WEBVTT - Kevin Owens - Rampage - Collision 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:07.120 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:16.240 Live from San Francisco. I'm a Sports Byline Broadcasting network. 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.600 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts, 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:25.000 Brian Alvarez and Mike Semperviv. Are you ready? Are you ready? 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:26.239 Let's get it off. 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.440 Let's get it. Mike semper Viv here with you for 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.880 the next hour talking about professional wrestling, which is something 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.920 we do every single day here on the Sports Byline 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:41.640 Broadcasting Network. 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Sadly, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.600 neither the boss Man nor Filthy will be joining me today. 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.280 Brian is volunteering at his kids' school, while Tom is 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.960 still gathering his senses after his battle with Satoshi Kojima 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.479 at last night's MLW show. He may need to take 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.679 some time off, and you know who else needs to 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.919 take some time off, Sammy Zain. In this week's Wrestling 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:32.200 Observer newsletter, which was posted up to the website today, 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.640 Dave Meltzer notes that Sammy Zain asked for and was 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:39.240 granted some time off. No reason was given as to why, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.600 but he was written off raw on Monday night after 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.560 he was attacked by Drew McIntyre. Zain is not scheduled 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.280 for the December twenty eighth house show taking place in Laval, Quebec. 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.120 With Zay not there, it's a pretty safe bet that 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:55.000 Kevin Owens will be and it's also a pretty safe 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:56.920 bet that Kevin Owens is going to be a part 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.840 of tonight's SmackDown and when we get back from break 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.720 preview that show for you, as well as everything else 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.960 that takes place over the next couple of days. Aw 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:11.480 Rampage is also tonight, with Collision taking place on Saturday. 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.799 Both shows were already taped. No spoilers know, so don't worry. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.200 There will be predictions though, as I will go through 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.360 Saturday's NXT Deadline show and give you who I think 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.840 is going to win to Iron Survivor Challenge matches as 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:31.720 well as Ilia Dragonoff defending the NXT Championship against Baron Corbin. 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:37.440 Impact Wrestling also has a show on Saturday, as does GCW. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.160 New Japan's Tag League is wrapping up, which means we're 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.799 getting ready for the Tokyo Dome. We'll try to get 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.359 into all of that stuff and more when we get 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:58.960 back from Break Wrestling Observer Live that the Casa Alvarez 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:03.200 has caused some havoc here, so audio only today, I'll 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:06.160 be tweeting that out here shortly to let everybody know 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.000 about that who's trying to check out the show live. 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:12.920 But hey, you know, if you're if you're not sick 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.320 of us, or if you just want to curse at us, 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.799 you can do that anytime you want on Twitter or 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:20.520 X or whatever you want to call. And I am 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:25.040 at Semperviv, Brian is at Brian Alvarez, Filthy is at Filthy, 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:29.240 Tom Lawler, and of course at Sports Byline USA. 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I'm on this 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.200 week's Sports Guys talking wrestling with my friend Stu Myrik. 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.800 It's wrestling guys talking football as well as we get 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:40.839 heavy into the college football playoff selections and considering Stu 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:45.040 went to ut and I'm a disgusting sec apologist. Florida 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.720 State fans may roll their eyes, but to be honest, 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.520 I don't blame them. Never trust the process people. I 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.120 don't know who started that. I think it was Joelle embiid. 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.880 He lied to you. Never trust the process, and frankly, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.719 probably don't trust the people who are doing that process either. 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:05.680 Also joining us do on the show both the MLW 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:09.599 champion Alex Kine and our very own filthy Tom Lawler. 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.760 I'll also be filling in for Dave Meltzer on this 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.640 weekend's McGuire on Wrestling with Mike McGuire of one oh 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.400 six point one the Goat up there in lloyd Minster, Alberta, 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.600 right there on the border of Saskatchewan. Shout out to 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.640 all the truckers riding on the Trans Canada Highway. Shout 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.880 out to all the truckers everywhere. Actually, because everyone that 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.920 runs the roads for us, you're the ones who really 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:35.479 keep terrestrial radio, in satellite radio, in podcasts, in business. 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.320 I salute you. If you're on the road, you probably 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.640 are not worried about checking out WWE SmackDown Tonight Live 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.920 on Fox from the Amicam Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.560 It is the twenty first annual Tribute to the Troops 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:55.479 edition of the show. Plenty of pre produced video packages 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.160 to be had, surely, and we'll get a musical performance 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.160 to start things off. WWE sent out a press release 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:06.880 this morning announcing that The War and the Treaty I'm sorry, 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:12.040 The War and Treaty will perform God Bless America. Quote. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.599 Grammy nominated duo The War and Treaty our husband and 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.080 wife Para Michael and Tanya Trotter. Michael served in the 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.279 US Army from two thousand and three to two thousand 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.479 and seven, where he was stationed in Iraq from two 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.040 thousand and four to two thousand and seven and one 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.800 military idol during his term there. Surely we will have 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.839 a robust USA chant at the conclusion of the song. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.159 When it comes to what's actually taking place in the ring. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.800 There's going to be two first round matches in the 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:45.440 United States title tournament. Santos Escobar faces Dragon Lee and 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.240 Bobby Lashley will face Carrie and Cross. Also announced for 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:53.039 the show as Osca against Charlotte Flair. Last week's show 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.120 went off the air with Randy Yorton in La Night 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.080 Cleaning House on Jimmy Uso and Solo Soukoa as Paul 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:01.760 Hayman told his phone to call Roman Reign, so I'm 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:03.600 sure we're going to be getting some more of that. 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.400 Earlier this afternoon, WWE also announced that Cody Rhodes will 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:13.400 be making an appearance on tonight's show. Also, CM Punk 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:18.560 will address the universe as well, speaking of the man 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:22.360 who will speak on SmackDown, is it possible to be 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.600 over a feud that has not even started yet? At 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.040 least the in ring portion of the feud has not 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.960 started yet. This comes from the front page of the 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:34.200 website and was posted up by Ian Carry this afternoon. 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:39.119 Seth Rollins recently went into detail regarding his animosity towards 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:43.520 CM Punk. Rollins shold Jimmy Treina on the SI Media 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.200 podcast that he believes Punk's perspective on the industry has 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.960 quote been extremely self serving and that Punk has quote 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.080 played the martyr role to a t Rollin said of 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.440 his issues with Punk, quote A lot of it's personal, 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.640 a lot of it is stuff that I don't want 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.000 to get into. But for the most part, I think 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.600 he's just been really selfish when he comes to his 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.880 perspective on the industry, I think he's been extremely self serving, 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.760 has played the martyr role to a t. Look. I 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.600 don't get a lot of good things to say about 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.360 parts of my relationship with him. He helped me in 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.360 places where he didn't have to. Whether that was for 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.440 his own good or not, I'm not entirely sure, but regardless, 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.240 it helped me get to where I needed to go 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.320 and do the things I needed to do. For a 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.400 guy who, when I met him, made it seem like 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.920 he was all about giving back to the business, he 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.400 really turned into a pretty selfish guy and really wanted 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.239 to take more from the industry. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:38.600 End quote. 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.120 Rollins would then continue on to address Punk talking down 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:45.920 to him and to WWE over the years, he said 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.480 some really bad things about me. Talk down to me 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.439 for years and the company for years. I'm talking some 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:53.800 really bad stuff, called me a boot liquor and crap 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.120 like that. You don't know me and you don't really 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.520 know what I stand for. I'm a loyal person. I 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.800 just felt pretty insulted by a lot of the ways 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.880 he treated me, treated the place that I worked for, 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.000 treated friends that I worked with. 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:06.840 End quote. 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.640 During the interview, Rollins even invoked the situation between Punk 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.680 and former friend Cole Cabana and continued to be upset 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.120 over how Punk talked about people. Quote. We actually love it. 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.040 We want to give back to it, and we want 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.560 to make it the best it can possibly be. And 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.480 I always just felt he was a fraud in that sense, 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.560 or at least he turned into one at some point 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.600 in the last decade. That's the long of it. It's 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.360 a deep, deep rooted I wouldn't call it a hatred, 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:38.839 but certainly animosity. There's no animosity there, or there is 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:45.000 animosity there, no doubt about it. End quote. As an 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:49.120 objective observer, just sitting here on the outside, I believe 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.839 all of that. I can understand why Rollins feels that way. 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.319 But here's where the pro wrestling comes in. During the conversation, 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.760 Rollins also claimed that he was not giving a heads 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.520 up about Punk returning to WWE before Cult of Personality 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.440 hit at Survivor series. He set his reactions that night 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.840 at ringside and later in the back We're all genuine. However, 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.920 our own Dave Meltzer reported that Rollins did know that 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.599 punk was going to come out at the end of 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.480 the show and his reaction to it was all part 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:25.160 of building an angle. I mean, the one who did 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:29.280 that right that night was Drew McIntyre, who for whatever 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:34.079 reason left the ring, stormed out, was upset, got his 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:38.959 stuff and left, and that has caused a far more question, 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:43.199 or seemed to cause far more question over Seth Rollins 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:47.400 and how upset he was or truly wasn't Because he 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.560 was getting waste locked by Michael Cole and Corey Graves 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.480 and flicking middle fingers and just screaming. It seemed like 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.800 an angle to me. And much like I said about 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.320 Daniel Bryan, Oh God, w w else will hate you 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:06.640 for that. Brian Danielson and his eye injury and whether 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.080 he bladed or whether there was a hard way or 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.240 whatever it was that caused the blood to come out 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.680 of his eye. You don't want to shy away from 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.200 using reality. We kind of have to do that right now. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.640 With the way the business is, with the way that 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.160 social media is, with the way that everything is, you 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.840 do want to take those real things and build them 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.400 into this story. And I'm not saying that CM Punk 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:32.720 and Seth Rollins shouldn't do that, but I gotta be 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.840 honest with everything that seth Rollins has said about Punk, 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.480 and obviously Punk is going to have to respond to that. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.480 With seth rollins current character and the fact that he 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.720 has talked so much and he was such a defender 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.800 of WWE, I don't know. I want to see these 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.760 guys Russell and I know, once they're in there together 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:58.359 it should be pretty awesome. But everything else, the promos 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.160 week after week after week, all these little things in 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.440 the media, in this place, in that place. Man, I'm 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.760 already tired of it, and we haven't even gotten to 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.880 the feud yet. But there's a lot more to get into, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:14.240 including the aw shows coming up this weekend, Athenas, Got 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.520 a Broken Nose, New Japan, and so much more. We'll 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:18.880 be back Wrestling Observer Live. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.480 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live on the Sports 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.200 Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.439 I apologize again to everybody out there who is listening 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.400 to this on podcasts right now, because you're usually sitting 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:42.560 there watching it live and oops, blame Brian on this one. Folks. Hey, 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.599 ww's also running house shows this weekend too, if you 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.600 happen to be around New York or Pennsylvania have nothing 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.760 else better to do. Saturday night at the at the 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.720 Adirondack I should say Bank Center in Utica, New York. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:56.880 And on Sunday they'll be on the campus of penn 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.439 State University and the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania. 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.439 But that's enough WWE for now. We'll move it over 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:09.800 into the Tony Conoverse. ROH World Women's Champion Athena suffered 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.120 a broken nose recently. She was bloodied up during the 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:17.200 ROH tapings held in Montreal on December fifth, after a 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:21.080 match against local wrestler Roxanne. Athena was attacked by Billy 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.000 Starks and her nose was busted open in the process. 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:28.040 In a later deleted post, Athena wrote on social media 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.160 that X rays revealed her nose as broken, but she 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:35.640 still plans on wrestling at ROH Final Battle on December fifteenth, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:39.360 where her match with Starks is scheduled to be the headliner. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.800 In addition to that main event, the current lineup, which 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:47.320 takes place in Garland, Texas, looks like this Survival of 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.079 the fittest six way elimination match to crown a new 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.800 ROH World TV champion. Dalton Castle against Commander against Lee 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:59.560 Moriarty against Lee Johnson against Kyle Fletcher against an opponent 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.559 to be named. Keith Lee will face Shane Taylor in 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.640 a singles match. In an I quit match, Ethan Page 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:10.200 faces Tony Nice. And this is no offense to anyone 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.320 else on the show. But now what makes Final Battle, 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:18.040 at least to me is the special challenge match that 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:22.280 was offered up by the Blackpool Combat Club. Brian Danielson 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:26.560 and Wheeler Yudah will team with either Claudio cashing Noley 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:31.040 or John Moxley to face FTR and Mark Brisco. So 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.720 the addition of that match, I think really puts it 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.240 over the top. And I was wondering what they were 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:39.760 going to add to this, and I was wondering if 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.720 what they were going to add happens to be the 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.000 main event. But no, Athena is going to be in 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:48.000 the main event against Billy Starks. That's probably the best 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:52.680 feud that they've had, hands down in ROH since it's 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.680 come back, at least it's been. It seems like it 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.800 feels like it at least. I don't know if that's 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.280 necessarily the case, but it certainly feels like it's so. 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.480 Athena and Billy Starks will get their flowers by being 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.760 able to main event that show. Aw Dynamite writing from 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.680 Wednesday night, the show drew eight hundred and twenty three 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.240 thousand viewers overall on TBS, which is down about four 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.600 percent from last week's eight hundred and fifty eight thousand. 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.920 In the eighteen to forty nine year old demo, the 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.680 show drew a point twenty five, which equates to about 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.720 three hundred and twenty eight thousand viewers and is down 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:30.120 nearly fifteen percent from last week. The show was actually 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:34.360 up in people under eighteen and over fifty, and I'll 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.240 wager that most of that bump came from the olds. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.160 They had a slight increase in women thirty five to 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:44.320 forty nine as well, So there you go. During the 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.400 NBA season, AAEW just needs to stay over eight hundred thousand. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:48.960 That's it. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:51.080 I mean, for the most part, I think they've done that. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.640 Eight hundred and four thousand, maybe the lowest. They may 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.320 have had a couple of it may have an upper 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.160 seven nineties there too. But as long as they stay 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.760 over eight hundred thousan, I mean, I think that's probably 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.120 a good number. You obviously want to aim for a million. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.480 You should be very happy over nine hundred thousand. But 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.800 with the NBA going on right now, getting eight hundred 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.920 thousand and having a let's just say a respectable number 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.160 in the eighteen to forty nine demo, I mean, that's 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.320 all you can really ask for. I mean, it's not like, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.040 obviously ESPN's got part of this too, But it's not 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.640 like Warner Brothers Discovery is too upset over the fact that, 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.560 you know, those some of those NBA games, you know 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.960 they're paying for and they want those ratings. So there, 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:36.760 I'm sure fine with it. AW Rampage Tonight on TNT. 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.000 Match is taped on Wednesday from the Bell Center in Montreal. 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:46.080 AW International Title Orange Castidey defends against a Helico. Avadon 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:50.200 faces Trisha Dora, Keno, Skate Takeshta and Powerhouse Hobbs take 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:54.280 on Christopher Daniels and Matt Sidell and in a There's 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.880 one Continental Classic match Tonight. In the Blue League, Brian 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:03.240 Danielson faces Daniel Garcia. Daniel sins has four points two wins, 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:08.359 while Garcia is still looking for his first victory. AW 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.480 Collision is Saturday night on TNT. Those matches were taped 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.880 on Tuesday. Yes, you heard that correctly. The show on 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.600 Saturday had matches taped on Tuesday, while the show on 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.840 Friday had their matches taped on Wednesday. But they were 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:25.720 both from the Bell Center in Montreal. No more regular 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.639 season college football, so this would be a good week 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.880 to steal a rating. Come next week, not only does 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:38.080 the college football bowl season begin, but the NFL starts 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.360 up at Saturday schedule. That's going to be bad for 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.840 everybody else who is not broadcasting in an NFL game. 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.240 The week after that is December twenty third, when you 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:52.600 have both football and holiday travel, and then on December thirtieth, 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:56.640 it's AW World's end at the Mausoleum that's otherwise known 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.600 as the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island. You 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.360 can tell him not an Islanders fan, but who has 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:07.800 been since nineteen eighty three. So that episode of Collision 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.320 is likely being moved to Friday again. So this weekend 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:13.639 feels like the one if you're going to bring up 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:18.480 the December average to Tomorrow Night will probably be the 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:22.480 one Cottineat Classic Blue League matches Eddie Kingston against Claudio 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:27.040 and Brian Danielson against Andrade l Edelo, Kenny Omega faces 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:30.840 Ethan Page to decide who gets bragging rights across Canada, 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:35.360 plus Wardlow against Willie mack Willow, Nightingale against Mercedes Martinez, 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:39.080 and in a tag match, Penta and Commander will take 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:44.440 on Angelo Parker and Matt Menard. New Japan Pro Wrestling 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.720 the World Tag League tournament finally wrapping up this weekend. 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:52.200 The semifinals were held today in Kagashima at the Kiroshima 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:57.840 City Makazono Arena. ISWGP World Tag Team Champions Bishamon who 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.800 are a Roki Goto and Yoshi Hashid the Bullet Club 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:04.560 war Dogs team of Alex Coglan and Gabe Kidd. In 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:08.360 the other semi final, the Strong Tag Team Champions Guerrillas 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:12.640 of Destiny, El Fantasmo and Hickoleo defeated tmdk's Mikey Nichols 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.960 and Shane Haste. Those results led to the war Dogs 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:19.040 in TMDK finishing the A block with ten points apiece, 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:21.760 but Cogland and Kid advanced due to their head to 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:26.040 head win over Nichols. In haste, God beat out Godo 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.000 and Yoshahashi by one point in the B block, so 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.840 it is going to be champions against champions for the 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.479 right to face some champions. The finals take place on 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.800 Sunday at the Grand Messe Kumamoto in the city of Mishiki. 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:44.320 I think it's pretty obvious that Gorillas of Destiny go 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.840 over and set up a title match at the Tokyo 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.919 Dome against Godo and Yoshahashi. I was kind of hoping 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:54.919 for Godo and Yoshahashi to win the tournament and then 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.359 go into the Dome both as the tournament winners and 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:01.800 the champions, because I just believe it opens up some 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:07.400 fresher matches for that show. You could do Kaito Kiemia 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.440 and Rio hey Oewa coming over from Noah. You could 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.720 have done Impact Tag Champs, Ace Austin and Chris Bay. 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.760 You could have done FTR. You could have done just 0:20:17.800 --> 0:20:20.720 about anything that you wanted if they had gone that route, 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.600 but they did not. Very likely by the time Brian 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:27.000 and I are back with you on Monday, we'll have 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.479 the official card for Russell Kingdom eighteen on January fourth. 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:34.280 If the announcement does not come on Monday, it shouldn't 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:37.000 be any longer than Tuesday, as we're only about three 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:40.480 full weeks away from that show. We kind of know 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:43.600 the card already though, just because you know, this is 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:48.400 how most wrestling promotions do their things outside of North America, 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:53.399 certainly complete opposite of the way WWE often does things, 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:55.840 which is, you know, add a bunch of matches late. 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.800 I mean we see it with both Rampage and Collision, 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:02.040 which announced match is today for shows that are already taped. 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:04.920 We had a bunch of additions today, Cody Rhodes and 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:09.080 other things added to SmackDown. But we've kind of know 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:11.639 what the plan has been and is going to be 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.720 when it comes to the Tokyo Dome. Obviously the main event, 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:20.560 IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sonata faces Tatsuya Naito. The semi 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:23.919 main event, even though Kazushko Okada really wants this to 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:27.680 be the main event. Okada faces Brian Danielson. There's going 0:21:27.720 --> 0:21:30.480 to be a three way for the IWGP United States 0:21:30.520 --> 0:21:35.280 title as Will Osprey defends against John Moxley and David Finley. 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:39.119 New Japan World Television title. Zach Saber Junior will defend 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:44.360 against Hiroshi Tanahashi IWGP World Tag titles. As I mentioned earlier, 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:47.919 Bishamon will now face the World Tag League winners again, 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:52.320 probably gonna be Guerroll's Destiny Junior Heavyweight tag titles Clark 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:56.560 Connors and Drilla Maloney against TJP and Francesco Akira. Horomo 0:21:56.640 --> 0:22:00.840 Takahashi defends the World Junior Heavyweight Title against Desperado. Shingo 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:04.399 Takagi defends the never Open Weight title against Tamatanga, And 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.080 surely we are going to have a new Japan Rambo 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:11.480 aka their Royal Rumble on the pre show. So we'll 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:14.520 see how many of those matches. I would believe all 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:17.520 of those matches are going to be announced. We'll see 0:22:17.560 --> 0:22:21.199 if any other foreigners work their way in. If we 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:25.240 get Chris Jericho, do we get Claudio. I'm sure we're 0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:27.560 going to have some others on the show, but we'll 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:29.720 have to wait and see what happens coming up. Like 0:22:29.760 --> 0:22:31.919 I said, it should be on Monday, but if not, 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:34.919 I don't think it's going to be any later than Tuesday. 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:40.000 Impact Wrestling is also running on Saturday. Final Resolution from 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:45.000 the Don kolov Arena in Mississauga, Ontario. Pre show, Frankie 0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:49.040 Kazarian faces Sheldon Gan Impact World Tag Team titles, and 0:22:49.080 --> 0:22:51.119 this is on the main show, Ace Austin and Chris 0:22:51.119 --> 0:22:55.119 Bay will defend against Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards. Jordan 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:58.960 Grace teams with Trinity to face Diana Parrazzo and Giselle Shaw. 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:03.760 Re Rhino almost said ReHO Riho against Moose. That would 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:07.800 be a match Rhino against Moose. That's gonna be. It's 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.080 gonna be a slavery knocker, that's for sure. On the 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:14.760 complete opposite of that, Speedball Mike Bailey will face Tray Miguel. 0:23:15.160 --> 0:23:19.480 Jake Something wrestles Jason Hotch for the Impact Digital Media title. 0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:23.600 Tommy Dreamer faces Diener and in the main event, Josh 0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:27.040 Alexander and Zach Saber Junior will face off against the 0:23:27.080 --> 0:23:31.159 MotorCity Machine Guns team of Alex Shelley and Chris Saban. 0:23:31.520 --> 0:23:34.480