WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.519 This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:15.919 the WWE podcast show. 3 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:24.920 The one that everybody wants me. God Tell Stand three 4 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.079 sixteenth says your. 5 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:28.960 Ass is my arm. 6 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:30.519 You can acknowledge me. 7 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.679 All right, let's talk Backlash that comes to us tomorrow night. 8 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.920 Already it's here, so WrestleMania well well in the distance 9 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.679 now as we approach Backlash and then get out of 10 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:48.759 WrestleMania season officially when we get to Money in the Bank, 11 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:51.880 and in between now and money in the Bank, we 12 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.719 do have a Saturday Night main event also to get 13 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:56.359 through at the end of the month. So if you're 14 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:58.520 looking for a little hold me over before June seventh, 15 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.439 I believe is money in the bank. Well, we got 16 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.359 the Saturday night main event, love it or hate it. 17 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:06.959 So we're going to get to the predictions for Backlash 18 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:09.799 in just a moment. I want to welcome everybody to 19 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:14.200 the show and also a new patron or two as 20 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.920 we welcome those of you who are new to the 21 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.920 community here over at ww podcast. Want to welcome Deborah Nelson, 22 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:26.519 Kayla Graham. Thank you so much, both of you. Enjoy 23 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.680 your ad free content and the discord server and everything 24 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:32.959 else that comes with becoming a member. So head it 25 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:34.799 over to Patreon if you want to get those ads 26 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.040 removed on top of a bunch of other fun stuff. 27 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.519 All righty, let's get it to the predictions. So I'm 28 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:43.400 going to do the predictions first, and then if we 29 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.079 have time at the end, we're going to go through 30 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.799 some of the emails and we're going to maybe a 31 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.079 couple of voicemails and then call it a day. So 32 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.799 here are my predictions. First of all, my overall thoughts 33 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.359 and feelings going into backlash. Kind of a weird of here, 34 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:04.239 especially following WrestleMania, which is such a star studded event, 35 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:07.719 or usually is, and I think WWE has the opportunity 36 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.080 to really wipe away some of the bad feeling that 37 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:14.080 was left after Night two of WrestleMania with a quality 38 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:18.080 pl The way that you present a quality show, not 39 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.199 that I need to tell them, is to simply have 40 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.080 awesome matches despite the stories going in. Sometimes when you 41 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:27.960 come out of the match, it can make up for 42 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.439 a lot of issues with the storyline going in. It 43 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.080 can make you forget about them and deudorize the issues. 44 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.199 So there's the potential here for that, And I gotta 45 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.759 be honest, there's not you know, a lot. Looking at 46 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:40.960 the Gunther and Pat McAfee match, you kind of know 47 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.439 what that one's going to be, so you can write 48 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:44.719 that one off as a not a great match off 49 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:48.759 the bat, it's that one is purely story driven. And 50 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.919 how close can Pat McAfee come to making us believe 51 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.199 that he's going to beat Gunther? Because you know those 52 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.960 spots will be in there. But this is a wrestling 53 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:03.319 heavy event, as money pls are. And do we have 54 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.199 any interference? Does John Cena up here? Does Cody Rhodes return? 55 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:08.240 Anybody else? 56 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:08.680 Yeah? 57 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:11.960 Bueller, I don't know. So let's get to the card, 58 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:18.199 and let's start with let's start with Pat McAfee and Gunther. 59 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:24.520 There is no other way. There's just no other way 60 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:32.560 this one can end. Gunther must underline, embolden the word, 61 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:38.039 must choke out McAfee, and honestly, he should do it 62 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.520 in short order now by Gunther squashing Pat McAfee, which 63 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:46.400 is what should happen. There really isn't much to be 64 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.879 gained for Gunther. In fact, this entire match, there's really 65 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.039 absolutely nothing for Gunther to gain and everything for him 66 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:59.879 to lose or what's left after the debacle with the 67 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.199 World Championship match that opened Night one of WrestleMania. If 68 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:07.960 you recall, he tapped out very quickly, and so there's 69 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.400 really not a lot for Guntherer to gain in this match. 70 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:14.080 This is something that is really for Pat McFee to gain. 71 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:19.199 This is a no risk situation for Pat McAfee and 72 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:24.360 a one hundred percent risk for Gunther. All of the 73 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:28.319 burden is on Gunther, None of the risk is on 74 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:33.079 Pat McAfee none, because Guntherer can only lose and Pat 75 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.279 McAfee can only gain. So when you look at it 76 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.319 through that lens, which is reality, what should happen is 77 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:44.319 keeping everyone the same, or at least keeping Gunher where 78 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:46.759 he's at, while elevating Pat McAfee in a couple of 79 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.240 hope spots. You know, Pat McAfee, despite the fact that 80 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:52.800 it's totally unrealistic, is going to have a couple of 81 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:54.560 spots where you think, oh my god, the crowd's gonna 82 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.399 get into it. Maybe he's got Guntherer down, Can he 83 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:56.639 do it? 84 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:56.839 Oh? 85 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.720 Elbow drop one to two close in your fall, And 86 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.399 that is probably what's gonna happen. Here, but Gunther should 87 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.560 I would say, under ten minutes, please just choke him out, 88 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.360 choke him out and call it a day with Gunther 89 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.560 and move on. Now after that, does anybody come into 90 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:19.560 attack Gunther? Does Goldberg appear? Because lord knows, we've heard 91 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:21.759 a lot about Goldberg over the last couple of days. 92 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:25.439 He's reappeared in our news feeds, so it's certainly possible 93 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.319 he comes in and attacks Gunther after hell. I could 94 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:31.879 even see a scenario where he costs Gunther the match 95 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:38.399 and Pat McAfee beats Gunther because of Goldberg. I understand 96 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:42.720 that that is absolutely possible. I don't want it. I 97 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.839 don't want anything to do with Goldberg or any other 98 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.439 match he's ever going to have. Ever. I don't even 99 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.519 want the thought of matches in my head with Goldberg. 100 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:54.160 There is nothing they can get me to do to 101 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.120 get excited about a Goldberg match with anyone. So for me, 102 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:03.240 when looking at who's gonna win, Gunther should win. And 103 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.480 if you want to have Goldberg attack Gunther afterwards, you 104 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:09.240 can go that road and build the Gunther Goldberg at 105 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.800 Money in the bank or at SummerSlam. I don't want it. 106 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:14.720 I know a lot of you don't want it. But 107 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.959 there is somehow a subset of fans, and I've met 108 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.560 them on X unless they're bots or AI or people 109 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:24.439 who are just being paid by we to pretend that 110 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:28.199 they're interested in this matchup. But whatever the situation, there 111 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.199 is somehow a subset of fans that are interested in 112 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:36.600 a Goldberg Gunther match. So keep an eye on Goldberg here, 113 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.040 But I think Gunther gets the victory via a choke out. 114 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.199 All right, Jacob fat Two versus La Night for the 115 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:53.639 United States Championship, This one is a WrestleMania, a WrestleMania 116 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.680 foregone conclusion. What I mean by that is, I f 117 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.680 two won the belt at WrestleMania. You don't anoint someone 118 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:04.560 for the champions especially for the first time, and then 119 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.319 have them drop the belt just a few weeks later 120 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:09.720 from Summerslant or from WrestleMania. You don't do it, especially 121 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.079 with somebody like Fatu that the fancy a star, and 122 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.199 clearly the company sees a star in he already is one, 123 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.199 but you know, to really get him to that next 124 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.759 level is an established, consistent star that you can maybe 125 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:23.920 build the company around. At some point, You're not gonna 126 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.680 have him loose to La Knight. I know La Knight 127 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.120 is a he's fun. He is a nineties throwback in 128 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.399 a lot of ways. The fans built him up a 129 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.160 few years ago. They never made him top champion because 130 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.160 Roman was the top champion at the time and they 131 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.560 didn't have any any plans for him to beat Roman 132 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:41.839 Reigns for the belt. And since then he's just kind 133 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.399 of swam around the pool of the WWE, you know, 134 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:49.000 United States Championship. And I think that if Fatu wins, 135 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:53.319 and he probably wins decisively, you know, a guy like Fatu, 136 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.439 despite the fact that he's a heel Ken and probably 137 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:01.040 should beat l A Knight outright, and sure he could 138 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:06.279 have help from from his confident out there, right, you know, 139 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:09.199 Solo could absolutely come in and try to help Fatu. 140 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.680 Maybe he nearly costs him. Maybe this is when we 141 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.920 finally have the Solo turn that we've been talking about 142 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:17.519 for months. But I don't think it's going to cost 143 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:21.240 him the belt either way. The Tongans will probably get involved. 144 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.240 It's gonna be a very very much I think a 145 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:28.480 Fatu victory, and it should be. I know a lot 146 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:30.920 of us love Alley Knight, but if you're looking to 147 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.960 the future and looking for decisions at WrestleMania to stick, 148 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:39.399 which they should. This is just another WrestleMania. It's the 149 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:42.759 victim of a WrestleMania decision. That's what this is, and 150 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.080 that's fine. It's the right decision to make, and I 151 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.240 think this match should be a lot of fun. Yeah, 152 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:49.879 I expect it to be even better than their first 153 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.799 one at a WrestleMania, and I was a big fan 154 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.360 of the ones at WrestleMania. I think that was one 155 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:58.879 of the bright spots of WrestleMania. But there's just no 156 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.240 scenario in which I look at this match and say, yeah, 157 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:06.279 La Knight's probably got this, he's the babyface. No, probably 158 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:12.080 not so FA two beats Night all right. Dominic Mysterio 159 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:18.440 takes on Penta for the Intercontinental title. Kind of the 160 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:24.279 same logic here, same as La Knight and Fatu. Dominic retains. 161 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:26.320 I think the fans are going to be behind him, 162 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.519 despite the fact that pent has a babyface. Dominic is 163 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:34.720 becoming a beloved figure. I think fans have warmed up 164 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:37.519 to him. They're tired of booing him. The turn is 165 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:41.039 not fully complete because the judgment day, including Finn Balor 166 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.679 especially has yet to turn on him. This one again 167 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:47.320 seems to be very much like Dominic's gonna win. I 168 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.240 can see a scenario here where, just like the Solo 169 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:57.200 Fa Tu dynamic, we could have Finn cost Dominic the match. 170 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:02.120 Notice there's a pattern here for the three matches I 171 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:05.879 just mentioned, with Goldberg potentially screwing over Gunther, with Solo 172 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:10.120 potentially screwing over Fatu, and now with Finn Balor potentially 173 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.240 screwing over Dominicq with Stereo. There is I think one 174 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.240 of those three at least will come true, if not 175 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.720 during the match, after the match, somebody's turning out of 176 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.559 those three. But there's a pattern emerging here where new 177 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.120 rivalries are about to take shape. And that's what happens 178 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:28.000 after Backlash, because Backlash is the leftovers, the warmed up 179 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.840 leftovers of WrestleMania, That's what it is. It's kind of 180 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.879 tying up loose ends and moving on and looking towards 181 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:35.759 money in the bank in SummerSlam. So you would expect some, 182 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.639 if not more than some of these scenarios to play 183 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.519 out where you kind of can see the path towards 184 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:47.519 the next pl and beyond. So it's very possible that 185 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:51.440 Finn Balor ends up turning on Dom here, but either way, 186 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.879 I still believe Dom should retain. He's got something going 187 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:57.679 there with the Intercontinental title. The fans are starting to 188 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.320 organically get behind him, and that's the best kind of 189 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:02.840 turn you can have, is when the fans decide it's time, 190 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:06.039 not when WWE decides its time, and then they hope 191 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:09.000 you rally behind them instead. The fans feel like they're 192 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.759 leading the way here, and they really are. That's a 193 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.759 much more fun way to turn somebody than being told 194 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.360 who's turning and then going, oh, okay, I guess I'll 195 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:22.080 go along with it. So this should be a fun 196 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.919 match too. I mean, with two guys of this skill level, 197 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.120 you know that you're gonna get a great lutrador style match. 198 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:32.519 Does albertil del Rio end up interfering, I don't know. Maybe. 199 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:38.440 WWE apparently has reportedly signed albertil del Rio again. This 200 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:40.879 might be their third or fourth time since he's gotten fired. 201 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:44.679 A lot of past issues with del Rio, but hopefully 202 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.639 those have resolved themselves, so it's possible you see Alberto 203 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:50.120 del Rio. But this is really about This is really 204 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:53.440 about the judgment day and Finn Balor and Dominic Mysterio's 205 00:11:53.600 --> 00:12:00.840 tension at the forefront. Here, Okay, we'll have the women's 206 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.360 in her Continental Championship, Lyra Valkyria versus Becky Lynch. This 207 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:09.000 one's hard. This it's not as easy the last three. 208 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:12.360 I feel a much higher level of confidence than I 209 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:14.480 do this one because there's like a strong case for 210 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.240 Becky Lynch to win it here. And the reason is 211 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.120 she turned heel and the way to get her get 212 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.080 heat on her real quick is to have hers take 213 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.320 the belt from Lyra in some kind of underhanded way, 214 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:29.000 and you have Lyra back in chase mode. Now, what's 215 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.159 the difference between this Becky Lynch and the past heels 216 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.000 of the Becky Lynch as we've seen? Not a ton 217 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.480 other than she's not trying to dress like her husband 218 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.879 and do the wacky hair styles she did the first time. 219 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.639 I think fans still have a tough time turning on Becky. 220 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:49.399 Her as a babyface just feels much more natural. I 221 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.799 wish the best that this heel turn works, but Becky 222 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.840 as a heel still it never feels quite right. Maybe 223 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.080 she'll find the formula, but Lyra, in her own right, 224 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.120 has come in to her own at least she did 225 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.799 this past week with her promo, getting a personality, as 226 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.240 Michael Cole put it on raw, coming out of her shell. 227 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.600 So that's good, good for Lyra, and I expect a 228 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.200 really good match here ten twelve, fourteen minutes for the 229 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:20.919 women's IC belt, and I I want to say Lyra retains. 230 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.399 I want to, but I think it's probably Becky Lynch 231 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.679 with the Intercontinental title. I know Lyra is hasn't really 232 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.360 had exactly a long rain with that belt, but I 233 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.519 think Becky Lynch is champion. If you're trying to get 234 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.600 her heat her winning, cheating to beat Lyra is a 235 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.639 good way to continue that. If you're trying to get 236 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.840 as much heat on Becky as possible. It just kind 237 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.519 of fits the bills. So tough one, tough one, stay 238 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:51.519 away from it for you, you know, you wagerers out there. 239 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:54.000 I'd stay the hell away from this one unless you're 240 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.320 you know, you're feeling lucky. But I would say Becky 241 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.600 Lynch probably wins, but I'm not. My confidence level is 242 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:06.320 not high in this. So then we have the undisputed Championship, 243 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.159 the undisputed Universal Championship. Although I think it's just called 244 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:14.679 the w B Unisputed Championship. John Cena versus Randy Orton. 245 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.440 I think this is the last time I'll ever be 246 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.720 able to say that, and that's kind of sad. I 247 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.120 know we've seen it a million times in the past, 248 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.039 but it's been a long time since they've been in 249 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:27.200 the ring for a match together. I'm gonna enjoy this 250 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.799 just from a nostalgic standpoint for me, even if the 251 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.679 match isn't great, and I don't expect it to be 252 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.440 great because of John's limitations and just the fact that 253 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:39.240 he's Yeah he's just older and he's a step slower, 254 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.600 and yeah, Brandy's going to do what he can do. 255 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.799 I expect it to be a very serviceable match, very 256 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.639 professional match, a much slower pace match, and that's fine 257 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.360 with me. I don't need every match going one hundred 258 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:53.720 miles an hour, so I expect, you know, this one 259 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.799 to be fifteen to twenty minutes in a slow pace though, 260 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:02.720 so it'll feel extra slow, but fun and nostalgic. I'm 261 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.039 looking at this through the lens of nostalgia, not in 262 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:08.000 terms of the lens of well man, they better have 263 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.200 a five star match. I don't put that expectation on 264 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:16.039 these guys so fun match. Ultimately, yeah, John sen is 265 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:19.000 gonna win this. If Randy Orton wins, I don't know 266 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.039 what they're doing. You don't have John Cena, one of 267 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.080 the biggest stars in the company, turn heel and then 268 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.320 have him drop the belt three weeks after he wins 269 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:34.440 it at WrestleMania forty one. You don't just there would 270 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.200 be It'd be chaos if that happened. There's no need 271 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.440 for that. This is John Cena's final months here. As 272 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.639 we roll to December, John Cena became a seventeen time champion. 273 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.679 There is just no scenario in my mind. I can 274 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:54.120 imagine Randy Orton winning. It would make no sense, especially 275 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:56.480 given Cody's not back yet. And when Cody comes back, 276 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.799 which you could here too, you can expect Cody to 277 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:06.399 get Sena. So Scena retains hook or crook. Probably. If 278 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.039 I was booking this, I would have him beat Randy 279 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:14.360 Orton in the same method I had him beat Cody 280 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.440 rozarrus On Many forty one. In fact, you know what 281 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:20.559 I would do, since I'm sadistic, I would have Travis 282 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.960 Scott come out. That's what I would do. I would 283 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.960 have Travis Scott come out. And you know what I 284 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.600 would do if I, oh, this is just tickling my loins, 285 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.200 I'd have Travis Scott come out. Randy Orton hits him 286 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.279 with an RKO, and you know, he hits Randy, He 287 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.320 hits John Cena with an RKO. It looks like Randy 288 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:43.840 Orton is about to win, and the Rock's music hits 289 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:49.480 distracts Randy Orton, but he doesn't come out. The Rock 290 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.480 does not come out, and I don't expect him to 291 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:51.759 at all. 292 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:51.919 Here. 293 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.080 I'm not predicting that at all. Although that would be 294 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.200 the time to bring the rock back when no one's 295 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:01.200 expecting it, I'm not predicting it. That's what I would do. 296 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:08.640 I would have this ongoing, this ongoing just a method 297 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.119 of John Cena winning by having the Rocks music hit 298 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.160 and they'll, uh, everyone continues to be distracted by it, 299 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.000 like he could be here. That's how John Cena keeps retaining. Now, 300 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:19.599 you can only do that a few times before his 301 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.599 opponents starts to look like a fool. But for you know, 302 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.440 two times, maybe three, you could have that happen where 303 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.039 John Cena uses the Rocks music to gain an advantage, 304 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:32.079 and you know then him berating the fans. If you 305 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.359 think the Rock has time to come out here, if 306 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:38.119 he didn't show up a WrestleMania forty one, he's certainly 307 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.440 not gonna want to be in ex City. That's what 308 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.839 I would do. I would hammer it home. 309 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.440 Why not. 310 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.359 They've got a lot of emotion and a lot of 311 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.440 negative emotion pent up from fans about the bad taste 312 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:52.799 left in their mouth about wrestleing to forty one. Use it, 313 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.359 make money with it, get people talking even more, because 314 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.240 guess what, then you're gonna trend even more. Fans are 315 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.720 gonna be outraged even more. That's the point. This one 316 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:06.359 would be an intentional probing of the fans. The first one, obviously, 317 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.200 I don't think was intentional of the anger and backlash 318 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:12.400 from forty the main event for from nine night two. 319 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:17.079 So in my fantasy land, that's how I would book 320 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:20.319 the finish here is looks like we're good. Travis Scott 321 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.839 comes out again, people are like, what the hell? Clearly 322 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:29.400 WWW doesn't get the message. Randy Orton just dispatches Travis 323 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:35.480 Scott with an RKO and then as Sina is down 324 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.039 from maybe another RKO, we have the Rocks Music hit, 325 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.960 people going crazy, announcers are going crazy. It lasts for 326 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:45.680 like thirty seconds, and that gives Seen enough time to recover. 327 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:51.720 Randy Orton turns around, referees distracted or down belt shot one, 328 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:56.440 two three. John Cena retains, That's exactly what I would 329 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:00.799 do here. That's what I would do, So you can 330 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:02.640 have the Rocks still be a part of this from 331 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.200 an attached to it from a distance, but not have 332 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:08.319 them actually show up. It's the best of both worlds. 333 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:13.680 So I kind of I'm kind of favored to that finish. 334 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:15.720 We'll see if they do it. I doubt it, but 335 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:18.880 that's how I would do it. Either way, the results 336 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:22.640 the same. John Cena retains, Does Cody Roads come back? 337 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:27.799 Maybe somebody's returning here. There are too many scenarios set up, 338 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:31.480 too many matches set up for a turn or a 339 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.880 return not to happen at least two somebody to attack 340 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:40.240 Finn Balor attacking Dom or Solo attacking Fatu, or Goldberg 341 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:44.680 attacking Gunther or Cody attacking Sena or the Rocks Music 342 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:49.039 Foe having his full return. Something has got to give 343 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:53.640 here at backlash. So there it is all right, let's 344 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:56.039 get to some emails here. I don't think we have 345 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:00.160 a lot, just a couple as we close out the 346 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.200 show here, let's uh, let's see who do I want 347 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.319 to start with. I don't have any options, right, it 348 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.799 sounds like a whole I have a whole lot of options. 349 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:10.680 I don't, So let's start with Yes, DJ, let's start 350 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:16.200 with you, and DJ says, due to work and the responsibilities, 351 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.880 I missed the cutoff point getting the last week's mail bag. Well, 352 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:21.160 I was able to. I put you in right on Sunday. 353 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:24.920 All good? So first, is it me? Or does this 354 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:28.079 year's backlash seem sort of underwhelming with the current state 355 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.920 of WWE matches that have been booked, especially the Women's 356 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:33.240 IC title match, which, in my opinion, should have been 357 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:35.720 booked on a random episode of Raw. However, Triple H 358 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.799 and the creative team seem to always over deliver on 359 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:40.759 the ples that are not interesting on paper. Could this 360 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:45.640 backlash be another over delivered pl E? Yeah, it's an 361 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.720 interesting dynamic with Triple H and his pls. The build 362 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.240 hasn't always been the greatest leading in, but how many 363 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.440 times did we come out of the pl E? Not 364 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:55.720 every time, but more often than not in saying wow, yeah, 365 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.559 that was better than I expected. Now, I don't know 366 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.759 if that's some kind of like psychological trick where they 367 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:02.920 go in knowing that they're not putting their best foot forward, 368 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.119 only to over deliver and therefore, looking back, you always 369 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:09.200 feel better because they always over deliver, but they purposely 370 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.799 lower the bar going in. So it's some kind of 371 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:16.680 like trickery going on, some mind Jedi stuff. Almost had 372 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:19.480 to de bleete myself. So yeah, I think it's going 373 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:22.720 to overdeliver based on people's expectations going in because of 374 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:27.599 the said returns and possible turns that I talked about earlier. 375 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.920 Okay too, I'm not understanding this. Becky Lynch, he'll turn. 376 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.839 Why would I even care about this view between her 377 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.400 and the bird lady Lyra. 378 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.880 I don't know. 379 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.960 I mean, we'll find this just happens, so I'm gonna 380 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.599 give it time to breathe. Right now, it's just Becky 381 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:46.359 Lynch turning, maybe because her husband did. I don't know. 382 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.640 So let's see here. Oh and by the way, I 383 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:53.480 have to say this unrelated. It's been three months in 384 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:58.319 counting just about since Johnson had turned heel and sold 385 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.000 his soul to the rock, and we have no explanation 386 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:03.599 for three months. Just wanted to keep a tracker here. 387 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:06.720 It's been three months with no explanation. I don't want 388 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:10.160 to hear about long term storytelling. That's bad storytelling, that's 389 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:16.000 lazy storytelling. Three months is just it's inexcusable. So just 390 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:16.759 wanted to. 391 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.480 Put that out. 392 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:20.519 I will as periodically as you hear my kids yelling 393 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:23.640 in the background, I will periodically remind you about this. 394 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:29.759 This just abomination of storytelling. All right, So your predictions. 395 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:34.759 You think that Sena wins by Shenanigans or no Shenanigans, Well, 396 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:39.200 I don't know which one. So Sina wins, but you're 397 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:41.240 not sure if it's by Shenanigans or not. Either way, 398 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.680 same result, I would agree, Becky Hogan, I mean Becky 399 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:48.319 Lynch versus Lire Valkaria for the women's Intercontinental title. Becky 400 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.839 Lynch wins. Okay, so far in lockstep DJ fatal four 401 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.880