What Does A WWE Storyline Have To Do With AEW's Booking? | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #748 – 6/13/24

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It's still welcome, everybody. Welcome
to this week's edition The Stone Real Does

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Show Episode number seven and forty eight
for June thirteenth, twenty twenty four.

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This is your NXC Battleground Recap and
review and w Clash at the Castle Preview

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and Predictions edition of s R T. You. I am one half the

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show. I am Jeff Peck joined
every single week of my past one only

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Doctor Trey Franklin, Doctor Trey the
ufc Apex. I hope they never do

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a show there ever. Again,
my friend, it was like if the

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performance Center, the school down in
Orlando, and the Thunderdome all had an

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ugly, ugly step child. It
was. It was not a good look.

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It looked like they were doing any
They're doing a pay per view and

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a shopping center, which I think
they did that in Hartford, Connecticut at

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the Mall once. It's funny that
you say that, because I had one

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of the points I wanted to talk
about post recap of NXC Battleground. To

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me, I felt like they did
that show in a big conference center at

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a hotel. Do you get that
vibe? I was waiting for all the

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vendor boots to be set up around
the ring where you go like get Anderson

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windows, cypher Anderson windows or leaf
filter, get some honey from a vendor

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and all. Yeah, it just
it was a not a good look.

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I understand why they did it,
because I doubt they paid anything for the

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building, but it's like, oh, we can set up for free and

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everything here straight profit. Cool,
we'll try that. But yeah, it

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just it felt like you know,
NXT like RV Super Show, like it

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was just like a convention. Yeah, I mean, I guess we're going

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to jump here a little bit.
I mean I had written down that the

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WE presentation does not look it did
not look great on TV in that room

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because some of that stuff is typically
hit and during a UFC show. I

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mean there's like more aerial shots looking
down at the octagon and it's a little

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bit more closed on the octagon rather
than a wide shot where you want to

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see the crowd, you want to
hear the crowd, you want to see

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the room. They either need to
go back to the drawing board for the

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UFC apex on making this location looking
sound better on TV, or just hold

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like special NXC television editions there if
they do so again in the future,

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which I assume they would. And
then additionally, that ufc Apex crowd was

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not great. I don't know if
it was a lack of harmonics that made

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the crowd sound alive or lack of
being alive, or if it was an

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MMA crowd or a crowd where they
just distributed it out to TKO employees.

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You could actually see an employee at
one point during the trick, williams ethan

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page match, trying to get the
crowd going, and he was sitting right

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next to the commentary table, and
I found that very embarrassing. All in

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all, not a good look,
sound, and feel from the ufc Apex.

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What do they call the the fluffers, the ones they use for like

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comedians before the comedy comes up,
there is there's a special to get the

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crowd warmed up. You have a
little opening act. Yeah, so that

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was like a that was like a
TKO employee fluffer basically like, guys,

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come on, I'm gonna get fired
if you don't clap for the show.

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Geez, guys, come on,
Grandma, wake up. I mean it's

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yeah, it just wasn't a good
presentation. It felt like dried, Like

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there's been shows in the past where
you know it's probably like right around like

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pre COVID days where it just felt
very small. I mean even like when

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we've seen shows done in small venues
in the past, and I'm talking like

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performance centers or full sale days or
even you know some of the aw stuff

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in daily place. You know,
it's it's very small type venues. But

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the crowd just seemed into it.
This it's a Saturday night in Vegas and

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it's in a small set. It's
in a small setting, so it just

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didn't feel right, and it upset
Sammy too. Sammy's still saying, never

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do it, don't do it again, don't do it again. I don't

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blame them. I don't blame them. Not not a good location. We

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get it because it's TKO w UFC
partnership. First time you're really integrating UFC

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into the ww world. I know
they've done some shows where I actually believe

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they They did some like the most
recent SmackDown taping in Kentucky was shared with

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a UFC Fight Night, so they've
done that, but they haven't done it

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as in depth as a they did
with the UFC Apex. They made it

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a big deal. It it was
a big deal, but coming off on

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television not great at all. So
let's get into an NXC battleground recap.

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Review came to us this past Sunday
from the ufc Apex has described before in

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Las Vegas, Nevada. We have
the first match here, Klonie Jordan defeating

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Soul Ruka Lash Legend Fallon Henley,
Jada Parker, and Meechin in a ladder

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match to win the inaugural NXT Women's
North American Championship. Doctor Trey and I

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both had last Legend in this one. I think the sky is the limit

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for Klonnie Jordan is a baby face
on the NXX brand right now. I

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think they have wanted to push her
for some time, and putting the NXT

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Women's North American Championship on her will
help with that climb in the short term.

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I'm a fan of giving the women's
division a mid card title to fight

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for, and it'll be intriguing to
see if success in NXT leads to the

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same thing happening a Ron SmackDown in
the future. Doctor Trey, your thoughts

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on this one, Yeah, I
was the women tried really really hardness match,

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but you can see why most of
these women have been kind of on

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the we're part of the car because
there are still some rough spots, some

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greenness to it. Really surprised with
the result because as much as they've wanted

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to push Klonie Jordan, they really
haven't. And to me, she was

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to me, she wasn't even the
standout of the match. It was kind

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of like just you know, I
think Jada Parker said it really really good

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the other night where she said it
just proved that you could climb a ladder

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the fastest. But like, like, let me ask you at a I'm

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not familiar with every woman in this
match because I don't watch NXT religiously.

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Sol Ruka really stood out to me
in this match as somebody that I could

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see being a bigger star than just
about anybody else. Can's imagine. Did

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you feel that way or was Kilanie
like your standouts? Boy, that's a

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really interesting question because there are a
couple women in this match. I think

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we obviously differ on this. I
think there's a couple of women on this

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match, in this match that a
year from now can be big stars.

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I think sol Ruka is one of
them. Lash legend in the last three

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months has really really improved. She
was when they first introduced her jurning the

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two point zero era, and she
was doing that backstage segment. It was

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not that great. Her in ring
work wasn't there yet either, and she's

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become a great character with metaphor and
she's become a really, really well improved

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in ring worker. I'm a fan
of Fallon Henley. I like Fallin.

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I think I like the heel turn
stuff. Jada Parker is the one out

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of everybody you know sans and I
haven't gotten to Klonie Jordan because, as

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I said before, I really think
Kalandie Jordan can be like your white meat

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babyface moving forward. I think she
is like your stereotypical, like Roxanne Perez

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before the heel turn type babyface.
But Jada Parker to me, is the

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one to watch for. I really
think that this girl has a lot of

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potential out of everybody in this match. But I mean, you can't go

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wrong with any of them. I
mean, soul Ruka's her move set is

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viral worthy. I mean, the
snow stature is a great move. Once

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she continues to refine her in ring
works, she's going to be really good.

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So I think we kind of cause
I differ here. I think every

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one of these women in a year
from now could be big stars on the

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NXT brand or maybe even being introduced
on Raw on Hex or SmackDown. But

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to me, out of everybody,
I really like Jada Parker. I've been

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watching her for a while since some
left up doing the Breakout Tournament and now

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watching her character grow, I think
she has some IT factor as well.

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See, Jada is the one I
need to do more work on because like

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this was really my first time really
seeing her in the Rings, so she

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was a little behind her. The
Falon Henley's outfit. I mean, if

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that does not scream like early like
Mickey James, like that looked phenomenal.

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She looked like a star. Saw
Rucas moveset's fantastic. I do like Lash.

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Like when Lash made her entrance,
she looked like a star. Klonie

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Jordan, if you remember with Sasha
Banks first started next before she joined the

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little Heel group, the bff Yes, the BFFs, like when she was

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the plucky white meat babyface. That's
who Colonie Jordan reminds me of. I

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don't know, I'm not saying she's
going to go on the Sasha Banks Ascent,

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but just that clean cut, you
know, plucky underdog type, you

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know female character, that's who she
carried around me. But it was just

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this is like, really my first
exposure to all these women competing where I

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actually get my eyes on them all
at one time. So I just gotta

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go with it. Who kind of
stood out in the match to me?

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Vic Joseph's been saying this on commentary
lately, so it's probably something internal that

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they really want to push. But
I do think there's a lot of credence

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to this. I think the most
optimistic and exciting women's division in all of

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rustling right now sits in the next
day. I don't there is so much

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upside with so many of these female
wrestlers that it's very exciting and battleground spoiler

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alert will not be reflective of of
how high I have been on NXT lately,

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but there is a lot of optimism
and there's a lot of good momentum

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that they've had as of late that's
really exciting, and a lot of that

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does sit with the women's division and
how many good young stars they have building

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through right now and It's going to
create some really good competition and we're going

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to see who are some of the
top standouts as the next year goes on.

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Next match year is Nathan Fraser and
Axium defeating the OC to retain the

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NXC Tag Team Championship. I THEOC
Doctor trade Nathan Fraser and Axiom surprising result,

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as I thought it would have been
a good move to put the NXC

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tag titles on the OC for the
time being since they are involved in the

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AJ styles Cody Rhoades feud on SmackDown. That would have put more eyes on

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the NXC brand if they were representing
as tag champs. Fraser and Axioum are

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a really exciting tag team that has
the chance to be a great tag team.

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It's it's strange the way that they're
booking the OC on NXC television right

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now. I mean, how do
you not have an interaction with Cody Roots

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on this past Tuesday. Meechin's been
working as a baby face. Gallas and

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Anderson have been working as heels on
SmackDown and on NXT, but they kind

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of worked as quasi baby faces to
help Meeching out to the feat Ada Parker,

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which I will assume leads to eventual
OTM and Jada Parker taking on the

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OC match. I just thought it
was a missed opportunity. Nothing against Fraser

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Naxium. I think that again there
the future would be a great tag team

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Doctor Trey. But I thought,
if you wanted to get some quick eyes

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on the NXC brand, put the
tag titles on Gallas and Anderson as they're

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involved with this feud with aj Styles
and Cody Rhoads playing as behind the seams

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players. But you know, at
least they're not completely ignored like when they

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were building towards backlash in France,
and that would have gotten some people to

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be like, all right, let
me go check out NXT. Probably,

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so I thought it was a missed
opportunity, but fun match. Overalls,

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Fraser Naxium retain. Yeah, to
me, this was just kind of helping

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solidify Frasier Naxium with a tag team. I mean, they kind of came

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off the I don't want to say
Fluke victory over over the you know Bronn

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Breaker and Baron Corbyn, the wind
the belt that they really haven't you know,

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they had the little few with OTM
for you know, briefly in there,

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but this was just kind of like
another way of solidifying them as like

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the corners of the tag team division
right now, which I guess right now

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this is the tag team division is
kind of the weak spot in nxt SO,

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and we've talked about it over the
years, like they kind of cycle

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through where like one one section of
the of the roster of the of the

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show will be a little bit down. So the tag team division is the

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one is down right now. But
like I like the match. I thought

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it was really fun. Uh Frasier
and Axiom. I don't know if you

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remember this, remember when KOFE and
Evan Borne were a tag team? That's

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this is what they kind of remind
me of. I do, I do

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remember them as a tag team.
Yeah, you definitely like some get emotional

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here. You do like some still
batter out battle and allergiesier folks. You

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do like to see like this,
Like their offense as a tag team is

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something we we don't typically see and
it's really exciting. I mean, the

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quickness from both these guys is really
fun to watch. Nathan Fraser I spotted

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him god three four years ago.
He worked a couple aw Dynamites. I

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remember one that aired on it like
a Saturday night at eleven thirty during the

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pandemic, and he was phenomenal.
And then when I found out we signed

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him and he was working in the
UK brand, it was like, this

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kid's a future star. I still
feel that way. I think the Axiom

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character the former a kid can be
probably you know Stember two behind Fraser.

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He could be relatable to the children
at some point. But yeah, I

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mean this is a this is a
fun tag team and it's it's to your

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point, doctor Trey. Yeah,
the tag team division is like the weakest

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thing in NXC right now, which
is which is unfortunate. But if they

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give the same care and build that
they've done with the women's division to the

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tag team divisions, because there are
tag teams out there in NXC that exist,

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this could be pretty exciting. But
we'll see where things go. Thought

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again, it was a missed opportunity, But is your an axiom retained?

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By the way, don't forget Nathan
Fraser Rocket City Wrestling alumni as well.

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Oh really, I remember you saying
that now back in twenty twenty. Yeah,

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back when he was Benjamin Carter before
he got the name change. But

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yeah, I actually worked we actually
I actually worked against him in a match,

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so as the manager against him.
So yeah, just the kid's a

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fantastic guy and it's funny way I
watch him come out. He reminds me

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of a like in the looks in
the face, a little bit of like

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a very young Heath Slater with the
long hair. But he's so sudden,

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so quick, And you're right,
Axiom, could be they've been looking for

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that next Rabistteria to be the face
of the Hispanic division with it with a

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mask. You got a young British
kid that could be just do the same

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thing if they ever launched the NXT
Europe again and be that kind of European

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version of of the Raybisterio Dragon Lee
type characters. Next match here is Lolavice

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defeating Shannon Basler an NX Underground match. We both at Shannon Baesler. Basler

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losing the NX Underground match at NX
is shocking based on her legacy. There's

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a huge win for lola Ice and
NIX. He needs to capitalize on this

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win for her. If lola Ice
isn't an NXC Women's champion in the next

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three or six months, I will
be very surprised. Obviously, the purpose

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this match was to get Lolavice over. I wish there was some more hype

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in how good Shane was in NXT
leading into this, to add a little

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bit more like shock value to this, because as a fan of historical wrestling

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and NXC, Shana's legacy in NXT
is one of the greatest women's stars that

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have ever come through there. It's
like to me, Her and Osca are

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the top two that came through NXT, so they should have hyped this up

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a little bit more. Nonetheless,
that we saw how it played out on

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Tuesday's NXT as well, there's obviously
some big plans ahead here for Lolavice.

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I don't know if her in ring
style is one that I have gotten behind

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yet, but the character and being
a little bit more vicious and violent instead

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of this like beautiful girl who likes
the dance character. If they tap into

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the more of the violent side of
things and make her a little bit more

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dangerous like they did with Shana back
in the day, this is gonna be

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really really a fun ride for her
moving forward. So lola Ice gets a

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surprising victory here, Doctor Trey,
Yeah, I typically like most of the

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Nacy Underground matches, I hated this
one, like there was just too much

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stuff going on on the outside.
Then the fluke Shana gets knocked into the

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stairs to lead to the victory.
Like I just did like this match,

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which sucks because once again Lola vices
somebody else I'm not overly familiar with.

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And then I hate it, like
you know, you knockout or you get

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the technical knockout or however you want
the referee stoppage, and then you start

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doing the dance, the Victor Cruz
dance, like I'm like, it doesn't

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match up, Like I'm with you, like it's like you can be one

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or the other. You can't really
be both. You can't be you know,

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torking with sexy red and dancing and
be vicious at the same time.

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They just don't go together. You
need to go one or the other.

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It's it's like having ice cream and
steak at the same time. It just

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doesn't make sense to put them together. So I I just I didn't like

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this at all. And then like
you said, they didn't really like.

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They mentioned it in passing during commentary
about how dominant Shana was, but you

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know, hype it up leading into
it like she's literally this is the person

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who you know became the baddest woman
on the planet by beating ron de Rousey

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and then she loses an NXC battleground
to Lola Bikes. Just doesn't it doesn't

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make sense? Yeah, yeah,
no, I'm with you. I think

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a little bit more hype in the
legacy again, if Shannon Bezler would have

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proven, you know, higher dividends. And seeing how this match played out,

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I did love on Monday's Raw that
they did carry over the leg injury

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for Shannon Bezeler in the match that
they had there with Zoe Stark and her

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tagging against Alba Fire and Island Dawn. So nice to see some consistency in

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w because in the past that didn't
happen. Next match year, is Oba

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Fami defeat Wesley and Joe Coffee in
a triple threat match to retain the NX

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North American Championship. We both at
Oba Femi getting victory in this one.

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I mean, how much longer can
they keep Oba Femi away from the NXC

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Championship. It seems like these triple
threats or fatal four ways where Oba doesn't

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need to be pinned to lose the
title is the way NX ultimately needs to

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get the title off of Femi so
he could chase the championship. Oba is

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insanely strong and needs his push to
continue upwards like it has so far this

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year. He's he's plateauing with the
NX North American Championship, which is wild

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because I never felt that way the
Carmelo Carmelo Hayes, But Hayes was more

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like the wrestler as wrestler when he
held the North American Championship. Doctor Trey

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and Obafemi's just this dominant wrestler that
when we've seen it in the historical past,

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the dominant wrestler can't be held back
and eventually becomes world champion. I

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think nx's kind of booking themselves into
a little bit of a corner here following

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this match. It feels like I'm
knowing I'll be using a lot of historical

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references. But that's how I for
the older people, for younger folks,

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is how I do stuff. Family
with the North American title reminds me of

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when Ultimate Warrior had the Intercontinental title. It was cool for a little bit,

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but then you just felt like he's
way too good for this division,

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like he needs me on the next
level. The problem is you're still trying

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to trick Williams is over with the
crowd, but you're trying to give him

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a little bit of a legacy,
a little bit of some credibility to his

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title run. And if you throw
up a Fambly in there right now,

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like it's it's not a good matchup
yet for that So but he's the most

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impressive athlete performer I've seen in quite
some time. Him and Braun Breaker.

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I mean, if that is not
a WrestleMania main event match in four years,

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I will be surprised, because these
guys are those who are just freak

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athletes. His strength, some of
the stuff he was doing in that match,

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I have never seen Subay catch a
top roupe mediora like he did that

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match. Like some of the stuff
he was doing. And Wesley God,

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love that man. He's an incredible
athlete and just and some of that he

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is insane, but like it's just
like he's just over Befeman, just overmatched

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everybody. And he made Joe Coffee
look small, and Joe Coffee is a

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big, thick dude. And he
made Coffee look small and make Coffee look

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like he didn't belong in that match. So that guy ob Femi is the

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most impressive athlete I have seen his
quite some time coming to pro wrestling.

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Next match, here is Roxanne Perez
defeating Jordan Grace to retain the XC Women's

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Championship. We both had Jordan Grace
winning this one. I don't know if

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free publicity on WE Television or one
of your champions is featured, but you

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take the loss is good business for
T and A or not. I obviously

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would have loved to see Jordan Grace
to be crowned the NXC Women's Champion,

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as it would have been totally unexpected
and something we rarely see in WUE.

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I hope this partnership between both companies
continues as it's fun for wrestling fans.

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This was a fun match. I
think the partnership does continue because on Tuesday's

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NXT there will be a Battle Royal
to crown the next contender for Trick Williams

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NXC Championship at heat Wave in early
July, and Cody Rhodes came out and

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said that there will be people from
different locker rooms in this match, so

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hopefully some big names are being featured. Doctor Trey your thoughts on this one.

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As the NXC Champion Women's Champion defeated
the TNA Knockouts Champion. I really

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enjoyed this match. And I'm not
the biggest fan of Jordan Grace over like

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her. Like she She's honest,
it's one of the things. She's almost

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too muscular at times, like she's
frightening in some ways, and she's so

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short for she's like a pocket muscle, Like it's just crazy. But this

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match was really well done. And
I love this match because it showed the

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diversity of Jordan Grace because she wrestled
a WWE style match and that's typically not

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the styles that they wrestled in TNA
at times. So really well done match.

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I loved ash By Elegance making appearance
and Vic you know, doing the

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whole oh my godness, Dana Oobs
ash by Elegance, you know that little

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segue in there, so they had
to come up with the flukey way to

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get rock Stand in the victory.
So it doesn't hurt Jordan, but I

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do. I hope they do more
crossovers. I mean, I'd love to

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you know we talked about on lesson
show. I love to see Josh Alexander

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schabb or the rascals people that have
ties to guys in NXC. I think

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would be great for there of them. And then I even love the backstage

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stuff we saw with UH on Tuesday
Night with with Cody and and Shawn Spears

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and Lexus King and and and Ethan
Page, like I love the tie ins

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to everything. So h really well
done FORMASH really well, like just really

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good women's title match, so I
thought was really well done. I don't

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know if we'll get to this,
but let's talk about that moment real quick.

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I mean kind of surreal when you
think about things. Cody Rhoades backstage

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and NXC talking to Shawn Spears,
Ethan Page and Lexus King all roll up

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obviously Lexis King with Brian Pillman Junior
in AW. So kind of like this

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funny quasi let me pop the UH
internet fan hardcore fan audience that is watching

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right now. Did you think that
was like a subtle shot at AW,

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a shot at AW or just like
a really fun moment moment that played out

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in NXT A little bit of both. There was a shot at the end

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at the line of the line of
going, hey, at least I can

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say we're all we're all in a
better place or in a good place.

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Now, that's a shot. It's
subtle, but it's a shot. But

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I also thought it was a really
cool moment because that's something that the Internet

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fans would have popped for, and
they did, so I thought it was

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you know, it's it's a little
like we get onto AW for making you

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know, jabs at WW. That
was a little bit of a jab back

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at AW. But you know it
once again, Cody was an EVP.

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Sean was one of his first people
he brought in, so you know,

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and Ethan Page was someone he brought
in. Yeah so, and and Lexus

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King knew Cody from helping from trade
at the Nightmare Factor because thats one of

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the places he also went and worked
out when he was doing his AW stuff.

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So it was it's the district in
WWE in AW times, his WT

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does subtle jabs where you have to
kind of read between the lines you realize

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they're jabbing or AAW does it overly. Yeah, yeah, I would love

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to know someday the Cody Rhades leaving
AW story like the real one, because

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yeah, that would be interesting.
So uh moving on to the next match

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here, Trick Williams defeats Ethan Page
to retain the NXC Championship. We both

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at Trick Williams. This is probably
not a popular opinion, but we have

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seen Trick Williams booked too many times
recently where he looks over matched by his

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opponent, a pony gets distracted and
Trick catches them with a trick shot knee

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for the one, two three.
Trick Williams is not five seven, one

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hundred and seventy pounds. He is
six four and two forty. He doesn't

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need to be booked like he is
Ray Masterio catching opponents sleeping for surprise when

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I really want to see more from
Trick Williams other than being a fun personality

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with a catchy theme song that fans
can chant along with, and this match

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did not do it for me.
Again, this was very, very similar

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to the Carmelo Hayes match from the
pl previously. I am not a fan

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of the way that the're booking Trick
Williams right now, Doctor Trey. No.

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The weird thing is is when you
know you go back to stuff with

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Carmelo and ilia and and like he's
he always looks strong in the ring,

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like in the promos, he looks
strong when they get to the brawls and

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the match. You're absolutely right,
he looks Overmash and it's almost like he

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wins out of what, out of
nowhere like and that finish in this match

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was awful, And not even just
because that the knee was out of nowhere.

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It was because Ethan Page had them
amnum and then start argue with the

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referee for no reason to lead into
that, Like the referee Like the count

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wasn't even close. It wasn't like
two and seven eighths, It was a

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clear two count. Then youthing just
kind of gets up and looks at the

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referee and then mouths off. Then
boom, there's the knee. Like it

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just it's not a good look when, like you said, you have a

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guy who's the size of a critique. You saw it Tuesday night. He's

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bigger than Cody, you know,
Like, you have a guy who's bigger

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and more jacked than your world champion
and he has to win flukishly and so

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it doesn't really help him build up. The crowd's happy because he wins well

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when you're looking at the depth of
the character, it just makes him look

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more green that he's not carrying matches. He's participating in matches just leading to

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the finish. So not a good
look and not a good main event to

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close out Battleground. No, I
love Trick Williams as a character personality the

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whole nine yards. I think there's
a ton of potential there still, But

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I have not seen a Trick Williams
match that I like, A one on

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one match that I loved. I
think the last time I saw a match

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that he was involved with it,
I was like, I really liked the

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way that they booked him was the
What's the Iron Survivor Challenge match in December,

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and it was very similar to how
he's been booked now the last couple

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pls and a one on one where
he was really far behind an underdog came

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out of nowhere, trick shot,
trick chick shot and gets the win out

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of nowhere and it's like, Yeah, that was really cool. Iron Survivor

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was booked amazing. That was a
very fun match. His stuff with Carmelo

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Hayes, it was like, wait, the match is over, what what

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are we doing here? And then
the match with Ethan Page, I was

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like, we're doing the same finish
again, love Trick I again. I

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think there's a world of potential there, but some of the inn ring stuff

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definitely needs some improvement. And maybe
this is their way of kind of hiding

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that he's a little bit on the
green side, doctor Try. I almost

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feel like, here's the thing.
I almost feel like he got the title

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because he got so hot, his
personality got him over so much, and

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they felt like they had to put
the title on which which I understand and

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agree with. And if there was
anybody that was going to send Carmelo Hayes

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packing from NXT to the main roster, it should have been Trick Williams.

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Ye. Now should it have been
Trick Williams who gets the championship by defeating

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Elie Dragonoff one of their most dominant
champions I've ever had. And it's like,

401
00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.960
let me think, here, you
look at the roster. Broun gets

402
00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:02.119
called up, so can't be him. It's like process of elimination. I

403
00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.880
guess we put the title on him
because we can't elevate Oba quite yet,

404
00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.799
because we don't know what we really
have there until we see it play out

405
00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:11.359
a little bit more. Yeah,
it's just I think you're right. This

406
00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.359
is their way of kind of hiding
his deficition because he can sell, now

407
00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.519
one thing Trick does. Trick can
sell his ass off. He can sell.

408
00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:22.599
It's just I you know, some
of the some of the fluidity at

409
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:27.000
times is off, and I think
they're trying to hide that by letting these

410
00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.519
veterans kind of carry the match to
lead the finish. So they're doing a

411
00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:34.319
good jobther. I mean, he's
still super popular, he's still super over,

412
00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:40.519
Like his personality is great, his
finish is great because that trick knee,

413
00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:42.599
you know, the trick shot that's
out of nowhere. We saw how

414
00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:45.160
well that's played out with the RKO
over the years, Like you can hit

415
00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.920
that one time and the match is
over as long as nobody kicks out of

416
00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:53.920
it anytime soon. And I think
Iliot kicked out of it once during their

417
00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:57.279
match. But outside of that,
like you gotta keep Beth that, you

418
00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:00.240
gotta keep it like Baron Corbin's in
the Day's got that thing where nobody gets

419
00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.240
out of it, because that's the
only way that moves in the work.

420
00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:07.480
If you keep booking him like this
if you book him weak, you got

421
00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:11.839
to keep the finisher safe the entire
time until he until the rest of his

422
00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:14.720
injuring stuff catches up to him.
I should have mentioned that. I think

423
00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.880
the other person they could have put
the championship on was Tony DiAngelo. I

424
00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.279
mean that's what they were doing with
him in the Elia Draggon off going to

425
00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:23.920
their pl match was really well done, and I thought Tony d could be

426
00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.200
the guy that could hold that championship. But I think they rode the hot

427
00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.519
hand there. Doctor Troy, Yeah, I think their thing with Tony is

428
00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.000
Tony does get injured or quite a
bit. So you know, the guys

429
00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:37.079
they've kind of gone with holding these
belts are guys that are don't really get

430
00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.480
injured all that often, like Ilia, for being so small, never seems

431
00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:44.880
to really get injured. He had
the one fluke injury about what eight months

432
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:48.240
ago and he was out for like
three weeks. Outside of that, everybody

433
00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.160
else they've kind of put the title
on doesn't really get hurt. Tony gets

434
00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:53.599
banged up quite a bit, so
I think Trick was the safe pick to

435
00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.920
put a title on where you can
still book a show and not have to

436
00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.519
worry about fluke injuries. Yeah,
that's a good point, and I also

437
00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:06.039
think it the sometimes the di Angelo
family can be cartoonish. Heading in ALIAS

438
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.880
stuff. It was a little bit
more modernized than what we've seen, but

439
00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:12.799
now they've kind of gone back to
a little bit more cartoonish. Nxc Battleground

440
00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:17.799
PL predictions. I went two and
four, Doctor Trey went three and three.

441
00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.880
I'm at sixty six and thirteen on
the year. Doctor Trey is at

442
00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:26.359
sixty one and eighteen. Match of
the Night and event rating. I gave

443
00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:32.640
NXC Battleground a three point four out
of five. Did not love this show,

444
00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.519
and I gave my match to the
Night to Rocks again, Perez and

445
00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:37.720
Jordan Grace. Yeah, see where
we're really close. I was three point

446
00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.599
three and then I had Jordan Grayce
and Rocks and Perez. Like it was

447
00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:47.839
this maybe one of the weaker NXT
show nxcpl e's they've ousley. Part of

448
00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.000
it was the finish of the main
event. In the main event only going

449
00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:55.839
twelve minutes, the crowd wasn't really
into it. It just the ending of

450
00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:57.039
the show, and you know,
literally, like you said, having a

451
00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:00.559
fluffer out there to hype the crowd
up not a good look. Yeah,

452
00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:03.519
it's very very noticeable, and a
lot of people go out there, they'll

453
00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:07.119
trash aw if they did the same
thing, and it's like, well,

454
00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:10.079
you got a trashwe if they did
that. And if you go back and

455
00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:15.000
you watch that match, there's a
really significant point where I think both wrestlers

456
00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:17.799
were down and you could see this
person by the commentary desk trying to get

457
00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:21.720
the crowd going and he looked frustrated, which if he's frustrated, and he

458
00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:23.160
wasn't out there all night, so
they must have sent him out there at

459
00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:26.400
some point and be like, dude, this crowd is dead. And I

460
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.000
haven't heard any other reports about this. And it was a really bad crowd.

461
00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.640
It was a really bad venue.
It did not look good on television,

462
00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.480
and the show suffered for it across
the board. I mean, the

463
00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.400
show absolutely suffered for it. I
get why they went there, but the

464
00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.599
show suffered. Yeah, in Vegas
is usually a pretty good crowd, and

465
00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.160
so to me, it was like
it was either the employees or the people

466
00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:52.039
that hit the early bird buffet specials
at the casinos. They matriculator. It's

467
00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:56.200
almost like when they used to do
the shows down in Orlando and they TENA

468
00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:00.880
would give away free tickets and you're
just hoping some people app That's literally how

469
00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:06.599
it felt. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, it's it's strange. Yeah,

470
00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:08.279
it felt like an old school TV
crowd. It was. It was weird.

471
00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:12.759
All we needed was like the different
types of flags hanging above the ring,

472
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.279
and I would have felt that.
I was like, oh my god,

473
00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:17.680
this is Crocket Promotions. That's a
shot at n w A because nw

474
00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:21.319
A still has the flag zone.
I get why they do it though,

475
00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.160
I mean that's it's a throwback show. So it's like, all right,

476
00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:27.319
let's make this feel a little Crockett
Promotions here mid Atlanta. Give it to

477
00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:29.960
me. Yeah. The only thing
that would make betterefit if they've made it

478
00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.519
more look more like w CW Saturday
Night, the where they did it at

479
00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:38.160
the at the at Disney, Yeah
Disney, so that it had the weird,

480
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.720
the weird special effects that would cut
in and cut out and may look

481
00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.799
like you're also a futuristic set and
there's a there's some things in Collision.

482
00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:50.599
I've always said the graphics remind me
of w CW Saturday Night. I always

483
00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.160
remember there was like this robot arm
that would come out and they would like

484
00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:57.119
make some sort of noise and it
would go against the screen and it would

485
00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.599
show like a human body like it
was the million dollar Was it the million

486
00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:05.880
million Dollar Man? Six dollars six
million dollar man? Sorry not to a

487
00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:09.200
DBAs. So yeah, when I
went, when I used to go to

488
00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.440
Disney way back in the day,
it always blew my mind, like this

489
00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.319
is where WSW Saturday Night is filmed, and they used to have some stuff

490
00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:19.799
outside. But yeah, that's a
a whole other story for another day.

491
00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.799
Let's get into Clash the Castle real
quick. Let's pre even predict ww WE

492
00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:27.599
Clash the Castle. It's this satur
from the Ovio Hydro Arena in Glasgow,

493
00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.640
Scotland. First match here is Bionca, Bella Air and Jade Cargill defending the

494
00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:36.240
w W Women's Tag Team Championship against
Alpha Fire and Isla Dawn, the Hometown

495
00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.680
Girls and Shannon Baseler and Zoey stark
Uh in a triple threat match. I'm

496
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:43.359
gonna take Bianca, Bella Air and
Jade Cargill in this one. Doctor Trey,

497
00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:46.319
Yeah, there is there's part of
me. You've gotta feel like one

498
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:52.160
of these Scottish people have to win
at some point at the show, but

499
00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:55.359
it's not gonna be this match,
because we're still gonna build this this friendship

500
00:33:55.759 --> 00:34:00.359
between Byonk and Jade, so that
way somebody can turn green with him and

501
00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.759
then turn on the other one to
lead into either Summer Slam or WrestleMania,

502
00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:06.920
though we're not at that point yet, so Bianca and Jay get the win

503
00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:10.360
for me as well. Next match
here is Bailey defending the w WE Women's

504
00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:15.360
Championship against hometown girl Piper Nivin.
I love the Piper's in this match.

505
00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.159
She is very very talented. Doctor
Trey, who do you like in this

506
00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:22.400
one? Yeah? Once again it's
one of the Scottish people have to win,

507
00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.159
Jeff, But this one, I
still think we're building towards Bailey and

508
00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:29.519
Naya, so I'm gonna get Bailey
the win in this one as well.

509
00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:35.800
Yeah, I mean it's really really
tough to go against Bailey in this one.

510
00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.360
I would love to see Piper niven
get get some shining this and hopefully

511
00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:42.559
that's what comes out of it,
is that Piper Nivin gets some shine because

512
00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:45.960
she's again very very talented. Next
match is for the Intercontinental Championship. Sam

513
00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:51.639
Masein defends against Chad Gable. A
huge fan of sammis Ain, but I'm

514
00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.480
gonna take Chad Gable in this one. Doc tray. It's like, at

515
00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:58.719
this point, if you don't put
the Intercontinental Championship bottom now win, will

516
00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:01.599
you? Maybe the catapults, the
implosion of the Alpha Academy, and the

517
00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:06.119
Creed Brothers, which have been rumored
to potentially join him. They've been doing

518
00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:10.280
some stuff behind the scenes in the
in the vignettes, getting involved, but

519
00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:15.320
maybe the Creed Brothers kind of help
Chad Gable win. I think it's time

520
00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:19.679
for Chad to be the icy champ, Doctor Trey, So I'm gonna take

521
00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:22.840
Chad Gable in this one. Yeah, because as much as we love Sammy,

522
00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.800
Sammy when he's a babyface champion,
just he shouldn't. The whole point

523
00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.639
of Sammy's being the underdog as a
baby face, and when you're the champ,

524
00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:34.440
you're not You're never really the underdog
in these situations, So it makes

525
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.199
sense to put the belt on Chad
Gable. Chad Gables the closest thing to

526
00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:42.280
like a throwback nineties Interconnel Champion,
eighties inter comb of CAMPI like the Brett

527
00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.920
Harts of the world, those type
guys, the mister perfects like. He

528
00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:50.400
fits in that mold so well.
I don't even say Kurt Angle because Kurt

529
00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:54.960
was bigger, but Chad Gable deserves
it and dear guy like and then it

530
00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.519
gives something for Samy to do,
whether it's chase you know, chase this,

531
00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:01.320
or get pushed up into the main
event picture because that was the storyline

532
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:05.400
from like a year ago where Sammy
said he wanted to be showing that he's

533
00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:08.280
a main event caliber talent. I
guess the Intercolle title off him he can

534
00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:10.960
show that he can be a main
event guy. So there you go,

535
00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:14.480
Chad Gable, both of us going
with Chad Gable. I'm kind surprised with

536
00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:17.599
that, Doctor Trey. I just
like you said, there's more storyline to

537
00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:22.400
play with. Also with the Alpha
Academy implosion, there's more good storytelling to

538
00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.440
come out of that. With the
inter Conyle title the picture, because you

539
00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:29.039
have Chad fight Otis for the inn
Conyle title. That would be fun.

540
00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.599
You know. By the way,
how great was it here? Otis mentioned

541
00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:37.000
Mandy Rose on TV the other night, and who's his tag team? Partner

542
00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:40.119
there and Tucker Tucker Tucker Knight,
who I thought was really talented by the

543
00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:45.239
way, Tucky Tucky Tucky. I
like the heavy machinery. Maybe they'll come

544
00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:49.880
back. Next match here is Cody
Rhoades defending the end Disputed at WWE Championship

545
00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:52.079
against a J Styles and an equip
match Doctor Trey. Who do you like

546
00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:59.159
in this one? Once again we
have a super over babyface champion in an

547
00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:01.039
I quit match. It's really hard
for the look. And the other thing

548
00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:06.760
is typically good guys don't lose I
quip matches unless their wife gets involved and

549
00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:10.039
they get threatened, or they play
a recording of them over the loudspeaker of

550
00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:15.239
the nineteen ninety nine Royal Rumble.
So either guy get the wife involved all

551
00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:19.519
of Judgment Day and Edge, or
you gotta have the recording played. Without

552
00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:21.840
that, there's no reason for the
good guy to lose this match, So

553
00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:24.119
Cody Rose gets to win. I
am taking Cody Rhodes as well. I

554
00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:30.239
think he's holding on the championship until
WrestleMania Season still. And then finally what

555
00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.320
I considered to be the main event
here, Damian Priest defends the World Have

556
00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:38.039
aweight Championship the judgment day is barred
from ringside against the hometown boy, Drew

557
00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:44.679
McIntyre. I've had a really tough
time trying to think about this one Doctor

558
00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.679
Trey and who I would pick as
a winner. So it kind of goes

559
00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:52.199
back to the thoughts of what would
be a better storyline when it comes to

560
00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:55.920
the stuff that we just discussed with
Sammy's a and Chad Gable Leaner condall Championship

561
00:37:55.920 --> 00:38:00.639
match, and to me, I
think Drew mcinn winning the championship in front

562
00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:05.719
of the hometown crowd, finally getting
that moment because the moment at WrestleMania forty

563
00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:09.199
was stolen from him because of the
Damian Priest cash in, and you know,

564
00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:14.280
he wasn't able to celebrate his champion
in twenty twenty because of the pandemic.

565
00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:16.679
This is the moment that makes up
for it all, and he is

566
00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:22.519
extremely deserving of this opportunity based on
everything he did in twenty twenty, twenty

567
00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:27.480
twenty one and lately since like fall
of twenty twenty three, he's been one

568
00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:32.639
of the best wrestlers in w and
then the standpoint of Damian Priest losing adds

569
00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:37.880
to all the great Judgment Day storyline
that's going on with liv Morgan being involved

570
00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:42.679
in which way that is going Are
people turning their back on one another?

571
00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:45.880
Is Finn Balor and JD McDonough had
enough of Damian Priest. We've seen kind

572
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:50.400
of a little bit of side eyes
and the backstage vignettes. As of late,

573
00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:52.840
the Judgment Day stuff has been really
good. I think Damian Priest losing

574
00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:59.800
the championship makes it better as well
than him holding onto the championship for a

575
00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:02.239
couple of months. So I'm gonna
take Drew mcatyre in this one. I

576
00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:07.079
think Drew McIntyre versus Gunther at SummerSlam
is a main event level match, and

577
00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:12.119
the stuff going on with the implosion
of the Judgment Day following this loss will

578
00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:15.519
be a lot more intriguing if Damian
Priest is the one to retain. So

579
00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:19.039
I'm taking Drew McIntyre Doctor Trey.
Yeah, oh, like I'm with you

580
00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:21.360
at this point. Like I said
earlier, one of the Scottish people have

581
00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:27.920
to win. I'm taking Drew a
because arguably he's the most compelling character in

582
00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:31.440
WWE as far as you know,
kind of a good guy. He's that

583
00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:35.239
tweeter character that we actually like,
you know, it's like he's he's a

584
00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.800
good he plays the good heel when
he needs to be, but he also

585
00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:40.920
plays the crowd and he needs to. The match with gun thro At SummerSlam

586
00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:45.880
would be great. Not to mention
you have see him Punk returning as well,

587
00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.199
and the stuff they got going on. So the storyline, that's two

588
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:53.159
potential, you know, opponents lined
up that are main event quality matchups that

589
00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:58.199
actually helped elevate this title because Damian
Priest I think has done a good job,

590
00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:01.679
but I don't think he's really elevated
to And also he's a money in

591
00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:05.800
the bank casion winner. And typically
when the money in the bank guy wins

592
00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:08.480
the secondary heavyweight championship, they don't
keep it very long. It's kind of

593
00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:13.840
a trial run to see if they
can be a main event guy for them

594
00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.400
to get a much better run when
they win it the second time. So

595
00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:20.519
I got Drew McIntyre winning this one
as well. There you go, So

596
00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:24.239
Drew mcatarre, both of us picking
him to walk out as the world heavyweight

597
00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:29.000
Champion. I'm excited for the show
two o'clock here on the East Coast this

598
00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:35.480
Saturday. Again from the Ovio Arena
in Glasgow, Scotland. Some BIGWE news

599
00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:38.280
this week when it comes to contracts
roster, who's staying, who is going,

600
00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:43.199
and that is one very very talented
wrestler, Doctor Trey As According to

601
00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.440
reports, Ricochet has given his notice
in WE that he does not plan on

602
00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:50.360
resigning with the company. There were
rumors going into Monday Night's role that they

603
00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:54.559
we're going to be doing something as
my dog just saw a squirrel outside I

604
00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:59.760
think recently Doctor Trey actually mentioned like
I never hear your dog during the show.

605
00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:04.480
I'm laughing and now now you hear
so a squirrel got in her way.

606
00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.239
So there are some rumors going into
the show that they would be writing

607
00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.599
off Rickockchet. He's involved with Eli
draggon Off and bron Breaker. As of

608
00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:15.119
late, they did run an angle
where bron Breaker takes him out. There

609
00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:19.079
are some rumblings that there may be
another payoff to this, that Rick Jay

610
00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:22.400
is open to doing the payoff as
well before its contract expires in July.

611
00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:29.920
No word if there is a hope
or sign that he should return to w

612
00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:34.360
W, but obviously AW New Japan
and anybody under the sun would be very

613
00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:38.880
very interested into Ricochet's services, Doctor
Trey. When you look at his run

614
00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:43.599
in WII and the type of wrestler
that he is, is this a shock

615
00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:47.000
at all to you that it would
appear that Rickochet wants to depart World Wrestling

616
00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:51.280
and Entertainment. No, I don't
think it's a shock. I think he's

617
00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.519
had a very solid mid card run, which is kind of what I think

618
00:41:53.519 --> 00:42:00.679
he is. He's a very solid
mid card wrestler. But guys Ricochet or

619
00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:04.280
and I'm not it's not a shot
Ricoget, they bank on themselves. And

620
00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.599
he looks around, he can see
he's seen what a lot of these other

621
00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:09.960
guys have done, where they've gone
out better themselves, gone out to either

622
00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:15.239
aw New Japan, gone somewhere else
and made themselves a bigger name. So

623
00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:20.280
it's not shocked. The most shocking
part of it to me is that his

624
00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:22.480
wife's still there. You know that, the fact that Samantha Irvis still gonna

625
00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:28.159
be there and he's leaving, that
part is shocking to me because typically spouses

626
00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:32.360
don't want to separate once they start
working together. So, but he's got

627
00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:37.039
a chance, he's The one knock
on him is that his promo skills aren't

628
00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.679
the best. If he can go
out somewhere and get more TV time and

629
00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:44.760
show that he can do it and
do it well, Who's I say they

630
00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:46.039
don't bring him back in three years
and recent and bring him back at a

631
00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:50.639
much higher rate. We've seen him
do it with Cody, with Christian Uh,

632
00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.199
you know, with a lot of
guys who you know, you know,

633
00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:55.400
didn't think they were made event guys. They went out somewhere else and

634
00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:59.599
showed they were and they came back
and get the rubs. So Ricochet's got

635
00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.679
a chance of off. Yeah,
this is not a surprise to me.

636
00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:08.760
I think Ricochet's type of persona,
wrestling abilities, what have you, is

637
00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:14.599
better served to actually leave w and
go succeed in Flourish and all lead wrestling

638
00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:19.760
in New Japan. He is one
of those guys that I think can go

639
00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.000
over those companies. And like you're
saying, the Doctor Tray, should he

640
00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:27.039
return to w W at someday,
he will be a bigger star returning than

641
00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:31.280
he would if he stayed under contract
with them. It's very funny because the

642
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:37.159
Rikochet news comes out in last week
and like a month ago, Will Ospray

643
00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:43.920
in an interview was saying that it
was like time for Ricochet to remember who

644
00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:47.880
he was or for wrestling fans to
remember how good he was pre WWE,

645
00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:52.000
and I don't think him going to
w like I think any less of him,

646
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:53.960
and I'm like, oh my god, he's a terrible wrestler. I

647
00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:57.960
agree with doctor Trey Hiss pro mobility
could definitely use some work, but the

648
00:43:58.119 --> 00:44:02.320
entering talent is one hundred percent,
and he has been misused in w in

649
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.599
my opinion. But it's like,
okay, so Osprey is saying this stuff.

650
00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:10.000
About a month later, he is
requesting his release, and I'm starting

651
00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:15.199
to think to myself, I'm like, hmm, this is this potentially leading

652
00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:17.320
to something because you can kind of
read the tea leaves a little bit the

653
00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:21.679
way things go in professional wrestling,
and I kind of think it does.

654
00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:28.360
Last night on Instagram, Will Ospray
teased this little photo of him, I

655
00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.400
think on his story where he's like
looking at a sign that like this beam

656
00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:36.320
in a building and the beam says
Ricochet and he's like has his hand over

657
00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:37.800
his eyes like Christian used to do
when he would come out, and Johnny

658
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:42.519
Gargano does and I was like,
okay, so he's adding some fuel to

659
00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:45.519
the fire, and then I started
thinking a little bit more. Doctor Trey

660
00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:47.719
and I had this down on the
list of stuff I wanted to talk about

661
00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:50.800
what we never got a chance to
over the last couple of weeks, and

662
00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:55.119
that is the will Osprey Swerve strictly
match for Forbidden Door. There are a

663
00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:59.639
lot of people that are thinking,
including myself, like they are shotgunning this.

664
00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:04.599
It really seems like they are really
pushing this forward, kind of right

665
00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:07.280
in the hot hand a little bit. The two most popular stars in the

666
00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:10.559
company right now, like Swerve Strickland
versus will Ospry to me, and I

667
00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:14.880
think I predicted at the end of
the year's show last year or in the

668
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:17.719
first show this year on the predictions
was going to be all in will Osprey

669
00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:22.320
versus Swerve Strickland for the championship.
I think everybody felt that way, and

670
00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:25.760
they're doing it Forbidden Door. And
there are some reports out there saying this

671
00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:29.840
is just the one of many matches
between the two, and there are some

672
00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.760
reports out there saying no, this
is a one and done. I actually

673
00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:36.400
think Sean Ross SAP came out and
said that like this, this is for

674
00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:39.159
now a one undone and I'm like, why would they do this match?

675
00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:45.400
Now? Rick Ochet's contracts coming up
in July, there's some tea leaves being

676
00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.639
shared a little bit of where Ricochet
may go. Rickosche and All Lead Wrestling

677
00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:54.599
makes the most sense. Maybe it's
will Ospray versus Ricochet Internationutal Championship at All

678
00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:59.159
in Wembley, which would be an
absolute banger of a match to check out.

679
00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.880
And then it's like, well,
what about Swerve Strickland. Well,

680
00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:07.599
they've been having Swerve Strickland tease getting
into stuff with the Elite, and we

681
00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:10.039
saw that play out for Blood and
Guts where he was offered a spot for

682
00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:14.039
the Blood and Guts match that will
take place in July to be with the

683
00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:16.679
Elite. He said no, so
he will probably captain the other team.

684
00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:22.039
And then it's like, but they
need a fifth person and who does Swarve

685
00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:29.239
Strickland have some long history with Hangman
Page, a Hangman Page siding with the

686
00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:34.920
Elite to take on Swarve Strickland in
All in Wembley in one of the best

687
00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:37.039
feuds that they've ever had in All
Elite Wrestling history, and in my opinion,

688
00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:42.440
and it's not something that has gotten
a long play to it makes the

689
00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:46.320
most sense. So I don't know
if I'm connecting the dots really well here,

690
00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:50.679
Doctor Trey, or if I'm overthinking
this at all, but I think

691
00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:57.840
a current WWE storyline is actually affecting
all Wrestling's booking plans for this summer.

692
00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:01.800
Yeah. No, I like your
logic makes perfect sense to me, because

693
00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:06.039
you know, I was waiting to
see where you're going. Because my only

694
00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:10.800
issue with that is, like,
how do you do the finish at Forbidden

695
00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:16.079
Door to protect both those guys?
Because you really don't want either guy beating

696
00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:21.199
the other guy cleaned, so you
gotta and both guys are kind of playing

697
00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:22.960
the babyfaces right now. They're a
little you know, their baby faces with

698
00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:25.519
an edge, you know, if
you want to say it that way,

699
00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:29.639
But both guys are babyface. You
got to protect them both, so you

700
00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:31.559
gotta do some kind of crazy finish. And then if you do a crazy,

701
00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:37.559
weird finish, AW cares more about
what the Internet fans think than anybody

702
00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:40.039
else, So if you do a
crazy finish, how many Internet fans are

703
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:44.159
going to be pissed off? Because
there wasn't a clean victory between Swerving and

704
00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:46.199
Will Osprey, so they got to
be careful with that. That's why I

705
00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:50.000
don't like. I'm with you.
I don't like the idea of shotgunning this

706
00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:52.320
angle so quick. But if you
connect the dodge the way you did,

707
00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.119
it makes sense. You just better
have a very good way to do a

708
00:47:57.159 --> 00:48:00.480
finish for this matchup for Bidden Door
that doesn't hang or your fan base and

709
00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:05.960
still keep swerve. It will Osprey
hot because they are the two hottest guys

710
00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:08.440
in AW You've got to keep running
with those guys because this is leading into

711
00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:10.920
the biggest show of the year for
you guys, So you got to play

712
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:15.119
that hand right, otherwise it's going
to backfire and blow up in their face.

713
00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:17.400
Yeah, this is uh, there's
a lot riding on this one for

714
00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:21.159
sure, because I agree with you. You need to have a winner in

715
00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:24.760
this. You can't do some stupid
DQ stuff that leads to a future storyline,

716
00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:28.679
because that's what people hated about we
booking that led to, you know,

717
00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:31.239
the development of all Elite wrestling as
time has gone on. So it's

718
00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:36.320
it's a really really intriguing time.
And then the part that you brought up

719
00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:40.079
Doctor Trey is so well put.
The match itself a forbidden door is very

720
00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:45.880
very meaningful because can do you want
Swerve to drop the title right now?

721
00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:50.199
I don't, But do I want
to see will Osprey lose? I don't?

722
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:55.000
So how does this play out?
And that is the million dollar question

723
00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:59.199
that leads us to the points that
I'm trying to make in regards to potential

724
00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:04.880
w current booking affecting AW booking later
this summer. So it's, uh,

725
00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.760
it's interesting times here, doct trade. There is a lot riding on this

726
00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:09.119
match. I mean, the only
I mean, the only thing I can

727
00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:13.079
think of is if you have the
elite come out and basically you know,

728
00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:17.559
you have Matt Nick and Hangman Paige
and Okata come out and just lay out

729
00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:21.639
both guys in the match. I
know the crowd the fans will be pissed

730
00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:24.480
because you don't get a clear winner, but it does leave that door open

731
00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:30.239
for them to have another match down
the line after all in and it sets

732
00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.880
up Blood and Guts because on paper, is forbidden Door bigger than Blood and

733
00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:37.079
Guts because that's one of their big
matches they do every year. So and

734
00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:39.760
that will pop a bigger rating if
you do some kind of tie in to

735
00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:44.440
make Swerve hate the elite, and
it'll get some eyes on the product,

736
00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:46.840
but you have to, like,
it's got to make sense otherwise, you

737
00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:51.920
know, if if Swerve wins clean, it does kind of kill the momentum

738
00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:54.480
of Osprey a little bit. And
if Osprey wins, you're kind of killing

739
00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:59.400
the momentum of Swerves. So it's
you have to be very very careful on

740
00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:05.519
how you book and get to whatever
your ultimate end game goal is because Forbidden

741
00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:07.039
Doors, this is the problem we
have with every time. I don't know

742
00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:12.280
the hierarchy of their pay per views
if this is a B pay per view

743
00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:15.400
or an A pay per view,
So if it's a B pay per view,

744
00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:19.480
you can do a screwy ending to
lead to the bigger show, but

745
00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:22.000
if this is one of their bigger
shows, you have to have a clean

746
00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:27.239
winner. Yeah, it's uh.
That is going to be something we will

747
00:50:27.239 --> 00:50:30.800
be certainly talking about here in the
coming weeks because I could see some sort

748
00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:35.880
of angle that causes this match to
be thrown out DQ or some quasi stupid

749
00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:37.800
finish, and that is going to
piss me off. But I could see

750
00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:40.199
either one of these guys losing,
and that's going to piss me off,

751
00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:44.079
so it's like, okay, so
how do you make me happy as a

752
00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:46.320
Rustling fan? And I don't know
how to do that yet because I think,

753
00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:52.480
to me, Swerve Strickland dropping the
championship eventually to will Osprey would have

754
00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:54.079
been the right move that I could
like, Okay, I get this,

755
00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:58.519
this makes sense, but it's not
right now. It's not late June and

756
00:50:58.559 --> 00:51:02.760
it's not Forbidden Door and some intriguing
creative for AW going on right now.

757
00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:06.079
And I just want to say,
because there was a show a couple of

758
00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:07.360
weeks ago where it's like, are
we too harsh for AW? We kind

759
00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:10.360
of ripped them apart. I talked
about whether or not I was gonna continue

760
00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:15.199
even watching the show because it was
very much a throwaway. I will say

761
00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:20.239
the creative lately, Doctor Trey has
gotten better, so I've been happy with

762
00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:23.320
watching AW television a lot more as
of late. Yeah, the cohesion in

763
00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:28.199
the storylines makes sense, like they're
actually starting to weave stuff a little bit

764
00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:30.239
so and then you're seeing tie ins
and you're going, oh, yeah,

765
00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:35.679
like what you just laid out there
with Adam Page joining the Elite to you

766
00:51:35.679 --> 00:51:37.960
know, fight Swerve because he doesn't
like the elite, but he hates swerve

767
00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:40.960
more, like he's still pissed that
he got kicked out, but he hates

768
00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:44.880
swerve more. That makes sense.
And then the stuff with OUs Bray and

769
00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:47.519
Ricochet, that makes sense. Like
a lot of stuff makes sense. And

770
00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:51.880
if it makes sense, that's the
only thing that's been lacking from AAEW is

771
00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:55.360
the coh When Aw's hot is because
the storylines have cohesion and they make sense.

772
00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:59.880
Because as much as we love entering
action, you got to give me

773
00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:02.639
a reason these guys are fighting,
and I think with this whole angle,

774
00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:06.800
and then you got the stuff with
you know, Jack Perry tied end to

775
00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:10.599
the whole thing as well. Like
it makes sense. So it's why the

776
00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:14.840
last couple of shows have been really
really well done. And then finally,

777
00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:17.599
the last thing I want to talk
about here tying up creative loose ends.

778
00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:23.840
It appears to thanks to the latest
QR code, that the Uncle Howdy Rumored

779
00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:30.039
Group is due to debut or have
some sort of opening vignette where it's a

780
00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:35.400
little bit more clear. At this
Monday's edition of Braw, there was the

781
00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:37.519
countdown clock that was share that would
take you to Monday's Raw. The following

782
00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:43.159
week, which takes place on the
seventeenth, and according to PW Insider,

783
00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:46.960
the new Uncle Howdy Bo Dallas group
was slated to film vignettes this week in

784
00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:51.119
advance that that are unveiling, which
may come as soon as this upcoming Monday,

785
00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:55.000
and that group is reportedly going to
include Uncle Howdy Slash Bo Dallas,

786
00:52:55.440 --> 00:53:00.199
Joe Gacy, Eric Rowan, Niki
Cross, and Dexter Loomis this type of

787
00:53:00.199 --> 00:53:04.960
stuff, Doctor Trey is right up
your alley. You are a bigger fan

788
00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:09.960
of the universe of Bray Wyatt than
I was a lot more in depth with

789
00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:14.239
it and really loved Bray White as
a character, as did I, but

790
00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:19.679
you were much more into it than
I was. Your thoughts on this latest

791
00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:27.400
incarnation and hopeful payoff this Monday on
raw right. I like all the parts

792
00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:30.440
that they have now. The only
part that has me worried is the Uncle

793
00:53:30.440 --> 00:53:34.320
Howdy character because we didn't really see
it get fleshed out before you know,

794
00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:39.440
Bray's untimely you know, illness and
then passing, So like Bo Dallas didn't

795
00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:44.880
have a great run on the main
roster, wwe you Uncle Howdy character didn't

796
00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:47.960
get fleshed out really well. The
name's kind of ridiculous as well, so

797
00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:52.800
I don't know if they're gonna tweak
the name when it finally comes out,

798
00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:54.880
But will you give me Dexter Lewis
who I think you and I both love

799
00:53:54.920 --> 00:54:00.960
the Dexter Lewis character in NXT.
Joe Gacy is phenomenal, Nikki Cross is

800
00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:05.159
phenomenal. Those are three talents that
you and I love. And then Eric

801
00:54:05.239 --> 00:54:09.559
Rowan, I think was really underutilized
during his run in WW the first time,

802
00:54:10.039 --> 00:54:15.840
Like those four alone, I'm excited
about because they have so much depth

803
00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:20.280
in they're personalizing their characters. It's
just how is the uncle? How the

804
00:54:20.599 --> 00:54:24.440
character gonna translate being the focal point
of this group with the lineage to Bray

805
00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:30.360
So what's the most overused phrase we
used on the show. I'm cautiously optimistic

806
00:54:30.880 --> 00:54:36.559
about how this all plays out come
Monday and then heal Babyface because I think

807
00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:40.199
the crowdsmen have a hard time booing
bo Dallas because of their love of Bray

808
00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:45.840
Wyatt's But I think this group is
better off being a heel faction because their

809
00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:50.920
characters are more twisted and demented.
So those things are gonna be gonna be

810
00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:53.159
really interesting how it all plays out
come Monday night, if if they get

811
00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:57.880
the full debut or if it's just
the vignette. Yeah. I love this

812
00:54:57.920 --> 00:55:02.639
creative approach that they have with the
bray Wyatt universe type group that's going to

813
00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:07.159
be making their ventral debut. I
love the QR codes and stuff on the

814
00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:10.000
different websites, taking over twitch streams, wets apps, all that stuff.

815
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:14.920
I think it's really creative and fun. What I will say is this has

816
00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:19.000
been playing out for like two months
now, and I think it was reaching

817
00:55:19.039 --> 00:55:21.440
a point where people are like,
all right, enough already, when are

818
00:55:21.480 --> 00:55:23.719
we doing this? How are we
doing this? And is the payoff going

819
00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:27.800
to be worth it all? As
similar to when bray Wyatt returned. So,

820
00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:30.440
I mean they've been doing this since. I mean the first real tease

821
00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:35.880
took place during the Immortal documentary from
the end of bray Wyatt, and then

822
00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:40.400
I think they started doing QR codes
like the night after WrestleMania forty and that

823
00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:45.679
was two months ago. I mean, really, if you go off what

824
00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:50.320
this group is, it was gonna
be the Wyat six. So this goes

825
00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:53.159
all the way back to the Mountain
Do Match because that's when you first saw

826
00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:58.519
like really like the live introduction of
the characters around you know, around the

827
00:55:58.599 --> 00:56:01.880
ring is like that, even what
was it when did we see like we

828
00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:05.719
saw them a little bit in the
crowd at russell Mania the year before,

829
00:56:06.440 --> 00:56:10.159
you know, the standing around you're
thinking of extreme rules, extreme rules when

830
00:56:10.239 --> 00:56:14.760
Bray, when Bray came back to
the company. Yeah, but we was

831
00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:16.239
it? What was the match?
Was that the match where the he got

832
00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:21.519
who got thrown off the very top
and you saw Uncle Howdie up there and

833
00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:24.639
that was the Mountain Dew match at
Royal Romo against La Night. Yeah.

834
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:28.679
So that, I mean, that's
how long this group has been planned.

835
00:56:28.679 --> 00:56:32.880
Because everybody was playing for this group
except for I think they switched out Grayson

836
00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:37.039
Waller because he was gonna play Mercy
the or he was gonna play the Buzzard.

837
00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:40.679
They switched him out for Eric Rowing. But everybody else has been in

838
00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:45.199
the cards for this group, going
back to when Bray came back to face

839
00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:49.880
La Knight. So this has been
planned for quite a long time. So

840
00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:52.760
for some of us, it's been
almost two years in the making to get

841
00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:55.880
to this point. So hopefully we'll
have something to talk about on next week's

842
00:56:55.960 --> 00:57:00.559
edition in the podcast, or at
least the next chapter of this new group

843
00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:05.440
making their debut eventually into w WE. With that said, let's close up

844
00:57:05.480 --> 00:57:07.039
shop on this week's edition of srt
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845
00:57:07.079 --> 00:57:10.039
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848
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849
00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:23.280
at SRTU Jeff, and for doctor
Trey Franklin at The Doctor Trey. And

850
00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:28.440
of course they'll forget to follow a
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851
00:57:28.559 --> 00:57:30.280
that being said, what's going on
in the wonderful world of dot Trey Franklin

852
00:57:30.440 --> 00:57:34.480
this week? Well, like Jeff
said, you can follow me on X

853
00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:37.559
at the Doctor Tray. You can
find me on Facebook at Instagram Doctor Trey

854
00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:39.960
Franklin. When you're on Facebook,
to be sure check out rock Assea Championship

855
00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:44.960
Wrestling. As we just mentioned in
this show alone. We just mentioned two

856
00:57:45.079 --> 00:57:49.360
alumni of Rogas Citi Wrestling and Lexus
King and Nathan Fraser, so be sure

857
00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:52.400
go check them out. They got
they had a big show this or this

858
00:57:52.480 --> 00:57:54.639
coming up this Saturday or next Yeah, this Saturday, you have a big

859
00:57:54.639 --> 00:57:58.880
show coming up, so be sure
check it out. Most empullty, just

860
00:57:58.920 --> 00:58:00.639
go check out your local D and
wrestling show so you can see your future

861
00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:05.559
at XT and AW stars in your
local venues. And I'm getting ready,

862
00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:09.679
Jeff, after the show's done,
to go buy fifty or no, eighty

863
00:58:09.960 --> 00:58:16.199
four ounces of steak. There's a
steak lady that sets up shops at my

864
00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:22.000
wife's work. I'm going to go
buy eighty ounces of steak for forty bucks.

865
00:58:22.360 --> 00:58:24.880
Well, I think this is something
you need to document for future history.

866
00:58:25.480 --> 00:58:29.039
Yes, I get to go see
the meat lady. That's when my

867
00:58:29.039 --> 00:58:30.199
wife. My wife told me.
She called me. She goes the meat

868
00:58:30.280 --> 00:58:35.159
lady's at my store. How much
meat do we need to get? Unbelievable?

869
00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:37.360
Unbelievable. This is what we're this
is what we're coming to, doctor

870
00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:42.239
Trey. This is what gets us
excited. Listen, It's fourth of July

871
00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:45.039
is around the corner. Father's Days
coming up. Those are the two of

872
00:58:45.039 --> 00:58:51.559
the biggest grilling days of the year
at a Memorial Days, So you know,

873
00:58:51.719 --> 00:58:53.519
that's that's three at the big events
of the summer for grilling. I

874
00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:57.880
gotta make sure I'm stocked up on
meat, So there you go. Yeah,

875
00:58:57.920 --> 00:58:59.840
I'm I'm with you. I don't
think you could never have enough for

876
00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:01.760
me. So this is exciting,
and this is something that I hope that

877
00:59:01.800 --> 00:59:06.320
we see play out on the Instagram
or Twitter or Facebook feeds for Doctor Trey

878
00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:10.280
Franklin. So stay tuned and hopefully
we get some eighty ounce meat update here

879
00:59:10.440 --> 00:59:14.920
on next week's edition. ASRT you, I'm gonna guess Doctor Trey will have

880
00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:21.920
ittt LESE had twenty ounces of steak
by the next time we record. So

881
00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:25.079
it's sixteen ounces and a pound,
right, yep. Mike Craigs though,

882
00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:32.400
yep, it's five. It's five
sixteen ounce t bones for forty bucks.

883
00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:36.039
And so I'm like, yeah,
there's only three adults in my house and

884
00:59:36.039 --> 00:59:37.559
say it doesn't eat steaks. So
I'm like, that means that's two t

885
00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:42.119
bones. So that's two pounds of
steak I will have this weekend alone.

886
00:59:42.840 --> 00:59:45.920
That's my goal. Beautiful, beautiful, this is going to be a beautiful

887
00:59:45.960 --> 00:59:50.920
weekend for us all so uh until
next week for doct Trey Franklin. I'm

888
00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:52.920
Jeff Pack. Thank you for downloading. We will recap and interview Clash at

889
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:58.360
the Castle on next week's SRTU.
Once again, thank you for downloading.

890
00:59:58.519 --> 01:00:00.280
Until next week. This has been
the stair rial. Thus shall