WEBVTT - Vince On Smackdown 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:09.959 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, Ready, 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:15.680 let's get it all. Let's get it. Mike semper viv 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.960 here with you for the next hour talking professional wrestling 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.560 and mixed martial arts, something we do every single day 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.119 here on the Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network. Tune in, I 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.680 Heart American Forces Radio, Sports Byline dot Com over the 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:35.040 air affiliates Sirius XM one via podcast or video streaming 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.920 on twitch in YouTube like say thank you for spending 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.479 a little time with me today. If you're in the States, 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:45.320 hopefully you're having a great June teenth Day weekend and 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.239 Father's Day weekend. If you're taking a break from the 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.760 cook out music to join me today, extra special. Thanks. 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.200 If I really would have planned this out better, I 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:57.720 would have had like Jazzy Jeff and Rob Basse and 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.520 some other things pulled for bumper music can tell how 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.200 old I am, But I didn't plan on talking about 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.319 any of that today. I planned on talking about wrestling news, 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.680 and there's a lot of it to get into today 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.560 on the program. In case you have not heard uh 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.960 in the midst of being investigated by his own board 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:20.200 of directors. Vince McMahon made his appearance on Friday Night's SmackDown, 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.039 and we'll get into that whole spectacle and when we 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.919 get back from break, but a little bit of sad 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.800 news to start the show with. Right on the heels 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:33.880 of long time referee and agent Dave Heppner's passing away 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.760 last week, on Sunday, it was announced that former w 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.800 w E referee and agent Tim White passed away at 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:45.400 the age of eighty six. White was with w w 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.280 E from until two thousand and nine and referee some 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.520 of the biggest matches in company history, including the infamous 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.760 Mankind undertaker Helen a Cell, although his side jobs were 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.440 almost just as famous as his refereeing. Before becoming a 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.120 full time rep for the company, he worked as Andre 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.480 the Giants agent and appears in many of the documentaries 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.440 about Andre. And He also owned a little bar called 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:14.800 the Friendly Tap in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and anytime w 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.520 w E was anywhere near Rhode Island, they would go 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.400 into that bar and completely wrecked shop, especially if the 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.600 A p A was around. Lots of news to get into, 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:30.639 including Sunny's lawyer quitting ratings, a w new Japan, and 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.640 a whole lot more. We'll be back Wrestlings ever Alive. 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:58.120 You're listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez and 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:06.440 Mike semperviv on the Sports Byeline broadcasting network. It's like 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.560 the cookout. Welcome back to the show, Mike simper viv 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.800 rescumes ever Alive, producer Dom coming through producer Dom also 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:18.520 working this holiday weekend. Hopefully if you are, we can 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.760 give you a little bit of a mental break away 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.760 from that. Hopefully you don't hear that and immediately think 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.200 of Joe Button, whose podcast is kind of ruined. That 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.520 song for a lot of people that the song they 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.400 play on Joe Button. No, it's the Gap Band's outstanding. 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.200 For Christ's sakes, I'm old though. Hey, we do this 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.200 show here for an hour at a time, but if 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.600 you want to try to get us seven and sometimes 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.680 I'm awake seven, which leads to situations that I'm in 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.280 right now a little bit loopy at semper viv on Twitter. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.200 The timeline for this show is at w O and 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:53.400 four W the broadcasters at Sports Byeline USA and if 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.720 you love pro wrestling at mid Atlantic Pod. Brian Alvarez 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.640 will be back tomorrow. In fact, he'll be back today, 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:04.640 I believe, with Filthy Tom Lawler, who's got a lot 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.560 to talk about frankly right now. And if he's not 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:11.480 back for that, he will certainly be for subscribers after 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:15.040 Raw tonight with Dave Maltzer Wrestling Observer Radio. His Twitter 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.640 is at Brian Alvarez and we'll just get right into it. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:23.479 We have legal news today. It's not Vince McMahon's. It 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.839 is Tammy Sitch is for lawyer has asked the court 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:32.520 to withdraw him as legal representation. It was almost good 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.600 English right there, according to p W Insider, as has 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:39.480 written up here at the fw online dot com front page. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:44.000 Stephen de Laroche filed the motion on June six. He 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.880 noted the following in his filing. One, an impass has 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.400 been reached in the handling of the case, making it 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.680 impossible for the client an attorney to continue to work 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:59.640 cooperatively on the case. Sonny can't get along with anybody, uh. 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.839 Number two, the client has not complied with the terms 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:07.760 of the employment agreement with this attorney. Not surprising there. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.640 And number three of the client will not be prejudiced 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:15.359 if the undersigned is permitted to withdraw, So there you go. 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.200 Tammy Sitch has been charged with one count of d 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:22.200 u I manslaughter, one count of causing death while operating 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.479 a vehicle with a suspended license, three counts of d 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.680 u I causing property damage, and four counts of d 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.520 u I causing personal injury. The charges stemmed from an 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.560 incident on March twenty five, when a vehicle driven by 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.080 Sich crashed into the back of another vehicle that was 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.640 stopped at a traffic light. The driver of the other vehicle, 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.360 seventy five year old Julian Lasseter, died from injuries sustained 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:50.719 in the collision. Sitch has pleaded not guilty to all charges, 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.560 and hearing held on June one. She has been in 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.680 jail since having her bond revoked on May thirteenth. There 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:02.760 are also civil filings already by the Lasseter family as well. 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.040 So that is the latest in the update on Tammy 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:10.480 Sitch's situation, which continues to grow darker by the day. 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:14.600 No word at all about Vince McMahon's situation as we 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.280 come on the air with you today. Vince under investigation 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.679 from his own board of the directors appeared as advertised 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:26.320 on Friday Nights SmackDown Live on Fox. Came strutting out 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:30.440 to his theme music as Mr McMahon gave a little, uh, 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.839 a little gunshot over there to the uh, the lady announcer. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.080 I can't remember what the announcer's name is, but but 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.039 she did his announcing, and he grabs the mic from her, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.719 and and there it is. We finally get to hear 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.680 from Vince McMahon. What is Mr McMahon going to say? 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.120 And he just says, it's a privilege as always to 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:56.359 stand before you here tonight the w w E universe, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.880 especially privilege to be standing here in US ring in Minnesota. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.800 Why that would be anything extra special because he killed 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.080 Vern to really hotshot his company so many years back, 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.160 I don't know. But he said, I'm simply here to 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.200 remind you of the four words we just saw in 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.480 what we call the w w E signature. Those four 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:25.080 words then now forever, and the most important word is 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:31.120 together Welcome to SmackDown. And he throws the mic and 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.720 with arms flapping, goes up the ramp and goes to 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:39.400 the back. And that's that, And the bottom line is 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:43.760 the show in Fast overnights, and we'll have more of 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.840 of the details of this coming out today. It averaged 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:51.160 two point to seven two million viewers. The previous week's 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.200 SmackDown ended up with a final average of one point 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.720 nine four so a similar increase would put this show 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.560 in the two point four to two point five million 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:06.320 range when final numbers are released at some point today. 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.280 The Fast Nationals showed something else that's very important to 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.960 point out. Two point one eight six million in the 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.320 first hour, two point three six two in the second hour. 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.640 Not only did they they stick around from the first 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.080 hour to see what Vince had to say, but they 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.000 also stuck around to watch Roman Reigns defend that World 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:29.640 Heavyweight Championship against Matt Riddle. So this is going to 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:34.680 be smackdowns best rating probably since May of last year. 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:39.720 So that's certainly something. I mean, what did we learn 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:44.640 nothing at all? You know, Mr mcmannon in Roman Reigns 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.160 or Big Universe Stars. We already knew that. I guess 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.080 if you want to look at this from a a 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:55.360 very short term and small perspective, in in Vince, I 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.880 guess you could say, in some ways he kind of one. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.199 If you're especially a Vince supporter. Uh, you know, you 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.760 have an investigation like this going on. The ww releases 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.120 a press release early in the morning, crack of dawn 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.719 on Friday, saying he's temporarily stepping aside that Stephanie is 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.480 going to fill in. Then a short time after that, 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:20.079 they issue another press release saying that Mr mcmahn is 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.640 going to appear on SmackDown, And from there it got 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:28.160 everyone talking about what he Vince McMahon was going to 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:32.920 do as his wrestling persona Mr. McMahon, which is based 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:36.760 on his real persona. And that was it. So we 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.960 got defiant Vince being as defiant as he could possibly 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.760 be in these times, and it got people to tune in, 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.760 and to their credit, they kept those people. And when 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.400 those people got to the end, they got the gift 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:53.640 of rock listener. Now, whether that's a gift of the 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.440 same socks that you got last year from your aunt, 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:00.240 or whether it's you know, a gift that you been 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.760 waiting for us since there's been no Charlotte and we're 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.920 not gonna have Randy and we're not gonna have Cody 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.720 and all that sort of stuff. You know that that's 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.199 to be determined, but when it comes to the w 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.160 w E stock. You know, last week, before the Wall 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.000 Street Journal story broke, it hit a near fifty two 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.960 week high of sixty eight fifty and I will look 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:25.320 right now, it's at sixty two fifty one. So the 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:29.000 stocks value is down three point six percent for the day, 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.560 but it's still up two point six percent for the month. 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:35.200 It's up thirty percent over the last three months, and 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:40.640 it's over two uh increased over the last five years, 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.800 which for a lot of people interested in ww e's 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.080 business affairs, that's the only only thing that they're worried about. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.520 And events can get away with this from a big 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.000 slap on the hand and and nothing too damaging is 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.560 released in those n d A s And that's certainly 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:00.440 to be determined yet. But if he can get away 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.240 with this with a slap on the wrist and a 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.120 stern warning that if anything like this ever comes out 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:08.840 and happens again, that you are gone, he might be 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.120 able just to skate away with this because they've got 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:14.959 these billion dollar deals and he brought on Nick con 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.000 and the formulas work, and look what we're doing pal Pal's. 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.720 We'll see, we'll see as far as the show itself 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.880 went from the entertainment portion of the proceedings. Roman Rains 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.080 Matt Riddle undisputed title in the match that Riddle dedicated 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.840 to Randy Ordon with the stipulation that he can never 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:38.319 face Rains again if he lost. He lost. Good match, 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.959 good crowd, near fall near the end when Rains went 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.720 for the spear, but Riddle hit the r K. Oh, 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.959 that was fantastic. Riddle then went for the floating bro 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.600 hit it, but then tried another RKO instead of going 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.520 for the pin. Rains pushed him off. Riddle tried to 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.440 springboard off the ropes, but Rains caught him with another 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.400 spear for the pin. After the match, Rains grabbed the 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.080 mic immediately said there's no one left. Said he told 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.440 everyone two years ago he'd rocked everyone and leave, and 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.160 that's exactly what he's doing now that Riddle's done. Said 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.959 he's out, told the crowd to acknowledge him, and began 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.360 to leave. When Cowboy Brock's music hit and they were 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.760 in Minnesota, so those people were amped. They faced off. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:20.480 Brock smiled, took off his hat, extended his hand to Roman. 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.440 Roman didn't want to take it. Then, you know one 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.440 he said, hey, why not? And he went ahead and 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.880 he went to shake Rock's hand, and Brock picked him 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.800 up and F five killed him. The crowd went nuts. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.679 The USOS ran in the ring. He killed them as 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.600 well too, and there brock Lesner was standing tall at 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.200 the end of the show. So how will this play 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.839 into ROTS to night. We don't know yet. I'm sure 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:48.200 it's going to be talked about, but we have a 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.960 couple of things planned, which we'll get into when we 0:12:51.000 --> 0:13:15.240 get back from Break Wrestling Observer Live back on the show. 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:18.800 Mike's Umber VV here with your Wrestlings are alive. Holiday 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:23.320 weekend June tenth, Father's Day weekend. Only one early baseball 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.520 game on a Monday. The New York Mets lead the 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.920 Miami Marlins for nothing, bottom of the six. I don't 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.520 know if hockey is going to play any uh havoc 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.679 on raw tonight. I would tend to doubt it. W 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.240 W fans tend to be w W fans no matter what. 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.080 But the Colorado Avalanche with the two oh lead on 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.559 the Tampa Bay Lightning, they may have played into a 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.160 w's ratings last Wednesday, but we'll we'll get to that 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.560 here in a little bit, I gotta first open up 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.000 this red bull because I didn't do that for the 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:59.360 sm our kids yet. There you go, a couple of 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:03.840 more things to get into that from SmackDown on Friday, 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.400 And if you want Brian's thoughts about this, He's going 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.440 to be talking about him for sure with Brian with 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:11.880 on the Brian and Vinny Show as well with Filthy 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.560 Tom Lawler. A couple of things. First and foremost for 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:20.120 me personally, Kyle Caleb Braxton's interactions with Sammy Zane have 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:25.200 successfully replaced her banter with Paul Hayman, which was always 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.960 one of the small victories of SmackDown, no matter what 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:31.800 else happened on that show, like them going back and forth, 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.480 it was always great and I think saying he's saying 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.400 and her doing it as fantastic as well. We had 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:42.000 a segment with Shamus, Drew McIntyre, and Adam Pierce where 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.440 Pierce announced that Shamus was in the money in the 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.240 bank ladder match, and of course Shamus immediately cut Pierce 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.480 off and started rubbing that into Drew McIntyre, who sent 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.480 him over the top rope. Pierce then said, well, now 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:57.440 that he can continue, McIntyre is in the match as well, 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.520 so that's that. In the women his money in the 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:05.120 bank qualifier, Raquel Rodriguez defeated Shane of Baslor in three 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.240 minutes to join Alexa Bliss, liv Morgan and Lacy Evans, 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:12.160 who was on commentary as qualifiers for that Ladder match. 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.800 After he lost again to Mad Cat Moss, Baron Corbin 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:20.240 challenged Pat McAfee, reminding him that he once called him 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.520 bomb ass Corbin and said that he was undeserving of Pyro. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.640 Both things fair to be honest, I don't want to 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:32.080 get blocked like Brian is, but come on, says if 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.840 he doesn't watch himself that he's gonna kick McAfee's ass, 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.840 and McPhee, being former an NFL player and a Trip 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:45.600 Rogers train professional wrestler as well, then said okay, I'll 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:47.960 call your bluff on this and then led the crowd 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.200 into laughing at Corbin right as he slunk to the 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.800 back as the New Day walked by and came out 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:58.520 for their match against Gender Mahal and Shanky and bottom 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:02.080 line of this matches, every time Xavier plays his trombone, 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:07.080 Shanky just he just gets that feeling and it just 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.440 starts moving through his body and he can't control himself. 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.720 He can't help himself. He's got to move, he's got 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.480 to dance. So we get the shaken of Shanky that 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.560 Brian calls shankly. So we've got shaky Shankly who should 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.080 be shanky, but Brian calls him shanky or whatever it is. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:29.200 But he's dancing now and that gender mahal. They lose 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:34.560 the match. You know what, out of everybody sat in 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.920 him sing just by existing in a w is looking 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.040 better and better when it comes to who might be 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:45.000 the one to help take over the Indian audience. But 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:50.440 ludvig Isiser announced on behalf of Gunter that the Intercontinental 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.520 Championship will never again be held by an American. I'm 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:59.640 fine with that, Sammy's aint, Kevin Owens, you know, anybody 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.720 else you know, I'm I'm fine with that. I'm fine 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:06.080 with that. Natalia makes says she can make Rohnda Rousey tap. 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:08.439 I don't believe that's going to be the case. And 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:10.600 I don't believe there's going to be anything that happens 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.440 in the build up for their match that's going to 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.080 make me believe that Natalia is going to get the victory. 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:22.400 Max Dupre was announced with the spotlight over the ring. 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.199 But then we go to the back where the former 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.000 l A Night is running down Adam Pierce for not 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:33.399 having top flight acoustics and lighting the type that titillates 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.040 the juices of your guilty pleasure. Those were his words, 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.399 not mine. Also, the Viking writers are going to appear 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.280 in re debut on SmackDown next week, So that's what 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.120 you missed on SmackDown. That is what Brian and Tom 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:49.959 are going to be talking about in a lot more 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:53.640 hilarious way than than I just did it there. Uh. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.480 W W back to TV raw tonight Pinnacle Bank Arena 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:01.600 on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:05.000 Becky Lynch takes on Oscar and the Money in the 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.679 Bank qualifying match, and I will read directly from what 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:12.240 w W wrote about this on their website. The w 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:16.320 w E Universe will once again walk with Elias as 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:20.920 Ezekiel's older brother returns to perform one more concert with 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:25.080 certain w w E superstars. Still under the impression that 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:29.280 Ezekiel is Elias, the w w E Rookie intends to 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.200 put the controversy to rest once and for all when 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:38.119 he stands side by side, side by side with his 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.960 brother in the ring. Will the two brothers put on 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:46.840 a concert of a lifetime or will a skeptical Kevin 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:51.800 Owens interrupt the reunion find out Monday night on Raw? Now? 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.960 Did they tip their hand here? In one? In one 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.440 sentence there they seem to be promising that we will 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:03.720 see Elias and Ezekiel arm in arm kind of waving 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:08.359 back and forth, singing one of Eliza's hit songs of 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.119 which I can't remember a single one of them. But 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:14.119 they're gonna walk together, they're gonna talk together, they're gonna 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.640 sing together. At least they're going to plan to do that. 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:21.080 But will Kevin Owens do something before any of this 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:25.800 takes place, like complete road runner wildly coyote style that 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:28.719 just screws everything up so we don't even get it, 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:31.360 like we we don't even get like we just get 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:34.320 a slight tease of it. Or will they go through 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:38.000 and actually do the special effects? Will we have the hologram? 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:43.520 Will we have something instead of just Ezekiel in a 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.560 beard that happens to be glued on or something like that, 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:54.959 or is there really a twin brother out there. I mean, 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:57.880 let's be honest here, there could be you guys didn't 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.320 really know all those angles were floating around out there 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.480 until they appeared on the show. At least did any 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:06.120 that really looked like Kurt? Did you? For those people 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.960 that remember those all those angles, Eric and whatnot from 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:13.639 the Attitude days, I don't know, but uh, that's all 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:17.240 they have planned so far for tonight. I also watched 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.760 a w rampage as well that was taped last Wednesday. 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:24.480 After Dynamite, John Moxley opened up the show defeating Dante 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.720 Martin in a good match. Tony then interviewed Keith Lee 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.840 and Swerved Strickling about their team when they were interrupted 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:33.960 by Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks, who remind Lee and 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:36.280 Swerve they keep losing to him, so that feud is 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:39.280 going to continue. Got a pretty good video package of 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:42.000 the House of Black and the Death Triangle cutting promos 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.120 on each other, and it was Max Castor who did 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:46.840 get a little bit of a wrap off and was 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:50.160 able to in one of his bars make a reference 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:53.040 to an n D a uh. He and the Gun 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:56.640 Club defeated Leon Ruffin in Bear Country, who were named 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.800 roughen hit. I don't know why that made me laugh 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.840 when those small things. Dan Housing then cut a promo 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:06.399 for Hook about facing a new Japan Dojo members. So 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:08.879 that's gonna be interesting to see who they take for 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.000 that and if we get a series of these things, 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.520 because I would love that and I think it would 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.320 be great for Hook's career if he does get to 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.680 have some experience working with new Japan Dojo guys, maybe 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:24.320 meets Shabaa, that would be that would be good and 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:27.920 very good for his future. Jake Cargill, in the main event, 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:31.680 defeated Willow Nightingale to retain the TBS title and raise 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:33.840 her record to thirty three. You know, abviously I take 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:36.719 that back. This this was the semi main event. Stokely 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:38.920 half Away was on commentary, had to try and fight 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:41.200 to get in words with Chris Jericho being up there. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:43.760 Felt like a lot of this match actually happened during 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:48.320 the commercial breaks, but Jade got the win. Afterwards, Kia 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:51.520 Hogan got in the ring started helping Jade beat Willow 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:54.760 down when Athena appeared, followed by Chris stat Lander who 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:57.399 chased the heels from the ring, and then a video 0:21:57.440 --> 0:22:00.119 package aired of j leafal sat in him saying and 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:03.800 Sanjay Dutton talking about Samoa Joe and the main event 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:08.040 of Darby Allen against Bobby Fish. And one thing you 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:11.200 can say about Darby Allen, much like the Creed Brothers, 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:15.480 they make everything look believable. I believe it hurts. I 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:19.040 believe it hurts for real. Sometimes that's a good thing. 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:21.440 Sometimes it's not. With the Creed Brothers, you cringe a 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:25.000 little bit more because their rookies and god, you know, 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:28.600 positioning matters and inexperienced matters. When it comes to Darby, 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:31.920 it's just everything he does it's like being shot out 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:33.960 of the cannon. And you know, one of the things 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:36.480 about dives for years people have said it takes so 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:39.720 much time to set up. You do lose, you know, 0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:42.600 when you're really into something. Sometimes you you do lose 0:22:43.480 --> 0:22:45.480 being in the moment when somebody is setting up a 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:47.960 bunch of moves or springboards or something like that. With 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:50.280 Darby Allen, you almost never have to worry about that 0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:55.520 because everything he does, you know, he's he He just 0:22:55.600 --> 0:22:58.800 does it to the nth degree and has no problems 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:01.280 putting his body on the law line. So heck of 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:04.879 a main event, he ends up defeating Uh Bobby Fish 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:08.359 and then ultimately afterwards Bobby Fish calls out Kyle O'Reilly 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:11.240 with a chair. They try to do some damage to him, 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.160 but the lights go out. When they come back up, 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:18.639 of course it is Sting who helps chase off Kyle O'Reilly. 0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:22.040 Then Uh Darby Allen got the chair put it around 0:23:22.119 --> 0:23:25.879 Bobby Fish. His ankle did a coffin drop off the 0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:29.480 top rope after the match, which pilmanized his leg and 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:31.840 that was that. The show went off the air. We'll 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:33.840 see how it does in the ratings. That hasn't been 0:23:33.880 --> 0:23:40.000 doing too good. Dynamite last Wednesday on TBS and not good. 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.080 I mean, this was disappointing. It had to be seven 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:45.399 and sixty one thousand viewers on average. You know, I 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:48.199 think when when it really started, if you said if 0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:50.320 they could get between seven and fifty and a hunt 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:52.760 in a million, boy, that would be really great. And 0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:55.600 then they started high. They durbbled down a little bit, 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:57.080 but then he got to the point where it's like 0:23:57.119 --> 0:24:00.119 if they're doing between nine hundred and a million and 0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:04.600 everything is okay, sixty one thousand, that's tough down almost 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:07.960 from the week before. Did the Stanley Cup Finals have 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:11.160 anything to do with that? They got a five heart fire, 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:13.920 a far higher rating than a lot of people thought 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:16.280 it was going to. So I don't know if that 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:18.200