1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Now your main event, introducing hosts Wrestling within Parready Jef 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Died and Farready Friends tunor What's up? 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: Everybody? Welcome to a brand new episode of Wrestling with Friends. 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: Not a lot happened in the world of wrestling this week, 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 2: but you're still gonna get two episodes because we'll break 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: it down for you on today's app and then the 7 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: Thursday episode we will do our predictions for Le Royal Rumblai. 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: My favorite pay per view of all of them, with 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: me as always is Jeff di on location in New 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: York City. How are you sure? What the hell are 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: you doing out there? Feeling good? 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: I'm here doing comedy shows and I was just in Baltimore, 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 3: which was great technically tumonium, and then I've got a 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: gig in Miami, so just taking the two days and 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 3: doing shows in New York City while I'm in. 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: So at least you get to warm up at the 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: end of your trip, because you're probably freezing your little 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: nuts off, aren't you. 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, Baltimore's called New York is freezing. I don't know 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 3: what Miami's like. In January, we'll see and then I 21 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: go to Portland with it. It's gorgeous. That's how it is. Yeah, 22 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: well I hope well good, and then Portland will be 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: cold again. 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: Ah. The Life on the Road Wrestlers and Comics, The 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: Life on the Road. We would like to announce that 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,279 Speaker 2: we will be coming back for a season five because 27 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: y'all like to listen to this show. My favorite comment 28 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: is still yeah, it's like five minutes show and twenty 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: five minutes of commercials. That's still like the greatest comment ever. 30 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: But thanks for listening, and we're going to come back 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: out on Wednesdays. That's our day. That's podcast day, I 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: think for everybody in April, and we're very excited to 33 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: continue this, this awesome podcast with all of you. So 34 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: thank you for listening and thanks for putting up with us, 35 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: thanks for agreeing with us, thanks for hating us, thanks 36 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: for loving us, thanks for all of it. Let's start 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: the damn show. The penta Era continues. His entrance. I 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: think it was different. Do they add fire to it? Like? 39 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: Was the entrance even better than it was last week? 40 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: It looked better to me. I thought it was. He's 41 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 2: got more style than anybody in WWE, like just his walk, 42 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: his presence, his I'm gonna sell. Yeah, you're doing the 43 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: walk right now in your car, Eddie Guerrero. Bro. It's 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: so cool. He has like an aura like that sound 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: like Charlie Murphy. You know his aura. I can see it. 46 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: You can literally like feel it on him. Man Like, 47 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: there's just something special about him. And I really think 48 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: that the WWE universe is like big time behind him. 49 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: I'll be honest, I didn't know if they were even 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: gonna know his like call signs and like his chance 51 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: because a lot of wrestling is very tribalistic, right and 52 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: kind of like our country now, and it's like you 53 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 2: can only like this or this, and it's like, man, 54 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: I kind of like both. So I really didn't know. 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: And that first one, I think it sounded like a 56 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 2: good seventy percent of the audience knew his set on Mielough. 57 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: But now everybody does, and it's been two freaking weeks 58 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: and he looked great. The match wasn't as good as 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: the Chad Gable match with he wrestled against Pete Dunn 60 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: don't call him, don't call him Butch, but it was 61 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 2: still a cool ass match and I just I can't 62 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: say enough good things about him. I love what WW 63 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: is doing right now with all their sort of international 64 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: wrestlers from Shinseki speaking in Japanese to Pentas speaking in Spanish. 65 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: But I really love this dude and it looks like 66 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: he's gonna be the one. And I it's wild that 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: AEW slept on him like this, and he was always 68 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: a guy that was losing matches instead of a guy 69 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: that was gonna get, you know, shot to the moon 70 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: mid card status and then see if that works, and 71 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: then if it works mid card, bring him up to 72 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: the top. But WW is doing a great job with him, 73 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: and I've and I've talked enough and I'm gonna give 74 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: it to you. No, I agree with everything you said. 75 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 3: I mean, how long are these residing companies gonna sleep 76 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: on Luca's You know what I'm saying? 77 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: Like, we love the high flying, we love the stuff. 78 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: It's good. 79 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 3: And I want to say this as delicately because I 80 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: love Raymonsteriro Junior. But I feel like the passing of 81 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 3: the torch was long overdue. I feel like we still 82 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 3: get Raymisteriro all the time in matches, we get thanks. 83 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: I love Raymonsteriro, no disrespect. I just think you know 84 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 3: he's getting up there in age there's got to be 85 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 3: another guy, and Dominic Masterial who is a rock star 86 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 3: isn't really a Luca though, he's not like a high 87 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 3: flying flipper Luca. And so the fact that WWE is 88 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 3: making the face of the new like Lucha Era Penta, 89 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: I couldn't be happier. He looks cool, he's got the presence, 90 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 3: he has that it factor. He's got, like the little moves, 91 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: the music, that the catch phrase or what is that 92 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: it's not a catchphrase, whatever, that catch little thing that 93 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 3: we all get to do with. Everything he does is awesome, 94 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 3: and good on wrestling for embracing it, and good on 95 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 3: wb for noticing it and pushing it to the forefront. 96 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: I love Ray, So it's like it's weird. It's hard 97 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 2: to hear anyone say it's time to pass the torch, 98 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: right because he's the greatest luciator that ever wrestled. But 99 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 2: he is like fifty something years old. And they have 100 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: for sure tried with other wrestlers. They've given other wrestlers 101 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 2: opportunities to see how to see how it goes, to 102 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: see if they can be the next Ray, and they 103 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 2: haven't felt, for whatever reason, that they found that guy yet. 104 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: But man, they seem to they seem to believe in Penta. 105 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: They really seem to believe in Penta. And I guess 106 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: you I guess you're right. Man. It's it's weird for 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 2: me to say that. Ray was one of the first 108 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: dudes that I wrote for when I worked at WWE, 109 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: because Vince basically was like, you're you're a Mexican. You 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: speak Spanish to him? Speak Spanish to Ray, I'm like, 111 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 2: you know, he speaks English, right, Like what do we do? 112 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 2: What are we doing here? But uh, but yeah, man, 113 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: I think I think you're right. I think you're right. 114 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: And it's also it's not like raymis here has got 115 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 3: to go anywhere, no, no, but he does putting someone over. 116 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 3: How many times have we had John Cena put people over? 117 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: People had to put John Cena over. That's how wrestling works. 118 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 3: So for for it's good that Rays. I don't want 119 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: Rado retire. I just want I just want. I think that, 120 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 3: like we should have a thousand Loochs, bring back you know, uh, 121 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 3: bring back all all of our Philip. I want to 122 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 3: see Laparka, bring back Laparka. 123 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: You love Laparty, He's your favorite. Do you have a 124 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: Penta mask yet No, I would love one. 125 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 3: But when people wear the Penta mask, it doesn't look 126 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 3: as cool as when Penta does it because he has 127 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 3: a fa to and I have context. 128 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: Now he looks, so the whole look is awesome. You 129 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 2: mentioned dominic U and it instantly made me think of 130 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: dominic mysterio versus Penta and how they would get there 131 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 2: one day, because I would love to watch that. Dominic's 132 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: so freaking awesome too. Man, I don't know. I give 133 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: him enough love. It's all I do is give him love. 134 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: But I'm giving him more. And Sam Punk was on 135 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: the show and he did his interview in the crowd 136 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: this week and he free flowed it. It definitely wasn't scripted. 137 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: I ain't did okay with it. It wasn't his best promo, 138 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: it wasn't his worst promo. But he is in the 139 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: Royal Rumble and talked about winning the Royal Rumble. We'll 140 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: get into our predictions on who we think will win 141 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: the Rumble, but I will say this because I've said 142 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: it before, I'm not betting against Sam Punk ever again. 143 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 2: Like I just maybe in the Royal Romo match, it'll 144 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: be different because there's thirty forty dudes. I don't know 145 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: how many they are doing this year. I hope it's 146 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: just the thirty, but yeah, man, it's if he's in 147 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: a match, I guess he wins, which is so weird. 148 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: Party on Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre and I don't 149 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: want to talk about the match so much. I mean, 150 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: we can, but the thing I want to focus on 151 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: is how they're continuing to tell stories and develop long 152 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 2: term stories, and they do it with matches, and I 153 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: wish AW would do this a little more. They've done 154 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: it a few times, but I wish they'd do it 155 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: a little more. Seth Rollins and Drew mctire they have 156 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 2: this big old fight in the ring, screw you, no, 157 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 2: screw you, and they're beating each other up. And yes, 158 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: I sound like Michael Winslow from Police Academy when I 159 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: do sound effects. But they had this match and some 160 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 2: Shenanigan's gone after the match, and Drew McIntyre's like, yo, 161 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: I'm pissed off that I lost. I'm going to attack 162 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: you and uh, and he gets he gets help from Seth, 163 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: gets help from Sammy's Ain't and Sammy's aint comes out 164 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: and he could have just saved Seth and that would 165 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 2: have been it. And in aw a lot of times 166 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 2: that's how it would end. And that's cool. But they 167 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: need to create story constantly in WWE because they don't 168 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: get days off like we do. We're gonna take some 169 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: time off in between or in between our seasons, but 170 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: ww takes no days off. And so they have Drew 171 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: get out of the way as Sammy's about to kick 172 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 2: him in the face, and Sammy accidentally kicks Seth in 173 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 2: the face. Seth's a hot head. He doesn't take kindly 174 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: to this stuff. So it gives them an opportunity to 175 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: have some story and have some reasons to fight, just 176 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 2: a reason to fight, not for a big pay per 177 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: view match or anything like that. It could just be 178 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: on a Monday Night Raw. It could just be the 179 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 2: two of them fucking with each other in the Royal 180 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 2: Rumble because Seth's like, nah, hell no, I'm knocking you 181 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: out because you kick me in the face. But it's 182 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 2: those little things that they do, and they're getting really 183 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 2: really good at it that give them opportunities to tell 184 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 2: more stories within their three hour shows, their two hour shows, 185 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: and their one hour shows. I'm not watching NXT, but 186 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 2: I heard it's gotten a lot better than when I 187 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 2: used to back, so maybe I'll give it another shot. 188 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 2: But anyway, I just wanted to point on that because 189 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 2: we've constantly talked about their long term storytelling, but we 190 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 2: don't often talk about their short term storytelling because that's 191 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,599 Speaker 2: more an aew thing. And I just really liked the 192 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 2: way they did this, and I'll stop rambling. Go ahead, sir. 193 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 3: I actually wish wrestling would evolve with these sort of things. 194 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 3: I wish wrestling was so we always talk about the storytelling, right, 195 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: That's what's the most important I think we should have. 196 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 3: If we haven't moved past it, we should move past 197 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 3: Sammy Zay kicking a guy kicking Seth Rawlins in the face, 198 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: and then Seth being like you kicked me, Like that's 199 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 3: too basic of a misunderstanding, Like you could easily clear 200 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 3: that up. I was trying to help you, dude, I 201 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 3: sidenly kicked you because he moved, Like it's so easy 202 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 3: to like explain, why don't we have a more evolved 203 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 3: way of showing a distrust between two guys. It seems 204 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 3: too basic that you would just be like, yeah, I 205 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 3: was trying. 206 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 2: To help you. That's fair, but I think he'll say 207 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 2: that and said we'll check that. Yeah, I hear you. However, 208 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 2: and look, it's art, so you're right. It's it's not 209 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: a scientific fact that their storytelling is good. We both 210 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: have opinions on it. But I just think you need 211 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: some of those short term storytelling devices to fill in 212 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: a lot of these episodes. It's not going to be 213 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 2: this big, epic bloodline story. It's just a short, quick 214 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 2: thing that gives them a reason to hate each other 215 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: in the Royal Rumble, or gives us a match on 216 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: Monday Night Raw. And everything you said is correct, and 217 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 2: I agree with everything you said, but I still feel 218 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: there's room for it from my side and what I 219 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: need from wrestling. Does that make sense? Yeah, it makes 220 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 2: total sense. All right, Well, I'm glad we're making sense. 221 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: Let's talk about Let's talk about WWE. Smack Sounds. Smack 222 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 2: Sounds Sound is a wonderful show. However, this, uh, this 223 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 2: episode was not that great. Kevin Owens is great, I 224 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 2: know that much. Jimmy Usso is pretty awesome. He came 225 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 2: out there and Kevin Owens is talking all kinds of 226 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: shit to Matthew McConaughey, which was really fucking cool of 227 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 2: Kevin Owens so much, and he gets in there, aint 228 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: Jimmy USO interrupts him and Kevin's like, what what what 229 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: are you gonna do? You know I saw him to say, 230 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 2: and Jimmy us just goes, you talk too damn much 231 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 2: and puts one on him. Man, And it was The 232 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 2: show opened real cool like that, but uh it didn't. 233 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: I don't know, man, it felt like we're getting ready 234 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 2: for the Royal Rumble. We don't want to risk any injuries. 235 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: Let's give some guys a night off. Let's get some 236 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: fresh blood in there. There was good stuff that we'll 237 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: talk about, but all in all, that was kind of 238 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: the highlight. One of the other cool things was Damian 239 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: Priest is a part of smack sound. I almost said SmackDown, 240 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: but this they spell it with an s um. You 241 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 2: and I agree that the Judgment Day stuff was getting 242 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: kind of old and we were wanting to see it 243 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: evolve like the bloodline organically. Well I think they agree 244 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 2: because not only did they kind of end that, they 245 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: straight took him to a whole nother show, which is 246 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 2: cool that they have that draft window or transfer portal, 247 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: whatever they call it. They're trying to be like college football. 248 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 2: So they brought Damien Priestcott him as far from the 249 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: Judgment day as possible, and now he can kind of 250 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: not restart his career, but restart a story, find a 251 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 2: news story. And they're going to establish him to the 252 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 2: audience first because they believe that not necessarily everyone who 253 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 2: watches Raw watches SmackDown, which I always disagreed with, but 254 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: they said they had numbers to prove it, so what 255 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 2: the hell do I know? So he gets re debuted 256 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: against Carmelo, who can really really work in there and 257 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 2: really really go, and they have him lose a lot, 258 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 2: but for some reason, I don't think it damages him. 259 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 2: He's just he looks like he could in every match 260 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 2: at some point in the match. He's really really good. 261 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 2: He's from NXT and I should have known that, but 262 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: I don't watch it because I'm an asshole. So Damian 263 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 2: Priest is now on SmackDown. He gets an established victory. 264 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 2: I don't know where you send him first, maybe after 265 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 2: Shinseka Nakamura because they could have a pretty crazy match 266 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 2: for the US title. But eventually he's got to go 267 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: after Cody and him and Cody had a little like, ey, 268 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 2: I do it, yeah, pretty good? I doing yeah, pretty good? Welcome, okay, 269 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 2: all right, peace and then they sort of walked off 270 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 2: and did there I'm a badass lion and so are 271 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: you thing. But yeah, so those were kind of the 272 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 2: big highlights. But is there any crap that you want 273 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 2: to talk about that happened on smack Shone. 274 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 3: Now, I'm just excited to see Damian Priest reinvents himself. 275 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: I'm excited to see what that's going to look like. 276 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 3: I would like to see him in some different ring gear. 277 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 2: I don't know. 278 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 3: I think they that's a good idea biggest star ever. 279 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see I don't know, just see 280 00:14:58,560 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 3: what they do with him over there. 281 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: So that's that's what I'm most most excited about. Dude, 282 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: he should get some new gear, some smack sound gear. 283 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 2: That would be cool. Yeah, dude, Damian Priest, he has 284 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: a cool story. I don't want to get into it 285 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 2: because I like other people to tell their story, but 286 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: you guys should check it out on YouTube or something 287 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 2: and hear him speak about it. Pretty cool. The life 288 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: changes that he went through to get to where he 289 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 2: is now. It's just something to be respected and you 290 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 2: guys should check it out. Google him all right. A 291 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: dubs this week they got into it. Will Ospray and 292 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: Kenny Omega got on the mic and it was like, 293 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: if you're ranking it one to ten, it was like 294 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: a seven, you know, like a good seven Ospray's I 295 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 2: still don't know how ww slept on Ospray. He's just perfect, 296 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 2: Like he can talk, he looks good, he can move, 297 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 2: he can sell, he can work, like he could do everything. 298 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: And I don't know. I know there's like mixed feelings 299 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: on Kenny Omega. And I wasn't hip to Kenny Omega 300 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: for any of this, so I he's new to me 301 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 2: still because he's been hurt for a while. I think 302 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: he's cool. He's pretty good on the mic, and he's 303 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 2: in good shape. He can wrestle and uh, and he 304 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: believes in selling too. I like, I like dudes itself. 305 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 2: I like dudes that make you look good. That that's 306 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: so important, and the ones that do it are selfless, 307 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 2: and those are the ones that do the best business 308 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: I feel. So anyway, they both got beef with the 309 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 2: don Kallis family and Donna's quickly becoming one of my 310 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: favorite managers. He just gets better and better every week. 311 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: Dude scarred his own head for for his art, which 312 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: is so hardcore, and he just sort of lives it. Man. 313 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: I don't know how he's pulling it off. 314 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 3: You know, on the Jeredo cruise with Jericho, Cruz jobbed 315 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 3: for like so many matches he didn't did. Yeah, he 316 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 3: was like he he had all these kind of different things. 317 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: He would just come out and lose in a match. 318 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 2: I thought it was hilarious. That's really fun. Dude wasn't 319 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 2: even managing, just being a jobber. He has been growing 320 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 2: on me for a long time, man, and he's he's 321 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: really really good. Dude. I can't believe he sliced his 322 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 2: head open. That's so hardcore. But anyway, they got beef, Jeff, 323 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 2: they got they got man beef. And it's not it's 324 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: not the gross kind of man beef. It's the violent 325 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 2: kind of man beef. And yeah, man, they made the 326 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 2: match quickly, which I still wish they would pull these 327 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 2: things or or make these stories longer. But I guess 328 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: they're selling tickets for a pay per view, so I 329 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 2: should probably shut up. About that. But they both climbed 330 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 2: up this giant pillar and basically challenged to Keshia and 331 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: I think it was Kyle Fletcher to a tag match 332 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 2: in Australia. I'm excited for this pay per view coming up. 333 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: And and then at the end of the promo, he 334 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 2: gets the line of the week. By the way, Kevin 335 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: Owens doesn't get the line of the week. It's Kevin, 336 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 2: It's Kenny Omega from on top. And he goes and 337 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 2: now I'm gonna get off this this this whatever scaffolding 338 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: because I'm afraid of hides. Yeah, they climbed back down. 339 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: I was like, yo, man, he kind of broke the 340 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 2: fourth wall there and a cool ways. I thought that 341 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 2: was funny. I wanted to mention that I would rather 342 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: see these dudes wrestle each other than see them in 343 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 2: a tag match. But I'm hyped to see the match 344 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 2: just the same. How did you how'd you feel about 345 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: a doves overall? We'll get into more of it as 346 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 2: we go. 347 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: Uh, nothing notable really on my end. I like, in 348 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 3: my opinion, I watched it, I go, oh, it's good. 349 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 3: It felt very much like was watching a house show 350 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 3: or something, which I guess is kind of the vibe 351 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 3: of AWS sometimes, but it was. 352 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, sometimes that is the vibe, and sometimes it's good 353 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 2: and sometimes it's not good. It it kind of depends 354 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 2: on the stories they have going on. Well, then I'll 355 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 2: hit you with some other stuff, because there was some 356 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 2: stuff that I liked. One Bobby Lashley looked great and 357 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 2: Shelton Benjamin looked great, and they dominated a match that 358 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 2: they should have dominated, and it was awesome for private 359 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 2: part to allow them to be that dominant in the match. 360 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 2: Usually the AW matches feel like fifty to fifty unless 361 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 2: it's a squash match, like everybody gets all their moves in, 362 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 2: everybody gets to kick out of the of the finisher, 363 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 2: you know, and it's it feels very fair. And even 364 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 2: it's like fifty one forty nine, this match was not that. 365 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 2: This was not a squash, but it was dominance and 366 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: Bobby looked like Bobby Lashley should look. And now they're 367 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 2: the tag team champions. The hurt Cindy could have gold, 368 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 2: which legitimizes them. Eventually they'll get they'll drop those titles 369 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 2: and Bobby will move on once there's room towards the 370 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: World Championship. I'm sure, that's the title. He's going to 371 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 2: go for first, and Shelton can do great things in 372 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 2: like the Continental Classic and go after the International title 373 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 2: and things like that. But they look good, so I 374 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: was happy about that. My man MVP was on commentary, 375 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: always killing it out there. And the one match that 376 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 2: I did want to hit on because this was like 377 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 2: the one bright spot and kind of a boring week 378 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 2: of wrestling, was Jamie fucking Hater versus Julia Hart. And 379 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: this was like a revenge match for Jamie Hayter because 380 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 2: she had lost once she got the mooda mist in 381 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 2: the face. Oh MyH she goes down, she gets paid one, two, three, 382 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 2: no mooda miss this time? What's up? You're by yourself? 383 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 2: Julia Hart and she took the big ass hilaria from 384 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 2: Jamie Hayter. But it's really good to have Julia Hart 385 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 2: back from injury, really good to have Jamie Hayter back 386 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 2: from injury. Really awesome to see women's wrestling and to 387 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 2: see a good entertaining match. I don't know what the 388 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 2: hell's happened with Britt Baker, but whatever story she had 389 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 2: is now gone. Maybe she's hurt again. I've known, Maybe 390 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 2: she's got beef. I have no idea, but uh, their 391 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 2: division has been lacking, Like there hasn't been a lot 392 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,719 Speaker 2: of matches to see. There hasn't been a lot of 393 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 2: opponents to be built up for Mariah May. There haven't 394 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 2: been a lot of opponents to be built up for 395 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 2: that people really were into for for Mercedes Money. So 396 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 2: it's been is been tough man, And this was like 397 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: a nice kind of refreshing moment. And maybe, look, maybe 398 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: it was so everything else was so boring that this 399 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 2: just stood out because it wasn't. But to me, it 400 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 2: felt like a really good match. They worked super clean, 401 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 2: a lot of the moves looked real, a lot of 402 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 2: them probably were, and Jamie Hayter got the win and 403 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 2: then cut a really cool promo at the end. It 404 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: was like, look, you're bitch, but you're a tough bitch 405 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 2: and if you want to fight again, fuck yeah, and 406 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: she she said it better than that. But and then 407 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 2: she walked out of the ring, and I thought it 408 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: was really quiet. Even texted you guys, I was like, yo, man, 409 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 2: check this match out. I thought it was pretty good. 410 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 2: Did you get to see that match or not? 411 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 3: I thought, yeah, I liked Julie Harder or that's your name, right, 412 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 3: Juliard Julia Crazy hard Yeah, I like her. My problem 413 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 3: is I'm not connecting with a lot of the mic 414 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 3: quirk or a lot of that kind of stuff with 415 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 3: h with what they're doing. 416 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 2: But uh I I don't know it. They're not all 417 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 2: going to win a category. 418 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: I don't want to be sitting here and be a hater, 419 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 3: So I'm like trying to not say what. 420 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 2: I'm Yeah, don't be a hater on Jamie Hayter bro 421 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 2: It's like hits you with that Larry a lot. I'm 422 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: pretty critical of a lot of this. You are criticae. 423 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: I know your look. I don't think there's I don't 424 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 2: think there's anything wrong with your criticism. I think you're 425 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 2: always fair. I think maybe some of our listeners get 426 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 2: upset because there is a lot of tribalism and that's 427 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: my guy or that's my girl. You're talking shit on 428 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 2: my guy and I've believed in him forever. He's entertained 429 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: me for years, and she's entertained me for years, and 430 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 2: now you don't like him and you're saying shit and 431 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 2: you have a voice, and I don't, So I get 432 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 2: where that comes from. But I think you've always been fair. 433 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: I disagree with a lot of what you say because 434 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: I give more latitude to him. I think, yeah, you're 435 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 2: very nice to the wrestlers. I'm very hard on the wrestlers. Yeah. Man, 436 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: I'll put it to you this way. If I say 437 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 2: a promos a seven, that's probably most people's five. Like, 438 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 2: I'm giving a couple extra points of latitude because they 439 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 2: don't all take acting classes. They're not all you know, actors. 440 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 2: Some of them just wrestle and that's okay. And should 441 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 2: they have a manager, Yeah, but should they get a 442 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 2: chance to learn and develop that and maybe something cool happens, Right, 443 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 2: Like when Jalen Rose was originally on ESPN doing commentary 444 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: and stuff and all that, he sucked, and over the 445 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 2: course of a year, you watched him get better from 446 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 2: week to week to week to where the point where 447 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 2: he became one of their best voices on that friggin network. Yeah, 448 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: And if he didn't get those opportunities to fail and 449 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 2: f up, he probably would have never gotten better. He 450 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 2: ended up doing like a podcast TV show with this guy, 451 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 2: and it just he really was able to be himself 452 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 2: and it just kind of helped him develop his skills, 453 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 2: and that can happen with wrestlers too. We've seen it 454 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 2: happen with wrestlers. We've seen, you know, We've seen Solo 455 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 2: Sokoa go from no speaking to cutting full on promos 456 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: to going back to not speaking anymore. Now he's pissed 457 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 2: at the audience. He's like, fuck you guys, I'm going 458 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 2: out there. So I try to give more latitude with that. 459 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 2: I also worked there, and I know how hard the 460 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 2: conditions are. It's not an environment that's conducive to success 461 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 2: outside of the wrestling part. 462 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it just takes me out of the story as 463 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 3: all like like, and Kenny Omega is probably one of 464 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 3: my favorite wrestlers in the last ten years. I'm a 465 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 3: big Kenny Omega guy like him, and his last when 466 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 3: he came out gave like it did a bunch of. 467 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 2: Did big spot. It was terrible and. 468 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 3: I was literally going it made me like while I 469 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 3: was listening to it, I'm rethinking how I feel about 470 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 3: Kenny Omega, was like, this is dog shit. 471 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 2: So I am at least consistent. 472 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 3: I just want I want the stories to be good 473 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 3: and I want the mic work to be good, and 474 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 3: I want the wrestling to be gimmicky. 475 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: So you see, I hear you saying this, and I 476 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 2: don't even get mad. It makes me wish I worked there. 477 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 2: It makes me wish like that I could help help out, 478 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 2: Like I know, I one thing I was really good at. 479 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 2: I couldn't like book matches very well. That's a technique 480 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 2: that takes years to develop, and I wasn't there long enough. 481 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 2: But I could write some motherfucking dialogue. And I would 482 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 2: just write all the lines that no one would ever 483 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 2: let me say in a movie because I always had 484 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 2: to play the sweet boy, so I didn't get to 485 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 2: like talk tough. I always had to take the tough 486 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 2: talk right, yeah, And so I would just write all that. 487 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: And I did really well for a lot of wrestlers, 488 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 2: and I screwed up with some, but I got good 489 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 2: and I got good quick. And when I hear people 490 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 2: criticize the acting part and the writing and things like that, 491 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 2: I'm always like, man, I could have written that dude 492 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 2: to promo. I could have written that guy something sick 493 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 2: that he would that he would have, you know, chewed 494 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 2: up and spit out in a good way. So I 495 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 2: hear you, dude, I want the stories to be good too. 496 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: I get I get pissed off if I get taken 497 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 2: out of it, and that's when my latitude mode kicks 498 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 2: in and goes, ah, not give him a break, give 499 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: him a break. But you're not wrong, You're not wrong, 500 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: all right, you guys, stay tuned for Thursday show. That's right, 501 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: the Thursday shows are back, unsanctioned. Just for you guys. 502 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 2: We're gonna give you our Royal Rumble predictions. So for 503 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 2: all of those, So for all you people who just 504 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 2: want WWE, you got it, stay tuned. 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