WEBVTT - Tony Khan is Everywhere 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Elvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.240 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:14.560 let's get it all. Let's get it Mike semper viv 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:18.280 here with you for the next hour talking professional wrestling, 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.120 which is something we do every single day here on 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:26.239 the Sports Byeline Broadcasting Network. And however you're joining me today, 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:30.200 tune in, I heart American Forces Radio Sports Byeline dot 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:33.600 Com over the area, over the air affiliates even like 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:38.199 mightyar ten ninety Sirius x M one via podcast or 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.440 streaming on Twitch or on YouTube. Just like say thank 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:43.560 you for joining me and spending a little bit of time. 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.199 It is Wednesday, you know what that means a whole 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.839 lot of news to get into. And I think we 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.880 have reached the point where the Vince McMahon News Watch 0:00:56.400 --> 0:01:00.440 is officially over with now, not to say that we're 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.840 not going to get more news on Vince McMahon and 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:09.240 n d a's and unpaid moneys and all sorts of things, uh, 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.840 stemming from the w w E boards investigation, But it 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:18.000 certainly seems as if since this last round where there 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.720 was five million dollars that was unreported that was donated 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.840 to the Trump Foundation for Donald Trump's involvement in the 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:29.120 Bobby lashly Umaga hair versus hair match with Vince McMahon 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:33.000 back at Rustlemania, way back a long time ago. Seems 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:37.200 ever since then things have truly quieted down. So what 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.039 are we going to do for news? Thank god, there's 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.319 Tony con who will appear on radio shows to hype 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.920 up tonight's a W Dynamite. He did his appearance on 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.600 Busted Open and spoke a little bit about the CM 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:56.480 Punk Hangman page controversy that has been swirling around that company. 0:01:56.480 --> 0:02:01.120 And we have news that has broken on the tonight 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.320 with a e W. There's going to be a talent 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.720 meeting and we'll get into some of the details about 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.960 that Fightfull Select has reported that that there is going 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.800 to be talent meeting before tonight's show. I don't know 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:15.720 if it's going to be an airing of the grievances 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.920 or not, but we'll get into the details on that, 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:20.280 as well as a whole bunch of other stuff and 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:24.080 professional wrestling right now, not the least of which is 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.840 the vaunted n x D two point Overview, which is 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.400 going to be coming at you Tiffany Stratton, Wendy to 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.960 Lights Out made Event, get into all that stuff we 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.880 get back from break Wrestling Observer Live anyway having sex 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.799 and God, nobody see us as the windows got well, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:47.079 blame shot around. It's gonna be Oh, welcome back to 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.480 the show. Wrestling Observer Live. Mike Senter VV here with you. 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:55.880 The Big boss Man Brian Alvarez is off today, which 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:57.520 is good for him. He wouldn't want him to hear 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.679 what was taking place during the commercial break. Producer Tom. 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.840 It's just definitely a terrible, terrible influence for all those 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.560 uh who are listening out there to Sports Byeline for 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.400 actual sports radio. Well, hopefully you're not a fan of 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.480 the Pittsburgh Pirates for many many reasons, not the least 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.320 of which is you're losing now fourteen to nothing. Uh 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.080 in the uh the bottom of the eighth inning here 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.400 to the Atlanta Braves, Tarly matt Olsen hit a ball 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:27.440 into the Allegheny River. So not good for you right now, 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.320 Detroit on top of San Francisco. Six nothing for those 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.200 people listening out in the Bay Area our home here 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.360 on Sports Byeline, But we don't talk about baseball here 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:39.600 on this show, No we talk about professional wrestling, and 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:44.440 when he comes to Wednesdays, it's Tony Conde. That man 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:48.400 is everywhere. I don't know if he is uh sniped 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.720 at Josh Nason yet our own Josh Nason about anything 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:56.120 he may have tweeted out there. Tony loves doing this stuff. 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.400 I know some people think that he's crazy. He may be, 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:04.240 but he's a promoter. That's what he does. And I 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:07.080 did a solo show on Friday when a lot of 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:11.080 the news was breaking and coming out about CM punk 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:15.640 and his Wednesday night promo where he was going to 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.160 hype up and did hype up the upcoming match with 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.880 John Moxley, but had to make sure to get in 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.080 some shots there on an old hangman page. And that 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:30.560 led to a whole bunch of speculation and controversy and 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:35.240 conjecture and actual reporting. It's just been all over the 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.000 place when he comes to that stuff. But there was 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.719 a part of me that is thinking, you know, for 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:43.440 anything that's true about any of this stuff, there's probably 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:47.080 a nice thick layer of pro wrestling that is being 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.960 iced across that cake. And I don't know if anything 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.760 I've heard today has changed my mind on that, and 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:02.520 I guess we will begin at the beginning. UM see him. 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:07.600 Punk has addressed rumors regarding that promo last week. He 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.240 did so in an interview with Sports Illustrated. It was 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:15.560 tied in with this website, and Punk was asked if 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:19.400 he was creatively fulfilled in a W. His response was, yes, 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.320 you try not to put too much stock in Internet rumors, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.880 but for a W I definitely think that's a part 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.760 of our audience. Twitter is not real life though. On 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.400 top of that, a lie makes its way around the 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.719 world twice before the truth puts its boots on or 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.479 gets out of bed. He's just mixing them all up there, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:42.080 uh he. Punk also addressed reports at backstage friction in 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.240 the company, uh, noting what has been made public is 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:49.000 just quote one side of the story. It's one side 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.800 of the story. Punk said. My locker room is never closed. 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.599 It's always open. Anybody who wants the d M meltzer 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.800 some bs can come talk to me about it. It's 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.840 not Macho's stupid bs. I'm an adult. Come talk with me. 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.440 Punk also addressed reports that he went off script what 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.359 he called out Hangman page on Dynamite last week. He 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:15.200 said his motivation behind the promo was to quote, make 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:20.120 people see what happens next and sell tickets. That's what 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.120 I'm here to do, make people want to see what 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.159 happens next. I'm trying to sell tickets to the live events. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.080 That goes back to me saying Twitter isn't the real world. 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.560 Twitter is a bunch of people that really don't care 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.520 about your opinion. They want to find like minded opinions 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:37.400 that share their worldview. I'm trying to tell stories, sell tickets, 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:42.239 and get people to tune into Dynamite A President. Tony 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.880 Khan was on Busted Open Radio today on Sirius XM 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:52.039 and also addressed Punk's comments towards Hangman, saying that Punk 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:56.760 has unresolved anger towards hanging Man Page and talking about 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.960 Punk's promo last week that set up Wednesday's title Unified 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.960 Asian match between Punk and interim champion John Moxley. Cohn 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.560 was asked about Punk dragging Page into it, and he 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.160 says he thinks it's unresolved anger from the world title 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.280 Matchet Double or Nothing. We haven't really tied up all 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.840 those issues. There was clearly some stuff that didn't get 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:22.440 resolved at Double or nothing MHM. Dave Meltzer obviously reported 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:26.000 afterwards that that promo was not planned and came as 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.080 a surprise to everybody, said there was no plan for 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:34.240 punk and page two it all out boy, A lot 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.400 of that all just sounds like pro wrestling there, doesn't it. 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:41.520 But then we got this report also today from Fightfull Select. 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.160 It was reporting that some things are going to be 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.320 addressed today when it comes to the locker room and 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:51.720 Tony Khan, and there's a mandatory talent meeting. Apparently Tony 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.800 Khan will be present, but not many other details at 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:59.920 this point are known. The talent, from what they are hearing, 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:04.160 expects it to address some of the rumors of unrest 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:10.400 and contract inquiries and personal issues and leaks and all 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:14.400 that sort of stuff, But again no details right now 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.400 on what exactly is going to be going down. There's 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.520 a lot of talent that is there, but it's not 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.000 like all of the talent was flown in for this 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.640 mandatory meeting. One person who I don't believe is there 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.240 because I believe he's still in the UK is Cult Capana, 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.760 who has been whether he wants to or not, at 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.760 the middle seemingly of all of this stuff. He's been 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:43.160 over in the UK doing some wrestling commentary based comedy 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.200 I guess would be the right way to put it. 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:50.400 He and another gentleman are doing UH bad comedy about 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.760 bad wrestling. Is they do commentary I guess on some 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.080 stuff that they watched his Mystery Science Theater or three 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.600 thousand like if they believe punks done that multiple times before. 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.800 So that show is on the road and I don't 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.960 believe that he is there, but I guess everybody that's 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.680 in Cleveland tonight UH is going to have to hash 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.120 out their issues and we'll see what the some of 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.760 the reporting is from that to Obviously, Fight is gonna 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:15.959 stay on it. We here with Dave Meltzer and Brian 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.360 Alvarez are going to be on it. They are going 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:22.840 to be up after Dynamite, way after Dynamite, probably about 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:27.800 five am Eastern time on Thursday morning. Dave Meltzer will 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.800 have his full wrap up in review of a W Dynamite, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.319 including anything he hears today as well as anything he 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.679 hears after the show goes off the air, so you 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.280 can look forward to that. For subscribers of the website tomorrow, 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.040 there will be clips up surely for free for all 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:48.160 your freeloaders out there over at YouTube dot com. Uh, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.040 there should be some stuff up there, So we'll just 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.320 have to see what happens here. Oh yeah, they're they're 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.880 building to an all out pay per view that they 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.640 don't have a whole lot of matches for. So last 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.160 week's show I thought was good, especially a book ended 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:07.600 incredibly well. I thought that first hour was fantastic. Let's 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.040 see what they got for tonight. Uh. John Moxley and 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.400 cmpunk a w world title. They decided to go ahead 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.800 with this at the last minute. According to Fightful Select 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:21.320 and another report that came out today, Moxley was all 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.360 in favor of the mood of including one source saying 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:29.400 it was his idea to move the match to Cleveland. 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:33.160 Uh and eventually this is the quote here quote eventually 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.560 see him Punk agreed to it. Uh end quote We 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.720 haven't learned. Uh. This is according to Fightful. If this 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.040 was connected to any of the reported issues with cm 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:48.840 punk last week, so grab cities. Will Washington had noted 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:52.960 on his show that there was an idea a few 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.560 days ago to increase ticket sales and add buzz to 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.319 the Cleveland show. I didn't wasn't not checking on ticket 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.760 sales for it. So I'm not sure exactly where it 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.520 sits right now, but obviously hopefully for their sake. If 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.319 they were having an issue with ticket sales, putting John 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.080 Moxley and CM Punk in the world title match on 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:15.760 this show would probably be a good idea. And who 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:17.959 knows where they go with this, I mean, on paper, 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.960 in my opinion, right now, it would feel like we're 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.200 going to have a non finish tonight, which leads into 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:29.520 all out, could we have Hangman Page stick his nose in, 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:33.400 want his rematch? And all this stuff kind of dovetails 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.920 together and we get that, I guess we could do 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.640 you want to water down a possible singles match with 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.280 punkin Page by doing something like that? Now, I guess 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.800 that's a debatable as well too. But they need a 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.640 good show tonight, and I don't think that the pay 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.840 per view is going to be suffering too much from 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.120 anything that's been going on now. I don't think that 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.520 they're hard cores have turned on them, that everybody now 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.120 is looking the w W A E Wave and going 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.839 I'm done with this stuff. I'm back on Ron SmackDown 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:06.959 and I'm ready for Clash at the Castle to hell 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.679 with all out. I don't think that's really gonna happen here. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.840 I think everybody that's gonna buy that pay per view 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.480 is going to do it. But there seems to be 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.600 a lot of concern from a lot of observers out 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.760 there that a W is a little cold right now. 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.319 We'll see if any of this works. We'll get into 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.280 the details of the show as well as a lot 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:25.480 more when we get back from break Rusting Reserve Alive. 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.439 Welcome back to the show Wrestling Observer Alive here on 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:44.120 the Sports Filine Broadcasting Network. My name is Mike Semper. 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.079 Babe Brian Alvarez is off today. He will be back 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.280 with me tomorrow to review everything that takes place tonight 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.280 during a e w's Dynamite. You know, we do this 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.440 show right here for an hour at a time, but 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.600 if you want to try to get out of seven, 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.720 you can find us on Twitter. I am at Semper VV. 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.640 The timeline for this show is at w O n 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.760 F four W the broadcasters at Sports Byline USA and 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:11.640 if you love pro wrestling at mid Atlantic pod So. 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.160 I do my cleansing here of everything. I gotta deal 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.040 with on this show when it comes to the news 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:20.319 and on paper, Tonight's a W Dynamite show is a 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:22.559 good one. C him Punk and John Knoxley, obviously for 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.600 the Undisputed a W Championship. We'll see if that kicks 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.760 off the show, if it main events the show. Do 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.400 they put it on right at the the hour crossover, 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.280 especially if you're not going to have a clean finish 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.360 or this is actually going to lead towards all out. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.360 We'll see exactly where they decide to go ahead and 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.760 put this thing. They got some other really good stuff 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:44.720 on here, not the least of which is the a 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:50.360 W Trio's quarter final between Death Triangle, poc Penta and 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:54.400 Ray Phoenix against will Osprey and Aussie opened the United 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.520 Empire over from New Japan Pro Wrestling. Will Osprey had 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:02.199 one hell of a g one climax tournament, as everybody knows, 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:06.199 losing to Okada in the finals. He and Aussie opened 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.280 in there against Death Triangle. Those guys are going to 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.200 be flying all over the place. That is going to 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:16.720 be surely a fantastic match, as well as Dax Hardwood 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.520 and Jay lethal Is. I bet you're going to be 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:23.200 a fantastic match, just in a completely different way twenty 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.280 minutes of those guys going at it, exchanging holes. I 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:31.880 know J Lethal, he is a certainly a polarizing figure. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:36.600 There's people like me and Brian Elpress examples, big fans 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.080 of watching J Leathal go out there and work. My 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.840 partner on the I'm in my big audio nightmare, Adam 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:43.600 Summers and not so much. And I know there's a 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.400 lot of people interact with on the forum online. He 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.520 doesn't do anything for me, doesn't work for me. Eve 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.040 been around too long, all that sort of stuff. I'll 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.760 wash on all that. Tonight, Saw Harwood and J Leathal 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.680 are gonna put on a wrestling clinic. I would be 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.840 pretty sure of that and probably going to end up 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:06.160 leading with the leading into Sottenham Singh and Sanjay Dudd 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.760 getting involved, which will lead to Cash Wheeler, big Ass 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:14.400 Wardlow back home in Cleveland getting involved as well. Billy 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:20.160 Gunn against Colton gun Father births son Um. I can 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.640 see it with and again, there's a lot of matches 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:24.800 that still need to be announced for the pay per view, 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.800 but I'm starting to wonder if Billy Gunn and the 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:32.120 Acclaimed against Colton Gunn and Austin Gunn or that match 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.080 Colton gun and Austin Gunn against the Acclaimed isn't going 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.960 to be one of the pre show matches uh leading 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:41.880 into the pay per view Britt Baker against Kylien King 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.680 tonight as well, and Ricky Starks is going to speak 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.160 and Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia are going to have 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:51.560 a face to face and I thought that was official 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:55.000 last week and Jericho challenged him, but it wasn't actually 0:15:55.120 --> 0:16:02.280 made official until yesterday, uh where or on social media 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.440 Tony Cohn in a w announced that it was going 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.080 to be taking place. This all stems from last week 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.680 when Garcia lost the two out of three falls match 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:15.120 to Brian Danielson. Uh he prevented Jericho from laying the 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.120 boots to Danielson more after the match, and Jericho wants 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.840 to know where Garcia stands when it comes to the 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:25.640 Jericho Appreciation Society. So this is all from the Wolstein 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.600 Center in Cleveland, Ohio, one week away from All Out 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:33.240 four and again hopefully we have a lot better vision 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.240 on where we're going to be going for that show. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:40.120 A little bit of ratings news here Monday nights. W 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.800 W RAW on USA. This came out right after we 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:48.280 got off the air yesterday, very very good number, two 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.560 million viewers on average of one percent from the week prior. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:56.080 UH finished with two point o o five million viewers. 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.720 As far as cable went, RAW was the second amongst 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:01.760 people eighteen and forty nine with a point five five 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.119 rating about seven and seventeen thousand viewers. If you include 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:09.040 broadcast television, it ranked a third. The Bachelor on ABC 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.080 was the top ranked show over on Monday night, point 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.359 seven six and people eighteen to forty nine in an 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.760 audience of over three point three million people on average. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.840 On cable, the ESPN broadcast of the Jets Falcons game 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.320 was the top thing on cable, finishing in a point 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.000 six one and eighteen to forty nine and two point 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:31.960 to eight nine million viewers overall. But w W E 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:36.439 has been really holding their own and again slowly trying 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.800 to chip away and slowly stay at over two million 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.119 viewers all the time. And it's gonna be tough here 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.440 now that we are in the football season, or damn 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.639 near it. UH. The only demos were WW finished behind 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.560 any other cable show. We're Women between the ages of 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.040 twelve and forty nine, which was won by v H 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.879 one's Hip Hop Love and Hip or VACH one's Love 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.040 and Hip Hop Atlanta, which was on from eight to 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.920 nine Eastern, although it should be noted that Rod did 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:04.120 beat the two episodes of Love and Hip Hop Miami 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.560 which followed that episode, and beat them across the board. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.399 Eight PM two point oh six million viewers, the second 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.080 hour two point oh four million viewers on average, and 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:17.159 ten PM one point nine two million viewers, As was 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:21.520 noted on the Wrestling Observer front page on Tuesday afternoon 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:25.240 by Dave Meltzer, Raw avoided the big third hour drop 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.639 that they have been noted for for quite some time, 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:33.040 and it was really impressive in several categories. Women from 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:36.480 eighteen to forty nine, we're up from our I'm sorry 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.320 eight Women eighteen to forty nine were down uh from 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.560 our one hour three. But men were up, which is 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.399 where women twelve to thirty four we're up. Men twelve 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.320 to thirty four we're up. That's apparently very unusual. So 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.359 people over fifty were down ten percent. Hopefully all of 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.760 them turned out for n x D two point oh 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:56.400 last night. So amongst younger malor demos. The Third Hour 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.800 ended up being a big success. Obviously Edge and Damien 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:04.560 East and uh that did that have anything to do 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:07.920 with it? Likely? You know, you got a big match 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.359 in edges hometown. People probably thought something was gonna go down. 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:15.280 So good times right now for w w E. Uh 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:20.000 again the even there, And this blows my mind because 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.639 I usually don't look at like the shows. I don't 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.560 really even think about the Legend show, the whole A 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.800 and E lineup on Sundays. It blows my mind that 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.000 A and he has got a Sunday w w E lineup. 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:36.840 But the Edge documentary on Sunday, the biography that they 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:41.280 had four hundred and fifty three thousand viewers, which was 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:45.439 down big apparently, you know, down a quarter of the 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.960 people that that watched the one on d X. But 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:50.119 you look at that four fifty three number, you compare 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:53.239 it to the what four seventy that Rampage got on 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:56.000 Friday night, and it's like, man, you know, when you 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.359 look at those kind of numbers, it's I don't know, 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:01.080 it was just kind of surprising. Blows my mind that 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:04.119 smack talk, maybe I knew about this. Smack talk is 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:09.359 still being aired. It's the third uh part of that lineup, 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.920 which also features w W E rivals Smack Talk A 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.440 hundred forty four thousand viewers on average, about fifty two 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:20.480 thousand between the hes of eighteen and forty nine ranked 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:24.280 show on Cable if you include broadcast primetime TV A 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:27.840 hundred and thirty. I had no idea that that show 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.359 was the capper of Sunday night's programming on A and E. 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:32.800 I have no idea what they even talk about on 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.840 that show. Not a clue. This has become that UH 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:40.160 w W E show that Brian's got no idea about 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:44.439 that's on Peacock in the network. Uh So, I not 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:46.679 a clue here when it comes to those shows, but 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:49.040 a lot of people are watching them, including that Legends 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:53.199 biography show, which is many people watches Friday Night Rampage 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:56.680 and Rampage obviously is going to have the six man 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.720 coming up to the more pieces coming together for the 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.800 tree House Tournament. Obviously we're gonna find out more tonight. 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:06.680 UH to lead into Friday, I'm gonna switch gears here 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:11.200 to New Japan as Alex Coglan was announced and then 0:21:11.240 --> 0:21:14.680 pulled from the upcoming NUCH Fan Pro Wrestling Burning Spirit Tour, 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.840 which is taking place between September two and the twenty five. 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:23.560 Coglan was announced to face kose Fujita on the very 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:27.040 first night in Yokohama, but took the social media to 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:29.880 say that he's not quite ready yet. He tweeted, sorry 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:32.000 if anyone got excited, but there was some sort of 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.159 mis communication. I won't be ready to return to the 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.680 ring for a little while longer. Recovery is going well though, 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.960 I'm doing everything I can. I will be back, though, 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:46.879 and I will be back stronger than ever eventually. Cogland 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:49.840 has not wrestled since June, when he teamed with the 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:53.199 d k C, Kevin Knight and yuya Uemura in a 0:21:53.280 --> 0:21:56.760 losing effort against Max Castor and the Gun Club during 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:59.720 the Forbidden Door pay per view pre show. And when 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:01.800 the or begins, it's actually going to be the d 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:04.920 k C who takes his place in that show opener 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:08.800 against Fijita. And I would assume that this was a 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:13.800 honest mistake, but you remember Koda Obushi's comments from a 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.560 few months ago talking about how New Japan advertising him 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:21.359 and was advertising him for matches. They absolutely knew that 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:23.800 not only he could not work, but they would not 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.560 be able to pressure him into working. And I don't 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:29.600 think that's the case here with ax Coglan, but apparently 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:33.240 some sort of miscommunication went down there. But he will 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:37.280 not be a part of that upcoming tour. But there 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:39.840 will be cheering that's going to be coming up and 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:44.800 DDT has long ago opened up their fan base to cheering. 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:47.080 New Japan has announced that they are going to be 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:51.560 allowing vocal vocalization I guess you could say at their show, 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:55.720 and now Pro Wrestling Noah has followed suit. They announced 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:58.919 a couple of days ago that, beginning on August thirty, 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:02.680 cheering and return to the shows. The company is still 0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:07.480 requesting that fans wear masks is and practice proper social distancing. 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:10.560 And uh, it's nice to see all of that falling 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:15.200 because I know there are some people that will hold 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.439 steadfast and say I concentrate so much on the action 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:22.320 inside the ring. That performance is one of them. There 0:23:22.359 --> 0:23:27.320 for the crowd is nice, but it's not essential. And 0:23:27.440 --> 0:23:30.120