WEBVTT - Jeff Jarrett Is Gone/NXT Women's Tag Team Bracket Change 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:06.640 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:15.040 Let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:18.280 here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every day 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.599 Monday through Friday, New Pacific, three Eastern, Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.680 sixth Eastern. Well, it's Monday here on this show. You 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.960 know that means we got Monday Night Raw coming up tonight, 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.519 and we have a lineup for the show, which is 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.240 it's now. It's now. I could say it every week. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:40.760 It ain't gonna be changed because there isn't some bloke 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:44.519 coming in ripping up the script. Although there may be 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.839 a change, and as of about an hour ago, there 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.400 was expected to be a change. I don't think the 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:50.760 news is out yet, so I don't want to say 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:55.640 anything in case things change. But I believe that the 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.840 the Cursed side of the n x T Women's Tag 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.640 Team Championship brack it. I think there's about to be 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:05.920 yet another change, So we'll talk about that what we 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:07.920 can here on the show. Today. We also go notes 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:11.119 on Jeff Jaredy's gone from w w E. He has 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.959 done we'll tell you about that. Biggie talk about day 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:20.080 to day life with his broken neck, is healing a 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:23.040 broken neck, and whether or not he is clear to return. 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.240 We've got some g one notes and uh notes for 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.479 some n J p W shows coming up down the road, 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.679 and what Okada has to say about a lot of things. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.560 Oh boy. Then of course we have the full reviews 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:44.000 of a Rampage and SmackDown excellent match on SmackDown the 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:48.040 five Way to determine the number one contender to Gunter's title, 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.600 which is going to be Sammy'sane or it won't be Sammy'sane, 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.480 It's gonna be Shamus. But Sammy Zane was the star 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.520 of that match because they were in uh Montreal. He 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:02.200 was massively over the baby face and they returned to Canada, 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.800 I guess not return. They remain in Canada for the 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.200 show tonight. Tris Travis will appear on the show and 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.000 we've got a lot of other stuff to talk about 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.280 as well. So big day here in the program if 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.760 you want Texas four to five seven eight zero seven 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.160 five six six at a spot to five seven eight 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.320 zero seven five six six Brian at Wrestling Observer dot 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.880 Com at Brian Alburrows on Twitter back in a moment 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:43.359 with more Observer Live back in the show, Bright Albarez 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:46.840 here Wrestling Observer Live, My Summer vib elso Wrestling Observer 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:52.000 dot Com. A lot to get into today Raw is tonight. Well, 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:56.520 you've got Alexa Bliss and Oscar versus Dakota Kai and 0:02:56.760 --> 0:03:01.919 EO Sky in a women's tag team at title semifinal 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:06.440 match and will be facing Damien Priest and we will 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:11.280 have an appearance by Trish Stratus. That is the lineup 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:15.639 for the show here tonight, and uh, we'll see what 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.760 more we can talk about later on here in the program. 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:22.040 But I think there's gonna be yet another change to 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:27.119 the tournament. Has not been confirmed, but it has absolutely 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.760 been discussed in w w E and I think it's happening, 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.120 but we will find out maybe before the show was 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.520 over here today. But that's the lineup for Raw. More 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.640 of course to be added and hopefully it's a good show, 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.360 because you know what, SmackDown was a really good show 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:47.040 on Friday. I know some of you still don't want 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.280 to hear this, and in fact I talked to in 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.720 the opening segment of how awesome that that five way 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.080 was in a five way match, winner gets a shot 0:03:56.120 --> 0:04:00.640 at Gunter at the Clash of the Castle and Sammy 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.760 Zane was so incredibly over place, going crazy for him. 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:08.400 He looked awesome. But then they have Shamus go over 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:14.280 and I immediately, I immediately had to blow back, nothing's changed, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:19.880 guy losing his hometown. Well, first off, he didn't get pinned. 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.640 Someone else got pinned. He was made to look like 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:27.240 a hero. And on top of that, it's not gonna 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.919 be Sammy's Shamus or Sammy zan and Gunther at the 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:32.800 pay per view, they didn't want to do that match. Now, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.120 if you want to argue he shouldn't have been in 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.120 that match, listen, if you want to argue that, you can. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:37.839 But I would even argue that this time because he 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.679 was so great in that match and they're clearly doing 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:45.920 a storyline involving him. Roman reigns the U s O's 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:50.919 and Drew McIntyre, which is yet to play out. But 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.560 I I would not watch anything that happened in that 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.400 match and go oh, nothing has changed, and that twenty 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:02.080 two minutes they had a great, great match, And I 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.520 don't care what anyone says. I cannot wait to see 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:10.040 Shamus and Gunther pound the hell out of each other 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.160 that castle. Hell yeah, for twenty minutes of the pay 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:18.120 per view, damn right. And my god, that's the problem 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:22.039 with people that have the ability to respond instantly to 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.719 something without taking everything in, because I can imagine that 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.440 you got bombarded with tweets and texts and such that, 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:31.960 Oh my god, look what they did. They buried him 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.120 in his home town with all those people around him, 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.680 and it's Quebec and this and that, and it's like, 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:38.680 just wait till the end of the show. Then you 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.200 could maybe cast your judgment on things. It's not like, 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.599 you know, somebody else getting beaten their hometown. He's tied 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.279 in with Roman Reigns, and we know the usos aren't there. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.320 We know Drew McIntyre is still left to come. You know. 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.280 That's the problem with instant reactions to things like that. 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.640 There was also an incredible segment with Roman Reigns and 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.680 Sammy Zane. I love this segment with all my heart. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.960 And then somebody emailed me and uh, and they were right, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:06.800 they said, you don't reminded me of it reminded me 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.360 of those skits they used to do in the early 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:13.960 two thousand's with Kurt Angle and Steve Austin backstage, and 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.520 they're absolutely right. It was exactly like that, these two 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.200 Roman Reigns and Sammy Zane together in this segment. It 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.799 was so great and the best part of it actually 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:28.839 was Sammy's An's just starts burying Jayus because Jus has 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.240 always mean to him, and he's burying him. He's talking 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.240 about he's yells at him and I can't remember the 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:34.720 exact line that he said, but as soon as he 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.960 said he realized, oh man, I shouldn't have said that. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.400 He goes quiet, and then he's about to explain himself, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:44.960 but then he realized there's no use. Oh yeah, he's 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.039 not being grateful, and then he realized, oh man, and 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.560 so he's all he gets quiet and he's gonna say 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.480 something he can't say, and he just puts his head down. 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.960 He's just waiting to die. And then Roman Reigns looks 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.560 when he goes you know you're right, And as soon 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.440 as he said that, like Sammy's, I go white, and 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.280 you could just hear the crowd go ah, like they 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.560 couldn't believe it, like oh my god, Roman, Like Sammy, 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.479 this was so great. This segment was awesome. I don't 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.280 know where they're going with it, but it has been 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:15.920 an ongoing storyline. Roman reigns the USO's and really Sammy's 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:17.400 A and j U So are the two that have 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.640 been at odds. Jimmy's just kind of hanging around. So 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:23.000 we'll see, We'll see where it goes. But I like 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.360 SmackDown a lot. I'll review it with Filthy later on today. 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:31.240 You know, there's there are talents that would be better 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.880 suited in a W there are talents that would be 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.320 better suited in New Japan, and there are talents that 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:38.440 would be better suited in W W E. And there 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.480 were a lot of people that were really hoping that 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.840 Kevin Owens, when all the news about his contract being up, 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:47.560 that he would be one of the ones that would 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.880 jump over to a E W and be back with 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:53.160 the Young Bucks again and be with this person and 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.000 be with that person. And it's like, you know, if 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:57.760 I'm Kevin Owens for a lot of different reasons, not 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.560 the least of which is I am a hero. When 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:05.280 I go to one province that my company has got 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.560 a lock on and I know that they just signed 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.760 a deal Dynamite did to be on RDS up in Quebec. 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:17.000 But they are the two biggest I would assume stars 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.160 in all of Canada, sammy's Ane and Kevin Owens, and 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:23.320 they walk up there. They are conquering heroes and they 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.840 have been used well by w w E. So you know, 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.760 there's a lot of people who would be betterfits in 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.360 certain places. And after I got done watching on Friday, 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:34.520 was a reminder to me that not only Kevin Owens, 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.880 but Sammy Zane is actually in the best place he 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.839 really could be in. You know, when Vince, when Vince 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.559 was booted and there was all this talk about, my god, 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.120 who will replace Vince McMahon and Hunter was not in 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.800 the role yet, and people were thinking, oh God, who 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.920 is it gonna be like Pritchard or the name that 0:08:56.000 --> 0:09:00.520 came up was maybe Jeff Jarrett. There was like, oh 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.280 my god, how though, how the world of wrestling the 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:07.080 soap opera, how things, how this great circle of wrestling 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:11.760 turns well, there's in charge in Jeff Jarret's gone. Jeff 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.080 Jarrets reportedly gone from w w E. P W instance 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.120 reported on Sunday. Jared, who held the position of Senior 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:21.000 Vice president of Live Events had departed his position. The 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.240 belief was he finished his duties that passed Friday, although 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:26.320 they were not sure of the specific timeline. He's been 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.600 in and out of w W since nineteen for serving 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.640 as a producer, a member of the creative team extually 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.720 the company during the COVID nineteen pandemic. Returned in his 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:40.000 current role in May. He appeared at SummerSlam. Remember he 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.600 was a referee of the usas in the Street Profits 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.440 for god only knows what reason. Then he showed up 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:51.040 for Rick Flair's last match pretty much outworked everybody in 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.800 the ring. I don't know about that, but he was 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.200 very good in that match. And then earlier this year 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.439 in an appearance at GA Change of Wrestlings. First, oh 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:06.880 my god, this whole thing, this hullabaloo to not do 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.360 a job to Effie. He went through all of this. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:13.640 Look how much Jeff Jarrett is a hero of mine 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.720 when he comes to professional wrestling, the ultimate survivor, a 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.880 guy who I always liked too. Yeah, he was pushed 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.200 too hard at certain times in w c W and 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:27.040 for some people's taste in the WWF, but I've always 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.400 really liked Jeff Jarrett. And talk about the ultimate survivor 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.520 for wrestling. He really is in the fact that he's 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:37.800 been able to just be everywhere this year is a 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:42.080 true testament to him. So an amazing worker. I guess 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.240 he's done with whatever he they're doing there. I guess 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.320 he figures maybe it's too much, But yeah, I have 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.360 a feeling we're not probably have heard the last of 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.000 Jeff Jarrett, with something doing with professional wrestling, maybe even 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.360 the w w E down the line. Biggy says Dodger 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.080 is not worried about him leading a normal life. He 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.440 is still not clear to wrest sole. He's been recovering 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.320 from the broken necks suffered on March eleven. He appeared 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.640 on Out of Character recently said, essentially, the issue right 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.520 now is my c one is not completely ossifying, not 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.280 completely forming into bone. It appears to be healing fibrously, 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.200 so it's kind of contained enough. I'm not a medical expert. 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.480 I'm gonna butcher all these terms, but it's good enough 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:22.160 that they're not worried about me in day to day life. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.520 I don't need the brace anymore. They took surgery off 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:28.080 the table, I would be cleared to live a normal life. Man. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.320 I hope so clear to live a normal life. I'm 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.040 clear to live a normal life, but I'm not clear 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.240 to be taking off anyting suicide spears and taking back 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:38.920 bumps nature. What we do is very physical, involves your 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.040 neck and your spine. I would like to keep that 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:46.480 as intact as possible. So they're gonna basically wait and 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.960 at the one year mark, they're gonna do more scans 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:51.960 and uh find out how things are going. It's got 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:56.319 no nerve issues, no tingling, no weakness. They told me, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:57.920 as long as your neck is in the brace, as 0:11:57.920 --> 0:11:59.559 long as you stay in the brace, are good for that. 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.640 I been working out, I feel great. I am just 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:07.960 really grateful. So that's the update on Big E. Back 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:36.680 in them up with more Observer Live back in the 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:40.000 show Bright now is here, Wrestling Observer Live miximbur Vivy 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:44.200 also Wrestling Observer dot Com. Well, we got new Japan 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:49.400 Declaration of power which is not coming up until October. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.960 Quite a ways. We have got j White Tomatonga for 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.080 the i w d g P World Heavyweight title, Ocada 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:02.439 versus Jonah, and more matches to be announced. So we 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:06.520 have two matches the same amount of matches that have 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:11.040 been announced for All Out for Okada spoke at a 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:15.120 press conference after winning the G One. Oh yeah, you 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.640 knew this was coming. You knew this was coming, he said, right. 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.400 I want to elevate the prestige of the G One 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.959 Climax tournament, and to elevate the G One, I think 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.360 you have to elevate the status of the contract that 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.600 comes with it. I don't need an answer to this 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.480 right away, but I do feel that for winning this tournament, 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:35.360 for bringing the energy and the fire all the way 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.720 through the G One, the winner should be in the 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.640 main event at the Tokyo Dome representing as the G 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.760 One champion. That's the stance that I would like to take. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.480 As I had to wrestle Kingdom. I think the idea 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.680 of being the rights holder is strange. I'm saying I 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.400 will be in the main event against the i W 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.439 g P World Heavyweight Champion. So if you want to 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.520 be in that spot, then rather than come for me, 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.760 you should go for the belt. But if anyone has 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.079 a debt they want repaid or receipt they want to it, 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.280 then they're more than welcome to face me a special 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:07.880 singles match without the rights on the line. Thank you 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:13.080 Okada and thank you Ghetto for moving this Tokyo on 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.320 back to one day. Well not his choice, but yeah, 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.080 not his choice. Whoever his choice it was, they made 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.720 the right call. That would be the fans because not 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.000 enough of them have been showing up. And you know what, 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.160 one night, one night is going to be good. It's fact, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.040 it's probably going to be probably pretty great. It's gonna 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.400 be awesome. You're not gonna split all the great matches 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.320 among two nights. You're not gonna have this deal where 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.960 it doesn't matter who wins the g one. You can 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.960 lose the case, you can win the case. You can 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.760 headline on night to bro the g one and one 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.640 night of the Tokyo Dome. That's the way to do it. 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.400 And that means New Japan Road or what's the the 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.280 show that's right after it on the fifth The odor 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.360 word show like bat makes that show even more pivotal 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.880 now too. It usually is anyway to see some you know, 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.720 changes in the air coming out of the Tokyo Dome, 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:08.120 but it really actually has some impact and significance now too, 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:11.640 because any Americans or any foreigners that go over, they're 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.160 gonna probably be on those two shows, if you know, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.640 and maybe everybody is not on the fifth, but it's 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.160 gonna be a really important show and maybe setting the 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.280 tone for what we see here in the States, whether 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.240 it be through New Japan Strong or whether it be 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:28.360 through other outlets. Letn he says, So now the briefcase 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.080 isn't defended, and the title will be barely defended in 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.960 the lead up to the dome. Yes, you're right, you're right. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.320 That's exactly what's gonna happen. And that's exactly what happened 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.480 for like thirty years, and it worked out fine for 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.000 thirty years, and then they mucked it all up for 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.840 the last four years. Well now and now they're fixing 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:51.200 it again. Well, look, they're doing the right thing here. 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:57.280 And this has been the year of Okada channeling all 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:01.160 of the greats from New Japan past, including not the 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.680 least of which is an Oki and his ability to 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:10.720 face an evil foreigners, somebody coming over with arrogance and cockiness, 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:13.880 you know, putting fear in people. J White is the 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.680 one who fills that role. Now to have Okada not 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.920 mess around with anything else, have matches that matter, have 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:26.040 time with his newborn child. Whenever that happens, perfect lead 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.960 you right into the dome, it means something. There are 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.120 so many title matches, and that was one of the 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.440 things that was going to happen over time with New Japan. 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:37.680 Huroki Godo was the biggest victim of more id g 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.840 P championship matches because he would win, he would get 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.480 to a certain point and he would lose because they 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.440 were having more of these matches. And I'm four more 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.640 IDB g P title matches, not as many as maybe 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:51.960 we have here in the States. You know, it's constant 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:55.120 title flips. Although again with Roman reigns and how it 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.320 has been in a w times have been a little 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:02.760 bit different. But bottom line, you know these guys and 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.080 that title should mean something, and you have all these 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.520 other title matches throughout the year. You have him here 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.359 in the States, you have him great, but the lead 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.800 into the Dome should mean something, the same way the 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.080 lead into WrestleMania should mean something. And once the Royal 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.480 Rumble is over, the same way once the October show 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.960 is over. Yes, you have the New Japan World Tag 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.640 League in there to fill time, but when it comes 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.119 to the most important things, I think we can have 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.720 a two two and a half month build to a 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.639 major match on a major show, your biggest one of 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.600 the year. That's the way, in my opinion, it should be. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.800 Let's see if you were Triple H when you put 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.280 the titles on McIntyre to suck the air of the 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.760 room before All Out the next day. What does that mean? 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:48.280 Are you're trying to tell me you don't think Drew 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.480 mctill would be a good champion. I'd be happy with 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.719 Drew McIntire winning that title a clash of the Castle. 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:58.320 I'm not sure what your question is such a news 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:02.040 yeah thing that is gonna suck away the attention for 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:06.760 all like nothing once All Out kicks in on Sunday. 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.840 To me, there's no question it's still going to be 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.080 a big show, and people may compare the two more, 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:16.280 people may be planning their flags more by the time 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.679 that it's over. But I don't think there's gonna be 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.480 too much. It's going to take the attention away once 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:25.040 Sunday comes. Person says given, I'm sure he was given 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:26.680 permission to do it. Do you think w w WE 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.680 let go Double J because he was part of Rick 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:32.600 Flair's last match? No w W he had a camera 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:37.560 crew there, Charlotte was there. I mean he and besides, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.480 his contract allowed him to do that. It's contract allowed 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.440 him to do outside appearances. So I would I would. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:45.720 I don't know for sure, but my guess would be 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:50.000 that had zilch to do with it. The person here 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:54.880 says uh us unless Brian, you look at it from 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.000 the aspect of he likes that life and maybe he 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.720 doesn't want the responsibility and all that hying down of 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:03.040 what you would have to deal with from a corporate, 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.560 especially company that maybe in flux right now, as far 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.480 as things moving in the office and things like that 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:10.720 as people settle in and all that sort of stuff. 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.280 So maybe it's just a matter of Hey, I like 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:15.640 doing what I'm doing. I can be involved in wrestling 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.480 and do so much and not have to be tied down. Well, 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:20.480 my point was he can do all of those things 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:24.760 even with his job, Yeah, and make a lot of 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.200 money from w w A at the same time. Yeah. 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:28.879 But I mean I I again, I don't know what 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.040 the exact nature of his role was, but it was 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.800 about you know, promoting and doing live events, wasn't it. 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:38.320 So unless it was kind of an ambassadorship role. I mean, 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:41.480 that's got to be somewhat time consuming to try to 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.879 coordinate and do things and have it be done on 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:47.400 the regular. Hearing how over Sammy Zane was on Friday 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.200 reminded me of when he was the hottest baby face 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:51.000 and n x T hoping we see Sammy's aane and 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.560 Kevin Owens versus the US, so well, you know, Kevin, 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.479 Sammy Zane is a He does a great job as 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.320 a hell, but he's never been as great as he 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:02.120 was when he was baby face in an XT And 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:06.760 one of the one of the first things that Triple 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.359 H did when he came back was start turning people 0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:13.920 that were miscast, and Becky Lynch was was one of them. 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:17.240 And I'm not saying that Sammy is miscast because he 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.040 does a good job as a heel and obviously he 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.000 was super over because he was in Montreal. Who knows 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:23.840 about the rest, but I mean, the guy is so 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:27.240 great that he'd be a fantastic baby face. And if 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.400 if Kevin Owen's gonna feed with Roman reigns again, well 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:33.679 it depends on whether they think that Romans gonna be 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.560 beat boot or not. I mean, he's cheered virtually everywhere 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:38.960 he goes. He showed up on SmackDown in that car 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:41.080 and the place just went crazy when he got out. 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.760 So I'd be happy with Sammy's at and Kevin Owens 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:46.800 versus the us OS, but I don't know what they're 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:48.959 gonna do. I'd be all right with it. But I 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:51.800 want Kevin Owens to stand on his own and be 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.560 the only real shade of gray, you know, the only 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:58.480 guy that's gonna headbut Vince McMahon, and also the only 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:02.440 guy that's gonna you know, he's the only person that 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:06.000 could have heat with everybody from a storyline standpoint, on 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:09.640 that roster. He's perfect as the man on his own, 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:14.000 and as I can see him obviously with Sammy's aane, 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:15.840 you want to do one tag match or something like 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.080 that along the way. Cool, But I think as we 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:20.480 go into fall and we go into the new season 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:25.240 and all that sort of stuff, I like a refreshed, angry, 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:30.399 competitive Kevin Owens to be again, to not be tied 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:33.000 down with Sammy'sane and in a team or anything else. 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.600 Not to say I wouldn't want, you know, there could 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:37.679 be worse things in the world than that team. But 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:40.120 they need single stars and they need people to stand out, 0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:42.719 and Kevin Owens, to me is that guy. And not 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:45.320 to say that Kevin Sammy's Ane is gonna weigh him down, 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.359 but you know, to be honest, you know, there's a 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:50.520 certain level for Zane and I like him tied in 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:54.160 frankly with Roman reign. So we'll see what happens there. 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:57.959 But I kind of like that you won't even need 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:00.480 a briefcase. Didn't winning guarantee a spot in the Yes, 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:05.439 that's so caughtas point and my point. You win the 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:08.200 g one, you're in the main event of the Tokyo Dome. 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:10.760 Just like in the old days you won the Royal Rumble, 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:14.879 you were guaranteed the main event at WrestleMania. Now, I 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:18.000 think everybody, like all his old people, we watched the 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:21.000