WEBVTT - Roman Challenges and NXT Recap 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:10.040 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, ready, 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:31.280 let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.760 here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every day 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.920 Monday through Friday, noo Pacific three Eastern, Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.280 six Eastern. Oh my god, I made it here on 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.240 the show today, and a lot to get into. As 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.879 of course it's Monday here on this program. You know 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:51.800 what that means. We have n x T take Over 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.320 Vengeance Day to talk about here today, my favorite show, 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:58.640 and uh and a lot happened on that show that 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.560 we've got to get into here today. We've got full 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:05.000 results of that. Tonight is Monday Night Raw. And if 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.040 you watch the SmackDown show on Friday, they did shoot 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:13.360 the angle where Sammy Zane jumped attacked Roman Reiins. That is, 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:17.040 of course setting up Sammy Zane versus Roman Reins in Montreal. 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:21.320 Roman Rains is the one who actually challenged him for Montreal. 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.080 He said he wanted to have this match in Montreal 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:29.640 where he could beat this man in front of his friends, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.400 his family. I think he actually said his child. I 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.880 don't even know Sammy's ain't had a child, but anyway, 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:37.399 he's gonna beat him down in front of all of 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.960 his friends and family in Montreal. And that, of course 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.920 is the final stop, final pay per view before WrestleMania. 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:45.960 So not sure we'll see any of them on the 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.960 show here tonight, but we will do a preview of 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:54.400 the raw show. And we've also got notes on a 0:01:54.840 --> 0:02:00.640 w ring of honor wrestlers pulled from Beyond Wrestling. Gunther 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:05.360 talks about the Royal Rumble moment with brock Lesner. We 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.760 have got update on Die Jack. I don't know if 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.720 you saw his finger, but it wasn't quite going the 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.320 right way on that pay per view On Saturday night, 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:17.240 John Moxley announced for the Blood Sport nine show and 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:19.679 plenty more so stick around back in the moment of 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:46.959 Deserver Live. I got the show. Bright Albert is here 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:51.959 Wrestling Observer Live. Mike's Amber Viv also Wrestling Observer dot Com. Yes, 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.520 we've not been here for a while. I was gone Friday, 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.480 and then uh and then Mike was gone as well, 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:05.720 So none you know what's going on? What did you care? Friday? 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:07.800 I had some things come up, so I did a 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.760 Unfortunately time was a little going to be a little 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.200 bit tight, so I had to do a site only 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:17.720 show for subscribers. So I apologize to the twitch homies 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.799 and the YouTube subscribers out there, but the boss Man 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:24.280 is back. Today's Wow. The twitch homies and the YouTube 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:29.240 subscribers got shafted. Well, it happens. But since I've been gone, 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.120 a lot's happened, hasn't it. Apparently you gotta shall I 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:36.640 start with Shawn Michael's ut hideous, But let's talk about 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.840 Seawn Michaels. Listen. I like, I like the guy. Maybe 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.400 he's maybe he's telling his version of of the truth. 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:49.200 But so this weekend I noted that I should find 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.760 the tweet, but I said that n x T was 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:56.520 going to be allowing talent to work select indies, indy dates, 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.640 and uh, you know then it just kind of exploded 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:05.119 with everybody doing every possible, uh dream scenario you could 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.560 come up with. Okay, and I mean, if you actually 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:12.680 read my twitter, I specified that right now it is 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:18.640 only book or tease reality of wrestling, But if all 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.080 goes well, you know, they would they would be open 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:28.080 to expanding and you know. Next thing, you know, there's 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:32.719 a a press conference after the after the n x 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:38.600 T show, and Sean Michael said this, uh, this Reality 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:43.200 of Wrestling thing is a one time only deal and 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.680 we will not be having n x T talent working 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:51.080 with other promotions. So of course I did. It's in 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:57.880 my timeline. Well, listen to everybody, listen to me. Okay, 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.800 I did not make this up. Okay, this is what 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:06.800 I can tell you. First off, Ivy Nile this coming 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:12.760 weekend is working for book Er t S Reality of Wrestling. Now, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.760 I just want to ask a question. We don't need 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:17.560 to answer the question. I just have to ask a question. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:23.039 If this is a one time only thing, this is 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:27.480 the only time that is going to happen. You're telling me, 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.359 and absolutely nothing against Ivy Nile. You're telling me that 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:37.919 Booker T requested Ivy Nile and not Roxanne Perez, the 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:42.120 n x T Women's champion that he trained, which is 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.719 a storyline all over n XT television. He did not 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:50.440 request her for this one time only appearance. Okay, well 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:56.040 that's fine. Now, yes, right now, it is just Booker's promotion. 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:03.800 But there have been a number of other independent groups 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.960 who over the last six months to a year, they 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.640 have been They have been told that, you know, we're 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.919 thinking of doing this, and uh and if this comes 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.719 to fruition, you are you're gonna be one of the 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.200 groups that we would like to work with. Several promotions 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:22.800 have been told that, so yeah, you know, at the 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.880 end of this year, this may not come to fruition. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.240 But the idea that this has not been discussed, the 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.520 idea that this is not like a plan that they 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:37.880 would like to put into motion. It is okay, that's 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.839 just it. People have been talked to about it. Now. Obviously, 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.200 if if this company gets sold in three months, well 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:46.800 I have no idea what the new owners are gonna 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.520 want to do. I mean, I have no idea about 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.280 any of this. So yeah, you know what, at the 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:51.880 end of the year, maybe nothing will come of this. 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.800 But this is not a story that I made up. 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.839 Is It's a story that has been discussed they have 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:02.560 they have thought about and to various promotions about potentially 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.960 doing something and uh and we'll see what happens. But 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.320 you know, don't go nuts with fantasy booking. You know, 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.679 we're gonna get to see Lord Low against Carmelo Hayes 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.400 let's not be nutty. Let's use our brain here. Okay, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.640 like this guy here lh Underscore thirty three ten. I've 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.800 always wanted to see Hank Walker at Bola. Hey, you know, 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.240 I'd love to see old Hank at BOLA. I don't 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.120 know if it's gonna happen. I don't think that would 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.880 be one of the indies they've worked with. But I mean, 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.320 let's let's use our brain here. Okay. We've had We've 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:36.520 had Nakamura doing shows, uh you know, great mood as 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.000 one of his final eighty five buy buys. We've had 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.080 Karl l Anderson going to New Japan to drop the 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:46.320 never open weight title. We've got We've got Rock Sand 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.200 or not Rock Sand. It's at Ivy Nile going to 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.160 Booker's promotion coming up this weekend. I mean, if you 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.520 want to believe there's nothing going on, it's all made up. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:08:00.360 Brian's an idiot. Fine, that's fine, I don't care. But 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.320 I'm telling you what's going on, so you know that's it. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.640 And why would that be so out of the ordinary 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:11.040 For people that remember how Hunter's reign started and some 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.240 of the people that he snatched up and some of 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.320 his plans that he had, and you know, there was 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.560 the one there were people that thought n X he 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.720 was too much like old r O H because the 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.640 Roderick Strong and Adam Cole and lots of things like that. 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:29.680 So he's probably open to it now. Shawn Michaels may 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.360 not be lying either, because as far as he knows, 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.800 Ivy Nile maybe the only person that's being sent over 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.320 right now that he is aware of, who knows who's 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.760 talking to him about what. You know, we just saw 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:46.920 Beyond and w x W get axed off Peacock. I 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.839 don't know for what reasons, you know that was the case. 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.920 If it's just they don't want to carry the programming, 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.199 you know, it's just why have that up there if 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.040 X amount of people are gonna watch it? I don't 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.120 know what the reasoning is there, you know, that filter 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.960 out and maybe it's it's going to we'll have a 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.360 stop from up top that stops sending talk of this. 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.920 We could, but I think, you know, for a lot 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.080 of people that work there in the era that we're 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.960 in right now, you know, and the fact that there 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.080 are people need to go out on the road, they 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.959 need to intermingle like a W people same way. They 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.240 need to go out and intermingle with people on the indies. 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.640 W W, E and a W need to find indies 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.320 that they're comfortable with, who have the proper rings and 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.680 the proper everything that that they're looking for and to 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.840 be able to send these massive rosters out to get 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:38.360 some of the much needed experience that they they lack. 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.200 You know, here's another one here. Let me make this 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.440 abundantly clear, because people don't like to listen to my words. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:51.199 I'm not saying this guy is lying. Okay, I'm not. 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.920 I'm not saying this guy is lying Shawn Michael's but 0:09:54.440 --> 0:10:01.200 oh old Nick con I, Well, Nick con I laughed 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:07.800 when I saw the headline. Okay, Nick Constant. On Friday, 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.600 he feels a sale of the company will happen quote 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:16.840 quick and Speculator to Dale may be done within three months. Now. 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.560 This guy knows way more than I do about whether 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.199 or not they're gonna sell, and who they're gonna sell 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.200 to and all that. I want to make it. I 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.960 want to make it clear. I'm not saying the guy's line. Okay, 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:32.959 but let's go back a couple of months. Vince McMahon 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.480 to the in a Wall Street Journal story said he 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.679 was interested in returning. Do you guys at what happened? 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.280 Immediately after Vince said he was interested in returning, stock 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:55.360 fell okay, Then shortly thereafter Vince rewarded it, I am 0:10:55.440 --> 0:11:01.800 interested in returning to facilitate a sale. Well, as soon 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:06.079 as this guy said to facilitate a sale, stock went up. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:15.760 And what did I say? I said, They're gonna keep 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:19.800 this sale thing in the news every month or so. 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.400 There's gonna be some statement about how a sale is close. 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.439 Because the fact of the matter is if if investors 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.960 believe that the sale is not imminent, you know what 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.960 happens to the stock price. Stock price starts to go 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:38.320 down again. What is keeping the stock price high is 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.880 the belief that a sail is coming. And so I 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.400 was like, well, of course he said that every month 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.760 until this thing is sold, Nick con is going to 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.840 do an interview and remind us that this sale is close. 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.240 Because you'll never guess what happened. As soon as he 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.160 said the sale was close, the stock went up again. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.760 Well anyway, I mean, like I said, I'm gonna saying, 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.440 you know, this thing might be sold in three months, 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:04.880 exactly like you said, I don't know, But what I 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.800 do know is regardless about close or not close, they 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.400 are to selling every month, he's gonna show up and 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.280 tell us they're close exactly. The speculation is going to 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.800 keep them going right into the time where they start 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.200 shopping around TV rights, and then that's going to be 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.839 another thing. They're going to be overly bullish on to 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:41.560 the media, backing um up with more Observer Live. Hey, 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:47.200 you know, yes, no, I grew up a big fan 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.319 of Shaun Michael. Have you ever seen one of my matches? 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.800 Stole all this stuff? And Rick Flair and Brett Hard 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.000 and anyway, I don't want I don't want to. I 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.559 don't want to keep harping on this. But m hm, 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.160 did you guys? Do you guys see the press release 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:12.840 from book or Tease? Reality of Wrestling? The official press 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.760 release from Reality of Wrestling Book or Tease? Did you 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.599 guys see this press release? Why? I'm gonna read it 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.719 to you, all right, And as I read it to 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:28.040 I want you to recall that this is a one 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.839 time only thing and there's nothing to this story. It's 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:38.760 one time only, nothing else. Do it one time. I'm 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:44.920 going to read this to you verbatim. Reality of Wrestling 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:55.319 is taking the roster to the next level. We are 0:13:55.600 --> 0:14:01.120 proud to announce that Reality of Wrestling will be working 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:06.360 with w W E n x T to bring our 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:16.880 fans incredible match ups they can't see anywhere else, incredible 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:22.640 matchups they can't see anywhere else. Working with w W 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:30.720 E n x T. MHM matchups. That's that's like plural, right, Well, 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.480 every time I say every time I add the letter 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.000 S to the end of a word, that does in 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:44.760 fact mean plural for the most part. Mhm mhm. It's 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:49.240 interesting nowhere in there that did it say this one time? 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.680 It did not, in fact say that anywhere. I didn't 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.200 want to bring that up because I'm not that kind 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:59.080 of guy, No, but I could not help the notice 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.120 that nowhere they didn't say this was a one time. 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:08.600 In fact, in fact, it actually said the exact opposite. 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.160 But who am I to read? All Right? Did you 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.040 guys see that n XT Vengeance Day show? I liked it. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:28.520 I did, especially that opener Wesley and die Jack tart 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:33.600 Up Brother. They had a great match. This crowd, I 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:38.240 don't want to hear it, nerds, this crowd, this was 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:42.720 a n X t crowd for this particular match. They 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:50.240 were going crazy for this match, and Wesley got the victory. 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:55.120 Die Jack broke his finger, actually didn't break. It turns 0:15:55.160 --> 0:16:01.600 out it was dislocated, and then Relo caated. They found 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.360 his original location, which was good for him because it 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:09.200 was sideways other way. But man, these guys were awesome, 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.120 absolutely great. It actually makes me more upset at the 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.920 stupid character they've given die Jack, because he deserves way 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:18.240 better than this dumb character. Yes he does, yes, he does. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.560 Tell you what that was the type of match that 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.840 you know, you figure, Okay, it's gonna go. I don't 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.280 know how long it went, about fifteen minutes. It's like, okay, 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.680 open Earth. The crowd will get into it. The crowd 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.520 was into it the entire time. But like watching at home, 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.120 you know, I was wondering how long it was gonna go. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.640 But as it went on, he got better and better, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.840 and I thought that was a die Jack one of 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.360 his greatest strengths. And we saw this with Keith Lee, 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.080 we saw this with all of the people that he 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.000 worked with on the indies. He's a lot bigger than 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.600 everybody else, but he was able to adapt the style 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.600 and be able to come up with a style where 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.520 he can still be there do a little flying around, 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:58.800 you know, especially when he's in there with a Keith Lee. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.400 But he's the perfect I for guys like Wes Lee 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.359 to do offense on and to to battle with. I 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.760 thought it was a great, great matchup and die Jack 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.400 again he is not being used to his full potential. 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:18.479 I want to thank up. That's his name. I may 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:24.159 be pronouncing it incorrectly, but c h st peached. I 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.560 want to thank this person for bringing both A Wee 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:33.720 Bailey and a Brian's favorite show sign, both of which 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:39.080 made it on television. Pretty much appreciate that. And Dagan 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.440 here's he's all on me as always? Why is Brian 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:42.720 tell me to watch n x T all time? I 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.000 watched that made of it wasn't non special? Well, you 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:46.720 know what, it wasn't much special, But you know what, 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.280 broun Breaker got hurt and hopefully he did not get 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:55.919 hurt seriously, but he injured his shoulder, and uh once 0:17:56.200 --> 0:18:00.159 once that shoulder got hurt, this thing went downhill rapid lee. 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:04.520 So things happen. What do you think about your new 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.600 n XT Women's Tag Champs? I'll get to that I'm 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:10.880 still in the main event here brother and a steel 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:16.440 cage match braun Breaker one, and afterwards he was he 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.920 was confronted by Carmelo Hayes. Carmelo Hayes will be challenging 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.640 braun Breaker presumably at the next major event. Maybe it'll 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.320 be TV, but it should be the next major event. 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.840 And they set that up by having Carmelo Hayes and 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:32.400 Apollo Cruise at the best of three falls match, where 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:37.120 Apollo Cruise lost two straight falls, including the first fall 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.600 via clean submission. He got tapped out in the first fall, 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:45.040 and then the former Commander z showed up ended up 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:51.399 distracting Apollo on accident. Actually Apollo got pinned, and then Zis, 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:57.320 who was back to being Cato, ended up beating up Apollo. 0:18:58.280 --> 0:18:59.680 So man, we're gonna get that for you. And we 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:05.159 even for for years that Apollo Cruse Commander AZ's feud, 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:11.720 and yes, at this moment, my friends, at this moment, 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:21.280 right now, February six. In the lead in this year's 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:28.119 prediction contest is Ryan in Cumberland, Maryland, who did in 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:32.520 fact predict that fallon Henley and Keana James were going 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.760 to team up and win the n x T women's titles. 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:42.040 That was his prediction, and in fact, in fact, Fallon 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:47.359 and Kiana teamed up they beat Caden, Carter and Chance. 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.119 You're such a sellout. Why you sold out the spirit 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.760 of the whole thing. You sold out the spirit of 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:58.800 the whole Mike, do not do not be a walnut brain. Okay, 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:03.040 I'm if you may bringing up the fact because I 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:07.639 remember what this whole thing was based on. Bold predictions. 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:11.040 You gotta be bold. You can't talk about this. You 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:13.719 and everybody knows it. Here take that. You take your 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.840 hand off your face and start talking. It's national radio comorrow. 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:22.680 If I predict that Roman Reigns is in the main 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:28.080 event of WrestleMania, okay, that prediction will be right. But 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:34.439 I'm not going to win unless every single other prediction 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:41.320 because Brian would have thrown that. I never that person out. 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:43.879 I never you can go back. I listen to every 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.600 show every year. I will say every now and then, 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.440 not very bold. Not sure if that one's gonna win, 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:56.000 but I allow it. Now. The chances are unless every 0:20:56.240 --> 0:21:00.560 single solitary person gets their prediction wrong, Ryan isn't going 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:05.080 to win because he wasn't bold enough. But we gotta 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:10.159 wait and see. Every year there's three or four in contention, 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:14.320 and chances are there's gonna be three or four that 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.639 are better than his unbold prediction. And the prediction contest 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:21.480 doesn't end for eleven more months. Brother, yea the leader 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:26.480 now you know what? In the lead now means nothing. Nothing. 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:30.200 He's the hair in the tortoise and the hair. You 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:33.639 let that go through because you just love Keana James 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:37.000 and Fallon Henley and now you actually got something that 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:41.280 deep inside you really wanted. And next Women's Tag Team Champions, 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.199 or at least they're going to hold them until they 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:49.560 run in to Albi fire God, because you know that's 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:51.080 where it's going. Hey, you know what, this is a 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:55.320 good match. Katana and Kaden are a good team. And 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:58.399 and I thought this was what like, I did not 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:00.800 have high expectations for this man that would be fine. 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:04.080 It was. It was much better than I expected. And 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:08.560 Fallon and Kiana one because Kana James is the greatest 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:11.639 tag team wrestler in the company by miles. If you 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:15.199 watch these matches, like, no one is as good at 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:18.840 tag team wrestling and storyline as Kiana. She's running around 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:22.040 the ring she's tripping people, she's holding people down, she's 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:27.440 doing tags, she's holding feet down. She's a she's she's 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:34.879 a tag team savage is yes, oh my. They got 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:37.480 to lose the dudes though at some point fall and 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:39.040 Emily has just got to get rid of that's the 0:22:39.160 --> 0:22:43.040 whole story. Though they can't lose the dudes. The dudes, 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:45.680 their geeks. It's gonna it's gonna lead a book or 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:48.479 t saying something that's gonna getting kicked off commentary at 0:22:48.520 --> 0:22:51.960 some point. If it happens, it happens of all teams. 0:22:52.359 --> 0:22:56.040 And I got nothing against him. But we had Chase University, 0:22:56.560 --> 0:23:00.160 who are preposterously over. We have Pretty Deadly who were 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:02.879 a great act. We have The New Day who are 0:23:03.280 --> 0:23:06.520 probably a maybe even observer Hall of Fame level tag team. 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:14.040 And Gallus won the four Way. Okay, all right, they're good. 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:17.440 Were they're a good working team, but they're they're literally 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.639 the Robert Stone. I don't know anything about you except 0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:27.400 you're big and you grunt. Okay, they're the champions. Good, 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:29.359 but it was not as good as the main event, 0:23:29.480 --> 0:23:32.120 the tag main event three Way on TV this week, 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:35.320 but it was good still. Andre Chase, I wish they 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:38.440 would have done give him like a six day rain. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.560 You know, he's at home, he's in Carolina and everything. 0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:43.720 I think that I thought that would have been a 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:45.920 cool thing to do. You can have it. You could 0:23:45.920 --> 0:23:48.560 have had Gallos crushed them on the TV show, But 0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:52.320 I don't know. That's it's just the way I think more. 0:23:52.359 --> 0:24:18.560 After the break, Observer Live again the show. Bright Albert 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:21.600 is here Wrestling Observer Live. Mike sim Purvide also Wrestling 0:24:21.640 --> 0:24:25.040 Observer dot com. Rock Sand, g G and j C. 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:30.240 Story was good, but matches all right. So I think 0:24:30.240 --> 0:24:33.080 everyone knew what was gonna happen because they telegraphed it 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:37.280 after they did that great verbal battle between g G 0:24:37.440 --> 0:24:40.119 and Jason and then put them back together again. Now 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:42.399 the story is they got back together, but they actually 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:45.320 believed everything they said to each other, and so they're 0:24:45.440 --> 0:24:48.840 double teaming Rock Sand. But then of course something goes 0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:53.160 wrong and g G and j C end up splitting 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:59.680 again brawling. Rock Sand ekes out a victory, and I 0:24:59.760 --> 0:25:01.479 guess will find out what they do because there's two 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:05.320 things that we do in wrestling. One is a team 0:25:05.400 --> 0:25:07.840 breaks up, they fight each other, they lose, and they're 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:12.080 broken up the other is, well, let's break up nine 0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:15.720 times before we actually break up. So I guess we'll 0:25:15.760 --> 0:25:22.119 find out on Tuesday. These current status of the whatever 0:25:22.160 --> 0:25:26.600 they were calling Why because when they feud with each other, 0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:28.400 it was much better than them teaming. And I've seen 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:32.800 them teaming for five years a time. Time. Well, I 0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:37.119 don't know. Again, they them as personalities are great. I 0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:39.639 think they would be better off staying as a tag team. Again. 0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:42.479 That's a great example of a group that, hey, can 0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:45.399 you go back out on the piece, you know and 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:47.840 go and again with j C. Jayne, I don't know 0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:51.200 what her career was before this, g Donlan I do 0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:54.240 with Evolve and all that other stuff. So that's a 0:25:54.320 --> 0:25:56.760 great example of a team that should probably stay together, 0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:59.600 get better together, and continue to move on that way. 0:25:59.680 --> 0:26:02.800 Because is I don't think that's that splits really is 0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:04.960 that really gonna benefit either one of them or anybody 0:26:05.000 --> 0:26:07.119 else are going to be working within singles matches on 0:26:07.160 --> 0:26:09.639 the roster. I think it would benefit them if they 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:11.879 got an opportunity to cut promos on each other like 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:13.280 they did a couple of weeks ago, which was the 0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:15.640 best thing they've ever done in ed x T by Miles. 0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:18.280 I again, I why need you to see him against 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:22.080 Fallon Henley and Keana James. No, do you really need 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:24.960 to see him against each other? And singles matches slash 0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:27.640 Legend and the other one against Saul Ruca. Well, I'd 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:30.560 prefer that to seeing yet another toxic attraction tag match 0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:34.840 that I've seen for like three years now. They they 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:37.520 create great personalities. But as far as like some of 0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:39.440 these women in the ring, you know, it is a 0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:43.880 little ridiculous, dude. To an apparent conflict with the Ring 0:26:44.080 --> 0:26:48.679 of Honor television tapings, three wrestlers have been pulled from 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:53.080 an upcoming Beyond Wrestling event Wheeler You To, Tracy Williams 0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:57.320