, needs surgery on his shoulder. Last 532 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:46.319 time he wrestled it was at a speed taping on 533 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:50.440 June seventeenth, So I don't know if the injury happened 534 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:54.279 during the World's Collide match with the Kingo and maybe 535 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:58.079 he didn't know how bad it was or it got worse, 536 00:29:58.839 --> 00:30:01.160 or if the injury happened on June seventeenth, I'm not sure, 537 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:04.000 but it happens sometime during that period. I'm not sure 538 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:08.440 how bad the injury is. Could be out for six months, 539 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:10.799 he could be out for half that. It sucks that 540 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:13.039 he's going to be out at all, because you know, 541 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:16.240 he was wrestling as Chad Gable. Some people think he 542 00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:18.640 was wrestling as someone else. He was getting a lot 543 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:21.720 of television exposure. My guess is they were building to 544 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:26.039 a mask versus mask match against Pent at SummerSlam, and 545 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.720 that's off the table now. I don't know what pent 546 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.559 is going to do now, and again that's just my guess, 547 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.920 but it just seemed like this Americano thing only has 548 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:36.799 legs to it for so long. Clearly, you have to 549 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.640 build to a mask match, and a mask match against 550 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:43.119 pented SummerSlam would have made total sense, so unfortunately it 551 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:45.880 doesn't look like that's going to happen now. So anyway, 552 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.680 as the members of American Major talking here in the back, 553 00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:54.160 Ludwig Kaiser could be seen creeping around, lurking in the 554 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:58.440 shadows behind them. Adam Pierce showed up. He wished Gable 555 00:30:58.440 --> 00:31:01.079 the best of luck with his surgery. Gable said he's 556 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:05.119 an Olympian, said that he makes his own luck. Pierce 557 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.079 assumed that this would also mean the end of El 558 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:10.880 Grande Americano for a while. Gable said Americano was the 559 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:14.599 world's greatest lutrador. He keeps a very busy schedule, but 560 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:20.400 you never know. Elsewhere in the back, we had a 561 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:24.319 very jubilant Finn Balor and Jad mcdonoughh approaching Adam Pearce 562 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:27.279 and Nick Alldis, who were talking. Balor said he imagined 563 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.160 that they were discussing what to do with the women's 564 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:32.319 tag team titles, and he said, Riquel Rodriguez has worked 565 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:34.240 very hard to be the champion and it would be 566 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:36.519 very mean to strip her of the titles because of 567 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:40.640 Live Morgan's injury. So Baalor suggested that they give her 568 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:43.119 a new partner, just let her pick somebody else to 569 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:45.720 defend the titles with. And they said, well, do you 570 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.440 have anybody in mind? And he said, well, as a 571 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:52.119 matter of fact, Roxane Perez, right, who's been his new 572 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:56.519 buddy over the last several weeks. So Pierce and all this, 573 00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:59.200 they said, let's just give us a second, and they 574 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.920 huddled over the idea and they agreed. They said, okay, 575 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.720 we will allow Roxane Perez to step in for Live 576 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.599 Morgan and be one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions. However, 577 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:12.480 there's a there's a catch. Said that they wanted Rodriguez 578 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.759 and Perez to prove themselves as a team, so they 579 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.720 would have to defend the belt at Evolution in a 580 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:21.279 triple threat match, and well, actually no, I guess it 581 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.160 would be a fatal four way because he said that 582 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.279 they're going to have to defend against a team from Raw, 583 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:31.559 a team from SmackDown, and a team from NXT, so 584 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:33.160 that would be a four way. I don't know why 585 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.359 I thought. I don't know why I thought. He said 586 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:37.640 it was gonna be a triple threat match. NXT is involved, 587 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.480 so I guess it'll be a fatal four way. So 588 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:43.279 a team from each brand is who they're going to 589 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:47.400 have to defend those titles against. And Balora McDonough initially 590 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.599 were caught off guard by this, but then they agreed 591 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:54.200 and they said that's fine. I will say I am 592 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.279 surprised that we are not getting the Bells involved here. 593 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.680 I'm not heartbroken, I'm not devastated by but it just 594 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:06.160 felt like the destination here may have been putting the 595 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.400 tag team titles on Nicki and Brie, because they've talked 596 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.200 for years about how man we wish we want to 597 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:13.480 hold those tag team titles, you know, just one time, 598 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.440 and we saw Nicki come back. Brie has said that 599 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:19.400 she hasn't been contacted at all by WW if you 600 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:24.400 believe her. I still wonder if you know we were 601 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:26.519 not actually going to get Live Morgan against Nicki, but 602 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:29.359 we were gonna get Nicki and Brie wrestling live in Raquel. 603 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:33.160 We'll never know now, but I am surprised though that 604 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.440 they didn't go in that direction, because you know, when 605 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:39.680 you think about it, like you could have had Raquel 606 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:44.079 and Roxanne defending the titles against the Bella Twins at Evolution. 607 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.759 You can even have the Bellat Twins win the titles 608 00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:50.880 at Evolution, just so they can say that they were 609 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.920 Tag team champions one time. A few weeks later as 610 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:57.160 Summer Slim, they turn right around and they lose the 611 00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.839 titles at Summer Slim. You can have them drop the 612 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:03.759 belts to Charlotte, Alexa, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss. I've been 613 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:06.759 saying this for what a month, month and a half now, right, 614 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:09.960 they're going to be Tag team Champions. I do believe 615 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:13.559 at some point very soon you could have done that. 616 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.480 You could have had Charlotte and Alexa win the titles 617 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:18.920 off Nicki and Brie. Charlotte and Alexa, though in this 618 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.440 four way match that we're gonna have an Evolution, they 619 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.719 may well be the team from SmackDown, so they may 620 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.840 they may end up winning the tag titles there for 621 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:29.079 all we know. Because I was thinking, like, who are 622 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:33.159 these teams going to be on SmackDown? You have a 623 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:37.039 few different options. You've got the Secret Herbsts, You've got 624 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:42.679 Meechen and BFAB, so okay, doesn't really doesn't really get 625 00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:46.000 me excited, right, but Charlotte and Alexa, like Charlotte's been 626 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.840 telling Alexa to want to be your friend. I don't 627 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:53.079 need I don't need friends, and yeah, very standoffish, but 628 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:56.760 is there enough time for them to come together and 629 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:59.159 agree to be a team because Evolution is less than 630 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.119 two weeks away. Charlotte has given no indication that she 631 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:05.679 wants anything to do with Alexa Bliss. All it would take, though, 632 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:08.880 was one backstage segment where Alexa approaches her and says, look, 633 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.679 I know what you said. I know you don't need 634 00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:15.239 a friend, but the women's tag team titles are going 635 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:19.360 to be defended at Evolution, and I think that you 636 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:23.079 and I should be in that match. We could represent SmackDown, 637 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:26.239 bring tag Team gold Over to SmackDown, and then boom, 638 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:29.119 You've got yourself a tag team from SmackDown. To me, 639 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:31.199 that would be more interesting than just sticking any of 640 00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:34.239 those other teams in there. So like, I would envision 641 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:38.000 this as Raquel and Roxane, Charlotte and Alexa from Raw. 642 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:41.679 You could have Oscar and Kyrie, right, I mean, I 643 00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:46.159 know Natty and Maxine, we haven't really seen them in action. 644 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:49.480 They have put together their own team. I think they're 645 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:53.920 calling themselves the Dungeon Dolls. They haven't really been doing anything. 646 00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:56.599 I would think Oscar and Kyrie would make sense as 647 00:35:56.639 --> 00:36:00.320 far as NXT I don't know. I mean NXT, I 648 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:03.119 know Lash Legends and Jakara Jackson are no more because 649 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:06.719 Jakara Jackson is no longer there. Uh, you could do 650 00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:11.199 fatal Influence, you could you could do soul. Ruka and 651 00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:15.599 Zaria could do that. Make them a team they could 652 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:25.400 represent an next day. Seamus and Russev one on one, 653 00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:27.800 both victims of the Deaf Rebel curse. By the way, 654 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:31.719 really hit me watching Russev come out. His music now 655 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:36.440 is just so inferior to his old theme Seamus's music. 656 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.480 I mean, don't even get me started. We've talked about 657 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.920 this before, so fucking Terri. It's just so awful. God, 658 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:45.519 you would think someone with that level of tenure that 659 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.599 he has had in this company like he would at 660 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:52.320 least have some say in his music. How is it 661 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:58.800 possible that his music is so bad? It's just so bad. Anyway, 662 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:01.360 from the time Russev made his entrance to the time 663 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:05.039 this match began, ten minutes had gone by. They sent 664 00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:07.360 this guy out to the ring to stand there through 665 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:13.800 commercial breaks and videos, so finally the bell rings. This 666 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:18.559 was their first singles match since twenty fourteen. They clabbered 667 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:21.519 each other until Seam has caught Russev diving off the 668 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:24.000 apron turned it into a power slam on the floor. 669 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.840 Russev took over during a break after Seamus went shoulder 670 00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:33.599 first into the ring post. Seamus started no selling Russev's 671 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.320 kicks and inviting him, you know, bring it. You know 672 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:38.320 we've seen him do that in matches and usually that 673 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:41.360 fires up the crowd, and it didn't really work here 674 00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:45.239 on this crowd here in Pittsburgh, but they did eventually 675 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.360 win them over. Seamus got to his feet, he fired up. 676 00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:52.800 He had a backbreaker followed by a diving knee drop. Russev, 677 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:56.320 though kicked out at one, Russev came back with a 678 00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.559 spinning heel kick at a fallaway slam for a two 679 00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:07.440 count a superplex ahead of yet another commercial break. Brucev 680 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:09.880 maintained control during the break until shame has hit a 681 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:13.920 white noise just in time for them to return. This 682 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:15.840 is this is their formula. You know, if you watch 683 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:19.199 during the commercial breaks, if you are using a VPN 684 00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:24.719 or maybe you're international, like to a t, virtually every 685 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:28.639 single match, the heel will get heat on the babyface 686 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.760 and there's a little countdown clock in the corner of 687 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:33.519 the screen, so you know when the break is about 688 00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:36.719 to fade out, and then they're back live, and they 689 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.519 come back live, and you know it's like the referee says, 690 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.920 all right, it's time, and the babyface goes and makes 691 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:47.320 us come back every fucking time. It never fails. Just 692 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:52.239 change it up a little bit, I mean, that'd be nice. Well, 693 00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.599 shame has hit a white noise. Then he hit fifteen 694 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:58.559 beats of the bod. When he went for a bro kick, 695 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:02.280 Rusev avoided it. Russev landed a urinagi and then a 696 00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.000 leaping kick he applied the accolade. Seamus, though, managed to 697 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:08.039 get to his feet with Rusev on his back, and 698 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:11.000 that got a nice reaction from the crowd. They spelled 699 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:13.639 out of the ring. Seamus hit a broad kick on 700 00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:18.039 the outside and it took nine and a half seconds 701 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:20.360 for Russev to get back in the ring. He almost 702 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:24.039 got counted out, so they battled on the apron until 703 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:27.280 Russev thumbed Shamus right in the eye, right in front 704 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:30.880 of the referee, and the referee even admonished him for it, 705 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.519 which is why it was very strange when after the 706 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.239 match was over, Corey Graves made the comment that the 707 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:42.000 referee didn't see it, his view was obstructed, when clearly 708 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.519 not only did he see it, but he acknowledged that 709 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:46.599 he saw it, and he yelled at Russev for it. 710 00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:51.280 Maybe Corey got thumbed in the eye during all of this, 711 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.760 I don't know. Russev then exposed the top turnbuckle strut 712 00:39:55.960 --> 00:40:01.280 that connects the ring posts to the ring to the rope, 713 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:03.519 and also did that right in front of the referee, 714 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:06.440 and then he reached underneath. He grabbed Seamus by the 715 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:08.880 arms and he yanked him forward, so he went chest 716 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:12.440 first into the steel strut, and then he followed in 717 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:15.719 the ring with a Machka kick and he pinned Shamus 718 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.960 to win the match. The match definitely dragged at times, 719 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.920 but it did pick up in the second half. It 720 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:24.840 got real good. This turned into a hell of a battle. 721 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:29.039 You know. There's one thing, though, I will say, there 722 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:32.960 is one thing that I don't quite understand, so maybe 723 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:37.119 you can help you with this. I'm aware that throwing 724 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:41.679 someone into the steel steps is not technically a disqualification 725 00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:45.719 because they have said it's part of the ring, so 726 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.039 you can't be disqualified for that. Now, if you would 727 00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:50.440 pick up the ring steps and throw them at somebody 728 00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:52.719 or use them as a weapon in that way, then 729 00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:57.039 you can be disqualified. So I get that, Like I 730 00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:01.800 understand that now here with steel strut like the beam 731 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:05.440 write in full view of the referee, he pulls Shamus 732 00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:10.400 into it, and that's not a disqualification. So then let 733 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.320 me ask you this. Why is it that in most 734 00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:17.400 wrestling matches, for years and years and years, whenever somebody 735 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.960 goes to expose the top turn buckle pad, which is 736 00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:23.159 very much a part of the ring right like the 737 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:26.559 steel underneath, why is it that they always have to 738 00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:29.880 hide it from the referee. Well, they wait until the 739 00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:32.719 referee gets bumped or or the referee's back is turned, 740 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:34.960 and they go and they cover up. And they gotta like, 741 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.519 if it's if it's perfectly illegal, why do they give 742 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:41.360 a shit If they're worried about the referee seeing it 743 00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:43.320 and putting the pad back on, Just take the pad 744 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:45.639 off and stick it down your trunks or throw it 745 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:49.880 into the crowd like it's just weird. Why do they 746 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:56.440 care if that's technically illegal? Who cares? I would grab 747 00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.119 the referee and say, hey, come here for a second. 748 00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.360 I want you to watch me, and then I would 749 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:03.920 do it right in front one of those wacky wrestling rules. 750 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:06.639 I guess in any event, this turned into a good match. 751 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.039 Given the finish, they're going to run it back. I say, 752 00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:13.800 run it back, Let's do it again. I'm ready for 753 00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:19.480 round two. We got another Evolution announcement pre taped announcement 754 00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:23.159 here from the two gms. They announced a Battle Royal, 755 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:26.599 with the winner going on to a championship match at 756 00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:32.079 Clash in Paris on August thirty first. So I guess 757 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:33.719 there you go. That's how they're going to get some 758 00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:37.599 of these legends into this match. Tristratus, I'm sure we'll 759 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.360 be in there. Remember she is in her twenty fifth year. 760 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:42.920 This is still her twenty five year anniversary. This year, 761 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:46.280 all year is her twenty fifth anniversary, so I would 762 00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:49.440 expect her to be in there and probably throw Nicki 763 00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:51.960 Bella in there, since apparently she has no match now, 764 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:56.679 Nicki Andorbrie probably in that Battle Royal. I'll tell you 765 00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:58.400 somebody else who's going to be in the Battle Royal. 766 00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:02.800 Stephanie Vecer. She was not on the actual show tonight, 767 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:05.079 but she was there. During one of the commercial breaks, 768 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:08.559 she was interviewed up on the concourse by Byron Saxton 769 00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:13.239 and he was asking her about the Battle Royal, and 770 00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:15.480 she talked about, you know how important it is, so 771 00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:17.199 she's going to be in it. They're sticking her in 772 00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:20.079 a Battle Royal. I wish there was something better for 773 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.760 her to do on that show, but at least there's 774 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:26.159 a future World Championship match on the line, Like there 775 00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:30.719 is something tangible at stake, something kind of important. So 776 00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:33.280 at least there's something in there for her to fight for. 777 00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:36.920 Hopefully she wins and then she can challenge whoever the 778 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:39.920 champion is in Paris. How about ariar Ripley Stephanie the 779 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.559 care match at Clash in Paris. I mean, I know 780 00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:46.519 that could be a WrestleMania match one day, but I'd 781 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:52.880 love to see it could happen. Backstage, Jackie Redman interviewed 782 00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:56.480 American maid Ivy Nile talked about winning the Battle Royal 783 00:43:56.519 --> 00:44:01.519 at Evolution. That's kind of funny, Yeah, she's gonna win 784 00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:06.559 the Battle Royal, she said that Evolution. Yeah, I'm sure, 785 00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:12.679 so all of a sudden as she's speaking, who shows up. 786 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:17.639 But El Grande Americano. And he looks a little bit different. 787 00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:22.840 He looks a little bit leaner, a little taller, and 788 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:25.639 Brutus Creed is just I mean, all the members of 789 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:28.880 American Maid and Jackie, they're all blown away by this. 790 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:34.639 And Brutus went to go make a comment and Ivy 791 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:37.960 stopped him and said, you know, don't basically, don't say anything, 792 00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:41.760 but yeah. He walked off after that, and it was 793 00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:48.280 very clearly Ludwig Kaiser. So now we have a German luchador. 794 00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:52.199 This is gonna be Ludwig Kaiser's new gimmick now, at 795 00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.599 least until Chad Gable gets back. He is now playing 796 00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:59.320 the role of El Grande Americano. And on the one hand, 797 00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:03.679 I thin it's kind of hilarious that they took of 798 00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:05.800 all people, the German guy on the roster and are 799 00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:10.519 going to make him a Mexican luchador. Okay, that's kind 800 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:14.519 of amusing. On the other hand, it's also an indictment 801 00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:17.400 that this is what they have come up with for 802 00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:20.960 him to do, because he has no role on the 803 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:24.920 show whatsoever. He was getting pushed to the extent that 804 00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:27.239 he was at least getting TV time, and he was 805 00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:33.320 working matches, and then one day it just ended. No 806 00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:36.400 rhyme or reason, no explanation, no reports of him being 807 00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:39.639 injured or punished or any As a matter of fact, 808 00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:43.039 you can trace it all the way back to when 809 00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:49.280 Charlotte Flair mentioned Kaiser that awful segment with Tiffany Stratton 810 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:52.320 and their lead up to WrestleMania. I don't think he 811 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.119 has really been on television up until last week when 812 00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:57.480 he was creeping in the background. I don't think he 813 00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:01.039 had been on television since then. It's kind of like 814 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:03.320 when Tiffany Stratton threw out the first pitch for the 815 00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:08.199 Mets and they've sucked ever since. They've won like two games. 816 00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:13.480 They have been on a horrendous losing streak. I blame her. 817 00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:17.639 She threw that first pitch. She overthrew the pitch. I 818 00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:20.000 don't know. It's like she put a friggin voodoo curse 819 00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:28.960 on this team. Ridiculous. So anyway, it's like, yeah, it's 820 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:32.679 amusing and it could be entertaining, but it's also pretty 821 00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:36.519 fucking sad. When this guy could be competing for the 822 00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:40.119 Intercontinental Championship with the US Championship on the other he 823 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.880 could be doing something you know, meaningful as like a 824 00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:47.039 serious star, and it's like, well, we're not doing anything 825 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.360 with him, so why don't we put him in the mask? 826 00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:52.079 It'll be funny. He could be a comedy guy in 827 00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:57.599 the show, all right. At least they found a way 828 00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:59.960 to keep the gimmick alive. Like I was wondering after 829 00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:02.440 the initial segment with Gable, which I'm sure was tape 830 00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:05.880 last week, that initial segment in the back with Gable, 831 00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:08.519 I actually was thinking, like, how can they keep this going? 832 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.360 Is there somebody else on the roster, maybe at the 833 00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:14.880 PC or from NXT that kind of has a similar 834 00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:17.920 build to Gable? And then this guy showed up and 835 00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:19.960 I said, Okay, well I guess that idea is out 836 00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:28.079 the window. Okay, well we'll see you. Forgot about that 837 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:33.440 whack ass promo? Oh I haven't, I haven't. I remember 838 00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:36.519 all the Tiffany Charlotte stuff in the build up to WrestleMania. 839 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:43.440 I'm not sure Tiffany is to blame for your bullpen collapse. 840 00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:45.519 She's to blame for all of it. I'm putting it 841 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:49.360 all on her. This is all her fault, and so 842 00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:51.960 her punishment is that she has to lose her Championship. 843 00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:56.519 That's her punishment. No later than SummerSlam, Tiffany Stratton will 844 00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:59.079 no longer be the women's champion. I'm putting a curse 845 00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:02.639 on her right now, remember my little voodoo doll. I'm 846 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:04.400 gonna pull it out after. I'm gonna put a curse 847 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:07.719 on Tiffany Stratton that she loses her title. No later 848 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:13.880 than SummerSlam Evolution or Summer Slam. She's done. She's finished 849 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:20.079 until this team starts winning again. Ridiculous. So then Jackie, 850 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:24.480 after all this Americano stuff, she spots Sammy's Ain off 851 00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:26.519 in the distance, so she goes over to talk to Sammy. 852 00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:28.840 He's getting his fists all taped up in preparation for 853 00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:32.239 the main event later and before he could say anything, 854 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:37.280 he gets attacked by Carrying Cross, who of course lost 855 00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:41.079 to Sammy's Ain at Night of champions so Cross was 856 00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:43.480 still wanting him to say it. He's yelling at him 857 00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:45.840 say it. Sam I was right, and he picked up 858 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:48.760 a pipe that was laying on the floor nearby, hit 859 00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.639 Sammy in the midsection with it, and then officials came 860 00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:55.519 over to separate them. So it's like, all right, then, 861 00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:57.760 at least we know this is not a one and done. 862 00:48:57.760 --> 00:49:00.719 This feud is going to continue, and there's a very 863 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:02.320 good chance Sammy is going to beat him for a 864 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:06.320 second time. But right, hey, there's always hope. If there's 865 00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:08.760 going to be a second match, maybe he wins one. 866 00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:12.320 Probably not, but maybe. But I was thinking, Okay, it 867 00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:15.039 might be one and done, and I just hope that 868 00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:17.719 they have something else in mind for Cross. And then 869 00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:20.039 I saw him attack Sammy and I said, this is good. 870 00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:22.880 This is good because that means this is going to continue. 871 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:24.760 Maybe he'll get a maybe he'll get a Summer Slam 872 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:28.280 match or a Saturday Night's main event match out of it. 873 00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:30.079 It may not have a happy ending for Cross, but 874 00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:32.199 at least it's going to continue for a few weeks longer. 875 00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:40.639 After this, we had the World Heavyweight Champion Gunther out 876 00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:43.119 to the ring to address his Saturday Night's main event 877 00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:49.320 match against Goulberg, and he has to say he's very impressed. 878 00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:53.239 We all saw the video highlighting Goldberg's greatest career moments. 879 00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:58.119 This is my favorite part. He said. It was violent, 880 00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:04.119 it was brutal, destructive, but like his matches, all summed 881 00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:08.000 up for you in three minutes, look at this gun 882 00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:11.840 through with the jokes gun through with the jokes on 883 00:50:11.880 --> 00:50:14.639 this show, he has very like low Key, turned into 884 00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:19.800 one of my favorite promo guys on either show. Like 885 00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:23.719 obviously he's not in the category with the rock or 886 00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:25.880 you know, some of the great promo. He's not fucking 887 00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:29.719 Paul Hayman out there, But just like low Key, very like, 888 00:50:29.800 --> 00:50:32.679 very subtle, he has turned into a very entertaining promo, 889 00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:36.880 very sarcastic, very dry wit. Right that fucking grin on 890 00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:40.920 his face, I love it, says Bill Goldberg has every 891 00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:43.559 right to claim that he's the most feared man of 892 00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:46.719 his generation, but he is not afraid of what's left 893 00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:49.760 of Bill Goldberg. He's a fifty eight year old man 894 00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:52.880 who wants to ride out his career on his coattails, 895 00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:58.440 one last hurrah at his expense. Says that is definitely 896 00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:01.719 not going to happen. Oh, Goldberg is not capable of 897 00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:03.800 winning the world title from him, and he knows that 898 00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:07.679 he's very capable of beating Goldberg in under three minutes, 899 00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:12.239 But beating him in under three minutes is not his goal. 900 00:51:12.679 --> 00:51:15.159 His goal is to take his time and blow him up, 901 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:18.159 outclass him, and embarrass him in front of everybody that 902 00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:21.239 is near and dear to him. So he heard Goldberg 903 00:51:21.320 --> 00:51:25.159 say that he doesn't like bullies. So Bill, too bad, 904 00:51:25.239 --> 00:51:28.360 you bumped into the biggest bully around here at Saturday 905 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:31.480 Night's main event. I'm going to bully you. I'm going 906 00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:33.760 to push you around and treat you like a piece 907 00:51:33.800 --> 00:51:37.239 of crap and there's nothing you can do about it. 908 00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:40.400 And for anybody wondering if Goldberg still has it, he's 909 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:43.320 going to expose that he never had it, and it'll 910 00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:48.360 be on Gunther to ask the question, who's next. And 911 00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:52.599 at that point we heard burn it down outwalk mister 912 00:51:52.679 --> 00:51:56.880 Money in the Bank seth Rawlins definitely not one of 913 00:51:56.920 --> 00:52:00.440 my favorite promos on this show. He walked out with 914 00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.960 his oracle, Paul Haim and they have a brand new 915 00:52:03.000 --> 00:52:04.840 Money in the Bank briefcase. By the way, they've given 916 00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:08.440 it a makeover. It is now black and gold. It 917 00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:12.239 looks much better. Black and gold my favorite era of NXT. 918 00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:17.920 Gunther made fun of Rollins for traveling so far, all 919 00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:22.119 the way to Saudi Arabia to accomplish nothing, and Rollins 920 00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:24.280 laughed and said that we didn't go to Night of 921 00:52:24.360 --> 00:52:27.559 Champions to cash in Money in the Bank. On John Cena. 922 00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:31.199 So for the last two years I have said that 923 00:52:31.239 --> 00:52:34.159 if there is breath in my lungs, CM Punk will 924 00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:37.000 not be a world champion in this company. And they 925 00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:39.320 flew all the way across the world to stand on 926 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:42.400 that business. But when they won the money in the 927 00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:44.320 bank contract, he told the world that it was going 928 00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:47.280 to be an all out assault on both world titles. 929 00:52:47.760 --> 00:52:53.400 So let me repeat, congratulations, Champ. And he looked down 930 00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:56.880 at the title around Gunther's waist. Then we heard Cult 931 00:52:56.960 --> 00:53:00.800 of Personality. Out came CM Punk. He ran down to 932 00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:04.239 the ring. Gunther backed into the corner just to take 933 00:53:04.280 --> 00:53:07.320 it all in and watch as Punk and Rolin started 934 00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:10.760 slugging it out. He knock Seth down. Rollins retreated into 935 00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:15.079 the crowd. Punk stood on the ropes and watched him 936 00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:17.960 and called him a coward. And then Punk climbed down 937 00:53:18.519 --> 00:53:20.199 and he went to go leave the ring, and in 938 00:53:20.559 --> 00:53:22.719 doing so, because Gunh had moved to the middle of 939 00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:25.280 the ring, he walked right past guntherro but Gunther grabbed 940 00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:27.960 him by the arm to kind of spin him around, 941 00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:31.880 and Punk shoved him down to the mat, and then 942 00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:33.639 he looked down at gun Through and he told him 943 00:53:33.639 --> 00:53:37.800 to stay out of his business. Now, Rollins was amused 944 00:53:37.840 --> 00:53:41.320 by all this because he's watching from the stands and 945 00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:44.039 all of a sudden you can see behind him and 946 00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:47.440 he is completely oblivious to this, and unaware of this 947 00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:51.360 is La Knight, La Night. He's eating some popcorns, so 948 00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:53.920 when Rollins turns around, he throws the popcorn in his 949 00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:57.199 face and they start fighting, and Rollins is trying to 950 00:53:57.199 --> 00:54:01.199 get away, so they fought over. We were into the 951 00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:06.519 concourse area outside where all the concessions are, and conveniently 952 00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:10.360 both sides blocked off. You see rows of fans, but 953 00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:14.840 it's blocked off so they can fight. And Rollins grabbed 954 00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:16.559 a drink from one of the concessions. I don't know 955 00:54:16.599 --> 00:54:18.360 if it was a beer, if it was a soda, 956 00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:21.559 whatever it was, he threw it in Knight's face and 957 00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:24.480 then he ran away. And they did announce later in 958 00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:27.639 the show, they made it official that a week from Saturday, 959 00:54:28.119 --> 00:54:31.159 Saturday Night's main event. Yes, it's coming up pretty quick. 960 00:54:31.719 --> 00:54:34.760 It will be La Night one on one against Seth Rowlins. 961 00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:37.400 But let me go back to what we saw here 962 00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:41.800 in this segment. Right. Other than Gunther's very entertaining promo, 963 00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:46.559 this feels to me. The other question I was asking, 964 00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:50.320 other than what does Rhea Ripley do at SummerSlam, I've 965 00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:54.639 been wondering what does Gunther do at SummerSlam? God forbid 966 00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:58.400 he loses to Goldberg at Saturday Night's main event, because 967 00:54:58.400 --> 00:54:59.920 that would be about the worst thing they could do. 968 00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:03.559 So let's hope and assume that he's going to walk 969 00:55:03.599 --> 00:55:06.719 into SummerSlam as the defending champion. Who does he defend against? 970 00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:09.280 And then they might kept coming back to with Cmpunk 971 00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:12.559 because nobody else seemed to really make sense. This feels 972 00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:14.639 to me like we may be heading for a triple 973 00:55:14.639 --> 00:55:17.039 threat match. Now you look at that and go, well, 974 00:55:17.719 --> 00:55:20.039 you could do that, but Rollins has the money in 975 00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:24.000 the bank briefcase. Yeah, but so what like My response 976 00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:26.239 to that is, so, what triple threat match makes all 977 00:55:26.239 --> 00:55:27.880 the sense in the world After what we saw here 978 00:55:27.880 --> 00:55:31.519 in this segment. Rollins has interrupted Gunther now multiple times, 979 00:55:32.960 --> 00:55:35.039 and we all know Punk wants his hands on Seth. 980 00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:38.039 Seth wants his hands on Punk, and now for the 981 00:55:38.039 --> 00:55:41.039 first time, we had an interaction between Punk and Gunther. 982 00:55:41.760 --> 00:55:44.840 So all three are now connected. There's connective tissue now 983 00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:48.360 between all three of these men. Rollins may have the briefcase, 984 00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:50.719 But so what, that's his insurance policy. Just because he 985 00:55:50.760 --> 00:55:52.559 won money in the bank doesn't mean that he can't 986 00:55:52.559 --> 00:55:54.440 work his way into the world title picture for the 987 00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:57.880 rest of the year. He still has the briefcase. He 988 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.760 could lose at Summer Slam and still cash in money 989 00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:02.719 in the bank at some point to win the world title, 990 00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:04.679 or if he wants to, he could try to win 991 00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:07.440 both belts. He could win the world title at Summer 992 00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:09.719 Slim and then cash in for the WWE title if 993 00:56:09.719 --> 00:56:13.320 you wanted to. So him having the briefcase I don't 994 00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:17.639 think precludes him from being included in a triple threat 995 00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:23.000 match at SummerSlam without cashing in. That's the match. That 996 00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:25.400 is the match as I look at it now, that 997 00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:29.199 makes sense as your raw main event for Summerslim this year. 998 00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:32.039 What they do with the money in the bank briefcase 999 00:56:32.079 --> 00:56:36.239 is it's almost inconsequential. It almost doesn't even matter. I'm 1000 00:56:36.280 --> 00:56:40.199 sure it'll factor into things, but that shouldn't stop them 1001 00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:43.559 from including Seth in this. I am more interested in 1002 00:56:43.679 --> 00:56:48.880 that than just doing another punkin rollin singles match, Like, 1003 00:56:48.920 --> 00:56:53.960 how do you even end it? Helena Sell? We already 1004 00:56:53.960 --> 00:56:56.079 did that less than a year ago with punkin MacIntyre. 1005 00:56:56.599 --> 00:56:58.840 That was an incredible match. I find it hard to 1006 00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:01.760 believe that these two are going to be able to 1007 00:57:01.760 --> 00:57:05.840 top what we got with punkin McIntire. You throw Gunther 1008 00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:09.159 in the mix. I find them more appealing than just 1009 00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:14.159 doing the singles match between Seth and Punk. You could 1010 00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:16.840 do punkin gun through one on one, but Rollins is clearly, 1011 00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:19.719 you know, going to be involved here in some way. 1012 00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:22.239 Had they not announced him in La Night for Saturday 1013 00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:24.400 Nights Made Event, I might have said, well, okay, maybe 1014 00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:29.119 you do punkin Gunther and do Rollins against Night at SummerSlam, 1015 00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:33.280 and then Punk will probably cash in during punkin Gunther. 1016 00:57:33.400 --> 00:57:37.000 But you know they're doing the matches Saturday Nights Made Event, 1017 00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:40.280 so I don't think that's going to happen. Backstage, the 1018 00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:43.760 judgment day was celebrating. They were in a celebratory mood. 1019 00:57:45.360 --> 00:57:48.280 Roxane Perez happily held up her new women's tag team 1020 00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:52.000 title belt. Raquel was very upset that they were replacing 1021 00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:54.840 liv Morgan so quickly. She just went down. See this 1022 00:57:54.880 --> 00:58:00.320 is why Hook has issues with the Ops, because he 1023 00:58:00.360 --> 00:58:03.440 got hurt and they replaced him so quickly with Powerhouse 1024 00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:05.400 Hobbs and they won the trios titles, and he feels 1025 00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:08.719 like the odd man out here. So Raquel was very upset. 1026 00:58:09.159 --> 00:58:12.360 She says, Lives is already rehabbing, very hard, trying to 1027 00:58:12.400 --> 00:58:15.280 come back. Baler said, look, I know from experience how 1028 00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:18.119 hard it is to recover from a shoulder injury. She's 1029 00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:20.800 going to be out for a while. He said, I 1030 00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:23.679 was just concerned that you stay champion. I thought it 1031 00:58:23.719 --> 00:58:25.920 was very unfair for them to try to strip the 1032 00:58:25.960 --> 00:58:30.000 title from you. And so she reluctantly agreed. She understood 1033 00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:32.880 where he was coming from. Balor called for a vote, 1034 00:58:33.159 --> 00:58:35.800 So let's take a vote to declare Roxane Perez an 1035 00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:39.519 official member of the Judgment tee. Which is rich coming 1036 00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:41.800 from someone who, for weeks and weeks and weeks on 1037 00:58:41.840 --> 00:58:45.559 television many months ago, was telling Dominic Bisterio no new members. 1038 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:48.440 Finn Balor was all too eager to add a new 1039 00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:51.719 member here. And they voted, and they all voted yes. 1040 00:58:52.440 --> 00:58:56.519 Dominic and Raquel very reluctantly did but they did vote yes, 1041 00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:01.039 and Balor was very happy about this. Roxanne Perez is 1042 00:59:01.039 --> 00:59:05.239 now an official member of the Judgment Day See the 1043 00:59:05.239 --> 00:59:08.400 Ground Hug saw his shadow and so that means at 1044 00:59:08.480 --> 00:59:11.880 least six more months of the Judgment Day, because there's 1045 00:59:11.960 --> 00:59:14.119 no way the Judgment Day can end now until liv 1046 00:59:14.199 --> 00:59:18.119 Morgan comes back. They're guaranteed to exist at least until 1047 00:59:18.159 --> 00:59:21.880 she comes back. So if you're sick of the Judgment Day, 1048 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:27.280 too bad, because they're not going anywhere. We had Bailey 1049 00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:33.519 one on one with Lyra Valkyria. Bailey targeted Lyra's back 1050 00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:36.880 apply to Boston Crab until Lyra got a rope break. 1051 00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:40.760 They collided with dueling crossbody attempts ahead of a commercial. 1052 00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:45.119 Lyra took over, but if you weren't watching this with 1053 00:59:45.199 --> 00:59:48.599 your VPN, you missed all of it because her offense 1054 00:59:48.800 --> 00:59:53.480 was contained exclusively to the commercial break. As soon as 1055 00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:57.760 they came back, Bailey hit a superplex. Lyra spilled outside 1056 00:59:57.800 --> 01:00:02.199 the ring after a backsuplex by Bailey, and Bailey followed 1057 01:00:02.199 --> 01:00:05.599 with a leaping elbow drop off the ring steps. Valkyria 1058 01:00:05.679 --> 01:00:08.199 responded with a swinging neck breaker, but Bailey hit a 1059 01:00:08.199 --> 01:00:11.599 sunset flip power bomb out of the corner or into 1060 01:00:11.639 --> 01:00:14.320 the corner for a two count. Valkyria hit a gut 1061 01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:17.400 wrench set out power bomb that looked cool for a 1062 01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:21.320 two They traded cradles that led to a double pin 1063 01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:26.880 spot with both women shoulders down on the mat. Referee 1064 01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:31.199 Jessica Carr called the match a draw. Bailey grabbed Valkyria 1065 01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:33.840 after the match. Lyra, though, turned around and hit a 1066 01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:36.400 clothes line, and they wound up brawling into the crowd 1067 01:00:36.719 --> 01:00:39.840 until officials intervened. As soon as Adam Pierce made the 1068 01:00:39.880 --> 01:00:42.880 announcement and said that the winner of this match would 1069 01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:45.880 get Becky Lynch next, you had to know that this 1070 01:00:46.039 --> 01:00:47.440 was going to be the outcome here. It was going 1071 01:00:47.480 --> 01:00:49.800 to be some kind of a draw or a no contest, 1072 01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:55.360 so that the finish was very predictable. The match was okay. 1073 01:00:56.280 --> 01:00:59.719 The finish though, fell very flat, but it's very clear 1074 01:00:59.719 --> 01:01:04.119 where heading for a triple threat match at Evolution. Jackie 1075 01:01:04.199 --> 01:01:07.639 Redman caught up with see On Punk backstage. Punk said 1076 01:01:07.679 --> 01:01:10.639 that he had receipts for Rollin's, Hayman, bron Braun, Gunther, 1077 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:13.360 and anyone else who got in his way. Punk then 1078 01:01:13.400 --> 01:01:17.079 confronted La Night nearby. He told Knight that Rollins belonged 1079 01:01:17.119 --> 01:01:18.840 to him and to get to the back of the line, 1080 01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:21.719 and Knight said that Punk could have him six out 1081 01:01:21.719 --> 01:01:24.440 of the seven days of the week, but it's Saturday 1082 01:01:24.519 --> 01:01:27.679 night's main event. Rollins is his He is the line, 1083 01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:31.920 he says, and then he yells yeah, right in Punk's 1084 01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:38.119 face and he walked off. And the main event Sammy 1085 01:01:38.199 --> 01:01:43.559 Zain and Penta against bron Breaker and Bronson Reed. Penta 1086 01:01:43.760 --> 01:01:46.639 checked in with Sammy in the back before the match 1087 01:01:47.119 --> 01:01:49.880 to make sure that he was still okay to wrestle. Zay, 1088 01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:52.880 who had his ribs all taped up, indicated that he 1089 01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:56.320 was ready to go. Hell of a medical staff they 1090 01:01:56.320 --> 01:01:59.519 have there, but off he went out to the ring, 1091 01:01:59.679 --> 01:02:02.960 so they entered first. Then backstage at the Gorilla position, 1092 01:02:03.039 --> 01:02:07.440 Paul Hayman was on the phone with Seth, Rollins and Bronson. 1093 01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:12.000 Reid asked him, where's the visionary, which is a totally 1094 01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:15.199 normal thing that a normal human being would say in 1095 01:02:15.199 --> 01:02:21.159 the course of a conversation, Where's the Visionary? I don't know. 1096 01:02:21.159 --> 01:02:26.360 Why don't you ask the oracle? This is the reality era, 1097 01:02:27.360 --> 01:02:30.719 this is now real people talk. Where's the visionary? Well, 1098 01:02:30.840 --> 01:02:33.559 Hayman said that Rollins was already on a jet perfecting 1099 01:02:33.639 --> 01:02:36.599 Plan B, and when Reid wanted to know what Plan 1100 01:02:36.679 --> 01:02:41.119 B was. Before Hayman could answer, bron Breaker walked in 1101 01:02:41.679 --> 01:02:45.199 said the plan is for him to smash whoever got 1102 01:02:45.199 --> 01:02:48.320 in their way. Hayman wasn't sure that was the plan, 1103 01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:51.400 but Breaker didn't care. He told some guy hit my music, 1104 01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:55.280 and now they have a mashup of a bron Breaker's 1105 01:02:55.320 --> 01:02:59.039 theme in Bronson Reid's theme. So early in the match, 1106 01:02:59.239 --> 01:03:02.199 Penta and sam they did the Penta Dance before wiping 1107 01:03:02.239 --> 01:03:05.920 out both opponents with stereo dives. Later on, Zane wiped 1108 01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:08.920 out both men with an Arabian press out to the floor. 1109 01:03:10.519 --> 01:03:12.440 There was a battle in the corner a few minutes 1110 01:03:12.519 --> 01:03:16.559 later that led to Sammy hitting Bronson Reed with a 1111 01:03:16.639 --> 01:03:22.519 Sunset flip power bomb for a near fall. Reid came 1112 01:03:22.599 --> 01:03:24.880 right back with a death valley driver for a two count. 1113 01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:28.079 Breaker knocked Zane over the announced desk with that usual 1114 01:03:28.159 --> 01:03:30.639 leaping clothesline off the apron that wipes both of them 1115 01:03:30.679 --> 01:03:35.159 out went to another commercial. Sammy fought back the moment 1116 01:03:35.239 --> 01:03:37.760 they returned from the break. Who would have predicted such 1117 01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:39.840 a thing, but there it is. The baby Face makes 1118 01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:43.960 his come back and made a hot tag to Penta. 1119 01:03:44.079 --> 01:03:47.880 Hit bron with a flying crossbody, kicked his leg out 1120 01:03:47.880 --> 01:03:51.400 of his leg, hit a sling blade, Penta hit a 1121 01:03:51.480 --> 01:03:53.880 drop kick in the corner and did the arm snap 1122 01:03:54.199 --> 01:03:56.800 to bron Breaker. You know, it's so weird, isn't it. 1123 01:03:56.880 --> 01:04:00.719 How Penta does the arm snap to check a Gable 1124 01:04:01.039 --> 01:04:04.960 in the back last week, and Chad Gable shows up 1125 01:04:05.000 --> 01:04:08.159 this week with his arm in a sling in need 1126 01:04:08.159 --> 01:04:10.840 of surgery, and we're not going to see him for 1127 01:04:10.840 --> 01:04:14.679 a while. And yet here in this match, and basically 1128 01:04:14.760 --> 01:04:17.880 every single match that he's in, he does the arm 1129 01:04:17.960 --> 01:04:21.159 snap and it has no effect on the other person. 1130 01:04:21.159 --> 01:04:24.360 The other person is fine. In fact, not only was 1131 01:04:24.400 --> 01:04:28.480 the other person fine here. Immediately following the arm snap, 1132 01:04:28.800 --> 01:04:33.480 bron Breaker got this man up with a military press 1133 01:04:33.599 --> 01:04:35.920 that got turned into a DDT by Penta, but he 1134 01:04:36.000 --> 01:04:39.280 got him up in a military press after the arm snap. 1135 01:04:41.599 --> 01:04:44.639 So anyway, after the DDT, Paul Hayman sees that things 1136 01:04:44.679 --> 01:04:47.360 are not going their way, so he distracts the referee 1137 01:04:47.400 --> 01:04:49.920 that allowed Bronson Reid to knock Penta down because he 1138 01:04:49.960 --> 01:04:52.920 was up on the top rope. Breaker then followed with 1139 01:04:52.920 --> 01:04:56.559 the Frankensteiner, and Reid followed with the stout power bomb. 1140 01:04:56.760 --> 01:05:00.400 Sammy though broke up the cover Penta of he did 1141 01:05:00.400 --> 01:05:03.519 a tsunami splash, and then he tagged in Sammy's Ain, 1142 01:05:03.559 --> 01:05:06.119 who hit Bron with an exploder into the corner. Zay 1143 01:05:06.239 --> 01:05:10.480 went for a halluvakick Bron though clotheslined him. Instead, Breaker 1144 01:05:10.519 --> 01:05:13.000 went for a spear. Sammy booted him in the face, though. 1145 01:05:13.039 --> 01:05:15.920 As he came off the ropes, Zay tried a vertical 1146 01:05:15.920 --> 01:05:18.800 suplex on Bronzon Read, which seems like a very stupid 1147 01:05:18.800 --> 01:05:21.880 thing for someone with bad ribs to do. His ribs 1148 01:05:21.880 --> 01:05:23.920 are all taped up. I know what I'll do. I'll 1149 01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:27.360 try to supplex the three hundred pound man. And that 1150 01:05:27.519 --> 01:05:31.239 wasn't working out too well for him. Penta, though attacked 1151 01:05:31.280 --> 01:05:33.639 Red from the apron. He gave him a hangman basically 1152 01:05:33.639 --> 01:05:36.639 across the top rope, and then Zain managed to lift 1153 01:05:36.719 --> 01:05:38.880 up Reed and he delivered a sup plex and he 1154 01:05:38.960 --> 01:05:40.719 got a big reaction. There he is. Look how happy 1155 01:05:40.800 --> 01:05:44.159 he is, Sammy Zay popping up on screen. Look at that. 1156 01:05:44.159 --> 01:05:45.920 That's the look he had on his face after he 1157 01:05:45.960 --> 01:05:49.400 suplex is three hundred pound men. Actually he should I 1158 01:05:49.679 --> 01:05:51.920 mentioned this the other day. He's trimmed down, you know, 1159 01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:56.199 Bronson Reid, He's slimmed out a little bit. Yeah, he's 1160 01:05:56.199 --> 01:06:00.239 a cool two ninety four now, so anyway big for 1161 01:06:00.320 --> 01:06:03.119 that spot, but it didn't matter because bron Breaker the 1162 01:06:03.199 --> 01:06:05.880 Legal Man, followed that with a spear and then he 1163 01:06:05.920 --> 01:06:09.039 pinned Sammy to win the match, so it didn't matter 1164 01:06:09.039 --> 01:06:11.679 in the end. After the match, Penta went to go 1165 01:06:11.800 --> 01:06:15.599 check on Sammy, so bron speared him as well. Reid 1166 01:06:15.679 --> 01:06:18.760 went up for a tsunami, but the yeat Man's music hit. 1167 01:06:18.840 --> 01:06:22.920 I forgot all about this guy. I forgot all about 1168 01:06:22.960 --> 01:06:26.280 this man. But he got a huge reaction and he 1169 01:06:26.360 --> 01:06:28.039 walked out and he had a steel chair in his 1170 01:06:28.079 --> 01:06:30.800 hand and he hit bron Breaker with the chair in 1171 01:06:30.840 --> 01:06:33.679 the aisle. He used the chair as a weapon on 1172 01:06:33.719 --> 01:06:36.519 Bronson Reid in the ring, including chucking it at his face, 1173 01:06:37.239 --> 01:06:40.440 and Reid ended up falling out of the ring through 1174 01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:44.519 the ropes to the floor, and Jay stood tall to 1175 01:06:44.599 --> 01:06:47.639 close out the show with Sammy's ain and with Penta, 1176 01:06:48.880 --> 01:06:50.800 and they kind of gave you the impression that maybe 1177 01:06:50.840 --> 01:06:52.559 we were going to get a six man tag soon, 1178 01:06:52.639 --> 01:06:55.079 but I don't know if that's the case or not. 1179 01:06:56.039 --> 01:06:57.960 In ring, there was some good stuff on this show 1180 01:06:58.000 --> 01:07:01.559 that really is what carried this show. They moved certain 1181 01:07:01.599 --> 01:07:04.800 stories along. It was not a very interesting show to me. 1182 01:07:05.679 --> 01:07:08.280 It was kind of dull in parts, but the main 1183 01:07:08.320 --> 01:07:11.800 event the tag team title change, which was really fun 1184 01:07:11.800 --> 01:07:14.920 and the best thing on the entire show, and the russev. 1185 01:07:14.920 --> 01:07:18.400 Seamus match, what that turned into. That really was the 1186 01:07:18.440 --> 01:07:21.519 highlight of the show. Those three matches were the highlight 1187 01:07:21.599 --> 01:07:24.880 for me. We got some evolution announcements, but we had 1188 01:07:24.880 --> 01:07:27.239 to because again the show is less than two weeks away. 1189 01:07:27.519 --> 01:07:30.039 It's all built around the women. You got to let 1190 01:07:30.039 --> 01:07:33.039 people know what's going on here, Rhea, Ripley and EO. Sky. 1191 01:07:33.119 --> 01:07:34.920 That should close the show, That should be the main 1192 01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:37.679 event of the show. It sure feels like that Belt's 1193 01:07:37.679 --> 01:07:42.519 going back to Rhea. Maybe not right, Maybe something happens 1194 01:07:42.599 --> 01:07:45.920 that carries over and bleeds over into SummerSlam. But we 1195 01:07:46.000 --> 01:07:49.440 got those announcements, and again, as I speak, they are 1196 01:07:49.480 --> 01:07:52.880 taping SmackDown, which is why Raw aired two hours earlier tonight, 1197 01:07:53.000 --> 01:07:57.599 so beware of spoilers. SmackDown is also two hours this Friday. 1198 01:07:58.360 --> 01:08:02.800 I'm got check and see airing earlier on Netflix in 1199 01:08:03.119 --> 01:08:07.880 other countries. I'll probably stream in my normal time since 1200 01:08:07.920 --> 01:08:11.039 I'll be streaming an hour earlier anyway, since it's two hours, 1201 01:08:11.639 --> 01:08:13.599 but maybe I can watch it earlier in the day. 1202 01:08:13.639 --> 01:08:17.720 I don't know. I don't know. Maybe it's airing in 1203 01:08:17.760 --> 01:08:19.880 its normal time. I don't know. If the check and see, 1204 01:08:20.000 --> 01:08:21.399 let's take a look at the twitter, Paul, why don't 1205 01:08:21.399 --> 01:08:23.920 we check that? What did you think of Raw coming 1206 01:08:23.960 --> 01:08:28.279 off night of Champions Seventy one percent thumbs up and 1207 01:08:28.479 --> 01:08:32.720 twenty nine percent thumbs down for tonight's show, the final 1208 01:08:32.920 --> 01:08:36.199 Raw for the month of June. As we blow into 1209 01:08:36.319 --> 01:08:41.359 July now and another kind of mini heat wave we're 1210 01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:43.800 getting here in New York. But go vote at Solo 1211 01:08:43.880 --> 01:08:50.760 Monster on X. That is the place to go. This 1212 01:08:50.840 --> 01:08:52.359 is the place right now. I'm going to read your 1213 01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:58.399 messages and your questions. Kevin says SmackDown will be phoned in. Well, 1214 01:08:58.439 --> 01:08:59.960 you know what that means. SmackDown is going to be 1215 01:09:00.119 --> 01:09:04.439 taped in front of that Pittsburgh crowd. I don't know. Pittsburgh. 1216 01:09:04.479 --> 01:09:08.359 Was one segment they were hot, the next segment they 1217 01:09:08.359 --> 01:09:12.159 were comatos. I think it just depends on what it 1218 01:09:12.199 --> 01:09:15.920 is that they're getting. But you're getting back to back shows, 1219 01:09:16.079 --> 01:09:21.560 it could be tiring. I just don't want them to 1220 01:09:21.560 --> 01:09:23.680 feel like they have to add all that fake crowd 1221 01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:28.880 noise in like when they tape these shows. Ugh, they 1222 01:09:28.880 --> 01:09:34.119 make it so noticeable. Sometimes I hope not. I hope 1223 01:09:34.119 --> 01:09:38.760 they don't do that. Come on, Pittsburgh. I'm counting on you. 1224 01:09:38.800 --> 01:09:44.319 No crowd sweetening. Today's episode is sponsored by Factor. 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With Survivor series retaining the wargames concept, what 1269 01:12:06.720 --> 01:12:09.000 do you think WWE should do this year to keep 1270 01:12:09.039 --> 01:12:14.840 it fresh? Not do wargames. It's okay to skip a year, 1271 01:12:15.039 --> 01:12:17.880 bring it back next year. But since they're doing it, 1272 01:12:18.399 --> 01:12:22.159 put a top on the cage. I don't need high 1273 01:12:22.199 --> 01:12:25.000 spots in a Wargames match. Put a fucking top on 1274 01:12:25.039 --> 01:12:30.560 the cage. Death Scythe says, once John Cena drops the 1275 01:12:30.680 --> 01:12:34.960 WWE title and turns babyface, he should try to win 1276 01:12:35.079 --> 01:12:38.439 the one title that he has never held, the Intercontinental title, 1277 01:12:38.680 --> 01:12:41.000 and check that off his bucket list and he can 1278 01:12:41.079 --> 01:12:44.359 drop it to someone like Seamus or La Night. No, 1279 01:12:45.640 --> 01:12:48.119 John Sena is not holding the Intercontinental time, I mean, 1280 01:12:48.159 --> 01:12:51.720 I have no interest in seeing it, and I absolutely 1281 01:12:51.760 --> 01:12:53.640 do not believe that that is something they have any 1282 01:12:53.640 --> 01:12:58.199 interest in doing. He will go down as Hogan did, 1283 01:12:59.119 --> 01:13:02.479 as someone who held all of these championships but not 1284 01:13:02.560 --> 01:13:06.239 the intercontinental titles. I don't think hul Cogan pined to 1285 01:13:06.359 --> 01:13:08.840 hold the IC title, and I don't think John Cena 1286 01:13:08.880 --> 01:13:13.319 cares either. Shamus cares. I'd like to see Shamus get 1287 01:13:13.319 --> 01:13:16.720 that title at some point, I don't think Scena cares. 1288 01:13:17.239 --> 01:13:20.039 Dry Chicken says, can we please have the WWE draft. 1289 01:13:20.600 --> 01:13:22.880 I'm ready for a huge shakeup for the Raw and 1290 01:13:22.920 --> 01:13:28.640 SmackDown rosters. I am not hoping for a draft, but 1291 01:13:28.760 --> 01:13:33.760 I am hoping for a transfer window. What does it matter? Honestly, 1292 01:13:34.520 --> 01:13:36.600 like we had La Night Show up on Raw tonight, 1293 01:13:37.399 --> 01:13:40.840 doesn't matter. They can move people around whenever they want to. 1294 01:13:41.760 --> 01:13:44.079 I agree there is some shaking up that needs to 1295 01:13:44.079 --> 01:13:48.199 be done, but not with a draft, at least not 1296 01:13:48.239 --> 01:13:51.359 with a draft the way they do them. Daniel Carlos, though, 1297 01:13:51.880 --> 01:13:53.479 could you explain to me why it would be a 1298 01:13:53.560 --> 01:13:55.800 bad idea to have a three man booth with Corey, 1299 01:13:55.880 --> 01:13:59.199 Pat and Cole. Corey adds so much to the show. 1300 01:13:59.319 --> 01:14:01.640 I know you dis like three men boots just want 1301 01:14:01.640 --> 01:14:04.359 to hear why. I mean, there are some three man 1302 01:14:04.399 --> 01:14:06.680 boots that have been good over the years. I just 1303 01:14:06.720 --> 01:14:09.279 think it's unnecessary. You don't need three people in the booth. 1304 01:14:09.880 --> 01:14:13.560 You can do it, but I don't think that. I 1305 01:14:13.600 --> 01:14:17.520 don't think Graves and McAfee are that different enough that 1306 01:14:17.560 --> 01:14:19.800 we need both of them on commentary at the same time. 1307 01:14:21.680 --> 01:14:24.039 Like when WCW had a three men booth. I'm thinking 1308 01:14:24.039 --> 01:14:26.800 back to the Nitro days, right. If you go back 1309 01:14:26.800 --> 01:14:32.239 to those days, you had Tony Shavanni, you had I mean, 1310 01:14:32.359 --> 01:14:35.159 and they had different teams, so it could be Larry's Abisco, 1311 01:14:35.279 --> 01:14:38.239 it could be you know, different people. But let's say 1312 01:14:38.239 --> 01:14:40.520 you had Shavanni, you had Bobby Heenan, and you had 1313 01:14:40.560 --> 01:14:43.720 Mike Tenay. Shavanni was the play by play guy. He 1314 01:14:43.800 --> 01:14:47.720 was like the host Bobby Heenan, who did sometimes go 1315 01:14:47.800 --> 01:14:50.720 back and forth between heel and babyface in w CW, 1316 01:14:50.840 --> 01:14:53.840 especially during the nWo stuff. But you know, he would 1317 01:14:53.840 --> 01:14:57.159 have some comedic relief or he would play the heel role. Today. 1318 01:14:57.239 --> 01:14:59.680 Was there specifically because of his knowledge of Lucha libre. 1319 01:14:59.720 --> 01:15:01.600 That's what they brought him in, you know, when they 1320 01:15:01.600 --> 01:15:03.399 started using the cruiser weight. So they all had a 1321 01:15:03.520 --> 01:15:07.840 very distinct role to play on the announced team, and 1322 01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:12.159 that made sense. Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross 1323 01:15:13.199 --> 01:15:18.960 similar thing. Vince McMahon and Jr. They overlapped. Not necessary 1324 01:15:19.680 --> 01:15:21.319 per se to have them both on there, but like 1325 01:15:21.439 --> 01:15:24.520 Vince was the straight man, Jr. Was the guy who 1326 01:15:24.560 --> 01:15:28.760 would share more kind of details about people's backgrounds, and 1327 01:15:29.159 --> 01:15:32.199 Lawler was there for comic relief and to be the 1328 01:15:32.239 --> 01:15:34.680 heel and to you know, yell puppies, and that was 1329 01:15:34.680 --> 01:15:38.720 his role. Tell me why we need to see Michael Cole, 1330 01:15:38.760 --> 01:15:43.079 Pat McAfee and Corey Graves on commentary? Does that really 1331 01:15:43.159 --> 01:15:47.479 sound like a necessary trio? Are they really that different? 1332 01:15:49.359 --> 01:15:52.039 I don't think so. But they got three guys in 1333 01:15:52.199 --> 01:15:54.640 NXT right. They have Vic Joseph, they have Corey Graves, 1334 01:15:54.640 --> 01:16:00.039 and they have Booker T. Would I do that? Probably not. 1335 01:16:00.239 --> 01:16:02.600 But we got to put Corey somewhere because Corey got 1336 01:16:02.680 --> 01:16:06.159 taken off the main roster. So he's too good to 1337 01:16:06.199 --> 01:16:09.479 not be doing you know something on these shows, so 1338 01:16:09.520 --> 01:16:14.880 I get it they had to put him somewhere. As 1339 01:16:14.880 --> 01:16:18.399 a general rule, I don't think that these three man 1340 01:16:18.439 --> 01:16:22.159 boots are necessary, but sometimes they make sense in this case. 1341 01:16:22.199 --> 01:16:23.760 I just don't see the point in doing it. I 1342 01:16:23.760 --> 01:16:31.039 don't think it's needed. Zachary says when WCW brought Mark 1343 01:16:31.119 --> 01:16:34.279 Madden in, that was bat well. Mark Madden was just terrible. 1344 01:16:35.119 --> 01:16:39.359 TNA is bringing back Mark Madden for a show. I 1345 01:16:39.399 --> 01:16:48.079 don't know why. I certainly won't be watching it. Dry 1346 01:16:48.159 --> 01:16:50.199 Chicken says the New Day heel turn on RAW has 1347 01:16:50.239 --> 01:16:52.720 been a bust. It's time for a change of scenery. 1348 01:16:52.960 --> 01:16:59.920 Send them to TNA, Triple A or Pro Wrestling. Noah, 1349 01:17:00.079 --> 01:17:02.079 The New Day in TNA would be kind of interesting 1350 01:17:02.199 --> 01:17:04.880 when you consider some of the teams there, including the 1351 01:17:04.880 --> 01:17:14.880 Hardys New Days against the Hardys. Say New Days, New Day, 1352 01:17:15.800 --> 01:17:19.680 New Day, New Day against Hardy's. It's a Slammiversary. Oh 1353 01:17:19.720 --> 01:17:25.960 that reminds me there has been a change. There has 1354 01:17:26.000 --> 01:17:30.079 been an update to the Slammiversary main event. It is 1355 01:17:30.159 --> 01:17:34.239 no longer Joe Hendry against Trick Williams for the TNA 1356 01:17:34.319 --> 01:17:39.039 World Heavyweight Championship. Shockingly, I know it is now a 1357 01:17:39.079 --> 01:17:43.479 triple threat match with Mike Santana against Joe Hendry against 1358 01:17:43.560 --> 01:17:49.520 Trick Williams. So Santino Morella made that official on Twitter 1359 01:17:49.720 --> 01:17:51.479 earlier for those of you who may have missed it. 1360 01:17:56.199 --> 01:17:58.760 Dried Chicken says, let me tell you how seth rollins 1361 01:17:58.840 --> 01:18:01.239 can get more heat bro us. He breaks into CM 1362 01:18:01.319 --> 01:18:05.119 Punk's house, steals Larry for ransom and burns it down, 1363 01:18:08.439 --> 01:18:11.560 says Rhea. Ripley defeats the O sky via DQ due 1364 01:18:11.600 --> 01:18:15.560 to Oscar's interference and sets up a triple threat at SummerSlam. 1365 01:18:15.600 --> 01:18:21.800 Why would Oscar get involved? Why would Oscar interfere? I 1366 01:18:22.000 --> 01:18:33.199 don't I need a reason? Death's I shame we never 1367 01:18:33.279 --> 01:18:38.800 got a feud between Rick Rude and Randy Savage. Yeah, 1368 01:18:38.840 --> 01:18:42.920 that would have been awesome. I can imagine Miss Elizabeth's 1369 01:18:42.920 --> 01:18:45.760 face on Rude's tights. Oh, that would have sent Savage 1370 01:18:45.800 --> 01:18:49.359 over the edge. Are you kidding me? He would have 1371 01:18:49.359 --> 01:18:55.359 been He would have lost his mind, he says. At 1372 01:18:55.359 --> 01:18:58.880 the time, would have been Royal Rumble eighty nine. Savage 1373 01:18:58.880 --> 01:19:02.359 could have still been in the rum and Rude Warrior 1374 01:19:02.399 --> 01:19:06.760 could have had their pose down on the second main 1375 01:19:06.800 --> 01:19:12.720 event show. I think I want to say, maybe they 1376 01:19:12.720 --> 01:19:18.119 had some house show matches, but yeah, I think that 1377 01:19:18.159 --> 01:19:25.119 would have been great. Stupid we never got it, Avili 1378 01:19:26.880 --> 01:19:30.000 with the two hundred dollars bomb? What's up? Solo Monster. 1379 01:19:30.720 --> 01:19:35.520 It is officially Tuesday, July first shout out from Brisbane, Australia. 1380 01:19:35.800 --> 01:19:38.640 When you consider the first time the fans started booing 1381 01:19:38.760 --> 01:19:48.520 John Cena in two thousand and five, was that the question? When? When? 1382 01:19:49.199 --> 01:19:51.319 When do you consider the first time the fans started 1383 01:19:51.359 --> 01:19:53.560 booing John Cena? I think that I think he's asking 1384 01:19:53.560 --> 01:19:58.079 me when they started booing him. Well, I want to 1385 01:19:58.119 --> 01:20:00.600 say it was weren't they already bo him when he 1386 01:20:00.640 --> 01:20:05.319 wrestled Chris Jericho at SummerSlam that year? Right? Those were 1387 01:20:05.399 --> 01:20:08.479 Jericho's final matches before he left for two years. Right, 1388 01:20:08.520 --> 01:20:10.439 he wrestled Seeing at SummerSlam, and then I think they 1389 01:20:10.439 --> 01:20:13.560 had a raw match right where Bischoff fired him. I 1390 01:20:13.560 --> 01:20:16.880 think it was right around that time that the booze started. 1391 01:20:20.199 --> 01:20:25.199 Favorite pizza place he says, Well, it's a local place 1392 01:20:25.239 --> 01:20:28.920 here in New York called Original Original Pizza. They have 1393 01:20:28.960 --> 01:20:32.960 great pizza. But when I was younger, I did have 1394 01:20:33.560 --> 01:20:36.159 I did have a thing for pizza Hut in their 1395 01:20:36.159 --> 01:20:40.079 personal pan pizza, a little small pizza. I used to 1396 01:20:40.159 --> 01:20:42.039 like that when I used to have pizza. In your 1397 01:20:42.079 --> 01:20:46.239 opinion on why WWE doesn't mention Tamna Snooka as part 1398 01:20:46.319 --> 01:20:57.520 of the Samoan dynasty. Why would they I mean, did 1399 01:20:57.520 --> 01:21:00.880 they do like a Samoan roll call every week? I 1400 01:21:00.880 --> 01:21:03.399 mean what context? Would they have a real need to 1401 01:21:03.439 --> 01:21:09.640 even mention her. I don't know when her name would 1402 01:21:09.640 --> 01:21:15.159 even come up. But thank you Havili. I know he's 1403 01:21:15.199 --> 01:21:21.520 got some more questions coming up here. Death Sithe gifted 1404 01:21:21.520 --> 01:21:25.159 membership to Slasher. Yeah, I see YouTube still hasn't uh 1405 01:21:26.880 --> 01:21:28.920 oh wait, maybe they have. They have fixed the names. 1406 01:21:30.199 --> 01:21:35.720 Have they fixed the names? You know? That's funny because 1407 01:21:35.760 --> 01:21:37.920 earlier the names were still fucked up. It still had 1408 01:21:37.960 --> 01:21:40.439 the AT symbol. But I think the names are fixed 1409 01:21:40.439 --> 01:21:43.920 now I'm seeing everybody's names. Let me know. If you're 1410 01:21:43.920 --> 01:21:46.560 seeing your names back to normal, that's great. I thought 1411 01:21:46.560 --> 01:21:50.439 they were going to keep them that way permanently. But 1412 01:21:50.479 --> 01:21:53.760 I'm seeing everybody's names normal now. What a stupid change, 1413 01:21:53.840 --> 01:22:00.720 Unless that was a glitch uh Uffman Entertainment. I know 1414 01:22:00.800 --> 01:22:03.039 in the list, in the super chat list, it's still 1415 01:22:04.960 --> 01:22:07.039 it's not fixed, but in the actual live chat it 1416 01:22:07.079 --> 01:22:10.439 looks like it's fixed. What are the odds that both 1417 01:22:10.520 --> 01:22:13.680 Chad Gable and El Grande Americano are both injured at 1418 01:22:13.720 --> 01:22:18.279 the same time? What are the odds, you know it is. 1419 01:22:19.119 --> 01:22:22.159 It is kind of strange, But then again, we've been 1420 01:22:22.159 --> 01:22:26.279 hearing about so many injuries in wrestling. Is it really 1421 01:22:26.279 --> 01:22:29.960 that surprising. I don't know. It just feels like everybody's 1422 01:22:29.960 --> 01:22:40.399 getting hurt. WWE and AW Alexander Siraya's run with the 1423 01:22:40.399 --> 01:22:45.720 belt was horrible compared to Mariah May's AW title run. Yeah, 1424 01:22:45.760 --> 01:22:48.960 that was that was atrocious too. I can't remember a 1425 01:22:49.000 --> 01:22:52.560 single thing that she did. They literally just I mean, 1426 01:22:52.600 --> 01:22:54.880 they gave her the belt because it was it was Wembley. 1427 01:22:55.000 --> 01:22:58.000 That's the only reason she got the belt. I can't 1428 01:22:58.039 --> 01:23:02.439 remember a single thing she did during her run. Dried 1429 01:23:02.520 --> 01:23:05.239 Chicken says Triple H is playing too safe when it 1430 01:23:05.279 --> 01:23:07.760 comes to booking Eo Sky. No, he's not playing at all. 1431 01:23:08.920 --> 01:23:11.359 There's playing it safe and then there's not even playing 1432 01:23:11.359 --> 01:23:16.039 the game, which is funny because his nickname is the game. 1433 01:23:17.159 --> 01:23:19.960 They haven't been doing anything with yo, So I disagree 1434 01:23:19.960 --> 01:23:28.000 with that statement. Alexander finn Balor shall now be christened 1435 01:23:28.319 --> 01:23:31.199 winn Balor. Well, this week he was Yes, this week 1436 01:23:31.239 --> 01:23:34.960 he was winn Balor. Very soon he will return to 1437 01:23:35.079 --> 01:23:40.840 pinn Balor, scum Dog. I acknowledge you solo. Thank you 1438 01:23:40.880 --> 01:23:42.960 for the stream and podcast. They have really helped me 1439 01:23:43.039 --> 01:23:46.640 during this difficult time. Scum Dog, I'm thinking about your brother. 1440 01:23:46.720 --> 01:23:51.960 I hope things are going okay and we are here 1441 01:23:52.000 --> 01:23:54.479 for you, brother. We're always here. You know how to 1442 01:23:54.479 --> 01:24:02.760 find us. Tad in the chat wants the VPN info. 1443 01:24:03.000 --> 01:24:06.479 It's actually in the description down below. The actual link 1444 01:24:06.840 --> 01:24:11.439 should be in there, but it's ExpressVPN dot com slash 1445 01:24:11.720 --> 01:24:16.079 solemn Monster. So when you use that link, you sign up. 1446 01:24:17.079 --> 01:24:19.640 And when you sign up using the link, yeah, you'll 1447 01:24:19.720 --> 01:24:22.960 pay for whatever the plan is, but you get four 1448 01:24:23.000 --> 01:24:27.319 months free added to it. It's worth it. I actually 1449 01:24:27.319 --> 01:24:33.319 had to just renew Mind because it expired. Uffman Entertainment. 1450 01:24:33.319 --> 01:24:39.920 Who will end first Judgment Day or Bloodlined Judgment Day? Friends? 1451 01:24:40.000 --> 01:24:43.760 Vegeta says. I know everyone is saying how one day 1452 01:24:43.800 --> 01:24:47.560 braun Breaker is going to be Man of NY twenty WrestleManias, 1453 01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:50.640 But to be honest, I'm not feeling it. Barely any 1454 01:24:50.720 --> 01:24:55.560 character and not a good promo. Well, it's a little 1455 01:24:55.600 --> 01:24:58.039 hard to tell when he's, you know, part of a 1456 01:24:58.079 --> 01:25:01.319 faction where his his primary role is to stand in 1457 01:25:01.359 --> 01:25:04.079 the background as an enforcer and not really speak and 1458 01:25:04.119 --> 01:25:06.840 just bark and go Wolf. Eventually there will be a 1459 01:25:06.880 --> 01:25:12.479 break breaker, will break free from Seth Rollins and his crew. 1460 01:25:13.840 --> 01:25:17.079 I think he's in the Batista spot, and I think 1461 01:25:17.119 --> 01:25:19.399 we'll get to see more of his personality at that point. 1462 01:25:19.439 --> 01:25:21.239 He is going to be very limited right now in 1463 01:25:21.319 --> 01:25:24.039 how much talking they allow him to do because he's 1464 01:25:24.039 --> 01:25:26.560 with Hayman. I think this will be good for him 1465 01:25:26.600 --> 01:25:30.279 in the end. But yeah, I mean the role he's 1466 01:25:30.319 --> 01:25:32.359 in right now, he's not really going to be able 1467 01:25:32.399 --> 01:25:35.760 to show off too much of his personality because that's 1468 01:25:35.800 --> 01:25:38.199 not the role they have him in. He's the enforcer, 1469 01:25:39.000 --> 01:25:42.039 He's the ass kicker, He's the silent ass kicker. He 1470 01:25:42.359 --> 01:25:43.840 did a little bit of talking tonight though. In the 1471 01:25:43.880 --> 01:25:48.920 back before the main event, Alexander called me crazy. But 1472 01:25:48.920 --> 01:25:50.880 if Maxine is still training, I think she might be 1473 01:25:50.880 --> 01:25:54.560 an okay heel. She finally snaps because no one takes 1474 01:25:54.560 --> 01:25:59.800 her seriously. I you know, do the tag thing with Natty. 1475 01:26:00.079 --> 01:26:02.359 It's probably the best thing for her right now. Focus 1476 01:26:02.399 --> 01:26:06.399 on that. I wouldn't be turning her heel almost Sapien says, 1477 01:26:06.399 --> 01:26:11.600 why are vampires so easy to fool? Because they are suckers? 1478 01:26:17.920 --> 01:26:25.159 That is true. Alexander plot twist? What a Vinci is 1479 01:26:25.199 --> 01:26:31.880 al Grande Americano when Kaiser wrestles. I don't know if 1480 01:26:31.880 --> 01:26:34.560 those rumors are true. I don't think I don't think 1481 01:26:34.600 --> 01:26:38.640 Kaiser is gonna won Vinci around, So I don't know 1482 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:41.600 what happened to Vinci. I think Vinci Vinci got let go. 1483 01:26:41.680 --> 01:26:44.359 I don't think he's wrestled a single match since then 1484 01:26:44.399 --> 01:26:49.319 that I'm aware of. Nick Grossol. My prediction for Tiffany 1485 01:26:49.359 --> 01:26:53.439 at Evolution is a match with Trish. Also, does Julia 1486 01:26:53.560 --> 01:26:59.960 defend her title at Evolution? She should. Every women's champion 1487 01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:01.520 and ship should be on the line on that show. 1488 01:27:04.960 --> 01:27:07.399 Duff's VIDs. What do you get when you mix ducks 1489 01:27:07.520 --> 01:27:21.520 with fireworks? You get fire quackers, not a brutal Nick Grosso. 1490 01:27:21.680 --> 01:27:24.680 Where is Blake Monroe? She hasn't been on TV since 1491 01:27:24.720 --> 01:27:27.319 Toxic Attraction two point zero put her through a table? 1492 01:27:28.399 --> 01:27:32.199 Is she even going to be at Evolution? Well, isn't 1493 01:27:32.479 --> 01:27:35.680 JC Jane defending her title on that show? She may 1494 01:27:35.680 --> 01:27:40.439 come back on that show. That might be where she 1495 01:27:40.479 --> 01:27:45.600 shows up. Noel Mulligan, thank you for the two bucks. 1496 01:27:45.800 --> 01:27:48.960 Duff's VIDs. What do you call a parrot that flew 1497 01:27:49.119 --> 01:28:05.760 away a polygon. A polygon Yes, terrible dried chicken oscar 1498 01:28:05.920 --> 01:28:08.640 causes a DQ during Ria and EO. So she can 1499 01:28:08.720 --> 01:28:14.520 be the one to take EO's world title belt. Well, 1500 01:28:14.520 --> 01:28:16.199 who cares? I mean, she could get the winner of 1501 01:28:16.199 --> 01:28:18.359 the match, regardless of who wins. What does it matter 1502 01:28:18.359 --> 01:28:21.399 if it's EO or Rhea. I just I don't see 1503 01:28:21.399 --> 01:28:24.560 her just randomly interfering in the match. I just think 1504 01:28:24.560 --> 01:28:30.079 that would be dumb. Bobby means, what is your favorite 1505 01:28:30.239 --> 01:28:35.319 fall brawl of all time? I don't have a favorite 1506 01:28:35.359 --> 01:28:40.359 fall brawl of all time. That was not one of 1507 01:28:40.399 --> 01:28:46.079 my favorite events, So I can't say that one really 1508 01:28:46.119 --> 01:28:50.640 stands out to me. I mean, I know, I mean 1509 01:28:50.800 --> 01:28:53.000 I know of the nWo ones that they did in 1510 01:28:53.039 --> 01:28:55.800 like ninety seven and ninety eight, I don't remember them 1511 01:28:55.800 --> 01:29:00.159 being anything really great. I don't think I have one. 1512 01:29:03.640 --> 01:29:07.920 Joseph Brooks Cherish keep borrow Sell on the fantasy WCW 1513 01:29:08.079 --> 01:29:11.840 versus WWE matches that we should have gotten Stone Cold 1514 01:29:11.840 --> 01:29:18.359 Steve Austin against Bill Goldberg, Undertaker against Sting DX against 1515 01:29:18.399 --> 01:29:26.800 the nWo and the Rock against DDP DX against the 1516 01:29:26.880 --> 01:29:33.399 nWo Undertaker and Sting. Actually, you know what I would 1517 01:29:33.479 --> 01:29:37.159 I would I would cherish Undertaker in sting keep nWo 1518 01:29:37.279 --> 01:29:44.199 against d X, I would borrow Rock and DDP, and 1519 01:29:44.239 --> 01:29:51.920 I would sell on Austin Goldberg too. Similar Arabian Night 1520 01:29:51.960 --> 01:29:55.560 two thousand triple h ruined two great heel turns Sena 1521 01:29:55.600 --> 01:29:58.479 and New Day. It's a crime with how he's booked 1522 01:29:58.479 --> 01:30:01.039 New Day. What a wasted opportunity. I would be pissed 1523 01:30:01.039 --> 01:30:07.159 if I were them two. I can't imagine they're terribly thrilled. 1524 01:30:07.880 --> 01:30:10.319 I don't know if they're pissed, but I don't see 1525 01:30:10.319 --> 01:30:16.279 how they could be totally happy with how things have done. 1526 01:30:17.039 --> 01:30:21.479 Leopard Toes, the backshots Braun could give me would be ungodly. 1527 01:30:21.800 --> 01:30:29.920 Oh my god, Leopard Toes blatch that one. And Jeremy 1528 01:30:29.960 --> 01:30:33.880 Rose sad that Seamus is hanging out with bums of raw, 1529 01:30:36.119 --> 01:30:42.199 calling Russev a bum. One of his best friends Guy 1530 01:30:42.319 --> 01:30:52.439 was probably at his wedding calling him a bum. Well, 1531 01:30:52.439 --> 01:30:56.920 we are currently sitting at four hundred and thirty one likes, 1532 01:30:57.680 --> 01:31:01.000 so you get one round to be the booker. We 1533 01:31:01.039 --> 01:31:03.159 gotta make it count, That's what we gotta do. So 1534 01:31:03.920 --> 01:31:08.399 it is time. Let's do it, ladies and gentlemen, it 1535 01:31:08.520 --> 01:31:13.880 is now time to be the booker. We gotta make 1536 01:31:13.920 --> 01:31:19.640 it count because it is indeed time to be the booker. 1537 01:31:21.760 --> 01:31:24.560 Oh yes, you know who likes tag team wrestling, even 1538 01:31:24.600 --> 01:31:28.439 if Triple H doesn't love it? This guy right here. 1539 01:31:28.479 --> 01:31:31.439 So that's why we always start with tag teams here 1540 01:31:31.479 --> 01:31:35.840 and be the booker. That's what we're gonna do. Let's 1541 01:31:35.840 --> 01:31:42.039 see what tag team match we could come up with. Hey, 1542 01:31:43.359 --> 01:31:48.399 look at this. We got the Hollywood Blondes. It's so weird. 1543 01:31:49.319 --> 01:31:54.159 Never will not be weird. To look at Austin with hair. 1544 01:31:55.359 --> 01:32:01.600 It's just wrong. It's just wrong. Austin and Brian Pelman 1545 01:32:02.000 --> 01:32:10.000 the Hollywood Blondes. And we've landed on a stipulation choose 1546 01:32:10.119 --> 01:32:18.479 two single stars to form a makeshift team. So we 1547 01:32:18.600 --> 01:32:20.880 have to pick a makeshift team. Is that what we 1548 01:32:20.960 --> 01:32:27.560 have to do? I guess, so that's what the rule says. Okay, 1549 01:32:29.720 --> 01:32:31.920 what tag team? This will be very interesting. We are 1550 01:32:31.960 --> 01:32:35.159 basically creating a tag team here that has not existed. 1551 01:32:35.520 --> 01:32:47.359 Most likely we have Ron Killings, Ron Killings and who 1552 01:32:48.399 --> 01:32:53.720 Ron Killings and Diamond Dallas Page as a tag team 1553 01:32:54.000 --> 01:32:58.880 against the Hollywood Blondes. I will give them the best yes, 1554 01:32:58.880 --> 01:33:01.239 it is a can they co exist? Team? You know what? 1555 01:33:01.359 --> 01:33:03.880 I think DDP and Ron Killings would probably make a 1556 01:33:03.880 --> 01:33:09.960 pretty good tag team, especially if it was like young 1557 01:33:10.119 --> 01:33:15.399 ar Truth, like NWA champion Ar Truth. I think the 1558 01:33:15.399 --> 01:33:18.680 potential there is quite good for that to be a 1559 01:33:18.680 --> 01:33:27.000 worthwhile match. Talk about a random team, all right, Well, 1560 01:33:27.119 --> 01:33:29.000 Triple H might not, but maybe we could book e 1561 01:33:29.039 --> 01:33:33.479 Yo Sky. I know she's in there. Let's see women's time. No, 1562 01:33:34.079 --> 01:33:38.239 not a Yo Sky, this is very different. We're booking 1563 01:33:38.319 --> 01:33:43.479 Tessa Blanchard. Here in be the booker. We have booked Tessa. 1564 01:33:45.359 --> 01:33:51.159 I know that'll stir some emotion here. Let's see who 1565 01:33:51.159 --> 01:33:52.840 she's getting in the ring with. It's gonna be Tessa 1566 01:33:52.880 --> 01:34:00.000 Blanchard against Britt Baker. Two people, two figures in women's 1567 01:34:00.039 --> 01:34:05.159 wrestling that I would say have been controversial at different times, 1568 01:34:06.239 --> 01:34:13.039 Britt Baker and Tessa Blanchard. It's a first time ever match, 1569 01:34:14.319 --> 01:34:22.640 never done before. To be the booker exclusive now our 1570 01:34:22.640 --> 01:34:31.600 main event Sammy Gavara. Sammy Gavara in the main event. 1571 01:34:31.680 --> 01:34:36.239 Here in be the booker. Former TNT champion, three time 1572 01:34:36.399 --> 01:34:47.239 TNT champion. I believe uh oh, breaking news, we got 1573 01:34:47.239 --> 01:34:57.600 some breaking news. Everybody alert the authorities. Nails has escaped prison. 1574 01:34:59.079 --> 01:35:05.720 He is armed, he is dangerous. Lock the doors, keep 1575 01:35:05.760 --> 01:35:08.520 the kids inside. You don't want to mess with this guy. 1576 01:35:08.560 --> 01:35:12.680 He's bad news. He tried to kill his boss. Oh 1577 01:35:12.720 --> 01:35:18.439 my god, Nails has escaped prison. I just wanted to 1578 01:35:18.439 --> 01:35:25.640 bring you that very important update. A Vince's sweating as 1579 01:35:25.680 --> 01:35:28.560 we speak. We got breaking news now here and be 1580 01:35:28.600 --> 01:35:39.000 the booker. Sammy Gavara will take on the Rock and 1581 01:35:39.119 --> 01:35:42.680 that gets us to a clean sweep. Not just the Rock, 1582 01:35:42.720 --> 01:35:47.880 but this is the Rock right here. This is Attitude 1583 01:35:47.960 --> 01:35:51.199 Error Rock from the early days of SmackDown. That's his show. 1584 01:35:55.560 --> 01:35:59.279 So we had the Rock against Sammy Gavara, we had 1585 01:35:59.279 --> 01:36:05.399 Britt Baker, Pritt Baker against Tessa Blanchard, and we had 1586 01:36:05.479 --> 01:36:09.159 the Hollywood Blondes against Ron Killings and Diamond Dallas Page. 1587 01:36:11.560 --> 01:36:15.720 That is our card. Yeah, Vince, Vince better be careful, man, better, 1588 01:36:15.760 --> 01:36:20.680 he better hire some security here. Nails is coming for him. 1589 01:36:21.079 --> 01:36:24.359 He's going to finish the job. Couldn't happen to a 1590 01:36:24.439 --> 01:36:30.920 nicer guy. Well, anyway, we'll all be on the lookout. 1591 01:36:32.000 --> 01:36:35.199 Wrap up with these final super chats here Hulkling ninety three, 1592 01:36:35.239 --> 01:36:37.399 I don't agree with the DQ finish. I could see 1593 01:36:37.439 --> 01:36:41.039 WWE having Oscar take issue with EO not choosing her 1594 01:36:41.119 --> 01:36:46.039 for Evolution. Leo didn't hesitate with her choice. All right, 1595 01:36:46.079 --> 01:36:54.439 we'll see that that makes sense. But see when they 1596 01:36:54.479 --> 01:36:56.479 had their I'm trying to remember now when Oscar and 1597 01:36:56.520 --> 01:37:01.000 EO had that little backstage not really confrontation, but they 1598 01:37:01.000 --> 01:37:05.359 had the little backstage run in last week. Didn't SummerSlam 1599 01:37:05.479 --> 01:37:08.159 come up right? Because Oscar, if she had one Queen 1600 01:37:08.199 --> 01:37:09.760 of the Ring, she would have gotten a title match 1601 01:37:09.760 --> 01:37:11.800 at Summer Slam. So I don't remember if the focus 1602 01:37:11.880 --> 01:37:15.600 was really on Summer Slam because Oscar could still potentially 1603 01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:20.479 get a championship match at SummerSlam. Uh Leopoldo coming in 1604 01:37:20.520 --> 01:37:24.920 with a forty dollars drop. The idea of John Cena 1605 01:37:24.960 --> 01:37:28.640 becoming Intercontinental Champion got me thinking about all or nothing 1606 01:37:28.720 --> 01:37:32.680 champions like Brock, Lesnar other than him, anybody else you 1607 01:37:32.760 --> 01:37:37.560 can think of, Hulk, Flair, Taker, They've all won tag titles, 1608 01:37:37.600 --> 01:37:42.000 at least Goldberg as well. It may just be Brock 1609 01:37:45.640 --> 01:37:50.199 Brock was WWE champion, he was universal champion. He was 1610 01:37:50.279 --> 01:37:53.199 never ic, he was never a tag champ, he was 1611 01:37:53.239 --> 01:37:56.920 never universal he was King of the Ring. Does that 1612 01:37:57.000 --> 01:38:00.960 count he won a royal rumble, he won King of 1613 01:38:01.000 --> 01:38:04.399 the Ring. Otherwise, yeah, no other, no other titles for 1614 01:38:04.560 --> 01:38:10.479 other than the UFC title. Of course. That's a good question. 1615 01:38:10.560 --> 01:38:14.279 So were there any other Yoko? Well, no, Yoko's in 1616 01:38:14.279 --> 01:38:20.319 it as a tag team champion. Hmm. I'm sure there 1617 01:38:20.399 --> 01:38:26.880 must have been. I just I don't know. I'd find 1618 01:38:26.920 --> 01:38:29.079 it hard to believe if he was the only one, though, 1619 01:38:29.640 --> 01:38:32.560 that can't be. I mean, you can count Bruno. What 1620 01:38:32.600 --> 01:38:35.720 about Bruno? Did Bruno hold any other titles in the 1621 01:38:35.840 --> 01:38:40.840 WWWF I don't recall him ever being a tag team champion? 1622 01:38:42.680 --> 01:38:48.600 Maybe Bruno? Rick Flair and no, Rick Flair was a 1623 01:38:48.640 --> 01:38:51.920 tag team champion in two thousand and six with Roddy Piper. 1624 01:38:54.159 --> 01:38:58.760 Actually that that's what saved Piper's life was around that time. 1625 01:38:58.800 --> 01:39:00.520 I think he had his bloodsheck the found out that 1626 01:39:00.600 --> 01:39:04.920 he had Oh god, was it lymphoma? That tag team 1627 01:39:04.960 --> 01:39:11.359 title run saved his life. Bob Backlan I think Bob 1628 01:39:11.399 --> 01:39:20.800 Becklan was a tag champion as well. Duff's VIDs. What 1629 01:39:21.119 --> 01:39:26.600 planet isn't single Saturn? It already got a ring on it. 1630 01:39:29.840 --> 01:39:33.079 Angel O Laga seven months of membership, so happy SmackDown 1631 01:39:33.119 --> 01:39:35.920 will be two hours again, three hours is way too long, 1632 01:39:37.079 --> 01:39:41.159 especially for that show hasn't been very exciting for most 1633 01:39:41.159 --> 01:39:44.760 of the last several months, has it? And Paul Carpenter, 1634 01:39:45.199 --> 01:39:52.039 Savage versus Rude happened in Memphis, just checked again. I 1635 01:39:52.039 --> 01:39:55.319 wouldn't be surprised if it did happen on some house shows, 1636 01:39:55.399 --> 01:40:01.239 but maybe Memphis was it. Yeah, the think about the 1637 01:40:01.680 --> 01:40:04.680 WWF back then, there were, especially in the early nineties, 1638 01:40:04.720 --> 01:40:10.600 there were so many feuds that were started like on TV, 1639 01:40:11.960 --> 01:40:15.119 and we never got payoffs or like a like a 1640 01:40:15.159 --> 01:40:19.479 pay per view match or even doing a big match 1641 01:40:19.560 --> 01:40:22.279 like on Superstars. Like there were a lot of feuds 1642 01:40:22.399 --> 01:40:27.520 like that. Actually Nails in the Undertaker is one example, 1643 01:40:27.600 --> 01:40:31.600 but he something happened and he was no longer in 1644 01:40:31.600 --> 01:40:34.239 the company, so that's why that didn't happen. But yeah, 1645 01:40:34.239 --> 01:40:37.359 like Undertaker in Berserker Berserker, he tried to murder him 1646 01:40:37.359 --> 01:40:39.359 with a sword once, and I can't remember them ever 1647 01:40:39.399 --> 01:40:41.359 having any kind of a big match together other than 1648 01:40:41.399 --> 01:40:44.159 probably howse shows. But there were a lot of examples 1649 01:40:44.159 --> 01:40:47.079 of that, you know, and like back then there weren't 1650 01:40:47.079 --> 01:40:49.079 as many pay per views. He had like three of 1651 01:40:49.119 --> 01:40:56.000 them the whole year, maybe four, But because they'll show 1652 01:40:56.039 --> 01:40:58.239 stuff on the vault or they'll have like old episodes 1653 01:40:58.279 --> 01:41:00.680 of Superstars, and I see some of this stuff and 1654 01:41:00.720 --> 01:41:03.520 I'm like, yeah, they really built this thing up, but 1655 01:41:03.560 --> 01:41:07.359 there was never any payoff to it. Yeah, but back then, 1656 01:41:07.399 --> 01:41:09.319 you know, it was the house show business was so 1657 01:41:09.399 --> 01:41:12.960 important back then. That's why they were running an A crew, 1658 01:41:13.000 --> 01:41:15.159 a B crew, a C crew, sometimes a D crew, 1659 01:41:15.199 --> 01:41:17.600 all on the same night, fanned out all over the country. 1660 01:41:17.720 --> 01:41:20.960 Like in many ways, you still lived and died at 1661 01:41:20.960 --> 01:41:23.960 the Gate. And today's just a very different wrestling business. Today. 1662 01:41:23.960 --> 01:41:27.439 It's all about media rights. WWE and AW can get 1663 01:41:28.239 --> 01:41:30.239 you know, high off the hog just from the money 1664 01:41:30.239 --> 01:41:32.039 they make from those media rights deals. And it almost 1665 01:41:32.079 --> 01:41:33.880 doesn't even matter what kind of product they put out 1666 01:41:33.920 --> 01:41:37.840 on TV. It's like they're absolved because they have guaranteed 1667 01:41:37.840 --> 01:41:40.319 money coming. And back then you didn't have that, So 1668 01:41:40.399 --> 01:41:43.039 it was very important to save your best stuff for 1669 01:41:43.119 --> 01:41:45.800 those live events to get people to pay for a 1670 01:41:45.840 --> 01:41:49.079 ticket to come out. It's a very different business now, 1671 01:41:49.399 --> 01:41:52.359 unless you know you're an independent promotion, it's a very 1672 01:41:52.399 --> 01:41:57.079 different business now. Blue Jay says, if Cornett invited you 1673 01:41:57.159 --> 01:42:03.800 to his pah, would you I thought they said pad 1674 01:42:04.640 --> 01:42:10.640 like the Castle. I'm not going to Kentucky. But if 1675 01:42:10.640 --> 01:42:13.319 Cornette invited you to his pod, would you accept. I 1676 01:42:13.800 --> 01:42:16.800 don't know why he would. He's not going to but sure, 1677 01:42:20.840 --> 01:42:23.439 terrible dry Chicken. This dried Chicken has a prediction. Tiffany 1678 01:42:23.479 --> 01:42:26.399 Stratton and Blake Monroe will be a tag team act 1679 01:42:26.560 --> 01:42:34.560 in two years. All right, you heard it here first 1680 01:42:38.159 --> 01:42:43.399 with Sergeants, Slaughter and all or Nothing. He probably was. 1681 01:42:44.720 --> 01:42:46.960 I don't remember him being a tag team champion, so 1682 01:42:47.039 --> 01:42:50.920 he probably was. Did he hold the hardcore title at 1683 01:42:50.920 --> 01:42:54.119 some point? I feel like everybody held that fucking title 1684 01:42:54.199 --> 01:42:57.279 during that period. I don't. I don't think so, though 1685 01:42:58.079 --> 01:43:00.960 you know Patterson and Brisco did. I don't. I don't 1686 01:43:01.000 --> 01:43:08.680 think he did. So. Slaughter probably would qualify Velvet Floor. 1687 01:43:10.239 --> 01:43:13.520 Thank you for the ten dollars. It's getting close to 1688 01:43:13.560 --> 01:43:16.199 ten years since Finn Balor has won a world title. 1689 01:43:16.279 --> 01:43:18.359 Do you think Finn Balor is completely out of the 1690 01:43:18.399 --> 01:43:23.159 world title picture. I can't tell you he's out of 1691 01:43:23.159 --> 01:43:26.159 the world title picture, as in, he will never get 1692 01:43:26.159 --> 01:43:28.039 a title shot. Do I think he will ever be 1693 01:43:28.119 --> 01:43:32.479 a world champion again? I don't. I think his time 1694 01:43:32.520 --> 01:43:41.439 has come and gone, and the oracle not the visionary. 1695 01:43:41.720 --> 01:43:43.800 We have the oracle with the dollar ninety ninety. You 1696 01:43:43.800 --> 01:43:49.520 know if wrestlers listen to your podcast, yes, I know 1697 01:43:49.560 --> 01:43:53.720 of several. I'm not going to tell you who they are, 1698 01:43:55.079 --> 01:44:00.439 but do I know that some listen and pay attention 1699 01:44:00.479 --> 01:44:07.640 to certain things? Yes, yes, some have reached out. Some 1700 01:44:08.560 --> 01:44:11.920 have reached out. We've had some very spicy discussions because 1701 01:44:11.920 --> 01:44:14.159 they occasionally hear things that they don't like. But that's 1702 01:44:14.159 --> 01:44:20.640 okay and we can talk it out. In fact, there 1703 01:44:20.640 --> 01:44:24.439 was somebody on the show tonight who would qualify anyway, Oracle, 1704 01:44:24.479 --> 01:44:27.319 thank you. The next time I am live with you 1705 01:44:27.960 --> 01:44:30.439 will be on Wednesday. That will be for the Dynamite 1706 01:44:30.439 --> 01:44:32.800 post show, and then I will be here on Friday, 1707 01:44:32.840 --> 01:44:36.359 probably normal time, normal being when SmackDown is over, which 1708 01:44:37.680 --> 01:44:43.039 if it's eight to ten, which that's when it will 1709 01:44:43.079 --> 01:44:44.960 be airing. I did say I would try to watch 1710 01:44:45.000 --> 01:44:46.439 it earlier if I could. I don't know if it's 1711 01:44:46.479 --> 01:44:50.239 airing earlier elsewhere, but even if it is eight to 1712 01:44:50.279 --> 01:44:52.680 ten on Friday, I will be live around ten thirty. 1713 01:44:53.239 --> 01:44:54.920 So that's the way it'll be from now on. Now 1714 01:44:54.920 --> 01:44:59.199 that SmackDown is two hours instead of three, which is awesome. 1715 01:45:00.199 --> 01:45:02.520 I will be live on JD's channel tomorrow. That'll be 1716 01:45:02.560 --> 01:45:07.199 episode one oh one of Tuesday Night Titans, so you 1717 01:45:07.239 --> 01:45:08.720 can join us there. We had a hell of a 1718 01:45:08.760 --> 01:45:12.000 show last week, so I'm sure it'll be no different tomorrow. 1719 01:45:12.279 --> 01:45:14.680 So full week of content coming up. Going to be 1720 01:45:14.720 --> 01:45:17.479 a very busy month of July. I hope you will 1721 01:45:17.560 --> 01:45:19.079 join me for it. I hope you will also go 1722 01:45:19.119 --> 01:45:21.439 back and check out episode nine to eighteen of The SoundOff, 1723 01:45:21.880 --> 01:45:25.760 which dropped yesterday on all the usual podcast platforms. That 1724 01:45:25.880 --> 01:45:30.319 is up for your listening pleasure. Be well, stay safe. 1725 01:45:30.560 --> 01:45:32.760 I will see you back here right on this channel, 1726 01:45:32.800 --> 01:45:36.800 this very channel on Wednesday or the aaw Dynamite post show. 1727 01:45:36.840 --> 01:45:39.720 Is we inch closer to all in Texas. This Wednesday 1728 01:45:39.760 --> 01:45:44.199 is Dynamite three hundred. We've got Kazuchka Okada against Kota 1729 01:45:44.239 --> 01:45:47.920 Ibushi and I am sure the return of Kenny Omega 1730 01:45:48.039 --> 01:45:50.239 on that show as well, so it should be a 1731 01:45:50.239 --> 01:45:52.479 good time. I'll see you guys there. Take care,