WEBVTT - News on Everything! 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:10.080 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, Ready, 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:15.400 let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.680 here on or Wrestling Observer Live. We're here every day 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:21.919 Monday through Friday, New Pacific, three Eastern Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:24.959 sixth Eastern Monday. Here on the show. We got a 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:27.040 lot to talk about here today. It is a brand 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.960 new week and man, there's gonna be some excitement this week. 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:35.479 I'll tell you about that later on. But anyway, we 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:38.000 got a lot to get into today because the weekend 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.479 was very, very busy. Where to begin? I'll actually go 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.120 to my own tweet about what I had listed for 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.760 this show here today, because if some of you are 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:51.080 well aware, I mean I'm a professional, and I got 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.440 plans and that sort of thing. But once this show 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:57.520 is live, the show is just live. Where do you, 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.840 the loyal listeners want to go? Well, let's see, We've 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.240 got rod a Night SmackDown Friday w w E pay 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:09.000 per view is coming Sunday. Rampage from Friday Night Wednesday's 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.960 a w Dynamite. I wanted to fight live for Filthy 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:18.880 Tom and John Moxley. I watched the semifinals, the finals, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.679 the main event, and the Zumi match on the Stardom Show. 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:27.199 I watched the top matches from Don't Taku. We've got 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.200 the lineup for the super Juniors, we have got the 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.440 upcoming New Japan Show with j White challenging for the title. 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.560 And uh, there's a triple Mania I saw zero of 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:40.680 but Dave apparently really liked it. So man, a lot 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:44.400 to get into here today, and uh, we'll just start 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.160 wherever you want to start, and uh, whatever we don't 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.480 get to we can we can talk about later. I 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:53.160 should note that Filthy Tom and I are gonna be 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:57.000 up at two Pacific five eastern and we will be 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:59.760 discussing Oh I forgot Nu Japan Strong. I watched that 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.880 show as well. We'll talk at New Japan Strong, we'll 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.320 talk SmackDown, and we will talk Stardom. So you'll have 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.520 an hour of that at two Pacific five eastern. If 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.200 you want to watch live video, dott for w Oneline 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.600 dot com. If you want to listen to the podcast, 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.480 Wrestling Observer dot com of course has all of the podcasts, 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.560 so a lot to get into if you want textas 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.480 your ideas. Zero seven six back in the one with 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:45.240 more Observer Live. Back in the show, Brian Albarez here 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:51.079 Wrestling Observer Live. Mike supper Bed, also of Wrestling Observer 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:55.320 dot Com. Looks like everyone wants to talk about juice. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.720 Oh yeah, yeah yeah, juice. Juice is back with New Japan. 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.480 Every buddy debuted as a member of the Bullet Club 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:07.160 or he returned, and this chat is absolutely hilarious. Today 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:13.639 Brian got worked by Brian. Brian, Brian, do you know 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:17.799 how you guys, you guys know faont Leroy? Heard you 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.399 guys know font Leroy? Yeah, you know why font Leroy 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.799 exists because of a line somebody on the chat used 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.840 one time when they were like, uh, read the transcript. 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.480 It's like the transcript. I'm gonna go back and read 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.240 a transcript of the of the Twitch chat and then that, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.120 you know. Then it turned out I actually did have 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.800 a guy, old font Leroy, But I told you he 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:43.880 was in a lot better move than people thought he was. 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.280 Who are you talking about, rob Bro? You want to 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.560 go back and read the text you sent me? Anyway? 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.920 Oh yeah, I would. The short short memory of the 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.240 are you talking about short memory of the folks here 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:04.560 on Twitch. Oh they knew all along, but Brian got worked. Hey, listen, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.440 I don't know what happened with Juice Robinson. Okay, Juice 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:11.160 Robinson said that his deal. I know, I'm not in 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.680 pointing out whatever's freaking out about on the chat here today. Listen. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:19.360 He said that his contract was up on April, and 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.880 I'm sure it was, and he sounded like he was 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:27.520 just going to take a break, and listen, I realized 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.840 he showed up. And I know all of you think 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.599 that he was just working that entire interview. I don't 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.440 know if he was or not, because I don't know 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.920 if you heard the interview. But there was a reason 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.680 that Juice was on the show, and the reason was 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:43.160 to promote an event coming up, and he proceeded to 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:47.120 not promote the event at all and talk about how 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.720 he didn't want to wrestle anybody in New Japan. So 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.840 it is possible. It is possible that that was not 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.520 a worked interview, but that he didn't know what his 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.680 future was and his deal was up on April, and 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.600 in between the interview and and the show this weekend, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.360 he resigned. I don't know what happened. He said he 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.600 was not going to wrestle under the new Japan banner anymore. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.560 And you know, bullet guys look at things, so you know, 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.400 there you go, what do you want me to do? 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.840 I'm not mad. I interviewed the guy and that's what 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:24.720 he said. Are you angry? No, not at all. The 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.640 funny thing is everyone expects me to be angry or 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.040 humiliated that he said that he was done and then 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.160 he wasn't. Bro Oh, how humiliating that I interviewed a 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.640 guy and he said one thing and that did another 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:42.280 A wrestler, a wrestler of people. Can you believe it 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:49.320 only smokes? I should quit this job the next next thing? 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:52.520 You're gonna tell me that? Boy, there's a lot I 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.599 could talk about from this weekend. Hey, you know it's funny, 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.479 by the way, speaking of getting worked, and I don't 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.360 even know. I don't even know who worked who here? Okay, 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:05.719 but about two weeks ago I got I got word. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:11.320 It was on a Friday actually that the n x 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.640 T cuts were expected. This is about two weeks ago. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.200 And the day came and went and there were no cuts, 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.800 and I totally forgot about it after that, and then 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.800 all of a sudden, two weeks later, they cut like 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:30.040 ten people. And there's a lot of funny. I mean, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.400 the story is sad, the people that lost their jobs 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.040 everything that, but the actual story there's some kind of 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:40.960 funny stuff about it. So uh when they cut folks, 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:47.280 uh old Johnny l john Lornitis. He sends out an 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:51.159 email and he alerts everybody as to who has been cut. Okay, 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:58.120 So so on Friday, I think the cuts occurred like 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.320 right around the end of the show because I started 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:04.520 getting names right as our show ended, and I shortly 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:10.120 thereafter it got list of names and at that point 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.840 about six or seven people have been cut, and there 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.560 were about ten names on the list, and I know 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.440 that people get really mad, like, oh, isn't your job 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.480 to report those names haven't been reported yet, Dude, I 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.000 don't know if it's my job or not, but like, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.880 can you let them be alerted before it shows up 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.520 on the internet, because that's all people complain about is 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.080 I found out I was cut on the internet before 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.440 I was actually told. So no, I don't care if 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.440 I'm a bad journalist. I'm not gonna throw the names 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.920 before they're actually alerted that they've been cut. But the 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.960 funny thing is if it's funny or not. But so 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.000 I got the list of of it was like ten 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.920 names or whatever, and then you know, a few hours later, 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.240 there were ten names that came out there had been cut. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.480 And I know why I thought about doing it, but 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.480 I thought I was gonna match them up. So and 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.800 actually I know why because the list that I got 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:03.760 didn't Dexter Loomis wasn't on the list. And then later 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.280 you know, they there's all the people, Oh, Dexter has 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:07.520 been cut. What are they gonna do? It was like 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.200 Dexter's cut. He wasn't on the list I got, And 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.760 so I just went to match up the names because 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.160 there were ten on my list and tent on the 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:17.520 other list or whatever. And uh. And in fact, the 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:23.160 list that I received did not have Dexter Loomis, but 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.120 it had another name who I'm not going to mention, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:32.000 who was listed as being cut, and then they weren't cut. 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.000 So the point of all of this is these blokes 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.280 have no idea what's going on. And you know, you 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:44.880 can you can see that they knew in advance that 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.880 Harlan was was going to be out of here, because 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.880 one day Harlan just he vanished. He vanished off the 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.800 face of the earth and uh. And then later it 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.800 turns out he was cut. So they clearly knew about Harlan. 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.679 But but then on Friday, you know, I guess that 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.120 everybody was like a lunch break or whatever, and then 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.520 like during the lunch break, a bunch of blokes got 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.840 cut and uh. And there were people there that were 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:15.920 completely caught off card because they've been writing storylines, including 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.319 long term storylines with folks, and all of a sudden, 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.120 the next thing they know, they're gone. They weren't. They 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.160 weren't alerted in advance at all. So now you know, 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.560 the best one is they cut Persia Parata and they 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:33.760 cut Dexter. Okay, Dexter was married to Indie and Persia 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.520 was married or dating or whatever to do Hudson. So 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:44.560 now Duke's girlfriend has been cut, Indie's husband has been cut, 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.000 and so now there was no storyline. They couldn't even 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:52.840 do his storyline, where like Dexter and Persia eloped, they 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.600 like ran off for whatever. I guess they could still 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.440 say that on television. But man, it's just another one 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.280 of those things where you you hear about certain people 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.719 and I won't mention names. It might be out, it 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.240 might not. But folks that were cut that were like, 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.319 thank god, I hated this place. I'm so happy to 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.640 be gone. You know. I think fans are like, oh, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.160 it's so horrible. Trust me. There are people cut that 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.839 are overjoyed that they're finally out of that place. And 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.480 you know, this is one of those reasons why there's 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:25.360 no respect paid for these people in in n x T. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.599 It's like they're not alerted. The creative team now just 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:30.319 has to figure out what to do because they cut 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.840 these people. I told you this six seven, eight months 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.440 ago that the new thing is you're hired and every 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.599 six months there's gonna be an evaluation or whatever, and 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.319 if they feel you're not getting better, they're gonna cut you. 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.760 And there's no warning. For the most part, it's just, oh, 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:50.800 it's been six months. This guy can't getting better. He's 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.079 out of here. She's not getting better. Out of here. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.679 And then it all falls upon creative to try and 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.960 figure out what to do now with this redheaded step 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:04.200 child of a television show, which is a proposed by 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.080 the way, because there's so many damn colors on this show. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.480 But yeah, now they got to deal with all of this, 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:14.439 and uh Suren and Burn. You know, you can debate 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:19.160 whether that's a smart mentality to have, but at least 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.079 if you know you're coming up on that six months 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.480 and you're not bullish on somebody, why are they a 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.880 part of the storyline? You know, stokely efway where you 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.080 know Malcolm Vivens, you had time to write him out 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.079 and you really didn't do that. But even him, you know, 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.400 pales in comparison to what they've done now with with 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:42.840 the deal with Indian Dexter and in Persian Duke Hudson. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.240 So now I assume it's going to be Indian the 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:49.400 Duker together from this point forward. I mean, I guess 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.680 I think he's doing my storyline where they eloped both 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.120 ran off ran off. I mean, it's kind of weird. Anyway, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.640 it's what they do. I mean, storyline, Persian Duke were 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:02.559 together before, so this all works out. So anyway, it's 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.720 the usual, you know, Oh, you know, plans change, cop out, 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.560 blah blah blah. I'll never forget that light plans change 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.079 is a cop out. Well, here we are again, back 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:39.240 in a moment with more Observer Live back in the show. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:43.640 Bran Albert is here Wrestling Observer Alive mix and Burvit 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:50.040 also of Wrestling Observer dot Com. Sam Shaw already back 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.520 out on his feet. Sam Shaw was in the middle 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.480 of painting a portrait that was a shoot. He was 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.320 painting a portrait of Vince mcmah when he found out 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.839 he was fired. Yes, which you can see up on 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.079 is Twitter that I assume now has been renamed. No, 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.679 it's still at Extra Loomis. I guess he hasn't gone 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.520 through that process yet, but already back out on the 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:14.880 indies June a r W and Melbourne, Florida. So sam 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.600 Shaw returns to a r W after I guess however 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.640 many years he was in the next te four man, 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.199 I watched it. I watched a lot of resting this 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.640 weekend and it was just like one one after anothers 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:30.520 Jon Moxley having this awesome match with Filthy Tom, a 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.120 guy you just couldn't wait to get out of w 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.199 W E. And then I'm watching New Japan Strong and 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:39.280 the former Grin Metal leak is is there is as 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:43.160 Masca Dorada and holy smokes, this guy was awesome, and 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.920 they're the ones. The ones who were good are all 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:50.200 gonna be fine. And uh, you know absolutely the ones, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.200 the ones that get fired and do nothing, they were 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.360 never gonna make it. That's pretty much the way there 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.920 it is. Look at these indies right now. You know 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.199 that's the r O H is gonna be again. That's 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.760 gonna be interesting to see how that what ripple effect 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.160 that decides to play upon the indies once that thing 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.040 gets going. But look at all these indies out here, 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.319 you know, defy the show that you went to. You know, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.560 you didn't even mention that g CW had a couple 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:14.040 of shows as well as you know, other shows all 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.319 over the place. And the more people are released, the 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.840 more it can actually help the indie scene. So if 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.120 you can go, there are people out there that will 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.440 pay you and put you in matches to see you go. 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.280 Purser says, did Tom need a transfusion? Believe it or not? 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.880 So the match, the match ends, and Tom goes to 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.400 the back and and Moxley does a promo and so 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:39.000 I'm sitting there watching Moxy's promo. So Tom apparently went 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.600 to the there's a bathroom in the back. Obviously, what 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.560 a friend you are. I want to hear the promo. 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.800 So after the promo is over, I I headed to 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.920 the back and Tom's nowhere to be seen. And turns 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.280 out he was in the bathroom cleaning up and about 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.280 by the way, there's a there's a white wall in 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.720 the back where they do interviews right backstage, and Jim 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:04.560 the interviews guys, there's a huge freaking blood stained like 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:08.760 this big on this wall. But anyway, so Tom Vince 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.680 comes out of the bathroom. He looks good as new, 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.040 like he's got a band aid here and that was it. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.480 So cleaned up very well, but it took him so 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.560 long to clean up. The people who are supposed to 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.640 drive him to the airport for his flight nine minutes 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:27.360 later left. Oh man, So guess who was a great friend? Oh? Yeah, 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:32.520 you're looking at him. Yeah. I erased filthy Tom to 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.640 the airport, dropped him off so he wouldn't miss his 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.400 flight to get to get his charge him a mile 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:42.600 smashed by poor Davy Richards. Oh by the way, he actually, 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:43.800 you know, I didn't charge him by the mile. But 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:45.400 I'm gonna tell you, I'll I'm not gonna tell you here. 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.000 You gotta get tune to the filthy show to find 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:50.960 out what happened. Boy, no good deed goes unpunished. I 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:55.760 can tell you that much. Oh bro, it was worse 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.040 than oozing. I'll tell you what happened. Well, that thing 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.040 got busted. It open against Davy Richards on Sunday, but 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:07.400 he uh fortunately came out on top. So still the 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:11.520 BLP Midwest champion, so longest raginning one of all time. 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.360 That's what Tom does? You know what Moxi is a 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:20.120 linear BLP Midwest champion, the linear New Japan strong open 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.320 weight champion. You know, thank god I became his his 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:28.200 linear best friend and you know partner compared to you. 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.320 I absolutely bro. Listen, there's there's saying nice run down 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:38.920 that guy so much, oh Dave's words, saying nice things 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:43.560 and kissing up to people because they're famous being a friend. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.280 You got a lie just because look, you have never 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.320 looked at him the same way after he threw up 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.360 all over your floor and couch. Dude, I started teaming 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.240 with him on the indies. I got him over after 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:56.720 you did that, so you can actually siphen some money 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:58.520 for him, so you can pay back on the couch. 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.920 That's of the Super Juniors tournament. A lot of names here. 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:07.359 One of the most interesting names, in fact, is Wheeler Utah. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.560 And I was just literally talking to somebody this weekend 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.080 about the idea of getting Wheeler Utah and the Best 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.400 of the super Juniors because this guy's in the Blackpool 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:20.360 Combat Club and there's no better way for this guy 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.399 to No, they didn't, but I mean, it was obvious 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.960 he should be in there, But the issue was that 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.600 in order for him to be invest of the super Juniors, 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.600 he can't work the a W pay per view, And 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:36.080 so that was the question, like, obviously, what's best for 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:39.800 Wheeler Utah one night showing up at the Double or 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:46.280 nothing or working Best of the super Juniors with to Gucci, Takahashi, 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:51.120 Yo Taijishi, Mori, Clark Conners. I mean, the list goes 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.680 on and on, but it would require him missing a 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.680 big date for a W, and Tony Cohn apparently decided 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.400 what's best for Wheeler Utah is to do the Best 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.359 of the super Juniors, and so he's in there. It 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.480 doesn't matter. He can lose every single match, it doesn't matter, 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:10.919 but he's gonna go there and he's gonna work from 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.360 May fifteenth through June three, having a bunch of great 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.680 matches with good workers, and he's gonna come back way better. 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.200 So I was very happy to see his name in there. 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.240 Man Street Credit. You know a lot of people will say, 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.520 what's the big deal? Because a lot of people who 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:29.560 grew up on cruiseweight wrestling and Junior heavyweight wrestling, you know, 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:31.240 they know what it means to be a part of 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.919 the super Juniors. And excuse me, this lineup is incredible 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:38.720 this year. And granted we finally have some people back 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:40.560 in there, so just you know, the fact we have 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.800 an influx of names is really really nice here. But 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.760 Alexane was a pleasant surprise to see in there, even 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:51.760 though he's been on New Japan Strong Ace Austin obviously, 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:56.280 Clarke Connors, Robbie Eagles, Titan, who I'm a big fan of. So, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:59.080 I mean, you go through these names, Eldo, how dare 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.240 you read the wrong side of the bracket. It's Robbie 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:09.639 Eagles and Desperado and phantasmo j check ass. I was 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:11.959 just naming some of the ones from outside who are 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.399 in there. Now, would you like to run down the 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.960 brackets now? I already did that. But anyway, what I 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.680 would like to say also is, hey, do you guys 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.480 here Juice Robinson is back. He's back with New Japan. Yeah, 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.280 and and the Good Brothers are going over there, and 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:30.359 j White's over there, and and a number of others 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:34.720 have gotten their their their work visas, and this will 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:38.960 be the first time that everyone can go over there 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:44.119 and not after quarantine at all. And uh, you know, 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:47.399 at some point, will you know, we should get El 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:49.439 Phantasmo here on the show, because he could probably talk 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:51.920 about this for a while, because this this bloke was 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:56.400 going over a lot. And when you add in all 0:19:56.640 --> 0:20:00.200 of the times that he had to quarantine, and I 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.320 think there was there was one. I think there was 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:05.320 like one time where like a bunch of people got 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:07.600 COVID and so it was a quarantine and then stuck 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:09.440 in the in the hotel for two more weeks. It 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:13.080 was like twenty eight days in uh in a tiny 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.760 little and you guys, you know, if you've never been 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:19.000 to uh to Japan, I don't think these are big, 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:24.119 luxurious hotel rooms. They're tiny. And so you know, if 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.240 you add up the number of days of his life 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.760 that he has spent in quarantine going to and from Japan. 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.960 I mean, he's probably thrilled. So you canna see a 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.520 lot more folks heading over there, because you know, there 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:37.159 were a lot of matches people wanted to see with 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:40.159 folks from from a W. But you couldn't go over 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:42.159 there because in order to go over there for one night, 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:44.040 you had a quarantine for two weeks to do the 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.159 one night, which you're gonna miss two weeks of a 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:49.680 W television. Who wants to do that anyway? Now you 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.600 can just go over and come back, and it's obviously 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:54.480 eighteen hours there and back and everything like that in 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:58.720 the show. But that's way easier than two weeks of quarantine. Unfortunately, 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:00.600 the fans are still not allowed to hear in Boo, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:03.960 so I believe it or not, that's actually been a 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:08.200 that's been a stumbling block for some of the people 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:11.399 that have had the opportunity to perhaps work New Japan. 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:12.879 You know, they don't want to go over there if 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.840 the fans can't cheer and boo. But the funny thing is, like, 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:21.239 you know, how uh there was a pandemic. I think 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:25.119 you're aware, and they had to do those empty arena 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.560 shows and so there were a whole bunch of things 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:31.080 that they started doing differently in the in the pandemic era, 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:33.760 and there were a few that I remember thinking, Man, 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:35.440 you know what, when this pandemic is over, I hope 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:37.680 they keep doing that. Well. One of the things that 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:41.399 I hope the fans continue to do is their clapping 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:45.160 gimmick when they when you watch New Japan shows, because 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:47.720 the fans are not allowed to cheer or boo, they're 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:51.560 only allowed to clap. So now it's been so long 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:53.439 that they're starting to figure out some cool things they 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:55.879 can do with their clapping. They you know, they clap 0:21:55.920 --> 0:21:58.280 a lot after after every spot that's done. There's like 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:01.520 a lot of clapping, so know, there's actually more sound 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:04.119 from the beginning to the end of a match, but 0:22:04.200 --> 0:22:06.720 there are no the big cheering and exploding there at 0:22:06.760 --> 0:22:09.240 the end that I want back. But they're doing the 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:11.200 thing now where like you know, they do the strike 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:13.359 exchange and the fans called boom, and you hear it 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:15.840 sounds like a gunshot every time someone throws one of 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.159 the forearms. So I hope when they're allowed to scream 0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:21.160 and yell and cheer, they still do the clapping. Because 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:25.320 putting those two things together would be an awesome environment 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:30.280 for New Japan shows. I wish Toriyama would have watched Russellmania, 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.480 because he should be the guy that would actually, you know, 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:35.960 come up with the idea of breaking out two big, 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.280 huge hands like they had for Jackass, and he could 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:41.680 have them out there and if the crowd is getting 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:43.760 a little bit too quiet during some of the bullet 0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:47.360 club shenanigans or annoyed or something like that, he could 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:50.439 start breaking those out and and and clap them together 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:53.240 and then maybe he can, you know, bring you over there, 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:55.320 and then you could be the guy with the clap. 0:22:56.840 --> 0:23:00.360 What in God's name are you talking about? Nothing? Move 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:04.760 on alright tonight, very quickly. Raw. All we know is 0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:07.680