WEBVTT - How Much has Wrestling Evolved and Changed?

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, It's time for Unsanctioned Thursdays with Jeff

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<v Speaker 1>I and me Freddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start the show. Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready

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<v Speaker 2>shuts up? About to hit the fan. Welcome to Unsanctioned

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<v Speaker 2>Thursdays unter Wrestling with Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>While we were gone, everything in the world happened in

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<v Speaker 1>professional wrestling, which is complete and total bs. You guys

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't wait until we were back. So here's what's happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Edge joined a w which was freaking crazy. Granted he

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to work with his friend with Christian and they

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<v Speaker 1>got to have an awesome match in Canada with a

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<v Speaker 1>spike baseball bat and this beautiful finale to their storyline.

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<v Speaker 1>But I never in a million years would have thought

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<v Speaker 1>he would have done that. CM Punk got fired by

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<v Speaker 1>the company helped build, and then rehired by the company

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<v Speaker 1>that fired him on his wedding day, and then got

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<v Speaker 1>injured and couldn't go to the WrestleMania that he was

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<v Speaker 1>said to go to. All while we were gone, WWE

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<v Speaker 1>has been making tons of moves globally and now they're

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<v Speaker 1>having international paid live events. They did the Elimination Chamber

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<v Speaker 1>in Australia. Ripley got to be there. Indy Hartwell, who's

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<v Speaker 1>a young wrestler, got to perform in front of her

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<v Speaker 1>home people. The crowd was going crazy. She couldn't even

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<v Speaker 1>help but smile the entire match, which was funny. Backlash

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be in France, Bash at Berlin in August.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going all over the world. I think they saw

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<v Speaker 1>what AW did in England and we're like, if that,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't let them have the biggest number. We got

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<v Speaker 1>to get the biggest number. AW has really started to

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<v Speaker 1>come back and find its groove despite not having MJF

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<v Speaker 1>which when he first left it had been a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a struggle for them. But they signed Sasha Banks

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<v Speaker 1>aka Mercedes Monette or I should say formerly known as

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<v Speaker 1>Sasha Banks now known as Mercedes Monette. They signed Okata

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<v Speaker 1>and Jeff. They signed Will Ospray.

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<v Speaker 3>This best signing you could get.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd argue, yo, wwe fumbled this so bad, And Will

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<v Speaker 1>talked about this in an interview. He was like, Yo,

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<v Speaker 1>it was basically, and I'm paraphrasing, it was an NXT

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<v Speaker 1>contract or. It was millions of dollars at AW. Peace

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<v Speaker 1>like the fact that they didn't know this dude could

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<v Speaker 1>cut a promo. Forget the fact that he's arguably the

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<v Speaker 1>best wrestler in the world today. Okay, it might not

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<v Speaker 1>even be arguable, but I'm saying arguable just to respect

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<v Speaker 1>other wrestlers out there who maybe I haven't seen. His

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<v Speaker 1>work on the mic is top notch. I sent a

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<v Speaker 1>clip to my wife. I said, Yo, this is Tom Hardy,

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<v Speaker 1>but as a professional wrestler, and she wrote back, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, he is like even my wife watched his

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<v Speaker 1>promo and I was like, this was amazing. That last

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<v Speaker 1>one he cut on Brian Danielson where he was talking

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<v Speaker 1>about his shoes in the ring. Look, look, everyone, bron

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<v Speaker 1>Danielson's shoes and you know what, I'll looked at him

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<v Speaker 1>and they were too small. Foolmy bruv and the whole

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<v Speaker 1>crowd just goes crazy. And he's got this this English like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if it's a Northern accent. It might

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<v Speaker 1>be a north I don't want to get it wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's not like probabrid. It's not like, oh I know, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like some tea and yeah, oh, I can't believe you.

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<v Speaker 3>Spalked to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's very like just rough and in your face

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<v Speaker 1>and take it or leave it, and his personality is

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<v Speaker 1>as such. And then he shows incredible respect to his

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<v Speaker 1>opponents at the same time as he disses him later on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like he doesn't go at Brian Danielson until Brian

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<v Speaker 1>Danielson goes at him. He doesn't go at the Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>dude that beat him up in New Japan, the one

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<v Speaker 1>he just wrestled. I had never seen him work before,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's even speaking to him in Japanese and showing

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<v Speaker 1>him respect, and the promo like, this dude is a

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<v Speaker 1>top top star, a top top star. I cannot wait

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<v Speaker 1>to see where he goes. Dude, I've been talking a

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<v Speaker 1>long time. Jeff, jump in here.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with you.

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<v Speaker 4>I think Osprey is the real deal, and he's not

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<v Speaker 4>the only person like that. You know, like wrestling has

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of really big stars, but I think that

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<v Speaker 4>this guy is the cream of the crop. And he

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<v Speaker 4>has the opposite problem of some of the things we

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<v Speaker 4>were talking about. He's still pretty young. He's only thirty

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<v Speaker 4>years old, and he's got every single thing. Also, you

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<v Speaker 4>don't have to be seven foot anymore to be a

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<v Speaker 4>big to be a successful wrestler. So I think will

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<v Speaker 4>Osprey might have been a Eddie Guerrero Ben Wall kind

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<v Speaker 4>of guy in the nineties, but nowadays he's a star.

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<v Speaker 4>He's literally he's there's sky's the limit for this guy.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think that WWE's screwed up big by not

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<v Speaker 4>going out and getting him, Like I would have thrown

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<v Speaker 4>the whole bank at this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>To even think that he's an NXT talent is just insane.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just, oh, let's control costs, right, Like that has

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<v Speaker 1>to be what that was. They could not have seen

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<v Speaker 1>him cut a promo and then offer him. That's just

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<v Speaker 1>like how how how do you think you would get

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<v Speaker 1>someone that talented, who's gonna be in demand, and then

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<v Speaker 1>offer him seventy grand a year, which is an NXT contract.

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<v Speaker 4>I think if you do what the Dodgers do and

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<v Speaker 4>you just go out and buy an Ospray, you buy

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<v Speaker 4>an MGF, you just throw the throw the money at

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<v Speaker 4>those just those two guys I just named an MJF

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<v Speaker 4>and Ospray, I think AE w Dies. I don't even

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<v Speaker 4>think that they could compete. They'd become another you know,

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<v Speaker 4>thing that would still exist. But I think WW wins

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<v Speaker 4>that war. If you could just go sign those two guys.

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<v Speaker 1>MJF and Will Ospray are the two best of the

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<v Speaker 1>younger generation. Like there's there's nobody else even close, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's great wrestlers out there that I love, but in

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<v Speaker 1>comparison to those two, it's like there's those two guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there's a great group of guys beneath them,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there's everybody else. Like it's they're just their

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<v Speaker 1>top show.

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<v Speaker 3>All right. I was gonna say, ae W. It feels

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<v Speaker 3>like what Tony Kahn is doing.

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<v Speaker 4>Is letting the fan kind of sneak into his business plan.

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<v Speaker 4>It's slowly turning into this like, look who we have

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<v Speaker 4>from when when when I was young, Look we got edge.

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<v Speaker 4>Look we're giving Jake the Snake a bigger contract. It's like, dude,

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<v Speaker 4>you know you got to invest in these young cats.

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<v Speaker 4>Grow up your things, don't don't look for this nostalgic

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<v Speaker 4>pieces thinking that's going to get a pop and whatever

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<v Speaker 4>and might work, and people might.

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<v Speaker 3>Disagree, but that's just how I feel about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And for everybody who already knew about Ospray, guys are

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<v Speaker 1>jerks because none of you told me about him. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>only seen an Instagram clip of him getting flipped and landing,

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<v Speaker 1>so screw you guys, all right? Moving on? Oh, also,

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<v Speaker 1>they signed Okata the rain Maker and he had a

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<v Speaker 1>great match with not a great match, but a good

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<v Speaker 1>match with Eddie Kingston. So they're really embracing the Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>side of things in WW does to a certain extent

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<v Speaker 1>as well, especially with the with the female wrestlers. The

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<v Speaker 1>Rock joined the TKO board. While we were on that's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of big news Raw is moving to Netflix. They

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<v Speaker 1>announced that that was kind of big news. SmackDown was

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<v Speaker 1>moving to the USA network. That ain't news. The USA

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<v Speaker 1>needs wrestling. Their heart was broken when the Austroids one

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<v Speaker 1>of their highest rated shows, and and NXT is moving

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<v Speaker 1>to the CW, which to me was the only one

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<v Speaker 1>that was kind of like what the CW has no identity,

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like it was when it was the WB

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<v Speaker 1>and it had Dawson's Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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<v Speaker 1>and it represented young America so well, and what the

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<v Speaker 1>youth was inspired by. It is an aimless boat with

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<v Speaker 1>no sail, sitting in the middle of the water, waiting

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<v Speaker 1>to be consumed by a bigger whale, Like that's all

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<v Speaker 1>the CW is. I'm telling you that it's not a shot.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the nature of their business. They're about to get

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<v Speaker 1>absorbed into an app and not even exist anymore, and

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<v Speaker 1>there won't be a CW as we know it, like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of channels have sunk and gone into the

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<v Speaker 1>corporate streaming services. I have no idea why NXT moved there.

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<v Speaker 1>It should have just been on Peacock. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>why they couldn't cut a deal there, that's where they

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<v Speaker 1>already have their previous deal. But yeah, so it's moving

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<v Speaker 1>to the CW. And I've actually watched a couple episodes

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<v Speaker 1>during during our hiatus here, and I still wish they

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<v Speaker 1>would shoot it differently. It's still shot like you know

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<v Speaker 1>a high school play. Everybody just lines up in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the ring. Even if there's four people, they

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<v Speaker 1>just line up in a row. There's nothing cinematic about

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<v Speaker 1>their shots. And it's not like they have different camera

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<v Speaker 1>people like it's it's the same crew that shoots everything.

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<v Speaker 1>They get cinematic on Monday and Ira with the Rock

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<v Speaker 1>and Roman Reigns and shooting the Rock in the foreground

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<v Speaker 1>and Romans a little blurry and that a stab and

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<v Speaker 1>Roman's side eyeing him, and that establishes a little tension

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<v Speaker 1>in the bloodline. Like they can do cinematic shots. I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen them do it, and they just refuse to do

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<v Speaker 1>it on NXT. It basically should just be a hardcam

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<v Speaker 1>with no close ups and that's and that would be

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<v Speaker 1>the show. Maybe the CW has notes for him, but

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<v Speaker 1>I just can't. I just don't understand why it would

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<v Speaker 1>go there outside of they have nothing, and they were

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<v Speaker 1>the ones buying live golf contracts. The CW like they

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who they are anymore, they don't have an identity.

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<v Speaker 1>So this to me was just a very lateral move.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't progress the business in any way, and it

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<v Speaker 1>certainly doesn't progress NXT in any way. And that's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much what happened when we were gone, you guys. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>one of those things, had they happened during the season,

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<v Speaker 1>would have been enough to talk about for weeks and

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<v Speaker 1>weeks on end. But that's like twenty things, twenty things,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like they timed it out when our show ended.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, okay, now make everything huge, So we missed everything.

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<v Speaker 1>But out of all that stuff, Jeff, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>like to talk on.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't really care what we speak about.

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<v Speaker 4>But there's been a billion things that have happened, and

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<v Speaker 4>we've noticed that the second week went on hiatus is

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<v Speaker 4>when everything exciting started happening. I would like to vent

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit about how difficult these TV networks make

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<v Speaker 4>it for us to watch things. It's just so hard

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<v Speaker 4>and it moves around. It's like I feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 4>constantly trying to It's it's the new hunting. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we're not cowboys anymore. We don't go hunt our food.

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<v Speaker 4>We have to go hunt our content. What app is

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<v Speaker 4>it on? And oh, I don't remember my log in

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<v Speaker 4>for this? And now, oh you're gonna send me a

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<v Speaker 4>link that streams to a thing, and oh but this

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<v Speaker 4>is a special event, or this one's blacked out, or

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<v Speaker 4>this is a pay per view, but now the pay

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<v Speaker 4>per views are on Peacock. But now Peacock put it

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<v Speaker 4>to and it's just keeps jumbling around. If these TV

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<v Speaker 4>networks want to keep our viewership and our loyalty, maybe

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<v Speaker 4>figure out your crap.

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<v Speaker 3>It's too hard.

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<v Speaker 4>To like, you know, jumping from Monday nights to Saturday

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<v Speaker 4>nights and Now, wrestling's on Friday when I'm doing comedy,

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<v Speaker 4>so I come back to my hotel at one am

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<v Speaker 4>just to start Monday Night Raw.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very, very flustering.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't know if you guys agree with me

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<v Speaker 4>or if you guys have those same if you feel that,

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<v Speaker 4>but it does feel like difficult to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this has been an issue ever since all

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<v Speaker 1>the networks tried to catch up with Netflix and they

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<v Speaker 1>all started buying each other out. And that's that's why

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<v Speaker 1>anti corporate philosophies have always been good, and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>George Carlin was kind of right with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that he said back in the day. And

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<v Speaker 1>all these all these buyouts to create these streaming services.

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<v Speaker 1>Understand something. These aren't plans that are being executed. These

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<v Speaker 1>are moves that are being made. There's not a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of forethought that goes into this, if that's the right term.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not a lot of planning. It's just, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>they did this. We have to make a move. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's why all these streaming companies come up buy all

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<v Speaker 1>this content and then they go away and they cancel

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<v Speaker 1>all their shows. Like if you want to know, if

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<v Speaker 1>if a streaming service you watch is about to be

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<v Speaker 1>bought out, and you should cancel your subscription and save

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<v Speaker 1>ten bucks a month. Just watch how many shows they're canceling.

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<v Speaker 1>If they're canceling the majority of their shows and only

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<v Speaker 1>holding on to like one or two, they are about

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<v Speaker 1>to be sold. I'm not going to call out the

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<v Speaker 1>streaming companies that are doing this, but it's pretty easy

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<v Speaker 1>to find out they're they're looking to claim losses so

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<v Speaker 1>that they can just sell out, and it makes it

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to commit to a show.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Cancel it anyway. Why would I watch this crap which

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<v Speaker 1>then hurts the show. None of the contracts that they

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<v Speaker 1>signed with these shows are for more than one year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like there's no threat on the studio side,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if you sign if I write a great show

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<v Speaker 1>it's called it's called Wrestling with Freddie and Jeff and

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<v Speaker 1>it's an awesome show, we won't get a five year

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<v Speaker 1>seven year contract will be under one, but the studios

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<v Speaker 1>not under one, which means we can't work anywhere for

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<v Speaker 1>five to seven years. It's usually seven years is your contract,

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<v Speaker 1>So for seven years without permission, you can't go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's no seven year commitment on their end to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the show, so there's no risk. There's no risk

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<v Speaker 1>on their end. They can kill you at any time

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<v Speaker 1>they want, and if they feel that they need to

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<v Speaker 1>sell the company, that's what they do. They kill show, show, show,

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<v Speaker 1>with no financial penalty whatsoever. The only penalties that happen

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<v Speaker 1>on the creative side of things the writers, the directors,

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<v Speaker 1>the producers, and the actors and the musicians and the

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<v Speaker 1>carpenters and everybody out the electricians and the gaffers and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody who makes your TV shows and movies that you love.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where the risk is. The studios have none, and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these bigger corporations that have come in lately,

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<v Speaker 1>like Amazon, they don't even care about television or movies.

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<v Speaker 1>These aren't tax ride offs for them. That's why they

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<v Speaker 1>bought them to claim them as losses. And they're assigning

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<v Speaker 1>executives from their companies all of a sudden in creative

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<v Speaker 1>positions when they have no experience in film or television.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's why I think it's so hard to find

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<v Speaker 1>something we like and then stick with it, because these

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<v Speaker 1>aren't plans, these are moves. They're just lateral moves that

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<v Speaker 1>people are making. And that's what the NXT thing felt like,

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<v Speaker 1>was just like, oh, you're going there now, Well where

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<v Speaker 1>are you going next year? Because CW probably won't even

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<v Speaker 1>be around. Well, then we'll go to Peacock. Okay, now

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<v Speaker 1>I am at Peacock. What happens if something goes instead

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<v Speaker 1>of if the networks would have just stayed the course

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<v Speaker 1>and said, let Netflix be Netflix and we just won't

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<v Speaker 1>sell them our content. And if we don't sell them

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<v Speaker 1>our content, they can't exist, and that should have been

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<v Speaker 1>the studio move to deal with Netflix is okay, you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're you have every episode of Friends on your network. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't get to have Friends. Oh you want to

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<v Speaker 1>have this movie, So you don't get to have those movies.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're not selling your product, they can't buy it.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't exist. But all these studios this money, money, money, money, money.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta get my bonus, got to get my bonus.

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<v Speaker 1>You can have Friends for ten years, here you go. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you can have the Star Wars trilogy for three here

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<v Speaker 1>you go. All these like huge franchises and that built Netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>and now Netflix can make their own movies and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't need your stuff, and now all these other networks

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<v Speaker 1>are like, well maybe we should stream too. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to, right, you didn't have to, now

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<v Speaker 1>you did. And now every streaming service basically turned back

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<v Speaker 1>into cable because now they all have commercials. Again. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my half of the rant, Jeff, But yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's that's what the business is nowadays.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very flustering.

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<v Speaker 4>And also like, I mean, they've made some things are convenient,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like I can binge watch something, but even that,

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<v Speaker 4>we're consuming it too fast. So they're going, all right,

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<v Speaker 4>you got to tune back in next Tuesday, we'll upload that.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like you have them all, just give me them all,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying. Like, so it's very flustering.

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<v Speaker 4>Luckily Wrestling will be going to Netflix where we won't

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<v Speaker 4>have to worry about all this crap.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's not till January.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but it'll finally have its new home, and I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like it'll be there for as long as it

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<v Speaker 1>was on the USA network, Like it'll be a double decade,

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<v Speaker 1>triple decade kind of thing, Like they have their home.

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix ain't going anywhere. And yeah, everybody who doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>streaming services. Get ready to cut that cord and get

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<v Speaker 1>streaming services. Save yourself a couple bucks from cable and

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<v Speaker 1>satellite because they played themselves, and watch your wrestling. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>this is wrestling is. I don't know how long this

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<v Speaker 1>window is going to stay open, but wrestling has opened

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<v Speaker 1>a window. And it was before the Rock. The Rock

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't get to take credit for making wrestling cool again.

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<v Speaker 1>It was all these young wrestlers that came up that

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<v Speaker 1>made it cool again, but he certainly helped. It has

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<v Speaker 1>this window now where I feel like there's room. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say this on the show because you guys listen,

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys give a damn. I'm going out with

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<v Speaker 1>the wrestling show this year. I've already shot like a

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<v Speaker 1>little real for it. I might fail, I might fall

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<v Speaker 1>flat on my face. I might succeed. I might have

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<v Speaker 1>the highest rated wrestling show on television. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what's going to happen, but I had a plan and

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<v Speaker 1>I followed through with this plan and I made it happen,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys, and I'm going out with the show. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not saying I have a TV deal yet, but I

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<v Speaker 1>have multiple places that want to see what we did,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna show it to them, and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sell the hell out of it. And if I'm fortunate

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<v Speaker 1>enough and someone says yes, it only takes one person

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<v Speaker 1>to say yes. If that person says yes, then I

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<v Speaker 1>will give you guys all the inside scoop on the

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<v Speaker 1>process of selling the wrestling show. There's probably a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of you that fantasize about being small time promoters too,

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<v Speaker 1>which is all I want to be is a small

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<v Speaker 1>time promoter if it becomes big time cool. But I'll

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<v Speaker 1>give you guys every single detail and talk you through

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<v Speaker 1>the process step by step, just to share that with you.

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<v Speaker 1>I like giving people inside information and I'm not giving

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<v Speaker 1>up the business that was given up a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to YouTube type pro wrestling plan B. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to see some freaky shit type in pro wrestling plan

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<v Speaker 1>be and you'll see the old timers giving up the business.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, man, I love wrestling and I love movies

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<v Speaker 1>and television, and I'm not trying to combine them all.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's all a part of show business and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>happy to share the whole process. Whether I fail or not,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you all everything we appreciate you guys listening

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<v Speaker 1>in every week. Thank you for the Wednesday love and

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<v Speaker 1>the Thursday love, and we will see you every single

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<v Speaker 1>week every Wednesday with Wrestling with Freddy every Thursday on Sanctioned.

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<v Speaker 1>Make sure you guys give us some awesome five star reviews.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff, you want to say good bye to the people.

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<v Speaker 4>We love you. Thanks for listening. Send me money on Venmo.

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<v Speaker 3>Have a good week.

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