WEBVTT - WWE Crown Jewel Preview 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.680 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the Eighth Side Network. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.400 By from San Francisco. I'm a Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.800 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts, 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:25.200 Brian Alvarez and Mike Sempervv. Are you ready? 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If not, hopefully it's sunny inside your mind. 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:08.240 Beautiful day here on Del Marvel, Little Chili. Last time 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.520 I was on a Friday with you, I was talking 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:14.440 about how nice it was people in the Pacific Northwest 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.240 were rolling their eyes because the frost has already hit. Well, 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.720 guess what, it finally worked its way over here at 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:25.040 the first frost of the winter season. It's probably going 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.720 to be a long winter for me. But that's all right, 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:29.640 got a long way to go before we get there, 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.360 and there's going to be a whole lot of wrestling 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.840 in the process. Look how much is taking place this weekend. 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:40.080 WWE Crown Jewel is streaming Saturday on Peacock on the 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:44.640 WWE Network as well, a sports washing tradition every year 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:48.280 emanating from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The kickoff show 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.080 will begin tomorrow at noon Eastern. One pm is the 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.360 main show. We'll run down that card and I'll give 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.040 you my thoughts on each match in the direction I 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:00.360 think they'll go. The fact that the show is earlier 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.680 in the day in the States is a blessing for 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:06.800 aw Collision, which airs as it usually does on Saturday 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:10.600 at eight pm Eastern. We've seen both NXT and WWEE 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.080 events cause them harm head to head. We'll know on 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:18.120 Tuesday how everything turns out. There are two pretty big 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.240 college football games that are going to cause them problems. 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.600 I'll note those when we run down the card. Also 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.000 this weekend is the new Japan Pro Wrestling Power Struggle 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:32.280 event in Osaka, which features appearances by John Moxley and 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.200 Will Ospray. I'll run down that card and give you 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:40.200 my predictions there too, as well as Vince McMahon eighty 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.640 sixe a deal that would have seen the UFC Air 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:48.400 on USA, and Rick Blair being signed by aw Wrestling 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:49.160 Observer Live. 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:06.280 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live on the Sports 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.000 Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:13.240 Welcome back to the show. 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He may be a big S and M fan, maybe, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:43.680 I guess, because he just loves having somebody dominate him 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:48.400 and slap him around and like somebody who's got bigger 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.039 gripe fruits than him, you know, just just messing up 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:56.320 all of his business decisions in the past. Apparently you have. 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:00.960 C CEO. Dana White revealed that Vince McMahon next a 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.960 past TV deal that would have seen the UFC head 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:09.240 to NBC and the USA Network. I just saw this. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.760 It was posted up to the front page of the 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:16.359 website this afternoon by our own Josh Nason. Dana was 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.320 speaking on the Triggered podcast. I don't know who the 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.520 host starred for that podcast there, but he was asked 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:26.480 about his relationship with McMahon, a topic that has come 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.520 up frequently with White in recent interviews. Now that everybody 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:34.679 is under the Endeavor umbrella together, White again spoke about 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.200 how McMahon and the UFC had their battles in the 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.000 past as McMahon saw everyone his competition and that he quote, 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.679 he was one of those guys who would effing stick 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.560 it up to me for whatever reason end quote. White 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.599 then went into specific detail that he had never delved 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.560 into before, saying that the UFC was on the one 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.760 yard line to sign a new deal with NBC to 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:02.039 air fights on both NBC and the USA Network. However, 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:06.600 at that point the WWE, the WWE head had the 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.560 final say on whether another combat sports property could come 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:15.520 onto USA's airwaves. White said that he and then owner 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.599 UFC co owner Lorenzo Fertita flew out to Connecticut to 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.400 meet with McMahon and get his sign off on the deal. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.400 After some small talk, they got to the point of 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.440 their visit and McMahon sat back in his chair and said. 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:30.320 Yeah, I'm not going to do that. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:35.000 When they asked why White said that, McMahon said, I'm 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.360 not that interested in it. I don't like the idea 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:41.400 of you guys on USA network pal I added the 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.240 pal at the end. After the deal blew up, UFC 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.200 then pivoted and eventually signed a seven year deal with 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:50.400 Fox in August of twenty eleven. While White did not 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.680 specify the timeline of when the McMahon talk happened, it 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.440 is assumed to be in twenty and eleven based on 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.240 the timeline. White said that now he and McMahon, executive 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.560 chairman of TKO Holdings, are in business together. Quote, he 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.839 couldn't be a better partner. He keeps me in the 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.800 loop with everything going on, making sure I'm cool with 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:16.640 decisions that could affect the UFC end quote. I believe 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.960 this is when the UFC would have signed their deal 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:24.000 with the Fox Network, And with hindsight being twenty twenty, 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:29.440 that was probably a better move for UFC and it 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:34.120 was probably a better move for mixed martial arts on 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:39.360 network television. I think of all the major networks, we 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:43.600 saw CBS try it, and immediately the Tiffany Network got 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.480 some very cold feet after the brawl broke out at 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.240 Elite XC or it wasn't strike for us, and I 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.000 guess it was a lead XC where the fight ended 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.680 up breaking out with the Diz brothers and all that. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.280 Mayhem Miller and all that stuff went down and they 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.920 were done with it real quick. After that, it got 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:05.680 banished to showtime and that was pretty much it. Honestly, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.960 I think Fox was the perfect place for the UFC 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:11.520 to go. I think if it would have went right 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.400 to NBC, sure, USA Network probably would have been good 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.240 with it. They for years Tuesday Night fights on the 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.760 USA Network, Barry Tompkins and Sean O'Grady. That was the 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.120 team I remember the most. Barry Tompkins and Al Michaels, 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.320 you know on Friday Night fights, you know on the 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.920 USA Network, that sort of thing. I think would have 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:35.240 been no problem airing specials or prelimbs on NBC. I 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.000 don't know. I think the way everything worked out, Fox 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.640 was the right way to go, and now we don't 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.360 really see anybody bat and eye I'm sure somebody at ABC, SLASH, 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:46.840 ESPN doesn't like to see those fights on in the 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.680 background while they're working or whatever. They'd rather see car 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.840 racing or something else on in its place. But you know, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.720 when it comes to networks now, it's no big deal 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.439 to see fighting on in the middle of the afternoon, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.840 which was so something that you know, back in twenty eleven, 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.480 even though it doesn't seem like it's all that long ago. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.400 You know a lot of people were still horrified at 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:14.000 the thought of seeing the ufton there. So it is. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.040 It's interesting. Dana White always seems to have great enjoyment 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:20.800 talking about how Vince has slapped him down in business 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:24.439 dealings kind of gives you a glimpse into the mind 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:28.960 of Dana White. There that Vince again. You know, he 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.800 is the big dog that Dana looks up to. You 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.640 don't hear him talk about Bob Aram with any you know, 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.640 special feeling, Don King, anybody from the boxing world where 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.040 he got his start. It really comes down to Vince 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:46.319 McMahon as his ideal promoter. WWE SmackDown is tonight from 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:50.760 the Phizserve form in Milwaukee. This was taped after last 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.680 Friday Night's telecast in order to accommodate travel for this 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.400 Saturday's Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. They announced on 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:02.120 WWE dot com yesterday that Ridge Holland and Butch of 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.440 the Brawling Brutes will take on Pretty Deadly's Kit Wilson 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.840 and Elton Prince and a Donnie Brook Rules about on 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.600 the show says here that WWE dot com describes a 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.320 Donnybrook rules match as a quote free for all melee 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:20.520 with lots of weapons at their disposal end quote. There's 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.920 a lot of basic matches now you end up seeing 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.839 all that stuff end up breaking out there. Also added 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.520 to Friday's card for those of you who have remained 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.920 spoiler free, Kevin Owens will go one on one with 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.079 Austin Theory. The match will be a follow up from 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:39.000 an angle on last week's episode where Owens attack Theory backstage. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.640 Also on the show will be a United States Championship 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:46.439 way in between Ray Mistereo and his challenger. On Saturday, 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:50.120 Logan Paul and Bianca Belair returns to the ring and 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:56.000 faces Damage Controls Bailey Crown Jewel taking place from the 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.800 Mohammad Abdoh Arena in Riad, Saudi Arabia. Like I said, 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.720 one pm Eastern Time for the main card, noon for 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.679 the pre show. At some point during that pre show, 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.480 we will have a kickoff match between Sammy's Ain and 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:15.600 JD McDonough and they're not beaten. Sammy's Ain in Saudi Arabia. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.560 I wouldn't think now that he is back able to 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.680 go on these tours. Sammy's Ain gets the victory in 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.920 that match. I don't know if this card is in order. 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.360 Looks like it probably is because the way it's listed. 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.040 It is book ended with world title matches, the first 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:36.160 one being the WWE Women's title match Eo Sky against 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:41.480 Bianca bel Air. I don't know if Charlotte Flair is 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.160 in Saudi Arabia or if she's going to be a 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.280 part of the house shows coming up this weekend. There 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:51.480 is one in Rochester, New York, and another in Springfield, Massachusetts, 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.080 on Saturday and Sunday, So I don't know if she 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.120 is going to be a part of those shows. But 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.320 if she is not, I could see her maybe getting 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:04.520 involved causing Bianca bel Air to possibly lose the match. 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.079 What you could also see, and I'll get in a 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.280 little more detail with this later on is Kyrie sayin 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.680 possibly making an appearance and costing Bianca bel Air the 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.959 match against Eo Sky. I if that doesn't happen and 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.280 there's no interference, I say, okay, go ahead and give 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.360 the belt to Bianca. But I gotta be honest. I 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:27.080 think there's more chase left for Bianca, and I think 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.559 a to cut Eo Sky at this point in her 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:34.240 title reign again, unless you have something really good planned 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.120 for Beyonca winning it, I think it's okay to hold 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.880 off on that a little bit. Cody Rhodes faces Damian 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.880 Priest in a singles bout. I have a feeling something 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.079 is going to happen with Damian Priest a little bit 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.960 later on in the show, so I think Cody Rhodes 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.480 is going to get the victory over him. John Sena 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:57.160 against Solo Socoa. I'm going with John Cena in that match. 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:02.040 The United States title match between Ray Mysterio and Logan Paul, 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.520 I'm really up in the air on this one. You 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.200 could go either way. I say go ahead and give 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:10.240 the belt to Logan Paul. He's got no bites planned 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.360 for right now. He can hang around, certainly be a 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.680 thorn in everyone's side leading into the Royal Rumble. I'm 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.520 all for it. Got a couple more matches on that 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.560 show to get into, as well as a whole lot 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:25.160 more coming up this weekend. We'll be back Wrestling Observer Live. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:40.240 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:46.439 and Mike semperviv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting networking back on. 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.880 The show, Mike sepper vb here with you Wrestling Observer Live. 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.520 Brian Alvarez will be back with me on Monday, taking 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.000 a look at everything that took place over the weekend. 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.280 If you cannot wait that long and you need some 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:02.080 more Brian Alvarez in your life, well, the Brian and 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.000 Vinnie Show will take place Sunday night, but even before that, 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.960 on Saturday night, I assume overnight, unless something bizarre happens here, 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.800 I would have to assume that Brian Alvarez and Dave 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.840 Meltzer will be back for subscribers for Wrestling Observer Radio 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.640 running down everything that takes place at Crown Jewel. I'm 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.400 running down the rest of that show right now for you. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:28.800 WWE Women's World Title Fatal five Way Rhea Ripley against 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:33.960 Naya Jacks against Zoe Stark, SHANEA Basler, and Raquel Rodriguez. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.400 Why would you take the title off of Rhea Ripley. Why? 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.320 I don't know. I wouldn't take the title off of 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.720 Riea Ripley, no reason to do that. Just gets five 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:49.400 women into that match in Saudi Arabia. That's fine. Cool. 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:54.400 Raya Ripley comes back with the belt WWE World Heavyweight Title. 0:14:54.680 --> 0:15:01.320 Seth Rollins against Drew McIntyre. Okay, this, this is what 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:07.040 I'm thinking here. Seth Rollins wins this match, but he 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.880 is in bad shape and I'm not sure how this 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.040 is going to happen, but I do know that Drew 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:18.000 McIntyre will be pissed off when it happens. He'll would 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:22.040 have gotten screwed. And somehow Seth Rollins holds onto that 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.240 belt and he can complain about it all he wants, 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.840 but out will come Damian Priest to go ahead and 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.720 cash in on Seth Rollins. We have a world title 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:36.920 change quote unquote In Saudi Arabia, Damian Priest comes back 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:41.960 with the belt and again the divide between he and 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.240 the rest of the judgment day can continue on. I 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:49.200 still believe that Drew McIntyre would be the perfect replacement 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.080 for him, much more than a Randy Orton or anybody 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:56.080 like that. I think Drew McIntyre replacing Damian Priest in 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.520 that unit would be to me the way to do it. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.160 And then you have Damian Priest going up against Seth Rollins. 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.640 Maybe if Seth Rollins is screwed over by Shins, Kay 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.440 Knackamoor or somebody like that, he can get out of 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.240 the title picture. And right there it is all set 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.680 up Drew McIntyre against Damian Priest. And oh yeah, if 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.840 Cody Rhodes defeats Damian Priest earlier on in the show, 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.680 you can have he and Cody Rhoads, Damian Priest and 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.600 Cody Rhodes do battle for the belt at some point 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.440 as you lead into Rustlemania season. At the beginning of 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:35.000 the year, Undisputed Universal World Global Planetary Title whatever it 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:39.680 is held by Roman reigns alongside Paul Hayman against La Knight. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:44.360 La Knight has been red hot. He has been no 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.480 signs really of cooling off right now. He seems to 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:51.040 be consistently right there with what people want. He is 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.560 going to get screwed over somehow in this match against 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:57.920 Roman Reigns, we may see a very clean three count, 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.000 you know, and when it comes to the visual pitch, 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.440 but something will probably go down. I'm thinking in my mind, 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.320 some sort of distraction, some sort of nonsense because of 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:10.160 Solo or Jimmy Uso or something like that, where La 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.320 Knight takes the l and we come back to the 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:18.680 States with Roman Reigns continuing to be the undisputed Universal 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.720 World Heavyweight Champion. There you go, That's what I think 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.760 about Crown Jewel. We still have, you know, a couple 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.639 of shows before we get to Crown Jewel, before I 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:34.399 get the SmackDown, though, I will say Kyrie saying to 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:36.800 me is I don't know when she's going to be 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:41.159 back in WWE officially, but it has been reported that 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.679 she has been added to the internal roster. This was 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.680 posted up on the f forw online dot com front 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:51.879 page this morning by Ethan Renner. On Thursday, Russell Votes 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.200 first reported the Kyrie Saine has been added to WWE's 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.560 internal roster, signaling her impending return to the company, saying 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:03.280 a four NXT Women's Champion and WWE Women's Tag Team 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.480 Champion left the company in twenty twenty one and last 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:10.119 wrestled for WWE in twenty twenty. It was reported in 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.720 August that she was on her way back to WWE 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:16.280 after fulfilling the remainder of her dates in Japan. Sayane 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:24.120 finished up with stardom in October. Hmm, so her return 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:28.800 is uh is coming here and again? Could she make 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.960 her presence felt this weekend in Saudi Arabia? She could 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.639 you know whether EO Sky or Bianca bell Air wins? 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.960 Do you? You could also do something where Kyrie Zane 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.959 is waiting for her for whoever the winner is when 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.960 they get back. Not sure, not even sure she's going 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.960 to be on the SmackDown roster, you know either, So 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.480 it'll be interesting to see what she does. Her presence 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.320 is and I'm not saying it's been missed, but her 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:59.840 re addition to that women's roster just makes it even better. Uh. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:04.280 You know, whereas Naya Jackson's didn't you know Kyrie Sayin 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.040 being there mixing it up with Bianca bell Air? You 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.359 know who has gotten so much better since Kyrie was 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.960 there last. The same thing with Rhea Ripley and the 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.679 character that she has become now obviously you still have 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.080 Charlotte Flair there, you still have Eosky, you still have Osca. 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:21.600 There are a lot of really good women up on 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:23.720 the women's roster. At some point we're going to see 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:28.080 Tiffany Stratton up there too, So they do have a 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:32.160 great core of women's wrestlers up there. So Kyrie sayin 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:35.000 coming back to add to that, that's cool with me. 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:38.720 I'll also note here too, speaking of people who will 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.440 be returning soon, that aj Styles is reportedly expected back 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.800 on the main roster soon. P W Insiders reporting the 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:49.040 Styles is scheduled to return on next week's edition of 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:52.840 the show on November tenth, and will be back regularly 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:56.159 from that point on. He's been gone since filming an 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.399 injury angle that aired on the September twenty second SmackDown, 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:02.639 which basically opened up the door for La Night to 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.119 come along and get the title shot that he's getting 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.719 tomorrow at Crown Jewel. The rest of the OC has 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:13.520 been gone from WWE programming as well. Carl Anderson and 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:17.040 his wife just had their fifth child earlier on this week, 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:19.560 so he is not there. Luke Gallows has been dealing 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:22.359 with a knee injury, so he has not been there. 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:27.400 Nishan has been there. She's been wrestling dark matches at 0:20:27.440 --> 0:20:31.800 SmackDown tapings, either teaming with Shatsi or Zelina Vega and 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:36.439 wrestling Alba Fire and Isla Down. They're another twosome. We 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:39.320 saw Vignette's airing that they were going to be coming back. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:41.600 You know, it seems to be there in a holding 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:45.440 pattern right now. But if Chelsea Green and Piper Niven 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.240 can go over there and lose those titles to Alba 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:50.840 Fire and Eila Down, I will be quite happy about that, 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:53.919 so we can go ahead and maybe actually do something 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:56.560 with those tag team title belts for the women's division 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:01.480 coming up on SmackDown tonight. Did I already go through that? 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:06.119 Did already go through SmackDown? Let me see here? Eh? Yeah, 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:09.320 let's see. I did at the very beginning of the show. 0:21:09.400 --> 0:21:14.000 But they have Let's see. No, I pretty much said 0:21:14.040 --> 0:21:16.960 it all when it comes to SmackDown. Really nothing else 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:20.760 on there other than what I said at the beginning 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:26.080 of the show. Aw Rampage is also tonight as well too. 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:31.600 That's another tape show, as it usually is. KFC Young Center, Louisville, Kentucky. 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:35.480 After Dynamite, No spoilers here either a three way match 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:40.520 Eo Del Vikingo against Penta against Commander sky Blue faces 0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:44.560 Marina Shaffir Daniel Garcia against Trent Boretta and Austin and 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:48.880 Colton Gun against Christopher Daniels and Matt Sidel. So that's 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:52.800 coming up at ten o'clock Eastern time when SmackDown goes 0:21:52.800 --> 0:21:57.080 off the air. AW Collision will be held live in Wichita, 0:21:57.160 --> 0:22:01.359 Kansas on Saturday from the Intrust Bank Arena, and in 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:05.480 a promo released on social media Thursday, Prince Nana announced 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:08.359 that the Gates of Agony will team with the AW 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:13.080 Tag team champions Ricky Starks and Big Bill against FTR 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:17.119 Rush and Preston Vance that is going to be taking 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:21.320 place on Saturday's episode. The match follows up an angle 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:23.800 from last week's Collision where Rouche To released to Co 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:28.200 and Preston Vance, along with Jose the Assistant, saved FTR 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:32.199 from an attack by Starks and Big Bill. Ar Fox 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:35.840 against Swarf Strickland is also scheduled, as well as Lance 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:39.880 Archer and Darby Allen and Yes, the National sixty nine 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:43.440 Day Celebration with the Acclaimed and Billy Gunn on there. 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:48.600 AW ratings News. We mentioned it as we went off 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:53.200 the area yesterday. The Wednesday edition of Dynamite drew a 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:56.919 total audience of eight hundred and thirty two thousand to TBS, 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.920 up from last week's audience of seven hundred and seventy fourth. 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:04.040 That comes despite the final game of the World Series 0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:07.240 between Texas and Arizona that actually saw no hitter getting 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.800 taken into the seventh inning and the key eighteen to 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:12.280 forty nine year old demographic. The show drew a point 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:15.960 to eight rating, up from last week's point to four. 0:23:16.200 --> 0:23:21.360 So really, again, you everybody wants to throw arrows back 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:24.360 and forth over ratings if you're you're still into doing that. 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:27.720 The bottom line is it was a good number going 0:23:27.800 --> 0:23:31.960 up against the World Series and up significantly from the 0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:35.480 week before. Now, with what you saw on there, were 0:23:35.480 --> 0:23:38.040 you happy about what took place? Will you be tuning 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:40.760 in next week? We'll have to see how those numbers go. 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:45.000 But at least now baseball is out of the way. 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.760 Football is still in the way and will be in 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:51.800 the way for Collision on Saturday. Obviously, a full slate 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:55.920 of games across networks, the biggest ones that are going 0:23:55.960 --> 0:23:58.879 to have an effect on Collision or going to be 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:03.320 number five Washington against number twenty USC seven point thirty 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:07.960 on the ABC network, and then number fourteen LSU against 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:12.000 number eight Alabama at seven forty five on CBS. I 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:15.560 don't know why LSU and USC are ranked to be 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:19.040 honest at this point, except they wanted the game to 0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:22.159 look shinier when they prop these up there. Neither one 0:24:22.200 --> 0:24:23.880 of those teams should be in the top twenty five. 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:26.520 USC really shouldn't be in the top twenty five, and 0:24:26.560 --> 0:24:30.000 Michael Pennix is probably going to have like seven touchdowns tomorrow. 0:24:30.080 --> 0:24:33.159