1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to. 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 2: Around. This is a pro wrestling podcast with a hinge 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 2: of pop culture. Join Battle in Eli as they break 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: down the world of professional wrestling. 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: You never know who's gonna stop by now making their 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: way to the microphone for the greatest podcast Tack Team 7 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: in the World, Battle and El So. 8 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 3: Okay, So, I figured I shouldn't say all right to 9 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 3: start the podcast off, because usually that's what I end 10 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 3: up doing. 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: We started with so, So, I started with so. 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 3: But last week we did talk about there's some big 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 3: news coming with the show, and the big news that's 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: coming with the show is we're gonna be doing more 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 3: episodes and we're gonna drop more episodes during the week. 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, more content there it is. Aren't you excited? 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: I'm bumped about it because you know, normally we just 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 3: did the one show on Fridays, but we have now 19 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 3: decided that we're going to do uh, we're going to 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 3: try to do two to three episodes a week, which, 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: of course we'll still put a show out on Friday. Friday. 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 3: Show will usually consist of an interview or kind of 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: us previewing a pay per view that's coming up over 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 3: the weekend or any you know, local shows or shows 25 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 3: in general that's happening over the weekend. So there's the 26 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: big news. We're putting out more episodes. We've got a 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 3: pretty good lineup for this week of shows. Today on 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 3: the show, we're going to kind of talk about our 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 3: weekly challenge, and which is if you don't follow us 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: on Instagram, it's Battleground Podcast. We put up I guess 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: a dream match if you will. 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: Yes, And for those that might be offended, it's it's 33 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: the whole point is, if you know these two were 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: in their prime, what would happen. We're not talking about 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: sixty five year old Hulkgaan fighting thirty year old Matt 36 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: Riddle or what you know. We're like, we're assuming, right, 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: that's the train of thought. So yeah, it's it's basically 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: these two guys if they were in their prime and 39 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: went at it, what would happen? 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 4: Yeah? 41 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: And I mean prime example was when I put it 42 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: up on Twitter, Langstrom was like, oh, I wouldn't wrestle. 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 3: I haven't done in three or five years. We're not 44 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: like Eli just said, We're not trying to offend anybody. 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: We're just having fun and saying what if what does 46 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: this happen? So we'll talk about that match here in 47 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 3: a little bit, But there is something cool happening in 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 3: Nashville this weekend. Ring of Honors in town and they're 49 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: doing their pay per view Honor for All, which is 50 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 3: really exciting because you know, this could potentially be the 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 3: last wrestling show at the Fairgrounds. 52 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, they've been threatening it for a while, and we 53 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: went to an event earlier this summer those labeled, you know, 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: last whatever, last ride at the Fairgrounds or whatever. So 55 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: I would I mean, you and I don't know what's 56 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: going on. I mean, they could keep doing wrestling down 57 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: there for five years. I mean, I don't know. We 58 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: have no idea. So we're kind of surprised when Ring 59 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: of Honor announced this pay per view at the Fairgrounds. 60 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: But I mean we'll be there, Yeah, we'll be there. 61 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: And it looks like it's a pretty good card. I mean, 62 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 3: you've got let's see the tag team Champions, the Brisco's 63 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 3: taking on the Iconic Rock and Roll Express for the titles. 64 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,679 Speaker 3: You've got the six man championship match, Lifeblood versus Villain Enterprises. 65 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 3: You've got the Fire Deny, which is gonna be an 66 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: interesting match because you've got Matt Taban who's the champion, 67 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: and he's taken on Jay Lethal, Kenney King and Jeff Cobb. 68 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: And I think if Matt, I think the stipulations, if 69 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: I'm correct, if Matt wins, none of those three guys 70 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 3: can challenge him for the title as long as he's still. 71 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: The champion, correct, I think that's it. 72 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: So and then of course you've got you know, Shane 73 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: Taylor taking on you know somebody. According to the Ring 74 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: of Honors website, it says Shane Taylor versus question Mark. 75 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: So yeah, the night before, Chase Owens, LSG and PJ 76 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: Black are doing a three way and whoever wins that 77 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: gets the TV title shot the next night. 78 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: Oh and that's gonna be h a great match to 79 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 3: watch because I think they're in Atlanta the night before 80 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: and then Nashville, and then of course with the Ring 81 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 3: of Honor being in town, of course everybody's asking who 82 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: you guys getting on the show. Well, we're getting somebody, 83 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 3: somebody Matt or not Matt Castle. Why does that gun 84 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: say Matt Castle. I don't know where Matt Castle came from. 85 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: That's a is that quarterback? Is that Matt Castle. 86 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, as a quarterback for he used to play for 87 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 3: the Titans. No, I'm having Dalton Castle on the show Friday. 88 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: Will the boys be with him? I don't know, I 89 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: would hope, So, I mean they're probably pretty busy. 90 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 3: Probably, And I mean the last time, let's see, the 91 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: last time Ring of Honor was in town, it was 92 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: it was years ago. I think. 93 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: I was at the TV taping last January and that 94 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: was a municipal and that was like pretty much just 95 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: a bullet club show. I mean, Cody was there, Young Bucks, Marty. 96 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: I think Handma hand made Hangman page was there, so 97 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: we I met Cody at that event. And Briscoes were there, 98 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: I believe Christopher Daniel. I think they were doing the 99 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: tournament for the women's title. 100 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 3: That's it. 101 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: And I think in Brandy Fault at that one, and 102 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: well I don't know where she was going as it 103 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: was Emma and ww yeah, I think. 104 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 3: She was still going as Emma or maybe whatever her 105 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: real name is. 106 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, So that was January of twenty eighteen, so it's 107 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: been unless something else has popped up that I wasn't 108 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: aware of, that's been almost a year and a half. 109 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, because we uh, and you can go back and 110 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 3: listen to. We actually had Punishment Martinez on the show 111 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 3: Who's now an XT which we will talk about that 112 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 3: here in a second, but he was on the show. 113 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 3: We kind of talked because at the time he was 114 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 3: the TV champion. But all in all, it's going to 115 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 3: be a good show. It's gonna be at the Fairgrounds. 116 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 3: So it's I think the one match that I'm very 117 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 3: interested in looking at is the Briscoes and the Rock 118 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 3: and Roll Express because the guy the Rock and Roll 119 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 3: Express are still putting on hell of a show's especially 120 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 3: you know of Ricky doing that Frankensteiner WrestleMania Weekend. 121 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, well I think he did. I think 122 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: it was a Canadian destroyer. Actually, that's it. That's it still. 123 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't matter if he does a body 124 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: slam at his age, it's impressive. So but yeah, that 125 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: one should be. You know, it's kind of like we 126 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: talked to Frankie Kazarian when he was here in Nashville 127 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: and he said wrestling them was like bucket list. I 128 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: think it's kind of the same for the Briscoes. I 129 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: think a lot of these guys are realizing, you know, 130 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: these guys are not getting any younger, so I think 131 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: they're you know, really trying to amp up, you know, 132 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: trying to get these matches with these legs like Rocker 133 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: World Express. I'm interested in the six man Tag Villain 134 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: Enterprises and Lifeblood Villain Enterprises is pretty crazy faction, and 135 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: everybody's kind of paying attention to it, just because a 136 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: lot of people don't know where Marty's going when his 137 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: deal's up and you know, all that good stuff. So 138 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: it's kind of interesting to see them, you know, be 139 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: one of the bright spots for Ring of Honor right 140 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: now and have that six man tag titles. 141 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that it's one of those things it's like 142 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 3: where does that match fall within the night because it's like, 143 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 3: you don't want to start the show off with that, 144 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 3: but you got to start the show off with a 145 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 3: bank Yeah. 146 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if it opened up 147 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: the show, just because you know, I don't I don't think. 148 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: I don't think tag wrestling is where it was, you know, 149 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: probably when we were growing up, much less six man 150 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: tag team, you know, so, right, so I think that 151 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: one is a candidate for opening the show just because 152 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: of the their name, you know, the name recognition and 153 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, like you said, starting off with a bang. 154 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, and we can now this is a great transition 155 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 3: with starting off with a bang. 156 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: Uh. 157 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: So for a while now, it was rumored that, you know, 158 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 3: with with AW launching there Wednesday Night Wrestling on tn T, 159 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 3: what was WW gonna do? And finally we got confirmation 160 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 3: that NXT is going to USA on Wednesday nights and 161 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 3: it's going to be for two hours. So thoughts on that. 162 00:08:54,679 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: Okay, so somebody one of the other wrestling sites or 163 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: podcasts or dirt sheets whatever. So pretty much this whole 164 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: thing is turning into kind of a direct competition slash 165 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: war because of Vince McMahon, you know, I mean, he 166 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 1: hasn't really shown much interest in NXT. There's even been 167 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: reports of when you know, incredible talent from an XT 168 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: gets called up, they don't get pushed because he has 169 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 1: no idea who they are, you know, so there's definitely 170 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: concern with that. I mean, it's generally, you know, NXT 171 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: is how I got back into wrestling, you know, I 172 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: mean when I started back up four or five years ago, 173 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: I you know, saw the name and I was like, oh, okay, 174 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: I get an NXT short for next Okay, I get it. 175 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 1: And they they have been the whatever you want to 176 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: call it. They have been the best part of w 177 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: W for five years now, you know. And it's definitely morphed, 178 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's not really considered the developmental you know, 179 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: the minor leagues whatever. You know, it's it's its own 180 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: brand now, it's a third brand. 181 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 4: So to. 182 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: And you know, it's also kind of you know, aw 183 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: specifically went after Wednesday. You know, I think part of 184 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: it was like, Okay, we're not gonna do Monday. Obviously 185 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 1: we're not gonna do Friday because SmackDown's moving to Friday. 186 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: You know, NXT is not really on a network. They're 187 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: on the WW network, They're not on a TV station. 188 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: And then I think Tuesdays and Thursdays had some conflict 189 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 1: with like basketball and other sports and stuff, so they 190 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: picked Wednesday as kind of a neutral, you know, we'll 191 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: stay out of this. And then Vince McMahon made a 192 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: deal with USA and he moved NXT to USA. Now, 193 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: so on the one hand, I'm glad that it's gonna 194 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: get a bigger audience, you know, I mean, they probably 195 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: could have done this a year or two ago before 196 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: the AW thing started. I think they had the talent 197 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: and enough exposure to to you know, warrant a move 198 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: like that, but to do it now, and to do it, 199 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: you know, just to get two weeks in or two 200 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: or three weeks in before AW launches is just such 201 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: a fucking asenon move, you know, and you know it's 202 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect anything less from somebody like Vince McMann 203 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: to do that, you know. So I don't know. I mean, 204 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: I a lot of people are forecasting that NXT is 205 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: gonna beat AW and TV, but AW is gonna beat 206 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: NXT in live shows, and I don't know if that's true. 207 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: I mean, aw's like the new thing, the new kid 208 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: on the blox. They've been selling out everything, and I'd 209 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: be very surprised if it's not like a pretty you know, 210 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: head to head competition with the ratings and stuff on WIZ. 211 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: I'll be watching AW personally NXT, you know, I'll be 212 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: able to catch that later or whatever. So the good 213 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: news is I think I sent you this too. So 214 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: it looks like Triple AH is still going to be 215 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: the head houn show with n XT, so Vince won't 216 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,719 Speaker 1: be involved like everyone was fearing so and I. 217 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 3: Think that's that's a good thing on WNE East Park 218 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 3: because once Vince gets his hands on it, it's straight 219 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 3: downhill from there. 220 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean he you know, thankfully this whole XFL 221 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: crap starting back up soon, so he's going to start 222 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: having less and less involvement hopefully so. 223 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 3: But and I would be totally okay with that if 224 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 3: he has less and less involvement. 225 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. So. 226 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 3: But I think with the announcement of NXT going to USA, 227 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: I think the best tweet out there, and like I 228 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 3: follow a w on tn T and they posted about 229 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 3: Chris Jericho, and Chris Jericho had tweeted congrats to at 230 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: w W NXT for making a big move to USA. 231 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 3: Network runners always run faster when somebody is right behind them. 232 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 3: Gonna be fun to see which team the world decides 233 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 3: to join hashtag choose Jericho at a wrestling at a 234 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: w on tn T. 235 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 236 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 3: So, I mean the thing is is a w's roster 237 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 3: is acknowledging the war. I guess as all of US 238 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: wrestling fans are now starting to call it, even though 239 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: there hasn't been anything on Wednesday Night yet. But it's 240 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: it's it's like I said somebody today, it's a great 241 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: time to be alive to be a wrestling fan because 242 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 3: you have so many options to choose from. And you know, 243 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 3: before for the past several years, I mean, the Big 244 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 3: Dog was WD and that was pretty much it. You 245 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 3: had impact. That was on a you know, whatever station 246 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 3: you could try to find it. Ring of Honors on 247 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 3: you know, Fox seventeen on a weekend. 248 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I I don't know. I mean, you know, 249 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: it's kind of and then then now they're talking about 250 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: that there's there's a chance they're going to cancel two 251 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: of five, which you know, never really took off. You know, 252 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: I think post well Sinceenzo Morey left and then of 253 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: Age kind of started putting his hand on it more 254 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it's personally been the second best product behind NXT. 255 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it's still better than Raw and SmackDown, and 256 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: no one's watching it, you know. So Jericho brought up 257 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: a point about, you know, you're kind of diluting the 258 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: product a little bit and you're gonna have overexposure, and 259 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: I mean we're I think we're to that point, you 260 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like there's just it's getting to 261 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: the point now, And it's it's a combination of you know, 262 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: how bad the product's been, but also just it's Monday again, 263 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: I gotta watch three hours of Raw and then oh 264 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: it's Tuesday again, I gotta watch two hours of smack Down, 265 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: like and now two hours on Wednesday, and it's just 266 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: like geez. I mean, so, you know, there is a 267 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: such thing as too much content, you know. 268 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think you know, I'm not saying it's 269 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 3: the kiss of death for NXT, but I mean going 270 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 3: two hours, that's where you know, on on the network, 271 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: it's an hour long and of course WWE has to 272 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 3: throw in their sponsor commercials. But then you think you're 273 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 3: going to USA Network, you're going two hours? What an 274 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 3: hour long program? You're getting what forty five minutes of 275 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 3: content fifteen minutes of commercials give or take. 276 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's the thing too, like on some of 277 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: the next programs, you'll hop on a Wednesday and there'll 278 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: be two matches and it's it, you know. And so yeah, 279 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: I definitely think that they can do more, but I'm 280 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: kind of like, I'm kind of with you, like, I 281 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: don't know if I would necessarily turn that into a 282 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: two hour show. But I think the other thing that, 283 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: like some people have criticized the next and I say 284 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: criticized loosely. They've commented about, you know, their matches are 285 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: so incredible because they don't really have the same schedule 286 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: that WWE has, you know, or the what everyone called 287 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: main roster. They're not touring five days a week, and 288 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: they're not, you know, it's just a different thing. They 289 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: basically they do two or three days of TV a 290 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: month and then they're training and working out and then 291 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: they have the takeover and it's just it's a much 292 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: more lax schedule and all that, and so a lot 293 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: of people that's kind of what they're saying is like, well, 294 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: that's why it's so incredible. They're not wrestling three hundred 295 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: days a year like the main roster is. You know. 296 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: So I'm kind of worried that, you know, I don't 297 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: know if this is going to be like a legit 298 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: third brand and it's going to tour, you know and 299 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: travel around like SmackDown and Raw does now, and you'll 300 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: have the main Wednesday night show and then like a Friday, 301 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: Saturday Sunday thing. You know, we don't really know what's 302 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: going to happen yet, I think that brand it would 303 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: be more of a detriment to them if they started 304 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: doing just exactly like Raw on SmackDown. But again, you know, 305 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: you and I aren't making the decisions so right. 306 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 3: And I mean I think what MXT still does house shows, 307 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 3: but they're doing him in like extremely small like high 308 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 3: school gymnasiums kind of things. Because you've got you know, 309 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 3: the up and coming NXT people that they're signing to 310 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 3: the Performance Center. So they're in like po dunk Io 311 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 3: on a you know, Thursday night wrestling for a crowd 312 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 3: of maybe a couple hundred. Yeah, and then you've got 313 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 3: your main roster in X to which I mean it's 314 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 3: it's it's gonna be fun to watch and see how 315 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 3: Wednesday nights play out. 316 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they when they were here in Nashville, 317 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,479 Speaker 1: they always do war Memorial, which is a much smaller 318 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: venue than Bridgetone. So and it's sporadic. Like I was 319 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: talking to somebody, I don't remember the last time I 320 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: was at an NXT show in Nashville. I want to 321 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: say it was. It might have been in twenty eighteen, 322 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: it might have been sometime last last summer or or 323 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: last spring or something, but it feels like it was 324 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: twenty seventy. It feels like they have been here in 325 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: two years. So so again they're they're touring schedules not 326 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: as strenuous as the main roster and all that stuff. 327 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: So but yeah, I mean, like you said, it's an 328 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 1: interesting time for wrestlers. And you know, when when you 329 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: don't have stuff like this, you have you know, Jim 330 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: Cornett calling someone a butterface. So it's just it's all 331 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: over the place right now. 332 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 3: And poor Jim Cornett. Well I don't really want to 333 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: say poor Jim Cornett, but yeah, So side note, once again, 334 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 3: we will have Dalton Castle on the show Friday. We'll 335 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 3: talk about Ring of Honor Honor for all. So if 336 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 3: you have any questions you would like to ask Dalton, 337 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 3: you can shoot us a message on Twitter where Battleground 338 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 3: IHR podcast on Instagram is Battleground Podcast. But this is 339 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 3: gonna be something that we're going to try to do 340 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 3: and come out with a show every Wednesday where we 341 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: talk about our weekly challenge. I guess I should get 342 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 3: like some kind of cool little like sound effect to 343 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: play when this happens. I don't know if I should 344 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 3: get our let's get it on there it is. That's 345 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 3: that's perfect. 346 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: Well, we've got the that's not that's not so this 347 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: one's this was kind of brand appropriate, okay. And his 348 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: name is Johnson. 349 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, that is the best thing in the world. 350 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 3: All right, So we'll we'll figure something out in the meantime. 351 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 3: So our Battleground Weekly Challenges. At the beginning of the show, 352 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 3: you heard us we talk about we put two wrestlers 353 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 3: together in a dream match. It's not real, it's what 354 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 3: we think would be a cool match to watch, and 355 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 3: we let you the listeners jump in and talk about 356 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 3: it on Instagram Battleground Podcast. But we talk about kind 357 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: of the match and we kind of break down what's 358 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 3: going on in the match and who we think would win. Yes, 359 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 3: this is a predetermined match, well, all know wrestling, we 360 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 3: can at the end of the day, we get to 361 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 3: pick who's gonna win the match. But it's fun to 362 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 3: make a dream match like a Matt Riddle versus you know, 363 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 3: Lanstorm in their prime, or a Daniel Bryan versus Ricky 364 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 3: the Steamboat Dragon. 365 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: You know. 366 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 3: So this week we thought long and hard about this one. 367 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 3: After seeing this in the news, and we thought Sean 368 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 3: Michaels in his prime versus AJ Styles in his. 369 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: Prime, and I think that's on a lot of people's list, 370 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: and there's rumors about it, and you know, it's kind 371 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 1: of unfortunate that excuse me that Shawn Michaels did come 372 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: back for the one match in Saudi Arabia and it 373 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: was not the greatest thing in the world. But uh, 374 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: I guess when Vince and you check that large, he'll 375 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: do it. But you know that that could have been 376 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: a you know, a main event at WrestleMania, you know. 377 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: And I understand Sean's like, well, I'm not what I 378 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: used to be and that's why he did the tag 379 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: match blah blah blah. But and you know, anyways, what. 380 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 3: It's what if I think the thing that I saw 381 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 3: was there was some reports online that Sean was like, 382 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 3: that really wasn't my. That was a one off match, 383 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 3: that wasn't my, you know, ps the Resistance final go 384 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 3: home match kind of thing. And I mean this, we 385 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 3: decided to make this match because it sparked interest because 386 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 3: AJ Styles did an interview with Kathy Kelly on w 387 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,479 Speaker 3: NOW and they talked about Sean Michael's turning down a 388 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 3: match against him, and in the interview, you know, AJ 389 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 3: was like, I asked Sean about a match, he said, no, 390 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 3: Well that's on Sean, guys. I can't do anything about that. 391 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 3: I would love the opportunity to do that match. And 392 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 3: you know, Michaels is retired. He came out of retirement 393 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 3: did the tag match at the Crown Jewel, which was 394 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 3: god awful. I mean, granted Triple H was hurt, but 395 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 3: I mean after that went right back in retirement. But 396 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: I think now Michael's is working with NXT. 397 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: I'm assuming, Yeah, he's been involved with them for about 398 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: a year now, year and a half, I think, And 399 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: I know Scott Hall's worked with him, and Dean Malinko 400 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: before he left, I think he worked with him. And 401 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: so yeah, you see him from time to time. He'll 402 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: be wearing the NXT baseball hat and stuff. So so yeah, 403 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's I mean, I get it. It's just 404 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: it's like again, it's a head scratcher, like if you 405 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: if you don't think that you can perform at that level, 406 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: blah blah blah, Like why would you come back and 407 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: do the tag match though you know what I mean, like, 408 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: just stay retired and not every of our one question it, 409 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: you know. But again, I've never seen a check that big, 410 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: So I don't. 411 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 3: Know, I've never seen a check with that many commas. 412 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 3: But if anybody wants to write a check with a 413 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 3: bunch of commas, that's preatfably fine. I mean, we'll do 414 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 3: whatever you want. But yeah, so, I mean, apparently it 415 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 3: was like this match was kind of teased in like 416 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 3: two thousand and six because it was gonna be like 417 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 3: Michael's and AJ at the Rumble. Of course it didn't happen, 418 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 3: but let's get down to it. AJ styles Shawn Michaels. 419 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: Let's just go ahead and say it's at WrestleMania. Who 420 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 3: are you picking in the match? 421 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: So, I guess it depends on when they would would 422 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: be doing it. With Shawn Michaels, you definitely have the 423 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: pre retirement and then the post or second guitar whatever, 424 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: you know, he came back in two thousand and two 425 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: thousands or whatever. 426 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 3: You know. 427 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: I wasn't the biggest Shawn Michaels fan in nineties. He 428 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: to me, he was the guy that passed the torch 429 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: onto Stone Cold, you know, so I really appreciated his 430 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: work once he came back, Like I think, I'm not 431 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: sure if he had to come back when he did, 432 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 1: I don't know if we would still think of him 433 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: in the same light. I mean, he was always popular 434 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: and everything, but like you know, popularity doesn't always mean greatness, 435 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: you know. So if it was you know, like the 436 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: nineties Shawn Michaels and you know, maybe the you know, 437 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: two thousands AJ styles, I'd probably give it to Seawn Michaels. 438 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: If you go with the when Shawn Michaels came back 439 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 1: to wrestle and they did that match in two thousand 440 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: and six, I'd probably still give the edge to Seawan Michaels. 441 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: But if you go into the twenty tens and you're 442 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: dealing with like Bullet Club AJ styles when he was 443 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: in New Japan, I would I would pick him over 444 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: Shawn Michaels. And that would be on either either one, 445 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: if Shawn Michaels from the nineties or Shawn Michaels when 446 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: he came back. I think at that point he definitely 447 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: got more of an edge and you know, tweaked his 448 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: tweaked his skill or his you know, move set enough 449 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: to where he was a little bit of a different 450 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: player at that point. So I mean they they're not 451 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: the exact same style. They have a lot of the 452 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: same characteristics, but I think they're definitely like cut from 453 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: the different or cut from the same cloth, I guess, 454 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: but it's maybe a different ends of the cloth or something. 455 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: So I think it would be a pretty pretty even match, 456 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: Like I said, I just I think it would depend 457 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: on which which eer we were pitting against each other. 458 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is where it gets fun, because we 459 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 3: just kind of let people, you know, figure out which 460 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 3: era they won. I mean, we just put them up 461 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 3: and then you kind of go at it. But it's 462 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 3: like you know, going to the fairgrounds every Wednesday watching 463 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 3: when it was NWAT and A, which was the longest 464 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 3: promotional name ever. I mean, I saw the emergence of 465 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 3: aj styles and like there's a reason why his nickname 466 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 3: is the phenomenal one, you know. But man, I mean 467 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 3: just think like if I was to put those two 468 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 3: in a match together, I would automatically make it a 469 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 3: sixty man iron Man match. Sixty minute Ironman match. 470 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they would be two they could pull 471 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: it off too. And then I mean if you go 472 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: back to again, you know nineties Sewn Michaels in the 473 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: first half of the decade he had Diesel as his bodyguard, 474 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: and then second half of the decade he was in 475 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: DX with Triple H. So those two would probably pay 476 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: play a part in the match. And then if you're 477 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: dealing with Bullet Club Aj Styles, he had members of 478 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: the Bullet Club with him, So you know, again it 479 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 1: kind depends on the air just because there's other tangible 480 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: things going on with with those characters. 481 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 3: So but. 482 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: You know, they both can be powerful when they need 483 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: to be. But they're both you know, Sean Michaels would 484 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: will do the moon salt off the rope under the 485 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: announcer's table, and it just Styles does the phenomenal forearm, 486 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: and you know, so they do some aerial stuff. They both, 487 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: you know, they both can pull off a superkick. I mean, 488 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: they both it's pretty evenly matched. I think it just 489 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: I think it'd be a coin flip and it would 490 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: just really come down to, you know, do you pick 491 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: ninety four Shawn Michaels against two thousand and six a 492 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: j or is it twenty ten against two thousand and 493 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: two Sean Michael. You know, it just depends on the era. 494 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 3: I guess, yeah, And that's where that's that's where it's 495 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 3: the tough decision. I mean, it's you know, it's left 496 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 3: up to whatever era you want to pick. Which, by 497 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 3: the way, you can voice your opinion. The photo is 498 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 3: up on our Instagram right now, Battleground Podcast. Who you're 499 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 3: picking Seawn Michaels, AJ Styles. So after we've just talked 500 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 3: about that the end of the day, which person are 501 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 3: you leaning toward winning the match? You have to pick 502 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 3: one right now. This is where the tough decision comes 503 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 3: into play. You're Vince McMahon, you're in the gorilla position. 504 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: Well, if that was the case, he would pick Sean Michaels. 505 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: Obviously that that was his you know, he groomed him 506 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: and made that guy. So with AJA would just be 507 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: another free agent he signed, you know. So I think 508 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: in that example it would be Sean. 509 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 2: I I guess I would give the slight advantage to 510 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 2: Sean Michaels. And it's really for no other reason than 511 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 2: just I've watched him, and I know that's just such 512 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 2: an arbitrary choice, you know, But I mean I remember 513 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 2: seeing some clips from his aw A days in like 514 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 2: the eighty like before they were the rockers in the WWF, 515 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 2: you know. So, you know, I I vaguely remember aj 516 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 2: styles at the very end of wcw. 517 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: UH for like two years, a year and a half, 518 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: two years, whatever it was, and then you know, kind 519 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: of picked up TEENA occasionally in the two thousands. I 520 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: didn't watch it hardcore, but once he went to New 521 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,719 Speaker 1: Japan and the Bullet Club started, that's kind of when 522 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: I he got back on my radar, and he's he's 523 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: been one of my favorites, you know, since twenty whatever. 524 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:50,959 Speaker 3: It is. 525 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: So I guess just because I've probably seen more matches 526 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: with Sean Michaels, I guess I'd give him the advantage. 527 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: But I mean it's just I think that one was 528 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: just so evenly matched. It's kind of hard to pull 529 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: the trigger on one, right. 530 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 3: You just kind of have to say it's going to 531 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 3: be a draw, double count out. Nobody got up after 532 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 3: the ten count I mean, I couldn't. I couldn't agree 533 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 3: with you more on that. I mean, it's it's it 534 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 3: is a very evenly drawn match, and it's it it 535 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 3: would probably be the you know, the match that Stills 536 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 3: the Night if it ever happened, which wouldn't be surprising 537 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 3: if you know, when the new WWE video game comes 538 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 3: out that they're like, you can now finally figure out 539 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 3: who won, Sean Michaels or aj Styles. 540 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if they do. They I did. 541 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: I can't remember if I sent it to you or not, 542 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: but they've got a expansion pack for that and you 543 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: you'll get the new Bray Wyatt the Fiend get up 544 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: and all that. But there's also like a I think 545 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: Finn Balor is the demon, and I think there's some 546 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: other like I think Papa Shanka's in it, and there's 547 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: all kinds of like spooky settings. There's like a boiler 548 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: room and all this kind of stuff. So it's kind 549 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: of like a almost like a Halloween, you know, expansion 550 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: pack or something so that that that has that has 551 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: me interested for sure. 552 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 3: I'm totally cool with that. Like so I bought it 553 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 3: was twenty w twenty nineteen, and I bought that Rick 554 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 3: Flair edition just because I wanted the Rick Flairer pop figure. 555 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 3: But I did the I am in the middle of 556 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 3: like the story mode, and there's like a I guess 557 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 3: you're a storyline with like Broy Watt and you go 558 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 3: back to the house like it was with Randy Orton. 559 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 3: It's kind of a weird thing, but it's not it's 560 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 3: not bad. But now that you talked about the expansion pack, 561 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 3: that gets me excited and I min ended up going 562 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 3: to buy the video game. So yeah, so that's today's show. 563 00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,719 Speaker 3: I guess that's good. But we just wanted to kind 564 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 3: of hop on and explain about all the new stuff 565 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: that's happening. So you'll be able to have more episodes 566 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 3: throughout the week. And yeah, it's it's gonna be fun. 567 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 3: We're still gonna have Friday Show, which once again Dalton 568 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 3: Castle will be on Friday Show. We'll talk about Ring 569 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 3: of Honor and honor for all that's this Sunday in Nashville. 570 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 3: Of course we'll talk about his his career and whatnot. 571 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 3: But I do want to give a quick shout out. 572 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 3: And I feel like a complete, like, you know, kind 573 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 3: of like an asshole because so Sunday, I was in 574 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 3: Murphysboro doing something with the radio station and there was 575 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 3: a guy that walked up to the table and I 576 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 3: did not catch his name, and I feel horrible for 577 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 3: not catching his name, but he was like, dude, I 578 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 3: listen to podcast and everything else and awesome guy. And 579 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 3: so I am friends with him on on Twitter. So 580 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 3: we'll give a shout out to norm L people. Norma 581 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,479 Speaker 3: L people, that cool they came. I'm trying to make 582 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 3: sure I say this right, but he did come up 583 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 3: and was like a ban of the podcast and it 584 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 3: was such a cool moment for me. And when I 585 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 3: told you, I knew that it was a cool moment 586 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 3: for you as well. So Norma L people, thanks for 587 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 3: swinging by Sunday. And yeah, if you want to give 588 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 3: a shout out, let us know when you're listening, just 589 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 3: shoot us a tweet. We're on Twitter, Battleground I h 590 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 3: R on Twitter, Battleground podcasts on Instagram, and then you 591 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 3: can just find us the Battleground podcast. I think that's 592 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 3: what it still says on Facebook. 593 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, but yeah, so anything else, Yeah, I mean we 594 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: sometimes we think we're just talking into a void, you know. 595 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: So when people especially something like that where they come, 596 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: you know, drive out of their way to come see 597 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: you know, see us in person and tell us that, 598 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: it's always cool. So yeah, if you post anything on 599 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,719 Speaker 1: social we try to repost it. So if you take 600 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: a screenshot of the current episode or whatever, you know, 601 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: we try to repost it to kind of show everybody 602 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: give you a shout out. 603 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 3: So once again, we just want to say thank you 604 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 3: for listening to us ramble on about wrestling every week 605 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 3: and super excited to see this new stuff unfold. And 606 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 3: there's some great things that are we're putting out in 607 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 3: the universe to happen. And yeah, we've got great guests 608 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 3: lined up once again Friday's Dalton Castle. Next week. We're 609 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 3: gonna have a WWF hardcore legend. That's a w ECW 610 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 3: harcore legend, WCW harcore legend, like a hardcore legend. 611 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: That's a good that's a good description. 612 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 3: And then of course we're gonna have some other great 613 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 3: guests that me and Eli know who's coming on the show. 614 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 3: I can't tell you now because I'll end up jinxing 615 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 3: myself like I've done in the past. But we're working 616 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 3: on some great stuff for the podcast. So with that 617 00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 3: being said, once again, social media, Twitter, it's Battleground IHR. 618 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 3: On Instagram It's Battleground Podcast, and then you can find 619 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 3: us on Facebook. But I guess that's it for tonight. 620 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 1: So yeah, not a bad not a bad little show 621 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: for the Weekly Challenge boom boom. 622 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 3: So yeah, so chime in on the Weekly Challenge AJ 623 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 3: Style Shawn Michaels. Who you're picking? It's on Instagram Battleground Podcast. 624 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: But uh yeah, that's it. 625 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 3: I got to figure out some kind of cool catchphrase 626 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 3: to close out the show. 627 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: You can just say happy trails. Yes, that's it, Row Rogers, 628 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: happy trail. 629 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 3: Well, I get in trouble for saying happy trails? 630 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:34,839 Speaker 1: Is that like own him? 631 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 3: Okay, well, happy trails. 632 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 4: We hope you enjoyed this week's episode of Battleground. Make 633 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 4: sure you give it five stars and leave a nice review. 634 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 4: If you want to stay up to date, follow them 635 00:35:50,000 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 4: at Battleground Podcast on Instagram