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<v Speaker 1>This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre, and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the WWE podcast show.

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<v Speaker 2>The one that everybody wants me.

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<v Speaker 3>God Stand three sixteen said, your ass is mind.

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<v Speaker 1>We can acknowledge me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time for the mail bag. It is Friday, the

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<v Speaker 2>tenth day of January twenty twenty five, and we are

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<v Speaker 2>going to jump right into those emails here and then

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<v Speaker 2>of course voicemails on the backside, as we are, well,

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<v Speaker 2>what three weeks, three weeks and change from the Royal Rumbles?

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<v Speaker 2>It three weeks might going crazy, four weeks, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh So, I think we got about twenty some days

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<v Speaker 2>until the Royal rumb which is going to come up

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<v Speaker 2>quicker than when you realize two weeks go by, Bam,

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<v Speaker 2>roy Rumbles. Next weekend are here, we go off to

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<v Speaker 2>the races, off to predictions, off to potential WrestleMania Maine events.

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<v Speaker 2>As we are really at this point able to predict

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<v Speaker 2>the WrestleMania forty one main events. I think it's fair.

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<v Speaker 2>We're in this striking distance now, so let's get into it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get into those emails, and we'll start, as always

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<v Speaker 2>with patrons, and start with James James from the UK,

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<v Speaker 2>and he says, with raw starting here at one am

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<v Speaker 2>in the UK, I would usually watch it the next day,

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<v Speaker 2>but on Monday I decided to sacrifice sleep and I

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<v Speaker 2>was left a bit disappointed. I expected some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>progression towards Rock versus Roman. When the Rock placed the

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<v Speaker 2>ulafala over Roman's head, I played for a rock Bottom,

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<v Speaker 2>prayed for rock Bottom, and the Rocks standing over him,

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<v Speaker 2>saying something like you might be the OTC, but you've

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<v Speaker 2>not beaten the final Boss. Do you think we'll still

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<v Speaker 2>get it at WrestleMania forty one? I feel fan might

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<v Speaker 2>not take it as seriously now and will not get

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<v Speaker 2>the match we should have gotten at WrestleMania of forty Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been looking for the Rock versus Roman seriously. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been discussed for ten years now. I'm not even kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>Royal Rumble twenty fifteen go back ten years. I bring

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<v Speaker 2>this up often because it is such an inflection point

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<v Speaker 2>in Roman's career and really the career the trajectory of

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<v Speaker 2>the main event. Roman reigns in Philadelphia as the Rumble

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<v Speaker 2>winner gets booed out of the building as a babyface

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<v Speaker 2>when he was the big dog Rock comes out to

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<v Speaker 2>try to save him. Rock gets booed for trying to

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<v Speaker 2>support Roman ten years so they could play on that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a nice even ten years now. They really have

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<v Speaker 2>something that they could use as a foundational piece for

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<v Speaker 2>the Rock to potentially ruin Roman Reigns's royal rumble. But

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't get Rock Roman at some point, is

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<v Speaker 2>it even possible to not get it? We saw what

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<v Speaker 2>happened last year. But here's the thing with Rock Roman.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said this literally for years. The title doesn't need

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<v Speaker 2>to be on the line. No title needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>on the line. Just pride, just family precedent, just tribal warfare,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever they want to call it. That's all that needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be on the line. You just need the two men.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need any additional sauce, nothing, So all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the matches were pretty good verse with Punk

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<v Speaker 2>versus Rollins being the best of the night apart from

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<v Speaker 2>the multi finisher spots, and with all the advertising all

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<v Speaker 2>over the canvas, I hate it too. It should be

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<v Speaker 2>blank and also ditch the sponsors along with the ring

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<v Speaker 2>aprons and barriers, bring back the traditional pay per view aprons.

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<v Speaker 2>All the best James from Scotland. James, I wish we could,

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<v Speaker 2>but money matters to them big time, Okay, as it

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<v Speaker 2>does any organization. I don't fault them for that, but

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<v Speaker 2>as a traditionalist with pro wrestling, I don't accept this

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<v Speaker 2>new advertising billboarding over everything. I mean, at some point

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna now see logos on the ring attire for wrestlers.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we're gonna be that far. Somebody's gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>a tattoo of it, right, I mean it's insane, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're making up for a lot of it for lost

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<v Speaker 2>ad revenue that they were making through the USA network. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there are ads on Netflix, but the additional ad revenue

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe even more than that, is coming from the

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<v Speaker 2>ad sponsor. The sponsors paying probably out their nose to

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<v Speaker 2>put their brand on the WWE ring, matt on the canvas,

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<v Speaker 2>on the ring apron for three hours, a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's money, man, money, money money. It's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>in a much much smaller universe here on this show.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear the ads. If you're not a patron, you

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<v Speaker 2>hear ads on this show. Same thing. Monetizing my show

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<v Speaker 2>makes sense. It's annoying, right, but you can pay to

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<v Speaker 2>remove the ads, which leads me into my next pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Here guys, and by the way, thank you James. Head

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<v Speaker 2>on over to patreon dot com if you want an

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<v Speaker 2>ad free experience slash WW podcast, let's go to Darren.

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<v Speaker 2>Another patron says, hey WW podcast family, did you guys

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<v Speaker 2>hear Raws on Netflix? Now? What? Darren? Stop messing with me?

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<v Speaker 2>Stop Darren. I don't believe you. I'm sorry. The first

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<v Speaker 2>episode had its good and bad moments, but I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about one thing. How disappointing the Rocks

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<v Speaker 2>promo was. If WWE's goal was to bring in new

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<v Speaker 2>fans and bring back old ones, which it clearly was

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<v Speaker 2>with all the legends, I personally think it would have

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<v Speaker 2>been better to keep him. Heal not saying to run

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<v Speaker 2>down the look of the crowd, but he shouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been praising Cody. Anybody else could have done that. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>knows what a babyface Rock is, and if they see

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<v Speaker 2>that he's now a bad guy and actually enjoyed and

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<v Speaker 2>involved the story, that would make me want to keep tuning.

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<v Speaker 2>Ins go to SmackDown on the seventeenth awesome. Well, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to give me your thoughts on the name

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<v Speaker 2>person December, not December the seventeenth SmackDown. Please, I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 2>it's a week, yeah, week from today. I'd love to

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<v Speaker 2>hear your notes. So the Rocks promo did I if

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking for Heal Rock, the most successful version of

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<v Speaker 2>the Rock. By the way, we didn't get it. We

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<v Speaker 2>got Dwayne playing the Rock, playing the babyface Rock, and

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly all the storyline progression with Cody and Rock goes

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<v Speaker 2>out the window in a trash can with one promo.

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<v Speaker 2>They're joking. Cody says thank you, And what the hell

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<v Speaker 2>is Cody sitting in the crowd for too? By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>why is he there? Why are any of the wrestlers there?

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about this on my Raw review. Why are

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<v Speaker 2>they there? It's not a I don't want to feel

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<v Speaker 2>like you're part of the fandom. You're don't tell me

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<v Speaker 2>you're a fan. Okay, You guys are supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>larger than the life. You're supposed to be elevated in status,

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<v Speaker 2>not as a human being, but as a wrestler, as

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<v Speaker 2>an entertainer. We pay to see you. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to see you pretend to be one of us, So

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<v Speaker 2>stop it. You have your undisputed champion sitting in the crowd,

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<v Speaker 2>presumably voluntarily, just terrible. And yeah, the whole thing with

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<v Speaker 2>the Rock and Cody and making jokes and what is happening?

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<v Speaker 2>Can we just I'll let them do a redo here.

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<v Speaker 2>If they go back to what they originally had planned

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<v Speaker 2>here and stop with the whole brand stuff above all else,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll throw away this one episode and just move on.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they continue with this as the Rock just

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<v Speaker 2>being Dwayne playing the Rock, yeah I'm not here for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Daron. All right, let's go to Shahar And from Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>She says, what's up. I wanted to share with you

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<v Speaker 2>my d disappointment from the Raw debuta on Netflix. It

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<v Speaker 2>all started, of course, with the Rock opening the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Why he just couldn't help himself and had to take

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<v Speaker 2>this spot from another star who deserved this more like

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<v Speaker 2>Cody Roman Seth and not just that, he also thanked

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<v Speaker 2>Cody what well, I just went over that, Shahar. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean he took the words out of my mouth or

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<v Speaker 2>I took them out of yours, rather just towards terrible, terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he's on the board of TKO. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>care as a look from a business, this was like

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<v Speaker 2>a corporately created business entertainment event. It wasn't a professional

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling event. And I think WWE eventually they may take

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<v Speaker 2>it too far here. And I'm not saying WWE's on

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<v Speaker 2>the decline. In fact, obviously they're on in the opposite direction.

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<v Speaker 2>So everything I say here is of course being disproven

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<v Speaker 2>just simply by stats revenue ratings, but from a viewership

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<v Speaker 2>in old school mentality, they are moving so far away

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<v Speaker 2>from pro wrestling it would make Vince McMahon blush. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>there were times, and I know we all look back

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes with unfairly and everything bad that happened was Vince's fault.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything that happened was everything bad was Vince. Everything good

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<v Speaker 2>was not Vince, and that's not fair. At times, I

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<v Speaker 2>even have an issue with just that lens, historical lens,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is not fair and it's not accurate either.

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<v Speaker 2>More importantly, but Vince did have and show a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of respect for the business at times. He didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>the restlers sit in the crowd voluntarily. Okay, that was

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<v Speaker 2>not something Vince McMahon did. And I'm not saying Triple

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<v Speaker 2>H is all responsible for this Nick con is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of very much responsible for this. The McMahons are

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<v Speaker 2>no longer in charge of the WWE, so we're now

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<v Speaker 2>getting a vision of somebody who's not a mcmon of

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<v Speaker 2>what the company should be and will turn and into

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<v Speaker 2>like that's the vision we're seeing is somebody who is

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<v Speaker 2>not a McMahon, who has no professional wrestling experience owning

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<v Speaker 2>the company or running a professional wrestling company, who's now

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<v Speaker 2>bringing who's saying that entertainment is above all, the brand

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<v Speaker 2>is above all. But yet they still refuse to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 2>that they're a professional wrestling company. They are that even

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<v Speaker 2>even Triple H would say they're not. They are, and

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<v Speaker 2>what fans want is to believe. I want to believe.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make you make me believe, And they

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<v Speaker 2>have now gotten so far from that, even with Triple

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<v Speaker 2>H at the front of the office here of creative

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're moving in such the opposite direction, not just

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<v Speaker 2>with the match styles of or the match pacing, and

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<v Speaker 2>every match seems to feel the same. The lack of

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<v Speaker 2>just general selling in matches, the insane overuse, the egregious,

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<v Speaker 2>hilarious but also very bleak use of finishers, in matches,

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<v Speaker 2>the very much fourth wall breaking promos that happened all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. They've pulled the curtain back so much that

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<v Speaker 2>it's like they fans don't want to see that anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>Like we know what's behind the curtain, pull it back,

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<v Speaker 2>let there be some kind of mystery. Instead, they're like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh no, no, no, no, yeah, we know that. You know that,

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<v Speaker 2>we know, so why even keep it closes anymore. It's like, no, see,

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<v Speaker 2>that was part of the magic. Part of the magic

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<v Speaker 2>was you keeping that curtain closed. We pretty much know

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<v Speaker 2>what's behind the curtain, but we still want to have

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<v Speaker 2>that childhood belief, that part of us that wants to

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<v Speaker 2>believe because it's more fun that way. It's not insulting

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<v Speaker 2>our intelligence. It's giving us what made you successful in

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<v Speaker 2>the first place. It's giving us what brought us to

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<v Speaker 2>the product to begin with. It's not to say that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to convince us that progressing is real again,

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that

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<v Speaker 2>when you constantly remind us, the company that creates the

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<v Speaker 2>wrestling constantly reminds us all the time that what we're

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<v Speaker 2>watching is a production, it's hard to get invested. It's

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<v Speaker 2>really hard to get invested. Like I said, it's an

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<v Speaker 2>equivalent of watching a movie that you can't wait to see.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like the part three of a trilogy. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how it's going to end. And every five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>they have an intermission where somebody sitting down with the

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<v Speaker 2>like pretending to be this person or that person. Wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>let it stay open when fans, I think generally want

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, brand above all else, the Cody thing on raw,

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<v Speaker 2>net positive here? What came out of this? If i'm wwe,

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<v Speaker 2>So Strahar continues. She says, to continue with the tribal

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure, but yeah, I know, Becky. Sorry, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>stop there because I have exciting news to tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend, Well, yeah I couldn't. Sorry I don't know Hebrew.

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<v Speaker 2>but Hebrew is not a very commonly fluid language. Here

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<v Speaker 2>to it while having AI translated in real time. That

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like a thing that's possible, but I don't without

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<v Speaker 2>actually trying it, I don't know. Well, Chahar, let me

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<v Speaker 2>Patreon or here. Is it on Apple Podcasts? I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 2>world right now. So I'll check on Apple Podcasts, and

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't, still check it out and give them

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<v Speaker 2>a five star rating. All right, So, Shahar, very I've

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea what they're saying. I'm still gonna

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<v Speaker 2>to the Apple Podcast app now, so I can get

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<v Speaker 2>least do that. Very cool, all right, DJ, Let's see

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<v Speaker 2>what you got. He says he's back at it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me mention this by saying, Joe Hendry unfortunately did

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<v Speaker 2>not appear in the Raw on Netflix, but I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>forward to seeing him appear at the Rumble. More on

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<v Speaker 2>that and other things on Today's Joe Henry Report. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to that. Secondly, I did not subscribe to

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<v Speaker 2>Netflix yet to start up this year, I'm cutting back

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<v Speaker 2>on the amount of streaming subscriptions that I use and

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<v Speaker 2>don't use. Plus, i'll wait until W's partnership with NBC

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<v Speaker 2>Universal and Peacock end in twenty twenty six. But from

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<v Speaker 2>watching the clips and highlights on social media, the Raw

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<v Speaker 2>on Netflix was an okay show that kind of went

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<v Speaker 2>over the top in my opinion. First, did John Cena

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<v Speaker 2>confirm that the leak twenty twenty five Roll Rumble results

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<v Speaker 2>to be true by saying he's going to win, plus

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<v Speaker 2>is seen it going to be on TV every week

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<v Speaker 2>as part of his Farewell to Farewell tour or is

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<v Speaker 2>it just selected cities and pls. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>about the leak. I mean, at this point everyone's probably

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<v Speaker 2>seen it. If you haven't, the leak said that Sena

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna win, but I take that with the grain

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<v Speaker 2>of salt. Leaks have come out many, many, many times before,

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<v Speaker 2>and WWE is obviously not stupid. They follow this kind

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<v Speaker 2>of news and they may change it. But I still

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<v Speaker 2>think John Cena even if he doesn't win the Rumble,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think he's a favorite, but if he doesn't win,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a second path. Everyone forgets that there's two pass

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<v Speaker 2>to the main event of WrestleMania, one for each show,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's not an end all, be all if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't win the Rumble, but from one understand if you

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<v Speaker 2>listen to the post conference, the press conference after the

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<v Speaker 2>ple or after a after the raw premier on Netflix.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was Chris van Vliet who and I've

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<v Speaker 2>actually had him on the show Good Guy, His boy.

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<v Speaker 2>His channel's taken off, isn't it. He just did a

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<v Speaker 2>great interview with Seth Rollins if you haven't checked it out,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm almost through all of it. Great interview with Seth Rollins,

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<v Speaker 2>hour hour and a half whatever it is, long form

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<v Speaker 2>interview on Chris van Vliet's show. So there's some free

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<v Speaker 2>press for you there, Chris as if you need it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I will say though that John Cena did mention

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<v Speaker 2>in the press conference that he has thirty six thirty

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<v Speaker 2>seven dates. Then he's going to be on over the year,

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<v Speaker 2>So that means, hey, that could mean wrestling, that could

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<v Speaker 2>be just dates. I think it's probably just dates and

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<v Speaker 2>probably maybe more in between if he feels up to it.

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<v Speaker 2>But thirty seven spread out over twelve is like two

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<v Speaker 2>a month two no, sorry three three appearances per month

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<v Speaker 2>that might include live events. I would think that does

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<v Speaker 2>so three per month for the next twelve months. Now

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<v Speaker 2>some you could have at some point. It doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>exactly three of your month. You could have him show

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<v Speaker 2>up ten in one month and then he takes two

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<v Speaker 2>months off and you know what I mean. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully no injuries. Okay, what's up with the Rock

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledging Cody Roads accomplishment for carrying the company on his

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<v Speaker 2>back and by the way stared down between Rock and

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<v Speaker 2>Roman didn't lean to anything. I was expecting the Final

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<v Speaker 2>Boss to strangle Roman with the ulafala. I guess the

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<v Speaker 2>rumor is true that The Rock will not appear at

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<v Speaker 2>forty one. Well, Triple H also did an interview subsequent

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<v Speaker 2>to this on the with Sports Illustrated and he was

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<v Speaker 2>asked that question directly about The Rock, and he's basically

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<v Speaker 2>said he that they stay tuned. I can't give anything away.

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<v Speaker 2>Rock's a big star that makes a big time impact whenever.

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<v Speaker 2>Here basically a bunch of corporate jargon, but left the

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<v Speaker 2>door open for The Rock to still appear. And if

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<v Speaker 2>he does, Roy Rumble seems like a damn good time

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<v Speaker 2>to interfere, maybe cost Roam in the Rumble, as I

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<v Speaker 2>said earlier, So I wouldn't mark it completely off the

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<v Speaker 2>calendar of The Rock. But if you base it on

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<v Speaker 2>this show alone, if The Rock was going to appear

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<v Speaker 2>at WrestleMania or not, or at least have a match,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not great. Like there was not a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>evidence that he would. He was just kind of making

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<v Speaker 2>amends and hugging everyone and ye just you know, throwing

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<v Speaker 2>flowers at the feet of the guy that he was

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<v Speaker 2>just bloodying in the parking lot and insulting his mother

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<v Speaker 2>six months ago made no sense. Stupid. There's just I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. If I was in the crowd, I would

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<v Speaker 2>have booded that all right? Where was Gunther? The war Raiders,

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<v Speaker 2>bron Breaker, These individuals are champions on Monday Night Raw,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were not featured prominently on this premiere episode,

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<v Speaker 2>especially gun Through, because it was seems that w W

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<v Speaker 2>is probably getting gun Through on the back burner until

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<v Speaker 2>whoever wins the Rumble or is runner up. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of speculation about Gunther over the next few months, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of speculation about who they could be building them

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<v Speaker 2>up for. Brock Lesner's name is still in the conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>But look, that was a corporately created show, or at

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<v Speaker 2>least a corporate serving because most of the stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, corporate does probably have some impact on the show,

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<v Speaker 2>so you could say by default every single show is

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<v Speaker 2>corporately created, but this was much more of a corporately

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<v Speaker 2>presented in corporate audience show. It felt like people in

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<v Speaker 2>a boardroom came up with this show with no respect

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<v Speaker 2>or caring for the current storylines and wants only the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest stars. That's it. That's what this show was about.

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<v Speaker 2>It was about brand. Hey we're on Netflix if you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know, and making sure that the biggest stars were there.

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<v Speaker 2>Most celebrity appearances were on camera. You saw all through

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<v Speaker 2>the show how many celebrity appeances. Mcaulay Culkin was there.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kulakulkin by the way, he got a bigger pop

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<v Speaker 2>than Hulk Hogan. Kind of funny, but that's what this

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<v Speaker 2>was about. It's about image and brand. That's what this

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<v Speaker 2>is about. It wasn't about, like you said, DJ, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not about gun Through the war Raiders, Brown breakery. That

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't even in the conversation, I'm sure, because it was

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<v Speaker 2>all about who's the biggest stars, biggest stars period. That's

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<v Speaker 2>all they wanted. Hell, they had the Undertaker come out

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<v Speaker 2>and just ride his bike, you know, pet pedal is

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<v Speaker 2>a little bicycle around the ring and then just leave.

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<v Speaker 2>You know where you could have had at least gun

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<v Speaker 2>Through cut a quick promo or something, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean. But hey, Hulk Hogan did not need to

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<v Speaker 2>be there, only get to get boot out of the building.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems like this cancel culture movement will always be

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<v Speaker 2>a thing that cannot be avoided. My take on Hogan

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<v Speaker 2>being there is just for the casual fans, the ones

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<v Speaker 2>that grew up watching WF back into today day but

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<v Speaker 2>then stopped watching wrestling after the nineties. Plus, nobody cares

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<v Speaker 2>about Hogan's real American beer. There's a time and place

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<v Speaker 2>for anything in life, and I felt that Hogan promoting

412
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<v Speaker 2>his beer brand was just bad timing in both the

413
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<v Speaker 2>political sphere sphere and with him supporting Trump and the

414
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<v Speaker 2>cancel cultural sphere from his racist comments from twenty years ago. Yeah,

415
00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.960
<v Speaker 2>it was just a perfect storm. And plus again, you know,

416
00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:21.319
<v Speaker 2>you're in a really politically opposed and I'm using that

417
00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:24.359
<v Speaker 2>as gently as I can. I mean, you talk about

418
00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:27.519
<v Speaker 2>a diametrically opposed city. It's about as blue as it

419
00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.680
<v Speaker 2>gets over there, and he is bright red. So you

420
00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.480
<v Speaker 2>take that, you take the racist comments, and you take

421
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<v Speaker 2>the fact that no one cares to really see Hogan

422
00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.480
<v Speaker 2>anymore at this point, and then he starts promoting a

423
00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:42.400
<v Speaker 2>beer that he's just selflessly promoting shamelessly, and he wrapped

424
00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:44.440
<v Speaker 2>it all together and people who just rejected it outright,

425
00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:48.640
<v Speaker 2>and I understand why. Yeah, It makes perfect sense. This

426
00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:51.119
<v Speaker 2>isn't a mystery. There's not a lot to dissect here.

427
00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:54.119
<v Speaker 2>You don't need to do a lot of investigation. There's

428
00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:56.960
<v Speaker 2>no dissertation that needs to be formulated over this. It's

429
00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:01.880
<v Speaker 2>very clear. You know, all right? The Undertaker Mark Callaway

430
00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:04.440
<v Speaker 2>showing up at the last woman's Last man Standing match?

431
00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.559
<v Speaker 2>Was it a last woman standing? No, it wasn't. It

432
00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:09.440
<v Speaker 2>wasn't because we Ripley hit two rip tides to beat Live.

433
00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.960
<v Speaker 2>But it didn't make sense to me. It felt very odd,

434
00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.200
<v Speaker 2>out of place because it made Ria, in my opinion,

435
00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.799
<v Speaker 2>look like a lesser star in contrast to take her.

436
00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:21.000
<v Speaker 2>I predicted that Ria would win. But what this loss

437
00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.799
<v Speaker 2>will do for Live and then what's next for her

438
00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.000
<v Speaker 2>outside of a likely title rematch at Saturday Antimate Event. No,

439
00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.960
<v Speaker 2>I actually don't think they're going to have a rematch.

440
00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:33.079
<v Speaker 2>The reason is they build this as kind of the finale,

441
00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.640
<v Speaker 2>and I think the fans are ready to move on.

442
00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.720
<v Speaker 2>If they have a rematch, I'll be very surprised. I

443
00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.559
<v Speaker 2>don't think the fans are all at all interested in that.

444
00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.400
<v Speaker 2>As I've said, I think liv is going to move

445
00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:51.039
<v Speaker 2>into the icy title picture because she certainly showed she

446
00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:55.720
<v Speaker 2>can become champion and be a very very respectable champion.

447
00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:59.799
<v Speaker 2>So if she starts chasing the Icy Belt after the

448
00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.880
<v Speaker 2>Dakota Kai or Lyra Valkyria win it, that's fine. Maybe

449
00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.119
<v Speaker 2>she'll attack either one of the winners after they win

450
00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:09.119
<v Speaker 2>the Icy Belt on Monday, because forget that's that's another

451
00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:12.640
<v Speaker 2>big match coming up on Monday. But yeah, I don't

452
00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:15.839
<v Speaker 2>know what the hell Undertaker did that was his place? Yeah,

453
00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.960
<v Speaker 2>Undertaker over the last couple of appearances has done things

454
00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:23.519
<v Speaker 2>really oddly. He's done things like again, he appeared at

455
00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:26.519
<v Speaker 2>WrestleMania forty where Stone Cold Steve Austin was a perfect

456
00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:29.440
<v Speaker 2>fit and he didn't because of money, and Taker shows

457
00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:33.559
<v Speaker 2>up choke slams the Rock. Again, There's there's no precedent

458
00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.920
<v Speaker 2>for that. What's the precedent for Undertaker choke slamming the

459
00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.039
<v Speaker 2>Rock or WrestleMania none other than just we couldn't get Austin,

460
00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:44.559
<v Speaker 2>so he got Taker. At least with Austin, it makes sense,

461
00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:47.359
<v Speaker 2>it makes sense why he was there. They're natural enemies.

462
00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:50.000
<v Speaker 2>You also had the Undertaker show up and then just

463
00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:53.839
<v Speaker 2>ride around the ring, you know, ding ding ding on

464
00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.119
<v Speaker 2>his bike and then raised his hand with Rhea, but

465
00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:58.039
<v Speaker 2>it yeah, it did make Riea look like, oh yeah,

466
00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.519
<v Speaker 2>Riea's a big star. And then you put take her

467
00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:02.400
<v Speaker 2>next to her and she's like, it's like, oh yeah, yeah,

468
00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:06.160
<v Speaker 2>I agree. And last, but not least, Penta did not

469
00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:09.440
<v Speaker 2>make his debut. He probably don't know who Penta is.

470
00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:12.000
<v Speaker 2>He's a former wrestler from AW and previously from Impact

471
00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:14.920
<v Speaker 2>on Luca Underground. He was originally supposed to be the

472
00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:17.160
<v Speaker 2>mystery tag team partner with Ray against the New Day,

473
00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:19.640
<v Speaker 2>but that match got taken off the card seemingly at

474
00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.759
<v Speaker 2>the last minute, which was kind of weird because there

475
00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.440
<v Speaker 2>were only four matches on this three hour premiere. Four matches.

476
00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:29.000
<v Speaker 2>That's insane, DJ cuzmost signing off have a great weekend.

477
00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:32.519
<v Speaker 2>Well again, it does make or it is it is

478
00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:36.200
<v Speaker 2>insane for a three hour plus show you have four matches.

479
00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.559
<v Speaker 2>But when you look at what the purpose of this

480
00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:42.680
<v Speaker 2>show was, as I just mentioned five minutes ago, the

481
00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:49.440
<v Speaker 2>purpose was biggest stars, biggest celebrities, promotional show, make a statement.

482
00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:54.079
<v Speaker 2>Look how important WWE is. Look how look how big

483
00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:57.920
<v Speaker 2>we are with all these celebrities coming out. Yeah, look

484
00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.680
<v Speaker 2>at the rock even the Rocks coming out and He's

485
00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.559
<v Speaker 2>putting all the storylines aside to just be Dwayne. That's

486
00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:05.880
<v Speaker 2>what this is about. So you know where WWE is

487
00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.319
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to push, comes to shove, where the

488
00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:10.079
<v Speaker 2>priorities lie, and that will always be with the brand,

489
00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:14.880
<v Speaker 2>not with individual storylines. They don't care. So it was

490
00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:20.519
<v Speaker 2>about just promotion, promotion, promotion, that's it. It wasn't a

491
00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:24.000
<v Speaker 2>wrestling show on Monday. So hopefully things change and we

492
00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.160
<v Speaker 2>see what it will be on a weekly basis starting

493
00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.480
<v Speaker 2>this Monday, and we can move on like, ok here

494
00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:31.240
<v Speaker 2>on Netflix. Okay, great, let's go like where were you

495
00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:33.799
<v Speaker 2>in the story? Now? Last week was a fun little intermission.

496
00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:39.680
<v Speaker 2>Where are you all right? Thank you DJ. We'll get

497
00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:43.119
<v Speaker 2>to your report in a moment, but let's talk to

498
00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:47.720
<v Speaker 2>AJ another patron. He says, I really think WWE got

499
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>all four matches wrong. Speaking of which, perfect, perfect little transition.

500
00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:56.559
<v Speaker 2>They've tanked Solo's character with him starting strong and then

501
00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:01.000
<v Speaker 2>losing every match ever before, trying to take or make

502
00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:03.880
<v Speaker 2>him look strong again, and then they have him cheatd

503
00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:06.799
<v Speaker 2>and lose to Roman. I don't think they have a

504
00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:12.559
<v Speaker 2>plan for Solo, and I'm sick of Roman having every

505
00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.400
<v Speaker 2>match and with some sort of interference. It should have

506
00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.920
<v Speaker 2>been Solo winning with help and just to show Roman

507
00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:21.480
<v Speaker 2>what he put everyone else through for all these years.

508
00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.720
<v Speaker 2>They have certainly damaged Solo, no doubt about it. Remember

509
00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:30.160
<v Speaker 2>when he was undefeated, I remember that good times? Huh

510
00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:32.559
<v Speaker 2>until Cody Roads beat him on Raw. I think leading

511
00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:36.119
<v Speaker 2>up to Wrestle many A forty, he beat Solo Socoa.

512
00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:39.400
<v Speaker 2>That was one of, if not the only loss Solo

513
00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:43.519
<v Speaker 2>took up up until that point. But then Solo gets

514
00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:46.319
<v Speaker 2>his own bloodline and then proceeds to oddly lose and

515
00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:50.160
<v Speaker 2>lose and lose and lose. Not a great way to

516
00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:54.839
<v Speaker 2>build a guy. So I would agree Live in Rhea.

517
00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.960
<v Speaker 2>I felt they should have ended with Live winning because

518
00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:00.240
<v Speaker 2>Ria was distracted and attacking dom Ria. Could you some

519
00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:04.839
<v Speaker 2>character growth and that loss would have helped. Yeah. Ria

520
00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:09.079
<v Speaker 2>is an interesting case study. She is a big star

521
00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:11.240
<v Speaker 2>in the women's division, one of the faces, dare I say,

522
00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.559
<v Speaker 2>of the women's division in the entire company, And now

523
00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.359
<v Speaker 2>she's back to being Women's World champion, taking back what

524
00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>she never lost. So first, sure, the storyline has come

525
00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:26.960
<v Speaker 2>full circle. But Ria, now that she's passed the judge

526
00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.759
<v Speaker 2>judgment day and she's passed being the part of the

527
00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:36.079
<v Speaker 2>Terrors wins. She's passed the Live Morgan deal. It's this

528
00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:38.279
<v Speaker 2>is a new chapter. This is actually a really good

529
00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.160
<v Speaker 2>time to start talking about Ria as where's she going?

530
00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:46.200
<v Speaker 2>Because if those things are behind her finally after six months,

531
00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:52.839
<v Speaker 2>what now Ria's at a crossroads and it's an opportunity

532
00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.599
<v Speaker 2>for growth. Jay and Drew was ridiculous. They keep making

533
00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.920
<v Speaker 2>Drew look weak when he should have been presented as

534
00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.880
<v Speaker 2>the strongest guy in the Ross for outside of Gunther,

535
00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>which they need to make him stop being afraid. I

536
00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:07.400
<v Speaker 2>totally agree, fear should never even enter the mind of Gunther.

537
00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:11.960
<v Speaker 2>By the way, ever, Travis Scott smoking a blunt during

538
00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:15.279
<v Speaker 2>Jay's intro was kind of funny, especially especially after them

539
00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:19.680
<v Speaker 2>just showing Rock drinking his alcohol immediately driving. Yeah. Interesting,

540
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:25.680
<v Speaker 2>interesting drug use on raw, especially given the fact that

541
00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.519
<v Speaker 2>it's a PG show, at least that's what the ratings

542
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.119
<v Speaker 2>said at the top left corner. Very interesting that they

543
00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:34.920
<v Speaker 2>decided to have blunts and alcohol basically drinking and driving

544
00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:43.119
<v Speaker 2>on the show. Pretty intense or at least I guess

545
00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:48.480
<v Speaker 2>ballsy or unintended consequence, unintended side effect, I'm not sure,

546
00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:51.400
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, the blunt thing got a lot of attention,

547
00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.599
<v Speaker 2>and the fact that most people are talking about the

548
00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.519
<v Speaker 2>blunt rather than the actual matchup Jay and Drew not

549
00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.880
<v Speaker 2>a good sign. The crowd was quiet, Sadly, most people

550
00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:03.359
<v Speaker 2>didn't really care. They had gotten through the Rock, they

551
00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:07.759
<v Speaker 2>got through Triple H Undertakers like they they were kind

552
00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.839
<v Speaker 2>of okay, cool, we can sit and recharge here during

553
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:14.240
<v Speaker 2>this match. That's how they kind of viewed it because

554
00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:16.960
<v Speaker 2>the star was the show was a star studded show,

555
00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:19.039
<v Speaker 2>so when you finally get a match, it's almost like

556
00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:21.279
<v Speaker 2>a breather. It's like, okay, guys, we can go get

557
00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.839
<v Speaker 2>a you know, go relax, just recharge here, take a breath,

558
00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:28.319
<v Speaker 2>go get some food. And that sucks during a Drui

559
00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:30.799
<v Speaker 2>and j match, but that's how big of a night

560
00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:35.920
<v Speaker 2>it was for stars and Hogan and all that. So yeah,

561
00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:39.359
<v Speaker 2>but rock drinking and driving was just I don't understand

562
00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:43.119
<v Speaker 2>the intent on that. Yeah, not sure. Seth and Punk

563
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.880
<v Speaker 2>is one that I really don't have a lot of

564
00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.920
<v Speaker 2>to complain on, But I think Seth getting the win

565
00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:50.599
<v Speaker 2>and having him call Punk old would have been good

566
00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:53.880
<v Speaker 2>fuel for Punk, who should and hopefully will beat gunther

567
00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.960
<v Speaker 2>that I mean, I gave my full review on that.

568
00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:01.160
<v Speaker 2>I if the goal is to get this to Punk

569
00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:07.519
<v Speaker 2>and Gunther, then that makes sense for Punk to get

570
00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:11.200
<v Speaker 2>the victory, because then you have somebody who's coming off

571
00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:15.799
<v Speaker 2>a massive victory and has maybe the rights to claim

572
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.519
<v Speaker 2>number one contendership or at least be in the conversation

573
00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:23.160
<v Speaker 2>for it. But it also, and more importantly, I think

574
00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:27.319
<v Speaker 2>turns the tide for Seth, hopefully to turn him heel,

575
00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:29.079
<v Speaker 2>send him to the dark side. This could be what's

576
00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:33.720
<v Speaker 2>makes him snap. That's for me what I took out

577
00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:37.279
<v Speaker 2>of that. Also, Sena could have just had a match

578
00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:39.400
<v Speaker 2>to kick off his final run, not even a five

579
00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.960
<v Speaker 2>minute squash of some random heel.

580
00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.799
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

581
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:45.599
<v Speaker 2>I actually wasn't expecting a match, and to be honest,

582
00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.200
<v Speaker 2>at his age and with the higher risk of injury,

583
00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:54.079
<v Speaker 2>even if it is very unlikely he'd get injured, I

584
00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.799
<v Speaker 2>want to save as many bumps as I can on

585
00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:59.559
<v Speaker 2>John Seena's body until they matter. If you wanted to

586
00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:02.799
<v Speaker 2>just give some in AA, fine, But I actually didn't

587
00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:06.200
<v Speaker 2>want to match, nor did I expect to match. Overall.

588
00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:08.519
<v Speaker 2>I was expecting more returns like Becky who was apparently

589
00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:11.079
<v Speaker 2>supposed to. I will also say I'm a bit concerned

590
00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.760
<v Speaker 2>if they really thought Hogan was going to get an

591
00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:15.119
<v Speaker 2>ounce of positive response, because that just shows the complete

592
00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.639
<v Speaker 2>lack of awareness. And I don't think him getting booed

593
00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.400
<v Speaker 2>and had anything to do with him being a Trump

594
00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:22.960
<v Speaker 2>supporter or in LA when Taker got cheers. He's made

595
00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:25.199
<v Speaker 2>some very racist comments and I think more so people

596
00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:27.559
<v Speaker 2>are just sick of him. Bummer. There was no Austin

597
00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:32.800
<v Speaker 2>hopefully at WrestleMania. Well, you have to remember, yeah, Undertaker

598
00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:36.800
<v Speaker 2>was also outspoken in support of Trump, and he did

599
00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.360
<v Speaker 2>have him on his show. But if you remember Hulk

600
00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Hogan showed up with the Republican National Convention invention and

601
00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:46.320
<v Speaker 2>tore off his shirt. Think there was another appearance too.

602
00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:51.239
<v Speaker 2>Hulk Hogan was part of the actual political events, and

603
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:54.719
<v Speaker 2>LA is about as far left and Democrat as you

604
00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:58.400
<v Speaker 2>go outside of maybe San Francisco or you know, the

605
00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:01.679
<v Speaker 2>Bronx in New York. Those are as deep blue as

606
00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:07.519
<v Speaker 2>blue gets or Chicago. Right, But so that was part

607
00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.760
<v Speaker 2>of it, I would disagree. I would say that I

608
00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:12.320
<v Speaker 2>said it's part of it, not all of it, not

609
00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:14.199
<v Speaker 2>even the majority of it. But you add that the

610
00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:18.159
<v Speaker 2>racist comments, the selfless beer promotion, the fact that really

611
00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:21.920
<v Speaker 2>nobody's asking for Hogan returning anymore, and he just came

612
00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.159
<v Speaker 2>to play his greatest hits and not do anything, you know,

613
00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:26.119
<v Speaker 2>other than that, which again, at his age he can't.

614
00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:30.000
<v Speaker 2>But all of it, it was just you just boil

615
00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.320
<v Speaker 2>that all up and you're just They're just like, no,

616
00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:37.159
<v Speaker 2>we don't need to see you by So yeah, Austin. Sure,

617
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<v Speaker 2>I actually don't want him them to waste an Austin

618
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<v Speaker 2>appearance unless there's meaning behind it. I want some kind

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<v Speaker 2>of purpose. Does that lead to a match? You know what? Sure,

620
00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's crazy to say, given the fact

621
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<v Speaker 2>that he came out of retirement and wrestled Maingia thirty eight.

622
00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's an unfair expectation anymore to say that.

623
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<v Speaker 2>I want Austin if he's going to come back, to

624
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<v Speaker 2>not just do his typical you know, drink beer and

625
00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.320
<v Speaker 2>maybe give a stun or maybe not, and then leave

626
00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:05.599
<v Speaker 2>no a dis close to WrestleMania, especially the time of

627
00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:07.960
<v Speaker 2>the year we're in. I don't want Austin there to

628
00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:12.199
<v Speaker 2>just sit on commentary or something. I want him there

629
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<v Speaker 2>for a big reason. Do I think he'll have a

630
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<v Speaker 2>match this year? No, there's no talk of it. There's

631
00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:22.239
<v Speaker 2>nothing being discussed as far as I know, but I would.

632
00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:25.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm complaining about all this, or I'm complaining

633
00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.880
<v Speaker 2>about something that didn't happen, but I will say I

634
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<v Speaker 2>still would take a stunner at WRESTLEMANI even if it's

635
00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:30.679
<v Speaker 2>just to come out and give the Rock a stunner

636
00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:33.480
<v Speaker 2>at WrestleMania. I still, and I still, you know, I

637
00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:41.320
<v Speaker 2>deserve that. I'm outed, I'm od it, so all right,

638
00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:46.920
<v Speaker 2>because it's all about me. All right, let's talk to

639
00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 2>Let's see another emailer here, and this is Andrew and

640
00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.320
<v Speaker 2>then I know we said some other patrons. We'll get

641
00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:57.800
<v Speaker 2>to you in just a moment here, and then we'll

642
00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:01.920
<v Speaker 2>get to some others that are not patrons. But this

643
00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.800
<v Speaker 2>is from Andrew, and he says, I had a lot

644
00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:07.000
<v Speaker 2>of issues with the raw. Geez boy, you guys really

645
00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:12.559
<v Speaker 2>didn't like it. But let's get to it. So Solo's buried,

646
00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:14.760
<v Speaker 2>Live is buried. My biggest issue though, was how the

647
00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:17.079
<v Speaker 2>Rock was portrayed. Wow, I see I'm seeing a theme.

648
00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:20.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm seeing a theme. But let's get to it. I'll

649
00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:25.920
<v Speaker 2>get to your take here, Andrew from Michigan. The Rock

650
00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:29.320
<v Speaker 2>comes out essentially drop the Final Boss character. He then

651
00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:33.360
<v Speaker 2>tells Cody that they're cool and then acknowledges Roman. I

652
00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:35.360
<v Speaker 2>have so many issues with all this. I feel like

653
00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.599
<v Speaker 2>WW just told me the entire story leading up to

654
00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.440
<v Speaker 2>WrestleMania with Cody didn't matter. Why have the Rock come

655
00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:43.239
<v Speaker 2>out during the Rock after WrestleMania and threaten Cody? Why

656
00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:44.960
<v Speaker 2>have The Rock come out at Bad Blood and make

657
00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:47.639
<v Speaker 2>a threatening gesture to Cody and Roman? Why did the

658
00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:49.760
<v Speaker 2>Rock go on a ten minute Instagram story ran about

659
00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:53.079
<v Speaker 2>the Final Boss after Bad Blood. This could obviously lead

660
00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.440
<v Speaker 2>to the Rock turning on Roman, but it feels more

661
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.000
<v Speaker 2>like The Rock couldn't keep his schedule straight and now

662
00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:00.800
<v Speaker 2>can't commit to Mania, so this is the turning face.

663
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<v Speaker 2>You could say that The Rock was portraying a t

664
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<v Speaker 2>KO boss and we need to be patient. That's too confusing, though,

665
00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:09.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be reminded of watching something scripted.

666
00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.599
<v Speaker 2>I thought this segment was a slap in the face

667
00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:15.280
<v Speaker 2>to fans. Also, whose idea was it to have Paul

668
00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:19.599
<v Speaker 2>Cogan do a beer advertisement in California? Yeah? Yeah, that's again. Yeah,

669
00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:24.840
<v Speaker 2>Hogan bad, just bad. So I mean, I don't know

670
00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:28.519
<v Speaker 2>how much more I could talk about this, but yeah,

671
00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:32.800
<v Speaker 2>he killed two storylines with one promo, the Roman one

672
00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:37.480
<v Speaker 2>and the Cody one. Just completely crapped all over it

673
00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:41.280
<v Speaker 2>in one promo. Can you bring it back? Sure? I

674
00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:44.639
<v Speaker 2>mean you could, Rocks Talented, you could do it. People

675
00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:48.159
<v Speaker 2>would buy in because people want to see it. Yeah,

676
00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:51.840
<v Speaker 2>you can easily have the Rock bring this back. But

677
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.320
<v Speaker 2>it's just for one night. It made no sense and

678
00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:56.679
<v Speaker 2>then we'd have to just pretend that Monday night didn't happen.

679
00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:03.360
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, all the stuff, bad blood, WrestleMania, insults, beatdowns,

680
00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:06.039
<v Speaker 2>all of it. Just like what was it all for?

681
00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:09.760
<v Speaker 2>To just play Dwayne for what?

682
00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.159
<v Speaker 4>For what?

683
00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:22.760
<v Speaker 2>Yes? Just this total misstep, total, total misstep. All right,

684
00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:26.159
<v Speaker 2>so we have got some more. I'm gonna dig inside Patreon.

685
00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:32.719
<v Speaker 2>Let's do it. So who do we go to first?

686
00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:36.840
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to uh, let's go to Scott Scott m

687
00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:39.920
<v Speaker 2>And he says, hey, quick one for the mail bag.

688
00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:41.800
<v Speaker 2>I hope you had a good Christmas in New Year,

689
00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:45.719
<v Speaker 2>thank you too. Just watch Ron Netflix and wow, it

690
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:50.199
<v Speaker 2>was like a pl E solid matches and Johnsena's promo

691
00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:55.199
<v Speaker 2>was awesome. So the first two sentences are good. Here

692
00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:58.760
<v Speaker 2>we go. Now for the negative We're obviously not getting

693
00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:01.599
<v Speaker 2>Rock versus Roman after Wayne showed up and did his

694
00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:05.519
<v Speaker 2>usual greatest Hit moments and thanked everyone, including Cody did

695
00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.719
<v Speaker 2>demand forget he's a heel. Unless we swerve this again

696
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<v Speaker 2>and have the Rock cost Roman at the Rumble, then

697
00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:15.440
<v Speaker 2>we won't get much or won't get that match for

698
00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:19.320
<v Speaker 2>another year, which is a bit frustrating as neither one

699
00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:22.239
<v Speaker 2>are getting any younger. Could you see the Rock entertaining

700
00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:26.239
<v Speaker 2>the rumble or throwing Roman out? Also, we are getting

701
00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:28.719
<v Speaker 2>Chad Gable versus a Lutrador next week on Raw, which

702
00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:31.920
<v Speaker 2>is obviously going to be the debut of Penta. I'm

703
00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:34.280
<v Speaker 2>hoping that they push this guy far because his in

704
00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:36.760
<v Speaker 2>ring work is great, But I'd also love to see

705
00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.320
<v Speaker 2>our Truth in a Mask come out before Penta actually debuts.

706
00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.480
<v Speaker 2>Thanks keep up the good work for Scott from UK.

707
00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.239
<v Speaker 2>That's pretty good, Pretty good, Scott. I like that having

708
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<v Speaker 2>our Truth do that adjusting up in a you know,

709
00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.280
<v Speaker 2>just putting like a mask on, like a Ray masterial

710
00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.840
<v Speaker 2>mask and pretending he's luchador that yes, please please make

711
00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:57.639
<v Speaker 2>this happene Yes, Penta is clearly going to be the

712
00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:03.239
<v Speaker 2>debut opponent for Chad again. I don't know how much

713
00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:05.239
<v Speaker 2>more I can hammer this home with Rock Roman. I

714
00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:06.960
<v Speaker 2>feel like that's been the whole topic of the show

715
00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:10.719
<v Speaker 2>here for forty minutes, but you guys are talking about it.

716
00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:15.360
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's my one hope here. Here's my prediction.

717
00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:19.519
<v Speaker 2>You guys want something here. My prediction is this. The

718
00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:24.159
<v Speaker 2>Rock shows up at the Rumble, costs Roman the Rumble,

719
00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:30.559
<v Speaker 2>and Rock also loses, but he costs Roman, and then

720
00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.719
<v Speaker 2>Roman and Rock go to WrestleMania and face one another.

721
00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:40.199
<v Speaker 2>That's my thought. That's where I think we're going is

722
00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:46.239
<v Speaker 2>Rock screws Roman. Roman ends up still screwing the Rock somehow.

723
00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:48.239
<v Speaker 2>Maybe he comes back in the Rumble eliminates the Rock,

724
00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:50.760
<v Speaker 2>so they essentially eliminate each other and we're off to

725
00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:56.800
<v Speaker 2>the races. That's what I think happens. Thank you, Scott.

726
00:41:57.039 --> 00:42:03.199
<v Speaker 2>All Right, one more email, and it's from Tom from

727
00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:06.519
<v Speaker 2>North Florida, where he says it's at chilly twenty six degrees.

728
00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Wherever that one guy in Florida does his weather report,

729
00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:12.960
<v Speaker 2>I need to go there. That's Brad. Brad from Florida.

730
00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.400
<v Speaker 2>I would like to talk to Brad, though I think

731
00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:18.840
<v Speaker 2>he's northern Florida. I'm pretty sure, but I would like

732
00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:20.599
<v Speaker 2>to talk to him because he's been bragging him out

733
00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:23.599
<v Speaker 2>that weather. But even in Florida, the cold has dipped

734
00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:29.920
<v Speaker 2>all the way down there. Yes, yes, yes, the cold

735
00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:33.159
<v Speaker 2>has dipped all the way to Florida. So where you're

736
00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:39.360
<v Speaker 2>at now, Brad? Okay, So man, here we go, guys.

737
00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:43.079
<v Speaker 2>This is more rock stuff. Boy. I figured the rock

738
00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:45.480
<v Speaker 2>would be a small, well, let's say, medium sized topic.

739
00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:49.039
<v Speaker 2>It has completely overtaken the entire show here. So it

740
00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:52.199
<v Speaker 2>sounds like, guys, I know I'm repeating myself, but I

741
00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:54.880
<v Speaker 2>want to give you guys a voice, all right, And

742
00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying not to say the same thing over and over.

743
00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:59.440
<v Speaker 2>So if I feel like I'm going to repeat myself,

744
00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:01.800
<v Speaker 2>I won't respond too much to this because it's like,

745
00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:04.039
<v Speaker 2>oh my god, we've already heard your opinion. But I

746
00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:06.719
<v Speaker 2>want to give everyone else a chance. So here's what

747
00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:10.760
<v Speaker 2>Tom says. I was really disappointed with the Rocks return

748
00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:13.800
<v Speaker 2>on Monday. So you're telling me the last four times

749
00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:16.719
<v Speaker 2>he was on TV, he made Cody Rhodes bleed in

750
00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:19.400
<v Speaker 2>the rain, beat him up, told him he was coming

751
00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.960
<v Speaker 2>for his belt, then came back at Bad Blood and

752
00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:25.119
<v Speaker 2>in a seemingly angry gesture to him in Roman and

753
00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:27.840
<v Speaker 2>went off on a rant. But then last Monday, he

754
00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:30.400
<v Speaker 2>makes a joke about the whole thing and asked how

755
00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:33.519
<v Speaker 2>Mama Rhodes was doing well. Cody laughed together like they

756
00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:38.800
<v Speaker 2>were two best friends, retelling good times. WWE, to me

757
00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:42.599
<v Speaker 2>missed a major opportunity with this story. I always thought

758
00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:47.159
<v Speaker 2>Rocks should have been the mastermind behind the new bl bloodline,

759
00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:48.840
<v Speaker 2>and when he walked out there to give the ole

760
00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:51.119
<v Speaker 2>to follow to Roman, I was hoping he'd put around

761
00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:54.199
<v Speaker 2>his own neck instead of Romans. This was the perfect

762
00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:57.159
<v Speaker 2>setup to a future for you with Roman, and I

763
00:43:57.239 --> 00:44:00.800
<v Speaker 2>feel like w E blew it. So where does Solo

764
00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.840
<v Speaker 2>go from here? If Roman is going to run a

765
00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:06.480
<v Speaker 2>feud with Punk or Seth, it seems the new Bloodline

766
00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:13.280
<v Speaker 2>story could be buried some on SmackDown There is right. Now,

767
00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:16.519
<v Speaker 2>here's the thing. Here's what WWE has de Lena the

768
00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:22.079
<v Speaker 2>Royal Rumble. What that means is the Bloodline doesn't have

769
00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:25.360
<v Speaker 2>to feud with any other particular group, and it feels

770
00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:27.679
<v Speaker 2>like the original bloodline has kind of already gone their

771
00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:29.760
<v Speaker 2>separate way. It felt like a one night only and

772
00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:33.039
<v Speaker 2>now they're kind of they're in their own little cells

773
00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:35.679
<v Speaker 2>like Samuel defend j and Jay of defend Sammy, but

774
00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:37.880
<v Speaker 2>like they're not a cohesive unit. So we got our

775
00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:40.960
<v Speaker 2>answer there as far as how long that'll last. But

776
00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:43.440
<v Speaker 2>it's a royal rumble, which means every man for himself,

777
00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:46.119
<v Speaker 2>which means you can have the bloodline feuding with like

778
00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:50.559
<v Speaker 2>individual big stars, and that's probably where it'll land here.

779
00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:53.559
<v Speaker 2>But you're not going to have them feuding with a

780
00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Babyface group. There's not even really a big Babyface group

781
00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:58.960
<v Speaker 2>on SmackDown if you take away the og bloodline, which

782
00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:03.960
<v Speaker 2>seemingly they already have. So Solo is interesting. I think

783
00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:06.239
<v Speaker 2>he'll compete in the rumble. He's not gonna have a

784
00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:09.960
<v Speaker 2>singles match, but he's gonna compete. He'll be a big

785
00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:14.760
<v Speaker 2>player in the rumble, obviously not gonna win, And then

786
00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:19.320
<v Speaker 2>you'll have you know, I mean, I don't know as

787
00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:21.760
<v Speaker 2>far as Punk or Seth though, I mean, that's another

788
00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:25.119
<v Speaker 2>question right now, guys. You have Rhea who needs a

789
00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:28.199
<v Speaker 2>new path. You have Punk and Seth who need to

790
00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:30.039
<v Speaker 2>figure out where they're going if this was a one

791
00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:32.199
<v Speaker 2>and done or Seth's turning heel, or if Seth attacks

792
00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Punk off the laws. So right. You have Roman kind

793
00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:39.239
<v Speaker 2>of in flux. If he's done with solo, then where

794
00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:43.239
<v Speaker 2>does he go. You have Rock who just made amends

795
00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:47.320
<v Speaker 2>with everyone. You know, he just decided to be Dwayne

796
00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:52.679
<v Speaker 2>instead of the Rock, which was just horrible. Yeah, you

797
00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:57.920
<v Speaker 2>have Cody who is still kind of feuding with Kevin

798
00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:04.679
<v Speaker 2>in like but not really. It's a weird time. People

799
00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:09.920
<v Speaker 2>seem to be in between programs waiting for something, and

800
00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:12.760
<v Speaker 2>this past Monday did nothing to really help that. In fact,

801
00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:16.559
<v Speaker 2>it aggravated the issue. And as we get closer to

802
00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:19.559
<v Speaker 2>the Rumble, hopefully things get back on track, hopefully even

803
00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:24.920
<v Speaker 2>this week after this just just big celebrity circle jerk

804
00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:27.320
<v Speaker 2>is what it was. Let's let's call it what it is,

805
00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:31.920
<v Speaker 2>is one big circle jerk of the executives and celebrities

806
00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:34.360
<v Speaker 2>just in one big circle. You know, everybody you know,

807
00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:37.480
<v Speaker 2>quote giving each other a hand. You got the visual

808
00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:39.239
<v Speaker 2>in your head. Good, And I'm trying to make this

809
00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:43.840
<v Speaker 2>somewhat child friendly, right with a word like circle jerk,

810
00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.960
<v Speaker 2>that'll really do it. That'll bring the kids in, that'll

811
00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.239
<v Speaker 2>that'll have the parents turn up the volume on the show.

812
00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:51.760
<v Speaker 2>But that's what it was. That's you know, that is

813
00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:57.519
<v Speaker 2>the best way to describe Monday? Is that so great? Questions, Tom,

814
00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:00.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't have the answers you're asking them because it's

815
00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:05.400
<v Speaker 2>a kind of a convoluted mess right now, and I

816
00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:08.880
<v Speaker 2>don't have an answer. I gave you my predictions. But yeah,

817
00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:13.159
<v Speaker 2>so thank you, Tom, And we are now going to

818
00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:15.199
<v Speaker 2>get to some of the voicemails here, trying to get

819
00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.559
<v Speaker 2>through all of them, running close up on time here.

820
00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:19.159
<v Speaker 2>I had a feeling that this would be a big

821
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<v Speaker 2>show for the Mailbag, but let's see how many we

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<v Speaker 2>can get through.

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<v Speaker 5>This is DJ Coles melt Back added again on your

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<v Speaker 5>Mailbag show record you live on a widsday board and

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00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.559
<v Speaker 5>you know what Tom it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time to see.

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<v Speaker 6>His name, Man Heppeers, I believe.

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<v Speaker 2>In Joe Hendry.

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<v Speaker 6>I believe in Joe Hendry.

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<v Speaker 5>That's right, folks, Joe Hendry is his name. As I

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<v Speaker 5>take it to my twenty sixth episode of the Joint

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<v Speaker 5>Report recording to live as always from disclosed location, I

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<v Speaker 5>must mention another award that Joe Hendry won, this time

834
00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:57.800
<v Speaker 5>for NXT. As they did their twenty twenty four awards,

835
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<v Speaker 5>none other than Joe Hendry wins the Moment of the

836
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<v Speaker 5>Year so let's count it off, folks. Joe Henry has

837
00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:09.320
<v Speaker 5>won three awards, two awards in TNA Male Wrestler of

838
00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:12.199
<v Speaker 5>the Year and Moment of the Year, and in NXT

839
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<v Speaker 5>he wins Moment of the Year. If you remember, he

840
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<v Speaker 5>did have a main event matchup against Ethan Page at

841
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<v Speaker 5>NXT No Mercy in September of twenty twenty four. And

842
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:25.000
<v Speaker 5>of course, when he finally made his debut on an

843
00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:29.760
<v Speaker 5>episode of NXT, the crowd went wild as they were chanting,

844
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<v Speaker 5>we believe, we believe, we believed. So shout out to

845
00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:37.000
<v Speaker 5>Joe Hendry as he has now won three awards. What

846
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<v Speaker 5>wrestler in the game today can win two awards from

847
00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:45.079
<v Speaker 5>two different wrestling promotions in TNA and in NXT only

848
00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:48.159
<v Speaker 5>Joe Hendry. Now, let's get you to what took place

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00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:51.000
<v Speaker 5>last week on the episode of TNA par Wrestling. A

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<v Speaker 5>pre taped episode of TNA par Wrestling, as they get

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00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:57.920
<v Speaker 5>ready to kick off twenty twenty five, as Joe Hendry

852
00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:01.559
<v Speaker 5>comes in and he thanks the fan for supporting him

853
00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:05.800
<v Speaker 5>as he won the number one contendership at Final Resolution,

854
00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:08.599
<v Speaker 5>as he mentioned that he is now in the running

855
00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:13.239
<v Speaker 5>to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Leading into

856
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<v Speaker 5>January nineteenth, live from Dallas, Texas, TNA Genesis as it

857
00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:22.239
<v Speaker 5>will be Nick nemet versus Joe Hendry. He mentions that

858
00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:26.679
<v Speaker 5>way way back on January one, twenty thirteen, it was

859
00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:30.199
<v Speaker 5>his resolution that he wants to become a professional wrestler,

860
00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:33.840
<v Speaker 5>and now twelve years later, here we are and Joe

861
00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:37.000
<v Speaker 5>Hendry is now realizing his dream that he will eventually

862
00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:41.519
<v Speaker 5>become a world champion. But before he continues, here comes

863
00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:46.599
<v Speaker 5>Nick Nemo's brother, Ryan Nemett to interrupt and say all

864
00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:50.440
<v Speaker 5>the things that he despises about Joe Hendry, as the

865
00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:54.519
<v Speaker 5>crowd was saying you suck, You sucked to Ryan Nemett.

866
00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:57.320
<v Speaker 5>But then Joe Hendry was like, wait a minute. You

867
00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:01.440
<v Speaker 5>know what, for everything that I I'm about, you will

868
00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:03.679
<v Speaker 5>never be on the level that I am at. Just

869
00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:07.440
<v Speaker 5>paraphrasing here, folks, just paraphrasing. Anyway, Joe Henchy made a

870
00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:12.800
<v Speaker 5>match for Ryan Nemett against the ECW legend Rhino, but

871
00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:18.039
<v Speaker 5>the match ends in disqualification as Rhino attacked Ryan Nemett

872
00:50:18.159 --> 00:50:20.880
<v Speaker 5>with a steel chair. But later on in the show,

873
00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:25.519
<v Speaker 5>here comes the TNA World Champion, Nick Nemett as he

874
00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:30.320
<v Speaker 5>gave his congratulations and of course acknowledges that Joe Hendry

875
00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:33.360
<v Speaker 5>is the number one contender, and rightfully so, because he

876
00:50:33.480 --> 00:50:36.519
<v Speaker 5>is the face of this company in terms of how

877
00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:38.920
<v Speaker 5>the crowd loves him and how everybody in the locker

878
00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:42.559
<v Speaker 5>room supports Joe Hendry. But then Ryan neman came in

879
00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:46.880
<v Speaker 5>and interrupted Nick Nemat and says, why are you supporting

880
00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:50.519
<v Speaker 5>this guy? Why are you acknowledging Joe Hendry. I still

881
00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:53.239
<v Speaker 5>have an issue because he stabbed you in the back

882
00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:56.119
<v Speaker 5>when he attacked you a couple of weeks ago at

883
00:50:56.159 --> 00:50:58.360
<v Speaker 5>a pay per view. And then of course Nick Nema

884
00:50:58.519 --> 00:51:01.480
<v Speaker 5>was like, wait a minute, let's not go down this road.

885
00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:05.440
<v Speaker 5>He did that by accident. He attacked me by accident.

886
00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:10.559
<v Speaker 5>So here we now have that. Ryan Nemett proposes a

887
00:51:11.239 --> 00:51:14.920
<v Speaker 5>tag team matchup for next week's episode on TNA par Wrestling,

888
00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:18.840
<v Speaker 5>as it will be Joe Hendry and the ECW legend

889
00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:24.360
<v Speaker 5>Rhino versus the Nemett brothers of Nick Nemett and Ryan Nemett.

890
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:28.119
<v Speaker 5>I must also mention that Joe Hendry will now be

891
00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:32.679
<v Speaker 5>part of Chris Jerichos Jericho Cruz that will be happening

892
00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:37.519
<v Speaker 5>on February second, twenty twenty five. Isn't that a very

893
00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:41.360
<v Speaker 5>strange coincidence that it's the day after the Royal Rumble?

894
00:51:41.719 --> 00:51:44.880
<v Speaker 5>So is there a possibility that Joe Henry could also

895
00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:47.800
<v Speaker 5>make an appearance at the Royal Rumble before he makes

896
00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:52.920
<v Speaker 5>an appearance on Chris Jericho's Jericho Cruz called Six on

897
00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:56.000
<v Speaker 5>the Beach that'll be happening on February second. Whatever the

898
00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:59.119
<v Speaker 5>case may be, this is some exciting times for Joe Hendry.

899
00:51:59.159 --> 00:52:03.119
<v Speaker 5>And yes he has to win the TNA World Championship.

900
00:52:03.480 --> 00:52:06.960
<v Speaker 5>We all saw this past Monday night on Raw Real

901
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:11.280
<v Speaker 5>Ripley regains her championship. We saw Tiffany Stratton become the

902
00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:15.519
<v Speaker 5>new WWE Women's Champion on SmackDown a couple of nights ago.

903
00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:18.400
<v Speaker 5>This is a possibility that we could have a new

904
00:52:18.519 --> 00:52:22.599
<v Speaker 5>champion in TNA in Joe Hendry. So always remember, folks

905
00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:26.280
<v Speaker 5>to say his name. Believe, always remember the words that

906
00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:30.599
<v Speaker 5>Joe Hendry says anytime, any place and any show.

907
00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:32.880
<v Speaker 2>And most so poorly, most so poorly.

908
00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:34.519
<v Speaker 5>W always remember to do this.

909
00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:47.320
<v Speaker 6>Strong sc we believe, sustigious.

910
00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:49.840
<v Speaker 5>Once again, this is your guy. DJ COULSMO, have a

911
00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:51.760
<v Speaker 5>blessed week, Big Kai to one of the stays in

912
00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.119
<v Speaker 5>My Friends Believe and Peace.

913
00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:58.519
<v Speaker 2>Well, DJ, you present a pretty convincing timeline. I mean,

914
00:52:58.559 --> 00:53:02.679
<v Speaker 2>he just seemed to be open that you know he

915
00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:06.239
<v Speaker 2>could be there for the rumble. I keep holding on

916
00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:09.920
<v Speaker 2>to it. I don't know. I mean, if you look

917
00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:13.000
<v Speaker 2>at the leaked quote unquote leaked oral rumble sheet, I

918
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:15.800
<v Speaker 2>don't see his name there. But doesn't mean he can't appear.

919
00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:19.599
<v Speaker 2>It's not finalized. I think that it's possible. And I

920
00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:24.719
<v Speaker 2>appreciate all of your updates on his awards, that he's winning,

921
00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:28.679
<v Speaker 2>where he's going, who he's feuding with, and you stay

922
00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:31.360
<v Speaker 2>hunkered down at that undisclosed location, my friend, you stay

923
00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:36.320
<v Speaker 2>hunkered down, stay warm, and keep us updated. Alrighty, let's

924
00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.280
<v Speaker 2>get to the next one.

925
00:53:38.119 --> 00:53:43.159
<v Speaker 7>Say Matt, it's Bratt and Florida. So on ww Netflix.

926
00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:44.960
<v Speaker 7>I'm not gonna give you a weather report because it's

927
00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:52.639
<v Speaker 7>cold here. But on Netflix, like just a couple of

928
00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:55.320
<v Speaker 7>things that like I thought were weird, Like trip Boy

929
00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:57.599
<v Speaker 7>said it was gonna be a family friendly show. I

930
00:53:57.679 --> 00:53:59.519
<v Speaker 7>watched with my kids. I know a lot of people

931
00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:01.400
<v Speaker 7>out there that and don't give a shit about this,

932
00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:07.760
<v Speaker 7>But you have the rock drinking and driving you have

933
00:54:10.039 --> 00:54:13.039
<v Speaker 7>Travis Scott smoking lead. And by the way, let's not

934
00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:17.880
<v Speaker 7>forget Travis Scott is a guy who had ten people

935
00:54:18.119 --> 00:54:21.320
<v Speaker 7>die at his concert while he seemingly didn't give a

936
00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:24.840
<v Speaker 7>shit and just kept singing and oddly chanting to them

937
00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:30.199
<v Speaker 7>in Houston, while you know, with all sorts of imagery

938
00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:32.880
<v Speaker 7>around the concert and all sorts of crazy stuff, he

939
00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:36.599
<v Speaker 7>gets cheered. But hull Cogan gets booed for having a

940
00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:40.360
<v Speaker 7>different political opinion. I know that people will say that

941
00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:43.840
<v Speaker 7>hul Cogan got booed because of all the things in

942
00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:45.840
<v Speaker 7>the past that he said. He said something on a

943
00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:49.239
<v Speaker 7>phone call ten years ago, whatever. I don't give those

944
00:54:49.239 --> 00:54:53.599
<v Speaker 7>stands enough credit. I think they were remembering him supporting Trump,

945
00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:58.000
<v Speaker 7>and that's why you know that happens. That's why he

946
00:54:58.159 --> 00:55:04.039
<v Speaker 7>was booed. I think it was just really disgraceful. I

947
00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:08.719
<v Speaker 7>don't like. On another note, the Rep's new outfits. I

948
00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:10.880
<v Speaker 7>think the stripes are the way to go. I think

949
00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:13.039
<v Speaker 7>they kind of almost blend in with the floor a

950
00:55:13.079 --> 00:55:16.760
<v Speaker 7>little bit too much with this navy blue shirt that

951
00:55:16.840 --> 00:55:21.480
<v Speaker 7>they have right now, the new thing. I did think

952
00:55:21.639 --> 00:55:24.880
<v Speaker 7>Netflix raw was cool, like as a spectacle and everything

953
00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:28.039
<v Speaker 7>like that, but I don't know. I would have had

954
00:55:28.119 --> 00:55:31.840
<v Speaker 7>more exciting, like like a return of you know, a

955
00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:34.760
<v Speaker 7>Becky Lynch or this or that makes someone who's on

956
00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:37.440
<v Speaker 7>the current roster feel like a really big deal. I

957
00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:40.400
<v Speaker 7>know they had the Rock return, and they had seen

958
00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:43.239
<v Speaker 7>and this and that, but I'm talking about like arrestler

959
00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:46.519
<v Speaker 7>that someone would say Washington the first time, Oh who's she?

960
00:55:46.960 --> 00:55:51.239
<v Speaker 7>Or oh who's that? Or you know. I just I

961
00:55:51.320 --> 00:55:55.000
<v Speaker 7>just don't understand why Becky didn't come back, why a

962
00:55:55.119 --> 00:55:59.320
<v Speaker 7>Charlotte didn't come back, why, you know, maybe Alexa Bliss

963
00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:04.599
<v Speaker 7>or a who knows? I mean, I don't know, man.

964
00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:07.719
<v Speaker 7>I also thought rio winning was kind of the.

965
00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:09.400
<v Speaker 8>Wrong decision or wrong move.

966
00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:12.280
<v Speaker 7>I would have kept that belt on live for longer.

967
00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:15.199
<v Speaker 7>I think she's doing an amazing job. I think she

968
00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:19.159
<v Speaker 7>was really compelling on television. I don't see what Rihea

969
00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:24.079
<v Speaker 7>getting the belt back really does for her, you know, honestly,

970
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:26.840
<v Speaker 7>I just think you could have waited a lot longer

971
00:56:26.880 --> 00:56:27.119
<v Speaker 7>on that.

972
00:56:28.360 --> 00:56:28.880
<v Speaker 5>But hey, I.

973
00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:30.719
<v Speaker 7>Guess they wanted to have a title change for that

974
00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:34.280
<v Speaker 7>audience so they could see it. But there's a lot

975
00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:37.000
<v Speaker 7>more raw left to go and a lot more wrestling.

976
00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Left to go, all right, Brad, another victim of the

977
00:56:40.039 --> 00:56:43.199
<v Speaker 2>three minute time limit bites the dust. But thank you, Brad,

978
00:56:43.239 --> 00:56:45.639
<v Speaker 2>and funny, I didn't even see her email or your

979
00:56:45.960 --> 00:56:48.360
<v Speaker 2>voicemail while I was talking about you earlier with your

980
00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:52.239
<v Speaker 2>weather report. So yeah, that weather report is not so

981
00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:55.280
<v Speaker 2>not so good now. But hey, that's much more of

982
00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:57.280
<v Speaker 2>the exception than the rule down there. Even if you're

983
00:56:57.280 --> 00:56:59.840
<v Speaker 2>in northern Florida, you'll be returned to sixties and seventies

984
00:56:59.840 --> 00:57:02.360
<v Speaker 2>and in short order. Where that right now is a

985
00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:05.760
<v Speaker 2>pipe dream about four months away at best. I mean,

986
00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:09.880
<v Speaker 2>sometimes it snows into April and May up here. Okay,

987
00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:12.400
<v Speaker 2>I remember, not that anyone cares or asked, but I'm

988
00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:16.239
<v Speaker 2>going to share it anyway. My prom junior prom in

989
00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:20.199
<v Speaker 2>high school as well. Six you're sixteen six and seventeen seventeen.

990
00:57:20.239 --> 00:57:24.639
<v Speaker 2>I was seventeen years old and my prom is in May,

991
00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:26.119
<v Speaker 2>or was in May. I think it was like May,

992
00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:29.480
<v Speaker 2>second week of May something like that. It's snowed, like

993
00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:33.400
<v Speaker 2>two inches of snow in you know, two weeks into May.

994
00:57:33.760 --> 00:57:38.599
<v Speaker 2>So it happens, and you know, it's so what when

995
00:57:38.599 --> 00:57:40.360
<v Speaker 2>I hear about, oh, it's cold in Florida, It's like, yeah,

996
00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:42.679
<v Speaker 2>that'll last like a week a couple days and you're

997
00:57:42.719 --> 00:57:45.880
<v Speaker 2>back to it, you know. Anyway, I almost moved out

998
00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:48.480
<v Speaker 2>into Florida. I was very close, very close. I was

999
00:57:48.519 --> 00:57:51.280
<v Speaker 2>going to move into Tampa. I had a job like

1000
00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:54.320
<v Speaker 2>interviews set up, and I was going to move in

1001
00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:56.559
<v Speaker 2>with one of my buddies down there. I was close

1002
00:57:57.360 --> 00:58:00.400
<v Speaker 2>back in twenty thirteen after a bad break up, and

1003
00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:02.880
<v Speaker 2>I was just loving every time I go down to Florida.

1004
00:58:02.880 --> 00:58:04.079
<v Speaker 2>I was just like, man, I could live here. I

1005
00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:06.519
<v Speaker 2>got a friend down here, I can, you know. And

1006
00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:10.639
<v Speaker 2>then I met my wife and the rest is history,

1007
00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:13.679
<v Speaker 2>as I say. But boy, I was real close right

1008
00:58:13.719 --> 00:58:18.679
<v Speaker 2>in the Tampa area, clear Water area, Indian Rocks Beach, Dunedin,

1009
00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:22.480
<v Speaker 2>That's where I was. I was looking. And now, I mean,

1010
00:58:22.800 --> 00:58:26.119
<v Speaker 2>obviously that's a long, long gone, but I still like

1011
00:58:26.159 --> 00:58:29.119
<v Speaker 2>to visit down there, Still love going down for vacation

1012
00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:32.880
<v Speaker 2>three four days out of the year. And yeah, so

1013
00:58:33.000 --> 00:58:34.679
<v Speaker 2>anyway has nothing to do with your response, prit So

1014
00:58:34.760 --> 00:58:37.760
<v Speaker 2>let's get to it. Yeah. Family friendly. I just talked

1015
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:41.039
<v Speaker 2>about that too, man Like family friendly. Yeah, family friendly.

1016
00:58:41.079 --> 00:58:43.440
<v Speaker 2>Yet you're drinking and smoking, and not only drinking, but

1017
00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:47.400
<v Speaker 2>you're drinking and driving and smoking blunts. Uh yeah, yeah,

1018
00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:50.000
<v Speaker 2>but hey, it all depends on how they define it,

1019
00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:53.360
<v Speaker 2>because how they how they define TVPG and family friendly

1020
00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:58.039
<v Speaker 2>like that has expanded, not for the better. If you

1021
00:58:58.079 --> 00:59:01.440
<v Speaker 2>want to know how family friendly T is defined nowadays,

1022
00:59:01.559 --> 00:59:03.239
<v Speaker 2>it's not how it was defined back in you know,

1023
00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:06.199
<v Speaker 2>when you and I were kids, right, we were teenagers

1024
00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:10.000
<v Speaker 2>in the nineties, in early two thousands. The umbrella of

1025
00:59:10.039 --> 00:59:14.360
<v Speaker 2>what's allowed under family friendly has expanded greatly, so that

1026
00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:19.519
<v Speaker 2>definition has not remained the same. Now. Yeah, Travis Scott,

1027
00:59:19.559 --> 00:59:21.400
<v Speaker 2>ten people died of his concert. I mean, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I honestly, here's something for everybody that should shock nobody

1029
00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:27.719
<v Speaker 2>if you've heard this show. I've never heard of him

1030
00:59:27.719 --> 00:59:31.480
<v Speaker 2>in my life. Never. I don't even know who Travis

1031
00:59:31.480 --> 00:59:33.480
<v Speaker 2>Scott is. Like I said, he could walk into my

1032
00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:36.880
<v Speaker 2>house and someone could say to me, he's a famous musician,

1033
00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:42.360
<v Speaker 2>and I'd be like, I don't know, T Pain? Are

1034
00:59:42.400 --> 00:59:46.679
<v Speaker 2>you t Pain? I'm not sure that's my extent of

1035
00:59:47.119 --> 00:59:49.840
<v Speaker 2>knowledge in a lot of the music genres. Okay, so

1036
00:59:50.519 --> 00:59:53.280
<v Speaker 2>when I heard it, I go, Travis Scott, that sounds

1037
00:59:53.280 --> 00:59:55.840
<v Speaker 2>like a country singer. But I look at him, I go, yeah,

1038
00:59:55.880 --> 00:59:59.639
<v Speaker 2>that's not fitting the bill. So I'm sure a lot

1039
00:59:59.679 --> 01:00:01.920
<v Speaker 2>of you were sitting there going, how does he not know?

1040
01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:04.800
<v Speaker 2>It's because I don't. I don't care. It's not my

1041
01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:08.039
<v Speaker 2>music genre, don't you know. I might have heard the

1042
01:00:08.079 --> 01:00:09.639
<v Speaker 2>name in passing, but I probably thought it was a

1043
01:00:09.639 --> 01:00:14.480
<v Speaker 2>country song, a country musician, country artist. So there when

1044
01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:16.159
<v Speaker 2>I when I saw him come out, I go, who

1045
01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:19.440
<v Speaker 2>the hell is this? As I tend to do with

1046
01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:23.119
<v Speaker 2>a lot of the current musicians that the young young

1047
01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:27.039
<v Speaker 2>folk like I have no idea who they are. All right,

1048
01:00:27.159 --> 01:00:30.280
<v Speaker 2>all right, so let's go to Becky, Charlotte Alexa. Why

1049
01:00:30.519 --> 01:00:32.159
<v Speaker 2>why did they not have any of these big returns? Well,

1050
01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:36.079
<v Speaker 2>Number one, it's not I'm sure it wasn't a choice. Yeah, maybe,

1051
01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:40.239
<v Speaker 2>but unlikely that they chose not to reintroduce or bring

1052
01:00:40.320 --> 01:00:44.360
<v Speaker 2>up a new star or whatever. But here's the overarching issue.

1053
01:00:45.119 --> 01:00:46.880
<v Speaker 2>Beyond the fact that maybe they did or didn't decide

1054
01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.599
<v Speaker 2>to choose the biggest star, they wanted to make sure

1055
01:00:50.639 --> 01:00:53.360
<v Speaker 2>that you paid attention to on Monday Night. You wonder

1056
01:00:53.400 --> 01:00:58.559
<v Speaker 2>who their biggest star was the WWE themselves. The logo

1057
01:00:59.840 --> 01:01:03.119
<v Speaker 2>that is, who was the biggest star was on WWE's

1058
01:01:03.159 --> 01:01:08.519
<v Speaker 2>Monday Night Raw on Netflix? Not The Rock, Not John Cena, Nobody,

1059
01:01:08.599 --> 01:01:11.960
<v Speaker 2>no Wonder, not the Undertaker, not Riya Ripley's victory, no

1060
01:01:12.679 --> 01:01:16.519
<v Speaker 2>Na seem Punk or Seth Rollins's match. At the end

1061
01:01:16.519 --> 01:01:20.679
<v Speaker 2>of the show, WW themselves was the star they wanted

1062
01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:24.320
<v Speaker 2>you to pay attention to. So Ria, was it a

1063
01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:26.880
<v Speaker 2>bad decision? Time will tell. I was with you. I

1064
01:01:27.480 --> 01:01:31.039
<v Speaker 2>thought that Live should have kept going. I think she

1065
01:01:31.119 --> 01:01:33.559
<v Speaker 2>was doing fine as champion. Didn't feel like it was

1066
01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:36.360
<v Speaker 2>ready for her to lose. But I here's why I

1067
01:01:36.360 --> 01:01:40.119
<v Speaker 2>think she lost WWE. You've used Rhea Ripley as a

1068
01:01:40.159 --> 01:01:43.079
<v Speaker 2>bigger star than Live, and there's some credibility to that,

1069
01:01:43.280 --> 01:01:47.039
<v Speaker 2>just general brand value. I think Rhea has a more

1070
01:01:47.119 --> 01:01:50.159
<v Speaker 2>name recognition than does Live Morgan. But Live has really

1071
01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:52.159
<v Speaker 2>done an awesome job the last six months. I mean

1072
01:01:52.239 --> 01:01:56.960
<v Speaker 2>just wow. Credit to her, maybe longer than six months,

1073
01:01:57.000 --> 01:02:01.360
<v Speaker 2>twelve months, but they want Live probably involved in the

1074
01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:05.679
<v Speaker 2>icy title picture moving into another title picture because they

1075
01:02:05.679 --> 01:02:09.679
<v Speaker 2>know she can handle it. Ria is a bigger star

1076
01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:12.159
<v Speaker 2>and means when you have a bigger star and you

1077
01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:14.679
<v Speaker 2>have your biggest show of the year coming up, bigger star,

1078
01:02:14.800 --> 01:02:17.519
<v Speaker 2>bigger show, they jive well. So I think they viewed

1079
01:02:17.599 --> 01:02:20.159
<v Speaker 2>Ria as a bigger star. They wanted her going into

1080
01:02:20.159 --> 01:02:26.119
<v Speaker 2>WrestleMania's champion, and yeah, I mean, we'll see if that

1081
01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:29.880
<v Speaker 2>decision pans out, we'll see. It's also the final match.

1082
01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:31.519
<v Speaker 2>It was built as kind of the final match in

1083
01:02:31.559 --> 01:02:35.440
<v Speaker 2>their program. And Rhea was, you know, trying and trying, trying,

1084
01:02:35.480 --> 01:02:37.559
<v Speaker 2>couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. So

1085
01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:40.280
<v Speaker 2>she's reclaiming she never lost. And remember she didn't lose it.

1086
01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:44.159
<v Speaker 2>She had to forfeit it because of injury. So it's

1087
01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:46.840
<v Speaker 2>kind of fair. As much as I actually would have

1088
01:02:46.880 --> 01:02:49.519
<v Speaker 2>kept it on lived too, it's kind of fair that

1089
01:02:49.639 --> 01:02:53.000
<v Speaker 2>she gets it back, you know, in a in a

1090
01:02:53.039 --> 01:02:57.440
<v Speaker 2>world where fairness actually is used to make decisions. So

1091
01:02:58.360 --> 01:03:01.440
<v Speaker 2>all right, thank you, Brad, and we have one more.

1092
01:03:01.639 --> 01:03:04.360
<v Speaker 2>We'll get to one more voicemail and call it a night.

1093
01:03:05.400 --> 01:03:09.239
<v Speaker 9>Ask the French guy here, your court, through pH P,

1094
01:03:09.559 --> 01:03:14.639
<v Speaker 9>New Year's Eve, through everybody, and now Raw is.

1095
01:03:14.719 --> 01:03:18.159
<v Speaker 10>Exactly where it should be on Netflix if you didn't

1096
01:03:18.400 --> 01:03:18.800
<v Speaker 10>catch it.

1097
01:03:19.000 --> 01:03:19.840
<v Speaker 11>During the show.

1098
01:03:20.960 --> 01:03:25.679
<v Speaker 8>I wanted to highlight some aspect of the show, which

1099
01:03:26.159 --> 01:03:32.000
<v Speaker 8>is south. Which are that most and I say most

1100
01:03:32.039 --> 01:03:33.880
<v Speaker 8>of storylines that's.

1101
01:03:33.639 --> 01:03:39.360
<v Speaker 4>Ocurred during the show. We're a long, uh long sport

1102
01:03:39.440 --> 01:03:42.280
<v Speaker 4>line in a while because and that's the case for

1103
01:03:42.400 --> 01:03:43.960
<v Speaker 4>a lot of storyline.

1104
01:03:44.039 --> 01:03:46.840
<v Speaker 9>What I mean by this Cemplum kids.

1105
01:03:46.840 --> 01:03:50.800
<v Speaker 4>That fallin They have a beef now, but it's because

1106
01:03:50.920 --> 01:03:55.519
<v Speaker 4>they had a deep then. The Roman Raid versus Solo Ticoa,

1107
01:03:55.920 --> 01:03:58.800
<v Speaker 4>the old storyline of the of the plumb line can

1108
01:03:59.480 --> 01:04:00.360
<v Speaker 4>can be hit.

1109
01:04:02.000 --> 01:04:06.480
<v Speaker 9>Two like two years ago, like they have long history together.

1110
01:04:07.159 --> 01:04:09.360
<v Speaker 9>True Black and tire Jay who's the same?

1111
01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:10.400
<v Speaker 4>Same?

1112
01:04:11.559 --> 01:04:12.079
<v Speaker 11>What else?

1113
01:04:12.599 --> 01:04:18.239
<v Speaker 9>Live Morgan versus Real Really Fame, Damien Priest versus Finn

1114
01:04:18.400 --> 01:04:19.679
<v Speaker 9>Ballad same?

1115
01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:21.000
<v Speaker 7>What else?

1116
01:04:21.559 --> 01:04:24.239
<v Speaker 4>What should I say? I enjoyed the show, but I

1117
01:04:24.280 --> 01:04:26.000
<v Speaker 4>also want mir.

1118
01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:29.559
<v Speaker 10>Storelines do art being developed.

1119
01:04:29.199 --> 01:04:33.639
<v Speaker 11>And I hope that the stars from Ransomania Road starting

1120
01:04:33.639 --> 01:04:40.159
<v Speaker 11>at Royal Rumble will ride us duel Storelines do dynamic.

1121
01:04:40.280 --> 01:04:43.159
<v Speaker 11>I don't think we'll move from the Bloodlines dynamic at

1122
01:04:43.159 --> 01:04:44.679
<v Speaker 11>all for the moment, That's okay.

1123
01:04:46.079 --> 01:04:46.760
<v Speaker 4>I don't want to.

1124
01:04:46.719 --> 01:04:52.039
<v Speaker 9>Move outside of the Drew gimmick as well. Yeah, maybe

1125
01:04:52.119 --> 01:04:57.360
<v Speaker 9>that Damien Priest versus five Dollars please finished this fifth

1126
01:04:57.360 --> 01:05:00.440
<v Speaker 9>dollar is such a talent David Chris.

1127
01:05:00.480 --> 01:05:05.320
<v Speaker 4>Also, I don't want this story land anyway, and you know,

1128
01:05:05.559 --> 01:05:08.760
<v Speaker 4>just outside of the bloodline and Cody Rose, where is

1129
01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:09.800
<v Speaker 4>she where.

1130
01:05:09.599 --> 01:05:10.840
<v Speaker 10>Is he against Kevin Owens?

1131
01:05:10.920 --> 01:05:14.639
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, why not? But I think I think would get

1132
01:05:14.760 --> 01:05:15.320
<v Speaker 9>all of.

1133
01:05:15.239 --> 01:05:21.360
<v Speaker 10>Those by turning Steph Bowman's heel. He's against Roman Reigns,

1134
01:05:21.840 --> 01:05:25.079
<v Speaker 10>he's partly Withdrew against them Pump.

1135
01:05:26.159 --> 01:05:27.239
<v Speaker 4>The case could be.

1136
01:05:27.320 --> 01:05:30.960
<v Speaker 10>Made for Steth Runners to get Tody Rose for the same.

1137
01:05:30.840 --> 01:05:36.880
<v Speaker 9>Reason as uh.

1138
01:05:37.000 --> 01:05:41.039
<v Speaker 10>Kevin Owens. So yeah, maybe you understood that you're not bye.

1139
01:05:40.800 --> 01:05:44.920
<v Speaker 2>Guys, Thanks so much, Alex. Good to hear from you,

1140
01:05:45.000 --> 01:05:47.920
<v Speaker 2>and you're just the undisputed champion European Champion forever. I

1141
01:05:47.920 --> 01:05:50.400
<v Speaker 2>guess that's the way it's going to be. So nobody's

1142
01:05:50.400 --> 01:05:55.199
<v Speaker 2>contending it, nobody's even trying to challenge you. But so yeah,

1143
01:05:55.880 --> 01:06:01.599
<v Speaker 2>now you're continuing to reinforce my one of my overarching themes,

1144
01:06:01.639 --> 01:06:03.960
<v Speaker 2>one of them for this particular episode of The Bailbag,

1145
01:06:04.519 --> 01:06:07.119
<v Speaker 2>and that is everybody seems to be many do at

1146
01:06:07.119 --> 01:06:10.880
<v Speaker 2>a crossroads. It seems like a lot of storylines wrapped up,

1147
01:06:11.239 --> 01:06:13.480
<v Speaker 2>things are about to start. It feels like we need

1148
01:06:13.679 --> 01:06:17.199
<v Speaker 2>new matchups and we'll get them. And yes, sir, turning

1149
01:06:17.199 --> 01:06:19.559
<v Speaker 2>Seth heel would make a lot of sense in a

1150
01:06:19.559 --> 01:06:22.400
<v Speaker 2>lot of ways. Seth has been babyface for years now,

1151
01:06:23.199 --> 01:06:26.480
<v Speaker 2>and I think it's time. I'm ready for it. I

1152
01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:28.519
<v Speaker 2>think a lot of the fans are ready for it.

1153
01:06:29.599 --> 01:06:32.119
<v Speaker 2>He has squeezed everything he count and can out of

1154
01:06:32.159 --> 01:06:37.440
<v Speaker 2>this revolutionary, visionary whatever, this character that we have. We've

1155
01:06:37.440 --> 01:06:39.400
<v Speaker 2>all sang the song. We've all had a chance to

1156
01:06:39.400 --> 01:06:43.000
<v Speaker 2>sing the song. Let's go. It would improve his character,

1157
01:06:43.000 --> 01:06:45.800
<v Speaker 2>would make him much more interesting as a character, and

1158
01:06:46.000 --> 01:06:48.400
<v Speaker 2>it would allow him and the company to have more

1159
01:06:48.440 --> 01:06:51.840
<v Speaker 2>matchups because now those that he were allies with that

1160
01:06:51.840 --> 01:06:53.280
<v Speaker 2>he couldn't have a match with because they were both

1161
01:06:53.320 --> 01:06:55.639
<v Speaker 2>baby faces, he can have a match with because he's

1162
01:06:55.639 --> 01:07:00.159
<v Speaker 2>a heel. So yes, Roman's a big opponent hell the

1163
01:07:00.280 --> 01:07:03.679
<v Speaker 2>Rocks and opponent if you really want to go there, Yep,

1164
01:07:03.760 --> 01:07:05.840
<v Speaker 2>you could have an alliance with Drew, although Drew's now

1165
01:07:05.840 --> 01:07:12.199
<v Speaker 2>on SmackDown. But so there's a lot of more. There's

1166
01:07:12.239 --> 01:07:14.480
<v Speaker 2>more benefit to having set thron heal than there's not.

1167
01:07:14.599 --> 01:07:16.320
<v Speaker 2>But on top of that, again, you have Rhya who

1168
01:07:16.360 --> 01:07:19.480
<v Speaker 2>needs a new opponent and is at a crossroads. Drew

1169
01:07:19.559 --> 01:07:23.519
<v Speaker 2>and Jay that's kind of done, let's go. Those two

1170
01:07:23.559 --> 01:07:27.360
<v Speaker 2>need new opponents, and perhaps Drew does target Cody as

1171
01:07:27.400 --> 01:07:30.800
<v Speaker 2>he tried to befriend him on SmackDown and that didn't work,

1172
01:07:30.840 --> 01:07:35.639
<v Speaker 2>but Kevin Owens continues to attack o K. Kevin continues

1173
01:07:35.679 --> 01:07:38.599
<v Speaker 2>to attack Cody. So there's a lot happening here, and

1174
01:07:38.679 --> 01:07:40.880
<v Speaker 2>where does the rock code? Does he attack Cody? Does

1175
01:07:40.920 --> 01:07:43.880
<v Speaker 2>Cody not? And then Randy Orton's coming back at some point.

1176
01:07:44.039 --> 01:07:46.760
<v Speaker 2>He's probably gonna target Kevin Owens, but he also could

1177
01:07:46.760 --> 01:07:50.159
<v Speaker 2>turn on Cody and then yeah, so many different things, guys.

1178
01:07:50.880 --> 01:07:54.760
<v Speaker 2>It just weren't in the tumultuous part of the cycle

1179
01:07:54.800 --> 01:07:58.159
<v Speaker 2>here where it's like, Okay, things have wrapped up. Rhian

1180
01:07:58.320 --> 01:08:00.440
<v Speaker 2>Live is done, Drew and Jay is done.

1181
01:08:01.400 --> 01:08:01.559
<v Speaker 1>You know.

1182
01:08:01.760 --> 01:08:04.360
<v Speaker 2>Seth feels like after a big loss, he needs to

1183
01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:08.360
<v Speaker 2>go somewhere. But where does punk go? We're like in fogland.

1184
01:08:09.079 --> 01:08:13.320
<v Speaker 2>We can't really see. We can project where we might go,

1185
01:08:14.039 --> 01:08:15.800
<v Speaker 2>but ultimately we can't see two feet in front of

1186
01:08:15.840 --> 01:08:18.560
<v Speaker 2>our face and we won't know until we know. So

1187
01:08:19.079 --> 01:08:21.880
<v Speaker 2>it's exciting. If you like on predictability, there's a lot

1188
01:08:21.920 --> 01:08:25.439
<v Speaker 2>of that right now, a lot of that. So thank

1189
01:08:25.479 --> 01:08:28.880
<v Speaker 2>you Alex, thank you to DJ, thank you to everybody

1190
01:08:28.880 --> 01:08:32.199
<v Speaker 2>that emailed us call this you know, Brad from Florida,

1191
01:08:32.239 --> 01:08:36.399
<v Speaker 2>thank you, And a good show as expected, a full

1192
01:08:36.399 --> 01:08:38.439
<v Speaker 2>show here with voicemails and emails coming off of a

1193
01:08:38.439 --> 01:08:41.319
<v Speaker 2>big money net RAW if you didn't hear, they're actually

1194
01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:44.239
<v Speaker 2>on Netflix now, not on USA. I know that shocks

1195
01:08:44.319 --> 01:08:47.880
<v Speaker 2>many of you. In case you didn't know, they sent

1196
01:08:48.000 --> 01:08:50.600
<v Speaker 2>a small press release about it. They didn't make a

1197
01:08:50.600 --> 01:08:53.520
<v Speaker 2>big deal about it. They're very shy when it came

1198
01:08:53.560 --> 01:08:56.279
<v Speaker 2>to that, So don't go to USA for RAW anymore.

1199
01:08:57.680 --> 01:09:00.279
<v Speaker 2>They're relying on podcasters like myself to spread the world

1200
01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:02.479
<v Speaker 2>because they haven't really done a good job of it.

1201
01:09:02.520 --> 01:09:05.159
<v Speaker 2>So go to Netflix, guys. Believe it or not, I'm

1202
01:09:05.159 --> 01:09:09.039
<v Speaker 2>not kidding. Netflix is actually hosting RAW now, so go

1203
01:09:09.079 --> 01:09:12.119
<v Speaker 2>there and check out. We're all every single Monday. But

1204
01:09:12.119 --> 01:09:13.560
<v Speaker 2>thank you everybody. If you want to go, add free

1205
01:09:13.560 --> 01:09:15.720
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1206
01:09:15.720 --> 01:09:18.199
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01:09:18.199 --> 01:09:21.760
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01:09:21.960 --> 01:09:23.880
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01:09:23.880 --> 01:09:25.800
<v Speaker 2>got annoyed by that, you can make those ads go

1210
01:09:25.880 --> 01:09:28.800
<v Speaker 2>bye bye. All right, thank you so much, guys. I'll

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01:09:28.800 --> 01:09:31.640
<v Speaker 2>be back on Sunday with your week in review. Until then,

1212
01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:36.680
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1213
01:09:36.960 --> 01:09:40.720
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01:09:40.800 --> 01:09:44.359
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