Bron Breakker OUT of WrestleMania 42?! WWE Facing Internal Backlash | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #835 – 2/12/26

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It's still real to be damaged!

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Wooo! Welcome everybody! Welcome to this week's This and This, this is the

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real-est show episode where 835 from Premier League's bulk, 2026. Welcome to

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this week's edition of SRTU. I am one half the show. I am Jeff Packley joined

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every single week with my coach along with Dr. Craig Franklin. Dr. Trey, you

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said it before the show we are 105 years old as a show in dog years. My friend.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that qualifies us for podcast AARP. I mean in theory like

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you and I could just say screw we're retiring tomorrow because we got 105 years

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and we could leave our gloves in the ring, leave our boots in the ring and just

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walk away. We had 105 year run man. I mean in dog years which even in human years,

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15 years, like I think we've said many times, we've outlasted like so many

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celebrity marriages. It's unreal. Yeah, no it actually it's funny enough. I mean next

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week will be the 60th anniversary of the still-real-est show.

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debuted February 20th 2010 and here we are February 12th, 2026 still going.

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I mean still talk about professional wrestling and yeah, I probably wouldn't

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ever guest 60 almost 16 years ago Dr. Trey that I'd still be doing this podcast and

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B, there would be enough professional wrestling for nearly every single day of the week.

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Yeah, it's also like there is a little bit of like you and I by nature are both

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people, pleasers and I don't think either what I think we both have these internal

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conversations with ourselves are like how much longer we want to go but the

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flip side of that is you and I are such you know good friends that we also don't

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want to let the other person down so we just kind of keep doing it no matter what

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but yeah, I mean the fact that like you know almost 16 years ago we had

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professional wrestling two nights a week you know and that was it and now we're

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running six days a week and usually on the seventh day God does it even

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rest because we might get an AEW paper you the last six and a half hours.

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Yeah, it's it's insane. It's insane. A lot has changed. We'll look back at 16

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years of SRT you in next week's edition of the show as we celebrate. We did

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mention at the start of the show Dr. Trey we figure we're about 105 years old as

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a podcast in dog ears and we got some unfortunate news this week Dr. Trey as the

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dog face Gremlin's son, Braun Breaker could be missing WrestleMania 42

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according to reports Braun Breaker was hurt during last Monday's Raw when he

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flipped the table over obviously on WWE Raw they said that it was during training

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nobody could actually pinpoint exactly he is getting surgery for a hernia and

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it's not like your normal hernia where it's like three months like this is a

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pretty severe surgery he received and I think like typical turnaround is about

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six months and there's currently no timetable for his return at the moment

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obviously with the way the WWE is going nowadays with unreal airing on Netflix I

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don't leave out the realm of possibility that in a month's time we could be sitting

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here and going well thank God Braun Breaker's back but as fans of Braun Breaker as

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people that have admired Braun Breaker's work since his career started on

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NXT 2.0 on television he is someone that you could easily earmark as one of

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the next big stars in WWE we you know moving forward for the next part of this

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decade and he was in line for a pretty prominent role at this year's

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WrestleMania this is a major bummer Dr. Trey I feel bad for the kid I feel bad for

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the guy hopefully he is back sooner rather than later and they are able to get

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him into a WrestleMania spotlight but here we are Braun Breaker potentially

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missing WrestleMania 42 your thoughts on the dog face grandma and son I mean the

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the table strikes again I mean it's crazy that you know in the last I mean

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really I mean you go back to JD McDonough's injury and now this injury those new

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tables seem to be causing a few more injuries than the old announced tables did

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it just sucks for Braun Breaker because like you said it was featured for a

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prominent role great storyline with the vision you know and we also saw them

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kind of like I don't know if you say plant the seeds of maybe some dissents with

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the way that the other members of the vision we're looking at Braun when they

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were trying to control him a couple weeks ago that appears in the ring you know

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after the rumble like it was progressing smoothly and for really I and

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correct me if I'm wrong or Jeff this is kind of his first significant injury

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since he came to WWE so it's kind of weird that it came from busting up a table

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of all things it's not an in-ring accident it's not a training accident it was a

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table accident so it's just so just unfortunate that it happened at this time of

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year in that situation and you're just like man like it's such because like you

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and I were talking about going back to January in December when we're doing our

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WrestleMania prediction cars like you and I were like man he could be in there

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with Roman he could be in there with Brock he could be in there with Seth he could

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be in there with punk like we you thought that he might be you know WWE World

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Champion walking into WrestleMania because you kind of thought he might beat

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punk on that first Netflix so just really unfortunate injury and timing for

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Braun Breaker but as we've all seen he's a freak athlete so I kind of

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expect him to bounce back sooner rather than later so there's a layer of this

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story that I myself have just pieced together and this is pure speculation

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there's nothing out there that is saying otherwise but late last week after we

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recorded the podcast I think it was Friday down on radio row at the Super Bowl

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there was obviously a viral clip going around of Seth Rollins and MJF talking to

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one another AW World Champion MJF big WWE guy Seth Rollins interacting with one

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other and there was a lot of pleasantries it appeared based off of how they were

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talking with one another that it was more than likely the first time they'd ever

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met I mean obviously these guys aren't like best friends they were very

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cordial nice complimentary one another and those those shots were captured by

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people in attendance and if you go back there's something where it looks like

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Rollins and MJF are backstage of this radio row and they're not doing the if

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you saw the video they're not doing like the stare down where they've got the

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mean mug and the fist up all that stuff they're just kind of shooting the

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shit and they're talking about injuries and you can't hear it very well but

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Seth Rollins says something about there has been a hiccup and I at the time I'm

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like is this a like I'm trying to listen to it and I must be like the only fool

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that's trying to listen to it and I can't fully hear who he's talking about and I

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thought he was talking about himself like oh shit Rollins has some sort of hiccup

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but now I'm wondering after seeing the story Dr. Trey if Rollins was talking

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about Braun Breaker it feels like all roads are pointing towards Rollins and

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Braun Breaker for WrestleMania and make the most storyline sense especially with

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punk and Roman Reigns not being you know they're their dance partners being with

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one another that would be like the only other thing it makes me wonder now if

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Rollins was talking about Braun Breaker to MJF and again this is just my

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pure speculation but if you go back and you watch that clip he clearly says

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they're talking about injuries and he mentioned some sort of hiccup here so I

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wonder if the T-Leaves here Dr. Trey this is just like SRTU exclusive Jeff

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Peck speculation was in fact Seth Rollins talked about Braun Breaker's injury and

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the likelihood that they're matched now for WrestleMania could be in

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being jeopardy yeah I mean it makes sense on that level the other thing you know

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I do a lot of traveling what I'm traveling I listen to a lot of podcasts and I've

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been listening to a lot of the WWE sponsored podcast whether it's the

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Stephanie McMahon one or Undertaker or Cody Rose and one thing that came out

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twice in a matter of a couple of episodes of listen to the podcast was WWE

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Unreal and you know people asking other guys like Cody asking Undertaker like

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hey so how do you feel about it how is it exposing the business and we're seeing a

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lot of this backstage stuff and something Cody said and he said it on three

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different episodes that he was on was there's a layer of working the work and

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we talked about it with you know nine months ago and Seth came back from his

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injury and how he worked the entire everybody because everybody thought he was

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gonna be out he made this big return it was all a work and you know they show that

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out of real and that's why sometimes I look at this and going huh are they going

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deeper than that maybe this is kind of a work and maybe this is not just a work

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but they're working the work and not everybody knows the actual time table or

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they actually said the injury and maybe this is a way of broad breaker and Paul

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Heyman setting up working the work where Seth faked an injury to get his

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opportunity maybe this is them working the work to present that broad will be

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back in time and then boom now he is back so like they're like and that's one thing

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about wrestling that I love is like they always kind of keep you guessing like

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once you think they have you have you once you think you got figured out they

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kind of change the landscape and change the questions so maybe the hiccup is

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bronze injury maybe the hiccup was you know Seth maybe not making it and maybe

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the masked man is somebody else where they're working the work so to speak and

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then maybe this whole thing is just setting up people like us to buy in that

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hey we're not getting Seth and Braun and then boom we get Seth and Braun yeah I

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mean the worst thing in the world is predictability in professional wrestling I

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prefer unpredictability I don't want to sit here and look like an expert and

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clearly plan out WWE or AW or TNA whoever's creative because that just does

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not make watching at home fun unless you're like anticipating something that

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like you're really really excited about and then they're basically dropping

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each rakes to get you towards that excitement I prefer to get worked because it's

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just better for wrestling fans watching home where you're like oh crap man that

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that was cool but but then again Dr. Trab I think you and I were in the

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minority who actually loved Seth Ron's not being injured at summer's thing

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everybody else was like oh you broke our hearts like you broke our trust like

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they were dating definitely we created which was just bizarre but then again

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everybody is is different and maybe folks that are watching professional wrestling

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now for the last 21 22 23 25 years are more used to predictability rather the

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unpredictable nature professional wrestling that Dr. Trey and I grew up on

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back in the day where you actually thought it was quote real rather than them

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exposing the business so yeah Braun Breaker potentially missing WrestleMania 42

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was a major bummer I'm a fan of his work I enjoy watching him wrestle I enjoy his

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character I enjoy watching him continue to go upwards everybody is figuring

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myself included the 2026 is to be a big year for him and he definitely feels like

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he's on the ashel on upwards of being a top star in WWE very very very soon so

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for him to have these WrestleMania moments as important as to his career and

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hopefully we get some clarity on his injury here in the coming weeks and months

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prior to WrestleMania 42 we'll look at the WrestleMania 42 card roundup our

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regular weekly segment now up until WrestleMania here in just a little bit

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Dr. Trey but there is internal criticism right now of triple H Paul LeVec

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whoever you want to refer to him as now I always call him trawl triple H I find

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weird people like Paul or Paul LeVec there's internal criticism that

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triple H has been changing WrestleMania plans due to the attendance

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advance which kind of lends credence to the ticketing problem that we talked

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about over the summer we'll we'll get into that part here momentarily but

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Dave Meltzer reported quote there's been a lot of internal criticism Paul

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LeVec as far as keeping changing the WrestleMania plans like Vince but they have a

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plan that they change the plan but they have a plan that then they change the

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plan and everything's up in the air because of the feeling that the attendance

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advance is down I'm not getting the vibes as a viewer at home that the

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WrestleMania path has been changing have you and your thoughts on the ticket

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advance issues for WrestleMania 42 being a factor in changing potential long-term

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WrestleMania plans right now so I will lean into the ticket advance I first

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because as somebody who deals with marketing and retail I will say that like

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even though that there are a lot of economic indicators that point to the

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economy approving I just go from a standpoint of like hey I deal in the home

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improvement industry and there aren't a lot of people who are coming out into

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stores going hey I need to drop four five ten fifteen grand on upgrading my

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house everybody's being very cautious with money right now so that in turn is

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also going to affect consumer consumer confidence in buying tickets to

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WrestleMania like if you feel like making that purchase is going to hurt you and

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your family knowing that there's going to be a WrestleMania next year and

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probably won the year after that and probably the one year for that the

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priority the urgency isn't there to jump on the situation plus it's a

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repeat venue you and I talked about this when they announced that WrestleMania

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is coming back to Vegas part of the allure of WrestleMania is going to new

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locations you've never been to so if I purchase tickets to WrestleMania last

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year in Vegas why would I need to go back to Vegas again this year to see

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WrestleMania so that is something they're battling I as far as the the

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WrestleMania card I don't feel like there's been a lot of shifting and if it has

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it's been very very subtle I do think that maybe it's not as closed at this

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point as we maybe have seen in years past there have been years you and I have

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been saying here and been like we're a month out we only know two matches it feels

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like we're trending towards a few matches kind of being announced we kind of

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feel it going there there is though a lot of uncertainty in the middle but it hasn't

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felt like hey we're really leaning into this Carmelo feud with so and so oh crap

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knee jerk now Carmelo's going to fight Ilya like it hasn't been dramatic

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shifts I think it's it's very subtle and it's leaving a lot of open ended

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possibilities for the direction heading into WrestleMania let me look at the

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card first the only official match is CM Punk versus Roman Reigns and that to

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me is a wrestling dream match when I've been thinking a lot about over the last

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ten days since they announced that match it's like this is actually pretty

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exciting this is this is this has a WrestleMania main event feel to it and even

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the two guys were in the ring with one other the year prior this feels fresh and

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new and something that I've always wanted to see in the ring so that has me

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excited that has a WrestleMania feel to it the rest of the card is a little

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bit clouded right now because when you look at even live Morgan's direction and

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I'm huge fan huge fans of live Morgan and the current women's champions of

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Jade Cargill and Stephanie Valkor the vibe that I have right now is that it's

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going to be Stephanie Valkor versus live Morgan and WrestleMania that in

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itself doesn't have me like totally excited yet I'm not like oh this is a dream

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match that would just be something where I'm like I'm really happy for both these

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women getting the opportunity to showcase in a world championship match at

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WrestleMania doesn't have that same Punk and Reigns feel to it so there is

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still room for the WrestleMania card to certainly improve but what is factual

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about both Dr. Tray and myself is that we are two people that are not going to

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be traveling to Las Vegas Nevada to go watch WrestleMania live we'll be

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sitting down on our couches with our families watching on ESPN in the comfort of

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our own homes we're not going to be dealing with it and going out there we

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mentioned over the summer when prices started to increase and we started

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seeing attendance dwindle for the TV shows that there is a ticket advance

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problem I think you hit the nail on the head Dr. Tray by saying go into the same

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place twice unless you're like this absolute die hard you maybe you know

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exhausted with going back to Las Vegas again you were looking forward to going to

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another location which was rumored to be New Orleans I mean that's what the

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rock announced and the unfortunate thing is that the year following I can't

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imagine many Americans or folks all in the UK Europe or ever are going to be

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traveling to Saudi Arabia for this show obviously there will be the

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fair share that goes but I think it would be a fraction of what you normally

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would get would it be on us North American or even if they decided to bring

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over to European soil it's going to be filled with a lot of locals and folks in

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Saudi Arabia they're going to be enjoying WrestleMania so in essence if

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you're someone who likes going to WrestleMania and you're exhausted and you're

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tired and you don't want to go back to to Las Vegas again the next

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opportunity you have to see a WrestleMania in the United States or North

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America wherever is in 2028 which is a bummer but in the same sense the way that

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things are going with tickets and how much they cost maybe I'd rather save my

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money right now for for a location that would rather go to do I want to see

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pumpkin rains absolutely do I want to see them live kind of depends again and

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maybe I'm comfortable have a WrestleMania party at my house with friends and

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family and watch it that way so the attendance the ticketing pricing there is a

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major problem with it they are is super expensive I am a someone who is is a

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middle person in the United States I'm not upper class I'm not lower class I'm

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middle class and I look at those ticket prices and I cannot justify going to a

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show right now it's it's not something that I could take my family to that

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they're they're not putting on shows that will twist my arm even to go check them

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out I'm not even looking at pricing anymore doctor try and we talked about it

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last year I mean I just kind of like took a look at the Las Vegas show from for

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WrestleMania 41 last year and what was funny is the tickets ticket price that I

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paid for for WrestleMania 29 in New Jersey would have not even gotten me into

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the last row of WrestleMania 41 last year and yeah I get it inflation economy

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changes what have you but that is so utterly disappointing if you told me that

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maybe it's the next level or even the the the highest level then I'd be able to

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be like okay you know I get it your normal ticket pricing and going up but the

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fact that it wasn't even on the radar for for something is just bizarre so yeah

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um to be as a ticket problem I don't know how it will be addressed maybe

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WrestleMania is the the the use case that the company will use but if people

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continue to go to these shows and they continue to sell out if we start seeing

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you know from a elimination chamber onwards when WWE is like this is our you

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know 12th straight television sell out heading to WrestleMania then yeah

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nothing's gonna change they're actually gonna keep going up and more people

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be priced out it's it's eventually going to become a problem for WWE again

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doctor try no matter how good or even bad their programming is it's just not

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justifiable so I'm not seeing anything yet on television of criticism that I

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could have for the WrestleMania card but obviously this is stuff that is affecting

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more behind the scenes than anything else yeah and I know we get into our

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WrestleMania card there's a couple of questions I got for you know but for like

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you said like even like the Super Bowl like you and I can't afford to go to a

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Super Bowl like as much as we you and I both I mean if the packers are in the

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Niers and yeah you and I are gonna be searching every damn website there is to try

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to find just an entry level seat for us to get into but those are you know those are

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teams that we followed our entire lives as much as I love CM Punk and as much as I

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love you know the idea of him and Roman going at it for one if I could get a

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ticket it'd be just for me I couldn't bring the whole family and then also then

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trying to look my wife and the face me like hey I'm going to Vegas for

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WrestleMania by myself that itself is a really hard sell to pull off also yeah

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absolutely that is not a very easy sell for to the family whatsoever so there you

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got some internal criticisms going on we'll see if it kind of bleeds down on WWE

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television we're not really noticing it right now but but time will tell if it

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makes its way to the viewers eye with that said speaking of WrestleMania 42

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Dr. Trey let's look at the WrestleMania 42 card roundup for this week

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February 12th still official obviously CM Punk versus Roman Reigns I talked

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about you know the segment from Monday's Raw we at 70 VaKor and live Morgan

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inch closer to what I believe that match will be not a lot of interaction on

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Friday Smackdown that made me think otherwise they had the the tag team match

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of Raquel and live taking on Jay to Cargill and Jordan Grace I still feel like

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this is going to be VaKor versus live Morgan and WrestleMania Dr. Trey

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yeah I do too by the way we mentioned Punk and Reigns is official but

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technically not official because Punk and Valor are going at it on Raw

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good point yep good point in an elimination chamber

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Brothers here in a Valor wins that we get Valor and Roman is that can Roman then

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change his mind if Valor wins they haven't addressed that yet but it's still

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technically kind of up in the air but I know really what it was they just want

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to punk on the card in Chicago more than anything else with the live Stephanie

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match and you mentioned this earlier like yeah it's cool we love Stephanie

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VaKor we we unite love live Morgan doesn't doesn't have the star power to be the

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main event women's match or will it possibly be overshadowed by Becky and AJ

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and that's a weird question for me to ask that like is the tag team division

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and the Intercontinental division may be better stacked than the women's

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the the women's division on Raw when you have Reign EO on as tag champs and you

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got Becky and AJ for their title does the Raw Women's Championship become third

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in that list of title matches it's interesting right the women's the women's

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title or the women's matches are are a little bit in flux here so yeah should

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we let's let's get into this kind of bleed to the next thing right so there's

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nothing that's expected at the moment but if we looked at some of the rumored

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slash what we are thinking right so we mentioned just ticket to women the

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women's side of things right now so Reign EO versus the Bella Twint is something

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that we were thinking on last week's show Becky Lynch versus AJ Lee even though

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it's happening elimination chamber reports are saying that that is still going

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they're still a plan for this to take place at WrestleMania as well you mentioned

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Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss out there we're seeing Nadi get some shine on

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Monday Night Raw which is awesome as well talking about the elimination chamber we

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just have Rio Ripley and Tiffany Stratton in that match right now we have four other

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positions is there any other as you kind of piece around Dr. Trey the women's

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side of things for WrestleMania is there anything that I'm missing or anything

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that you would say I think it may have changed over the last week yeah just I

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mean the Smackdown side is kind of up in the air because and we right now we're

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doing Jade and Jordan Grace but you know we got Tiffany back in the picture we

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don't know what's up with Bianca Belair because you and I both expected her back at

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the rumble does she show up in a elimination chamber to lead to Bianca and Jade

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there's rumors of the Charlotte Alexa split being at WrestleMania and just in

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theory if you do let's just say hypothetically you got Rio versus the Bellatwins

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that to me on papers probably more of a high profile match than Liv and Stephanie

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Becky and AJ probably more high profile match than Liv and Stephanie Charlotte

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and Alexa one-on-one probably a little bit higher than Liv and Stephanie and then

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would Bianca and Jade Card you'll be higher priority than Liv and Stephanie as

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well I mean it kind of feels like your Royal Rumble winner is getting overshadowed

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by potentially four other matches on the card that just seems weird to me it is

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weird but I mean we've seen that in the past right I mean how many times I mean

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would you say last year with the men right J. U. So defeating Gunther I mean that

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was overshadowed by a lot right yeah it's just it's a weird way of kind of

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putting your WrestleMania card together because to me like it's always been like

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hey who are top four people in each division and we're gonna split them and then

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that's gonna be the matches that lead into WrestleMania like who are my top four

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guys great we got punk Roman Cody and Drew there's two matches you know if we

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want to throw somebody else in there to kind of boost them up that's great but

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that's to me always kind of been like the booking mechanism for WrestleMania and

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it kind of feels like the last two years at least with certain Royal Rumble winners

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like yeah he's overheat they won the Rumble but their match is not at the top of

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the card maybe like in years past with other Rumble winners I think the issue is

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and they've been doing this for a really long time probably since as long as we

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would do in the show for the most part I think it's been kind of there's been

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times where it's changed is the Rumble gets done and you and I grew up in an

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air where the Rumble was the most important thing heading to WrestleMania like

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that was the ticket to WrestleMania in the main event match the main event

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match now there's two nights with the elimination for the month prior they have to

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act very quickly to be like all right here's the Rumble winner excitement they're

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gonna pick who it is either the night after or you know a couple weeks after like

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with Liv Morgan and then they go on to focus on elimination which kind of

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overshadows the Royal Rumble victory I think that there's a case to be made at

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times where if you want to shine back on the Rumble winner would you move the

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elimination chamber but I also think the opposite argument there is we now

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live in a generation where we've seen this for a pretty long time where the

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Rumble winner isn't the focal point as much as they used to be at

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WrestleMania and I think you could point to J.U. so you could point to potentially

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live Morgan for this upcoming year you know the year that Charlotte challenged

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Rio Ripley who is the NXT women's champion at the time is another one that I

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thought was it was from a booking standpoint like it got me excited because now

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as we see the trajectory of Rio Ripley like that was a huge deal for her but

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they've they've never mentioned that again they've never mentioned like you could

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challenge for an NXT Championship at WrestleMania was that one time 2020

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WrestleMania it just feels like the Rumble is special with fans but

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creatively the Rumble is just as equal now to elimination chamber as it is to

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money in the bank as it is to King of the Ring Rumble used to be the thing for

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the longest time and I think it's hard probably for long time fans like you and I

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not to see it that way anymore yeah by the way does live have to announce who

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she's challenging before the women's elimination chamber match no I mean they've

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never said anything I mean that would to me that makes sense right yeah there

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should be a deadline yeah you got to know who like if I win the chamber do I

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get the first pick if live has not made her first pick or am I just the

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the do I get the consolation prize whoever she doesn't pick that's who you get

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pal like it's just you know like used to be it was like yeah within the first

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week or so yeah they are announcing who it is and now we're kind of drawing it

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out a little bit it like who is live going to pick but if she draws it out too

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long it's kind of like you know if somebody wins money in the bank and they you

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know they haven't challenged yet we get to the Rumble is like what we saw that

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you know it gave me a priest a little bit but it's like it's just like you and I

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we still apply logic to wrestling and times it's kind of like yeah there's no

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logic in wrestling they're really it is kind of just we win it as we go no no no

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yeah they just win as they go so yeah the women's picture a little bit cloudy

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right now and maybe that's what people were saying internally from WWE had

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in a WrestleMania we'll see where really important people in the women's

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division because women's division is absolutely stacked in WWE and how this

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all shakes out for WrestleMania I mean the way that they are booked and the way

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that they're performing and the way that people are engaged with them as fans

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like you could literally sit here and say that if WWE wanted to do a seven or eight

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match card filled with women for night one or two for WrestleMania I could be

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like that makes a ton of sense and basically do like WrestleMania evolution

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because the women's division is red hot their storylines are really good and

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everybody is bringing them right now it's like the most stacked women's division

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potentially ever in all of wrestling I mean top down it is just filled with

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legends rising stars current top stars and people who are on their way

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upwards in WWE and professional wrestling as a whole looking at the rest of the

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rumors slash what are we what we are thinking dr. Trey we mentioned on last week

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Brock Lesnar and Oba Femme there's no real news to that right now Bronn Breaker

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versus the mask man slash to the vision turn on him we talked about Bronn at

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the top of the show maybe the Bronn Breaker spot if he's unable to wrestle is

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given a Bronson Reed Bronson Reed kind of suddenly said basically that he's

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going to be handling Adam Peterson moving forward which makes you wonder if

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if he's going to be getting a Bronn Breaker spot Drew Cody Jacob for the

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unspeaked WWE championship will kind of pause on that because we'll talk about

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the elimination chamber match here in just a moment on SmackDown which is

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this is a huge deal I saw some seeds planted for Randy Orton and Alistair

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Black on SmackDown this past week I wonder if that was a direction that would make

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a ton of sense for the Randy Orton match to help elevate Alistair Black and then

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some other matches that I'm starting to notice here dr. Trey Algrande

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Americana versus the original Elgrande Americana maybe a mass versus mass

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match there and then we saw this take place on Sundays Super Bowl Logan Paul

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was interviewing and asked about watching bad bunnies half time show if he was

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going to if he was excited for it and he said no and he kept walking and then there

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was like a report before after the Super Bowl that said like bad bunny will be

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making his return to WWE sooner rather than later and now you're starting to see

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some rumblings out there this week of potentially a bad bunny versus low

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compal match so I will add that to to the list here dr. Trey thoughts on any

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the matches that we have discussed here or anything we may have missed in the

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rumored slash what we are thinking right now for WrestleMania 42 I mean OG

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a grand americano versus you know new grande americana you could actually add

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him Bravo Reo and the Creed brothers into that as well especially if you want

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if you wanted to unmask the the new Bravo Reo and Grande and then make a new

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kind of European heel stable you know you could do that as well so you could

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always clamor in for League of Nations to come back I actually the the premise of

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it is not bad he played it once in WWE 2k then it came to life and here we are again

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oh no don't forget the Canadians we are that we had regal test in Christian the

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UnAmericans the UnAmericans yes and that was really good also it actually helped

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elevate regal and Christian out of that group so like the premise even though

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people kind of crap on it with WWE being so international like I'm sure you saw

418
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:30,800
in triple A El Grande americano aka Kaiser is cheered OG as boo they come to the

419
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,920
states it flips it's like the heart foundation and it's like the heart foundation

420
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,240
in Canada is beloved it was booed in the states you can do the same thing with

421
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:45,180
Kaiser bait and done in Europe where they're cheered in the Americans are

422
00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:49,260
booed and then come the states and flip it so the premise works it's just the

423
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:53,820
execution all League of Nations and that was a lot of infighting and ego more

424
00:33:53,820 --> 00:33:58,460
than anything else as to like who the top guy was but yes I did love League of

425
00:33:58,460 --> 00:34:02,980
Nations and it's always funny when you hear Shamus or somebody go like oh yeah

426
00:34:02,980 --> 00:34:06,700
Rusev was my brethren in the League of Nations you're like oh you still bring

427
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:11,580
you bring that up also okay cool yeah but yeah like I in plus we just haven't

428
00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:14,020
seen the Creed Brothers in a while and they're one of my favorite tag teams to

429
00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:19,020
watch so I miss the creeds as well so there you go there's our WrestleMania 42

430
00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:24,020
card roundups something we keep in on each and every week Dr. Tram mentioned we

431
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:28,900
know we've been thinking drew versus Cody versus Jacob for WrestleMania 42

432
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:34,460
triple threat match however there's a elimination chamber qualifying match this

433
00:34:34,460 --> 00:34:39,100
Friday on Smackdown on the sci fi network because of the winter Olympics it'll

434
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:43,220
be Cody Rhodes versus Jacob of two versus Sammy Zane this is like a PLE

435
00:34:43,220 --> 00:34:49,260
match Dr. Tray yeah who do you got in this one because part of me wants to pick

436
00:34:49,260 --> 00:34:55,460
Sammy and Cody and Jacob like it screwed over again by Drew and then some sort of

437
00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:59,660
like shady stuff happens to get them in this match but I have this is the

438
00:34:59,660 --> 00:35:03,300
problem with the triple threats and we saw it play out last year with EO

439
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:08,260
Rea and Bianco which I know you did not enjoy Dr. Tray is if we're doing a

440
00:35:08,260 --> 00:35:12,460
triple threat with elimination bra how the hell do we get there thoughts here I

441
00:35:12,460 --> 00:35:16,940
mean maybe we're not getting Cody or Jacob at a triple threat match with Drew

442
00:35:16,940 --> 00:35:22,740
at WrestleMania anymore not to try well maybe they listen to our show and you

443
00:35:22,740 --> 00:35:26,460
were clamoring for Sammy and Drew at WrestleMania was Sammy women winning the

444
00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:31,420
title maybe that's how we get there were Cody and Jacob take each other out

445
00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:37,100
Sammy ends up winning and then you get Cody and Jacob one-on-one at WrestleMania

446
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:41,940
and Cody's not in a title match for the first time in a couple years so

447
00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:47,700
it's a way to elevate Sammy and Jacob in that manner if you go that route so

448
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:54,260
maybe it is that like you know Sammy sneaks a win because Cody and Jake

449
00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:59,540
kind of take each other out and Sammy gets into chamber match I I've been trying to

450
00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:03,340
figure this out for a while like how do you get to if you're if your goal was

451
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:08,740
Drew and Cody and Jacob in a triple threat match how do you get there this kind of

452
00:36:08,740 --> 00:36:11,300
throws it in mix where I'm like maybe this is kind of like we saw my

453
00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:16,300
early show maybe this is one of those changes to the WrestleMania card and

454
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:21,620
instead of getting a triple threat match with Drew Jacob and Cody WWE and

455
00:36:21,620 --> 00:36:26,220
Triple H have sold Cody on like hey just go one-on-one with Jacob and maybe this

456
00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:31,260
is the start of the Cody heel turn and we can do Sammy and Drew because that

457
00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:36,380
match got a great reaction you know at Rumble and maybe we just go back to it

458
00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:41,620
because you know Sammy's O and 12 O 13 now against Drew and so now he's

459
00:36:41,620 --> 00:36:46,780
overcoming a streak and obstacles and we get that big baby face win at WrestleMania

460
00:36:46,780 --> 00:36:53,140
yeah it's it's interesting this is an interesting way of how this may all

461
00:36:53,140 --> 00:36:57,100
work out so I'm really intrigued to see where this match is going I think this

462
00:36:57,100 --> 00:37:04,380
is a big match for WWE television I have PLE vibes for this and it's amazing

463
00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:08,980
that all three of these people are in a qualifying match because when you look

464
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:14,140
at some of them right now that's just like mix it's it's not even and like even

465
00:37:14,140 --> 00:37:20,300
on the women's side the way they did Rhea Lyra and then who's the Ivey Nile and

466
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:24,700
with all due respect to Lyra and Ivey Nile it just was like how are they like

467
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,860
this is not on the same equivalent of Cody Jacob and Sammy's aim for the men's

468
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:35,420
side so it's it's intriguing as to where things go on Friday Smackdown so I'm

469
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:39,820
pumped to watch the show on Friday and see how that all plays out speaking

470
00:37:39,820 --> 00:37:43,180
elimination chamber match Dr. Trey on Smackdown Randy Orton and Tiffany

471
00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:48,180
Stratton did qualify for the elimination chamber and then Rhea Ripley and L.I.

472
00:37:48,180 --> 00:37:52,980
Knight qualified on Raw for each of their respective elimination chamber matches

473
00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:57,260
thoughts on Orton and L.A. Knight getting into the men's match and Stratton and

474
00:37:57,260 --> 00:38:02,380
Rhea getting into the women's match. Stratton to me is the interesting one

475
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:08,140
because you and I were thinking Bianca and Jade at WrestleMania but you know Tiffany

476
00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:13,340
got kind of for lack of a better term man handled and her matching as Jade so

477
00:38:13,340 --> 00:38:18,740
maybe WrestleMania is Tiffany's chance to kind of get over on that much like we

478
00:38:18,740 --> 00:38:23,140
saw with Biobechi and Bianca a couple years ago where Becky got the quick

479
00:38:23,140 --> 00:38:28,700
with it Summerslam and Bianca came back and got her later on. I think Rhea isn't

480
00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:33,260
just for star power more than anything else to kind of increase those Rhea fans

481
00:38:33,260 --> 00:38:41,820
to tune into chamber Randy's interesting in the sense of like if Cody's in the

482
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:46,020
chamber match you know is that a possibility as well for WrestleMania and

483
00:38:46,020 --> 00:38:50,700
maybe who needs something else but you know in the LA night LA nice the

484
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,100
perennial bridesmaid in professional wrestling right now he's kind of

485
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:58,220
become the new Kevin Owens or Kevin hasn't won a title in forever maybe that's

486
00:38:58,220 --> 00:39:02,380
now LA night because he's never been World Champion and it's a way for him to

487
00:39:02,380 --> 00:39:06,100
get into the picture but you know if we get a Bronson Reed or somebody else in

488
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:10,260
that match that might be where the direction for LA night goes for WrestleMania is

489
00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:16,300
maybe a Bronson Reed or you know maybe a Logan Paul again. Yeah there's the I

490
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:21,660
don't envy WWE creative right now I mean there is so many directions WWE can go

491
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:27,940
and there are a lot of people that are can get lost in the shuffle for WrestleMania

492
00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:32,180
right now and you want to keep a lot of that momentum going and and Orton is

493
00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:34,820
somebody that deserves to always be on the WrestleMania card until Randy

494
00:39:34,820 --> 00:39:38,740
Orton hangs up his wrestling boots and LA night is something that deserves to be

495
00:39:38,740 --> 00:39:43,900
on the upswing of you know that generational momentum change it just always

496
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:48,020
feels like he's on the verge of finally breaking out and then it doesn't happen

497
00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:51,340
for whatever reason because the card is so top heavy and I feel the same way for

498
00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:56,740
both even Jacob and Sammy Zane right now so yeah really really really intriguing

499
00:39:56,740 --> 00:40:01,380
times for WWE creative especially when it comes to the WrestleMania card as we

500
00:40:01,380 --> 00:40:06,300
move forward here. Lastly Dr. Trey in regards to WWE for we wrap up the show and

501
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:10,940
talk a little about AEW there are some reports out there according to body slam

502
00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:16,420
net David Finley's name has been discussed creatively with WWE with WWE

503
00:40:16,420 --> 00:40:20,500
obviously the son of fit Finley the brother of Uriah Connors who is

504
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:24,620
performing in NXT right now he just actually left chase you and is part of this

505
00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:29,900
stable with stacks Ariana Grace and Lexus King and it looks like they're gonna be

506
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:33,860
called the birthright because I saw some sort of report that that was trademark

507
00:40:33,860 --> 00:40:39,340
recently. The source over body slam net stated that there's no indication that

508
00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:43,580
he's agreed to a deal or is signing but he has been discussed internally and

509
00:40:43,580 --> 00:40:47,780
other WWE's another source said WWE has intentionally planted the seeds on TV

510
00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:53,500
recently with Uriah Connors in the case that does make his way to the company. It

511
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:58,260
appeared at the most recent show I think it was new beginning for New Japan that

512
00:40:58,260 --> 00:41:02,260
David Finley was in fact saying goodbye to New Japan wrapping up there he left

513
00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:07,620
the bullet club war dogs stable he was like an unaffiliated stable for a

514
00:41:07,620 --> 00:41:12,580
little bit with like folks from from L.I.J. there's there's a lot of people and

515
00:41:12,580 --> 00:41:18,300
change over right now that that's going on with with New Japan right now Dr.

516
00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:22,460
Train some of them are actually coming to WWE so David Finley has been a

517
00:41:22,460 --> 00:41:26,100
prominent like upper mid card main event level talent in New Japan pro wrestling

518
00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:32,340
he's been wrestling for quite some time I'd be surprised if he lands in NXT but

519
00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:36,380
maybe that's the that's a good spot for him I'd love to see David Finley in

520
00:41:36,380 --> 00:41:40,140
WWE I'd love to see him in the United States period if he even came over to

521
00:41:40,140 --> 00:41:44,580
A.W. I think he's highly talented I've enjoyed the character change he's

522
00:41:44,580 --> 00:41:47,540
taken over in the last several years since coming over to the bullet club and

523
00:41:47,540 --> 00:41:51,740
then the war dogs your thoughts here on the reports of David Finley making his

524
00:41:51,740 --> 00:41:55,620
way potentially to world wrestling entertainment yeah tremendously talented guy

525
00:41:55,620 --> 00:41:59,900
like you mentioned like I remember he was just clean cut baby phase then

526
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:04,900
watching the transformation when he joined the war dogs was really

527
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:10,460
real I if you're the son of fit Finley man I mean God damn it your top is Helen

528
00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:14,340
you should know how to wrestle and we've seen that with your eye Connor so it

529
00:42:14,340 --> 00:42:17,460
makes a lot of sense if you're gonna go that rock is fit still associated with

530
00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:20,740
the company your brothers there why would you not go there why would you not just

531
00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:24,740
like throw him in a group with his brother get him comfortable get his feet

532
00:42:24,740 --> 00:42:29,460
wet get him used to the system and then you know break it off I I'm really as

533
00:42:29,460 --> 00:42:33,420
somebody who knows Lexus King decently well and has spent some time with him

534
00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:39,260
like I'm really excited for the the potential of the birthright stable because I

535
00:42:39,260 --> 00:42:44,460
mean you and I I mean we're old we still love legacy like we kind of love those

536
00:42:44,460 --> 00:42:49,660
family oriented stables because when they win somebody turns it's so

537
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:56,060
exciting so like I'm excited to see where he goes and where he falls in and just

538
00:42:56,060 --> 00:43:01,380
dear God I don't know who gave his brother the name your raya because that just

539
00:43:01,380 --> 00:43:06,100
sounds like they should be doing an omniskin I've always hated that they're not

540
00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:12,220
giving like the second generation stars their birthright names yeah like

541
00:43:12,220 --> 00:43:16,260
Bron breakers should be a Steiner at this point like why is Randy Orton really the

542
00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:20,540
only one that's able to do this they did this with with Joe Hennie I hated that

543
00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:24,820
they did it with Baudalis they did it with Bray Wyatt I don't understand why

544
00:43:24,820 --> 00:43:30,540
they're not embracing the the second third fourth generation stuff I mean Cody got

545
00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:34,380
his own name Cody didn't come in under a different name that's sure yeah he was

546
00:43:34,380 --> 00:43:38,700
he was always kind of Cody now they did for a while just drop the road's name and he

547
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:43,380
was just Cody you know that was that was legal issues right is that we say post

548
00:43:43,380 --> 00:43:49,940
of it yeah yeah but stupid but yeah like Bron Bron breakers should be Bron Steiner

549
00:43:49,940 --> 00:43:53,860
or Bron since whatever you want to go with I mean Lex's King should be a

550
00:43:53,860 --> 00:44:01,080
pillman Connor should be a Finley Richie steamboat got to be Richie steamboat in

551
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:07,660
NXT though before anything else but yeah like Dempsey should be a regal yeah I mean

552
00:44:07,660 --> 00:44:14,140
it just it makes sense I mean hell I mean Dominic should be a Guerrero I mean

553
00:44:14,140 --> 00:44:20,460
Michael McGillicutty is still my favorite fake name for Brutal absolutely brutal

554
00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:27,020
and then when they tried to they were like they were gonna pay homage to yeah for

555
00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:31,740
him Michael McGillicutty what what was his Curtis Axel Curtis Axel because he

556
00:44:31,740 --> 00:44:36,480
got his dad's first name and his grandpa's name for a last his grandpa's nickname

557
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:44,660
for a last name and I'm like but yeah Baudalis Bray Wyatt they do it yeah like

558
00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:49,700
we're not dumb like play you know like play into the nostalgia Charlotte Flair

559
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:56,400
yeah didn't come in as Charlotte Johnson you know like she was a no but she was

560
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:01,520
just Charlotte and they added Flair actually and that instance she was not

561
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,820
promoted to Charlotte Flair she was just Charlotte that was when they were doing

562
00:45:04,820 --> 00:45:07,700
just like one name you know remember there was a period time they got rid of

563
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:11,740
last names and it was just it was like share everybody was share basically

564
00:45:11,740 --> 00:45:16,540
well say what nattie nattie you know Natalia came in as nattie as Natalia night

565
00:45:16,540 --> 00:45:22,580
heart I don't think she's ever really been like what they everybody knows she's

566
00:45:22,580 --> 00:45:27,180
nattie night heart but she's never really been billed as Natalia night heart or

567
00:45:27,180 --> 00:45:32,220
nattie night heart it's nattie or just Natalia yeah but when they first when she

568
00:45:32,220 --> 00:45:36,020
first came in as part of the new heart foundation I kind of thought they

569
00:45:36,020 --> 00:45:41,020
referenced her as Natalia night heart early on just to kind of get over

570
00:45:41,020 --> 00:45:45,820
that that it's heart and then they dropped it well what about like yeah what about

571
00:45:45,820 --> 00:45:53,660
um David boy son there he was what was he D.H. Smith at one point like it's David

572
00:45:53,660 --> 00:45:57,740
heart Smith yeah I don't understand why they don't

573
00:45:57,740 --> 00:46:01,740
it's weird it's weird and maybe it could be because they have licensing agreements

574
00:46:01,740 --> 00:46:06,020
with some of the families and other ones they don't stupid it's so stupid just

575
00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:09,740
they're worried about if they go to AW and they use their real name I mean that's

576
00:46:09,740 --> 00:46:14,860
what it comes down to and who gives a shit but then you get like AJ styles owns

577
00:46:14,860 --> 00:46:19,580
his name he licenses to WWE and then now he's got it back since he's leaving like

578
00:46:19,580 --> 00:46:23,420
it's not hard to license the name like you want a contract here you want to

579
00:46:23,420 --> 00:46:27,060
work in WWE we're gonna license your name so as long as you're here we own it

580
00:46:27,060 --> 00:46:30,780
and then when you leave you can have your name back yeah if AJ styles if AJ

581
00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:34,740
styles joined WWE in like early 2000 and he would have been AJ styles but with a

582
00:46:34,740 --> 00:46:39,020
Z at the end like they did with Taz or he just would have been like Alan Johnson

583
00:46:39,020 --> 00:46:45,660
yeah Alan Johnson yes styles with a Z AJ as they'd call him or something

584
00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:49,220
anyway there you go David Finley and there's some obviously there's also

585
00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:54,100
rumors out there Dr. Trey for those who are unaware but for IWGP junior

586
00:46:54,100 --> 00:47:00,620
everyweight champion Harumu Takahashi is the time bomb time bomb is is wrapping up

587
00:47:00,620 --> 00:47:04,620
with a new Japan as well and there was some reports that they're tying them

588
00:47:04,620 --> 00:47:11,420
both to potential interest from WWE and AEW so I mean he is extremely talented

589
00:47:11,420 --> 00:47:16,660
that would be very interesting if he landed in WWE feels more like an AEW signing

590
00:47:16,660 --> 00:47:22,020
to me but we'll keep an eye out there is usually January February time frame is

591
00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:26,700
when the new Japan contracts wrap up they only sound like one year deals and then

592
00:47:26,700 --> 00:47:29,860
you start here in rumors about if they could be making it to the United States so

593
00:47:29,860 --> 00:47:33,260
now the latest is David Finley is the big one and then there's also Rumor Takahashi

594
00:47:33,260 --> 00:47:37,860
who is a little bit behind and and where he may land because I think there is

595
00:47:37,860 --> 00:47:42,460
also potential for him to land in Japan and other promotions as well so that

596
00:47:42,460 --> 00:47:47,860
Clark Conner's officially signed with AEW or is he still kind of doing both I yeah

597
00:47:47,860 --> 00:47:50,860
there's reports out there that he has signed with AEW I don't know if he got

598
00:47:50,860 --> 00:47:56,340
the graphic last night I know he wrestled alongside Daniel Garcia but he's

599
00:47:56,340 --> 00:48:00,220
also been performing in new Japan as well it feels like he's an AEW signing

600
00:48:00,220 --> 00:48:04,820
doctor strike which I mean that's that's that's somebody that you can see them

601
00:48:04,820 --> 00:48:10,020
you're you know pairing up with was a Gabe Gabe yeah they were yeah Gabe

602
00:48:10,020 --> 00:48:14,740
kid they were the mad dog in a part of that war dogs on group and in new and

603
00:48:14,740 --> 00:48:18,180
maybe and maybe that's their direction whereas some point you split up the

604
00:48:18,180 --> 00:48:25,380
the death writers and you get like the wolf pack the yeah death writers wolf

605
00:48:25,380 --> 00:48:29,400
pack you're death writers black and white and death writers ball I don't know

606
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,260
yes exactly so these are just the bald members maybe maybe Wheeler you

607
00:48:33,260 --> 00:48:39,460
joins them and that is a it's it's it's Claudio Moxley Gabe in a bald Wheeler and

608
00:48:39,460 --> 00:48:44,240
then you have Pock and everybody else that has air on the other side well there

609
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:48,720
you go perfect segue because we have AEW Grand Slam Australia this Saturday we

610
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:52,360
will talk about that in just a second some news and notes from Dynamite last

611
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,520
last night light on Wednesday night doctor try Kyle Fletcher wins the TNT

612
00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:00,480
championship back from tomorrow champ which why put the title on champ of

613
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:05,400
then I that confuses me and AEW has been really really good lately young bucks

614
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,440
of the number one contenders for the tag team titles will be taking on FTR soon

615
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:12,960
and Tecla is the new women's champ which to me felt like something that has been

616
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:17,480
long overdue because as she is extremely entertaining fun to watch new TNT

617
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:20,220
champ Dr. Trey Kyle Fletcher what the hell were they thinking with

618
00:49:20,220 --> 00:49:23,720
tomorrow champ of then young bucks number one tag team champ champ champ

619
00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:27,200
contender and new women's champ Tecla your thoughts there from last night to

620
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:32,040
you know I miss I miss part of it who was the wild card tag team private party

621
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:38,280
they're back okay okay so parties back yay like the bucks and FTR like we can never

622
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:41,040
go wrong with that match like those guys just put on great matches and

623
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:45,960
they're arguably with the Usos and new day two of the four greatest tag teams

624
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:51,240
of our generation so that's great I'm excited to see what they do with

625
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:56,320
Tecla because I mean hey do we let you know the their little group kind of take over

626
00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,080
the women's division were Tecla's on top and then you know Sky and Heart become

627
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:05,120
the women's tag champs and do they kind of run stuff so but Tecla are arguably is

628
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:09,360
maybe the most intriguing character we've had come on the AEW women's

629
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:14,520
scene a little while she's just different and I think people kind of embrace that

630
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:19,000
and even though she's a heel I think people just really enjoy seeing what she

631
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:26,200
does in the ring because it's just different really the the the knee jerk TNT

632
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,200
thing just feels like they did because they're going to Australia I can't see

633
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:34,480
any other logic why not and then Mark Briscoe comes out to be the challenger

634
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:38,240
it's like well Mark why didn't you come out before Kyle Fletcher and get your

635
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:43,880
rematch like why did you wait like and maybe we'll be by the time Grand Slam

636
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:48,200
actually gets here it becomes a triple threat or a four way or something but it

637
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,360
feels like they just did it for Kyle Fletcher to walk into Australia as a

638
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:56,360
champion 100 percent which I get but then like why did we put the title on

639
00:50:56,360 --> 00:51:02,920
champa like wait he's new he's a shiny toy it was like this I was a get it I was

640
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:06,920
excited for champa I mean it was and he may have the title back in two to three

641
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:11,640
weeks basically too I was I was frustrated by that bucking because it was like

642
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,640
oh you got to be kidding me they're just what they're just waiting on gargano

643
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:18,400
and Candace to come in and then chop and gargano will be the tag like does

644
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,440
champa not want to travel to Australia like with that should have been a match

645
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:26,120
that I'm serious right like well I mean neck I mean the guy had major neck

646
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:30,760
surgery and there is like if you have major neck surgery your doctors will warn

647
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:35,120
you about long flights affecting it so maybe that's the case but that's the

648
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:39,640
case why switch it at all and just wait until they come back from Australia

649
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:42,920
yeah I mean I really hate bitching about AW because I'm gonna give them their

650
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:48,320
flowers soon no show this is my show was fantastic I guess I missed the tag

651
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:52,800
match but everything else and yeah we I questioned the booking ugly but the show

652
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,360
is great other than I will say one more thing we were talking about it not having

653
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:03,240
Brody King on the show was dumb because you you got to capitalize on the the

654
00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:08,520
crazy just you know destruction he laid on MJF and you didn't really build off

655
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:12,360
of that and I'm reading for the reports as to why they did it I think it's a

656
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:18,400
stupid reason yeah yeah it doesn't make any sense to me so anyway I mean any

657
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,160
other thoughts there from the big news from Dynamite this past week before we

658
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:27,160
getting a grand slam doctor try oh no I mean I'm excited still for this

659
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:31,920
callus callus family death writer storyline is this developing because there's a

660
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:36,200
lot of layers to that you got continental champion international champion TNT

661
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:40,320
champion all factored into this river it kind of feels like a little bit like

662
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:44,080
I don't want to say DX and nation but it kind of feels like when you have two

663
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:49,440
really strong stables going to ed ed it allows for a lot of mix and matching like

664
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,760
you know we were we've already kind of seen mox and fletcher mox and okada mox

665
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:58,160
and degesia but give me pocket okada like that would be a killer match pocket

666
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,680
like something's match potentials are really really exciting and I'm really

667
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:05,760
looking for the words goes I'm and I'm like surprise that you like this

668
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:11,360
because this is like something you hate words it's he'll versus heel stables and

669
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:16,720
deathwriters are being cheered and then in the later part of the show they're

670
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:23,400
back to full blown heels when they're in the ring with orange Cassidy and and

671
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:27,760
Roderick strong yeah I don't like the consistency in it it you mean

672
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:31,600
inconsistency yes I don't like yeah I don't like the inconsistency in it

673
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:34,160
because I kind of feel like look if we're going this rod just make them all baby

674
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:38,400
facing like at this point I kind of feel like the orange Cassidy Tony Storm match

675
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:45,040
with the head their hair versus hair is kind of a blow off for the deathwriters

676
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,760
to see the light and maybe become full fledg good guys I think this is just for

677
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:52,240
Wheeler you didn't get a haircut I mean you're god I mean it looks like the

678
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:57,000
uniformer so I mean I'm fine with it like I think he was on a show called the

679
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,920
master wrestler and was revealed I'm like did he even really need a mask

680
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:03,280
you could just put the hair in from his face and you would have never seen his eyes

681
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:07,960
wait who Wheeler you to was yeah what what are you talking about what is that there's

682
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:12,840
a show called the master wrestler where they kind of it's kind of like the

683
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:17,120
mass magician where they kind of show some of the behind the scenes like how do

684
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:20,960
you make stuff work type stuff and you to what's the guy on the master

685
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:25,320
wrestler what channel I will find I will find it for you I will send it to you

686
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,880
I'm so intrigued by this I did not hear this this is the thing from like the

687
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:34,320
early 2000s no this is the thing from like it's Wheeler you to early 2000 Wheeler

688
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:38,680
you was like six no no you do you remember that show there was like the someone who

689
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:43,360
like let all wrestling secrets out yeah but that that was played off of like

690
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:47,680
the magician shows with a magician secrets so but they still they still pop

691
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:51,560
that up from time to time and I read about it was like oh yeah Wheeler you to

692
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:55,640
the unmasked and he got in in character still kind of like you know did a

693
00:54:55,640 --> 00:55:01,400
cave they type you know it or like promo on the guy who en masse them but yeah like

694
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:08,400
I'll find it in synonym yeah please so all right so there you go there's this

695
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,840
past week's edition of like perplexed by this whole mass wrestler thing I was

696
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:17,040
taking a look for it we've AW Grand Slam Australia this Saturday it'll be

697
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,600
airing obviously late here in the United States at eight o'clock at night it's

698
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:23,600
normal normal time it will not be airing live because I think it would be like it

699
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:27,980
three a.m. here in the United States this card is stacked up to try I mean this

700
00:55:27,980 --> 00:55:30,840
looks like a pay-per-view you've got orange Cassie and Tony Storm versus

701
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:35,000
Wheeler Udom Reignership here and that mixed tornado tag team match with the loser

702
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:39,040
of the fall most have their head shape bald you have Hagman and a page versus

703
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:43,400
Andrade Alito I'll eat it all over the winner or receive an AW World Championship

704
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:47,520
match of revolution John Moxley versus Kenos Ketekeship for the AW Continental

705
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:51,200
Championship the Babes of Wrath Harley-Carly Cameron and Will O'Knighton

706
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:54,840
guilt taken on megabad of Megan Payne and Penelope Ford for the AW Women's

707
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,640
World Tite Team Championship Kyle Fletcher defends the TNT Championship in a

708
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:02,480
ladder match against Mark Berskell and then you've MJF defend the AW World

709
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:07,760
Championship against Brody King Dr. Trey I mean this this is stacked for a regular

710
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:12,480
television card yeah I mean it's it's for lack of a very

711
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,800
full loaded which I believe is also a pay-per-view name from WWE back of the day

712
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:23,600
but yeah like it's I mean it's a killer card I mean there's not every match has

713
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:27,360
me at least interested or just on paper like even if I'm not that interested I

714
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:31,080
know the work rates can be fantastic so it's like FT on the bucks like yeah there's

715
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:34,880
a little bit of storyline but in reality it's more about just two of the greatest

716
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:38,320
tag teams of all time going at it the hair versus hair match like wait wait wait wait

717
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:45,120
the box and FT are oh no I'm sorry I my brain froze sorry like I'm I'm still

718
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:49,520
excited about those two guys those two teams facing off but like the hair versus

719
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:53,760
hair match we haven't had a hair versus hair match I think since edge in Kurt

720
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:58,880
Angle like I can't think of one since or somebody got their head shake so like

721
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:04,080
that's something that hasn't been done on a major brand in like 20 years so I'm

722
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:08,960
excited to see where that goes like Brody King and MJF like how do you play this

723
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:15,080
off Brody King looked unstoppable last week what does MJF do to counter this

724
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:19,520
like I'm intrigued by the matches on the show moxley and ticaccia like that's

725
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:23,840
no two of the best wrestlers in the world in their styles like you want some

726
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,840
strong hard hitting style that's a match for you so like yeah I'm really

727
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:31,560
excited for the show like I'm gonna make sure that I'm sitting down in front of

728
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:36,920
my TV watching it on either HBO Max or on TNT like I'm I'm really excited to

729
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:41,800
yeah TNT yeah I'm really excited for the show yeah and it's it's free so that's

730
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:46,080
enough for me and it should be fun what which match are you looking forward to the

731
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:51,360
most I was really looking forward to the hair versus hair match until you said

732
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:55,520
the loser of the match that the word takes the pinfall gets their head I thought it

733
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,800
was whichever team lost because I was really want to see one the women get

734
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:03,040
shaved ball but now I'm like okay yeah that kind of gives away it's gonna be you know

735
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:07,280
they're they're just yeah this is just to give you will or you to head haircut I

736
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:13,660
think mox and and mox like the Brody King MJF matches in tree I just don't think

737
00:58:13,660 --> 00:58:17,440
they're gonna pull the trigger on Brody King going over no but mox and to

738
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:23,760
Keshda should be just a banger hard hitting just really really good match so

739
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:27,200
that's probably the one I'm looking forward to the most on the show is just

740
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,520
watching those two guys go at it and then just last I just want to say that I

741
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:34,720
think AW is doing some of its best working a long time I've I've really enjoyed

742
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:38,160
their show I know we trashed the TNT championship stuff and and rightfully so I mean

743
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:45,760
that was just not well planned so that's that's really it I mean everything else

744
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:51,480
is making a lot of lot of sense and oh that's where of osprey segments you mean

745
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:57,680
omega omega yes we're sorry I got osprey the brain what's going on sit down sit down

746
00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:02,480
for a second young box and FTR how to remember I'm running two companies

747
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:07,600
right now no no no don't let the other companies hear this I've got a sick

748
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:13,840
toddler like oh no this is hard yeah no believe me I mean it's it's crazy right now

749
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:18,840
but yeah like I just am worried about your diabetes no I was and no I got a I got

750
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:23,920
the little thing to monitor it now okay okay on your phone yeah the little

751
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:27,480
implant goes in your arm and you check with your phone like oh we should add this

752
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,520
as a feature of earth the patreon page people could follow your your blood

753
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:34,040
sugar throughout the day my blood sugar levels yes and then and then get we get

754
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:42,360
random messages to tell me to eat or not yes yes if you spend four bucks just

755
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,440
lecture Dr. Treyow where he should have a lunch because it sugars too high

756
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:50,320
somewhere some where Eric Darcy and EJ read just signed up thank you guys but

757
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:56,480
yeah but no moxley excuse me the swerve omega stuff like I'm not a big fan of

758
00:59:56,480 --> 01:00:01,760
baby baby type stuff and because you said Darcy now I have boyfriend stuck in my

759
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:06,840
head but yeah like it's like okay this this could be interesting because it's

760
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:12,240
kind of similar to the Jacob Cody stuff and not that you know it's just baby

761
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:16,360
face baby face one guy's kind of crazy and one guy's kind of the face of your

762
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:20,640
company is kind of interesting they've gone this route but it's all about

763
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:24,880
getting to MJF and I think that's I saw MJ have an air you said like the fact

764
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:29,400
that they've got it now is where all these guys are fighting to get to him makes

765
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:36,240
that AEW world title all the more as much of a goal as possible it puts on a

766
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:41,600
higher plan so maybe then it's been in years past yeah yeah I would agree it's

767
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:44,680
it's and it's with the right players I mean that's what's like most

768
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:48,640
important and there was even with hangman hole in title coming out of all in

769
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:52,080
after defeat moxley was like man what are they gonna do with him I don't even

770
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:55,440
know who he's involved with a ton of injuries stuff like that but they've got a

771
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,800
lot of the right players right now and I have enjoyed watching someone like

772
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:04,800
Andrade Alito low get a little bit more shine so AW Grand Slam Austria this

773
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:09,600
Saturday on TNT with that said let's close up shop here on this week's edition

774
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:14,520
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01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:02,000
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01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:15,520
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watch independent wrestling show and then for her to leave you for the 45-year-old

792
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:31,840
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795
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:44,640
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joining us this weekend don't forget next week 16 years of SRTU Dr. Trenon will

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ready for elimination chamber as well as we get closer to that show and also

799
01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:03,080
we in recapping AW of Grand Slam Australia so enjoy your weekend enjoy the

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weekend of professional wrestling and until next week for Dr. Frank and I am Jeff

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