WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:02.200 And nine. 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:13.359 Ignition five four three two one zero engine running. 3 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.519 It's Wednesday. You know what that means. It's time for 4 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.359 Ignition with the a W fanhob podcast team. This is Kelson. 5 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.280 We've got a full house here tonight. We're gonna have 6 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:35.719 some fun. We're gonna talk about tonight's fighter Fest and 7 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.640 a whole lot of other hot topics in a w 8 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.359 But let's go ahead and talk about fighter Fest because 9 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.200 I believe. I believe that fighter Fest this week, which 10 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:49.439 is a four hour long show, Summer Blockbuster next week, 11 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.880 which is another four hour long show, and then Grand 12 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.479 Slam Slum Grand Slam, Grand Slam Mexico in two weeks. 13 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:02.960 These are big show. These are big shows for AW 14 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.519 to build an audience, and especially with all the things 15 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.319 that have been going on with WWE. Guys, I want 16 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.200 your opinions on this. What does AW need to do, 17 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:20.760 if anything different, to gain more viewers. 18 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:23.840 I personally don't think they have to do anything different. 19 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.760 I think if they put on a show like they 20 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:31.760 do every week, have great matches, more match time than 21 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:34.400 they have talk time, and they'll do just fine. 22 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:40.359 Exactly, just keep doing what you're doing, putting on killer matches, 23 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:47.120 great storylines with like emotional depths and stuff. Just keep doing, 24 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.000 do not mess with the current formula. Everything is going 25 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:51.599 to be great. 26 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:55.359 Let me throw a little bit of let me throw 27 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.159 a little wrench in here for you. And I want 28 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.239 to hear from I want to hear your opinions on this, 29 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.879 because I'm not going to give my opinions on social 30 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:09.319 media Reddit and Twitter or x. Specifically, there's a lot 31 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.719 of WWE fans in light of the things that have 32 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:18.360 been going on in WWE, you know, in recent weeks 33 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.719 and more specifically, you know, like the Our Truth release, 34 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.280 which really upset a lot of people. Rightfully so, but 35 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.400 when you're doing a show, and I understand what you're saying, 36 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.400 if it ain't broke, you know, don't fix it. But 37 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:41.280 also when you want to attract WWE fans, is there 38 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.680 anything that aw needs to do specifically directed at w 39 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:48.800 I'm not even talking about changing the show, but is 40 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:51.599 there something that they can do to I don't know 41 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:56.520 entice WWE fans to watch and continue to watch. 42 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.639 I think they crave wrestling is what they want to see, 43 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:06.560 and less commercials and less shenanigans and just do the 44 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.800 thing thing. I think that's what they're missing because I 45 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.319 hear a lot of people complain about tons of commercials 46 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.919 and stupid run ins and stuff like that, and so 47 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:19.199 I really think they need to do what they've been 48 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:21.240 doing and stuff. And the cornyon iss too. The cornerings 49 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.840 is kind of fun. Sometimes I enjoy the corniness, but 50 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.919 I don't know how they feel about it. But but 51 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.680 cornyiness is is a big part of what makes AW great. 52 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.240 Right, Well, Hamasar, what do you think? 53 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.639 Yeah, the most most people I know that watch wwbe 54 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.280 primarily in it for the storylines. I do think there's 55 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.560 probably some legitimate criticism to be had, especially with the 56 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.240 women's division, that AW lacks some focus in the lower card, 57 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.719 with kind of having storylines with people that aren't involved 58 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.560 with a belt at the time. I think I would 59 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.520 like to see a little bit more there in general, 60 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:03.960 without it becoming like, you know, two matches an hour 61 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:06.520 kind of talkie segments. 62 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.560 Yeah, hey, that you just made a really good point 63 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:15.639 in that two matches an hour. We've got eight matches 64 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.759 segments on slate for tomorrow night or for tonight on 65 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.680 Fight or Fest and it's a four hour show. Well, 66 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.040 they've obviously they've got to add stuff in here because 67 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:33.439 I personally don't want to see Mark Briscoe and you know, 68 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.199 Job Moxley go at it for forty five minutes, you 69 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:39.000 know what I mean. So there's obviously going to be 70 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.279 more added to the show. I mean, you're talking a 71 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.680 four hour show. So, and Tony Kahn has has publicly 72 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:52.120 said on two things that are interesting on Twitter or 73 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:57.480 X one, he said that he is advertising this on 74 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.800 social media as a four our pay per view on TV. 75 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.839 So he said those words, So he's got to come through. 76 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:10.079 He's got to come through. The second thing is somebody 77 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:13.680 asked him and this was interesting because I don't really 78 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.160 understand why somebody would even ask this, but he answered it, 79 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:21.720 you know, because somebody asked this on Twitter and tagged 80 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:23.879 Tony Khan in it, and he said something to the 81 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:28.879 effect of what should we do about gatekeeping? You know, 82 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:30.480 you know, should. 83 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:35.920 We welcome these WWE fans into our midst with open arms? 84 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:41.040 And Tony Kahan basically said, absolutely, welcome everybody. I mean, 85 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.000 why wouldn't he say that, I mean it was kind 86 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.720 of a stupid question. You know, what are you going 87 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:46.079 to say? 88 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:46.199 No? 89 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:47.959 You know, find our house is a burn up of 90 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.480 the ground like hang man out a page. It's worth Strickland, 91 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.519 you know, So it's kind of weird. 92 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:58.680 I think it's very important that people who aren't w 93 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.399 who are AW fans if Tony, if Tony's calling this 94 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:04.639 a pay per view, you guarantee he's going to put 95 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.000 on a pay per view quality show. He's never I 96 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:09.879 don't think there's ever been a pay per view where 97 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:12.639 he's completely failed to do what he set out to do. 98 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.279 And when it comes to bringing in and welcoming the 99 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.920 other WW fans, hell yeah, you want to encourage them 100 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:23.279 to come back, and you want to welcome in because 101 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:26.399 they're gonna come. They're gonna see what they're they're gonna 102 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.279 find what they're looking for in a w and they're 103 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:30.959 gonna say, hey, wait a minute, maybe we've been wrong 104 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.439 about AEW. And they're gonna stick around for more than tonight, 105 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:35.920 and they're gonna have this for the next three weeks. 106 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.600 Stuff like this, they're definitely got a chance, a good 107 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.560 chance to bring in a new AEW fans from WWE 108 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:44.680 and keep them. 109 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:50.560 Yeah, I mean, Matt, I wanted to hear your opinion 110 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:50.839 on this. 111 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:57.600 I think it's a good idea, the more fans the better. 112 00:06:58.360 --> 00:06:59.000 Uh. 113 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:03.480 I mean, don't close the door on people that watch WWE, 114 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:08.519 because that's that's where the tribalism comes from. If you 115 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:13.360 love wrestling, you love wrestling, and it doesn't matter the 116 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:17.759 promotion it. I mean, who cares what's going on. I 117 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:23.319 just hope to see the same level of wrestling that 118 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.920 we've seen with AEW. I'm not a big fan of 119 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.839 all the talkie let's you know, let's all have feelings 120 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.759 and hold hands kind of segments. I like the wrestling, 121 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.000 and I mean I'm a fan of a good storyline, 122 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:42.120 but when it comes down to it, I like the action. 123 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.839 So I think that if they put on a good 124 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.600 show like they are known to do, especially at pay 125 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.519 per views, there's nothing really to worry about, and I 126 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:55.360 think people will come back and want to see more. 127 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.360 Yeah, I mean, look what you know when you're look 128 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.120 at it though, and I'll let you go, homosare too 129 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.480 when you look at it though. I mean, I think 130 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:11.319 AW fans are there for the wrestling, the actual action. Yeah, 131 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.959 you know, But as you're saying, but with w w 132 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.920 WEE fans coming in, do you want to give them 133 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.639 that break? You know? One of the things I want 134 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.399 to go ahead and go to Homosaur because I do 135 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.600 have an opinion on this. Go ahead a homosaur, Yeah, 136 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:27.240 I think. 137 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.720 I think the more so. One thing I really liked 138 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.559 the past month or so is all these all star 139 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:39.240 tags they've been having. I think that Tony Kahan needs 140 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.639 to like I feel like that he's the TV's been 141 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:46.799 at the best whenever he's kind of relentlessly and shamelessly 142 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.960 ripped off from New Japan. So they've done a good 143 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.559 job adapting that sort of calendar like schedule to the 144 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:57.960 United States. They turning the the owen Hart Classic into 145 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.240 like a legitimate thing and a title shot like a 146 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:04.399 big deal was really smart. Having the Continental Classic as 147 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.960 kind of the end of the year tournament. We'll see 148 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:08.559 what kind of they do with that next year, since 149 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:11.399 it seems like there's some possibility they may just remove 150 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:16.240 the belt and may just become a tournament. But they 151 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.120 all start tag something is something that has always been 152 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.080 kind of a staple in New Japan and a source 153 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:22.879 of a lot of storytelling that they have never really 154 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:25.440 taken advantage of that much, and I think it's it's 155 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:28.159 paid off a lot, even in the last month with 156 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.360 them doing that stuff, so I would love to see 157 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.799 that tomorrow. They don't really have I don't think anything 158 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.480 announced in that way, but that's kind of a great 159 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.679 way to show. I think fans that have seen a 160 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.080 lot of other American wrestling like an alternative form of 161 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:44.600 storytelling that's more action oriented. 162 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.960 Yeah, it's interesting that it's weird because just just what 163 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.519 you said on a swear, we have a lot of 164 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:56.720 different in opinions. Now I'm very vocal about this, you know, 165 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:00.360 and this is just my opinion. When I see an 166 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:04.639 all star eight man tag, I don't give a crap 167 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:08.960 about it, and I generally just zone out because I 168 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:13.519 think they're awful. I have never seen one that's or 169 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.559 let me never never seeing them where they're consistently good. 170 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.480 I think they're the worst matches that Tony Comput's on. 171 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.639 I hate them and they and I wish that they 172 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:24.960 just wouldn't do it. I want to see, you know. 173 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:27.360 I don't even like Trio's matches, you know, whether there's 174 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:30.960 a belt involved or something. But when they have those big, long, 175 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.320 those big matches, it's just a bunch of people standing 176 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.120 around most of the time. I could go to the 177 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:40.759 mall and see that. Yeah, you know, it's it's weird though, 178 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:47.200 because it makes it makes a good point because it'd 179 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:48.960 be a little bit crass here when you look at 180 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:53.440 aw pay per views, you look at the card and 181 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:55.720 you're like, God, you look at the card and you 182 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.720 look at like ten twelve matches and you're you're pointing 183 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.000 out them, going well, I'm gonna go to the bathroom 184 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.440 at this match, and I hope it's kind of in 185 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.320 the middle of the show. There's just no way. You 186 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.080 just can't take any time off from the TV and 187 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:14.639 the for the fear of missing something great. Does that 188 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:19.559 make sense to you? Whereas with WWE, I mean there's 189 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:25.879 piss brakes built in, lots of them, you know, And 190 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.639 that is a that is a talking point from WWE 191 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.879 fans that I have seen, is like there's all that 192 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:36.159 product placement in and around the ring, and you know, 193 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.960 there's so many commercials and there's so many vignettes and 194 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:44.039 things like that. It takes away from the action. You know, 195 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:48.559 people don't watch wrestling, at least not in my opinion, 196 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.440 to go watch commercials. In my opinion, they watch wrestlings 197 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.960 like Netza for the action and of course the storylines 198 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.159 are part of the action. But come on, I mean, 199 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.000 when a big b model of Prime gets in your 200 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:06.440 viewing way, then you've got a problem. 201 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:09.000 Yeah you know, me, I can't stand that stuff. 202 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.879 Somebody was telev me whether it tastes like battery acid 203 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.440 or something like that, which begs the question, how do 204 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.480 you know what battery acids tastes like? 205 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:24.320 But well, I was talking about the oversaturation of advertising. 206 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.919 But no, I don't really like Prime either. 207 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:31.440 Yeah you know, but look, I mean, go ahead, No, I. 208 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:34.480 Was just gonna say, this kind is a Netflix kind 209 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.559 of thing, isn't it, because I don't think they were 210 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.639 like that before they came to Netflix, not as bad 211 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.360 with the like the advertising thing. I think it's because 212 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.519 they were the Netflix where the ads became what they became, 213 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.279 because you know, they did a lot of not as 214 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.279 you know, they still weren't wrestling when they were on 215 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:54.519 USA or whatever channel they were on, but they didn't 216 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:59.360 have the overt placements like they do now. And you 217 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.919 know that's something that's not going to change. 218 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.720 They had the placements, so they did, but there wasn't 219 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.799 as blatant I guess is the best way to put it. 220 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.720 I would imagine a big piece of that is TKO, 221 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:14.919 who has made a lot of money from sticking ads 222 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.600 on people's butts for years now. 223 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.840 Yeah, well, you know you brought up Netflix. You know, 224 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.600 I have a graphic up here in the chat if 225 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:28.879 anybody's looking at it. Netflix has their their ratings. I 226 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.879 guess it's not really ratings but views. It goes by 227 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:38.519 global views and hours that were viewed. And they they 228 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:42.840 do these ratings seven days after a show airs well 229 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:52.399 on Netflix. In global views. From April twenty eighth to 230 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:58.440 May twenty six, they've lost you know, four hundred thousand 231 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:03.159 viewers in global views, and they've lost a clean one 232 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:09.799 million hours viewed on This is for ww RAW. That's 233 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:14.720 not good. That is not good when you're dropping four 234 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:20.399 hundred thousand viewers and losing one million views in the 235 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:25.240 space of a month. And keep in mind that, look, 236 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:31.919 you just had this whole our truth unfortunate what happened 237 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:36.600 there the universally loved I mean, you have fans that 238 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:40.399 are upset, You've got wrestlers that are upset. I'm just 239 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:44.639 probably staffed that's upset, you know, production team that's upset. 240 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.519 That kind of affects it. You if you watched Raw 241 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:51.159 last night, you heard the chance before Ross went the 242 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:55.679 air during Raw, you know, after the after Raw ended, 243 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:59.720 there were chants, you know, for our truths. 244 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.120 They're chanting for somebody through a cmfunk segment. 245 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:08.639 Yeah, yeah, I gotta get am plums, chunk, tongue and cheek. 246 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.639 You know, he couldn't say what he really wanted to say, 247 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.759 but he supported them. 248 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:19.720 Yeah, I heard. I think it was somebody on like 249 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.399 What Culture this morning said this, like the WWE is 250 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.720 re entering its heel era. Like they're like the heel 251 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:32.559 Federation now because like between the ads, the jacked up 252 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:37.799 ticket prices, the jacked up everything prices really and now 253 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:42.279 finally kicking someone as beloved as our truth to the curb. 254 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.279 The backlash is in the gether, in the oversaturation of booking, 255 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:52.720 which he went into last week. They're like they had 256 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.440 they had like a period of like after Vince left, 257 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.200 it's like, oh everything is good again. Were there the 258 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:05.559 good guys now? Nope? Uh, I agree, sort of got 259 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:07.159 knocked that rose real quick. 260 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.039 If you believe the rumors Vince may be making a comeback. 261 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:15.559 Yeah, he said those rumors were shot down rather quickly. 262 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.120 I just yeah, I think it's a lot of Since 263 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.279 t K t KO has taken over, I really feel 264 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:28.159 like they're they've lost their edge. I don't know if 265 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.440 it was a right move to just stream on Netflix 266 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:34.480 either by them and so, but this these releases feel 267 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:39.000 very t k O ish And I don't know if 268 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:42.240 they told Triple H let go of certain people or 269 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:45.360 fine room and make red I don't I don't know. 270 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.039 But it just was reported was that t k O 271 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:53.000 did demand that they make some cuts and that it 272 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:57.639 was Triple H that actually suggested the cuts. So he 273 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.080 he made, he picked the personnel, and if reports are true. 274 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.759 There's also any bit. There's also reports that the miss 275 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:09.559 who's like the third longest tenured wrestler in WWE right now, 276 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:14.559 has removed on all oh his social media's references that 277 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.440 WWE are gone and his contract runs out this year, 278 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.519 so he may be gone too. 279 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:22.920 Just before I opened up this podcast, and I apologize, 280 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:26.079 you know, for not being prepared here because it just happened. 281 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:31.039 Somebody said that Bailey made a post alluding to her 282 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:34.799 being worried about her contract or already being told maybe 283 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.880 that her contract isn't going to be renewed, although it 284 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:42.400 doesn't look like her contract is necessarily up really soon, 285 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.160 but she may have only like two or three months 286 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:50.000 left in in WWE. We look I think one of 287 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:53.519 the biggest things with I don't know how to put this, 288 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:59.319 but I think that WWE kind of backed themselves into 289 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:04.480 a corner by doing their premium live events because they're 290 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:11.440 not getting revenue from you know, pay per view buys. 291 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:15.960 You know, I think that what was it double or nothing? 292 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:18.720 Did one hundred and thirty something pay per view buys 293 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:22.319 at what fifty bucks each? That's a crapload of money 294 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.960 that you that you lose out on, you know what 295 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:29.079 I mean. So, I mean you just got to look 296 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.640 at it realistically here. I mean, they backed themselves into 297 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.440 a corner. They can't go back from a PL plan 298 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:37.519 to a pay per view plan without looking really stupid. 299 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.599 And that was one of the things that when AW 300 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:45.400 went to Max and you know, they said, we can't 301 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.319 go to a PL plan because we back ourselves into 302 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:53.240 a corner. If we do so, we'll see. But of 303 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:58.119 course it is reported that later on this year, which 304 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.759 we are getting close to being later on this year, 305 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:06.000 now that the WAW pay per views will be available 306 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:09.799 for purchase on Max at a discount. Not really heard 307 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.359 anything else about that, though. 308 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:16.640 I would very much appreciate. 309 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:22.880 That, Yeah, especially when you have a you know, a 310 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:25.160 lot more pay per views in aw than there were 311 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.079 you know, three years ago for sure. 312 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:31.319 Yeah, someone who has enjoyed the half price pay per 313 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.680 views on trailer via VPN, thank you to the country 314 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:38.839 of Ireland. That seems like it may be going away 315 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:41.400 very soon. And I will tell you, as somebody who 316 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.599 tried last pay per view, the other pay per view 317 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.160 providers are a lot tighter on YouTube. 318 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.279 So I was wondering because I couldn't this is your 319 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:54.160 first time with this hoosaur and and I was like, 320 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:58.160 where does that accident? It's Irish obviously, Okay, now I'm 321 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:08.240 from Missouri, except same thing you just uh Western. Yeah, 322 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:13.279 so we touched on Look, we've had Our Truth was 323 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:18.240 recently released, Uh, universally loved at w W. But there's 324 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:23.799 been you know, different releases as well from w W, 325 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:27.160 not only this week, and there was a report that 326 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.160 there are more possibly coming. 327 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:31.880 Uh. 328 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.160 You know, we've all seen the list. Is there anybody 329 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:42.119 that stands out to you guys uh as being someone 330 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:45.119 that would fit in a w and why. 331 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.160 I think Bailey would if she came over if Yeah, 332 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.640 Bailey would be a big one if she did. 333 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:57.200 Right, Bailey's you know, really good friends with Mercedes. 334 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:59.000 Right absolutely, I think so. 335 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.519 Have they thought about using that CM punk guy over 336 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.160 in a W. 337 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:10.759 I I don't think. I don't. I don't think they 338 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.440 would go on all off for him at all. 339 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.559 I think. 340 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:21.519 Detonated and and removed from the planet. I don't think 341 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.720 you'll ever move. 342 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.319 They say never say never in this industry, but I 343 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.720 think that's a pretty good never. 344 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:34.200 Maybe maybe maybe if they they WE send people to Mars, 345 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:36.720 and they have an a W division in Mars, maybe 346 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:40.279 they send him there. But you know, I just don't 347 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:43.359 see him being around t K at all. Ever. 348 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:51.640 Yeah, yeah, that was a. 349 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.640 Good thing for t K. 350 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:57.880 You know what was interesting though, is just looking at 351 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:01.000 the comments by a w fans, because this question itself 352 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.039 has been presented on social media quite a bit, and 353 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:06.440 a lot of aw fans were saying, look, we just 354 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:09.839 can't go out and grab these ex WWE men and 355 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:14.400 women whose goal is to go to WWE again. 356 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.960 You know, why would you? 357 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.440 Why would why would you? Why would you recruit and 358 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:24.640 hire someone like you know, and there's it's unconfirmed still 359 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.599 at this point, But why would you recruit and hire 360 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:31.119 somebody like Mariah May who's using AW as a stepping 361 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:36.839 stone to go to WWE or in some cases back 362 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:44.240 to WWE. But I want to look. When Mercedes Monet 363 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:49.079 was first signed by AW, she made a statement that 364 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:53.079 she can see herself going to WWE again one day 365 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:58.799 one day, and it caused a stir. And now I 366 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:02.000 don't know she was told, Hey, don't ever say that 367 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:05.920 shit again. But I'm gonna be honest with you. If 368 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:11.240 you listen to Mercedes Monette talk about AW something, please 369 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:17.440 mute your mic when you hear AW or Mercedes Monet 370 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:24.759 talking about AW. There is no indication that she's ever 371 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:29.920 going to leave AW. She is just gushing about AW 372 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:35.559 like it's been the biggest godsend of her career, you know. 373 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:39.160 And I think that if people do come into AW, 374 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:43.079 meaning wrestlers and talent come to AW, not using it 375 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:46.559 as a stepping stone, but as a career move, I 376 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.720 think they'll find success. 377 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:54.359 Money In particular, I mean, she did everything possible to 378 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:58.880 try not to go back to WWE. She delayed delayed 379 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:03.160 and delayed for her. She went to Japan, she got injured, 380 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:06.359 she kept delaying, like she did not she did not 381 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.720 want to go back. She wanted to have them give 382 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:11.720 her enough money to stay and keep doing Japan, to 383 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:16.759 keep doing worldwide stuff. She's she's the person like out 384 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:20.559 of WWE, Like that is the person that like. She 385 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:24.440 said that she wanted to wrestle because she saw Guya girls, 386 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:28.839 Like if you watched that documentary and wanted to and thought, oh, 387 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.000 this is great, I want to do this, Like you're 388 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:35.279 a strange person, Like you definitely are a different breed 389 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:37.680 of person. And the first time she left ww in 390 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:40.079 the first place, she went to Japan, she went to 391 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:43.039 the Marvelous dojo and like hung out with Chagos Nagayo, 392 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:47.279 Like she's not She's always been kind of a different 393 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:50.559 person and had a different outlook on wrestling. So yeah, definitely, 394 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:54.240 I think, you know, I'm sure she's she I do 395 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.920 remember her saying that, But yeah, I think overall, like 396 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.759 if she can make the money, I think she would 397 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:01.480 be happy to to not be back in that system 398 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.359 and to be restricted. 399 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.440 Yeah, I mean you also got to look at it 400 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:08.200 this way. You have to look at the person outside 401 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:11.880