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Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:35.440 We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:39.519 three Eastern Sunday three Pacific six Eastern Saturday Mornings with 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:43.200 Jim Valley, Tenday Pacific one Eastern Sundays with andrews Arian. 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.720 And yes it is Wednesday on the show, and you 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:52.599 know what that means. Tonight is aw Dynamite and we 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.480 have a lot of announced for the show. They added 0:00:55.480 --> 0:01:01.600 a couple of segments overnight this morning today and they 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:07.080 also announced that later on today. Man, I thought we 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:11.080 were done with it, but apparently not, the rankings will 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:13.959 be updated. 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Get 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.520 started at Angie dot com, that's Angi or down the app. 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:09.920 Today you are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:15.119 Alvarez and Mike SIMPERBB on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.520 Back in the show, Brian Albarez here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.560 Mike SIMBERVB also Wrestling Observer dot com, and we got 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.240 a lot to talk about here today, But I want 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.000 to make a note about the raw ratings before we 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.640 go any further, because apparently it's been the subject of 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:38.599 much debate. Raw Show Monday one point seven to three 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:44.080 million viewers and a point five to seven in eighteen 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:48.960 to forty nine, Bachelor on ABC four point one four 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:53.320 million and a point eight which is very high. And 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.960 Iowa versus West Virginia n CLA Women's basketball Tournament four 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:03.080 point nine million viewers, which would be the third largest 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.200 viewing audience for a women's NCAA tournament game in the 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.640 past twenty years. And while i was up two percent 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:14.040 in total viewers, rating was up from last week. The 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.120 eighteen to forty nine which did a point five to 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.080 five last week, and the hours one point seven to 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.160 six million, one point eight three million. Second hour is 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.280 now consistently higher because of the daylight savings time switch, 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.240 and the third hour did one point six to zero million. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.360 And as a guy who I got to hear it 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.760 all the time, Oh yeah, hey, cm punk, Well, I'm 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.840 here to defend cmpunk from a bunch of stupid stuff 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.640 written on the internet in the usual Ah, they couldn't 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.480 get two million with cmpunk. The quarter hours for the show. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.600 This was one of those shows where it's kind of 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.240 just sort of going like this and then it goes 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:53.040 tram straight up in the air. That's CM punk, seth 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:58.720 Rawlins and Drew McIntyre. Segment did a whopping two point 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:02.680 two million viewers for RAW. I'm not even sure the 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.840 last time the show did two point two million viewers 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:08.720 for a quarter, but man, etting shot straight up, and 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.680 next week when they have the Rock and Roman reigns 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.120 advertised for the show, I think we're going to have 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.240 another one of those. I think, if I recall correctly, 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.880 the last time it shot straight up, I think was 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:26.480 when they did that Cody Rhads deal last week on 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.800 the show. If I can find it here, that would 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.240 have been what's today, March twentieth. Yeah, So the Cody 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.480 Roads segment also shot straight up last week, which I 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.480 was very very impressed by. It was like the highest 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.719 rated show or highest rated quarter on the show by 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.960 far one point ninety six million, So it shot even 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:49.760 higher than that for cmpunk in Chicago with seth Rawlins 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.680 and Drew McIntyre and man, whatever the heck that segment was, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.640 you know, that was that was a promo train wreck 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.280 is what that was. And somebody in the chat here says, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:06.640 what are you kidding me? Rack, Oh my god, we 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:07.160 have had. 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:10.600 Train wreck segments and professional wrestling and on the microphone. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.160 Look that may have gone on for way too long, 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:17.480 but three guys all hit their points at all score points. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.880 They did, they did. I was, I was, I was 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.440 greatly compelled. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.120 But you know, listen, I don't want this to go 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.440 out on the internet saying that I'm saying this is true. 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:32.120 I'm just saying this is a fan Okay. I watched 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.360 that segment, and someone in the chat here goes, pretty 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.280 sure all three of those guys actually hate each other, 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:41.120 and uh, as a fan watching it. As a fan 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.360 watching it, I thought, I'm pretty sure those three guys 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:48.080 hate each other. And even Seth goes, are you guys 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.120 done trolling each other yet? Because Drew and Punk going 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:55.160 back and forth. Listen, everybody there was there were some 0:09:55.760 --> 0:10:00.000 you know, anytime you do anything like you know, everyone's 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.240 kind of pretty much on the same page mostly but 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:07.040 not always. And I don't care what anyone tells me. 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:13.000 You cannot convince me for any amount of money that 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:17.599 it was scripted for Drew MacIntyre to say I'm the 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.120 chosen one or whatever it was he said, and for 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.079 see him Punk to respond with who named you the 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:28.920 chosen one? Say his name? Because everyone knows who it was, Vince, 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.440 And that was Punk's little checkmate right there. And you know, 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.000 Drew laughed it off and everything. But there is no 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:40.640 way that they are scripting a Vince McMahon line into television. 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.240 That was one where they decided to, uh, you know, 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.959 and that happens sometimes. So but anyway, I couldn't. I 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.040 couldn't take my eyes off it, and either could anybody else. 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:52.559 Two point two million for that quarter. 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.199 People complaining about that, don't be silly. Look at your boy. 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.480 Lenny in the Chat nineteen ninety seven called and wanted 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.520 its segment back. 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:03.800 Come on, man, Yeah, you know, you know, it was 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.480 really popular in nineteen ninety seven wrestling. It was called 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.880 a boom period and it was insanely successful. And so 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.720 I don't know how that's some sort of knock on anything. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.000 Look, there were a lot of people who seemingly are 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.360 going out of their way to try to tear down 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.440 that raw on Monday, which you know, hey to each 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:22.719 of their own. If people hated it, they hated it. 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:26.320 I think it's been the best one of this new regime. 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.360 Certainly the best raw in quite some time, but certainly 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.400 under TKO auspices, this has been the best one. I 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.679 thought it was a well balanced show. I thought they 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.240 hit on everything they needed to hit and even the 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.520 stuff that went too long, it was actually as you said, 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.080 it was compelling, whether you thought that went too long 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:45.200 or whether you thought the rock stuff with Cody at 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:46.319 the beginning went too long. 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:48.560 Now, the other thing I got to talk about at 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.560 the top of the show here is, I know people 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.360 like to say that I never can admit that I'm wrong, 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:58.079 but that's that's just a lie. I have many times 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.280 Wait a second, but I will, I will double down. 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.480 I will die on this hill. Do you understand? 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.120 All right? What is it? 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:15.960 I watched NXT last night and they did Prime Target 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:21.760 Carmelo Hayes and Trick williams Man and oh my god, 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.040 they went back to like who did they have on 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.720 here with? With There was a segment with Trick which 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.640 was like the greatest segment I've ever seen. It was 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.680 they went back to Philadelphia. They actually went to Philadelphia, 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:40.200 and Trick is introducing us to Sweet Baby James, his 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:44.000 uncle who took him in and is the reason that 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:48.520 he is in NXT today death Sweet Baby James is 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.720 going to stand and deliver. They had an interview with 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.600 Gary Cobb. It was a former NFL player. I don't 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.679 even know why they interviewed him. I mean, did Trick, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:12:59.680 was he coaching Trick? 0:12:59.720 --> 0:12:59.920 And some. 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.840 I don't know, but this guy, I swear to god, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:09.400 he cut the best promo of anyone in NXT by miles. 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:14.320 I was dying, dying to see Jerry Cobb and the 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.480 Rock go back and forth in a promo battle or 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.120 Curtis ayakaia it doesn't matter to me and uh. And 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:26.560 then they talked to William Davis, a family friend who 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:31.640 cut the second greatest and anyway, this freakin' prime target. 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:38.120 When this was over, why in the name of the 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:42.960 good Lord above is this not Trick going for the 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:49.839 title and WrestleMania dude? Why and then stop, Mike, I 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:50.640 don't want to hear it. 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:51.640 I'll meet you. 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.760 Then then it's the world title feud. You guys know 0:13:55.840 --> 0:14:00.360 what they're doing for the World Championship feud. Well, first, staff. 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:05.360 Eliot gets in the ring with freaking Stacks. Okay, I 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:09.679 like Stacks, Okay, I like the guy. He keeps this 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:14.520 guy ninety percent of the match. Stax just beats him 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.800 and and the crowd's dead because the crowd singing the 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.120 exact same thing I am. I want to see Eli 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.520 Dragonov kill some bloke, but he just sells, and he sells. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.800 It's like a Randy Savage match. I'm gonna sell the 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.680 entire match from the opening bell and then I'm gonna 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.200 hit one flying elbow at the end, or an Elia's case, 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:36.440 one torpedo escaped by the skin of my teeth. And 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:41.440 then the follow up is Tony wants to meet him 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:42.480 for dinner next week. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.080 One should not have to do with the other. 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:51.920 One going to dinner. This is the bill to the 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:59.200 world title. Broke Target was like Mayweather Pachio back in 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.720 two thousand and eight when they did that series on HBO. 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.480 Bro I was just aghast. I'm like, why in God's sake, 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:12.640 bro Mike, Mike what, there's not even a stip. I know, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:17.120 it's not Loser Leaves Town, it's not Last Man Standing, 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.960 it's not lights out. It's hey, guys, we're gonna do 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.000 the best prime target I've probably ever seen at ed XT. 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.080 It was for a wrestling match. I mean, come on, 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.200 look it, Brian, You're exactly right, and if you wanted 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.200 to do the title, you could have done that, but 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.320 they decided to go with Ilia draggon off if this 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.960 is the champion, and I'm fine with that as long 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.400 as we get Trick Williams and Carmelo one on one 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.920 with some sort of definitive finish. And I would rather 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.960 be a stip match. But you keep dragging up the title. 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:50.480 Don't worry, they'll have it soon. 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.560 I don't want him to have the title after WrestleMania weekend. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:57.320 I want Sweet Baby James to be sitting there over 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.920 WrestleMania weekend watching Trick win the title. Back in a moment, 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:01.640 Observer Live. 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.520 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.280 and Mike simper vv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.840 Back in the show, Brian Albarez here Wrestling Observer Live 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.200 like simpervb also Wrestling Observer dot Com. So yes, they 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:35.720 did announce it. Double or Nothing is going to be 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:42.880 taking place on Memorial Day weekend. As we expected that 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:48.040 it would be, and uh, can I find it already here? 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.520 This Sunday, May twenty sixth of the date MGM Grand 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.520 Garden Arena those of you just to go to those 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.520 big UFC events there. Tickets will go on sale to 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:01.520 the general public this Saturday. This is the first time 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:05.560 hosting Double or Nothing since twenty nineteen. The MGM past 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:09.120 two years it was at T Mobile and Daily's place 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.000 in Jacksonville most of the show during the pandemic twenty 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:16.640 twenty and at twenty twenty one. So they will also 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:21.760 be presenting Dynasty Saint Louis on Sunday, April twenty. First, 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:25.080 just hit me, that was the old soap opera. Finally, 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.440 guys are gonna get a new soap opera review coming? 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.200 Yeah, will wait. Dallas Falcon Crest. 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.760 Yeah, they should do aw Falcon Crest. I think should 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:34.640 be their next pay per. 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.600 View AEW nine two one zero. 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:37.639 I don't know about that one. 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.000 Well, yeah, that would be rough under the circumstances. 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:41.320 Jungle Boys on the outs. 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:44.560 Anyway, they are going to be back. They did announced too. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.560 They're going to be back in Cali again too, as 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:49.680 part of that Double or Nothing weekend. They're going back 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.959 to the Key of Forum in Inglewood on the twenty 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.679 ninth for that Dynamite So there you go. Also in 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:00.719 Palm Springs, California, Big Wrestling there. 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:05.000 Well, now that you know about double or nothing, now 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.000 you can start grabbing some tickets for the convention. 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:08.080 Ah. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.000 So we will be there that weekend, going to the 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.440 pay per view, and we got a lot of events. 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.480 I mean, there's so much fun stuff to do in Vegas, 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:17.520 so there's plenty of time for you to do fun 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.159 stuff but also hang out with us. Annual all you 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.040 can eat dinner at Texas Day Brazil. I think that'll 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.639 be Friday night. Vinnie and I will be doing a 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.080 live Q and a live Branon Vinnie show. You can 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.000 ask questions, we'll do a meet and greet. It's gonna 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.400 be a lot of fun. Ed's got a pro wrestling 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:36.080 show Sweet Party with details of Hey take a look 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:37.840 at that on the screen if you're watching on video, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:42.600 there's the graphic Las Vegas Convention twenty twenty four. Yeah, 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:46.280 ford w online dot com, Slash Vegas. Sweet Party is 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:50.720 noted annual brunch at the Wicked Spoon and you can 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:54.280 buy tickets for any of this by going to FW 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:57.919 online dot com slash of Vegas F four W online 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:02.959 dot com slash Vegas. Don't know about uh group tickets, 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.239 but we should know imminently and so we will let 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:10.400 you know when we know. So that is the. 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:16.040 Plan Byobu No at the Sweet Party, So Sweet parties there, 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:17.600 there'll be plenty fear. 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:25.240 I mean you can, I mean John and Memphis brings moonshine. Yeah, 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:32.520 all right, The Rock and John Sena are both going 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:37.200 to be appearing on the Tonight Show on Wednesday. 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:40.640 April third, The Rock and John Cena, The. 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.400 Rock and Roman Reigns. Thank you, may say, John Cena. 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:46.480 You know, is it already Friday for you? 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:48.560 Well know, hey, listen, you know he talking about The 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:53.760 Rock and Roman Reigns and John Cena. Okay, so when 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:59.439 they were brawling on Monday night in the rain, covered 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:04.000 in blood, they just happened to brawl in front of 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:09.800 a giant truck with John Cena's massive face. All you 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:13.760 could see in the background was John Cena's massive face. Okay. 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:18.600 So John Cena has made it clear he wishes he 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:22.320 could have a road to WrestleMania. Well, have I got 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:24.159 a road? To WrestleMania for John Cena. 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:26.760 He's gonna be watching Cody's Dog. 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:31.119 And that is you know, Cody's probably gonna need some 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:35.160 people to watch his back on Sunday when all hell 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:39.240 breaks loose in that Bloodlin's Rules match, if that is 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:42.879 the direction they're going, or Seena could maybe do Saturday Night. 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:45.440 If they're gonna have Cody Pinrock. I mean, there's a 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.359 lot of different ways you can go here, and I 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:50.320 don't know which way they're gonna go. Everyone seems to 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:55.399 think the rock Is is gonna beat Cody, and my 0:20:55.880 --> 0:21:02.960 argument is, here's the thing. So sometimes you want to 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:06.640 have a match where the fans don't know who's going 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:12.119 to win, and sometimes you have a match or the 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.200 fans know exactly who's going to win, and you essentially 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:17.800 tell them and they pay for it because they want 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:19.439 to see it and they get it and everybody's happy. 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:23.520 This has happened throughout the history of wrestling in promotions 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:26.880 all over the world. You're essentially telling people to finish. 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:29.639 It's it's not a mystery at all, a flair for 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:34.400 the go, and they are doing that here. I mean literally, 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:38.080 the storyline is that if Cody doesn't win the title. 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:40.359 This is the exact same thing they did in aw 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:43.160 except Cody's idnaw was he just never wanted to challenge 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:45.239 for the title, which I think he'd double. You know, 0:21:45.280 --> 0:21:47.440 he thought twice about it later but it was too late. 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:51.760 But they're saying if he doesn't beat Roman reigns, he 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:54.440 never gets to challenge for the title again. And they 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:57.320 did not say against Roman. It's like this is it, 0:21:57.560 --> 0:21:59.840 you win or you don't get to try again. So 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:04.080 they're essentially telling you that he's winning. So what are 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:07.240 they gonna do on Sunday? Well, you could have Seth 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:11.920 rawlins his team lose Seth and Cody and then they 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:15.440 got Bloodline Rules on Sunday. But my problem with that, 0:22:16.080 --> 0:22:19.520 and maybe they know what they're doing, is that, you know, 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:24.080 they've announces Bloodline rules the Rock and Roman can do anything, 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:29.679 and I hate that because it's exactly like House Rules matches. Okay, well, 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:32.000 if the Rock and Roman can do anything, then the 0:22:32.040 --> 0:22:34.840 finish needs to be Cody can only win with a 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:37.800 six thirty splash. That's it. That's the only way we 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.040 can win because we can do anything. Rock's gonna be 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:43.479 the referee. You know, if he's a referee. Roman can 0:22:43.520 --> 0:22:45.000 win with a one count, Cody has to get a 0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:48.119 six hundred count to win. If they can do anything, 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:51.159 the whole thing just gets stupid. So I don't like 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:53.399 Bloodline rules. I just don't like it. If they had 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:56.320 a specific set of rules as I try not to sneeze, 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.760 then that's fine. But bloodline rules, meaning we can do 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:03.840 whatever we want, it makes it stupid. Maybe they got 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:07.399 an idea, but you could do some wild bloodline rules 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:10.879 and everybody runs in and Seth is there and John 0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:15.280 Cena shows up as the big surprise and whatever, or 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:22.440 Cody pins the Rock in front of his mama gets 0:23:22.440 --> 0:23:26.479 his revenge on the Rock. Rock, of course, is very upset. 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:29.480 Cody goes on to bea at Roman. Cody's gonna be 0:23:29.480 --> 0:23:32.000 your guy. He's gonna be the top guy in the company, 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:34.879 so he should pin the Rock and Roman reigns on 0:23:34.920 --> 0:23:38.359 the same weekend. Pin the Rock. Rock's angry at Roman. 0:23:38.480 --> 0:23:41.080 Maybe Romans screwed up leading to it. This leads to 0:23:41.119 --> 0:23:43.199