Speaker 1: This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre, and you're listening to
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Speaker 3: All right, everybody, it's time for the mailbag and also
Speaker 3: our preview and prediction show for the Summer SLIM event
Speaker 3: that's taking place in just a couple of days or
Speaker 3: in just a day, depends on when you're listening to this.
Speaker 3: A lot to talk about, lots to get through, so
Speaker 3: let's just do that as patrons are going to get
Speaker 3: priority here. I don't know if I'm gonna get through everybody.
Speaker 3: I really don't. I'm a little bit limited on time.
Speaker 3: I'm traveling tomorrow, so I'm gonna get through the mail
Speaker 3: bag as quick as i can and then get through
Speaker 3: the predictions in about forty minutes. Let's see if that
Speaker 3: actually happens. All right. By the way, you can join Patreon.
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Speaker 3: to Let's go to DJ Kuzma. We haven't started off
Speaker 3: with you in a while, and he says, finally, SummerSlam
Speaker 3: is almost here. Interesting to think that if this year's
Speaker 3: SummerSlam was a two night event, what match do you
Speaker 3: think would have main event at Night two? With all
Speaker 3: the rumors of romand returning this Saturday, it made me
Speaker 3: think that to simpler times of the forgotten twenty twenty
Speaker 3: SummerSlam of four years ago, when no one knew Roman
Speaker 3: would return and debut as a heel. I mean, I
Speaker 3: think if it was Night two, it would be Solo
Speaker 3: and Cody, no question asked. But you can also make
Speaker 3: an argument for Drew and Punk. But everything is about
Speaker 3: that WWE Championship around Cody's waist, and if the Roman
Speaker 3: reigns returns, then yeah, you gotta If there was a
Speaker 3: night too, it would be that match. All right. So
Speaker 3: here's your predictions, DJ, for Bailey and Naya for the
Speaker 3: Women's Championship. You're thinking Naya Jacks wins due to Naomi
Speaker 3: costing Bailly the match, Yes, I said it. I think
Speaker 3: we get a Naomi heel turn as Queen Nya and
Speaker 3: Tippy Time laugh and mock Bailey. No, I don't mind that.
Speaker 3: I think that's a pretty smart call and I would
Speaker 3: love it because Naomi is doing exactly nothing, so I
Speaker 3: think that's a great thing for her to be somewhat relevant.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go to the next match here, Rha
Speaker 3: and Morgan, and for the Women's World title, you're predicting
Speaker 3: that Live retains with the outside help from either Dirty
Speaker 3: Dam or Finn. For La Knight and Logan Paul for
Speaker 3: the US title, you're thinking La Knight wins due to
Speaker 3: a failed attempt from either Logan or his crew of
Speaker 3: trying to use the brass nuts behind the reps back.
Speaker 3: Plus it's time for La Knight to win a title
Speaker 3: on the main roster. It's hard for me to respond
Speaker 3: to this without giving away my predictions. But Sammy versus
Speaker 3: bron Breaker for the IC Championship, you're thinking Breaker wins,
Speaker 3: as this will be the crowning moment in his young
Speaker 3: career on the main roster. But for Sammy, I think
Speaker 3: this begins his involvement with the Bloodline reunion, as he
Speaker 3: and Jake could potentially go after the World Tag Team
Speaker 3: Championships first before the inevitable og Bloodline reunion. You're very
Speaker 3: smart on these picks, DJ, I'll leave it at that.
Speaker 3: Cody Roads versus Solo so Co for the Unisputed Championship,
Speaker 3: you're thinking Cody retains and we get the infamous return
Speaker 3: of you know who. Damian Priest versus Gunther World Heavyweight Championship.
Speaker 3: I'm predicting that Gunther will win, even though Priest has
Speaker 3: improved this champ against the critics in the IWC. In
Speaker 3: my opinion, I think the bigger story in this match
Speaker 3: is the future of the Judgment Day, especially a potential
Speaker 3: faction breakup and feud of Balert versus Priest. I might
Speaker 3: be wrong about this prediction, but just remember it's only
Speaker 3: an opinion. And finally, Punk and Drew. You're thinking Drew
Speaker 3: wins to finally get some come up and so on
Speaker 3: Punk for the many times Punk has screwed McIntyre. McIntyre
Speaker 3: needs this win to Can you continue to build a
Speaker 3: up for potential Punk versus Drew at Bash and Berlin
Speaker 3: and the finale at Bad Blood. I really wish this
Speaker 3: match was the main event because Seth is most likely
Speaker 3: going to help McIntire get the victory with all kinds
Speaker 3: of in ring shenanigans. As the saying goes, the enemy
Speaker 3: of my enemy is my friend. Anyway, this is TJ
Speaker 3: cuzmost signing off. Enjoy SummerSlam, have a great weekend, and
Speaker 3: see you all in the Discord chat for Friday night.
Speaker 3: It's SmackDown in Cleveland, Ohio. All right, Thank you, DJ,
Speaker 3: and we'll get to the Joe Hendrew report on the
Speaker 3: backside of the mailbag portion of the show. Thank you,
Speaker 3: my friend. Let's go to another patron and this is
Speaker 3: Matt and he says Matt b He says, Hey, I
Speaker 3: just wanted to say I do think Seth will turn
Speaker 3: heel on Saturd. They're obviously building to Seth versus Punk
Speaker 3: prematurely if you ask me, but one of them has
Speaker 3: to be a heel and it isn't going to be Punk. Also,
Speaker 3: would you think if WWE kept Roman a heel after
Speaker 3: his What would you think if WWE kept Roman a
Speaker 3: heel after his return? And we all think the Rock
Speaker 3: is the one pulling the strings behind the new bloodline,
Speaker 3: but what if it's really Roman? Then that can build
Speaker 3: for a heel. Roman versus Baby Faced Rock at WrestleMania
Speaker 3: forty one. Sorry for the long email, thank you for
Speaker 3: your time in good babe, have a good vacation. Thank you, Matt.
Speaker 3: And certainly not a long email. I mean, have you
Speaker 3: heard our emails before. Certainly not long. Okay, well, I
Speaker 3: don't think they'll do that. I think that there's too
Speaker 3: much love for Roman right now. And isn't this word
Speaker 3: Wwe envisioned Roman anyway? Isn't this with the destination they
Speaker 3: wanted him to be at. It would make no sense
Speaker 3: for them to try to flip back because also the
Speaker 3: Rock in his current character again, we haven't seen him
Speaker 3: in four months, but when he comes back, he should
Speaker 3: be the Final Boss. It was working. There's a lot
Speaker 3: of tread left on that tire. There's more story to
Speaker 3: tell with the Final Boss character. I don't think there's
Speaker 3: any reason to try to flip it. To flip it,
Speaker 3: don't force things. I mean, I would have loved, honestly,
Speaker 3: a Babyfaced Rock versus Heel Roman. That's the match I
Speaker 3: was hoping for. It doesn't look like we're gonna get that.
Speaker 3: We'll get the match, I think, but I think it's
Speaker 3: gonna be with the Roles reversed with the Rock as
Speaker 3: a heel. Roman is babyface when that match does happen.
Speaker 3: But yeah, no, good, good question. And you know I
Speaker 3: do think that it's it's getting close to a Roman
Speaker 3: return and Rock return for that matter. All right, let's
Speaker 3: go to Dino with more Summer Slam predictions than he says.
Speaker 3: Sammy retains, Logan, Paul retains, Live Morgan retains. Tiffany Stratton
Speaker 3: will cash in her money in the bank and become
Speaker 3: the new women's champion, regardless of what happens or who
Speaker 3: wins that match. Drew beats c'un. I have a feeling
Speaker 3: that match will end in an o contest when Seth
Speaker 3: b starts beating both men with a steel chair. Damian
Speaker 3: Priest retains against Gunther And here's the boldest prediction, Solo
Speaker 3: Soko will be the new undisputed champion. Well, okay, that
Speaker 3: would be insane. And I don't mean that in a
Speaker 3: way that your predictions insane. I mean that would be
Speaker 3: bold by w W as you just put it, because
Speaker 3: they just told us that Cody's ushering in a new
Speaker 3: era at WrestleMania forty. When you're ushering in a new era.
Speaker 3: What kind of message would it send fans when they
Speaker 3: turn around and then put that very championship that Cody
Speaker 3: fought to claim for two years right back on a
Speaker 3: guy that helped take it off of him or kept
Speaker 3: him from it, especially at WrestleMania thirty nine. Be ballsy.
Speaker 3: I don't even think bold is enough to say what
Speaker 3: it would do and what it would mean. I think
Speaker 3: ballsy is certainly the word. All right, uh so Roman
Speaker 3: will not return here, but in fact it will be
Speaker 3: the Rock who comes out and gives Cody a rock
Speaker 3: bottom and then possibly someone Spike from Solo one two three,
Speaker 3: and Solo's the new undisputed champion. This, in my opinion,
Speaker 3: will make the New bloodline look very strong ahead of
Speaker 3: Roman's highly anticipated return, especially when Jacob Fatu and Company
Speaker 3: become new tag team champions on SmackDown Friday. Yes, that's
Speaker 3: another prediction. I think we will wait a little longer
Speaker 3: for Roman, and with Cody getting his rematch against Solo
Speaker 3: at Bad Blood, and I think this is where Roman returns,
Speaker 3: costing Solo the match and helping Cody in front of
Speaker 3: his hometown crowd and Atlanta, cementing Roman as the baby
Speaker 3: face and Solo and his team as heels ahead of survivisories.
Speaker 3: That is a really smart prediction, Dino. This is why
Speaker 3: I've been saying for months there's really no bad way
Speaker 3: to do this. There's good ways, very good ways, great ways,
Speaker 3: but there's no really bad way to do this. I mean,
Speaker 3: you can't almost, but I really do like that. It's
Speaker 3: something I never thought about. Now. I floated out there
Speaker 3: that it's possible Roman does not come back at SummerSlam. Well,
Speaker 3: myself included, have believed for a while that it's a
Speaker 3: foregone conclusion. He does. It's the biggest event of the summer.
Speaker 3: Blah blah blah. They're trying to make it WrestleMania the summer.
Speaker 3: People are going to be angry. But let the Rock return,
Speaker 3: Let Roman come back at you. That's a great I
Speaker 3: like this. I really do know. Is it going to
Speaker 3: change my predictions, We'll see, But this is a really
Speaker 3: good one. Guys, think about that. Just let me repeat
Speaker 3: what Dino said here, because it's very possible. I mean,
Speaker 3: the only the only kind of flying the ointment, as
Speaker 3: they say, is that Cody dropping the belt this early?
Speaker 3: Are they really willing to anger the fan? The very
Speaker 3: ones that they appeased to at WrestleMania forty I think
Speaker 3: really willing to do that. That's a bold, ballsy move.
Speaker 3: But the Rock returning to help cost Cody the match,
Speaker 3: and then Roman being the counter to the Rock ooh,
Speaker 3: I mean I love that.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 3: Lastly, imagine Jay had won money in the bank. He
Speaker 3: could have cashed in when everyone least expected in a
Speaker 3: Survivor series against Cody, especially if what they're doing now
Speaker 3: is planning seeds for wargames with Cody and either Randy
Speaker 3: or Kevin Owens joining him or joining Roman and Jimmie
Speaker 3: and Jay. That was originally part of Lost My Place.
Speaker 3: That was only originally part of the idea of money
Speaker 3: in the bank. Was it not for the briefcase holder
Speaker 3: to cash in right when we least expected. Imagine how
Speaker 3: crazy and wild that could have been. I should add, however,
Speaker 3: that personally, I think that it'll be Sammy who fills
Speaker 3: in one of the two spots on Roman's team for wargames,
Speaker 3: and that makes the most sense with me having him
Speaker 3: having been part of the original blood line. Enjoy Summer
Speaker 3: Slam and let me hear you say yeat Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 3: I think Sammy is on his way back to the
Speaker 3: Og blood line. I mean, that's why Jay has been
Speaker 3: essentially doing Jack. That's why many people are believing Sammy
Speaker 3: could drop the belt at SummerSlam. Everybody's positioning, all the
Speaker 3: chess pieces are being positioned for this Civil War part
Speaker 3: two with the Og bloodline versus the you know, the
Speaker 3: Savage bloodline. I don't know how they're being branded, but
Speaker 3: everything is being lined up for that. Jimmy has been mia.
Speaker 3: Jay has done nothing of substance. He can easily be
Speaker 3: removed from Raw. He's not involved in anything deep. He's
Speaker 3: flirting with, you know, rear Ripley. That's the biggest thing
Speaker 3: he's got going on right now. It's trying to chase
Speaker 3: rear Ripley. So he certainly could just be removed and
Speaker 3: be put over on SmackDown temporarily or you know, that's
Speaker 3: the one thing. How are they going to manage How
Speaker 3: is post Vince McMahon going to manage this story that
Speaker 3: inevitably will happen with Jay and with Sammy both on Raw,
Speaker 3: Roman's on SmackDown. I think Jimmy is too. Did they
Speaker 3: just bring him over? Do they do an official trade
Speaker 3: or do they pull the Vince McMahon and just go
Speaker 3: a who cares. They don't care. If fans don't care,
Speaker 3: as long as they're here, we're not going to give
Speaker 3: them an explanation. We'll see, all right. Do you know
Speaker 3: you always make me think? Man? All right, let's go
Speaker 3: to another patron. I think, Yeah, dude, Joel Joel g
Speaker 3: He says, Hey, Matt and WW podcast family, longtime listener,
Speaker 3: two time caller, and first time emailer. All right, well
Speaker 3: we are keeping track at home. So those of you
Speaker 3: that need to know, Joel is a longtime listener, two
Speaker 3: time caller, and first time emailer. So I hope you
Speaker 3: put that on your resume, Joel, every time you're applying
Speaker 3: for a job. I hope that that's something you you know,
Speaker 3: let your employer know. Only signed up for the draw
Speaker 3: tier and I'm super happy with my decision. Well, very cool.
Speaker 3: This weekend, I'll be celebrating my fortieth birthday. Oh man,
Speaker 3: you're older than me by six months, so happy birthday.
Speaker 3: And yeah, I know forty is a pretty big one, right,
Speaker 3: I don't know. I mean, as men, I feel like
Speaker 3: our brains just freeze at twenty four, but our body
Speaker 3: continues to age. Maybe It's maybe I'm just the only
Speaker 3: deformed one. I don't know. Anyway, you're attending your first
Speaker 3: ple not many opportunities in Canada and and few outside
Speaker 3: house shows on a Monday Net Raw in two thousand,
Speaker 3: I haven't been to many live shows. I've been a
Speaker 3: fan my entire life and have forgotten more about wrestling
Speaker 3: than most people. Remember, I'm really excited about the entire
Speaker 3: card and I'm really hoping for the return of the
Speaker 3: true tribal chief. If you're looking for an in person review,
Speaker 3: I'd be happy to lend you my services. It could
Speaker 3: work since I have a young family, a big boy
Speaker 3: job too, and live in Eastern Standard Time. Oh, you're
Speaker 3: lying up all the pieces I see. Well, here's the thing.
Speaker 3: You are in the raw tier, so you are eligible
Speaker 3: for that, so reach out to me on Patreon. All right,
Speaker 3: we'll set up something because you are. You actually are
Speaker 3: owed that on the raw tier, so that'd be kind
Speaker 3: of cool. PS. We could be twins with our views
Speaker 3: on things. Glad to have a partner in You only
Speaker 3: hate me because I'm right. Club. Keep telling the truth,
Speaker 3: not some lame beta version of your opinion substitute by
Speaker 3: the word truth. Yeah, Joel, Well, I appreciate that, and
Speaker 3: now there's more to come on that. And for those
Speaker 3: of you that are wondering what the hell I'm talking about,
Speaker 3: you know, there are there are things that I'm going
Speaker 3: to venture outside of wrestling and probably talk about. And
Speaker 3: this may take the form of a separate podcast all together,
Speaker 3: it may take form of something behind a paywall on
Speaker 3: Patreon or something else. I don't know, but I have
Speaker 3: to say, guys, and I mean this in the best way. Well,
Speaker 3: I love wrestling. I absolutely, I mean I love it.
Speaker 3: I wouldn't dedicate the last ten years of my life
Speaker 3: to doing a podcast if I didn't long nights, nights
Speaker 3: I actually and guys, embarrassing I have. I've fallen asleep
Speaker 3: on the show. I've fallen asleep with co hosts because
Speaker 3: it's been so damn late. I've been up two am
Speaker 3: talking to co hosts postpls before you know, like, there
Speaker 3: have been times like it's been bad and I've fallen
Speaker 3: as I've fallen asleep on my keyboard. I've you know,
Speaker 3: I've I've barely made it to the microphone. There are
Speaker 3: some nights I don't have any interest in doing this
Speaker 3: because I'm so tired. But I love it and you
Speaker 3: guys love it too. Otherwise you wouldn't be here listening,
Speaker 3: and we all appreciate that. But I will say there's
Speaker 3: other things and other topics that I'm chomping at the
Speaker 3: bit that I'm equally as passionate about, if not right now.
Speaker 3: More not that it's stopped my love for wrestling. I
Speaker 3: will always love wrestling, and this show will always exist.
Speaker 3: But there's other things that within the confines of this
Speaker 3: show I can't talk about because we don't know. We done.
Speaker 3: We try to keep the best we can to wrestling.
Speaker 3: We really do. We keep the best we can to wrestling.
Speaker 3: It doesn't always happen. But you don't turn into a
Speaker 3: tune into a wrestling podcast to hear about other stuff.
Speaker 3: It doesn't makes sense. So anyway, Yeah, no, Joel, good stuff, man,
Speaker 3: Give me a shout on the in the Twitter. I'm sorry, Twitter, Patreon,
Speaker 3: hit me up on Patreon, and we'll figure out something,
Speaker 3: all right. We will definitely convene. I will say, if
Speaker 3: you're looking for a time, Sunday night might be the best,
Speaker 3: you know, like nine thirty or so at night Eastern
Speaker 3: Standard time, because I'll be back by then in my
Speaker 3: home studio here and we'll be able to chat so
Speaker 3: on the topic. Though, guys, I want to just mention
Speaker 3: one thing about Logan Paul. If you guys haven't seen,
Speaker 3: he's getting a ton of heat. Ton of heat for
Speaker 3: a tweet that he put out on X or a post.
Speaker 3: Do you still call it a tweet if it's not Twitter.
Speaker 3: I don't know semantics. And it's about the And I'm
Speaker 3: talking about this because Logan Paul is a WW superstar,
Speaker 3: like he's a wrestler. He's our current standing US champion.
Speaker 3: And I'm mentioning this because he is that. And that's why. Okay,
Speaker 3: so those oh, don't dive into this stuff. Well, he's WWE,
Speaker 3: so I'm gonna talk about it. He is getting a
Speaker 3: ton of heat from some portion of a segment of
Speaker 3: the mob that don't like his comments about how basically
Speaker 3: men and women should not compete in sports because of
Speaker 3: those of you that saw in the Olympics there was
Speaker 3: a biological man, which, by the way, there's only a
Speaker 3: man by definition is biological. Okay, I don't care what's
Speaker 3: going on in your head. The reality that we all
Speaker 3: live in is either you're a man or you're like,
Speaker 3: I love when they say biological man or biological woman.
Speaker 3: It's kind of redundant to me. It's like, well, yeah,
Speaker 3: there's no other kind. But I pissed off some people.
Speaker 3: I'm sure already saying that. Anyway, Logan Paul essentially said that,
Speaker 3: and then he got a ton of backlash. He actually
Speaker 3: deleted the post. It was eleven million views on that
Speaker 3: post before he deleted it, and I'm sure more now.
Speaker 3: But everything lives on in the Internet and people are
Speaker 3: losing their minds over it for a statement that imagine.
Speaker 3: I mean, how up until about twelve seconds ago, saying
Speaker 3: that men and women should not compete in sports together
Speaker 3: would be the most uncontroversial thing you could ever say, right,
Speaker 3: It was only up until recently that it's it's offensive
Speaker 3: to say. But I'll pause there, and maybe that'll be
Speaker 3: something I talk about on another show, another podcast, another
Speaker 3: another outlet. I'll just leave it there because it is
Speaker 3: ww relevant because he's getting a ton of heat and attention,
Speaker 3: and people are calling for WWE to fire him, calling
Speaker 3: for well TKO to fire him, you know, have him
Speaker 3: drop his championship. All this stuff. Not everybody, but those
Speaker 3: of the you know those anti anti reality people. Anyway,
Speaker 3: thank you Joel again, get in touch with me on Patreon.
Speaker 3: All right, boy boy, okay, I'm only gonna do a
Speaker 3: couple more here. Let's talk about Oh boy, this could
Speaker 3: uh well, let's see. Let's see what happens. Guys. By
Speaker 3: the way, please if you are a patron, put it
Speaker 3: in the subject that you're a patron, because I don't
Speaker 3: know if you don't do it. All right, let's actually
Speaker 3: let's talk to Drew Drew Hill. He says, Hey, Matt
Speaker 3: ww podcast, lifelong fan, benefit of the podcast and Patreon
Speaker 3: for a minute. Well, thank you, just gonna cut to
Speaker 3: the chase. I'm gay and was really taken back by
Speaker 3: the comments in the latest mailbag regarding l ideologies as
Speaker 3: being cancer Like I really want to give the benefit
Speaker 3: of the doubt here, but that was a crazy thing
Speaker 3: to hear in a podcast that I really enjoy talking
Speaker 3: about a sport or a product I really love. I'm
Speaker 3: assuming you meant regarding trans issues in the ring, which
Speaker 3: obviously is a very complicated issue, but it has definitely came
Speaker 3: off as just you didn't want any gay stuff or
Speaker 3: people involved. Oh, this is going to be a fun response,
Speaker 3: can you feel it building with wrestling at all. I'm
Speaker 3: not asking you to clear it up on the podcast
Speaker 3: because I don't want to set you off on another rent,
Speaker 3: even though I just want to have a discussion over
Speaker 3: email or something that would love to I really don't
Speaker 3: want to stop listening to the podcast because I do
Speaker 3: love it. But yeah, that was really off putting to
Speaker 3: here in the morning. Still love the pod for the
Speaker 3: worst part, especially when you're talking about wrestling. You have
Speaker 3: a good well Drew, all right, Drew, listen. Yeah, this
Speaker 3: is exactly why I need another outlet to talk about
Speaker 3: issues that have nothing to do with wrestling, in another
Speaker 3: outlet under the correct category, for a podcast that people
Speaker 3: want to hear that talked about. But since you're asking,
Speaker 3: here's this is really not complicated. This is the simplest
Speaker 3: thing in the world for me and for a lot
Speaker 3: of people. Men. This is this goes across the board
Speaker 3: for all sports, whether it's wrestling, pro wrestling, whether it's MLB, NFL, whatever,
Speaker 3: Here's how it is, and this is how it's been
Speaker 3: since the dawn of time. Men compete with men, women
Speaker 3: compete with women. End of story. That's it. That's all
Speaker 3: I'm asking for for things to just stay the same.
Speaker 3: I don't see a system that's broken. And here's what's
Speaker 3: gonna happen. And I know your your belief is probably
Speaker 3: I'm guessing, although I may not be wrong or right,
Speaker 3: but I'm going under the assumption that you're you're guessing
Speaker 3: or your belief One of your beliefs would be that
Speaker 3: trans men biological women would be and should be allowed
Speaker 3: to compete in the gender that they identify with. Right,
Speaker 3: I'm going to guess that's the case. And if that's
Speaker 3: the case, well then you are going to end up
Speaker 3: in a scenario. We are going to end up in
Speaker 3: a scenario where women who are really biological men that
Speaker 3: are identifying as women are going to be put in
Speaker 3: a position where someone's going to die. And I don't
Speaker 3: mean that hyperbolically. I don't mean that to try to
Speaker 3: try to be dramatic. Until a woman or a man
Speaker 3: who identifies as a woman or vice versa, specifically a
Speaker 3: woman who's identifying as a man, it gets involved in
Speaker 3: a man's sport or a man goes into a woman's
Speaker 3: sport identifying as a woman, until someone dies, and I
Speaker 3: think it's going to happen. I think that this chaos
Speaker 3: will continue to play out until it's a logical conclusion
Speaker 3: because science, because men are inherently stronger, faster by a
Speaker 3: large margin than women. This is why we categorize sports
Speaker 3: into men and women, which has been gone on forever, forever,
Speaker 3: and suddenly we all or not we all? Suddenly some
Speaker 3: of these sports are saying, well, way, if someone identifies, well, okay, fine,
Speaker 3: why don't we put some of the women in the
Speaker 3: NFL this year, put a trans man in the you know,
Speaker 3: as a linebacker. They see if they don't get killed
Speaker 3: or critically injured within ten seconds of the whistle blowing,
Speaker 3: that's my problem. I don't want to see anyone get hurt.
Speaker 3: But if ideology and if identity, if someone's own personal
Speaker 3: issues going onto their head is something that everyone else
Speaker 3: in this world has to then abide by or will
Speaker 3: hurt their feelings, well, then someone's going to die in
Speaker 3: contact sports. I mean, it just is. That's reality. That's it.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm asking for, is just a fair competitive
Speaker 3: playing field where you're not risking women getting killed in
Speaker 3: their own sport or for that matter, getting their opportunities
Speaker 3: taken from them. And that's happening a lot. So I
Speaker 3: just it's all I want is just why are we
Speaker 3: trying to blow up things? Why are we trying to
Speaker 3: blow up the system? Is all I'm asking because the
Speaker 3: second you inject that, especially into pro wrestling, I mean,
Speaker 3: the sport's dead. The sport's gonna die. It won't happen.
Speaker 3: I really, I don't think it'll happen to the degree
Speaker 3: of actually killing the sport. But like imagine because and
Speaker 3: it's not complicated. I know, it's you know, it's saying
Speaker 3: it's a complicated issue. It's not. It's not complicated. I
Speaker 3: just laid it up. Men with men, women with women.
Speaker 3: That's it. That's all. That's all there is. That's all.
Speaker 3: And hey, if I understand if you don't want to
Speaker 3: keep listening to the pod, hey, it's it's totally your call, dude,
Speaker 3: I you know, totally understand if you don't. I you know,
Speaker 3: I'm not sitting here begging anyone to listen to me.
Speaker 3: I never do, never will. But I also will never
Speaker 3: bend to anyone because they are uncomfortable with what I'm
Speaker 3: saying and what I'm saying, you were, Drue, I'm saying
Speaker 3: anybody I'm talking really wrestling, especially that they want me
Speaker 3: to always stop criticizing the product or like you know,
Speaker 3: well well you're always negative. Well here's the thing. Either
Speaker 3: you can debate my issue I have with the product,
Speaker 3: or you can complain about my complaining. And some people
Speaker 3: miss the hypocrisy and that that's just always a fun one. So,
Speaker 3: I mean, that's the one thing I will always be
Speaker 3: is one hundred percent real on this show. I have
Speaker 3: no affiliations with Brett. They're not sending me any money
Speaker 3: to sing their praises and I called them out when
Speaker 3: I see it. That's it. So hey, Drew, listen if
Speaker 3: I'd like you to stay with us, but if you don't,
Speaker 3: I get it. I get it. I understand. But all right, cool,
Speaker 3: all right boy? This is getting fun, isn't it? Guys
Speaker 3: getting fun? This is show. This is all I'm telling you.
Speaker 3: I need another I need something else. I need something else.
Speaker 3: It is it can't you can't continue on ww podcast.
Speaker 3: I'm bursting at the seams with some stuff. Well, let's
Speaker 3: actually go to I mean, somebody else messaged me here.
Speaker 3: This is Jason. He says, I appreciate the time you
Speaker 3: took to read my letter, a great explanation of your stance,
Speaker 3: which even managed to get you sidetracked on a rant
Speaker 3: about the you know, women or men in wrestling. So
Speaker 3: to continue this debate, Oh boy, you basically said you
Speaker 3: had that the women who sexualized themselves shouldn't complain that
Speaker 3: they get unwanted negative attention, But shouldn't we expect better
Speaker 3: from society. It's not okay that the male dominated audience
Speaker 3: give negative attention. That's why Chelsea Green posts the way
Speaker 3: posts that we the audience need to keep our quote
Speaker 3: d in our pants. Well, I'm a simple man, and
Speaker 3: I love what some of my favorite females dress like.
Speaker 3: Hold on, let me read that. While I'm a simple
Speaker 3: man and I love that some of my favorite females
Speaker 3: dressed like escorts. I'll give them the social media traffic
Speaker 3: and say great body and thank you, but I won't
Speaker 3: cross the line with harassment. We the male audience need
Speaker 3: to have self control. We're no better than those men
Speaker 3: in Saudi Rabia. Okay, Well, I would never and I
Speaker 3: don't mean this as satire or trying to be funny.
Speaker 3: I would not advocate for anybody harassing any of the
Speaker 3: talent actual harassment. Okay, that doesn't mean saying something to
Speaker 3: the talent that they don't like. There's a difference between
Speaker 3: voicing your opinion and harassment. Like harassment is continued, a
Speaker 3: continued barrage of just negative comments trying to you know,
Speaker 3: on multiple channels. It's just constant and unwanted, right, But
Speaker 3: the occasional passing comment some people try to categorize as
Speaker 3: harassment when it's just simply they don't like what someone said.
Speaker 3: Now again, with that said, I would never and I
Speaker 3: really don't advocate anybody to harass any of the talent.
Speaker 3: There's no need for that. But shouldn't we expect better
Speaker 3: from society? Well? We yeah, except have you seen what
Speaker 3: society values today and what has kind of devolved into?
Speaker 3: I mean, why do you think And this is sure
Speaker 3: things have gotten worse in some respects since the nineties,
Speaker 3: But when the women were ultra sexualized in the nineties,
Speaker 3: they were very popular, but really for one reason, because
Speaker 3: of how they looked. That's it. The wrestling came second,
Speaker 3: or not even in It wasn't even a factor for
Speaker 3: some of the stars like Sable. Does anybody know a
Speaker 3: match Sable was involved in at all? No, Sable became
Speaker 3: a star because she was a pretty blonde. She posed
Speaker 3: in Playboy that was very successful. That's it, Sonny, same thing,
Speaker 3: Terry Runnels, same thing, although I don't think she did Playboy.
Speaker 3: I could be wrong among others. So like, yeah, you
Speaker 3: can expect better, but you're not going to get better.
Speaker 3: And also, you're never going to supersede men's biology. Never.
Speaker 3: I'm not saying the biology to harass, that's not a
Speaker 3: biological precondition. But men being visual creatures much more so
Speaker 3: than women when it comes to attraction, it's never going
Speaker 3: to change. That's how we are hardwired. That's it. So
Speaker 3: like now that that should not and again I will
Speaker 3: continue to say should not manifest itself in harassment. Yeah,
Speaker 3: like it shouldn't. But women cannot expect to be dressed
Speaker 3: like they do on social media, put it out there voluntarily.
Speaker 3: These aren't people digging out old iCloud accounts and hacking
Speaker 3: phones and posting unwanted pictures. These are all pictures being
Speaker 3: put on social media by these women who are public
Speaker 3: figures to begin with, done voluntarily when it's you know,
Speaker 3: they're they're wearing next to nothing, and then men comment
Speaker 3: on it and they're shocked and appalled by the reaction,
Speaker 3: as if they suddenly don't understand how men are wired. Again,
Speaker 3: doesn't excuse harassment. Okay, that does That's that's not what
Speaker 3: I'm saying. I'm saying, though, you can't expect men to
Speaker 3: just go oh okay, yeah, cool and move on. Most
Speaker 3: men have an opinion, if it's not vocalized, it is
Speaker 3: now internalized as to how you're being perceived. Because now
Speaker 3: men look at you and you are telling us how
Speaker 3: you want to be perceived, so we perceive you in
Speaker 3: a more sexual light. But then when we do that, well,
Speaker 3: well you're being a chauvinist. Well you're wearing nothing, so
Speaker 3: you do one thing and then get mad at the
Speaker 3: reaction that is that that men will naturally react to,
Speaker 3: and then suddenly we're the problem. Now again, we have
Speaker 3: our problems. Meant men, yeah, certainly go off the rails,
Speaker 3: say in appropriate things. I mean, just grows things online
Speaker 3: that just you know, it's kind of like grow up
Speaker 3: kind of stuff. Absolutely, I'm not advocating for any of
Speaker 3: that stuff, but for men that want to advocate for
Speaker 3: women in wrestling, I'm talking trying to focus on wrestling.
Speaker 3: The best I can that. Want to see women's wrestling progress. Hey,
Speaker 3: I think it's done without that stuff, done better without
Speaker 3: that stuff. In fact, it was women's wrestling has progressed
Speaker 3: in spite of that stuff. How did women go? How
Speaker 3: did women succeed in the women's Revolution? Was it done
Speaker 3: with bikini contests? Was it done with pillow fights? Was
Speaker 3: it done with playboy spreads? No, it was done with
Speaker 3: in ring competition, re educating the audience that women can
Speaker 3: have badass matches, to creating storylines that you could relate to,
Speaker 3: characters that aren't sexualized. Women stop being objectified, and poof,
Speaker 3: like magic, the women become women, have their own world rumble,
Speaker 3: they have their own money in the bank, they have
Speaker 3: headlined WrestleMania, they had their own Women's Evolution pay per
Speaker 3: view that I feel like they should do it again,
Speaker 3: But I don't want to have it. I mean, like so,
Speaker 3: I just I'm actually for women continuing to move up
Speaker 3: and wrestling now again. I don't want them to wear
Speaker 3: potato sacks. I'm fine with athletic where you have to
Speaker 3: wear something comfortable, safe and also something that's flashy. It's
Speaker 3: a tough combination. I understand that, but when you wear
Speaker 3: something like Rea Ripley war on Raw, which is essentially
Speaker 3: a nightgown. I mean that's you are doing that for
Speaker 3: one reason. That's attention, that's it, and to show off her.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, no, I'm not. My opinion her horrible tattoos.
Speaker 3: I think they're horrible. There's too many, there's some dark
Speaker 3: implications there, and you know why I can comment on
Speaker 3: them on because she's a public figure that puts herself
Speaker 3: voluntarily out there. I think they're horrible. Is she has
Speaker 3: a character great? Yes? Is she very good in the ring, yes?
Speaker 3: Is she one of the biggest women stars in wrestling? Yes?
Speaker 3: Is she intriguing to watch? Is she still a big star? Absolutely?
Speaker 3: But that doesn't mean I can't. I have to just
Speaker 3: praise every aspect of her from all angles. So when
Speaker 3: I see something on her that's horrible and that she
Speaker 3: wants us to see, but then I'm supposed to ignore it. Yeah,
Speaker 3: that's not That's not how my brain operates. Sorry. You know,
Speaker 3: you are a public figure because you want to be.
Speaker 3: No one's forcing you into this profession, and then you're
Speaker 3: wearing things that you voluntarily agree to wear. In fact,
Speaker 3: probably came up with yourself, and then you're doing it
Speaker 3: for attention, to show off your tattoos, to show off
Speaker 3: your body, which is there's no other reason to do it.
Speaker 3: There's no like, tell me another reason to do it,
Speaker 3: there's none. Those are the only options. And then when
Speaker 3: I comment on it in a way that is not
Speaker 3: very complimentary, I'm the bad guy. You know. It's it's
Speaker 3: very backwards. So and I'm sure some of you heard
Speaker 3: he wants the Handmaid's Tale to be real. Yeah, sure,
Speaker 3: like whatever, that's not even close. I want women to
Speaker 3: move forward, and they've done that without this crap, and
Speaker 3: then now it seems like some of them are going
Speaker 3: back to it on social media and now on camera,
Speaker 3: and I wonder what's going to happen when you have
Speaker 3: the handcuffs off, so to speak, and there's really no uh,
Speaker 3: there's no PG rating anymore. And they are on Netflix
Speaker 3: in January. Look out. I mean, I don't want any
Speaker 3: of that stuff. If you guys want content that has
Speaker 3: a lot of women with no clothes on it, no
Speaker 3: clothes on them, little to no clothes, well, rumor has it,
Speaker 3: I haven't really checked this out, so I could be wrong,
Speaker 3: but rumor has it that there's like some of that
Speaker 3: stuff on the internet floating around. You might have to
Speaker 3: dig really deep to find it. But apparently there's like pictures,
Speaker 3: a couple pictures of women online that you can google.
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't take my word for it.
Speaker 3: Just I guess go look for yourself. You know what
Speaker 3: I mean? Though, That's not what I come to wrestling for.
Speaker 3: That's not and I love women's wrestling and I want
Speaker 3: them to continue. And when I see things that'll pull
Speaker 3: them back, I call that out. All right boy, All right,
Speaker 3: well Jason, Now what's your fine point here? We got
Speaker 3: to move on. Here's an analogy for you. Say, when
Speaker 3: you get on a rant, your voice becomes so sexy
Speaker 3: that women start giving you unwanted, unsolicited sex sexual advances.
Speaker 3: Should you change change your voice or never get on
Speaker 3: a rant again? Or should they control themselves? Okay, well,
Speaker 3: so your analogy of me. So when I get on
Speaker 3: that rant, so the rant I just had, right, you're
Speaker 3: saying that if that triggered women to start giving you
Speaker 3: unwanted or unsolicited sexual advances, So you know it's the
Speaker 3: same that that's not true. I'd be uh, I'd be
Speaker 3: yelling a lot more in front of my wife. You know,
Speaker 3: maybe maybe that's the trick. Maybe that's uh, maybe that's
Speaker 3: the problem. That should just start ranting more. That's what
Speaker 3: it is, Jason. You gave me an idea, boy, genius.
Speaker 3: But seriously, Okay, I think there are things that people
Speaker 3: do all the time that other people are attracted to.
Speaker 3: But you you have to internalize it. This is what
Speaker 3: I'm saying. You. You can be attracted to someone from
Speaker 3: something that they've done. I've never said that people shouldn't
Speaker 3: control themselves from a physical standpoint or acting like animals.
Speaker 3: I've never advocated for that. I mean, by the way,
Speaker 3: it's also against the law. So like if someone had
Speaker 3: unwanted unsolicited sexual activities, like I mean I just you know,
Speaker 3: and I didn't want them, and it continued. I mean,
Speaker 3: that's what the police are for. I was like, hey, yeah,
Speaker 3: this woman won't leave me alone, press charges. I mean,
Speaker 3: there are laws in this country against that. So there's that.
Speaker 3: But here's here's also the one big difference. And then
Speaker 3: I promise I'm gonna move on. Guys, should I change
Speaker 3: you meaning I know what you're getting at. Oh, so, well,
Speaker 3: if you do this and someone's attracted to it. While
Speaker 3: should shouldn't you? You changed you you're saying you should change. Well, no,
Speaker 3: here's the difference. I'm doing something normal that is not
Speaker 3: meant to draw that attention. The women that I talked
Speaker 3: about that are posting on social media now bringing it
Speaker 3: on on air, especially Ree Ripley, who's been kind of
Speaker 3: the focal point of my argument for this whole thing.
Speaker 3: That is done with the express intent of drawing that attention.
Speaker 3: So when you expressly ask for that attention, get it,
Speaker 3: and then say you don't want it, that's different than
Speaker 3: doing something normal like talking or ranting whatever you want
Speaker 3: to say, and then someone you know, making an advance
Speaker 3: on you for doing something that's normal that is not
Speaker 3: expressly does doesn't have the express intent of drawing that attention.
Speaker 3: That's the difference. All right, boy, this is getting wild tonight.
Speaker 3: This is getting wild. Some of you probably tuned out.
Speaker 3: Oh man, I told you this is why I gotta
Speaker 3: I gotta do something else. I gotta do something else. Guys,
Speaker 3: it's getting too much, too much. Okay, I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 3: just gonna get to the Summer Slam mail bag or
Speaker 3: the Summer Slam Predictions here because I am limited on time. Uh,
Speaker 3: I just I can't tonight. Yeah, there's there's just too much,
Speaker 3: too much, too many emails. I apologize. We've gone on
Speaker 3: a little bit long. So let's get to him. Let's
Speaker 3: get to him right now. So we're gonna talk about
Speaker 3: let's talk about see I'm Punk and Drew mcatire, let
Speaker 3: me talk about him right then, right now. I think
Speaker 3: here are my official predictions. I think Drew Mcatyre wins.
Speaker 3: He needs a victory in the worst way. He has
Speaker 3: been so good for so long with his heel character,
Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, he just you know, he
Speaker 3: just can't win that big one. He got screwed by
Speaker 3: Punk how many times since since WrestleMania. A lot of
Speaker 3: it was brought on by Drew himself. But it's time
Speaker 3: for Drew to get a victory here. And sure Seth
Speaker 3: could be turning heel here. He could. In fact, I
Speaker 3: wouldn't put it past Seth Rawlins to be actually turning heel.
Speaker 3: But it's also very possible that that actually Seth Rollins
Speaker 3: is not involved in the final count, meaning Seth maybe
Speaker 3: stomps someone and then Drew hits a Claymore or Punk
Speaker 3: hits a gts on Seth, Seth's knocked out, and then
Speaker 3: another referee has to come in to replace Seth rawlins
Speaker 3: and they're the ones that actually make the final count.
Speaker 3: And then at the end of the match there's a
Speaker 3: brawl or you know, maybe Seth hits a stomp on Punk.
Speaker 3: It's gonna be chaos. I mean, I don't even I
Speaker 3: don't even want to trot pretend I know the details about. Oh, well,
Speaker 3: Seth will do this and then Drew will do that.
Speaker 3: All these men are gonna hit finishes on one another.
Speaker 3: Probably by the end of the match, everyone's gonna get
Speaker 3: hit with at least one or two finishes. So ultimately, though,
Speaker 3: I think Drew wins, and it's from what I understand,
Speaker 3: this is a one and done for these two, though
Speaker 3: I've heard that's a one and done. If that's the case,
Speaker 3: then they might move right Intoe and Seth and Punk.
Speaker 3: They might. This is interesting, This is an interesting one,
Speaker 3: but I think McIntire comes out on top ni Jackson Bailey.
Speaker 3: This has got to be Nia Jacks's moment, and I
Speaker 3: like the the emailer who said it could be Naomi.
Speaker 3: Was it no? No? Email? I mean, DJ DJ, was
Speaker 3: you right, You're the one that proposed that Naya is
Speaker 3: going to win because Naomi turns hell. I love that.
Speaker 3: I love Naomi actually being relevant for doing something beyond
Speaker 3: feel the glow. Look at my glow glow the glow
Speaker 3: glow glow. There's been no real push for her since
Speaker 3: her return at the Rumble, so this would be a
Speaker 3: nice change for her. Am I predicting it? No? But
Speaker 3: I think by Hooker correct Nia Jacks wins, and she should.
Speaker 3: She's deserving of it, all right, Rhiann Live Live. I
Speaker 3: think Live retains. As I've said all along, I think
Speaker 3: that Live is getting really settling into herself here, settling
Speaker 3: into her character very nicely. I think Dom is directly
Speaker 3: responsible for this. She he turns completely on Rha Ripley
Speaker 3: helps Live. This isn't a maybe he accidentally, you know,
Speaker 3: didn't mean to screwed up. No, no, no, no. Dom
Speaker 3: deliberately costs Rihea with no questions. Live retains. They make
Speaker 3: out as Rhea is standing, you know, at their feet.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm envisioning versus Paul. It's it's time for
Speaker 3: l A Night. Yeah, it is, because l A. Knight
Speaker 3: has not held a Singles Championship in w WE. It's
Speaker 3: a crime. That crime needs to be rectified, that sin
Speaker 3: needs to be absolved. And I think it's time for
Speaker 3: l A. Knight to finally claim that championship. And what
Speaker 3: I think is going to be a hell of a
Speaker 3: match Broun Breaker versus Sammy. I'm leaning Broun, but I
Speaker 3: could also see Sammy retaining here. I mean, he did
Speaker 3: beat the longest ragning icy champ of all time. You know, Broun, though,
Speaker 3: is on a roll. He already lost to Sammy, so
Speaker 3: he can't continue to lose a guy that you know
Speaker 3: is it's kind of a side focal point of raw.
Speaker 3: You gotta give him a championship, but is he ready
Speaker 3: for it? Is Broun Breaker really ready for it? Or
Speaker 3: does it feel too soon? Still there's that argument. It's tough.
Speaker 3: This is when I would kind of stay away from
Speaker 3: money Wise, I think bron probably wins, so I'll go
Speaker 3: with him, but only slightly A slight favorite that bron
Speaker 3: Breaker wins here, and mainly not only because he does
Speaker 3: kind of need a victory, but really, more importantly, as
Speaker 3: you guys have been talking about earlier, they're positioning him
Speaker 3: the chess pieces are being positioned for a Roman reigns
Speaker 3: return where Sammy is part of it. Now, you could
Speaker 3: also argue that Sammy's not gonna be brought in right away,
Speaker 3: so he could have another month or two with that belt,
Speaker 3: and that's true. This is also why I think Sammy
Speaker 3: has a strong but non overwhelming chance to retain. This
Speaker 3: is a really tough one, Rhodes versus Solo Socoa. I
Speaker 3: think Rhoades retains. They're going to want to continue with that.
Speaker 3: I think does Roman return, boy, probably, But I wouldn't
Speaker 3: not guarantee it. I'd say it's like an eighty percent
Speaker 3: chance knowing w W yes. But what I hold off
Speaker 3: Actually I would, but there's a lot of people going
Speaker 3: there that are expecting Roman to return, and if they
Speaker 3: don't bring Roman out, they're gonna be angry. There's gonna
Speaker 3: be a lot of people really pissed off if Roman
Speaker 3: does not come back here. But if I was WWE,
Speaker 3: I would fold. I would forge ahead with my plan,
Speaker 3: and my plan would not be to have him return here.
Speaker 3: I would really wouldn't. But they'll probably do it. Do
Speaker 3: I think they will? Yes? And I think Rhodes returns,
Speaker 3: does Jimmy in tow Is Paul Hayman going to be there? Likely? Likely?
Speaker 3: But the thing is, there are so many people expecting
Speaker 3: it that Paul Avec has to be thinking about. Guys,
Speaker 3: this is such an overwhelming anticipated return. Do we wait
Speaker 3: or do we pull the trigger? Do we want that
Speaker 3: element of surprise or do we not? I think it
Speaker 3: would have been if they're actually going to bring Roman
Speaker 3: back in SummerSlam all along, and that was their plan.
Speaker 3: I don't know why Solo keeps bringing him up. The
Speaker 3: surprise element has been totally, just completely shattered because of that.
Speaker 3: Solo brought Roman's name involuntarily on a weekly basis. It's like, dude,
Speaker 3: shut up. We all were anticipating this. Now that you're
Speaker 3: bringing it up, it's kind of ruining it. So if
Speaker 3: that was a plan, I'm gonna you know, that's just
Speaker 3: I think my personal preference. It's not my favorite way
Speaker 3: to bring someone back. So we'll see. But I think
Speaker 3: Roman does return, even though I wouldn't do it all right,
Speaker 3: Priests versus Gunther This is also tough. This is another one.
Speaker 3: This is like a bron and Sammy match, And I
Speaker 3: just don't know on this one because every time we
Speaker 3: think Priests is gonna lose. He's a transitional champion, blah
Speaker 3: blah blah. He retains. Now this is gun Through. He's
Speaker 3: a different animal, right, different animal, a guy that is
Speaker 3: destined for world title gold. It's a big platform, a
Speaker 3: big stage. Do you want to pull the trigger? Tempting? Tempting,
Speaker 3: But Priest has been doing a very good job, not
Speaker 3: just serviceable, but very good and improving. It's tough. It's
Speaker 3: a tough one. I think Judgment Day gets involved here.
Speaker 3: Do what I think I would say. This is tough.
Speaker 3: I'm hesitant to say gun Ther, even though that's what
Speaker 3: I want to say, because Triple H has been very
Speaker 3: hesitant to do title changes unless there's a real reason
Speaker 3: for it. He's he's very much a guy of long
Speaker 3: title runs. And I've already propositioned what how many title changes? One?
Speaker 3: Oh wait a minute, I have proposition one two. So
Speaker 3: Naya wins Night Winds, So there's two title changes. I'm saying,
Speaker 3: bron breaker. Yeah, that's a lot of title changes. So
Speaker 3: I'm probably gonna say Priest retains. Incredibly Priest retains, But
Speaker 3: I fifty to fifty on this damn thing. The thing
Speaker 3: is the Judgment Day. Being involved in this one poses
Speaker 3: a problem because they have had issues the Judgment Day
Speaker 3: and Priests have had their issues well documented, and Priest
Speaker 3: is a babyface in what it is otherwise a heel
Speaker 3: group other than Ria Ripley and Carl, who's just a
Speaker 3: comedic relief in the group. But you have Finn and
Speaker 3: JD that are heels. Dom obviously heel, and so you know,
Speaker 3: you have those guys that are eventually going to screw
Speaker 3: them over saying, oh, you never needed us, you told
Speaker 3: us you never needed us. You know what I'm going, Gunther,
Speaker 3: I'm switching. I'm going gun there because the more interesting,
Speaker 3: I think, the more interesting solution here is Priest then
Speaker 3: feuding with you know, his team that screwed him over,
Speaker 3: maybe unintentionally, you know, at least on the surface, that's
Speaker 3: what they're saying. They cost them the belt. Gunther gets
Speaker 3: annoyed at his champion. So I'm going gun there. Let's
Speaker 3: do that. It's gonna be a big title change night,
Speaker 3: and Gunther wins the World Championship. But I'm still fifty
Speaker 3: to fifty. It's literally a coin toss for me. It's
Speaker 3: a coin toss. I'm gonna go gun th though for
Speaker 3: those aforementioned reasons. Priest has shown he's a respectable world champion.
Speaker 3: He's established himself now, and you can continue the program
Speaker 3: with the judgment day and Priest falling apart and them
Speaker 3: they'll feud with one another. So that's what I think.
Speaker 3: A lot of matches on this card, so that's why
Speaker 3: I think they're gonna try to split it into two nights.
Speaker 3: Triple H typically has been doing what five matches on
Speaker 3: a card. This has won two, three, four, five, six,
Speaker 3: seven matches, which is a lot for a Triple hpl E.
Speaker 3: So I still think it'll be a great event. Do
Speaker 3: I think the Rocks coming back? Probably not, But we're
Speaker 3: now getting into the season since Mania, it's been four months.
Speaker 3: We can start to now talk about it at least.
Speaker 3: I still I think probably not, but I'd give it
Speaker 3: like a ten chance he shows up and maybe helps Solo.
Speaker 3: As an email or earlier said, And do I think
Speaker 3: Roman returns. I think there's a much higher likelihood. I'd
Speaker 3: given seventy five eighty percent that he returns. Do I
Speaker 3: think Charlotte Flair, there's a name I haven't said yet, returns.
Speaker 3: I think there's a very high probability. I think ninety
Speaker 3: percent chance she returns. Where does she return? Maybe she again.
Speaker 3: She could be the reason that Bailey loses to Naya Jacks.
Speaker 3: So I think Charlotte returns, or she could be the
Speaker 3: reason after the match that she confronts Naya. How about that?
Speaker 3: How about Naya you know, has her championship moment, Charlotte returns,
Speaker 3: stares her down. If Charlotte does not appear at SummerSlam,
Speaker 3: I'm steadfast on her returning at the SmackDown after SummerSlam.
Speaker 3: So yeah, any other returns I'm not really seeing at
Speaker 3: the forefront here. I'm not really feeling it. It's kind
Speaker 3: of where I'm at. So all right, well, very charged
Speaker 3: up podcast here, Very charged up podcast episode. I didn't
Speaker 3: expect it. I didn't preread the emails, so I probably
Speaker 3: should start doing that moving forward. But yeah, so I
Speaker 3: hope you guys enjoyed it. I know that, you know,
Speaker 3: some of you guys hate when I talk about that stuff.
Speaker 3: But that's why I said, you know, for all this
Speaker 3: stuff you're hearing that is not really wrestling related, that
Speaker 3: kind of thing is going to be put somewhere else.
Speaker 3: It's going to be directed at another probably a totally
Speaker 3: new podcast. That's kind of what I'm leaning towards now.
Speaker 3: I do have one more mail bag again, this is
Speaker 3: from Milan. He is a patron, so I do want
Speaker 3: to get to him. So Milan, let me read it
Speaker 3: because you are a patron. So you're saying that. I
Speaker 3: know a lot of people are thinking Roman's coming back
Speaker 3: at SummerSlam, but I'm thinking he's either going to return
Speaker 3: to smack Down before or after. It makes sense he
Speaker 3: comes back during a promo where microphones are involved and
Speaker 3: he can control confront Solo just like The Rock does.
Speaker 3: When he comes back. There's not going to be a
Speaker 3: promo at SummerSlam and Romans not coming in to save anyone.
Speaker 3: I think the spotlight after the Cody match Cody solo
Speaker 3: match will be in Cody. In the Cody match with Solo,
Speaker 3: the ref typically gets knocked out. The Bloodline terrorized Cody
Speaker 3: and looked like they're gonna cheat to win. But then
Speaker 3: Randy Orton comes out, fights off the Bloodline just as
Speaker 3: the two celebrate together and it's just about to go
Speaker 3: off the air and Randy RKO's Cody. Ah, that's not
Speaker 3: so bad as far as Roman goes, my prediction is
Speaker 3: that he comes out on SmackDown this week with Paul
Speaker 3: Hayman tells Solo he disapproves of his actions and that
Speaker 3: he will fall in line if he beats Cody, which
Speaker 3: obviously doesn't happen. He may be at SummerSlam, but just
Speaker 3: seen in the press box showing anger or disapproval. And
Speaker 3: next week's SmackDown, Roman asks for the travel Chiefs necklace
Speaker 3: just as Solo looks like he's going to give it
Speaker 3: to him. The Tongos and Solo attack Roman, but Jacob
Speaker 3: Fatu holds back, which starts a new storyline about Fatu
Speaker 3: being torn and on who to align with. Eventually, Fatu
Speaker 3: will leave Solo and join Roman, but not right away. Well, yeah,
Speaker 3: I'm a lot of this is all see See this
Speaker 3: is also a fun storyline you built in my brain.
Speaker 3: That's a good problem to have if you're w W E.
Speaker 3: Is there always going to be a better way to
Speaker 3: do this? Yes? Always, but you got to pick the
Speaker 3: best way you know how at that moment and go
Speaker 3: with it. There's really no bad way. See how many
Speaker 3: awesome ways there are to bring this whole storyline together.
Speaker 3: This is one they again famous last words, but they
Speaker 3: can't screw it up, can they? I have faith in
Speaker 3: I have faith in Paulovec. I do.
Speaker 1: So.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Let me make sure I don't have any other
Speaker 3: patron emails, guys, because I do. I know that the
Speaker 3: patrons do definitely get the priority here, and I'm going
Speaker 3: into my Patreon directly and let's see here I've got, uh, Charlie, Okay, Charlie,
Speaker 3: Let's let's get to your predictions real quick. Braun Breaker
Speaker 3: when La Night wins, liv Morgan beats Rhea, Drew beats
Speaker 3: CM Punk with Rollins scring Punk, and then finally getting
Speaker 3: everyone Punk and Rollins, Bailey beats Naya to retain Tiffany. Yeah,
Speaker 3: Tiffany cash is in attempts to cash in Tiffany Stratton
Speaker 3: to become the new champion. After the match, Brock Lesner
Speaker 3: returns to confront Gunther ooh, I didn't even think of Brock,
Speaker 3: thank you. Cody beats Solo to retain the championship, and
Speaker 3: during the match, Jimmy and Jay somehow come out to
Speaker 3: help Cody while Tomatanga beats Cody, and this leads to
Speaker 3: Roman and Paul Hammon's return and sets up a war
Speaker 3: game match at Survivors Series. Thanks Charlie, I appreciate that. Yeah,
Speaker 3: brock Lesner, I think is not likely, but possible. I
Speaker 3: like it. I like it a lot. So very cool,
Speaker 3: very very cool. Guys, Thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 3: I know that there's a couple of voicemails out there
Speaker 3: I didn't get to. I just it's time, time, time time,
Speaker 3: And if I do have another podcast that I'll developing,
Speaker 3: and I am developing something here that in the meantime,
Speaker 3: I will let you guys know what it is and
Speaker 3: the name of it where you can find it, and
Speaker 3: it will not be about wrestling, because I feel like
Speaker 3: I'm being pulled somewhere else right now. Wrestling is still
Speaker 3: my first love, my passion, but you know, doesn't mean
Speaker 3: you can't have more than one, and I feel like
Speaker 3: I'm being kind of pulled away from wrestling into another
Speaker 3: venture at this point. And again, this just show is
Speaker 3: not going anywhere, but yeah, that's kind of how I'm
Speaker 3: feeling right now with other things going on, So anyway,
Speaker 3: that'll do it for me tonight, guys, thank you so
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Speaker 3: whole what is It Oh after Dark for those who
Speaker 3: have the Smackdowns here and above, you get the after
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Speaker 3: the SmackDown review with Amanda from the UK, and you've
Speaker 3: got my SummerSlam review which will be Sunday night. So
Speaker 3: Sunday night when I come back, I'll do the Summer
Speaker 3: Slam review again. If something wild happens, and that's very possible,
Speaker 3: I'm bringing my phone and a lapel mic that I'm
Speaker 3: gonna do some recording on and maybe give you guys
Speaker 3: a quick recap or an instant reaction from my remote location,
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