1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: What's up everybody. Good morning from sunny Los Angeles, California, 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: where it's seventy eight degrees every day. I don't know 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: if my podcast partner is going to be here today, 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: but I know i'm here and I know you're here. 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: So let's start the damn show. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: And now your main event introducing the hosts are Wrestling 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: with Freddy Chef Die Hand, Freddy Prience Junior. 8 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: Alright, you guys, we had a lot to talk about 9 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: first off on unsanctioned Thursday, but we have a guest. 10 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: I'll let you know who that is a little bit 11 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: later in the show, but we're going back to our 12 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: indie spotlight, so we're going to get to put some 13 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: shine on an wrestler and the Independence. I don't know 14 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: how long he's going to remain in the Independence because 15 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: he's pretty damn good. So we'll we'll see and you'll 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: see who I'm talking about later in the show. We 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: also have lots of ww stuff to talk about, Drew 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: McIntyre's first promo as he came back AJ versus Goonther, 19 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: lots of crazy shit going down. We're going to get 20 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: into it all and we're going to start with Monday 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: Night Raw in Dusseldorf, Germany. Duseldorf, I think this was 22 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: the first time they ever did a TV there. They 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: probably did like a house show or something at some point. 24 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: This was an early time on Netflix. It's weird watching 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: wrestling early. Maybe it's not because back in the day 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: it was like three o'clock right to watch WrestleMania like 27 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: back in the eighties. I think it started like in 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: the mid afternoon, So maybe it's just me, but it 29 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: felt weird watching it during the daytime. I like it 30 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: when the sun's down watching my wrestling at night. But 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the show opens, we got Ria, Ripley and the O 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: Sky celebrating. The crowd loves them, We love them, you 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: love them, everybody loves them. The Kabuki Warriors also declared 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: they would come out and get them live. Morgan in 35 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: Rocks and Perez interrupted and said, no first DIBs. We 36 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: got crazy Ass Bailey or soon to be Crazy Ass 37 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: Bailey and Lyra Valkyria. They're all gonna fight for this belt. 38 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: They all want the belt because two studs have it 39 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: right now. In Ripley and Sky, they cleared the ring 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: beat everybody's ass threw them out and they looked fantastic. 41 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: Now moving on to the match that actually mattered tonight, 42 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: Gnther versus AJ Styles. This was awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: especially the finish or the false finish to the finish. 44 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: But this story has been all about respect and Goother's 45 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: lack of it in dealing with John Cena and dealing 46 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: with all these legends. A little reminiscent of like when 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: they called Randy Orton the legend Killer and he was 48 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: like beating up all the old dudes and kicking him 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: in the friggin head, and they were really trying to 50 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: make him a heal. Only this is with like the 51 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: living legends, not the living legends. The active legends is 52 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: the more accurate term. The John cenas the AJ Styles. 53 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: Who's going to be next? Could it be a Randy Orton? 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: I don't know, but Goother's turned into a real son 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: of my gun. They had this match, he got he 56 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: got punked the week before and just got the shit 57 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: slapped out of him by AJ Styles and he didn't 58 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: do anything. He freaking didn't do any He just took 59 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: it like a punk and that's the hard he went 60 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: head to head with him right like forehead to forehead, 61 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: but still like you got punk man. It was like 62 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: Chris Rock getting punked. Like if somebody slaps you can't. 63 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: What was it Charlie Murphy said, you don't slap another man. 64 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: That's from the Chappelle Show, like you can't, and then 65 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: he followed it with back then somebody had to die. 66 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: They challenged you to a duel, like that's how bad 67 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: getting slapped is. So goother had to get his revenge. 68 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,839 Speaker 1: He had to get this win. But it was how 69 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: he did it. I've trained jiu jitsu for a long 70 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: time and like wrestling, grappling, mixed martial arts, all that stuff. 71 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: My goy father was Bob Wall. You can google him 72 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: if you want to know more about him. But he 73 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: brought the shadows up to uh southern California, him and 74 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: Chuck Norris back in the eighties because the Mahade was 75 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: tapped him out like a million times and he was 76 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: a pretty tough guy. I was like, how did you 77 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: guys do this? And they're like, it's jiu jitsu, So anyway, long, 78 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: this is a long story, but you'll see where I'm 79 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: going in a minute. So jiu jitsu became really popular 80 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: in the nineties and now more popular than ever, especially 81 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: with forty year old divorced dads. That's pretty much the 82 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: majority of my group classes when I still go, and 83 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: everybody's on like peptides and testosterol, so they all look 84 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: like they're twenty two except me. I'm out there like 85 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Guys, give me a break. So anyway, there's 86 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: a term that American jiu jitsu guys came up with 87 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: when they would lose to Brazilian fighters, and it was 88 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: called the Brazilian tap. And what it was was and 89 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: this is like, this is dirty on both sides. One 90 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: if it's true, it's dirty on the Brazilian fighter side. 91 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: And if it's not true, it's just Americans bitching about 92 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: things they think are happening that maybe aren't. But I 93 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: happen to think this is true, so they would call 94 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: it the Brazilian tap. Where if you let's say you 95 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: have your opponent, the Brazilian opponent. Let's say I'm grappling 96 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: someone whoever Hoistgracy right, you can google him too for 97 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: young people that don't know who that is. He's pretty 98 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: cool too. So I'm grappling Hoist Gracy, and I get 99 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: him in a triangle right, Oh my god, I got 100 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: him in a triangle choke. A triangle choke is where 101 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: he's kind of like between your legs. Sounds weird, but 102 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: it's not. And you have an arm in between and 103 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 1: that arm is cutting off the circulation to his brain 104 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: and it's slowly choking him out. Right. Well, he knows 105 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: that he's gonna get choked out because your boyfriend, he's 106 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: got a sweet triangle choke. But he also knows where 107 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: the referee is. And the referee is on my right side, 108 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: so with his right hand right because he would be 109 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: in my triangle choke, the hand that's blind to the referee. 110 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: The ref can see Hoist's left hand, but he can't 111 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: see his right hand. Hoist taps, you got me, kid, 112 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: you got me, and I let go of the triangle choke. Yeah, 113 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: that's right. I just tapped out, hoyst Gracie. I'm the 114 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: UFC champion. But the ref didn't see it. So the 115 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: ref says, yo, be fight on and I'm like, what, no, man, 116 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: tell him you tapped and he's like, nah, dog, I 117 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: didn't tap, And all of a sudden, the ref's like, yo, 118 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: you better fight on and I'm pissed and I'm out 119 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: of sorts, and he takes me down and he gets 120 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: the rear naked choke. That sounds weird too, but it's 121 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: not and boom, I'm choked out. Oh god, I'm choked out. 122 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: I lost. How could you do that to me? That's 123 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: what happened to AJ styles and it was the It 124 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: sucks for AJ right a storyline wise in the within 125 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: the context of the characters, but in looking at it 126 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: from an analytical perspective, not analytical but just analyzing it, 127 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: I guess you see how cool it is because that's 128 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: something that people have actually done in grappling tournaments. I'm 129 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: sure Americans have done it. I'm sure French fighters have 130 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: done it. I'm sure all kinds of fighters from all 131 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: over the world. But that was like how the phrase 132 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: was was initially coined, was the Brazilian tap. So Gunther 133 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: got him with it, and uh and AJ got got 134 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: He got punched in the nuts or kicked in the 135 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: nuts or punched in the balls rather, and then power 136 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: bombed and and defeat, and so now he has a 137 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: legit excuse for a rematch because the dude tapped the 138 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: ref blew it bad referee, bad refereeing, Sir, I'm a 139 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: ref narc and you just got narked. You should always 140 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: be in a position to see both hands always. It's impossible, 141 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: but I feel you, dude. Anyway, Guther's kind of evolving. 142 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: There's some now, a lot more cunning and it's not 143 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: just I'm going to destroy you with dominance, but I 144 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: can outthink you too, which kind of puts another wrinkle 145 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: in his game and another tool in the belt, so 146 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: to speak. And now AJ has serious motivation to go 147 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: and fight this dude. So I loved what they did here. 148 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: They told a story more effectively in the ring than 149 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: they did out of the ring. They told the story 150 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: that they wanted you to see that Gunther was gonna 151 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: be a punk ass better in the ring than they 152 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: did in the segment building up to the match, which 153 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: is how it should always be. The match should always 154 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: be the diamond, right, and the promos are the setting 155 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: that the ring right. Look think of this these like storylines. 156 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: Is a ring a wedding ring that you're getting your girl. 157 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: The final match is the diamond, right, and all the 158 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: shit you did to set up the match, that's the ring, 159 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: that's the setting, so to speak. And I thought they 160 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: did a great job with it. So anyway, we're moving on. 161 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: See them Punk and Finn baalad, this is the biggest 162 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: let down. It was supposed to be, but this was 163 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: the biggest letdown because you had see them Punk out there. 164 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: You brought out another European fighter, and Germany was loving 165 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: the Europeans. That Europe's gonna pull for the Euros over 166 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: the Americans, no doubt. And Finn Balor comes out confronts 167 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: him and he's like, yo, man, did you you forgot 168 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: about Dre And he went out there and cut his 169 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: promo and see them Punk's like all right, dude, well 170 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: the champs here. The champ's ready, let's freaking go. And 171 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: Finn Baalor, who's the one who went out there and 172 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: called him out, did the old yeah, I'll see you, 173 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: but i'll see you next week in my hometown of Ireland, 174 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: and the whole crowd's like, what do we just get 175 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: hosed on a sweet ass match? And see them punks? 176 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: Even like on the micro did you just hose everybody 177 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: on a sweet ass match? And Vin Baler basically says yes, 178 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: but at least now they get a cool match in 179 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: Ireland tonight. We record these on Mondays. They released on Wednesday, 180 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: so you'll have already seen the match. You'll know how 181 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: it ended, but it should be pretty sweet. The news 182 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: the biggest news story in the WWE this week, bron 183 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: Breaker suspended indefinitely by Adam Pierce, and I gotta say 184 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm with bron I stand with mister Breaker. Adam Pierce. Well, 185 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: let's let's set this up. Let's set this up first. Okay, 186 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: So Penta and Dragonlee versus Austin Theory and Bronson Reid 187 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: representing the Vision and it ended in a disqualification when 188 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: bron Breaker can't say that five times fast? When bron Breaker, 189 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: bron Breaker stormed in and he spears both Dragonly and Penta, right. 190 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: Penta takes a great spear, by the way, Dulph Ziggler 191 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: takes the best spear in the world, but pent takes 192 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: a pretty sweet spirit. There's all kinds of craziness. Adam 193 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: Pierce comes out, it gets physical, it gets heated. Should 194 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: have said heated then physical, and Adam Pierce has had 195 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: enough and he suspends Breaker indefinitely. Paul Hayman chirps in 196 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: there because he's the master, right he goes. Let me 197 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: just slow everything down for a second because technically you 198 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: touched braun Breaker first. He's very slow and deliberate with 199 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: his with his backstage promos and his in ring promos, 200 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 1: which he did. He did. You can't put your hands 201 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: on ww talent. They fired h what's his face from 202 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: American Gladiators, the little guy, Mike Adamley. They fired Mike 203 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: Adimley when he slapped the shit out of Randy Orton. 204 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: Boom fired. You're gone. Now this wasn't a slap, but 205 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: he put his hands on him. So Paul Hayman can 206 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: be like yay Man. Look, don't forget what happened to 207 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: Mike Adamley. You could be gone too. Unless you bring 208 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: braun Breaker back. Say that five times fast, bring bron 209 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: Breaker back. You're gonna say Brack. I guarantee you guys 210 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: remember Brack from Space Ghost Coast to Coast on Cartoon 211 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: Network back in the day. That was the shit anyway, 212 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: Oh side quest, if any of you remember that Space 213 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: Ghost Coast to Coast show, you can YouTube my name 214 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: and Highway forty and it's legit me and that alien Brac. 215 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: The dude's name was Andy. He was a cool dude, 216 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: and uh we sang this song that he wrote and 217 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: made up. It's stupid and ridiculous, but it'll make you laugh. 218 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: So just google that highway forty, Freddie Prinz Junior and 219 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: Brack and it'll come up for sure. All right, moving on, 220 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: you guys are like, what, I'm not gonna I'm not 221 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: gonna YouTube that YouTube. And man, it's funny, I'm telling you. 222 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: I shrink and I get into this little miniature truck 223 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: and we sing a song and we sing like little 224 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: girls and monsters and all kinds of stuff. It's fantastic. 225 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: Your kids might go to sleep it, you never know, 226 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: and have nightmares. Here we go, moving on. Wwe SmackDown 227 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: the Ovo Arena in Whimbley, London. Why ain't you just 228 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: call it the Ovo? Or maybe you do, I don't know. Anyway, 229 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: here's what happened. The bagpipe from Dundundun, Dun Dundun anyway, 230 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: all these bagpipe dudes came out and they were all 231 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: blowing in the into the bags and pushing the air 232 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,119 Speaker 1: out and hitting all the notes and it sounded fantastic. 233 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: And Drew McIntyre came out to an entire arena screaming 234 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: and shouting, and he goes in the ring and he 235 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: cuts this wonderful promo where he talks about being a 236 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: British world champion. Normally you wouldn't do that if you're Scottish, 237 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: you'd say I'm the first Scottish World Champion. But it 238 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: really makes the crowd just love him even more, acknowledging 239 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: that right, and they're like, yeah, he's one of of us? 240 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: What of us? What of us? So he goes in 241 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: there and then he flips it on everybody and he says, Nope, 242 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: fuck y'all. You guys weren't with me when I got 243 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: screwed over. You guys weren't with me when I got 244 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: screwed over the second time, the third, the fourth, the fifth, 245 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: the sixth. Every time I get where were you? Where 246 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: were you? You were nowhere? I'm thinking, no one but myself 247 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: is all about me. And let me tell you something else, 248 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: Cody Rhodes, you think you're going to get an immediate rematch. Wrong, wrong, 249 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: that's more Charlie Murphy for you. He goes, because you 250 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: know you're an American and I know, most Americans can't 251 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: even read, so in the contract there's a no rematch clause. 252 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: So you're out, bitch. You're in the back of the line. 253 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: You got to come all the way back from the 254 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: bottom to the top if you want another shot at this, 255 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: and even if you get a shot, your ass is grass. 256 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: So this is wonderful. By the way, the audience is 257 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: with him and against him, like some of them are 258 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: going to love him no matter what. But he did 259 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: flip a good amount of them, so they're giving him 260 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: some hate, which was fantastic. So no shot for him. 261 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: Then Randy Orton interrupts him and he calls his shot. 262 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: He's like, look, dude, you saw what I did to 263 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: the miz. You saw what I'll do to Trick Williams. 264 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: If that dude comes at me, I'm the man. I'm 265 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: bigger than your ass and I want that championship. Jacob Fatu, 266 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: he's back. We know he's back. He interrupts. Now he 267 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: runs into the segment, and I know you're saying, Freddy, 268 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: there's a lot of run. It's the segment works beautifully. 269 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: He comes in and Drew wants nothing to do with Jacob. 270 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: He saw him in the steel cage and even Jacob, 271 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: even though Jacob allowed him to win the steel cage match, 272 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: he knows Jacob hates him, so he runs away. He 273 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: gets the hell out of there, and then the miss 274 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: comes out sneaky. He's been taking a whooping lady, and 275 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: he hits Randy with a skull crushing finale, and then 276 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: they have a match, which didn't matter because Randy beat 277 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: his ass anyway, and he moved on. We'll get into 278 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: that in a second, but anyway, Cody now asked to 279 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: use the Royal Rumble, which he talks about in his 280 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: promo later in the show, as his vehicle to get 281 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: back there. I don't think he's winning it three times 282 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: in a row. You guys already know who my pick is, 283 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: but we'll we'll reiterate who I said it was later 284 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: in the show. Fa tou who the hell knows? Bro. 285 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: If he's healthy and they believe he's gonna stay healthy, 286 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: you could see him winning the belt really really quick, 287 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: not at the Royal Rumble. Something will happen that he'll 288 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: get screwed and he won't get it. Then they're not 289 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: gonna take it off Dree right away. They can't do 290 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: that to him again, or I guess maybe they could. 291 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: I mean, that's been his story, is he's constantly getting 292 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: the host, but I don't think it's gonna happen, and 293 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: then five to two will have to overcome more adversity 294 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: to eventually become champ. But I could see him winning. 295 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: I just can't see him winning at the Rumble. Anyway, 296 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: we were talking about Randy Orton in them is you 297 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: got the cheap shot on him, but doesn't matter because 298 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: he still hit the RKO the three most dangerous letters 299 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: in all of professional wrestling. I hate when they say 300 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: sports entertainment, just say professional wrestling. We get one of 301 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: the veterans, they get to anchor that sort of fatal 302 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: four way that they're gonna have to see who the 303 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: number one contender is on Saturday night's main event. I 304 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: got to make sure to watch that. Sometimes I have 305 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: game nights on Saturday nights. That's not good. Next time 306 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: Trick Williams defeating Matt Cardona. Jeff and I disagreed on 307 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: the direction of the company saw Cardona. He saw him 308 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: as a world champ. I saw him as like a 309 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: US champion or continental champ. Look who was right? Look 310 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: who was right? Because who beat Matt Trick Williams. Matt 311 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: doesn't get to go to the Fatal four way. He's 312 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: gonna have to focus and build himself up on the 313 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: mid card and then if that works, then get that push. 314 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: But your boy, your boy was right. Oh I thought 315 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: I sucked at booking. I thought I sucked you do 316 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: so whatever, anyway, I was right this time. Moving on, 317 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: there's a good match by the way, quick but good 318 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: Damien Priest versus Sola Soakoa. This is also the qualifier 319 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: to get into the Fatal four way. The MFT had 320 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: all their guys out there, so they're like eighteen hundred 321 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: people deep. The WIAT six jumped out. I wish they'd 322 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: do something more with the six many. I don't know. 323 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: I never talk about him and I want to, but 324 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: they just don't ever have a real story to talk 325 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: about it. It's I don't know, it's weird. But anyway 326 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: they came out. Are they even the odds? And Damian 327 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: Priest gets to win over Sola so CoA. Now your 328 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: boy Sammy Zane took on Ilia Dragonov. They seem to 329 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: be pretty behind, but in this case he was there 330 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: to do work and put Sammy over, and Sammy went 331 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: over big. It gives him some big time emotion, mainly 332 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: because he gets attacked after the match by Trick Williams. 333 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: And now they can meet up in Montreal, which puts 334 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: a little personal story up in there, so the crowd 335 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: will be super behind him. They'll really hate Trick, so 336 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: that's super super smartly done. And we get a match 337 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: with them too, which is gonna be cool. Who's gonna 338 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: win the fatal for way, oh man, that's gonna be 339 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: that's gonna be tough. I don't think it'll be Sammy. 340 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: I think my Sammy's my pick for the Royal Rumble, 341 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: and this only helps push that story for it. If 342 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: he loses this match, and whether he's pinned or not, 343 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: I don't think it matters. But I don't think he'll 344 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: be the one that gets pinned. Probably I'm gonna go Randy, 345 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: and then Randy versus Drew and Drew gets the win 346 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: at the Rumble. Maybe that's what I'm thinking. But anyway, 347 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: Cody Rhodes versus Jacob Fatu, We've got the match and 348 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: it is officially officially headed to Saturday Night's main event. 349 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: Rhodes cut a promo early in the show where he said, Hey, 350 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to the Royal Rumbo. You want to know 351 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: rematch me? Fine, Punk, I'll see you soon, he says. 352 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: He tells Fatu and Yo, dude, you cost me my title. 353 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: You got a receipt, come in your way. I don't 354 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: care when, I don't care how but it could be 355 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: right now. Fatu comes out later and he says, Oh, 356 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: you wanted some smoke, Come get some smoke, and Cody's like, yep, 357 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: cool boom. He comes out, They get to smoke, They 358 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: start fighting, they have to get broken up, and then 359 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: Nick Eldis, the superior general manager to Adam Pierced by 360 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: far Nick Allis wasn't having none of it. He sets 361 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: the match up for Saturday night's main event. It gives 362 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: Cody something to do for sure in this brief period 363 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: of time, but it doesn't have to have the belt 364 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: for the next ten years for the company to grow. 365 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: So I don't think his destiny is gold just yet. 366 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: So I think these stories are good for him, and 367 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: it's constant roadblocks in his way and that can buy 368 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: them sometimes. So I think it helps back to the 369 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: United States of America in the southwest, one of the 370 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: four Corner states, just west of New Mexico. We're going 371 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: to Arizona, the Arizona Financial Theater. This was a great venue. 372 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: It looked awesome. I love seeing wrestling in a theater 373 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: at theatrical atmosphere like that, where the audience is only 374 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: on one side of the ring basically, and you're presenting 375 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: yourself as artists, because I always feel like professional wrestling 376 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: doesn't get the credit it deserves for the art they 377 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: create a lot of Like people are like, oh, it's 378 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: provisional wrestling, and it's like, you don't say that. In 379 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: a Jackie Chan movie. You go, oh, another fight scene. 380 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: You go, oh no, that's a cool fight. Care about 381 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 1: the fight because you care about Jackie, because you care 382 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: about the story. He's in same thing with professional wrestling. 383 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: And some of you are like, yo, man, we're talking 384 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: aew to forget the story mat I just like sick matches. 385 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: I'm with you. Once I've seen the Jackie Chan movie, 386 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: once I fast forward the stories, I know the exact 387 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: minute marks where the fight scenes are, and I go 388 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: right to the sick fights too. It's one of the 389 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: reasons I love professional wrestling. It's just the fight scenes 390 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: for movies with sick choreography. Most of the time. Sometimes 391 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: you get some misses in there, but it's freaking live, man, 392 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: Give him a break. You don't have to call it 393 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: out every time. All right, So here we go. We're 394 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: at the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. This was 395 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: live on TBS and HBO Max or is it just 396 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: called Max? Should be called HBO, man. HBO is cooler 397 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: than Cinemax unless you were like into like the soft 398 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: core stuff. Then it was called skin Amax, and it 399 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: was like eleven o'clock at night. They had a show 400 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: called The Red Shoe Diaries. My mom came in, She's like, 401 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: what are you doing watching this? I switch a child there. 402 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: I'm watching Star Wars on HBO. My'm busted. Anyway, Oh 403 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: to be thirteen and fourteen years I don't know how 404 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: old that was, and we had skin Amax, but it 405 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: was the best anyway. Um, everybody hates MJF and everybody's 406 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: after MJF. Samoa Joe's trying to deal with Hangman Page 407 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: called him a fool. It's tough getting called a fool, man. 408 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: You gotta beat that guy's ass. That should slow Hangman 409 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: Page down a little bit so that MJF can have 410 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: focus on a singular opponent. But I love what they're 411 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: doing right now. U Samoa Joe said, I put a 412 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: bounty on you. You know what that means. Brian Keith's coming. 413 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: You know what that means. They're gonna have Adam Page 414 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 1: versus Brian Keith. You know what that means. Adam Page 415 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: is going to beat that ass next. Darby Allen versus 416 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: Park Match of the Week. I don't know, man, these 417 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: dudes fought everywhere Match of the week. Maybe, um they 418 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: fought all over the theater, almost said arena, but they 419 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: fought all over the theater. The referee got beat down 420 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: through no fault of his own. This wasn't this wasn't refinar. 421 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: You know, he's a victim in this case. While he 422 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: was hurt, Darby Allen decided to put a chair around 423 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: the injured ankle of Pock and do a coffin drop 424 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,640 Speaker 1: on it. That was awesome, by the way. That looks 425 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: so cool, and he's screaming. Wheeler Da came in to 426 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: try to screw it up, but that backfired. You know, 427 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: some people are saying, you know, Darby could go heal 428 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 1: and this isn't heal stuff. You got to remember what 429 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: this group did to him. This is revenge, and it's 430 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: revenge over morality. Right now, there's some motive, there's some 431 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: story because a lot of shit's happened in five years. Now, 432 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: they can tell these stories. Whether they're trying to or not, 433 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: the stories are gonna be there. I know some aw 434 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: people are like, man, fuck a story. We're just telling 435 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: you know, awesome matches in there. You're doing both whether 436 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: you like it or not. Now because you guys have 437 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: been around and there's history between these wrestlers and they 438 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: don't like each other, the characters. I'm sure they dig 439 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: each other in real life. But it's awesome and it 440 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: makes the matches more compelling. It gives you more of 441 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: a reason why. So I love it all right. Moving on, 442 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: Kenny Omega, Hangman, Page and Swerve Strickland. Three paths to 443 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: one man, and that man is MJF. They're all after him. 444 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: I love this. He's a marked man by three people 445 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: that are loved equally by all the fans of ae W. 446 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: So it's hard to even pick a favorite. You want 447 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: all of them to wrestle, right, you want, A fatal 448 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: four way is what you want, but I don't think 449 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna get that, not yet anyway. And a fatal 450 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: four way protects the champ, even though the story is 451 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: no anybody could lose. It protects the champ because anybody 452 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: can lose, and he can be the one that pins them. 453 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: We have a three lane contender. Adam Page is on 454 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: a righteous mission. Swerve's trying to get his supremacy vow 455 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: intact and take over aw and Kenny Omega's like, yo, man, 456 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: I know I'm getting older, but I can still be 457 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: the man. I know how things ended the last time 458 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: we wrestled. You got me, but I'm I'm better than you, 459 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: and I know I can beat you. They all have 460 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: a different reason to get there. One wants to prove 461 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: he still got it. The other one is out in 462 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,719 Speaker 1: Page and he feels like he should simply be the 463 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: face of the franchise. And Swerve is all about supremacy, right, 464 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: that's his that's his thing. I'm gonna I'm gonna rule 465 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: this but a in a benevolent dictator sort of way. 466 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: We got Kenny Omega versus Josh Alexander we know who's 467 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: winning that match unless they're Shenanigans. But even if they're Shenanigans, 468 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: because they knew they were gonna lose. So let's get 469 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: to the main event. MJF versus Bandido. MJF came out 470 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: looking dope, had a cool arm band on. You guys 471 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: should look at that. He taps out Bandido a technical 472 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: submission because Bandido didn't tap, he just went out, but 473 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: he retained the AEW World Championship. Bandido took him to 474 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: the limit. This match was awesome. They beat the crap 475 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: out of each other. They were talking back and forth, 476 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: the crowd was into it the whole time. They were 477 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: exhausted at the end the match, and I thought this 478 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: was so slick. And MJF sits there and the crowd's 479 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: screaming and booing and cheering and jeering, and he grabs 480 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: a microphone. I guess, you know, maybe the ref he 481 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: you know, he's like, give me a mic, and the 482 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: rest bringing him a mic and he gets the microphone 483 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: and he's like, hey, man, I didn't believe in you, Bandido. 484 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: I didn't think you were the man. I thought, you know, 485 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: you were just another wrestler. And I beat the best luchadors. 486 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm the king of the luchadors. I'm MJF. But I 487 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: was wrong. You're pretty tough. You took me to the limit. 488 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: I never thought you'd be a champion, but now I 489 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: know that one day you will be, which sucks because 490 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 1: now I have to do this. And he takes the 491 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: belt and he attacks the injured shoulder of bandido with 492 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: him blab hits him with the belt and he's gonna 493 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: beat him some more and injure him and make sure 494 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: he never wears a championship until Brodie King runs out 495 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: there and Mgf's like, yo, that guy's huge and has 496 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: tattoos everywhere, and he gets the hell out love this match, 497 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: good clean, clean win for MJF. Even though he's the 498 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: bad guy, as clean as a bad guy can win. 499 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: It still get some bad guy heat after the match, 500 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: so we still hate him. We don't go yeah, MJFF. No, 501 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: we go no, why m Jeff. Why? But we could 502 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: get MJF versus Brodie King, right, get a little payback 503 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: for your bro and it keeps the other guys away 504 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: from him, It keeps MJF busy. We can get another 505 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: MGF match before a pay per view, which would be cool. 506 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: But the thing, the real match is of those three, 507 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: who's it going to be? Or do we get the 508 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: final four way match? Is it going to be MJF 509 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: versus Swerve, versus Hangman or versus Omega? It's got to 510 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: be Omega first. I believe it's Omega first because he 511 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: cut the first promo on him. And then maybe we 512 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: get to a fatal four way or maybe we just 513 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: spread them all out and get all three and MGF 514 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: runs through all three dudes. Wouldn't that be something? All right? 515 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: You guys? That was the week in wrestling. Pro Wrestling 516 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: continues to stay fun to talk about because you guys 517 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: keep coming back and listening. I love this as an 518 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: art form. I'm gonna keep doing this show forever. And 519 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: let's talk about tomorrow show because on Sanctioned Thursday, we're 520 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: bringing back the Indie Talent Spotlight with our first guest 521 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty six here in late January mid January, 522 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: We've got Nick Nolan from seth Rawlins Black and Brave Wrestling. 523 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: We're going to get into his history, his present, and 524 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: his future. Thank you guys for tuning in on behalf 525 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: of my podcast partner jeff I, who couldn't be with 526 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: us today. He'll be back next week. I'm Freddie Prinz 527 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: on behalf of Alex as well. We say thank you 528 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: and