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And you 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.520 know that means well, we got a lot to talk about, 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:56.040 that's for sure. No co host today, I'm flying solo. 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.440 But in the final segment of the show, we will 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:02.600 be joined by our old friend Vinnie Pacifico. He's going 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:04.600 to be on the show today. Actually got to hang 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.319 out with him a couple of weeks ago the SOS 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.800 show here in the Seattle area, So we'll talk about 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.000 a lot of things going on with him and prior 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.920 to that, we have all of the news, including in 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.199 the second major segment of the show, we'll be talking 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:24.520 about the Dynamite show from last night. There is a 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:29.840 Collision show that is taking place tonight, so we'll tell 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.199 you about the lineup for that show. And of course 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:38.440 there's you know, there's a lot going on. We got Collision, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.000 we got Impact, we got under Siege, we got Smacked Down, 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.600 we got Saturday Night's main event, we got Battleground, we 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:46.840 got Double or Nothing, we got Raw. That's all between 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:51.559 now and Monday. And there's also an Arena Mexico show. 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:55.320 As always, there's Best of the Super Juniors, a lot 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:57.240 to watch everybody, so we'll get into some of that 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.280 here today. And also got an update on Zoe Star. 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:04.440 We got big news on WrestleMania. 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Soy 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:24.440 Stark has said thank you to fans for their love 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.200 and support. She said it means more to her than 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.880 they'll ever know. What hurts more than my knee, she says, 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.000 is knowing I won't be able to perform for all 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.919 of you for a while. I love what I do 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.520 and I'm blessed to do this. As the saying goes, 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.640 the comeback is greater than the setback. Love you, guys. 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:45.760 So there's no official word on her knee, but the 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.279 fact that she says she will not be performing for 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:53.080 a while, well obviously something went badly wrong. I don't 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.160 know if that means torn acl I don't know if 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.440 that means she tore everything, but it does appear she's 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.560 going to be out of action for quite a while. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.640 So all the best to her, and maybe we'll get 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:07.359 an update. Maybe we won't sting With wrestling nowadays, you know, 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:12.320 sometimes they'll tell us what's going on, and sometimes they don't. 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.160 So all the best to her. Now, some big news 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.120 and we actually don't know the extent of this yet, 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:27.360 but we will very soon. WWE, as reported by Brnan Thurst, 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.160 obtained he obtained a statement from the Greater New Orleans 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:35.480 Sport Foundation that claims the city will be hosting WrestleMania 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:42.880 not next year, but in a quote later unspecified year. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:50.120 So this is a really big story because you know, 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.840 they announced WrestleMania New Orleans, and not only do they 0:07:54.840 --> 0:08:00.360 announce a WrestleMania in New Orleans, but you know a 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.400 lot of the independent groups. I mean, you know, tickets 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:10.560 or hotels were purchased and buildings were rented, and you know, 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.240 this is more than just WWE, you know, canceling WrestleMania 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.320 New Orleans. I mean, this is gonna have a huge 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.360 effect on all of the other promotions that had already 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:25.160 made plans to run New Orleans over WrestleMania weekend. So obviously, 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.800 the deal here is they're getting a better deal somewhere else. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:35.560 And there are three places that are being rumored as 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.920 of today, And well, of course they can just cancel 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.040 their plans, but I mean I'm talking like you know, 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.440 it depends on what the deal they made with particular buildings. 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.480 I mean, can they get the entire deposit back, and 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.319 they not. It's one thing with hotels, but it might 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.480 be something different with renting out buildings and everything that 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:59.079 goes into putting together a series of shows over WrestleMania weekend. 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:05.320 So anyway, the three rumored locations for WrestleMania next year 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:18.000 are now London, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. So I see 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:19.719 a lot of people in the chat are presuming it's 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.040 gonna be Saudi Arabia. The thing with Saudi Arabia, Saudi 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:28.400 Arabia is getting the Royal Rumble, and I suppose they 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:33.440 could also change the Royal rumble. You know, let's been 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.040 do the Royal Rumble somewhere else and then do WrestleMania 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:44.120 in Saudi. But I mean, if you ask me, my 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:49.040 gut tells me that Saudi is the least likely of 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:53.800 the three possibilities. I think, very good chance. London. It's 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.680 been talked about for a long time. Obviously, you know, 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:01.440 as soon as aw did a and crowd in Wembley, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.320 you knew that we was going to want to go 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:10.400 in and you know, break that record. And the other option, 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:15.400 which I think, especially because the whole situation with the 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.640 purchase of Triple A. And it's more than just wanting 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.360 a presence in Mexico. They obviously want a big presence 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:24.400 in Mexico, but also they want to be number one 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.920 in Mexico. They want to beat CMLL. I mean as 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:33.080 tech stadium for WrestleMania, I don't think is out of 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:36.400 the question. So I presume we're going to find out 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.600 fairly soon where WrestleMania is going to be next year. 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.840 But it is not going to be in New Orleans. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.520 And you know, whether it's in London or whether it's 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.200 in Mexico. I mean, there's a reason for this, and 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.360 that is either we're going after a w or we're 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:57.440 going after CMLL. So we'll find out who's top of 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:02.280 the list for this coming year. So that's the update 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.520 on that. If you if you made plans for New Orleans, well, 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.480 I mean, you can still go to New Orleans. It's fun, 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:13.160 but you ain't gonna see WrestleMania there. All right. We've 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.960 also got to talk some ratings notes. I know people 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:19.520 don't like to talk about ratings, but I'll make it quick. 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.880 First off, at XT six hundred and ninety seven thousand 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:29.040 viewers and a point thirteen, so viewership was up and 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.360 eighteen to forty nine was down. So just basically more 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.840 old people were watching the show. Nothing really to talk 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:40.080 about there is what is notable here is RAW. So 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:44.640 here's the thing. And this applies to a WWE and AW, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.880 it applies to Raw, and it applies to Max. We 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.280 don't have any idea how these shows are doing. Okay. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:58.120 Max doesn't give any information at all. And you know, 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:02.240 allegedly Tony a AW, they can't even get any information 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.800 about how many people are watching on Max other than 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.920 it's doing well whatever that means. And you know, with 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:18.160 Raw on Netflix, Netflix announces numbers and then everybody tries 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.800 to do math to find out, well, how many people 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:28.280 were were actually watching. So according to Netflix, the April twelfth, 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:34.680 Raw did five point one million viewing hours and two 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:42.439 point seven million global viewers. So this would mean, uh, 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.800 RAW did one point one five six million viewers over 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:52.840 seven days, and like the same day viewership of RAW 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:57.680 would allegedly be nine hundred and eighty three thousand viewers. Okay, 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.520 nine hundred and eighty three thousand viewers. Now, I talked 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.680 about this a little bit yesterday. I don't buy this 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.400 at all. I don't think there's any way that only 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:12.680 nine hundred and eighty thousand people are watching raw on 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:17.800 Monday nights. I don't know. Like with Nielsen, the way 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.280 they get the viewership as well. You know there's this 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:24.559 number of households. In each household, there's X number of viewers. 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.160 I don't know if maybe Netflix just says if it's 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:34.240 on in the house, it's one viewer. I mean, people 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.240 are are gonna go nuts in the chat, but this 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:41.040 is this is reality, everybody, Okay, we know that a 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:46.200 percentage of the aw viewership is watching on Max. I 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.240 know people like to say it's there's nobody watching whatever, 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.959 but there are Okay. I've always estimated between one hundred 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.000 and fifty and two hundred and fifty thousand people are 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.760 watching on Max. I don't think it's a half million 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.800 people watching on Max. I don't think it's a million people. 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:06.160 I think on a good week it's probably near two fifty. 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.600 On a bad week, it's maybe closer to one fifty. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.840 But we're talking like between one hundred and fifty and 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.040 two hundred and fifty thousand people. And people can deny 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.880 it all they want, but like every time we talk 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.440 about it on the chat, you know, on the YouTube 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.560 chat you can ask anybody, lots of people are watching 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.400 on Max. I quit watching, like I only watch on 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.120 Max all the shows. I don't think it's crazy that 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:35.400 two hundred and fifty thousand people are watching AW on Max. 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.240 But what is what? I find it hard to believe 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.880 that if you add in TBS and TNT the viewership 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:48.480 of Dynamite Collision, especially Dynamite, and you add in the 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.440 Max viewership, what this would be saying is that Raw 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:57.040 and Dynamite are basically neck and neck. And I can't 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.880 buy that just from looking at what are these shows 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.840 drawing to the buildings, How many people are showing up 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.200 for the shows? You know, what are they drawing for television? 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.040 What are they drawing when they go on the road? 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.640 You know, how are they doing in terms of big shows? 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.640 How are they doing in terms like every aspect of business. 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:21.400 I cannot believe that Raw on Monday Night and Dynamite 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:25.400 on Wednesday are essentially doing the same viewership. Maybe that's 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.880 the case, but I think something is really weird with 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:31.760 these Netflix numbers. I can't buy that Raw on Monday 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.240 two weeks ago did nine hundred and eighty three thousand viewers. 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:38.040 It doesn't make any sense, but that's that's allegedly the number. 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.560 So you know, it was easy in the old days 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.960 when everybody, like, whatever you think about Nielsen ratings, whether 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.040 you think they're accurate or not, at least like they 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.200 were all Nielsen ratings, So whether they were accutate or not, 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.520 they were all you could compare them all. Now when 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:56.600 we've got Netflix has this wacky number and whatever, you know, 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:01.840 Max has who knows, I mean, we don't know. Back 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:02.800 in a moment Observer Live. 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.600 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian Alvarez 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.320 and Mike simperviv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.720 You know, Tony Kahn's doing a media call right now. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:30.440 You know he just said he said Max is still 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:36.480 building pay per view capability. I remember I said that 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:40.520 like six eight months ago, and we had these fellas, 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.200 one in particular, who said, you're wrong. They could do 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.640 pay per view if they wanted, they should hire me. 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.840 I could have it set up and actually said that 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:53.680 if they hired me, I'd have it set up immediately. 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:55.720 Well they're still building. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:56.320 It, so. 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.400 Whatever, All right, we got to talk about this this 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.240 Dynamite show. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:04.320 It was. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.520 It was a very good go home show for the 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.480 show this weekend, and we still have Collision coming up tonight. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.399 So we had a Hangman Will Osprey face to face, 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.200 which I thought was excellent. Two baby faces. They both 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:21.399 really want the title for their own reasons. They both 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:26.080 there was no physicality, nothing, They just both stated their 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:30.520 case and to be honest, I mean, I don't think 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.679 they're gonna do a turn or anything like that. But 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.760 of the two, you know, Osprey was the one that 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.359 kind of had the edge there at the end of 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.520 the heel edge and he said that he was going 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:43.320 to he was gonna take out hang Man. What are 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.480 you gonna do about it? Wrap a chair around my skull? 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.280 Beat me so bad I have to retire, like Chris Daniels. 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:52.520 Hangman was very upset about that, and they ended up 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:58.360 drinking together and it was excellent. Like if you want 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.399 to see a great go home section for a match, 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.160 this is it. And when it was over, I mean, 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.919 Will Osprey is asked for the main event slot at 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:12.080 the pay per view. It definitely feels like the most 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.199 important match on the show because it does seem like 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.399 the winner of this match is going to all in 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:22.000 and winning that title from John Moxley. Seems like a very, 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:26.119 very very important match. But man, I'm not sure about 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.199 following that anarchy in an arena. I just don't know 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.600 if I'd do that, but that's what he wanted. Then 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.840 we had Moxley and the Young Bucks versus Joe, Swerve 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:41.280 and Hobbs. Party match. Excellent match, great heat. The finish 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:46.480 was Joe choking out Nick pin Matt Clean with a cradle, 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.360 which was revenge for I think about a week ago 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.440 when Matt pinned him with a small package. And then 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:58.960 the Death Writers came out and we had Shabbada, Marina Willow, 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:03.880 Kenny oh Omega, everybody running wild and it was kind 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.040 of amazing because like they did a challenge afterwards with 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.320 Joe say, we're gonna beat you guys up tonight. Why 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.760 wait for Sunday? But I will say, you know, at 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:16.880 this point in the show, we still didn't know who 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:21.480 was in the anarchy in the arena match, and honestly, honestly, 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:25.760 right now we still don't really know. They've announced a 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:31.199 match and it was Simojo Shabata, Swerve, Hobbes, Omega and 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:36.320 Willow against Moxley, Claudio Wheeler, Young Bucks and Marina. So 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:40.679 six on six, but they announced this before they did 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:43.960 the main event segment, which saw the return of Gabe 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:47.960 Kid to uneven the odds in favor of the Heels 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:52.840 and so like. Officially at this point it's six on six. 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:56.320 I think it's gonna be seven on seven and Gabe 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:00.400 Kid will be added and probably the return of Eddie 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:05.720 Kingston on the Babyface side, but again we don't know. 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.800 We shall I guess find out on Sunday or maybe tomorrow, 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:15.800 but probably Sunday. We had the Hurt Syndicate segment and 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:20.680 the MVP MJF contract signing, and this was kind of 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:21.880 one of those things. You know, we had a guy 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.840 call say, you know what what what names some storylines 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:26.879 that were like really really great, but the payoff was 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:30.199 kind of whatever. And granted this wasn't the full payoff, 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.440 because I'm sure there's more to come. But last week 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:40.040 MJF was accepted into the Hurt Syndicate, but they said 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:44.320 next week you must sign the contract, and so I 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:48.119 think myself and everybody on the planet figured, okay, well 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:52.040 something's going down next week. Ain't gonna be good for MJF. 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:59.399 But instead what they did is MJF signed the contract, 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:07.440 the other guys signed the contract, and then Dustin Rhodes 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:09.879 and Sammy just came out and cut a promo for 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:16.080 the tag match. There was no angle, there was no surprise, nothing. 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.480 They just I don't even know why we needed to 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:22.240 extend it another week after they accepted him last week. 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:26.960 So it felt like, well, maybe there was gonna be 0:21:27.000 --> 0:21:29.240 something that happened, but so many people were figuring it 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.680 out that they just shifted and they'll do the turn later. 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:37.359 But man, it was weird. I mean, this was a 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:41.640 weird one. So then we had Rikoshet and Anthony Bowens 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.800 and you know, Bones came out kind of had the 0:21:44.800 --> 0:21:48.639 booboo face, got beat when Billy Gunn did something stupid 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:52.520 for reasons unknown, and Ricochet jabbed him with the scissors, 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:56.639 pinned him, and then Bones was out of there and 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.720 they did an angle with Mark Briscoe and Ricochet, and 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:02.760 I mean, you know they do they do wins and 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:04.720 losses and everything, and you know they don't do a 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:09.919 lot of screw job finishes, but man, they this felt. 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:12.119 This felt like when you used to watch we and 0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:14.080 you know a guy would get a push for three 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:16.200 weeks and then you know Vince would give up on him. 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:18.720 That's what this felt like here. So we'll see what 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:22.480 the future is for Anthony Bowens. We had Renee interviewing 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:25.000 Mercedes and Jamie. I thought it was pretty good. Not 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:28.080 nearly as good as the segment with will Ospray and 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:31.560 hang Man, but it was fine and ended up with 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:36.160 a brawl unlike the opening segment, and Jamie later out 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.520 with eight or eight. So the way they pretty much 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:43.200 everybody books, I think it's pretty clear we're getting Mercedes 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:47.600 and Tony at all in and the main event. It's 0:22:47.600 --> 0:22:49.400 gonna be a very interesting to look at the quarters here, 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:55.280 because yes, I realized that Joe said, you know this, 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:57.600 this anarchy in the arena is going to start tonight, 0:22:57.640 --> 0:22:59.680 but he said that like an hour and a half earlier, 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:03.320 and even though I saw it an hour and a 0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:06.280 half later, there'd been no mention of it. And I 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:09.760 watched Mina Shirakaw and Julia Hart and I thought, wow, 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:12.440 this is the main event. This is it. I would 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:15.159 not have done this for a main event, so I 0:23:15.160 --> 0:23:19.680 mean it was fine. Mina Shirakaw was awesome. Julia hard 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:24.560 could very much do with a tour of Japan do 0:23:24.600 --> 0:23:27.280 a bunch of indie dates. I mean, she is one 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:31.640 of many in aw that you know, they're basically where 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:35.679 they were five years ago, and it's just not enough reps. 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:39.280 You can't improve doing a show a month or less, 0:23:39.320 --> 0:23:41.919 especially if you've been injured. So it was just a 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.760 huge gulf in like the ability of these two women. 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:49.919 Mina was incredible and she won obviously, and then Julie went. Afterwards, 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:52.360 sky Blue hit the ring, Tony Storm hit the ring, 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:55.399 had a big brawl, and then like I thought that 0:23:55.480 --> 0:23:57.639 was good. You know, they did the face to face 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:01.560 with will Ospray and Hangman. They didn't any physicality, and 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:05.880 I don't think this one needed any either, But Mina 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:10.640 attacked Tony put her in the figure four around the post. 0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:15.119 Tony sold it big, and this one to me felt 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.160 like I don't think we needed this one. I think 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:19.760 it was just fine to do the match, do the angle. 0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:22.399 Plus there's gonna be a bunch of as we found 0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:27.760 out afterwards, physicality afterwards with the Anarchy and the arena crew. 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:32.159 So the Bucks go to leave Matt in a cocky manner, 0:24:32.240 --> 0:24:34.640 says this. Joe said he was gonna attack us before 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:36.600 we left, but we're leaving and he did an attack us, 0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:40.040 so he is a pathological liar, and he winks and 0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:42.520 goes to leave, and of course here comes Joe and 0:24:42.600 --> 0:24:46.000 we have the wild brawl, and you know, the Babyfaces 0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:49.800 are are doing well. But then Gabe Kid shows up 0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:53.280 and they did the record scratch with the music they 0:24:53.280 --> 0:24:57.840 had playing, and the Heels took over Omegan Swerve got 0:24:57.840 --> 0:25:02.080 put through tables by the Bucks and the Heels stood 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:06.440 a tall. So we'll see what they do on Sunday. 0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:11.920 I mean, you know, the Death Writers lost the Trios titles. 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:17.600 That was the first crack in the armor. But I 0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:21.040 think that maybe the best course of action is for 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:24.000 Moxley to get the pin in Anarchy in the arena 0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:28.440 because he should be very strong going into the championship 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:32.640