WEBVTT - Dolph Ziggler NXT Champion/Something New on Dynamite 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:07.480 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:15.200 Let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:17.840 here on or wrestling him Ober Live. We are here 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:21.200 every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific, three Eastern, Sundays 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:26.360 three Pacific, six Eastern. Well it is Wednesday in this program. 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.600 You know that means n x T two point oh 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:33.400 a w dynamite all of the news here for our 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:38.360 twitch homies, at our folks watching along on YouTube. The 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:42.640 moment the show started, someone's getting nervous. Old beer money 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:44.560 here has a thousand dollar bet with me, he writes. 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.040 Just remind everyone the bed is braun Breaker must main 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.200 event WrestleMania within three years. So it is not this year. 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:54.000 Next year will be rock Romans somehow, So that means 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:57.040 to win a thousand dollars Braun must main event WrestleMania 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:03.040 your money if you already forgotten that WrestleMania's two nights, 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:08.479 so he has two opportunities next year and two opportunities 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.280 the year after the main event WrestleMania. And I also 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.160 wouldn't give my hopes of about that Roman Reigns rock 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.080 match coming up next year. But anyway, what do we 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.360 have to talk about today? Well, Brown breakers not the 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:24.080 n x T champion at the moment, but he will 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:28.560 in fact be the n x T champion coincidentally, I'm 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:33.039 sure WrestleMania weekend. How interesting is that? So anyway, we'll 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.760 talk about Dolph Ziggler becoming the new n x T 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.360 champion after doing nothing but jobs on both w W 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.800 E n X n x T television. We can talk 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:45.400 about the Dynamite show tonight. There is something new that 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.880 has been added to the show, and if you weren't 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.800 thinking of watching the show, maybe you'll change your mind 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:58.040 after hearing this. Tonight on Dynamite, Brian Danielson and John 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:04.440 Moxley will team up with William Regal in their corner. 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:08.640 Who are the unfortunate blokes we're gonna get smashed with 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.680 an inch of their lives? Tonight on Dynamite we'll give 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.920 you the full lineup for the show. You've got your 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.800 raw rating sport tonight, We've got number of other topics 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:19.840 as well. I've watched most of it x T, but 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:21.280 I haven't seen the main event. When you can talk 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.400 about everything else back in a moment with more Observer 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:46.679 livey are you in the show? Bright nowver is here? 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.480 Rustling Observer Live Mixuber viv also Rustling Observer at dot 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:58.200 com start to Go yesterday, Mike, it was expensive, Brian, 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.440 it was expensive, but everything worked out okay, So that's 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.120 really all that matters at the end of the day. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.080 I was actually talking about the Brian Vay Show with 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.560 Rob Bartlett joined us last night. Can you believe it? 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:19.720 Holy smokes? What a what a that? He's a gimmick? 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.079 What are you talking about? Hey, look, I'll say this 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:27.760 the Howard Howard stern Imus in the Morning don Imus, 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:32.000 who has got a terrible reputation now it was passed away, 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.280 but he had a huge radio show. People would not 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.760 know that now and a massive radio show in the nineties. 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.960 Was a personality for a long time. And on this 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.480 show he had obviously cast of characters, and one of 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.000 his characters was Rob Bartlett, who would come out and 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.840 do impressions and do a whole bunch of different stuff, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.520 and he was oftentimes, if you ever had a chance 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.400 to listen to that show, the best part of that show. 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.720 So I'm actually looking forward to hearing him and good 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.320 pulled by you nice way. This whole deal with his son, 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.280 all this stuff, how it got set up in the 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.920 fact that Granny was on the line the entire time. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.720 I didn't say a word for like thirty minutes. Hey, yeah, 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.800 we got a new video producer on Wednesday doing an 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.720 excellent job. But I don't like to be that guy. 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.200 But can we switch me and Mike? Can we put 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.880 me over there and Mike on the other side, just 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.320 to show you exactly how petty Brian is about things, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.839 Because because I when I look at all the computers 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.080 and everything, I'm facing this way and you're facing the 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.440 other way, so we're actually looking away from each other, 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.360 whereas we we switched them, we'd actually be kind of there. 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:39.400 We go, look at that much better? What anythink about that? 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:45.560 Everybody said something weird? I go, yeah, but you know, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.080 what are we doing here? You gotta delay here too? 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.280 On All right, let's get into the news here. I've 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:55.360 not seen listen, I haven't seen the match, so I'm 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.919 not going to talk about it. I'll review tonight with 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:02.880 Dave and tomorrow with Vinnie. But God bless a guy, 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.680 great worker. I was. I was actually very excited when 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.720 he went to n XT, but then you know, they 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:13.600 do what they do. Career geek Dolph Ziggler defeated former 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.599 Champ Braun Breaker and Tomasso Champ in a three way 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.800 to an NXT championship on last night's Roadblock episode of 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.160 n x T two point oh. As Champ has aid 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:27.360 Breaker up for a running knee, Ziggler's Dirty Dogs teammate 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.720 Robert Rude pulled Breaker out of Chompers path and out 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.360 of the ring. Ziggler capitalized by hitting a super kick 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.839 to Chompa then pinning him to win the title. The 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.440 Roadblock result would seem to set up a Ziggler versus 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:45.760 Breaker title match for standing deliver on russell Mania Weekend, 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:50.039 a main event over WrestleMania Weekend. Interesting that announcement has 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:55.760 not been made yet. Ziggler career job guy has held 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.480 the n x T title, World Heavyweight Title, United States 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.400 Title in a condinal title, World Take Team Title, Raw 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.760 Tag Team title, and the SmackDown Take Team Title. You know, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.840 it's funny. We were talking about this on Monday and 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.400 I was just I was just flabbergasted that they they 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:15.560 beat Ziggler last Wednesday and n XT because they wanted 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.200 to find a way to get Chomp into the match. 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.840 And then they do the rematch on Raw and they 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.080 pinned Ziggler again, and of course, you know, Dave goes, well, 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.680 he's probably gonna win the title, and I was like, yeah, 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:31.599 he probably is, but why did we pin him again? 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.200 And then you know the explanation, because we have to 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.200 have an explanation for every stupid thing that they do. 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:45.680 The explanation was, well, you know, brun Breaker pinned him, 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.279 and so when Ziggler wins the title, brun Breaker can 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:57.040 it can be a challenger. It's like brown Breaker was champion, right, 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.640 So the matches happened, and now we know the finish, 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:06.760 which is the champion lost without being beaten. So we 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.560 need another reason that braun Breaker should get a championship match. 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:15.200 Why in God's name could they have not pinned Robert Rude? 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.800 And then Ziggler wins the title by not pinning Breaker, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.520 and you don't need a damn excuse for braun Breaker 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.800 getting a rematch, but instead, oh, well, he pinned him 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.280 in a tag match before Ziggler won the title. Yeah, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:33.080 this guy's his whole story is that he never wins. Well, 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.640 now he's the n XT champion. What a prestigious championship. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:41.920 This is who cares? Seriously, who cares? That's who cares. 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.080 Doesn't matter, It doesn't matter. They decided to go in 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.120 this direction to get to their story of braun Breaker 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:53.080 standing tall at WrestleMania. Frankly, at this point, I'd have 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:56.600 him lose. I'd have him lose because I want to 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.840 see him on Raw the next night after WrestleMania, in 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.600 and mix with somebody. I would rather see him there 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:06.040 than Gabe Stevenson. Gabel Stevenson should be in the next day. 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.520 He absolutely should be an n X day. If the 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.160 plan is to debut him on the main roster, I 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.280 don't know if you're doing him any good. They'll be 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.640 able to learn on the fly, There'll be a lot 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.320 of people to work with. He's an athletic wonder, He's 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:20.360 a personable guy. I don't think how can you debut 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.440 on national TV be ready for prime time? Whatever private 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.240 training they're giving him great, but I would put him 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.400 in n X D and I have brain bron Breaker 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:33.280 up on the main roster. The whole the whole story 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.120 could have been told a lot better. And it should 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.120 also be hammered home again when you got a guy 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.400 like bron Breaker, because we talked about this with Adam 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.679 Cole in a way, and with Adam Page, where Adam 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.360 Page is still establishing himself as a champion. You got 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.440 these other big stars in this promotion and Pages. You know, 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.920 the a W fans it's not like they don't you know, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.640 aren't invested in him. But he's not at that level. Okay, 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.040 he's not at the upper rational level. You're trying to 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.360 get him there. So that's why the the whole thing 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.560 with Cole as an opponent, same thing, trying to build 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:06.600 him up. The whole deal with Orange Cassie, The whole 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.880 story could have been told in a better way where 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.800 at the end everybody benefited from this a whole lot more. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:16.640 Dolph Ziggler talking about how big of a loser he is. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.079 You know, what, are we supposed to be impressed about 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.760 his resilience, the fact that he's had longevity, Like I 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:27.400 lose nineteen out of twenty matches. I'm there. He told us, 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.280 we're supposed to be impressed because he steals the show, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:34.160 steals the show, and it's like, okay, but the story 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:38.120 at the end of the day is braun Breaker and 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.440 bron Breaker. I just the whole damn thing could have 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.560 been told differently, And it's just one of those small 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.679 things that as a wrestling fan, just annoys me because 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:48.920 it didn't have to be done this way, and it 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.439 could have been more impactful for everybody. Chompa was, of 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.080 course always the guy on the outside of this. But 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.240 why Dolph Ziggler had to look so weak going into 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.920 this thing and then you have a weak I go 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.760 ahead and defeat the the unbreakable braun Breaker. It just 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.520 it just just to go ahead and tell the story 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.000 where you're crowning him at the end. Again, it just 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.640 shows you that none of this means a damn thing. 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.840 It really doesn't. It's all for the highlight package later 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.319 on in his career where they can show him holding 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.160 up that belt in front of all those people on 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.320 WrestleMania Weekend. Like it's all just a means to an end. 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.400 It's all content to fill their video package later on 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.880 when he talks about his career and how tough it 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.120 was down in n x T and all that other nonsense. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.560 It just, I don't know, the story could have been 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.320 told a lot better bottom line. So the question on 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.000 the chat here is if Jeff Hardy is going to 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.839 debut tonight. I don't know, but I would not debut 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.559 him tonight. Why, well, let's look at the lineup for 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:50.800 the show tonight. We got Brian Danielson and John Moxley 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.840 teaming up tonight on a w with William Regal into 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:58.960 their corner. No announcement of an opponent of two opponents yet. 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:01.880 So here's a lineup for tonight. And by the way, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.400 this is the this is the follow up show to 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.760 a Revolution, So I mean, listen, if they're gonna get 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.400 a big bump, it's gonna be because of Moxley and 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.240 Brian teaming up and the fallout from Revolution. You don't 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.920 need to debut Jeff Hardy tonight. Jeff Hardy can be 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.439 debuted next week or the week after. And I also 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.840 noticed on the lineup here there's no match with the 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.880 Hardy family office, and I think that that is uh. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.360 I would think that that's that's gonna be the situation 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:34.080 evolving its return. But Sammy Gavara defends against Scorpio sky 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.439 T and T title wouldn't be surprised if we saw 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:40.600 a title change there thunder Rosa Layla Hirsch a w 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:45.280 Women's World title eliminator match. I would expect thunder Rosa 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.280 wins to set up a cage match in her hometown 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:58.160 tonight on her birthday. Her birthdays in July. Everybody about 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:04.439 to explain this joke to everybody clearly, So anyway, I'll 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:35.160 do it. After the break, Wrestling Up were live back 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.760 in the show. Bran Olbert is here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.679 Mike sambur vib also Wrestling Observer dot Com. Yeah, every 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:45.880 day I was talking about this. Thunder Rosa and Britt 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:47.840 Baker booking couldn't help, but knows that they got a 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.719 show coming up in San Antonio and they booked a 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.880 match with a bunch of interference, and so it only 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.360 made sense that thunder Rosa will get a rematch against 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.760 Britt Baker in a cage in her hometown. And someone 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:04.640 on the which Chad said, and it's her birthday, So 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.880 I h I said, it's also her birthday, and then 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.000 it turns out it wasn't. Her birthday. Birthday was in July. 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.000 So I thought, you know what I'm gonna do. I'm 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.720 going to uh I'm gonna say every day is her birthday. 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.320 This is high high end comedy here. I I was 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.319 gonna I was literally gonna do this every day on 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.040 the show. I was gonna say it was her birthday 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.200 until July, and then on their birthday, I was gonna 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:28.760 say it wasn't her birthday. I was not gonna mention 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.240 it that day. You know what, why don't you uh 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.080 call Bartlett back and start working on impressions because I 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:35.559 don't know if your stand up material is going to 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.160 be able to make it. But anyway, so yesterday I 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:42.480 was absolutely bombarded with people who were very sincerely correcting 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.840 me on thunder Rose's birthday. I had given her birthday 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:50.199 on like three different dates yesterday, So anyway, jokes on 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.520 his course, I was a little late to the game 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.040 on all this. But did you know, did you know 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.800 last Sunday night see him Punk came out to his 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.000 old R O H music. If I did you know that, 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.920 I don't believe it. It It needs to be confirmed. Here's 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:10.280 the rest of this lineup for I'm not taking anyone's 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:16.920 word for anything anymore. I've learned my lesson dynamite in 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:22.680 Fort Myers, Florida, Sammy Gavard, Scorpios guys noted thunder Rosalela Hirst, eliminator, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:26.160 Brian Danielson and John Moxley will kill two geeks. Can't 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:32.880 wait for that one. Chris Jericho versus Eddie Kingston and 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.600 uh a real address. I'm sorry, he's gonna address Eddie 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:40.600 Kingston and he's gonna where he lives on him in 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:44.480 a stamp. And then Paige van Zand is expected to 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:48.320 sign her a E W contract that's coming up on 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.760 on Dynamite here tonight. Everybody excited for that show. By 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.240 the way, Mike as a Residents second in command when 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.160 it comes to Japanese pro rusting experts here on this website. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:05.320 So I was told, I was told that Shingo and 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:09.320 as She was better than Brian Danielson and John Moxley. 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.760 I didn't believe my ears. I went and watched it, 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:16.280 and I didn't think it was better. But keep in mind, 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:20.640 I gave Brian Danielson and John Moxley a million stars, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.880 so I I could give she and Shingo like nine 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:25.560 thousand stars. I don't think it was like a bad 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.680 match or anything like that, but I I did. I 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.640 did feel that Danielson and Moxley. I enjoyed that much 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:34.320 match more than Shingo and She as great as that Matchell, 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:38.000 especially like the last the last five minutes of of 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.040 Shingo and A she was absolutely out of this world. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.480 But as a as a whole, from bell to bell, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:48.040 open to close, I liked Moxley Danielson better, and I 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.200 think that's what it is. They've set the bar so 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:54.080 high in some of those g One matches, especially last year. 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.920 I mean, this was a great match, but as you mentioned, 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.360 the last five minutes were outstanding. The rest st of it, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.760 you know, we believe it or not, you've seen better 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.520 Shingo and Nishi matches. Doesn't mean that you shouldn't watch 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.760 it because it was tremendous, but yeah, I actually in 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.760 that context I did like Brian Danielson and John Moxley more, 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.440 especially when with the way that it ended and having 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.640 Regal come out there. But I bet you I can 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.560 checkmate you on both of those believe it or not, 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:23.440 because because you get a chance, if you get a chance, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:24.920 and I don't know if you've had a chance to 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.680 see this yet because ooch go Ocatta and El Desperado 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:35.240 from day one that was it might be New Japan's 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:39.600 best match since the Domes. I mean I I it 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:43.560 was an excellent, excellent affair. Now again, I probably comes 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.280 down it's a referendum on how somebody what. Somebody likes Desperado, 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.440 but he's also a guy that if you don't watch 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.880 him much, watch him with Ocada because it was tremendous. 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.280 And what you also see with Ocada is we talk 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.000 about this on the brand new adam of My Big 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:01.920 Audio Nightmare, available for subscribers at FOW online dot com. 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:04.199 We talked about the fact that you see Okada in 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:08.480 these big epic matches usually build upwards. You see him 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:13.240 in these epics with Omega and Tanahashi and they're slower builds, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.879 and yes, you see the incredible athleticism, but sometimes you 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.280 forget that this is a guy who came up initially 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:23.280 in Dragon Gates system who transferred over to New Japan 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.199 because he was just more much more of a natural 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:29.000 to be there. And you see some of the explosiveness. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.840 You see really how incredible of an athlete this guy 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.160 is because he's wrestling with Desperado and he's matching them 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.280 move for move and it's just it's an excellent affair 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.480 and for both guys a great exhibition on how great 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:47.120 because Ucho Okada really is I'm double sourcing something right 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.800 here because I don't trust these geeks on the chat 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:56.159 anymore after this whole birthday kurf Luffle. Let him know 0:17:56.200 --> 0:18:01.680 we need not budsman around here. Let's see. Okay, it's true, 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.520 it's not. Following the destruction of their tornado trio's matched 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:10.760 this past weekend at revolution El Presidential on Druid alalo 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:14.800 Is called for an emergency meeting of the a h 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:19.639 FO Board of Directors on Dynamite tonight. So maybe he 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:22.280 is debuting tonight. But you know, you know the other 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.840 reason I went them debut tonight. No one's in this building. 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.399 Well yeah, they're at dred fans right now. Now before 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.240 you panic, the buildings, the only building, the building is 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:37.880 only set for fans, Okay, okay, So it's the point 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.800 is the building is small. New Japan would call that 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.679 no vacancy at this point. Yeah, So you know, if 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.919 it were me, I'd I'd wait bigger, building, bigger. The 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.840 other reason why to bro you you're talking about the 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:50.840 fact they're having this meeting, this can be the meeting 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:53.800 where either Matt walks out, he gets fired, they turn on, 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:57.280 they do something that puts him into the portal to 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.040 get brother Nero back, or however they're gonna play of 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.119 Hardy coming back. Hopefully it's just as Jeff Hardy. I 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:06.000 think that would be more than satisfactory at this point. 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.200 Save the gimmicks and the teleporting and all the other 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.919 stuff for a special occasion if you want to, but 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:13.959 bring him back as the Hearties. But I think this 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.480 is the better opportunity now to kind of set those 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:19.440 wheels into motion. People know at this point Jeff is 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.080 on his way, so why not, actually, you know, make 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.000 some hay out of it. Look, you got ramp and 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:28.560 I'm not saying save it for Rampage or anything like that, 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.679 but you have a show on Rampage that desperately you 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:36.040 need something. Maybe you do something today and then you 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:38.679 tweak that. I don't know, but I mean you have 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.879 more than enough time to fill where you don't have 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.240 to shove this on tonight's show, especially when it should 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:47.240 be more to show off. You know, what is Hangman 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:50.840 Page going to do next? What is Moxley and Howard 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.600 or Moxley and Regal and Danielson all going to get 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:56.000 together all that sort of stuff. I can't wait to 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.480 see who they're gonna face, because it's like, Okay, do 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.359 you put them in there with member is of the 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:02.919 Dark Order who they may have had a history with 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.000 before and you have a good match, but you know 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.159 they're still dominant. Do you put them in there with 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:10.720 two young guys like, you know, Big Shoddy and somebody 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:12.640 and they just kicked the crap out of them. I mean, 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:14.760 there's so many ways you could go with tonight. It 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:17.639 was actually better for them to not actually announce opponents. 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.639 Let's see, we have got raw last night one point 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:27.880 seven eight million viewers point four five in eighteen forty nine. 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:30.600 Show started strong in the first two hours, but at 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:35.520 a very large third hour drop. Mhmm. Interesting. Did you 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:39.120 hear my Raw report yesterday? My Raw report was very similar, 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.560 excellent first hour and that show fell off a cliff 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:47.160 and in that third hour, yikes, one one million viewers 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:48.880 in the first hour one point eight four second hour 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.960 one point five four million. Third hour, Well, you have 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:57.120 got to the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 0:20:57.200 --> 0:21:00.480 I did see the two Dusty Classic matches. I watched 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:04.080 that sin again, you didn't see the whole thing. Well, 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:07.560 I just missed the uh, the last two matches, but 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:10.960 I'll watch him tonight. But listen, these two, these two 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:14.560 Dusty Classic matches. So first off, I told you, guys, 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:18.280 I told you that Raquel and uh what's her name 0:21:18.440 --> 0:21:23.439 weren't gonna win, right, And everyone questioned me, I didn't. 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:25.760 I told you why they weren't gonna win because she 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.560 was never supposed to be in the tournament in the 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:31.919 first place. They booked a tournament didn't have enough teams 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:34.520 and women, so she was supposed she supposed to be 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:36.480 the main roster. By now she's out that she's down 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:39.560 there too in wacky vignettes where she's scared of heights 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:42.760 instead of debuting in the Royal Rumble. So anyway, they're out. 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:48.320 They were beaten last night. They were beaten in the 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:53.600 women's Dusty Classic by Dakota Kai, who now talks to herself, 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:56.680 and Wendy Chu, who naps in the middle of the 0:21:56.760 --> 0:22:04.760 ring in spots that's still never get over. It wasn't 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:10.600 good then, Casey Kenton, Zoro and Kayden Carter lost to 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:14.040 you Sharai and Kaylee ray So it's Kaylee ray Neo 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:18.160 Shari versus the sleeper and the talker in the main 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:23.679 event in the finals of the Women's Dusty Classic, Brooks 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:25.760 is still a virgin. By the way, everybody, for those 0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:31.680 who didn't see the show multiple times. Oh, by the way, 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:34.560 also the feud of a lifetime folks, come in your way, 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:41.119 Nikita Lions and last Legend because we've all been missing 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:44.800 the lash lashing out with last segments. So let me 0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:49.000 tell you something, Mike. That segment was a horror. Okay, 0:22:49.080 --> 0:22:54.159 it was a horror, but just remember that segment. When 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:57.600 they actually have a match, you're gonna be begging for 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:01.520 lashing out. She accused are of having butt implants on 0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:06.240 national television. Just get that pog. It's ah and by 0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:09.280 the s Nikita Lions Road pog. They're all of the jokes, 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:11.840 they're they're all funny. They're all funny to me, at 0:23:11.880 --> 0:23:14.240 least I think it was funny as when I said 0:23:14.240 --> 0:23:16.159 that Chris Jericho is gonna put an address in a 0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:19.800 stamp on Eddie Kingston. I got that one. W W 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.159 E sent an email. I'm just gonna say this one 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:27.680 without comment Okay, say wayout comment and then Dom's gonna 0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:31.600 play the music. W w E sent an email to 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:37.919 those who purchased travel packages that included WrestleMania access that 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:43.720 there will be no access this year. Guess what, everybody 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:47.280 you're on the observer plan no access at all denied. 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:51.000 We call it the j J. Back at the moment 0:23:51.000 --> 0:24:16.320 Observer Live back of the show. Bran Over is here 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:20.600 Wrestling Observer Live mixmber BB also Wrestling Observer dot Com. 0:24:20.640 --> 0:24:23.320 A couple of other news notes, and we'll do some feedback. 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:28.440