WEBVTT - AEW Full Gear Fall Out

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<v Speaker 1>And now you're made even introducing the hosts Wrestling with Freddy,

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Dye, Handy Bresjunior ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to a

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<v Speaker 1>brand new episode of Wrestling with Freddy. We don't have

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<v Speaker 1>mister Jeff Dye today. We miss him dearly. Maybe he'll

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<v Speaker 1>surprise us and jump in. You never know. Anyway, here's

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<v Speaker 1>the news. Ring of Honor World Champion Eddie Kingston defeated

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Letho by pinfall, Claudio Castagnoli defeated Buddy Matthews by submission,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship MJF

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<v Speaker 1>and Samoa Joe defeated the Guns by submission. Does this

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<v Speaker 1>guarantee Samoa Joe a championship match against the reigning defending

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<v Speaker 1>for three hundred and sixty five days plus? Now, Maxwell

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<v Speaker 1>Jacob Friedman here is wrestling with Freddy. Ah, what's up everybody?

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<v Speaker 1>I have to pretty much hold my breath when I

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<v Speaker 1>do that annoying voice, and so if I go long

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<v Speaker 1>like that, I get lightheaded and I feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>about to fade. So if you hear a loud thump,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the big front bone on my forehead smashing against

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<v Speaker 1>the keyboard. Hi everyone, how are you? It was a

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<v Speaker 1>lovely pay per view weekend. AEW's full gear from the

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<v Speaker 1>Kia Forum here in Los Angeles. I was unable to go.

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<v Speaker 1>My daughter had a dance convention this weekend and was

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<v Speaker 1>competing and had her first solo and family's very, very

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<v Speaker 1>proud of her. And dancing is a lot like wrestling.

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<v Speaker 1>There's choreography, there's grace, there's balance, there's strength. Fortunately, they

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<v Speaker 1>don't let little kids do it well. They probably do

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<v Speaker 1>have a little kid wrestling promotion somewhere. But we had

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<v Speaker 1>a good weekend as a family, but I did miss

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<v Speaker 1>my wrestling. I got to watch the pay per view.

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<v Speaker 1>I am fully educated upon it. I almost threw up.

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<v Speaker 1>There was so much blood. I cheered when I saw

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<v Speaker 1>will ospray. And we're going to get into it all

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<v Speaker 1>right now. The show started with Adam Copeland, the Rated

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<v Speaker 1>R Superstar, Darby Allen and Sting and they were wrestling

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<v Speaker 1>Christian Cage, Lucasaurus and Nick Wayne. For those of you

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<v Speaker 1>who just listen to the show and don't really watch wrestling,

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<v Speaker 1>you just you just are like, Ah, this guy digs

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<v Speaker 1>what he's talking about, and you feel that passion and

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<v Speaker 1>you connect. Sting for me is what your childhood hero

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<v Speaker 1>was to you. When I was a kid watching wrestling

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<v Speaker 1>with my grandma in Puerto Rico every Christmas break, every

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<v Speaker 1>summer vacation, that's where I would go to boc rom

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<v Speaker 1>Puerto Rico and we would watch wrestling and Sting was

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<v Speaker 1>her favorite, just her. She loved him. She was in

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<v Speaker 1>love with him because he was handsome. Guys, for those

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<v Speaker 1>who don't know he was, he was handsome, especially surfer surfer.

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<v Speaker 1>Sting is the one I'm talking about. That was my

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<v Speaker 1>introduction to him. And he had cool face paint. He

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<v Speaker 1>was super jacked, like bodybuilder, and he had cool hair,

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<v Speaker 1>was like a blonde, spiky haircut, and he just looked

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<v Speaker 1>like super California. And I loved him. And he was

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<v Speaker 1>the only guy to my knowledge that could power out

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<v Speaker 1>and no sell the Rick Flair chop like it would

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<v Speaker 1>hurt sometimes, but every once in a while he just

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<v Speaker 1>ahh in the corner and Rick Blair would be like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my God, somebody's powering out of my chop. This

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<v Speaker 1>was a lovely match for the nostalgia reasons. Neither of

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<v Speaker 1>the old guys got hurt. That's right, Adam Copeland, I

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<v Speaker 1>called you an old guy. What it was? The right

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<v Speaker 1>guys won. The good guys won the match, and Christian

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<v Speaker 1>Cage is still super jacked and Darby Allen. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how long he's going to be able to keep

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<v Speaker 1>doing this, but as long as he's doing it, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>keep watching it. I wish there was a way to

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<v Speaker 1>have fake steps to slam him into from forty feet

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<v Speaker 1>up her eye up. He is Those days are not

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<v Speaker 1>here with us, so I want him to be healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely have to look away sometimes because I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven year old father. I have a son who

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<v Speaker 1>likes to dive and drop elbows on me because I

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<v Speaker 1>hit him with the La Night elbow all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>So that stuff worries me. But the right guys won.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll move on Orange Cassidy versus John Moxley for the

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<v Speaker 1>International title. There have been some injuries. I know Moxley

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<v Speaker 1>had one and it sort of affected the timetable and

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<v Speaker 1>the plan and the story that they were trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do with this belt. So there hasn't been much of

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<v Speaker 1>a story. But I do think they managed to salvage enough.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is more on John Moxley's This is more

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<v Speaker 1>due to John Moxley than anyone else. His continued hatred

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<v Speaker 1>for Orange Cassidy, whether even though he's defeated him and

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<v Speaker 1>was the champion before he got hurt, has maintained good

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<v Speaker 1>heat is the term that the wrestlers, that the wrestlers

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<v Speaker 1>like to use, and that Bence would use enough heat

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<v Speaker 1>to keep me interested in the match, and these guys

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<v Speaker 1>went hardcore. John Moxley always bleeds and I can't. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was in my twenties, I didn't even blink. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>unless it's like my kid's blood, I freak out. My

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<v Speaker 1>kids buy I just hustle to get them cleaned up.

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<v Speaker 1>But if it's anyone else's real blood, I just oh ah,

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<v Speaker 1>it grosses me out. And that's not even the bloodiest

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<v Speaker 1>match of the night. Y'all, Let's go to the match

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<v Speaker 1>that I think, the women's match that everybody was definitely

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<v Speaker 1>interested in, the Tony Storm versus Hikaroshida. And Tony Storm

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<v Speaker 1>has done this new gimmick that I know Jeff's not

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest fan of. And I've seen it work and

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen it not work. I love the black and

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<v Speaker 1>white thing. I think that's smart that they do that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love the premise around it, wrapped around it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think every scene they do is as good

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<v Speaker 1>as it could be, but this is relatively knew, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should be allowed to make mistakes and

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<v Speaker 1>be given a lot of latitude in the wrestling business,

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<v Speaker 1>considering all the things you have to work with and

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<v Speaker 1>all the obstacles that are in your way. So I

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<v Speaker 1>try to give more latitude to those that said. The

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<v Speaker 1>character itself of Tony Storm this sort of iconic old

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<v Speaker 1>school movie star, Like if anybody remembers the old Madonna

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<v Speaker 1>Vogue video where she's doing all the poses and it's

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<v Speaker 1>like the lighting only shows the eyes and things like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what Tony Storm is doing. She's recreating that

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<v Speaker 1>video basically with all these poses, and it's really worked

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<v Speaker 1>for her. She's made it her own. She didn't steal

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<v Speaker 1>it or anything like that, but she's captured the essence

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<v Speaker 1>of what Betty Davis and Rita Hayworth and all that

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<v Speaker 1>old school diva stuff was. And she's wrestling against Hikiroshida,

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<v Speaker 1>who's a three time Women's champion, really qualified wrestler. I

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<v Speaker 1>love Shida, I follow Sheeta on Instagram. She's super cool,

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<v Speaker 1>but there was no way she was going to win

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<v Speaker 1>this match. Too many people are behind Tony Storm. Too

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<v Speaker 1>many people are behind this new character that she's come

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<v Speaker 1>up with. I think people are just glad she's finally

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<v Speaker 1>found a character that she can do, that she can

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<v Speaker 1>do well, that they can get behind or hate, depending

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<v Speaker 1>on what sort of take she she has on it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's working for so she won this match. She

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<v Speaker 1>won it in a very dramatic, diva Hollywood way with

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<v Speaker 1>a shoe and the heel of one. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>It was a good match. And I like Tony Storm

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. I like I like she to even more.

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<v Speaker 1>But Tony's the right person to have the title right now.

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<v Speaker 1>The title should go to that, to that hot hand

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<v Speaker 1>when you're still establishing titles. AW is still a young company.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still growing, it's and it's doing well. It may

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<v Speaker 1>not be growing as fast as as Tony Kahn wants

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<v Speaker 1>or some fans wont, but it's growing. It's not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not shrinking. So yeah, so the right the right person.

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<v Speaker 2>One Will Austry will Ausprey, you guys, he's coming.

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<v Speaker 1>He's come into America. Osprey and it's not Wwe. He

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<v Speaker 1>chose ae W. I don't know the details of his deal.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like to divulge details of people's deals. People's

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<v Speaker 1>money is their money. But I couldn't be happier. I

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<v Speaker 1>really like this guy. I was not educated on him

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<v Speaker 1>outside the Instagram clips that everybody sees of him getting

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<v Speaker 1>flipped off the top turnbuckle landing on his feet in

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<v Speaker 1>New Japan, which is really sick. And I've seen other

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<v Speaker 1>stuff too on Instagram. But I had never seen a

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<v Speaker 1>will Osprey match until late and got hip to him

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<v Speaker 1>and fell in love with what everybody else has fallen

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<v Speaker 1>in love with. He is British, he is rough around

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<v Speaker 1>the collar. He is handsome in a in a ruggish way.

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<v Speaker 1>He's very tom hardy is the best way for me

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<v Speaker 1>to just describe him. And he's and he's cool, he's

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<v Speaker 1>he'll get hot with the crowd if if he feels

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<v Speaker 1>like it, whether they like it or not, and by

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<v Speaker 1>the time he's done they like it. It's really powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>He made a speech and they tried to boo for

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<v Speaker 1>a second just because they wanted to see him sooner

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<v Speaker 1>he was. He was saying, hey, I won't be able

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<v Speaker 1>to wrestle right away. I have to finish my contract.

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<v Speaker 1>And he got after them more than they got after him,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they were like the crowd Legit was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>our bad our bad's that's right. So he has a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of command. He has a lot of presence on

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<v Speaker 1>the microphone, a lot of presence in the ring. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to listen in because his accent is a rough British.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not it's not the Queen's English. I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 1>profit's down him. I so you have to. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to pay attention and listen when he's when he's going in,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll catch up. It's like like any accent. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you he's worth He's worth watching if you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen him. All the hardcore fans are like, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>we know, we knew before you. Okay, chill now, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm telling the other people who don't know, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>because you weren't saying it loud enough. Will aspr Tag

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<v Speaker 1>Team Action, y'all, ladder match. I thought I was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hate this match, and I ended up loving it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how they pulled this off. Check this out,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. It's for the tag team titles a ladder match.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's already gonna be at least four people in

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<v Speaker 1>the ring. I say at least because it was Ricky

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<v Speaker 1>Stark's and Big Bill, it was who else, it was

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<v Speaker 1>Rush and his partner, it was FTR, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>the House of Black, and they're all going after it.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's eight dudes in the ring, three ladders, all

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<v Speaker 1>different heights, two titles hanging from a hook. Whoever gets

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<v Speaker 1>up there both and removes both titles wins the match.

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<v Speaker 1>I would always like to see a match. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if I have, maybe I had someone out there

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<v Speaker 1>can let me know where one of the titles is released.

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<v Speaker 1>But then like the guy gets knocked off the ladder

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<v Speaker 1>and now everybody's fighting for one remaining title and whoever

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<v Speaker 1>gets it like wits. I don't know how they would

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<v Speaker 1>pull that off one hundred percent, but I always kind

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<v Speaker 1>of wanted to see that anyway. You guys know this podcast, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 1>myself and everybody now are huge fans of Ricky Starks.

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<v Speaker 1>Excellent Mike work, excellent wrestler sells like nobody's business. Great

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<v Speaker 1>match with Brian Danielson this year, just a great match

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bloody, the almost threw but still a great match.

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<v Speaker 1>The right guys won. It was Big Bill, who guys

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<v Speaker 1>like seven feet tall. If you haven't seen him, If

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't seen him, he's a psych to behold, the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of guy that Vince McMahon would say, if you

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<v Speaker 1>saw him at an airport, you take notice. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>That's what Jeff said last week. He's one of those guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and they won. They retained the championship, which means Ricky

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<v Speaker 1>gets to have a great promo next time he's on

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<v Speaker 1>TV and talk to everybody about how right he was

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<v Speaker 1>and how awesome he is. If you guys hear that

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<v Speaker 1>beeping outside, I apologize. We called it here. Julia Hart

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<v Speaker 1>defeats Chris Statlander and sky Blue, although I should say

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<v Speaker 1>defeat sky Blue for Chris Statlander's championship because the exact

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<v Speaker 1>way we broke down the match is the exact way

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<v Speaker 1>the match was executed. Did we choreograph it? Did we

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<v Speaker 1>call in? Was Jeff there? Because he was in Ontario

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<v Speaker 1>at that show. Jeff drove all the way to Ontario

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the show and then couldn't make it

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<v Speaker 1>to the pay per view, which is like thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>from his house. We said that the best way to

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<v Speaker 1>protect Chris Statlander because she's a really good wrestler. She

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<v Speaker 1>just hasn't had any sort of character at all, any

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<v Speaker 1>sort of gimmick, no story, nothing, just go out there,

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<v Speaker 1>defend the championship and then we'll do it again next week.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's a disservice to her. All wrestlers deserve a character,

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<v Speaker 1>and when those characters do well, then all those characters

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<v Speaker 1>deserve a story, multiple stories. That's what longevity's all about.

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<v Speaker 1>But we knew Julia Hard was gonna win. We knew it,

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<v Speaker 1>and we said why, and we described how the match

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<v Speaker 1>would go down, and the finish was what we said

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<v Speaker 1>it was. So that's a point to the Wrestling with

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<v Speaker 1>Friends podcast. If you keep and scorts, well, we got

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<v Speaker 1>we got a point. You guys probably have a few.

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<v Speaker 1>Swerve Strickland, y'all, Swerve Strickland and Hangman Adam Page. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the grossest match I've ever seen in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Swerve Strickland was bleeding so much it looked like the

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<v Speaker 1>blood was neon. It looked like anime. It was I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't I love Swerve Strickland. Okay, I love Swerve Strickland.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been singing his praise. Jeff likes Adam Page a

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<v Speaker 1>lot too, so there's there's love going in for this match.

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<v Speaker 1>We all wanted Swerve to win. We felt like he

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<v Speaker 1>deserved a big win over one of the bigger names.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Page is that name. I didn't wasn't sure if

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<v Speaker 1>they were going to give it to him, but I

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<v Speaker 1>was leaning that way, and I certainly hope they did

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<v Speaker 1>and he won this match. But you guys, he must

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<v Speaker 1>have bled. I mean, if there was a bucket and

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<v Speaker 1>it was measured in gallons, it must have been a

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<v Speaker 1>half gallon of blood. Of blood. It's crazy, though it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be on social media and just watch and then imagine that.

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<v Speaker 1>But for thirty minutes straight like that's it was. It

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<v Speaker 1>was insane. I wanted it to be my match of

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<v Speaker 1>the night because what the story they told in the

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<v Speaker 1>ring was amazing, But it was so much blood, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so much softer than I used to be. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I just can't I can't hack it. I can't hack it.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's off my list of best of the night.

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<v Speaker 1>But Swear Strickland one. I don't know where he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to go from here, but I'm excited to find out.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very excited to see who's next on the list

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<v Speaker 1>for him, because I think he's a special talent and

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<v Speaker 1>he's getting served well. Swerve is getting served, but served well.

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<v Speaker 1>The Golden Jets were not and the Golden Jets are

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<v Speaker 1>not my match of the league. I'm not a big

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<v Speaker 1>fan of the Golden Jets name. It makes me laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's supposed to less ex Gods was probably not

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<v Speaker 1>meant to be taken so seriously, but of the Golden Jets,

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<v Speaker 1>which basically means the Old Guys versus the Young Bucks,

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<v Speaker 1>which means the Young Guys. If Jericho and Kenneth Omega

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<v Speaker 1>win the match, they get the Young Bucks title opportunity,

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<v Speaker 1>which is in any time, anywhere title opportunity for the

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<v Speaker 1>Tag Team Championships. And if the Golden Jets lose, then

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<v Speaker 1>they can never tag team together again, and Kenny Omega

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<v Speaker 1>will be expected to rejoin the Young Bucks and become

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<v Speaker 1>the Elite so they can go after the Trios Championship.

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<v Speaker 1>I was surprised the Young Bucks did the job and

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<v Speaker 1>the Old Guys won the match, earning them the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>at the Tag Team Championships. Yeah, I mean I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>too hype for the match. They didn't have much of

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<v Speaker 1>a story. They didn't have time to tell a story.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they had three weeks total and didn't give them.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't give them too much outside of a backstage promo

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<v Speaker 1>or a backstage segment I should say. So we're moving

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<v Speaker 1>on to my match of the night. Maxwell Jacob Friedman

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<v Speaker 1>MJF the aew WOR Heavyweight Champion versus Switchblade Jay White,

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<v Speaker 1>the man who stole the championship. And as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a big fan of stolen championship storylines. They've

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<v Speaker 1>even had moments in the story where an official was

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<v Speaker 1>holding up the aw championship and gave it back to

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that stole it instead of just going no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an official. This belongs to the champions going to

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<v Speaker 1>the champ. A couple holes in this story as it developed. However,

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<v Speaker 1>the story they told on the day in the pre

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<v Speaker 1>show because Max had to wrestle twice, he had to

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<v Speaker 1>defend the tag team championships and he had to defend

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<v Speaker 1>his World Heavyweight Championship on the same night, and friggin

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<v Speaker 1>did so, which is amazing, But in the first match.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets beat up after the match bad. They take

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<v Speaker 1>a chair to his leg and he gets in an

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<v Speaker 1>ambulance and they're taking him away and Adam Cole's there.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Cole kind of saves the match in the tag

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<v Speaker 1>team match, and as he's getting hauled away in the ambulance,

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<v Speaker 1>he's screaming, don't let him take my title, Adam, Please,

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<v Speaker 1>just don't let him take my championship. Please, man, promise me,

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<v Speaker 1>I promise, bro, I promised. It's Adam Cole. That's exactly

0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.719
<v Speaker 1>how he executed it, like a stud. Sure enough, they

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<v Speaker 1>go to give Jay White the belt and here comes

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Cole and he's going to wrestle on a surgically

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<v Speaker 1>repaired ankle while he's still in the boot. He doesn't care.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to give it all he's got. And all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden, we hear the sirens. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>about three hours later in the show, and the ambulance

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<v Speaker 1>comes back. Mgf's driving the ambulance. He stole it, that's

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<v Speaker 1>how much he cares about his championship. His legs all

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<v Speaker 1>taped up and he hobbles his ass into the ring

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<v Speaker 1>just in time to wrestle for his championship and Jay

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<v Speaker 1>White goes to town on his leg just right away.

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<v Speaker 1>He's merciless. He's a total jerk Jay White. Just even

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<v Speaker 1>though I'm not a fan of the story, Jay White

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<v Speaker 1>has been frigging great in the story. Like, both dudes

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<v Speaker 1>have really committed to this and made me want to

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<v Speaker 1>watch the match even though I was against it fundamentally.

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<v Speaker 1>So the match was incredible. I think it was probably

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<v Speaker 1>another thirty minutes. It's my match of the week, match

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<v Speaker 1>of the month. It was just the story was phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Cole's ringside cheering his best bro on, getting the

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<v Speaker 1>crowd hyped, bringing them into the match multiple times, the

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<v Speaker 1>story of the bad leg and him just constantly relying

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<v Speaker 1>on adrenaline to get a move off, only to punish

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<v Speaker 1>himself almost as much as Jay White's punishing him. It

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<v Speaker 1>was just awesome. They did a great figure for a

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<v Speaker 1>leglock spot where it gets reversed. It was a really

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful match. Both guys are they're not even in their prime.

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<v Speaker 1>They're still really young dudes. They're just great wrestlers and

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't have been it couldn't have been impressed more. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I really really loved it, loved the story that they

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<v Speaker 1>tried to tell and just thought that it was just

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<v Speaker 1>thought that it was special. It definitely definitely made me

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to what's next for MJF from Samoa Joe

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<v Speaker 1>and beyond. What's next for Jay White because he was

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<v Speaker 1>just at the top of the mountain and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want him to go down too far, especially when he

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<v Speaker 1>proved he can do it. What's next for Swerve Strickland.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's nobody coming out the tunnel going I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the next guy for you, So he's going to want

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<v Speaker 1>to challenge somebody, and I have no idea who that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be. I will hope. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it would be Max, but that would be crazy to

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<v Speaker 1>see them already go at it will. Ausprey is coming

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<v Speaker 1>in two months, like February January February to AW, he

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<v Speaker 1>should be in the title picture right away, but obviously

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<v Speaker 1>you can't do that. You got to give him someone

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<v Speaker 1>who's he going to wrestle. I mean, this is like

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<v Speaker 1>AW is set up in a really nice position. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>granted they can mess it up right. Booking is the

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<v Speaker 1>key to this, but they're in such a nice position

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<v Speaker 1>with their talent and the story they've told with MJF

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<v Speaker 1>of having no friends, like Wardlow wants to kill him.

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<v Speaker 1>He owes Samoa Joe a match. Everybody will what's going

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<v Speaker 1>to this? Happened with him and Adam Cole. Eventually there's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a conflict there when Adams foots better.

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<v Speaker 1>He's sacrificed a lot to be Max's friend. There's that

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<v Speaker 1>storyline of the devil, like Max has six different options,

0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.840
<v Speaker 1>like six different roads he could go down. It's Aw's

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<v Speaker 1>in a really, really nice spot right now. They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to give Julia Heart a chance to run with the

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<v Speaker 1>Women's TBS Television Championship. She's a young girl. I almost

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<v Speaker 1>called her a kid. She's a young girl. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of responsibility, it's a lot of pressure. Is she

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<v Speaker 1>going to be able to handle that? Will she be

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<v Speaker 1>able to have the promo to back it up? Or

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<v Speaker 1>will Malachi be the one who's kind of speaking on

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<v Speaker 1>the microphone. Like there's a lot of cool questions right

0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:42.360
<v Speaker 1>now for AW, a lot of good challenges for their

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<v Speaker 1>talent and for Tony Kahn and I really hope that

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<v Speaker 1>they're up for it, and I think they will be.

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<v Speaker 1>They like I said, even if I didn't love that story,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people did and it's lasted a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>And if something's not working, you get rid of it.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not saying it didn't work. I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't click with me because I as a promoter,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be like, man, give me that time. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the pay per view, y'all. Don't forget Thursdays, your

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<v Speaker 1>games in the WWE pay perview that's coming up, So

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<v Speaker 1>you guys will get two pay per view breakdowns and

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