WEBVTT - WWE Improving? NXT Lineup 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.800 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:06.640 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:11.000 Are you ready? Are you ready? Let's get it all. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:19.239 How's it going everybody? Brian Alvarez here on a Wrestling 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:22.360 Observer Live. But we are here every day Monday through Friday, 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:26.120 New Pacific three Eastern, Sunday three Pacific, sixth Eastern. Well, 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:27.840 it's Monday here on the show. You know that means 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.240 we've got a lot to talk about here today Tonight 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:36.640 Monday Night Raw. See how much Vince rips up today? 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.800 He ripped up a little bit apparently on the SmackDown 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.320 Show on Friday, but the show largely went off as planned, 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:49.720 and in fact, it was miles miles better than Monday 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.960 Night Raw. I can only hope that maybe Raw was 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.240 an aberration. I won't hold my breath. We'll find out 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.840 more tonight. But in fact, we have got the NXT 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.080 len for tomorrow as well. We've got five segments announced 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.560 for that show, and we've got a lot of news 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:12.240 from the weekend. What do we have this weekend? Rampage, SmackDown, 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:16.920 the Battle the Belts Show, Battle the Belt six, New 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:22.160 Japan it's current genesis with in fact a new IGP 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:26.720 World Heavyweight Champion in the form of Sonata, and so 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.520 we can talk about all of those shows. Lots of 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.800 review there. Plus we've got Nick Wayne. We have a 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.760 debut date for Nick Wayne in a w and a 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:41.880 first opponent, although as Swerve noted on Twitter, it will 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.240 not be a championship match. The defied title will not 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.199 be on the line, but they'll be having a match 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:51.600 coming up for aw Dynamite July twelfth. Well, Osprey wants 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:55.680 to wrestle on the Wembley Show all in What's tell 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.520 what he has to say about that. Kenny Omega's going 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:59.960 to be doing what it's gonna be, facing the winner 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:04.040 of an upcoming at number one it contenders a tournament logan. 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:08.000 Paul is back under contract with WWE. Why do I 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:12.919 laugh while I laugh? Because ESPN states he has signed 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.959 a multi year deal, which is funny because the last 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.400 deal he signed was allegedly a multi year deal and 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:21.880 it expired in a year. So I don't know what 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:23.520 to make any of this. Well, we got a lot 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.720 to get into today, so stick around. Mike Zimbervivi joins 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:43.720 us after the break Wrestling Observer Live. Back in the show. 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:48.919 Brian Alvarez here Wrestling Observer a Live. Mike Zimberviv also 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.720 of Wrestling Observer dot com. What's that face for over there? Mike? God, 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:58.000 look at you? Look at your face? Happy Eastern to 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.799 you too, Happy East Her. I just started talking and 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:07.320 you just are like, oh, I started talking. So it's 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.640 usually my reaction. Yeah, you know, what's what do you 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.600 think my job is? My job is to talk. Bu Yeah, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.440 I know, I know, so do a lot of talking. 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.400 I'll see you in eight minutes and thirty five seconds. 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.120 I just finished an hour long podcast, so I've been 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.440 talking for an hour already. Now I gotta do this 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:26.720 show you'll see. But I gotta do the Lance show 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.160 coming up an hour. I gotta do a Dave show 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.119 later on. Thank god. I want to talk about during 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:32.960 that show. Why do you have to do a land show? 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.120 What do you mean it's Monday? Oh no, it's Tom. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.760 Tom's Tom. Remember your old partner. I do, remember my 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:44.520 old my old partner. Yeah, we're talking about New Japan. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.680 It's corea Genesis. I'd like to talk about that. Tom 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:55.880 Tom matches on that show. And then uh, SmackDown. I 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.480 just scared the heck out of Lance apparently why. I 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.480 guess he thought the show is today. Anyway, we got 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.760 a lot to get into Raw is tonight. I don't 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.080 know what's on the show. I look for a lineup, 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.840 couldn't find it. Did anybody know what's on Raw? Twitch 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:15.560 homies to think that people pay for this program here? Well, 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:19.160 you know what? I can tell you one thing. I 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.280 can tell you one thing, and that is that NXT 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.240 tomorrow has a number of big matches. I got a 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.560 four way to determine the number one contender, Tom Carmelo 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:33.479 Hayes's NXT title with Dragon, Lee, j D mcdonnaugh and 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:39.039 two mystery names. Who could those two people be? We 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.440 have Elbow Fire and is La Don against Fallon Henley 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:48.640 and Keyana James for the NXT women's tag team titles, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.440 which reminds me by the way I figured out, I 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.240 think why I liked that Keana James so much? Oh? Yeah, 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.159 why's that I got married at the key on a Lodge? 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:05.000 Do you know that? Yeah? Elia Dragonov versus von Wagner, 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:13.400 where von Wagner loses, mister Stone will walk away? Oh no, ye, 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:18.679 Chase um VP ceremony for Duke Hudson and Corey Jade appearance. 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:23.320 I got a prediction for this Dragonov von Wagner match. Yeah, yeah, 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:28.400 I think what's gonna happen is that is that Von 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:35.360 Wagner is gonna win with help from somebody else who 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:39.359 is going to replace mister Stone as his manager. So 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.880 Von Wagner is going to get a new manager or 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.440 maybe a partner or something, and he's gonna beat Elia, 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:50.400 but still they're gonna destroy mister Stone afterwards, so we'll 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.040 get idea. Yeah, that's what I think it's gonna happen here. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.880 No offense to mister Stone, old Robbie e there, but 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:01.080 he has lasted a lot longer than I really thought 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.560 he was going to, So God bless him and God's speed. 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.039 Maybe he picks up a new a new client or 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.640 something like that, but I'm all for von Wagner getting 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.720 away from him. Look's a talented guy, but they ain't 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.760 doing much with him, and they even talk about in storyline. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.839 They're like, yeah, you know, I don't know anything about you, Vaughan, 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.880 just so you're tall and you you grunt or something 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.120 like that. That's what he said and that was enough 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:27.880 for you know, him to get his name on the 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.960 Dottam line, for him to you know, be his client. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:34.240 I mean, what exactly then? What does that say if 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.200 you're von Wagner about the guy who's representing you. I mean, 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.280 come on, didn't you make any effort to know what 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.680 kind of person you're representing? This is why Stokely Hathaway 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:47.279 with other whatever name he was in WWD far better 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:51.200 manager and NX Steve than Robert Stone was. That's funny. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.640 Everyone here angry. I'm talking about the NXT lineup. I 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.560 asked you guys what the raw lineup was, and I 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.560 don't see one person here telling me what the raw 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:59.119 lineup is. So if you want me to talk about 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.520 something other than that, oh, here we go. Thanks to 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:06.719 b C. Night, he says, allegedly is Bianca versus EO, 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:13.840 Judgment Day versus l D f oh Legato del Phantasma. 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:19.560 The women's tag title match, which is Raquel and Live 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:26.640 challenging for the titles against Becky and Leda. Cody will 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.480 challenge Brock. I don't remember that. I just remember Cody 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.640 saying he was going to talk about his future and 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.720 the MS and Matt riddle and then it says, here, 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:38.080 Sammy's ane and solo. Is that right, Sammy's ane and 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:42.680 solo has been added. M Let see what happens. It's 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.760 pretty good card though, honestly, well that's actually if it 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:51.960 actually hands out. Yeah, Vince, Vince was not at SmackDown 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.720 in Portland. He can't go to that town. But he 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.480 did rewrite portions of the show, but not a lot. 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.840 And if you watch the SmackDown show, it was it 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.840 was miles miles better than Raw. And of course he 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.000 was at Raw because it was a raw after WrestleMania. 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.800 And so I don't want to I don't want to 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.800 be that guy, but I should at least. You know, 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:17.160 some people don't like any sort of positivity or potential 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.680 positive thinking at all, but I like to think about 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:26.040 what could happen. And you know, if if Triple H. 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.800 And I'm skeptical to even say this, but I may 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.120 as well if Triple H is gonna be writing this 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.160 show every week, because he has in the last eight months, 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.440 and Vince is gonna you know, skype in or whatever, 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:40.640 and uh, you know, acts this, acts that, But in 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.280 general it's largely the same show. You know, I'm I'm 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.079 not happy that Vince is back, but I will accept that. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.480 I don't need Vince ripping up the entire show and 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.920 screwing everything up like you know he has done in 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:58.240 the past. But you know, if he's if listen, I 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.000 don't trust Vince as far as I could throw him. 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:02.920 I don't even know what that old saying means, but 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.760 that's how a little I trust him. But he did 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.000 say that he would not be in the Weeds, whatever 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.679 that means, and of course the last time he said that, 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.640 it was a lie. He said that Eric Bischoff and 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.240 Paul Hayman were going to be writing the show and 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.120 he wasn't gonna be in the weeds. And meanwhile, Bischof 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.080 set in catering the entire time, and I'm sure Paul 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:26.000 was just madly frustrated. Vince just did all of his 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.360 usual stuff. So we'll see what happens this time around. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:33.559 Because triple H, you know, is I mean, he's actually 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:37.480 that's his role, you know, that's his his his contracted role. 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.199 You know, when they send out, oh, Paul Lavec is 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.680 the you know, someone in charge or whatever. I forget 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.240 the exact title they've given him, but that's his job. 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.800 So you know, I'd be okay if he actually did 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.199 that job and then Vince, you know, came out of 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.199 the weeds and changed the thing or two and then 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.400 went back into the weeds again. Let's see what happens tonight. 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.160 I just need to keep a triple H upright, you know, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.920 keep him healthy, keep him in position, because if he 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:07.720 decides to go on in an extended vacation or something happens, 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.960 then what now with Vince back in the picture. Is 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:15.880 it him and Bruce and the old cronies by committee 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.520 or do we go with Adam Pearce and then some 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.160 of the people that have been acting as agents? You know, 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.080 And I don't want to say, look, let's just go 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.520 you're Jason Jordan's and I'm not sure who else is 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.880 doing the agenting right now, but do you at some point, 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.280 you know, do we have a backup plan? Who is 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.719 that backup plan? Is it only Vince or is there 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:39.360 somebody else? Are there actual new eyes that could possibly 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:43.079 descend on this product who's not related to a McMahon. 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:48.040 You know, We'll see. But it's very interesting here going 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.440 forward because this is the back end for Vince at 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.240 some point, you know, even though he's here, even though 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.800 he's going to linger possibly forever. I mean, it's not 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.200 going to be forever. And Triple H also isn't going 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.480 to be forever. It is interesting to see what this 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:07.360 company could do as it goes along here in endeavor, 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.959 because it's a lot different than it was before. If 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.400 there's no Stephanie, if there's no other McMahon or McMahon said, 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:18.240 you know Acolyte involved. Well, you know, I always think 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.320 about Tony Khan and how when he was in junior 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.600 high in high school, he was just busy writing wrestling 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.800 storylines all the time, and he ended up getting aw 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.600 and he had no booking, like legitimate with a company 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:34.040 booking experience, And you know, whatever you want to say 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.920 about Tony's booking, I mean he's done it, and you 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.679 know he's one booker of the Year a few times. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.959 And you know, Triple H when he took over an XT, 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.559 what booking experience did he have other than being there 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.440 in the room when Vince did all of his his 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:54.680 wild things. So I'm not saying it's but you know 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.760 what that's it is it is, but he booked totally 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.400 different from Vince when he ran an XT totally different. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.320 And the fact is that I'm not saying the job 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.240 is easy, but I'm also not I'm also saying it's 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.760 not a job where like there's eight people on earth 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:11.679 that could do it. Yeah, but there's one hundred people 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.240 on your back in a corporate weird environment like that too. 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:35.840 Mack in a moment with more Observerer Live back in 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.160 the show, Brian Albarez here Wrestling Observer Live, Mike SEMBERBB 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:44.160 also Wrestling Observer dot Com. Nick Wayne One that if 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.320 I title this weekend, it'll be making his a W 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:52.240 debut on the July twelve aw Dynamite, a couple of 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:56.000 days a first Dynamite after his eighteenth birthday. It will 0:12:56.040 --> 0:13:02.840 be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and he'll be facing Swerve Strickland. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.080 Swerves stated he wants his rematch, although he's made it 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:12.800 clear it as not for the title. Defy title so uh, 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.520 holy smokes, talking about right out of the gate, what 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.280 a summer vacation. This kid's gonna have straight to work 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.200 for a W. Good you have your passport in order. 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.319 I have my passport in the order. But I'm mu sure, 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:28.840 I'm gonna make it to that show. Oh come on, 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.760 when is this kid gonna it ain't gonna happen. You 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.640 don't think I'm gonna see Nick Wayne if I don't 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:36.560 go to this show? Are you kidding me? You're not 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:40.559 gonna see Nick Wayne debut for aw against Swerve Strickland 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:44.200 in Saskatoon. I saw Nick Wayne's debut in the ring 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:53.319 when he was five, diapered buttocks into the ring. Any 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:57.920 times that kid beat me in that ballpit. Oh man, 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:02.640 fantastic genetics with that kid, and a fantastic support system 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.440 around him. And you know, Swerth Strickland is a real 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.839 bastard if anybody knows the history between Swerve and in 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.160 Nick Wayne. So you know, I'm hoping for Nick Wayne's 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.040 sake he has learned from that and does not get 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.920 laid out and slaughtered like the last time there with Swerve, 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:22.840 you know when he was which just had his head 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.520 there held. Okay, he wins the title from him, but 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.800 now what happens, He's going to be pissed. Nick be careful. 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:33.760 You'll need more than Brian Alvarez there. Maybe get Filthy, hey, Saskatoon, 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:37.040 Maybe Brock could be there, watches back. Well, he's a 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:42.800 Saskatchewan He's a cowboy now and where is brocka living? 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:46.880 Is it in Saskatoon? I'm sure he spends his time 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:51.800 in Manitoba's small locales. Well, Osprey wants on the card 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:56.240 when presents All In from Wembley on August twenty seventh. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:01.160 Twenty nine year old told Dark pro Red Flosian recently 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.720 that he is hopeful there will be an opportunity for 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.080 him to perform on the show. Says, I'm a guy 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:08.840 that pops in all the love in the world to 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.040 all those It's amazing crew. I hope there's an opportunity 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.240 as one of the guys that flies a flag forever 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.360 where I go to do that would finally make my 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.720 dad proud. He has been out of action since a 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.200 shoulder injury caused him to withdraw from the New Japan 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.920 Cup last month. New Japan recently announced he'll participate in 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:31.000 a four person single elimination tournament to determine Kenny Omega's 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.880 next challenger for the US title. First matching the tournament 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.120 will see Archer and Juice Robinson face off a collision 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:42.040 in Philadelphia on Sunday. He will then wrestle hiroshutan Ashi 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:46.240 and Resurgence in Long Beach on May twenty one. Winners 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:50.000 will wrestle each other in the finals at Dominion Osaka 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:54.320 Joe Hall Sunday, June four. The winner of that match 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.880 will challenge Omega on a date that is yet to 0:15:56.920 --> 0:16:01.560 be determined. I would think that osprein Omega for the 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:06.800 United States title in Wembley Field. I'd be a pretty 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.240 damn big match myself. I don't know about the rest 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.480 of you well, and I'd advocate for it. How about this, 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.960 You can still advocate for that, but how about advocating 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.760 that it happens. Oh, I don't know at Forbidden Door first, 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:24.280 because the way those dates start to move along falls 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.560 right into place. Maybe you could have a match there 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.720 and then have a third match at Wembley. I don't 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.240 think anybody would get sick of seeing those two Russell, 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:36.160 especially if Osprey, you know, coming home to the UK 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:42.000 big match with Omega. Maybe you never know, So let's 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.640 see nap. I here's a thing. I mean, you could 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:49.560 absolutely do that. But what I would do is I 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:54.520 would announce after he wins a tournament that he will 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.960 be getting a shot in Wembley, and I'd start selling 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:02.160 tickets and then for been Door, I would do what 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.439 New Japan usually does before a big title match, and 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.120 that is a tag match where it's like Kenny Omega. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.960 You can even do a six man Kenny Omega and 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:16.399 the Elite against will Osprey and whoever, and sure, and 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:20.479 then away you go against uh, go ahead and do 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:22.879 Davis and Fletcher. You know, they just won the tag. 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.400 Sure they've been They've been fantastic. And we haven't seen 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:27.840 that one yet, have we? Have we seen the young 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.959 Bucks and Fletcher and Davis? I mean, everybody else who 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:34.000 Fletcher and Davis's face. It's been a really good match, 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.040 no matter who their competition is. So I'm all for that. 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.520 All right? What else do we have here? A lot, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.560 by the way, I guess, and after the break we'll 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:49.280 talk about all these shows. Logan Paul officially back under 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:53.280 contract with w WE. He has signed a new deal 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.960 after his contract expired at the end of WrestleMania thirty 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:02.720 nine ESPN No. His new contract is a multi year deal. 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.920 This follows his last multi year deal, which lasted a year. 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.320 You know, I made a joke with Dave about this. 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.760 He didn't fall for it. I said, maybe the multi 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.720 year deal was twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two, 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.359 one year, the rest of twenty twenty one and then 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.480 half of twenty twenty two. That's multi year. That's twenty 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.680 twenty one and twenty twenty two. He said, nah, it'd 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:28.000 be one year, So I don't know. But he claims 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:33.200 this is a multi year deal, and Triple H says, yeah, 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:38.880 he's great. So anyway, Logan Paul's resigned. Everybody any more 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.600 match to come with that guy? All right, well let's 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:43.639 talk a little bit a bit about this screw at 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:49.080 Genesis show. So funny the way we're just limping into 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.480 this Monday. I'm not limping into the Monday. Oh yeah, yeah, 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.120 this is a big Easter hangover going on right now. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.920 Oh no, I watched a lot of great stuff. Except 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.200 now I can't find my Acura Genesis notes. Why Why 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:06.080 is that? Because it's Monday. I think it's because I 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.800 did a poor copy and paste. Oh you know what 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:10.439 it was. It hadn't fully loaded when I did the 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.719 copy thing because I wrote so many words. All right, 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:17.880 scour Genesis was all the title matches and Mercedes beat 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:20.479 a Zumi and A Zuki, which I thought was good, 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:23.080 And U don't want to talk too much about it 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.560 because you know how it goes, Mike, you know it goes. 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:28.439 There's gonna be people out of the woodwork. I know, 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:33.480 I know, yeah, but I will say that A Zooming 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:37.080 and Zuki looked great. And Mercedes she did a good 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.919 job hanging in there with them and like doing all 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:43.480 the spots and everything like that. But there was a 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:50.280 sizeable gap I felt between the Stardom women and Mercedes, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:55.760 but they they got through it there. Then we had 0:19:56.200 --> 0:20:00.280 a great match, a great match, like from this point 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:04.399 for all of these matches were great. But I know 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:08.040 the tag match is probably, like you know, objectively, the 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:11.600 subjective best match. But I thought Zach Saber Jr. And 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:17.800 Showed Umino was so great because it's such a simple 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:21.760 story showed to Umino wants his TV title. He's beating 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.960 Zach but he has not won the title, and they 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:30.240 go in there and he's just he's getting closer, and 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:34.320 he's getting closer, and he keeps teasing this death rider, 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:39.399 and Zach keeps avoiding the death rider, and finally he 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:43.560 hits his big Tornado DDT. He goes for the death rider, 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.680 Zach kicks out showed and then goes for a cradle. 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:50.679 DDT tries a death rider again, Zach rovers into a cradle, 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:55.240 pins him clean places just like ah. But you know 0:20:55.240 --> 0:21:00.040 what's funny about this match that well, I saw this 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:05.560 match and also saw Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes okay, 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:10.000 and in both of these matches the person the fans 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:15.879 wanted to see win didn't. Okay, So in this match 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:20.480 showed his guinny He's getting closer and closer and he 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:24.160 gets cradled to people like, ah, dang it, he'll get 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:30.440 him next time. But the Cody Roman match, Cody's getting 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:34.359 closer and closer, hits two of the uh. The Gibbicks 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:40.480 up comes solo next him, Roman spears him and the 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:46.120 reaction was, ah, like what and they just got out 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:50.560 of there. Afterwards they were angry, totally totally different reactions 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:53.080 from the crowd. Won't be the only time you'll be 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:55.840 able to draw a parallel from that show to a 0:21:56.040 --> 0:22:00.320 you know, a match taking place on Secura Genesis. Well, 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:02.720 what else do we have on the show. The tag match, 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:06.919 which was great. Assie opened beat Goto and Yoshi Hashi 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:10.200 for the tag titles. When Fletcher did a moonsault busted 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:12.400 open his head that he fights his way back into 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:13.879 the ring and all of a sudden, I mean, I 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:16.400 think they were gonna chant for Ossie Opened anyway, but man, 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:22.240 they were. This Japanese crowd loudly, repeatedly chanting for Ossie 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:24.480 Opened to win the match, which they finally did with 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:28.040 the Korelis, they won the titles. This match was awesome. 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:34.560 Haromo and Robbie Eagles, this match was awesome. Awesome, man, 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:40.280 Robbie Eagles took ninety of this match, just destroyed this 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:43.640 poor guy, and and he put him in the Ron 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:46.280 Miller special at the end, and it was like it's over, dude. 0:22:47.640 --> 0:22:51.000 No can escape, as they say in jiu jitsu. But somehow, 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:54.600 somehow Haromo got to the ropes. Eagles tried to get 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:59.560 a Roma rolled through time bomb pinned him. Holy smokes. 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:02.760 They good. They could have put this title on Rob 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:04.919 Eagles here and this these fans would add no problem 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:06.720 with it. I would have no problem with it. I 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:08.639 love Rob Eagles. Let's see what they have for the 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:10.800 best of the super juniors. Ye're coming up as far 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:14.560 as competition for Haromu. But man, I like Rob Eagles 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:18.720 a lot. Then we had Okada Sonata for the IWGP 0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:21.640 title and it was a great match. O'cada is great. 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:23.960 It's not a I mean, athletically, he was great. I 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:27.320 will say that. You know, the criticism of Sonata has 0:23:27.359 --> 0:23:30.920 always been he just doesn't have the charisma of these 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:34.920 tippy top guys. And here he was in this title match, 0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:37.560 He's gonna win the title, and like, he did a 0:23:37.600 --> 0:23:42.159 great job. But it was the same story that was 0:23:42.200 --> 0:23:45.400 not that. Oh my god, look at this Sonana. He's 0:23:45.520 --> 0:23:47.760 finally I mean, he won the title. It was great 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:50.080 and all, but not about the charisma. It's about the projection, 0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:53.320 and he was projecting. He did a good job. We'll talk. 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:55.600 We'll talk to you about this after the breakas over 0:23:55.720 --> 0:24:18.560 live pros. Come on now listen. I am not saying. 0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:24.400 I am not saying that Sonata is bereft of charisma. 0:24:24.840 --> 0:24:29.119 I'm not saying. What I said was he does not 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:33.800 have the charisma of the tippy top guys. Now, if 0:24:33.800 --> 0:24:36.879 you want to argue this with me, let's play a game. 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:40.800 Hold on, hold on, let's play the game. Let's play 0:24:40.840 --> 0:24:43.800 the game. I will name a top star that I 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:47.640 have seen in a Japanese wrestling main event of late, 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:52.439 and I want you to tell me if that person 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:56.800 or Sonata? Who has more chrismas Sonata or that person? Okay, okay, 0:24:57.040 --> 0:25:08.680 here we go, Yes, Tetsuya, Nito, Nito, okay, Kgi Mutoka. Oh, 0:25:08.720 --> 0:25:12.840 get out of here, Get out of here, Kgi, Muto. 0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:19.760 Let me do some more. Choo Choo choo on commentary, 0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:24.440