WEBVTT - Dynamite Winter Is Coming Last Minute Matches 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.800 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.640 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:16.680 By from San Francisco. I'm a sports Byline broadcasting network. 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:20.040 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with your hosts, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:22.520 Brian Alvarez and Mike semper vb. 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:27.040 Right, you're ready, and when you're ready, let's get it off. 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:33.640 How's it going, everybody? Bryan Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.760 We're here every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific three 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.479 Eastern Sundays, three Pacific sixtiestern Saturday Mornings with a Jim Valley, 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:44.159 Today Pacific one Eastern Sundays with Andrewsarian. And it is 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:51.800 Tuesday on the show. You know that means my day 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:54.600 off is over. What do I mean by that? Well, 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.840 yesterday I only had to watch one wrestling show. It 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:02.920 was crazy. I watched five shows this past weekend, and 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.200 today I got to watch the twenty years Ago on 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.880 TNA Impact, which actually is December eighth. I know some 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.720 people have been looking on the TNA Plus app for 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.000 this week's retro Impact and it was actually a Thursday special, 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.080 so I believe it is the December eighth edition of 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.160 TNA Impact that we're gonna be reviewing tonight on The 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:28.720 Bryan and Vinie Show, and then NXT is tonight as well. Man, 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.039 I can't wait for that. We'll give you the lineup 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:34.839 for NXT thus far, and also tomorrow is Dynamite Winter 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:41.960 is coming, which we only have three matches announced. It's 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.080 very weird. There's probably gonna be at least two Continental 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:49.560 Classic matches, but nothing has been announced because these guys 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.040 are wrestling so hard that I guess we're gonna wait 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.000 until the last minute to find out who's not hurt, 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.600 so then we can tell you what matches are taking 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.320 place tomorrow. Oh kind of seems to me that maybe 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.080 we should tone things down if that's the way we 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.200 have to book now to find out who's healthy and 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.040 who's not. But anyway, we'll go over the Dynamite lineup 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.680 that we have thus far, and then we've got a 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.240 lot of news. Of course. Last night was Monday Night 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:18.320 Raw was the final raw before the last match of 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.200 John Cena, who's already signed a new five year deal. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.400 We'll tell you about that. We've also got an update 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:29.519 on the Peacock availability of pls and everything like that 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:36.520 and Dynamite Ratings, World Tag League and plenty more lands 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.160 is going to join us here today is always on 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:39.919 a Tuesday. Back in a moment to kick it off, 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:41.399 Wrestling Observer Live. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.840 Cole's Customer Appreciation Event is here right in time for 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.720 the Gift Exchange. 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Check it out two Pacific five 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.640 Eastern every Wednesday, live on Sports Byline USA. 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.960 You were listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:14.200 and Mike simper Vivi on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.520 Back in the show. Brian Albertz here Wrestling Observer Live 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.760 Lance is joining us here today fresh off a long weekend. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:24.440 Hull Lance. 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.600 Yeah, it was, although I've got to say the wrestling 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.600 fans in El Paso, Texas are great old school wrestling 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.039 fans and they were fantastic three nights in a row. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.640 Are you are you allowed to tell us whether or 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:44.520 not you were the agent for that AJ Francis match? 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:46.080 I was not. 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:48.599 Who's responsible for that? 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:50.159 I'm not sure? 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:51.920 Okay, you gotta find out because I want to put 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.640 him over. That was the best finish, Actually, that was 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.320 the second best finish of the weekend. It was. It 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:01.080 was my favorite finish of the weekend. But the actual 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:05.479 best finish was that Nigel McGinnis iron Man match where 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:09.159 they managed to get a fall at zero seconds. It 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.400 was the most I mean, I can't even believe how 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:15.000 perfectly they did three falls in ninety seconds, with the 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:19.920 last one being literally exactly at the buzzer. It was. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.920 It was astonishing. So I've never seen a better time 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.000 to finish in my life. 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:30.320 But far as a fun finish, my most. 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.920 The best finish of the weekend, my favorite, my personal 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:38.080 favorite finish, was the finish of that AJ Francis yet. 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.720 I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.360 that probably came from Creative and Tommy Dreamer because that 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:49.560 has the feel of Tommy Dreamer all over it. Well again, 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.080 I don't know, it could have been. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.920 Deserves an award for that finish, I would say. So 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.080 there you go, and you guys taped on Saturday. I 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.480 guess we don't do spoil but if you're a fan 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.800 of matches, we've seen a lot over the last couple 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.720 of months. Have I got some shows for you? Right? 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:14.040 We taped four weeks of television, which we'll cover five 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.480 because we got a little bit extra two ways. We 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.920 have a show on Christmas Day, so I'm assuming that'll 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:24.880 be a partially highlights and so forth, but at least 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:27.920 one big new match, much like we did on Thanksgiving. 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.760 So what we've heard about AMC is probably going live 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.079 every every three weeks or so. You have you got 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.000 any more information? Do they tell you anything when you went 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:36.480 down there. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.160 I didn't get anything pinned down other than it won't 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:44.839 be every week, but I suspect long term it'll greatly 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.040 depend on if the tape shows do as well as 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.920 the live shows, and if they do, then there won't 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.080 be a panic to go live every week. But if 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.760 the live shows do a lot better, then I would 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:56.720 imagine that would be the direction they want to go. 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.679 Well historically, as much as people like to think otherwise, 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:02.679 it doesn't matter. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.880 I mean, yeah, you need to go live enough that 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.120 the fans sort of get the impression that it's a 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.959 live show. And then once they sort of have that 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.640 feeling that they're live shows, you can actually have quite 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.840 a few of them taped and nobody even notices. 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:20.920 Well that and also, you know, everyone everyone seems to 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.760 think that spoilers make people not watch a show, but really, 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.960 more often than not, when there's a spoiler and people 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:31.360 are like what, they actually tune in. I mean a 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:32.640 lot of times. 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.200 When Foley won the title, yeah, a. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.280 Lot of times, well that was because you know, Tony 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.520 Chivoni told him to go watch the show. But you 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.360 know a lot of times, even nowadays, it's like they'll 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.400 they'll tape a smack down and it turns out there's 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.560 gonna be a title change or whatever, and then they 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.680 end up getting a better number than when they did 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:52.800 the live show. So there's this idea that's always been 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:56.679 there that live is more exciting and more people are 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.880 going to tune in when it's live. But that's never 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.040 actually really hand out, so we'll see that happens. 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.680 I think having the occasional live is a real benefit 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:09.680 because it allows you to do the occasional true surprise. Sure, 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.360 you know, like that was where when like Dolf Ziggler 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.920 debuted and when Santana debuted and we had those surprises, 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.160 we had to do them on pay per view because 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.000 those were the only live shows we had. But now 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.760 you can throw a few of those out on impact 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.720 because some of the shows are going to be live 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:30.320 on AMZ starting January fifteenth, new time slot nine to eleven. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:35.800 Yes, very good, Lance, all right, the office will be happy. 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.360 I'm sure they will be. Now, what I'm not happy 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:43.240 about is NXT there tonight. And so far we've got 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:47.719 four things announced and this is like, we got an 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:52.640 open challenge for Blake of Neuroe's NXT Women's North American title. 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:57.200 We have Jordan Grace versus Kilanie, Jordan Hank and Tank 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.560 return and Shiloh Hill debuts. So really we have one 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:05.480 match that we actually know. We have a mystery match, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.320 and we have a return and a debut. This is 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:13.480 coming off their last pl and I can't say I'm 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:16.760 blown away by the lineup for this show. Here they 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.400 don't even mention, you know, the man and the woman 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.720 who won Iron Survivor Challenge. I would presume they'd be 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.240 on the show. I don't know why you can't just 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:28.839 advertise that, but pretty nothing happened in lineup. And then 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.640 for Winters coming on Wednesday, it's a good lineup. The 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.400 three matches, we have Samoa, Joe Verzetti, Kingston, which should 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.720 be really good. We got the finals of the women's 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.000 tag title tournaments, so we will have new women's tag 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:46.920 team champions tomorrow on Dynamite, Will Nightingale and Harley Cameron 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.760 versus Tony and Mina. And then we have Hangman and 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:55.440 Swerve versus Shebata and Hobbes and presumably and this is 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.960 this always. I'm just not a fan of this. We 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:04.640 have no Classic matches announced for Wednesday or this weekend 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.600 or for Collision, because I guess we have to see, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:15.800 well who's healthy anyway, My not my promotion. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.640 Though, at least as a general rule, Continental Classic matches 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.679 are good and well received. So as long as they 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.680 know there's some of those on the show, I suppose 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:25.480 it'll help a little bit. 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.440 Well, we actually don't know. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.760 That, but we presumed that we assume that class, but. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.160 We don't know if there aren't. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.920 Enough people healthy to even have matches. 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:37.560 I mean, listen, we've already got we've already got of 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.440 all people. Darby Allen out of the tournament because he 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.920 got hurt, and we're we're three weeks in and we 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.480 can't even announce matches because we have to find out 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.920 who's not hurt. I just think there has to be 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.280 a way to tone this down a little bit so 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.920 we're not constantly having to see who's hurt and who's 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.400 not hurt so that we can book our show. I mean, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:01.760 I don't think you have to get hurt to have 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.560 a great match. In fact, I know you don't because 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.920 historically you don't have to. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:08.800 People have done it, people have. 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:12.080 Done it quite successfully. But well, this is where we 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.240 are right now, So we'll find out when we find 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.840 out if there's going to be any Continent Classic matches. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.600 All right, Max, what's going on over there? 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:21.920 Brother? 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.599 He's mad? He wants this Continental Classic. 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.600 Matches what's see. What's the upset about with this show? 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.199 I don't know. He's with his bad leg. He's been 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:31.440 more restless than usual. 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:32.840 Geez. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.679 All right, Well, we had an appearance by Mark Shapiro 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:41.320 on the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference and he 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:47.800 was asked about the future availability of archive we content 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:53.320 in addition to NXT premium live events, which, honestly, at 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.719 this point, if they lose NXT Premium live events, I'm 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.920 alright with that. I'm very upset with this company right now. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.840 But here's what he says. First off, if you've been 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.240 on Peacock lately, I don't know how many of you 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.920 guys go up there regularly, but not all of the content, 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.520 but a lot of the content, mostly the historical content. 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.720 I don't think it's the ples, I don't think it's 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.520 the NXT shows, but a lot of the content now, 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:25.440 says twenty one days remaining, so it's gonna be history 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:31.720 here soon. But he says they are working on a 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.040 non exclusive deal. Expect to have something to announce in 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.880 the first quarter of twenty twenty six. The deal with 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.400 Peacock to carry most ww archive content expires at the 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:45.320 end of the year. Regarding nxtpls. They haven't gotten to 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.360 market yet. Shapiro said there is no rush to do so, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.440 as they want to be both deliberate and thoughtful about 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.480 the process. I wish they would be deliberate and thoughtful 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:57.080 with the NXT booking. The deal with Peacock to carry 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:02.880 nxt plees expires in March of so nxtpls will remain 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:07.320 on Peacock at least through March. That we know. Shapiro 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:11.240 City is thrilled that the industrial logic of bringing it 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.600 to IP and blah blah blah blah blah. Let's see, 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.640 he is confident ESPN head Jimmy Petara will get the 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.240 process moving fast of green lighting various cable providers to 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:26.840 sync with ESPN. So basically, those of you that have 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:31.000 to pay for this ESPN whatever the heck it's called now, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.520 not ESPN plus ESPN whatever to watch the pay per 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:38.920 views if you have certain cable companies, I can't remember 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.480 which ones they are, but you basically get it as 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.640 part of your package. Most do not. But he's saying 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:48.560 that they're trying to get this green lit for most 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.800 of the cable companies ESPN unlimited. I guess what's called 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.480 right now, so we'll talk more about this after the 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:55.240 Breakubserver Live. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.479 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:10.200 and Mike SIMPERVV on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:16.360 All right, this ESPN thing, so I have it. It's 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.720 on my iPad and Apple TV and such. It's just 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:25.800 a giant e but it is technically ESPN Unlimited, even 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.680 though the website to get ESPN Unlimited is Plus dot 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.600 espn dot com. It's the old ESPN Plus website, but 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:36.120 it's not ESPN Plus anyway. The point is right now, 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:45.520 if you have DirecTV, Fubo TV, Hulu Plus, Live TV Spectrum, 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:47.920 and Verizon FiOS, if it sounds like somebody is working 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.280 on my roof, it's because someone is working on my roof. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.560 So let Max know so they can all make noise 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.240 at the same time. DirecTV, Fubo TV, Hulu Plus, Live 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:03.240 TV Spectrum, and Verizon FiOS. All of those get this 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:07.879 ESPN Unlimited for free as part of your cable package. 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.520 But if you've got, for example, what are some of 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:18.800 the others Comcast, does that even still exist? YouTube TV, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.879 any of these others. I mean, you don't get it. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.800 So they claim that they're working to have it made 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.640 available on all of those different places, so we shall see. 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.120 I would like to have it available on YouTube TV, 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:38.000 but not happening yet. Summer third Dynamite for ninety six 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:43.520 thousand viewers, down slightly point zero nine in eighteen to 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:47.680 forty nine, down ten percent from the prior week, third 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:51.560 lowest they've done since October seventh. There was a sporting competition, 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.480 et cetera, et cetera, and really not much more to 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.320 say about it than that. Pretty much any show I'm 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:03.440 talking Dynamite Collision SmackDown XT we don't really get TNA numbers, 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:08.320 but you cannot compare them to anything before, like the 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.760 beginning of October. If you try to compare them to 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.320 how the show was even doing in September August last year, 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.280 it's now an unfair comparison because of the way that 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:21.000 these new ratings are the big data plus panel. So 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.320 pretty much you gotta just compare it to what it 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.040 was doing at the beginning of October if you want 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.040 to say whether things are up or down. So that 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:33.080 is the number, all right. An update on the World 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.960 Tag League. This is pretty much the end of the 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:41.080 World Tag League Jeremy Finestone speaking of Strong Style. You 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:45.240 should listen to that podcast if you love Japanese professional wrestling. 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:50.440 Jeremy knows his stuff. So this is the wrap up 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:55.480 for this year's World Tag League. Bishi Mon will take 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:59.320 on Zach Saber Junior and Rio hey Oeu all Wednesday 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:03.840 in Nagasaki. Gabe Kit and Yodasuji will face the Knockout 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:08.760 Brothers on Friday and Kagashima for the semi final, and 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.400 the winners of those matches we'll meet in the World 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:15.359 Tag League Final on Sunday, so it's either gonna be 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:19.080 well those are the four teams. So it ended up 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:24.720 with Block A, Shodan yu Ya and Conan Newman ended 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:29.840 up with eight points there and for the A Block 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:32.960 Kid and Suji bishamant Evil and Don Falle and the 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:36.200 Shingo War Dragons all had eight points. And we ended 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:39.240 up with some matches over the last couple of days 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:42.400 that have now got everything set up for the finale. 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:46.560 So once again Wednesday would be late tonight. By the way, 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:51.040 Zach Saber Junior Nouwa versus Bishuman that's tonight and the 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.719 winners of that will face the winners of Gabe Kit 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:57.159 and Yodasuji versus the Knockout Brothers. So we'll see what 0:19:57.200 --> 0:20:01.560 ends up winning the World Tag League for those Knockout Brothers, 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:07.360 but we will know soon enough. So that's the update there. 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:13.119 John Cena's retirement match coming up on Saturday against Gunther. 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:15.960 He did a long interview with Tom Renald. He talked 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:19.080 about a lot of things, including confirming a story I 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:22.560 had a couple of months ago. That story where he 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:24.840 was going to be facing AJ Styles. I think it 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.000 was in might have been one of the Saudi Arabia shows. 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:32.760 I forget where it was, but anyway, he, without telling anybody, 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:38.280 wrote a special John Cena's Style ring announcement for AJ 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.000 that he had. The ring announcer Reid and AJ didn't 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:44.919 know about it, and apparently Johnson didn't clue anybody in, 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:47.440 and for some reason he apologized for it. I don't 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:51.000 even know why, but he did confirm that that happened, 0:20:51.680 --> 0:20:54.600 and he also announced that he had signed a five 0:20:54.760 --> 0:21:02.919 year ambassador deal with WWE. He said that I was like, please, 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:04.639 as long as you can do it, I would like 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:07.000 to be in this family as an employee, as a 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.159 contributing part for as long as I can, but he 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:15.600 insists he has no plans of ever wrestling again. Physical 0:21:15.600 --> 0:21:18.639 activity one hundred percent. And I very rarely speak at 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:21.160 absolutes because you never know. I do know in this case. 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:23.400 This is why I can speak in absolutes. I don't 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:26.199 want to let people, let the people think that I 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:30.840 made a promise and then let them down. So he 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:34.919 actually talked about when Stephanie overheard him rapping on an 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:38.320 overseas tour which saved his career, which is a true story. 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:38.760 By the way. 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:40.959 I'm looking forward to the second mountain of being an 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:43.840 ambassador because maybe ambassadorship comes with letting more people know 0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:46.439 to watch this, which was my goal in the first place. 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:49.200 Maybe mentorship to talent and that I wouldn't have time 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.240 to spend time with where I can sit and be like, Okay, 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.280 are you really how do I get the wrapping moment 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:56.359 on the bus? Because I want that guy on TV 0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:58.160 or I want that girl on TV. I'm looking forward 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:02.280 to that stuff. So I don't know how to explain 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:05.440 this because I don't want people to report this incorrectly. 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:13.040 But this Saturday Night's main event, John Cena's final match. Okay, 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:21.240 in storyline. In storyline, John Cena said, I don't want 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:24.840 this show to be all about me. I want this 0:22:24.960 --> 0:22:29.399 show to also be about giving opportunities to some of 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:32.600 the people in NXT. So there's going to be NXT 0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:37.600 representation on the show. Okay, that's what he said in storyline. 0:22:37.600 --> 0:22:43.719 On television, I can't say like one hundred percent that 0:22:43.880 --> 0:22:47.080 what I'm about to say is true, but I think 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:51.440 that he kind of sort of actually did book Saturday 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:55.720 Night's main event. He had. I guess influence would probably 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:57.800 be the best way to put it. But you know 0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:01.720 the people on the show, you know, Johnson is very like, 0:23:01.800 --> 0:23:06.960 he's very into trying to help the young talent get 0:23:07.000 --> 0:23:12.000 them shots. There was a he showed up at I 0:23:12.040 --> 0:23:15.879 think Tyler Breeze's school did a seminar. Yeah, he was there, 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:19.040 and then Bailey did a seminar and he showed up 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:22.520 to Bailey's seminar as well as she. 0:23:22.480 --> 0:23:24.199 Was doing the seminar at Flatbags. 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:26.600 Are you sure was one? I thought it was two, 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:29.960 like two days in a row, could be anyway. The 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:35.800 point is, particularly for the Bailey one, this guy showed up. Okay, 0:23:37.200 --> 0:23:41.160 he stayed there for eight hours. He brought a notebook. 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.520 He watched every single one of the matches. He took 0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:48.880 notes on every single one of the matches, and then 0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:52.800 when the matches were over, he pulled aside every single 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:56.520 talent to give them personal advice from what he'd seen 0:23:56.600 --> 0:24:00.000 in their matches. He spent the entire day there doing that. 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:05.760 He's he's been NXT several times. He had X number 0:24:05.800 --> 0:24:09.679 of dates obviously that he fulfilled. He wanted to do 0:24:09.960 --> 0:24:13.719