WEBVTT - Brock Lesnar - Free Agent 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.680 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:10.040 Right you ready, when you're ready. 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:14.480 Let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:18.079 Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:21.200 every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific, three Eastern, Sunday 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:22.520 three Pacific, six Eastern. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.560 Well, it's Tuesday here on the show. And you know 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:26.119 what that means. 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:29.040 We have lots to talk about and no, I'm gonna 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:33.200 talk about Oreo today. There's actual real news I want 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.040 to deal with. Any of that that happened yesterday should 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:39.720 be stricken from the wreckers, stricken from the archives. Yes, 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.839 we have a lot of actual important news involving pro 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:45.400 wrestling and get into today. The least of which is 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.519 the end of the draft. The draft is done and 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.240 we have x number of guys on Raw, x number 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:52.919 of guys on SmackDown. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:54.240 A large number of. 0:00:56.120 --> 0:01:01.279 Whatever they call them free agents, which you know, originally 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.080 the idea of the free agent was you could go anywhere. 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.560 Now apparently it just means like you haven't been drafted yet, 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.280 so like you get to negotiate whatever. But there is 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.920 one actual free agent who can go anywhere, and that 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:15.240 is Rock Lesner. But what we're gonna do today instead 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.320 of saying like who got drafted where, who got drafted where, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.080 blah blah blah, I'm just gonna give you the full 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:25.200 Raw roster and the full SmackDown roster. That'll make it easy. 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.480 So we'll talk about that as well as the Raw 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.800 report from last night. We have got the lineup for 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.160 NXT which is coming up tonight, which is gonna be 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:37.160 a very odd show going forward because in fact, they 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.360 called up a ton of people from NXT and so 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.560 presumably that means, you know, since the place has been 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.279 stripped of talent, we're gonna have to get new talent 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.480 coming up from wherever. So we'll tell you about the 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:52.200 lineup for the show tonight, which will probably be one 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.160 of the last appearances for a lot of different people, 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.360 and then the rest of the news as well. We've 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.520 got Cody talking about Roman Reigns and their new idol belt. 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:04.400 We have got ratings for SmackDown and Rampage. We have 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:09.400 got the aew all in at Wembley Stadium. What it 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.280 looks like so far in terms of how many tickets 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.200 have been sold and plenty more so back in the 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:47.360 moment to kick it off, Wrestling Observer Live in the 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.720 show Brian Alberrez here Wrestling Observer Live mixcept for bb 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.480 also Wrestling Observer dot Com. I did that whole opening segment. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.800 I had no problem just moving on. But God, I mean, 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:59.440 this is in the nice way possible, Mike. I just 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.560 see your face and I just get angry. But everything 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.520 that happened yesterday hearing this program, you were dancing and jiving, 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:08.160 just having the time. 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:08.560 Of your life. 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:10.800 But you know what made me happy? 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.200 You know what made me happy? What where are you? 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:15.840 Why are you on that chin with today? 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:16.639 I don't know. 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.120 You don't make me happy. As I looked at the 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:23.200 chat here and I've seen that people are starting to 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:27.240 turn on Oreo. They're starting they're starting to see him 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.000 for what he is, which. 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.760 Is of people by you. 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.400 They see him for what he is, which is a 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:40.280 kleptomaniac blow hard. Oh oh you don't. You didn't know, 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.200 As ro Dog would say, yeah, my plaque gone. So 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.400 you know what that means. I mentioned to Filthy yesterday. 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.800 So in the last in the last six weeks, I 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:52.760 have literally had the Black Label Pro Tag Team Championships 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:56.400 put in my hands after I won, and they were 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:00.080 taken from me. Now I had my plaque that I 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:05.080 earned in my hands and now this fat whale has 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:06.440 taking it away from me and I don't know where 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:07.160 it's at. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.560 So you know what that says to me? Brian doesn't 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.680 say a lot about paper O sour Brazilian jiu jitsu 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.560 because you couldn't even take down the whale that you 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.080 gave a big hug too, Right. 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:19.960 Brother, I got locked out of the room. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:21.080 What do you want me to do? 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:22.920 I got locked out of the I got locked out 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:27.480 of my own studio by a whale who then grabbed 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:32.560 my little gimmick, not that one and uh and made 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.760 off with it. So anyway, hey, I'll talk more about 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.120 this later, but let's talk about the news, because got 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.760 some moves though, we've got We've got two, we got 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:46.599 the draft Ron SmackDown and uh, you know, yesterday during 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.360 the show with Dave and it was like I was 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.880 gonna read who went where, and then he wanted to 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.520 read like what the top names were here and there? 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.040 And at the end of the day, it's like, okay, everybody, 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.960 let's keep it simple. Here is the Raw and Smell 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:08.640 rosters Raw Akir Tazawa, Angel Apollo, Cruz, Braunze, Strohman, Bronson, Reed, 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:15.320 Chad Gable, Cody, Damian Priest, Dexter Loomis, Dominic Mysterio, Drew McIntyre, 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:21.520 Eric Finn, Baler, Giovanni, Vinci Gunther, Umberto Ivar, j D. McDonough, 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.200 Jinner Mahal, Johnny Gargano, who in facted get drafted. Someone 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.760 told me that he didn't, but he did, Kevin Owens, Gophy, Kingston, Leude, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:34.400 Big Kaiser, Mosey and Mansois Matt Riddle. The miz Odyssey. 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:39.360 Jones has been called up to the main roster. Otis 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:44.360 Randy Orton, Ricochet, Riddick Moss, Robert Rude, who is in 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:50.600 fact still employed our Truth, Sammy Zain Sanga Yeah you 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.599 heard me right, Sanga has been called up to the 0:05:53.600 --> 0:06:03.680 main roster. Seth Rawlins, Shinske Nakamura, Chompa Verer and Xavier woods. 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:03.839 Least I know Bobby roots out with a neck. 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.120 Where's he's got a hip? 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:05.520 Intry? 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:11.440 Hip intry for the women on raw, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Candice, 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:16.760 Carmela Chelsea Dana Brook, Emma, Indy Hartwell, got Tona Chance, 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:22.359 Caden Carter, lib Morgan, Natty, Nicky Cross, Piper Niven, Raquel Rhea, 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:27.280 Ronda Rousey, Shana Basler, Sony Deville, Teagan, Tristradi, Zaie Lee, 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.520 Zoe Stark, and then Maxine and Valhalla are also on 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.720 raw okay, by the way, before I go to SmackDown, 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.360 I don't know if you guys knows or not. That's 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:43.000 a big roster SmackDown. For the men, it's a j 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:50.480 Angelo Dawkins, Ashanti, the Adonnas, Austin Theory, big Ee, Lashley, Bray, Wyatt, Butch, Cameron, Grimes, Cruise, 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:55.159 del Toro Edge, Elton, Prince, Grayson Waller, Jay Usso, Jimmy Usso, 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:59.600 Joaquin Wilde, Carl Anderson, Carrying Cross, Kit Wilson, l A. Knight, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:05.000 Luke Gallows, Montes Ford, raymas Sterio, Rick Boogs, Ridge, Holland, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:10.680 Roman Reigns, Santos, Escobar, Shankley, remember Him, Seamus Solo, so 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:15.400 CoA Top Dolla, and apparently Uncle Howdy. And for the women, 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.800 it's Alba fire Aleah Oscar b fab Bailey, Bianca, Charlotte 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:24.920 Dakota iladn Eo Sky, Lacy Evans, Mia Yim Scarlett Shatzi, 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:29.520 Temina Zelina, Pat McAfee, and Paul Haymon. And that is 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.040 the SmackDown roster. 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:33.360 How about the NHT roster. 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:43.880 Now, we also have these free agents, Baron Corbyn, brock 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:49.000 Lesnar Cedric, Alexander, Dolph Ziggler, Elias Eric Young, John Cena, Logan, 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:54.200 Paul Mvp, ali O Moss Shelton, Benjamin von Wagner, and 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.280 Zion Quinn. Okay, now, what's the point of all of this. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.720 Well, Yon Quinn drafted into free agency. 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:06.240 Here, here is the story of all of this to me, 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:12.880 everybody number one. And you know, we've seen how this 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:17.280 has gone in the past. And if this were solely 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:20.760 Triple H's show, I would say, well, you know, maybe 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.360 things are going to change, but it's not his show, 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.480 which was made abundantly obvious by the draft because all 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.880 day Monday last week they announced that tag teams could 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:34.440 be broken up, and then on Thursday, the Thursday before 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.000 the draft, they randomly announced, well, you know, everyone's gonna 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.000 be going as a unit, no one's gonna be broken up. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:46.400 And then on Friday. On Friday, on SmackDown, which did 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.960 two point five million viewers. They told you, the viewer 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:54.280 that this tournament for the World Heavyweight Championship can include 0:08:54.320 --> 0:09:00.439 wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown. Okay, two days later on Raw, 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.920 the storyline is that Roman Reigns would like to wrestle 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.440 for the World Heavyweight title, but he can't because he's 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:10.280 on SmackDown. 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.280 So, you know, Vince is all in. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.120 I think that I think I actually think believe it 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.760 or not everybody. I think that what they're saying is 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:22.800 true in the sense that if you watch the shows, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:28.520 you can see that the uh you know, the storylines 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:33.400 they're doing, the consistency in storylines. I mean, Hunter is 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:38.320 still largely doing this, but it is exactly what they've said. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.800 Vince is in there and he's doing whatever he wants, 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.280 and he's making changes, and you can see the changes. 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:45.199 On these shows. 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.640 Now when I read those rosters, guys, remember the last 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:52.319 time they had a brand split and you would watch 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.160 these shows, it was like you saw the same people 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.760 in the same matches week after week. 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:00.040 And you sit. 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.199 There and you watch the show and you think, are 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:06.800 there eight people signed to each brand? Like they have 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:10.360 no depth whatsoever? On these two rosters. Well, what they 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.520 have done here and you can see from all of 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:18.839 the call ups that they have done their intention. Okay, 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:24.600 let me make this clear. Their intention is that there 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.800 are now two shows, and they are going to do 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.880 a raw show with a raw roster, and they are 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.800 going to do a SmackDown show with a SmackDown roster. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.520 And they are separate shows, and people are not supposed 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:41.280 to go back and forth, and they are patting these rosters. 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.600 These are big rosters, dude. There's a lot of people 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:51.000 available for ron SmackDown. Their intention is that this is strict. Now. 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.080 Of course we've seen this a thousand times, but that's 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:58.079 their intention. Their intention is Sammy Zay and Kevin Owens 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:02.520 versus the Bloodline. It's oh okay, it's done. Sammy's and 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.839 Kevin are on one show. The Bloodline is on another show. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:11.040 It's finished. Okay, this ray Dominic thing. Their intention is 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:12.840 for now, it's done. 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:13.720 It's finished. 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.959 We did WrestleMania, we were doing whatever, it's done, We're 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.680 starting new things. That is their intention here. How long 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.000 they stick to it, I mean, we've seen it a 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.440 million times. Ain't gonna last. But okay, if you watch 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:28.480 these two shows and you see this draft and you 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:29.440 see these call ups. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:30.840 That's the idea. 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:35.040 It's two separate, totally separate rosters, totally separate storylines, all 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:36.959 of that. This is the way it's gonna be from 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:37.520 here on out. 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:41.880 And it should be noted that the deciding match for 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.240 that title will be taking place in Saudi Arabia. You know, 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.560 they want that to be a big show. I'm sure 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.000 they want a big match, main event. I don't know 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.080 if they're going to do the tournament all in that 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.320 night or how they're going to go about things, but 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.480 I have a feeling that that's why that's also being 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:01.360 that caveat was put in place, because they want to 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.240 make sure they have that big match to satisfy everybody 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:05.800 who's going to be going to that show. 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.360 Back in the moment with the more Observer Live. 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:32.800 Sometimes back in the show, Brian Albarez here Wrestling Observer 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.679 Live MI except for BB also Wrestling Observer dot Com 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.559 very quickly at the end of my Twitter at Brian Albarez, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:40.280 he's at it again. 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:41.800 So I'm just gonna promote it. 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.840 Today is give Big Day and Whale Scout is participating. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:47.679 If you go to my Twitter at Brian Albarez you 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.120 can get a link to the Whale Scout Give Big page. 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.800 You can see all of the great work that they're 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:56.840 doing around Bothel doing habitat restoration and Earthday work the 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:03.000 past couple of weeks and so much more. And to anonymous, 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.960 do you know what that word means? Anonymous? Two anonymous 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:11.360 donors will be matching anything that you donate. So if 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.959 you donate, for example, one hundred dollars today, you're actually 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:19.320 donating a three hundred dollars because two different anonymous donors 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.880 will match whatever you donate up to I think a 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.920 thousand and fifteen hundred dollars. So anyway, if you have 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.959 anything that you would like to uh toss into the hat, 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.680 it's up on my Twitter at Brian Alvarez Whale Scout 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.800 Give Big Day. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.880 How much for you to dance with Oreo again? 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.079 It ain't gonna happen. It ain't gonna happen. 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:44.920 I can't believe you're still pushing this thing after what 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:45.720 happened yesterday. 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.839 It was a feel good Monday, Brian, I'm trying to continue. 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.760 To Yeah, I felt great when my thing got stolen. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.800 That was awesome, you know, you know it feels good. Thievery, 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:58.360 maritime thievery. You know that's called you know, you don't 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.280 Maritime thievery is called, Mike, It's called piracy. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:03.640 That's what I was a victim of. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:08.439 Yeah, you need some gunboat diplomacy. I was a victim 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:14.600 of pirate legit piracy or he is a pirate, he's 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.400 a maritime theb he is a pirate. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:19.560 You know they used to do the. 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.440 Pirates when they got him. Huh yeah, look it up 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:29.240 now today tickets went on sale for all in at 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:34.360 Wembley Stadium, and uh, you know, you know sometimes I 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.600 say to you anything, I'd like to say I told 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:38.040 you so, but or whatever. 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:38.280 You know. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.480 But now, after what happened with that whale, I don't 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:41.640 want to do any more because I don't want to 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.240 be anything like him. But I will say I will 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.760 say that last night last night, Yeah, I'm making a 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.480 change because I realized what a despicable, horrible thing it 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:56.080 is to be like a horrible It's horrible. I did 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:57.760 it to be funny, he did it to be legit. 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:01.120 But anyway, so last night, Dave's what's your what's your prediction? 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.280 And I said I'd say, you know, right around I'd 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.240 say about thirty thousand be my guess, because of course 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.720 they had like, you know, sixty thousand requests or whatever. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.240 And you know, if I know, if I know one 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.440 thing from running a business over the years, it's like 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.320 a lot of people will say a lot of things 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:18.800 untill they actually have to pay the money. 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.800 Something. Big difference between pledging and delivering. 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.400 Yes, sixty thousand pre sales. I thought, you know what 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.640 a safe number would be, I would say is I'd 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.560 say first day about about thirty thousand. And uh, it 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:35.760 looks according to Dave that first day sales for Wembley 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:41.920 are thirty five thousand. Guarantees aw will have their largest 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:46.240 ever attendance, largest ever gate before a single match is 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:52.200 even announced. Sixty thousand pre sale codes were requested and distributed. 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.520 The Clash of the Castle of It in Cardiff, w 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.720 w A hit nearly ninety thousand requested in a similar 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:02.160 presale system, and of course they did not get ninety thousand. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.480 What about I think it was some forty five to 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.320 fifty or something like that. But full seating capacity of 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.920 the event is unknown. But that is just first day, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.920 that's first day presale, So I think the actual on 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:17.200 sale date is Friday, and I think they're gonna comfortably 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.520 get I would say, at minimum by the time the 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.280 show rolls around. I would say, at minimum, you know, 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:27.200 fifty fifty five thousand. Are they gonna get ninety? I 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:27.960 mean they could. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.080 But does Tony work the number? 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.080 No, I don't think so. I don't think he will. 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.520 Well with class at the castle. What they claimed was 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.000 let's say, sixty two thousand, two hundred and ninety six. 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:47.160 That's what at least it shows on the always accurate Wikipedia. 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.720 So if that's what they claimed, who knows what they had. 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.480 But you know, with aw now, I mean you do 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.840 have a long way off. Is you know, fifteen thousand 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.560 too few to ask for? Because at least that puts 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.000 you at fifty, which is a great number. Sounds like 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.919 a great number the people on the outside, it's impressive. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.760 So I know that thing can see, you know, at 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.080 eighty thousand, ninety thousand, just depending on what configurations they 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.600 decide to have and how much of the field they 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.760 decide to use in the stage and all that stuff. 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:20.640 But the bottom line is it's their biggest gate. It's 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.919 going to be their biggest attendance, and it's going to 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:27.440 be a big show. So you know what the quality 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.320 of the show is going to be. We'll find out 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.480 later on down the line. But you know, that was 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.399 a big haul for the open and you got months 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.280 and months to try to draw people to it and 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:37.479 sell the rest of those seats. 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:40.479 Well, we'll follow it over the next couple of days 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.080 and then obviously the next big day is Friday for 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.080 the public on sale. Although really, you know, to me, 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:52.320 I could be wrong about this, but aw, it's not 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:56.760 like a WWE event where you know, for example, your 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.760 mom has heard of WWE and knows of Hulk Hogan 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.959 and sort of thing, and you know they draw a 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.919 large casual base wherever they go. I mean, for a 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.560 w and Wembley Stadium. My guess is that you know, 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.679 most people that know about the show and are going 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.719 to want to go to the show, they're gonna get 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.000 that pre sale code. They're not gonna say, ah, let 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.200 all the good tickets go, We'll do you know on Friday, 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:18.640 will just. 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:20.760 You know, be the public. 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.200 So I would I would bet that, you know, I 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:24.840 don't think it's gonna be like you know, thirty five 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.280 thousand today and then thirty five thousand when the official 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.639 tickets go on sale. I would think that, you know, 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.720 this is the big early surge, and then the idea 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.640 here is well, you know, keep pushing it hard, make 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.879 it seem like it's gonna be this thing you can't miss. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:45.080 Start announcing some matches for what you would like to 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.080 do for the show. Obviously we're a long way out. 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.359 Start getting some travel packages going, not only for you know, 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:54.040 possibly here, but obviously for you know, all over the 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.520 European continent, to try to get people over there and 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.240 make it, you know, worthwhile trip. Trying to bundle things 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.880 together the best can to help people out on money, 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:03.720 you know, when they are you know again, because look 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:07.159 how many thirty you know, thirty dollars tickets I'm assuming 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:08.960 you're going to be available. I'm assuming that's about the 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.160 cheapest price, right twenty five or thirty bucks in all likelihood, 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.879 you know, whatever that is in euros right now. But 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.240 you know, you put things together like that too to 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.239 try to draw people in where again, because it's not 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:23.760 like people are not hurting for money all over the 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.119 place too. So in all of the months that you 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.160 have leading into this thing. Try to put some things 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:30.600 together where you can draw people and try to add 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:32.119 value to go into the show. 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:33.280 This. 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:35.639 You know, this person here goes. Maybe some people are 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:38.359 waiting for matches to be announced. That's not what's happening here. Okay, 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:40.480 whatever they're doing is whatever they're doing. This is not 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:44.640 about the matches. If you look at WWE pre sales, 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:49.359 aw pre sales, people decide whether they want to get 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:50.960 the show or not has nothing to do with the 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.200 matches on the show. Now, if you're talking about television, 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:56.560 if you're talking about, oh, the show's on Wednesday, do 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:57.919 I want to watch it or not? Well, there's an 0:19:58.000 --> 0:19:59.719 NBA game on? Do I want to skip this game 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.560 to w the show? Well, what matches are there? People 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:05.720 do make a determination for free television based on what 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:08.200 the matches are as far as like a big event 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:11.240 is coming to my town. Dude, look at how many 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:16.000 WrestleMania practically sold out, and yeah, we knew what some matches, well, 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:17.399 we didn't even know what day they were going to 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:19.639 be on. They didn't tell us what day these matches 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:24.000 were going to take place on until like Wednesday, So dude, 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:27.639 they sold virtually every single solitary ticket before anybody knew 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:29.560 what match was going to be on what day for 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:33.359 that show. Okay, you know, yes, there have been a 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:37.560 couple of times where you announce a match and all 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:38.440 of a sudden. 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:39.639 The tickets go crazy. Okay. 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:43.000 Usually it'll be like, ah, they're coming to Seattle, they're 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:46.760 running the Climate Bank Arena or whatever the heck it's called. 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:49.800 Now you know, they got five thousand out and then 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:51.840 all of a sudden, Johnsena returns to televisions, gonna be 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:53.600 in Seattle. Then boom, all of a sudden, two thousand 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.480 more tickets go. The only time that I can remember 0:20:56.560 --> 0:21:01.239 recently were an actual match was announced and moved a 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:06.480 ton of tickets was after Montreal when they announced I 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:07.760 forget what where they were. 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:09.960 It might have been Winnipeg or something like that, but. 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.359 They announced, we're doing a Roman reign, Sammy's a championship 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:15.679 match at this house show, and all of a sudden, kaboom, 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:19.400 they started selling a ton of tickets. So outside of that, 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:24.359 I see no, I see nothing of late where things 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:26.200 are going all right, but hey, now we're gonna start 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:28.840 announcing matches and people are gonna start buying tickets that's 0:21:28.880 --> 0:21:31.639 not the way people do things for live events nowadays. 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:33.480 They want to go to the show, or they don't 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:35.320 want to go to the show, and I. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.159 Think it also, I mean, it can also depend on 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.320 the event. But like with russell Mania, it sells itself, 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:43.320 you know, the weekend sells itself, all that sort of stuff, 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.040 even if you're not sure what and when the matches 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:47.480 are going to be on the show. And I think 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:49.439 that's going to be the same way here when it 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:53.560 comes to this show at Wembley, because again, look at 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:56.639 the I assume it's going to be a complete spectacle. 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:58.720 You know they're going to go. Look, they got Wembley, 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:03.080 they got Wembley's, so they're obviously you know, aiming big here. 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:06.440 So I don't think it matters necessarily what's on this card. 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:08.320 And I don't think you're gonna be able to advertise 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:12.159 anything that's gonna be able to move any tickets, you know, 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:14.640 any volume of tickets, even if he announce a crazy 0:22:15.280 --> 0:22:18.680 match like okay, Jamie Hayter and Julia and Julie's going 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:22.320