Sept. 5, 2024

Bash In Berlin & NXT No Mercy Recap and All Out Preview! | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #760 – 9/5/24

Bash In Berlin & NXT No Mercy Recap and All Out Preview! | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #760 – 9/5/24

On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show:

- -- We recap & review "WWE Bash In Berlin!"
- -- We recap & review "NXT No Mercy!"
- -- We look at WWE changing their business model in a massive way!
- -- We preview & predict "AEW All Out!"...

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On this episode of The Still Real to Us Show:

  • -- We recap & review "WWE Bash In Berlin!"
  • -- We recap & review "NXT No Mercy!"
  • -- We look at WWE changing their business model in a massive way!
  • -- We preview & predict "AEW All Out!"
  • -- And could this person be really behind the Jon Moxley angle in AEW?

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It's still.

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Welcome everybody. Welcome to this week's to this in the

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storial the show episode number seven and sixty for September fifth,

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twenty twenty four.

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This is your wa Bash in Berlin.

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And Nixya Mercy Recap and review and aw all Out Preview.

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And Predictions edition of vets are Tea You. I am

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one half the show.

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I am Jeff Peck, joined every single week with my

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one only, doctor Trey Franklin.

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Doctor Trey, I am joining you on the injured list soon,

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my friend.

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Yeah, your year where I was at about three and

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a half months ago. You're you're gonna be down for

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a little bit. I was down for a little bit,

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so uh yeah, this is kind of a you're just

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following my my betrayal High Blade just a while ago.

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Yeah, So personal note for everybody, I'm getting surgery on

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the day that this episode drops. We are actually recording

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a day before, so anything that happens on aw Dynamite

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we are unfortunately missing in regards to the preview predictions

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for aw all Out.

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I'm getting jaw surgery.

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So this maybe the last podcast at least for the

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next maybe couple of weeks where.

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I sound normal per se.

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I've been told I should be able to talk normally

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by you know, once the surgery is is behind me.

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But who knows.

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I mean, I can't imagine I'm gonna have surgery on

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my jaw, doctor Trey that I sound normal, but I

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guess it's possible.

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Well, I'm just I'm kind of excited about this because

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we might come back next week and do you sound

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like a Stern Show whack packer, Like you might sound

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like real Juice or Eric the actor rest in Peace.

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So I'm kind of excited to see how this turns

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out because for years I have always said that Jeff

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sounds like the professional radio host and I sound like

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just the random person they pulled off the street. So

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maybe next week I'll sound a little more professional just

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by proxy of youth sounding like Beetlejuice.

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Yeah, who knows. I mean, it could all be for not.

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Like I said, this is like SRTU goes old, because

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you've got doctor Trey who's recovering from his foot surgery.

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I'm gonna be recovering from a jaw surgery, and they're

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just gonna wheel us both out for next week's podcast

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to talk about all out so it's an action pack weekend.

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It's the NFL starting. That's the one good thing about

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getting surgery is I have, like an legit excuse doctor

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Trey to sit down and watch the Friday night game

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between Mi Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles on Pecock.

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Saturday is all out, and I guess I'll have to

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watch everything from rampage and collision leading into it on

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their Friday night block.

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That smart move there.

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Let's let's have a Friday night block of programming against

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the NFL on a primetime game. Then Saturday night all out.

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Sunday is NFL Week one the rest of it, and

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I guess, I guess, I guess I did the right move.

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I think the only other time that like this may

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have been a really good move for me to get

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surgery and just recover would have been maybe March Madness WrestleMania.

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I don't know.

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Yeah, I mean yeah, I'm trying to think like March

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Madness because of a last thing, you know, basically the

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four day the first the opening round of March Madness.

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You have the four the games on four days straight

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leading in and the sweet six teams. Good WrestleMania weekend.

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If when they do all the shows at once, and

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if you can live stream some of the indies shows

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that are down there, that's a good time. The other

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other time is basically what I did at one point,

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which was when my daughter was born. I was sick,

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so we got home. I couldn't really do anything, so

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the mother in law was there helping out. So maybe

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when the baby was born, Jeff, you could have timed

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it out and then like, oh man, if you're gonna

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be in the hospital a giving birth, I can just

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go ahead and have my jaw surgery and that way

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we're both just down together at the same time.

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Yeah, I mean, this has been something I've been looking for.

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I mean I've been.

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Dealing with this for like four years now. Typical insurance

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shout out the United States. I started this process about

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a year ago. And if you actually go back to

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some of the late twenty twenty three episodes, I had

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talked about like there's gonna be a period of time

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where I'm gonna be out because I figured I would

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be getting it soon. Having a baby definitely delayed that.

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So I'm super stoked for hopefully the recovery moving forward.

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I think you could probably agree to that as well,

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doctor Trey, being that you know, you were dealing with

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foot issues for a while and it's it's like, this

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is how long it's taking for me to get this

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care and get back up on my literal feet. But yeah,

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I mean, I'm I guess I'm pumped for it.

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So I don't know.

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It's the first time I've ever had a really long

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surgery in my life. So there's the last time I

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had surgery was like ten minutes, legitimately ten minutes to

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remove a tumor off my finger. This is gonna be

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about two and a half hour surgery.

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So I'm I'm like fifty to fifty.

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I keep telling everyone I'm nervous, but I'm also like

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relieved at this is the road recovery.

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Now.

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There's also this weird thing like I don't know if

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you've got this where you're just like like a major surgery,

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You're like, oh, I just want to do it. So

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it's off my bucket list. It's not even like a

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good bucket list, just the I've had surgery bucket lists.

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Like when I had my my wrist surgeries four years ago,

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it was just I had never had surgery before, so

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I'm like, all right, cool, yeah, just crossed this one off.

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So when I went in for the foot surgery, the

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pressure was off. I was just like, let's just get

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in there, get a fix, and get out. But uh,

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there's that weird also like hey, you gotta look at

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your wife and go, hey, if something goes wrong, let's

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make sure everything's lined up. Just you have that weird

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nerves that you know, the antisthesiologists might be drunk when

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he walks in and you get overdough. Like there's these

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little weird one off scenarios that play through your head.

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But outside of that, you're just like that first big surgery,

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you're just like cool, Like you're nervous, but you're excited.

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But it's also like I just want to have it

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marked off the list because it's also like an official

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sign that you're getting old.

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Yeah, yeah, that is. That is the official sign of it.

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So yeah, never had anything major. It's funny you bring

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up to think about like having the discussion with the wife,

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because I planned on doing that because you know, why not, like, hey, listen,

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this is where all the this is where my life

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is kept. God forbid something happens. I can't imagine. But

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if this is my last episode of SRTU, Doctor Trey,

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will we'll take it from here. Will be he and

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young Sammy Franklin taking a ball and right with srt

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moving forward. Just the opening of the show will be

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just kind of like what fifteen minutes riffing on Bluie.

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Yeah, or Sammy's just smacking me in the head with

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foreign objects.

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Yeah, that has happened here on the show once or twice.

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One of my favorite sound bites. Any any advice, Doctor Trey,

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that you have for me, since you're you're like a

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veteran of it because being out for two and a

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half hours. My wife has had surgeries and she's like,

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you're you're not going to feel a thing. It's it's

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gonna be totally fine. It's like they put you under

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and then the next time you wake up, it's like, Wow,

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everything's done. Any advice or were Yeah? Words of wisdom,

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I guess.

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So my trick on the last one. So like when

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I did when I had the hand surgeries, I was

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like so nervous, I couldn't sleep, and you know, you

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get the anesthesia, then you're out. You don't you really

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don't remember anything, like I literally remember I had a

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colonoscopy once and literally woke up in a wheelchair talking

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to my dad like wait, how did I get here?

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And how did I get dressed? You know. So now

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the night before surgery, because I tell you not to eat,

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I basically just stay up all night. So that way,

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when it's time to get into the bed, I just

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I'm already half asleep. You don't have to really give

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I'm gonna be a sleepers thing anyway, So just enjoy

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the rest because it's it's the one really good sleep

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a new dad will have in quite a while. As

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we answered, that is a good way to put it.

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Yes, it's a forcible sleep that I've been long needing

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for about two.

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And a half three months. So we'll see.

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We'll see where I'm at on next week's show. The

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streak will continue one way or another, whether it's just

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me saying welcome to SRTU and doctor Trey Riffin for

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sixty minutes on Profession Wrestling, or I believe I'll be

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talking so well, maybe it's just doctor you know, doctor

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Trey Franklin getting hit with a bowl in the head

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from Young Sammy, Let's get into it. WWE Bash in

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Berlin recap review is this past Saturday from the UBA.

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I presume that's how they pronounce in Germany UBA Arena

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in Berlin, Germany. First match here on the card with

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Cody Roads, if Heed and Kevin Owens to retain the

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end of b wach champion chip. We both had Cody

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Roads in this one. I loved the old school focus

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on an injured knee for Cody Rhodes and if Kevin

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Owen still had that Calder instinct to capitalize on the

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injured knee in this match. My only gripe was Rose

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used his knees when Owens went for the swanton prior

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to hitting Crossroads for the pin without selling that he

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used the injured knee as much as I would have liked.

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Other than that, this was a good psychological match. But

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I still find the Cody Roads book and be pretty

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Fanella still and maybe Solicico awaiting the wings helps amp

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Roads up a little more again, Doctor Trey, your thoughts

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on this one? Is Cody Rhodes defeats Kevin Owens?

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Yeah? I was completely with you, Like I was literally

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like he was selling the knee that played the knee

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angle up they did. You know, Owens kicked the knee

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at one point on the outside and they would have

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felt bad about it, couldn't go for the kill. But

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then Cody puts his knees up on the swanton and

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I was like, well, that doesn't make a whole lot

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of sense because the knee should be injured. He should

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have struggled mightily to get over to Owens. I know

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you pick Owens up if your knees basically out, how

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do you even pick the guy up to hit Crossroads?

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So that was my only gripe outside that very good

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technical sound match made a lot of sense. Saw the

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emotion in there, even postmatch, the little like Cody tried

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to raise Kevin's hand and Kevin would let him do it.

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I'm sure we'll get some fallout this week on SmackDown

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to kind of play off of that, the inner turmoil

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of Kevin Oways going forward. But just a good sound match.

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But yeah, Cody's book has been a little bit little

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because the one thing they haven't done SmackDown is build

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up any other credible heels other than New bloodline. And

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if they're gonna be tied up with the Roman for

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a while. You need somebody else. Maybe it's returning shins

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K or something. Who knows. We haven't seen Shinsk or

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aj styles in a while.

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The next match year is Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill

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defeending Alba Fire and eland On to win the WWE

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Women's Tag Team Championship. We both had Bianca and Jade

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winning this one. The title reign for Fire and Dawn

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wasn't great, and I wish wwwe did more with them

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while they had the titles. They did look strong in

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this match, but never felt like they had a legit

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chance beating bel Air and Cargill. I know they kept

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trying to sell car He'll, causing the distraction that caused

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Dawn and Fire to mishitting their finisher, but it looked

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like Cargill missed a spot to pull bell Air out

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from the pennitemp at the end, which has plagued her

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during her wrestling career thus far. There is a rematch

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on this come upcoming edition of Monday Night Raw after

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Alba Fire and eilid On defeated Damage Control to become

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the number one contenders again, which is weird because I

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thought it was rematch clauses, But I digress there, Doctor Trey,

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your thoughts on this one? Is bel Air and Jade

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are back his tag champs?

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because I remember it was probably about four or five

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years ago they said they weren't doing the automatic rematch clauses,

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but then they do it sometimes but then other times

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they don't, so I don't even think they know what

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their rule is. I thought the match. I thought Jay

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did really well in this match, considered where she's been

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at up until the Botcho breakup on the Pennitemp, I

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thought her timing was much better. I thought Fire and

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down when they hit that gory baumb flat liner combo,

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that's been their finisher, and that was the one time

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I thought they might get the win in the match.

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But outside that, you're right, like, I just felt like

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it was gonna be Beyonca and Jade, But you know,

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I like Fire and Dawn. I think they could be

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a really really solid women's tag team once the Beyonca

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Jade split happens. Because I thought that match with Damage

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Control on Money Night was really good as well, so

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I'm actually kind of optimistic about the women's tag division

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once they split Beyonca and Jade.

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Yeah, I don't know.

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I mean, there's there's definitely a lot of opportunity there.

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You've got Zoe Stark, Sonya Deville, Shanya, Shannon Basler, You've

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got Damage Control, You've got Fire in Dawn. You can

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do some pairings on the SmackDown side that could be interesting.

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It's just strange.

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How they're booking bell Air and Jade right now. It's like,

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why did you drop the title in Scotland other than

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to give a hometown pop to Fire and Dawn, And

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then this entire time that they held the titles, it

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just felt like kind of they won the titles very fluky,

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rather than actually defeating bell Air and Jade, which would

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have been a really cool moment.

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Yeah. I like Firo and Down.

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I just would have liked to see in a little

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bit more during their title run and the bell Air

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Cargills storyline. I love the long term of this. I

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think this obviously plays itself out to WrestleMania season for

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WRESTMANI forty one, but I want to see some sort

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of tension soon.

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Right now, it's it's very very friendly, and maybe.

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We start to see that come the next four to

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eight weeks rumble time, it'll.

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Like the next time they drop the titles or something.

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Yeah, which apparently the women's titles are only defended, like

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we only do title changes in Europe because it was France,

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Germany and Scotland the last three times the bell's changed hands.

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Tag Team wrestling on WW right now and wrestling as

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a whole in general, has been a big ripe of mind.

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So once we get past all these pls and pay

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per views going on right now, maybe we'll talk about

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that a little bit. Because in both WE and AW

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they're not great. I think the only place that they're

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shining right now is an NXT in all honesty, which

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is not strange, but you would have liked to see

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in a little bit more because NXC has been known

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in the past have a really strong tag team division.

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Next match here Ceampunk defeating Drew McIntyre and a strap match.

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We both had cmpunk in this one. I love the

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back and forth in this match. The in ring storytelling

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was really well done, and after bashing the usage of

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their friendship bracelet in the SummerSlam match, I thought the

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bracelet was well implemented in the strap match. I sincerely

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hope this is what I wrote on Saturday. I sincerely

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hope that is the end of the Friendship Bracelet to

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presumably end this feud at Bad Blood since they both

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are tied at one apiece. We now know that the

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Friendship bracelet has been destroyed on Raw, with bits and

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pieces of it being slammed in CM Punk's mouse where

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I guess he was actually choking on it. The strap

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match concept is so good when you get a good

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few that can help execute it like this. One really

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really enjoyed this match. Doctor Trey is Ceampunk defeats Drew McIntyre.

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Ye, we enjoyed the match. I thought was well done.

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I thought we kid. It was violent when it needed

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to be violent. It had storytelling when it needed to

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tell more of the story. The GTS is at the

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end of the match, because you know, when you know,

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you go back to Summer Slam. When Punk thought Drew

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was out and got destrated by rons when it cost

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him the match, he made sure Drew wasn't getting up.

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The only thing I don't like about it is maybe

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the light system, like with the green light in the

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red light. I don't know if I liked that. The

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old school ones didn't really have that, but there was

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a throwback in that match. I don't know everybody caught it,

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but it was basically when McIntyre was hitting the corners,

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Punk was falling behind. That was a throwback to I

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think the Eddie jbl Strap match because Eddie did the

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same thing. But overall just very solid. I just I

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don't know if I like the light system for I

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think it's just a little bit too much.

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I think it's good for the crowd at home in

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the renixcuse me and the ones at home to kind

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of follow along, I must admit. I mean, if anything,

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there was like a delay in it, which the announcers

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kept pointing out.

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We said, I love what was like, the line should

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be reset. They're not recent. Why are they not reset?

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It's like, give a second, Michael, the guys just a

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little bit behind you. I mean, there's the layers on.

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The remote control is not working.

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So next match, here is Damian Priest and Reea Ripley

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defeating Dirty Domasterio and Live Morgan in a mixed tag

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team match. We both had the Terror Twins. I had

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the Terror Twins, Doctor Trede, Dirty Dom and Live Morgan.

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This was a really fun mixed tag team match. The

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interference was really well executed in the match, where it

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felt like Ripley and Priests were going to lose. Live's

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offense against Ree continues to put her on Ripley's Ripley's level,

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which will be really good when they have a one

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on one rematch. They are definitely building a Ripley hitting

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the Riptid eventually on dom in the future. As the

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crowd was really into Ripley's offense against Domina in this match,

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it was not nice to see the baby Faces get

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some revenge. Heading to the next few weeks where I

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assume the feud will can continue with Ripley and Live

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and Priests and Baler possibly having matches bad Blood. I

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think the Hell in a Cell, which has been rumored

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for Bad Blood because I think it's a twenty fifth

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anniversary of the first Helen Some between Taker and Shawn

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Michael's of Bad Blood October ninety seven where Cane debuted.

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I think Punk and mcintyrell have one of those matches

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if they go with like a female match. I think

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Ripley and Live would be a really good match to

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put in Hell in the Cell as well. Nonetheless, really

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good mixed tag team match not to try.

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Yeah, this is one of the few mixed tag matches

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I really enjoyed, and I think it's because, like the

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women were getting involved when the men were doing stuff,

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you know. I like when that happened because I really

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and I saw a little bit of on NXT when

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the women just kind of backed down from a guy

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and just play scared him back away, Like it's like, no,

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that's your person you care about. You should be doing

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something to help them, even if you're putting yourself in

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Harmon's way. I think Live and Rhea did a great job.

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Plus it helps that Ria and dom are basically the

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same size. But overall it's a really fun mixed match.

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I still think that I would have had Dominic Live

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get over just for them to increase the anticipation of

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the baby face is getting revenge because it kind of

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felt like fore gone, like Live and Dommer running from

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Ria and Damien. But I understand why they did it,

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because it's a foreign crowd. You want the you want

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the home, you want the good guys at least get

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one good victory on their belts at a bl.

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The Ripley Pops lately they I mentioned on last week's

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podcast that they are stone cold asque folks.

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That is some exciting stuff.

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The minute in her music drop she may be the

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most over professional wrestler in the game right now, which

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is really really cool and very well earned and deserved.

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The main event here is gun Through defeating Randy Orton

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and retained the World Heavyweight Championship. We both had gun

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Through in this one. It was a fundamentally sound match.

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It was a little too long for my liking, but

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it was still a good match that you can appreciate.

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I liked Orton zoning and on injuring Gunther's hand during

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the match, the Limit's ability to utilize as chops. There

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was a match that establishes Gunther's ascension as a main

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event level player in WI and as a strong world

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ofweight up being after defeating Randy Orton in a championship defense,

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Doctor Trey, your thoughts on this one? Has got Through

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retains against Randy Orton?

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Yeah, this was the old school Randy Orton matches where

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it's very technical, very proficient, very sound. In the meeting,

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maybe a little slow, but then you have a really

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great finish at the end. So, uh, this was, like

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I said, prototable Randy Orton match. This is stuff like

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back when he was wrestling seth rawlins at Wrestle Mainey,

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those type of matches when everybody was on Randy about

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being you know, chin lock and headlock Randy Orton. But

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it's matched for these two guys because you guys are

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just great interim technicians. The only thing I didn't like

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is I did once again, it's one of the things

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where like I look at Randy Orton, I'm like, damn,

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I didn't realize how big he had gotten because he

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looked bigger than Gunther, and Randy might be approaching at

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thre hundred pound mark. He's just massive right now. But

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outside of that, it was a little bit of passing

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the torch in a sense too. So just a really fun,

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solid match and a good victory for Gunther for his

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first title defense.

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Pay per view predict record I went five and oh

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Doctor Trey went four and one. Coming out of this one,

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I said at one O two and twenty eight doctor

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Trey's ninety three and thirty seven match of the night

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and event rating.

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I gave Bash and Berlin.

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A solid four point zero and my match of the

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night was Ceampunk and Drew McIntire Doctor Trey.

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What say you?

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Yeah? I was load than you. I was at a

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three point seven. Uh. I had McIntyre and Punk as well.

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I just thought it was a very solid pl E,

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but really not a memorable pl Like, nothing really stood

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out to me other than to Strap Match, and that

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was just for the contrast of it being strap Match

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versus anything else on the show.

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So there you go.

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Bash in Berlin recap review. Feel free to share your

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thoughts over at Facebook dot com, slashest realda show run

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X at SRTU podcast. All right, Doctor Trey, let's get

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into NXT No Mercy recap review. Its came to us

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this past Sunday from the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

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The first match was Nathan Fraser and Axiom defeating Chase

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You to win the NXC Tag Team Championship. I Nathan

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Fraser and Axiom, Doctor Trey and Chase You, I said

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earlier on in the show, and XT may have the

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best tag team matches in all off. We again, this

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is a really good match with the great post match

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segment with Bridge Holland turning on chase you. Fraser and

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Axiom maybe WWE's best tag team in twenty twenty four,

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Doctor Trey, what say you?

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Yeah? Well, I mean really, we kind of mentioned that

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a couple of weeks back when we were talking about

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the midway point of the year show, like Nathan Fraser

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and Axiom might be tag team of the year almost

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by default because they've been together and they've actually been

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active and in feature matches. But yeah, this was a

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this was a fun match, great storytelling for the post match.

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I am kind of surprised that they pulled the trigger

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on the Ridge Holland heel turn and not splitting up

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Nathan Fraser and Axiom first, because that's been teased for

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way longer. But yeah, I mean those guys. You can

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put Fraser in Axium in the ring of that. Anybody

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is great, And with what happened on Tuesday night, I'm

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excited to see Fraser and Axiom against the Rascals.

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00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.160
Speaking of the Rascals, next match is Zachary Wentz defeating

470
00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:03.519
wes Lee. We both had wes Lee in this one.

471
00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:07.519
This is where the WETNA partnership is paying off for TNAS,

472
00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.440
W helped make their newly crowned Ex Division champion look

473
00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:13.480
like an absolute star on a larger stage than he

474
00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:16.240
would have been showcased on in TNA. This match was

475
00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.319
emotional and it was a ton of fun to watch.

476
00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.440
This is a must see NXC match from twenty twenty

477
00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:25.759
twenty four. So far off the charts, chemistry between Wentz

478
00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:28.000
and Lee Doctor Trey. This may be my favorite NXC

479
00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.799
match this year.

480
00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.839
Yeah, it's It's one of these things that we've talked

481
00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:33.559
about in this show many times. When you have two

482
00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.400
guys who are legitimate best friends in the ring, it's

483
00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.680
hard to mess up chemistry. It's like when you and

484
00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:42.319
I talk about Kevin andins his Samy's saying, or guy

485
00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:44.079
like people that you just know or the you know

486
00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.160
people that they just know each other so well that

487
00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.839
you can do whatever you want and know the other

488
00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.079
person is there to take care of you. I mean,

489
00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:53.319
these guys have been friends like and best friends for

490
00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:56.960
like over a decade. So like, I wasn't surprised at

491
00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:59.160
how well the match was. I was surprised with the

492
00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.240
fish because yeah, it's a TNA guy getting a win

493
00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:06.039
over a WWE guy, so a little surprised there, but

494
00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:09.440
once again he's kind of not a TENA guy because

495
00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:12.799
he was an NXC guy also. But yeah, just a

496
00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.759
phenomenal match and this was the best match of the

497
00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.440
weekend I saw.

498
00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:19.599
I totally agree this was the best match from w

499
00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:23.359
WE the entire weekend. Musty match if nobody, if you

500
00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.319
have not seen this match so far, please go out

501
00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.160
of your way and check it out.

502
00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.960
It was phenomenal.

503
00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:30.480
Next match, here is Klonie Jordan defeating Wendy Cheeter retain

504
00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.359
the NXC Women's North American Championship. Eyed Wendy Chew, Dot

505
00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.480
Tree Coloney Jordan. Klonnie Jordan has an incredible innovative offense

506
00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:39.839
has been really putting together as an inn ring performer

507
00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:42.079
as of late. If she continues to grow into a

508
00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.759
good inn ring star, she could be a big time

509
00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.680
player in the WE women's division the next three to

510
00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.079
five years. As for the match itself, I thought it

511
00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:50.119
was a little bit of a letdown and a little clunky,

512
00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:52.480
as it felt like Chew and Jordan did not mesh well.

513
00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:57.599
While the innovative offense is there and really fun to watch. Again,

514
00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:59.359
you could see that Colonne Jordan and someone who has

515
00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:02.200
just started over the last couple of years. But she's

516
00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:04.559
pretty phenomenal for someone who's living wrestling for the last

517
00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:07.200
couple of years. Not sure your thoughts, as Klonnie Jordan retains.

518
00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:10.279
Yeah, watching this match, I had I had Sasha Banks

519
00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:13.400
early NXT flashbacks, Like like toy, she just reminds me

520
00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:16.680
a lot of Sasha, and you know, she's a little

521
00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.880
bigger than Sasha, but the offense is different than what

522
00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:22.119
everybody else is doing, which was what kind of brought

523
00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:26.480
Sasha out, uh back in those days. It just it's

524
00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:29.559
eerily remindiscent of that to me. But yeah, she's she's

525
00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:33.160
going to be a star at some point in this company,

526
00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:36.240
but she's still a little green. When did you I

527
00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.960
like the character, but she's never impressed me in the ring.

528
00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:42.160
So yeah, the match, This was the perfect match to

529
00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:47.000
have follow Lee and Wentz in the sense of it

530
00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.480
allowed you to bring your energy back down to head

531
00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:51.480
towards the finality of the show. So it was kind

532
00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:54.960
of a breather match, uh, in between this and what

533
00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:58.400
we got later on. So just an okay match, But

534
00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:02.240
I'm more amazed that, like they have Rosemary playing like

535
00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:04.799
the second fiddle to Wendy Jukes. To me, Rosemary is

536
00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:07.799
a better wrestler, performer, and character overall.

537
00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:11.039
Yeah, that was interesting the header back on Tuesday's NXT edition.

538
00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:13.880
I'm very happy to see her an INDWW ring, but yeah,

539
00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.279
fans who have been voluntna, I mean, Rosemary has been

540
00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:20.319
a stalwarth for that division for years now, almost like

541
00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:23.599
ten years. I feel like next match is Opa Femi

542
00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:26.880
defeating Tony D'Angelo to retain the NX North American Championship.

543
00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.000
We both had Obafemi.

544
00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.559
This match started really slow and then really started to

545
00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.839
pick up throughout. This match got better as time went

546
00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:35.119
on and was an enjoyable one. I feel like NX

547
00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:37.319
is booking themselves into a corner with Opa because it

548
00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:39.759
feels like you should be elevated to the NX Championship

549
00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:42.720
title picture, but he's booked so dominant that I don't

550
00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.680
know how they get the North American Championship off of

551
00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:47.240
him without taking a loss other than a multiman match.

552
00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.440
This was a good one. The follow up on Tuesday.

553
00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:53.200
Where like you could tell that Tony D'Angelo may be

554
00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:57.240
dealing with confidence issues that may have been more significant

555
00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.839
than the match itself. This has been a really good

556
00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.000
couple of days for the storyline between Obafema and Tony D'Angelo.

557
00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.759
Doctor Trey, your thoughts on this one.

558
00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:08.640
Yeah, I enjoyed the match because you most big guy,

559
00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:11.200
big guy matches. CARDA start off slow, but then they

560
00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:13.559
started getting really hard hitting towards the middle in the end,

561
00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:16.359
So this was right up my alley for these kind

562
00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:20.640
of matches. The storyline stuff is really well done because

563
00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.640
you know, you got Tony D losing the Heritage Cup

564
00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:25.519
now not winning the North American title, so that could

565
00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.519
play into it. But it's funny to me, like we

566
00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:30.039
talked about Tony D. Tony D is on my favorite

567
00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.680
people are watching NXT, and two years ago I couldn't

568
00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.480
stand watching him in XT, so Tony D has really

569
00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.480
really grown on me over these last two years. So

570
00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.799
just good work for both these guys with that match

571
00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.039
at No Mercy.

572
00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:46.000
Next match here is Roxanne Perez defeating Jada Parker to

573
00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:49.400
retain the NXC Women's Championship. We both had Roxanne Perez

574
00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:51.759
in this one. I'm a big believer in the ceiling

575
00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:54.279
that Jada Parker will have on the NXC brand. She

576
00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:56.480
has the confidence in herself and her character to.

577
00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.640
Be a big star in Tobyo Wee.

578
00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.880
As she continues to grow as an end ring performa

579
00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:02.359
matches against people like Roxane Perez, she will continue to

580
00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:04.839
get better as time goes on. This match was very

581
00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:07.000
good and the crowd was really into it. The NXC

582
00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.039
Women's Division enters into a next chapter as Julia makes

583
00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:13.079
her long awaited rumored debut in NXC and has her

584
00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:16.000
eyes set on Roxan Perez moving forward, which is pretty exciting.

585
00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:19.319
They close out NXC television this past Tuesday saying you

586
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.480
me CW. So it looks like those two will be

587
00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:25.240
battling out. I expect a Julia Chelsea Green match to

588
00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.799
be taking place soon as well.

589
00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.839
Heading into that one.

590
00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:32.119
All that aside the Julia rox and Press stuff, I

591
00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:34.119
don't want to lose sight that I really think Jada

592
00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:36.880
Parker is going to be a big star in we

593
00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.000
at some point. I really enjoy her character development, her

594
00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.000
in ring work, her character, her confidence.

595
00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.960
It is phenomenal. This was a fun one.

596
00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.160
Doctor Trey's rox and Prez retains the NXC Women's Championship.

597
00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.759
Yeah, it reminded me a lot of the Roxanne Lolo

598
00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:51.720
vice match from a couple of months ago, whereas, like,

599
00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.200
is Jada ready to leave the division? Probably not yet,

600
00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:59.160
but she's getting close. So this is the way to

601
00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:01.880
kind of make her look like, hey, she's really close

602
00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:04.880
to being on a Roxannes level, but Roxanne is still

603
00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:09.319
the benchmark for the women's division. So good showing for Jada.

604
00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:13.480
Strong match for Roxanne again, because I mean, rox San's

605
00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:15.240
a lot like Alexa Bliss back in the day, where

606
00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.880
Alex is so much smaller than everybody else, you kind

607
00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.160
of have to up the intensity at times, and I

608
00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:22.759
think she does a good job of that. That Juliet

609
00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.880
payoff is great. I love that the fact of the

610
00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:28.279
crowd was like into it as well, because she didn't

611
00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.599
have to really be intered. There's no vignettes for Julie.

612
00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:34.440
There haven't been any real promotion for her coming. It

613
00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.480
was here she is, and the crowds like, oh, we

614
00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:38.680
know who she is, We're excited. Like, I love that

615
00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:41.880
payoff for it, so, uh, just just good work all around,

616
00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:45.400
like solid, you know, but you know, solid solid Women's

617
00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.880
title match.

618
00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.519
Basically next match, here's Ethan Page defeeding Joe Hendrid Retain

619
00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.359
the NXC champion.

620
00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.839
You both had Ethan Page in this one.

621
00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:55.119
I've always enjoyed Ethan Page's work, but he's really coming

622
00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.240
into his own on NXC and a short amount of time,

623
00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:00.400
as he is that throwback old school heel that we

624
00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:02.759
tend to not see often in wrestling nowadays. Instead of

625
00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:05.279
being this cool heel who gets cheered, he comes off

626
00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.880
as an egotistical prick that the fans really can't stand,

627
00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:11.119
and that is making for an improved NXC Championship title picture.

628
00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.640
I don't want to lose sight.

629
00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:15.319
That a TNA wrestler was in the main event ur

630
00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:18.400
an a title match on a wple and Joe Hendry

631
00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.000
was the right guy to serve in that role. I

632
00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:22.599
have totally understood why there was an underground swell popularity

633
00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.839
for Henry is the extremely likable wrestler to get behind,

634
00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.759
who I hope we get to see more of an NXT.

635
00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:30.759
This was another example of how the w partnership has

636
00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:34.119
really benefited TNA just as much as NXC has benefited

637
00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:37.279
from it, Doctor Trey, your thoughts as Ethan Page retains.

638
00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:40.920
Yeah, I liked it because it's like it's Ethan Page

639
00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:43.880
getting a title victory over somebody who's not curlyller the rosters.

640
00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:47.240
You don't hurt anybody it's on the roster. But he's

641
00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:51.559
getting a win overname in a really cool crossover match.

642
00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:54.880
So Joe Henry super over makes the crowd hate Ethan

643
00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:58.279
Page even more. Ethan Page is like if the Miz

644
00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.759
and Bobby Rude had a baby, Like he's just lands

645
00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.920
like right in the middle of those two guys where

646
00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:06.920
he's he's a cool enough guy that you want to like,

647
00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.920
but he's just enough of a dick that makes you

648
00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:12.839
hate him. And he's you can see the confidence in him,

649
00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:17.319
Like the diff between him now and him in tb

650
00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:19.799
aw Is Night and Day, Like this is what we

651
00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:21.759
were seeing Ethan Page and TNA when he was just

652
00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.839
super confident, super arrogant. The ring work was, you know,

653
00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:28.640
really good. It's just that throwback. He'll, I mean, Ethan Page.

654
00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:32.480
He may never be a WWE World Champion, but Ethan

655
00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:34.720
Page is a strong guy to have as a US Champion,

656
00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:37.200
Renter Connell champion down the line. He's just that kind

657
00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.799
of person at the crowdsman to hate and love the

658
00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:41.079
Bill Baby faces off of Yeah, I've.

659
00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:43.920
Really, really enjoyed his work on NXC television. Always been

660
00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.920
a fan of Ethan Page. But it's like really coming

661
00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.839
through the screen ass of late. It's it's like this

662
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:50.960
throwback eighty seal that I'm really digging. Uh paper view

663
00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.480
prediction record from No Mercy. We both went four and

664
00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:55.119
two coming out of this. I'm one oh six and

665
00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:58.319
thirty Doctor Trade ninety seven and thirty nine a match

666
00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:00.720
of the night in event rating, he gave No Mercy

667
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.319
a three point eight out of five. My match to

668
00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:06.960
night No shock here Zachary Wentz and Wes Lee Doctor Treysau.

669
00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.960
I was a little bit lower. I was three point

670
00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:11.119
six and it was Winston Lee for me as well.

671
00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:14.640
So there you go our No Mercy recap and review.

672
00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:18.480
Three point eight, three point six Wentz and Wesley both

673
00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.119
match of the night. And now we want to continue

674
00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.200
with some w stories here because Doctor Trey, there is

675
00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:30.559
a major business model change with World Wrestling Entertainment that

676
00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.480
I never thought we would see. And it's part influence

677
00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:37.559
from AW, part influence from the changes over with the

678
00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:43.559
TKO UFC merger, and that is w's change to curbing

679
00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:48.079
their house show schedule coming up here, and this comes

680
00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:50.519
to us from both Wrestling Inc. And Sean Ross app

681
00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:53.880
at Fightful Select. WWE is looking to make a big

682
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.720
change when it comes to their live events, which is

683
00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:59.799
hosting almost no shows in the United States until after Christmas.

684
00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:03.640
They have a show coming up on September twenty eighth

685
00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:07.079
in Columbus, Georgia, and then in Hutsville, Alabama, Doctor Trey's

686
00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:09.640
Backyard on September twenty ninth. They have a UK tour

687
00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:12.680
in October November, and that's it for live events until

688
00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:16.079
after Christmas. This is a change of pace. W stars

689
00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:18.200
are going to be able to be home during the

690
00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:21.200
week when they're not on television, home on the weekends.

691
00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:25.400
And this is a huge story to me because I

692
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.759
did not think we would ever see the day where

693
00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:32.000
we would be limiting their house show schedule, But here

694
00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.119
we are, Doctor Trey.

695
00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:36.880
I love the move. What is the influence behind this?

696
00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:41.279
Is this aw influence so that they can attract more

697
00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.240
wrestlers to give them.

698
00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.720
Some time off?

699
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:47.440
Is this tko UFC endeavor merger influence?

700
00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.640
Here?

701
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:51.000
Is this Triple H's influence. What's your thoughts here on

702
00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.400
the house show schedule? Do you like the move and

703
00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.680
where does it all stem from.

704
00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:58.400
I think it's a combination of all three. I know

705
00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:02.319
that's not really a great answer, but I think part

706
00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:04.920
of it is, you know, hey, AAW's got a very

707
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:09.200
limited road schedule. You know, some of these towns also

708
00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:12.240
aren't doing great financially in the South. There's not a

709
00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:15.319
lot of disposable income to head out to a house show,

710
00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:18.680
So are you really making a profit. But if you're

711
00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:21.400
a free agent wrestler and you're like, oh, I can

712
00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.680
work six days a month in AW or I got

713
00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:27.039
to work twenty four in WWE for the same amount

714
00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:29.640
of money you take the six days, it just makes

715
00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:33.240
more sense. So hey, limiting that let's wear and tear,

716
00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.799
you know on those guys. I think part of it

717
00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.400
is also the TKO because they also look at as

718
00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:42.279
we're a television if you look at the Plee as

719
00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.960
a movie, We're like, we're in that kind of business.

720
00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:49.200
So hey, if we can maximize our profits off these shows,

721
00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:52.279
then we don't need the house show so much. UFC

722
00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:55.319
doesn't really do a house show scheduling tour. I mean,

723
00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:59.160
if they do, I've never heard of it. So does WWE.

724
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.599
You really need do it if they're doing more TV

725
00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:04.119
and p Elisa, and a part of it is also

726
00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.200
the Triple H bar. As a former full time on

727
00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:10.239
the road wrestler, he knows what's like to be on

728
00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:12.599
the holiday season where you're gone and you don't get

729
00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:15.639
to see your family through Thanksgiving and Christmas. I mean

730
00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.639
that was I remember back when Matt Hardy was in

731
00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.760
WW and Revey Hardy made a big deal about them

732
00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:23.519
finally having a Christmas off for the first time in

733
00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:26.639
forever because they never had one before. So I think

734
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.840
it's a combination of all those things just kind of

735
00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:32.840
coming together where it's like, Hey, if our most important

736
00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:35.599
product is the talent on our roster, we need to

737
00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:38.719
keep them as healthy and happy as possible. Hey, let's

738
00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:42.559
give them a break through the holidays, and then hey

739
00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:44.760
start fresh in twenty twenty five, And it'll be interesting

740
00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.719
with the road schedule is coming out of January and

741
00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:49.639
February and see if it goes back to the way

742
00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.480
it's been or if this is the model they hold

743
00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.239
on to going forward into twenty twenty five.

744
00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.719
What do you hope they do.

745
00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.320
A little bit of both? Like I want the guys

746
00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.840
like really, like do you need to run five? How

747
00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.679
like was it like typically is what they do two

748
00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:07.679
TVs in three house shows a week.

749
00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:11.119
Yeah, they would run like it was more starting with

750
00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.360
the SmackDown loops. So they would start Friday with SmackDown,

751
00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:17.519
Saturday Sunday live events, and then Monday television for RAW.

752
00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.119
I think that's what they were basically doing. I don't

753
00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:21.760
think they were doing Thursday or Tuesday live events anymore.

754
00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:26.119
Yeah, I mean, and really i'd like, I mean, it's

755
00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.480
hard to bounce it out with one with one live

756
00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:31.360
I mean, you have two different touring companies, but really like,

757
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.599
let them do TV. Let them do like one house

758
00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:35.639
show for the week or maybe two at the most,

759
00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:38.000
and then I like a three day work week and

760
00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.599
then a four day off, cause two of those days

761
00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.920
are going to be traveling enough, so at least gives

762
00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:45.719
you a five day work week and two days of rest.

763
00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.199
So that to me would kind of be like that way,

764
00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:50.880
you're still getting your house shows into your smaller towns

765
00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:54.199
that don't get pl s and stuff like that, like

766
00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:58.159
a Huntsville, you know, like even Birmingham doesn't get that

767
00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:01.119
many raws or spent like one a year might come

768
00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:06.239
to Birmingham, but the house shows allow those small towns,

769
00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:08.639
those little smaller areas that shows don't go to to

770
00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.880
still see them. But you know, do one TV, two

771
00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:14.719
house shows, and then four days off, two for travel

772
00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.440
and two for actual rest. I think that'd be a

773
00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.119
kind of a happy media.

774
00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:22.000
As a fan wrestling fan, I'm more inclined to want

775
00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:25.159
to go see a live television or pl raw or

776
00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:29.159
SmackDown rather than a house show, unless it was like

777
00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.480
in this, like very intimate venue that I live near

778
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:33.760
or something like that. But the likelihood that I go

779
00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:36.719
to a live event is few and far between nowadays.

780
00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.760
I've never really a house show guy.

781
00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:42.199
I've only been theoretically one, and that ended up airing

782
00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.679
on the WE network when they were live from MSG

783
00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.719
in twenty fifteen. And I went for that one because

784
00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:49.639
I wanted to see Lesner live, and that was one

785
00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:51.119
of those cases I wanted to go to MSG on

786
00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.519
Saturday and I wanted to see Lesner, and I went

787
00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.159
to the show and then.

788
00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:57.320
They ended up airing on the network. I love the move.

789
00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:59.679
I think it's the right thing to do physically and

790
00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.639
me to leave. For the performers, I think that they

791
00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:04.679
absolutely need a break. They should be able to see

792
00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.480
their kids grow up. If they have families, they should

793
00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.880
be able to live normal lives.

794
00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.880
And I love this move.

795
00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:13.480
I think this is great and it will be very

796
00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:17.159
intriguing to see what the type of business model will

797
00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:20.039
be in twenty twenty five. Is this the norm or

798
00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.920
is this just something that they tend to do maybe

799
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.159
once a year to give everyone a breakhead into their

800
00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:29.199
busy season because once the holidays come, they're heading into

801
00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:33.119
Russelining forty one season and it's going to be NonStop

802
00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:36.039
from televisions and pls. And do they really need to

803
00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:39.199
add house shows in there to help their business.

804
00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:42.119
Line, you know, on their revenue even more.

805
00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.679
I don't think so. I think it's more important to

806
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:46.920
keep these guys and girls healthy. And this is a

807
00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:50.519
move I never thought i'd see happen, and it's awesome.

808
00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.000
I think it's great for the performers. I'm really really

809
00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:55.239
happy for him. It reminds me of like twenty twenty

810
00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.599
when it was a pandemic and I was like, this

811
00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:58.400
is they can actually see their kids grow and they

812
00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:01.800
can hang out with their families due to a pandemic.

813
00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.039
That was like the one good thing that came out

814
00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:07.159
of a COVID nineteen pandemic for performers is they just

815
00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:08.920
had a show up for television and that was it.

816
00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.719
So we'll see if this business model continues going forward.

817
00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:14.079
I hope so as a wrestling fan, because I think

818
00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.440
all the performers deserve it due to all the miles

819
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.880
of travel that they put on and wear and tear

820
00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.519
in their bodies throughout the year. And I think this

821
00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.000
is going to pay off in the long run for WWE,

822
00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.400
and it'll be more attractive for wrestlers to sun with

823
00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:32.360
w NOW over their competitors such as AW. Speaking of AW,

824
00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:35.239
Doctor Trey, we have AW all out previewing predictions this

825
00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:38.159
Saturday from the Now Arena in Chicago, Illinois. As you

826
00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.920
and I record this show, we only have six matches announced.

827
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:43.400
I'm sure there will be four to five more that

828
00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:47.039
AW will be announcing here in the coming days. Let's

829
00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.800
look at the first match here, as Willow night Andale

830
00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.760
will be taken on christ at Lander in a Chicago

831
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:56.159
street fight for the CMLL World Women's Championship. I feel

832
00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:00.519
like Night Andes like dominated this feud so far, so

833
00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.840
I'm going to go with Chris Statlander to become the

834
00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:06.119
new CMMO World Women's Champion and win the Chicago Street Fight.

835
00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:10.599
Yeah, that's always tough because Willow pick the stipulations. It's

836
00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:14.719
her title, but it's not an AEW title. Does CMLL

837
00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:18.679
authorize them to make the switch. I'm kind of agreeing

838
00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:20.679
with you. Like when there's a street fight, that means

839
00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.679
other people can get involved, which is a stoke we

840
00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:25.840
Hathaway getting involved in helping stat Lander get the win.

841
00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.400
So I'm taking stat Lander to win too, even though

842
00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:31.519
it kind of defies the logic because of all the

843
00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.760
things I just mentioned.

844
00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:36.400
Next match here is MJF taking on Daniel Garcia Doctor Trey.

845
00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.239
Who do you like in this one?

846
00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.320
Uh?

847
00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:40.960
Once again kind of tricky because you want Garcia to

848
00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:43.880
stay hot, but you just had MJF lose to Osbreak.

849
00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:46.800
Can you have MJF lose back to back matches? I

850
00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:49.559
don't think so I'm taking MJF to win by hook

851
00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.639
er by Cruk. Yeah.

852
00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.480
I have the same thought process as you.

853
00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.519
I really want to pick Daniel Garcia, but there is

854
00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:57.320
obviously some contract stuff going up, and more importantly the

855
00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:59.840
point that you made Doctor Trey. I can't see MGF

856
00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:03.360
losing back to back pay per view matches. Next match here,

857
00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.679
and I guess this is going to be the main event.

858
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.639
Swerve Strickland we be taken on Hangman Adam Page in

859
00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.679
a steel cage match.

860
00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:10.480
I am really looking forward to this one.

861
00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:13.320
They have really honed in that Swerve Strickland has defeated

862
00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.320
Hangman Adam Page every single time. Therefore, I'm going to

863
00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:18.679
take the Hangman to win this one over Swerve Doctor Trey.

864
00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:21.800
Yeah, but once again, this is tricky because you just

865
00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:25.599
had Swerve lose to Brian Danielson. Can you have Swerve

866
00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:29.559
loose two in a row, but can you have Hangman

867
00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:31.559
lose three in a row to Swerve? So I'm kind

868
00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:34.159
of with you. I'm kind of taking Hangman here just

869
00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:37.199
so we can get one on the board. Uh. But

870
00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:39.440
it's to me this is a flip of the coin

871
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.119
of how they book this.

872
00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:45.360
Next match is Mercedes Monette defending the AWTBS Championship her

873
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:46.960
car Oshita Dot Trey.

874
00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.840
Who do you like in this one?

875
00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:51.400
Mercedes Monet because she makes like three million dollars a year.

876
00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.440
Yeah, and that also has to go with like the

877
00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:55.599
way that Shida has been booked for like the last

878
00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:58.599
two years. It's It's very like red hot and then cold,

879
00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.119
red hot and then cold on TVs for a while

880
00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:03.880
than not, So I'm gonna go with Mercedes Monet as well.

881
00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:07.639
Next match is Will Ospray defend the AW International Champion

882
00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.199
against Pac.

883
00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.840
I'm gonna take Will Ospray in this one. I think

884
00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.639
this is leading.

885
00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:14.639
Towards Ricochet versus Osprey for Wressell Gem in October. They

886
00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:17.159
were teasing that on Dynamite last week. So I'm gonna

887
00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:18.880
take Will Osprey to get the victor over Pak and

888
00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:20.519
what's gonna be a very very fun match.

889
00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:24.480
I'd love to see Pawk, Ospray, and Ricochet in a

890
00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:26.440
three way, just because their names kind of all rhyme

891
00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:29.320
together too. They kind of fit. But yeah, like I mean,

892
00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:31.320
you put the three three of the best high flyers

893
00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:33.280
of our generation the ring of onans on, that'll be great.

894
00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:36.400
But yeah, this to me is leading to Ricochet and Ospray.

895
00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.039
So and Pac just got a belt, so we don't

896
00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:41.920
need POC two belts. POC one belt is fine, So

897
00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:44.119
I'll take Osprey to get the win and retain the title.

898
00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:47.360
Next match here is Brian Danielson defending the AW World

899
00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:50.679
Champion against TNT champion Jack Perry, Doctor Trey.

900
00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.639
Who do you like in this one?

901
00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:55.400
I hate AW for booking this match because I don't

902
00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.760
know how you how you pull this match off without

903
00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:02.559
it pissing somebody so because you just had Jack Perry

904
00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:06.039
defeat Darby in a casket match, but now you're putting

905
00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:08.480
against Brian Answer who just won the belt. I'm taking

906
00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:10.719
Danielson just because it makes the most sense to me,

907
00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:14.320
but it is really confusing to put these two in

908
00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.440
the ring at a PLA when you just had them

909
00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:18.480
both get kind of career defining victories.

910
00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:20.760
I'm gonna take Brian Danielson as well, and I do

911
00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.840
feel like this is a big fu to anybody who

912
00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:26.960
has been against AW creatively, like myself. When it comes

913
00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:29.159
to Jack Perry. Putt him in the main event or

914
00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:31.559
one of the main event matches title match World title

915
00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:34.920
match in Chicago where he has obvious heat already with

916
00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:38.280
fans who are cmpunk fans. But I think AW fans

917
00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:40.400
at this point probably don't give a crap anymore and

918
00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:43.679
probably put that behind him. But expect seem punk chants

919
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:48.360
during this match. Yeah, I mean, Jack Perry has been

920
00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:51.559
booked extremely well. I still have not bought into the

921
00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:55.760
Jack Perry character. I look forward to Brian Danielson defeating

922
00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:58.800
him and retain the AW World Championship on Saturday night,

923
00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:00.760
and then is AW all Out. We will recap and

924
00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:04.519
review it on next week's show, and we'll obviously have

925
00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:07.079
more matches that we'll probably discuss because it is an

926
00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:09.880
AW pay per view and they are not going into

927
00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:12.800
it with six matches only for a four hour show,

928
00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:16.519
so that will all be recapped on September twelfth, and

929
00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:21.239
then finally, Doctor Trey. There was the John Moxley angle

930
00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:24.360
on Dynamite that played out last week where he came

931
00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:29.159
out said it wasn't your company anymore. Marina Shaffer helped

932
00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:32.159
him out in a backstage vignette take out some security guards,

933
00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:35.599
and the Twitter account or x account of Wrestle Votes

934
00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:39.000
at Wrestle Votes tweeted out something and whenever Wrestle Votes

935
00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:42.280
tweet something out, I listen. I had no idea where

936
00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:44.639
this angle was going. We briefly discussed it on last

937
00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:47.840
week's edition in the show. Seemed to be intrigued with

938
00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:51.440
where Moxley was going, and I saw this tweet, I'm like, boy,

939
00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.880
this is really interesting. So rest of Votes tweeted out

940
00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:58.719
a photo of John Moxley as Dean Ambrose and he

941
00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:00.800
is holding the innercount in the World Championship and he

942
00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.599
has his hand on the face of his former boss

943
00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:10.920
and SmackDown General general Manager Shane McMahon, and Russell Vokes tweeted, could.

944
00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:15.599
It be question mark? Question mark? Hashtag AW Dynamite Doctor Trey?

945
00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.440
Is this the answer?

946
00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:21.119
So where this angle is going? Is this Moxley stuff

947
00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:23.480
leading to Shane McMahon appearing in AW?

948
00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:29.559
It's very possible, like when when I still it's one

949
00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:31.559
of those things where I'll see when, I'll believe it

950
00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:34.920
when I see it. But it is very like that

951
00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:38.679
comment and everything else is like okay, because you also

952
00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.039
remember like not only is he made the comment to

953
00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:44.719
Tony Shavanni, who's not only the announcer, but he's also

954
00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:48.760
the head of talent relations or cohead of talent relations

955
00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:53.760
with Christopher Daniels. It's it's just very very easy. And

956
00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:58.519
then British Affair former NXT wrestler like, could this be

957
00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:03.320
the invasion angle you always wanted? I mean, is this

958
00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.559
where we're going? It's really kind of interesting to see

959
00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:09.159
where this goes. Because you know, last week we said

960
00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:11.599
is Mox in the BCC? Is he out of the BCC?

961
00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:15.480
There was really no talk about it is pocket a Philly,

962
00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:17.480
Like we did not understand how this whole thing is

963
00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:20.960
gonna play out because there was no breakup with the BCC.

964
00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:24.920
Mox just took time off, you know, to heal and

965
00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:27.119
do his Japanese stuff. So it's kind of like, it's

966
00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:29.199
just interesting that they're just kind of started this thing

967
00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:33.360
fresh out of nowhere with no context. But hey, these

968
00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:35.440
kind of storylines are what we kind of dig because

969
00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:37.239
we want to see where stuff like this goes.

970
00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:42.760
Yeah, when Wressell votes tweets, I listen and either he

971
00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:46.400
knows something or she knows something we don't know, or

972
00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:50.800
he or she knows something then or is just pontificating

973
00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.559
like could this be what this is leading towards? I

974
00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:57.239
tend to think that Wreussell votes know something we don't know,

975
00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.199
and that is pretty damn excited if it is Seae McMahon.

976
00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:05.000
So there is an episode of Dynamite airing tonight as

977
00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:07.199
Doctor Trey and I are recording this podcast this week,

978
00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:10.480
doing it a day early. So yours truly doesn't have

979
00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:12.880
to do it under anesthesia on Thursday night and have

980
00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:14.599
no idea what the hell's going on the world professional

981
00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:17.159
wrestling with the hell that would make a fun podcast.

982
00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:20.280
But nonetheless, we'll see if there's some more tea leaves

983
00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:23.440
that are pointing to the money. Here comes the money

984
00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:26.039
in all Eat Wrestling, and then my brain will be

985
00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:28.639
officially broken, Doctor Trey. If Sea McMann and Jack Perry

986
00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:32.159
are on the same wrestling roster, yeah.

987
00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.679
That's uh yeah, I don't I don't know how you

988
00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.679
would handle that. But then again, I have Mercedes Bonney

989
00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:40.840
and Jack Perry and then potentially Seane McMahon on the

990
00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:42.519
same run. So there you go.

991
00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:45.559
There is everything from this week of the world of

992
00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:48.639
professional wrestling. With that Sedley close up shop on this

993
00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:50.559
week's sition and show and get some plugs and sponsor

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of the way. You can down the show every Thursday

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or Friday at Real Guy Radio dot com, wrestle Chatting

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999
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on X for myself at SRTU Jeff and for doctor

1000
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1001
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show on x AT SRT podcast. With that being said,

1002
00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:12.719
what's going on the wonderful world of Doctor Doctor Trey

1003
00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.960
Franklin this week.

1004
00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:17.119
Doctor Frank Treylan. That's gonna be my new uh, my

1005
00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:17.519
new name.

1006
00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:19.440
You would think I was already under anesthesia.

1007
00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:25.199
Well with it Frank dreven from The Naked Gun. Yeah,

1008
00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:27.800
Detective Frank Drevens. That might that might be where I

1009
00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:29.880
go with this name next. But uh, you're right now.

1010
00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:31.800
You can find me on x AT the Doctor Trey.

1011
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You can find me on Instagram and Facebook. Just check

1012
00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.079
out Doctor Trey Franklin. When you're on Facebook, be sure

1013
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to check out Rockets City Championship Wrestling, who I'll be

1014
00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:44.360
back with this coming Saturday. Uh, Spartan Championship Wrestling where

1015
00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:47.360
I was at last Saturday. And the newest promotion I'll

1016
00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:49.039
be working with here in the next few weeks is

1017
00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:51.960
Game Time Wrestling here out of Alabama as well. So

1018
00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:55.800
Doctor Tray Franklin going from not being able to walk

1019
00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:58.199
to now working in three different promotions in the matter

1020
00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:01.280
of three weeks. So uh, getting back out there on

1021
00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:04.360
the indie scene to see what talent is available, so

1022
00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:06.199
that way you can go out and check out your

1023
00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:08.679
local talent, so that way you two can find the

1024
00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:10.360
next one hundred and fifty pound guy to hold the

1025
00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:12.440
title belt in a major professional wrestling company.

1026
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Go support other great things that support the story of

1027
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this show, and go out there and support doctory of

1028
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in that area and go up there, say hi, let

1030
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them know you, listen to SRTU, and spread the word

1031
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of SRTU as again.

1032
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We will be back next week on the twelfth.

1033
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To recap and review everything from aw all out and

1034
00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.840
who knows how I'll sound.

1035
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So that'll be fun.

1036
00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:39.840
We'll have some surgery updates here and two banged up

1037
00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:43.719
podcasting hosts who've had surgery this year and are feeling

1038
00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:47.760
their age suddenly. We'll be back at it with you

1039
00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:51.199
to recap and review yet again another pay per view

1040
00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:55.360
and pl for the world of professional wrestling. So until

1041
00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:58.199
next week for Doctor Franklin, I am Jeff Peck.

1042
00:48:58.280 --> 00:48:59.400
Thank you for joining us.

1043
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This has been hopefully not my last edition of the

1044
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Story Lass Show.