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Speaker 2: Structure eath that we had a death and destruction.
Speaker 1: We didn't. That's what the band I hired the that's
Speaker 1: their take on the show. Man. I think you a
Speaker 1: lot of money on that. Ladies and gentlemen. It is
Speaker 1: the new year coming up, and so we're gonna have
Speaker 1: some no stradamis New Year's philosophies and prognostications because we're
Speaker 1: the ultimate prognosticators. I hope that word means what I
Speaker 1: think it means. Moving on, this is a crazy year
Speaker 1: for wrestling, you guys, WWE and AEW. We're going to
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about both. This is our shorter one,
Speaker 1: so we can't jump into it as much as we
Speaker 1: want to, but we will jump into it right away.
Speaker 1: Here we go strying with WWE. Here's the headline, breaking
Speaker 1: the attendance record. Well what does that mean? Well, the
Speaker 1: WWE is gonna try to break the all in attendance
Speaker 1: record that was set by AEW in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: Can they succeed? WWE will find a city and they
Speaker 1: will outsell that that AW record and if they don't,
Speaker 1: oh my god, like that'll break the wrestling Internet. It
Speaker 1: could complete them. Oh my god, they took on the
Speaker 1: chap and there they're no tramp didn't loans Like, people
Speaker 1: will go crazy, But I think WWE can probably pull
Speaker 1: it off. What about you?
Speaker 2: I also think so WWE seems like it's shifting in popularity.
Speaker 2: I feel like it's coming back, and maybe this is
Speaker 2: this happens kind of every single time Vince gets out
Speaker 2: of Creative It feels like, I don't think that that's
Speaker 2: a coincidence. This is the third or the second or
Speaker 2: the third time that when Vince is gone, all these
Speaker 2: exciting things start happening over at WW and everybody may
Speaker 2: There was a time in this past year where I
Speaker 2: was like, why would anyone even want to be at
Speaker 2: WWE right now?
Speaker 1: Like AWS, There's so many times people have felt that way.
Speaker 2: Yeah, then it's like it's so good over there. What
Speaker 2: they're doing is great. They're definitely growing to the new
Speaker 2: kid on the block. And in these past like a
Speaker 2: couple of months, I'm now in my own brain going,
Speaker 2: why wouldn't anyone want to be at AW if you
Speaker 2: could be at like that Survivor series when Ciampunk came out.
Speaker 2: That pop that he got must have been so confirming
Speaker 2: for him, like, oh yeah, WWE is still bigger. It's
Speaker 2: still like this this this.
Speaker 1: GiB they sell out more for sure.
Speaker 2: It just seems like WWE will have kind of not
Speaker 2: the monopoly, but like they they they kind of have
Speaker 2: the little edge on them being around longer. They it
Speaker 2: seems like they have deeper pockets. I know Tony Kahann
Speaker 2: is a billionaire, but how deep We don't know how
Speaker 2: to measure how deep billionaires reach into their pockets. You know,
Speaker 2: we don't know what they're spending or what they what
Speaker 2: they're willing to spend, et cetera. Long story short. All
Speaker 2: that being said, I think WWE will definitely break all
Speaker 2: the attendance records for at least the next you know,
Speaker 2: near future.
Speaker 1: And then AW could have a shot at breaking that
Speaker 1: record again with their following all in that's going to
Speaker 1: be back in England again, so this could go back
Speaker 1: and forth for a while. And these these pay per views,
Speaker 1: as as I like to call him can definitely do it.
Speaker 1: You mentioned CM punk. As far as prognostications go, I
Speaker 1: think the safe bet. As everybody sees cmpunk going up
Speaker 1: against Seth Rollins, this is definitely good for business if
Speaker 1: CM punk can stay healthy. I will say this though,
Speaker 1: so much of the Seth Rollins character. Not so much,
Speaker 1: but a decent portion of the Seth Rollins character was
Speaker 1: built up on these interviews he did outside of wrestling
Speaker 1: for hardcore fans, and he told him he was glad
Speaker 1: he's gone stay away. I don't ever want to see
Speaker 1: your face again. And it felt so real and legitimate.
Speaker 1: Now after Survivors series, it felt a little less real because,
Speaker 1: like you said, it was Michael Cole holding him back,
Speaker 1: Which did I feel like Seth could break the grip
Speaker 1: of Michael Cole. No, no offense, Michael. You know I
Speaker 1: love you, but just a professional wrestler might be a
Speaker 1: little stronger than you, just a smidge, so to me,
Speaker 1: it kind of dampens that a bit. However, Triple H
Speaker 1: has been able to make some seriously long term storylines work,
Speaker 1: and he's been able to interlace them with other storylines
Speaker 1: and do all kinds of really fun magic that I
Speaker 1: think wrestling fans have been enjoying and is one of
Speaker 1: the reasons why you're excited about WWE again is because
Speaker 1: these stories feel a little more organic. So I think
Speaker 1: it's good for business. My fears that he can't stay
Speaker 1: healthy to finish the story, which would be a damn shame.
Speaker 1: But what do you think, dude?
Speaker 2: I have been asking myself since the return of CM Punk.
Speaker 1: Do I really care.
Speaker 2: About him in the ring? Do I really want to
Speaker 2: watch him wrestle? Or am I more excited about the
Speaker 2: drama of the back stage stuff? Is he gonna fight anyone?
Speaker 2: Is he gonna threaten anyone? Who's he pissing off? Ooh,
Speaker 2: so and so stormed out? So and so gave middle
Speaker 2: fingers and is upset? Oh they're really mad. Oh they're
Speaker 2: not really mad. Oh maybe so and so is not mad.
Speaker 2: So it's like I'm almost more into CM Punk for
Speaker 2: all this backstage gossip crap. I'm the one going ooh,
Speaker 2: seem punk is back? Is everyone mad or happy? And
Speaker 2: so I am to blame for it? But I don't
Speaker 2: think that it's any match in the ring that I'm
Speaker 2: gonna really be jacked up, or I think that I will.
Speaker 2: I am predicting for myself that I think I'll pretty
Speaker 2: quickly not care pretty soon about CMU being in WB.
Speaker 1: I'll close it as far as the WW side of
Speaker 1: this goes on this, I don't know how much backstage
Speaker 1: stuff you're going to see because it's a corporate world
Speaker 1: there now and that's not going to fly. There may
Speaker 1: be a lack of television time because he'll take up
Speaker 1: a lot just based on people compelled to watch him.
Speaker 1: But I hear you, man. You also, I think it's
Speaker 1: fair to say that you try to focus or give
Speaker 1: focus to the new generation and see what they've got,
Speaker 1: and that takes away time from the new generation with
Speaker 1: those long promos and things like that, jumping over to
Speaker 1: aew new arrivals. People think Sasha Banks may be one
Speaker 1: to go over there, but we could prognosticate on that.
Speaker 1: I'd like to focus a bit more on Will Osprey,
Speaker 1: who will be starting very very soon, and I think
Speaker 1: February or March is when he's going to debut, and
Speaker 1: after he has his first match against whoever, I don't
Speaker 1: care who it is, he's going to win. He is
Speaker 1: going to be the front runner to finally dethrone the
Speaker 1: ae W world's greatest champion that they've ever had, mister
Speaker 1: Maxwell Jacob Friedman. I don't know if Max wins that match.
Speaker 1: I think will Osprey is going to get a rocket
Speaker 1: ship strap to him, and I think it is going
Speaker 1: to be propelled to the world championship. And I don't
Speaker 1: see him taking many losses on that journey. His promo
Speaker 1: work was supreme, supreme. Even when he gets mad at
Speaker 1: the crowd, they can't get mad. Back when he was like,
Speaker 1: I'm coming, but you have to give me time, and
Speaker 1: they were like, boo, we don't want to give you
Speaker 1: time joined now. And he's like, Hi, you listen to me.
Speaker 1: I'll be here what I'll get here, And the crowd's like, oh, sorry, sorry,
Speaker 1: we'll It was oh sick. You had total control of
Speaker 1: a hot crowd because his energy is hot, right, like
Speaker 1: he burns bright. So I'm really excited to see what
Speaker 1: they do with this guy. My prognostication is straight to
Speaker 1: the top for will Osprey. I think that's not a
Speaker 1: hot take. He's the freaking man. I was just late
Speaker 1: to the party. Everyone else is already on that ship.
Speaker 1: I'm just on the dock, Like, throw me a room.
Speaker 1: I don't want to miss the match. Unfortunately, they were
Speaker 1: kind enough to toss me one. What about you, dude,
Speaker 1: do you want to talk Ausprey or do you want
Speaker 1: to talk Mercedes mon eight?
Speaker 2: I think will Ospray is definitely Here's here's my predictions.
Speaker 2: In No stradamis Fashion. I think MJF is going to
Speaker 2: go to WWE. You will see Matt Riddle in a
Speaker 2: e W. I predicted that it's going to happen.
Speaker 1: Yes, I think you're right.
Speaker 2: Where does Sasha Banks gonna Where's where do you think
Speaker 2: she lands? It's not ae W. She's gonna come to
Speaker 2: w WE. She's gonna come right back. That's what. That's what.
Speaker 2: That's my prediction for sure. It's sad that we'll see
Speaker 2: m JF and w B, but it's time that big,
Speaker 2: that next big step for him, that next big stage
Speaker 2: he's done. Here's the thing. You say, well, why, or
Speaker 2: you might say why is any loyal to ae W?
Speaker 2: You know, blah blah blah. It's dude, he's done everything
Speaker 2: you can do there and it's gonna it's gonna be
Speaker 2: like O Tawny in MLB. Dude, they're gonna throw a
Speaker 2: heap of money at at MJF. And then he's gonna go,
Speaker 2: all right, I'll just see what I can do over here.
Speaker 2: And if if all fails in WB, if like for
Speaker 2: whatever reason, they can't make the the Golden Child of
Speaker 2: MJF work, he'll just go back to anywhere else he wants.
Speaker 2: That's what the best to do. We just go, okay,
Speaker 2: well I'll go back there and they'll say, well you
Speaker 2: left us, and he'll say yeah, and they'll go all right,
Speaker 2: got come on back.
Speaker 1: I mean they're not.
Speaker 2: There's no there's no When you're as good and as
Speaker 2: famous and as over as MJF is, you don't gotta
Speaker 2: worry about what's gonna happen if it doesn't go as hoped.
Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, you have our prognostications. We thank you
Speaker 1: for your time, We thank you for the energy that
Speaker 1: helped motivate this seance of thoughts and feelings. But we
Speaker 1: hope all our dreams come true. I hope the MJF
Speaker 1: one does not come true, and I hope he stays
Speaker 1: in a so I hope you're wrong, mister noster Damas.
Speaker 1: But we thank you, guys, and don't forget to tune
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