WEBVTT - Barbed Wire Match/Ric Flair Weekend 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.160 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:13.680 let's get it all, let's get it. I think I'm 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:16.319 ready at least. Mike semper viv here with you for 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:20.360 the next hour talking professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.880 something we do every single day here on this program. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.840 Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network, Tune in, I heart American Forces Radio, 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.159 Sports Byeline dot Com, over the air affiliates like the 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:36.720 Mighty Year ten nineties, Serious XM one, be a podcast 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.560 or streaming on Twitch or YouTube. I just want to 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.200 say thank you for spending a little bit of time 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:45.960 with me today. As you can see and here Brian 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:50.279 Alvarez is not spending any time with me today. I'll 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.360 leave it up to him to explain where he is. 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.520 As I was telling producer Tom before the show, it's 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.800 the type of adventure that sounds like it could turn into, 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.960 you know, like one of those Ben Stiller movies. With 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.040 Brian's luck, that's kind of more up his alley. Maybe 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.600 if he wanted to work blue, it could turn into 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:16.840 like late era Rodney Dangerfield, you know, maybe something like that. 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.199 But I don't know. Producer Don had a better vision 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.280 of what Brian could be doing right now. It's almost 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.800 out of like the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But unfortunately 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.760 that's where I have to build you up and leave 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.480 you for right now. And if you're a subscriber over 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:34.040 at Wrestling Observer dot com, you can get the rest 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:38.120 of the story when Brian rejoins Vinny for the Brian 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:41.520 and Vinny Show coming up here very soon on the site. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.600 But there is a lot to get into today news 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.160 wise in the world of professional wrestling. It is the 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:51.600 middle of the week. Dynamite was last night. It is 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:57.200 Shark week on the Discovery Networks. We had a wild 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:04.920 barbed wire match. It was, it was. It was a spectacle, actually, 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.760 spectacle would be the right word to use between Eddie 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.960 Kingston and Chris Jericho, and I will run down that 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.920 entire show for you. We have matches being added to 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.080 the Rick Flair weekend and I'll tell you about that 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.880 when we get back from break. Ring of Honors pay 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.040 per view was built up heavily on a w show 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:28.400 last night, and possible returns of both Kenny Omega and 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:32.000 Adam Cole coming soon. I'll let you know the details 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.400 on that when we get back from break. Wrestlings Are Alive. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.799 Welcome back to the show. Mike semper Viv here with you, 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:50.760 Wrestling Observer Alive. We do this show right here for 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.600 an hour at a time every single day, but if 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.560 you want us twenty four seven, you can find us 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.680 on Twitter. I am at semper Viv. The timeline for 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.480 this show is at w O n F four W 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:07.280 the broadcasters at Sports Byline USA, and if you love 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:11.680 pro wrestling at mid Atlantic Pod. I don't know if 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.359 you guys know this or not, so I need you 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:17.480 to Maybe it's maybe a little bit shocking, So I'm 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:21.280 gonna need you to sit down for a moment. If 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.840 you have zan X to take, grab a bar of 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:28.200 it right now. Put this in maybe just shock you 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.600 to the point of no return. So I need you 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.880 to be ready here, Okay, Because I'm not sure if 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:39.520 you've heard this or not. Rick Flair is having his 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:44.040 last match coming up at the end of the month 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:48.560 in Nashville. Have you heard about this. I hope that 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.720 doesn't shock anybody. I hope the news has been out 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:56.080 there enough. I hope you understand having his last match 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.040 Rick Flair's Last match. Dot Com is where you can 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.080 get all the details of this. It's gonna be the 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.560 Nature Boy teaming up with his son in law and 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.880 draw A L E Low to face off against j 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:11.000 Lethal who has been training him for his comeback, and 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.960 j E Double Left j A Double R E DOUBLET, 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:21.080 Jerry's kid, Jeff Jarrett. The whole weekend is gonna get 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:26.680 started on Friday July with a roast of Rick Flair, 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.880 probably gonna get out of control. I would assume the 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.560 next day you can come back to Earth a little bit. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:39.560 You have panels with Brian Danielson, with Claudio Castagnoli or 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.520 whatever Brian calls him. You got a Horseman reunion. You 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.400 got Brett Hart talking about Summer Slam ninety two on Sunday, 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:51.760 the former Page Sriah J Davis, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.080 a whole bunch of other people as well to part 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:58.080 of the biggest star Cast yet, star Cast five. They're 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.360 doing pictures, autographs, all the same convention stuff that you're 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:06.120 used to, but this time around pro wrestling probably better 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:10.440 than podcasts, and with the way that this lineup looks 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.799 better than the podcast they probably have had in the past, 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.160 although I've heard Kevin Nash his podcast is really really 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.599 good and Jeff Jarrett's I know it is good. So 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.159 if they're doing podcasts this weekend, that's a good thing. 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.320 Jeff Jarrett's going to be doing a lot that weekend, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:28.360 obviously making money for sure, but there's gonna be Black 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:32.520 Label Pro Game Changer Wrestling New Japan on Saturday, Rick 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.560 Flair's last match on Sunday, an eleven match card now 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.800 and it's all going down Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Tickets are 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:43.560 still on sale thirty nine dollars at Rick Flair's last match. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.840 I'm going to use that as a transition to keep 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:50.279 talking about that weekend because regardless of what you think 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:55.040 about Rick Flair wrestling one more time and being back 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.280 in the ring and how the whole thing has come 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:04.320 together and happened, regardless of any of that, that's a 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.040 really good show that they've put together, a really good 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:12.240 show in a really eclectic, unique show, and it got 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:16.360 added to last night and today. Last night, r O 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.880 H Champion Jonathan Gresham will face off against Canoe Skate 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.599 Takeshta Alan Angels, who has recently departed from a E 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:28.480 W and Nick Wayne in a four way that was 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:32.320 announced on their social media. That was last night. Today, 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.880 Crimson and James Storm, both notable for their runs in Impact, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.479 have joined Bully Ray to be a part of the 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:41.880 Bunk House stamp It's not the Bunk House Stampede, they 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:43.560 don't own the rights to that, but the Bunk House 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.720 Battle Royal. Now Gresham is gonna face Claudio uh coming 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.760 up on Saturday at Death Before dishonor so he may 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.360 not be the r O H champion and maybe Claudio 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.159 in that match. I don't know. If Gresham loses that 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.599 he would still be in there. But that's now. It's 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.560 eleven matches that are all set for this Flair and 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:06.640 and Rode against Jared Lethal with Karen Jarrett in the corner. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:13.080 Impact World Championship, Josh Alexander against Jacob Fatto, Impact Knockouts Champion, 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.160 Jordan Grace against Gianna Parazzo and Rachel l Ring in 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:20.080 a three way, Ricky and carry Morton with Robert Gibson 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:24.080 against Brian Pillman Jr. And Brock Anderson with Arne in 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:29.600 his corner. Jonathan Gresham against Angels Takashida and Wayne Ray 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:34.160 Phoenix against Laredo Kid against Tourists versus Banddo in a 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.800 four way, the American Wolves Davy Richards and Eddie Edwards 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.520 against the Motor City machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.520 Saban and a matchup that kids from the early two 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.360 thousands or you know again, all those guys, Shelley still 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:49.480 being able to go out there, him coming back at 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.720 just all of that. I love Killer Cross with Scarlett 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.559 Bordo against Davy boy Smith Jr. Clarke Connors against Running 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.960 Rita in a New Japan representation match, and the Briscoe 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.760 was against the Von Erics, Marshall and Ross as well 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:10.080 as that bunk house battle Royal. So again, even if 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.960 Flair isn't your bag the rest of the show, they 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:17.560 actually put some real effort into this. And again, I like, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.920 it's supposed to be a tribute. It's supposed to feel 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.720 like an all star event with Rick Flair getting crowned 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:29.280 at the very end of it, and hopefully not Mickey 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.120 Rourke style, you know what I'm saying. But you know, 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.480 it's supposed to be a celebration and to have this 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.000 unique lineup. I I I definitely got to give him 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:42.079 credit for that and MLW. I guess with Jacob Fatou 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.480 getting representation on that show, they're also going to be 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:50.240 represented uh in New Japan during Music City Mayhem that weekend. 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:54.280 As Clarke Connors is now challenging Davy Richards for Richards 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.840 National open Weight Championship, and the match had been announced 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.680 before the stipulation. This new twist was just added to 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.560 it today, so that lineup is also looking really good. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.800 You have Moxley and El Desperado in a no d 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.640 Q match, which everybody that listens to this show knows. 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.360 I'm way deep in the tank for Desperado. He has 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.360 no problem going out there getting wild with Moxley. It's 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.920 probably gonna be a really really fun match. If not 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.120 a pretty damn I'll say good one. If not great. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:31.040 Kaushita against Alec Shelley. Again, there's two great veteran legends 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.600 going at it, junior heavyweight legends going at it FTR 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:38.960 and Alexane against Aussie Open and t J P. That's 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:43.000 a really interesting match on paper, interesting teaming there. Horomu 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:48.000 Takahashi against Blake Christian This seems like a natural matchup, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:52.760 you know, Horomo against Alexane Horoma against Blake Christian seems 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:56.600 like it makes perfect sense. By the way, there's a 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.360 little thing I heard about Blake Christians running w W 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:03.440 E and something you're seeing on n X Team now 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.720 that made me laugh. And I don't know how out 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.439 there it is, so I won't draw the connection together, 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.559 but it was very, very amusing when I heard it. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.360 Hopefully I can give you more on that. That's just 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:16.760 a little tease speed a chair. Hopefully I can give 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.520 you more on that later, not today, though probably not 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.560 today unless they get blown up with a bunch of texts. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.960 But New Japan Strong open Weight Championship. Also on that show, 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:28.199 fred Rosso against Big Damo, who we've had on this show. 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.040 Hopefully we can have him on again. Both of those 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.720 guys have been on. They've both been great guests. National 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.320 open Weight Championship. As I mentioned, Davy Richards against Clark 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.439 Connor and then showed Amino fred ya Hi and you 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.520 Ya Amora against Red Nareda Kevin Knight in the d 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:45.280 k C fred ya Hi. We had Dr kith Leapinski 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:49.480 on last week talking about a W He was the 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.560 a W heavyweight Champion, had really good matches against Man Swarner, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.920 really good matches against Josh Alexander. His size is always 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.400 going to be a detriment to him making it to 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.760 a higher level. The same thing goes with Jonathan Gresham. 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.959 But because there is terminus, which is Gresham's own promotion, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:13.280 but there is Ring of Honor, there is New Japan Strong, 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:18.839 the possibilities for a guy fred Yahi size go up immensely. 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.600 And there's a couple of guys I'd love to see 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.680 work New Japan when things open up a little bit more. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.599 Chris Babe being one of those guys I'd like to 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.400 see in that division, and I'd really like to see 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.720 Fred Wi Yahi get some more work in New Japan 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.840 Strong then go over and attempt to apply his trade 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.080 over in Japan. I'm not saying he's going to be 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.920 a big star or anything like that, but as far 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.520 as looking at a list of new names who could 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:46.280 come in there and kind of shine things up a 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.280 little bit, he's one of those guys I really like 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.360 him working with Zach Saber Jr. Him in a six 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:56.000 man with Zack Zach Shaber Jr. And Taiichi working against somebody. 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:58.640 I just think he's a nice little fire plug that 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.679 can actually work in good said suation. So hopefully this 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.720 opens up some more doors for him when we get 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.480 back from break, a lot more stuff to get into. 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.760 We got the Dynamite review coming up, and some news 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.720 on some Dynamite performers, some pretty big names, Adam Cole 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.559 and Kenny Omeega talking about their injuries and talking about 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.400 when they hope they can be back. Mike simper Viv 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:46.480 Wrestling Observer Alive. Welcome back to the show. Mike semper Viv, 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.720 here with you, Wrestling Observer Alive here on the Sports 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:54.240 Byeline Broadcasting Network. If you're driving around right now, salute 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.640 to you. If you're working overnight, you're working at your job, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.240 you're able to throw the podcast on. 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On this morning's Wrestling Observer Radio only for 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:28.480 subscribers at Wrestling Observer dot com, Dave Meltzer said Omega 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:30.680 is hoping to be it all Out, but it's too 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.760 soon to say if he will or if he won't. 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.680 He's hoping for it. That's kind of the target right now. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.640 Meltzer went on to say that September show is also 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:45.440 the targeted return for a e W World champion, CM Punk, 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.720 who has been out of action for nearly two months 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:51.000 after surgery on what is believed to have been an 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:55.280 injury to his foot, possibly diving into the crowd and 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.720 hitting it on the guardrail. If Punk does return, it 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.560 is virtually lock, says Dave in the front page here 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.120 of the Wrestling Observer dot com website, that he will 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:09.120 be in a unification title match against the current interim 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:14.400 title holder, John Moxley. On Tuesday, Fightful reported that an 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:18.840 Omega Young Bucks Trio tag team match is tentatively planned 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.840 for all out, but Meltzer did not confirm that on 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:26.360 this morning's Wrestling Observer Radio. After losing the title a 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.800 hangman page at last November's Full Gear, Omega took time 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:35.240 off to have several surgeries for nagging injuries, including his knee, 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:40.040 a sports hernia, and more, and he is very frustrated 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.840 right now. Whether that is part of a work to 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.120 lead up to him coming back, I don't know, but 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.960 he's expressed frustration with having the time off and having 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.200 these injuries not heal in the way that they want. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.600 You know that he wants them to and that his 0:15:55.680 --> 0:16:00.600 people want him to and at least he's getting some 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.880 time off because his body absolutely needs it. If there's 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.080 any benefit to Adam Cole being out right now after 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.160 suffering a concussion at the Forbidden Door pay per view, 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.120 it is the same thing, and that's something that he 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:18.080 brought up during an appearance on Game Spots Wrestle Buddies podcast, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.800 where Cole addressed his recovery. He said he's confident that 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.400 he's going to be able to return to the ring soon. 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.720 He's dealing with a torn laborum as well as the 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:31.920 concussion effects and the after effects that took place during 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.640 the fatal four way i w g P World Heavyweight 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:38.720 Championship match last month. He says, I'm doing okay. I'm 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:42.160 definitely on the path on the tractor recovery for sure. 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:44.680 I have a great team around me that's helping me 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.680 and just making sure that I'm taking care of to 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:51.400 the best of my ability. A w has been fantastic 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.240 as far as making sure that I'm getting the right 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.160 care that I deserve, and I feel like there's progress 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:01.720 and a move forward every single week for sure. Cole 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.400 talked about being banged up. He said the most time 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.240 he has ever had off in the last fourteen years 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.680 was one month. But he says he feels good. He 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.879 says he's very confident and he'll be back in the 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.399 ring soon. He's excited to be back. He says, I 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.399 miss it so much already, but yeah, I'm feeling good. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.280 I'm feeling good, So a good sign for Adam Cole fans. 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.880 J White defeated Cole and Kazucho Okata and Hangman Page 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.600 to retain the id b G p Roll heavyweight title 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.360 at Formidden Door. Uh though he thinks he'll be able 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.720 to return soon, Cole did admit that the concussion he 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:39.680 suffered was quote definitely scary. Dave Meltzer reported in last 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:43.080 week's edition to the Wrestling Observer newsletter that Cole has 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.680 opted not to undergo surgery for his torn laboram and 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:50.679 is instead doing therapy for the injury. Forbidden Door was 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.479 the first time that Cole had wrestled since May's Double 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:59.639 or No pay per view, So Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.720 c him Punk being mentioned in there as well, all 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:08.199 possibly coming back some point soon, and I do have 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:12.160 the whole Dynamite review that's going to be coming up here, 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:15.920 but I'll go ahead and queue producer Dom right now 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:20.440 to bring up the promo last night by Cash Wheeler 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.360 and Dax Harwood, And we're not going to hear the 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:27.400 entire thing, but we are going to hear Dax Harwood's 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:32.000 portion of that promo. It's just too good not to 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:36.960 be played. He has done an incredible job this year, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:39.360 not only in the ring, and that's over the last 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.880 several years at both of them for their entire careers. 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.280 They've done a great job building themselves up and putting 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.200 them in a position to be looked at as one 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.080 of the great legendary tag teams in an era where 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.960 there are so few. There really are. If you think 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.520 about it, you start thinking and it's like, man, we 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:59.400 talked about the machine guns. You know, do the Wolves 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:02.000 make that level? I don't know. You know, the Kings 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:04.440 are wrestling where they around long enough their work certainly 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:08.480 you know it was great. But the Usos, the Briscoes, 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.320 the New Day if you look at them as like 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:15.280 the new free Birds, but like the Young Bucks. There's 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:19.119 not a lot of teams. And even though there's a 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.800 lot of people that talk tag team wrestling. You know, 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:24.840 there's very few promotions that really push it in in 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.800 that way and in that important way, And there's very 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.040 few guys that are willing to stick with it long 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.840 term and not tease things when they work in d 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.520 shows where they wrestle against each other, but then they 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.119 team over here and all that sort of stuff now 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:41.920 and the FDR as a team, they are one unit together, 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.920 you know. So Dax Hardwood Cash Wheeler have been great. 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:50.959 Dax Hardwood opening up about his mental issues, opening up 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.560 about some of the struggles he's had as a man 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:59.960 with his body image, with dealing with failure in your 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.760 professional life on the highest stage in w w E, 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:06.160 and not only failing because you believe in so much 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:08.200 of what you're doing and you believe so much of 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:11.919 what your vision of your job is in your career 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:15.760 and pro wrestling is, and to fail at a spectacular level, 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.760 and not only that, and they didn't fail, yes, say 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.679 one titles and things like that, but look at how 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.000 they left. Look at the kick and the balls they 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:25.280 got literally on the way out the door from all 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:28.359 those legends. Something that weighed on his mind. So heavily, 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.320 and he's been so open about how that affected him, 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:38.720 and that's been awesome. And you hear dum jumping right now. 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.320 He's he wants to play. He's got to play. So 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.399 there was this little five year old girl back home 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.760 and her parents took her to this routine check up 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:50.399 to the doctor and uh, he put her he was 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:52.560 listening to her chest and listen to her back and 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.639 he heard something weird is it was an irregular heartbeat, 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.000 and he said, hey, don't worry parents, Let's just go 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:00.439 to the cardiologists, gets the X rays on, Let's get 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:02.560 us see a CT scan and m R. I see 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:05.199 what's going on. So he went to the cardiologist and 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:07.560 they found out this little five year old girl had 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:12.719 a whole in the bottom of her heart. And uh, 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.919 the doctor told the parents if this little girl worked 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:19.199 hard and she fought hard, she could overcome this and 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:20.800 that whole would close up on his own, but if not, 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:23.439 they would have to do open heart surgery, which you 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:25.480 know is a big risk for a five year old. 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:28.080 So fast forward three years later and this little girl, 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:30.320 she goes back to the same cardiologist and he does 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:31.800 the x rays, he does the m R. S and 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:40.399 he looks and the whole is completely closed. This little 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:44.680 girl worked her ass off, She fought her ass off 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:46.680 to make sure she was healthy. And that little girl, 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:56.600 the eight year old girl, is my daughter. And if 0:21:56.640 --> 0:21:59.880 that little eight year old girl will fight that hard 0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:02.760 for something that's not promised to her, well, daddy's gotta 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:06.720 do the same thing Saturday night. Saturday Night, Daddy's gotta 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:09.240 fight that hard to bring home the Ring of Honor 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:12.520 World Tag Team Championships and bring on the legacy she 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:29.040 could be proud of. Saturday Night. I love y'all too, 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:32.680 Saturday night pay per view Death before this Honor brisk goes, 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:39.080 I'm gonna fight like an eight year old girl and 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:44.440 I'm a beat show on a stop guys out, And 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:46.840 there it has. The state just said, what a story 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.760 from DAXI as there, so I have to be his 0:22:50.920 --> 0:22:55.600 daughter coming up this Saturday night. You're here at Dax 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:58.960 Harwood Cash Wheeler gonna promo last night on a E 0:22:59.160 --> 0:23:01.399 W dying might I thought that was the best way 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:05.240 to promote coming up this Saturday's r OH Death before 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:08.240 dishonor pay per view, their match coming up against the 0:23:08.320 --> 0:23:13.720 Briscoes that ain't Dax Harwood. That's Dad Harwood and he 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:16.560 has become to dad to a lot of professional wrestling 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:19.760 fans out there. He is, He's the dad. He is. 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:25.080 He is officially the cool dad Dax Harwood. Unbelievable. He 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:28.440 and Cash Wheeler first match with Briscoes with something else. 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:31.919 This one probably going to be the same way. Tony 0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:37.040 Khan during media press, doing media and all that stuff 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:41.160 leading into the show today has mentioned that the Briscoes 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:45.439 are signed to rh full time, long term contracts and 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.480 they're going to be a cornerstone of the future. Get 0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:51.480 into that more as well as last night's dyingab Shark 0:23:51.560 --> 0:24:11.920 week when we get back. Do you hear that Kevin 0:24:11.960 --> 0:24:18.200 Gates two Phones one of my favorite songs. I don't 0:24:18.200 --> 0:24:22.280 know why, it is, just this big wrestling fan was 0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:25.520 there last night. A w dynamite Going to get into 0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:27.840 that review here in a moment, But as I was 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:31.760 mentioning before the break, Tony Khan u with speaking with 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:34.160 the media, talked about the fact that the Briscoe's are 0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:38.400 factored in to the future of the company. There are 0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:40.919 some of the biggest names in ringmounter history concept. They 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:43.479 are Hall of famers. There are some others, But I 0:24:43.520 --> 0:24:46.080