WEBVTT - AEW Revolution Recap/RAW Preview 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.120 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:14.600 Let's get it all because it going everybody. Brian Albarez 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:17.560 here on or Wrestlings over Live. We are here every 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.120 day Monday through Friday, now Pacific three etern Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.800 sixth Eastern Monday here on this program. You know that 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.480 means we've got a lot to get into here today 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:31.639 as last night a w Revolution pay per view, and 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:36.400 overall it's an awesome pay per view. Five matches on 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.680 the main show that one could argue was the best 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.360 match of the night. And it really all depends on 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.040 what do you like in your pro wrestling. You like, uh, 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.559 straightforward old school pro wrestling World Championship match, You got that. 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:57.920 You want a violent, bloody thumb tax chains, you got that. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:02.080 You want two dudes as lutely just pounding each other 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:05.920 into utter oblivion. Well you certainly got that. You had 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:11.440 the the Young Bucks style crazy tag team high spot 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:16.520 match and uh they we're watching old school Japanese pro 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:20.440 wrestling battle from the eighties. You got that in the opener. 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:25.960 So whatever your cup of tea is The amazing thing 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:27.560 is not only did you get it, but I think 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.759 you've got more than you bargained for in virtually every case. 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.360 I was so excited for Kingston and Jericho. I was 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.080 so excited for, like a lot of these matches, but 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.160 that one in the Moxley Danielson match with the two 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.400 that I was most excited for, and incredibly, they were 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:45.960 both better. Like I had an idea in my brain 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:47.840 of what I wanted to see, and both of them 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.520 were better. So anyway, we can talk about that show 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.440 here today. There was a lot of fallout, There were 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:57.160 angles on the show. There were no title changes, but 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.880 they did a couple of things, particularly in the Baker match, 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:05.320 which certainly do appear to be leading towards a title change, 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.480 one would think. So we'll tell you about that, And 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:11.480 of course Dynamite and Rampage coming up and Raw tonight. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.720 We've got four segments announced for the show. We have 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.680 more matches for WrestleMania when you can expect him, plus 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.440 some WrestleMania updates and so much more so stick around 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.079 a lot to get into after the break. Rustling Observer 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:46.440 live back in the show. Bran Elba is here wrestling 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.799 Observer Live, Mike's and Berviti, also of Wrestling Observer at 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:55.679 dot com. Man, I gotta get off this chat totally smokes. 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.040 It's actually mostly this Jingo fella. Sherry's a nice I 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:04.000 and all but man, one one take after another. All right, 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.040 so let's get into the pay per view last night. 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.200 There were twelve matches on the show and it was 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.800 an excellent show overall. I did not see all of 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.079 Layla Hirsh and Chris stad Lander. What I saw wasn't 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.359 that great, but I'll leave that someone else to review. 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:24.640 Hook and QT was absolutely positively exactly what you would expect. 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.560 And uh it was five minutes and it was perfect 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.040 match of the night. Of course not but it was 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.079 Hook going in there selling a little killing q T. 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.000 Everybody was happy, and that's what you need to do. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:41.560 House of Black versus Death Triangle was like any other show. 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.040 This would have gotten, you know, votes for best Match 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:45.680 of the night, but because it was the pre show 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.160 and there were five Match of the Night contenders on 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.400 the main show, no one's really talking about it. But 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.720 it was an excellent match and everybody looked good. I 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.520 don't know if Eric Redbeard's coming back but they beat 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:01.960 him in the end, and it looked like he was 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.280 kind of just you know, he was there until until 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:10.160 um once his name comes back Phoenix, but we'll see. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.960 I think he deserves a job. I like this vintner. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.560 I don't know if you're aware or not. Eddie Kingston 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:20.479 beat Chris Jericho in a freaking great match. I mean, 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.000 I would not honestly be surprised if that actually won 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.520 the poll for best match of the night, because it 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:27.840 was absolutely in the running, and it had the best 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:29.920 heat of any of the other matches on the show 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.599 because they got the opening the opener spot, and for 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.680 thirteen minutes and forty seconds they just had an old 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.760 school Japanese pro wrestling match. Eddie Kingston beat him with 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:43.880 a stretch plum, but then Jericho refused to shake his 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.560 hand as he had promised and he walked off. So 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.440 thank god, there's more to come in this feud. Jurassic 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.440 Express beat Red Dragon and the Young Bucks. Uh complicated match, 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:59.160 simple story. Two heel teams, guess what, they couldn't coexist 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.359 and as the result, the Durassic Express actually had the 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.800 advantage and they got the win, and Red Dragon and 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:11.080 the Young Bucks continue to implode, which I'm sure we'll 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.520 continue on as Adam Cole also didn't win the title. 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.279 In the main event, Wardlow won the Face of the 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.400 Revolution ladder match, which, as of today, far as I know, 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.760 of all the matches in all the spots, the only 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.280 person who suffered what would be We don't know the 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:30.080 severity yet, but Orange Cassidy got thrown like a crazy person, 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:35.080 overshot the target, injured his shoulder. He needs an m R. I. Amazingly, 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.960 nobody else on this entire show was hurt, including Ricky Starks, 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.480 who got power bombed onto a ladder, leading to award 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.320 Low climbing up and grabbing the brass ring. He gets 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.920 a shot at the TNT title. Jade Cargill beat Ty 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:54.320 Conti the only game six minutes, which you know shouldn't 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.440 have been longer. Can tell you that much. It was 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.039 not a terrible match, It was not a great match. 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.800 They made it through, I think is the best way 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.960 to put it. Fans are very forgiving because I love 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.800 Jade Cargill. I mean, she is a star to them, 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:12.520 and she beat Tie Conti to retain the title. Ce 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:17.239 M punk m JF brutal violent dog Collar match, double juice, 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:22.120 thumb tax and finally MGF called out Wardlow for the ring, 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:28.680 but Wardlow couldn't find the ring. MGF was distracted by this. 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.200 He ate the GTS onto the thumb tax and then 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:38.200 guess what I found the ring? Wardlow put it on 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.839 the ring apron cm punk took the ring, he punched 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:48.040 MJF and he pinned him to win. Two year storyline, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.120 MGF and Wardlow have broken up. And from the feedback 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.680 I received and saw on social media, if you were 0:06:54.680 --> 0:07:00.160 watching this in a theater or a bar Wardlow finding 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.799 that damn ring was the biggest pop of the entire evening, 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.320 which is what you want for a storyline that has 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:13.240 spanned two years. Britt Baker beat thunder rosa bullet club 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:20.760 booking by Ghetto. Here interference, interference, interference, distraction, visual pin interference, interference. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.480 And here's what I will say about this, okay, because 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.720 I know a lot of people hated it. Believe me, 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.160 I am not. I am not afraid to say that 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.480 there was too much interference. But there's a difference here. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.520 W w E. You see this all the time because 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.920 they don't want to beat somebody, and then that's just 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.560 that's it. That's it. There's no like, oh, it's leading 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.840 to this or that, or often it'll like lead to 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:43.880 something that makes no sense, like hey, you know we're 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.680 gonna do a bunch of interference and it's gonna lead 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.640 to a wrestling match. Well they did all of that 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.960 because and I can't see this, but looking at a 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.000 match they have on Wednesday and a location for a 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:00.520 match in two weeks, I believe that this leading to 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.239 thunder Rosea versus Britt Baker in a steel cage match 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:09.280 in thunder Rose's hometown. I think even on her birthday, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.320 where thunder Rosa is going to defeat Britt Baker and 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:16.000 win the a W Women's title. So yeah, you can 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.240 hate it if you want, but there was a reason 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.800 they booked it the way that they did, and we're 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.840 gonna get that payoff. I think in uh. I think 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.160 it's March fourteen. I think as St Patrick's Day, Darby Ellen, 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:30.200 Sammy and Sting Beat andrawd A, Matt Hardy and Isaiah Cassidy. 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.920 I believe the whole point of this was Matt Hardy 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:36.000 took the l, he apologized. I expect him to take 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.720 another L. I expect the Hardy Family office to turn 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.120 on him, and I expect his brother Jeff Hardy to 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.040 make the save and the Hardy Boys reunite his baby faces. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.120 So we'll see if that happens. Moxley and Brian Danielson, 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:54.199 So this is like the freaking best match and Bro. 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.240 They just went in there and I don't know, I 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.280 haven't talked to either guy, but my assumption is they 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.200 went in there with pretty much nothing and they just 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.520 had an old school calling the ring, beat the living 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.960 hell out of each other, kick each other to the 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:12.160 point where I'm sure both of them probably needed assistance 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.959 to get out of bed this morning. But my God, 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:19.880 wasn't fantastic and John Moxley beat him with a cradle 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.200 reversing a triangle. They got in a big fight afterwards, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.960 because there are two dudes that are just prideful and 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:30.920 violent and who should come out to head butt and 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:35.520 slap sents into them. But William regal Bro I've said 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.880 a million times I look at all these a W 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.640 shows and they're they're extremely competently booked, as you can 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.839 see by Tony Khan winning Best Book or two years 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:45.679 straight now. And I was trying to figure out like 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.000 where they're going and what they're doing and whatever. And 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.040 I figured Moxi was winning this match because the story 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.559 was he never beaten Brian Danielson, and Danielson said, I 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.319 got to bleed with a guy before a team with him, 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.160 so I knew there would be blood, and I knew 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.160 there would be violence. So it's like every thing. I 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.160 knew what was going to happen, but I did not. 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:08.000 I did not think that they were going to continue 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:13.120 fighting afterwards and William Regal Lord Regal would come out 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.160 slap it headbuts sent to them, put them on the 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.640 same page and they shake hands. It was like a 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.760 thousand times better than I would have imagined. And I 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.640 have a friend, by the way, if you love this match, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.720 I have a buddy who who texted me you know 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.640 that this was like just the greatest match he ever 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.960 saw in his life. And then this morning he texted 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:39.400 me he said, I can't believe I'm saying this, but 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.760 this might be the second best match I saw this weekend, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:47.040 and I said, that's impossible, and then he explained that 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:52.959 the other match was is She and Shingo, And I thought, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.960 my god, he might be right. So I gotta watch 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:59.800 that match. Holy smokes, if he thought that match was 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:04.400 like maybe better than Moxy and Danielson, I just don't 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.400 know if that's possible. But if there's a match, if 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.520 there is a match that could be better than this one, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.360 I can believe that would be the match. And finally, 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:17.559 Adam Page be Adam Cole in a excellent world title match. 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.080 You know, the fans were tired. They were doing joke chance, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.840 let's go Adam. Adam sucks, but hey, at least it 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:28.360 was heat. But then the longer this went, it stopped 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.120 being joke chance and it turned into Hangman and Adam 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.440 Cole Chance and man, they loved them some Adam Cole 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:38.280 because when Hangman Page got revenge for being duct taped 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.240 to the ropes and he tied Adam Cold into the 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.960 ropes with his belt and started super kicking, the fans 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:47.120 turned on the Hangman. I don't think they were expecting that, 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.480 but he got the win, retained the title. Bro. This 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:55.480 meant this show. I mean, it wasn't perfect, but my god, 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.200 was it fantastic. Mike's gonna give his thoughts after the 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.440 break everybody, because we have a break coming up. According 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.880 to my calculations true, and we'll get into more afterwards. 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:34.040 Back in a moment, its ever Live. What do you 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:38.080 think of this show? Michael? It was the best e 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.640 W show there's ever been. I dare say that. I 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.679 know Full Gear and last Year's All Out, there have 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.920 been some really good shows, but I thought top to 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.480 bottom this was pretty amazing for a twelve match show. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.640 And I come from that old New Japan stead where 0:12:55.400 --> 0:13:00.360 a five hour show quarterly isn't gonna I feel links, 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.880 not at all, not especially not with the variety that 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:08.680 this show had. I understand. Look, I'll take six shows 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.880 a year that are paired back a little bit. I'm 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:12.800 not going to complain about that. I am an old man, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.360 but with them only running four shows a year at 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.880 this level, I completely understand why they did what they did, 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.320 and I thought they offered so much variety. I don't 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.679 think anybody could complain about it. I thought Layla Hirsh 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.880 Chris stat Lander, it was good, it was solid, it 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.920 was finishing off telling that little story that they've had 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.160 between the two. I thought it was you know, in 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.600 another era, they would have a super show start off 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:37.920 like this with a ten minute draw. I'll take a 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.160 nine minute and fifty second victory over Layla Hirsh And 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:43.840 I don't know what's gonna happen with Lord Regal, but 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:45.760 if you wanted to add a woman into the mix 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.000 as far as giving her something that stands out, boy, 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.200 I think lay La Hersha around a group like that 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.440 would work out very nicely. The thing was of the 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.720 twelve matches by far the twelve pest match on the show, 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.959 hooking q T Marshall. You know that it was awesome 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.440 for what it was. I would have actually, I thought 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.600 they were going to end the pre show with that. 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.120 I thought that would have been a perfect way to 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.679 go off the air with everybody going nuts after him 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.160 crushing QT. But then again, how they did it with 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:19.800 the All Universe Varsity Club of Malachi Black, Brody King 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:24.320 and Buddy Matthews. I mean, they're tremendous, they really are, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.160 and there's so many things you could do with them, 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:29.400 And because it's not w w E, the odds of 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.160 them sticking together as a group for a significant period 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.880 of time is great and I would love to see 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.200 what they decide to do with them. Eric Redbrard, look, 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:39.360 if you want to give him a job it's not 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.720 gonna hurt my feelings, not my money. Have no problem 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.920 with him being on the roster whatsoever and in the mix, 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.200 But if you don't want to, I do like the 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.880 idea of bringing him in every once in a while. 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:51.800 If it has something to do with the Dark Order, 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.720 if it now has something to do with the the 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.480 Death Triangle, if it's got something to do with that, 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.160 bring him in, you know, as regular basis. They got 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.200 a lot of people anyway. I don't know if he fits, 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.400 but hey, I'm down for anything. Then you get to 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.640 the main roster and it was just it was ridiculous. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.480 Eddie Kingston and Chris Jericho. I don't know if Jericho, 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.600 being a veteran, looked at this card and said, you 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.240 know what, let's get out there early. Everybody else is 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.040 gonna try to steal the show. We'd like to to. 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:20.680 I want to open up this show with this crowd 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.560 being as fresh as possible. And he goes out there 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.480 and gets thrown in that half and half by Eddie Kingston, 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.600 lands on his head. I mean, what a hell of 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.440 a way to start the show. How he sold that 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.720 and then it was off to the races. That was great. 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:38.200 I thought the tag match was great. Is wordlow winning 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.120 is what it was supposed to be with that ladder match, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:42.960 and I'm cool with the ladder match. I they have 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.680 got to get rid of the brass ring. I think 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:47.880 A or G c W need to get rid of it. 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.840 Everybody else that does a take off of the ring. 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:53.600 There's got to be another way. There's got to be 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.240 a different thing that you can put up there for 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.240 them to grab. I think it looks so cheap, it 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.680 looks so cheesy. It's like, you know, here's his owning moment, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.000 well the second crowning moment of the night for him 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.560 ultimately at the end, and he's standing up there holding 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.359 a big gold glaze donut. And I didn't like it whatsoever. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.240 J Cargils a superstar. That match was perfect to have 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.800 on there, and A J was a perfect person with 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:18.520 enough name value for JA to beat on the main show. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.160 You know, another short match. You know that people won't 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.560 complain about whatsoever. Cargirls a star. She can only go 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:28.640 up from here. CM Punk M JF was probably my 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.280 match of the night. I thought it was absolutely outstanding. 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.920 Britt Baker, as you mentioned with thunder Rosa that to 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.360 me is building towards thunder Rosen winning that title somewhere else. 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.560 Moxley and Danielson, if you want to call it the 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.320 match of the night, I'm not going to complain about 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:48.040 that either. Just a incredible showing between those two guys 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.240 going all out doing what they wanted to do when 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.840 they left w W E. I'm not saying it's the 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.880 pinnacle for these two guys, because God knows where they 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.960 can go from here, but I thought that was wonderful. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.120 And with Lord Regal coming out there at the end, 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.240 the odds that you're gonna have a group with Moriarty 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:08.800 and Utah and Garcia, you know that's looking like it 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:12.760 could come more to pass. Sting. I remember watching Sting 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:17.400 in six when I was ten years old. Last night, 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.680 I woke up too early on Sunday, so I fell 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.680 asleep during the pay per view. My old ass at 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.560 forty six years old, just turned forty six years old. Meanwhile, 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.840 sixty three year old Sting as he's about to be 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:34.760 in a couple of weeks, here he's doing dives through tables. 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.960 It was just an absolutely unbelievable performance. The video package 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.560 they had, and this is another thing when it comes 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:46.320 to video packages in two less is more. The less 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.920 you do them, the more they mean, especially when there 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.919 is unique. Is what you had there with Darby Allen 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.879 Sting and that stuff before the match. I thought that 0:17:55.000 --> 0:18:00.080 was incredible. One thing you didn't mention Swerve signing his 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.360 contract coming out there. Will he be a baby face? 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.119 Will he be a hell? I don't know, but I 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.159 know for a fact he's a hell in defy. And 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.520 that match with Nick Wayne is up for free. So 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.280 if you're looking for something else to watch that took 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.240 place last weekend that just went up, that's another thing 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.879 you might want to watch because that was awesome. And 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.080 then Hangman Page and Adam Cole. I was not a 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.480 big fan of the build leading into the thing. All 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.280 that goes out the window once the bell rings. Very 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.120 good performance by Hangman Out and Page again. Adam Cole 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.119 not dead by any means. Got to figure out what 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.240 you want to do with him. And this whole realm 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.720 going on that you have with the Elite and the 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.520 Bullet Club and all these other factions and everything else 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.000 going on. I think he needs now. It's time to 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.400 rebuild him up nicely to get him back at a 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.880 level that I don't think that he's at right now, 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:48.320 even though he had a hell of a match with 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.000 Hangman Out and Page. So that's enough out of me. 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:52.399 I thought it was hell and a hell of a 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:54.960 night for them, and I think ultimately up and down, 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.919 they may have had quote unquote better matches maybe on 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:01.399 other shows, especially with the shows that Kenny Omega was on, 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:03.280 but I'd say from top to bottom, I think this 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:06.080 was their best showing by far. I don't know if 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.080 you guys are wherever this or not, but I am 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:13.800 a feature writer for Sports Illustrated and I've got a 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.800 new article coming out here today. He'll be able to 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.919 find on my Twitter at Bran Alvarez. But I couldn't 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:23.280 help a note in that article. Then on the weekend, 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.920 the day w did this fantastic show, w w E 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:34.840 also ran Madison Square Garden. Do you guys remember this story, Well, 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.199 you know I remember this story. So what happened was 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.440 w w E. You know Madison Square Garden. It's there, 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:46.119 it's there, you know, their mecca, and they hadn't been 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:48.920 drawn all that great, and so they wanted to make 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.720 sure for this Madison Square Garden show that they did 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:56.960 huge business, and so what did they do to build 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.520 up this show? Everybody? While I went on television and 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:02.960 they ACTU really promoted a house show. They actually talked 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:06.000 about MSG this Saturday, and they said, you know what, 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.960 everybody's expecting that Lesner versus Roman Reigns is going to 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:14.159 be a Champion versus Champion title for title match at WrestleMania, 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:18.400 the biggest match since Warrior and Hogan, but it might 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:22.160 not be title for title because this Saturday, they said 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:27.200 at Madison Square Garden, brock Lessner might lose that championship 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:31.800 belt to a mystery opponent. They built it up, and 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.160 they built it up. It was literally they did. They 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.600 did the worthy opponent, Paul Hayman said, a worthy opponent. 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:43.560 Their most watched segments with Lessner and Reins, they kept 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:48.200 talking about this match in this storyline, and if you 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:53.440 if you heard about Madison Square Garden, well what happened 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:59.679 was they had a Roman Reigns Championship defense, which was 0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:03.680 funny because they they actually announced it would be Roman 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:07.639 Rains versus seth Rawlins and then they pulled the advertising, 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:11.480 but it end up being Roman Rains Versus seth Rawlins. 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.240 So I actually I don't know, Like there's two options here. 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:18.000 One they're incompetent and they were they they changed their mind, 0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:20.600 but then we changed it back to the original. Or 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.120 the other thing is, well, man, if we tell people 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.399 seth Rawlins, like, you know, so let's not say who 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:28.480 it is, and maybe people will think it's like someone 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:32.119 else and nailed buy a ticket, you know, Cody, but 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.080 with seth Rawlins and then the match was like three minutes. 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:37.720 It was just like nothing happening match. So you know, 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.239 we heard from people there that they were disappointed with that. 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:42.879 And then it's time for the big main event that 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:44.879 they've been building up on television. Who is going to 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:47.600 come out the worthy opponent to challenge and perhaps beat 0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:52.359 brock Lesner to screw up all of the WrestleMania Champion verse. 0:21:52.920 --> 0:22:10.760 Austin theory. Austin theory was the big surprise, and you'll 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.359 never guess what happened in the match. Ruck just brutalizing 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.600 and killed the guy and beat him. So I mean, 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:18.800 I mean, I I was just thinking about this and 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:24.240 it's like, okay, so let's let's forget this show. Okay, 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:26.440 let's go back to the last time you did Madison 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:29.400 Squadore and you didn't draw very well. Why was that 0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:34.280 a bunch of matches nobody wanted to see? Lack of stars, 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.199 just you know, why why didn't you draw? Okay, so 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:40.200 now you have an idea you're going to draw this time, 0:22:41.080 --> 0:22:42.800 which by the way, I don't have the I'm trying 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:45.560 to find the exact numbers. But they didn't draw that 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.680 well even with all the promotion. So this time you're 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:50.960 gonna you're gonna try to get people in that may 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:52.639 not have wanted to go in the first place. You're 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:54.800 gonna say, you know what, if you weren't thinking of going, 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:57.719 well you should think about going, because we're gonna promote 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:00.240 it on television and we're gonna have a special secret 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:02.959 opponent for brock Listener that could screw up all of 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:06.680