WEBVTT - Cody Rhodes To WWE/Elimination Chamber Update 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:09.240 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, Ready, 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:16.280 let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.639 here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every day 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:24.079 Monday through Friday, Noop Civic Threeastern, Sunday three Pacific, sixth Eastern. Hello, 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:29.400 Hi everybody here in Lovely Hawaii doing the show here today. 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.400 I wish I had a better background. I'm in a 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.400 I'm in a room right now. But if you are 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:39.560 a subscriber video dot fw online dot com, Tonight's Brian 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.760 and Vinnie Show, I have a special scenic location that 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.720 I'm looking to uh the broadcast from here tonight, so 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:47.080 it's gonna be a lot of fun. Hello to all 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:50.560 the twitch homies, top tier YouTube subscribers. Can't believe we're 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:53.199 somehow on the air here, but we are. And it 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.320 is Thursday on this program. So we got a lot 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.760 of stuff to talk about here today, not the least 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:01.240 of which is uh my new cameo. I told you 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.720 about that yet I'm kidding. It's not the top story, obviously. 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:08.280 The top story the departure of Cody Rhodes from a 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.360 W seems to be heading to w W E here 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.080 very soon. We're gonna talk to you about that. We 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.200 actually talked a lot about this couple of days ago, 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.160 and Dave and I talked about it last night. Still 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:22.360 a lot of questions about why this happened, what's going on, 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.800 what the plans are for Cody, So we'll talk about 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.679 that a little bit today. He was mentioned on the 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.640 A W Show last night and it was just like 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:36.000 if you have ever watched UFC or Bellatour, they referenced 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:39.080 somebody who's left, and it's not like that person never existed. 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.319 They mentioned that there had been a dog collar match before. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.280 There's been one dog collar match in the history of 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:48.600 a W and it did involve Cody, and so they 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.560 mentioned we're gonna have a second one, and the first 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.200 one involved Cody Rhodes and like nothing in it, he 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:59.240 hadn't left. Nothing so interesting the way that they handled 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:03.000 it not an angle. In case any of you are 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.280 still on net on that deal. We got ratings for 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.720 the Valentine'sday edition of n x T, last show on 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.680 sci Fi before they return to the USA network. Jake 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.520 Atlas will be got undergoing surgery for a torn a 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:18.120 c L. We've got an update on the elimination chamber, 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:22.680 including yes, a really stupid stipulation for a match, and 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:24.280 so much more. We're gonna kick it off out of 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.200 the break with Mike semper vv. So stick around, everybody. 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:45.400 Back in a moment Wrestling Observer Live. Back in the show. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.880 Bright Albert is here Wrestling Observer Live. Mike sumber Viv 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.160 also Wrestling Observer dot Com. We got a lot of 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:58.639 news to get into here today, don't we, Mike, We do. Yeah. 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.680 I didn't hear your show yesterday, but I did hear 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:06.160 about the highlight, which was I'm in an airplane. I 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.640 didn't hear about the highlight, however, which was that Filthy 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:13.600 Tom suggested that now that Brandy has gone from a 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:18.440 w that the Brandy page of Van Zant feud continues 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:22.960 on in bare knuckle fighting. Hat to say. I never 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:26.240 thought of that one, but I laughed. He got me, 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:31.000 and he rarely does. Usually Filthy time is all about jokes. 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.560 Aren't funny? But you know how it is? Did you 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.600 buy a shirt from him last night? During the meat 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:40.960 and Great? That wasn't that wasn't around m but I hope, 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.080 I hope he did very well. Hey, listen, I want 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:44.400 to read something here because I got a lot of 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.200 questions about it. And uh, I want to make something 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:52.960 clear to everybody. You know, I've said before that you know, 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.800 how come you spoil this for how come you're spoiling 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.000 at Ronda Rowse. He's gonna wrestle with one hand tie 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.440 behind her back, But you didn't spoil that that see 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:07.160 him Punk was gonna debut in Chicago. Well, first off, 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.000 we talked about Hunky being in Chicago for like weeks. 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:14.760 I didn't know for sure, but I presumed the reason 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.839 I didn't tell you for sure, so I didn't know 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.719 for sure. So anyway, I want to make it clear 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:25.040 that I don't know for sure all of the situation 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:29.960 involving involving Cody. Dave decided to tell the world that 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:34.960 yesterday that had been in contact with Cody, and uh, 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.880 I mean, I I send him a picture of my kids, 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.080 But like, I didn't ask him about all this stuff 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.280 with why he left a w and where he's going, 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:43.680 because you want to know why, because he ain't gonna 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.400 say anything about it, all right, He's not gonna say anything, 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:48.680 but there was an article that came out the other 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.880 day that got a lot of press, and I want 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.000 to read part of this all right. It says when 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.400 it one, when at one point felt highly unlikely, will 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.080 apparently become a reality. Cody Rhodes returning to w w 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.279 E after being an integral part of a w since 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:08.279 its twenty nineteen launch. Justin barrass report of the news Wednesday, 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.160 saying that quote sources close to the situation have confirmed 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.400 that his next destination will be back where his career 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.839 started in w w E. No time for him, given 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.719 reports speculator Rohads could begin filming vignettes to the performance 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.280 center as soon as this weekend. The sources also say 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.720 that Cody's wife Brandy is not expected to join him 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.640 in w w E if it is that. If that 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.800 is the case, it's unknown where her entring career would 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.640 continue if she wants to pursue it. I thought we 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:32.120 got that. I thought we made that clear as a 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:37.760 bare knuckle fighting right. Barrasso's sources also said that Cody's 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:41.880 wife Brandy and not returning. Noted that rhodes may departure 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.240 was due to creative differences with his portrayal specifically the 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:49.120 stardust character. Those issues quote will be a non factor 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.600 in his return, where he's expected to have a far 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:56.240 different relationship with the writing team and Vince McMahon. It 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.760 says the report pointed to a specific area of friction 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.560 regarding Rhodes losing booking power over time. Quote. While Rhodes 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.840 was never intended to overstay his welcome in the World 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.800 Title Picture, one key factor that led to his exit 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:14.159 was losing all responsibilities involving booking. That is a role 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.440 where Tony Khan, who is head of Creative, has taken 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.960 full rain. Originally rose as a part of that process. 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.120 As great as Dusty was as a performer, his contributions 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.359 as a booker are an integral part of his legacy. 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.359 For Rhodes, a w represented another chance to pay homage 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.320 to his father as a booker while also further cementing 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.160 his own legacy. Losing that opportunity in a w hurt 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.839 Rhodes more than any loss he suffered in the ring, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.520 wrote justin here. Now, I've had a lot of people 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.320 saying clearly that came from Cody. That's what they've said. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:50.480 Now listen, all I know is this, I don't think 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:54.200 Cody's talking about any of this to anybody. Maybe he is, 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:58.760 but I don't think so. All Right, I am totally 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:00.840 hung up on this because people keep bringing it up. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:07.680 You're telling me, okay, that Cody was not allowed to 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.960 book an A e W, so he chose to leave 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.560 to go somewhere where he's not going to be allowed 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:19.880 to book. This doesn't make any sense, Okay. Now, do 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.760 I believe that he was upset that he no longer 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.560 had the ability to book programs? Sure, I'm sure that 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.120 he probably was upset about that. Do I think that 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.360 that is the crux of the reason that he left 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.000 a W? No? What do I think is the crux 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.040 of the idea? And I have not heard anything from 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.720 Cody about why he left. But let's look at this logically. 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.920 What is the crux of the reason that he would 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:45.800 leave this company? Well, I believe that, ironically, because this 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.640 was his idea, he did the stipulation where he was 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:50.560 no longer going to ever fight for the world title 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.320 and he was a multi time uh T and T champion. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:57.160 But unless they we're gonna do some sort of storyline 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.560 to break this stipulation, which, by the way, in storyline 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.400 he came, but so they could have found a way 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:03.600 around it. But he wasn't gonna be in the world 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.800 title picture. And Cody was doing things for a W 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.440 But was Cody a tippy top guy? Was he the 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:14.680 top guy in the promotion? No? When you watch the 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:18.560 show and you see the rise of of m JF 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.480 and you've got Brian Danielson, and you've got CM punk 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.239 and you've got John Moxley and all of these other guys, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.760 does anybody think that at any at any point in 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.920 the foreseeable future, Cody was going to be the number 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:35.199 one top guy in a W. No. Do I believe 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:39.000 that he believes that he can walk into w w 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.560 E and either on the Raw SmackDown brand be the 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.440 top guy on that brand. As I'm about to sneeze 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.679 right here. Yes, I believe that he believes that. So 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.079 number one, I think he thinks that by going to 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.719 w W, E is gonna have a better spot. Okay, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.520 I also believe that not only is he gonna have 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.600 a better spot, he's probably going to make more money 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.640 because they're gonna throw money at this guy so they 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:09.200 can say we got a founder of a W WE 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:14.440 got a VP that is worth millions of dollars a year. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.360 Those two things, Those two things are the reasons that 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.080 I believe that Cody left a w and he's going 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.840 to w W E. However the cards may fall, I 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.360 don't know. As I said to Dave last night, everyone 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.520 could like sure that this whole thing is gonna fail. Listen, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.880 Vince is out of his mind. You guys may all 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.720 be right, Okay, but if Vince has this much of 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.760 a clue, okay, this much, which is not a lot, 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:46.400 he's got to push this guy to the moon. Because 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.520 if Cody jump shipped w w E and he's in 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.440 that stardust costume, or he's doing jobs left, left and right, 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:59.000 if he's a failure, nobody it's gonna want to leave 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.640 a w W w E. You want him JF, you 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:07.000 want Sammy Gavara, you want Wardlow, you want whoever. Dude. 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.280 They ain't gonna think about this if you get Cody 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.160 and you screw this whole thing up and you bury 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:15.719 this guy. So it is in their best interests to 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.160 push this guy to the stratosphere. So in a few 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:22.439 years when these contracts come due, these guys are going, Man, 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.320 I can make more money and they're gonna push me 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.160 to the moon. So anyway, that's my quick Cody speech. 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:34.760 Anything to add Mike, I, Um, I just don't see 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:40.080 how that benefits anybody that comes after him anyway, you know, 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.240 even if they are successful with Cody, even if he's 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:47.559 got any successful voyage there, I don't see how that 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:52.920 changes anybody else's trajectory or really changes anybody else's mind. 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.000 I mean, you can make a claim as to why 0:10:55.040 --> 0:11:00.800 it would, but where's the I mean, we'll see how 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.000 the whole thing plays out. But we Tom and I 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.120 talked a lot about this yesterday as far as maybe 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:09.440 some of the pieces that are are moving in different 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:14.079 directions here, and we'll see if this is really about 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:18.439 money or what this is exactly about, because it's interesting 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:22.000 to see what he's giving up as far as things 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.439 with Turner and things like that, and who knows how 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:30.880 they'll go. But I you're asking a lot, you know, 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.360 you really are. Again, I don't know how that changes 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.120 anything for anybody that comes after him. I don't know 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.080 how that Like if if Cody Rhodes goes back to 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:45.840 a place that he's been and everything, let's say everything 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.200 is great for Cody but his status quo with the 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.880 rest of the company, how things have been going. Sammy 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.200 Gavar is gonna want to jump over, m jf is 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.040 gonna want to jump over. It's just I don't know. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.240 The one thing that they can offer for sure is money. 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:02.400 That's for absolute day. I'm sure what what peacock and 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.120 what other things that that Cody Rhodes and his family 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.720 could benefit from being under that umbrella or being away 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.880 from where they are right now. I don't know. But 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.040 if you know when he comes to the wrestling aspect, 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.800 you gotta prove it to me. We'll be back in 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:43.640 a moment. Observer Live Back in the show. Bran Elber 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.679 is here Wrestling Observer Live. Mike Simber viv also Wrestling 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.640 Observer dot Com. Mike, Well, I can ask you a 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:55.560 question here, okay, and ask you this question. You're telling 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:57.600 me that you don't think it would make any difference 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.440 whether Cody is pushed or not pushed when it comes 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.400 to whether anybody else would want to jump ship to 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.880 w W E. Is that what you said. I can't 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.200 believe that. No, I didn't say that. I just don't 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.080 see how it's going to benefit anybody that greatly. And 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:15.920 when people don't just look at individually what happens with Cody, 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.920 who's got a history there, who has some value to 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:23.960 him there, How does this benefit everybody else per se? 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.839 You know, because of Cody Rhodes gets treated one way. 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.200 Eddie Kingston is gonna want to jump over, They're gonna 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:32.920 have interest with him, They're gonna know what to do 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.880 with him, with Darby Allen, with m JF, with Sammy Goobara, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:40.679 with a lot of people. Sure it might look better 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:44.000 on the surface if Cody goes over there and is successful. Yes, 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:47.120 but you have to look at everything individually. You have 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.920 to look at history. You have to look at a 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:53.440 lot of things here. So just because Cody Rhodes, even 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:57.880 if that goes all that well, Ali resigned and we 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:01.360 saw how happy he was FDR at one point or 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.480 not FDR, but Gallows and Anderson were signed and then 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:08.120 we're cut right away. I mean, yeah, they're sure if 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.240 one person he goes well for them, Okay, that's great, 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:15.320 but it doesn't necessarily mean anything goes better for anybody 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.079 else at all. I mean you can theorize and go, well, yeah, 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.800 if this happens, then this is gonna be good. But 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.400 then you look at the history of who you're talking about, 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.160 and so you have to look at the history. But 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:31.600 I mean, let's go back. Let's go back to nine 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.400 when Kevin Nash with the failed w w E champion. 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.600 Scott Hall was just a mid card guy who had 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:45.160 been the interconinal champion. Lex Luger was doing nothing, to 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.520 the point where they even bother to resign him to 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.800 a contract. He's just working without a contract. Scott Hall 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.640 jumps at w CW Big Money, Big Push. Scott Hall 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.240 jumps at w CW, Big Money, big Push, Lex Luger 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:04.040 jumps at w W Big Money, big Push. Everybody wanted 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.720 to go to w c W after that happen. It's 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:11.160 not Chris jer Chris Jericho was what they were doing 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.480 nothing with this guy. He wanted out. He jumped shipped 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:19.040 to w w E. He gets the huge countdown clock, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.640 he gets the giant debut, He's going toe to toe 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:27.040 with the rock. Everybody wanted to jump to w WF. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.200 If Chris Jericho would have jumped over to tow w 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.400 WF and done a job for TACA. Mitchinoku was first 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.120 night in and they buried him and he was a geek. 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.840 Blah blah blah, nobody would have wanted to go to 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:43.920 w w F Obviously, Obviously, if I'm Darby Allen, if 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.520 they signed Cody and they give him ten million dollars 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.720 and he beats Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, if I'm Darby Allen, 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.520 I'm still not going to w W because I know 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:53.920 there's not any chance because I'm small. They're not gonna 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.200 do anything with a guy who's the size of Darby Ellen. 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:01.200 But if I m m JF and I am a 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.000 top guy in a w and let's say I'm making 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.600 a million dollars a year and my deal comes up 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.320 in four or whatever, and w W he comes, they go, 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:12.280 you know what, We're gonna give you two million dollars 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.880 a year. If I am JF and I look and 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.120 I see that they screwed up Cody and did nothing 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.040 with him and had him doing jobs and he's a geek, 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:23.240 I don't even think about it. But if I see 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.320 that they pushed Cody and he was a top guy 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.680 and he's been a top guy ever since he jumped ship, 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:30.800 and they're offering me three million dollars, and I know 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.160 that they did something with the last big name that jumped. 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.920 I think about it. Do I do it? I don't 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:37.600 know if I do it, but I think about it. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.880 If Cody is buried, I don't even think about it. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.320 So it is imperative that they do something with Cody. 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.800 Otherwise nobody's going to even think about going over there. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.920 If they can't do something with Cody, who do they 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:52.440 have over there that you go, you know what, maybe 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:56.480 they do something with me Nobody, Maybe Wardlow because he's big, 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.240 jacked up dude. I know they want Wordlow, but it 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:04.000 is imperative if that they book Cody. Well, same reason 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:05.639 everybody wants to go to a W right now, the 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.240 same reason like Ruby Right wanted to jump ship. They 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.400 weren't doing anything with the Ruby Right and she saw 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.119 the opportunity for money and actually being used on the 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.679 other side. And you can go down the list of 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:17.880 guys that went that way because there was a benefit 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.679 to them going that way. But what's the benefit of 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.320 going to w W E If they can't figure out 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.520 anything to do with Cody Rhods E v P. There's 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.280 no benefit. No one's going to think about it. They 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:34.159 have to use this guy Oh yeah, Well, if you're 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.800 gonna sign somebody, then yeah, you should probably go ahead 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.159 and use them. I still don't see how this ultimately, 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:43.760 at the end of the day will benefit anybody else. Again, 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.679 it clears the track a little bit, but you know, 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:49.760 there's a lot more to me that goes into this 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.320 with a lot of other people individually than than with Cody. 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.399 But ultimately we are going to see how this is 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.560 going to benefit him and what he is able to do. 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:03.600 Because we've talked about his interests that are adjacent to 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.800 and that our individual from pro wrestling, and he has 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:10.760 those things. One thing for sure is he is walking 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.520 into a situation when coming over the NBC Universal streaming 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:19.400 service in Peacock where the Bella's miss and Maurice. I mean, 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.600 he's got benefits now already that have shown themselves to 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.760 be on go big show and on roads to the top. 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.160 Even though that that was a w ASSOCIATED I mean 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:35.600 to me, that is where the draw is for w 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:40.040 w E because I think ultimately, even if Cody gets 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.720 treated great, you kind of know what box you're going 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.320 to be in from a sports entertainment point of view 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.240 and what your art is inside the ring. That is 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.239 going to change regardless of of Cody and what they 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:53.919 let him do or what they don't let him do. 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.639 The styles are completely different. But where w w E 0:18:57.720 --> 0:18:59.919 may be able to be a benefit for some people 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:06.120 is because of associations with Fox, associations with UH with 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.560 Peacock and NBC Universal, where some of those things that 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:12.960 he obviously likes to do, some of the things that 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:15.600 come from that charitable works and a lot of things 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.720 that open up different doors for you. That's very important 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.080 to him and for people who that life is important, 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:23.880 people who want to get in the movies, people want 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.760 to do more with TV. That's where w w E 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:30.080 may be the ultimate benefit for anybody who is on 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.320 the fence or is somebody that feels as though that 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:34.760 they are going to be able to function maybe at 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.880 different levels, but we'll be able to function fine individually 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:42.400 in both systems. So to me. Now, you know, as 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:44.520 we get into the future and as we go along 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.080 with these companies and we see what they're about and 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:51.160 how they're built, it may come down to also how 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:53.480 much can I do? Where can I ascend to there 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:56.080 that's got nothing to do with wrestling, but has got 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:01.119 some things to do with securing my future in other ways. Saturday, 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:06.680 we have got the Elimination Chamber Show and it appears 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.159 to be and until this is announced on SmackDown, it's 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:12.720 not official, but apparently their idea is that. And I 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:16.960 don't have any idea why Rhonda Rousey and Naomi versus 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:20.520 Charlotte and Sonya Deville will have the stipulation that Rohonda 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:24.359 Rousey must wrestle with one hand tied behind her back. 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:34.679 What so listen? Obviously, because Sonya Deville is involved, a 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:36.920 person who doesn't watch the show could say, well, she's 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:39.199 the heel GM she's gonna rule that Ronda Rousey has 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:42.520 to wrestle with one dude. On the show Friday, they 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:46.080 did an angle where Vince McMahon sent word that Sonya 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:48.920 Deville was abusing her power and then if she didn't 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.560 watch herself, she was gonna find herself in serious trouble. 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:53.680 So now you're gonna go to the angle that she 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:56.600 is demanding Rohonda Rousey wrestle with one hand tied behind 0:20:56.640 --> 0:21:00.840 her back. Doesn't make any sense. It's stupid, it's an 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:05.840 it's a useless stipulation, and I'm disgusted. I even had 0:21:05.880 --> 0:21:09.840 to announce that the stipulation just to do one. That's 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:12.280 how she gets her revenge on Ronda. That's the best 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:14.480 she can come up with. As in a w W 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:17.520 official is Hey, you're gonna wrestle a match with one 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.560 hand behind your back because the owner of the company 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:26.960 won't let me suspend you. Okay, It's interesting. I mean 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:29.400 he's he's been on raw with because this has been 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:31.240 going on for how long? And I thought he was 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.320 having a phone contact with these people anyway. I mean 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:36.520 he was having it with Adam Pierce. So why all 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:39.960 of a sudden, why now is Sonya Devill apparently doing 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:43.480 something very evil to Naomi somebody who she's been what 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:46.160 on about this now for what six eight months? Whatever 0:21:46.200 --> 0:21:48.879 it's been. This person she just figured out that Sonya 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:53.720 is wrestling in Saudi Arabia. Yeah, Sonya Deville is wrestling 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:56.960 in Saudi Arabia. And this person here knows that the 0:21:57.359 --> 0:21:59.520 storyline is it because Sonia has her arm and is 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:02.600 sling and has to put her arm in a sling. Well, 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:04.560 first off, wis so when you're wrestling of her arms 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:07.040 and a sling number one? Number two, how about the 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:08.639 other person not having to wrestle with their arm in 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:13.720 a sling. It's stupid, one thing is for sure. I mean, 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:15.879 I know a lot of people may come down because 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:20.800 they have their own thoughts on Sonya wrestling in Saudi Arabia, 0:22:20.840 --> 0:22:25.040 But I gotta say, for her personally, kudos. I think 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:28.600 it's falsy. I can give you, and I'm sure she 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:30.479 can give you. Every reason in the world not to 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:35.479 go as a lesbian woman, uh, going over to that 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:39.600 country and performing, But she's doing it, and you know, 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:43.920 away from the company, away from anything that it may mean. 0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:47.240 I can see, you know, her point of view and 0:22:47.280 --> 0:22:51.200 going over there. It's a again, it is a really 0:22:52.000 --> 0:22:54.880 something I think. For again, it's I know they're gonna 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:56.840 say they're claiming they're changing the world with all this 0:22:56.880 --> 0:22:59.080 stuff and all that garbage. But I think from an 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:03.479 individual point of view, you know, kudos to her because 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:05.159