Aug. 28, 2025

AEW’s Injury Crisis, More Jericho Rumors & Clash in Paris Preview! | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #811 – 08/28/25

AEW’s Injury Crisis, More Jericho Rumors & Clash in Paris Preview! | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #811 – 08/28/25

On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show: - -- We recap all the big moments and surprises from AEW Forbidden Door this past weekend! - -- We look back at NXT Heatwave and break down the highlights from one of NXT’s biggest summer events. - --...

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On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show:
  • -- We recap all the big moments and surprises from AEW Forbidden Door this past weekend!
  • -- We look back at NXT Heatwave and break down the highlights from one of NXT’s biggest summer events.
  • -- Sources are now expecting Chris Jericho to return to WWE once his AEW contract expires—what this could mean for both companies moving forward.
  • -- AEW suffers a tough blow with injuries to Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland—and we ask the question: could the timing have been any worse?
  • -- We revisit one of the greatest women’s matches of all time, as it’s been 10 years since Bayley vs. Sasha Banks/Mercedes Moné stole the show at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.
  • -- And we preview and give predictions for WWE Clash in Paris taking place this Sunday live from La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France!

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It's still.

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Welcome, everybody. Welcome to this week's edition The Sorilla Show.

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Epis number eight and eleven for August twenty eight, twenty

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twenty five issue WWE Flash in Paris Preview and Predictions

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edition of s R Team You. I am one half

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of the show. I am Jeff Peckner, typically joined by

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my coast the only doctor Gray Franklin. I am writing

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Shotgun once again, my friends, Welcome, one and all to

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this week's edition of SR T You. Unfortunately, Doctor Trey

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unable to make it to this week's edition the show,

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as well as the Patreon exclusive show that we will

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be doing that'll drop on Friday. Unfortunately, he had a

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death in the family. His wife's grandfather passed away. We wish,

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obviously he and his family all the best during these

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tough times and let them know obviously that our thoughts

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and prayers are with them. He did send over his

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Clash in Paris predictions for the show, which is in

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typical Doctor Trey fashion. But he is with the family

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this week, and rightfully so that's where we want him

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to be, is spending time with the family during these times.

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Lots to discuss here on this week's dish of the

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show will highlight everything from aw Forbidden, Dora NX, heat Wave,

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the latest on Chris Jericho, some tough times for will Os,

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Brace for Strickland, a match that make go Down is

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like the greatest match in the history of this show,

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and then we'll preview and predict w WE Clash in

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Paris all on this week's edition of sr TU. I

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without going completely Champion versus Champion route if you were okay,

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Patreon page so go subscribe support SRTU. With that said,

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let's get into Forbidden Door. Some of the highlights from

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the show. It was a record breaking crowd at the

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O two Arena with nearly nineteen thousand fans. The lights

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out Steak Steel Cage main event saw Darby, Allen, Osprey,

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Tana Hashing, the Golden Levers, beating Moxley's Death Riders and

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the Young Bucks. The postmatch Attack wrote all off will

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ospray for surgery. We will cover that in a little bit.

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Hangman out of page retains against the retained the AW

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World title against MJF in a gritty fashion because it's go.

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Katta retains the United Unitified Unified title over ser Strickland.

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Tony Storm retains the women's settle over Athena Brodido shocked

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the world and win the AW Attack Team Championship. We

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had big surprises Wardlow returning align with the Don Calls family,

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Jamie Hayder returning to a huge pop, and then some

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takeaways down Coll's family continues to dominate the Death Riders.

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They are creating chaos. Hangman's raid remains strong and now

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Osprey's absence looms large. We will delve very deep into

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that will Osprey injury and surgery in just a little bit.

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But another very solid performance from all the wrestling forbidden

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to her this past Sunday. I have been very, very

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happy with the AW product as of late. Loved the

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Dynamite at twenty three hundred Arena AKAW Arena this past Wednesday.

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That is the closest setup I've seen to an actual

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like ECW arena type setup, and I'm almost positive Tony

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Kahn did that purposely because he is an ECW fan.

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He mentions, you know, he went to an ECW show

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way back in the day, and I grew up on ECW.

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It was really cool to see really great arena, a

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totally different viewer experience than the one that we saw

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almost a year ago when NXT was there. That NXT

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show and the twenty three hundred arena did not have

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the same energy and juice and look and feel as

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the AW show did. I like that AW is just

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putting their head down and just working and doing good shows.

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the AW that gets into the weeds and they got

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to like battle stuff on the internet or wage war

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with we That type of stuff is not for me.

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We've talked about it on the PODCAS. I like that

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they're just kind of hull hum aligning themselves while Wwey's

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being dicks and like putting their shows on at the

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same time as them. With NXC heat Wave that was

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took place over the weekend, They're doing with the rest

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of Palooza next month, and that's what I'd like to see.

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I would just prefer that each one of these wrestling

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promotions just kind of stay in their own lane. And

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you know, as I was watching the show on Sunday

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and then carried over on Wednesday, Mike Man AW has

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had some really good stretches here. I think the only

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period of time that I was like, I'm concerned AW

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is getting back into their rough patch was when they

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did those shows after all in where it looked for

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anybody who is a Disney World fan hopefully you get

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this reference. If not, look up the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot,

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and it looked like they were performing in like the

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Mexico Pavilion in Epcot or the Germany Pavilion in Epcott.

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It looked like they were It was the shows in

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Choko where it looked like they were performing at like

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I don't know, like with those like dinners, everybody goes

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around and the nights perform and they are on horses

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and one side wins and all that crap. I can't

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really think of it at the moment, like that's what

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it looked medieval times. That's what it is. It looks

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like a medieval times venue. They were performing them like

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this is not a good look, and they had a

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couple of stretches where collisions were not good. But they've

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been on a really good swing and I'm excited to

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see where collision lands at the twenty one three hundred arena.

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I dig that they're doing these residencies. I like that

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they got back to smaller crowds, smaller venues because when

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they were doing the larger crowds, when there wasn't a

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lot of fans in attendance, it was very visibly noticeable

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and the crowd reactions were awful. This is a little

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bit better cup of tea for me as a fan.

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I don't think aw ever reaches the heights of we

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and that is totally fine. I think they're probably like

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a step or two above like a TNA where they

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have the financial backing and they have like really solid

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star power to carry them and good relationships like New Japan.

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It's basically doing like the two thousands TNA better than

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TNA did, and that's okay. There is a certainly a

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spot for that as well. So very solid weekend with

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Forbidden Door, Love the shows at the twenty three hundred

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Arena and I'm looking forward to more and just continues

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a really really good swing for aw as of late.

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As for NXC heat Wave, which also came from a

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Neworker Wrestling Navino Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, you had Obafemi

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defeating Javon Evans to retain the NXT Championship. Then he

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was confronted by Ricky Saints post match, and how Ricky

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Saints is their rolling contender. Lolavice wins Summer Rock Contenders

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match for the NXT Women's title. Dark Safety Throne hankin

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Tech to become the new NXC Tech Team champions. Ashby

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Elegance wins the TNA Knockout title in a walld trip

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with Threat, also with a controversial finish. Blake Monroe beats

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Jordan Grace in a brutal undercard war, Chelsea Greeneathan Page

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pick up a mixed tag win with outside help, and

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there's some rumblings that this act may carry over to

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the Man Roster, which I'm excited for Ethan Page, very

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talented guy. And then it just some cross brand buzz. Obviously,

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the TENNA Knockouts Championship was featured in an NXT show,

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showing the WATNA partnership in action and rightfully putting the

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title back on a t and a talent, which is

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where it should be. I don't know, disrespect to Trick

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Williams and j C Jane, I don't know if they've

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elevated the title and or elevated the title and pass

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sense for JC Jane. I think putting the champions on

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the brand, on the NXT brand and giving them the

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spotlights has certainly helped elevate people's awareness for TNA. So

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I thought XAL heat Wave was a very like solid

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NXC show. It was just a little over the two

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hour mark. I didn't think it was anything special. I

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didn't think it was anything bad. I just thought it

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was a very very solid show and not as comparably

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entertaining and as fun as Forbidden Door was which had

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a little bit more pay per view feel given them

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the arena they were in and the attendance that they had,

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while NXC Heat Wave again was just like this special

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Satura or Sunday night edition of NXC Television in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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So solid weekend of wrestling. Highly recommend anybody who has

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Knock Gone Out and watch either show to check it out.

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There's obviously tons of good, not a lot of bad,

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and it was just a fun weekend for wrestling fans. Again,

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I'd prefer that nxt W does not run the same

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weekends as AW. I think there is plenty to go

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around and there is no need to put counter programming on.

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I can enjoy all of them, folks, so let's set

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the tribalism bullshit. We have an update to the story

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where sources expect Chris Jerico have signed a w deal

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when his AW contract finishes. After we'd recorded the podcast

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last week, Wressell Votes reported that there is a significant

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amount of interest in Chris Jerico returning w when his

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AW contract comes up, with several in W, including active wrestlers,

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wanting him to return. A source expects AWE deal to

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be completed for him when his AW contract finishes. When

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wressell votes speaks, everybody listens, and that is basically gospel.

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So I fully expect that Chris Jericho will be returning

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to World Wrestling Entertainment in twenty twenty six, which is

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mind blowing. And I know Tony Kahn had some comments

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on the conference call for Roh Death before dishonor where

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he said something, if he has the opportunity to work

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with like Chris Jericho again, he would love to, so

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kind of foreshadowing maybe or not really answering the question,

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but nonetheless rust of Bote saying he is WWE bound,

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which is basically slam dunk. Folks rest and observers reporting

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that the only thing heard from w W regarding Chris

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Jericho is that they expect him to come back to

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the company. They also report that there are those in

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AW who believe that Chris Jericho is not going to

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be back and will start in w as a royal

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rumble surprise. So you have like the BESTE source in

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wrestle boats saying that Chris Jericho is w bound, and

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you have the best AW source in Wrestling Reserver newsletter

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Dave Meltzer saying that AW expects him to go to WE.

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So here we are August twenty eighth. I would expect

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come late January early February twenty twenty six. Chris Jericho

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is back in w W, which is mind blowing. I

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think we really dug into it last week about how

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I never thought I would see this happen at best

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maybe w Hall of Famer induction. I did not think

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Chris Jericho would wrestle a match again, And here here

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we are, and it's just now, how do they book

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him basically with the talent roster they have? I mean,

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who do you look at as someone that would fit

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the mold as having that Christ Jericho match, because he's

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going to have a match at WrestleMania that's here in

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Las Vegas. Here he'd returned to the company. Is it

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seth Rollins? Probably not Gunther? That would be pretty interesting.

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I may be here for all that with a Gunther match.

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Would a Roman reigned Jericho match do it? For me?

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No?

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Punk Jericho? No, unless they kind of can talk about

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the AW stuff, which why would they talk about AW

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stuff in a WE angle? Would they do Jericho Cody?

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Maybe it's kind of a bummer because I think Jericho

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is coming back to WE like a year or two late,

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because I would have loved to see in Jericho Seena

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match one last time. They had a really really good

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feud in the late two thousands that helped put scene

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on the map like an six seven ish timeframe when

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Jericho started doing that really great heel run where he

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didn't like pulled all of his merchandise, barely spoke all

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that much and it was very monotone, had a great

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feud with the seaw Michaels, a match with Shaw Michaels

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and Allata match at No Mercy. So yeah, it's just like, okay, cool,

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Jericho's back. But what does he got to do? Does

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he want to help out in NXC, does he want

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to commentate? Is he doing this for his Hollywood ambitions?

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I would love to know And I can't wait to

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read the book someday as to why Chris Jericho decided

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now is the time to leave AW and go back

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to WWE, because he was like adamant that he would

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not return to w and AW was the place to

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bay for him. So some very very very credible sources

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adding some more fuel to the fire. That is Chris

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Jericho expected to sign AW once his AW contract finishes

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this year, which is obviously earth shadowing news. I don't

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think it hurts AW at all. I think the AW

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product he hasn't been around for four or five months

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now already. I don't think they're hurting without him. I

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think the direction of AW has certainly changed, and it's

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totally fine with it. I'm fine with it, and Jericho

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ending his career in WE I am fine with as well.

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So I think it's a great move all around for

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all promotions. I think it's a great move for Chris

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Jericho as well. As it would appear, this is going

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to be something really to keep an eye out for

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in twenty twenty six of Chris Jericho returning to World

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Wrestling Entertainment. Now in regard to subtractions from the AW

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roster that I think that are going to hit the

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company very, very hard. That is will Ospray and Swerve

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Strickland's recent injuries. It could not have come at a

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worse time, so will Ospray. They obviously wrote him off

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at the end of for Benden Door. He is due

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for next surgery. He could be out I'm reading for

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potentially over a year, like anywhere between between twelve to

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fifteen months, and Swarve Strickland had They also wrote him

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off at for benin Door with the chair shots from

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Cazichio Coatta to his knee. He has been battling a

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torn meniscus reportedly since twenty nineteen when he was performing

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at the WA Performance Center and has been working ever since,

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and now is time to get that repaired. He had surgery.

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He posted that on his Instagram story on Wednesday. His

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knee wrapped up coming out of meniscus surgery. So I

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don't know how long that may take, maybe three to

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six months, but we're going like the rest of this

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year now without will ospraying sort of Strickland, who are

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definitely my top five favorite people to watch in AW.

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I think I really enjoy watching Osprey, Strickland, Hangman, MJF.

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And I would probably say right now, Mark Burscow, I'm

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all in on the Mark Briscoe stuff. Would love to

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see more of Darby, big fan of Darby, but he's

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just kind of getting his way back into the day

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to day regular operations that is AW. I thought what

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I loved what AW has been doing lately, and this

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is something I've been really was like banging the desk

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on last year when they were when they changed direction

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and got away from really focusing on the people that

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the fans had connections with, and that is Osprey, Swerve

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and Hangman. No wrestlers have better connections than those three,

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I feel like from the AW standpoint, and also they

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were dealing with like MGF was out with injury at

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that point, Adam Colehead his injury issues. It was just very,

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very bad. So now they've been on this upswing, Ospray

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and Swerve had been playing major roles in that upswing,

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and now here we are that at least for one

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of them, it's going to be potentially considerable amount of

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time and no estimated timetable on Swarb Strickland, And it

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could not come at a worse time because they are

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they have so much momentum, really good storylines right now,

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and even the stuff that we're seeing presently, it's like,

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what does AW do in the situation and who steps

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up in their absence? Do we see an Orange Cassidy

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to return who is just as over Babyface? Do they

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give Kyle Fletcher more opportunity to run with the ball.

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We're seeing Kenny omegaback on television. More do we see

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Kenoshki Takeshka leave the don Kallis family. Don Kallis kind

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of sides more with cause it's go kata between the

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two because there's some tension between those guys right now,

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which make a ton of sense. I think Takeshka would

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be a super over babyface. My guess is that aw

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as a plan as they should, right duh. But I

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think that they knew that this was coming and they

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needed to start to ramp up some new babyfaces for

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the promotion to really focus on. Because right now you've

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got Hangman page with don Kallis family in there in

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his cross He is in their crossairs right now, and

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there are so many people to choose from. Would they

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do Okata Hangman at all Out? I don't think so.

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Would they do Katashka Takeshka versus Hangman at all Out?

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That's a possibility. Takeshka goes in then to the g one.

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If you say he wins and he takes on Zach

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Saber Junior Champion versus champion to cash in on his

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g one climax victory in that October event that would

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be something. Then it's like, would they do Kyle Fletcher?

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Probably not, would be my guess. And then outside of that,

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there's a little bit drop off very talented stars. You've

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got Lance Archer, You've got Josh Alexander, Like, do we

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go to the Wardlow route? Because now Wardlow's like acting

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as a bodyguard someone how he did as mjf's bodyguard

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with Don Callis so far, so it's like, okay, who

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really steps up? Do they shift Darby into one of

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those Ospring sort of Strickland spots? I would guess so

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as they should, because he's the guy that you could market.

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And then it's kind of a little bit of an

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interesting situation again, do you bring back Orange Cassidy? Is

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Orange Cassidy is ready to come back from his injury? One?

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Do you turn someone babyface? I would turn Kenoska to

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Keshka babyface right now with a little bit of spots

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open Copeland and Christian they're doing their thing right now.

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Do you you know, maybe bump up Bobby Lashley and

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the hurt Sydy Kit now that they've dropped the tag

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team titles, and you have Bobby in the title picture.

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He's super over with the fans. It's very very interesting,

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and this is gonna be very telling to how well

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AW does towards the end of the year, because I

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always feel like they have this false swoon where it

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has felt like the last two years at least, AW

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has had like a considerable drop off following all in,

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following all out, where the product just is not as

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good as it was like four months prior. They run

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into this path where like from what is it Dynasty

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is really really good to all in or all out,

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and then Wrestle Dream happens in October and that's like

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the beginning of like a swoon for a little bit

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where maybe it's three, four or five months where it's

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not as good. I will say, last year they did

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the residency at the Hammerstein, and I love the shows

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that they did there for Dynamite Collision and even Rampage

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when they shut Rampage down. So it's frustrating as an

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AW fan. I'm frustrated for AW as a company because

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everything has been so good right now and theoretically coming

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out Forbidden Door, coming out of all In, heading it

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all out, Osprey and Swerve should be at the top

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of that card. I mean, that's that's where they should be.

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They should be either Vine for the A to W

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World Championship somehow in a babyface versus baby face feud

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with Hangman out of page, or feud with some major

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heels that aren't in the world title picture with Hangman

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Page at that point, do they you know, it looks

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like MJFT is gonna shift with Mark Briscow. Mark Burscow,

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I think, is someone that they can really have step

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up in the absence of the top baby faces. Do

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you put like Osprey taken on because it's go Okada

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or Swerve you know continue uses for a feud with Okada.

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It's uh, it sucks. It really sucks. As a fantasy,

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this happened because Ospray and Swerve for some of the

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hard and soul guys of all lead wrestling, and hopefully

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see them back sooner rather than later. I would expect

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Swerve back sooner rather than later. I am concerned about

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will Ospray. I mean, I think it's possible that even

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a year from now, will Ospray is either on the shelf,

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or we're starting to still or we're starting to hear

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ramp ups of when he may return. I just have

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a tough time believing that with a neck surgery injury

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that he unless they're working us, he comes back anytime

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before a year. So tough tough times there, and hopefully

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aw can take these bumps in the road and continue

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their great momentum because they have been an absolute joy

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to watch as of late. I saw earlier this week

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that Bailey and Sasha Banks aka Mercedes my Name, we're

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celebrating the ten year anniversary of their match at NXC

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Takeover Brooklyn, which to me is one of the greatest

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matches we've ever covered in the show, maybe the greatest match.

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I think it is that steamboat Savage match that kind

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of open up the doors and eyes to women's wrestling

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on a greater level. I point to a twenty fourteen

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NXT Women's Championship Tournament when I want Charlotte and Natalia

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as a match that was like, oh shit, they could

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do this, And then I felt like in twenty fifteen,

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Bailey and Sasha took a tone on the level and

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it's rare, especially nowadays. I feel like that you feel

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being immersed in the action, like legitimately immersed from your

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living room where you could sit down and you're watching

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the match, and you are living and breathing and dying

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with every move and every moment and every little situation

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that happens, the ebbs and flows of the match, where

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you kind of go into this different world, in this

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different dimension, this different universe as you're just enjoying what

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you are watching on your television, and this match brought

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it for me. There's like a handful of times that's happened.

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I remember Kevin Owens Johnsen a match when Owens came

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up from NXT to take on Johnson as the NXC champion.

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That was one of those matches where I'm like, I

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can't believe this just happened, where Owens won because I

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was such a huge and still am huge Kevin Stein

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Kevin Owens fan. This is that match as well. Great build,

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great storytelling, emotional, and they had the fans on the

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palm of their hands. If for whatever reason, you have

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never seen this match, One you're not a real Rustling fan.

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What's wrong with you? And two, immediately pause this recording

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and go watch this match right now, because it still

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holds up to today. Its influence on women's wrestling in

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w and AW took it to the next level where

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I can safely say in twenty twenty five, I think

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the women's division in both companies is my most favorite

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thing to watch because the roster for both women's side

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is so deep that it's amazing to see the talent

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in both W and AW, and then the quality of

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matches the women are putting on each and every week

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Raw SmackDown, Dynamite Collision is so really good. Like w's

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women's roster and NXC I want to mention as well,

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like it's almost established as a franchise. You're like, this

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is a franchise of excellence WWE's women's division. To me,

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it feels like aw's women's division is like on this

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really good trajectory in upswing where you're starting to see

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some top level talent Athena, Tony Storm, Mercedes Monet, and

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then you have this underbelly of women that you could

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see really carrying the division in a moment's known as

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Chris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, The Triangle of Madness, Julie Hart,

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Tekla Sky Blue, Love Watching Them, Mega Baine, Penelope Ford,

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Ty Mellow. It's it's a who's who of future stars

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in the women's division that has me really excited for

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the AW women's division and where it's going to go.

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I think they need to continue to creating the stars.

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And it's like watching NXT in twenty fifteen when you

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could see the of the card for NXC and where

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the rest of the card was coming up, and you

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were like, Okay, I could totally see in a year's

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time Chris stat Lander or Willow Nightingale being the women's

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champion AW and I would be totally game end down

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for it. And I think a lot of that came

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to fruition thanks to this match. I think this is

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in the timeline of matches and women's matches and moments

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that really stand the test of time of like, Okay,

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when was this a paradigm shift?

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What was it?

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Four five oh six? The tris Stratus lead a steel

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cage match that main evented Monday Night Raw for the

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first time is one of those matches. It's not necessarily

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remembered as like this earth Shadowing an amazing five star

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match classic that they had, but it's a match that

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transcended time and helped elevate women to the next level

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because now here they are for the first time ever

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main eventing Monday Night Raw, and that was special. I

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would throw in the Charlotte's Italian match, TI you I

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00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.599
manage in twenty fourteen. I think it was like it

458
00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:06.079
wasn't a NXT arrival, it was like NXT Fatal four

459
00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:09.960
way or whatever they had at that point. That to

460
00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:16.079
me was like a very telling moment in time where

461
00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:18.680
that's where I got the realization on it. And I'm

462
00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.599
like one of the few that actually like talks about

463
00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:23.359
that match. That's not one that you see as one

464
00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.680
that people point to and go, well, this match helped

465
00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.920
elevate the women's division, and I really think it should.

466
00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:30.599
They both had I had Brett hard in one corner,

467
00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:33.279
Charlotte obviously had Rick Flair, and it was a tournament

468
00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.960
final and it blew my mind. But this match, obviously

469
00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:40.960
from the NXT men's division, is like the one it's

470
00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.599
It's like if Steve Bone and Savage helped put WrestleMania

471
00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:46.880
on the map as like some really good in ring

472
00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:49.640
Matt classics, this is what this did for women's wrestling

473
00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:53.160
and ww AA. It's amazing to see where they are

474
00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.680
now in their careers. When Mercedes Monet is nine Belts Monet,

475
00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:01.319
she is dominating all lead wrestling. Selfishly, I miss in WI.

476
00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.759
The aw character really hasn't transcended with me well as

477
00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:10.880
much as the old Boss character from WWE did. And

478
00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:14.160
then Bailey's like in this weird little transitional phase where

479
00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.640
I'm really digging the vignettes that've been Aaron on RAW lately.

480
00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.559
I'm intrigued to see where her character goes. Where you've

481
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:23.319
got Ding Dong Bailey and Hugger Bailey arguing with one another.

482
00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.759
I would love to see Hugger Bailey back here. And

483
00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.920
we are ten years later from this match, but they

484
00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:31.440
are staples. They are first ballot Hall of Famers for

485
00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:35.920
professional wrestling, for women's wrestling, they are some of the

486
00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:41.279
greatest of all time. And this is I don't think

487
00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:43.200
there's been a women's match, but it's been close to it.

488
00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:46.880
I think every other women's match like from this point forward,

489
00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:51.599
whether it be WAWTNA, NXT, what have you, this is

490
00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:54.880
the match that you compared to. Yeah, Rhya, Charlotte was

491
00:27:54.920 --> 00:28:00.079
really really good from WrestleMania forty one in LA. How

492
00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:03.400
did it compare to Bailey Sasha Banks from NXC Takeover,

493
00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:07.200
Tiberstny Storm and statis one. A was really good from

494
00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:09.720
all in, but how does it compare to Bailey and

495
00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:14.200
Sasha Banks from NXC Takeover. So's it's amazing here we

496
00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.079
are ten years later. I think it's top three, maybe

497
00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:20.799
number one, greatest match we've ever covered here in the

498
00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.680
history of the show due to the impact and how

499
00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.799
great of a match it was, and it really really

500
00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:28.839
changed the game for women's wrestler. I think at this point,

501
00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.960
the only thing that's left standing, and I'm glad that

502
00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.240
this is getting some traction and momentum, is that it's

503
00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.680
time for an AW pay per view to be headlined

504
00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:39.000
by a women's match. So I feel like that is

505
00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.680
another thing that needs to come off the checklist because

506
00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.720
as it should. Tim of Tony Storm is one of

507
00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:49.519
your most over and entertaining people on your entire roster

508
00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:53.119
right now, and she's a female, so it doesn't really matter.

509
00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.880
Doesn't always have to be a AW Champion of match

510
00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.759
or a brutal, violent match Tony all the time. Give

511
00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.240
it to telling this Tony Storm. Have a main event

512
00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.480
with Mercedes again, maybe even do a trouble threat with Aena,

513
00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:07.599
because I think those three women deserve that right to

514
00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.079
be the three that are involved in that an eventual

515
00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:15.039
main event match for an aw pay per view. With

516
00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.799
that said, let's transition over to a preview for an

517
00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.519
upcoming pay per view which takes place this Sunday, and

518
00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:25.599
I'm going to butcher this, so bear with me. Perrie

519
00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:30.079
la Defense Arena in Natier, France. I feel like I

520
00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.440
like put like a little Hispanic spin on that. I'm

521
00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.359
a kid that did not take French. I took Spanish

522
00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.680
in school. Maybe that's why I sound like I have

523
00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:40.759
broken French. It comes to us this Sunday and it's

524
00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.880
w Clash in Paris, the first ever time the WWE

525
00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:46.960
Clash in Paris is taking place. They are in Leon,

526
00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:51.640
France this Friday for SmackDown. The French crowds have been

527
00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.759
some of the best crowds that w has ever performed

528
00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:59.319
in front of Leon, France, especially. I am pumped up

529
00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:04.400
for the show. Backlash France was incredible. That crowd was

530
00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:07.519
amazing and I hope the French absolutely bring it on

531
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.759
Friday SmackDown and on Sunday at Clash in Paris, and

532
00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:13.400
I fully expect them to so really look good forward

533
00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:17.200
to it from a crowd standpoint. Now let's get into

534
00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:20.039
the breakdown of the show here, and Doctor Trey did

535
00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.279
send in his prediction. So we have Seamus versus Russev

536
00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:25.039
in a gold a good old fashioned Donnie Brook match,

537
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:27.839
and both of us have Russev in this one. I

538
00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.920
am super excited and stoke that these guys are getting

539
00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:32.920
there an opportunity to perform on the pl They've had

540
00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.480
some really good solid matches on raw as of lee

541
00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.519
and it's nice to see Shamus and Russo some really

542
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:41.759
good soldiers to we getting some PL exp exposure this

543
00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:45.640
Sunday in Paris, France. Excuse me in France. It's on Paris, France.

544
00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.720
Next match here is Becky Lynch defending against Nikki Bella

545
00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.599
for the WA Women's Intercomental Championship A. Both Doctor Trey

546
00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:54.480
and I have Becky Lynch in this one, really solid bild.

547
00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:57.680
There is no better character in all of us. And

548
00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:01.359
again here we are again promoting the women's division. Induty.

549
00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:07.400
Then the heel man character big time Becks was all right.

550
00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:10.880
The man as a heel is the best. The man

551
00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:13.920
is a big face it's all right, but the heel

552
00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:17.720
man version of Becky Lynch is the absolute best. And

553
00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.839
really looking forward to this one on Sunday Clash in

554
00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:25.440
Pairs between Becky Lynch and Nikki Bella. Next match here

555
00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:29.400
is Roman Reigns taking on Bronson Reid. Super happy and

556
00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:31.839
excited for Bronson Reid to be in the spot. He

557
00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:34.160
is a very enjoyable character and performer in the ring.

558
00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.799
Love watching Bronson Reid. But he will fall to the

559
00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.599
tribal chief. The tribal thief will fall to the tribal chief.

560
00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:43.720
Roman Reigns in this one and just added some more

561
00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.079
context here. I think it's really helped the character of

562
00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:49.759
Bronson Reid doing this whole tribal thief stuff with Roman Reigns.

563
00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.160
I think it's been very enjoyable and it's nice to

564
00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:55.400
see this side of Bronson Reid taken effect, because I

565
00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.079
felt like he could have been a background player behind

566
00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.519
bron Breaker and Seth Rollins with a vision stable and

567
00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:02.160
he's not. He's he's kind of neck and neck with

568
00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.880
bron Breaker right now, and you can make a case

569
00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.480
over the last month kind of a seven pass bron

570
00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:08.519
Breaker a little bit, which it's I'm pretty sure is

571
00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:10.640
not the intentions of Dooey Right now, I think bron

572
00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:14.359
Breaker is the eventual golden goose for the company. John

573
00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:16.599
Cena takes on Logan Paul. Both Doctor Trey and I

574
00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:18.839
have John sena in this one, and I don't know

575
00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.359
if we mentioned this, but both of us have rum

576
00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.480
ranges on the last one as well. I was very

577
00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:24.519
tempted to pick Logan Paul in this one. It would

578
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.759
not surprise me if we decided, let's give Logan Paul

579
00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.920
a victory over John Cena help elevate his career in

580
00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:34.640
the final month a couple months of John Cena's run

581
00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.759
in Do Douee, we've seen it. I mean they had

582
00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:40.440
him beat aj Styles at WrestleMania, so it's not out

583
00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:43.720
of the question, and he defeats John Cena at Appeale.

584
00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.319
But I would prefer that Scena continues to win, and

585
00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:48.519
that's kind of how we build up towards the end

586
00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.960
of John Cena. I'd like to see him not retort

587
00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.039
back to the John Cena who was like losing all

588
00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:56.319
the time, and we go out with classic John Cena

589
00:32:56.960 --> 00:33:00.000
on his final couple matches here before he bids up

590
00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:03.400
ad to professional wrestling, and then that takes us to

591
00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.559
the main event match here seth Ronins of Defense against

592
00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:07.880
Cmpunk jay Uso in La Knight in a fatal four

593
00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:11.079
way match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Both Doctor Trey

594
00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.240
and I have seth Rollins in this one, and I

595
00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.599
think this is a pretty easy match. It's to pick

596
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:18.079
because he just won the championship. I don't think any

597
00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:20.519
of us think whatsoever that seth Rons would be dropping

598
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.200
it in less than a month time after you ran

599
00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.359
the angle that you did at SummerSlam and the months

600
00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:27.000
leading up to it, or the three weeks leading up

601
00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:30.079
to it. You're doing this so that like seth Rolls

602
00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.519
outsmarts the other three and I actually think that this

603
00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:35.079
is more of a set up match for an eventual

604
00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:38.240
Wargames match. It takes place in just a couple months

605
00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:41.000
in San Diego for Survivor Series. It would not shock

606
00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:43.119
me if the vision with either one or two more

607
00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:46.240
people maybe like Drew Mcatarre and Logan Paul will be

608
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.680
taking on like Punk jay Uso La Knight and two

609
00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.480
more people attitude. Maybe they add Randy Orton to that,

610
00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.240
Maybe they add Cody Rhodes to that because those are

611
00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:58.839
people who were could be feuding with those folks moving forward.

612
00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:01.039
I actually would have loved Actually, I would love to

613
00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.839
see John seen in this one. Can you imagine like

614
00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:06.599
Punk j Uso, l A Knight, Cody Rhodes and John

615
00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:09.400
Scene instead of Randy Orton signed me up to for that.

616
00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:13.280
So seth Ron's leaves Clash in Paris as a worldweight championship,

617
00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.519
and I think this is a match that you start

618
00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:19.000
to see the sprinkling of the build towards Wargames in

619
00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.000
late November, because this is kind of around the time

620
00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.199
that they started doing that, folks. So there you go.

621
00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.079
There is our Clash in Paris preview and predictions. Thanks

622
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:29.800
to Doctor Trey for submitting his predictions. We will recap

623
00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.800
and review it all for you all on next week's

624
00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:35.880
edition OFFSR to you the first show of September. As

625
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:39.000
the football season is upon us and your boy is

626
00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:42.079
very very happy that Micah Parsons is now a member

627
00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:45.719
of his beloved Kareean Bay Packers. I wanted to open

628
00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:47.239
up with that on this week's to the show. That

629
00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:49.440
was literally going to be my entrance. I just say,

630
00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:52.880
Doctor Trey, can you believe Micah Parsons as a Green

631
00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.960
Bay packer my friend, and then that would take it

632
00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:58.320
from there. Touch Tray, a San Francisco forty Niners fan

633
00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:01.119
would have loved to hear his thoughts. But bigger things

634
00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:04.280
are in order than a trade, as Doctor Trey dealing

635
00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:07.679
with some family stuff right now. With that said, let's

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always sucks doing these shows by myself, but you know,

658
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it is what it is. We got to be there

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for one another. And our thoughts and prayers continue to

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00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.880
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662
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wife's grandfather passing away. So thoughts and prayers and nothing

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So until next week, for Doctor Trey Franklin. I am

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