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<v Speaker 1>Mike from The Bronx. Just a crazy theory that nobody

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<v Speaker 1>is talking about. It seems New Day or going to

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<v Speaker 1>break up. But what if the swerve is that KOFE

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<v Speaker 1>and Woods turn on Big E at the tenth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>so they can get major heat. Because, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>tag teams are thins, so why split up? Just imagine

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<v Speaker 1>Heel New Day blaming Big E for the rut that

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<v Speaker 1>they are in since he got hurt. That would be

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<v Speaker 1>the ultimate swerve. It would be the ultimate swarm. It

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<v Speaker 1>would take some balls too to put some real heat

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<v Speaker 1>on them and turn them Heel that way. It would

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<v Speaker 1>definitely be a swerve. It's business time, baby you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Solo Monsters Sounds Up. I love you Monster.

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<v Speaker 2>Concude, you got grown ass wrustlers in the back going

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter.

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<v Speaker 1>Come oh speak bitch, Come on now you have legs.

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<v Speaker 1>They've made Solo a monster. I was ninety nine percent

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<v Speaker 1>positive it was just chested up. Now what out of

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<v Speaker 1>my contract if I don't get what I want? Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to episode eight ninety one of the Solemn Monster Sounds Off.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Sunday, December eighth, twenty twenty four. I am

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<v Speaker 1>the Solemn Monster. We have a lot of news to

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<v Speaker 1>get into this week. We're going to talk about Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>night's main event. We're going to talk about the possibility

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<v Speaker 1>of a WWE draft, which I'm hoping we do not get.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to talk about the New Day, I gotta talk

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<v Speaker 1>about aw got to talk about a lot of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm sure all of you have heard about this

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<v Speaker 1>story about the execution of the healthcare ceo here in

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<v Speaker 1>New York City, the CEO of I think the largest

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<v Speaker 1>health insurance company in the country, United Healthcare, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was gunned down in cold blood early in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>this week in midtown Manhattan. What's crazy about that is

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<v Speaker 1>I worked in that area up until a few years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>when we still had an office within a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>blocks of where this took place. In fact, that very street,

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<v Speaker 1>on that very sidewalk, I would walk down that block

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<v Speaker 1>every single day to get to the train to go home.

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<v Speaker 1>And what's crazy about it also is you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>healthcare company put up a post on its Facebook page

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<v Speaker 1>in the aftermath of what happened earlier this week, and

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<v Speaker 1>the post had gotten sixty two thousand reactions, and out

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<v Speaker 1>of those sixty two and it's probably a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>than that now. But out of those sixty two thousand reactions,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty seven thousand of those emojis were laughing emojis. What

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<v Speaker 1>does that tell you about the state of healthcare in

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<v Speaker 1>this country? Anyway, let's get into this. If you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to make a PayPal donation, of course, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you can always do so on thesolomonster dot com. You

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<v Speaker 1>could be part of the roll call here show your support.

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<v Speaker 1>If you would like to do so, ten dollars in

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<v Speaker 1>WORL will get you a nickname. Any shout out here

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<v Speaker 1>on the show like Big B, Brian Bessera, the Diamond

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Dance Machine, Harrison's Soep, Velvet Revolver, Robert Murray, the

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<v Speaker 1>Portland pop Star, Paul Hamilton, the Chicago Slayer, Willie Aikert,

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<v Speaker 1>night Stalker, n f Alsaphar, Simon Costello. I also want

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<v Speaker 1>to give a very special shout out to a very

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<v Speaker 1>happy sound off couple, Michael and Leanne. Michael has been

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<v Speaker 1>listening to this podcast from the very beginning, religiously every

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<v Speaker 1>week since two thousand and seven, and the two of

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<v Speaker 1>them have known each other for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>They've only grown closer once they realize they both shared

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<v Speaker 1>a love for wrestling, and not only with each other,

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<v Speaker 1>which is always the sign of a healthy relationship. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>talking pro wrestling. They're even attending their first WrestleMania next

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<v Speaker 1>year in Las Vegas, so I hope I get to

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<v Speaker 1>meet you guys one day. I don't know if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to be in Vegas for Mania, but if not,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully one day we'll make that happen. But I want

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<v Speaker 1>to shout them out as they celebrate their one year

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary together. I know they're on a getaway together this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and when they hear this, oh boy, are they gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hit the roof. But enjoy it. I'm there with you

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<v Speaker 1>in spirit, or at least my voices. And House of

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<v Speaker 1>Glory returns to the NYC Arena on Friday, December twentieth

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<v Speaker 1>for our final show of the year, Live for the

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<v Speaker 1>Moment with the return of Matt and Jeff Hardy, and

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<v Speaker 1>they'll also be doing a meet and greet. Guess who

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<v Speaker 1>else is going to be there doing a meet and greet?

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<v Speaker 1>Ray Phoenix, He's made some headlines this week. Not only

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<v Speaker 1>will he be in attendance doing a meet and greet,

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<v Speaker 1>but he is also promising great news and surprises. I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder what that could be. Zillifa two defends his Crown

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<v Speaker 1>Jewel Championship against Jake Something that's gonna be a hell

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<v Speaker 1>of a match. Meghan Bain the Megasist defends her Hog

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<v Speaker 1>Women's Championship against Ali Catch and Matt Riddle returns the

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<v Speaker 1>take on the day viewing Turbo Whomi Nakuda. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know who Phomy Nakuta is, it's understandable. He

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't made his debut yet, but you are about to

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<v Speaker 1>find out. Back in March, I introduced him to the

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<v Speaker 1>ring and he signed his Hog contract on my back.

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<v Speaker 1>We put pen to paper and we made it official.

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<v Speaker 1>And with an undefeated eight to no record in MMA,

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<v Speaker 1>he is the best flyweight in the world, never been

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<v Speaker 1>knocked out, never been tapped out. And Riddle, of course

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<v Speaker 1>has his own background in MMA, so to see them

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<v Speaker 1>in the ring wrestling together is going to be very interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>The show is sold out from front row to stage seating,

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<v Speaker 1>but general admission tickets are still available. You can get

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<v Speaker 1>them all you can at Hog Wrestling dot Net, as

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<v Speaker 1>well as the tickets to any of the meet and greets,

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<v Speaker 1>and while you're there, you can also buy tickets to

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<v Speaker 1>our Chicago return on January seventeenth, with Ricky Starks making

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<v Speaker 1>his Hog debut against Mike Santana and just announced the

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<v Speaker 1>other day eight days later, Ricky Starr's returns for his

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<v Speaker 1>New York City debut because Hog is running its first

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<v Speaker 1>show of the new year at home on January twenty fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>called Final Warning, and tickets for that event just went

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<v Speaker 1>on sale on Friday. So it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>very busy start to twenty twenty five. Hopefully you guys

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<v Speaker 1>can be part of it now. I mentioned Ray Phoenix.

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<v Speaker 1>His AW deal was reportedly extended after Tony Kahn added

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<v Speaker 1>injury time to his deal with no plans to actually

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<v Speaker 1>use him seemingly. His brother Penta is officially a free

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<v Speaker 1>agent as of last week, and he's free and clear

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<v Speaker 1>to sign anywhere he wants or nowhere at all. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of speculation that he may be the mystery opponent

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<v Speaker 1>that Nick Aldis said he has lined up for Carmelo

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<v Speaker 1>Hayes on SmackDown this Friday. All this never actually used

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<v Speaker 1>the word new to describe this person, but on WWE's

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube channel, they describe his opponent as a new superstar,

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<v Speaker 1>and Penta would fit that. Bill I was gonna say,

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<v Speaker 1>I could see it being Trick Williams if he lost

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<v Speaker 1>the NXT Championship last night to Rich Holland did dead line,

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<v Speaker 1>but he retained and Oba Femi won the Men's Iron

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<v Speaker 1>Survivor Challenge, which makes him the number one contenders. So

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<v Speaker 1>Pento would have to be the favorite right now, I

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<v Speaker 1>would say. Even after last night, he made a surprise

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<v Speaker 1>appearance at the Triple A show and according to Lucha Blog,

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<v Speaker 1>who translated his promo, he basically cut a farewell speech

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<v Speaker 1>and said that he was taking time away to make

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<v Speaker 1>a career decision, and he said that he was saying

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<v Speaker 1>goodbye to Mexican wrestling for now, but this would not

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<v Speaker 1>be the last that we would see of him, and

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<v Speaker 1>he would return to Triple A again someday, So that

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<v Speaker 1>certainly could mean a WWE debut is coming very soon now.

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<v Speaker 1>For his part, Phoenix has not publicly said anything negative

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<v Speaker 1>about AAW He has not tweeted asking for his release

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<v Speaker 1>or anything like that. He hasn't been retweeting other people saying,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, hashtag free Phoenix or anything like that, but

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<v Speaker 1>he has been dropping some cryptic tweets, and one person

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted about how wrong it is that AAW isn't using him,

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<v Speaker 1>and Phoenix replied to that person's tweet saying, I will

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<v Speaker 1>have my chance to speak the truth. And then yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>at four point fifty in the afternoon, he tweeted, no

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<v Speaker 1>one stays in a place where they received inhumane treatment. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if we end up finding out that none of these

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<v Speaker 1>tweets had anything to do with AAW and it's about

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<v Speaker 1>something unrelated like his work, visa or something, and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>is going to end up looking stupid, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>pretty fucked up for him not to specify that, not

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<v Speaker 1>to specify that this is not in reference to AAW,

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<v Speaker 1>because he has to know. The first thing people are

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<v Speaker 1>going to do is assume that it has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with something horrible that AAW is doing to him. As

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<v Speaker 1>far as we know, the only horrible thing that they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing is paying him to sit at home and do nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>So unless there's more to it that we don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>and if there was, I would think Knah probably would

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<v Speaker 1>have said something about it on his podcast, inhumane sounds

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<v Speaker 1>very dramatic. That's a very strong word to use, and

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<v Speaker 1>it just has me wondering what the hell is going

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<v Speaker 1>on here? If it is in reference to AW, this

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<v Speaker 1>could get very ugly, very fast. In due time, he's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have his chance to say what he wants to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he's just you know, feels like

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<v Speaker 1>he's not able to say anything right now. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but this could get very messy before all is said

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<v Speaker 1>and done. I just I just don't think I could

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<v Speaker 1>handle another ra ra speech on Dynamite like the one

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Copeland gave. If my eyes rolled back in my

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<v Speaker 1>head any further, I would look like the Undertaker that

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<v Speaker 1>will go down as one of the low points in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four. And you know, a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of energy gets devoted every single week

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<v Speaker 1>to the AW ratings and how low they've gotten, and

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<v Speaker 1>understandably so, even when you see how much their audience

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<v Speaker 1>has declined over the last five years, it's depressing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the only word for it. It's depressing. You look

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<v Speaker 1>at their Thanksgiving Eve episode. Their Thanksgiving Eve show three

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<v Speaker 1>years ago brought in nine hundred thousand viewers, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it was eight hundred and eighty thousand, and last year

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<v Speaker 1>it was eight hundred and forty five thousand. This year

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred and thirty six thousand, by far the lowest

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<v Speaker 1>they've ever done on that date, the third lowest total

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<v Speaker 1>they've ever done on a Wednesday night in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of the show, and the lowest eighteen to forty nine

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<v Speaker 1>number in the history of the show. Never seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>have an impact on them before on Thanksgiving Eve, but

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<v Speaker 1>this year it did. And this week wasn't much of

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<v Speaker 1>an improvement at five hundred and eighty six thousand. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Continental Classic may give us some great wrestling matches,

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<v Speaker 1>but it has proven to be poisoned as any kind

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<v Speaker 1>of real draw for this company. But I bring this

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<v Speaker 1>up because this was not a great week for WWE

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<v Speaker 1>in the ratings department either. Now, Rod did well, Raw

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<v Speaker 1>actually did really well. On Monday, they got that sweet

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<v Speaker 1>post Survivor series bump one point seven million overnight viewers.

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<v Speaker 1>That's up twelve percent from the week prior. The same

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<v Speaker 1>cannot be said for the SmackDown before Survivor series, which

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<v Speaker 1>averaged one point three four million viewers on the USA network.

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<v Speaker 1>They're lowest total since leaving Fox. That was back in September,

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<v Speaker 1>and that show on Friday, not this past Friday, but

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<v Speaker 1>the friday before included the Roman reigned Sea on Punk

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<v Speaker 1>sit down, which was hyped up all week. Then on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>they randomly trotted Eric Bischoff out on NXT and the

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<v Speaker 1>show proceeded to do its worst ratings in more than

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure there will always be ratings talk, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's Day, so it's not going to exactly be

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<v Speaker 1>fair to just cite the Nielsen numbers anymore for that

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<v Speaker 1>And I doubt Max is going to be reporting those numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>reports really hardly ever anymore, because I mean, there's just

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<v Speaker 1>no point. But I just thought, you know, fair is

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<v Speaker 1>the WWE numbers are still much higher than AAW but

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly a great week for WWE either. Now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to get back to AW in a bit. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not finished with them yet. Only four more episodes though,

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<v Speaker 1>moves back to three hours. I'm already in an early

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<v Speaker 1>you could say what you want to about it. This

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<v Speaker 1>past week's episode is evidence that, yes, you can do

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<v Speaker 1>a great two hour show. The show does not need

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<v Speaker 1>to be three hours just to be great. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm enjoying these final few weeks of two hours because

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<v Speaker 1>hours as well come January, not just RAW, and according

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<v Speaker 1>the following week. We'll find out soon enough. On Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix held a special WWE event at its headquarters in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles with executives as they were mingling with management

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<v Speaker 1>type it's like Paul Leavek and Nick Cohn, and there

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<v Speaker 1>was some talent there. Cody Rhoades, Cmpunk, Seth Rollins. Becky

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<v Speaker 1>At the event, Nick con he dashed the hopes of

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<v Speaker 1>all the fans hoping that this move to Netflix might

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<v Speaker 1>mean a move away from a PG show to something

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<v Speaker 1>more adult oriented. I don't know why people thought that

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be the case to begin with. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they may not have to edit out the crowd chance

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<v Speaker 1>do on USA. Now, I mean, that'll be nice. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they may allow a naughty word or to

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<v Speaker 1>hear or there that you normally wouldn't hear on TV,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not like this is going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>weekly thing. Some people were talking about this like it

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be a return to the Attitude era

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<v Speaker 1>or something. By the way, the edginess of the Attitude

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<v Speaker 1>era it cut both ways. Okay, it gave us some

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<v Speaker 1>amazing content and it also gave us a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>dogshit content that has not aged one wealth. And even

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<v Speaker 1>when it first aired it wasn't very good. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of good and a lot of bad that

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<v Speaker 1>came with that era. But really, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>people were expecting. I mean, do they want blooding guts

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<v Speaker 1>every week. They're already allowing selective blood as it is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when the match calls for it, or when

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<v Speaker 1>the angle calls for it. That's the way it should be. Cussing.

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<v Speaker 1>We already have some of that. We don't need f

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<v Speaker 1>bombs being dropped every week to make the show edgier

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<v Speaker 1>tits an ass evening gown matches. I mean, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>going back to that. I mean, my god, Shane McMahon

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<v Speaker 1>had women dancing in skimpy outfits on Raw Underground and

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<v Speaker 1>there was an entire discourse over how inappropriate and unnecessary

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<v Speaker 1>that was in today's culture. I mean, you think people

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<v Speaker 1>are really going to be able to handle an edgier

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<v Speaker 1>product without erupting into some kind of fake outrage every week.

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<v Speaker 1>Their heads would explode. But this is what Nick con said.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, we're not changing the rating of our program.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's some online chatter about, oh, it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be R rated or for us old folks X rated.

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<v Speaker 1>That's definitely not happening. It's family friendly, multi generational, advertiser

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<v Speaker 1>friendly programming. It's going to stay that way. I would

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<v Speaker 1>look for more global flair, especially as the relationship continues

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<v Speaker 1>to develop. Countries outside of the United States are as

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<v Speaker 1>important to us as the United States is, so we

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<v Speaker 1>have certain targeted countries that are priorities for Netflix, their

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<v Speaker 1>priorities for us. You're going to see more of that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the way you'll see a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a difference. I don't know exactly what he means by that,

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<v Speaker 1>but it could mean more international tapings. It could mean

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<v Speaker 1>featuring more international talent on the show from countries you know,

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<v Speaker 1>or from regions that are important to them. So think

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Kahn, for example, what he's doing now with their

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<v Speaker 1>Fox Sports Mexico deal. Right he wants to feature more

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<v Speaker 1>lucidors like Hologram and the Beast mor TOAs right, I

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<v Speaker 1>think if the Beast mor TOAs ever makes the jump

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<v Speaker 1>to WWA, Tony's gonna need therapy. He's gonna be so upset,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they'll just shorten his name to Morty. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what he'll be in WWE. Pw Insider also reported a

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<v Speaker 1>major change to the way RAW airs going forward. According

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<v Speaker 1>to sources in WWE, the show will air live no

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<v Speaker 1>matter what, regardless of where in the world they may

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<v Speaker 1>be taping any given week. So think of some of

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<v Speaker 1>those European shows, right, those UK raws that air in

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<v Speaker 1>its normal time slot, but the spoilers are around all

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<v Speaker 1>day because it was taped six hours ahead. That will

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<v Speaker 1>no longer be the case. I mean it will be

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<v Speaker 1>if you still wait until eight o'clock at night to

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<v Speaker 1>watch the show, you'll have to avoid spoilers. But the

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<v Speaker 1>show will stream live as it happens on Netflix, and

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<v Speaker 1>then they'll have a video on demand replay going up

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<v Speaker 1>asap after the show ends, so no more tape delays.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to watch the show live, you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to watch the show live, whether it's one o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>in the afternoon, two o'clock in the afternoon, five o'clock,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it is. So I mean, think about that huge

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<v Speaker 1>European tour they have coming up in March. This is

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<v Speaker 1>probably their most ambitious international tour they've ever done pre WrestleMania.

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<v Speaker 1>Normally they go on international tours after WrestleMania. This one's

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<v Speaker 1>the month before WrestleMania, and they're doing an eleven city tour.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to start in Barcelona for SmackDown, which would

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<v Speaker 1>be unaffected by all this, so that'll still be tape delayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they're going to move to Germany, then they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to Belgium, and that Belgium show is a live raw

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<v Speaker 1>and then the next week the show is in Glasgow, Scotland,

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<v Speaker 1>and then London, England after that. So those three shows

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<v Speaker 1>are going to air live in the afternoon over here.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I'm really interested in is where the raw

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<v Speaker 1>archives are going to end up, because I noticed on Peacock.

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<v Speaker 1>You may have noticed this too. It says the entire

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<v Speaker 1>library of raw episodes from nineteen ninety three all the

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<v Speaker 1>way to the modern day are leaving Peacock at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of this month. The same exact thing happened when

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<v Speaker 1>nxteam moved from USA to the CW network, the entire

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<v Speaker 1>library just disappeared. Now, the belief was that they were

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<v Speaker 1>moving into the CW app and you could stream it

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<v Speaker 1>from there, but last I checked, the only thing they

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<v Speaker 1>had available for streaming were the current episodes that they

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<v Speaker 1>archive after they air on the CW. You cannot just

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead right now and find old episodes of NXT

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<v Speaker 1>from before that. We still have no access to that,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's been no clarification on why. There's been no

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<v Speaker 1>clarification on if we're going to get access to them

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<v Speaker 1>again anytime soon, and I'm worried about that. With RAW now,

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<v Speaker 1>I would think they would be shifting over to Netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>because Raw itself is moving over to Netflix, but there's

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<v Speaker 1>still been no clarification from WWE about that. The only

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<v Speaker 1>thing we've heard is Netflix saying that select programming from

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<v Speaker 1>the archives will be available in January. What the hell

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean? Nobody knows. Are they moving to Netflix?

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<v Speaker 1>Are they moving all the episodes to their vault channel

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube Tube? Is that why the vault channel was

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<v Speaker 1>conceived of in the first place, because they knew this

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<v Speaker 1>was coming and they're just gonna put the episodes there.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they've been posting a lot of full shows

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<v Speaker 1>on there recently, but they're completely random. It's not like

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<v Speaker 1>they're organized in any way at least. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>hope if they do this, they could at least create

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of playlist. You know, they're just random uploads.

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<v Speaker 1>We even got a full episode of Shotguns Saturday Night

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<v Speaker 1>from Penn Station. That's the best quality you'll find that

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<v Speaker 1>episode in anywhere. They don't even have those episodes of

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<v Speaker 1>Shotgun on Peacock. Yesterday, I think it was in the

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon yesterday, they streamed an entire episode of Saturday Night's

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<v Speaker 1>main event from nineteen eighty eight. Now they've started posting

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<v Speaker 1>full documentaries. They uploaded the CMPUNG Best in the World documentary.

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<v Speaker 1>They uploaded the Ladies and Gentlemen My Name Is Paul

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<v Speaker 1>Hayman documentary from ten years ago. If they end up

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube, I mean, it's better than nothing, but I

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<v Speaker 1>doubt they're all going up at once. It would probably

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<v Speaker 1>be uploaded piecemeal over time. You know what really sucks

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<v Speaker 1>is not having everything in one centralized place. It's ridiculous,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, having to bounce back and forth between Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I have subscriptions to a bunch of different

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<v Speaker 1>streaming services, but it's all different types of content. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like, you know, I'm watching a particular television show

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<v Speaker 1>and you got two seasons on this service, you got

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<v Speaker 1>one season on that service, you got four seasons on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that would be ridiculous. That's basically what this

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<v Speaker 1>old networks. So I missed the old WWE network so much,

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<v Speaker 1>I really did it. It's one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>creation of the WWE network, the interface, the search function.

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<v Speaker 1>It was so much better than it is on Peacock.

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<v Speaker 1>You really you don't know what you have until it's gone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I feel about the network. WWE is also

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<v Speaker 1>getting back into reality TV with what sounds like a

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<v Speaker 1>new version of Tough Enough that they are calling LFG,

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<v Speaker 1>which does not stand for what you think it stands for.

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<v Speaker 1>It stands for Legends and Future Greats, and the show

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<v Speaker 1>According to a story from the rap. The primary goal

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<v Speaker 1>of LFG will be mentoring the next generation of athletes

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<v Speaker 1>and will include Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Booker

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<v Speaker 1>t Bubba Ray, Dudley, and Mickey James, all mentoring and

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<v Speaker 1>guiding aspiring wrestlers as they compete in the ring with

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<v Speaker 1>WWE contracts on the line. The series will also feature

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<v Speaker 1>behind the scenes content of their training process, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is not clear if this will focus on Performance Center talents,

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<v Speaker 1>which I would assume not since they would already be

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<v Speaker 1>it might involve any of the talents under those new

415
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<v Speaker 1>WWEID deals. They didn't specify that. I guess Bubba Ray

416
00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:01.279
<v Speaker 1>is about to play the role of Bill Mott or

417
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<v Speaker 1>Bob Holly on the old Tough Enough Shows. We have

418
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<v Speaker 1>two new championship matches announced for Saturday night's main event.

419
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<v Speaker 1>That is in addition to the already announced WWE title

420
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<v Speaker 1>match between Cody Rhoads and Kevin Owens in the finals

421
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<v Speaker 1>of the Women's United States Title Tournament. We now have

422
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<v Speaker 1>goother who either has signed or is in the final

423
00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.599
<v Speaker 1>stages of signing a new multi year deal with WWE.

424
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<v Speaker 1>He will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Ballor,

425
00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:33.319
<v Speaker 1>and liv Morgan will defend her Women's World Championship against

426
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<v Speaker 1>EO Sky. Rihea Ripley is going to be wrestling Riquel

427
00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:40.559
<v Speaker 1>Rodriguez on Raw Tomorrow night. They paired Raquel off with

428
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<v Speaker 1>Lives so that Rio would have to first go through

429
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<v Speaker 1>her to get to the champion. And after she does

430
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<v Speaker 1>that tomorrow and Live, I'm sure is going to retain

431
00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:51.279
<v Speaker 1>over EO Sky. That should pave the way for a

432
00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:55.440
<v Speaker 1>Women's World title match on January sixth on Netflix. That

433
00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:58.880
<v Speaker 1>feels like the right time for a title change. Balor

434
00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:02.400
<v Speaker 1>attacked Gunther on Raw Monday Night. He placed Goother in

435
00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:06.240
<v Speaker 1>something of a babyface role by doing that, which feels

436
00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:09.559
<v Speaker 1>a little weird. We're gonna have two heels clashing for

437
00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:12.319
<v Speaker 1>the title, but there's no reason to think that Damian

438
00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:14.039
<v Speaker 1>Priest is not going to get involved there. I mean,

439
00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:17.079
<v Speaker 1>why would he not. I mean Balor cost him the

440
00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:21.079
<v Speaker 1>title twice, so why the hell would Damian Prize not

441
00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:23.440
<v Speaker 1>get involved? And then I think we get a triple

442
00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.680
<v Speaker 1>threat match for the championship with the two of them

443
00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:28.960
<v Speaker 1>and goonth thrown in there. Years ago, we were supposed

444
00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:32.680
<v Speaker 1>to get Walter against Finn Balor at Takeover Dublin, remember that,

445
00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:37.000
<v Speaker 1>and then COVID canceled everything. And now almost five years later,

446
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<v Speaker 1>we're getting it on Saturday Night's main event and the

447
00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.680
<v Speaker 1>two of them are going to have a wrestling match

448
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<v Speaker 1>airing live on NBC. Who could have predicted that scenario

449
00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:52.319
<v Speaker 1>and it's actually happening. WWE has announced, and he's announced

450
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<v Speaker 1>it himself that Jesse the body of Ventura, who was

451
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<v Speaker 1>in the crowd. He was in the front row. They

452
00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.279
<v Speaker 1>were in Minnesota for Down on Friday Night, and there

453
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<v Speaker 1>he was. He will be part of the broadcast team

454
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<v Speaker 1>for Saturday Night's Main Event, not only next weekend, but

455
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<v Speaker 1>for all four annual specials on NBC. He has been

456
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<v Speaker 1>a part of twenty five Saturday Night's Main event specials

457
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<v Speaker 1>in his career. This will be number twenty six. The

458
00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:23.920
<v Speaker 1>news was announced on Friday's episode of the Bill Simmons podcast,

459
00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.400
<v Speaker 1>where Jesse did an interview for about an hour. He said,

460
00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:30.039
<v Speaker 1>it's ironic because it means my career has gone full circle.

461
00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.519
<v Speaker 1>And here's the part I don't understand. They couldn't control

462
00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.200
<v Speaker 1>me before. Why do they think they can control me.

463
00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:41.039
<v Speaker 1>Now that he also confirmed I think I've talked about

464
00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.880
<v Speaker 1>this in the last few weeks. He confirmed that the

465
00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:45.920
<v Speaker 1>show will be a throwback to the classic look and

466
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:50.279
<v Speaker 1>feel of the nineteen eighties. He's claiming no entrance ramped,

467
00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:54.160
<v Speaker 1>none of the usual lighting, but that wrestlers instead are

468
00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:56.920
<v Speaker 1>going to enter and exit through the crowd. I think

469
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<v Speaker 1>if you look at the seating map on Ticketmaster, you

470
00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.799
<v Speaker 1>can get to look at what the seating chart looks like.

471
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<v Speaker 1>It's possible it may be is set up similar to

472
00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:08.279
<v Speaker 1>what we've seen with some of these international shows, but

473
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<v Speaker 1>I'm hoping it is something along the lines of what

474
00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.079
<v Speaker 1>it used to be like. I remember those early Saturday

475
00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:15.559
<v Speaker 1>nights made event shows and how it was almost like

476
00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:18.359
<v Speaker 1>a tunnel. Maybe isn't the right word for it. It's

477
00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.319
<v Speaker 1>not like an aw tunnel, but they come out of

478
00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.559
<v Speaker 1>the crowd. There's this one sort of entrance way and

479
00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:27.720
<v Speaker 1>they come out and there's nothing fancy about it. It's very,

480
00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.119
<v Speaker 1>you know, pared down, very minimalist. But it also allows

481
00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.279
<v Speaker 1>for you to put more people in the building. And

482
00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:36.079
<v Speaker 1>I don't think the show is completely sold out yet,

483
00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:39.000
<v Speaker 1>but by showtime it might be. It might be, it

484
00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.519
<v Speaker 1>should be mostly sold out, if not completely sold out,

485
00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:44.359
<v Speaker 1>And I'm all for fitting as many people into these

486
00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.759
<v Speaker 1>buildings as possible. If you can move those tickets and

487
00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:51.559
<v Speaker 1>sell those tickets, why not? Why not? I mean, it

488
00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:54.559
<v Speaker 1>just doesn't make any sense to have some big, elaborate

489
00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:58.680
<v Speaker 1>stage and set up, you know, very similar to what

490
00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:01.160
<v Speaker 1>you do every single week for it just all looks

491
00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.359
<v Speaker 1>the same anyway, and then you limit yourself by cutting

492
00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:07.000
<v Speaker 1>off a few thousand seats that you could sell. You know,

493
00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:10.200
<v Speaker 1>with TKO, it's all about sell, sell, sell, They're gonna

494
00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.920
<v Speaker 1>fill as many of those seats and make as much

495
00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:15.559
<v Speaker 1>money as they possibly can, And honestly, I mean, that's

496
00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:18.680
<v Speaker 1>what makes sense. But he says it's gonna be that way,

497
00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.720
<v Speaker 1>just like it was for the first show at the

498
00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:23.519
<v Speaker 1>Nasau Coliseum in May of nineteen eighty five. Of course,

499
00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:26.440
<v Speaker 1>that's the exact same venue where they're going to be

500
00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:29.480
<v Speaker 1>next weekend. And this is what I was hoping for.

501
00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:32.559
<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you're gonna do nostalgia, if you're gonna

502
00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:35.480
<v Speaker 1>go ahead and do a throwback, you've got to go

503
00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:37.720
<v Speaker 1>all the way with it. You know, what's old is

504
00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:41.599
<v Speaker 1>new again. Nostalgia sells you can get away with it

505
00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.559
<v Speaker 1>for at least this first show. You know, give it,

506
00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.960
<v Speaker 1>give it, Give it all to me, Give me the

507
00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:49.319
<v Speaker 1>backstage promos to open the show, give me the old

508
00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:52.279
<v Speaker 1>match graphics for each wrestler. Give it all to me.

509
00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:56.480
<v Speaker 1>And to anybody who says, well, you know, Jesse's older

510
00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.200
<v Speaker 1>now and he might not know who everyone is. Yeah,

511
00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.200
<v Speaker 1>I mean, no shit. Since when did Jesse ever prepare

512
00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.519
<v Speaker 1>for these shows? It's the one thing that Jim Ross

513
00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:08.920
<v Speaker 1>hated about working with Jesse venture in WCW. He would

514
00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:11.079
<v Speaker 1>do all the prep for each show and Jesse would

515
00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.480
<v Speaker 1>just show up. He's like, I'm putting all the work

516
00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:16.720
<v Speaker 1>in here. You know when Jesse came back and he

517
00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:19.039
<v Speaker 1>called that one Battle Royal on Raw in two thousand

518
00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.240
<v Speaker 1>and nine with Vince McMahon. Remember that one Vince walked

519
00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:23.920
<v Speaker 1>out to Obsession and he was wearing a tux and

520
00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:26.559
<v Speaker 1>he had the bow tie, the red bow tie. Jesse

521
00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.559
<v Speaker 1>did find they probably made giant flashcards for him with

522
00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:32.960
<v Speaker 1>people's names and faces on them so he could identify

523
00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:36.400
<v Speaker 1>who was who. I think Seamus won that Battle Royal

524
00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:39.960
<v Speaker 1>if I if I remember, actually he won the Battle Royal,

525
00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.160
<v Speaker 1>and I think that's what earned him that match with

526
00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.319
<v Speaker 1>John Cena where he won the title for the first time.

527
00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:49.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure that was it. But you know, they

528
00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.839
<v Speaker 1>could do the same thing for Jesse here. If they

529
00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:55.359
<v Speaker 1>have to do it's fine. You know, he still got

530
00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.920
<v Speaker 1>that voice. You know, he may be older, he may

531
00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:00.920
<v Speaker 1>be a little bit slower, but he's still got that voice.

532
00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:05.039
<v Speaker 1>He still sounds like Jesse. His voice is forever linked

533
00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:07.720
<v Speaker 1>with that show, so is Vince McMahon's. But he's a

534
00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.680
<v Speaker 1>little preoccupied right now. And frankly, even if he wasn't,

535
00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:14.880
<v Speaker 1>have you heard Vince McMahon in the last five years.

536
00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.000
<v Speaker 1>He sounds like shit. I wouldn't even want him back

537
00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:20.839
<v Speaker 1>on commentary. He sounds like he swallowed a thousand nails

538
00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:25.039
<v Speaker 1>and tacks every time he opens his mouth. So we

539
00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:28.559
<v Speaker 1>won't have Jesse mocking McMahon's to pay. But the minute

540
00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:30.680
<v Speaker 1>he signed that Legends deal with them a few months ago,

541
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.680
<v Speaker 1>I said he's got to be back on Saturday Night's

542
00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:36.640
<v Speaker 1>made event, even if it's only for one match, And

543
00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.480
<v Speaker 1>just because he's on the show doesn't mean he's going

544
00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:40.759
<v Speaker 1>to be doing the entire two hours. I would actually

545
00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.279
<v Speaker 1>be surprised if he did the entire show. He may

546
00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:45.319
<v Speaker 1>only do the main event. He may do two matches.

547
00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:48.799
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's really all he needs to do. Yeah,

548
00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:51.119
<v Speaker 1>Jesse was one half of two of my all time

549
00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:54.160
<v Speaker 1>favorite announced teams in wrestling, Vince McMann and Jesse Ventura

550
00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:58.400
<v Speaker 1>and Guerrilla mon Soon and Jesse Ventur Gerrilla mons Soon

551
00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:02.160
<v Speaker 1>and Bobby Heenan being my number one. So this is

552
00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:05.640
<v Speaker 1>great news. I'm looking forward more to this show than

553
00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:10.440
<v Speaker 1>I was Survivor series. And how about this, The first

554
00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:13.480
<v Speaker 1>one hasn't even taken place yet. We already have a

555
00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:16.880
<v Speaker 1>second Saturday Night's Made event announced for January twenty fifth

556
00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:20.400
<v Speaker 1>in San Antonio, Texas. That's one week before the Royal Rumble,

557
00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:24.240
<v Speaker 1>and the dates are chosen by NBC. WWE has no

558
00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:26.720
<v Speaker 1>control over them. It's not the best time for a show,

559
00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.200
<v Speaker 1>but they'll have to make the most of it because

560
00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.079
<v Speaker 1>that's the date they were given. And that would only

561
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<v Speaker 1>leave two more to spread out over the remainder of

562
00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:38.720
<v Speaker 1>the year because they're contracted to four annual specials. So

563
00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:41.920
<v Speaker 1>we're getting one next weekend, we have one next month,

564
00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:46.480
<v Speaker 1>and then i mean I'm thinking maybe one in May, maybe,

565
00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:51.160
<v Speaker 1>and then another one in September. Probably something like that

566
00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.880
<v Speaker 1>is what we're looking at. Speaking of the Royal rumble,

567
00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:57.640
<v Speaker 1>wwe has confirmed that the show will have a start

568
00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:01.079
<v Speaker 1>time of six pm Eastern, just like Bad Blood and

569
00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:03.319
<v Speaker 1>just like Survivor series. So it looks like the earlier

570
00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:06.160
<v Speaker 1>start time maybe the new norm going forward, so just

571
00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:10.480
<v Speaker 1>be aware of that. On SmackDown Friday night, we got

572
00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:15.200
<v Speaker 1>an important announcement for Michael Cole who alerted us about

573
00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.680
<v Speaker 1>a trade window. This is the first time we heard

574
00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:21.279
<v Speaker 1>anything about this. We heard nothing about this on Monday,

575
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.680
<v Speaker 1>only on Friday. But from what it sounds like, we

576
00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:28.440
<v Speaker 1>are in the midst of a basically an open period

577
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:32.720
<v Speaker 1>where we may be seeing brand trades in the coming

578
00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:36.000
<v Speaker 1>weeks leading into the new year. The first smack Down

579
00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:38.720
<v Speaker 1>of the new year on January third, in the first

580
00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Netflix raw on January sixth, this transfer window has been

581
00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:46.400
<v Speaker 1>opened up between all three brands, so NXT is included,

582
00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:49.200
<v Speaker 1>and all three general managers are going to be discussing.

583
00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:53.119
<v Speaker 1>They're in the process of discussing potential moves ahead of

584
00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:55.880
<v Speaker 1>those first shows of twenty twenty five. This is basically

585
00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:58.240
<v Speaker 1>a way for them to shake up the rosters without

586
00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:01.200
<v Speaker 1>an actual draft, is what it sounds like now. Mike

587
00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:04.279
<v Speaker 1>Johnson on PW Insider had a note the other day

588
00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:08.200
<v Speaker 1>saying that rumblings among talents for about a month now

589
00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:11.680
<v Speaker 1>was that there could be a draft sometime in early

590
00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:14.319
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five. But we have not heard that it

591
00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:17.240
<v Speaker 1>is one hundred percent the direction they will go as

592
00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:20.480
<v Speaker 1>a way to move talents. So that's what he's been hearing,

593
00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:23.119
<v Speaker 1>and that's what talents have been talking about, apparently behind

594
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:25.240
<v Speaker 1>the scenes. But from what we heard and saw on

595
00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.960
<v Speaker 1>Friday night, it sounds like maybe there won't be a draft,

596
00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:33.000
<v Speaker 1>although again they haven't confirmed that. Here's the reality on

597
00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:37.559
<v Speaker 1>the WWE draft. Okay, the draft sucks. If you're being

598
00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:41.039
<v Speaker 1>honest with yourself, the draft sucks. Okay, the draft shows

599
00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:44.039
<v Speaker 1>that they do. They suck. Case in point, look at

600
00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:47.799
<v Speaker 1>this year's draft. I said it back in April. Triple

601
00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:52.039
<v Speaker 1>H needs to seriously reevaluate doing these drafts at all

602
00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:56.559
<v Speaker 1>in the future. Once they appointed Adam Pierce and Nick

603
00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:59.279
<v Speaker 1>all This as the general managers, they should have just

604
00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.799
<v Speaker 1>had the two and the negotiate a series of trades

605
00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:05.000
<v Speaker 1>because doing a draft where seventy five percent of the

606
00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:09.400
<v Speaker 1>rosters stay exactly the same, so you come and you say, okay,

607
00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.440
<v Speaker 1>the first pick in the first round and the third

608
00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.119
<v Speaker 1>pick of the second and seventy five percent of the

609
00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:18.720
<v Speaker 1>people end up staying exactly where they are. It's completely pointless.

610
00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.240
<v Speaker 1>And what it does is it makes for two nights

611
00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:25.480
<v Speaker 1>of very boring television. If both shows are going to

612
00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:28.640
<v Speaker 1>be three hours come January, which is the plan, they're

613
00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.720
<v Speaker 1>definitely going to need new talent from NXT, So including

614
00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:35.160
<v Speaker 1>NXT talent in this makes total sense, and we should

615
00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:38.799
<v Speaker 1>see a handful of NXT call ups. Okay, Deadline. Last night,

616
00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:42.240
<v Speaker 1>Julia won the Iron Survivor Challenge. She is now the

617
00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:45.200
<v Speaker 1>number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship. She's going

618
00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:48.200
<v Speaker 1>to be wrestling Roxanne Perez on their New Year's Evil

619
00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:52.480
<v Speaker 1>Show on January seventh, and to me, that has to

620
00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.160
<v Speaker 1>be where Julia wins the NXT Women's Championship, and at

621
00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.920
<v Speaker 1>that point, Roxanne could be called up to Raw, she

622
00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.680
<v Speaker 1>could be called up to SmackDown, had been called up

623
00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:03.000
<v Speaker 1>a year ago, so it's not like she isn't ready

624
00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:05.839
<v Speaker 1>for that. So that's how I see that working out,

625
00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:08.920
<v Speaker 1>and you're gonna see other moves like that as well.

626
00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.559
<v Speaker 1>But if you have the gms doing trades, those trades,

627
00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.960
<v Speaker 1>and you couple that with some NXT call ups that

628
00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:19.280
<v Speaker 1>would accomplish the exact same thing without all of the

629
00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.920
<v Speaker 1>draft nonsense. I know they like the idea of doing

630
00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.000
<v Speaker 1>a draft. All the big sports do ones, so we

631
00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:26.000
<v Speaker 1>have to do one and maybe we'll pop a rating

632
00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.440
<v Speaker 1>out of it. But again, if they do it the

633
00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.639
<v Speaker 1>same way they did it this year, and this was

634
00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:34.840
<v Speaker 1>like the first real, true, full blown triple H draft.

635
00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:37.360
<v Speaker 1>I don't even remember what, if anything, they did last year,

636
00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:39.519
<v Speaker 1>but I kind of look at this year because they

637
00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:42.119
<v Speaker 1>were talking about maybe new ideas, and I'm like, Okay,

638
00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.960
<v Speaker 1>this could be interesting, let's see what they have in store.

639
00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.760
<v Speaker 1>And it actually dragged down the shows. It bogged the

640
00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:51.000
<v Speaker 1>shows down. So if that's what they're gonna do, I

641
00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:54.840
<v Speaker 1>don't want to see it. This is much better. I mean, frankly,

642
00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:57.360
<v Speaker 1>the idea of even having a draft is nonsensical because

643
00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:59.320
<v Speaker 1>people just move back and forth anyway, So what the

644
00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:03.119
<v Speaker 1>fuck is the difference? What does it even matter. It's

645
00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:05.760
<v Speaker 1>not like they're they're they're true to uh, you know,

646
00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.000
<v Speaker 1>any any type of rules they set up for this,

647
00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:11.719
<v Speaker 1>So it's just it's nonsensical to begin with. But the

648
00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.960
<v Speaker 1>idea that you just leave it open. So if you

649
00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.280
<v Speaker 1>have a need on one show, let's say somebody gets hurt,

650
00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:20.280
<v Speaker 1>somebody leave, well, whatever the case may be, and you

651
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.760
<v Speaker 1>need a woman in the woman's division on smackd you

652
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.360
<v Speaker 1>need an extra body there. You need some new tag teams, right,

653
00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:27.960
<v Speaker 1>so let's call up this person from NX team. We

654
00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:30.320
<v Speaker 1>have a need on Raw. Great, we'll fill that need

655
00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:34.440
<v Speaker 1>as needs arise during the year. You can shuffle talent around.

656
00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.679
<v Speaker 1>Or if one program ends like CM Punk and Drew

657
00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.920
<v Speaker 1>McIntyre after their Hell and is Cell match, that would

658
00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:42.760
<v Speaker 1>have been the perfect time to move Drew over to SmackDown,

659
00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.440
<v Speaker 1>and then he ends up back on Raw the other

660
00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:47.639
<v Speaker 1>the other night, So so much for that, although I guess

661
00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:50.760
<v Speaker 1>it's still possible he can move. Yeah, just because he

662
00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.400
<v Speaker 1>came back on Raw doesn't mean that he may not

663
00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:55.719
<v Speaker 1>end up on SmackDown, and I would think that probably

664
00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.639
<v Speaker 1>is the best move for him. But we'll see how

665
00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:02.760
<v Speaker 1>all the other moves shake out. But honestly, this is

666
00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:04.360
<v Speaker 1>the way to go. If you're gonna do something like this,

667
00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:06.400
<v Speaker 1>I'd much rather they do something like this. Just have

668
00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:08.519
<v Speaker 1>this open period and you could do it even twice

669
00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:10.800
<v Speaker 1>a year. You could have an open period at the

670
00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.519
<v Speaker 1>very end of the year. You could have an open

671
00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.000
<v Speaker 1>period in the middle of the year and then have

672
00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:18.360
<v Speaker 1>like a trade deadline. To me, that just works a

673
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:20.519
<v Speaker 1>lot better. You saw goother by the way in the

674
00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:24.079
<v Speaker 1>bag meeting with Nick Aldos on SmackDown Friday night about

675
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:26.719
<v Speaker 1>what we don't know, but you know, you're led to

676
00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:29.480
<v Speaker 1>believe that they were discussing the possibility of Guther coming

677
00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:34.039
<v Speaker 1>to spack Down. So might we see champions swapping brands?

678
00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:38.039
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say probably not, because they went through the

679
00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:41.400
<v Speaker 1>trouble of changing all the belts for brand consistency. So

680
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:43.159
<v Speaker 1>to me, that just doesn't make a whole lot of

681
00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:45.599
<v Speaker 1>sense unless you're gonna move all the champions. But I

682
00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:48.280
<v Speaker 1>don't think they're gonna do that, so I don't think

683
00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:50.920
<v Speaker 1>that's very likely. I do think that it's very likely

684
00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:54.079
<v Speaker 1>we will see a big name like Roman Reigns being

685
00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.880
<v Speaker 1>shifted over to RAW. I don't even know what his

686
00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:58.679
<v Speaker 1>status is these days, to be perfectly honest with you,

687
00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:01.320
<v Speaker 1>I think he is listed on the SmackDown roster on

688
00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.559
<v Speaker 1>WWE dot com. But I view Roman kind of like

689
00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.400
<v Speaker 1>a brock lesnar even though they may not consider him

690
00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:10.000
<v Speaker 1>a free agent, that's basically what he is, and they're

691
00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:13.440
<v Speaker 1>gonna want him on that first Netflix Raw. He's definitely

692
00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:16.199
<v Speaker 1>gonna be there, and there's been chatter that he may

693
00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:18.920
<v Speaker 1>be on Raw more often, at least in the first

694
00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:22.119
<v Speaker 1>few months of the new year, because they really are

695
00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:25.320
<v Speaker 1>going with the all hands on deck approach with this

696
00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:28.400
<v Speaker 1>Netflix move. They want as many big names as possible,

697
00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.000
<v Speaker 1>especially on that first show. So I think you're gonna

698
00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:34.519
<v Speaker 1>see Cody, You're gonna see Roman, You're gonna see John Cena,

699
00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.400
<v Speaker 1>who I think has already been announced to The Rock.

700
00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:38.159
<v Speaker 1>For all we know, The Rock may show up as

701
00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:40.679
<v Speaker 1>a surprise. Becky Lynch may come back on that show.

702
00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.800
<v Speaker 1>You're gonna have a lot of star power on January sixth,

703
00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:46.360
<v Speaker 1>and I do think we'll see Roman reigns. I don't

704
00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:49.239
<v Speaker 1>want to say more on Raw than SmackDown, but more

705
00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:54.320
<v Speaker 1>often on Raw. And whether that's a permanent move or

706
00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:56.039
<v Speaker 1>that's only in the beginning of the year just to

707
00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:58.559
<v Speaker 1>get things going on Netflix, I don't know, but we

708
00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:01.760
<v Speaker 1>should see some big name shift around. I could see

709
00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:05.800
<v Speaker 1>Roman to Raw, maybe Rollins in Punk end up moving

710
00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.360
<v Speaker 1>to SmackDown, right you got to keep them on the

711
00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:11.079
<v Speaker 1>same brand for them to have their match of WrestleMania.

712
00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:13.559
<v Speaker 1>So it's going to be very interesting to see who

713
00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:16.239
<v Speaker 1>moves where. But if this is what they're planning in

714
00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.840
<v Speaker 1>lieu of a draft, I'm all for it. If they're

715
00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:22.000
<v Speaker 1>still planning on doing a draft, honestly, I just don't

716
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.719
<v Speaker 1>think that's the way to go. I think that's a mistake.

717
00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:28.760
<v Speaker 1>But on Raw Monday Night, got to talk about this

718
00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:33.559
<v Speaker 1>because we had the ten year anniversary of the New Day.

719
00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:37.280
<v Speaker 1>Not very often that you see a faction in wrestling

720
00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:40.800
<v Speaker 1>that has been together consistently for this law. That alone

721
00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:42.880
<v Speaker 1>should get them a Hall of Fame induction, because this

722
00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:46.880
<v Speaker 1>just never happens. And of course Big E showed up,

723
00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:49.320
<v Speaker 1>and I think everybody figured, how can you do a

724
00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:51.719
<v Speaker 1>New Day reunion or a New Day anniversary and not

725
00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:54.119
<v Speaker 1>have Big E there? But I got to give a

726
00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:56.440
<v Speaker 1>shout out. I got to give credit words due because

727
00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:01.119
<v Speaker 1>I included a question in the mail bank on last

728
00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:03.079
<v Speaker 1>week's podcast and you heard it. I played it at

729
00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:06.480
<v Speaker 1>the beginning of the show from Mike in the Bronx,

730
00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:09.480
<v Speaker 1>and he sent in a question and said, it's just

731
00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:13.880
<v Speaker 1>a crazy theory that nobody is talking about it seems

732
00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.920
<v Speaker 1>like the New Day are going to break up. But

733
00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.440
<v Speaker 1>what if that's what the swerve is? And he said,

734
00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.719
<v Speaker 1>meaning kofee in Woods turn on big Ee at the

735
00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:28.119
<v Speaker 1>tenth anniversary so they can get major heat, because, like

736
00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:31.000
<v Speaker 1>you said, tag teams are thins, so why split them up?

737
00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.440
<v Speaker 1>Not sure if Biggie can take a bump, but just

738
00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.519
<v Speaker 1>imagine Heel New Day blaming Biggie for the rut that

739
00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:41.320
<v Speaker 1>they find themselves in since he got injured. That would

740
00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:47.079
<v Speaker 1>be the ultimate swerve. And indeed it was the ultimate swerve,

741
00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:50.119
<v Speaker 1>unless you listen to this podcast, of course, and then

742
00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:52.039
<v Speaker 1>you would have already had the idea planted in your

743
00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:55.480
<v Speaker 1>head for Mike in the Bronx. So a hat tip

744
00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:59.440
<v Speaker 1>to Mike. I said last week, how are they going

745
00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.880
<v Speaker 1>to get around on Kofe Kingston telling Xavier Woods on

746
00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:06.840
<v Speaker 1>Raw last week that the reason you aren't a world champion,

747
00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.199
<v Speaker 1>that you've never been a world champion before like me,

748
00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:12.079
<v Speaker 1>that you've never been a world champion like Bigie is

749
00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.199
<v Speaker 1>because you're not good enough. Because the two of them

750
00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.679
<v Speaker 1>were throwing bombs at each other. They were going back

751
00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:20.719
<v Speaker 1>and forth, right, Woods told Kofe we handed you the

752
00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:23.159
<v Speaker 1>championship on a platter, and you pissed it away in

753
00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:27.719
<v Speaker 1>six seconds to brock Lesner, and you're wrestling like garbage lately.

754
00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:29.880
<v Speaker 1>And then you know, Kofe said, look, I was a

755
00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:32.559
<v Speaker 1>Hall of Famer when you met me. Don't forget that.

756
00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:37.000
<v Speaker 1>You're too irrational. That's why me and he wouldn't let

757
00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:40.320
<v Speaker 1>you make decisions. And just all these horrible things they

758
00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:42.119
<v Speaker 1>were saying about each other, but that was the one

759
00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:44.480
<v Speaker 1>that stood out to me. How are they going to

760
00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:47.840
<v Speaker 1>get around that? How could Woods just forgive and forget

761
00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:51.480
<v Speaker 1>a comment like that? And I feel like they found

762
00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:55.760
<v Speaker 1>a way. If you watch the segment, they come out

763
00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.000
<v Speaker 1>and they look kind of sullen. They don't look like

764
00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:00.199
<v Speaker 1>they're in a very happy mood, even though it was

765
00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:03.199
<v Speaker 1>supposed to be a festive occasion, and they're about to

766
00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:06.360
<v Speaker 1>break up, like clearly, they're about to announce that they're

767
00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:09.280
<v Speaker 1>about to break up the new day, and that's when

768
00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:14.519
<v Speaker 1>Biggie came out, and Biggie was there to let them

769
00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:17.599
<v Speaker 1>know he's been watching and paying attention to what's been

770
00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:21.760
<v Speaker 1>going on, and he's going to be their manager. He's

771
00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:24.760
<v Speaker 1>going to be at ringside in their corner every single

772
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:29.199
<v Speaker 1>week going forward, and that led to Xavier Woods saying, now,

773
00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:33.000
<v Speaker 1>now you come out. All this time we've been going with.

774
00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.480
<v Speaker 1>Me and Kofe have been at each other's throats now

775
00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.480
<v Speaker 1>for months, going up to the edge of the cliff,

776
00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:41.519
<v Speaker 1>and right before we're about to fall off, you show

777
00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:45.800
<v Speaker 1>up and say, hey, I'm back, right you left us,

778
00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:48.000
<v Speaker 1>and Biggie is like, dude, I broke my neck, and

779
00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:50.480
<v Speaker 1>then Kofee pipes up. This is where the swerve came in,

780
00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.039
<v Speaker 1>because you didn't think Kofee would agree with him. But

781
00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:55.840
<v Speaker 1>Kofe agrees with Woods and says, you left us, you

782
00:41:56.360 --> 00:42:00.400
<v Speaker 1>broke your neck, So what Stone Cold Steve Ost broke

783
00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:02.960
<v Speaker 1>his neck and he came back. Kurt Angle broke his

784
00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:06.119
<v Speaker 1>neck and he came back. Edge broke his neck and

785
00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:09.360
<v Speaker 1>he came back, even though he came back nine years later.

786
00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:13.519
<v Speaker 1>But we'll ignore that Biggie has not been gone for

787
00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.719
<v Speaker 1>nine years. But yeah, all these people broke their neck

788
00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and they came back, and they didn't even have people

789
00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:21.400
<v Speaker 1>here waiting for them like you did. You had the

790
00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.559
<v Speaker 1>two of us. We basically put our careers on hold.

791
00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:27.360
<v Speaker 1>We didn't evolve, We stayed the same. We were waiting

792
00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:31.480
<v Speaker 1>for you, and you left us. You left us for

793
00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:34.320
<v Speaker 1>your desk job, you left us for your other projects,

794
00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:38.039
<v Speaker 1>you left us for your new girlfriend. And if you

795
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:41.440
<v Speaker 1>don't know, Biggie's girlfriend is Mia Yim's sister, and she

796
00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:46.559
<v Speaker 1>has been just smoking the two on social media all week.

797
00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:49.960
<v Speaker 1>They've been really leaning into this angle here, and she's

798
00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:52.480
<v Speaker 1>been healing on Woods and healing on Kofee and just

799
00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:57.760
<v Speaker 1>absolutely eviscerating them on social media. But Kofee had to

800
00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:59.960
<v Speaker 1>pull the girlfriend card and said, yeah, you're more interest

801
00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:04.119
<v Speaker 1>sitting hanging out with her than you are us, and

802
00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:06.119
<v Speaker 1>just on and on and on, and Big Eie is

803
00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:07.920
<v Speaker 1>standing there and he looks like he's about to cry,

804
00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.079
<v Speaker 1>like he can't believe what he's hearing, and he's saying,

805
00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:14.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm trying. I've been getting scans and I've

806
00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:17.000
<v Speaker 1>been going to doctors and I've been getting X rays.

807
00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:22.199
<v Speaker 1>And Woods says, look, let's stop teasing people and beating

808
00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:24.199
<v Speaker 1>around the bush here and just let them know the truth.

809
00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:29.800
<v Speaker 1>You will never be medically cleared, So why don't you

810
00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:33.199
<v Speaker 1>go and sit at your desk and we'll call you

811
00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:38.519
<v Speaker 1>if we need you. And Biggie just looks devastated. He's like, no,

812
00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:41.440
<v Speaker 1>we can't, you can't throw this away. Ten years We're family,

813
00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:45.280
<v Speaker 1>come on right, and he ends up walking off. He's heartbroken.

814
00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:48.199
<v Speaker 1>Kofe looks at Woods. Woods looks at Kofee. They're like,

815
00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:52.639
<v Speaker 1>it's just you and me now, and they grip hands

816
00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:55.280
<v Speaker 1>and they stand there and the crowd showers them and

817
00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:58.280
<v Speaker 1>booze in the new day officially, now are heels? I said,

818
00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.880
<v Speaker 1>Instead of the new day, it's the new way. It's

819
00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:04.400
<v Speaker 1>a new way forward now for Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.

820
00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:07.079
<v Speaker 1>And it was genius using Biggie as a way to

821
00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.639
<v Speaker 1>get heat. And the reason that I'm okay with the

822
00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:12.840
<v Speaker 1>way they did it, even though I was wondering, how

823
00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.119
<v Speaker 1>are they going to get around, you know, these awful

824
00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:17.119
<v Speaker 1>things they said to each other. The way I look

825
00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:21.000
<v Speaker 1>at it is this, and maybe wwhe'll explain it this way.

826
00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:23.840
<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe I'm coming up with a better explanation for

827
00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:25.239
<v Speaker 1>it than they will. But this is kind of how

828
00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:29.000
<v Speaker 1>I look at it and justify it. These two are

829
00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:33.760
<v Speaker 1>directing all of their hate at Biggie, and it's completely

830
00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:36.480
<v Speaker 1>unfair because Biggie did nothing wrong. Biggie didn't you know,

831
00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:38.880
<v Speaker 1>he didn't expect to get his neck broken. It's not

832
00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:41.800
<v Speaker 1>his fault that he got his neck broken. It happened,

833
00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:47.880
<v Speaker 1>and it ended his career, at least temporarily, and he's

834
00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:51.039
<v Speaker 1>been trying very hard to get his checkups, and you know,

835
00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:53.000
<v Speaker 1>he wants to come back, and he doesn't know if

836
00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:54.880
<v Speaker 1>he'll ever be able to come back. But again, it

837
00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:57.639
<v Speaker 1>wasn't anything that he sought. He didn't. No one seeks

838
00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:00.320
<v Speaker 1>to break their neck, right, So it's completely unf and

839
00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:03.920
<v Speaker 1>totally unwarranted for them to resent him for it or

840
00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:06.880
<v Speaker 1>hate him in any way for it. But they're directing

841
00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:09.440
<v Speaker 1>all of their hated him to avoid taking responsibility for

842
00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:12.960
<v Speaker 1>the very real criticisms that they had about each other

843
00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:16.440
<v Speaker 1>the week before. Right, everything they said in that promo

844
00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:19.599
<v Speaker 1>segment the week before was one hundred percent true. KOFE

845
00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:23.280
<v Speaker 1>did piss away the title to brock Lesner. Xavier Woods

846
00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:27.000
<v Speaker 1>is reckless. He does take chances that he shouldn't have

847
00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:29.639
<v Speaker 1>to take. He has demonstrated that he is not good

848
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:33.719
<v Speaker 1>enough so far to be world champion, or else he

849
00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:37.559
<v Speaker 1>would have been the world champion. So what's the easiest

850
00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:42.800
<v Speaker 1>response to all this? Just blame somebody else? All how

851
00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:45.920
<v Speaker 1>people are. I'm sure a lot of people listening to

852
00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:47.960
<v Speaker 1>this right now, probably no people in their lives in

853
00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:51.639
<v Speaker 1>real life who were like that, blame everybody else for

854
00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:55.519
<v Speaker 1>their problems and avoid taking responsibility for their own faults.

855
00:45:56.280 --> 00:46:00.000
<v Speaker 1>That's how I look at the logic in the psychology here.

856
00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:04.559
<v Speaker 1>The two of them, they came together because they were

857
00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:07.960
<v Speaker 1>able to deflect away from the very real criticisms that

858
00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:10.119
<v Speaker 1>they don't want to They don't want to accept that

859
00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.679
<v Speaker 1>what they said about each other is true. So what's

860
00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:16.000
<v Speaker 1>the easiest thing to do. We'll blame Biggie And that's

861
00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and that works for me as an explanation if you

862
00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:21.239
<v Speaker 1>look at it that way, I feel like that's a

863
00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:24.119
<v Speaker 1>good way to look at it now. Meltzer had an

864
00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:26.440
<v Speaker 1>eed him in The Observer this week about Odyssey Jones,

865
00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:28.920
<v Speaker 1>who honestly I had forgotten about. You have not heard

866
00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:33.920
<v Speaker 1>a word about Odyssey Jones since they cut him, and

867
00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.000
<v Speaker 1>he said that when Odyssey Jones came in, the plan

868
00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.639
<v Speaker 1>was they were going to tease issues with them not

869
00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:43.000
<v Speaker 1>getting along, but it would end with Kofe and Woods

870
00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:47.079
<v Speaker 1>going heel by choosing Jones and having him publicly replace Biggie.

871
00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:49.039
<v Speaker 1>In the New Day but then he got fired and

872
00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:52.360
<v Speaker 1>then the whole thing got put on hold. So in

873
00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:54.760
<v Speaker 1>the end we end up in the same place, only

874
00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.840
<v Speaker 1>instead of three of them with Odissey Jones, it's the

875
00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:59.960
<v Speaker 1>two of them. And had they done it that way,

876
00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:02.280
<v Speaker 1>it probably would have been more about getting Odyssey Jones

877
00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:05.840
<v Speaker 1>over than getting kofe In Woods over in any meaningful way.

878
00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:08.679
<v Speaker 1>But in the end we basically get to the same

879
00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:11.280
<v Speaker 1>place anyway here, so it's not like the whole thing

880
00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:14.039
<v Speaker 1>had to be thrown away. But the key here, also,

881
00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:16.199
<v Speaker 1>I think is that I don't I don't think in

882
00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:19.079
<v Speaker 1>the promo that Xavier Woods would have come right out

883
00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:22.559
<v Speaker 1>and said, let's just be honest with people, Biggie, you're

884
00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:26.159
<v Speaker 1>never going to be medically clear, so go sit behind

885
00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:29.440
<v Speaker 1>your desk. I don't think that that line is in

886
00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:32.559
<v Speaker 1>that promo unless they have some sense that either he's

887
00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:36.400
<v Speaker 1>secretly cleared and they're not telling us, and maybe they're

888
00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:38.280
<v Speaker 1>going to save him as a surprise entrant in the

889
00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:40.920
<v Speaker 1>Royal Rumble, because what a fucking reaction he would get

890
00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:42.679
<v Speaker 1>if they hit his music and he came out there,

891
00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:46.079
<v Speaker 1>or they think that there's been progress and he might

892
00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:49.800
<v Speaker 1>actually get cleared in the near future, right. I could

893
00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:52.800
<v Speaker 1>be wrong. It could just be a case where they're like, look,

894
00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:55.039
<v Speaker 1>this is the reality of the situation. But if you're

895
00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:57.480
<v Speaker 1>cool with it, let's just let's just say it, because

896
00:47:57.519 --> 00:48:00.559
<v Speaker 1>it'll get great heat on Xavier Woods, it'll great heat

897
00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:02.880
<v Speaker 1>on the New Day, and so we'll just say the line.

898
00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:06.000
<v Speaker 1>But I just I feel like that doesn't get said

899
00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:10.000
<v Speaker 1>unless they know that he's either coming back or there's

900
00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:11.840
<v Speaker 1>a pretty good chance he's going to be back soon.

901
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:15.039
<v Speaker 1>And look, I hope he gets cleared. I would hate

902
00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:16.800
<v Speaker 1>for his career to end the way that it ended,

903
00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:19.440
<v Speaker 1>even if he can't be full time and he can't

904
00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:22.360
<v Speaker 1>wrestle the same way, he can't work a full time

905
00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:25.960
<v Speaker 1>schedule anymore. If he's able to get cleared and come back,

906
00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:28.320
<v Speaker 1>even just to have a handful of matches, just we're

907
00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:30.840
<v Speaker 1>just to have like a WrestleMania match against the other

908
00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:33.000
<v Speaker 1>members of the New Day, they all get to work together.

909
00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:35.719
<v Speaker 1>He can get the kind of closure on his in

910
00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:39.360
<v Speaker 1>ring career that he probably wants. So I hope for

911
00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:42.920
<v Speaker 1>his sake he can get cleared. And before this week

912
00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:44.559
<v Speaker 1>I would have said, no, I don't think he's ever

913
00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.599
<v Speaker 1>going to be cleared, But now, I just hear that

914
00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:49.679
<v Speaker 1>line and I'm like, eh, I think he's getting cleared,

915
00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:52.800
<v Speaker 1>And what a moment it would be. Imagine the Royal Rumble.

916
00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:54.960
<v Speaker 1>He comes out as a surprise, he dumps out both

917
00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:58.920
<v Speaker 1>KOFE and Xavier Woods. And then they build to a

918
00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:02.880
<v Speaker 1>triple threat match, right, triple thread, handicap, you know whatever

919
00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:05.079
<v Speaker 1>it is. But they build to a New Day match

920
00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:09.239
<v Speaker 1>of WrestleMania. Eventually they're all gonna reunite. This is gonna

921
00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:11.199
<v Speaker 1>be a big reunion at some point, it's gonna get

922
00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:14.719
<v Speaker 1>a great reaction. It'll be this big emotional thing. But

923
00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:18.519
<v Speaker 1>for now, they have me interested in where things are

924
00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:21.679
<v Speaker 1>gonna go with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. I'm more

925
00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:24.320
<v Speaker 1>interested now in the New Day than I probably have

926
00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.639
<v Speaker 1>ever been. So it worked with me. And I thought

927
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:31.679
<v Speaker 1>that the segment of the Angle was great. I thought

928
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:33.960
<v Speaker 1>the opening segment on Monday was also great. Those were

929
00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:35.760
<v Speaker 1>really the two highlights of the show. There was an

930
00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.400
<v Speaker 1>in ring segment with CM Punk and Seth Rollins and

931
00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:40.559
<v Speaker 1>they came to blows and they had to be separated

932
00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:44.400
<v Speaker 1>by Jay Uso and Sammy Zay, and then Seth made

933
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.719
<v Speaker 1>a comment that pissed off Sammy, and then it turned

934
00:49:47.760 --> 00:49:52.199
<v Speaker 1>from Punk and Rollins and Punk had left he got

935
00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:54.519
<v Speaker 1>taken away by jay Uso. It turned from that to

936
00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:59.320
<v Speaker 1>Seth and Sammy basically cutting promos on each other in

937
00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:02.840
<v Speaker 1>the ring and dropping a lot of truth on each other,

938
00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:05.679
<v Speaker 1>and I thought that segment was great. It did lead

939
00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:08.239
<v Speaker 1>to the main event, which was Sammy's Ain against Seth

940
00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:11.039
<v Speaker 1>Rawlins one on one, and it built to the show

941
00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:15.079
<v Speaker 1>closing angle with Drew McIntyre making his return. He dropped

942
00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:17.880
<v Speaker 1>Samy's Ain. After the match was over, Seth beat him.

943
00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:21.519
<v Speaker 1>He dropped Sammy with a Claymore kick and there was

944
00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:23.760
<v Speaker 1>an angle they shot before the main event in the

945
00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:27.039
<v Speaker 1>back where jay Usso got attacked from behind. It wasn't

946
00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:29.519
<v Speaker 1>like the Jade Car Gill thing where he was attacked

947
00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:31.800
<v Speaker 1>and left for dead and you know they're writing him

948
00:50:31.800 --> 00:50:34.480
<v Speaker 1>off television. But he got hit in the back of

949
00:50:34.519 --> 00:50:37.239
<v Speaker 1>the head and they found him and he he didn't

950
00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:38.639
<v Speaker 1>seem to know who hit him in the back of

951
00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:40.280
<v Speaker 1>the head, So it's like another who done it right?

952
00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:43.079
<v Speaker 1>Who attacked jay Uso? And clearly Samy's Ain thought that

953
00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:46.760
<v Speaker 1>it was Seth Rawlins, And there was this dramatic story

954
00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:49.679
<v Speaker 1>playing out in the main event where you know Sammy

955
00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:52.360
<v Speaker 1>accused him it was you. I know it was you,

956
00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:56.079
<v Speaker 1>and Rollins insisted it was in him. So then after

957
00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:58.760
<v Speaker 1>the match is over, we see Drew McIntyre returns and

958
00:50:58.800 --> 00:51:01.000
<v Speaker 1>he dropped Sammy with a Claymick And that gives you

959
00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:03.880
<v Speaker 1>the impression that, well, of course he would be the

960
00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:07.280
<v Speaker 1>person who attacked Jay usso earlier. But that's only what

961
00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:09.639
<v Speaker 1>they want you to think, right, it could just as

962
00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:12.320
<v Speaker 1>easily be a red herring to throw us off the

963
00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:15.920
<v Speaker 1>scent from the real culprit. And the name that I

964
00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:21.000
<v Speaker 1>dropped was Kevin Owens. Maybe it was actually Kevin Owens.

965
00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:24.599
<v Speaker 1>You know when Michael Cole name drops Sammy's ain in

966
00:51:24.639 --> 00:51:28.159
<v Speaker 1>his interview with Kevin Owens on SmackDown. He interviewed him

967
00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:32.199
<v Speaker 1>in Kevin's rental car Owen said that when the time

968
00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:35.199
<v Speaker 1>is right, he'll address Sammy's ain. So this was finally

969
00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:38.320
<v Speaker 1>he acknowledged the elephant in the room because he's so

970
00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:41.039
<v Speaker 1>upset with Cody Rhodes, but how does he feel about Sammy,

971
00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:44.159
<v Speaker 1>his best friend teaming with Roman Reigns and wargames Right,

972
00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:46.079
<v Speaker 1>he hasn't said a word about it. This was the

973
00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:50.000
<v Speaker 1>first mention by Kevin Owens of Sammy's ain in this

974
00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:53.000
<v Speaker 1>entire thing, and he said basically, he'll address him when

975
00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:56.079
<v Speaker 1>the time is right. So planting the seed clearly for

976
00:51:56.199 --> 00:52:00.559
<v Speaker 1>something that is coming down the line, and it could

977
00:52:00.559 --> 00:52:03.440
<v Speaker 1>be at WrestleMania. It may not even be at WrestleMania.

978
00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:06.199
<v Speaker 1>We have Elimination Chamber coming up. The Chamber is in

979
00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:10.960
<v Speaker 1>Toronto next year. You get two Canadians in Canada. Remember

980
00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:14.760
<v Speaker 1>Sammy headlined the Elimination Chamber last year in Montreal and

981
00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:18.880
<v Speaker 1>he got this amazing reaction. Imagine those two going at

982
00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:21.719
<v Speaker 1>it in Canada. So either one of those shows would

983
00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:24.199
<v Speaker 1>be the perfect setting I think for a Kevin oh

984
00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:26.320
<v Speaker 1>and Sammy's Ain match. Even though it's been done before,

985
00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:29.239
<v Speaker 1>it's been a few years, right, so enough time has

986
00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:31.440
<v Speaker 1>gone by, I think where they can build a good

987
00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:33.440
<v Speaker 1>story around it and they can do the match next

988
00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:36.480
<v Speaker 1>year if they want to. McIntyre was due to be

989
00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:40.599
<v Speaker 1>back soon anyway, not this soon though, according to PW Insider,

990
00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:43.440
<v Speaker 1>which leads them to believe that the injury to Bronson

991
00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:46.519
<v Speaker 1>Red at Survivor Series may have resulted in them moving

992
00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:50.920
<v Speaker 1>up the timeline on Drew McIntyre's return. If you missed

993
00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:54.880
<v Speaker 1>the update read broke his foot diving off the top

994
00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:56.960
<v Speaker 1>of that cage in Wargames. He is set to have

995
00:52:57.000 --> 00:53:00.639
<v Speaker 1>surgery this week. They showed his x ray on SmackDown.

996
00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:04.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm no doctor, I'm no surgeon. I looked at the

997
00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:06.639
<v Speaker 1>X ray and I said, Okay, I don't know what

998
00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:10.039
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at, but I guess it's bad and he's

999
00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:13.719
<v Speaker 1>going to be out indefinitely. And it sucks. I mean,

1000
00:53:13.719 --> 00:53:16.199
<v Speaker 1>there's no two ways about it. It sucks. In the

1001
00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:19.480
<v Speaker 1>middle of the biggest push of his life. He became

1002
00:53:20.199 --> 00:53:23.920
<v Speaker 1>one of the musty attractions on Monday Nights, and he

1003
00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:26.639
<v Speaker 1>was in a great spot main event of war Games

1004
00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:29.599
<v Speaker 1>on the Bloodline, right, the new Bloodline side had the

1005
00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:33.039
<v Speaker 1>big highlight of the entire match. Unfortunately, he got hurt

1006
00:53:33.639 --> 00:53:35.360
<v Speaker 1>and now he's going to miss the Royal Rumble. He's

1007
00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:40.360
<v Speaker 1>probably gonna miss WrestleMania, and that fucking sucks. Had Punk

1008
00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:44.719
<v Speaker 1>pulled Roman Reins off that table a couple of seconds earlier,

1009
00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:47.559
<v Speaker 1>just a couple of seconds, I think Reid may have

1010
00:53:47.639 --> 00:53:50.440
<v Speaker 1>landed more flat on that table instead of, you know,

1011
00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:53.440
<v Speaker 1>pulling an Adam Copeland and coming almost straight down the

1012
00:53:53.440 --> 00:53:55.960
<v Speaker 1>way he did on his feet. It just looked to

1013
00:53:56.000 --> 00:53:58.440
<v Speaker 1>me like he may have come down that way because

1014
00:53:59.199 --> 00:54:02.239
<v Speaker 1>I mean they waited until the very last second to

1015
00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:04.760
<v Speaker 1>get out of the way. And yeah, obviously he didn't

1016
00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:08.880
<v Speaker 1>want to crash down and kill anybody, so I think

1017
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:11.039
<v Speaker 1>he may have come down that way just to avoid

1018
00:54:11.079 --> 00:54:13.639
<v Speaker 1>injuring somebody else. And in the end he injured himself,

1019
00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:18.599
<v Speaker 1>and he wasn't the only casualty of that War Games match. Tongaloa,

1020
00:54:19.519 --> 00:54:23.440
<v Speaker 1>the Great Tongaloa. Yeah, we have in the live chat

1021
00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:27.000
<v Speaker 1>on the YouTube streams, we have Tongaloa superfan. He was

1022
00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:31.079
<v Speaker 1>very upset by this news. Tongaloa tore his bicep. He

1023
00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:33.360
<v Speaker 1>got hit in the arm a few times by a

1024
00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:37.360
<v Speaker 1>toolbox by cmpunk and so apparently on that spot he

1025
00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:40.519
<v Speaker 1>tore his byseep. He underwent surgery already. They showed the

1026
00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:44.719
<v Speaker 1>not footage, but they showed these still images of his

1027
00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:47.280
<v Speaker 1>X ray and then his post surgery scar, and they

1028
00:54:47.320 --> 00:54:49.719
<v Speaker 1>showed him in a sling. So he's going to be

1029
00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:53.719
<v Speaker 1>out indefinitely. And Jimmy Usso broke his toe diving off

1030
00:54:53.760 --> 00:54:57.639
<v Speaker 1>the top of the cage. Boy wore as hell. I

1031
00:54:57.679 --> 00:54:59.239
<v Speaker 1>think it might be time to put a top on

1032
00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:03.360
<v Speaker 1>those cages WCW used to do. Maybe it's time to

1033
00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.760
<v Speaker 1>let the dives go, put a top on that cage

1034
00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:11.199
<v Speaker 1>and just let them beat each other up inside the cage.

1035
00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:15.079
<v Speaker 1>We have the brackets for the Women's Intercontinental Title tournament

1036
00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:18.880
<v Speaker 1>on raw. Dakota Kai won the first opening round match

1037
00:55:18.880 --> 00:55:21.320
<v Speaker 1>on Monday night. She pinned Katana Chance in a match

1038
00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:24.920
<v Speaker 1>that also featured Shane of Basler. So Dakota Kai moves

1039
00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.639
<v Speaker 1>on to the next round. She will now face the

1040
00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:30.559
<v Speaker 1>winner of a three way match between Zoe Stark, Caden Carter,

1041
00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:34.960
<v Speaker 1>and Raquel Rodriguez. The other side of the bracket will

1042
00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:39.159
<v Speaker 1>see Lyra Valkeria against Zelina Vega against Ivy Nile and

1043
00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:44.679
<v Speaker 1>Alba Fire against Kyrie Saine against Nataliate, and they will

1044
00:55:44.719 --> 00:55:48.519
<v Speaker 1>determine the other two spots in the semifinal. So I

1045
00:55:48.599 --> 00:55:51.960
<v Speaker 1>look at this bracket here and I see Dakota going

1046
00:55:51.960 --> 00:55:54.880
<v Speaker 1>all the way to the finals. And on the other

1047
00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:59.760
<v Speaker 1>side of the bracket, now who she faces in the semifinal,

1048
00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:03.079
<v Speaker 1>right owned, It's gonna be either Zoe, Raquel or Cayden.

1049
00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:06.519
<v Speaker 1>It's it's it's Zoe or Raquel. Cayden is not moving on.

1050
00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:12.079
<v Speaker 1>Raquel I could see being eliminated because Rhea Ripley gets involved.

1051
00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:15.159
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go Zoe Stark. I'm gonna go Zoe Stark

1052
00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:18.360
<v Speaker 1>if for no other reason because Shana Basler lost her match,

1053
00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:21.840
<v Speaker 1>and it would be really embarrassing if both members of

1054
00:56:21.880 --> 00:56:24.679
<v Speaker 1>the Pure Fusion Garbage collective here in this tournament, if

1055
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:27.559
<v Speaker 1>they both get bounced in the opening round. I think,

1056
00:56:27.599 --> 00:56:30.679
<v Speaker 1>if you, if you want to salvage this group, and

1057
00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:32.199
<v Speaker 1>I don't even know why you would want to, but

1058
00:56:32.239 --> 00:56:34.599
<v Speaker 1>if you want to salvage this group, you have to

1059
00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:36.599
<v Speaker 1>at least have one of them win a match. I mean,

1060
00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:41.000
<v Speaker 1>come on. So I'm gonna say Dakota and Zoe in

1061
00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:44.159
<v Speaker 1>the semi finals and Dakota goes to the finals. On

1062
00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:46.280
<v Speaker 1>the other side of the bracket, I'm gonna say that

1063
00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:51.199
<v Speaker 1>we have Lyra winning her match, and then between Alba

1064
00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:57.719
<v Speaker 1>Kyrie and Natalia. Humhm, it's a little bit harder. I'm

1065
00:56:57.719 --> 00:57:03.159
<v Speaker 1>gonna say Kyrie or Natalia. I'll say Kyrie, and then

1066
00:57:03.199 --> 00:57:05.559
<v Speaker 1>I think Lyra beats her and we get Dakota and

1067
00:57:05.639 --> 00:57:08.760
<v Speaker 1>Lyra in the final. I hope it is Dakota and Lyra,

1068
00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:11.280
<v Speaker 1>because to me, that's the most unpredictable of the matches

1069
00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:14.280
<v Speaker 1>they can do. I think either one of those women

1070
00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:17.960
<v Speaker 1>are going to walk away the intercontinental champion. My vote

1071
00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:19.719
<v Speaker 1>goes to Lyra. I think it's going to be her,

1072
00:57:20.519 --> 00:57:22.800
<v Speaker 1>but it's one of the other. So if you do

1073
00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:25.760
<v Speaker 1>Dakota against Lyra, then you got fifty to fifty. You

1074
00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:28.599
<v Speaker 1>could go either way. But then again, I also said

1075
00:57:28.639 --> 00:57:31.440
<v Speaker 1>that Bailey would be wrestling Naomi in the finals of

1076
00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:34.320
<v Speaker 1>the US title tournament, and Naomi got bounced out of

1077
00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:37.880
<v Speaker 1>the first round on Friday by Tiffany Stratton. Tiffany busted

1078
00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:43.480
<v Speaker 1>my bracket. There was some controversy this week involving former

1079
00:57:43.639 --> 00:57:48.800
<v Speaker 1>aw star Ryan Nemeth and allegations of abuse and neglect

1080
00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:51.679
<v Speaker 1>during his time in the company. Much of it centered

1081
00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:56.199
<v Speaker 1>around one Cmpunk. This company just cannot seem to quit

1082
00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:59.960
<v Speaker 1>this guy. Whether it's Tony Kahn airing brawl in footage

1083
00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:03.119
<v Speaker 1>on his television show earlier this year, or other people

1084
00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:06.559
<v Speaker 1>bringing his name up. You know, you could argue the

1085
00:58:06.599 --> 00:58:08.960
<v Speaker 1>best and the worst thing that Tony Kahn ever did

1086
00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:12.719
<v Speaker 1>was hiring Cmpunk. He reaped the business rewards of his

1087
00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:15.239
<v Speaker 1>hiring and he did his first million dollar gate with

1088
00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:17.599
<v Speaker 1>him in the main event, but his company has never

1089
00:58:17.639 --> 00:58:20.920
<v Speaker 1>been the same since that brawl Out scrum in Chicago.

1090
00:58:21.079 --> 00:58:25.559
<v Speaker 1>A piece of that company's soul died that night. The

1091
00:58:25.599 --> 00:58:29.199
<v Speaker 1>reason he's back in the news is because Fightful obtained

1092
00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:33.360
<v Speaker 1>a copy of a formal complaint sent to AW executives

1093
00:58:33.360 --> 00:58:37.159
<v Speaker 1>on September twelfth of this year. Whether it was Nemeth

1094
00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:40.000
<v Speaker 1>himself who leaked it to them or somebody in the company,

1095
00:58:40.119 --> 00:58:43.559
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but in the complaint, Nemth laid out

1096
00:58:43.559 --> 00:58:48.119
<v Speaker 1>a detailed timeline of events, supported by emails, text messages,

1097
00:58:48.199 --> 00:58:52.199
<v Speaker 1>and call logs that paint a terrible picture of how

1098
00:58:52.239 --> 00:58:54.599
<v Speaker 1>things are handled behind the scenes in AAW, or at

1099
00:58:54.679 --> 00:58:58.599
<v Speaker 1>least how they were handled back then. One would hope

1100
00:58:58.760 --> 00:59:01.559
<v Speaker 1>that changes have been made since then. Sean ross sapp

1101
00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:05.559
<v Speaker 1>says there have been. I would hope so, but time

1102
00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:11.199
<v Speaker 1>will tell. According to the report, Nemet's issues allegedly began

1103
00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:15.400
<v Speaker 1>in April of twenty twenty three, when he contacted then

1104
00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:20.960
<v Speaker 1>AW legal representative Mega Perek to express concerns about being

1105
00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:25.719
<v Speaker 1>targeted by CM Punk. This was two months before Punk

1106
00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:29.599
<v Speaker 1>returned on Collision Okay to say his first appearance since

1107
00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:33.199
<v Speaker 1>brawl Out. This is two months before that now Nemoth

1108
00:59:33.320 --> 00:59:36.039
<v Speaker 1>was tight with the Young Bucks, he might still be.

1109
00:59:36.159 --> 00:59:39.280
<v Speaker 1>He was tight with that whole crew, and he feared

1110
00:59:39.400 --> 00:59:42.519
<v Speaker 1>potentially being targeted in some way by Punk, you know,

1111
00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:45.119
<v Speaker 1>if and when he came back, And he claims that

1112
00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:48.079
<v Speaker 1>he went to management about it, and he claims that

1113
00:59:48.159 --> 00:59:51.840
<v Speaker 1>these fears were realized on June twenty first, two thousand

1114
00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:54.400
<v Speaker 1>and three, when Punk threatened him in a locker room incident.

1115
00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:58.119
<v Speaker 1>And while Nemitz says people like Perek and Tony Schavanni

1116
00:59:58.199 --> 01:00:01.440
<v Speaker 1>and John Moxley and the Young Bucks all expressed support

1117
01:00:01.519 --> 01:00:04.719
<v Speaker 1>for him, he felt the company failed to respond appropriately.

1118
01:00:06.039 --> 01:00:08.519
<v Speaker 1>So just to put a pause on this for a

1119
01:00:08.559 --> 01:00:11.320
<v Speaker 1>second and just refresh everyone's memory, because I talked about

1120
01:00:11.320 --> 01:00:15.440
<v Speaker 1>this at length after it happened. The night that Punk

1121
01:00:15.480 --> 01:00:18.159
<v Speaker 1>came back, he made a comment in his promo about

1122
01:00:18.199 --> 01:00:21.440
<v Speaker 1>people being soft, all right. That was the promo where

1123
01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:24.880
<v Speaker 1>he said, David Zaslov calls him one bill Phil And

1124
01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:28.400
<v Speaker 1>he made that counterfeit Buck's comment in reference to the

1125
01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:32.280
<v Speaker 1>Young Bucks without actually naming them. But that comment about

1126
01:00:32.320 --> 01:00:35.360
<v Speaker 1>other people being soft is what's set off Nemath in

1127
01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:37.639
<v Speaker 1>his mind. He felt, you know, Punk just missed nine

1128
01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:41.039
<v Speaker 1>months with the torn triceps, and his first night back,

1129
01:00:41.119 --> 01:00:44.239
<v Speaker 1>he's calling other people soft, and he just thought that

1130
01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:50.079
<v Speaker 1>was incredibly hypocritical, and so he famously tweeted out literally

1131
01:00:50.159 --> 01:00:54.159
<v Speaker 1>the softest man alive, without ever mentioning Punk by name,

1132
01:00:54.800 --> 01:00:58.199
<v Speaker 1>although it was very clear who he was referring to. Now,

1133
01:00:58.360 --> 01:01:01.360
<v Speaker 1>he claims he's under a gaggle of some kind over

1134
01:01:01.440 --> 01:01:05.800
<v Speaker 1>what happened next. But when he's been interviewed about this previously,

1135
01:01:05.840 --> 01:01:08.199
<v Speaker 1>he's claimed that he tweeted that out as a heel.

1136
01:01:08.880 --> 01:01:13.440
<v Speaker 1>He says he was in character. Punk is the returning Babyface.

1137
01:01:13.639 --> 01:01:16.440
<v Speaker 1>He was a heel. They both worked for the same company.

1138
01:01:17.239 --> 01:01:19.880
<v Speaker 1>This guy gets injured more than anybody else alive, and

1139
01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:23.440
<v Speaker 1>his first night back, he calls someone soft. That was

1140
01:01:23.480 --> 01:01:27.280
<v Speaker 1>his logic. But he tweeted what he did in character.

1141
01:01:27.480 --> 01:01:29.719
<v Speaker 1>That's what he claims. Okay, I think he's full of shit.

1142
01:01:30.159 --> 01:01:32.039
<v Speaker 1>I think he knew exactly what he was doing when

1143
01:01:32.039 --> 01:01:34.760
<v Speaker 1>he tweeted that and what the reaction would probably be.

1144
01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:37.639
<v Speaker 1>And it's not like Nemeth was ever gonna work with Punk.

1145
01:01:37.679 --> 01:01:40.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he was barely ever on television. The popcorn

1146
01:01:40.519 --> 01:01:42.719
<v Speaker 1>guy in the stands that night got more airtime on

1147
01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:45.639
<v Speaker 1>TBS than Ryan Nemth, ever, did so. I don't know

1148
01:01:45.639 --> 01:01:47.480
<v Speaker 1>if he was trying to work a program out of

1149
01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:49.199
<v Speaker 1>it for himself for what he was trying to do,

1150
01:01:49.280 --> 01:01:51.280
<v Speaker 1>but he was a heel, and in his mind, he

1151
01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:53.159
<v Speaker 1>felt that he had no choice but to call him

1152
01:01:53.199 --> 01:01:56.559
<v Speaker 1>out for being a hypocrite. So that tweet is what

1153
01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:59.559
<v Speaker 1>led to the incident backstage at Dynamite the following week,

1154
01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:04.920
<v Speaker 1>where Punk angrily confronted him and Wade Keller reported in

1155
01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:08.719
<v Speaker 1>The Torch at the time that according to several eyewitnesses

1156
01:02:08.719 --> 01:02:12.280
<v Speaker 1>in the locker room, Punk cornered Nemeth and got up

1157
01:02:12.280 --> 01:02:14.559
<v Speaker 1>in his face, asking if they had a problem and

1158
01:02:14.599 --> 01:02:17.239
<v Speaker 1>if they needed to step outside to settle things. Now,

1159
01:02:17.280 --> 01:02:20.880
<v Speaker 1>mind you, this man just came back after being suspended

1160
01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:24.760
<v Speaker 1>for a giant backstage brawl, and his second week back,

1161
01:02:24.800 --> 01:02:28.639
<v Speaker 1>he's ready to throw down with somebody. So they move

1162
01:02:28.760 --> 01:02:32.519
<v Speaker 1>things out into the hallway and Punk is still berating

1163
01:02:32.639 --> 01:02:37.519
<v Speaker 1>him and Nemeth is trying to defend himself verbally, and

1164
01:02:37.599 --> 01:02:39.599
<v Speaker 1>Punk said he thought the timing of the tweet was

1165
01:02:39.679 --> 01:02:41.719
<v Speaker 1>bad because it went against the image that they were

1166
01:02:41.760 --> 01:02:44.480
<v Speaker 1>trying to portray that everybody was back on the same

1167
01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:47.480
<v Speaker 1>page and or at least nobody was doing anything to

1168
01:02:47.519 --> 01:02:51.800
<v Speaker 1>make an already bad situation even worse. Again, he says

1169
01:02:51.840 --> 01:02:54.880
<v Speaker 1>that after going out on TV and taking a not

1170
01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:57.599
<v Speaker 1>so subtle dig at the young Bucks, Okay, whether you'd

1171
01:02:57.599 --> 01:03:00.800
<v Speaker 1>think it was deserved or not, that's not really the point,

1172
01:03:01.400 --> 01:03:03.239
<v Speaker 1>but the idea that he would have been upset about

1173
01:03:03.280 --> 01:03:06.880
<v Speaker 1>Nemath exacerbating the situation from a tweet after he just

1174
01:03:06.920 --> 01:03:09.000
<v Speaker 1>went out on live television and said what he said.

1175
01:03:09.039 --> 01:03:13.599
<v Speaker 1>I just find that hilarious. So Nemeth asks Punk if

1176
01:03:13.880 --> 01:03:16.519
<v Speaker 1>he shouldn't react to things that Punk says on TV anymore,

1177
01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:18.440
<v Speaker 1>and Punk says, yeah, you know, that would probably be

1178
01:03:18.559 --> 01:03:22.320
<v Speaker 1>for the best. And supposedly they shook hands and they

1179
01:03:22.360 --> 01:03:24.039
<v Speaker 1>parted ways and that was the end of it, or

1180
01:03:24.039 --> 01:03:27.239
<v Speaker 1>so he thought, because what followed was him being kept

1181
01:03:27.239 --> 01:03:30.599
<v Speaker 1>off AW programming for the next two months after that incident,

1182
01:03:31.880 --> 01:03:35.920
<v Speaker 1>during which time, he claims John Moxley reached out to him,

1183
01:03:35.960 --> 01:03:41.840
<v Speaker 1>expressing his discomfort with the situation and offering his support. Nemth, though,

1184
01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:44.119
<v Speaker 1>feared that what was happening is that he was being

1185
01:03:44.159 --> 01:03:49.679
<v Speaker 1>silently fired. Then on August twelve, twenty twenty three, Nemth

1186
01:03:49.760 --> 01:03:53.039
<v Speaker 1>was booked for an AW show in Greensboro, but claims

1187
01:03:53.039 --> 01:03:56.039
<v Speaker 1>that he was asked to leave upon arrival at the venue,

1188
01:03:56.280 --> 01:04:01.119
<v Speaker 1>reportedly at the insistence of Cmpunk Pat Buck, who worked

1189
01:04:01.119 --> 01:04:04.599
<v Speaker 1>for AW. He initially cited travel confusion as the cause,

1190
01:04:04.639 --> 01:04:07.039
<v Speaker 1>but then later on he confirmed that Punk he was

1191
01:04:07.079 --> 01:04:10.599
<v Speaker 1>the reason he was involved, and Nemitt says that he

1192
01:04:10.639 --> 01:04:13.199
<v Speaker 1>has an audio recording of the interactions from that day.

1193
01:04:14.039 --> 01:04:18.920
<v Speaker 1>He's got the receipts. This next part, though, is not

1194
01:04:18.960 --> 01:04:22.199
<v Speaker 1>getting enough attention. This is the part of this report

1195
01:04:22.280 --> 01:04:24.599
<v Speaker 1>that really just jumped out at me, and I just

1196
01:04:24.639 --> 01:04:28.400
<v Speaker 1>feel like it's not getting enough attention. Nemith returned to

1197
01:04:28.440 --> 01:04:31.800
<v Speaker 1>AW on August sixteenth, where he says that he was

1198
01:04:32.000 --> 01:04:36.840
<v Speaker 1>ordered to verbally antagonize Punk in a live promo. He

1199
01:04:36.920 --> 01:04:40.079
<v Speaker 1>expressed concerns to Legal and HR, but felt no action

1200
01:04:40.320 --> 01:04:44.320
<v Speaker 1>was taken. This coincided with the departure of Megaperek from

1201
01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:48.320
<v Speaker 1>AW Legal, leaving Nemth to deal with Chris Peck and

1202
01:04:48.480 --> 01:04:54.280
<v Speaker 1>Margaret Stalvee, whom he accuses of stonewalling his concerns. If

1203
01:04:54.320 --> 01:04:57.440
<v Speaker 1>that is true that he was ordered, in his words,

1204
01:04:57.960 --> 01:05:02.559
<v Speaker 1>to antagonize CM Punk on live TI television, first of all,

1205
01:05:02.599 --> 01:05:05.440
<v Speaker 1>you know, Punk doesn't exactly need a lot of antagonizing

1206
01:05:05.559 --> 01:05:08.880
<v Speaker 1>to begin with. Right, he's been on his best behavior

1207
01:05:08.920 --> 01:05:12.079
<v Speaker 1>this year with WWE, although for a lot of it

1208
01:05:12.159 --> 01:05:14.880
<v Speaker 1>he was injured, he wasn't even at the shows. But

1209
01:05:15.039 --> 01:05:18.159
<v Speaker 1>he's been a model citizen by all accounts so far. Right,

1210
01:05:18.199 --> 01:05:20.960
<v Speaker 1>he's already a year in now to this WWE run

1211
01:05:21.039 --> 01:05:23.760
<v Speaker 1>and it's just been kumbaya. Everything's been great, and look,

1212
01:05:23.800 --> 01:05:26.960
<v Speaker 1>I hope that continues. He's a big draw for the company.

1213
01:05:27.039 --> 01:05:28.880
<v Speaker 1>They can make lots of money together. There's a lot

1214
01:05:28.880 --> 01:05:31.480
<v Speaker 1>of big matches, including him against Roman Reigns, him against

1215
01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:34.840
<v Speaker 1>Seth Rollins, him against Kevin Owens, a lot of big

1216
01:05:34.880 --> 01:05:38.360
<v Speaker 1>money matches they could do. I wish that was the

1217
01:05:38.400 --> 01:05:40.400
<v Speaker 1>case with him and aw still and all this shit

1218
01:05:40.480 --> 01:05:44.079
<v Speaker 1>never happened. But let's not pretend like this is a

1219
01:05:44.119 --> 01:05:46.639
<v Speaker 1>guy who needs a lot of antagonizing. Okay, he's got

1220
01:05:46.639 --> 01:05:50.360
<v Speaker 1>a hair trigger. He's easily set off by words, and

1221
01:05:50.400 --> 01:05:53.679
<v Speaker 1>he has a history of then later apologizing to people.

1222
01:05:54.320 --> 01:05:57.599
<v Speaker 1>He apologized to Tony Kahn after brawl out. He apologized

1223
01:05:57.599 --> 01:06:00.320
<v Speaker 1>to the Miz years later for telling him to go

1224
01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:04.519
<v Speaker 1>suck a blood covered dick. In Saudi Arabia. He supposedly

1225
01:06:04.599 --> 01:06:07.679
<v Speaker 1>apologized to Hangman page by text message after calling him

1226
01:06:07.679 --> 01:06:10.719
<v Speaker 1>a pegwarmer because there was either a sign in the

1227
01:06:10.760 --> 01:06:12.559
<v Speaker 1>crowd that he saw or there was a fan who

1228
01:06:12.599 --> 01:06:14.440
<v Speaker 1>shouted something. I think it may have been a sign

1229
01:06:14.440 --> 01:06:17.840
<v Speaker 1>that said this is Hangman country or something. And then

1230
01:06:17.880 --> 01:06:21.320
<v Speaker 1>he said what he said. So much for not wanting

1231
01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:24.559
<v Speaker 1>to exacerbate things, by the way, so he apologized to

1232
01:06:24.639 --> 01:06:27.719
<v Speaker 1>him for that, like you don't apologize constantly to people

1233
01:06:27.800 --> 01:06:30.719
<v Speaker 1>unless there's some recognition that maybe things were said that

1234
01:06:30.760 --> 01:06:34.480
<v Speaker 1>should not have been said. But in any event, I

1235
01:06:34.559 --> 01:06:37.440
<v Speaker 1>have to defend Punk on this because if there are

1236
01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:41.159
<v Speaker 1>people in that company telling Ryan Nemmeth to go out

1237
01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:44.119
<v Speaker 1>and poke the bear, those people need to lose their

1238
01:06:44.199 --> 01:06:48.239
<v Speaker 1>fucking jobs. And it just proves what I said from

1239
01:06:48.239 --> 01:06:50.119
<v Speaker 1>the start of all this two years ago, which is

1240
01:06:50.119 --> 01:06:53.719
<v Speaker 1>that there are no innocent parties here, not CM Punk,

1241
01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:57.360
<v Speaker 1>not Tony Kahan, not anybody. It's no wonder Punk lost

1242
01:06:57.360 --> 01:07:03.960
<v Speaker 1>his mind working for these people. Following Punk's physical altercation

1243
01:07:04.079 --> 01:07:06.679
<v Speaker 1>with Jack Perry at All Out twenty twenty three, The

1244
01:07:06.760 --> 01:07:09.960
<v Speaker 1>report says Nemeth claims he was asked to participate in

1245
01:07:10.000 --> 01:07:13.760
<v Speaker 1>an external investigation. Befelt that aw was more focused on

1246
01:07:13.840 --> 01:07:18.400
<v Speaker 1>determining Punk's future than addressing any of his grievances. Nemet's

1247
01:07:18.440 --> 01:07:24.199
<v Speaker 1>timeline notes repeated pitches for his creative return from Sanjay Dutt,

1248
01:07:24.760 --> 01:07:27.960
<v Speaker 1>all of which he says went ignored. By November eighteenth,

1249
01:07:28.000 --> 01:07:31.679
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three, Nemoth worked his final AW match. He

1250
01:07:31.760 --> 01:07:35.079
<v Speaker 1>believes that AW management held him responsible for the fallout

1251
01:07:35.119 --> 01:07:39.480
<v Speaker 1>involving Punk, whose firing came shortly before Nemets's last appearance.

1252
01:07:40.039 --> 01:07:43.639
<v Speaker 1>Nemeth alleges that AW legal offered him a settlement equal

1253
01:07:43.719 --> 01:07:47.760
<v Speaker 1>to three years of salary contingent on signing an NDA.

1254
01:07:48.360 --> 01:07:50.719
<v Speaker 1>He says he wanted to negotiate the offer with his

1255
01:07:50.840 --> 01:07:55.320
<v Speaker 1>legal team, but it was abruptly withdrawn. Peck allegedly warned

1256
01:07:55.360 --> 01:07:58.760
<v Speaker 1>Nemath he would be placed in an antagonistic position against

1257
01:07:58.800 --> 01:08:02.880
<v Speaker 1>Perek if the the matter escalated to arbitration, despite Nemath

1258
01:08:02.920 --> 01:08:06.599
<v Speaker 1>maintaining a positive relationship with her. And that's a whole

1259
01:08:06.599 --> 01:08:10.800
<v Speaker 1>other weird situation the way that Mega Perek was just

1260
01:08:10.880 --> 01:08:14.800
<v Speaker 1>removed from her position in AW. She was basically moved

1261
01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:19.079
<v Speaker 1>elsewhere within the Jaguars organization. She works with Jaguars, but

1262
01:08:19.279 --> 01:08:22.199
<v Speaker 1>she has no connection at all anymore to AAW we

1263
01:08:22.239 --> 01:08:24.000
<v Speaker 1>still don't know why, we don't know what that was

1264
01:08:24.039 --> 01:08:29.000
<v Speaker 1>all about. That's a whole weird situation. Nemath claims Peck

1265
01:08:29.159 --> 01:08:33.119
<v Speaker 1>also threatened legal action over his formal complaint and timeline submission.

1266
01:08:33.560 --> 01:08:36.800
<v Speaker 1>Despite this, Nemath remains steadfast in his call for policy

1267
01:08:36.880 --> 01:08:40.760
<v Speaker 1>changes within AAW, seeking a safer working environment for the roster.

1268
01:08:41.520 --> 01:08:44.319
<v Speaker 1>Toll of the experience led Nemath to seek help from

1269
01:08:44.359 --> 01:08:48.680
<v Speaker 1>mental health professionals. While Tony Kahn reportedly entertained the idea

1270
01:08:48.760 --> 01:08:51.840
<v Speaker 1>of Nemath returning, the former AW star has no intention

1271
01:08:51.920 --> 01:08:56.279
<v Speaker 1>of going back. Instead, Nemeth hopes his case sparks meaningful

1272
01:08:56.439 --> 01:09:01.720
<v Speaker 1>change within AAW, stating the roster deserves a safe environment.

1273
01:09:02.840 --> 01:09:06.119
<v Speaker 1>Did Kevin Kelly have to seek like a therapist or

1274
01:09:06.119 --> 01:09:10.520
<v Speaker 1>something after his time working? What is going on in

1275
01:09:10.560 --> 01:09:12.479
<v Speaker 1>this company that all these people have to have to

1276
01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:16.439
<v Speaker 1>seek out the mental health professionals after working there? Well,

1277
01:09:16.479 --> 01:09:19.800
<v Speaker 1>what is going on here? Look? If Nemath has audio

1278
01:09:19.920 --> 01:09:24.159
<v Speaker 1>recordings and documentation and text messages, apparently he does to

1279
01:09:24.199 --> 01:09:27.439
<v Speaker 1>back up his claims, I'm sure that helps his case,

1280
01:09:27.439 --> 01:09:31.840
<v Speaker 1>and that's that paints a pretty damning picture. But it's

1281
01:09:31.840 --> 01:09:35.199
<v Speaker 1>the part about being told to intentionally antagonize Punk on TV.

1282
01:09:35.319 --> 01:09:37.079
<v Speaker 1>That just I can't get away from that. That just

1283
01:09:37.199 --> 01:09:40.199
<v Speaker 1>raises a huge red flag if it's true about the

1284
01:09:40.239 --> 01:09:42.720
<v Speaker 1>people who work there and how they handle things behind

1285
01:09:42.760 --> 01:09:47.880
<v Speaker 1>the scenes. Like imagine somebody backstage in WWE telling Giovanni

1286
01:09:47.960 --> 01:09:52.800
<v Speaker 1>Vinci to go out on television. I could have stopped

1287
01:09:52.840 --> 01:09:55.000
<v Speaker 1>right there. The idea of Vinci even being on TV

1288
01:09:55.119 --> 01:09:57.920
<v Speaker 1>is too unbelievable. But just pretend for a second somebody

1289
01:09:57.920 --> 01:10:02.720
<v Speaker 1>tells Vincy to go out on TV and antagonize Roman reigns. Like,

1290
01:10:03.239 --> 01:10:05.720
<v Speaker 1>never in a million years would you see something like that,

1291
01:10:05.760 --> 01:10:08.159
<v Speaker 1>And if it did happen, everybody involved would be looking

1292
01:10:08.159 --> 01:10:12.039
<v Speaker 1>for a job, Like why would you want to provoke

1293
01:10:12.159 --> 01:10:14.560
<v Speaker 1>the man unless you wanted him to go off the

1294
01:10:14.600 --> 01:10:18.800
<v Speaker 1>deep end and get himself fired? Like what other conclusion

1295
01:10:18.880 --> 01:10:23.600
<v Speaker 1>can be drawn from that? I mean, this goes back

1296
01:10:23.600 --> 01:10:26.119
<v Speaker 1>to the spring of twenty twenty three when Punk was

1297
01:10:26.159 --> 01:10:29.000
<v Speaker 1>still out after Brawl Out, and this is what he

1298
01:10:29.039 --> 01:10:31.399
<v Speaker 1>talked about with the Ariel Hellwani interview, and he told

1299
01:10:31.439 --> 01:10:33.640
<v Speaker 1>Tony Kahan, look, they don't want me here, people don't

1300
01:10:33.640 --> 01:10:36.800
<v Speaker 1>want me here. This is never gonna work. Just release me,

1301
01:10:38.079 --> 01:10:40.319
<v Speaker 1>and Tony stood his ground. And he said no, because

1302
01:10:40.359 --> 01:10:44.439
<v Speaker 1>he knew that he needed Punk for Collision. He needed

1303
01:10:44.479 --> 01:10:48.039
<v Speaker 1>him for Collision to be a success. Collision was contingent

1304
01:10:48.119 --> 01:10:49.800
<v Speaker 1>on Punk being the star of the show. It was

1305
01:10:49.840 --> 01:10:53.319
<v Speaker 1>built around him, and Tony thought that he could keep

1306
01:10:53.319 --> 01:10:58.119
<v Speaker 1>the peace by just separating everybody. Like children, you go

1307
01:10:58.199 --> 01:11:00.279
<v Speaker 1>to your room and you go to your room boom.

1308
01:11:01.319 --> 01:11:03.720
<v Speaker 1>You can't run a daycare center that way, let alone

1309
01:11:03.720 --> 01:11:08.479
<v Speaker 1>a wrestling company. You know, when Punk went on Ariel's

1310
01:11:09.079 --> 01:11:11.039
<v Speaker 1>show earlier this year and he said that he told

1311
01:11:11.079 --> 01:11:14.800
<v Speaker 1>Tony release me, this isn't a real business. It's not

1312
01:11:14.840 --> 01:11:18.000
<v Speaker 1>a real business predicated on making money and selling tickets, right,

1313
01:11:18.159 --> 01:11:19.960
<v Speaker 1>this is not what you sold it to me. As

1314
01:11:21.439 --> 01:11:24.239
<v Speaker 1>I saw that as him largely being upset that the

1315
01:11:24.319 --> 01:11:26.800
<v Speaker 1>Young Bucks did not want to turn the whole brawl

1316
01:11:26.840 --> 01:11:30.279
<v Speaker 1>out situation into an angle and make money off of it.

1317
01:11:30.319 --> 01:11:32.199
<v Speaker 1>They wouldn't even sit down in a room with him

1318
01:11:32.199 --> 01:11:36.279
<v Speaker 1>to take a meeting. And I said, you can't say

1319
01:11:36.279 --> 01:11:39.119
<v Speaker 1>that aw is not a real business when they just

1320
01:11:39.239 --> 01:11:42.399
<v Speaker 1>signed a six hundred million dollar media rights deal, or

1321
01:11:42.439 --> 01:11:46.680
<v Speaker 1>when they put seventy thousand fans in Wembley Stadium. But

1322
01:11:46.760 --> 01:11:50.479
<v Speaker 1>even after everything that went down, if you had people

1323
01:11:50.560 --> 01:11:54.439
<v Speaker 1>backstage in positions of power trying to provoke him into something.

1324
01:11:55.119 --> 01:11:59.680
<v Speaker 1>You know what, Punk wasn't completely wrong. That doesn't sound

1325
01:11:59.720 --> 01:12:03.319
<v Speaker 1>like the way you run a real business. And that's

1326
01:12:03.359 --> 01:12:06.720
<v Speaker 1>a good segue into this. This made headlines this week

1327
01:12:07.640 --> 01:12:11.760
<v Speaker 1>Eric Bischoff's comments on Ariel Helwani Show where he said

1328
01:12:11.760 --> 01:12:14.800
<v Speaker 1>that there is no hope for AW when he was

1329
01:12:14.840 --> 01:12:17.039
<v Speaker 1>asked about the company and if he watches the product,

1330
01:12:17.079 --> 01:12:21.279
<v Speaker 1>this is what Bischoff had to say. They're horrible. I've

1331
01:12:21.319 --> 01:12:23.720
<v Speaker 1>given up, you know what. I used to get really

1332
01:12:23.760 --> 01:12:26.840
<v Speaker 1>frustrated with them because I actually hate seeing people screw

1333
01:12:26.920 --> 01:12:30.039
<v Speaker 1>up good opportunities. I know what that feels like, and

1334
01:12:30.079 --> 01:12:32.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't want that to happen again. I know how

1335
01:12:32.600 --> 01:12:35.159
<v Speaker 1>hard good opportunities are to come by. So when you

1336
01:12:35.199 --> 01:12:38.000
<v Speaker 1>see somebody shooting themselves in the foot day after day,

1337
01:12:38.079 --> 01:12:42.439
<v Speaker 1>week after week, in every possible way, it's frustrating for me,

1338
01:12:42.520 --> 01:12:46.359
<v Speaker 1>and I would vent that frustration. Now it's just like, yeah,

1339
01:12:46.479 --> 01:12:49.680
<v Speaker 1>whatever it is, what it is. There's no hope for them.

1340
01:12:49.880 --> 01:12:52.840
<v Speaker 1>Nothing is going to turn their company around. There's no

1341
01:12:52.960 --> 01:12:55.319
<v Speaker 1>light bulb that's going to go off in anybody's head

1342
01:12:55.319 --> 01:12:59.199
<v Speaker 1>and realize, oh, this is actually getting people to watch TV,

1343
01:13:00.119 --> 01:13:03.000
<v Speaker 1>no idea about what they're doing, and they're too stubborn

1344
01:13:03.119 --> 01:13:08.720
<v Speaker 1>to learn now. Eric has also talked about how nobody

1345
01:13:08.720 --> 01:13:12.000
<v Speaker 1>there knows how to tell a good story. He says

1346
01:13:12.000 --> 01:13:14.920
<v Speaker 1>this when he was praising their hiring of Jennifer Pepperman

1347
01:13:14.960 --> 01:13:18.399
<v Speaker 1>from WWE earlier this year. So evidently they do have

1348
01:13:18.439 --> 01:13:20.560
<v Speaker 1>people who know how to tell stories. He just doesn't

1349
01:13:20.600 --> 01:13:24.039
<v Speaker 1>think the stories they're telling are any good. And that's

1350
01:13:24.039 --> 01:13:27.000
<v Speaker 1>a fair point. But to say things like they don't

1351
01:13:27.000 --> 01:13:30.640
<v Speaker 1>tell stories, they don't know how to tell stories, I

1352
01:13:30.680 --> 01:13:33.479
<v Speaker 1>always call that shit out and I have to defend

1353
01:13:33.520 --> 01:13:37.920
<v Speaker 1>AW on this because it is just demonstrably false. The

1354
01:13:37.960 --> 01:13:40.479
<v Speaker 1>issue with AW is not that they don't know how

1355
01:13:40.520 --> 01:13:43.920
<v Speaker 1>to tell stories. It is that Tony Kahan chooses not

1356
01:13:43.960 --> 01:13:47.479
<v Speaker 1>to tell enough of them. They can do it. It's

1357
01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:49.359
<v Speaker 1>just a lot of the ones they tell it's very

1358
01:13:49.439 --> 01:13:53.039
<v Speaker 1>surface level stuff that just isn't very interesting. You look

1359
01:13:53.039 --> 01:13:55.600
<v Speaker 1>at what they're doing now with the death Rider's Angle, right,

1360
01:13:55.600 --> 01:13:58.239
<v Speaker 1>it's not making a dent in their audience. Their numbers

1361
01:13:58.279 --> 01:14:01.720
<v Speaker 1>are continuing to decline as they did with the Elite Angle.

1362
01:14:02.279 --> 01:14:04.199
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's that the death Rider's stuff is

1363
01:14:04.279 --> 01:14:06.760
<v Speaker 1>actively chasing people away. I think there was already a

1364
01:14:06.800 --> 01:14:09.560
<v Speaker 1>decline that it simply has not been able to reverse.

1365
01:14:10.640 --> 01:14:13.199
<v Speaker 1>You know. It's like the house was already being flooded,

1366
01:14:13.279 --> 01:14:15.279
<v Speaker 1>so you grab a bunch of sand bags and you

1367
01:14:15.319 --> 01:14:17.880
<v Speaker 1>build a barrier to try to stop the water from

1368
01:14:17.920 --> 01:14:20.479
<v Speaker 1>getting in, and the water just rises and goes over

1369
01:14:20.560 --> 01:14:25.560
<v Speaker 1>the sandbags. The house was already being flooded. What they're

1370
01:14:25.600 --> 01:14:29.560
<v Speaker 1>doing just isn't working. But they're at least taking steps

1371
01:14:29.640 --> 01:14:32.000
<v Speaker 1>now to involve bigger names and the Death Rider's stuff,

1372
01:14:32.039 --> 01:14:34.239
<v Speaker 1>which hopefully will make things a little bit more interesting,

1373
01:14:34.880 --> 01:14:37.159
<v Speaker 1>you know, going into full gear. They were telling the

1374
01:14:37.199 --> 01:14:40.800
<v Speaker 1>story of Orange Cassidy not believing in himself as a leader.

1375
01:14:40.840 --> 01:14:43.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm no leader, right, I can't be the leader of

1376
01:14:43.640 --> 01:14:47.800
<v Speaker 1>aw I'm no leader. And ultimately he did, and he

1377
01:14:47.920 --> 01:14:51.800
<v Speaker 1>started to shed some of the less serious aspects of

1378
01:14:51.840 --> 01:14:55.199
<v Speaker 1>his character. He hasn't completely abandoned it, but he was

1379
01:14:55.239 --> 01:14:58.199
<v Speaker 1>like showing his angrier side. He's out there cutting actual

1380
01:14:58.279 --> 01:15:01.600
<v Speaker 1>promos and stringing sentences together instead of just shrugging his

1381
01:15:01.640 --> 01:15:06.359
<v Speaker 1>shoulders and saying, whatever, that's the story arc for his character, right.

1382
01:15:06.399 --> 01:15:08.760
<v Speaker 1>They tried to evolve the character and tell a story

1383
01:15:08.760 --> 01:15:11.119
<v Speaker 1>with Orange Cassidy. You look at what they've been doing

1384
01:15:11.159 --> 01:15:13.600
<v Speaker 1>with will Ospray and the Don Kallis family to try

1385
01:15:13.600 --> 01:15:15.840
<v Speaker 1>to build Kyle Fletcher into a top player. I think

1386
01:15:15.840 --> 01:15:19.199
<v Speaker 1>they've been doing actually a really good job with him.

1387
01:15:19.399 --> 01:15:22.520
<v Speaker 1>You go back further the Swerve Strickland Hangman page rivalry,

1388
01:15:22.560 --> 01:15:25.000
<v Speaker 1>which dates back more than a year. That program turned

1389
01:15:25.039 --> 01:15:28.439
<v Speaker 1>Swerve into a main event player for them. You cannot

1390
01:15:28.520 --> 01:15:30.479
<v Speaker 1>argue that Swerve is not a bigger star for them

1391
01:15:30.479 --> 01:15:32.760
<v Speaker 1>now than he was before he met Hangman for the

1392
01:15:32.760 --> 01:15:36.319
<v Speaker 1>first time. And then he beat him too straight and

1393
01:15:36.319 --> 01:15:38.479
<v Speaker 1>that led directly to the shift that we see now

1394
01:15:38.479 --> 01:15:42.800
<v Speaker 1>in Hangman's character. His entire character arc has been the

1395
01:15:42.840 --> 01:15:45.520
<v Speaker 1>best story that Tony Kahan has ever told in the

1396
01:15:45.560 --> 01:15:48.960
<v Speaker 1>five years that AW has been in existence. The very

1397
01:15:49.079 --> 01:15:53.560
<v Speaker 1>best story that they have ever told was Hangman's journey

1398
01:15:53.600 --> 01:15:56.560
<v Speaker 1>to the AW World Championship and him finally beating Kenny

1399
01:15:56.600 --> 01:16:01.600
<v Speaker 1>Omega after drinking himself half to death and being betrayed

1400
01:16:01.640 --> 01:16:03.840
<v Speaker 1>by the elite, and you know, he finally wins the

1401
01:16:03.880 --> 01:16:06.359
<v Speaker 1>title that he failed to win against Chris Jericho when

1402
01:16:06.359 --> 01:16:11.439
<v Speaker 1>the company first started. That's still their best story. The

1403
01:16:11.520 --> 01:16:14.800
<v Speaker 1>Tony Storm and Mariah May relationship leading to Mariah winning

1404
01:16:14.840 --> 01:16:17.359
<v Speaker 1>the Owen Hart Tournament and then laying that savage beatdown

1405
01:16:17.399 --> 01:16:20.319
<v Speaker 1>on Tony Storm and then taking her title. That was brilliant.

1406
01:16:22.399 --> 01:16:25.199
<v Speaker 1>MJF and Adam Cole they fell asked backwards into that

1407
01:16:25.239 --> 01:16:27.680
<v Speaker 1>bro Chaco stuff. It was one of those odd couple

1408
01:16:27.720 --> 01:16:31.159
<v Speaker 1>pairings that you would sometimes see on WWE television that

1409
01:16:31.239 --> 01:16:35.800
<v Speaker 1>shouldn't work, but the fans just get behind it and

1410
01:16:35.880 --> 01:16:40.840
<v Speaker 1>they turned it into a Wembley Stadium main event. MJF

1411
01:16:40.840 --> 01:16:44.119
<v Speaker 1>and CM Punk their rivalry and MJF referring to how

1412
01:16:44.119 --> 01:16:46.119
<v Speaker 1>Punk let him down when he was still a kid.

1413
01:16:46.159 --> 01:16:49.560
<v Speaker 1>He was like a teenager and you know, showing old

1414
01:16:49.600 --> 01:16:53.039
<v Speaker 1>photos like that was great stuff. They brought the best

1415
01:16:53.039 --> 01:16:56.239
<v Speaker 1>out of each other. I mean, fuck Cody Rhodes and

1416
01:16:56.319 --> 01:16:59.079
<v Speaker 1>Darby Allen. In the early days of AW people forget,

1417
01:16:59.079 --> 01:17:00.960
<v Speaker 1>but you know, Cody beat Darby a whole bunch of

1418
01:17:01.000 --> 01:17:04.159
<v Speaker 1>times before Darby finally beat him to win the TNT

1419
01:17:04.359 --> 01:17:07.479
<v Speaker 1>Championship for the first time. They had a time limit

1420
01:17:07.600 --> 01:17:10.800
<v Speaker 1>draw on their very first match, and then Cody beat

1421
01:17:10.880 --> 01:17:12.800
<v Speaker 1>him a couple of times and then finally it was

1422
01:17:12.800 --> 01:17:17.680
<v Speaker 1>like a year later, maybe longer, Darby got that big

1423
01:17:17.720 --> 01:17:21.279
<v Speaker 1>win and as I recall Darby was actually a draw

1424
01:17:21.319 --> 01:17:23.600
<v Speaker 1>there for a little while with that TNT title, like

1425
01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:28.119
<v Speaker 1>his segments were doing really well. Like believe me, I

1426
01:17:28.199 --> 01:17:30.640
<v Speaker 1>want them to get back to that stuff as much

1427
01:17:30.680 --> 01:17:33.760
<v Speaker 1>as anybody. But the idea that they don't know how

1428
01:17:33.800 --> 01:17:36.319
<v Speaker 1>to tell a proper story or they don't tell stories,

1429
01:17:36.520 --> 01:17:39.359
<v Speaker 1>it's just pure nonsense, and it's spoken only by people

1430
01:17:39.439 --> 01:17:42.239
<v Speaker 1>that haven't actually watched the product over the last five years.

1431
01:17:44.079 --> 01:17:47.520
<v Speaker 1>It's not that they can't, it's that they don't. There's

1432
01:17:47.560 --> 01:17:52.399
<v Speaker 1>a difference, not as often as they should, and that's

1433
01:17:52.439 --> 01:17:56.520
<v Speaker 1>what's so frustrating. You know. Bischoff is also not exactly

1434
01:17:56.520 --> 01:17:58.840
<v Speaker 1>an unbiased source on this. He's had a hate boner

1435
01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:01.439
<v Speaker 1>for AW ever since Tony Kah made that comment about

1436
01:18:01.439 --> 01:18:04.359
<v Speaker 1>Ted Turner not knowing one percent of what he knows

1437
01:18:04.399 --> 01:18:08.039
<v Speaker 1>about pro wrestling, or else WCW would still be on

1438
01:18:08.119 --> 01:18:13.479
<v Speaker 1>TNT and TBS. Of course, Ted Turner never ran WCW.

1439
01:18:13.560 --> 01:18:17.119
<v Speaker 1>He owned it, but he didn't actually run anything, so

1440
01:18:17.159 --> 01:18:19.479
<v Speaker 1>it's a stupid comment to even make. But Eric took

1441
01:18:19.520 --> 01:18:21.880
<v Speaker 1>that as a personal shot at Ted Turner, and ever

1442
01:18:21.920 --> 01:18:25.439
<v Speaker 1>since then his entire tone change whenever he's talked about AW.

1443
01:18:26.039 --> 01:18:28.720
<v Speaker 1>I will say though that you know Eric, Hey, kudos

1444
01:18:28.760 --> 01:18:31.279
<v Speaker 1>to him. Eric has managed to take eighty three weeks

1445
01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:34.439
<v Speaker 1>of success that he had in his life thirty years

1446
01:18:34.479 --> 01:18:38.119
<v Speaker 1>ago and parlay that into a new career for himself now.

1447
01:18:38.119 --> 01:18:42.560
<v Speaker 1>It's very impressive. But when he says there's no hope

1448
01:18:43.000 --> 01:18:47.159
<v Speaker 1>for aaw he's not totally wrong. I mean, look, it's

1449
01:18:47.199 --> 01:18:49.319
<v Speaker 1>a little over the top to say that when the

1450
01:18:49.359 --> 01:18:52.720
<v Speaker 1>company the company just got a six hundred million dollar

1451
01:18:52.880 --> 01:18:57.479
<v Speaker 1>endorsement from Warner Brothers Discovery, that there's no hope. Okay,

1452
01:18:57.520 --> 01:19:00.720
<v Speaker 1>their future for now is secure and that's a big

1453
01:19:00.760 --> 01:19:03.560
<v Speaker 1>feather in Tony's cat, But it does feel like nothing

1454
01:19:03.600 --> 01:19:06.199
<v Speaker 1>is hitting right now. They're trying things that aren't working,

1455
01:19:07.479 --> 01:19:09.800
<v Speaker 1>and the show is the vision of one man, right

1456
01:19:09.880 --> 01:19:13.479
<v Speaker 1>that man is Tony Khan. He doesn't think there are

1457
01:19:13.520 --> 01:19:16.840
<v Speaker 1>any problems with the product. Just ask him, he'll tell you.

1458
01:19:18.560 --> 01:19:21.039
<v Speaker 1>He doesn't think there are any problems with the creative

1459
01:19:21.399 --> 01:19:26.039
<v Speaker 1>Everything is great. And if he does feel that way,

1460
01:19:26.079 --> 01:19:28.600
<v Speaker 1>he clearly doesn't care because he's content to just put

1461
01:19:28.600 --> 01:19:33.000
<v Speaker 1>on banger matches every week. Eric doesn't like the product.

1462
01:19:33.159 --> 01:19:35.680
<v Speaker 1>A lot of other people no longer enjoy the product,

1463
01:19:36.880 --> 01:19:38.560
<v Speaker 1>and there's also a lot of other people who do

1464
01:19:38.680 --> 01:19:42.640
<v Speaker 1>like the product. Tony likes it, and so long as

1465
01:19:42.640 --> 01:19:46.640
<v Speaker 1>he likes it, nothing is going to change. Hence him

1466
01:19:46.680 --> 01:19:49.760
<v Speaker 1>saying Bischoff, that is that there's no hope for aw

1467
01:19:50.560 --> 01:19:53.439
<v Speaker 1>That's why I say he's not completely wrong. Change will

1468
01:19:53.479 --> 01:19:56.079
<v Speaker 1>only come from the top. We all said the same

1469
01:19:56.079 --> 01:19:58.680
<v Speaker 1>thing about Vince McMahon. It was one man's vision. Nobody

1470
01:19:58.720 --> 01:20:01.520
<v Speaker 1>else's ideas mattered. A whole army of writers. He had

1471
01:20:01.560 --> 01:20:04.520
<v Speaker 1>people flanking him, and he had Bruce Pritchard, he had

1472
01:20:04.560 --> 01:20:06.960
<v Speaker 1>Michael Hayes, and he had all these people. It doesn't matter.

1473
01:20:07.439 --> 01:20:11.199
<v Speaker 1>None of it mattered, no matter how many bright, creative

1474
01:20:11.239 --> 01:20:15.439
<v Speaker 1>people you surround yourself with. If everything is being filtered

1475
01:20:15.479 --> 01:20:18.640
<v Speaker 1>through one man, and that one man sees things a

1476
01:20:18.680 --> 01:20:21.520
<v Speaker 1>certain way and you see things another way, your way

1477
01:20:21.640 --> 01:20:26.119
<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter. The blame should go squarely on the person

1478
01:20:26.159 --> 01:20:28.640
<v Speaker 1>at the top. This happens in sports all the time.

1479
01:20:28.720 --> 01:20:30.920
<v Speaker 1>Fans call for the owner of their favorite team to

1480
01:20:31.000 --> 01:20:34.600
<v Speaker 1>sell the team because the team plays like shit. The

1481
01:20:34.640 --> 01:20:36.960
<v Speaker 1>owners he doesn't hire the right people, or they don't

1482
01:20:36.960 --> 01:20:40.720
<v Speaker 1>spend money on the best players, sell the team. I

1483
01:20:40.720 --> 01:20:42.600
<v Speaker 1>mean hell, I said the same thing about the Mets

1484
01:20:42.640 --> 01:20:47.399
<v Speaker 1>for years and then it actually happened the Willponds sold

1485
01:20:47.439 --> 01:20:50.720
<v Speaker 1>the team to Steve Cohen. Tony is more than willing

1486
01:20:50.720 --> 01:20:53.560
<v Speaker 1>to spend money on the best available players. But you

1487
01:20:53.600 --> 01:20:55.800
<v Speaker 1>can sign all the big names you want. It's about

1488
01:20:55.800 --> 01:20:59.119
<v Speaker 1>how the manager or the head coach uses those players.

1489
01:20:59.600 --> 01:21:02.000
<v Speaker 1>In this case, the owner is the head coach. He's

1490
01:21:02.000 --> 01:21:04.199
<v Speaker 1>the owner, the head coach and the manager all rolled

1491
01:21:04.199 --> 01:21:08.000
<v Speaker 1>into one. And he's not selling the team, and he

1492
01:21:08.039 --> 01:21:10.199
<v Speaker 1>doesn't need to sell the team. But there's going to

1493
01:21:10.279 --> 01:21:12.840
<v Speaker 1>come a reckoning suit if these numbers continue to drop

1494
01:21:12.920 --> 01:21:15.760
<v Speaker 1>lower and lower and lower. And I'm not just talking

1495
01:21:15.760 --> 01:21:19.439
<v Speaker 1>about ratings either. There's ratings, there's attendance. As things go

1496
01:21:19.520 --> 01:21:22.239
<v Speaker 1>lower and lower, there's going to come a reckoning where

1497
01:21:22.239 --> 01:21:23.960
<v Speaker 1>he's going to have to come to terms with what

1498
01:21:24.119 --> 01:21:28.600
<v Speaker 1>needs to be done to turn things around. Dynamite on

1499
01:21:28.680 --> 01:21:30.920
<v Speaker 1>Wednesday was a better show than a lot of their

1500
01:21:30.960 --> 01:21:34.199
<v Speaker 1>recent ones, even if the numbers on Wednesday didn't reflect it.

1501
01:21:34.800 --> 01:21:38.000
<v Speaker 1>The Continental Classic, it may not be a draw for them,

1502
01:21:38.319 --> 01:21:40.439
<v Speaker 1>but we do get some great wrestling out of it.

1503
01:21:40.640 --> 01:21:43.159
<v Speaker 1>Shelton Benjamin and Kyle Fletcher. If you didn't see it,

1504
01:21:43.840 --> 01:21:46.439
<v Speaker 1>they had a great one with Kyle stealing a win

1505
01:21:47.039 --> 01:21:50.479
<v Speaker 1>same with Brody king and Claudio, and Claudio cheating to

1506
01:21:50.520 --> 01:21:54.680
<v Speaker 1>avenge his loss to Brody in last year's tournament. I

1507
01:21:54.760 --> 01:21:59.239
<v Speaker 1>understand Kyle and Claudia are both heels. Heels cheat, but

1508
01:21:59.399 --> 01:22:01.720
<v Speaker 1>in a tournament like this, I don't think we need

1509
01:22:01.760 --> 01:22:04.319
<v Speaker 1>too many finishes like that, especially on the same show.

1510
01:22:05.399 --> 01:22:09.560
<v Speaker 1>Jus Robinson is out of the Continental Classic and he

1511
01:22:09.640 --> 01:22:13.600
<v Speaker 1>is off television for the foreseeable future after missing seven

1512
01:22:13.720 --> 01:22:16.960
<v Speaker 1>months following back surgery last November. Now he's going to

1513
01:22:17.000 --> 01:22:20.359
<v Speaker 1>be out with a broken leg. The injury happened during

1514
01:22:20.359 --> 01:22:23.279
<v Speaker 1>his match with Will Osprey on Collision last weekend. Three

1515
01:22:23.319 --> 01:22:25.920
<v Speaker 1>minutes into the match, on a simple sunset flip spot,

1516
01:22:26.680 --> 01:22:30.640
<v Speaker 1>his foot got bent at a disgusting angle, and he

1517
01:22:30.760 --> 01:22:34.159
<v Speaker 1>continued the match like nothing had happened, and nobody even

1518
01:22:34.279 --> 01:22:37.319
<v Speaker 1>noticed because he wasn't visibly in pain. He wasn't moving,

1519
01:22:38.319 --> 01:22:40.399
<v Speaker 1>you know, much differently than normal. It's not like he

1520
01:22:40.439 --> 01:22:43.079
<v Speaker 1>was limping around. I don't know if he was just

1521
01:22:43.159 --> 01:22:45.279
<v Speaker 1>no selling it or if he just didn't realize how

1522
01:22:45.279 --> 01:22:48.279
<v Speaker 1>badly he was hurt. But if you watch the spot back,

1523
01:22:48.319 --> 01:22:51.800
<v Speaker 1>you can hear a crack or like a snap at

1524
01:22:51.800 --> 01:22:55.359
<v Speaker 1>the moment that he snapped his fibula. So Tony Kahn

1525
01:22:55.479 --> 01:22:59.319
<v Speaker 1>has substituted Commander in his place for the remainder of

1526
01:22:59.319 --> 01:23:02.800
<v Speaker 1>the Continental Classic because Commander can eat losses like Juice

1527
01:23:02.840 --> 01:23:04.720
<v Speaker 1>was going to. It's the only reason he was even

1528
01:23:04.720 --> 01:23:07.920
<v Speaker 1>in the tournament to begin with. Yes, there were much

1529
01:23:07.960 --> 01:23:09.920
<v Speaker 1>better names he could have put in that spot. I

1530
01:23:09.920 --> 01:23:13.640
<v Speaker 1>don't personally care for Commander being in this tournament. He

1531
01:23:13.680 --> 01:23:15.840
<v Speaker 1>can go in there and have great flippy matches with

1532
01:23:15.840 --> 01:23:18.039
<v Speaker 1>people like Ricochet. It won't make a lick of difference.

1533
01:23:18.439 --> 01:23:20.920
<v Speaker 1>Any stories they might want to tell in this tournament,

1534
01:23:20.960 --> 01:23:24.479
<v Speaker 1>absolutely none of them will revolve around Commander, I guarantee it.

1535
01:23:25.319 --> 01:23:28.399
<v Speaker 1>But he's in there to take losses, nothing more, nothing less.

1536
01:23:29.479 --> 01:23:31.720
<v Speaker 1>Also on Dynamite, they teased they four away for the

1537
01:23:31.720 --> 01:23:35.079
<v Speaker 1>aw World Championship at World's End, with John Moxley defending

1538
01:23:35.119 --> 01:23:41.439
<v Speaker 1>against Orange Cassidy, Jay White and Hangman Page and Bendido.

1539
01:23:41.920 --> 01:23:43.920
<v Speaker 1>He's not gonna be in the match, but Bandido has

1540
01:23:44.960 --> 01:23:48.439
<v Speaker 1>not wrestled the match since June of last year. He

1541
01:23:48.520 --> 01:23:51.239
<v Speaker 1>underwent risk surgery and then he had to have a

1542
01:23:51.279 --> 01:23:53.680
<v Speaker 1>second surgery on his wrist because the risks did not

1543
01:23:53.760 --> 01:23:57.119
<v Speaker 1>heal properly from the first surgery well. He is on

1544
01:23:57.199 --> 01:23:59.800
<v Speaker 1>his way back, and it had been so long on

1545
01:24:00.319 --> 01:24:02.920
<v Speaker 1>forgot he was even on the roster, and he was

1546
01:24:02.960 --> 01:24:06.520
<v Speaker 1>somebody who at the time when he was wrestling for

1547
01:24:06.600 --> 01:24:10.399
<v Speaker 1>AW his matches were getting over pretty good. He's just

1548
01:24:10.439 --> 01:24:12.600
<v Speaker 1>one of those guys that has a certain charisma, like

1549
01:24:12.640 --> 01:24:15.640
<v Speaker 1>a certain physical charisma about him because a lot of

1550
01:24:15.680 --> 01:24:17.600
<v Speaker 1>the moves and stuff that he does. I mean, again,

1551
01:24:17.640 --> 01:24:19.840
<v Speaker 1>they have a million guys on this roster who could

1552
01:24:19.880 --> 01:24:24.239
<v Speaker 1>do the same thing. But he was getting over and

1553
01:24:24.279 --> 01:24:26.600
<v Speaker 1>I think he'll get over again when he comes back.

1554
01:24:26.760 --> 01:24:29.600
<v Speaker 1>But I forgot he was even on the roster. Same

1555
01:24:29.640 --> 01:24:32.399
<v Speaker 1>thing with Keith Lee, and who knows if we're ever

1556
01:24:32.439 --> 01:24:35.039
<v Speaker 1>going to see him again. But I'm happy for a

1557
01:24:35.039 --> 01:24:38.199
<v Speaker 1>Bandido at least that he was able to make it back.

1558
01:24:38.600 --> 01:24:43.279
<v Speaker 1>Hopefully no lingering issues with the injury, and we'll see

1559
01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:46.159
<v Speaker 1>him back on TV suit. They held their annual Dynamite

1560
01:24:46.199 --> 01:24:49.479
<v Speaker 1>dozen Battle Royal for the right to challenge MJF for

1561
01:24:49.640 --> 01:24:53.199
<v Speaker 1>his Dynamite Diamond ring at World's End. This was easily

1562
01:24:53.239 --> 01:24:57.319
<v Speaker 1>the worst thing on the entire show. A dog shit

1563
01:24:57.439 --> 01:25:01.479
<v Speaker 1>Battle Royal for the right to a useless proce who

1564
01:25:01.960 --> 01:25:05.960
<v Speaker 1>cares about who holds the dynamite diamond ring. It is

1565
01:25:06.000 --> 01:25:10.600
<v Speaker 1>a prop for MJF. It means absolutely nothing, It holds

1566
01:25:10.840 --> 01:25:14.800
<v Speaker 1>no real value to one standing in the company. And

1567
01:25:14.840 --> 01:25:17.439
<v Speaker 1>if Adam Cole gets his match with MJF at World's End,

1568
01:25:17.520 --> 01:25:20.680
<v Speaker 1>which he should, what the hell do we need to

1569
01:25:20.680 --> 01:25:24.720
<v Speaker 1>see MJF wrestle Kyle O'Reilly for So, if it's gonna

1570
01:25:24.720 --> 01:25:27.760
<v Speaker 1>be MJF and Adam Cole, it's not about the diamond ring.

1571
01:25:28.119 --> 01:25:33.479
<v Speaker 1>The ring is not needed. It's a grudge match. The

1572
01:25:33.560 --> 01:25:39.199
<v Speaker 1>ring being on the line changes absolutely nothing. So on

1573
01:25:39.239 --> 01:25:41.920
<v Speaker 1>the Winter Is Coming episode this week, because the last

1574
01:25:41.920 --> 01:25:43.920
<v Speaker 1>two men in the Battle Royal were Adam Cole and

1575
01:25:44.000 --> 01:25:45.680
<v Speaker 1>Kyle O'Reilly, the two of them are going to have

1576
01:25:45.720 --> 01:25:48.560
<v Speaker 1>a match and the winner will then get MJF on

1577
01:25:48.600 --> 01:25:51.520
<v Speaker 1>December twenty eighth at World's End. World's End, of course,

1578
01:25:51.560 --> 01:25:55.279
<v Speaker 1>being the one year anniversary of the Devil Reveal, the

1579
01:25:55.399 --> 01:25:58.920
<v Speaker 1>night that MJF lost the aw World Championship. It should

1580
01:25:58.920 --> 01:26:01.560
<v Speaker 1>be Adam Cole against MG on the show. And if

1581
01:26:01.680 --> 01:26:04.439
<v Speaker 1>MJF loses the ring between now and then, which I

1582
01:26:04.439 --> 01:26:08.439
<v Speaker 1>guess he's already lost it once before, whether it was

1583
01:26:08.479 --> 01:26:11.840
<v Speaker 1>a legitimate loss or a storyline loss, I guess he's

1584
01:26:11.840 --> 01:26:13.680
<v Speaker 1>not going to lose it again, but I wish he

1585
01:26:13.720 --> 01:26:19.279
<v Speaker 1>would because it just doesn't serve any purpose and has

1586
01:26:19.319 --> 01:26:22.479
<v Speaker 1>about some TNA news. You don't get too much of

1587
01:26:22.520 --> 01:26:24.760
<v Speaker 1>that here. TNA announced this week that they will be

1588
01:26:24.800 --> 01:26:28.560
<v Speaker 1>bringing two pay per views, one to New York and

1589
01:26:28.600 --> 01:26:31.479
<v Speaker 1>one to Los Angeles next year, after holding a fan

1590
01:26:31.640 --> 01:26:34.920
<v Speaker 1>poll to decide which of the two cities would host

1591
01:26:34.960 --> 01:26:37.560
<v Speaker 1>a pay per view now, they claimed more than a

1592
01:26:37.600 --> 01:26:43.159
<v Speaker 1>million votes were cast, which produced no overwhelming winner, so

1593
01:26:43.199 --> 01:26:47.039
<v Speaker 1>they decided both cities would host events. Now, some people

1594
01:26:47.119 --> 01:26:52.720
<v Speaker 1>are calling shenanigans because these announcements came awfully quickly after

1595
01:26:52.760 --> 01:26:54.760
<v Speaker 1>the poll was done, that they're going to be coming

1596
01:26:54.760 --> 01:26:56.800
<v Speaker 1>to this arena, They're going to be coming to that arena.

1597
01:26:56.960 --> 01:27:00.960
<v Speaker 1>It's not like these deals come together overnight. They probably

1598
01:27:00.960 --> 01:27:03.239
<v Speaker 1>were planning two shows all along, and it was all

1599
01:27:03.279 --> 01:27:07.640
<v Speaker 1>just a marketing ploy, and honestly not a bad one. Now,

1600
01:27:07.640 --> 01:27:09.560
<v Speaker 1>if these were the days of the hotlines and they

1601
01:27:09.560 --> 01:27:12.960
<v Speaker 1>made japay ninety nine cents a minute to call a

1602
01:27:13.039 --> 01:27:15.880
<v Speaker 1>nine hundred number to cast your vote and you found

1603
01:27:15.880 --> 01:27:18.960
<v Speaker 1>out later on that the vote was fixed, I could

1604
01:27:19.039 --> 01:27:23.000
<v Speaker 1>understand being pissed off, But an online poll like who

1605
01:27:23.079 --> 01:27:27.319
<v Speaker 1>gives a shit, It's fine. Rebellion twenty twenty five is

1606
01:27:27.359 --> 01:27:29.920
<v Speaker 1>going to be taking place from the Galen Center in

1607
01:27:30.000 --> 01:27:34.159
<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles on the University of Southern California campus. That'll

1608
01:27:34.159 --> 01:27:38.880
<v Speaker 1>be on Sunday, April twenty seventh, while Slammiversary twenty twenty

1609
01:27:38.920 --> 01:27:42.119
<v Speaker 1>five will take place at the UBS Arena on Long Island,

1610
01:27:42.159 --> 01:27:46.000
<v Speaker 1>New York, on Sunday, July twentieth, and tickets for both

1611
01:27:46.000 --> 01:27:48.800
<v Speaker 1>shows go on sale Friday, December twentieth at ten am

1612
01:27:49.159 --> 01:27:53.760
<v Speaker 1>local time. WWE and AW they've run the UBS Arena

1613
01:27:53.800 --> 01:27:58.079
<v Speaker 1>for events there before, so TNA running there is very

1614
01:27:59.199 --> 01:28:03.439
<v Speaker 1>ambitious considering it is a twenty thousand seat venue and

1615
01:28:03.560 --> 01:28:06.359
<v Speaker 1>TNA has never in more than twenty years of its

1616
01:28:06.399 --> 01:28:10.279
<v Speaker 1>existence had a crowd anywhere close to that, not even

1617
01:28:10.359 --> 01:28:13.880
<v Speaker 1>half that. Their biggest crowd in their history was almost

1618
01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:16.279
<v Speaker 1>eight thousand people, and that was over a decade ago.

1619
01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:19.880
<v Speaker 1>Now the Galen Center is a little bit smaller. It

1620
01:28:19.920 --> 01:28:23.840
<v Speaker 1>fits over ten thousand figure for a wrestling event. It

1621
01:28:23.840 --> 01:28:25.760
<v Speaker 1>would be a little bit less than that, so I

1622
01:28:25.800 --> 01:28:28.880
<v Speaker 1>mean that's a little bit better. But they've got their

1623
01:28:28.920 --> 01:28:30.680
<v Speaker 1>work cutout for them. I don't see how they make

1624
01:28:30.720 --> 01:28:34.640
<v Speaker 1>money on those shows, but hey, go big or go home?

1625
01:28:34.680 --> 01:28:38.159
<v Speaker 1>I guess stake some mailbag questions. If you have a

1626
01:28:38.279 --> 01:28:40.640
<v Speaker 1>question for me, you could email me the solom Monster

1627
01:28:40.720 --> 01:28:43.119
<v Speaker 1>at gmail dot com. Please include your name and where

1628
01:28:43.159 --> 01:28:48.000
<v Speaker 1>you are from. Roderick from Baltimore, Maryland. You gave your

1629
01:28:48.000 --> 01:28:51.680
<v Speaker 1>top five Survivor series moments after SmackDown a couple of

1630
01:28:51.680 --> 01:28:53.920
<v Speaker 1>weeks ago, and it was a great list. Thank you,

1631
01:28:54.000 --> 01:28:57.199
<v Speaker 1>roder With that said, given that there are still so

1632
01:28:57.279 --> 01:29:00.600
<v Speaker 1>many other memorable Survivor series moments which were not included,

1633
01:29:00.720 --> 01:29:03.279
<v Speaker 1>which ones would you rank from number six to number

1634
01:29:03.319 --> 01:29:08.079
<v Speaker 1>ten to complete a top ten? Well, I'm not going

1635
01:29:08.119 --> 01:29:10.439
<v Speaker 1>to rank them, but I can give you five more

1636
01:29:11.039 --> 01:29:13.000
<v Speaker 1>to give you a top ten. Now, if you missed

1637
01:29:13.000 --> 01:29:17.720
<v Speaker 1>the original list, I did rank that one and number

1638
01:29:17.720 --> 01:29:21.439
<v Speaker 1>one was obviously the Montreal Screwjob. Number two was CM

1639
01:29:21.479 --> 01:29:24.399
<v Speaker 1>Punk's return at last year's Survivor series. Number three was

1640
01:29:24.439 --> 01:29:27.760
<v Speaker 1>Shawn Michaels winning the first elimination Chamber in two thousand

1641
01:29:27.760 --> 01:29:33.880
<v Speaker 1>and two. Number four was Sting's debut The Visual Ante

1642
01:29:35.119 --> 01:29:38.279
<v Speaker 1>that Lives Rent Free in My Head Michael Cole screaming

1643
01:29:38.319 --> 01:29:42.239
<v Speaker 1>the Visual Anti. Yes, it was Sting's debut in twenty

1644
01:29:42.279 --> 01:29:46.359
<v Speaker 1>fourteen where he laid out Triple H and he helped

1645
01:29:46.399 --> 01:29:50.039
<v Speaker 1>Dolf Ziggler beat the Authority. And number five was the

1646
01:29:50.119 --> 01:29:54.960
<v Speaker 1>Undertaker winning his first World Championship from Hulkogan. So here's

1647
01:29:55.000 --> 01:29:59.760
<v Speaker 1>five more that I would rank pretty high on my list,

1648
01:29:59.800 --> 01:30:03.439
<v Speaker 1>but the are not ranked per se. Gotta have Brett

1649
01:30:03.439 --> 01:30:06.199
<v Speaker 1>Hart beating Diesel in nineteen ninety five on there, and

1650
01:30:06.239 --> 01:30:10.039
<v Speaker 1>Diesel's heel turn after the match. The best damn powerbomb

1651
01:30:10.039 --> 01:30:12.439
<v Speaker 1>that I ever saw him give was that first power

1652
01:30:12.439 --> 01:30:15.319
<v Speaker 1>bomb to Brett Hart when the match was over. Also

1653
01:30:15.399 --> 01:30:18.119
<v Speaker 1>the match Kevin Nash considers the best of his career.

1654
01:30:19.159 --> 01:30:21.359
<v Speaker 1>It's funny how Brett gave Nash the best match of

1655
01:30:21.359 --> 01:30:23.880
<v Speaker 1>his career at the Survivor Series in nineteen ninety five,

1656
01:30:24.640 --> 01:30:27.159
<v Speaker 1>and Seawn Michaels gave Sid the best match of his

1657
01:30:27.199 --> 01:30:30.720
<v Speaker 1>career at Survivor Series in nineteen ninety six. And that's

1658
01:30:30.720 --> 01:30:33.560
<v Speaker 1>another moment, by the way, SID beating Sean for the

1659
01:30:33.600 --> 01:30:37.279
<v Speaker 1>title of Madison Square Garden and really just that whole

1660
01:30:37.840 --> 01:30:40.640
<v Speaker 1>reaction that night in New York City. They love Sid

1661
01:30:40.640 --> 01:30:44.880
<v Speaker 1>and they hated Sean. Undertaker's debut in nineteen ninety is

1662
01:30:44.920 --> 01:30:47.880
<v Speaker 1>Ted d Biassi's mystery partner. That would be another one.

1663
01:30:48.319 --> 01:30:52.359
<v Speaker 1>Paul Hayman turning on Brock Lesner and Big Show handing

1664
01:30:52.359 --> 01:30:56.039
<v Speaker 1>Brock his first loss, that would be another one. And

1665
01:30:57.439 --> 01:31:01.239
<v Speaker 1>Rock winning the title and going core break in ninety

1666
01:31:01.279 --> 01:31:05.680
<v Speaker 1>eight as moments go, that would be my top ten.

1667
01:31:07.239 --> 01:31:11.520
<v Speaker 1>Mohammad from Belgium, Mohammad, are you going to raw in March?

1668
01:31:11.560 --> 01:31:14.560
<v Speaker 1>They're coming to Belgium, They're coming to your backyard. I

1669
01:31:14.600 --> 01:31:17.079
<v Speaker 1>had a thought about some of my favorite wrestlers like Gunther,

1670
01:31:17.359 --> 01:31:21.119
<v Speaker 1>J White, FTR, etc. Who have a safer style and

1671
01:31:21.199 --> 01:31:25.199
<v Speaker 1>are having success in aw and wweight. Is it possible

1672
01:31:25.239 --> 01:31:28.920
<v Speaker 1>that those old school styles, especially Gunther, can influence younger

1673
01:31:28.960 --> 01:31:32.439
<v Speaker 1>wrestlers to adopt a safer style and have a longer career.

1674
01:31:33.119 --> 01:31:36.399
<v Speaker 1>I'm also a huge Will Osprey fan. His athleticism you

1675
01:31:36.399 --> 01:31:40.359
<v Speaker 1>can't teach that. It's God given. Plus compared to Ricochet,

1676
01:31:40.399 --> 01:31:42.520
<v Speaker 1>he has the personality to be a top guy. But

1677
01:31:42.760 --> 01:31:45.079
<v Speaker 1>I'm scared for his health just watching the bumps that

1678
01:31:45.119 --> 01:31:49.920
<v Speaker 1>he takes. What are your thoughts? Can you know can

1679
01:31:49.960 --> 01:31:54.960
<v Speaker 1>their style be influential to other wrestlers? Absolutely? Is it

1680
01:31:55.000 --> 01:31:58.880
<v Speaker 1>going to be where they adopt a safer style? Nope,

1681
01:31:59.399 --> 01:32:03.439
<v Speaker 1>not gonna have unfortunately not enough of them. I mean,

1682
01:32:03.479 --> 01:32:06.800
<v Speaker 1>it's just it's one of these things where you keep

1683
01:32:06.920 --> 01:32:10.960
<v Speaker 1>upping the ante and you keep upping the risks, and

1684
01:32:11.039 --> 01:32:13.680
<v Speaker 1>when you do ladder matches, for example, right, it's like, well,

1685
01:32:13.720 --> 01:32:16.039
<v Speaker 1>what can we do that's never been done before? How

1686
01:32:16.920 --> 01:32:19.560
<v Speaker 1>high can I jump off this ladder? Look at the

1687
01:32:19.560 --> 01:32:22.800
<v Speaker 1>War Games match. We just had two people injured on

1688
01:32:23.039 --> 01:32:27.720
<v Speaker 1>dives from the top of the cage. Is if Gunther

1689
01:32:27.880 --> 01:32:29.479
<v Speaker 1>was in War Games, do you think he's climbing to

1690
01:32:29.520 --> 01:32:31.159
<v Speaker 1>the top of the cage and diving off? Does he

1691
01:32:31.239 --> 01:32:34.079
<v Speaker 1>need to do that? No? And if you feel like

1692
01:32:34.119 --> 01:32:37.119
<v Speaker 1>you need to do that to get over, then you're

1693
01:32:37.119 --> 01:32:40.600
<v Speaker 1>obviously doing something wrong. I'm sorry. You shouldn't feel like

1694
01:32:40.640 --> 01:32:43.079
<v Speaker 1>you have to do that. You can choose to do that.

1695
01:32:43.159 --> 01:32:45.600
<v Speaker 1>You might want to do that, but if you feel

1696
01:32:45.600 --> 01:32:48.680
<v Speaker 1>like it's something you have to do, then you're doing

1697
01:32:48.720 --> 01:32:52.039
<v Speaker 1>something wrong and people get hurt. That's why you're going

1698
01:32:52.079 --> 01:32:53.439
<v Speaker 1>to see more and more people are going to get

1699
01:32:53.520 --> 01:32:56.800
<v Speaker 1>hurt as they continue to, you know, up the risk

1700
01:32:56.880 --> 01:32:59.439
<v Speaker 1>factor and they do dives and they do all sorts

1701
01:32:59.479 --> 01:33:02.439
<v Speaker 1>of flips and moon salts and stuff. I mean, there's

1702
01:33:02.479 --> 01:33:05.479
<v Speaker 1>nothing wrong with doing a moon salt but like some

1703
01:33:05.560 --> 01:33:08.600
<v Speaker 1>of the moves that these people do, it's amazing to

1704
01:33:08.640 --> 01:33:11.119
<v Speaker 1>me that they don't get hurt more often. It really is.

1705
01:33:12.439 --> 01:33:14.439
<v Speaker 1>So I would love to sit here and say that, Yeah,

1706
01:33:14.520 --> 01:33:17.279
<v Speaker 1>you know, Gunther and FTR and Jay White and all

1707
01:33:17.319 --> 01:33:20.199
<v Speaker 1>these people are going to influence a whole generation of

1708
01:33:20.239 --> 01:33:24.199
<v Speaker 1>talent to wrestle the way they do. It's not gonna happen.

1709
01:33:25.439 --> 01:33:28.000
<v Speaker 1>It's not gonna happen. People are still gonna go out

1710
01:33:28.039 --> 01:33:31.159
<v Speaker 1>there and try to wrestle, you know, flashy, you know,

1711
01:33:31.239 --> 01:33:34.680
<v Speaker 1>a flashy style and try to get over with spectacular moves.

1712
01:33:35.079 --> 01:33:37.640
<v Speaker 1>Some of them will, some of them won't. Some of

1713
01:33:37.640 --> 01:33:40.800
<v Speaker 1>them are gonna get hurt. I mean, you can get

1714
01:33:40.840 --> 01:33:43.680
<v Speaker 1>hurt doing anything. Look what happened to Chris Bay. I

1715
01:33:43.680 --> 01:33:47.720
<v Speaker 1>mean that's a scary situation. People are still raising money

1716
01:33:47.720 --> 01:33:51.279
<v Speaker 1>for him. We still have not gotten any further clarity

1717
01:33:51.279 --> 01:33:55.159
<v Speaker 1>and exactly, like specifically what the injury. Obviously it's a

1718
01:33:55.199 --> 01:33:58.239
<v Speaker 1>broken neck, and I guess that's all we need to know.

1719
01:33:58.399 --> 01:34:01.680
<v Speaker 1>But it's just so dire, It sounds so dire, and

1720
01:34:01.680 --> 01:34:04.000
<v Speaker 1>we have no further information on it that you just

1721
01:34:04.279 --> 01:34:07.640
<v Speaker 1>you worry, like what's his quality of life going to be?

1722
01:34:07.680 --> 01:34:09.279
<v Speaker 1>Like what are we talking about here. He may never

1723
01:34:09.319 --> 01:34:11.720
<v Speaker 1>wrestle again, but like, is he at least going to

1724
01:34:11.760 --> 01:34:13.600
<v Speaker 1>be able to have a quality of life. We haven't

1725
01:34:13.600 --> 01:34:15.199
<v Speaker 1>even gotten any kind of update on that. I just

1726
01:34:15.239 --> 01:34:19.359
<v Speaker 1>hope the guy's okay. But you know, supposedly that happened.

1727
01:34:19.600 --> 01:34:22.880
<v Speaker 1>It wasn't any type of super flashy move. It was

1728
01:34:23.319 --> 01:34:25.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, I mean, it wasn't like a ground based move,

1729
01:34:25.840 --> 01:34:30.279
<v Speaker 1>but it was just a move that you wouldn't have

1730
01:34:30.319 --> 01:34:34.039
<v Speaker 1>expected something like this would happen, and it did. You know,

1731
01:34:34.079 --> 01:34:37.119
<v Speaker 1>Wrestling in and of itself is a dangerous game, It's

1732
01:34:37.119 --> 01:34:40.960
<v Speaker 1>a dangerous sport. Injuries are always going to happen. Injuries

1733
01:34:41.000 --> 01:34:42.560
<v Speaker 1>are always going to be a part of it. But

1734
01:34:43.800 --> 01:34:46.560
<v Speaker 1>as you keep uping the risk factor and doing stuff

1735
01:34:46.600 --> 01:34:51.279
<v Speaker 1>that's just not meant to be done. Frankly, it's the

1736
01:34:51.319 --> 01:34:53.600
<v Speaker 1>sort of thing that's just inevitable and it's not even

1737
01:34:54.039 --> 01:34:57.520
<v Speaker 1>necessarily you're going to break your neck or kill yourself,

1738
01:34:57.680 --> 01:35:02.840
<v Speaker 1>but you'll you'll shorten your career for sure, absolutely, and

1739
01:35:02.880 --> 01:35:07.159
<v Speaker 1>it sucks, but it's a choice and people have to

1740
01:35:07.159 --> 01:35:13.399
<v Speaker 1>live with their choices. Simon from Penrith, Australia, just wondering

1741
01:35:13.439 --> 01:35:15.760
<v Speaker 1>if you have a return or a debut that you

1742
01:35:15.840 --> 01:35:19.199
<v Speaker 1>go back and watch often. For me, it is Brackelesner's

1743
01:35:19.199 --> 01:35:23.119
<v Speaker 1>return and The Rocks return in twenty eleven, also by

1744
01:35:23.239 --> 01:35:29.239
<v Speaker 1>Rent and sell On double returns, Slash Debuts, Cmpunk, Randy

1745
01:35:29.359 --> 01:35:33.800
<v Speaker 1>Orton last year at Survivor series, Adam Colebrian Danielson at

1746
01:35:33.840 --> 01:35:37.680
<v Speaker 1>All In, We're all at, I'm sorry, all Out, and

1747
01:35:37.880 --> 01:35:42.760
<v Speaker 1>Undertaker Triple H from twenty eleven. Ah, Yes, that was

1748
01:35:42.760 --> 01:35:49.239
<v Speaker 1>the night on Raw where Undertaker returned and said nothing.

1749
01:35:49.279 --> 01:35:51.279
<v Speaker 1>I think that was when they did the whole countdown

1750
01:35:51.359 --> 01:35:53.960
<v Speaker 1>teas for weeks and people thought it was sting and

1751
01:35:54.039 --> 01:35:56.079
<v Speaker 1>it turned out just to be the Undertaker. It's like,

1752
01:35:56.159 --> 01:35:59.960
<v Speaker 1>that's it. And then Triple H immediately during the same set,

1753
01:36:00.560 --> 01:36:03.359
<v Speaker 1>Undertaker was still in the ring like doing his entrance,

1754
01:36:03.399 --> 01:36:05.720
<v Speaker 1>and then Triple H's music interrupted and we hadn't seen

1755
01:36:05.720 --> 01:36:09.760
<v Speaker 1>Triple H in many months, and then they proceeded to

1756
01:36:09.760 --> 01:36:12.159
<v Speaker 1>stand in the ring and stare at each other and

1757
01:36:12.199 --> 01:36:14.279
<v Speaker 1>then look up at the WrestleMania sign. They didn't say

1758
01:36:14.279 --> 01:36:19.479
<v Speaker 1>a single word during that entire segment. As far as

1759
01:36:19.520 --> 01:36:23.920
<v Speaker 1>that goes, I'm gonna buy on the Orton Punk double

1760
01:36:23.960 --> 01:36:26.840
<v Speaker 1>return last year. I'm gonna rent on Cole and Danielson

1761
01:36:27.600 --> 01:36:31.000
<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna sell on Undertaker and Triple H for

1762
01:36:31.079 --> 01:36:33.039
<v Speaker 1>me though, As far as like a return or debut,

1763
01:36:33.119 --> 01:36:35.640
<v Speaker 1>I go back and I watch It's Austin's Return of

1764
01:36:35.680 --> 01:36:39.279
<v Speaker 1>Backlash in two thousand. Every now and then, I gotta

1765
01:36:39.319 --> 01:36:41.680
<v Speaker 1>go back to that video, Like from the moment the

1766
01:36:41.680 --> 01:36:43.520
<v Speaker 1>glass shattered right up until the end of the match

1767
01:36:43.560 --> 01:36:47.119
<v Speaker 1>when Rock won. I mean, it was just one sustain

1768
01:36:48.199 --> 01:36:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Can you even call it a pop? Like a pop?

1769
01:36:50.920 --> 01:36:53.279
<v Speaker 1>A pop is not really a sustained reaction. A pop

1770
01:36:53.560 --> 01:36:57.119
<v Speaker 1>is what it sounds like. It's a pop. It's it's temporary,

1771
01:36:57.159 --> 01:37:01.359
<v Speaker 1>it's brief. This wasn't brief. This was just like a sustained,

1772
01:37:01.560 --> 01:37:07.479
<v Speaker 1>five minute, just loud ovation. So I go back to

1773
01:37:07.640 --> 01:37:09.319
<v Speaker 1>that one, and you know what the other one is,

1774
01:37:09.359 --> 01:37:12.079
<v Speaker 1>I go back to It was a month later. It

1775
01:37:12.159 --> 01:37:15.560
<v Speaker 1>was the Undertaker's return. His his debut is the American

1776
01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:17.359
<v Speaker 1>Badass a Judgment Day when he came out at the

1777
01:37:17.439 --> 01:37:20.760
<v Speaker 1>end of the Ironman match between Rock and Triple H.

1778
01:37:20.880 --> 01:37:23.760
<v Speaker 1>That's another one where the crowd just lost their frigging

1779
01:37:23.880 --> 01:37:27.840
<v Speaker 1>minds and he just rolls on up in a motorcycle.

1780
01:37:27.880 --> 01:37:29.600
<v Speaker 1>He gets in the ring and he just mows him

1781
01:37:29.600 --> 01:37:32.960
<v Speaker 1>down one by one. Road Dog goes down, Triple H

1782
01:37:33.039 --> 01:37:37.079
<v Speaker 1>goes down. Gave Shane McMahon this big ass choke slam.

1783
01:37:37.720 --> 01:37:40.039
<v Speaker 1>Punched Vince McMahon the he actually got him. He got

1784
01:37:40.079 --> 01:37:42.720
<v Speaker 1>him good, punched him right in the face. Looked like

1785
01:37:42.760 --> 01:37:45.119
<v Speaker 1>he broke his nose. Vince had blood coming down his nose.

1786
01:37:46.399 --> 01:37:51.920
<v Speaker 1>He gave x Pot this brutal choke slam. Almost gave

1787
01:37:51.960 --> 01:37:56.079
<v Speaker 1>Stephanie a choke slam, then a triple H saved her.

1788
01:37:56.800 --> 01:38:00.960
<v Speaker 1>People were losing their minds. You don't a reaction like

1789
01:38:01.000 --> 01:38:06.359
<v Speaker 1>that very often anymore. Jerry from San Antonio, Texas. I

1790
01:38:06.439 --> 01:38:09.039
<v Speaker 1>recently saw a video of an old British TV show

1791
01:38:09.039 --> 01:38:11.960
<v Speaker 1>where Giant Haystacks slammed the host to the ground that

1792
01:38:12.039 --> 01:38:16.239
<v Speaker 1>apparently broke his ribs. The host supposedly called wrestling fake

1793
01:38:16.399 --> 01:38:20.439
<v Speaker 1>and Haystacks obviously showed him what feels real. Now do

1794
01:38:20.479 --> 01:38:23.920
<v Speaker 1>you know anything of this story? All I know is

1795
01:38:23.960 --> 01:38:26.359
<v Speaker 1>that the belief was always that the host had said

1796
01:38:26.399 --> 01:38:30.760
<v Speaker 1>something about wrestling being fake, and he may not have

1797
01:38:30.840 --> 01:38:33.159
<v Speaker 1>used that word, but it was basically what he was saying.

1798
01:38:34.279 --> 01:38:36.840
<v Speaker 1>I think prior to the show, like maybe prior to

1799
01:38:36.920 --> 01:38:40.359
<v Speaker 1>them coming out and either it got back to Haystacks

1800
01:38:40.439 --> 01:38:42.560
<v Speaker 1>or maybe he was standing there and he heard it

1801
01:38:43.319 --> 01:38:46.640
<v Speaker 1>and this was his receipt. I don't think he said

1802
01:38:46.680 --> 01:38:49.359
<v Speaker 1>anything during the segment about wrestling being fake, but I

1803
01:38:49.439 --> 01:38:53.239
<v Speaker 1>remember he slammed him hard, and it was like a

1804
01:38:53.279 --> 01:38:55.439
<v Speaker 1>hard floor. It wasn't like there was a mat there

1805
01:38:55.520 --> 01:38:57.840
<v Speaker 1>or anything. He just picked him up. He didn't even

1806
01:38:57.840 --> 01:38:59.359
<v Speaker 1>hold him up there. He just picked him up and

1807
01:38:59.399 --> 01:39:02.439
<v Speaker 1>just fucking slim lamb the guy. I mean, he definitely

1808
01:39:02.439 --> 01:39:04.880
<v Speaker 1>didn't lay him down gently, and you could tell instantly

1809
01:39:04.960 --> 01:39:08.239
<v Speaker 1>the guy was hurt. Whether he broke his ribs or not,

1810
01:39:08.319 --> 01:39:10.119
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but I wouldn't be shocked at all

1811
01:39:10.199 --> 01:39:14.039
<v Speaker 1>if he did. You know, Haystacks was a huge man.

1812
01:39:14.119 --> 01:39:16.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he was gigantic. He had to be every

1813
01:39:16.039 --> 01:39:19.439
<v Speaker 1>bit of five hundred pounds. He was even bigger when

1814
01:39:19.439 --> 01:39:25.039
<v Speaker 1>he ended up in WCW years later. Is Lockness, Yeah,

1815
01:39:25.319 --> 01:39:30.000
<v Speaker 1>giant Haystacks was Lockness in WCW. By that point, he

1816
01:39:30.079 --> 01:39:34.640
<v Speaker 1>was probably closer to like seven hundred pounds. Legit, legit.

1817
01:39:34.680 --> 01:39:36.640
<v Speaker 1>It's like Yoko Zuna near the end of his life,

1818
01:39:37.319 --> 01:39:42.159
<v Speaker 1>like at his heaviest, at his heaviest supposedly Yoko Zuna

1819
01:39:42.199 --> 01:39:46.000
<v Speaker 1>was around eight oh four, and even if that's exaggerated,

1820
01:39:46.680 --> 01:39:50.840
<v Speaker 1>he was easily seven hundred plus pounds and so giant.

1821
01:39:50.840 --> 01:39:55.079
<v Speaker 1>Haystacks was at his peak of as far as his size,

1822
01:39:56.159 --> 01:40:00.720
<v Speaker 1>probably around that and he was so horrible. He was

1823
01:40:00.880 --> 01:40:03.720
<v Speaker 1>just I mean, I hate to say it because he

1824
01:40:03.840 --> 01:40:06.640
<v Speaker 1>probably here's the thing, he passed away from cancer in

1825
01:40:06.720 --> 01:40:09.920
<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety eight. I think it might have been stomach cancer.

1826
01:40:10.720 --> 01:40:12.720
<v Speaker 1>And I hate to say it because he probably had

1827
01:40:12.760 --> 01:40:15.439
<v Speaker 1>cancer at the time and didn't even know it. Either

1828
01:40:15.479 --> 01:40:19.479
<v Speaker 1>that or he kept it quiet because he passed away

1829
01:40:19.520 --> 01:40:21.840
<v Speaker 1>a couple of years later. He probably already had cancer

1830
01:40:21.880 --> 01:40:25.199
<v Speaker 1>when he was in WCW. But he was god awful.

1831
01:40:25.680 --> 01:40:28.520
<v Speaker 1>In WCW. He was just he was so big. He

1832
01:40:28.600 --> 01:40:32.039
<v Speaker 1>just couldn't do anything. I mean, they actually brought him

1833
01:40:32.079 --> 01:40:34.159
<v Speaker 1>in for a program with Hulk Cogan. That's why they

1834
01:40:34.199 --> 01:40:37.199
<v Speaker 1>brought him in. Someone there must have thought he was

1835
01:40:37.239 --> 01:40:40.920
<v Speaker 1>the second coming of fucking Vader or something, I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>And when he debuted boy, they realized that wasn't the case.

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<v Speaker 1>He said. They realized this isn't gonna work. Either that

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01:40:48.720 --> 01:40:52.039
<v Speaker 1>or Hogan said that don't work for me. Brother, because

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01:40:52.079 --> 01:40:55.800
<v Speaker 1>we never did get Hogan against Lochness. Not a single

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01:40:55.840 --> 01:40:57.960
<v Speaker 1>one of his matches there ever went longer than two

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<v Speaker 1>and a half minutes. There's a reason for that. But

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<v Speaker 1>in his heyday in the UK, you know he before

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01:41:07.800 --> 01:41:12.359
<v Speaker 1>he became a Scottish Sea Monster. He and Big Daddy,

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01:41:12.359 --> 01:41:14.600
<v Speaker 1>they were the biggest names in British wrestling. They had

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<v Speaker 1>millions of people watching them on TV at their peak.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's why WCW brought him in. Who knows. And

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01:41:22.960 --> 01:41:28.720
<v Speaker 1>finally David from Sacramento, he put together another one of

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01:41:28.760 --> 01:41:32.840
<v Speaker 1>his be the Booker super poles earlier in the week

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01:41:32.960 --> 01:41:35.560
<v Speaker 1>and he he went through all of the matches that

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<v Speaker 1>I have booked on the streams over the past few months. David,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I had the free time that you had.

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<v Speaker 1>I really do. So the poll results are in and

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<v Speaker 1>here it is what he has done here. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>there's no percentages or anything like that, but what he

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01:41:50.920 --> 01:41:55.239
<v Speaker 1>did is he put together his latest Solemn Monster supercard.

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<v Speaker 1>He's calling it Solo Supercard nine. It's a two night

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<v Speaker 1>extra aviganza as voted on by you the fans. Night one. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>these were all matches that I actually booked randomly in

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<v Speaker 1>My Be the Booker Segment. Night one. The main event,

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01:42:13.279 --> 01:42:17.359
<v Speaker 1>as voted on by you for the Be the Booker Championship,

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01:42:17.800 --> 01:42:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Al Bundy against Dave Meltzer. Tell me that's a match

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't want to see. Okay, If you say no,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a fucking liar. Be the Booker Tag Team Championship,

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<v Speaker 1>Bullet Club Gold, Jay White and Juice Robinson against Den

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01:42:34.640 --> 01:42:37.119
<v Speaker 1>Boys Jay and Mark Briscoe. That'd be a hell of

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01:42:37.159 --> 01:42:42.359
<v Speaker 1>a match. We have Angry Beth Phoenix against Stephanie Viquaire,

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01:42:43.600 --> 01:42:47.000
<v Speaker 1>Nature Boy, Rick Flair against Bruno Sam Martino. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>match the Monster Abyss against Big Bronson Reed. And in

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<v Speaker 1>the Women's War Games, aj Lee, Osca, Dakota Kai, Timeless,

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01:43:00.119 --> 01:43:06.279
<v Speaker 1>Tony Storm and Mae Young against Nikki Bella, Kanna, Nya, Jacks,

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01:43:06.520 --> 01:43:13.960
<v Speaker 1>Julia and Medusa. Now Night two, the main event is

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01:43:14.000 --> 01:43:19.039
<v Speaker 1>the Men's War Games. Get a load of this. Nigel McGinnis,

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01:43:19.840 --> 01:43:25.960
<v Speaker 1>The Solo Monster, David Arquette, Big Bronson Reid and Man

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01:43:26.079 --> 01:43:32.119
<v Speaker 1>Tar against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Sammy Zay, Booker, t Yoko Zuna

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01:43:32.800 --> 01:43:39.640
<v Speaker 1>and Eddie Guerrero. Let me repeat that. First team. Nigel McGuinness,

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<v Speaker 1>Bronson reid Man, tar Me and David Arquette. I mean,

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01:43:49.960 --> 01:43:55.079
<v Speaker 1>if ever there was a winning team Al Snow against

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01:43:55.119 --> 01:44:00.359
<v Speaker 1>Stone Cold Steve Austin, Trish Gratis against Lyra Valkyria, we

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01:44:00.479 --> 01:44:03.920
<v Speaker 1>have and this is cute what he did here, the

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<v Speaker 1>Hardy the Workhorse Championship, Keith Lee from his NXT run

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01:44:08.800 --> 01:44:14.359
<v Speaker 1>against nineteen ninety eight Cain Jacob fought to against Pentagon Junior,

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01:44:14.439 --> 01:44:17.199
<v Speaker 1>which could very well be a match coming soon to SmackDown,

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01:44:18.439 --> 01:44:23.760
<v Speaker 1>and the Women's Kennel from Hell. But the Mama Monster title,

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01:44:24.039 --> 01:44:29.479
<v Speaker 1>Mina Shirakawa against Awesome con It's not a bad card.

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01:44:31.079 --> 01:44:32.880
<v Speaker 1>I'd pay for a ticket to go see that show.

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<v Speaker 1>He also has a question, wants to know who wins

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<v Speaker 1>with eighties Hart Foundation Brett and Jim against the ninety

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<v Speaker 1>three to ninety four Heart Foundation team of Brett and

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<v Speaker 1>owen Hart. You know, that's that's a tough one. That's

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01:44:51.520 --> 01:44:54.840
<v Speaker 1>a tough one. Obviously Brett and Jim had the longer

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01:44:54.960 --> 01:44:58.920
<v Speaker 1>run and they were Attack Team champions together, but Brett,

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01:44:58.960 --> 01:45:01.520
<v Speaker 1>noen Man, that's a tough t team to beat. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go ninety three ninety four Brett, also because I

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01:45:04.199 --> 01:45:06.880
<v Speaker 1>feel like ninety three ninety four, Brett was like Brett

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01:45:06.920 --> 01:45:09.720
<v Speaker 1>at his at his like in Ring at his Peak.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my favorite version of Brett nineteen ninety three, nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety four Brett. So I gotta go Brett know it.

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<v Speaker 1>David the thank you man. He puts a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time and effort into this, and I'm glad that you

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01:45:22.680 --> 01:45:26.479
<v Speaker 1>guys enjoy the segments. It's become a favorite, I know

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01:45:26.600 --> 01:45:29.960
<v Speaker 1>for many of you on the live streams, one of

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01:45:30.000 --> 01:45:33.399
<v Speaker 1>the things that differentiates those streams from everybody else's streams.

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01:45:33.439 --> 01:45:35.640
<v Speaker 1>And who knows, there could be some more fun coming

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01:45:35.920 --> 01:45:38.479
<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five. You never know what idea I

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01:45:38.520 --> 01:45:41.600
<v Speaker 1>might come up with next. Anyway, keep emailing me to

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01:45:41.680 --> 01:45:45.039
<v Speaker 1>Solomonster at gmail dot com, and you can follow me

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01:45:45.199 --> 01:45:49.359
<v Speaker 1>on Twitter, where I'm still most active at solo Monster

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01:45:49.560 --> 01:45:52.399
<v Speaker 1>is my handle on there. Of course, you can subscribe

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01:45:52.439 --> 01:45:55.600
<v Speaker 1>to the YouTube channel and I am live usually three

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01:45:55.680 --> 01:45:59.159
<v Speaker 1>times each and every single week Monday, Wednesday and Friday

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01:45:59.640 --> 01:46:03.359
<v Speaker 1>after Raw Dynamite and SmackDown and most pay per views,

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01:46:04.119 --> 01:46:06.600
<v Speaker 1>and I will be live after Saturday Night's Made event

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01:46:06.640 --> 01:46:10.520
<v Speaker 1>next weekend as well, and we'll wait until a little

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01:46:10.520 --> 01:46:13.439
<v Speaker 1>bit later in the week. I can do my Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>Night's made event predictions. Maybe I'll wait until Friday. Maybe

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01:46:16.640 --> 01:46:20.960
<v Speaker 1>we'll do them on the SmackDown stream. But it also

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<v Speaker 1>catch me on Tuesday nights on JD's channel for Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>Night Titans. We're lighting it up over there, having some

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<v Speaker 1>good discussions, so a lot of Solemn Monster content for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for all of the support. I greatly appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>I will see you guys back here next Sunday for

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<v Speaker 1>a new episode, episode eight ninety two of the SoundOff.

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<v Speaker 1>So until then, be well, stay safe, have yourselves a

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<v Speaker 1>great week, and we'll do it all over again next

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday for eight ninety two. Until then, take care, guys

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<v Speaker 1>the Solemn Monster Sounds Off. I'll be having my own

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving the faith tomorrow as some families out. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have some noodle pudding. I'm I'm gonna be eating good tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll put in some extra work at the gym

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01:47:07.039 --> 01:47:08.520
<v Speaker 1>to work it all off. You know, this is the

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01:47:08.560 --> 01:47:10.760
<v Speaker 1>time of year, by the way, where people eat like pigs.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I have to go to the gym and

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01:47:12.520 --> 01:47:14.279
<v Speaker 1>all the machines are taken up by all the people

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<v Speaker 1>who decide. Oh you know what, it's a good time

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the gym, and then they go, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a couple of weeks, and then you don't see

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01:47:19.399 --> 01:47:21.720
<v Speaker 1>these people anymore. For like two weeks, I'm gonna have

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01:47:21.760 --> 01:47:24.800
<v Speaker 1>to fight over machines because these people decided, oh, you

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01:47:24.840 --> 01:47:27.159
<v Speaker 1>know what, maybe maybe I should join the gym. After

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01:47:27.199 --> 01:47:28.880
<v Speaker 1>two weeks, it's gonna be right back to the way

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<v Speaker 1>things are. Always works out though way New Year knew me,

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<v Speaker 1>No New Year, same you.

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<v Speaker 2>The Solo Monsters sounds off bringing you the good, the bad,

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01:47:38.880 --> 01:47:41.960
<v Speaker 2>and the ugly. Check out the weekly live streams bonus

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<v Speaker 2>content for subscribers, and follow The Solo Monster on Facebook, Instagram,

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01:47:45.720 --> 01:47:48.119
<v Speaker 2>and X the Solo Monster.

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<v Speaker 1>I Love you so Young,