WEBVTT - AEW Beach Break/NXT Recap/RAW Ratings 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.640 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:12.200 Let's get it all. How's it going to everybody? Brian 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:15.560 Alvarez here on or Wrestling Observer Live. We are here 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.160 every day Monday through Friday Noopsific three Eastern, Sunday three 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.400 Pacific sixth Eastern. Well, it's Wednesday in the program, you 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:27.200 know that means we have got a w Beach Break 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:33.240 come up here tonight, and uh, it's freaking cold. It's 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:35.800 a fifteen degrees for real. At the side of Beach 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:40.000 Break tonight, I think it is fifteen degrees. So anyway, 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:45.240 happy Beach Break day, everybody. It's about thirty seven here, 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:49.080 so I'm already miserable as I'm in a sweatshirt. But anyway, 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:50.960 Beach Break is tonight. We've got a full line up 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:54.280 for the show. They've added some things including Believe It 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.680 or Not, Ward Low and MGF, we're gonna be on 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:01.760 the show Ward Love course a he's a hometown hero 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.480 to these fans in Cleveland, Ohio. So I'll give you 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.840 the lineup for Beach Break tonight. I watched the n 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:10.680 x T two point oshow last night. I can tell 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:11.960 you about that and over and loves the n x 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.880 T report. We are raw ratings from Monday Raw ratings 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:21.160 Newsworthy today. Since it was not head to head with 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.920 Monday Night Football, no football, how did the show do 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:29.080 with no football competition? Did explode in viewership? Was it 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.120 up a little? Was it even or was it down? 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.520 I'll tell you here today. N XT has got a 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.199 television show coming up, Ring of Honors, going to launch 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.560 a Hall of Fame. Obviously Jones is out of action. 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.120 Randy Orton talks about the fiend. We got a lot 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.400 of stuff to get into here today. I also have 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:51.040 polls more polls up for you on my Twitter at 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.400 Brian Alvarez because we had a discussion last night about 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:59.520 Reno Riggins and then today I learned, Oh, Brian, someone 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.800 tells me you're the only one that ever thought of that, ever, 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.480 that Reno Riggins was a gambling reference. Well, anyway, I 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.519 put a poll up. You guys can vote Reno Riggins 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:14.200 gambling cheat reference or a random name. And then, uh, 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.960 just to test the i Q of my followers, I 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:23.000 r s tax man, gimmick or random initials and just incredible, 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:29.760 just incredible? Or what? Go vote back in a moment 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:51.079 Observer Live bagging the show. Bryan Elbert is here wrestling 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:58.560 Observer Live, Micember VIV also wrestling Observer dot Com excembervvs. 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:05.640 Joining us today. Yes, we'll turn that music off, Producer. 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:12.440 Here's this no down by the way, I felt like 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.840 Mike's got a buzz. I apologize. Everybody will fix it 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.239 after the break, but I'll talk about the important thing here. 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:23.079 Do you're vote in this pole? No? What pole? Reno Riggins? 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:30.400 What about Reno Reggins? Gambling reference or random last name 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:36.200 for a guy who's randomly named Reno. I thought there 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.520 was kind of a gambling reference because at the time, 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.120 you know, it's like naming somebody Vegas. You know there's 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.040 a there's a tie in Reno Vegas. Why do we 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:48.560 call him Vinny Vegas? Just chose a last name random Vegas. No, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.840 I'm with you on this, Yeah, I am too, well, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.880 I was. I listen. I did a poll, and U 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.400 of the listeners thought it was just completely random, like 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.400 I would even name Reno Riggins has nothing to do 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:09.120 with with cheating and gambling. The they thought he was 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.440 related to John Riggins the Hall of Fame NFL running 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:16.320 back Well, uh I I also asked about I R 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:22.040 S and just incredible, and uh to my Twitter followers 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.920 were like, what just incredible? Just incredible? You kidding me? 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.640 And uh we also four pcent that believed that I 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:31.919 R S was just random initials for a guy that 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.640 wore a suit and and told you to pay your taxes. 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:40.200 May not be best poll here to do on Twitter, 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.920 but you got forty minutes left. So if you want 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.440 to go up there and vote and skew the results, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.240 oh you tax cheats out there, go for it. Are 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:53.000 you going to have multiple polls today? I don't really 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.919 don't need more than one poll more than one polls, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.120 nothing but a problem. All right, let's talk about the 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:02.880 news here today. So I just want to start with 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.000 this just because it's, uh, what do you? What do you? 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.800 What's the guy gonna say? Despite speculation from last year's 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.839 rounds of cuts and both talent and front office staff, 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.760 w w E president Nick Kahn so they are not 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.600 in active conversations to sell the company, and a profile 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.920 piece for Sports Business journal con said that while they 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.920 have taken some calls from interested parties, they are not 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.960 actively looking to sell. Con went into details as to 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.400 why some of the major changes inside w w E 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:38.279 were made, centering around his feeling that some lacked knowledge 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:42.719 of media intricacies and didn't have the attitude that w 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:46.919 w E is a global content company. Vince believe the 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.280 w w E was at a place where it had 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.640 earned a seat at the adult table, but others in 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.080 the company didn't see it that way. Con told John 0:05:56.360 --> 0:06:00.040 orand this Con could write quite a book someday, You 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.240 went on to say. For the company to be treated 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:05.159 the way that Vince, Stephanie, Kevin Dunn and myself and 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.159 others believed it should be treated in the community, you 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:12.159 needed executives who reflected that, who had range, who could 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.080 get people on the phone, and who could be taken 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.760 seriously by their peers. Con did not address any of 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.240 the talent layoffs, nor did he name specific executives or 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:26.880 departments for who he was referring to. The article focused 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.719 on w w e's deals with external partners like any 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.640 Netflix and Blumhouse Media for various documentaries and series, in 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.560 addition to the strategy of putting out their major live 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:42.560 event schedule in advance. The strategy of putting out their 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:50.640 major live events schedule in advance. What the move of 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.839 some of those big shows to Saturdays, like this week's 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.840 Royal Rumble was also cited. So they would have fired 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:00.960 me because I advocate for Sundays. But any way, so 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:04.200 you're telling me that there were executives that were against 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.560 the strategy of putting out the major live events schedule 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:11.040 in advance. Were the arguing, hey, let's just run a 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.640 show and not tell anybody. We'll see if anybody shows up? 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:22.800 What does that even mean? Surprise? Definitely? What anyway, point 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.040 of all of this is. I've said for a while 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.360 I and I may actually I said pretty much exactly 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.880 what he's saying right here, which is they're not actively 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.560 for sale. But I do believe that they are putting 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.360 their ducks in a row in case the right offer 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.600 someone calls. They say they're on the phone with people. 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.800 Someone calls and goes, hey, we got thirty billion dollars 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:46.120 you want to sell? They'll go yeah immediately. But is 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.440 there an active talk right now? No? But man, let 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.040 me tell you something. If I were one of these, 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.400 how many people was it eighty five? How many people 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.440 have been fired in the last you know, eighteen months, 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.960 it's like five. And that's like it's just like we're 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.920 not even talking about people Like in the office. They 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.320 probably fired well over a hundred people. But man if 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.400 I were one of those people and I heard, yeah, 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.360 we're not actually looking to sell right now, I'd be 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.520 mad because you know, at least if you're looking to sell, 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:15.680 it's like, you know, I'm I don't like being fired, 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.160 but at least you know they're trying to, you know, 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:20.320 get their ducks in a row to sell this place. 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.320 Now it's like, now, we just didn't like you. You 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:31.000 were just useless. Anyway, That's what he said. I don't 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.600 disagree with any of it, except I'm still confused about this. Uh, 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:38.480 you know, getting learnt some executives who were against the 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.439 strategy of putting out their major life events schedule in advance. 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.679 Haven't they done that for like years and years? I mean, 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:46.760 we always knew when all of these big shows were 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.079 coming and everything like that. And actually it's much weirder 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.360 now because we've got a look at the calendar. What 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.000 where's where's every w w E pay per view this year? 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.719 Emanating from we don't even know we don't even know 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:01.360 everywhere that they're emanating from. Like a several years ago, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.000 I knew where all these pay per views were coming 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:04.920 from over the course of the year. So I don't 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.000 know what he's talking about. But that just sounds like 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.400 an excuse to me, because you don't know where you're 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.960 gonna go and you're not sure what your future is 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.120 getting to be. I mean, why would you not schedule 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.640 out four months or six months or eight months or well? Like, 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:24.040 what is the strategy on not letting the people know 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.800 when your dates are going to be. You're the industry leader, 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.400 you're the worldwide leader, You're the one who sets the tone. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:31.160 You're the one who gets to have the pick of 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:35.120 a letter on your weekend, right, Like, what is that about? 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:37.800 You know, it's very interesting to me because I don't 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:41.000 think it matters whatsoever. If you had a product that 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.400 was hot, you'd have these buildings in advance and we 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.880 wouldn't even have any question about this. So I I 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.160 don't see what the advantages of not announcing it other 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:55.000 than you're unsure if your dates, you're worried about other competition, 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.440 You're worried about other things. A little bit too much 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:02.160 I would would assume that's just me. I don't know that. 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.400 But the strategy here is exactly and how it how 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:11.000 it actually benefits them MJF and Warlow hometown boy Warlow, 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.960 it says here will be on Wednesday's Beach Break edition 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.319 of Dynamite in Cleveland. Tony Conna Nelson News during his 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.800 weekly appearance on Busted Open, saying that wherever CM Punk goes, 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.199 both men seem to follow, and vice versa. Punk his 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.400 schedule to speak on tonight's show as well. Punk has 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.360 been angling for a match with MGF for months, with 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.480 the ladder throwing obstacles in his way. Like Wardlow and 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.559 Sean Spears, Undefeated, Punk picked up wins over both men 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.160 in recent weeks, with Punk saying he will continue to 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.840 derail mgf's title hopes as long as he refuses to 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.199 face him. So tonight on the show, Adam Cole and 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:48.600 Orange Cassidy in a lights out match. Can they do 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.880 better than Solo? Sakoa and Boa? Last night on n 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:58.200 x T, Cody Rhodes, Sammy Gavara TNT title Unification Ladder 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:02.960 Match Jericho, say Tanna and Ortiz against Daniel Garcia and 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.839 two point oh Red Velvet versus leyla Hirsch and his 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:11.560 noted see Him Punk and Britt Baker all doing promos tonight. 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:16.600 So it's a beach break in the freezing cold Cleveland, Ohio. 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:21.000 Is Johnny Gargano gonna be there tonight? What do you 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.840 think if I were him? I wouldn't show up in Cleveland. 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:26.640 I mean, I know it's his hometown and everything, but 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.920 I would be embarrassed because you know Cleveland and all. 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.480 It's uh, you know, it's burying the people of Cleveland 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:34.440 for no good reason here the same way. M JF 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.280 will do that tonight. Hopefully Wardlow turns on them. You know, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.719 I didn't think about the Gargano aspect of it. I 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:42.600 kind of forgot about it, really, But it would make 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.679 a lot of sense now, wouldn't It's so they absolutely 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.319 could do that. It would be interesting if he did 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.240 come on board. You know, again, they are bringing a 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.400 lot of people on it once here. It's gonna be 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.000 It's interesting this, you know, recycling of of a w 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.040 right now with the contracts coming from n XT in 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.400 people's thirty days and things like that, whatever, their their 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:04.680 issues are running out, and a lot of these names 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.760 that have been on the roster now for two years 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.880 coming do. It's just it's an interesting time right now 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.480 to see what things are going to shake out as 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:37.080 a at a moment. Observer Live again the show. Brian 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.920 Elba is here Wrestling Observer Live. I'm mixing for VV 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:48.480 also of a Wrestling Observer dot Com. It's sad about 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:55.160 That's what I'm being weird. Yes you are. Let's see here. Well, 0:12:55.200 --> 0:13:00.760 I'm looking at I just got this email. H Brandon. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:04.120 Thurston's got peaked minutes for episodes since in September nine 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.520 for Dynamite, Ross McDon and Rampage. I gonna have to 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.800 look at this. I see where m JF ranks on 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.160 here because he likes to brag that he's the highest 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:16.480 rated you know whatever on the thing of the jigger. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:21.400 So yeah, higher than Darby. M JF Yeah, bigger mover 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.760 and shaker yeah, and fm JF, no joke is is 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:28.360 maybe the biggest ratings mover. Well, I'm not by surprised 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.120 by necessarily surprised by that. I was just trying to 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.000 with a guy like that, well, trying to think of 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.280 some other people in his realm who else never shut 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.520 up about it. Darby, Well you think c M punk 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:47.040 Daniel Brian Brian Danielson, So hate w W for that, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:50.200 by the way, to hell with you forever, lifetime forever 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.080 with the Daniel Briant thing. When I'm trying to say 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.640 Brian Danielson as it should be, let'll be asking about 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.000 I don't know what's going on with Gargan. Okay, there's 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.240 a there's multip both factors involved here. One, he may 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.080 not even go to a W. We don't know for 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.800 sure right now. I mean most people figure he's going 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.120 to but I mean he might make a deal to 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.160 go back to n x T. So until he shows 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:13.079 up somewhere, we don't know where he's gonna go. That's 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.200 number one. Number two. I mean, I don't know when 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.160 Kandice is due date is, but it's got to be 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:23.200 like soon. And you know, Kyle O'Reilly, he just became 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.920 a father, but he showed up and he's made all 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:30.880 of his dates. So I mean everyone's different. I mean, 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.640 maybe Johnny Gargano was like, well, you know, it's it's uh, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.960 you know, I don't I don't know. Maybe he'll be there, 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.160 maybe he won't. Maybe it has to do with the pregnancy. 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.160 Maybe it doesn't. Maybe he's not gonna go there, maybe 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.120 he is. I don't know what's going on, but there's 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.960 certainly has not been like, uh, it's not like you know, 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.920 CM punk and and Brian Danielson where it was like 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.640 hint hint, hint hint hint hint that there has been 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.000 zilch in terms of Johnny Gargano. So I don't know 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.640 what's going on, but well, at some point we'll know 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:01.840 when way the other. But for right now, we are 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.160 not playing the Johnny Gargano. You know, if you ask me, 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.880 what does my guts say about tonight? What does my 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.240 guts say? That's what I'm gonna what's my gut biomes 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:15.280 saying right now? You guts? Yes, it's saying you're not 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:21.120 going to be there. No, I'm not reporting, I said 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:27.120 my gut. My gut's not even reporting it. Yes, my 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:31.120 abs reporting, I do not. I don't think he's going 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.680 to be there tonight, but maybe you will be. Are 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.480 you down to one big ab yet? Do you ever 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.280 get that back from the boat? Did you do so 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.960 much eating one big ab? Yes? I don't know about 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:45.840 you and everybody. There ain't nobody that had a six 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.200 pack that after one week of eating was all of 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.680 a sudden rotund. It's been a lot. It's been more 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:57.440 than anybody vote for weeks weeks out here, Dad and 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.840 about and being upset about changes in edual changes in 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.080 your life going to throw you all off. Wasn't sure 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.880 how you were living, just asking. Brendan Thurston j D 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:11.480 notes here on his YouTube ratings analysis stream, mentioned the 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.560 first minute of Dynamite the other week on TBS. The 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:19.680 first minute of Dynamite one point seven two million viewers 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:25.040 because the Big Bang theory lead in is massive, and 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:30.400 so they need to one seven two million. Yeah, so 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.720 they need to do what they can to attempt to capture. 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:38.720 By the way, should I say that number one more 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:45.360 time because that's interesting? One point one point seven two million. Meanwhile, meanwhile, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:50.000 Raw Monday one point seven seven million average oh point 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:53.000 four six in eighteen forty nine, putting it in first 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.360 place in eighteen forty nine for the night on cable. Now, 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.920 here's the thing, everybody, here's the thing. This number is 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.000 the highest number that they have done in a while. However, 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:06.440 this was the first week that there was no football competition, 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:11.600 so uh, that's not a great number. That's not a 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:15.760 huge bounce back. The third hour was the least viewed hour, 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.480 but the droplets argy with viewers over fifty man in 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:23.000 particular gain an hour three, which is rare. Our three 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.080 was the highest in eighteen forty nine, even though women 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.520 fell during the show. One would hope for it. Says 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.359 here a ten percent increase across the board coming off 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.639 a rating against a huge football game. The key games 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.399 were slightly below that. The show was up nine percent 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.560 in total viewers from last week only six percent in 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:44.439 eighteen forty nine, fell seven percent in eighteen of thirty 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.400 four from last week's episode against the NFL playoffs. How 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:52.600 do you manage that as compared to the same week 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:56.200 last year, down three percent in viewers, twelve percent in 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.840 eighteen forty nine, six percent and eighteen to thirty four. However, 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.760 the number of homes getting the USA network is down nine, 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.840 so it's closer to even if you go by percentages 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.560 of people who actually get the station, and that total 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.800 viewer numbers based on that in an eighteen and thirty 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.280 four are up, eighteen and forty nine would be slightly down. 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:21.240 Number two show below Deck on Bravo one point three 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.640 five million and a point four in eighteen and forty 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:28.840 nine Holy Smokes first a third hour movement for Raw 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:31.959 we had one point eight two million first hour, one 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:34.680 point eight eight million second hour, and the drop to 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.080 one point five nine million in the third hour. So 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.280 theoretically this should they should be right around one point 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:45.760 seven million for Royal Rumble and WrestleMania season and then 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.560 we'll see where it goes from there. But not a 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.280 huge bounce back. But there was a bounce back, so 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:56.000 there you go. I tried to watch Below Deck, you know, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.320 I thought there was gonna be I thought there was 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.320 gonna be a lot more cheap clapping and a whole 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.159 lot of other stuff going on for the amount of 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.479 attention that that show gets. And really that's like an 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.200 MTV show that just happens to be on Bravo or 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:12.320 whatever it is. I mean, there is very minimal drama 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.040 on that show that really is that enthralling to me? 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:19.959 That should be that enthralling as opposed to pro wrestling. 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.640 Almost insulted by this as a as a long time 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:26.159 pro wrestling fan that this this I don't know, O 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.520 C on the water or whatever it is, that this 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.000 thing has gotten over the way that it has. I mean, 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:33.560 I mean, there's some attractive people on it. You know, 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:37.200 there's just there's cheap enough situations I can see for 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:39.880 some viewers. But I cannot believe that this thing has 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.760 lasted so long with the ratings that it gets. Then again, 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.639 one point seven five million people basically one in three 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:50.480 quarters a million people watching reruns on Basic Cable of 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:52.960 Young Sheldon or the Hell of the Show is, you 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:57.400 know whatever. That also blows my mind, very very impressed 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:01.040 by these mainstream television numbers here with these awful shows. 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.879 I gotta watch Below Deck Mediterranean, everybody and review it 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.840 here on this program. It seems there's been requests for that. 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:12.719 I know, it's not three hours. You can probably relate 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:15.080 to the Captain Will Salty and see this is this 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:17.080 is the difference, everybody. You wanna know why Below Deck's 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:20.600 doing so well because it's only hour or whatever. Below 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:22.960 Deck Mediterranean was a three hour show and ain't getting 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.000 no new viewers. That's a barrier of entry. But I 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:31.359 I will consider watching one episode of Below Deck Mediterranean 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:37.159 to complain it to can you guys to compare it 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.920 to Monday Night Raw? Give us something out of this 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.240 archive of below Deck that is worth watching. Though, I'm 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:45.720 willing to give this thing another shot, but like, give 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:48.840 us one that's supposed to be like this is the 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:53.120 premium example of what this show was all about. Somebody 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:55.159 send us that. If we're gonna do a review of 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:57.560 this thing and figure it out. I want the best 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.280 from these people. Give it to us. And oh I 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.160 will not have Oreo the Orca review below Deck, although 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:05.000 actually probably be a pretty good person to review it. 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:10.840 But you don't. You don't come cheap. It's problem. He's 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:14.400 now he's a diva. He's a diva whale. Well maybe 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.119 because you hit him too, by the way you alten 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:20.560 him during the Christmas party. Maybe you have some apologies 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:23.399 that are in order. Alright, we've got No, I'm not 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:26.200 watching the quintessential Below Deck episode. I'm gonna watch the 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:29.280 one that aired on the most recent one. No, watch 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:32.199 the quintessential What the hell? You starting with something average 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:34.040 off the street? Four? What is supposed to be so 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.240 good about I'm trying to come. I told you about 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:39.800 this show. It doesn't work. Give me something, Give me 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:42.760 what makes this show so good? I'm trying. I'm trying 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:45.359 to do a fair comparison with Rob Monday since Below 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:47.480 Deck came in second. So that's the one I'm gonna watch. 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:49.560 Can you chill out a little before you have an 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:53.240 aneurysm on the air? Ring of Honor? Announced Wednesday, they're 0:21:53.280 --> 0:21:55.760 launching their own Hall of Fame to coincide with their 0:21:55.840 --> 0:22:00.919 twentieth anniversary. Four inductees. We'll make up it's an augural class, 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:05.880 with the first inductee announced this Monday and the following 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:08.680 three Mondays. I mean, it's got to be like what 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:16.320 punk Joe Danielson, who else, well, wrestler wise or just 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:20.119 people wise. Doug Gentry. Doug Gentry would probably be you 0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:24.480 know right there, but a heron. The thing is it 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:26.119 could be so many people when you go back in 0:22:26.200 --> 0:22:29.400 the day, and you know Riscos, that's a good one. 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:35.560 Xavier the Briscoe, they'll put him in the Hall of Fame. Homicide, Um, 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:39.760 there's a lot. I mean, Jimmy Ray if you wanted to, 0:22:39.840 --> 0:22:41.600 you can put in Jimmy Ray for his you know, 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:46.000 with with not on all Thmicide says here, Yeah, you 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:49.399 know Steen and Sennerico obviously maybe uh, you'll have to 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:52.480 wait on them for a little while. But there's a 0:22:52.520 --> 0:22:55.160 lot of people. I mean again, if you there's Doug Gentry, 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:58.240 there's Bob Artest, there is I don't, I don't know. 0:22:58.440 --> 0:23:00.639 I guess maybe Bob Artesting wouldn't one. But there's so 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:04.119 many names that go back that you know wouldn't necessarily 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:06.560 be I mean, there's just so many. I mean, if 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.639 you wanted to put in Kentuck Obashi is a special 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:10.879 guest this year because he happens to be here and 0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.680 what he meant, you could, if you were dragon Gate guys, 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.560 you could because of the influence. I mean, we wouldn't. 0:23:16.600 --> 0:23:19.000 We've been talking a lot about WrestleMania Weekends and what 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:21.119 they're gonna do with n x D. I mean, the 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:24.520 reason we have WrestleMania Weekends is because Ring of Honor 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:27.920 attached itself to these, you know, to these w w 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:32.800 E weekends and the dragon Gate guys coming over and 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:34.520 what was it right, oh, five oh six? So I 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:37.040 can't remember what it was now, it's been so long now. 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:39.000 It kind of changed the whole game and gave people 0:23:39.040 --> 0:23:41.639 a new thing to go to. So, I mean, there 0:23:41.680 --> 0:23:45.080