WEBVTT - 25 Man Battle Royale NXT Preview 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:38.760 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network, live. 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.479 From San Francisco. I'm a sports byline broadcasting network. You 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.000 are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts, Brian 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:47.800 Alvarez and Mike Semper VV. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.480 When you ready, You're ready. 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:52.239 Let's get it all. 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.920 How's it going everybody? Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:01.560 We are here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.920 three Eastern, Sunday three Pacific, six Eastern, Saturday Mornings with 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:10.280 Jim Valley Tendy Pacific one Eastern. And it is Tuesday 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.800 here on the show, and you know that means well, 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.280 tonight is NXT. We've got a lot going on tonight, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:20.080 including a twenty five man over the Top rope Battle 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:23.840 Royal to determine the next challenger for Trick Williams and 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.959 his NXT title. We'll tell you about the full NXT 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:32.400 show tonight, as well as the Wednesday a Dynamite show, 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.920 which we now have five matches slash segments announced four. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.720 We have also got the raw report from last night 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:47.360 where a few big things happen helth Academy split, although 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.240 it's pretty clear to me there's more to come. True 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:56.320 McIntyre has had enough, he quit. There will be more 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.720 to come with that, and there will be certainly more 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:06.440 to come with the return of Uncle Howdy and what 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:13.680 they are calling the Wyatt six, not the number six sicks, 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:20.079 the Wyatt six, which are different from the AW sikos. 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:25.680 But nonetheless they destroyed apparently everybody. I think they murdered everyone, 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.600 not quite entirely sure, but we'll say what happened on 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.400 the Raw show last night. And of course there is 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.079 all of the news. The g One is coming up. 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.359 AW is putting a lot of their pay per views 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.520 up on Triller if you want to go back in 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.840 time and watch some famous AW pay per views of 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.959 the past. 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Brian Alvarez here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:49.960 Mike simber vv also Wrestling Observer dot Com got to 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.520 be a disappointing day for a lot of people today. 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:55.800 Really, Yeah, what's up? 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:01.440 Because I know what the people want, but they're not 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:02.120 gonna get it. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.279 Uh classic Brian Alvarez rant. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.040 Yeah, they want me to be really mad about Uncle Howdie, 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.040 angry even they want me to be mad about Drew 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:15.240 McIntyre incensed, But I'm not. I'm not mad at either 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:16.720 of them yet. Now let me let me make this 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.960 abundantly clear. I have no hope whatsoever for the Wyatt 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.320 six none. I fully expect it is going to be 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:25.920 an utter disaster. 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.840 But the mallet was at the mallet making an appearance hard. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.200 The mallet kind of saved it for me. When I 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.520 saw the vintner with that mallet, I was like, all right, 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.600 I'm gonna give this a chance. But here's the thing, everybody, 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.440 here's the thing. They showed up at the end of 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.080 the show and they murdered everybody. 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.800 I think they shot Chad Gable in the temple. 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:49.600 No it was I think it was uh stro Man, 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.040 and he got shot in the head. He was on 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.760 the ground. There was a big blood stain on the 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.000 wall behind where he was at. That's pretty disgusting. But 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.840 the point is like they showed up and they murdered everybody, 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:04.160 So like, I can't be mad about that. Now, what's 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.840 gonna happen next week? Well, I could get very angry then, 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.360 but there's there's nothing yet. It was it was the 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.760 first angle. It just happened. They showed up and they 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:14.560 beat people up. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:18.040 How about there's a spree. What if there's murders every week? 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:19.160 Will you be okay with it? Then? 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.080 Well, here's the thing. Here's why I'm actually gonna give it. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:23.920 I don't know if well, I'm gonna give it a chance. 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.480 I always do believe it or not. So let's go 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:31.320 back to Clash at the Castle. Okay, all right, Clash 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.200 at the Castle is in Scotland. Yes, that's a long 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:40.920 way away. Drumacattyre is wrestling for the world title against 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.720 Damien Priest and they're doing a match and the referee 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:50.320 takes a bump. Suddenly, see a punk just happens to 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.040 be there in a rough shirt, runs down, goes to 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:54.040 count the pin or whatever. 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:55.440 I mean. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.320 When you think about it, it's ridiculous. When you think 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.800 about it, the first thing you think is this guy 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.720 went out of his way to buy a ticket to Scotland. 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:11.480 He went on Amazon, bought a referee shirt. He just 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.720 had a feeling the referee was gonna take a bump, 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.760 and and so it's like it's it's it's stupid when 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:22.440 you think about it that way. But they they apparently 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:26.360 were aware of this because they they showed footage last 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:31.000 night from Clash at the Castle. Sampunk was at the show, 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.040 which you could ask why he's at the show, but 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.600 you know he was at the show. He's he's one 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:35.240 of the he's one of. 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.240 The wrestlers promotional appearances. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.480 Yeah, he's doing something in Scotland. He's checking out luck Nest. 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.440 So he's at the show and they show him watching 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.760 the monitor. He's just watching the match, and uh, and 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.640 I got to say, you know, and some people will 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.839 get mad at me, but let's just all be honest 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:58.640 with ourselves here, including Phil. His acting was appalling, and 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.600 this is a guy who was actually done films. His 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.160 acting was so bad. He's watching the screen, he's watching 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.440 the match, and the referee take him ump and all a sudden, 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:14.080 he goes and he comes up with a plan. Jessica, 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.480 I need a rough shirt. Give me your shirts. I've 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.840 been taking my shirt off. Here's another shirt. Okay, whatever 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.160 gets his shirt. He runs down and he does whatever 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:26.079 he does. Now, of course, the question is your plan 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:27.719 was just to run down there and count it to 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.120 and stop. He's just a troll, which is fine, that's 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:35.079 his character. But the fact is they showed you. They 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.439 explained it. They were like, he didn't fly there with 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.640 a Reugh shirt expecting a referee bump. He was back 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.840 there and he saw what was going on and he 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.920 was like, man, this is my chance, and so and 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.400 so off he went. Okay, So anyway, the point is 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.120 they saw something that didn't make a lot of sense. 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.160 They tried to make an explanation for it. So now 0:10:55.240 --> 0:11:00.400 we've got the Wyatt six. They just killed every buddy. 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:04.040 So my question, my first question is as a viewer, 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.520 is well did they kill Hunter? Because I know he 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:11.400 was there. We saw him because Drew Mackettsire left. He 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:16.160 was angry, so we know Paul was in Gorilla. Well, 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:21.960 everyone in Gorilla appeared to be dead. So anyway, it's 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.960 not the angle, It's like, what's the follow up to 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.160 the angle? Is Chad Gable in the hospital? Is bron 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.200 Strowman among the living? I don't know any of these. 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.920 I don't know these answers, but hopefully they've got an 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.200 explanation for this stuff. Hopefully they make it work. I 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:40.040 don't want to see no hocus pocus, do not. But 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:43.320 all we have seen so far is that six creeps 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.640 showed up and killed some people backstage in a backstage attack, 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.800 and apparently they carry a lot of dry ice with them. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.520 That's all I know so far, So how can I 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:53.080 get mad about? 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.800 It? 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.880 Just started? Then the other one. People are like, oh man, 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:04.880 what a stupid Russo angle. Drew McIntyre quits because of 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.800 the finish of the pay per view and he tells 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.040 Paul he's brother. 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:10.520 Listen. 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.080 There's a lot of stupid stuff in wrestling they get 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:17.080 mad about. This ain't one of them. He wasn't mad 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:22.680 because of the finish what was booked. That's Vince Russo bs. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:28.000 What he was mad about was that once again he 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:32.520 got screwed by cmpunk and nobody did anything about it. 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:36.600 They just let it happen. People were like, oh, well, 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:40.439 he called him Paul brother. Do you watch the show. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.079 He's introduces Paul Leavek half the time. He doesn't like 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.679 to be called hunter. It's you guys that want to 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.160 call him hunter. He's supposed to be an executive. Now 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.480 he's Paul Lavec. Half the people on the show call 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.160 him Paul, that's not breaking the fourth wall. That's his name. 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.679 So anyway, Hey, we'll see what happens. I know it's 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:00.920 gonna happen. I don't know. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.120 But what's that. 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.320 Well, Drew's gonna vanish for a while, Bunk's gonna have 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:09.080 some opportunity, and Drew's gonna screw him get his revenge. 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.200 Does it start on Friday? Where Punk shows up and 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.600 whether he's cleared or not for real says he is, 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:16.320 and then Drew. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.600 I feel it'll be too early, I feel, but I mean, 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.600 they could do that, yeah, but I feel like that 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:23.560 would be too early, like you just quit. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.800 I wonder if Bronson Reid was underneath all those bodies 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.240 that were laid out, considering the two thirds of the 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.320 Intercontinental title match gimmick deal for money in the bank 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.360 or whatever that they got coming up next week, he 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:36.680 was supposed to be a part of. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.480 So that's true. 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.920 Yeah, a lot of Gable on this show, A lot 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.960 of Gable focused on and I think that's a good thing. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.480 I like the direction that he has been taking. I 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.000 like the idea of the Creeds at his side at 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.600 some point, and you know, he's building into different directions 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.520 and one of the best parts about him is nobody 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.319 likes him, so that actually opens up some doors for 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.599 him and the Creeds to face you know, both the 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.280 judgment day if you wanted to, and then you know 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.719 whoever it is somebody on the flip side of that, I. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:10.559 Also got to figure out what they're doing with old 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.840 Uncle Howdy, because I presume he's Uncle Howdy. But I mean, 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.280 if you watched the show last night, I mean they 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.680 gave the guy the full bray white outfit. They gave 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.960 him the full bray white dreadlocks, they gave him the 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:25.200 full bray whitet lantern. He did the full blowout the 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.320 lantern gimmick. I mean I was almost thinking, like, are 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:29.720 we supposed to leave this bray white? 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.760 No, it was weird. No, that's Uncle Howdy. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.480 I mean, well it is Uncle Howdy. 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.480 What are they gonna reincarnate Bray I mean, really, do 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.120 you really think that they're gonna. 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:43.920 I don't think they'll call him bray Wyatt, But. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.080 Do you think they're gonna tread into anything where they're 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.960 going to I don't know about that. I just think 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.280 this is a extension of that story. If you want 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.640 to use Ai down the line, if that's something the 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.160 Rotundo slash Wyndham family wants to do down the line 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.920 and reintroduce Spray Wyatt as a character that way, you know, great, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.760 I guess, but you know, from a wrestling point of view, 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.520 we just got to kind of wait and see here, 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.720 because again, how is this all of this spooky, all 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.760 of this supernatural going to jive with the realities of 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.720 the show. And is you know again they've brought back blood, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.520 they made sure to focus on backstage things. There's a 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.480 lot of all of these real things that we're supposed 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.200 to take out of pro wrestling after all of these years. 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.880 And then we have this big swooping in again of 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.240 the Wyatt six and I don't. 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.560 Know, Tony here says, are we convinced Bo Dallas is 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.680 cable of doing the heavy lifting required to make this one? 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:42.000 Of course not? Of course not listen, I'll due respect. 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:43.840 Let's look at who this crew is made up of, 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:50.960 Bo Dallas, who never really got over, Dexter Loomis, who 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.680 never really got over, Nicky Cross, who only got over 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:56.320 is Nicky Cross, but then when they gave her the 0:15:56.640 --> 0:16:01.040 spooky gimmick, she never got over. We've got uh, what's 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.960 his face? Joe Gacy never got over, and we got 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:08.000 the Vintner who never really got over. Although I love 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:11.400 the Vintnor, I mean, this is a tough hill to climb. 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.640 This is a very difficult hill to climb. Back in 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.120 the mom with more Observer Live. 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:42.000 You were listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:47.160 and Mike simper VV on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.800 Back in the show, Brian Elberz here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:57.080 Mike simper VV also a Wrestling Observer dot Com. We'll 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.960 talk more about raw later. But with the future of 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:03.720 an all inclusive streaming service apparently some time away, w 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.239 has made important parts of its history passed pay per 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:11.480 views available for purchase on Triller. Announced on Tuesday, fans 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:13.960 can now purchase past pay per views, either all la 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.399 carte or by packs by complete year dating back to 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:21.919 the companies says here, beginning in twenty eighteen, which is 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:28.520 basically twenty eighteen, all in, all in, double or nothing, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.399 all out, full gear, fighter fest and fight for the fallen. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:38.119 It was in twenty eighteen. What what? I lost my 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:38.680 mind here? 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.879 I don't know what was the first one off pay 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:43.360 per view. 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.960 That must be a that must be a typo there, 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.680 I don't know, but anyway, they got twenty twenty two 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.560 and twenty twenty three. Hey listen, I'm all for the 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.160 pay perviews and everything like that, but what I want 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:55.240 is the TV. I want to go back and be 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:57.679 able to do five years ago in aw or ten 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:01.600 years ago at some point so we can see, you know, 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.960 how things how things have changed, because we all have 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.560 memories of how things have changed, but have they really 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.040 changed the way that we have thought. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.679 My memory is I was right about all in being 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.840 twenty eighteen. So that's what that is, that one pay 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:20.960 per view, and I think that was with chats telling 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:22.560 me I'm right. I'm taking that as a w. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.280 Well, if tell you it's chat's telling you're right, then. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:28.520 Well it's the twitch chat, not the YouTube chat. 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:33.840 So TNA has also hired former ww executive Anthem Sports 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:38.080 Entertainment announced Monday, Rob Kligman is the company's new chief 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:43.480 revenue officer. When it's the company's new officer, He's been 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:47.360 the WWE Vice President of Global Digital Integrated Sponsorship Sales 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.159 from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty one. It's been the 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:54.080 last three years VP of Marketing, Operations and Sales for 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:58.320 g Force. He also worked for USA Today and Sports Illustrated. 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:03.680 That's quite a resume. His responsibilities will include driving revenue, 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:07.440 increasing sponsorship, developing strategic partnerships for both T and A 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:12.960 and Invicta. So they're they're uh, you know, they're moving on. 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.679 They're moving on. I had to get rid of some folks. 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:22.800 You know, some people will quit right, they're moving on, seaking. 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:28.320 Do you talked about this story yesterday? What do you 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:28.800 want me to tell you? 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:30.800 What are you talking about? We didn't even have a 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:31.639 show yesterday. 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:33.879 I had a show yesterday because you didn't have a 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:34.680 show yesterday. 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:35.880 You had a show yesterday. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.320 Huh. I did no show tomorrow. 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.919 By the way, folks, actually funny, you should mention that 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:44.480 there is no Observer Live tomorrow. Okay, but at the 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.360 exact same time that Observer Live normally airs, it will 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:52.960 be Figure four daily with myself and Tom Lawler and 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:57.600 Lance Storm. Whoa, we're doubling up everybody, Me and Tom 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:01.000 and Lance for an hour. Can you take on the 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.760 You can watch it live video dot fw online dot com. 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.280 It's gonna be a lot of fun it is. We're 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:12.760 gonna talk about. We got Lance to watch WWE Speed, 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:15.840 the new tournament, the one that just aired. So me 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.720 and Tom and Lance are gonna talk WWE Speed and 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.760 in fact, if you want to join us, you could 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:24.560 also watch the entire WWE Speed tournament in what I 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:27.119 asked tomate to be twelve minutes, because it is a 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:31.240 speed tournament. There's a I don't even know how many 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.800 matches are, but not really it's it's it's uh, well, no, 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:39.000 there's no way it's twelve. I think it's uh. Might 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:43.080 just start with the semifinals. It might be quarterfinals, semifinals 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:43.960 and finals. 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:45.720 Two. 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:48.280 Now that seems too many. I don't know. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:51.719 Twenty eighteen. 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:54.919 I love how people are like stubborn and you know 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:57.560 they won't try something. I will not watch a three 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.000 to five minute Really you should because it was awesome. 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:02.120 Oh wait, you have a lot of nerves that make 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.760 fun of people's decisions all the time, especially when it 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:06.640 comes to food, where you. 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.240 I don't make fun of people's decisions. What are you 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:11.840 talking about? Are you talking about pork chops? 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:13.440 Anything? 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:18.640 Nonsense? Nonsense? The pork chop thing is merely anyone who 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:22.240 thinks that pork chops are the greatest meal. Four matches total, 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:28.840 by the way, four matches, Oh, finals, semifinals. What's the 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:33.520 fourth match? I guess I got okay, so it's it 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:35.720 starts with the semifinals, then they do the finals and 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:39.240 the winner gets a shot at Ricochet. I got four matches. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:44.760 Four matches. Yeah, do these these speed these speed tournaments 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:48.080 are the best. The three minute matches. I mean it's 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:51.080 just like boom boom boom, all action. It's a lot 0:21:51.080 --> 0:21:53.800 of fun. You get you can watch on the treadmill 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:55.760 and be done with the entire tournament in twelve minutes. 0:21:56.480 --> 0:21:59.360 I very much enjoy the speed. 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.200 Well, now you actually have something to judge it against two, 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:08.760 because now we are in the BCAD era of rickochhet 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:12.119 did Rickochet make that show? Did he make most of 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.679 the speed tournament? Now we can find out what happens 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:15.280 here in the future. 0:22:15.359 --> 0:22:17.879 Well this was this was pre recorded, everybody, and so 0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:22.199 the finals are Ricochet versus whoever wins his third speed tournament. 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:25.400 And the match has taken place. I mean I could 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:28.720 it does not like a spoilers, but just watching everybody 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:34.200 crying out loud, Nuja Ban has shared details upcoming tournaments. 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:37.040 They determine the final two spots in the G one. 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:39.440 So the way it's gonna work is there's an A 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:41.120 block and a B block. For the A block, it's 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:45.320 Chase Owens versus Yoshi Hashi and Yu Juro versus Kellum Newman. 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:48.800 These matches take place on June twenty second. The winners 0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:52.080 of those matches face is She and Kenta respectively, so 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:57.919 is She and Kenta. They get buys and then this 0:22:58.040 --> 0:23:01.679 semi final winners will advance to the finals on July fifth. 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:06.879 B block is Toro Yano and oleg Bolton, Kojima and TJP, 0:23:07.800 --> 0:23:11.280 and the winners of those two matches face Tanahashi and 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:16.280 Taichi on July third. Semi final winners advance to the finals, 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:19.560 and then the G One begins on July twentieth, wraps 0:23:19.600 --> 0:23:23.840 up on August eighteenth. No John Moxley in the G 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:28.840