AEW WrestleDream & NXT No Mercy Preview | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #711 – 9/28/23

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It's still up. Welcome everybody.
Welcome. So this week's Editionisto Realta Show

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Episode number seven, eleven September twenty
eight T Doctor twenty three, Welcome to

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your NXT no mercy in eight and
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So solo edition of SRTU seven eleven. Of course September twenty eight, twenty

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twenty three, no Mercy preview predictions, aw Wressell Dream preview and predictions.

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So yeah, we'll cover professional wresting
as best we can here on a one

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man solo show edition of SRTU,
and of course we we kick things off

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with what I deem to be the
biggest story, one of the biggest stories

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this week, as MWe officially has
signed former AW TBS champions and Jade Cargill

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to a contract. It was announced
on ESPN. ESPN broke the news that

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Jade card Gill had signed with WWW
on a multi year deal. They broke

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it on Tuesday morning around ten am
or so. Mark Rimaldi from ESPN broke

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the story, and uh, you
know, we had heard rumors that Jade

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was going to be heading to WWE
from AW. That she wrapped up that

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loss that she had with Chris Statlander
on Rampage and rematch from the TBS Championship

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match, The Hug, the Goodbye, that that was her swansong in AW

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and that ended a little over a
two year run in All Elite wrestling.

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She has always come off as someone
that was like a WWE talent in all

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elite wrestling, So I don't think
it's it's too surprising that she has officially

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landed in WWW. You know,
Jade card Gill is a star. Like

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visually you can see like, this
is someone that can be in professional wrestling

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in five for five years, and
then after those five years could hit Hollywood

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and become one of the biggest action
stars, movie stars, what have you

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in the world of entertainment. If
Jade card Gill wanted to host a daytime

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talk show, I could see it. If she wanted to compete in a

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reality TV show like Survivor, I
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co leading lady in some badass action
movie that hits the summer months, I

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could totally see it. Jade Cardgill
is an absolute star. The professional wrestling

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has definitely had our critiques as a
wrestling fan. It's always difficult for me

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in a chair that does a podcast
and be like, yeah, you know,

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you could tell that she's a little
bit green because I've never wrestled in

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my life and she has more athleticism
her pinky than I do in my entire

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body. But it's obviously visible for
a long time wrestling fans that from an

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in ring standpoint, she's not a
fully complete package, but from an outside

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visual standpoint, she is. As
a character. She's great when she gets

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on the microphone, cuts a damn
good promos. She's phenomenal, and she

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has been a figurehead for all elite
wrestling in these last two years, especially

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in the Win's division. I mean, it was just always poised that when

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they gave her the undefeated streak,
when they gave her the TBS championship,

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when she held it as long as
she did, it was like, all

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right, how are they going to
get this title off of versea that she

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gets a run as the ad AW
Women's World Champion. That was always the

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vibe that I got. I thought
that she would be an AW for a

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longer period of time than she was
and then would potentially make the switch over

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to WWW. I think the timelines
happened a lot faster than any of us

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would expect, and WWW is getting
a talent that maybe under their umbrella working

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out at the performance center, working
at with some of the producers or some

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of the other women in the on
the roster, could become a finished phenomenal

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talent when her current WE contract comes
to an end. This to me,

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has really big ramifications in the w
w E, AW battle for supremacy and

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professional wrestling that we don't really talk
about or want to talk about. Both

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promotions say they don't want to talk
about, even though sometimes each of them

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do. But this is a huge
get for WE from AW because this is

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the first homegrown AW talent that has
jumped over to the w E side,

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and to me, the biggest thing
in this all. And we talked about

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this several years ago when Cody made
the jump to WE was our Cody's quote,

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guys, are his people? Are
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over to w w WE once they
see how successful Cody Rhodes has been,

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or is there are other talents that
may not be quote Cody's people that are

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looking and saying, man, he's
been so successful AW, I've maybe hit

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a ceiling or I've only reached a
certain amount of money that I can make

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and some many eyes that I can
that can see me. Do I go

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over to the competition? Do I
go over to w WE? And will

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I have the same success or do
I get buried? I think Cody showed

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that you won't be buried. Instead, you will be pushed up the chain

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as is maybe the number one guy
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face side, and that's very appealing. So Jade Cargill, who is close

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with Cody Rhodes, saw what was
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said in an interview with The Ringer
via Wrestling Inc. Cargill Quote. Cargill

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then confirmed that Cody Rhodes, who
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twenty twenty, played an equally vital
role in persuading her to leave Tony CON's

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promotion for WE. Cargill believes Rhodes
laid out the blueprint for others looking to

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jump from AWWE. Following his return
at Wrestling thirty eight, twenty twenty two,

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Jade said, he's a phenomenal man. I've seen what the business did

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for him. I've seen him just
be the stellt athlete that he is.

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I didn't see it any different for
myself, but yes, he was one

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of the guys that led me to
a great decision. So here's Jade Cargill

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flat out saying I saw the success
that Cody Rhodes had leaving AW the competition

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and going to w E, and
it's something that I want to do.

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It's something that I want to sink
my teeth into and have the same success.

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And if there's anybody that was in
AW on September one, including Jade

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Cargill, that could have that same
equal success in WI, there's only handful

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of them. Jade Cargill is one
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her time in w will be very
successful. I think you could already pencil

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her in as someone that will be
in a top WrestleMania spotlight in six months

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from now in Philadelphia. Unless she
herself holds herself back, I think the

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sky's the limit for Jade Cargill.
But again, the big news here is

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Cody Rhodes. Cody helped bring her
into WWE. Jade saw Cody success like

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AW has made so many major signings
away from w whether the releases or people

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that their contracts rolled off, whether
b Adam Cole Moxley, Brian Danielson,

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They've made a lot, and those
people have made just as equal of an

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impact. Cody is the one name
that came from AW to WWE, and

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I thought that was a really big
played move by awor excuse me, WA

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to take him because they wanted to
show that what you may think in AW

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about w E has changed. You
can be a star over in AW and

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when you come over here, look
at what happened with Cody. It was

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a very calculated signing, a very
calculated move, and the creative behind Cody

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has been very calculated because it's it's
opening the door to potential, not only

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Jade Cargill, but others. And
we could talk about some of those others

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here in just a second. So
I thought that move was very telling.

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And now here's the first domino effect. Jade Cargill, one of Cody's people,

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jumped from AW to w A.
Somebody who's been a homegrown talent in

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AW did not know about her pre
AW and I actually had a tryout,

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did not get signed by w A, and here she is successful in AW.

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Karen then over to w E and
we rolled out literally the red carpet

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for her signing, something we have
not seen them do for any signings in

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quite some time. Cargill an interview
with ESPN once again via Wrestling Ink,

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on Cody being one of her top
three reasons to join WWE, She said,

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quote top three reasons, and Cody
Rhodes was top two. Cargill said,

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Cody is a phenomenal wrestler, He's
a phenomenal father. He's very honest,

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even when he has to get brutal
with it. I respect Cody,

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I respect him trusting the system,
and when I first came into AW was

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one of the few people that sat
me down and was honest with me about

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this entire industry. And I appreciated
that. So one thing I'm not going

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to do is let him down.
I'm a come in here and do the

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work and show them why I'm a
great pick. Again. Jade Cargill is

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flat out saying Cody Rhodes is one
of the reasons why I'm there. I

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don't know what the top three other
reasons were that she listed. Maybe it's

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the ceiling, the doors that open
up by coming to w E put her

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top three reasons. At least the
top two. One of them was Cody

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being there, So here we are
again the domino effect. Cody's people.

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Who are some of those others that
that stick out? I think if you

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go back to his farewell speech in
AW, he mentions Jade. Who else

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is in there? Maxwell Jacob Freban
MJF the current AW World champion. Where

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will he go come January? I
think how I feel right now in September,

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the way that he's being booked,
in the way that he has talked

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about and carried that company, it
would lead me to believe that he has

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either resigned or is planning on resigning
with AW, because it's like, why

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would you talk about that engine that
could and not stick with the company.

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Ricky Starks is another Cody Rhodes person. He was backstage at the Rumble twenty

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twenty three. We saw the mostly
probably saw the security cambradge footage. He

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was there support Cody Rhodes. Wardlow
is another guy that is someone that is

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under that Cody Rhodes banner. If
you will you know, and I think

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from a behind the scene standpoint,
I was kind of surprised that QTM Marshall,

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who is one of Tony Kahn's right
hand men behind the scenes, was

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not in line for potentially joining W. I know he just signed a short

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term extension. I don't know if
that leads to a long term extension,

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but I wouldn't be surprised if QT
Marshall from a behind the scene standpoint,

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who still co runs the Nightmare Factory
with Cody Rhodes, could end up in

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WW at some point. So,
you know, I think those are some

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of the big names right there,
Ricky Stark's MJF. Wardlow as folks that

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could be jumping over from AW to
WE. Next year's contracts is already being

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shaped up as one of the biggest
contract years ever in professional wrestling. W

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RE signed a ton of people five
years ago in twenty nineteen when AW launched

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to prevent them from going to AW. So now that aw A is a

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formable competition to them that offers equal, if not more money to WW,

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folks are going to start potentially make
in that jump. I think I saw

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the names of like Becky Lynch,
Shamus, we all know about Edge,

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Drew McIntyre, who's getting a little
bit of a push lately. These are

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folks that could be available on the
w E side, we'll WWE sign them

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up, or will AW swoop in
and take some shots at the Armor of

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w E as well, And then
on the AW side, obviously the big

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one is m JF. To me, that would be a crushing blow,

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but I don't think it's out of
the remo possibility because to me, Jade

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Cargill, for the longest time,
sans maybe Britt Baker was always positioned that

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company as the number one A or
one B woman on the roster. She

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was a homegrown talent. She's someone
that you did not know about pre aw

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again and here she is two years
later, a superstar signed with w E

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and the sky is the absolute limit
for her. So it's an exciting move

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for WWE. It's former aw star. To me, that felt like a

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WE talent in that in all elite
wrestling, and I think this is a

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good fit for her. I think
this is a great fit for WWE,

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and if all the only thing really
is if she can fine tune that in

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ring ability. I think Jade Cardial
is going to be an absolute star for

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World Wrestling Entertainment going forward. So
big signing by WWE obviously a blow to

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a w but they'll recover. I
mean they always do, just like WWE

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always recovers when they lose a big
name as well. But being that WWE

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has only had so few many top
aw names come over to their way,

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this is this is a big blow. You know, Cody and Jade are

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are in the WWE banner and that's
that's why all to think about it,

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especially three years ago when this all
started. I think she made her debut

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probably like November twenty twenty to set
up that match in February twenty twenty one,

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Mark twenty twenty one where it was
Cody and Brand versus Shack and Jay.

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That was her introduction. So great
run so far for Jade Cargill.

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Again, if she could just fine
tune that in ring ability, Uh,

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nobody is going to stop that ceiling. I think sky's the absolute limit for

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Jade Cargill. It's funny because we've
often compared her to Tiffany Stratton over an

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NXT, who is starting to pick
things up lately as well and is not

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looking as green as she has as
of late. So it's the while that

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that women's roster and rold wrest Entertainment
is top down an absolute all star roster

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from SmackDown a Raw to NXT.
They're they're really putting it together and hopefully

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that pushes AW to do the same
because there's a lot of great women wrestlers

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in AW and we just hope that
they can give us this equal entertainment and

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entering product that we see from the
w w E side as well. One

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thing that was obviously big last week, I think it was announced last Friday,

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so post recording, of course,
w WE had one of those days

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where it's always unfortunate where talent have
been released and cut from their contract.

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W made several cuts through the main
roster in the NXC system. Did not

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hear of any producers that were let
go. It just seemed like it was

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basically main roster and NXC talent.
Those names, and we'll go through the

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list here, starting with Matt Riddle, Dolf Siegler, Shelton, Benjamin,

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Elias, Mussafa Al Lee, Emma
Riddick, moss A, Leah Topdala,

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Rick Boogs, Mace Monsour, Dana
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Louisa, leon Quincy, Elliott Bryson, Mantana, Montana, Kevin Ventura,

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were all released from World Rest of
Entertainment Week. I think the ones where

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you start here is the most surprising
obviously looking at this list, it's surprising,

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but almost not surprising because of the
stuff that goes on behind the scenes

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around the news, one being Matt
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keys to the car a lot to
be very successful. I remember listening too.

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I think it was something to wrestle
with and it may be the ones

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that were on the WE network.
And Conrad Thompson asked Bruce Pritchard, who

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heads creative or is one of the
creative heads in WE, who can you

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see on the current roster right now
that could be the next John Sena for

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the next fifteen twenty years something along
those lines. It was it was definitely

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like who's the next Sena? And
he said, without question, Matt Riddle.

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He saw Matt Riddle being the next
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an absolute huge thing to be said
by someone who is literally writing the creative

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books for w WE and lead you
to believe since Bruce got back involved,

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that he felt that same way because
of the storylines that Matt Riddle was given

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Riddle when he came over from NXT
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was the SmackDown side during the beginning
stages of the pandemic. It was like

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this big touted debut over he kind
of floundered a little bit on that brief

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period of time it SmackDown. I
think once he was moved to raw,

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things started to pick up, and
obviously we know where things went for him

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with r K Brow. RK Brow
was one of the best odd couple pairing

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tag teams that we've seen since since
Team hell Now. They were extremely over,

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extremely fun, got a lot of
great stuff out of Randy Ornt that

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we hadn't seen in some time,
got a lot of great stuff out of

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Matt Riddle, and it just felt
like that the eventual lead to all this

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was going to be pre or before
Randy Orton got hurt, was to lead

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to a Matt Riddle Randy Warn't match. I would believe it would happen at

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something like a Summer Slam or a
Wrestlemanian. I'd believe there had been pitches

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it sometimes that they wanted to turn
on Matt Riddle and Riddle would be the

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bayface or it would be the heel. They'd have a great, let's say,

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three to four month feud and that
would help elevate Matt Riddle up as

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as a main event talent. That
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He's been out since. And then
you know, Riddle that point was

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had matches with Roman Reigns. It
was one of the most more recent Roman

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Reigns title defenses on network television on
SmackDown Great Match. Then he went on

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to feud with Seth Rollins for a
little bit, and again there you go.

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I mean, you're in the ring
with Roman Rains, You're in the

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ring with Seth Rollins. Obviously the
company thinks highly of you, and they

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ran with that feud for a while
and it was a very personal, intense

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feud, you know. And then
he was brought back recently and did some

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stuff with Drew MacIntyre before obviously being
released. The stuff that's on the opposite

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side of this end of this is
same time during the pandemic, during the

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Me Too movement, Matt Riddle was
accused of sexual assault. It went to

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court by a former co worker at
Evolve Wrestling, Candy Cartwright, a fellow

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wrestler. They had an affair and
she was claiming sexual assault. That went

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to a court case or was in
litigation. All of that led to eventually,

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I presume Matt Riddle's personal life taking
the same hit where his wife had

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divorced him. They had about three
or four kids together and they went their

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separate ways. Riddle also had some
drug test failures that harpened him from coming

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back. He was in rehab for
a little bit, and then most recently,

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the belief is that he may have
been somewhat inebrad intoxicated during an incident

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in JFK where he accused a TSA
agent or Port Authority police officer belief for

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sexually assaulting him, and that seems
to have been the final straw. And

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w WE had given Matt Riddle so
many chances, and I think the reports

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that were out there recently was he
went through all of his chances. So

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this is one of those cases that
you see from time to time in WE

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where it's like someone has given the
keys to the city and they don't know

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what to do with it, and
they kind of self destruct. They lose

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that opportunity. Sometimes they regain it
and get a second chance, and sometimes

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they don't. I immediately think of
folks out there like Rye Back. Right

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Back was given the Keys to the
City at one point, and he's gone

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with the company and has never been
brought back. But here we are Matt

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Riddle, and what happens next with
him is pretty important. I don't think

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AW would sign him. I know
that there are some MMA promotions, according

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to Dave Meltzer, that are interested
in him, but I don't know where

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he goes from here. I think
he's kind of damaged goods at this point

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and he needs to kind of self
reflect, get his stuff together and see

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if professional wrestling is the direction he
wants to go. It really goes one

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or both ways for me, in
my opinion, I think either Riddle ends

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up in wween cleans up his act
and cleans up his image is or morseful

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for his previous sins, or he
just leaves professional war wrestling all together,

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and maybe he does a couple of
matches here and there, but we never

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really see Matt Riddle again, and
then like ten fifteen years from now,

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he's doing some sort of shoot interview
or signing autographs at some sort of comic

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book con or wrestling function. But
in the meantime it was surprising, but

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also not surprising. Was surprising was
Dolf Sigler being released. But again,

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also you can make the case not
surprising. He is one of the most,

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if not the most underutilized professional wrestling
talents we've ever seen. This is

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a world champion quality wrestler who for
whatever reason, could not get the time

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of day, the light of day
to ever be a consistent main event player.

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There were times that he had gone
up the card, had a World

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Championship run and Matt was it and
nothing ever came of it. One of

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the best money in the bank moments
of all time, the Cash in the

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Night After Wrestling Mane twenty nine.
He was a beloved superstar from a lot

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of wrestling fan standpoints, but he
just couldn't crack it in the creative side

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of w W. WE all knew
if they gave him the ball, he'd

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knock it out of the park.
So such a joy to watch and a

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damn shaman he's in WWE. But
if there's one talent on this list who

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would really benefit from AW, it
is without adult Dolf Sigler. I would

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also throw in Shelton Benjamin is someone
I would love to see an AW.

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I think he'd be great, even
at his age He's still kicking ass a

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ton of fun to watch. Elias
was somebody that I think was a big

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w w wheat or excuse me,
a bit sick man type talent, big

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guy, great gimmick, cut a
good promo, had a really cool air

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about him. Decent ent ring performer
as well, but in the new regime

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he just couldn't catch on. And
it's kind of similar to what happened with

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Rick Boogs as well, which I
believe Boogs basically insinuated in the YouTube video.

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Another big surprise was Mustafa Ali.
I mean he's was slated for a

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title match at NXC No Mercy this
Saturday against Dirty Domastereo. Had been really

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enjoying his run on NXT. He
was starting to do the character that I

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guess he was pushing to do when
he just before he had asked for his

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release. Mustaf Ali is a highly
coveted town that I think if AW snatches

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up and hope that they snatch up, can be very, very very successful.

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He is a great creative mind from
what I've seen, great and ring

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worker, and I just really always
enjoyed watching Mustafa Ali. I felt bad

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for Emma and top Dollah, who
recently came back to the company, especially

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Emma, who is a high quality
female talent female wrestler. No idea why

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they brought her back for like maybe
two three months and then took her off

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television. Riddick Moss had had some
run in there that I think could have

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been good, but again I think
with the way that Triple H does some

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booking that maybe Riddick Moss fell off
a little bit as well. And then

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on the NXC side of things,
where if there was any type of shock,

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I mean, they had danham Brooke
on television recently and she had a

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little bit of a bit more of
an edge of her on her characters,

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So that's kind of shocking when it's
somebody that's frequently on television like Mustafa Ali.

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Most of these names were not on
television recently, so it wasn't too

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much of a shock. But I
would also say Quincy Elliott was being pushed

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in NXC for a while. I
had a good connection with the fans.

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It was a gold Desk esque type
character that I guess did not translate over

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the last couple of months. If
there was one thing about Quincy Elliot was

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obviously the in ring work was not
fully there from my perspective as a fan,

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so no longer employed by w E. And then I think, really,

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who is going to be the most
successful post WE? I would say,

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I'll give you three names. I'm
gonna go with Dolf Siegler for everything

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that I mentioned before. I think
he goes to AW and as an upper

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card top talent, mustaf Ali because
he is highly creative and a great in

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ring worker. And then I'm going
to say Emma because I think her addition

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to the female roster of an AW
would be very, very very beneficial.

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So I'm gonna say Ziggler, Emma, and mustaf Ali will be the most

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successful post WWE fall on their release. Always a shame when when folks lose

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their jobs, But I think the
bright side here is is that several of

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them can be very successful post World
rest Entertainment. I think Zach Ryder Matt

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Cardona has shown that you could be
very successful post ww release, and I

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don't see why they can either.
I think to me, mustaf Ali is

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like the most comparable to Matt Cardona
on the success that he could face post

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WWE release. I think I think
he can go into any promotion and uses

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social media and be very very uber
popular depending where he where he picks up.

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So why did these releases take place? Dave Meltzer wrote in the wrest

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Of Observer newsletter via Wrestling and Inc. That it was quote well known there

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would be massive cuts end quote with
plants who cut back on fifty two one

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hundred million expenses on the W side
of TKO Group holdings. He also noted

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that most of the cuts have been
made due to quote duplication of work on

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the endeavor side of things, an
issue more commonly referred to as redundancy.

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Employees were poorly told that all major
cuts made were related to the merger,

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So there you go. They wanted
to cut some money. There were some

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folks that weren't being utilized in WW
felt it was best to instead of writing

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out a paycheck or finding ways to
use them, to let them go.

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And I know this has been a
topic of discussion. I know Tony con

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addressed it recently in his media call
I believe with for Wrestle Dream that there

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were folks that are on again the
tribalism and wrestling folks that are on the

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W side, saying it's great that
de wit releases them because they can go

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out and be on their merry way
and carry on their career have a little

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bit of buzz behind them, versus
the AW side where they continue to pay

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you, don't use you and let
your contract expire, where there is no

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buzz coming off of entering the free
agency. I don't know where I sit

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there. I think I kind of
agree with the W side of things.

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There's no easy way to fire a
talent, especially those that are extremely talented,

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like the names I said. But
I guess give them a little bit

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of a buzz. You give them
ninety day pay. You know, now

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people are counting down the days and
the hours until Dolphs can become a free

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agent, mussaf Ali can be a
free agent, and they could use these

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next three months to kind of reboot
themselves and get ready for the next chapter

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in their careers. That I hope
they're very, very successful in so W

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we made in a recent round of
talent cuts. Hopefully that is the end

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of it for the rest of this
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and always some shout outs to to
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let's start with the Saturday show.
N Xtino Mercy Preview Predictions is Saturday from

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the Mechanics Bank Arena and Bakerville,
Bakersfield, California. The first match here

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is a fatal four way match for
the NXC Tag Team Championships. Did d'angela

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family take on OTM, Lucian Price
and Broco Neema? The Creed brothers Brutist

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Creed and Julius Creed, and I
don't know if they're going by Loso Thorios

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anymore. They were promoted as Carreo
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and Angel Garza. I liked the
D'Angelo family in this one. I could

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make a play for one of these
teams to steal the championship from the D'Angelo

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family and become the new tag Team
champions. But I feel like they're going

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to keep the titles on the D'Angelo
family a little bit longer. I think

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that will be the best It's it's
pretty good. I think it's a pretty

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good opportunity for the D'Angelo family gets
this runs as NXC Tag Team Champions,

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So I like the D'Angelo family winning
and retaining. Next match, here is

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no am Dar defending the XC Heritage
Cup in a British rounds rules match against

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Butch. I really enjoy the Global
Invitational tournament that they had, and I

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thought it was a good way to
develop a new number one contender. My

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only drawback was, why aren't you
doing the British rules rounds matches, like

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if you're trying to get going for
the NEXC Heritage Cup, like, do

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those style matches for the right to
take on the NEXC Heritage Cup winner or

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trophy holder. I thought that was
the only thing that was strange. Nonetheless,

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I like Butch winning this one.
If there was a time for an

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00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.799
NXT talent to defeat a main roster
talent on this card. It would be

403
00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:30.599
this match because I think the metaphor
could help distract or interfere in this one

404
00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:36.400
and help No m Dar retain,
which noem Dar has been phenomenal. Metaphor

405
00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:39.960
has been really good. They have
found some great stuff there with great stuff

406
00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:44.440
for utilizing oral mensa lash legend who
had been on the roster for a little

407
00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:47.000
bit really not doing much, and
Jakar Jackson is very talented. So the

408
00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:52.279
metaphor stuff has been very entertaining and
fun. And it's read that you could

409
00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:55.119
see a stable where there's equal mounts
men and women. So I like what

410
00:32:55.160 --> 00:33:00.400
they're doing on NXT, but I
do have butch retaining this one. Next

411
00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:04.640
matches for the NXC North American Championship
is Dirty Domasterio Defense against Trick william with

412
00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:10.519
Dragon Lee as a special guest referee. Good way by we to get things

413
00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:15.440
going here after msaf Ali was let
go and where they were going to move

414
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:20.240
from this point forward, and they
put all together with the NXC episode this

415
00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:23.680
past week. The Trick Williams character
has been very compelling as of late.

416
00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:29.720
I think this could be a really
turning point show for Trick Williams as a

417
00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:35.039
character in both wins or losses.
In this instance, I do have Dirty

418
00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:39.799
Dom masterial retaining. I think Dragon
Lee being a special guest referee is added

419
00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:44.640
to this one because it plays a
big factor, whether that is accidentally costing

420
00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:50.640
Trick Williams the match or you know, leading to a rekindling of the feud

421
00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.640
between Dirty Dom and Dragon Lee.
Is the way I could go, and

422
00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:57.240
it just feels like Dragon Lee is
the guy that is poised to win the

423
00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:01.599
championship eventually from Dirty They had a
great match on Raw and I just feel

424
00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:05.480
like the way the things are going
and that is the plan. But I

425
00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:09.440
don't think it'll be the last of
Trick Williams at Nxcino Mercy. Next match

426
00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:13.280
here is Braun Breaker versus Baron Corbyn. This feud has kind of been met

427
00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:22.360
at best. It's been lacking a
lot, and it was like concerning heading

428
00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:25.800
into the show of where things were
headed, and then they picked it up

429
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:31.559
this past Tuesday. I really enjoyed
that final sequence, that final segment on

430
00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:36.039
NXEY Television that closed out the show
with them battling around that car. They

431
00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:38.280
did. They absolutely destroyed that car, and I thought that was a good

432
00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:42.880
way to hype up their match.
It saved a little bit that got my

433
00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:46.320
interest and intrigued in this one.
So I braun Breaker defeating Baron Corbyn on

434
00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:51.480
Saturday Night, and that was just
a weird feud because they're both heels right

435
00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.400
now. I mean, they're both
not well liked by the audience, so

436
00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:58.239
it's rare that you see a heel
versus heel feud happening. Would have figured

437
00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.639
one of them would have been a
baby face and I would have actually believed

438
00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:05.440
Baron Corbyn. Next match, here's
an extreme rules match for the NXEY Woman's

439
00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:09.519
Championship. Is Becky Lynch defends against
Tiffany Stratton. I like Becky Lynch retaining

440
00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:15.000
and winning this match, but I
think this has one of those really cool

441
00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:20.920
instances that you see from time to
time where this veteran wrestler gets the most

442
00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:24.440
out of a young star in a
very violent match. And I think of

443
00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:30.239
two thousand and four hardcore rules match
of Mick Foley and Randy Orton in their

444
00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:32.199
feud, and I don't know if
that has the same degree to it,

445
00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:37.599
but I think Becky Lynch helps elevate
Tiffany Stratton to become a bigger star following

446
00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:42.800
this pay per view. In a
loss, sometimes a loss does as much

447
00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:45.960
as a win, So I like
Tiffany Stratton putting on a good show.

448
00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:47.800
I feel like this match is gonna
be very physical and violent, but I

449
00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:52.639
still like Becky Lynch retaining and I
think she helps elevate the game of Tiffany

450
00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:57.199
Stratton on Saturday Night. And then
finally, Carmelo Hayes defends the NXC Championship

451
00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:00.599
against Elia Dragonoff. I'm going to
take dragging Off to win and become the

452
00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:06.199
new NXC champion. I think this
is where you see Trick Williams turn on

453
00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:10.400
Carmelo Hayes cost him the championship,
and we have a new NXC champion.

454
00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:15.519
I can't see a world right now
where Elie Draggonoff leaves nxcy No Mercy without

455
00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:19.679
the title. I think his character
has been on the rise and it would

456
00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:22.119
be a slight to him if he
doesn't win the championship. I think the

457
00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:25.039
time is now to pull that trigger, and then that would also add to

458
00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:30.920
a Trick Williams Carmelo Hayes feud where
if Trick Williams cost Carmelo the loss and

459
00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.840
the championship, Trick can come out
and say that the only time he ever

460
00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:38.039
won was because of me, and
now you can't win without me. And

461
00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:43.000
there's been this little seeds planted over
the last couple of weeks. We sound

462
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.559
it kind of saw it going a
little bit more of an overdrive on Tuesday's

463
00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.440
edition of NXT where Trick Williams was
talking to Carmelo Hayes and he was very

464
00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:54.519
into his phone and reading whatever notes
or maybe the contract heading into the contract

465
00:36:54.599 --> 00:37:00.960
signing with Eli Draggonoff and then Carmelo
Hayes talking about all the opponents that could

466
00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:06.920
not stop Elia Dragonoff that he is
no Wesley, he is no Trick Williams,

467
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.519
which got an O from the crowd
and got a little bit of a

468
00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:13.199
reaction. I thought that was a
nice little sea that was planted, and

469
00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:17.559
I think we fully see it executed
on Saturday show where a Trick Williams turn

470
00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:22.119
on Carmelo Hayes takes place. Because
if not now same thing with the only

471
00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.360
dragon Off with the championship, then
when like when do you pull the trigger

472
00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:28.239
on this? And I think you've
got to do this at a big event

473
00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:31.840
like a PLA. So I fully
expect that Eli Draggonoff will walk out of

474
00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:38.039
nxcn No Mercy as the new NXC
champion, all thanks to Carmelo Hayes excuming

475
00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:45.119
Trick Williams for costing Carmelo Hayes the
title and the match all right, then,

476
00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:49.880
shifting gears to AW Wressell Dream Preview
and Predictions is Sunday from the Climate

477
00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:52.880
Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
The first match he's a four way tag

478
00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:57.280
team match for a future AW World
Tag Team Championship match whenever they want.

479
00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:01.119
The Young Bucks taken on the Guns
Luch Brothers and Orange Cassidy and Hook.

480
00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:06.360
FTR has been down the road with
the Young Bucks for a little bit,

481
00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:09.159
so I don't think we get another
FTR Young Bucks match. They've done their

482
00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:13.280
stuff with the Guns as well,
though, I feel like the Guns could

483
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:15.960
be the winners of this one.
Luca Bros. We've seen them take on

484
00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:21.920
I believe as well, not recently
though. To me, the outlier here's

485
00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:25.280
Orange Cassidy and Hook. I would
not be shocked if they go with Orange

486
00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:30.239
Cassidy and Hook and what's going on
with them? Maybe that odd couple weird

487
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.360
pairing tag team playing out that we
talked about earlier in the show with like

488
00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:37.320
an RK bro playing out on Ali
Wrestling Television. So I'm gonna go with

489
00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:40.599
Orange Cassidy Hook to win this one
and to have an eventual aw ROLD Tag

490
00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:46.480
Team Championship match. Next match Here's
for the AWTBS Championship is Chris Statlaner takes

491
00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:51.199
on Julia Hart. Let me first
by saying that I've watched the last couple

492
00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:53.639
Julia Hart match. I think she
had a match on Rampage and Collision recently.

493
00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:57.519
I think back to back nights,
she has really come a long way.

494
00:38:57.639 --> 00:39:01.480
I really like her submission finisher.
A lot of times in submission finishers

495
00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:07.840
they don't look like they actually hurt
the person hers does, and it looks

496
00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.239
really really legit. Got a figure
that maybe Maliki Black played a little bit

497
00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:14.679
of a role in there behind the
scenes to help give her a really cool

498
00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:19.360
submission finisher, and her in ring
work has really really improved. With that

499
00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.719
said, I do like christ Atlanta
retaining, but I think this match surprises

500
00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:28.840
us on Sunday Night. Next match
here's for the ROH World Championship in New

501
00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:32.199
Japan. Strong Open Weight Championship.
He has Eddie Kingston defense against Katiora Shabata,

502
00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:37.320
the current ROH Pure champion. I'm
really looking forward to this one big

503
00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:42.760
Shabbata fan, but I don't think
you put the championship on Kingston ten days

504
00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:45.239
ago for him to lose the Shavada
on the very first pay per view.

505
00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:47.760
So I have Eddie Kingston retaining,
but I think this is gonna be a

506
00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:52.800
really, really fun match. Shabata
is so much fun to watch, one

507
00:39:52.800 --> 00:40:00.239
of my favorites, Like I just
wish he got more praise and opportunity to

508
00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.480
to be out there as much easy
is. But that's probably a lot to

509
00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:07.880
do with his his injury that nearly
cost him his life. But thankfully he's

510
00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:15.199
he's still with us and it's a
miracle that he's wrestling today. Next match,

511
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.840
here's two out of three falls.
Match for the AWT and T Championship

512
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:21.920
is Christian Cage defense against Darby Allen. I went back and forth on this

513
00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:23.800
one. I was like, man, I can see Darby Allen, but

514
00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:28.280
they just put the T and T
Championship on Christian Cage in a really good

515
00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:32.559
triple threat match. Really enjoyed the
booking where Cage pins Lucasaurus of all people.

516
00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:37.840
Following the Coffin drop, Lucasaurus is
starting and like you know, he

517
00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:39.599
held the championship for the first time. He's starting to realize that, like,

518
00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:42.679
hey, that was a lot of
fun. That was cool. Maybe

519
00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.400
I'm being used by this guy.
So I don't think they want to execute

520
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:51.440
that storyline just yet. I think
it plays out somewhere. Lucasaurus obviously plays

521
00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:55.719
roles here and helps Christian Cage retain, but we're starting to see the ground

522
00:40:55.760 --> 00:41:00.960
crack a little bit where Lucasaurus will
eventually turn Christian Cage. So I got

523
00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:05.119
Christian Cage retaining. Next match,
here's christ Jericho and the Golden Elite of

524
00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:07.559
Kenny Omegan, Cody a Bushi taking
up members of the Don Callis family,

525
00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:13.239
Kenosk Takeshka, Sammy Cavarr and Will
Losprey. I've got the Don Callis family

526
00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:19.599
winning this match. I just think
that the Kenny Omega Coda Jericho els are

527
00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:24.199
adding to this feud a lot more
and it's getting the booze from Don Callis's

528
00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:28.920
family and Don Callis to be even
louder, and I think that could should

529
00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:31.480
continue. So I've got the don
callis family winning this match. And I

530
00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:36.880
should also say that we are recording
this just before AW Dynamite on Wednesday night,

531
00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:38.119
so if there's any new matches,
which I'm sure there will be.

532
00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:42.360
It is an AW pay per view. There's only nine announced. They usually

533
00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:45.480
like to have eleven or twelve.
Unfortunately we can't preview here on this edition

534
00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:50.519
of the podcast, but we obviously
will recap review it on next week's edition

535
00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:55.559
of the show on October the fifth. Next matchers for the ROH World Championship

536
00:41:55.559 --> 00:42:00.119
Better than You, Baybay Adam Colin
MJF defending against the Righteous of Vincent and

537
00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:02.960
Dutch. Obviously, we don't know
the severity of Adam Cole's injury. They

538
00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:06.719
could be announcing right now that he
is out for the next six months for

539
00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:09.079
all I know, and this match
has been canceled and it will be a

540
00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:13.920
vacant ROH World Championship match instead.
But I'm going on the premise that he

541
00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:16.280
is good to go. I have
not seen any report saying otherwise other than

542
00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:20.400
he went to the hospital than came
out of the hospital on crutches. Hopefully

543
00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.280
there is no break. Hopefully there
is no tear and it was just a

544
00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:27.800
tweak for Adam Cole, but I
tend to believe that it's probably not a

545
00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:30.880
tweak. My biggest gripe in this
should the match take place, is the

546
00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:36.239
Righteous being in this. I'm a
fan of Vincent and Dutch, but how

547
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:40.400
do you go on and on of
pushing the Kingdom of Matt Tavan and Mike

548
00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:45.280
Bennett, of having issues with Adam
Cole and better than U Baba as they're

549
00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:50.159
tied to the hip with Roderick Strong
being a really fun phenomenal act on AW

550
00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:52.760
television lately, and not give them
this match but include them in the nor

551
00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:58.360
Win Contenders match. Very very weird
that they did that booking, but nonetheless

552
00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:00.920
they decided to go with the Righteous
and I like better than U bebe retaining

553
00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:05.519
again, I just find it weird
that you had that opportunity to give us

554
00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.719
better than Ubbe and the Kingdom and
a pay per view you didn't do it.

555
00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:13.039
Anyway. Next match here's for the
AW World Tag Team Championship is FTR

556
00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:16.360
take on Assie Open, Cole Fletcher
and Mark Davis. This should be a

557
00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:20.880
fun one. I honestly went back
and forth in this one because I think

558
00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:23.920
Aussie Open deserves around with the AWU
Tag Team Championship, especially when they took

559
00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:29.000
the l at all in just to
put over better than you babe for the

560
00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:32.400
ROH World Tag Team titles. But
I do think FTR continues to go a

561
00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:36.960
little bit with these championship. I
mean, as I'm even saying this,

562
00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:40.039
I'm very tempted to pick Aussie Open, but I'm gonna go with FTR retaining.

563
00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:44.480
So I'm gonna have FTR retaining a
World Tag Team champiship. But I

564
00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:47.360
could see a world where Aussie Opened
wins Young Bucks win that fatal four way

565
00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:51.039
and then that goes on and on
and on. But nonetheless, I'm gonna

566
00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.800
stick with FTR, so I'm gonna
go FTR to retain. Next match is

567
00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:58.880
Hangman Atam Paid Chicken on Sport Strickland. I'm really excited for this one.

568
00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:04.079
Such a fun on like mid card
upper mid card feud with two guys that

569
00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.280
were our great talents and kind of
flounder a little bit here and there,

570
00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:10.400
could use some new stuff, and
this is a fresh coat of paint for

571
00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:15.159
both of them in a feud that
has the poise to being very very good

572
00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:21.199
talking about guys who have been released
by w WE that have had success post

573
00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:25.920
WWE release, Swerve Strickland is one
of them. Swerve Strickland has been awesome

574
00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:30.639
in All Elite Wrestling. I think
he's been there now for it's almost two

575
00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:36.440
years now. I mean he's been
great, and he's put on some muscle,

576
00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:38.119
he's put on some mass. His
in ring work has always been there

577
00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:43.039
as Microphone, he's even more confident
than he was ever before. I know

578
00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:46.000
he's always Serve confident, but he's
so much more confident. His act with

579
00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:51.440
a Mobile Embassy and Prince Nanah is
super over. He is great. He

580
00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:54.920
is a great heal and professional wrestling
and a great in ring worker. I'm

581
00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:58.760
so happy for him. I could
see this guy next year being an All

582
00:44:58.760 --> 00:45:01.559
Elite Wrestling world chan being. Even
with that said, I think this is

583
00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:06.480
the first match to help a rise
sort of Strickling into the next level of

584
00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:09.039
aw's ladder. And I'm going to
take him to defeat Hangman in a page

585
00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:14.079
on Sunday Night, and then that
takes us to the dream match. Two

586
00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:19.119
of the best technical wrestlers of all
time, Brian Danielson taken on Zach Saber

587
00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:23.199
Junior from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Fully expect a lot of wristlocks, a

588
00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:29.800
lot of great phenomenal this is awesome
chance, a lot of amazing chain wrestling,

589
00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:32.360
a lot of hard kicks. This
is going to be a lot of

590
00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:36.199
fun, folks. This is something
that wrestling fans have wanted to see for

591
00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:39.920
a long time. When Brian Danielson, then known as Daniel Bryan, was

592
00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:45.239
commentating during the Cruiserweight Classic and Zach
Saber Junior was in the tournament for wa

593
00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:50.760
all I could think of was like, man, could you imagine ZSJ taken

594
00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:53.760
on the American Dragon? And it
looked like at that point, obviously with

595
00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:58.840
Danian Bryan and retire, that it
would never happen. And then he has

596
00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:01.800
come out of retire, he was
in w E Zack Saber Junior tearing up

597
00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:07.280
in New Japan RevPro wherever, and
it seems like it could never happen.

598
00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:09.519
Daniels comes to a w and I
feel like this has been a dream match

599
00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:14.480
in the waiting for a long time. So Danielson seems to be checking off

600
00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:17.440
a lot of boxes. If this
is his last run as a full time

601
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active performer. He did Okada a
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this Sunday, and this match is
going to be a ton of fun and

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I'm gonna take Brian Danielson to get
the victory again. I'm tempted to pick

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ZSJA, but I think Brian Danielson
walks out of his hometown the winner at

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Ali Wrestling wrest of Dream, the
first ever Russell Dream pay per view.

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So there you go. There's our
preview and predictions. Again. We will

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recap and review it on next week's
edition of the podcast on October fifth,

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and if we get doctor Trey's predictions, we will post it up on Twitter

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or on our in on our Facebook
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then we'll hopefully recap and review it
together on next week's edition the podcast.

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With that said, let's get a
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to call a show on Twitter at
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to doctor Trey. He is not
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back next week. Until then,
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week. Thank you for downloading.
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last forty five minutes of show or
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by myself until next week. For
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