WEBVTT - Rousey Smackdown/Double Or Nothing Ramp Up 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:12.280 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:20.400 By from San Francisco. I'm a Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.840 You are listening to Wrestling Observer Vibe with your hosts, 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:28.560 Brian Alvarez and Mike semper vv. Are you ready? Are 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.760 you ready? Let's get it all. Let's get it Mike 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.560 simper Vv here with you for the next hour, talking 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:39.240 professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, something we do every 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:42.960 single day here on the Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network, and 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.320 the Byeline is everywhere too. I heeart tune in Sports 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:51.280 Byeline dot Com, over the air affiliate Sirius x um podcast, 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.320 or video streaming on Twitch and YouTube. However you're joining 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.520 me today, I just want to say thank you and 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.639 special thank you for those of you listening over American 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.720 four his radio on this Memorial Day weekend. The Big 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.759 boss Man, Brian Alvarez is in Las Vegas as I speak, 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:11.800 which means I can do this Blueberry Red Bull. Hopefully 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.280 he's not hanging out with a great o'con because if 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.120 he is, he'll have a lot of explaining to do 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.440 once he gets home. Brian and Dave Meltzer and many 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:21.600 others are in Vegas for the F four W Online 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:26.600 Wrestling Observer Convention and of course a W double or nothing, 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:28.520 And let me get a little bit of house cleaning 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:30.959 out of the way. It's a jump here. Brian and 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.280 Dave will be holding a Q and A Saturday morning, 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:37.080 eleven a m Pacific at the Silver Nugget Casino in 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.760 Las Vegas. The meet and greet is sold out, but 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:41.600 there are tickets left for the Q and A, and 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.200 I believe the dinner at Texas State Brazil or Tajas 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.800 Dave Brazil uh the steak House. So for all the 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.760 information on anything that has to do with the F 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.880 four W Convention and the festivities this weekend, go to 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.560 at F four W Convention on Twitter the hashtag They're 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.440 gonna use his F four W con twenty two and 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.080 I got a lot to get into today. SmackDown is 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:05.440 tonight round a rousing against Raquel Rodriguez has been announced. 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.240 There's a live rampage, which, depending on when you are 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:12.560 listening to the feed of this show, has possibly already happened, 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.120 and a ton of news, not the least of which 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:18.560 is New Japan holding a press conference to discuss their 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.600 very tense relationship that they're having right now with Coda Abushi. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.160 So there's a lot to get into. I thought today 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.359 I was just going to be talking about double or 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.360 Nothing and the best of the super juniors, but a 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.000 bunch of news has popped up, a bunch of injury 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:35.680 news to get into. Jeff Jared is packed with w 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.160 W E and a whole lot more. So we're gonna 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.200 get it all started when I get back from break. 0:02:40.520 --> 0:03:15.360 Wrestling Observer Live. You're listening to Wrestling Observer Live with 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.919 Brian Alvarez and Mike semper Viv on the Sports Byeline 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:23.520 Broadcasting Network. Welcome back to the show, Mike semper Viv 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.960 Wrestling Observer Live. You know, we do this show for 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:28.920 an hour at a time every day, but if you 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.960 want us two seven, you can try to find us 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.920 on Twitter at semper Viv. The timeline for this website 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.800 is at w O n F four W the broadcasters 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.280 at Sports Byline USA and if you love pro wrestling 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.520 at mid Atlantic Pod. Brian Alvarez is not here, but 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.320 his Twitter is at Brian Alvarez. I'm not sure if 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.040 he has started tweeting out some of his adventures on 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.119 his trip to Las Vegas, including trying to fend off 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.960 Ed in San Antonio. And I'm gonna go through the 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.160 double or Nothing card today and give some of my 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.560 thoughts on what can happen. Is this is gonna be 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:05.120 the last time you hear or see me until Monday, 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.080 actually Tuesday, I think it is actually Tuesday. I think 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.760 Sports Byline will be taking a nap on Monday. And 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.120 I don't blame him on Memorial Day weekend, but if 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.120 it is a replay, uh, then I'll be back on 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:21.240 Tuesday alongside Brian and Saturday morning, Mr Jim Valley is 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.279 going to be in this chair one pm Eastern time, 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.479 ten am Pacific, and then andrews Arian will take it 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:30.440 over on Sunday evening six pm Eastern, three pm Pacific, 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.160 and he'll take you into the start of the pay 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.640 per view. And I'll get to that a little later 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:41.040 on because I woke up this morning to the news 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:45.360 of a press conference New Japan was holding about Kota 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:52.440 Obushi and Bushy Road president uh Toka two Kaki Kadani, 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:57.200 a New Japan president. Kami Obari had this press conference 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.599 it's been a bizarre public feud for those of you 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.040 have been paying attention between the two sides. Two and 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.360 a half weeks ago, a Bushi tweeted a message exchange 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:11.719 between he and New Japan official Yasuki Kikuchi just remember 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.679 that name, uh Kokuchi about a Bushi appearing at Taka 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.920 mccanoshoes Just tap Out event in March. The comments a 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.800 Bushy tweeted included New Japan's handling of his shoulder injury 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:28.280 last October, where he felt pressure to perform, and Kikuchie 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:34.280 suggestively asking if a Bushi wanted his release. Obari explained 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.480 that New Japan's side of the events at this press conference, 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.360 and the full transcript of this is up on New 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.720 Japan's website. It's linked through Wrestling observer dot com. If 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.120 you go up there too, I'm gonna give you an 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.800 abbreviated version of it as much as I can, because 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.000 I'm not going to spend the entire hour on the thing. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:55.200 But goes like this. Kotabushi is a wrestler exclusively contracted 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.880 to New Japan Pro Wrestling. As such, it is understood 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.159 that in order to devote full attention to New Japan 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.600 matches and associated events. He is required to inform and 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:09.200 receive express permission from New Japan before outside appearances. On 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.039 March fourth, in breach of the terms of his contract, 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.240 Mr Obushi made an appearance seconding wrestlers at a just 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:19.800 Halp Out event. Kokuchi is responsible for contacting various wrestlers 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.560 contracted to New Japan, but he also has a long 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:27.200 personal history with Mr Abushi that extends far more uh 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:32.919 that extends far before him becoming exclusively contracted talent. Kikuchi 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.599 contracted Mr Obushi in the belief that Mr Abushi's actions 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:40.400 in breach of his contract were taken deliberately to persuade 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:44.600 New Japan to terminate his agreement with him, perceiving this 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.479 as a betrayal of personal trust established over a number 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:53.520 of years between kukuk Kukuchi and Abushi. Kokuchi's messages were 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.560 sent in an emotional state as a result. Not wanting 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.520 to lose the services of Koda Obushi in such a 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.440 manner and wanting to find out his true mental state 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.960 and opinions on this matter, I arranged a meeting with 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.120 Mr Abushi at his personal training facility on May On 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:14.040 March thirty one A. Bari then would talk about the 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.440 two working out together, how a Bush he had said 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.360 his shoulder is not where he needs it to be 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.559 to perform, and how impressed he was with a Bush 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.520 he had as an athlete. And this is where Obari 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.520 also determined that Abushi, by appearing on the Just Half 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.160 Out show was not going to be in breach of 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:34.120 his contract and only received a reprimand. Obari then went 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.640 on to say, at the point of our meeting, I 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.800 did not know the exact wording or particulars of Mr 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.880 Abushi's text conversation with Kukuchi, and as a result did 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:47.960 not offer a proper apology for the content of the conversation. 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.040 Several weeks later, on May tenth, screenshots of the conversation 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.920 were made public. I have since learned that those tweets 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.240 were made when Mr Obushi was acting in a state 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.840 of concern for his mother, with mental distress being caused 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.880 by this situation. Mr Abushi told me that after discussing 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.360 the details of the situation with his mother on May eighth, 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:13.160 she attempted suicide on May nine and suffered a broken 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.280 bone in her back as a result. A meeting was 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.760 held on May tenth, including our company's legal staff in 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.000 order to understand the particulars of the situation and to 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.480 determine the best possible course of action for both New 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:31.160 Japan Pro Wrestling and Mr Abushi. We determined that the 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.840 said best course of action would be to directly meet 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.840 with Mr Abushi to formally apologize and hear one another's 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:43.800 opinions before making a public announcement should one be deemed necessary. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.120 At that point, Obari closed by saying that he and 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.400 Kadani were able to meet with Abushi and said that 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:54.280 both Abushi and Kikuchi would be reprimanded but remain with 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:59.079 the company, and he apologized to the fans for their concerns. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.880 Sounds good, Not all of it was in the moment, 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:08.080 because not long after the press conference ended, Kota Obushi 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.480 tweeted that he was upset over the fact that the 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:15.080 company initially glossed over the situation with his mother, which 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.560 was the whole reason he began tweeting about all of 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.160 this in the first place. So they had to go 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:24.199 back and amend the statement that I just read. So 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.560 I am sure Dave Meltzer is going to have more 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.520 on this and the next show that he does with Brian. 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.880 He writes about it in this week's newsletter, although obviously 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:39.920 not this information, which came out after deadline today. NUSPAN 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:45.560 very apologetic and obviously the olive branch to Kota obush 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.800 he has been handed apparently was yesterday with the meeting 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:55.240 with with a Bari, So we'll see what happens. This 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.959 is a very important story because of the stardom the 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.360 Koda Obushi had as over in Japan, his run with 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.120 New Japan, his contract with them, and then also his 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.040 relationship in the States with Kenny Omega, and how this 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:13.080 could play into a New Japan a w relationship. There's 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.000 all those professional things, as well as the fact that 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:20.040 this has caused great mental stress on Kota A. Bushy, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.160 and he may not be in the best of mental 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.600 states right now for a variety of reasons, not the 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.120 least of which is his mother. Uh Dave Meltzer talked 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:32.520 about on Wrestling Observer Radio not all that long ago 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:34.840 about the fact that when you are an athlete at 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.360 the level of Koda Bushy, when you are not able 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.640 to train and you look at Koda Bushy, a guy 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.600 who looks like he is carved out of stone, you know, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.720 the type of care he takes of his body, how 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:50.000 he feels it's got to be driving him nuts. And 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.120 the fact that could that Bushi is a character anyway 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.720 and is quite the unique personality, you know. I I 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:01.920 My biggest concern is his mental state right now, because again, 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.959 this this whole situation with his mother is just it 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.880 is a sad situation. But we'll have to see what 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.880 happens going forward. Here a good sign at least from 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.400 a public relations point of view, in my opinion, from 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.480 New Japan to come out have this conversation after having 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.400 a conversation with Koda Abushi and to make sure that 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.480 the public knows that New Japan Pro Wrestling values the 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:28.160 services and the mental health of Koda Obushi. So I'll 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.400 just have to see what happens. You never have to 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.120 wait and see what happens with Jeff Jarrett for too long, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.960 because at some point he is going to be involved 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:41.439 in the wrestling business. And it has been reported today 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:46.680 on Friday pw Insider that, according to multiple sources, the 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:51.480 former six time w w E Intercontinental Champion, tag Team 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.320 Champion in European Champion is coming home as a high 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:59.319 level executive. That was the quote high level executive on 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:01.880 the live of then side of the business. He's going 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.160 to begin next week. The fifty four year old Jarrett 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.960 is a two thousand and eighteen inductee into the w 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.880 w E Hall of Fame and had returned to the 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.520 company as a producer in January of two thousand and nineteen. 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:19.719 That didn't last, but this year alone see the wall here, 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.520 I got a one of these beautiful drawings here behind me. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:26.040 He appeared at g c w's Hammerstein show, as well 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.560 as some other shows for g c W feuding with Fie, 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.320 in addition to appearing as a as a referee in 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.600 the n w A as well as making appearances for 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:38.520 Triple A in Mexico. So, Jeff Jarrett cannot stay away 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.880 for too long and you can never bury a Jarrett, 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.199 certainly not Jeff Jarrett. So we got a lot more 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.240 to get into, including SmackDown Tonight, a whole bunch of 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.480 injury news, best of the super Juniors, and my thoughts 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.439 on a w coming up. This Sunday, Wrestling was over alive, 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:19.240 have vipe socks. You were listening to Wrestling Observer Live 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.559 with Brian Albarez and Mike simper Viv on the Sports 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:29.680 Byline Broadcasting Network. Back on the show, Mike simper Viv 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.480 Here with your Wrestling Observer Live on this a e 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.920 W double or Nothing weekend, the Big boss Man Brian 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.560 Alvarez out in Las Vegas for all the festivities of 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.040 not only that show, but everything taking place with the 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:45.960 four W Slash Wrestling Observer Convention. As I mentioned earlier 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.640 on go over to uh actually maybe deleted it now, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:54.480 but it's fur w uh con is the the the 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:58.040 spot on Twitter hashtag f fort w Con twenty two 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:00.760 is the hashtag everything, and it's going to be taking 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:02.520 place there. I assume it's going to be the same 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.600 thing on Instagram. I'm not popular enough to post on Instagram. 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.760 Got too boring of a life to to bother with that, 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:11.080 except for some pictures at the beach, which I can't 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:13.880 go to right now because a massive amount of storms 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.720 have rolled into Del Marva to just screw up this weekend. 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:20.120 So nuts to that. But at least I'm not injured, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.240 you know, I've had him shaken off the effects of 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.680 the COVID. But there was a slew of injury news 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.240 that seemed to come out over the last forty eight 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:31.520 hours here, according to Dave Meltzer in p W Insider, 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.680 and we're gonna start with Zalina Vega, who's out of 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:38.240 action right now. And you know, when the tag team 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:44.080 titles got vacated by Sasha and Naomi walking out, the 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.280 obvious idea for a lot of people was, well, put 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.400 Carmela and Zalina back together. You kind of broke them 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.280 up in a stupid manner anyway, So we put them 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.480 back together and let them get a run of the 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.480 tag team titles. And maybe they'll do that at some point, 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.280 but it's not going to be right away, as Selena 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.600 has suffered a in ring injury that required surgery. The 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.640 injury hasn't been too disclosed, but p w i Insider 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.800 wrote that she's expected to miss the next six to 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.040 eight weeks. Vega has not wrestled since losing a match 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.000 to Bianca bel Air on the April eleventh episode of Raw, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:20.160 although she interfered in bel Air's Women's Championship defense against 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:24.680 Sonya Deville on April five. There has been talk about 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.520 Vega receiving a push upon her return, as so sources 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.640 have noted her willingness to do what is requested of her, 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.480 and her hard work has been noticed behind the scenes, 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:40.640 said p W insider HM. Dave Meltzer reported in the 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.960 rest of Server newsletter that Omega will not be in 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:46.680 town for this weekend's pay per view Kenny Omega went 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.560 to a couple of tapings in the last few weeks 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.280 to work backstage, but in hindsight, the travel was too 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:54.160 early for the healing needed for his injuries, and he 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.800 won't be in Las Vegas this week for the pay 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.600 per view show, Meltzer wrote. It was reported in March 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.120 that Omega was recovering from orthoscopic knee surgery and was 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:08.840 scheduled for surgery to repair a sports ernia later that month. 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:13.080 Meltzer goes on to write quote, Omega did say that 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.280 the parts of his body that are healthy, he is 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.040 able to train well and is pushing himself harder every week. 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:20.920 Other parts, the healing is slow. He has said to 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.240 be resigned to the fact that physically he will never 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.680 be one, but he's looking at reversing some of the 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.240 physical damage and being able to return, and this time 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.360 off in fixing up his different injuries would extend his 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.480 time as an effective pro wrestler. It's a lot of 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.280 words to say that Kenny is going to do whatever 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.880 he can to try to rest and reverse the effects 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:43.920 of his injuries so he can keep on in this 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.480 crazy business. Omega has not performed since dropping the a 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.520 W World Championship to Hangman Page at full Gear on 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:55.920 November two, thousand and twenty one. So Kenny Omega still 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.760 on the comeback trail and all the best to aws 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.320 lay Helo Hirsch, who revealed Thursday that she tough suffered 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.280 a torn a c L last month. It's gonna put 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.960 her on the shelf for a few months obviously. The 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.080 injury happened during a match that the Ship was being 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.800 taped for Dark Elevation on April six against Christina Marie. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.080 She injured the knee on a moonsault out of the 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.959 corner when she landed, and the match was stopped and 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.840 of course never aired. Prior to the injury, hersh defeated 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.080 Red Velvet on the March twenty three episode of Dynamite. 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.040 There was a post match angle angle where Chris stat 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.520 Landers saved Red Velvet when Hirsch would not let go 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:35.439 of an armbar. Hirsch also defeated Ella Envy on the 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.560 April fourth edition of Dark Elevation. So all the best 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:42.440 to her a w ratings news because you gotta have 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.000 a show with ratings, folks. Wednesday's Double or Nothing Go 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:50.399 Home edition of Dynamite averaged nine thousand viewers on TBS, 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.920 up point eight percent from last week, best audience for 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:58.879 the show since April. Dynamite finished six on cable in 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.720 the eighteen to forty nine demo, drawing a point three 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.520 five in that category, up six point one percent from 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.080 last week and also the best number for the show 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:11.119 since April. Dynamite was the top show on cable not 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:15.080 related to the NBA or the NHL IS playoff coverage 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.360 continues to just dominate the cable charts. ESPN average six 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.760 point four million viewers and t NT one point four 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.399 million viewers for the Celtics Heat and St. Louis Blues 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:31.200 Colorado Avalanche games respectively. There So it is uh, it's 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.240 still a lot to deal with. And when we talk 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.399 about Double or Nothing a little later on, I'll remind 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:38.120 you of a story from yesterday about how Tony Khan 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:43.240 is dealing with the Eastern Conference Finals between Boston and Miami. 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:47.360 If there happens to be a Game seven on Sunday 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:51.160 and Rampage is tonight. That's the final TV obviously before 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.800 Double or Nothing, except for the special hype episode, which 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.960 is going to be airing the the special. I'm sure 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.520 there's Double or Nothing special airing, right I'm not looking 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:01.840 at the chat right now, so somebody can let me 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.520 know that one. But if that doesn't air, this is 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:06.120 going to be the last thing you see in its 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:09.720 entirety before Sunday. It's going to air at six thirty 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.840 pm Eastern Time, three thirty on the West Coast. So 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.160 if you're listening to this on the West coast speed, 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:19.800 I won't spoil you because it hasn't aired on the 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.080 East Coast yet and it's it's already aired for you, 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.840 so you've already spoiled yourself for something like that. But 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.000 the Young Bucks are gonna be wrestling Matt Brian Danielson 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:32.760 is going to be wrestling Matt Sidell. William Regal is 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:34.919 going to be on commentary for the match, going to 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.080 be obviously playing into the fact that Danielson is hurt 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.600 after his leg got stuck between the ring and the 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:45.080 UH and the Ramp a couple of weeks ago. The 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:49.719 Jericho Appreciations Society went after this past Wednesday, So facing 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:53.200 a high flyer and Matt sidell Uh surely is going 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:56.199 to play into some of the story going on here 0:19:56.240 --> 0:20:00.480 with Brian Danielson t NT Champion Scorpio Sky be giving 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.359 a new custom made championship belt by Dan Lambert, and 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:08.440 wherever Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page and Dan Lambert are, 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:11.880 you can probably place a pretty good bet on Tai 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.560 County and Sammy Guevara and of course now Frankie Kazarian 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:18.879 being somewhere close by. I hope they do not add 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:20.920 that match. And I can't believe they're going to add 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:25.240 that match to Sunday's show, any match between a mixed 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:28.000 tag or anything that's going to take place with Page 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.240 Vans and being involved in that mix too. I hope 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:32.120 they hold that off for l A at the Forum. 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:34.600 There just does not need to be another match added 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:37.800 to that show. There's already ten matches for Sunday and 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:42.520 that is more than enough. Also tonight, of course, Ruby 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:47.119 Soho Chris stat Lander Owen Heart Foundation Tournament semifinal match 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:52.120 with the winner going on to face Britt Baker on Sunday. So, 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:54.439 as I mentioned, we'll get into that a little bit 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:57.800 more later on cult Cabana's future appears to be with 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:00.719 Ring of Honor is Dave Rahmeltzer reported the Wrestling Observer 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:04.960 newsletter that Cabana has signed a new contract, which is 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:07.679 something that the Young Bucks pushed for. But rather than 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.360 continuing to perform in a e W Cabannah is expected 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:13.840 to be part of a relaunched R O H brand 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.480 if and when that happens, and this maybe do Dave 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:21.000 writes to the longstanding issues that exist between Cabanah and 0:21:21.160 --> 0:21:26.359 CM Punk, which has not been mentioned directly by Adam Page, 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:30.200 but one who has known the situation with CM Punk 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:32.960 and some of his co workers and his friendships in 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:36.160 this case with Cold Cabana. Again part of the things 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.720 that I think they wanted to weave into the Adam 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:43.280 Page story that I don't know if they made clear 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:46.760 enough to maybe the average viewer who doesn't know about 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:49.639 a lot of the backstage shenanigans they go on in 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:53.560 relationships that go on involved in pro wrestling. But Dave 0:21:53.640 --> 0:21:56.040 writes that quote this may be in some form related 0:21:56.080 --> 0:21:58.720 to his issues with Cmpunk Cabana was signed to a 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:01.080 new contract, and well, just going ahead and reading what 0:22:01.200 --> 0:22:04.720 they had already mentioned there already mentioned, but the issues 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:07.720 with punking Cabanah stem from the fact that w W 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:11.720 E Dr Chris Ahman filed a lawsuit against the pair 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:16.320 in two thousand and eighteen, and UH Cabanda filing suit 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:21.200 against Punk, saying that Punk would cover Cabanah's legal portion 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:25.159 of the proceedings because the conversation that Punking Cabanah had 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:28.080 which led to him monsuing them took place on Cold 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:32.920 Cabanah's podcast. So UH Cabanna and Punk and the Pound 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:35.400 ended up filing a countersuit off of that as well, 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.320 and the two sides settled that out of court in 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:42.840 September of two thousand and nineteen, but obviously four years 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:46.159 later there are still issues there. So Cabandas appeared on 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:48.480 a couple of R O H shows so far so 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:53.159 again maybe if if again, I don't I don't know 0:22:53.440 --> 0:22:57.440 if you want to directly mention Cabana and and see 0:22:57.480 --> 0:22:59.440 him punking in or do I think either one of 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:02.000 those guys would have want that said directly on a 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:05.880 W television I think some of the hinting again, probably 0:23:05.920 --> 0:23:08.080 could have been a lot better for this match coming 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:11.399 up between CM Punk and Hangman outam Page, and that 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:16.040 World Championship match takes place Sunday, double or nothing. I 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:19.720 think Hangman Page retains the title. I do, as I 0:23:19.920 --> 0:23:22.240 I stutter along there, I think I do, at least 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:24.960 maybe I was starting because as part of me thinks 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:26.880 c M punc should win that title. And in fact, 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:29.680 I think CM punk would be a very strong champion 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:31.840 right now, and I think him winning would be a 0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:34.960 really good thing for the company. Is it good first 0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:37.800