WEBVTT - AEW Dynamite/WWE Elimination Chamber/Co Host Lance Storm 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:08.960 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:15.640 let's get it all. How's it going, everybody? Brian Alvarez 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.960 here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here every day 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.479 Monday through Friday. Now Pacific three Stern Sunday three Pacific, 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:26.160 six Eastern. It's Thursday on this program. You kind of 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:29.120 know what that means. Last night we had a e 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.599 W Dynamite. Let's talk about from the Dynamite show last night. 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:38.440 Kind of a weird show compared to your normal editions 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.600 of Dynamite. Did have a very good main event, bizarre 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.519 match with CM Punk and Wardlow. We'll talk about all 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:47.560 of that today. And today we have a special guest. 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:52.040 Mike semper Viv is not here today. He's just too tired, 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.880 and so I thought, simper Viv it's not here. Who 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.480 should I ask to be a co host? I know 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.320 filthies after my job. Can't be him, So land Storm 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:07.600 is joining us here today as our co host. He'll 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.000 join us after the break and we'll talk about all 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:11.480 of this news. We've got w W E in the 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.960 elimination chamber. You'll never know where that show has taken 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.240 place from. We have the n x T ratings, g 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:22.119 CW going to pay per view, Charlie Hass update as noted, 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:26.679 the a W Dynamite Report, and so much more. Saturday night, 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:32.320 by the way, is Washington Hall, New Japan Pro Wrestling. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:37.520 I will be there, Vinny will be there, and Clarke 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.400 Connors is going to be there, and Clark is going 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.640 to be our guest in the final segment of the show. 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.280 Here today talking that show and pretty much whatever else 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.120 we want to talk about New Japan. Wise, we can 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:53.000 talk to him about training with Lance Storm here. He's 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:55.840 gotten very good, very fast. Not to get into here 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:59.320 today if you want to. Texas. Zero seven six is 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.320 the phone number that is four to five seven eight 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:06.280 zero seven five six six. Brian at Wrestling Observer dot 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:10.520 com is the email at Brian Alvarez on Twitter, and 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:17.280 Lance Storm is at lance Storm on Twitter. Check it 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:18.400 out and we'll be back in a moment. As you 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:48.960 were li back in the show, Brian Olber is here 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.840 Wrestling Observer Alive. Lance Storm is joining us here today. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:57.399 Lance pace Storm, who by the way, five years ago 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:02.160 had a young Clark Connor in his class. We'll talk 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.120 about that with Clarke later on when he joins the 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.520 show here today, and we got news to get into 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:11.040 here lance before we getting this Dynamite review. In as 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:16.480 shocking turn of events, w w E is reported looking 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:21.880 at bringing the Elimination Chamber to Saudi Arabia for their 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.440 Saturday February nineteenth event, because of course they're gonna bring 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.760 the Elimination Chamber to Saudi Arabia and it's going to 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:33.160 be the greatest elimination Chamber ever. Yeah, it's gonna be 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:38.760 the most eliminating chamber ever. News were supported unfightful on Thursday. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.640 It's unknown if the event will be branded as Elimination Chamber. 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.320 It broke last week the show would be taking place 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:50.920 in February. W w WE will hold the country for 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.360 such Saturday show. By the way, they will behold since 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.640 they holding in that country since their partnership began. So yeah, 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.760 they're really need these Saturday pay per views. And uh 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.040 it's kind of funny. I mean, I they know they 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.480 know better than I, and I mean it really doesn't matter. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.320 I don't think that much with Peacock. But remember when 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.839 a W was running the occasional Saturday pay per view, 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.200 and they discovered that in fact, Sundays do way better 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.040 than Saturday. So now they're on Sundays for the most part. 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.320 There the w is like, oh, let's do more Saturdays. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.960 So I don't know what their numbers are on Peacock. 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.120 You know, they claim all sorts of things, but they 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.080 claim all sorts of things about everything, but Saturday again 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:34.160 for for this show and the Royal rumble, I believe, 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.120 is that right Saturday? I don't know, but I'm curious 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.880 if it's too break fans of the habit that Sundays 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.320 the night and an attempt to hurt a w tweing 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.040 better on Sundays. It's like, we'll move ours around because 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:50.159 it doesn't matter to us. M hmm, yeah, I don't know. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.640 Dogs dogs having a good time here again, he was 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:55.960 really good the other night. I think the key is 0:04:56.040 --> 0:05:00.440 to have you on the show at night. Yeah, Royal 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.680 rumbles Saturday, January, So another Saturday pay per view for 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.160 w W E. I should do it first Saturdays. Do 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.880 you prefer Saturday? How come? Because Sunday is like getting 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:12.680 ready for the week, and it's like late on a 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.719 Sunday night, It's like you got Monday morning to deal with. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.119 Saturday is like right in the middle of the weekend 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:22.200 is Saturday night. It's easy art. I was gonna say, 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:23.720 what do you do during the week You're getting ready 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.560 for well, my wife gets ready for work, so other things, 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.880 and it's just staying normal. I guess I got it. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.840 I got it, alright. The other quick news note here, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.679 n XT on Tuesday Night thousand viewers on the USA 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.839 Network down five point five from New Year's Evil, lowest 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:48.840 audience since December one point one four in eight Cable 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.480 down twelve from New Year's Evil. And this was a 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.120 show where they actually shot an angle on Monday Night 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.600 Raw for the main event of this n x T 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.720 show with Grayson Waller and aj Styles, and as it 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:07.280 turned out, no one cared. So we're kind of talking 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.719 about this with simper VIV yesterday. It was Bizarre World. 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.000 As w w E says, he was talking about how 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:14.880 he thinks that n XT could be maybe getting better 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.880 after WrestleMania. I don't know where all this hope came 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:21.280 from from simper vv but we now have an example 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.240 of an angle being shot on the main roster with 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.679 someone who is undoubtedly a star. This is AJ Styles. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.520 It's not like they sent down No Fense, but like 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.240 Chad Gable, AJ Styles goes down main event match Grays 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:39.480 and Waller point one four in eighteen forty nine. So 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.880 I don't know what you do with the show, but 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.440 that's how it that's how it did. I think still 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.800 good enough to not worry about getting canceled anytime soon. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.520 But more people wrestling in onesies, That's that's the key. 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.080 I've been watching an XT heavy lands No, but I 0:06:55.200 --> 0:07:00.080 saw clips of the Is it Wendy in the in 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:05.240 the fake slippers? But I mean she worked well, Okay, 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.760 you don't think I don't think it matters when you're 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:13.320 sleeping and drinking a beverage and then wrestling in your pajamas. Well, 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.400 at the end of the day, Lands it's but it's 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.520 it's one of those short term gimmicks that you can 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.440 laugh and go, hey, that's cute, But it's like, is 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.840 anyone going to main event a show in a onesie? 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.480 You know what it reminds me of? Actually I was, 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.400 I was sitting there watching it and I was watching 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:34.720 Wendy Chow walk through the ring in her pajamas in 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:40.280 her onesie with her blanket and pillow and I sat. 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.040 You know, I can imagine like, because my wife doesn't 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:47.640 watch wrestling, and uh, you know, I could imagine if 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.840 I watched wrestling like downstairs and she was in the 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.560 room when this happened, and I can imagine her like 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.560 watching Wendy choose entrance and at first being confused, but 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.480 then like you know, seeing her doing all the high 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:00.960 flying and every thing like that kind of thing. It 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.120 was sort of cool, but not in a way where 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:04.960 she would ever watch it again, you know what I'm 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:08.200 talking about. Like it's one of those things where I 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:12.080 can see people thinking it's cool or or funny or 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.600 interesting or different, but not in a way where they're 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.760 gonna like become n x T fans because of it. 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.120 Kind of like, you know, she used to love Santino 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.320 and I'd be watching Raw and you know, Santino would 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.680 come on, and she'd want to watch Santino and doing 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.920 all this goofy comedy and a snake and everything like that. 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.760 But it was never like I'm gonna keep watching after 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.599 Santino goes off the screen because like, I want to 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.439 see Santino, tell me what he's on. And then when 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.040 he's not on anymore. I'm gonna get out of here. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.040 So I mean, is that good for the future of wrestling, 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.199 or for raw or for building fans. I don't think so. 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.200 Like you need something that's gonna get my wife to go. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.800 I want to watch this show every week and Wendy 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.080 Chew in her pajamas, and I like Wendy Chew, and 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:54.800 I thought she was the best worker in the match. 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.800 I don't think that's doing it. No, And the gimmick 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.320 will get very tired very soon, because once you get 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.959 used to the fact that she wrestles in her pajamas, 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.400 who cares. We've got a update on a few things. 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:11.240 Charlie Hass after a freak accident at Sunday's Impact Wrestling tapings, 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.280 he provided an update. He wants to wrestle more in 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.240 the year ahead. He suffered a concussion as he was 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.640 running into the corner. He slipped and hits hit Alexander's 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:26.160 knees and the ropes. That's no good, complimented Impact staff 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.679 and the roster. Can't say good enough things about them. 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.200 He says, I look forward to working with him again 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.160 in the near future. On everyone to know, I will 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.520 be just fine. Contrary to some reports, Charlie Hass is 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.559 not dead. I didn't see those reports, but that's good 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.440 to know that he is not dead. And also PCO 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:46.080 is now under contract with Impact Wrestling. Pet Laprade reported 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:49.360 on his podcast he signed a contract. The deal allows 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.440 PCO to work indie dates as well. He has to 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:56.120 prioritiate prioritize dates with Impact. Fifty four year old p 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.040 c O. I feel like you've been fifty four for 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.520 like seven years now. My wrong about that. He's not human. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.640 He ages at a different rate. Yeah, he he's always 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.480 been fifty four since he came back signed with r 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:11.240 O H in eighteen, won the r O H Championship 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.760 once during his time with the company. So very good 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.160 for p c O. And finally, Game Changer Wrestling has 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.240 got a high profile show, their biggest in history the 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.480 world on g c W will be available through traditional cable, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.000 pay per view providers and Fight TV. So if you 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.080 don't have Fight dot TV, but you have a TV, 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:30.840 if you're one of those people that has a TV 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:35.160 with pay per view, you can order this. Hammerstein Ballroom, 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:40.240 New York City, two thousand fans. Uh, there's gonna be 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.040 a hall of Fame ceremony the night before with Dave Praise, 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.320 ac Lepisto, Jerry Lynnhumicide Ruckets and Tracy Smothers in the 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.719 inaugural class. Jonathan Gresham versus Blake Christian for the r 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.760 O H title, Ruby Soho and Ali Catch Team Band 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:58.280 Dedo versus Team Gringo. Eddie Kingston will be appearing in 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:02.439 his first g c W show since November of opponent 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:08.120 not yet announced, whoever it is, I'm ready. So that's 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.520 the update. Another another company running pay per views. So 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:16.040 I'll be curious if companies like a e W and 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.760 perhaps Impact will be as eager to allow their talent 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.520 to work GCW. If they're going to be doing pay 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.839 per view dates, I think that they probably will not 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.960 care too much. I think if GCW got national television 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.320 like Strong national television, it would be a little bit different. 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:37.160 But I mean, a W let their their guys work 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.800 the Impact pay per views and you know Impact that 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.800 was a specific working relationship at the time. Well sure, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:48.640 but we'll see, but that's coming up here very soon. Alright, 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.000 a W. Last night, a lot of stuff happened on 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.000 the show. We're actually gonna head to a break before 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.200 we talk about it, but see him punk Wardlow I 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:57.959 think is one of the most Would you say that's 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:02.920 the most noteworthy thing on the show, Lance? Probably? Yeah, yeah, 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.079 talk about that. Lots of other things happened back in 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:13.040 the month with more Everybody Observer Live, Stock Crack so 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.920 far for the Wall's fallen through the floor because it's 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:24.400 as well that came in Game Storms Me we'll be 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:30.800 again an in the tweens and the cool cool morning 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:36.280 turn the days a slam say, Living Rode is easy. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.520 Back in the show, Brian Elber is here wrestling Observer Alive, 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.240 Land Storm is joining us here today. Clark Connors coming 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:51.320 up after the next commercial break. And very very busy 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.320 show last night, Lance, what did you think of Dynamite Um, 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.680 I didn't like it. I thought it was way too 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.320 busy with way too much going on, where all of 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.800 the matches to me, felt like they were just there 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:09.160 to set up angles afterwards. And I, you know, we've 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.560 raved off and on on our regular show on Friday 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:16.480 about the winning formula of a really strong opening match, 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.320 that party match with high spots and action in the middle, 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:24.400 and then a good main event, and they abandoned that formula, 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:28.000 and I didn't like this one nearly as much. Well. 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.080 I think the most talked about thing is the See 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:35.400 Him Punk versus Wardlow match, which was bizarre to me. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.720 I mean, the feud is c HM Punk versus MGF, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.679 and to be fair, See Him Punk and MGF I 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.800 think can talk their way back into this feud, but 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.200 there's gonna need to be a lot of talking because 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:55.800 Wardlow absolutely destroyed Shampunk, not even a case where like 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.040 he destroyed him from most of the match, and then 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.880 like see Him Punk caught him and pinned him, which 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.600 is kind of what happened, but Wardlow destroyed him so much. 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:08.120 Then after like five power bombs, like he's just destroying 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.440 this guy, totally clean, no interference. Five times he power 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.679 bombs this guy. He puts his foot on his chest 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.880 and Punk is done and the ref goes one two 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.720 and MCF says no, no, no, no no, So Warlow 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.000 takes his foot off. The guy's just like Punk was destroyed. 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.720 He was beaten clean in the middle of the ring. Yeah, 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:28.720 and then he gets thrown outside and power bomb through 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.560 a table and like he's dead and Aubrey starts doing 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:44.760 the count and she's doing a like one two to 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.600 the point where Jared's like, bro, she's counting real slow 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.080 to give this guy she has to get back in 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.480 the ring, so he should have been beating a second time. 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.640 So he finally gets in the ring and h MGF 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.320 tells Wardlow to do another power bomb, and in a 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:01.440 scene straight out of Brett Hart versus Diesel word logos 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:03.320 with the power bombs se him, Punk rolls him up 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.400 and pins him and then dies like Punk pins him 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.280 and then he's dead and he rolls outside. He's just 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:13.160 dead on the outside and he's been killed. And then 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.200 all of the heat shifts to MGF versus Wardlow and 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.560 they get in a shoving match and Wardlow finally grabs 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.280 his wrist. He's gonna and then you know, Spears jumps 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.160 in to to separate him, and like when it was over, 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.840 I want to see MGF in Wardlow, like see him. 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.680 Punk is now an afterthought And I don't think the 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.760 segment was designed to make him an afterthought. Well it 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.080 was designed to which just maybe not have intended to 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.760 intended to yes, And now I mean I think, like 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.240 I said, I'm confident that MGF and c Hampunk and 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.600 talk their way back into this, but I thought that 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.920 it was just this was too much all about Wardlow. 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.160 And granted, Wardlow is about to turn and be a 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:55.200 huge star, but the timing of it took away from 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:59.160 interest building and MGF versus Punk. Well, yeah, Punk was 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.920 the afterthought as the entire story was Wardlow. It was like, 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.960 oh my god, Wardlow lost. Wardlow is going to be 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:10.000 angry about this. Wardlow had two visual victories over Punk. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:14.240 Wardlow was the rightful winner. And it's like this segment 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:20.000 damaged Punk a lot. It completely made me not care 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:24.479 about Punk m JF anymore. Everyone's into m JF Wardlow 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:28.440 and it's like, yeah, quite probably because they're good promo guys. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.240 They can dig themselves out of this hole. But I 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:35.080 don't understand putting them, putting Punk in particular, this deep 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:36.720 in a hole that they have to talk their way 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:42.640 out of. This was a very damaging segment. I'm not sure. No, hey, 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.960 listen chat. No one said Punk's careers over. No one 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.800 said that let's not go crazy here at some of 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.040 this last night. It's funny as I'm always accused of 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:54.960 being paid by a W. But if I have any 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:59.720 criticism of a W, I intes them like just bombarded 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:06.960 with anger and fury, so so seldom that they react strong. Yes, everyone, 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:10.080 Punk will be fine, But that was a really weird 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.600 segment that took away my interest in the Punk match 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.600 with m JF and shifted my interest to a match 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:20.000 with MGF and Wardlow. Now, maybe, and I don't know 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.880 exactly how they do this unless it was like a 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:26.440 major injury angle, But I mean maybe Punk and MGF 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:29.359 is not taking place until the pay per view in March, 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.359 and so they're going to do MGF and Wardlow in 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.720 the meantime. But I mean that would sort of be 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.200 weird too, because you know, MGF should not be losing 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:42.879 to Wardlow before facing cm Punk, nor should Wardlow be 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.119 losing to MGF right after turning baby face. So I 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:49.959 don't know what they're gonna do, but will this one 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.560 I'm confident I can say we can wait and see 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.159 because it ain't just gonna be dropped. And I can 0:17:55.200 --> 0:18:00.800 tell you what else do you think of this show? Uh? Again, 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:04.520 I mentioned that there were too many angles for me 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:08.920 that to me, the debut of Brodie King was almost forgotten. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.440 It was forgotten by me like by the end of 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:16.000 the show, and I think they they really undermined the 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:20.640 main event in that by the time, like Jericho and 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.560 Kingston did the promo before the match where there was 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:28.040 big tension between these two big stars, and you know, Jered, 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.320 We'll be out there at ringside, and it's like I 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:32.560 no longer cared about the main event because I knew 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.199 it's like, we're just waiting until Kingston and Jericho do 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:39.040 the the Angle afterwards, because every match had the angle afterwards, 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.720 and I was right, and it just there ended up 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.240 being not really a matt like a good match that 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:49.280 I got into because with all of the post match 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:53.800 shenanigans after every single match, that's what I was waiting 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:55.399 for in the main event, was like, just give me 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.199 to the Jericho Kingston thing because that's the big angle. 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:04.840 And I didn't care about the interim title match. Well, 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.080 the interim title match is also weird. Here's another one. 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.160 We'll left to see how it plays out. But yes, uh, 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.000 you know, we we had the champion ms A show, 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:17.280 and so they created an interim title and when we 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:19.600 were talking about it a couple of days ago, you know, 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:21.360 the one thing I keep hearing people say was, well, 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:22.880 we don't know when Cody is gonna be back. Maybe 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.160 Cody is gonna be out for a month. Maybe Cody's 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.119 gonna be out for two months, and that's what we're 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:29.200 gonna do a bunch of stuff. Nope, Now he's back 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:33.679 next week. But it sets a dangerous precedent too in that, 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.320 especially with you know, O macron being such a widely 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:41.600 spread thing, there's a good chance others will test positive 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:43.520 and have to sit out a week or two because 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:46.360 they don't end up really sick, but they test positive. 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:48.760 And it's like, if any of these people are scheduled 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:53.320 for a championship match and miss that championship match, if 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:58.320 they want to follow consistency, they got to do interms 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:01.159 for you know, like even forbid, you know, one of 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:04.199 the Jurassic Express guys. Actually it was taped already, so 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:08.240 that's fine. But or is that next week on on Dynamite? 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:11.879 I don't remember. But it's like one title match that 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:14.360 someone tests positive for the champion does and it's like, 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:16.920 why isn't there an interim? You promised this a title match, 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:20.600 and I just think it was a poor idea. And yeah, 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:24.600 Cody is out for like what nine days? Yeah, Dynamite. 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.359 Next week is Adam Cole and Britt Baker versus Orange 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.520 Cassi and Chris stat Lander, Punk versus Spears, Serena Deep 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:34.440 versus Sky Blue. Let's see what the Serena Deep things 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:38.800 all about. Cody Rhodes returns and Stinging Darby versus Acclaimed. 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:42.359 Friday has Adam Cole, Trent Boretta, stat Lander, Red Velvet 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.960 and Layla Hirst versus Nylo, Penelope and the Bunny, Sean 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:49.720 Spears Andrew Everett and Jurassic Express versus Dark Order. So 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:54.159 that one has been taped. No interim title. Same thing 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:56.719 with the interim title that I could at least they 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.080 could at least, but I mean you still could argue 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.520 many different things. Is that it was on the Battle 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:05.320 of the Belt show. We were committed to having battles 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:08.680 for belts on this show. Where a random dynamite, well, 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.200 the champions aren't there. They can do it next week 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.920 or whatever. It's not it's not needed for the name 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:16.359 of the show. I texted you about this. I thought, 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.280 if if you have to do it, I think it 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:20.320 would have been better for Cody to just do a 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:24.360 promo that he has to be out because he tested 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:27.280 positive or makeup an excuse whatever, but that he doesn't 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.679 want to rob the fans of a championship match. So 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:33.160 he's asked both Tony Kahn if he could allow him 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:35.080 to pick someone to defend the title form and he 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:40.480 could pick Dustin to defend the t NT Championship for him, 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:43.320 and then at least it's the real belt, and then 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.320 there's a reason for Dustin who doesn't have I think 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:48.560 I don't think he was even ranked why he's in 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:51.440 the championship match. I think it would have made more 0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:54.399 sense and at least been the real championship rather than 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:57.800 an interim and you know, it's still you know, why 0:21:57.880 --> 0:21:59.680 is someone else defending the belt for him? But it's 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:01.600 like why is there an interim title for a week? 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.360 And why is Dustin Rhodes in it? There's there's questions 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:08.480 either way you go. And then at least Samuy Guavarro 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:10.960 would be walking around with you know, quote unquote the 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:16.000 real TNT Championship. I just think that, uh, I don't 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:20.280 like that idea because yeah, it's the real belt, but 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.200 it's not the real champion. He'll be like if if 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:26.080 Connor McGregor was the champion and Connor McGregor was scheduled 0:22:26.119 --> 0:22:28.639 to fight on Saturday and he couldn't fight, and they 0:22:28.680 --> 0:22:31.480 were like, well, you know, Connor says that you know 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.520 is that not whoever can defend the belt for him? 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:39.080 But you have neither guy being the real champion and 0:22:39.160 --> 0:22:41.879 the belt not being real. It's like, again, I'm not 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:44.080 saying my idea is great, but it's like, if you 0:22:44.119 --> 0:22:49.239 insist on having a TNT championship match, I think at 0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:52.280 least there a reason to justify Dustin being in the 0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:55.440 match and it being the real belt is better than 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.119 a fake belt with two people that you know aren't 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:01.680 the champion. I think the best idea would have been 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:04.879 don't do the match and have another championship match on 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:07.760 Battle of the Belts. I agree completely. That's why I said, 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:10.320 if you insist on having a t NT championship I 0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:14.040 would have preferred um an explanation with Dustin's defending the 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:16.600 belt for his brother. Because think about this, everybody, all right, 0:23:17.440 --> 0:23:23.280