WEBVTT - Clash At The Castle/NXT Worlds Collide Updates 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Elvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:07.360 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.800 Let's get it all. Let's get it Mike Semper vv 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.160 here with you for the next hour, talking professional wrestling 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:19.720 and mixed martial arts. Actually, there's gonna be no mixed 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.959 martial arts here, just professional wrestling. And that's something we 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:27.800 do every single day here on the Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network. 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.200 And however you're joining me today, tune in I heart 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.879 American Forces Radio Sports Byeline dot Com over the air 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:39.280 affiliate's like the Mighty Year ten ninety Sirius XM a 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:43.879 replay or via podcast, or maybe you're streaming on Twitter YouTube. 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.320 However you're joining me today, I just like to say 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:49.480 thank you. As always a lot to get into here 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:53.519 as we steam into a very busy weekend. W w 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:57.160 E Clash at the Castle and Cardiff, Wales, along with 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.480 n x T World's Collide and of course a e 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.800 W all Out Dynamite was last night. I thought it 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:09.039 was a very good show leading into this weekend. Lots 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.959 of news taking place today. Tony Cohn had his big 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.640 conference call and we've got some notes on Matt for you, 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.679 as well as some news on some personnel changes possibly 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.120 coming to both w w E and a e W. 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.880 Bobby Fish's contract doesn't look like it will be renewed, 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:32.640 but bron Stroman maybe back in ww and maybe something 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:37.240 that's even better for wrestling fans. Ryan Katz looks like 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:41.080 he will be back in w w E in some form. 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.880 He announced that on his podcast that he has with 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.920 road Dog. That is good news for a lot of 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:51.560 people because universally when they started making cuts, he was 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:55.040 one of the names that people both passed and present 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.520 that worked with him, and we're working with him. Said 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.800 was a very confusing decision for w W to make 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:05.160 because he was incredibly valuable. But he looks as if 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.840 he's going to be headed back to the company. And 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.440 I've got some some very very sad news for for 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.840 many of you out there. Fozzy is going to be 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:24.000 postponing their next tour. Somehow. In my mind, there's a 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.320 tie in with Chris Jericho and Jack Harlow. I'm gonna 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:28.960 try to figure out how I can put those two 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.960 things together. I'll do that during the break. We'll be back. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:47.000 Receives are rely back on the show. Mike Semper BB 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:51.440 here with your wrestling observe Alive Big Bossman Brian Alvarez. 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:55.160 You know where he is right now. He's coming to Jesus. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.720 Have you looked at this man's Twitter recently? He posted 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:03.560 this morning that it finally hit him those boots that 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.440 he was talking about buying when Dave Meltzer was talking 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:11.120 about the passing of former wrestler and bootmaker and gear 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.600 maker Bill Ash, Brian talked about the fact that he's 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:20.040 had the same boots for well over twenty years. It 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.720 finally hit him this morning that those boots are much 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:27.840 older than his partner. Coming up Friday night for Black 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:32.200 Label Pro and g c W Billy Starks as they 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.280 face Filthy Tom Lawler and Killer Kelly. I have a 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.640 feeling that you're going to want to stay kind appeal 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.280 to Brian's Twitter throughout the afternoon, into this evening and 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.520 into tomorrow as well, because I have a feeling there's 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.600 going to be several adventures and misadventures that get posted 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.040 up there, not the least of which is if he 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.400 actually crosses paths with Filthy Tom Lawler in that hotel, 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.400 leading into that we may not have a match on 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.800 Friday night. We're gonna have any Fazzy concerts either, at 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:07.480 least for the foreseeable future. Chris Jericho has a bruised larnox. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.280 I'm trying not to make any Chris Jericho jokes here. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.760 Read this is straight news. It's probably good for everybody 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.960 in the music business. Half Jericho said to have sustained 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.640 the injuried height W s quake by the Lake on 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.680 August ten. He was defeated by John Moxley in an 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:28.520 a W World Championship match that night, and he scheduled 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.840 to face Brian Danielson this Sunday at All Out UH 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:37.000 Fozzy released the statement on Thursday announcing that they are 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.720 delaying the start of their Save the World tour to 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.000 September twenty nine. The tour was originally to kick off 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.919 on September eighth in Columbus, Ohio. All postponed shows have 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:53.039 been pushed back to the Spring of Tree, so the 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:57.400 rescheduled dates can be found at Fazzy rock dot com 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.839 and UH. They make sure to point out in the 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.200 release that Chris unfortunately, even though the injury is healing 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.640 and not permanent, is it unfortunate that it's not permanent 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:13.440 when it comes to look, Chris Jericho and I have 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.640 had a very adversarial relationship. I have this problem with 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.680 a lot of people in Western Canada. Lance Storm is 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.960 another one. Although I can actually tolerate him. Don callis. 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:24.919 We're gonna get to him later on in the show. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:30.120 That's a completely different barrel of fish or something else 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:35.240 that stinks too high heaven. But yeah, Fozzy, Unfortunately, because 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.600 of this Jericho injury, he went to a larinologist. I 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.720 didn't even know there were a larinologist, but he recommended 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:43.919 that they postponed the first two weeks of the tour. 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:48.000 So there you go. That's the news on Chris Jericho 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.440 and Fozzy. Chris Jericho obviously a lot more important and 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.839 wrestling fans eyes with what he does in the ring, 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.920 and it will be wrestling Bryan Danielson on Sunday. And 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:00.720 as always, before we lead into these paper view weekends, 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:02.920 Tony Khan has spoke with the media. I didn't get 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.800 a chance to hear the whole call this morning. Thankfully 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.800 our crew over here at Rustling Observer dot com has 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.280 got all of the notes posted up. I believe it's 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:16.760 Josh Nason who put up the information that about Tony 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:23.599 Khan's media scrum here or audio presser, and I don't know. 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.600 I did have to laugh about one thing, and it's 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.560 its own separate headline on the website right now if 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.920 you go to it, it's aws. Tony Khan is less 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:37.000 optimistic about w w E collaboration after how they've treated him, 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:42.240 and this stems one would figure from the fact that 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:48.640 w w E reportedly had contacted talent that was under 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:54.240 contract recently, and Con said he was quote pretty optimistic 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.960 when they first made the change, but I'm less optimistic 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:02.440 now given how they treated me. And Tony con has 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.960 been able to work with everybody, you know, New Japan, 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.320 and that was a real dicey situation at the start 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.880 of a w IMPACT and Triple A. Of course, he 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:16.960 mentions plenty of promotions and shows clips from plenty of 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.000 promotions where their talent goes to the pock and the 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.000 whole deal with keep Sabian. Some of that was over 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.080 from the UK, so Con can work with everybody. But 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.840 to me, this is always his promoter's mouth when he 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.640 speaks about ever doing anything with w w E. And 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:38.520 I know that they've had detent when it comes to 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:44.679 letting Brian Danielson, you know, talk about who was having 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.120 the ceremony. Was it Ray Mystereo? I believe it was 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.400 for his anniversary or or I believe that's what the 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.440 situation was, where they had a couple of people on, 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:58.320 including Brian Danielson in the big show, Uh speaking that 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:02.200 sort of stuff. Okay, and there's that should happen, But 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:04.920 like any thought that there's going to be some sort 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.840 of super Bowl of Wrestling or anything like that, I 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.200 don't know why Tony Khan, even other than the fact 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.440 that he's a promoter, even entertains any of that stuff 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.240 or things that he can work with ww E on anything. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:20.600 Because Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are still on the 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.320 family tree of Vince McMahon and they would certainly like 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.600 it if there may be competition out there. But it 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.160 wasn't on national TV, and it didn't have any money 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.720 to take any of their talent, and it didn't uh 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.079 take away some of the fans attention, which of course 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:38.040 a W has done. So those two ever working together, 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.560 I can't see it happening. What I can see more 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.200 people that are now signed with a W wanting to 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.320 go back to w W E, and we've heard lots 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:51.000 of rumblings of that and different people that may or 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.800 may not want to go back. You know, Bobby Fish 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.880 didn't have a whole lot of great things to say 0:08:55.960 --> 0:09:00.360 recently about his situation in a W And in fact, 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.199 i'll i'll jump away from Tony Kahn's comments during this 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.120 press conference and just get right to Bobby Fish's contracts status, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.720 which reportedly is not being renewed. And this morning on 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:15.760 Wrestling Observer Radio, Brian noted that he believed that today 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.360 was the last day on that deal. He hasn't been 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.680 on TV since August three, when he and Adam Cole 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.160 and Kyle O'Reilly we're all on TV, and that's set 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.160 up the turn of the Young Bucks, which led to 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:34.439 eventually Kenny Omega coming out there and them reuniting. Fish 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:37.120 had first come to the company only last year. It 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.800 was October six when he made his debut on Dynamite 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.840 against Sammy Gavarro for the t NT Championship, and when 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.959 Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly debut for a W, the 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.600 looked as if we were going to get a full 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:55.080 undisputed era uh uniting and and doing something and it 0:09:55.280 --> 0:10:00.319 never really ended up happening. There was an l Vation 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:07.040 taping in July that he worked. But what happened here? 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.720 Weren't we supposed to get the Young Bucks and Kenny 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:14.240 Omega and undisputed era. Weren't we supposed to get fishing 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:20.400 O'Reilly matches against the Young Bucks against FTR. Weren't we 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.520 supposed to get FTR in the Young Bucks three. I 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.960 don't know what is going on there, but maybe we 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:32.480 didn't get FTR against Fishing O'Reilly because fishing dex are 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.000 but don't get along. Fish noted on his podcast recently 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.439 that he had a backstage altercation with Dax at an 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:44.040 episode of Dynamite, and also on that show offered praise 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.000 to Triple H. He's also been critical about Hai a 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.560 w had treated him and presented him during a K 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:53.360 and S Russell Fest autograph session earlier on this month. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:57.280 So Bobby Fish looks like he's out. Adam Cole is 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.360 signed in their long term, Kyle O. I Ellie is 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.280 still around. Nobody else is saying anything as of now, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:08.280 but interesting situation here. Roderick Strong by the way Fish's 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.920 partner does it apparently is going to be on the 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.400 sidelines for a little while to gonna That has not 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.360 been put out there as much yet, but he may 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.600 have suffered an injury that's going to keep him on 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.640 the shelf for a while. We'll see if he's on 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.880 n x T coming up this week. He's been involved 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:29.520 with obviously the Diamond Mind and some issues going on 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.600 there with both Damon Kemp and the Creed brothers, So 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.200 we have that situation going on now. It was seemed 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:38.760 to be a lock for a lot of people that 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:42.080 once Roderick Strong, you know, his contract, which I believe 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:47.160 he had renewed sooner rather than a long time ago. Uh, 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.000 once he would be gone, he would be a natural 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.160 fit to go down to a W because all of 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.000 his whole former friends are there and they've been booking 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.920 his wife, Marina Schaffer on Dark and Elevation tapings. But 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.800 maybe that situation has changed too. We don't know what 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:04.680 Bobby Fish is going to do, but if we see 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.480 him back in the ring, it certainly won't be with 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.640 a W. It's probably going to be back in n 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.520 x T. We'll get back into what Tony Cohn spoke 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.440 about with the media, as well as some more personnel changes, 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.880 including bron Stroman rumored to be coming back to Monday 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:43.440 Night Raw. We'll be back Wrestling Observer Alive, back on 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.640 the show of Mike semper Viv. Here. Whether you're wrestling 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.040 Server Alive, it's Kevin Gates place in the background. We 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.080 do this show for an hour at a time every 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.080 single day, but if you want us seven you can 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.680 find us on Twitter. I am at semper Viv. The 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.920 timeline for this show is a w O n F 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:05.000 four W the broadcasters at Sports Byline USA and if 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.160 you love pro wrestling at mid Atlantic Pod. We'll get 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.320 back to Tony Cohn's media call. Here's our own. Josh 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.760 Nason has written up some notes on the front page 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.679 of the site. Tony did talk about that talent meeting, 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.640 and without saying w w E by name, did allude 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.800 to a major point of conversation being that w w 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.720 E tampering claims with contracted aw talent that has emerged 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.480 over the past few weeks. I'm sure everybody has heard 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:35.319 rumored names. I think I know of at least two 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.240 that I would feel comfortable about saying. I'm pretty sure 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:45.560 that was they were part of that there, But as 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.920 I said, I have a feeling we're gonna be a 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.080 lot of this will be meeting its way out here 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:54.760 in the in the near future. Rampage ratings were discussed. 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.559 He was asked about those numbers and concept he had 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.160 to put his biggest stars in angles on Dynamite due 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.840 to all the injuries this year and wasn't able to 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:08.160 offer big matches on Rampage that he used to. He's 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.840 excited and wants to reset after this weekend due to 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.320 the renewed roster strength. He's going to put his full 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:18.160 attention on improving the show after this weekend. These are 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.000 just sound bites that Josh is writing up right there. 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.560 But even with all the injuries, I ask you out 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.200 there as wrestling fans, do you believe that he and 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:33.400 everybody else has put their best foot forward with Rampage 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.600 And is it a solid enough excuse that because of 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.440 all the injuries, Dynamite was the one who needed all 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.600 of the matches. I mean, if you think of some 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.680 of the segments and some of the talking promos and 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.880 some of the things like that that have been on Rampage, 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.680 I'm not sure if you can put it all you know, 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:55.160 and obviously injuries do play a huge part of this, 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:58.480 but I'm not sure if that's the issue for that show. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:02.520 But well, we'll see what you think out there. Zero 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.160 Hour the pre show leading into all Our concept. The 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.560 reason for that name returning on Sunday is because he 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.960 wanted to tie in the history of All In and 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:16.240 All Out at the Now Arena and something new and fresh. 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.240 He emphasized that Zero Hours not just a pre show, 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.920 but its own event. He may, he said, he may 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.840 also add another match on Friday to the pre show 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:28.680 or even on the pay per view. Please don't three 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:30.800 matches on the pre show or enough and I think 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.640 what they have lined up on the pay per view 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:36.440 is enough here. That's okay. If you're concerned about having 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.880 not enough matches for Rampage, then maybe if it's a 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.280 big match or a really great idea, you may want 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.320 to save it for one of those shows. Uh. Punk 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.840 Moxley Build con did say that the ratings were great 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:51.280 for Punkin Moxley and the world title match two weeks ago, 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.200 and that a W has never done at pay per 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.760 view build like this before. He thinks there's increased interest 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.080 and Sunday's rematch as a result, and there's been a 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.520 lot of talking the aftermath of the quick result as 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.280 has been rumored or I guess has was rumored, and 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.280 we talked about it here on the show. John Moxley. 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:14.640 This idea may have come from him fightful report. Uh, 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:18.200 let us know about that one. And I don't think 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:19.800 it was a bad idea. I know there are some 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.360 people that have been really critical about how this whole 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.840 thing has gone down, But as a way, especially with 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:29.320 everything else that was swirling around with a W, for 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.400 Moxley to get that quick victory kind of out of nowhere. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.080 And I think the fact that there was so much 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.200 else swirling around for a W at that time. If 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.640 there wasn't all this stuff about Hangman Page and and 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.240 beefing with CM Punk, and there wasn't all this stuff 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.080 about Eddie and Sammy and this meeting and that meeting 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.160 and all this other stuff, I have a feeling that 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:54.400 maybe this would have been a little bit more impact Bill, 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.120 But it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.160 A Steel came on last night. It all made for 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.440 great TV. We're having the match we originally thought we 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.720 were going to have and for a guy that lost 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.800 in his hometown town the last time around to m 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:14.840 jf CM, Punk walking out of there on Sunday with 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:19.159 that championship probably would be a good idea concept that 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.800 Punk and FDR were originally set to face. Well Aspret 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.240 will Aspray and Austi opened several weeks before Forbidden Door. 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.720 He also said he had a Punk Hiroshi Tanahashi tag 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.080 team match idea that would have been a Match of 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.400 the Year candidate given the opponents that he still may 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.280 do at some point. Well, you put Roshi Tanahashi in 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.280 any match with almost anybody, there's a really good chance 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.200 you're going to get a Match of the Year candidates. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.200 So if you want to listen to the full audio, 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.280 it is up on the site. Just go ahead and 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.800 click on the Tony con media call link that Josh 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.080 has up there, and it's at the bottom over those 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.920 highlights that I just read, and you can hear all 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:03.040 of Tony's words, uh in his own voice talking about 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:07.000 everything leading in to Sunday's All Out. We spoke about 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.080 Bobby Fish's a E W situation, and I did mention 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.600 at the top of the show. Ryan Katz looks like 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:15.919 he's going to be returning to w w E. He 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.840 worked as a creative producer in n x T from 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:23.120 two thousand and fifteen up until January of this year, 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.800 when he was let go. After that, he started co 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.320 hosting the Oh You Didn't Know podcast with road Dog, 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.600 and during the most recent episode, uh, the two were 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:36.239 talking about their released from w w E. They were 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.200 actually released on the same day as part of those 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.880 n x T cuts, and actually confirmed that Cats would 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:46.320 be headed back to w w E in some way. Uh. 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.800 He noted that he wasn't sure what he was going 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.480 to be doing for w w E upon his return, 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.320 but mentioned that he's supposed to start on Thursday. I 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.679 was supposed to start on Thursday, but the return was 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:01.600 pushed back a little bit, and and uh, so there 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.920 you go. You know, as I mentioned at the beginning, 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:08.680 he was one of those guys creatively that everybody had 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:12.200 something positive to say about once the releases were done. 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:15.560 He was one of the names that people thought, like, 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:17.560 you know, Pat Buck left. It was a little bit 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.760 of a different situation because Pat Buck put in his 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.320 resignation and then immediately went to go work with a 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:25.480 w When all that stuff was said and done in 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.600 the dust cleared because there was no wait for him. 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:30.600 He was able to just move right in because he 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:32.480 was an agent, and there were a lot of people 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.399 that were curious as they if Ryan Kats would be 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:38.760 contacted by a w or would show up there because 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.760 of his reputation, but that ended up not being the case. 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:44.600 He started doing the podcast with road Dog and now 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.520 it looks like he is back Uh in w w E. 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.800 So another person that Triple H had relied on when 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:53.800 he was running an XT is now back in the fold. 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:58.640 For him, Bron Stroman, Well, he's a little bit more 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:01.720 polarizing at least he comes to the fans and some 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.119 of the reaction that I've seen online today. According to 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:09.400 a report from p w Insider, multiple sources are confirming 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:13.399 that the former Universal Champion is scheduled to be in 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:17.560 Kansas City on Monday night for RAW. Earlier on this week, 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:20.800 Fightfull Select had reported the w w E discussed the 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:25.680 idea of Stroman's return. Ww E sources have reportedly said 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:29.359 that currently Uh looks ring ready and better now than 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:31.760 when he was in w w E. Well, he's had 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:33.600 the time to work out. I'm not sure how many 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.919 shows that Control Your Narrative have run. But he's had 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:38.720 a little bit of free time on his hands to 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.959 go fishing and grill meets and and pump iron. I 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.040 guess during his time away from w w E he 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.879 did Wrestle for Control Your Narrative and also popped up 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:51.560 on r O h's Final Battle pay per view last December. 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:56.520 Um year's the thing with Stroman? Yeah, he is as 0:20:56.520 --> 0:21:00.320 we were talking about yesterday with Brian. I mean, yeah, 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:05.040 he's more mobile and uh a far better professional wrestling 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:07.600 character than some of the other giants that they have 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:12.919 him walking right back in much like W. Morrissey into 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.240 a e W. I mean there's a position for him, 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:18.919 there's a spot for him when it comes to a W. 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:20.479 I mean, what else you got? You got stotten him 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:24.439 saying you got Lance Archer, got Wardlow. Well, you know W. 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:27.240 Morrisey's now it is not as good as Lance Archer, 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.680 but he's a lot younger. Sttenham Sing is not even 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:33.280 anywhere near ready yet, and you need to have somebody else. 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:36.160 It's okay to have two giants, especially if they kind 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.680 of stay on, you know, opposite sides of each other 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:42.000 for a while. And you can build something up, something 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:44.760 up between a Wardlow and Morrisey. To me, that's fine 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:48.280 with bron Stroman, same sort of situation. He's one of 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:50.360 those guys like Carrie and Cross. He's one of those 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:54.000 guys like Dexter Loomis that let's see what we do 0:21:54.160 --> 0:21:58.399 here with him, because is he going to sign for 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:03.520 three years five years? I don't know if I want 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:06.200 to see bron Stroman for three or five years, you know, 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:08.680 if he signs for a relatively short term deal or 0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:10.720 if he only signs for a year. Okay, let's see 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:12.440 what we can get out of him. But I'm trying 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:15.080 to think that I'm trying to think of a situation 0:22:15.119 --> 0:22:17.160 that i want to see bron Stroman in. I want 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:18.880 to trying to think of a few that I want 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:21.240 to see bron Stroman in, and I'm I'm not sure 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:26.040 it's there. Even hossing about with guys, I mean, we 0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:29.320 got Walter. Now, we have guys who can work a 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.320 lot better, who can I'm not saying hit a lot harder, 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:34.800 although in the case of Walter, he absolutely can, but 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:38.480 I mean, t bar We've had Donovan die Jack there 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:40.840 for a long time and he hasn't been utilized. I 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:44.159 know he's been teaming up with Shelton Benjamin on on 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:47.800 whatever their version of Heat or Metal or Jacked or 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:51.000 whatever they call it now Velocity, whatever the hell they 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:53.880 call the show main event. I know he's been on there, 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.280 but he's one of those guys where it's like, why 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:59.680 not give him the shot? I don't know. It looks 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:02.000 like so Losko is going to be getting a shot though, 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:06.600 which thank god, hopefully they change his name and he 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:09.480 could become an USO considering you know, he's brothers with 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:12.439 Jimmy and j Uso and the son of Rakishi. But 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:16.919 p W Insider I believe officially broke this news. I 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:19.640 know Fightfull Select had confirmed that they had talked about 0:23:19.680 --> 0:23:22.560 it a while ago. I know people at this site 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:26.040 for sure have been told the same thing, that his 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.680