WEBVTT - NXT Report/WWE NIL News 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.160 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:15.680 let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.720 here on or Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:22.079 day Monday through Friday, now Pacific three Eastern, Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:26.480 sixth Eastern. Well, it is Wednesday here on this program, 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.000 and you know what that means. I'm back. I'm here today. 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:34.760 It's gone yesterday. I don't know what Mike Dinner didn't 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:41.480 tell you, but that's long story. But the story continues today. 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.960 As my children have given me their illness stricken. I 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:48.640 am here today, damn, and I'm here for you all. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:50.720 And I got a lot to talk about here today. 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.320 And we've got a special co host will be joining 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:59.440 us in the next segment. Jim Valley is returning here 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.280 to the program him today. Let see how Jim Valley 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.000 is doing. We'll talk all of the news, and boy, 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:05.440 we got plenty of news talk about here today. I 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:07.800 wouldn't hear yesterday. I think Mike got all of the news. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.120 I'm gonna let him. He handled the raw report. I 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:11.720 don't think I need to do it again. But I 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:13.480 can do the n x T two point oh report 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.360 today because a lot of stuff happening on that show, 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.760 and it was he go home show for the WrestleMania weekend, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.320 and so yeah, we'll get into that here today. I 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.720 a WS tonight as well for Dynamite, and I have 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:29.720 a lot to say when it as it pertains to 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:34.440 n x T and an article that came out ESPN 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.840 w W talking about their N I L deals and everything. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.679 I mean, it's not like I haven't talked about this before, 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:44.160 but I watched n x T last night, I read 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.200 this article and I was like, holy smokes, whatever, not 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.560 my company. But we'll tell you about that here today. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.680 Shane McMahon, it's going to be around for WrestleMania. I 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.080 know now everybody's expecting that he is going to be 0:01:56.200 --> 0:02:00.640 the the opponent of seth Rawlins, and hey, listen, until 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:05.120 it happens, nothing is official, but I do expect it's 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.120 still seth Rawlins versus Cody at WrestleMania. But it is 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.720 interesting to the the original seth Rawlings opponent for WrestleMania 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.440 was Shane McMahon. I've got raw ratings showed it a 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.160 huge number for the go home show on Monday night, 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.639 and a bunch of other stuff as well. There's so 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.600 much to get into. We won't get into all of it, 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.040 but you know what we're gonna try. So I'm back 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:45.400 in a moment with more Observer Live back in the show. 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.640 Brian Albert is here wrestling Observer Live. Mike Simper Baby 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:54.480 not joining us here today. Instead we have Jim Valley 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:57.920 and Jim, I gotta ask you a couple of questions, 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.520 but then I had the epiphany to end all. Epiphany 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:04.840 is the greatest idea I've ever had in my lifetime. Yeah, 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.400 how are you, Jim? What's going on? Great? I'm fantastic. 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.520 It's great to be back. I missed everybody. What's going on? Well, 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.840 let me just start. It's been so long as I've 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:18.160 been on the show. I have literally been waiting years 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:21.760 to show you this. As people might remember, I would 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.919 show up at your house in the studio there with you, 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:28.160 yes pret COVID, and for some reason you started noticing 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.720 that I was wearing different T shirts all the time 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.000 and you didn't wear the same shirt every day. It 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:37.560 was weird, and you gave me the name Shorty V 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:42.440 based on member Chad Gable Shorty V. That's so long 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:47.440 it's been And I've had this shirt literally waiting for 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:52.080 years for you, Brian, and here it is. You ready, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:56.920 I'm ready for you. It's the Roddy Piper all out 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:03.160 of Bubblegum John not a they lived t shirt. Wow. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.800 You know I remember meeting Roddy once and he was 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.839 all out of bubblegum. That was a rough time out 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.760 of a lot of things. So so, Jim, I mean, 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:14.480 can we tell people what today is all about? Or 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.720 or are we just gonna uh, we can talk about 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.520 whatever you want. Well, are you thinking of making a 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.479 big comeback here Saturdays? So here's what I'm thinking. I 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.800 think that as far as my voice goes, honestly, it 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:29.719 was never great and and I appreciate the YouTube comments 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.120 for telling me that. But you know, this is probably 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.320 about as good as it's going to get. And I 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.400 think my lung capacity is enough that I'm not taking 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:44.000 breaths constantly. Course I did that before anyway, But I'm 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:48.400 gonna try this, see how this feels, and if this works, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.159 then let's let's come back. And if there's a better 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.600 time than Wrestlemany. It just feels like if this is 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.040 as good it's gonna get, then this is the time 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.680 to make the move when everything's happening. So you're thinking 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:05.080 about this coming Saturday, WrestleManias Saturday, making a big return 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.800 to the Byline airwaves. If Byline has the people and 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.520 we have the technology, I have been rebuilt, let's let's 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.560 make it happen again. Well, we'll see what I can 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.400 figure out during the break. Right here, I probably should 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:20.000 ask again if if this sounds terrible to people, I 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.640 don't want to do it. I'll just you know, who 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.600 cares about the people, Jim, don't listen to these nerds, 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.560 especially the ones on the YouTube chat. Ignore him. They 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.080 bought my T shirts, they donated to my go fund, 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:38.919 But now I love the the empire. Well, listen, I 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.040 gotta get into my idea here, Jim, we can ship 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.120 chat more later. I was just thinking about this during 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.360 the break. Is it only fans? So listen, I'm gonna 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.840 start by reading this article. Shane McMahon will be in 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.599 Dallas for Wrestle Meny weekend. According to a report People 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.159 Are You Inside reports ww is bringing mcamahon in for 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.200 the entire Mania weekend, his first time back with the companies, 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.360 is being phased out following this year's Royal Rumble event. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:02.880 Report does not state whether or not they're recruiting of 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.480 plans for McMahon, or even if he will appear on 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.120 either night of WrestleMania. Justin he will be in town 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:12.360 and is being brought in by Deputy w W E. 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.400 McMahon was originally penciled in for a WrestleMania about against 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.080 seth Rawlins and a spot in the elimination Chamber match 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:23.239 in Saudi Arabian February, but was sent away after unprofessional 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.640 conduct at the Royal Rumble, including talking down to producer 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.880 Jamie Noble. According to our reporting in the February seventh 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.400 edition of The Observer, Dave wrote every single story we've heard, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:36.560 multiple multiple lined many times over, he was unprofessional, the 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.080 likes of which left v k M no options but 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.520 to fire him. And there's a whole bunch more here 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.240 you can read on the front page of Rustling Observer 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.080 dot com. But boy, did this ever get me thinking? 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.960 And this is not a finished idea because I literally 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:52.719 just came up with it during the break, but I 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.640 started thinking about this a little bit. So what do 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.800 we know. Well, we know that seth Rawlins does not 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:03.080 have an opponent for WrestleMania. We know that the original 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.440 opponent for seth Rawlins was going to be Shane McMahon. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.520 We know that Shane McMahon was I don't know if 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.440 fired is the right word, but he was sent home. 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.360 All plans for Shane McMahon were out the window. They 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.080 were not gonna do anything with him. He was gone. 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.320 And then we also know that Cody left a w 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.200 and I just believed the Cody is signed, sealed and 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.760 delivered with w W E And at least as of 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.520 several days ago, the plans were still that it was 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:34.960 going to be Cody versus seth Rawlins at WrestleMania. So 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.600 this is all we got all this, that's where we 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.600 are when this story came out. So of course, when 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.960 this story broke that Shane is uh. Essentially what's happened 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.480 is they bought plane tickets for Shane McMahon. We don't 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.240 know anything other than that. We just know that he's 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:52.960 got tickets to go to to Dallas. So this of 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.640 course got everyone thinking, oh my god, can you imagine 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.400 maybe the thing with Cody fell through and it's actually 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:02.600 gonna be Shane McMahon versus Seth Rawlins. And then you 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.920 know they're thinking about can you imagine if like Seth 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.920 is in the ring and everyone's chanting Cody's name, and 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:12.320 then they hit Shane McMahon's music and it's actually Shane 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:16.000 McMahon versus Cody, And I'm trying to imagine what the 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.360 the Dallas crowd would do if that was the actual 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.440 match of If that's you know, they're all expecting one 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.440 matching to get the other, one would be like an 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.440 incredible heat and everything like that. Then I was saying, 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.120 you know what they can do for heat is they 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.640 just play Shane's music, but that's like Cody's new theme song. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.400 And you know Cody, he's got signed from a W 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.960 so he's got all this money, money, money, And then 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:42.560 I thought, you know what the storyline can be that 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.199 Shane they bring they bring Seth down to the ring, 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:52.360 they do, in fact, hit Shane McMahon's music. Shane McMahon 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.400 starts coming down to the ring, the place is furious 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.840 because it's Shane McMahon, and then of course Shane grabs 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.360 the mike and announces that he is in fact brought 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:06.520 in the A E W E V P. It would 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.400 be just like in two thousand one when Vince was 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:11.440 going to announced that he bought World champions pressing, but 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.839 the storyline Shane showed up and he had purchased World 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.760 Championship bressling. It would be playing off that Tony con 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.640 prom with it did a few weeks ago, where Tony said, uh, 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.480 you know, I purchased a Ring of Honor. It wasn't Shane, 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.200 because I was playing off two thousand one. Well, it 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:30.080 turns out on storyline, Shane McMahon is so angry that 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.080 he was sent home from the Royal Rumble and fired 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.080 that he went out and he has started his own group. 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.200 And the first sign he is Cody, and him and 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.120 Cody are showing up to invade, and of course they 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:45.080 beat seth Rons and they beat him down, and uh, 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.160 you know, we'd have to get some other folks to uh, 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.640 some former a W folks to show up in this, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.240 uh this deal. But I think there's a way that 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:54.760 you can make this work. I don't think at all 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.560 that they're gonna do it, but I just started thinking 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.880 about it during the break when everyone was thinking about Oh, 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.600 I'd be so mad if they he played Shane's music. Ah, 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.400 they'd be furious if it was Shane versus Seth instead. 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:06.720 So I think that there's a way that this could 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:11.599 be done. You're missing a key part. What is that, Jim, 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.800 That's why my face just turned white? How often has 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:20.240 w w E in the past used a surrogate character 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:25.839 to make fun of somebody else? Well, I mean they 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.400 actually they actually did it with Robert Stone and x 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:29.960 T when for a while he was supposed to be 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:36.560 Tony Cohn. So Shane McMahon becomes Tony Kahn, and they're 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:40.319 going to position him like a money mark and doing 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.720 you know, hiring and just whatever stereotypes you want to 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.000 say about the perception of Tony Cohn is the owner 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.920 of a w that they may have. And suddenly Shane 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:57.079 McMahon epitomizes what they want people to think of Tony 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.000 Cohn and becomes that character. So Shane McMahon is playing 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.600 the role of Tony Khan, bringing in an executive vice 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.839 president from the outside to take out all these and 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.640 he's he's an idiot with his money and he hires 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.960 the wrong people and the people that hires are are 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.640 like comedy people. I'm just these are just things are 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:19.760 coming off top of my head. Probably people in the 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.959 twitch chat could think of ideas like that, but they 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.840 would use Shane McMahon to mock Tony Cohn and he 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.680 would be de facto Tony khn Man. We'll see what 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.080 happens on I hope not. I think here's what I think. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.840 I think Shane is just gonna be the referee. He'll 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:42.199 either be the referee for um Pat McAfee his match 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.720 or he'll be the referee for Seth's match. And that 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.720 way Seth can beat Cody because you've got a cheating 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:53.720 ref or McAfee can lose because the McMahon screwed him 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:58.680 out of his match with Austin theory. Well, they have 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.680 announced that. By the way, it's official. The main event 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.720 of Night one is going to be the Cho Show. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.199 We talked about this a couple of days ago, and yeah, 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:13.560 have I missed something. I thought it was very weird. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.319 We hold that thought. Hold that thought, Jim, we're actually 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.360 up against the break. I think there's more to the 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.280 main event that meets the eye. Stand by. We'll talk more. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:45.719 Observer Live. All right, what's your question, Jim Valley here 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.160 on Observer Live. What Oh? Sorry, I was just watching 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:54.000 Roman Talcohol. She's sleeping at Cork and Hall. Sorry. Um. 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:57.760 So here's my thought on the Go Home Romo by 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.360 Roman Reigns on RAW. I thought it was very odd 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:10.640 that he mentioned Steve Austin. Why what he mentioned Steve Austin. 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:16.960 There's no reason to mention Roman did, and it just 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.079 seemed very odd to me that he would do that. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:23.040 And I'm wondering much like this show, the test for 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:28.320 me is WrestleMania and the Chao show a test for 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:33.120 Steve Austin. And maybe if Rock isn't available for l A, 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:38.160 what other big match does Roman half or if this 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.679 is the test, maybe we do Summer Slim. If you 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.439 heard anything like that with Steve Alston, it just seemed 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:49.160 really odd that he would mention Steve Austin for no reason. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.640 I I I would be I mean, listen Steve Austin 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.800 at this point, and I suppose maybe they could do 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:01.080 the angle listit up a match, But I mean if 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.120 I if if a if a weapon were put to 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.320 a tender part of my body and I was asked, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:09.880 do you or do you not think your life is 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.079 on the line that Steve Auston is going to do 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.800 a match on Sunday. My life were on the line, 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.600 I'd say, now there's gonna be the KO Show. Do 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.400 I think it's possible that they shoot an angle to 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.080 do a match on Sunday? Yes, but I do think 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.360 that you know, we had We've been talking about this 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.800 for a while. They wanted Steve Boston to do a 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:32.240 wrestling match with Kevin Owens, and it was all up 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:36.720 to Steve Auston what he was going to do. And my, my, big, 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.200 my big clue here is when Steve Aouston did the 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.680 promo accepting that he was going to be on the 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:46.760 KO Show, he actually said in his promo, you can 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:51.520 call this a confrontation, a brawl, a match, whatever you 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.520 want to call it. That to me was him acknowledging 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.040 that you know this is gonna be your physical thing, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.440 but you guys ain't getting a match. And I just 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:05.400 have this like it's it's them relying on on Rock 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.520 showing up next year to to do WrestleMania. That to 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.360 me is a big enough gamble and if you can't 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.440 get the Rock, I mean, this is an even bigger 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.880 and gamble with Stone Cold Like he doesn't even seem 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:20.280 he doesn't appear committed now to even doing a short 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.520 match with Kevin Owens. So I I would be very 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:27.200 very surprised if he had said to them, you know, well, 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:31.560 let's uh, let's let's let's pencil it in for next year, 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.920 because to me, if he's even willing for them to 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.440 pencil it in for next year, then he would do 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.080 like a three minute match with Kevin Owens, or even 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:41.600 you know, you brawl or whatever, you do some punches, 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.040 you go into the concourse, you do some punches there, 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.240 you punch your way back to the ring. You know, 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.880 Kevin Owens goes for the stun or whatever, you reversing 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.960 your own stunner pin him. I mean, I'm sure Steve 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.560 Buston could do that, but it looks like he's not 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.760 even willing to do that. So I think it was 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.320 just coincidence. I think they probably told everybody. You know, 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.440 I'll make sure you mentioned that Steve Aoston's gonna be 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.880 at WrestleMania because we're only at sixty thousand tickets for 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.520 one of these nights. That's my guess, may be right, 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:13.160 I just thought it was odd that mentioned him. Well, 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.280 the one thing I will say about Raw is that 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:19.520 people are very interested in this go home show for WrestleMania. 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:23.880 The go home show one point nine eight million viewers, 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.880 A point five five and eighteen to forty nine. The 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:33.160 first two hours topped two million viewers, although they did 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.440 have a fairly significant third hour drop. Male eighteen to 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.960 forty and we're almost identical to the week before. But 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:43.880 for whatever reason, female numbers up thirty four percent from 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:48.240 last week and extra seventy thousand women tuned in this week. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:53.840 I don't know why were they anticipating proposals in the 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:59.960 seven segment right did a point four one in eighteen 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:07.240 forty nine two point three one for a women's basketball game. 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.320 There was an n C double a women's basketball tournament 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.880 game on ESPN. Then, for whatever reason, the women chose 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.320 to watch Raw in larger numbers. In this women's basketball game, 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.480 Raw was second in women eighty nine below behind below 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:28.320 Deck three hours, two point oh five million viewers in 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:32.439 the first hour, two point one oh million viewers in 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:36.040 the second hour, and then the Giant plunged one point 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:40.040 seven nine million viewers in the third hour. So these 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:44.280 were the best raw numbers. I think it was since 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:48.480 last August. So you know, people interested in seeing what's 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.720 on the wrestle Menia card. What are the big angles. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.119 I mean, hopefully the raw after wrestle Menia does very well, 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:56.520 and I guess we'll see. I don't think it's the 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.320 beginning of a boom period here, but those are some 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.720 good numbers. I hope we have some thing big plan 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:04.600 for after WrestleMania. And it's not just hey, look, used 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.399 the same card, but now we're hitting people with sticks 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:11.119 at extreme rules. It's always that it used to be 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.119 WrestleMania was the end of the year, and then it 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.720 became the middle and it was like, let's rehash the 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.720 matches we already rehashed. And if they want to keep 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.879 these numbers up, they've got to have something exciting and 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:27.800 new and compelling. And hopefully Cody and whatever they have 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:32.439 next and Drew mcintyg for SummerSlam, whatever happens, they have 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:37.399 something big. We've got Dynamite coming up tonight with h 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.080 we got John Moxley versus j Lethal, which I presume 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.000 is going to continue the j Lethal losing streak as 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.240 he gets more and more frustrated with being unable to 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.520 win the big ones Darby Allen Versus Andrawda, which they've 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.760 actually been setting up for quite a while. FTR faces 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:59.639 the Gun Club, which is furthering the FTR baby face turn. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.720 We've got a Women's Own Heart Foundation tournament qualifying match. 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.840 You have to win a qualifying match to be in 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.720 a tournament, as opposed to just having a larger tournament. 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.400 Bunny will be facing a new A E W signy. 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:20.639 Is it the former Tony Storm, Is it's Athena the 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:25.159 former Ember Moon or is it somebody else? And just 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.440 added And I'm sure you can probably all figure out 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:32.440 why I'm based on the Academy Awards this past weekend. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.520 See him Punk will be facing Max Castor, who will 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:40.520 have a pre match rap. Can't wait to hear that one. 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.119 I wonder where he's gonna rap about. I'm sure he's 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:47.880 gonna rhyme rap with something would be my guess. We'll 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:52.919 see what rhymes with Smith and rock. We can easily 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:58.000 rhyme slap. Yeah. So anyway, that's the A W Show tonight. 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:00.480 Of course, last night we had an A T two 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.119 point Oh. I can talk about that after the break. 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:07.320 Did you see the show, Jim Man, Well, we'll get 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:09.440 to the review, but first off, we do have the 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.480 full lineup for the show that they've got coming up 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:16.439 over WrestleMania weekend. And this is the show that for 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:22.520 me and Jim airs at nine am Saturday on WrestleMania Saturday. 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:26.080 So no, i will not be watching this show live 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.040 because I'm spending the morning with my family, because I'm 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:33.960 spending zero afternoon or evening with my family. So we 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:36.600 got Dolves Ziggler versus Braun Breaker for the n x 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:40.840 T title. We got Imperium versus The Creed Brothers versus 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:45.040 MSK for the n x T Tag team titles. Mandy 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:52.959 Rose versus Cora Jade Um, It's Mandy Rose. Cora Jade 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.320 is an old card. It's a four way now. Leo 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.879 Sharai and Kaylee Ray also in that match. Whoever wrote 0:20:59.880 --> 0:21:03.760 the front page article fix that one? Tomasso Chop and 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:09.600 Tony di'angelo l a Night versus Gunter Carmelos Santos Escobar, 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:14.120 Grayson Waller Solo Sakoa Cameron Grimes in a letter match 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.600 for the next Team North American title. And remember when 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:23.720 Eo Sharai and Kaylee Ray won that Women's Dusty, and 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:26.560 they won the Women's Dusty, and traditionally they should be 0:21:26.560 --> 0:21:30.600 getting a take team championship match and instead and it's 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:34.440 actually it makes sense in storyline because in storyline, nobody 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:37.640 wanted to be in this tournament, Like everybody was desperate 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:40.520 to find partners, and nobody wanted to be in the tournament. 0:21:40.760 --> 0:21:43.320 So in storyline, they finally got enough women to do 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.359 a small tournament. And then the two women that win, 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:49.280 Eo and Kaylee, who didn't want to be in the tournament, 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:52.520 now they don't want the tag team titles, so they 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:55.800 totally blow off the Tag Team champions and they say 0:21:55.920 --> 0:21:59.280 we want to be added to the women's match and 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.600 making a four way and stand and deliver. And so 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:04.960 you know, on the show, I pointed out Lee talk 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:08.520 about burying the tag Team champions and not wanting the 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.639 belts at all, and you know, Cora Jade should be angry, 0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:14.320 but she's not. That doesn't make any sense. And then 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:19.280 all I heard was, well, Brian, obviously j C. Jane 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:23.400 is injured. She's hurt, so they can't do a tag 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:27.320 team match. That's why they did this. I remember I 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:31.120 heard that, I remember hearing how wrong I was. Well, 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:34.600 last night they announced that, in fact, J C. Jane 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.840 and G. G. Dolan are working this weekend. They're on 0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:42.320 the kickoff show. They're wrestling. They'll be facing of all people, 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:47.160 hated rivals who are now just suddenly friends again, Dakota 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.160 Kai and Raquel Gonzalez with the n x T women 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:52.560 Tag Team championships on the line. Why do you think 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:55.280 of this line up? Jim or A, Nicki, Lions and 0:22:55.400 --> 0:23:00.480 Last Legend are They made it clear that's after after Okay, 0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.520 next week's Brother for the Best. Um. I think it'll 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:05.320 be a good show. I think there'll be lots of 0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:08.199 good matches. I mean there's a ton of talent on 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:11.119 n x T. I mean obviously they're setting up this 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:15.439 WrestleMania for Braun Breaker, and you know, for as far 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:18.040 as the other titles go, honestly, it's pretty much a 0:23:18.080 --> 0:23:21.080 toss up. I would imagine that Talks and Contraction, it's 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:24.919 gotta probably continue their reign of terror a little while longer, 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:27.560 at least that's what it feels like. But the men's 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:30.679 titles really could go anywhere. So that's the line up 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.600 for Saturday. And yeah, if you're talking about this for 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:38.120 a while, this pro wrestling is like it's it's uh, 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:41.520 it's very much. Uh. I would say it's a popular 0:23:41.680 --> 0:23:46.000 niche with each promotion having their own niche group of 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:49.760 fans and uh, those fans being super served. So if 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:51.639 you're a w w E fan, man, what is Saturday? 0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:54.440