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Speaker 1: And now your made Events. Introducing the hosts Wrestling with

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Speaker 1: Pretty Jeff Hand Freddy pre soon Yea. Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to a special episode of Wrestling with Freddie not

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Speaker 1: friends today because Mr Jeff Dye is a successful working

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Speaker 1: comedian and it's on assignment in New York City. There's

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Speaker 1: lots to get too. So that's the news as we

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Speaker 1: see it. Good evening, friend, good night, see Jeff, I

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Speaker 1: remember when you're not here. Welcome to Wrestling with Freddy. Well,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, wrestling fans, those who are just now

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Speaker 1: getting into wrestling, those who have the peacock, which is

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Speaker 1: a very unfortunate name for a streaming network, is all

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Speaker 1: of you can easily surmise because everyone calls at one

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Speaker 1: word that's not However, it is the home of the

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Speaker 1: single greatest pay per view in the history of pay

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Speaker 1: per views, although it's not a pay per view anymore.

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Speaker 1: That term is dying, and so is my spirit. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: it was the greatest pay per view ever, the Royal Rumble,

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Speaker 1: and I'm not saying this was the greatest one, but

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Speaker 1: the Royal Rumble is my favorite. I like it more

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Speaker 1: than WrestleMania Um, I've been to a handful of Rumbles,

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Speaker 1: been to a handful of Mania's, but the Royal Rumble

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Speaker 1: has been my favorite since I was a little boy.

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Speaker 1: UH has some of the most historic moments in the

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Speaker 1: w w E. From it's made stars, it has UH

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Speaker 1: destroyed a couple as far as being taken seriously and

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Speaker 1: the stories they're able to tell. In what in essence

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Speaker 1: is an iron Man plus match means sixty minutes or more.

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Speaker 1: They can tell so many stories, so so many wrestlers

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Speaker 1: have an opportunity to be seen, get over and garner

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Speaker 1: interest in the stories they're trying to tell on television.

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Speaker 1: Now does it always work, No, but when it does,

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Speaker 1: it's awesome. One that just pops in my head is

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Speaker 1: the CM Punk and the Straight Edged Society one. And

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Speaker 1: this was not the heyday of the w w E.

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Speaker 1: But this rumble was special because he had this no alcohol,

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Speaker 1: no drugs, but he told the story in there where

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Speaker 1: it was just him and his squad and he's just

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Speaker 1: sitting in the ring like cutting promos waiting for wrestlers

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Speaker 1: really cool. He he did one of the best ones ever.

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Speaker 1: But that's that's not even the best. I look forward

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Speaker 1: to this pay per view every single year. I've watched

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Speaker 1: him from the my television, I watched one in a bar,

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Speaker 1: I've watched him at friends houses. I've seen a few

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Speaker 1: live from in the seats and from the gallows, so

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Speaker 1: to speak. And it always makes me feel like a

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Speaker 1: kid every single time. And so I could not wait

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Speaker 1: for this. And now they have a women's rumble as well,

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Speaker 1: and you had to championship matches and a very very

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Speaker 1: strange match that I don't think the audience really got behind.

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Speaker 1: But it looked cool, you know, and shout out for

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Speaker 1: trying new things. And we're gonna get all of it

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Speaker 1: right now. So the show starts the men's Royal Roomble

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Speaker 1: Freddy's favorite match. Um, the winner will get right to it.

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Speaker 1: Cody Rhodes. You know the rest of the Freddie loves

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Speaker 1: Cody Rhodes from a e W. I had respect for

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Speaker 1: what he helped build over there too when he was

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Speaker 1: a free agent, when he tried to help build his

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Speaker 1: branding character through his reality show, to making the choice

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Speaker 1: when he left he didn't necessarily have a lot of friends.

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Speaker 1: He said a lot of you know, rough things people

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Speaker 1: would speculate about Triple H, who was now his boss um,

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Speaker 1: and he still went back. So they had they certainly

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Speaker 1: had a professional and serious conversation where he had to

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Speaker 1: he had to have said, hey, I've grown a lot

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Speaker 1: I said was an anchor and I hope you know that.

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Speaker 1: And Hunter has been in the business forever, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure here comes my Triple H impression. This is the

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Speaker 1: impression everyone in the company does of him, by the way,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure he knows. And so then Triple H said, hey,

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Speaker 1: star back on tour that you've wanted to see for

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Speaker 1: Ria Ripley knocks her down. She looks like a Viking

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Speaker 1: good moment after he just got aft, which was a

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Speaker 1: my man Baron Corbin, they did wrong. He got eliminated

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Speaker 1: his entrance was longer than his existence in the match.

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Speaker 1: They've been putting a lot of TV time on Baron

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say about that. Um. But here's the here's

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Speaker 1: the spot that I think the new generation of wrestling loved,

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Speaker 1: remember if he was like twenty four, maybe twenty five.

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Speaker 1: There's thirty entrance Logan freaking Paul was in the Royal Rumble.

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Speaker 1: This dude that so many people hate is living so

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Speaker 1: many people's dreams and so many people who said, man,

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Speaker 1: And he's actually doing it, which makes the people who

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to, he's made a lot of choices, and

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Speaker 1: he's made I don't call them mistakes. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: a couple of them were when he was very young,

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Speaker 1: so those can still be mistakes. But he's made some choices,

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Speaker 1: and he's done some things behaviorally that you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: not about, but whatever, dude, I don't have to be

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Speaker 1: about your lifestyle, you know, page for page to have

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Speaker 1: see the way he plays it and he's like, no, man,

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Speaker 1: we're all in on the joke. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: so are the arenas, so are the crowds, Like they're

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Speaker 1: not over there going you know, man, I can't believe

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Speaker 1: good for wrestling. But here's the spot, and this is

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Speaker 1: why you gotta respect this so we all know that

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Speaker 1: that the Federation loves Ricochet. The dude is ripped like

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Speaker 1: Bruce Lee, ripped, but buffer than Bruce Lee, taller than

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Speaker 1: Bruce Lee. He has a sweet beard, like a nineties

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Speaker 1: and he can fly, you guys. He can. And this

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Speaker 1: but this is for the people who might not know.

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to get them to watch, you guys, so

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Speaker 1: that the numbers stay high and wrestling stays on forever. So, ladies,

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Speaker 1: this guy is looking right. This dude can fly. He

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Speaker 1: does like a seven twenty or a four fifty, and

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Speaker 1: omelet and then bow lands on his opponent. One to three.

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Speaker 1: This guy can jump from that top rope using it

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Speaker 1: as a trampoline or a catapult or a sling shot

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Speaker 1: is probably the best way to describe it, and launch

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Speaker 1: himself almost all the way across the ring. Well, guess

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Speaker 1: who else can Logan freaking Paul. This dude is in

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Speaker 1: the royal rumble. You don't want to get thrown over

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Speaker 1: his best bron Stroman beats his ass and yells you

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Speaker 1: you think you got something? And Logan Paul is looking

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Speaker 1: this is what they felt. And Logan Paul says, what

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Speaker 1: you don't think I got something? He's like, I don't

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Speaker 1: think you had ship. I just cursed well whatever then

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Speaker 1: and so then Logan goes, well, I don't think you

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Speaker 1: Logan's like, yeah, show me. And they both jump up

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Speaker 1: and they both springboard toward each other and they get

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Speaker 1: what ba Bam, as Biggie would say, mighty man meet

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Speaker 1: in Italy promoting her show wolf Pack on Paramount Plus.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you subscribe and watch use the what I

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Speaker 1: think I even know the code name? What was it?

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Speaker 1: I've heard the commercial so much inter wolf Pack on

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Speaker 1: the Paramount plus app and get the first month free

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Speaker 1: come off without even without even having a script professional

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Speaker 1: Jeff Dive what in your face? Sorry guys, feeling myself

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Oh and I just got thrown out

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Speaker 1: It looked like Gunther threw him out of the ring.

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Speaker 1: it's not Scottish, it's crop. If you don't know what

425
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Speaker 1: that is, google it. But I love her. I've loved

426
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: her since the May Young Classic. I talked about her

427
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: in season one of this show, like all the way

428
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 1: I think this season three, all the way back then.

429
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 1: It's not that long ago, but I think I speak

430
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: about her in an episode two or three. That's how

431
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: much I like her. Actually remember the episodes. Go back

432
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 1: and check that out. But she was back. She gave

433
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 1: a really good showing as well. I was happy to

434
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Speaker 1: see her in there. Finally, the last two contestants, no competitors,

435
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 1: that's what it is. Competitors were Live Morgan and Rha Ripley. Oh.

436
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 1: By the way, they threw Chelsea Green out in five seconds.

437
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: They got Corbin in six and she's like, anything you

438
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: can do, I can do better, and then ah, she

439
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: gets pitched out. I can do anything. The main event,

440
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: you guys, Kevin Owens. We believe in him. We love him.

441
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 1: He's Canada's own, but we've claimed him down here in

442
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: the States too. We love Kevin Owens. He's going against

443
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 1: the sort of hated but respected Roman Reigns and the

444
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 1: entire freaking bloodline, which includes Sammy Zane. We all know

445
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: Zane Assyrian for glue, the glue of the of all

446
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:05,959
Speaker 1: professional wrestling, the number one man Sammy Zane and you guys,

447
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: for those of you who crap on wrestling, I just

448
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: want you to get here real quick. How they understand

449
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: symbolism and when they do it right, it's really special.

450
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: These men had their entrances cool man. I've seen Israel

451
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: Atisania have better entrances than w W superstars, so they're

452
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: actually really cool. You should YouTube that they're all in

453
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: the ring. And if you're staring at the TV, Roman

454
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 1: Reigns is in the top left corner turn buckle with

455
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: Jimmy and ju So, Solo Sakoa and Sammy Zane sitting

456
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: up on the turn buckle, and then opposite him in

457
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: the bottom right corner of the TV is Kevin Owens

458
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 1: sort of like on top of the of his turn buckle.

459
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 1: As well, there's this like angelic spotlight on Kevin Owens

460
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 1: are hero, the man who's gonna finally and this what

461
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: is it two and a half year rain that Roman

462
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: Reigns has had his choke hold at the top of

463
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: the division. He's gonna be the one that gets through

464
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: Solo Skoa, Jimmy u So, ju So, his best friend,

465
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: former best friend, Betrained, son of a bitch, Sammy Zane

466
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: and beat Roman Reigns for the championship, or he's gonna

467
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: die trying. That was the promise he made to us

468
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: in the promo the week before. So he's on that turnbuckle,

469
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: bathed in light, and opposite him is Sammy Zane on

470
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: the other turn buckle, no spotlight, he's just in shadows.

471
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: And that was not an accident. There's no freaking way

472
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: that was an accident. And I thought it was such

473
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: beautiful imagery. My kids didn't pick up on it, but

474
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: I'm looking at them like, wow, that's just I love that,

475
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: Like that should be a picture in a wrestler's office somewhere,

476
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, or whosever idea it was

477
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: to do that? Should take us still and hang it

478
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: on the wall. I would be proud of that if

479
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 1: that was my idea, and I thought it really worked.

480
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: So whoever did it, if you're listening, or if you

481
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: know who did it and you're listening, please tell him

482
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: that didn't go unnoticed and it was really appreciated and

483
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: just such an artistic shot and a beautiful way to

484
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: start and end to start the match, but end this story,

485
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: at least this chapter of the story so the match. Look,

486
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm not a professional wrestler. It's weird for me to

487
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: criticize matches, and I feel like a jackass when I

488
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,479
Speaker 1: do most of the time, unless it's something egregious. I

489
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: liked the match a lot. Kevin Owens made you believe

490
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 1: he was gonna win multiple times, by the way, so

491
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: did Live Morgan for a second at the end of

492
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: the women's rumble, just for a second, she got uh

493
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: moodah missed by Osaka. When when Riha Ripley ducked and

494
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: she ducked because Oska's got got her with it before

495
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: and this was months ago and so but I love

496
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: this storytelling and wrestling. This time, it ain't gonna happen. Baby,

497
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: I know you're move Boom bam. Live gets hit. Even

498
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: when she's missed, she gets like a blind move off

499
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: on Ria rheas hanging on the ropes. Lives tries to

500
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: get her off, can't do a boom rear. Ripley wins, Boom,

501
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: She's You're going to the to the to the WrestleMania.

502
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: So anyway back to the moment at hand, So the

503
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: match goes back and forth. Kevin makes you believe eventually

504
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: it's just too much. It's basically five on one man, like,

505
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: how are you gonna win this match? Matches over Roman

506
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: reigns as your champion, but it's not over Roman, if

507
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: you remember, said I want to be rid of you forever.

508
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: Forever means dead. So he's gonna basically kill him, or

509
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: at least kill his wrestling career. So he handcuffs him

510
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 1: both arms. He's crucifixed, but instead of standing, he's on

511
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: the ropes and they're beating his ass, and Romans not done.

512
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: He grabs a steel chair, and you guys, this coming

513
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: up what I'm about to like the story I'm about

514
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: to tell. This was like when when m j F

515
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: and c M Punk were doing their thing back and

516
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: forth in the ring, and these guys did the same

517
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 1: thing without microphones, only camera mix and the crowd, based

518
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: on the positioning and the staging of everything and the

519
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: way physically they executed, was still hooked the whole time.

520
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: This was high level storytelling. Not not for wrestling. This

521
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: was high level storytelling. So Roman gets a steel chair,

522
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 1: the hell's Kevin Owen's gonna do nothing. He's there, He's

523
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: already beat up, unconscious, took a superkick while he was

524
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: handcuffed from I think Jay was I think both of

525
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: use ship and he's going to hit him with the

526
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: chair and right before he swings and hits, and the

527
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: crowd is screaming the San Antonio g Sammy, Sammy said,

528
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: they're screaming, please don't do this. Don't let him do it, Sammy,

529
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 1: he's your best friend. It's like when you would scream

530
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: at the television screen during an old episode of like

531
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: whatever your old favorite shows, or Twin Peaks or whatever,

532
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: or in a horror movie when you're like, don't go

533
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: in that room. They're they're begging him. They want to

534
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: jump out of their seats and and and be Sammy

535
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: if they could so they could make the right decision.

536
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: And he jumps in front of Roman and Roman looks

537
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: at him like Roman just got struck by lightning. And

538
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 1: he's like, it looks like he's gonna kill him, and

539
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: Sammy says, he plays it's you, guys. He plays it

540
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: so sweet and small and tender. It was like Robin

541
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: Williams in Goodwill Hunting when he's like, it's not it's

542
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: not your fault, it's not your fault. It's not your fault.

543
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: And Matt Damon's just crying on his shoulder. I'm telling you,

544
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. You think I'm crazy, I'm telling you.

545
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: Sammy's ain't sitting there. He goes, you don't have to

546
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: do this, man, I'm acting this the best I can.

547
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: All right, I'm telling you, he did this perfectly. You

548
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: don't have to do this. Come on, look at him.

549
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: It's over. He's done. He's done. You're above this, sure,

550
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:29,479
Speaker 1: above this. Look at him, it's over. It's over. And

551
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: he just keeps saying these words over and over again, dude,

552
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: and it's amazing. My kids are both glued to the screen,

553
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: no pun intended, and Roman finally nods, yeah, all right,

554
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 1: and then he hands the chair to Sammy. He says,

555
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: you should do it now again. It's all on camera, Mike,

556
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: so the crowd's only relying on the physical communication they're

557
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: seeing and there is hot and connected as my kids

558
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: on the TV hearing it through the camera microphones. You

559
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: do it, You're right, I am above this. You do it.

560
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: And Sammy's just looking at him like, oh God, like what, what,

561
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: what the hell can he do? He's completely screwed. So

562
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: now he backs up because he's gonna hit his best

563
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: friend with a steel chair and end his wrestling career.

564
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: And Roman Reigns is still he's between him, talking trash

565
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: to Kevin Owens. You see what you did? You're always

566
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: bringing him down. He's my family. You disrespect him, You

567
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: disrespect me, You disrespect me, you disrespect the blood Lord

568
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: and the crowd screaming Sammy sap no, no, Sammy no.

569
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 1: And Sammy's sitting there with the chair about to swing it,

570
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: and Romans still cussing out Kevin Owens, Still you ever

571
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: cross me? Ever? And Sammy swings the chair boom and

572
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 1: he nails Roman Reigns right across the back. Boom. Roman

573
00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: goes down. He sells it really smart man in a

574
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: unique way where he doesn't go unconscious. It's just like,

575
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: oh my god, I just got smashed in the freaking

576
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 1: back with a chair. He's thick Samoan dude, so he

577
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: could take a good shot, but he didn't like Superman

578
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: it right, So he's down and Sammy looks straight away.

579
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: He throws the chair on the ground and he looks

580
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: straight away at Jay Usso, and Jay is the one

581
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,280
Speaker 1: who's got his back. He was the one who hated

582
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 1: him in the beginning, and then with Paul Hayman tried

583
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: to cut Sammy's throat. J was the one who stuck

584
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: up for him. I was like, you'll look what this

585
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: man has done for us. And Jay's like, by the way,

586
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: he looked shredded. He's the thinner of the two twin brothers,

587
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: and he's Jack. You can't tell because his arms are

588
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 1: covered in tattoos. But he was like standing there, I mean, fuming, shocked.

589
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: His acting was at the same level as Sammy's. It

590
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: was so sick. And then he pops and he's like,

591
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 1: what are you doing? You're my brother, what are you doing?

592
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 1: And Sammy just looks at him and it's the same

593
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: puppy dog look and he's just like, I'm sorry, man,

594
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, and my heart's just broken. And Jay's like,

595
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: what what are you doing? And Jimmy, the one who's

596
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: been nice to Sammy the whole time, is like, good night,

597
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: bam and just puts Sammy down and just starts beating

598
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: his ass. And then Solo Sakoa is so pissed at him.

599
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: He throws Jimmy off and starts beating gives him the

600
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: Samoan spike, Wowbow thumbder the throat. Sammy goes down, Romans

601
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:42,280
Speaker 1: beating him up. Here's where san Antonio screwed up. Jay's

602
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: in the corner. He still can't believe what he just saw.

603
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,760
Speaker 1: He sacrificed his his word, his trust for this dude

604
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: that he didn't trust, and they gets betrayed Legit a

605
00:36:55,200 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: week later and the whole crowd starts screaming Jack Jay Jay,

606
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: And as soon as they do that, here's where you

607
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: screwed up. Roman heard you, and he looked up, Oh yeah,

608
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: what about Jay? And he just shoots daggers right at him.

609
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: And now Jusso has to make a choice because Romans like,

610
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: it's your turn to beat this dude's ass. And Jay

611
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: can't do it. He legit can't do it. He's frozen,

612
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: and the crowd screaming Ja Ja Jay, and he steps

613
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: down and rolls out of the ring, and you can

614
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: see him. He's almost crying. He keeps putting his face

615
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: in his hands. It hurts. He's walking away from his

616
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: family because he knows what they're doing is wrong and

617
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: he can't be down with it anymore. And it was

618
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: insane like the crowd was so hot for this. My

619
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: kids were so locked into this. I was so hot

620
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: for this. It was phenomenal storytelling and uh yeah, we're

621
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: left with just the aftermath. Now on Monday Night Raw,

622
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. This show comes out on Wednesday,

623
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 1: so you'll already know, but it'll be crazy and I'm

624
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: definitely interested to watch. I think everyone knew Sammy was

625
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: gonna get turned out because you can't leave your best

626
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: friend behind. You just can't. You can't do that, None

627
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: of us can. They didn't end the story by any

628
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: stretch of the imagination. So thank you guys for listening.

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I had a

630
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: lot of fun talking wrestling today. I just thought it

631
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: was a great pay per view, although I acknowledge the

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