WEBVTT - Summer Slam and RAW 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.720 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:16.479 By from San Francisco. I'm a sports byline broadcasting network. 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.840 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.079 Brian Alvarez and Mike Semper vv. 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:25.279 Are you ready? Where you're ready? 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:26.520 Let's get it off. 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:33.120 How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.760 We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:40.640 three Eastern Sundays, three Pacific six Eastern Saturday mornings with 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.239 a Jim Valley ten and Pacific one Eastern Sundays with 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.800 andrews arian Ed. It is Tuesday here on the show, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.400 and you know what that means, Well, you know, I'm back. 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:55.000 I'm back here today. Got a lot to talk about. Obviously, 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.200 Summer Slam was this weekend. I presume that was talked 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:00.800 about in depth yesterday. But last night night was the 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:06.040 raw after Summer Slam, which was significantly better than the 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:11.080 Raw after WrestleMania. They had a great, great show last 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.840 night and it's set up a ton of stuff for 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.000 the future, a ton of guys over a ton of 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.959 big matches coming up, lots of over babyfaces, which certainly 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.400 wasn't the case several years ago. So we're gonna talk 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.199 about the Raw after WrestleMania here today. We've also got 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.160 the Raw after Summer Slam today. We've also got to 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.440 the NXT Great American Bash Night two coming up here tonight. 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.160 We have Dynamite coming up on Wednesday. They are building 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.839 towards Wembley Stadium. And then of course we have got 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:48.080 all of the news the Luca Brothers likely leaving AEW, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:52.480 likely heading to WWE. Nothing is official until it is, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.960 but that is the belief. Roman Reign's next WWE AP 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.480 pearents have been announced as is coming Friday night. On Backdown, 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:06.520 Tony Kahan talking more about Shane McMahon keeps talking about 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.920 Shane now, Brian Danielson talking about Shane McMahon, talk about 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.800 NXT's move to the CW. 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I always miss part of it. 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.040 Here on Friday, I can tell you that. 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:31.920 What happened on Friday. 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.040 Oh nothing, nothing, nothing in the news that I didn't 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:36.760 want to cover that I ended up having to. 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.160 Cover that that happens every day. 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.840 Yeah, well, we got talking about the It does happen 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:42.400 every day. 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:50.039 The Luta bros. Maybe leaving AW, it says here Brian Alvarez, Yes, 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:53.560 that's me, is reporting the internal belief within AW both 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:55.880 pent and Ray Phoenix will be leaving the company for 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.240 WWE when their contracts expire. 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.240 Wait a second, Wait a second. So we're saying, for 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.559 once on this show, we can tell the people. Brian 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:05.680 Alvarez reported this. 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:07.719 Well, here's what you can tell the people if you 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.240 want to, all right, you can tell the people that 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.360 the belief within AW is they're leaving, and this is 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:20.040 from multiple people, and until they leave, until they sign 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.560 with WWE, nothing is official. I can't tell you one 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.040 hundred percent they're going to WWE, but it is believed 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:37.040 that they are leaving, and it is most likely the WWE. Well, 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:42.160 how can I say this? We don't know, obviously, and 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.240 you know, you can't negotiate with the other side at 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:51.760 this point. But there have been several eluchadors that have 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:57.360 gone to WWE of late, you know, Andrade has gone back, 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:02.920 Dragon Lee has gone to WWE. Santo's Escobar is obviously 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.280 with w w E. Raymis Terio has been there for 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:13.080 years and they are making a lot of money. And 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:18.800 pent in particular is forty years old and he wants 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:23.640 to make a lot of money. Now maybe AW is 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.640 gonna throw a lot of money at him. I don't know, 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:30.800 but people there under the impression that they are leaving, 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.959 and we'll find out soon enough. They've been there since 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:38.640 the very beginning, and you know, I don't know how 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:43.320 much they really care about getting pushed. Getting pushed is 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:46.600 more important for some people than for others. You know, 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:52.280 A great example is you know, Shinsky, Nakamura, Okada. Actually 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.320 the best recent example is Okada. Okay, why did Okada 0:08:56.360 --> 0:09:00.560 go to AW because they paid him seven figures and 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.720 he doesn't have to do anything, okay, so he's happy 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.120 as a clam. Is he sad that he's not in 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:11.480 the world title scene wrestling? You know, he doesn't care. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:16.000 He's done that and now he's making his money. And 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.160 you know, I think that the Lucha bros, they want 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:23.559 to make their money, and WWE is thrown around a 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.560 lot of money, and we shall see what happens. I mean, 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.920 there could be other aspects of it. I mean, you know, 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:33.320 if you look at the Lucha Bros. I mean they're there, 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.880 you know, they win titles every now and then they 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.680 you know, get hurt and disappear and come back. I mean, 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.280 where are they now compared to where they were five 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.839 years ago? They were They're in the exact same spot. 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.200 And you know, there are certain people in AW that 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.600 are in a much better spot now, but there's also 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:56.480 a lot of people in AW that are exactly where 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.400 they were five years ago. And I talked about this 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:02.280 a while back. I mean, you know this idea where 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.920 everybody goes one direction. For a while, it was like 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:08.280 everybody's going to WWE to AW, and I said, the 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.800 day will come when people start going the other way. 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:17.160 And we've seen people choose WWE over AW. There will 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.960 be more. Obviously there will be some that will go 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:25.080 to uh, you know AW as well. But yeah, that's 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.040 the update. Luca Bros. Probably heading to WWE. 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.760 I really don't have anything to add on that, although 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:35.880 right now would be the best time for them to 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.880 go now, wouldn't it With WWE being as strong as 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.839 they are and throwing around the money that they they have, 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.320 and I you know, I don't know. I don't know 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.400 those guys, so I don't know what's in their mind 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.080 as far as what they want to do. But they're 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.679 not getting any younger, that's for sure. In WWE, you 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.480 don't have to do what you can do in aew 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.320 and what is somewhat expected of you when it comes 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:04.199 to the fans. So if it's time just to have 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.160 a bunch of moments where you know, he's not worried 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:11.280 about being booked on Rustlemania, but if he's hanging out 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.600 with George Kittle and doing different things like that, maybe 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.480 Penta will be happy. I don't know, but I mean 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.920 right now is as good of a time as any, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.000 considering they're both healthy, which is always an issue when 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:24.720 it comes to especially Phoenix. 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:25.680 You know. 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.360 The other other thing to think about is, especially if 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:33.200 you're looking to make some money. Do you know how 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:41.040 much these two men will make unmerchandised sales in WWE masks, shirts, 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:47.240 Penta's glove, I mean they will make a killing. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:51.520 Brian to be fair, to be fair, to balance that 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.679 out a little bit. The only guy who's made real 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:59.720 money off a mask in the last twenty years in WWE, 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.440 the only guy that they've actually pushed to a level 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.319 that people wanted to buy their merchandise, and that's Ray 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:11.560 Mysterio Junior. And if you are a fan of these guys' 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:16.040 matches and their catalog, make sure that you have all 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.080 that if they do decide to go to WWE, because 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:24.080 they won't be working like that, and it's possible that 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:28.079 they do end up in an LWO or something like that, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.640 and they had and it's very possible that as characters 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.800 they spin wheels, because that's what it's been for everybody 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:40.439 else that's gone there. Now if i'm WWE, of course, 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:44.000 I mean it's Penta and Phoenix. Look at Penta in 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.960 that mask. Look at the obviously the kittle thing which 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:51.160 they will play into. If they don't sell those masks, 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:55.480 then they're absolute idiots. But to jump in and say, 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.360 well boy, they're gonna make a lot of money off 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.640 of merch they should make a lot of money off 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.760 of me. But nobody has who's been in that position, 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.800 with the exception of Raymistereo. 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:08.400 Well and the Fiend. That guy sold a ridiculous amount 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:09.040 of masks. 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.240 I understand that I'm talking abouts. 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.040 Not well, we haven't really had a lot of masked 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.600 Lucidors with the exception of Dragon Lee, and I don't 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.200 know is done. 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.600 But also look at how they have treated those luchadors too. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.719 When it comes to merchandise. It's not like you see 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:25.320 a bunch. 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.600 Of Actually, bro listen, there is a ton of l 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.680 w O merchandise and they sell a ton of merchandise. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.440 Like I know, yes, when Vince was around, they didn't 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.480 do anything with the Mexicans, and yes you can you 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.520 can say, well where's Dragon Lee been? But if you 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.120 look at, like, you know, how it is now as 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.840 compared to before. I mean, they've done a lot with 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:50.120 the LWO. They've done a lot with Andrade since coming back, 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.240 not as much as you know, maybe he was doing 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.160 actually I don't even know he was doing better than 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.319 hey w to be honest with you. I mean he's 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:02.360 probably doing that Best of Seven with Carmel. And they 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:06.960 are treating the luchador significantly better now than they ever have. 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:13.719 And we'll see, I mean, we'll see Roman Reigns returns 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:19.480 on Friday to SmackDown. So they're looking to boost those 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:23.080 numbers and really There isn't much time left for SmackDown. 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.600 This is the final month of SmackDown on Fox. They're 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:29.720 going to be moving to the USA Network early and 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.320 Roman Reign is going to be there and we'll find 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:37.360 out if he's doing anything on the Berlin Show. I 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.160 guess we'll find out what his next match is going 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.480 to be. But he's gonna be back on Friday, and 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.440 it should be the best SmackDown number, even against the 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.720 Olympics in quite a while. SmackDown actually did fine against 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.720 the Olympics last week. It was actually up from the 0:14:51.720 --> 0:15:00.960 week prior. Collision, Oh my god, Collision got murdered on 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:06.200 Saturday night. They moved early, and according to Brent and 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:13.040 Thurston here, Collision did one hundred and eighty nine thousand 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:18.240 viewers whoa and a point eight in eighteen to forty 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:22.640 nine I believe. I mean, the Rampage number was the 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.960 lowest Rampage number of all time. So if you remember 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.800 like Rampage being moved to like two o'clock in the 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.880 afternoon on the West Coast or whatever, the Rampage in 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.800 its normal time slot last Friday did the lowest number 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:36.920 they have ever done. And I have to check but 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:38.880 I mean, I can't. I mean, I think, by far, 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.600 nine thousand viewers is the least number of people that 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:47.240 have ever watched any aw show all time ever. So 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.800 they got brutalized Saturday night. Back in a moment with 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:51.560 more Observer Live. 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.280 You were listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:17.040 and Mike semperviv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.720 Back here in the show Bryan Alvarez here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:30.160 Tony Kahan commented on his meeting with Shane McMahon during 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:35.400 a recent interview with ESPN Radio. He was asked about 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:41.040 it on the Sodano and Cap Show, and he said, well, 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.440 as I understand, he's not doing anything with WWE, and 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.960 I had a really nice visit with him. I had 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:49.760 heard from a lot of people that he was interested 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.640 in talking and it became, frankly, a big media story 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:53.960 to the point where I was getting asked on the 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.840 record questions about it, and I answered them and just 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.560 like I'll answer you now. I had never met him 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.400 in advance of my first conversation with him. There was 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.080 a lot of buzz about this, so I thought it 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.800 would certainly be worth talking. I have a lot of 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.960 respect for him. I had never met him, but he 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.679 seemed like a really nice guy. I sat down with him. 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.840 He was fantastic. I really enjoyed talking to him, and 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.600 he is a very smart person about wrestling, and I 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:19.639 thought he was a great guy. And we have a 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:21.919 lot of mutual friends, and we both happened to be 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:25.600 in Dallas. A mutual friend linked us up who was 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.359 one of the bigger names in pro wrestling, God, and 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.440 that friend put us on a group chat. We were 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:35.600 both in the same town at the same time. He 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:42.119 then stayed it. He then stated, yes, the picture that 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.439 leaked online leaked was taken by someone who just quote 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:51.480 busted it in and took a photo, busted it. So 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:56.919 we said busted it in somebody, he said, in the 0:17:56.920 --> 0:18:00.959 middle of talking at an airport conference room. Somebody just 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:05.120 busted in I guess and took a photo. But I 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:11.720 think that's fine. Oh yeah, I bet there's nothing wrong 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.680 with a couple of people getting together and talking about wrestling. 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.800 I think that's part of what makes wrestling so great 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.960 is there is a lot of talk, and we're all 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.200 fans at heart. 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:26.879 Everybody talks too much. 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:31.320 Brian Danielson would be open to working with Shane McMahon 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:37.760 again if Shane ends up coming to AW. He did 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:41.399 an interview and said, I'm open to working with anybody. 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.360 I don't have beef with anybody, so yeah, one hundred percent. 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.960 He said he doesn't have any inside information on what's 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.520 going on between AW and Shane, and if he did, 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.120 he would not disclose it publicly. 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:55.520 Anyway. 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.199 It was interesting because Tony mentioned to me after the 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.400 photo had come out. He said, oh, yeah, I didn't 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:04.080 want to tell you this before, but I met with 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.360 Shane McMahon. I didn't say this, but I was like, yeah, 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.160 I know. The picture was everywhere. Although to be fair, 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.280 I'm not aware of a lot of things because I 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:14.359 don't go on Twitter and I don't go on social 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.200 media and all that kind of stuff. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:17.280 Smart man. 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:22.159 So that's the story. That's the story. 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:24.280 It is a story. 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:26.160 It's a story, all right. 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.680 Although it is completely believable to me that a fan 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:34.200 would hear that Shane McMahon and Tony Connor in the 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.280 same place and kick opened a door at an airport, 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:40.399 considering the ass that these people show on a regular 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.440 basis with wrestlers at the airport. 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.080 He took that picture and they went running. 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:54.520 Now Tony was like, uh yeah, uh oh boy. 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:54.399 Yeah that's what happened. 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:59.000 I was entertained by this story. So in SummerSlam they 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.879 did that logan Paul Man and he lost to l. A. 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:06.440 Knight and his foots under the ropes. Oh boy, yeah, 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:10.480 they are going to follow up on that. He has 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:17.200 filed a lawsuit. Okay, he's filed a lawsuit against LA 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:23.040 Knight accusing him of civil theft willful property damage, which 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:24.760 actually I can I can buy that when he stole 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:27.040 that truck and destroyed it. So I mean that's that's okay. 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.080 But my my favorite part of this is that his 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:36.720 his lawsuit that he filed, he has a demand for 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:43.760 a jury trial. I'm begging, I am begging for this 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:47.399 to go to trial, and we can cover this every 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:51.760 week on this program and on SmackDown as as we 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:57.399 have courtroom footage. Have somebody outside the courtroom. 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:02.639 My god, do we have any famous wrestling barristers we 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:03.560 can bring in for. 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:11.000 This a jury trial? Well, the barrister, I mean he 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:12.360 doesn't work for WWE. 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:15.640 Well that's yeah, the actual one. Rd Evans No, No, 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:18.440 not him. We can't do that one, But is there 0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:20.280 anybody else we can bring in here? 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:26.359 I mean, I not do it. NXT's going on the 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.240 road to kick off its move to the CW. Shawn 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.840 Michael's revealed on social media the October first premiere episode 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:35.760 of NXT in the network will air live from the 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:37.119 All State Arena. 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:38.840 Damn. 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.640 The brand will add to Saint Louis the following week, 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:45.960 although he did not mention a venue. So actually, if 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:49.440 if All Out ends up being in Chicago, that means 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:53.960 WW is running NXT two weeks later. Two weeks later 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:56.800 at the All State Arena, ce. 0:21:56.920 --> 0:22:00.000 Him Punk there. Randy Orton at the show in Saint Louis, 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:02.159 So it's not going to be a small venue. I 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:04.959 don't think Randy's coming out to the community college. But 0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:08.600 be interesting to see how those shows are revealed and 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:11.359 what their plan is going to be for that show. 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.800 Are they going to return to the Performance Center mostly 0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:17.879 or are they going to run some smaller sized buildings. 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:20.760 I wonder how that whole thing. It's gonna be interesting 0:22:20.840 --> 0:22:24.359 to see how this whole thing ends up evolving and 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:27.560 playing out over time and what the ratings end up 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:29.960 being on CW and how it's received. 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.000 So yeah, they've got two weeks. Randy Orton's gonna be 0:22:34.000 --> 0:22:37.119 there in chicag in Saint Louis, c and Punk in Chicago. 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:40.560 They've already now, they've already released their first thirty second 0:22:40.640 --> 0:22:46.760 ad five year deal with the ced W. My god, 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:49.119 five years of NXT on the CW. 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:51.600 I'm gonna have so much material. 0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:55.159 Dear God, Are you gonna start watching some of the 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:57.960 other shows on the CW. No, of course, watch a little. 0:22:58.080 --> 0:22:58.879 No Penn and Teller. 0:22:59.000 --> 0:22:59.760 Now, I. 0:23:01.400 --> 0:23:04.000 Have seen that show a few times when it's someone 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:04.680 that I liked, but. 0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:06.800 It's their number one rated show. If I'm not, I 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:07.280 believe that. 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:10.240 I believe that. The only thing, the only problem I 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:11.880 have with the show is you got to trust those two. 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:16.480 You know what I'm saying, Well, like you do it 0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:19.120 well I were talking about the Magic Show. Yeah, yeah, 0:23:19.160 --> 0:23:21.480 well you gotta trust them because like some guy does 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:24.280 this big performance and then like you have to trust 0:23:24.359 --> 0:23:27.159 whether Penn and Teller actually figured it out or not. 0:23:28.280 --> 0:23:31.399 They're like, ah, you know, we. 0:23:31.320 --> 0:23:31.880 Know that one. 0:23:32.280 --> 0:23:35.639 It's like I missed out on millions because of this. 0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:38.399 But then every now and then they'll be like, you 0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:42.639 got us. It's like, really, is this all for show? 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.560 If it's gotten executive producer, it's all for show. 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:53.880 M all right? The latest on the g one, which 0:23:54.119 --> 0:23:56.320 is anyone watching all of it? Anybody? 0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:57.280 I'm a little behind. 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:05.360 I think everyone is. I've watched so night eleven, Sanata 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:09.560 beat Shingo, Nito beat Show to Umino, Zach Saber Junior 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:13.600