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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition

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<v Speaker 1>of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side

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<v Speaker 2>Live from San Francisco. I'm a sports byline broadcasting network.

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<v Speaker 2>You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts,

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Alvarez and Mike SEMPERVV.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're ready, When you're ready, let's get it all.

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<v Speaker 1>How's it going, everybody. Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live.

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<v Speaker 1>We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific Threeastern,

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday three Pacific sixt Eastern, Saturday mornings with Jim Valley

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<v Speaker 1>at Tenday and Pacific one Eastern. And it is Friday

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<v Speaker 1>here on the show. And you know what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a very busy weekend coming up, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have a bunch of lineups for everybody wants to know

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<v Speaker 1>what they should watch this weekend, which by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty much everything, as we have got a SmackDown

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<v Speaker 1>tonight with the Bloodline civil war beginning. For those of

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<v Speaker 1>you that have been following the Bloodline storyline, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>US's against Roman Reigns and Solo Soca and money in

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<v Speaker 1>the bank. We have a full lineup for SmackDown, five segments,

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<v Speaker 1>slash matches, and ask for the show here tonight. We

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<v Speaker 1>also have Dynamite, and I've got a spoiler free lineup

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<v Speaker 1>for the Dynamite Show. But I would like to tell

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<v Speaker 1>you right now, without revealing anything, that if you are

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<v Speaker 1>listening to this program right now, you should watch Rampage

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<v Speaker 1>tonight because something cool is gonna happen on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got Dynamite. Actually we don't have Dynamite. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Rampage.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Collision. We have Collision on Saturday night and we have

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<v Speaker 1>six matches slash segments announced for the Collision Show. And

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<v Speaker 1>we also know that we are going to find out

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<v Speaker 1>a mystery partner for Sting and Darby Allen on Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, Sunday is Forbidden Door. We have got a

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<v Speaker 1>full line up for Forbidden Door. Tony Kahan did a

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<v Speaker 1>media call in advance of Forbidden Door, and he talked

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<v Speaker 1>about a lot of things, including all one Bill Phil.

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<v Speaker 1>So we gonna tell you about some of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that he talked about in that press conference, and also

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<v Speaker 1>we will talk to UH or we will hear from

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<v Speaker 1>UH Brian Danielson an interview that he did regarding Okada,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is being his dream match that he's wanted

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<v Speaker 1>for so long and never thought it was actually a possibility.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of other news. We're gonna take your text

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<v Speaker 1>Back Gonna Show. Brian Albarez here, Wrestling Observer Alive. Mike

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<v Speaker 1>semper vv also of Wrestling Observer dot Com. Go all right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get started here today.

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<v Speaker 6>Angelas.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I went to l A. I get shut your.

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<v Speaker 6>What's your love of LA in California? Is it? Is

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<v Speaker 6>it a thing up there where you are where you

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<v Speaker 6>just wanted to be from somewhere else? I mean you

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<v Speaker 6>used you know, look at the theme.

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<v Speaker 1>You used in What are you Wearing?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you mean?

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<v Speaker 6>What am I wearing?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you wearing?

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<v Speaker 6>We're in a throwbag? Baltimore, Colts Gino Markets.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you live in Baltimore?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah? I did?

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<v Speaker 1>You don't? Now it's kind of weird, now, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 1>You want you want to live in Baltimore or something

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<v Speaker 1>like that?

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<v Speaker 8>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>What happens. I go places and I buy shirts. And

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<v Speaker 1>I went to LA and I bought a shirt. I

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<v Speaker 1>bought a shirt when I went to Maui. I bought

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<v Speaker 1>a shirt when I went.

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<v Speaker 5>All over the place.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know the problem is. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>why everyone has a problem with me today, Like, what's

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<v Speaker 1>the problem? The show hasn't even started. I'm irritated. Listen

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<v Speaker 1>if Dave wrote something in the Observer that you don't

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<v Speaker 1>like I talk about, what does that have to do

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<v Speaker 1>with me? It has nothing to do with me. It

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<v Speaker 1>has nothing to do with me. I didn't write it,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't say it. I don't know why everyone's mad

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<v Speaker 1>at me about it. And then it was like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, uh, you know, I don't know we're the

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<v Speaker 1>same guy or something. We're not. Actually he wrote something

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. So if you're mad, get mad at him

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<v Speaker 1>about it, not me. And if you don't like hearing

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<v Speaker 1>about it, I don know why you're listening to the show.

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<v Speaker 1>You know a guy got mad at me? That Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's tiring listening to uh talk about seeing punk. He's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the biggest stars and all of aw what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of show am I gonna run out and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Cmpunk Jimminy Christmas, but you know I will talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the Bloodline because the Bloodline civil War begins tonight

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<v Speaker 1>on SmackDown. This is the build towards Roman Reigns and

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<v Speaker 1>Solo Soca versus the USOS, So that's gonna be interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a title unification match. Were you aware that

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<v Speaker 1>there's a title unification match tonight? There is the WWE

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<v Speaker 1>Women's Tag Team champions. Rond De Rousey and SHANEA. Basler

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<v Speaker 1>will be facing Alba Fire and Isla Don and the

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<v Speaker 1>NXT and WWE Tag team titles are on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>which is interesting because I'm not saying all the teams

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<v Speaker 1>are great, because you know they're not. But there are

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of teams, a lot of women's teams in NXT,

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<v Speaker 1>and now they don't have NXT women's tag team titles anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know if they're gonna get a new

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<v Speaker 1>belt of some sort in NXT or what this sleution

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be. But we're unifying these titles so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we can set more records. Run Arousey and

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<v Speaker 1>Shana will now be a double champions. I guess maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they'll carry around a whole bunch of belts or anything.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we got Santos Escobar, Butch and l A.

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<v Speaker 8>Knight.

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<v Speaker 1>In a three way, we have got Bailey versus Shatzi.

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<v Speaker 1>The stipulation is if Shotzi wins, she is going to

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<v Speaker 1>take Bailey's spot in the Women's Money in the Bank

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<v Speaker 1>ladder match. And I don't know, here's the thing. Bailey's

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<v Speaker 1>a bigger star, okay, but you know they don't do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot with Shotzi. But you know they do do

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<v Speaker 1>with Shotzi. They put her in ladder matches and she's

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<v Speaker 1>not currently in the ladder match and Bailey is. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you were going to do some sort of storyline

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<v Speaker 1>with EO and Bailey to further lead to their split,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean EO could accidentally cost Bailey this match that

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<v Speaker 1>furthers that storyline, and then shots he can go in

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<v Speaker 1>and fall off stuff, which is what they like to

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<v Speaker 1>have her do. And then we have Cameron Grimes and

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<v Speaker 1>Baron Corbin. And you know, I'm not a big fan

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<v Speaker 1>of fifty to fifty booking or anything like that, but

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<v Speaker 1>Baron Corbin's got a NXT Championship match on Tuesday, and

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<v Speaker 1>in no universe should he be losing on the Friday

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<v Speaker 1>before Tuesday, so Cameron Grimes beat him quick the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>My guess is Baron Corbyn beats him here and or

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you could also do the deal which they

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<v Speaker 1>like to do, which is Cameron Grimes gets the win

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<v Speaker 1>after Carmelo Hayes costs Baron Corbin the match to set

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<v Speaker 1>up that title match on Tuesday. I hope that Baron

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<v Speaker 1>isn't winning on Tuesday, but you know, I can't rule

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<v Speaker 1>anything out. But that is smack Down here tonight. And

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<v Speaker 1>the show's been on fire of late. It's regularly the

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<v Speaker 1>number one show on television and I'm slot the Bloodline

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<v Speaker 1>stuff has been adding literally a half million viewers, which

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<v Speaker 1>is impossibly successful. So we'll see how it goes tonight.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, nothing, all right, I can't no, no, look you agreed,

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<v Speaker 6>I don't want to anger you right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Or agreed? Do I look angry to you?

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<v Speaker 6>Just as a addition to what we talked about a

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<v Speaker 6>couple of days ago when he came to Seth Rollins

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<v Speaker 6>and wondering if Seth Rollins was in the mud when

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<v Speaker 6>he came to NXT apparently granted, I know it was

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<v Speaker 6>an overrun, but I believe it hit about nine hundred

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<v Speaker 6>and fifty thousand people.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighty it was basically a million viewers watched the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the seth Rawlins Bronze Breaker match, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at the quarter hours, I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>know it wasn't granted almost, but I mean the point

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<v Speaker 1>is like it was one of those deals where it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of goes like this and then it shoots straight up.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the overrun for that seth Rawlins. And the

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<v Speaker 1>only times that you see that are you know, Sammy

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<v Speaker 1>Zay and the lead up to Montreal did that, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Baron Corbin for his thousand Days celebration and the

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<v Speaker 1>angle that they did last week when they split everybody up.

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<v Speaker 1>Those also boom went straight up. So yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was good stuff.

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<v Speaker 6>Look for that again too. No matter what it is,

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<v Speaker 6>no matter how corny it ends up being, if you

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<v Speaker 6>think it's that way, no matter how great and artistic

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<v Speaker 6>and cinematic you believe it is, whatever happens tonight, it's

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<v Speaker 6>probably gonna do the same exact thing.

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<v Speaker 1>What did he do for a thousand days? I think

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<v Speaker 1>the thousand Days celebration was at two point eight million,

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<v Speaker 1>and the bloodline Breakup was also at two point eight million,

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<v Speaker 1>so they virtually did three million viewers for those two segments.

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<v Speaker 1>So they were very, very successful. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>was mentioning this on the Brian of Inny show last night.

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<v Speaker 1>I the more I think about it, I mean, there's

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<v Speaker 1>nothing wrong with and obviously there's not only nothing wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, as we're gonna talk about later, there're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be more main roster stars going to NXT because

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to boost the NXT numbers we got. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to renegotiate television deals that sort of thing,

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<v Speaker 1>so they want these numbers to be strong, and obviously

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<v Speaker 1>when you bring big names down, the numbers are strong.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, this was the first time ever that

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<v Speaker 1>NXT ranked number three on cable. Never if they ranked

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<v Speaker 1>number three on cable, So they would love to have

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<v Speaker 1>NXT regularly in the top five, top ten. Got to

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<v Speaker 1>remember there were periods where NXT on USA wasn't even

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<v Speaker 1>the top fifty, and they hit number three for that

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<v Speaker 1>show with Seth. But the problem when I got thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about it, was all right, well he beat Braun, and

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<v Speaker 1>obviously they want to give Braun. This is the thing

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<v Speaker 1>They think that Braun got the because he had a

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<v Speaker 1>championship match on NXT with seth Rawlins and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a good match and he kicked out of moves and

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<v Speaker 1>he ended up losing in the end. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they think he got the rub and you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you did. But my thought is it was already

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<v Speaker 1>clear before this match that there ain't nothing left for

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<v Speaker 1>bron Breaker to do an NXT. He's done it all.

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<v Speaker 1>He's even stated in his storyline, I don't want the

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<v Speaker 1>title anymore. So you know, at some point he's got

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<v Speaker 1>to go up to the main roster. And does anyone

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<v Speaker 1>here think that bron Breaker has gone up to the

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<v Speaker 1>main roster and beating Roman Reigns, Well, he's not, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>But what you could have done is you could have

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<v Speaker 1>brought him up to the main roster, debut him on

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<v Speaker 1>Raw and had him, you know, smash folks to build

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<v Speaker 1>up to a match with seth Rawlins for the title.

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<v Speaker 1>But what they did was the Raw World Champion has

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<v Speaker 1>already beaten bron Breaker, and so now what like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like you can't build to it again. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he could get called and eventually beat seth Walins, for

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<v Speaker 1>the title and that sort of thing. But to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I would have had Seth beat him already,

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<v Speaker 1>because I mean, what's the point, Like he's done with NXT,

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<v Speaker 1>He's got nothing left to do there, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>gets called up like the guy that he could actually

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<v Speaker 1>you know, feud with for the title has already beat him.

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<v Speaker 1>So I got thinking about it yesterday. I was like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a stupid thing to do. But whatever, They

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<v Speaker 1>beat people all the time.

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<v Speaker 6>One thing's for sure is whatever they do, the more

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<v Speaker 6>they can get that NXT number up. I don't think

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<v Speaker 6>that they can really sell that as a viable third

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<v Speaker 6>brand to say, you know, a third different broadcast partner.

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<v Speaker 6>But what it does do is it increases all of

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<v Speaker 6>the hole that they have over USA having that on

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<v Speaker 6>Monday and Tuesday night with big numbers for that network.

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<v Speaker 1>Backing them on with more Observer Live.

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<v Speaker 2>You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez

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<v Speaker 2>and Mike simper vv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in the show, Brian Albarez here Wrestling Observer Alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike SIMPERVVI, also of Wrestling Observer dot Com. Guy Goes,

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<v Speaker 1>Guy Goes I can tell you see Broun going for

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<v Speaker 1>the main roster, wrecking Allie and calling for a rematch

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<v Speaker 1>with Rawlins and winning that feud. Yeah, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>that there's no chance that Braun goes up to the

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<v Speaker 1>main roster and beats Uh beats Seth for that title.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they they like doing stuff like that, they

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<v Speaker 1>like telling stories like that, and uh, I would not

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<v Speaker 1>rule that out. The Rampage show tonight we have got

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time ever. And speaking of prediction contests,

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<v Speaker 1>the winner this year was the guy that predicted eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>months ago that MGF would make zero appearances on Rampage

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<v Speaker 1>in any form, not taped segments, no interview segments, no matches, nothing, which,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, when you really think about it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a weird prediction to just come up with out

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<v Speaker 1>of the blue, Like of all the things to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with, that guy thought, you know what, I'll bet

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<v Speaker 1>that not one time in twenty twenty two is MGFF

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<v Speaker 1>ever going to show up on Rampage. But he didn't,

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<v Speaker 1>But now he will and he will be there.

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<v Speaker 6>Some sort of background investigation on some of these things,

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<v Speaker 6>is this like that Reddit dolphin or what was the

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<v Speaker 6>name of him.

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<v Speaker 1>You might add inside information.

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<v Speaker 6>Taylor's son allegedly or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, man, it was weird. MJFF will appear,

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Cole will appear. Check this show out, everybody, Anna

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<v Speaker 1>Jay versus Sky Blue in a Women's owen Hart Foundation

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<v Speaker 1>Tournament quarterfinal, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor, Trent and Yo. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be facing will Osprey, Kyle Fletcher, Jeff Cobb and Swerve.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Perry versus Dokie and the Acclaimed will be an

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<v Speaker 1>action which apparently is gonna be quite the segment because

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<v Speaker 1>ten solid straight minutes of booing for what they did

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<v Speaker 1>in that segment. And then of course Saturday, we now

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<v Speaker 1>have six matches for a collision, well six segments. We

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<v Speaker 1>have Siampunk FTR and Ricky Starks versus j White, Juice

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<v Speaker 1>and the ass Boys.

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<v Speaker 6>That's going at least two segments.

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<v Speaker 1>We have Hiroshi Tanahashi and Swerve Strickland. Wow. We have

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<v Speaker 1>Willow Nightingale versus Nyla Rose and an owen Hart Foundation

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<v Speaker 1>Women's Tournament match. Brody King will face Andrade Sting and

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<v Speaker 1>Darby will review there they'll reveal their mystery partner. And

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<v Speaker 1>there have been a lot of rumors about that mystery partner,

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<v Speaker 1>and hey, you know, some people are predicting it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be be Goldberg. I do not think it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be Goldberg. I think it's going to be somebody from

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<v Speaker 1>New Japan. And Vinny last night suggested Shingo, who is

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<v Speaker 1>not currently on the card, and other people have suggested

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps Nito, who was not on the card. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>I guess we shall find out.

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<v Speaker 6>And you know, one person that would really like the

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<v Speaker 6>team with them would be Horomo. But do they have

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<v Speaker 6>different plans for Horomo's Horomo even coming over? I would

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<v Speaker 6>assume that he is, so it'd be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 6>where he gets placed on the show. Somebody on Twitter

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<v Speaker 6>suggested Nick Wayne. I don't know if that's you know, boy.

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Wayne is not eighteen yet.

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<v Speaker 6>Ah well, okay, that's what it is, Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they've already announced his debut, which is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be in July, so I don't think.

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<v Speaker 6>It's in July. Okay, So well, hey, you know, in

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<v Speaker 6>that case, to me, it's got to be somebody from

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<v Speaker 6>lij anyway. You know, it just seems like the most

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<v Speaker 6>natural fit. I couldn't remember if Jericho had beef with Nayato.

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<v Speaker 6>He did, correct, I mean, because that was one thing

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<v Speaker 6>that Darby Allen hinted at was it was going to

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<v Speaker 6>be somebody. Because Chris Jericho is pissed off a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of people all over the place. You know, he has

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<v Speaker 6>storm after he burned off there, maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it'll be you. And thought of that, maybe it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be you.

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<v Speaker 6>He'd run.

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<v Speaker 1>You could come to the ring in a boat.

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<v Speaker 6>He'd run for me like a coward. He'd run for

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<v Speaker 6>me the same way that his father was run out

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<v Speaker 6>of the league by my.

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<v Speaker 1>In order for him from you, you'd have to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to run after him, and we all know that

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<v Speaker 1>ain'd happened.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I can run, no pro I have no

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<v Speaker 6>proof of that. Yeah. Well, Chris Jericho clicking those purple

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<v Speaker 6>heels together telling me he can run her, blowing in

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<v Speaker 6>the breeze. Yeah, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>I see Chris Jericho run virtually every single week. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never seen you run. Now, I usually see.

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<v Speaker 6>Chris Jericho run away from a challenge, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>turn the music down and stop letting people cheer for you.

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<v Speaker 6>You heal, you want to throw fire, throw fire at me,

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<v Speaker 6>Chris Jericho I'll fire back.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Christian Cage addresses the TNT time go.

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<v Speaker 6>Joined Don Kallis's family. Alvarez Bro. You know what, Frankly,

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<v Speaker 6>You're perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>You know he's a despicable, horrible, disgusting, horrible, hideous human being.

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<v Speaker 1>But god darn if he is not right up my

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<v Speaker 1>alley anyway, then we have a Sunday The Forbidden Door Show,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dark Match, the pre show match. Athena and Billy Starks,

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<v Speaker 1>my former partner, by the way, a Women's Own Hard

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<v Speaker 1>Cup tournament. A lot of help she was in that

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<v Speaker 1>match where the hell was Billy when my stump was

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<v Speaker 1>getting pulled outside the ring somewhere. Kenny O'meghan will Osbury

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<v Speaker 1>for the iw GP US Championship. Brian Danielson and Okata

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<v Speaker 1>which is going to be the main event, Sonata and.

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<v Speaker 6>Jack Perry with Hook Interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>M JF and Airoshi Tanahashi for the a W title.

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<v Speaker 1>Le Suzuki Gods, Jericho Samy and Minor Suzuki versus Sting

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<v Speaker 1>Darby and the TVA. John Moxley, Wheeler You to Claudio

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<v Speaker 1>Takeshna and Show toa Umino versus Hangman Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson,

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<v Speaker 1>Eddie Kingston and Ishi E, CM Punk and Satoshi Kojima,

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<v Speaker 1>Orange Cassidy Zach Saber Shabbata and Daniel Garcia in a

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<v Speaker 1>four way for the aw International title. Tony Storman Willow

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<v Speaker 1>Nightingale two champions fighting for the a W Women's title,

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<v Speaker 1>the I Double or the new Japan Strong Women's title

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<v Speaker 1>out of the line at Adam Cole. Well, we'll find

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<v Speaker 1>out tonight, now, won't.

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<v Speaker 6>We Yes, we will, we will.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you know what no one's talking about. The Blackpool

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<v Speaker 1>Combat Club will be facing the elite. Eddie Kingston and

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<v Speaker 1>Ishie and CM Punk is gonna face Satoshi Kojima.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that means the first.

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<v Speaker 1>Time since brawl Out these individuals are scheduled to be

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<v Speaker 1>on the same card.

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<v Speaker 6>What can happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I don't know what's going on. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if they're gonna do the deal where you know, certain

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<v Speaker 1>people are on a bus while other people are in

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<v Speaker 1>the building and then vice versa. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>they're all supposed to be in the building at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time.

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<v Speaker 6>Because it's Canada, because of the exchange rate, the drama

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<v Speaker 6>when don't you go up there kind of lessens a

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<v Speaker 6>little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're gonna find out one way or the other.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna find out on Sunday. Tony Khan answered questions

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<v Speaker 1>from the media yesterday, and let's go through some of

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<v Speaker 1>these from the front page of Wrestling Observer dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about Tony Khan, you know these press conferences, he's

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<v Speaker 1>really good at saying nothing. You ever noticed that. So

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<v Speaker 1>the first question was about the Elite and see him

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<v Speaker 1>Punk being on the same card, and his response was,

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<v Speaker 1>it's great to have so many superstars on Forbidden Door.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really excited about having Punk in the Elite on

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<v Speaker 1>the show. However, he never spoke about them being in

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<v Speaker 1>the same building at the same time.

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<v Speaker 6>Only in America. That man is a pro. He has

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<v Speaker 6>been through the ringer with the NFL teams and plenty

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<v Speaker 6>of other situations. And yes, we have seen him have

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<v Speaker 6>very poor times out there dealing with employees and dealing

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<v Speaker 6>with things. But when it comes to these things, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>you get a lot of this and that's what you're

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<v Speaker 6>gonna get.

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<v Speaker 1>He was asked about the locker room dynamic regarding Punk

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<v Speaker 1>being back. He said, so far it has been a

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<v Speaker 1>positive experience at the last two shows in Chicago, and

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<v Speaker 1>he hyped up Punk's upcoming matches this weekend. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>he said. Con said everybody was really excited about the

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<v Speaker 1>television ratings for Collision. Well, the first week was very good.

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<v Speaker 1>Bleacher Report was asked about the booking of Jungle Boy

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<v Speaker 1>and Sonata. Con said jungle Boy was his first pick

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<v Speaker 1>for the match. He said the whole company believes in

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<v Speaker 1>him and he has continued to develop over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>As for where Brian Danson and Okada ranks as far

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<v Speaker 1>ranking near the top in terms of anticipation as a

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<v Speaker 1>promoter or a fan. Also happy with how they've been

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<v Speaker 1>building the match in recent weeks. Asked about the owen

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<v Speaker 1>Hart Cup tournament and the lack of Canadians participating, Con

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<v Speaker 1>said he wanted to give the strongest field possible. Feels

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<v Speaker 1>a did that and there will be future owen Hart

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<v Speaker 1>wrestlers to get involved. Asked about seeing punkin Kenton not

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<v Speaker 1>taking place, conresponded punkin Kojima is the match he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to see and that this Sunday show has more stars

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<v Speaker 1>on it than any show he has ever produced.

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<v Speaker 6>Stars in the Sky Baby.

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<v Speaker 1>As for anyone else who Punk was rumored to wrestle,

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<v Speaker 1>telling you today Stardom pay per view on the same day.

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<v Speaker 1>has built stronger connections with New Japan's Ghetto and Takami

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<v Speaker 1>Obari through organizing the show. Continue to talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>injury problems the show suffered from last year. He was

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<v Speaker 1>asked about the report that his family was interested in

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<v Speaker 1>purchasing Belator. He said he was surprised to see that

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<v Speaker 1>and does not know what it's about. They've not had

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<v Speaker 1>any conversations about purchasing bellator is. Asked about the Elite

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<v Speaker 1>BCC feud, talked about many different stories taking place within

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<v Speaker 1>the match, Moxley Kingston to catching the elite, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>That's about women working in creative He mentioned Madison Rain

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<v Speaker 1>He gets a perspective of top wrestlers as well. Asked

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<v Speaker 1>about opening the Forbidden Door with other companies, he said

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<v Speaker 1>he'd like to work with CMLL and Triple A own

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<v Speaker 1>Punk's comment about Zaslov was a throwback to when wrestlers

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<v Speaker 2>You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez

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<v Speaker 2>and Mike semper Vivi on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network.

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<v Speaker 2>Got the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Alvarez here Wrestling Observer Live, like semper vv also

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<v Speaker 1>of Wrestling Observer dot Com.

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<v Speaker 6>And you say, I annoy you. You know, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 6>at this chat right now, and I don't know, Brian,

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<v Speaker 6>I think you bring.

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<v Speaker 2>This all on yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't bring any of this up. I'm reading a

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<v Speaker 1>transcript here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>He was asked about Goldberg being involved with AW He

0:31:35.440 --> 0:31:39.800
<v Speaker 1>said he had nice conversations with Bill, but he does

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<v Speaker 1>not see him as a good fit for Stinging Darby,

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<v Speaker 1>Allen's partner on Sunday. Now, a lot of people would

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<v Speaker 1>look at that and go, well, for sure, he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the partner then. But you know, normally, when

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<v Speaker 1>when Tony says something is not going to happen, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not doing that to swerve people's He's doing that because

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't want people expecting something that he's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to give them.

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<v Speaker 6>Right about Look, I know Tony's rich and all that,

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<v Speaker 6>and he can spend as much money as he wants

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<v Speaker 6>in the family and all that, but like, wouldn't you

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<v Speaker 6>if you're spending that much money on Goldberg. Don't you

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<v Speaker 6>want to kind of build that up, don't you want?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, so, yeah, the idea is they build

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<v Speaker 1>it up on Saturday night. I mean, here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very clear if you watch the way that that

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Kahan books, that he believes no one is buying

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<v Speaker 1>a pay per view until the day of the show. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not the nineties where you call your cable

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<v Speaker 1>company a week in advance and you place your order

0:32:34.880 --> 0:32:37.120
<v Speaker 1>and all that kind of stuff. He didn't think anyone's

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<v Speaker 1>buying the show until the day of the show, which

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine point of the people are not buying the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Until the day of the show.

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<v Speaker 1>So at the end of the day, as long as

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<v Speaker 1>they know everything they need to know on the day

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<v Speaker 1>of the show, it's fine. He's done that show after

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<v Speaker 1>show after show after show. And if he thinks and

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, I don't think he thinks this. If

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<v Speaker 1>he thinks that Goldberg is the guy that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>team with them, and as long as he announces it

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday before the show and it's a big angle

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<v Speaker 1>and people go crazy, that's all he needs. Then that's

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<v Speaker 1>what he's going to do. But I don't think it

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be Goldberg.

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<v Speaker 6>And look, I'm sure a lot of the data says

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<v Speaker 6>impulse and things like that with shorter retention spans and

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<v Speaker 6>things like that, you get it out. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 6>guess that's kind of what WWE seems to be doing

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<v Speaker 6>with their premium live events, and that we used to

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<v Speaker 6>have a schedule for the year, at least of the

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<v Speaker 6>dates of where everything was, if not all of the

0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:32.600
<v Speaker 6>cities that they were going to be in, and now

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<v Speaker 6>they do all the branding, where the city announcement's going

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<v Speaker 6>to be, the ticket sales, all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 6>They've now shrunken that whole time frame down a lot too,

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<v Speaker 6>So obviously there's something to that when it comes to

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<v Speaker 6>really all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's about Punk having an ownership stake, and a

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:53.680
<v Speaker 1>w con said that is not the case, but Punk

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<v Speaker 1>wants the company to do well. He was using a

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<v Speaker 1>colloquialism collis. I don't like that word. It's too big

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<v Speaker 1>for me, he said, He's just quote trying to run

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<v Speaker 1>a business. He was asked about the viewership for Collision,

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<v Speaker 1>what w B would consider a success. He responded the

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<v Speaker 1>number they got was considered very successful. He said he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know the exact number that is projected week to

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<v Speaker 1>be going forward, however, and then was asked about Stat

0:34:19.239 --> 0:34:21.360
<v Speaker 1>Lantern Punk coming back from injuries. He said they have

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<v Speaker 1>hit the ground running and it is good for returning

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<v Speaker 1>wrestlers to get the ring rust out early.

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<v Speaker 6>Can I ask you a silly question, I don't think

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<v Speaker 6>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I love silly questions.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, is the writer's strike fixed? Is that over? Or

0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:37.760
<v Speaker 6>is it still ongoing?

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<v Speaker 1>As it they been fixed? Like is it a work?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 6>But I mean is it has that been resolved yet?

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<v Speaker 6>Because what will be really interesting it is unresolved.

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<v Speaker 1>It is unresolved.

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<v Speaker 6>Properties Could we see Monday Night Raw end up on

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<v Speaker 6>NBC on a Monday night because who knows? Could we

0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:04.600
<v Speaker 6>TBS and TNT decide to move collision or rerun it

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<v Speaker 6>at some point during the week if that happens, Could

0:35:07.560 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 6>we see it end up on True TV? I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>it'll be interesting to see what happens, because that's the

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<v Speaker 6>one thing you have. You have sports, you have professional wrestling,

0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.719
<v Speaker 6>and then you have whatever cheaply produced game shows and

0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:21.560
<v Speaker 6>reality shows that you can get that don't involve writers.

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<v Speaker 6>And again, I don't know what production times are on

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<v Speaker 6>all these sorts of things. But as time moves on here,

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.200
<v Speaker 6>you're gonna run out of time to finish things, and

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<v Speaker 6>it's gonna be really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>So my gut feeling is that there is enough stuff

0:35:35.520 --> 0:35:38.239
<v Speaker 1>to air that they will not have to worry about

0:35:38.280 --> 0:35:40.799
<v Speaker 1>that in the short term. But if we're talking like,

0:35:41.239 --> 0:35:43.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, in two years is still has not been resolved,

0:35:43.800 --> 0:35:45.480
<v Speaker 1>then yeah, of course you could see something like that.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, but you know how people get weird and desperate

0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:50.080
<v Speaker 6>in these you know again some of these companies and

0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:52.560
<v Speaker 6>decision makers where it's like, Okay, we're gonna shift all

0:35:52.600 --> 0:35:54.759
<v Speaker 6>these game shows and you have this on here. I mean,

0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:57.279
<v Speaker 6>that's the one thing ABC has going forward is the

0:35:57.320 --> 0:36:00.239
<v Speaker 6>fact that ESPN. I mean, look at the amount of

0:36:00.280 --> 0:36:02.680
<v Speaker 6>programming and they are you the ones who anytime you

0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:06.880
<v Speaker 6>see sports on any single property that's being executive produced

0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:10.680
<v Speaker 6>through ESPN. So again, it's just it's gonna be really

0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:15.280
<v Speaker 6>interesting because again, even a long even one that pushes

0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:19.239
<v Speaker 6>into January, like pushes into half the season, could start

0:36:19.239 --> 0:36:20.439
<v Speaker 6>turning things upside down.

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<v Speaker 1>We had Dynamite on Wednesday, nine hundred two thousand viewers,

0:36:25.800 --> 0:36:31.360
<v Speaker 1>up eight point four percent viewership is nearly identical. The

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<v Speaker 1>uh A demo was appoint three to three, up ten

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<v Speaker 1>percent and uh for those of you that saw the

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<v Speaker 1>Quarters with Brandon Thurston, you know, just want to note

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.440
<v Speaker 1>that the highest rated thing on the show was a

0:36:48.560 --> 0:36:52.920
<v Speaker 1>concession stand brawl. That was the highest rated quarter on

0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:53.640
<v Speaker 1>the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Dogs on the side of the Road.

0:36:57.280 --> 0:37:02.200
<v Speaker 1>No, it was a fun match. People interested in the product.

0:37:02.239 --> 0:37:04.760
<v Speaker 6>So lucky like everybody involved in that match.

0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:08.600
<v Speaker 1>Boom boo you yes, No, that's what happened, dude, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what happened.

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<v Speaker 6>People slings it does work, It does work.

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:18.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, anyway, yeah, go ahead. Could have been on the farm.

0:37:19.280 --> 0:37:20.839
<v Speaker 1>I'd have been fine with it being on the farm.

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<v Speaker 6>You know how it could have got more ratings though

0:37:22.920 --> 0:37:25.879
<v Speaker 6>Starlight Kid somehow being involved in that match. Everybody else

0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:26.920
<v Speaker 6>was involved in that match.

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<v Speaker 1>No, that wouldn't have gotten more. That would have just

0:37:28.800 --> 0:37:32.160
<v Speaker 1>sold more shirts, that's what that would have done. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see, who are these NXT tag teams in the

0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:40.560
<v Speaker 1>women's division. I don't feel like they are enough right now.

0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:45.520
<v Speaker 1>There's a Taule Abertag teams. They just introduced that new one.

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<v Speaker 6>Well lash Legend of Jakara Jackson. You have Ulyssa Leone

0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:55.080
<v Speaker 6>and uh Valentino, farraz Or Froze whatever it is, and

0:37:55.120 --> 0:37:57.440
<v Speaker 6>then who is it now with the girl whose name

0:37:57.480 --> 0:38:01.080
<v Speaker 6>I can never remember, Crusa Rivera u Electro Lopez and

0:38:01.160 --> 0:38:04.600
<v Speaker 6>her new partner. The problem with all of those women

0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:08.960
<v Speaker 6>is they really shouldn't be on NXTV right now. As

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.880
<v Speaker 6>great as Jaikara and Lashar is part of that group,

0:38:12.640 --> 0:38:15.879
<v Speaker 6>I mean again, for where they're at in the ring,

0:38:16.280 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 6>this is insane. They have people they need to concentrate on.

0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:23.640
<v Speaker 6>Tiffany Stratton has completely leveled out. Roxanne Perez as a

0:38:23.719 --> 0:38:27.319
<v Speaker 6>character has completely leveled out. You know that Roxanne could

0:38:27.360 --> 0:38:29.440
<v Speaker 6>go in the ring, but we had to give her personality.

0:38:29.920 --> 0:38:32.480
<v Speaker 6>You know what physical things Tiffany can do, but we

0:38:32.600 --> 0:38:35.239
<v Speaker 6>have to keep giving her more dialogue so she can

0:38:35.239 --> 0:38:37.279
<v Speaker 6>be ready for the main roster. It's like, that's not

0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:40.120
<v Speaker 6>what these women need, and they all need reps with

0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:44.520
<v Speaker 6>each other because in theory those women be Priestly Kora Jade,

0:38:44.760 --> 0:38:46.720
<v Speaker 6>some of the other women they have, they are supposed

0:38:46.719 --> 0:38:50.520
<v Speaker 6>to be the bone of everything moving forward. So it

0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:55.319
<v Speaker 6>does drive me nuts that they really seem to concentrate

0:38:55.960 --> 0:38:58.920
<v Speaker 6>way too much. Again on the dialogue part. It's killing

0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:02.040
<v Speaker 6>every single I can't believe people don't see that, and

0:39:02.080 --> 0:39:04.440
<v Speaker 6>I can't believe that it's not an issue for them

0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:06.840
<v Speaker 6>to see these women struggle or to even see the

0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:08.520
<v Speaker 6>guys struggle on these promos.

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<v Speaker 1>Four two five seven eight zero seven five sixty six.

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<v Speaker 1>That is four two five seven eight zero seven five

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<v Speaker 1>sixty six. Text me your questions. Person here says, do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that cmpunk will get the aw title back?

0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:23.400
<v Speaker 1>Or will he get another shot or another title like

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<v Speaker 1>the Owen Heart Belt, or will he take the TNT title?

0:39:25.719 --> 0:39:29.600
<v Speaker 1>This is what I think is going to happen everybody. Obviously,

0:39:30.080 --> 0:39:36.120
<v Speaker 1>you know FTR and cmpunk are giant fans of Brett Hart.

0:39:36.440 --> 0:39:39.919
<v Speaker 1>So I do believe that cm punk is winning the

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<v Speaker 1>Owen Heart Cup for the men this year. Okay, now,

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<v Speaker 1>as the winner of the Owen Hart Cup, which, by

0:39:47.360 --> 0:39:49.480
<v Speaker 1>the way, don't let me forget what I was on,

0:39:49.560 --> 0:39:52.200
<v Speaker 1>but I want to mention this. So I asked a

0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:56.440
<v Speaker 1>question the other day, and the question was, britt Baker

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<v Speaker 1>is in the women's tournament this year as a winner

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:04.560
<v Speaker 1>last year, but Adam Cole is not in the tournament.

0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:07.920
<v Speaker 1>Why is Adam Cole not in the tournament, and you know,

0:40:08.280 --> 0:40:10.120
<v Speaker 1>people were like, oh, well, you know he's in the

0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:12.840
<v Speaker 1>tag tournament, and it's like, who cares. He can't do

0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:15.799
<v Speaker 1>two tournaments at the same time. And then apparently Tony

0:40:15.880 --> 0:40:18.560
<v Speaker 1>Khan was asked about it and his answer was, well,

0:40:18.600 --> 0:40:22.920
<v Speaker 1>he's in the title picture, and it's like, well, actually,

0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:26.320
<v Speaker 1>in storyline, he's not in the title picture. In storyline,

0:40:26.640 --> 0:40:30.640
<v Speaker 1>he's trying to get a title shot because Tony Khan

0:40:31.560 --> 0:40:34.040
<v Speaker 1>or because MGM will not give him a championship match.

0:40:34.200 --> 0:40:37.759
<v Speaker 1>So anyway, it should be a better explanation than you know,

0:40:37.800 --> 0:40:40.440
<v Speaker 1>he's in the title picture or whatever. But one way

0:40:40.480 --> 0:40:46.120
<v Speaker 1>or the other, yes, say you go, one of us

0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:47.279
<v Speaker 1>could talk here. Damn it.

0:40:47.960 --> 0:40:51.400
<v Speaker 6>Don't worry. This show's almost over, boss Man. But you

0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:53.760
<v Speaker 6>know when it comes to the g one being announced

0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:55.600
<v Speaker 6>at the time of the year now, and you know,

0:40:55.960 --> 0:40:58.040
<v Speaker 6>look that New Japan is changing and there are a

0:40:58.080 --> 0:41:00.600
<v Speaker 6>lot of young guys as well as their veterans who

0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:02.400
<v Speaker 6>need to be involved in that thing. Every year. In

0:41:02.440 --> 0:41:05.440
<v Speaker 6>this fantasy that seven guys are gonna come over from

0:41:05.440 --> 0:41:07.279
<v Speaker 6>all over the world, that's probably never gonna be the

0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:10.160
<v Speaker 6>case again, especially if it gets smaller, which it should.

0:41:10.840 --> 0:41:12.839
<v Speaker 6>They may want to do their booking in a way

0:41:12.840 --> 0:41:15.120
<v Speaker 6>and organize it in a way where, since it's only

0:41:15.160 --> 0:41:18.000
<v Speaker 6>eight people in this own Hard Cup, you put them

0:41:18.000 --> 0:41:20.279
<v Speaker 6>in there and it's almost like your own g One

0:41:20.440 --> 0:41:23.120
<v Speaker 6>where the winner not only wins the own Hard Cup,

0:41:23.120 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 6>but they actually have a guaranteed title shot, or they

0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:29.520
<v Speaker 6>have something that leads into something else, and they actually

0:41:30.160 --> 0:41:32.040
<v Speaker 6>puff it up a little bit more and take care

0:41:32.040 --> 0:41:33.640
<v Speaker 6>of it a little bit more, because they don't want

0:41:33.680 --> 0:41:36.400
<v Speaker 6>to see a time where it's just you see random

0:41:36.440 --> 0:41:38.799
<v Speaker 6>people in it because you need somebody to take an

0:41:38.920 --> 0:41:42.280
<v Speaker 6>l to say powerhouse Hobs, and you're scared about putting

0:41:42.320 --> 0:41:44.279
<v Speaker 6>somebody else in that mix. I think you can add

0:41:44.320 --> 0:41:47.120
<v Speaker 6>more gravity to it and put more focus on it

0:41:47.160 --> 0:41:48.239
<v Speaker 6>by doing it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So anyway, I believe that Seampunk is going

0:41:52.160 --> 0:41:54.560
<v Speaker 1>to win the Own Hard Cup, and then I believe

0:41:54.640 --> 0:41:57.640
<v Speaker 1>based off that at some point he is going to

0:41:57.640 --> 0:42:01.239
<v Speaker 1>get a shot at MJF. Now let's talk about old

0:42:01.360 --> 0:42:06.200
<v Speaker 1>Chris Statlander. Remember stat Lander got injured. Yeah, her her

0:42:06.239 --> 0:42:08.040
<v Speaker 1>knee was out nine actually it was out more than

0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:08.680
<v Speaker 1>nine months.

0:42:08.719 --> 0:42:09.040
<v Speaker 4>Okay.

0:42:09.640 --> 0:42:13.920
<v Speaker 1>Now, in the meantime, Jade Cargill was the TBS champion

0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:17.120
<v Speaker 1>and it was it was pretty clear that the idea

0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:19.000
<v Speaker 1>was always going to be for stat Lander to beat

0:42:19.200 --> 0:42:23.160
<v Speaker 1>Jade Cargill. And if you watched the Jade Cargill title reign,

0:42:23.640 --> 0:42:27.040
<v Speaker 1>I mean, the fact of the matter is she They

0:42:27.040 --> 0:42:29.719
<v Speaker 1>were building up that streak and everything, but it was

0:42:29.840 --> 0:42:34.560
<v Speaker 1>just the same thing dragged out forever. So the boy

0:42:34.640 --> 0:42:37.080
<v Speaker 1>were in storyline. Jade was like, you know, this thing

0:42:37.120 --> 0:42:40.160
<v Speaker 1>is boring. I'm bored, and then like other people were

0:42:40.160 --> 0:42:42.480
<v Speaker 1>talking about how it was boring. So the reason was

0:42:43.320 --> 0:42:45.279
<v Speaker 1>stat Lander was supposed to win the title and so

0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:47.040
<v Speaker 1>they had to wait for her to be back, and

0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:49.279
<v Speaker 1>then they pulled the trigger on it. So my point is,

0:42:50.200 --> 0:42:56.600
<v Speaker 1>where were we last year? Well, the idea was that

0:42:57.520 --> 0:43:01.240
<v Speaker 1>MJF was going to return, MJFF was going to feud

0:43:01.239 --> 0:43:04.319
<v Speaker 1>with Cmpunk who was the champion, and MGF was gonna

0:43:04.360 --> 0:43:06.960
<v Speaker 1>beat Cmpunk and become the champion. That was clearly the

0:43:07.000 --> 0:43:09.839
<v Speaker 1>idea that they were working with. Then everything went off

0:43:09.920 --> 0:43:14.680
<v Speaker 1>the rails. Everything went off the rails. Fights happened, injuries happen,

0:43:14.719 --> 0:43:18.319
<v Speaker 1>et cetera, et cetera. So what I believe is that

0:43:18.719 --> 0:43:21.040
<v Speaker 1>the end results of all of this is Punk ends

0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:25.040
<v Speaker 1>up getting a championship match. With MGF, but MJF beats him,

0:43:25.360 --> 0:43:27.719
<v Speaker 1>because that's the whole plan that Tony had from the

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:31.400
<v Speaker 1>very beginning, was MJF beating cm Punk and winning the

0:43:31.480 --> 0:43:35.840
<v Speaker 1>championship from him. You could have Punk win, but what

0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:38.200
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna beat MGF win the title, and then MGF

0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:39.600
<v Speaker 1>is gonna beat him back to get to where you

0:43:39.600 --> 0:43:42.480
<v Speaker 1>wanted to be. Just MGF can beat him and then

0:43:42.640 --> 0:43:44.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, you do whatever you're going to do. I'm

0:43:44.320 --> 0:43:46.200
<v Speaker 1>not saying that Punk isn't gonna win the title again

0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:47.920
<v Speaker 1>at some point or anything like that. I'm just looking

0:43:47.920 --> 0:43:52.200
<v Speaker 1>at what was the idea before everything went off the rails,

0:43:52.440 --> 0:43:55.720
<v Speaker 1>because things have gone off the rails before, and Tony

0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:59.919
<v Speaker 1>has just waited and waited and waited and then did

0:44:00.160 --> 0:44:02.279
<v Speaker 1>what he wanted to do the entire time. And my

0:44:02.520 --> 0:44:04.360
<v Speaker 1>presumption is that what he was going to do. And

0:44:04.440 --> 0:44:07.480
<v Speaker 1>it seemed clear from storylines and where everything ended up

0:44:07.840 --> 0:44:11.440
<v Speaker 1>that MGF was gonna beat Cmpunk to become the champion.

0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:16.239
<v Speaker 6>And MJF does not defend that title a lot, and

0:44:16.320 --> 0:44:18.719
<v Speaker 6>so how many more title defenses you're gonna have this year?

0:44:18.760 --> 0:44:21.400
<v Speaker 6>He can defeat Adam Cole at Wembley than defeats cm

0:44:21.400 --> 0:44:24.560
<v Speaker 6>Punk either in Chicago the next week or maybe later on,

0:44:25.000 --> 0:44:27.200
<v Speaker 6>you know, in November, or whenever the next show is,

0:44:27.760 --> 0:44:29.920
<v Speaker 6>and then you have you know, that plays into that

0:44:30.000 --> 0:44:33.080
<v Speaker 6>storyline of Now we're on twenty twenty four on MJF

0:44:33.120 --> 0:44:35.480
<v Speaker 6>and I don't have anything to do. I vanquished all

0:44:35.520 --> 0:44:37.720
<v Speaker 6>your heroes. What's gonna keep me here?

0:44:38.680 --> 0:45:17.040
<v Speaker 1>So agonemo with more Observer Live. Well, hey, we're back

0:45:17.080 --> 0:45:18.680
<v Speaker 1>here on the show. Everybody out. We need that deep

0:45:18.800 --> 0:45:23.319
<v Speaker 1>voiced man to bring me back. They got me, damn it. Hey,

0:45:23.680 --> 0:45:26.319
<v Speaker 1>we got a lot going on this weekend and this

0:45:26.400 --> 0:45:31.320
<v Speaker 1>is the plan. So Sunday we're gonna be doing dual

0:45:31.480 --> 0:45:35.799
<v Speaker 1>shows after the Forbidden Door show, We're gonna do myself

0:45:36.040 --> 0:45:41.000
<v Speaker 1>and Vinnie and Craig reviewing Forbidden Door and anything big

0:45:41.000 --> 0:45:43.080
<v Speaker 1>that might happen on Collision, but we're not planning on

0:45:43.160 --> 0:45:45.960
<v Speaker 1>doing a full Collision review. I will do a full

0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:49.399
<v Speaker 1>Collision review with Dave and also I will be doing

0:45:49.440 --> 0:45:53.000
<v Speaker 1>a full recap of Forbidden Door with Dave and both

0:45:53.040 --> 0:45:57.160
<v Speaker 1>of these available to subscribers at Wrestling Observer dot com

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0:46:23.600 --> 0:46:25.520
<v Speaker 1>of the other shows on the website. There's a I

0:46:25.520 --> 0:46:29.200
<v Speaker 1>think fifteen thousand now by my last count up in

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<v Speaker 1>the archive and read the new Observer. Listen to my

0:46:34.120 --> 0:46:36.360
<v Speaker 1>kids screaming wildly in the background.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a vacation, God help me. That's all you ever want.

0:46:41.560 --> 0:46:41.879
<v Speaker 2>It is.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no such thing as a vacation. Do you know

0:46:44.480 --> 0:46:47.719
<v Speaker 1>that there's no such thing as actual Actually, once a year,

0:46:47.760 --> 0:46:49.920
<v Speaker 1>I do take a vacation once a year before Christmas.

0:46:49.960 --> 0:46:52.200
<v Speaker 1>I leave and don't bring anything wether or not. People

0:46:52.239 --> 0:46:55.480
<v Speaker 1>are like, oh, he's always on vacation just because I

0:46:56.239 --> 0:46:58.760
<v Speaker 1>just because I went from one place to another place,

0:46:59.400 --> 0:47:02.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm always right here, Like could I never go anywhere?

0:47:03.000 --> 0:47:05.359
<v Speaker 1>We all no matter where we go, we're just still

0:47:05.440 --> 0:47:10.040
<v Speaker 1>right here. So I'm on vacation. I'm doing my job

0:47:10.400 --> 0:47:14.640
<v Speaker 1>like I always do, and anyway, my job is done

0:47:14.640 --> 0:47:16.759
<v Speaker 1>for the day. I'd like to thank you all. Mike

0:47:16.840 --> 0:47:19.440
<v Speaker 1>as always, callers and listeners over the studio, have a

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<v Speaker 1>fun weekend. We'll talk to you next time Wrestling Observer Live.

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