WEBVTT - Homecoming Recap and The Double Pay Per View Weekend 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.800 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.640 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.440 Bye from San Francisco. I'm a sports byline broadcasting network. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:19.840 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.239 Brian Alvarez and Mike Semper vv. 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:25.640 Right, you're ready, When you're ready. 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:26.480 Let's get it off. 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:34.040 How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.720 We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.720 three Eastern Sunday three Pacific sixth Eastern Saturday Morning is 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.400 with Jim Valley, Tenday and Pacific one Eastern Sundays with 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.159 andrews Arean. It is Wednesday here on the show. You 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.200 know that means we got a lot to talk about. 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:56.400 Last night was NXT Homecoming. We'll have a full recap 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:00.880 on the show today. Tonight is aw See. Remember it's 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:05.920 actually a three hour block and it looks like we've 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:10.440 got eleven segments announced for the show, which has to 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:14.240 be a world record, I think for any individual episode 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:18.120 of Dynamite. They are letting you know what's on the 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:23.479 show tonight, So we'll see how it does in the ratings. 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.840 We'll go over the full lineup for the show and 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.320 where everything is going heading to the double pay per 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:33.360 view weekend. We've got aw All Out which is taking 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.560 place during the day on Saturday, and we have a 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:40.679 Russell Palooza which is taking place during the night. And 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.840 for those of you wondering the weekend coverage looks to 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.000 be Vinnie and I will be watching All Out live. 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.880 We will do a post show immediately afterwards. I will 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.880 then do a show later in the evening with Dave 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:58.960 talking All Out and Russell Palooza, and then Sunday's Bryan 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:02.760 of any show, we'll cover Wressel Palooza. We'll get Vinie's 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.200 and Craig's thoughts on that. So a lot of coverage 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.600 of all of these shows coming up this weekend. We'll 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.440 preview everything here and then we got a lot of 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:19.440 news regarding Wressell Palooza ESPN. They did some media calls. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:21.359 It's gonna be a lot of fun to go over 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:25.200 some of those, so we'll do that and then and 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.360 then as noted, we'll talk about some other news notes 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.920 and then the NXT Homecoming review, which was quite the 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.560 Newsworthy show leading to I think quite a newsworthy show 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.239 next week. 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Check it out two Pacific five Eastern every Wednesday, 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.400 live on Sports Byeline USA. 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:01.000 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.800 and Mike SIMPERVV on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.440 Back on the show, Brian Alvarez here, Wrestling Observer Live Filthy. 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.200 Tom Lawler is joining. 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.799 Us here today, what's up, Skipper? 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:18.719 And apparently tomorrow as well because our old buddy Orange 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.360 Crush is going to be on the show. He's got 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:22.719 a lot to talk about, Tom. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.320 I'm guessing that includes a lot of art. 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:31.680 I know you're a fan. It's a secret actually on tomorrow. Yeah, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.479 there actually is a secret, but that'll be tomorrow. So 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:41.120 tonight is September to remember, a three hour block of 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:49.560 aw programming and eleven segments. Eleven segments announced for this show. 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:56.240 Yeah, it might be busy tomorrow three hours again, ye ahi, 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:57.440 yeah yeah. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.760 Corumba, Well, you know you can always fast forward through 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.240 commercials and cut about twenty minutes off the show. I 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.159 found he realized the other day. Dave actually told me 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.080 that they normally announced lots of things in advance. He 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.400 actually said that to me. I think he can't just 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:16.160 help but argue, this is the most that has been 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:20.680 announced for a Dynamite shown advance. I think of all time, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:25.240 I said, dating back to twenty twenty, this at this point. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:30.320 With eleven matches announced for Dynamite in advance, what they do. 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.440 You even have eleven matches in three hours? 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.760 Well, there's eleven segments, but the actually most of these 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:40.760 are matches. We have three all out tag title match qualifiers, 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.760 Young Bucks versus The Gun Club, Lucasaurs and Kip Saban 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:49.000 versus Jet Speed top Flight versus Josh Alexander and Etchi Sero. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:54.600 All of those matches should be good, if not great. 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:59.960 We have Tekla versus Queen Amanada, which scares the bejezus 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.000 of me because they had a match once and and 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.280 Queen Amanada I think tried to kill her and now 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.560 they're doing a no holds barred match. We have got 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.440 an all out unified title match qualifier. The winner of 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:18.680 this match will be in the three way with uh 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:24.480 Tekeushta and Okada, and it's the Beast Mortas versus Mascarriderata. 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.240 The Beast Mortos is booked elsewhere on Saturday. If you 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:31.360 don't want spoilers, I just ruined it for you. But 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.120 who knows, maybe something crazy will happen. Bobby Lashley will 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.960 face Total Leona, which is very much like Tecla versus 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.280 Queen Aminada, but in a different way because these guys 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.880 had a brawl on the show last Wednesday, and uh 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.800 and Bobby Lashley didn't sell one thing for Total Leona, 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.760 not one thing. Now they're gonna have a match together, 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.800 so that's gonna be exciting. John Moxley versus Roderick Strong, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.640 Hangman Page and Kyle Fletcher have a contract signing. There's 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:04.320 an FTR face to face with Copeland and Christian, there's 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:10.400 a Tony Storm feature, and there's Rijo versus Robin Renegade 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:16.320 all tonight on September to Remember. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:22.679 For aw, you almost forgot September to Remember. 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.520 Well, I didn't almost forget. I got a text message 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.959 like I always do, right in the middle of trying 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.160 to recap something which throws me off my game. I 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.360 should just shut all of this down, but sometimes it's 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:39.560 something important. So anyway, that's the line up here tonight. Excited. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.160 I mean, I'm gonna watch it. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.760 I mean, come on, dude, it's three hours of wrestling. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.160 We got three hours of wrestling almost every single day. 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:56.880 We only had two hours last night on that. Yeah, 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.319 SmackDown's back to two. You should be happy about that. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.160 Although this weekend, I'll bet we have nine hours of 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.800 wrestling because. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.640 Oh, all Out starts for good, because it never ends, 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.960 because it never ends my entire life, whether I want 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.840 it or not, whether I can't escape it, every single 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.000 freaking weekend. 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.439 Yeah, hours and hours. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:27.400 And this weekend it's all something. It's all wrestling because 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.520 it's Wressell Palooza and aew. 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:34.200 Well, this weekend's gonna be silly because Wrestle Palooza and 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.480 All Out were originally head to head and then Tony 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:42.760 moved All Out to twelve Pacific three Eastern. But the 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.000 last time this happened, the last time they did this, 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.720 he deliberately ran like the longest show of all time 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.840 to try to bleed into the wrestle. So it's actually 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:56.480 gonna probably be even longer because you know, instead of 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.480 going head to head, we're just gonna go really long 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:00.040 and end up head to head at the end, and 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.280 then we got Russell Palooza, which is on whatever it's on. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.920 Okay, the problem with that is that I'm sorry, but 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.839 the proto Star versus Hangman doesn't have quite the same 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:15.760 juice that they had last time they went head to head, 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:16.880 you know what I mean? 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.360 Well, I do know what you mean, but I think 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:23.040 the bigger issue is that some people are still stuck 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.679 with this idea that you don't have a choice, you 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.120 must choose only one or the other. And it's twenty 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:30.800 twenty five. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.760 Can you please make sure that I have to do 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:33.360 that choice? 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:37.240 I literally force me to. Please, Dude, Name one show 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.880 I've wanted to watch, not one I wanted to go to, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.839 because that's triple a. Name one show that I've wanted 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:47.440 to watch that I didn't because of a timing issue 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:52.840 or a head to head or whatever. It's twenty twenty five, everybody, 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.920 If you want to watch a show, you're just gonna 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.599 watch the show. It doesn't matter if it's head to 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.800 head with another show. It doesn't matter if it's the 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.720 same day as another show. It doesn't matter which show's 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.280 going first or last. You're gonna watch the shows you 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:12.040 want to watch. That's it. So, I mean, it's not 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.040 nineteen eighty eight, where you know your cable provider is 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.960 either gonna give you a Survivor series or I mean, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.920 it's not like that anymore. Well, we can all watch everything. 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.840 Yeah, but you also may not want to watch everything. Yeah, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.200 and you know what, the stuff there's college football going on. 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.439 Now, you're right, but you know what, what's my point? 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.200 If you want to watch one of them, you're gonna 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:37.040 watch it, right. Are you gonna miss your Turkish oil 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:38.640 wrestling if you want to watch it? 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:39.560 No? 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:45.680 Correct, Actually there was like five tournaments this past weekend. 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:46.679 I didn't watch any of them. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:48.280 Well, you didn't want to watch it because I was 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.680 I had to watch wrestling. If you would want to 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.280 watch that Turkish oil wrestling, you would have watched it, 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.560 or you would have found the match you wanted to see. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.240 If there was Turkish oil wrestling in the Armor, you'd 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:00.880 have watched it. 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.280 The season is over, the Energy League season is over, 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.040 and they're just doing tournaments now for the fun of it. Okay, yeah, 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:12.000 so there's less stakes much like this aew all out show. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.559 That's a pretty big lineup compared. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.439 To the last the one in England that. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.440 Was that was literally their biggest show of the year. 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.960 We got Hangman versus Kyle Fletcher aw title. We got 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:29.880 Copin and Christian against FTR, Mercedes against Rijo for the 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:35.440 TBS title, Okada Takeshta and whoever wins that match tonight 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.800 in a three way Broddo against the three winners of 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.240 the three matches tonight in a ladder match. 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.920 Hold on, so it's hold on, Yes, we back up, 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.600 it's Mascara Dorata. Isn't that match tonight? 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:54.160 Yes? Okay, Yeah, he's gonna win, So it's gonna be 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:59.679 Derata Takeshta and Okada unified title. Three man, we got Hurt, 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.560 Cindy Kid versus Ricochet and Gates of Agony, six Man, 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:09.000 Moxley and Darby in a coffin match, Tony Storm against Tekla, 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.480 Jamie Hayter and Chris stat Lanner in a four way 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:15.520 for the women's title, MGF versus Mark Risco, Tables and 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:21.280 Tax Match and Eddie Kingston against Big Bill is your 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:26.840 lineup for all Out? And then Russell Palooza has Sena 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.640 and Lesner, Cody and Drew for the w WE title. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.560 Eo versus Stephanie for the World title, the Women's title, 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.440 Siam Punk and aj levers is Seth and Becky, which 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.720 really is the biggest match on the show. And Braun 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:45.480 and Braun versus USSO and USO to might be the 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.040 first time ever we've had a match like that. Braun 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.480 and Braun versus USO and USO. So there you go, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:56.360 big weekend. What are you gonna What are you gonna watch? First? 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.560 Turkish oil wrestling idiots? 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.200 Any of these shows sound more exciting than the other time. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.480 If I was forced to choose, I'd watch Russell Paluza Okay, 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.480 because I think it's the more noteworthy, newsworthy of the 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:14.360 two shows. If I was watching it for action, well, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.280 it's going to be almost always aw. 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.320 I guess we probably have had Hardy and Hardy versus 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.280 USO and USO. It must have happened before. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.840 Well, this isn't two people with the same last name. 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.080 It's two people with the same first name. It's true, 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.560 two people with the same last name. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.360 That's true. So that has never happened. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:33.680 Well, it may have. 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.320 I can't think of anything, because Vince never would allow 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:38.720 to people with the same name and even be in 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:43.960 the company at the same time. Right, figured out everybody 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:45.080 back in a moment Observer Live. 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.320 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.960 and Mike simper Vivi on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.400 Hi, what card is this? 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:13.640 What on Planet Earth? 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:14.600 Second? 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:20.640 For a minute, I have no absolutely no clue what 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.960 happened with Brian here, but during the break, some sort 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:30.400 of calamity has overtaken him. I suppose we could look 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.280 at a little bit of the news before we get 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:41.760 into NXT. Here in a moment, if there is any news. Ah, 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:46.280 here we go from the front page of The Wrestling 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:52.040 Observer cm Punk. Having aj Lee back in WW is 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:56.880 like a dream come true. He's having the time of 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.560 his life. Punk told part in my take when I 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:04.040 asked about his wife's return. Oh, right, like the uber 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.280 nerdiest wife guy. I always like to say, I try 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.160 to spend as much time with my wife as I can. 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.240 I spend a lot of time with her. It never 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.520 feels like it's enough. So having her back in this 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.199 environment with me. What are you talking about is like 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:19.159 a dream come true. I'm talking about the biggest angle 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.400 on raw talking about some comments from cmpunk. 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:23.440 Yeah, he's very happy. 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.119 That's about the return of his wife. Oh, j Lee. 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.679 Well, what I was doing during the break is do 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.440 you know how to get this new YESPN thing? 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:35.720 Well, I have it, so it depends on so. 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:36.560 You already signed up? 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:37.639 Yeah? 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:43.640 Okay, Well I hadn't when I went to ESPN and 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.719 they right in the upper left it's it's sign up. 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:48.800 Click here to sign up? 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:53.720 What all right? To listen to you and Dave argue 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:56.280 back and forth and have no clue what either one 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.240 of you were talking about the other night you did. Yeah, 0:17:58.280 --> 0:17:59.760 there's a thirty dollars bundle. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.119 Yeah, I just that's why I was doing during the break. 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:04.200 Has Disney and Hulu along with ESPN. 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.360 Yes, that's what I was doing during the break. That's 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.239 why I had you take over because it was like, 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:12.439 it goes last four digits and I didn't know what 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.040 card it was talking about, so I find whatever card 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.919 it was on. But yes, I now have ESPN, Unlimited, 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:23.919 Disney and Hulu Plus Live TV, all of these, so 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:25.800 I am. I am ready to go. 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.680 I don't think you have Hulu Plus Live TV. 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.000 No I did. I got the bundle or I got 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:31.239 Hulu whatever you go. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.200 There's a big difference between those two. 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:35.680 Well what do I get with this? 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.080 Just Hulu with probably Futurama or something. Who the heck noes? 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.080 I got a bundle. So do I have Hulu? 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.440 Now you have? Yes, you have Hulu, but you don't 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:47.320 have Hulu Live. 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.520 I see Okay, this is really hard. 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:54.119 This is really no. It's not that confusing, just not 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:54.679 that hard. 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.280 It says, what's the difference between Hulu and Hulu plus 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:57.840 Live TV. 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.000 One of them has live pell of one is just 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:04.560 old shows. So I do have the old shows. 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:06.879 Oh wow, cool. 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.679 Well, you know, some people like to watch stuff because 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.760 if you're gonna watch something, you're gonna watch it anyways. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:15.760 You're right, it doesn't matter if it's live, if you 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:17.960 really want to watch it, You're correct, You're gonna watch 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:18.400 it later. 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:20.920 You're correct. I forgot you were one of the people 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:22.680 that argue that they should have moved the star time. 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:26.120 I forgot about that. Oh well, hey, uh, we're gonna 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.640 we're gonna test something out here as well, because there 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:34.800 was a media call, an ESPN media call, and uh, 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:40.840 ESPN Plus Senior Vice President J. T. Lasker and VP 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:46.600 of Programming and Acquisitions Matt kenny Or asked if those 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:51.520 who report on wrestling will have quote full independence in 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:54.920 how they do so, he said, I think the answer 0:19:55.119 --> 0:20:00.800 to that is an emphatic yes, an unequivocal yes. There's 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.879 a separation of church and state, and we have some 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.600 pr folks on the call that can underscore that. But yes, 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:13.920 so they're saying they don't care what you say. If 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:18.040 they don't care how you report on WWE, they don't 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:25.840 care you have full independence and how we report on WWE. 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:27.560 What do you think about that? 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.720 I wasn't paying attention. I was watching people argue in 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:36.360 the chat they are we have full independence reporting on them? 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:37.600 Yeah? 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:38.199 You and me? 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:40.280 Are you talking about the YouTube chat? 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:41.000 Yeah? 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:42.359 What were they arguing about? 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:44.960 Anything? 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:48.800 ESPN and how to watch it and if it's plus 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:52.960 or unlimited or E. It's gonna be a disaster Saturday. 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:54.720 You know what's gonna be like. It's gonna be like 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:56.560 in two thousand and six when I couldn't find the 0:20:56.600 --> 0:21:00.920 Hall of Fame. Yep, but I already found this ESPN thing, 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:04.040 So I'm good to go. The rest of you gonna 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:07.359 you're gonna feel how I felt when they aired that 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:13.000 Hall of Fame on three feet call whatever it was 0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:15.119 on back, and that I still don't even know. I 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:16.720 don't even know how we were supposed to watch the 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.240 Hall of Fame back in two thousand and six. It's 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:20.160 still a mystery. 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:23.359 Maybe at ww New York you could have popped in 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:24.000 and watched it. 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:30.240 So now in addition to all of this, they claim 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:35.040 they were asked about Russell Balooza running against All Out, 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:46.320 and they claimed that competition had nothing to do with it. 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:50.399 It's just a coincidence whether they are running head to 0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:53.119 head or they were running head to head until Tony 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:57.560 moved with All Out. This fella. Matt Kenny here said 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:01.840 they will work collaboratively with w on the schedule, and 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:04.720 in this case, many of WWE's events have already been 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:09.359 scheduled for the year. He said. Traditionally, what are you 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:10.320 doing over there? 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:12.399 Moderating? 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:15.600 He said, Traditionally ESPN would work with a partners part 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:19.280 of a lengthy process in scheduling dates, working together on 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:22.960 a calendar. He said. The pls were not supposed to 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:26.920 start until April of twenty twenty six, and it wasn't 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:31.480 until WWE negotiated with NBCU and Peacock to get out 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.840 early that ESPN was able to move the timetable up. 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:37.800 And once they did, dang it, they wanted something big 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:42.280 in September. It just happened to be the same day 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:51.760 as aw all Out. So I will say this, maybe 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:57.320 maybe they're telling the truth and going forward there will 0:22:57.359 --> 0:23:02.680 not be head to head battle because WWE did want 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:05.920 to go head to head with Aw's World's End and 0:23:06.240 --> 0:23:10.159 an ESPN they were like, Nope, not happening, can't have 0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:13.360 that day. So you know, all of these other head 0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:19.360 to heads prior had always been with Peacock. So I'm very, 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:21.560 very skeptical that we will never see a head to 0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:24.480 head battle again. I don't believe it for a second. 0:23:24.880 --> 0:23:27.480 But perhaps they're telling the truth and this is the 0:23:27.600 --> 0:23:30.720