WEBVTT - Fallout From Wrestlemania Backlash 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.080 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:14.760 let's get it all. How's it going everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:18.000 here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every day 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.280 Monday through Friday, New Pacific three Eastern Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:25.919 sixth Eastern. It is Monday here on this show. And 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:29.600 you know what that means. Let's talk about today. It 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:34.040 is the fallout from w w E Wrestle Media Backlash. 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.599 Talk about that show here today. I had a lot 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:40.519 to say about the show, but there actually it's weird. 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:41.960 There's not a lot of that happened on the show. 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.479 I got a lot to say about it, which is 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.600 good because it's a radio program. So we'll talk about 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:48.800 wrestle Media back last, we'll talk about the future of 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:53.159 Roman Rains. Roman Rains made a very cryptic comment over 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:55.840 the weekend. They got a lot of people wondering what 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.800 the hell is going on with Roman Rains. Well, the 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:04.200 answer is not much less actually than than even just 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.360 very recently. So we'll talk about that. We got match 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.920 scheduled for n x T two point oh tomorrow, Bret 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.800 Hart talks about a e W. What do you want 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.760 to come in and do anything for a e W 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.000 if he's allowed to do so. We got updates on 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:23.399 Tammy Sich, who was in fact arrested but has already 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:28.479 been bailed out. Nick Wayne will get his dream match 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.560 mention being sixteen years old and getting your dream match. 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:36.039 He'll be facing Will Ospray on June nine. We've also 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:41.040 got the SmackDown Report, the Rampage Report to the Oh 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:44.760 and Hard Tournament, and plenty more. Will take your feedback 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:48.880 today as always. Seven eight zero seven five six six 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:50.960 is the text message line that is four to five 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.760 seven eight zero seven five s six Brian at rusting 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:59.280 Observed dot com is the email at Brian Alvarez on Twitter, 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:01.840 and of course it makes simper vv. Will join us 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.040 as always here on the program. So a lot to 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.800 get into here today. Hello to all of our to 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.880 which homies top tier YouTube subscribers. We'll be heading back 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.400 here after the break to talk about everything back in 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:47.280 a moment here Wrestling Observer Alive than again the show, 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:51.239 Brian Albarez here, Wrestling Observer Alive makes sumber viv also 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:55.359 Wrestling Observer Yes, Mike is back here today, hopefully in 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:59.120 one piece. Not too much horror, No, no, not too 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:04.639 bad at the estimate though, it's about worth of damage. So, dude, 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.920 that once ran over an a possum on I four 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.120 oh five, not even like in the middle of a 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.000 like a backwoods road or something like that, right on 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.920 four oh five, Man, I smashed that poor little bugger, 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.840 and uh, I feel like it was probably more than 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.240 that for that that repair. He did a number on 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:30.320 my purple Keia, if I recall correctly, probably did me 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.760 a favor. Hey, before we get go into the news, 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.880 should mention if you go to F four W online 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:39.480 dot com slash Vegas, our annual convention is coming up 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:44.720 here in just a few weeks weekend, Memorial Day weekend 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:49.280 in Vegas in association. Shouldn't say an association. Now everyone's 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.040 going to freak out. But uh, we used to do 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:56.920 we used to do, uh the conventions in association with 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:01.480 the WrestleMania. Now we're doing them in a oociation. Actually, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:05.480 it was UFC for a while. Well first it was 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.800 Memorial Day Weekend uf C S and then we changed it. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.840 We've done a lot of things around WrestleMania weekend now 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:16.680 double or nothing in Vegas over Memorial Day weekend. We 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:20.720 do have some packages available. Uh, there is a Q 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.040 and A with Dave and I which is taking place 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:29.039 on Saturday at the Silver Nugget Casino. I was trying 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.039 to get the Gold Nugget but it wasn't available, So 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:36.520 the Silver Nugget Casino, you can grab your Q and 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:41.080 A tickets to that. There's a few left. Looks like 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:43.839 thirty bucks for the Q and A only that's what 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.839 we've got remaining. Ads also running a show. If you 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.760 want to go to EDS show, Uh, there's some tickets 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.159 available for that. I believe they're charging more than for 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.040 a Q and A. That's another matter entirely. The most 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.000 expensive non wrestling ticket is the group dinner to Texas 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:05.480 Day Brazil, which I will be there for and uh, 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.880 I will get my eighty three dollars worth. That includes 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.080 the the dinner and the dessert and the everything else. 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:17.760 So that's as they skimp onto the dessert. They got 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.760 some dessert gimmick they've got. And then there's also a 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.040 few tickets left. We have a combo package. You can 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.760 actually get a ticket to a w and a ticket 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.800 to the Q and A, and I think there's only 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.560 like two of those left, so if you want one, 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.400 you better go up very quickly. But once again, if 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.599 you want to join us in Vegas, I'm gonna be there. 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.400 Dave's gonna be there. I don't know who else it's 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.040 gonna be there. Andrew is gonna be there. I know that. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.599 I don't know about Vinnie. Actually, I don't know if 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:45.280 Vinnie's going or not. I think he might be going. 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.279 I should probably ask him. But anyway, I'm the last 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:49.880 to know all of this stuff. But I do know 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.839 F four w online dot com, slash Vegas, whatever's left. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.640 Go up there and get it right now. And uh, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.000 I will tell you one thing about the conventions in Vegas. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:08.720 I can guarantee one thing. You won't have a bad times. 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.080 That doesn't need to be guaranteed. You're going to a 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.800 wrestling convention in Las Vegas with a bunch of other 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:20.040 wrestling geeks. Of course you're not gonna have a bad time. 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:22.880 All right. We'll get to the pay per view here 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.360 in a second, But first off, Roman Rains made a 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.360 cryptic comment over the weekend. He was at a house 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.880 show in Trenton, New Jersey Saturday. He said he's quote 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.120 starting to work into a new phase in his career 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.839 and does not know if he will be back in 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:41.800 Trenton again. And of course it's got everybody talking, you know, 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.240 it's this health issue. Is he going to Hollywood? Is 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.240 he like? What the heck is going on here? And 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.719 of course, let me tell you something. If you watch 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.160 w W E and you watch that pay per view 0:06:54.240 --> 0:07:01.279 last night, brother god forbid, I mean personally for Roman Reigns, 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.479 but professionally as well, if this guy goes down for 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:11.840 any reason, Holy smokes. This entire company is one thousand 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.920 percent built on Roman Reigns and that pay per view 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:20.760 last night they did nothing. As we'll get to to 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:25.280 even set up a challenger forget a successor we don't 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.440 even have a challenger for this guy, but I'll get 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.720 into that. But anyway, the situation is he signed a 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:35.120 very lucrative new deal and uh less less dates. He's 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.320 not gonna be doing a lot of house shows, and 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.120 it doesn't appear there's gonna be a lot of pay 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:44.080 per views in Trenton, New Jersey anytime soon. So uh yeah, 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.160 that's the story. There nothing to uh, nothing to panic 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.200 about unless you like to buy a house, show tickets 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.040 to see Roman reigns, and you're probably in trouble. But 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.280 that's the update there. Yeah, people kind of lost their 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.120 mind about it. And I don't know if that's because 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.440 they just saw it on Twitter or whatever it was 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.840 and then and see the actual clip of him talking. 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:05.160 But it certainly seemed like if you're around Trent and 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.360 you're just gonna have to drive to Philadelphia and New 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.520 York now because he's not doing all of these dates everywhere. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.960 But he's certainly not going anywhere either. And there was 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.520 nothing about what he said that me to indicate that 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.320 he was going to be you know, had one ft 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.720 out the door or anything like that. So people just 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.200 took it and ran with it for a little while. 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.840 On Saturday, I guess it was well, hey listen, I know, 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:26.960 especially on the chat here, some people are thinking this 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:31.920 story is overblown. But let me tell you something. You know, 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.520 who I heard most of this from was not fans, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.120 and it was not Twitter, but it was people in 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.560 w w E Like they were like, what is he 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.960 talking about? What's going on here? There was concerned about 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.600 this because they didn't know what's going on. Either because 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:50.079 when it comes to Roman Reigns and also Brock Lesner, 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:52.880 and really because of the way that they changed plans 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.320 all the time, no one there has any idea what's 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.640 going on, Like, you know, what's going on with Roman, 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.600 what's going on with Brock. Nobody ever knows anything. I 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.079 mean they you know, you can work there, you can 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.120 be on the card, you can be on the card 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.760 in a big match and not have any idea what's 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.599 going on with Roman Reigns in the main event and 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:14.360 anything like that because they're they're pretty private about a 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.240 lot of those things. So, yeah, Roman Reigns coming out 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.760 and saying he's entering a new phase of his career 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.160 and he might not see these fans ever. Again, Yeah, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.360 there were people talking about it, like what the hell 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.760 is going on? Well, that is what the hell is 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.840 going on. So he's not leaving nothing like that. But 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.320 it was not done to like, you know, get people 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.400 talking or sell house show tickets or anything like that. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.800 It was just, you know, the guy is appreciative of 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.400 his fans. He is appreciative of the people that come 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.120 and buy their tickets, and so he actually is not 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.520 sure he's ever gonna wrestle in Trenton again. So he 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.240 went out there and he essentially said, you know, if 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.320 I never see you again, I want to thank you, etcetera. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.160 So that's the story that does lead us to the 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.720 pay per view and the main e it was Roman 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.040 Reigns and the U s O's against Drew mcatyre Arcade 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:08.320 Bro no titles on the line. They do the match, 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:10.920 It's an excellent six man tag, a bunch of great 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:22.000 workers and uh, Roman Reigns Pin Riddle. I was flabbergasted. 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:27.480 I know why re flabbergasted. Brian Well, I was flabbergasted 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:32.320 because Bro they had. When they announced his pay per view, 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.560 all everybody asked was what do they have for Roman Reigns. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:39.760 Oh nothing, Well, they'll probably shoot some angle with Drew mcatyre. Well, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.719 they shot an angle with Drew macat to put him 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:46.800 in a six man tag. They false advertised for weeks 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:50.120 to sell tickets a unification match, which they had no 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.280 plans to deliver because from day one it was never 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:56.320 gonna be unification match. There isn't gonna be a unification match. 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.720 And so now we've got Hell in his Cell coming up, 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:04.600 and who are our challengers? For Roman reigns. Oh Nakamura, Well, 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.480 they shot two angles with Nakamura, one of them lad 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.000 to Knakamura getting his ass kicked, the other one lad 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:14.160 to Knakamura getting beaten by Sammy Zane via countout on SmackDown. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.640 So I ain't gonna be Knakamura. And if it is there, 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:21.880 who cares Drew McIntyre. I mean, at the very least 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.880 Drew could have pin Roman reigns, but he didn't. And 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.680 on top of that, Roman put him through a table 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:32.079 outside and left him for dead. Okay, whoop do you do? So? 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:36.320 Like the official explanation for all of this is, well, 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:40.320 we didn't beat Randy and we didn't beat Drew, so 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:44.160 now he can do matches over the summer. I was like, 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.280 who could possibly care about? Like the I love Randy Orton, 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:50.920 I love Drew McIntyre, but bro, these guys can't even 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.400 beat Roman reigns. What they hit their move on him 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:58.760 which led to him beating Riddle. So, I mean, you 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.080 know we've been talking about just remember when he stacked 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.440 Daniel Bryan and he stacked him like Cord would remember that, 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.319 And he's just beating everybody. He's got no viable challengers. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.000 I thought, at the very least, especially if this match 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.040 is going on last, at the very least, we can 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:22.640 create a viable challenger. No, he beat Riddle anyway back 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:45.000 in a moment it was O were like, well very 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:46.920 quickly here, then we'll get Mike Sauce on the show. 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:51.520 He's suffering from an illness as am I congested headache? 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.679 Really God, yeah you got if you just got it, 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.040 You're in trouble, brother. I'm hoping it's just because to 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.960 the northeaster that blew through this weekend with the fifteen 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:08.360 sixteen seventy winds in the massive temperature drop. But hopefully 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.560 that'll be it and it doesn't linger on like yours 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:14.360 has for the last week and something alright, So uh 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.200 as noted main event, there was an excellent tag match 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.800 six man tag, but I did not get to finish 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.720 at all. And then I was even more baffled because 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.800 Ronda Rousey and the only championship match on the show 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:32.559 round a. Rousey beat Charlotte Flair. I quit match, anything goes. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.319 It was just a wild, crazy brawl. It was awesome, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.720 and she won the SmackDown Women's title, and uh, I 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.520 know Dave said that perhaps there was a danger of 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.400 fans walking out after the Roman match if it had 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:50.160 gone on earlier. Bro that's the case. I got big problems, 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.080 but I cannot figure out why that run A Rousey 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.960 Charlotte Flair match was not the main event title change. 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:01.760 Rhonda Rousey baby Face win great match. I was like baffled, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:09.120 but yeah, Rondo one broke the arm of Charlotte Flair, 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.640 and Charlotte could be taken some time off. Her and 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.320 Androide are getting married, so they're gonna get married. They're 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.480 gonna go in a honeymoon, and she'll be out of 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.120 action as a result of this broken arm. Until then, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.640 Mad Cat beat Happy Corbin. This match should have been 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.920 on SmackDown. We didn't need it. It was boring. They 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.680 still in two do this buffer match gimmick and it 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:32.600 did nothing but bring the show down and it was 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.880 not needed. Edge and a J was a good match, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.280 finished with stupid. I realized the stand up for w 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.520 W A blokes are playing their semantics game. But David 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:47.360 Priests was barred from ringside, so he came out anyway, 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.640 but only stood at the end of the aisle, not 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.680 the end by the thing. But like all the way 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.600 down to the end of the aisle because he wasn't 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.800 at ringside, and then Finnbeller attacked him and threw him 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:59.640 in the ring, so they're broiling inside the ring in 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:04.400 front of the referee. Damian Priest not a disqualification and 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.960 then a hooded figure cost aj the match. It was 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.920 real Rippley, she has joined Judgment Day. Good match. I 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:14.680 wouldn't call it a great match, but it was good. 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:20.760 Omas and Bobby Lashle was I would give it one star, 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.640 which would make it the best match O Mass has 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:27.960 ever had. He was horrible in this match. God bless 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.640 the guy. He was horrible m v P. When m 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.280 v P said that he was better than the Great 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:35.120 Colligue like, God bless m v P. I'm a big 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:36.960 fan of m v P and everything like that, But brother, 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.960 he ain't better than the Great Collie. He's not. Okay, 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.480 he's more mobile, but like he can't sell to save 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:47.960 his life. He has two moves, which, by the way, 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.000 I found out he's being trained by Kevin Nash and 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:51.800 so you'll never guess what his two moves are. I'm 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.120 not making this up. A snake eyes and a big boot. 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:59.440 He has no other moves and Bobby Lashley, I mean 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.360 this blow did everything to try to make a good 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.520 match with Omas, and well, he's gonna have to grow 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.600 his hair out if he wants to do the flip 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.720 of the hair, which was one of Kevin Nash's what 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:12.840 six moves that he was always dude Nash. Nash works 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.640 like rings to this day. He would work rings around 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:20.200 Omas and then Cody Rhodes and Seth Rawlins was the opener, 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:21.840 and it's a very good opener. I don't think it 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:23.160 was as good as WRESTLEMANI, but it was a very 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:26.400 good match. Cody Rhodes one again. Seth Rollins tried to 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.400 pin him using the tights and Cody reversed it and 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.240 pulled the tights, which was not a heel finish. If 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.360 you watch the match, it was clearly the baby face 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:37.480 giving the heel is just desserts. And so Cody wins again. 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:41.160 So there's there's two things that could happen here based 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:46.280 on this finish. One, we're doing a third match. Okay, 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.880 so if we do a third match, Cody does not 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.240 need to lose this match, So that would be that 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.280 would require Seth to lose three times in a row. 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.600 I don't think that's happening. And so I think that 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.919 they did this finish because they weren't doing a fifty 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:10.280 fifty feud and they wanted to save face at least 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.960 a little bit with seth Rawlins, and so he got 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.920 his tights pulled for the finish. But he lost two 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.399 times in a row. So unless they do like a 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.320 Helen a Cell match or something like that, which I 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.159 mentioned doing a Helen his Cell match over he pulled 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:29.600 my trousers. Well, so I uh, by the way, Helena 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.600 sells June fifth or something like that. After this show, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.080 I got no idea what's on that Helen his Cell. 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:40.639 They built nothing for that show. So there you go. 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.080 Do you really think that it matters in the world 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.240 of w W EVE seth Rawlins loses to Cody Rhodes 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:51.200 for a third straight time. If the match is good, Hey, honestly, 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.720 I think he should Cody. Cody needs to face Roman 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:56.840 Range for the title. He needs to do no jobs 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:01.280 okay none, No, I agree with that. It's just a 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.399 matter of when you plan on doing that match and 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.200 what you plan on. That's what's interesting is they don't 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.960 have a lot of names up top. You know, Cody 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.359 and Seth are fantastic together. You got Roman, but as 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.879 you mentioned, no opponents for those guys, and I don't know, 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.119 I don't you know. There need to be other names 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:21.840 in that mix for a variety, for reasons much less 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:23.919 because you need to build new stars. And it's like, 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.159 you know, do you plan on bringing Braun Breaker up? 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.720 Doesn't seem like they are, at least not anytime soon. 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.720 So it's like, where are your threats? What are your 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.840 Where are your big threats to Roman Reigns? Where your 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.960 big threats to anybody? I don't know, But if you 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:42.600 want ahead to s I dot com Sports Illustrated, My 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.640 newest article is up right now, which is in fact 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:49.280 a recap of wrestle media backlash, and you can read 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.880 what I just told you right here. Did they give 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.200 you a word counting? Of course? Do they just say 0:18:56.240 --> 0:19:01.000 freestyle Brian Alvarez? You're the always freestyle Brian Alvarez. Except 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:02.960 when I used to write for Penthouse magazine. That was 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.640 the worst job in my life. For the money you got, 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:07.720 are you sure about that? Dude? I got a thousand 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.200 dollars a column like it was good, but it wasn't 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:14.639 good enough for the pain and suffering and misery. I mean, dude, 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:16.679 think about this. I was like I was like in 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.400 my early twenties, and I got a free subscription to Penthouse. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:21.479 It wasn't worth it. That's how much she was just 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:27.399 misery writing these columns. Bob, just personally sending you up. 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.119 I don't think it was Bob. I knew that. I 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:31.840 do know that Greenny went down to the gas station. 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:34.199 She bought Penthouse magazine so she could read my column? 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.760 Did she really did? She also pick up a hustler 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:39.760 to jugs do while she was at it. I don't 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.080 know what else she got, but she did that. Oh 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.919 my god, did you You couldn't even have cut it 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.520 out for you? She actually bought the didn't. I didn't 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:51.240 make her, she just did it. It's called having a fan, Mike, 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:53.959 something you know nothing about. Well, I mean, you can 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:55.600 have a fan, but I don't know if I want 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.440 my grandmother, you know, jumping on the Penthouse to uh, well, 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:01.480 what am I gonna you talk about anything else? Lock 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:03.560 our keys somewhere so she didn't get in the car 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:06.080 and drive down and being independent individual and make up 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:10.280 her own mind and her own choices. Any other thoughts 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:14.080 on this show, No, it was actually a good show. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:15.920 I thought it was a good show for what it 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:17.600 was because of the matches that were on there. The 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:19.879 Cody and Seth have a great report together. And I 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.119 know people have no idea what Seth Rollins is. I 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:24.560 don't know what Seth Rollins character is, and I think 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:26.919 at this point that's the character is. He's just this 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:31.359 goofy guy. But he and Cody together are fantastic because 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:33.920 physically there's not much Seth Rolins can't do. And it's 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:35.480 you know, I'm not trying to throw Cody under the 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:38.680 bus there, but I mean, my god, Seth is fantastic 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:42.480 physically almost in Bobby Lashly, you know, it is what 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:44.720 it is. At some point I'd like to see Bobby Lashly. 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:48.320 I guess Jackhammer almost. I don't know how you finished 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.760 this feud. I don't know how you you know you 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:56.040 get over on almost but almost, Giant, Silva, Elhi, Gante, 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:59.760 all of these guys, I will never understand. I get 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.000 it with pro wrestling. If you have a Don Leo Jonathan, 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:03.760 if you have a young Andre the Giant, if you 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:08.160 have guys like that, who physically can actually work, that's 0:21:08.200 --> 0:21:10.600 one thing. But to get these massive giants and to 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:14.480 want them to work instead of just power bombing people 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.840 and choke slamming people, I'll never understand that. And I 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:21.280 don't see how they're doing almost any good. Frankly, is 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:23.920 anything other than a nine one one type of character Edge. 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:25.560 We'll have to see where it goes, and I guess 0:21:25.600 --> 0:21:27.919 tonight will be the first step there. With Rio Ripley 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:30.360 and how she's gonna play into things. I actually kind 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:33.000 of like that, because again, if you want to shift 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:36.320 Edge or Damian Priest into a title situation against somebody, 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:39.439 you know, Ria Ripley and somebody, whether it be Rhonda 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:43.879 or whoever. You know, again, I think that's probably you know, 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:47.720 that's a good thing. Having Rhonda, having I'm sorry, having 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:53.000 Ria Ripley, and having um uh Bianca bell Air there 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:55.240 by far the most important parts of your company for 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:57.960 the future. You have women's stars now with Becky and 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:01.159 and Rhonda and Charlotte, and obviously you know at some 0:22:01.200 --> 0:22:03.680 point Bailey's coming back. You still have Sasha, who people 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:05.560 will take too if you decide to push her again, 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:08.480 you know, at a different level. But they really need 0:22:08.520 --> 0:22:11.000 to really crank it up with Ria and Bianca, because 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.080 how long ago was Ria in that match with Charlotte 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:15.479 Flair at WrestleMania. It's been like what three years now, 0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:17.879 two years now, whatever it's been, and you know, she 0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:20.960 should really be at least their intention should be to 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:23.159 get her right where Bianca is right now, and to 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.639 try to keep her at that level and try to 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:29.400 keep them even a couple of other notes here, we'll 0:22:29.400 --> 0:22:32.959 do some feedback after the break. So for all of 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:37.720 my friends, enjoy n x T two point oh Tamora 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:40.480 and I just announced out of the blue, because of 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:45.840 course they did. It's Naddy and core Jade. They started 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:47.639 this storyline like a few weeks ago and they were 0:22:47.640 --> 0:22:49.760 building it up like the ultimate match for corea Ja, 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:51.959 like you know, she's gonna have to go through this 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:54.280