WEBVTT - Dynamite Card and NXT Updates 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.800 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.680 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:16.160 By from San Francisco. I'm a Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.480 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts, 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:21.880 Brian Alvarez and Mike SEMPERVV. 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:23.840 Are you ready? 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:24.880 Are you ready? 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:26.120 Let's get it all. 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.800 Let's get it. Mike Sempervv here with you for the 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:34.159 next hour talking about professional wrestling, which is something we 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.599 do every single day here on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.320 Tune in. I aart American Forces Radio cable radio network, 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.519 two Sports Byline dot Com over the air affiliates podcasting, 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.559 or maybe you're watching via Twitch or YouTube. However you're 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:52.919 joining me today, I'd just like to say thank you. 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.800 Hopefully wherever you are at Sonny outside, even if not hopefully, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.160 it's Sonny inside your mind Sonny out here right now 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.560 I'm at it's freezing though. When I say freezing, I 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.119 mean fifty degrees. I'm not ready for this, don't like this, 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.600 but it could be worse. Somebody out there is probably 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.360 literally freezing right now. Where's thirty two degrees International Falls, 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.560 Minnesota or something like that. I don't know how you 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.440 do it, folks, I really don't. I don't know how 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.600 I do this show without Brian here. Oh wait, yes 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:27.000 I do. Filthy Tom Lawler will be joining me today 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.320 a lot to get into Brian's not here. He will 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.760 not be here tomorrow either. I don't know where he 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.360 is and it doesn't really matter. The only thing I 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:40.520 know is he will be back for Fun Friday, That's 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:44.520 what he is promising at least, but he won't get 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:46.480 a chance to talk about it, his favorite show of 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:49.680 all time, NXT won't get a chance to talk about Dynamite, 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.440 which has got a ton of stuff already announced for tonight, 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.920 Tom and I will take you through that card, plus 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:58.680 NXT from last night and a whole lot of other 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.840 stuff as well. We have a new match for Josh 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:07.480 Barnett's blood Sport with another NXT participant who's actually involved 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.280 in some things in her personal life right now, at 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.240 least when it comes to the personal life on NXT. 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:17.200 So hopefully this person, who I will reveal here a 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.680 little bit, will be able to set all of their 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.720 drama to the side, because they will be facing off 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.519 in fisticuffs when he comes to Josh Barnett's blood Sport. 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:30.160 Liv Morgan is looking to expand her horizons more in 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.679 the acting world. Will tell you about that, as well 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.760 as Matt Riddle, who does not believe that he will 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:43.560 be Goldberg's final opponent. 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Now, Tom, 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.440 should we begin this show talking about your adventures from 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:30.000 over the weekend, including most specifically in Lowell, Massachusetts on 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:31.520 Fighting Spirit Unleashed. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.720 No, which should probably just pass over it, but yes, 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.120 but now that you bring it up, sure we could 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.400 talk about that show if you'd like, because it is 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:48.880 also a bit topical because today, just today, ww NXT 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.480 announced that they will be running that very same arena, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:08:02.160 the Lowell Memorial Auditorium next month, I believe on December thirteenth, twelfth, seventeenth. 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.000 I believe it is seventeenth. I'm doing this off the 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:07.000 top of my head, so but yes, I took place 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:11.400 in a two out of three falls match this past 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:16.960 weekend in Lowell, mass for New Japan Pro Wrestling at 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:21.600 the Fighting Spirit on Lease show, and unfortunately, once again, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.920 my prophecy came true. I had said for years and 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.040 years that the West Coast Wrecking Crew are one of 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:34.720 the best teams in professional wrestling, and well they showed 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.360 it because they once again defeated myself and Fred Rosser 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:44.200 in a bloody, bloody, heated affair. But we move on, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.560 and I moved on the next day to the MLW show, 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:54.600 the Lucha Apocalypto show in Chicago, another in a long line. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.920 I believe the entire year has been a show of 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:02.000 sellouts for MLW. You and I was on the stick 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.840 with a Joe Dombrowski and it was a great night 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:12.120 of Lucha libre themed action. Mystico defended his MLW World 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.040 Middleweight title in the main event, and you could check 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.800 that out on YouTube for free. And you can also 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.120 watch the Fighting Spirit on least show on New Japan 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:24.199 World for no extra cost if you are a subscriber. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.160 Now, how do you say filthy in Spanish? Because I 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:32.319 was really hoping that you would not reveal your presence 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.480 there and you would leave the mask on for the 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:38.240 entire show. Is like, you know, el filthy or something 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:38.720 like that. 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.839 Well, actually, Mike, there was a time a long time 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.960 ago when I was a professional mixed martial artist and 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:51.320 I would travel Yeah, me Filthy Tom Waller. I would 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:56.400 travel around the world learning new ways to enter the 0:09:56.400 --> 0:10:00.120 octagon and do weigh ins, but also honing my skill. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.040 And one of those times I found myself in a 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:08.600 how about a Cuba of all places, training boxing for 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.960 a month, and while I was there, somebody recognized me 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:20.960 and they said, oh, they said, oh, el Cochino, el Cochino, 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.360 which translates to the pig. 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.559 Wait. I just did the Google translation here, ask quirso 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:35.719 as couroso. Yes, asqu e r O s o l 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.520 s coroso. But they called you the pig. 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.720 I believe el Cochino has a better ring to it, 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.320 and in many ways is very very fitting. 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:50.360 Now, how was that experience like in Cuba? I mean, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.000 what year was that? Do you can you remember off 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.000 the top of your head? I believe because all I 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.959 can picture is no matter what it is, whether it's 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.760 nineteen seventy nine or whether yesterday, I could just picture 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.479 this boxing gym with nothing but pictures of Tepelo Stevenson 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.760 like around everywhere saying our hero. 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.719 No, you know where it was? It was at one 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:18.600 of those very famous in pictures and video outdoor boxing gyms, 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:27.000 Gabay No not gwenttanam obey you fool. Hey. Speaking of boxing, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:32.359 we have a huge, a huge fight this weekend, unfortunately, 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:38.160 the biggest boxing fight of the year, probably as Mike Tyson, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.240 at fifty eight years old, comes out of retirement to 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.520 take on Jake Paul and There's been a lot said 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:49.600 about this fight. Probably the less said the better, but 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.679 since people love it, we might as well reference it. 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.520 I can tell you from experience, every single year that 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:02.120 goes by now is like an xp finential increase in 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.440 years of wear and tear in your body. And for 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.880 Mike Tyson to come out of retirement at fifty eight 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:12.440 years old, it's it's a bad idea. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.480 Yeah it's yes, yes it is. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:20.040 I'm going to watch it, of course, But freak show. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.640 It's two dogs bonan on the side of the road. 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.080 I mean, that's that's what it is. It's an absolute 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.200 freak show. And they seem to be doing everything to 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.600 make you want to believe that Mike Tyson has a 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.960 shot in this. And look, Mike Tyson, it looks to 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.360 be an incredible shape at fifty eight years old. The 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:41.079 thing is he looked the same at thirteen years old. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.760 I mean he was always a physical freak. He always 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.040 has been that way. That's why he was heavyweight champion 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.080 of the world at nineteen twenty years old. Whatever it 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.200 was where he knocked out Trevor Berbick. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.679 No man, no mere mortal, no mere human could snort 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.760 as many lines of cocaine as Mike Tyson did in 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:04.080 his prime and still be on this planet. The amount 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.719 of resilience that man has is unbelievable. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.920 That Okay, that that that's true, although I know some 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.640 people that have done some mountainous amounts of cocaine in 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:18.000 their lifetimes. But he looks fantastic. But the thing is, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:22.320 and all the press and all the gimmicks that they're doing, 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.440 it makes you. You know, It's like, there's Paul taking pictures, 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.960 there's him being a goofball, there's him doing this and that, 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.560 and Mike Tyson is just killing people in black and white, 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.400 and they're just showing that training footage. It's like, yeah, 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.800 and I know that. Look, I know you can bet 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.080 on this fight, which is insane to me as well too. 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.480 Not only is it taking place, you can put odds 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.360 on it. But I mean, honestly, at the end of 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.800 the day, I think everybody would love to see Paul 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.360 get knocked out or at least get his mouth, you know, 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.520 wired shut for a while. I think that would be 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.840 doing all of us a favor. But the reality is 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:59.840 is he's an actual athlete who's in his what still 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.040 eight twenties or whatever it is. Yes, he is physically 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:06.320 smaller technically than Tyson when it comes to wait, but 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:11.640 he's taller and he's active every day doing this stuff. Honestly, 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.280 without the rainbow lucky punch that might land in there, 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.520 is there any shot Mike Tyson wins this? 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.120 Well, yeah, because Jake Paul is not the best boxer 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:23.480 in the world. 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:24.240 I mean he's out there. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.440 True, he's out there wearing a rooster on his head 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:31.640 at the pre fight skirmish or whatever he was doing. 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:34.800 So yeah, I think there's a I think it's a 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.920 fifty to fifty fight. To be honest, I would love. 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:39.720 To see Tyson knock Matt. I just don't think that 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.240 that's the way it's going to go. It's just whether 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.040 gonn to be any warm ups for this same they 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.040 announced any freak show like type of you know, is 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.400 KSI coming in there to like grapple with somebody or 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.400 something like that. Are there any is there any pre 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:53.960 card to this? 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:54.640 Yeah? 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.680 You know, just tuning into Tyson and Paul. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.640 Amanda Serrano I believe. 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:04.360 Is oh is she fighting a real person because she's good? 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.960 Well, yes, I believe she's fighting a real person. Although 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.480 I don't know. Maybe they got a hologram in this 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:11.120 day and age. 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.280 I wouldn't I wouldn't doubt it if they have, Like 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:17.240 you know, I don't know Christy Martin, Like, are they 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.880 pulling her out of retirement to have a fight. I mean, 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.840 there's gonna be a movie coming out here relatively soon 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:26.520 with her, if I'm not mistaken. So I don't know which. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:30.040 By the way, who is the Sydney Sweeney is playing 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:36.560 the coal miner's daughter? Have you have you heard about that? No? 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.080 But I will sure go look up photographs as we 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:40.800 go off the air. 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.880 I have a feeling you should, because amazingly they actually 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.480 made Sydney Sweeney actually look like her. It was just 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.600 absolutely amazing making her look like Christy Martin, something I 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:54.120 didn't think could happen. One thing I know is going 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.640 to happen is at some point this music's gonna stop 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:58.520 and we're gonna have a break, So I better get out. 0:15:58.560 --> 0:15:59.520 Wrestling Observer Alive. 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:15.400 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:19.120 and Mike Semperviv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.800 Back on the show, Mike Semperviv and Filthy Tom Lawler 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:28.520 here with you. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are going 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.960 to be having their rematch of their twenty twenty two 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:36.160 bout at Madison Square Garden on the undercard of Mike 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:40.000 Tyson and Jake Paul. One of the few fights, one 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.400 of the few women's fights that you could actually put 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.000 in the main event position at the very least on 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.479 basic cable television, and that is going to be underneath 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:52.040 the Paul Tyson fight on Netflix. And I have not 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:56.040 heard one word about that fight or anything else. Obviously 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.480 that's going to be on that undercard. 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.120 Yeah, well, I mean this weekend's. This weekend's dominated by 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.560 the two big freak show fights Tyson Paul, and then 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:13.000 John Jones and step Amochick headlining the UFC on Saturday night. 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.200 John Jones is gonna win, that isn't he. I'm going 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:18.760 with Jones, but we'll see. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:23.040 Is there any question I would imagine after a near 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:28.440 fourteen hundred day layoff by Steve Amochick to come back 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:33.359 in and face he hasn't fought in Venom fight shorts ever, 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.320 and he's gonna come back and face and somewhat insurmountable 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.520 task a fighter no one has been able to defeat 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:47.240 except for the legend Matt Hammill, and that is Johnny 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:51.400 Bones Jones. The best fighter, the best fighter of mixed 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:52.320 martial arts history. 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.440 He really is, which is kind of disappointing because he's 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:59.000 such a d bag and you've had so many instances 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:03.440 of him hiding under a ring when the doping agents 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.199 show up, and all the ridiculous stories. I think the 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.840 first ridiculous story I had ever heard was I went 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:14.879 up and covered the first fight at the Prudential Center 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:22.320 and it was and it was Jones. What was the 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.679 deal there? I think it was at the Prudential Center, 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:29.560 but it was Jones chasing down a robber in Central 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.960 Park to get a woman's purse back. And it's like, 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.679 you've got to be kidding me. And it's amazing how 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:40.080 many people wrote such glowing things about Jones in the 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.520 media at the time and then would just completely trash 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.840 him and everything about him behind his back or not 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:47.960 put that in print. And I guess a lot of 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.000 that had to do with the fact that the UFC 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.639 held such a tight grip on a lot of their reporters. 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.800 I mean, there's a plenty of stories Jonathan Snowden and 0:18:56.880 --> 0:19:00.160 plenty of other people that lost their credentials by being, 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:05.280 you know, less than glowing in their praise of UFC. 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:09.720 But it's been an amazing run for amazing run for 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.160 both of those guys, and that I didn't realize Steve 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.520 A's been out for that long, and the fact that 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:18.520 John Jones is still number one a draw and number two, 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:23.200 like you mentioned, arguably the greatest mixed martial arts fighter 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.840 of all time. Now I think there's George Saint Pierre, 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:28.000 there are other people I think you can throw into 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:32.359 that mix. Do you hold anything against Jones for the 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:36.120 fact that there is a question over him and doping 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.720 and things like that. Do you think there's any anything 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.960 that black mark against his record at all as compared 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.959 to somebody else who didn't test positive or doesn't have 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:47.520 that shadow over them. 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.040 You're gonna have to go and look through a long 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:53.160 list of guys to find people that did not test 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:55.840 positive at the top of this sport, at this level, 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.879 my friend. And that's not even mentioning the number of 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:03.960 guys who were on TUES TRT replacement therapy when it 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:06.639 was allowed. So how do you how do you quantify 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:12.760 those results. You know what I mean. Ped use is 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:17.280 an open, dirty secret across mixed martial arts. And I'm 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:22.359 not talking about the devil ostering. I'm talking about the 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:27.200 hard stuff. You got guys taking EPO at the top 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.280 level there. I mean, yeah, there's a lot of instances. 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:32.240 So I'm not sure you can even look at John 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.199 Jones and go, well, hey, this disqualifies him from you know, 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:37.840 being the greatest ever, because then who do you start 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:40.439 throwing in the conversation. The only one that's gonna have 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:44.320 a clean record is GSP and how many people were 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:48.040 just accusing him left and right, left and right of 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:51.760 using stuff over the years. So I think when it 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:53.560 comes to mixed martial arts, you kind of just gotta 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.919 you gotta look at the results. And John Jones is 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:03.840 the best ever. He's undefeated except for a DQ loss, 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:08.320 which is questionable. He got dqed for beating a guy 0:21:08.440 --> 0:21:13.960 up too badly, essentially in mixed martial arts. But yeah, 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:16.680 he's he's the goat. 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.760 You know, never tested positive for anything, at least according 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:24.480 to him, Josh Barnett never. I remember when he got 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.439 Popeye California, we had an interview for him because I 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.159 can't remember if it was a Pride based interview or 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:32.399 a New Japan I can't remember what it was, but 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:36.080 it was like, well, the CSAC says that this happened, 0:21:36.119 --> 0:21:37.760 and it's like, well, how do you respond to that? 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:41.520 And his response was simply, well, they lied, and I 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:45.639 use that as a bridge to get to Josh Barnett's 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:49.040 Blood Sport twelve event coming up on November twenty fourth. 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:52.480 In a social media post on Tuesday night, Barnett announced 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:58.280 that NXT's Carmen Petrovitch will paysue Me Sakai at Blood Sport, 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:01.520 taking place at the White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, 0:22:01.560 --> 0:22:06.480 New Jersey. Petrovich is the second NXT wrestler announced for 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:09.640 the show, as Charlie Dempsey has already been announced as 0:22:09.680 --> 0:22:12.720 taking on Akira on the show. The rest of the 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:16.560 card so far has Marina Shaffir against Jody Threat, Josh 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:21.040 Alexander against Speedball Mike Bailey, a battle between violences forever. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:25.080 I like this, Dominic Greeny against Kevin Ku. The former 0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:28.000 Zaiya Lee who goes by the name ley Ying Lee 0:22:28.040 --> 0:22:31.879 now will face off against Masha Slamovich and what I 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:34.520 will safely assume is going to be the main event. 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:39.879 Barnett himself in there with Montel Vontavius Porter, MVP. Do 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:42.119 you like this show? I know you'd like it a 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:44.400 lot more if you were on it. But as far 0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:46.480 as how it's laid out right now, what do you think? 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:53.119 What's not to like? You've got a number of different styles, 0:22:53.200 --> 0:22:58.360 different types of fighters under this same rule set. You've 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:06.719 got karl In Petrovic, a accomplished karateka would have been 0:23:06.760 --> 0:23:11.160 in the Olympics in twenty twenty. I believe if they 0:23:11.160 --> 0:23:13.440 had gone down as they were scheduled, she. 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:15.000 Was that good. I did not realize that. 0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:18.920 I don't know, maybe I made that up. It's pro wrestling. 0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:22.159 You know. 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:27.080 The MVP, who most people probably don't know, is a 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:29.919 Brazilian Jiu jitsu black belt himself. He's been training for 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:34.359 a long time and he's got that running drive by kick, 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:40.040 vicious moyt flying muy Thai boot to the face. Yeah, 0:23:40.080 --> 0:23:42.240 these shows are always great, and I'm sure this one's 0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:44.119 once again gonna deliver. 0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:48.399 Interested to see the Josh Alexander speedball. Mike Bailey won too, 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:51.639 because Alexander obviously a great wrestler. Great on the Matt 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:54.280 and Bailey with the kicks and everything will be interesting 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:56.280 to see how that whole thing plays itself out. 0:23:56.920 --> 0:24:00.480 Last time Josh Alexander was in Bloodsport, it was during 0:24:01.280 --> 0:24:05.760 the pandemic in Indianapolis, and he took on Davy Boyce 0:24:05.800 --> 0:24:10.520 Smith Junior, the now current reigning All Japan Pro Wrestling 0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:16.359