WrestleMania 42 Review & Reactions: Did It Feel Like WrestleMania? | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #845 – 4/23/26

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It's still really a big damage to me!

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Why not me?

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Oh!

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Welcome everybody!

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Welcome to this week's "To This To This To This To Row" show.

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Episode number 845 from April 23rd, 2026.

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Welcome to your WrestleMania 42 recap and review edition of S.

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R. T. U.

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I am on app and show I am Jeff Pek, joined every single week for my close-in-only Dr.

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Craig Franklin.

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Dr. Trey, it has been quite the journey for you and I both to watch WrestleMania, my friend.

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Oh, nothing comes easy in this life that we live when you're older, you're a parent,

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you have family.

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Like, sometimes the road seems pretty straightforward and you're like, "Okay, I can make this work

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and then life just throws you a bunch of curveballs."

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And you're like, "Oh, let's see how we can put this together."

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So, yeah, one person on vacation, one person dealing with wrestling and sickness

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and all the other fun things to go along with us.

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So it's been a very, very fun, what, 72, 96 hours for you and I?

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Yeah, it's been quite interesting.

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So we're obviously, we're going to be recording a couple days before it actually released.

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So we're doing it Tuesday night.

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So just to get it out there for all of you.

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But for me, Dr. Trey, I flew out for vacation on Saturday afternoon and thankfully the airline

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I flew out on had television.

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But it was literally, WrestleMania was beginning on ESPN 2 right when I was like legitimately

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getting off the plane.

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So I did not watch WrestleMania live until I got back to my hotel room and got settled

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in and I mean, you know this because you have kids, right?

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So traveling with children for someone who is so small and hopefully anybody else that's

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a parent can relate to this as well, they have so much stuff like so much stuff.

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I'm a stroller, luggage, snacks, food, whatever, right?

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And with normal people and air quotations, like you don't have to worry about that because

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they'll carry their own stuff.

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Well, I'm legitimately dealing with someone who will be turning two years old in two months

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that can't carry a damn thing other than his toys.

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So yeah, by the time we got settled in, it was about like 9.30 in our hotel room and where

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I'm on vacation is considered to be one of the most magical places on earth.

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And I found out, like within the last Friday night that I could watch WrestleMania on Disney

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Plus through my ESPN unlimited subscription.

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Did you know that at all?

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Was that that?

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No, that.

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See, I'm so old.

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Yeah, they bundle it all.

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It's a big bundle.

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Like if you have the Disney Plus thing in the US, it all, it's like progressive.

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It's like flow from a girl.

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You just bundle everything.

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So everything is bundled together, but it did cause.

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So I had Disney Plus.

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If you go back to this past summer when this whole thing came up, I can't bring this up.

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I'm like, I have Disney Plus.

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I should have made more money.

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No, it's actually like 15 bucks more for the unlimited package.

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But you get all of Disney, all of Hulu and all of ESPN.

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Yep, yep.

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And I was watching the ESPN, limited on my ESPN.

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Did not know I could watch it on Disney Plus.

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So thankfully where I'm staying on Disney Plus, I don't have to watch on my computer.

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It's on my television at this location, which is very, very good.

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And I did not get done watching WrestleMania night one until 1.30 in the morning.

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Sunday morning.

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And then had to be up very early.

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My son woke me up very early, about five hours later to kick off the day out and about enjoying

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family time.

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And then got back again, not too bad.

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Like I would say eight in the morning.

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Then I think, or next to me eight at night, we got back and then I turned on WrestleMania

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night two was watching it from behind.

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And I think I ended up going to bed at like 12.30 in the morning, like going through the

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commercials and all that stuff.

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And I was watching it so far late from when the show actually the live feed ended that the

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live feed would stop working like a halfway through on night two and like maybe like a quarter

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the way at night one where it was basically like, okay, you can't fast forward anymore.

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You need to get back out of the app and now watch the replay that we've put up for you.

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So that kind of delayed me a little bit.

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But I was able to watch both shows in their entirety by Monday morning.

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And then legitimately finished watching Monday night Raw today, Tuesday afternoon at the pool.

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Well, sitting there watching Netflix like a loser.

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Well, first off, I'm a ginger and I burn.

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Anyway, just headphones in, computer on my lap, watching the end of the Netflix episode.

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I think I watched like the first hour Monday night when we got back.

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But it's been a whirlwind and then pre-show talking to you, you've had the flu.

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So I mean, wow, what a run here for you and I both.

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Yeah, so Saturday night, I didn't get to watch any WrestleMania live because we were running

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Rocket City.

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And it's our go home show before wrestling con nine.

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So I got to be out there.

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Luckily, I had missed the previous two Rocket City shows.

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So they had to kind of find a fill in ring announcer.

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And the girl they brought in, she was, she's a Rocket City trainee.

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Her name is Ruby Red Slapper, which I really hate the name.

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But your god knows Mary Cole off does not pick out the best name sometimes.

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Okay, interesting.

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Yeah, because I, I mean, I went red snapper that that's what we're going with.

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No slapper like that's, that's horrible.

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We're going to change that at some point.

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But she's really good ex rugby or ex a roller derby girl.

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So she's tough.

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She, and she did a really good job and she was also keen on asking for advice.

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So when I get to the building, they're like, hey, we're going to split the ring announcing

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duties between you and Ruby.

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And I'm like, oh no, just let her do all the ring announcing.

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I'll just work commentary and then do my GM duties if, if needed.

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So that worked out really well.

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So me and Sammy Franklin didn't get back from Rocket City until about midnight Saturday.

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And then Sunday, which is the one day my wife and I usually have off together.

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We're like, hey, let's run into town, pick up some stuff for the house.

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And, you know, also, well, about three in the afternoon, I'm like, I don't feel right.

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I don't feel good.

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So we got back to the house and I just felt drained and I'm like, I'm just going to lay down

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and take a nap.

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And next thing I know, it just hit me like a wave.

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I was up running the bathroom every hour.

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I told Jeff like it was actually the best sleep.

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Other than having to jump up and run to the bathroom, it was the best sleep I probably had

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like five years.

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Like, it was like, and on the pillow, I'm out.

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Like you ever had those sleeves where it was so deep you wake up and you're like, man,

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is that like four hours?

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You look at the clock and you're like, it was 90 minutes.

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That was it.

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Yes.

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Like just really deep sleep right away.

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And you're just like, all right, this is weird.

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I missed all of WrestleMania because this, I was telling Jeff off air.

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I did not really wake up from all of this until 630 Monday morning because I had to think

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Sam didn't school.

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I took Sam into school.

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I canceled all my work appointments, came back to the house, went back to sleep, didn't wake

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up until 2 o'clock when it was time to go get him from school, and then have been struggling

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to catch up on everything that's happened in the last like legitimately 24 hours.

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I'm trying to catch up on everything.

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So as we review the show, I am going to, I've watched all of night one and watched Monday

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and I have not watched all of night two.

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So I will lean on Jeff for some of the reviews of the matches on this.

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I'm going to base some of myself just off common sense knowledge of the wrestling business.

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But if anybody wants my actual in-depth analysis of night two, give me a day.

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It just hit me up on the Twitter, the X, the Facebook, whatever, and I'll give you my in-depth

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analysis.

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I don't think anybody will though.

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Yeah, no, this is, it's been fun.

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This is a wild WrestleMania.

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We're on it typically, you know, Dr. Trey, you'd have a couple more days to get caught up,

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but since things are going to be wild for me on my vacation here pretty soon, I appreciate

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you taking the time out to recap everything.

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I'm going to say, I am very impressed that you took a family vacation down to Florida,

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just so you take a look to a strip club.

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I don't know where else in Florida, the magical place to visit, other than, oh, there was

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a famous strip club that Bubba the Love Sponge used to go to in Tampa, actually.

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But I mean, Hogan's Beach Shop, I mean, that might be another place you could take him to,

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that be magical, but I don't know which one you wish, which route you took.

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I mean, Atlanta, you know, the magic, what was the thing they just like canceled?

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Magic City, there's this thing.

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Magic City, yeah.

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This is called Magic City, yeah.

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That's right, the Atlanta Hawks wanted to do like a Magic City night and they like canceled

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it on the NBA.

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By the way, that is actually the nickname of Birmingham is the Magic City.

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Wow, hey, you know what?

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Run with it, brother.

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Right?

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Run with it.

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Just saying, like what I first moved down here, I heard that was like, do they not know what

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Magic City's link to?

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Like, okay, cool.

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Let's roll with that.

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That's fine.

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I'm in a place where I pretty sure I've told the store on the show before where WrestleMania

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was in town.

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And we came in.

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Like, I said on the show, I think on last week, I can't always tell if sometimes what's on

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air off air.

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But anyway, I used to always plan my vacation.

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I did say this on air around like right after a couple of weeks after WrestleMania, I would

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never ever come in like around WrestleMania weekend because just wanted to watch WrestleMania

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and we'll go to fake, it's just funny how it always worked out.

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So we flew in like the day after WrestleMania one year and it was in town and I just saw the

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wrestling fans leaving when I was coming to the airport and we were walking around this huge

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theme park in the United States.

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And I just said to my wife, I was like, I just feel like we're going to run into a wrestler

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and like no shit, like 10 seconds later, Kevin Owens walks by me.

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And he's in like an old T-shirt and like, definitely shorts on.

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I'm like, holy fuck, it's Kevin Owens.

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And my wife's like, how the hell would you know he was here?

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Would you see it online or something?

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I was like, no, I just said that out loud.

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And here it was and people were like, following around us with his family and I told the story

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before I was like, I'm not going to bother this guy.

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And this seems like something that you may have missed this Dr. Trayv.

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But this is sounds like something that wrestling fans should have been doing in Las Vegas.

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To begin with, have you seen the CM Punk photo yet with the fan?

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Slapping the phone out?

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Okay, yeah.

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And then I think the fan thinks he's like in a storyline because he's like, I want an

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apology from CM Punk and it's like, you know, so like these people are human beings.

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Like if the roles were reversed and you're like hugging a friend or a family member, would

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you want like someone to be put in a camera in your face?

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And there's a lot of stories coming out right now after the punk situation about how like

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fans were, you know, really bothering the wrestlers and stuff like that.

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I saw a video of like Randy Orton being mobbed and I think he took like one picture with a

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little kid and everybody was forming him with signing the funcos and autographs and take

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a picture and stuff like that.

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And the wrestlers came out.

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I think Dr. McAter had a tweet before we were going on air that I saw where he was like

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thanking everybody who paid their hard earned money for WWE World and did the photo ops

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in the autograph sessions and I know not for everyone that that is like an easy thing to pay

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for and I've seen the prices for a lot of the events and it's like absurd how much photos

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and autographs are right now and it's like that for a lot of these conventions.

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And if you could legitimately can't afford it and stuff like that, I totally understand.

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You know, and you're using that money towards the very expensive tickets.

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Totally get that.

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The thing is like this is something I've always noticed or always felt even you know as long

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as I guess you know people are saying like decent human beings and stuff like that but whenever

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I've seen wrestlers or famous people athletes out I don't bother them because they are their

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human beings like Kevin Owens this time I'm talking about where I ran into him at a major

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theme park in the United States like he was with his family and he doesn't get a lot of

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time like that and it was funny because stupid me like I tweeted him like hey I just saw

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you know Kevin Owens didn't want to say "Pothermer" and stuff like that and he legitimately

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responded back and he's like if you see me please stop and say hi and I was like wow I can't

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believe that that he would do that.

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So I thought that was pretty cool but like the whole Las Vegas thing Dr. Trey like really

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irks me like I know there's things that there was not a lot of security and it's just odd

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really really odd stuff but I mean WWE should have learned their lesson it's not like they

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just didn't have freaking WrestleMania or the pre-ear prior.

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Yeah I mean and I've always been like I remember that day that you saw Kevin Owens because

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I think you texted me like I within like one of your 30 minutes of that happening you're

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like oh my god I just ran into Kevin Owens at this magical kingdom.

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Not don't want to give your location away but yeah like I remember texting me and you and

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I have always kind of been the same way like if we see somebody famous out and about and

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maybe it's because you and I both grew up on the like the you know on M&M and it's like

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there are songs you know M&M put out there but like you know if you see me out with me

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and my daughter don't bother me and like that's how I've always felt like if I was a celebrity

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and I'm trying to maintain a semblance of normal life and I take my kid out somewhere

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in public I don't want to be mobbed by the crowd and in the stuff in Las Vegas like if

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people are in their hotel that's basically their house and for people who live on the

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road like I did for so many years like that is your home away from work and then you

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don't want to be bothered with a lot of stuff like you know Jeff might be the best financial

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analyst in the world but when he goes to take his kids out to to eat he doesn't need

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35 people coming up to masking him for stock tips you know it's like no like leave it leave

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work at work and leave like leave your fandom in the confines of where your fandom resides

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I mean Jeff's when the if Jeff saw Jordan or what's that guy's name the love the quarterback

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the Packers.

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If Jeff saw Jordan love out and about he won't be like oh my god can I get a picture can

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you sign this please Jeff you like hey man big fan thanks for all you need for the Packers

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right that's all you got to do you don't need not everything needs to be mon of you know

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quantified and money by getting an autograph or something sometimes just the experience

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alone I've told the story on air years and years ago like I grew up for probably 30 minutes

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from Matt and Jeff Hardy we we had friends in the same circles this is before I got into

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the wrestling biz I was the dumbass that actually one night at a Walmart when I was 23 years

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old ran into Matt Hardy and Lita and I saw them in same thing I was like man I don't want

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a bother I don't want a bother I'm I saw a couple people walk up to mask and for an autograph

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and this is like a team extreme had just started right and I just like hey big fan hope to

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see in the ring one day and that was because I was actually playing and going to Shawn Michaels

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wrestling school and that was it and then I ran into him this was like eight years later

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I ran into him in airport the wife and I were flying through Baltimore head of summer

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him and Shannon Moore were flying in other direction and I saw them and my wife was like

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why don't you go say hi to them you've met them before you've met them a few times I'm

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like we're in airport I'm not bothering some dude in airport he's just hoping his luggage

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gets to where he's going I don't need me to add to his stress about like hey man remember

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me from eight years ago running into you in that Walmart in fabled North Carolina I don't

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I don't want to put that on somebody's plate so you know just usually the best approach

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is just no approach is how I've always taken it like if if it's meant to happen your time

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will happen to actually form a relationship with them if it's not meant to happen it's not

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meant to happen yeah it's it's just the whole thing is crazy the stuff that went on in Vegas

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the stories that you're hearing right now and it's just pretty awful but anyway I think

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it's time Dr. Tray let's get into it let's recap or review WrestleMania 42 this past Saturday

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and Sunday from a Legion stadium in Las Vegas Nevada let's start with night one Dr. Tray

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the Usos and LA night to feed in Logan Paul Austin Thierry and I show speed I had team vision

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and I show speed you had the Usos and LA night decent match I show speed should a lot of athleticism

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I did I'm not surprised that I didn't that we didn't see I show speed like basically getting

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the ass hand his assing at to him from the vision at some point like I'm kind of upset that

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I missed that as a possibility because I do think they probably want I show speed to look

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more like a a baby face than a heel the Logan Paul punch to speed was was pretty bad as was

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the one D to Logan Paul though the splash line show speed was good this to me screamed like

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WrestleMania celebrity match I did not have any good vibes bad vibes is just like this

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is like a typical let's get a celebrity in their WrestleMania match for me I will say

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and I don't know this also goes into like the pre-Russell Mania speech by the guy that did the

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little verbal run up I'm like I don't know who this guy is and then I show speed I did not

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know he was Sammy knows who I show speed is he was excited to see I show smooth in the WWE ring

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so that was one match I had to sit down with him and watch and he's a much more likable person

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than Logan Paul if you remember Logan Paul came on the scene he wanted to be a baby face

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they're like new people are going to hate you I show speeds in different kind of guy people

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want to like him so I kind of like where the storyline went with that we're like hey

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let's make him a bit let's align with Logan Paul and get some some notoriety if you turn

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to baby face we can use them down the line and maybe a Logan Paul I show speed match that

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will draw viewerships so I didn't hate it it was very very black luster of a match to

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say the least I mean that that might have been the worst one D slash 3d I have ever seen

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anybody ever throw like Jimmy Uso completely missed his catch on that one it was it was

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okay for a starter match it was exactly what I thought it was let's just get the crowd

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excited let's get him amped up let's give him something they can cheer about and make sure

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it gets out without getting hurt yeah I think a lot of these guys with the exception of

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I show speed is there better for WrestleMania match but it is what it was and there you go

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Usos and LA Knight win on WrestleMania Saturday kick off the show Jacob fought two defeats

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through McAterna on Sanctuary match you and I both had Jacob fought two in this one I thought

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was an enjoyable match hard hitting I'm all for giving thought to the ball and let him

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run with it after WrestleMania which is something we saw at the end of Monday Night Raw this

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was enjoyable it's it was a good build good feud I felt like both guys got got the wrong

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end of the stick basically when it came to the WrestleMania build I would have been fine

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with them being involved in the World Heavyweight Championship match with Randy Orton or just

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don't have them like intertwined with that storyline for the last like three months but I was happy

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for both guys getting this opportunity to join the match I just tried as Jacob fought

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two defeats through McAterna.

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Yeah this match actually I was like okay this is actually pretty good and this is how

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we're going to run WrestleMania I got high expectations for it I love the call back to

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the toolbox from McAterna and Ponkin Hell himself I love that they basically alluded to

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that guitar having PTSD from that toolbox I thought it was really hard hitting really it

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was one of those matches where like I'm watching this match going man these guys are going

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really really hard for this to be kind of the pre-show match which makes me also think

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that hey maybe Drew is taking some time off to finish filming the Highlander and we won't

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see him for a while maybe that's why he went so hard in this match but it was a really

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really damn good hard hitting enjoyable match with some you know kind of cool spots or the

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double jump moonsault through a table is pretty cool claymores like just overall I mean

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Jacob how to pop and drew up for that Samoan drop is pretty impressive like overall like

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I was really really impressed by how hard these guys went for being the match to kind of

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kick off WrestleMania.

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Next match here is Paige and Bri Bella to feed me irresistible forces shortflitter and

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likes to bless and Bailey and Lyra Valkyrie to win the WWE women's tag team.

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Championship I had Bailey and Lyra Dr. Trey trailflitter and Alexa Bliss.

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First off the page news was like leaks two three days before WrestleMania I actually like

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accidentally stumbled upon it to one of like the main sources I go to was like this is

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like they put out a tweet and it was like spoiler alert for WrestleMania don't like read

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if you don't want to see further and like right at the end of the freaking tweet was

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a photo of Paige and then like a tweet from like Mike Johnson or something that was like

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Paige is expected to be back with the WWE will be forming this week and I'm like that's

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not a spoiler like you warned me and then you literally put it in the tweet so it ruined

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it for me I saw something something today where Bri Bella was like upset on their podcasts

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that that news was leaked out as well and rightfully so that everybody I beat a lot of people

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knew that was coming and if it was if it was secretive and held back from actually being

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released I think you would have a similar reaction to when the hearties returned was at WrestleMania

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34 which was or 33 WrestleMania 33 that was such a great organic reaction when the hearties

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returned to WWE and I think it would have been a very similar reaction there with that

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said Paige did not miss a beat and Dr. Trey I don't know about you but I actually think

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she looked better in the ring this past Saturday then most of the times that I can remember

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her in AEW recently like I'm so happy for her she seems very very happy to be back in WWE

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despite the run in AEW where she returned in ring she feels at home she got medically

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clear she looked incredible in the ring I hope that her in-ring career is a little bit

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longer than it was in AEW you didn't really utilize her all that much or that was like

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very sporadic and when she would wrestle so I don't know if there was still issues lingering

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with her neck maybe tag team wrestling can certainly prevent that but I'd love to see

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Paige have another good couple singles runs if she's healthy enough to do so but I thought

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for me like the biggest takeaway Dr. Trey was that Paige looked so much better in the ring

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than I remember her being pretty recently when she was back in AEW I think it's also telling

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that a she's younger than half the women in that match like she's only I think I saw

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her before she's only 33 like that's crazy that's crazy to me like I mean she's it seems

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like she's been around forever like I remember you and I talking about that NXT Championship

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match with her and Emma and I'm like that just seems like forever ago and she's still only

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33 like she's I mean she's in Jeff's age range to you know for somebody to date but yeah

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she looked fantastic in the ring and once again they put her in a match outside of last legend

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she's had run-ins with everybody in them maybe maybe maybe not but she knows Charlotte she

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knows Alexa she knows Bailey like these are all people that she kind of knows and can kind

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of feed off of any you can kind of see that and how they put the match together like she

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didn't have a lot of interactions with last legend she didn't have a lot of interactions

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with Lyra it was mostly Charlotte Alexa and Bailey in that match so I really liked the way

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they put that together she looked fantastic and then also makes me like she looked here's

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the creative thing Jeff she once again looked it was presented like a bigger star coming

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back to WWE then she outside maybe her debut in AEW that she ever did in AEW like she just

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looked the part she sound like she moved like the park like they just know how to present

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people a little bit better in WWE than AEW at times so hey super happy for I wish I had read

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that sport because if you go back to last week I said if the bellas weren't in the match

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I was picking Alexa and Charlotte and they weren't the match I was picking the bellas

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damn it if I had known pages in the match I would have picked Paige and Bri yeah I think

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I saw that spoiler after we recorded last week so it was very late when it came out and it

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was disappointing but I was still very happy and she looked fantastic in the ranks so Paige

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and Bri Bella are your new WWE women's tie team champions next matchers Becky Lynch defeated

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in AJ Lee to win the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship we both had Becky Lynch in this

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one it's funny I just look at my notes put like immediately after the match and I was watching

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the match I was like man that felt really quick and then I look online and now this is

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going to be a theme for me Dr. Dre and it was it was eight minutes and 15 seconds it was

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shorter than the women's tag team match that was the match prior the men's six men match

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was seven minutes but this I was like man that felt really quick like is AJ Lee injured

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as Becky Lynch injured the finish to me had opened the door for round three if WWE wants

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to go that route I did like their elimination chamber match a lot more I'm getting the vibe

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that AJ Lee will not be on television for a little bit of time I don't think that there's

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some sort of follow up at backlash in a couple weeks but how I could be wrong but yet to

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me the biggest takeaway Dr. Dre was that this match just felt quick and the elimination

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chamber match was above and beyond better than what I saw WrestleMania Saturday and that

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is absolutely no knock on Becky Lynch and AJ Lee if they had more time it would have been

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in the same avenue for me they were just put on a good match and I was like oh damn I

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want more what the hell is this all about so Becky Lynch once again you're three time

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WWE women's intercom little champion yeah I for the short as the match was I enjoyed

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the match now was it is good some of the other matches no and I saw this come up online

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today when I was catching up and people complaining about the match times and things like this

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and in my response is so you're setting up a show and you have time allotments for each

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match think about how big these entrances were how long some of these entrances took and

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it's like that does cut into the amount of ring time you guess if you want a big entrance

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you're going to lose some time from the in ring stuff and you know Becky had a live band

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AJ had a bunch of little AJ's which I think that's a thing by the way do not get many versions

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of yourself at WrestleMania it never goes well I think almost every time I see somebody

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get multiple versions of themselves out there they always end up losing but yeah like

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it I think when you're sitting as show up you're going okay we got 15 minutes for this

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match but seven minutes is tied up in entrances you're going to get eight matches for your

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in ring stuff so this is kind of goes along with that whole they they're shifting sometimes

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WrestleMania from being an athletic endeavor to being a spectacle and the entrances and

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I saw this the entire show the entrances were just way too much and put into the quality

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of the ring time like I said for seven or for eight minutes they got the job done I mean

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you still told the story of Becky and AJ you still told the story of Becky tapping out

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the black widow you still got in the Becky Jessica car stuff you got everything crammed

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into it it just didn't feel as stretched out as most of what like just to have for probably

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the blow off match to a feud yeah this is going to be something that pops up again here

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in just a match or then not this match but the following match for sure is something

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and it was it was an odd theme and a little bit of profits here I mean I had some vibes

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while I was watching both these shows that I was like man do I feel this like is my other

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one notice this and I'm not as much online anymore but then I saw and heard aerial

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halani almost say nearly something identical to me we'll talk about here in just just a few

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minutes or so once we get through the recap with that said next match here is Gunther defeating

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Seth wrongs we both had Gunther in this one to me this match slipped up to the hype I love

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the energy I love the hard hitting that both men brought I would love to see these two guys

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battle out again but that's not happening got there's going in a different direction clearly

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it looks like LA night and Seth wrongs is back with Braun Breaker here because Braun Breaker

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which we predicted here on last week's show made his return took out Seth wrongs during

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the match and then took it out after the match as well which was such a very cool visual

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but unfortunately I can't believe I'm saying this because Seth Freakin wrongs legitimately

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slight little botch because Seth I guess I mean rightfully so did not want to get completely

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destroyed by Braun Breaker and took that spear just a little bit more lighter than I would

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be used to but anyway I mean Gunther and Seth wrongs they when they plan this match they

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must have just been like we have got to bring it we're going to be hard hitting and we're

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going to be physical and that's out fell and the energy was there and it was a lot of fun

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if the if the build to this prior to had some juice behind it I would love that a lot

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more again my biggest thing was like god damn they're not going to wrestle again immediately

424
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:04,120
it's certainly not a backlash in Tampa and potentially anytime soon following this and

425
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,860
I just wanted to see more of it because it was so much fun I really enjoyed this match

426
00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:12,520
Dr. Trace got through to feed Seth wrongs yeah I mean when you look at this match the one

427
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:17,760
thing that you know is okay yes this match was fantastic but what they didn't have is

428
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:22,680
big extravagant entrances it was the normal Gunther entrance a pretty normal Seth

429
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:29,240
wrongs interest and they got much more match times and tell the match like I is a little

430
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,440
supporting that this is kind of a one-off match because they're obviously going in different

431
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,800
directions but man from from Bell to Bell from the start of that match with that T-Rex

432
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:44,320
drop kick into the power bomb boom and then just the entire match itself is almost a hundred

433
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:50,480
miles an hour even interchanging sleeper holds and countering that stuff like they kind

434
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,760
of knew they had to bring it and they completely brought it and you know you mentioned the

435
00:30:55,760 --> 00:31:00,520
the Bronburgers for that that first one he took up against the the security railing there

436
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:06,240
that one was pretty solid the second one when bronze coming down the ramp and you know

437
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,600
he almost went you know like he did a few months ago with I came or I came or with that

438
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,960
was but he came down full speed you got to remember when you're it's 23 miles an hour

439
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:22,040
in the ring it's probably faster when you're running downhill down the ramp so he might be approaching

440
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:29,240
25 26 miles an hour so I don't mind it Seth kind of O'Ladym being the first match back in

441
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:36,160
the ring six months like you don't want to take that full-on impact but yeah it's it's I think

442
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:41,120
Michael Cole said it that was the first time in they've only wrestled once in seven years

443
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:47,240
and I don't remember that match from seven years ago but yeah like I want to see more of this

444
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:52,200
because I didn't know I knew these both these guys are really good I didn't know how good

445
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:57,520
this match would be but yeah this is very similar like those Brock Lesnar Daniel Bryan matches

446
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:04,200
Brock Lesnar AJ Styles matches where the opposites really do mesh well together so sign me

447
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:09,200
up for more Seth Rons and Gunther when we circle back to this for next year's WrestleMania

448
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:14,880
yeah I mean Gunther and Seth Rons are some of the best so it's like it's no shock at all that

449
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:20,120
these guys could pick it up with one another and put on a show with very little build whatsoever

450
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,600
and the match that you're that they kept bringing up I actually like during the show like when

451
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:28,120
they held these two guys wrestle and I looked online and it was an episode before the pandemic

452
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:33,240
they were doing Ron London and Gunther showed up as the NXT UK champion and took on Seth

453
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,280
Rons and the match that ended up being like a DQ and I was like I I vaguely remember this

454
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:44,280
now but yeah it was great it was phenomenal match and obviously one of the best of the

455
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,800
night so Gunther defeating Seth Rons and now Paul him and owes him some sort of big favor

456
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:54,040
which I have some theories about that which we'll get to here in just a little bit the next

457
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:59,920
match was Liv Morgan defeating Seth Valkyrie to win the women's world championship you and

458
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:06,680
I both had Liv Morgan in this one talk to try insanely another insanely quick women's

459
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:11,800
match at WrestleMania felt like it was old school women's matches at WrestleMania it felt like

460
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,760
something and this is like another common theme for me I wrote down this felt like something

461
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:20,800
I would see on raw rather than WrestleMania went back on Wikipedia and the number that they

462
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:25,680
have down is that this was a six minute and 51 second match all I could think of some

463
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:31,080
order to AJ Lee and Becky Lynch which we've heard no reports about this post-Russellmania

464
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:35,800
we actually have had reports about this post-Russellmania it just felt to me that like Liv

465
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,360
Morgan and Seth Valkyrie were hurt that something was off of our court has barely wrestled

466
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:45,240
since December like that last raw where she like rolled her ankle I think it's like Rock

467
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:49,440
Hellrod Regus was one of the last times that I remember her wrestling and that's what the

468
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,240
reports were that was that both women were banged up they did not want them to go long and

469
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,440
that's why the match was so damn short and it was like it's just it sucked because I love

470
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,000
watching Liv Morgan the ring I love watching Seth Valkyrie on the ring and I just felt

471
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,800
like these two styles which were going to be a lot of fun to watch and it did not happen

472
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,440
as we had hoped hopefully they could continue to you feel that it feels like they are going

473
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:15,280
to be continuing that feud because they left things going on raw this past Monday yeah just

474
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:20,040
really quick doctor try six minutes and 51 seconds for a women's world championship match

475
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:24,480
at WrestleMania and during the Triple H creative error it was it was a big let down I got

476
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:30,000
to be honest and I felt like a Vince match but then again like how long how long was

477
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,400
Liv's dance number just like that damn song got caught in my head dude so you're running

478
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,400
around talking about trouble trouble bad advice or whatever that yeah trouble trouble I

479
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,880
mean it's just in my head and now we'll be again and the crazy thing about that whole thing

480
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:50,080
was I thought because of that Stephanie would have a bigger entrance and and she didn't

481
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:54,480
get one it was kind of the same normal entrance I'm like damn kind of thought Stephanie

482
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,160
would either like right out on a dragon or something I don't know like Ellie and I got

483
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:04,200
a truck Dan housing got the Dan housing mobile on raw like you that's definitely might get

484
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:09,160
a dragon or something who knows but the match was really sure I kind of felt like and

485
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,160
you probably could point Stephanie's barely wrestled since December the only other match I

486
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:18,400
can really think of was that was it like a street fight with Raquel that she had back

487
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:22,880
in like February I think it was to start setting all this stuff up when we thought that

488
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:28,080
you know live and Raquel might be having issues but yeah she's barely wrestled so I feel

489
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,240
like they're just like hey let's get through WrestleMania and then we'll give you some

490
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:38,440
time off type situations but a very very short match for two of your bigger I mean they

491
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:43,120
literally called like Michael calls that these are two of the biggest stars of men's division

492
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:48,000
and they get six minutes but then again if you add in lens lens dancer and by the way that

493
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,520
was the ugliest dude dancing with her I have ever seen in the backup dancer I just kept

494
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,880
looking like he looks like the guy who be giving my transmission a tune up and he's out here

495
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:02,560
grinding on live Morgan like life is so unfair at times but with her entrance I mean that

496
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,960
was probably 12 minutes if you give the full entrance time for that because that was a very

497
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:11,680
long dance number the only I love that you just keep calling a dance number like that is

498
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,400
just showing our age it's like no there's chairs involved Jeff I mean this is not like

499
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:21,760
this is a choreographed dance routine like more than anything else it was actually the same dance

500
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:26,400
number that's in the video which means she only knows three moves she's like the the John

501
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,400
scene of dance I gotta admit I do love that you're pointing out because this was not like one of

502
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,840
my takeaways like the entrances for a lot of these things were so damn long and it's like am I

503
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:40,800
paying a watch for its wrestling entrance like just imagine a promotion that just was wrestling

504
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,760
entrances and that's it and like over as the best entrance like that's who wins the match that's

505
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:51,440
kind of what it felt like a WrestleMania um this past weekend I I had like a bunch of of negatives

506
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:57,040
down and I did not put down like the wrestling entrance is because my mind was like so blown on

507
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:03,200
WrestleMania Saturday that like AJ Lee and Becky Lynch had a less than 10 minute match uh live

508
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,960
Morgan and Stephanie Valkour almost at like a five minute match at tops I'm like what the hell

509
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,600
is going on here and I definitely have some theories on this entire thing and if you think about that

510
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:20,880
like the the the run time of the show was about normal so so so you have to kind of feel I even

511
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:25,840
figured out the time had to go somewhere so from everything I saw it was like under three hours

512
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:33,600
and 30 minutes um was like the actual runtime on the replays that are being put up on on ESPN

513
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:39,040
limited right now it's like three hours and like 60 minutes that so they've cut out the all the 18

514
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,880
minutes of commercials that they put in there for whatever reason and like legitimately we'll say

515
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,040
like WrestleMania 42 is on a commercial break like why is this taking up three minutes now

516
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:54,240
uh four minutes actually and that's for WrestleMania that's pretty short to me like I felt like

517
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,240
WrestleMania was about a four hour show each time and I'm not counting commercials in this

518
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:05,120
well I just know from from my and you can test this like from our personal WrestleMania experiences

519
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:10,960
the the show is usually about seven to eight hours long Dr. Troy WrestleMania 35 in MetLife

520
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:20,480
I sat down on my couch at 4445 in the afternoon I did not get up until 12 30 am Monday morning

521
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:27,120
and that was the last single day WrestleMania ever um yeah so I think it was the process

522
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:35,120
we got to 30 what I'm trying to do I'm at there what WrestleMania we are now 42 42 42 42

523
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:46,000
we're on 42 so 34 was the one I went to we got to our seats at roughly four o'clock for 30-ish

524
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,440
and then we walked out uh at 11 30 and I don't know how long Brock and around the winter night so

525
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,120
I have listen we're gonna jump on to this right now we'll we'll cover Cody and Randy just

526
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,320
second but just as we're talking about it and then we're shorter matches as well and there's

527
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,080
the theme of this where I wrote down a lot of matches were like this would be something I would

528
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:06,000
say on Ron smack down and people are like well of course it's you're getting the WWE superstars

529
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,800
but hopefully the other fans that and and you yourself Dr. Troy like understand the perspective is

530
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,600
is that this is fucking WrestleMania like these matches need to be pretty decently long telegood

531
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,640
story and this is the time where you want to see all the superstars men and women tag teams really

532
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,360
bring it and I and I hate to do that when it comes to the superstars because they put it so much

533
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,920
time and effort and so great whether and ring is but it just felt like they were cut a lot of time

534
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:37,440
and usually WWE when they do their PLE is like back lash will probably be about a 4 or 5 match PLE

535
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:42,960
and those matches will probably get a good 15 to 25 minutes depending on the you know what they want

536
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:51,040
to you know put across there so you had seven matches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 matches on Saturday 6 on Sunday

537
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:57,600
and it just felt rushed like that they had not done that in a long time and you look at these

538
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:03,280
match numbers 7 minutes for the first match 8 minutes for the tag women's tag match 8 15 for

539
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:08,720
the inner count of match 6 51 for the women's match it's like what the hell like if you're going to

540
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:14,000
give me 7 or 6 matches for WrestleMania I have no problem if you're going to exceed over 4 hours

541
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,320
and I get it's 2 nights and if you're like no that's going to tire out the fans then guess what

542
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,320
you got to have the less of these cards you're going to have to give me 5 matches on Saturday 5 matches

543
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:28,080
on Sunday and make a count and you can make WrestleMania Sunday and and we're off to WrestleMania just

544
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:33,680
as special and you're putting free matches on there listen if you're going to do this 6 to 7 PM

545
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,600
and I know you keep referring it to the pre show but it's actually the live show it's like

546
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:43,040
WrestleMania it's airing live on ESPN and ESPN 2 for free this weekend if you're going to put those

547
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:48,800
matches for free if you're going to put 4 WrestleMania matches 4 of the 15 matches are going to air

548
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:53,120
for free on ESPN and ESPN 2 to give people to go to unlimited then then you're going to have to put

549
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:58,000
some matches on Friday on Smackdown or the Raw after WrestleMania because one of my biggest

550
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:05,120
gripes about Smackdown leading into WrestleMania is there's a ton of promos there's a ton of vignettes

551
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:10,640
and I get why they're doing it but you know what start making that card loaded up with some matches

552
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,720
that barely missed WrestleMania and that would be a lot better to me because I don't want to see

553
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:19,680
a WrestleMania again where it's like a seven minutes women's championship match that's ridiculous

554
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:25,840
you know it's either that or you let the show go for over four hours of in-ring time total because

555
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:32,000
that was bullshit yeah no and I agree like some of these matches and some of it especially like

556
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,480
I mean the intensity that live in Stephanie had leading into it like I know we talked about

557
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:42,720
the buildup was kind of hit and missed but when they were at it they were violent I mean you talk

558
00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:47,280
about some of these other matches it's like no that that women's tears that that for a match was

559
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:52,720
announced that all every single team would have a competitor in the match I was like this match is

560
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:57,600
going short because you got four people at a time in the ring it's going to go short there's no reason

561
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:03,840
for it to stretch out like it's a double as sore where you get people like me that are older it's

562
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:09,440
like we watch an a w show and it runs eight hours we're like fuck I'm exhausted but then you split

563
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,920
a show like this you're like man that's only three and a half hours I'm good to go another hour and a half

564
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:19,760
like I think if you're the whole purpose of splitting Russell Manie was not to tire the crowd out

565
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:24,640
so you can go four and a half five hours and if you're given away two of the matches for free

566
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:31,680
that means your die hard fans are the ones tuning in to watch the rest of the show because we're the

567
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:36,480
ones spending the money so give us a little more in-ring action I mean that that was my biggest complaint

568
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:42,240
at the night was like man somebody's matches are so short but dear god the ring entrances were

569
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:49,120
almost as long as the damn matches were so like it's a weird era we're living in right now where I

570
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:56,240
think tko is trying to find the balance between what the die hard fans want and what the casual fans

571
00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:01,920
want and I think most people once they get down to learning about the product just once he you know

572
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:07,600
give me a story and give me some good in-ring action I don't need all the fiat tricks to go into it

573
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:13,280
I don't want to realize why I stopped watching UFC was I started getting too theatrical and their

574
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:18,160
entrances I'm like no I just want you to grow man go the ring and beat the hell out of each other

575
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,640
wrestling I know what I'm getting I just want a little bit of a story give me a reason why these

576
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:29,040
guys are fighting other than just a shiny gold prize and then let them go do what they do best like

577
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:35,840
I don't think anybody out here thinks that wrestlers are the best thespians in the world so I don't need

578
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,960
a choreographed dance number I don't need you know somebody driving out on a truck I don't need

579
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,760
all the theatrics sometimes just give me what I paid for I spent all year waiting for the biggest

580
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:50,800
wrestling show of the year give me a little more wrestling I'll be fine with that and we'll just

581
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,280
get into this now since we're like rolling on the entire thing because I saw ariho aani break it

582
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:59,600
down and he said and I had this feeling and then I was like alright so I feel a little bit valid saying

583
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:04,080
this now or I was the only person he's like it just didn't feel like WrestleMania to me I'm sitting

584
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:08,640
there on the couch into Saturday and Sunday and Sunday and Monday in the hotel room where I'm

585
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:13,040
staying right now doing the show and I was just like man WrestleMania it did not feel like WrestleMania

586
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:18,560
the grade that I'll give Saturday is is way less than what I'll give Sunday I thought Sunday was

587
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,720
a better show we'll break that all down here obviously shortly but it just did not feel like

588
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:27,440
WrestleMania to me just felt like another PLA felt like another show and I was let down by that especially

589
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:35,120
for the fact that 38 39 40 were really good 41 last year was was good as well I think it was a sort of

590
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:40,880
show of the year I'd be surprised if if WrestleMania 42 hits a show of the event of the year when we do

591
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:45,120
the end of the year at this point because it just it did not feel like WrestleMania and now I'm concerned

592
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:49,920
about next year in Saudi Arabia where we just came off the Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia and that

593
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:55,360
was a huge let down I mean WWE has not been putting out really good PLAs right now and I don't know

594
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:00,320
what's going on like creative team is just not firing like they used to and I know there's a lot

595
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:05,920
of about TKO and creative and they're inf you know they're influenced on it and putting these

596
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:10,400
celebrities and all that stuff it just it didn't feel like WrestleMania to me at the end of the

597
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,240
weekend after I when both shows were over I was like man that did not feel like a WrestleMania

598
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:23,040
WrestleMania should be matches that have a lot of personal personal then dead as the set oh like

599
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:28,480
you're building all year to have these big payoff matches at WrestleMania and so night one

600
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:34,720
seven matches three of them were like three of them maybe four if you know two women's matches

601
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:43,600
fought two of McIntyre, Codian and Randy four of the seven matches felt like they could have a

602
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:47,760
personal issue to get resolved at WrestleMania those matches should have had the most time

603
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:54,560
two of them had a decent amount of time two of them had none like that like that makes no sense to

604
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:59,760
me like that should be what you're building towards is hey these big payoff mama's he's big

605
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:04,880
oh my god we've been investing all this time in the storyline boom here's the big payoff and

606
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:10,720
instead we're getting like hey here's a big storyline you get five minutes yeah here's a big

607
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:17,520
storyline you've had three matches leading up to the one here you get six minutes like it just didn't

608
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:23,520
it didn't feel wrestle maniac quality to me it felt like it felt like crown jewel Saudi Arabia

609
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:30,160
quality to me yeah it was it was a show that just was not both nights just it felt weird it really did so

610
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:34,320
let's get into the next match here because I think this will just kind of carry on throughout you

611
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:38,320
had Cody Rhodes defeating Randy or to retain the Undisputed WWE championship doctor trainer both had

612
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:45,120
Randy or in this one it did feel like that the McAfee angle appears to be scrapped they removed him

613
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from ringside at the start I felt that was the right move and then you had Randy or hitting the

614
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:54,720
RKO on Pat McAfee when he came out to be the referee where this storyline goes from here will be

615
00:46:54,720 --> 00:47:00,080
really intriguing Cody wants again capitalizing on a mistake to win a match that's a weird way for

616
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:05,760
your type top baby face to get a victory like it's a very healish thing to do and he always seems to

617
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:12,560
capitalize on on when the heels like mess up which has been his calling card it appears I don't know

618
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:17,440
if it was the people are saying it was a punch and they're saying that was the punt like Cody Rhodes's

619
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:22,480
eye injury which you saw on Monday's Raw was was after the fact was really gnarly if you haven't

620
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:27,600
seen the video yet Dr. Trey of like him with the eye after the match like it is insane and then

621
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:32,000
there's actually a part where like when Randy orn closes that night where he's holding the title

622
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:38,800
up to carry the storyline forward again I guess off camera he's like kneeling down like kind of

623
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:42,400
sell it a little bit but you could see he's talking to Cody Rhodes to see how he's doing.

624
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,880
Every hit was just a gnarly gnarly thing this was a great match I enjoyed the match

625
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:52,160
Cody Rhodes a feeling Randy orn to pertain the industry WWE championship and it appears the Pat

626
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:58,160
McAfee angle has completely been scrapped at this point. Yeah and that's well you say that but then

627
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:04,560
we had the jelly roll getting involved earlier so I mean it may not be Pat and Randy I don't know if

628
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:10,560
Pat will ever totally be gone and honestly I don't want Pat McAfee totally gone from WWE because I do

629
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:19,440
enjoy his presence I just don't like where they inserted him in this storyline. If you told me to watch

630
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:24,800
this match not knowing who the good guy was and who the bad guy was I would have loved this match

631
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:32,480
but you're telling me Randy Orons being this maniacal you know psychological killer in

632
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:39,600
Cody's like the white meat baby face champion and Cody controlled the tempo Cody controlled the match

633
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:45,200
Cody was the one going after the injury which is usually what a heel does so the match actually

634
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:50,160
kind of played out in reverse roles in a lot of ways like Randy kind of after that opening sequence

635
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:55,440
Randy kind of felt like the underdog for Moses match and that's typically not what the way you want

636
00:48:55,440 --> 00:49:01,200
to put a match together for your heel and baby face on the surface I love the match I didn't like

637
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:06,320
how it was structured though so overall I thought it was a really enjoyable match I just didn't like

638
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:12,720
the structure of it I did love the punt at the end what I did like is normally when Randy punt

639
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:19,680
somebody we don't see them for a while and we saw Cody two days later. That's true. So that I'm

640
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:26,080
not really happy with because you're not selling how impactful that puck was because Randy hasn't

641
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:33,600
done that in so long because it ended so many legends careers but Cody can come back in two days

642
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:39,760
and seem somewhat okay other than his eye looking jacked up. Yeah there was a lot of stuff about

643
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:43,680
this injury there that I can see was a concussion protocol there was discussions that he may have

644
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:47,360
to be like relinquish the title he's going to be out for some time if the orbital fracture

645
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:52,160
if there was an orbital fracture so it least seems like he's dodged a bullet but I'm with you usually

646
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:58,240
the punt you sell it for a while and he did not do his meet and greets the next day for WWE world

647
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:03,120
on Sunday and otherwise I didn't see what his eye looked like so I was like oh man they really

648
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:07,760
sell this angle then you saw like after the fact from people at rings I was like holy shit like

649
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:13,920
that's really not only nasty so hopefully Cody's okay I agree they should have kept him off

650
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:18,480
television for a little bit longer even to to plant those seeds with CM Punk on Raw on this past Monday

651
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:24,000
but they got Cody Rhodes defeats Randy or to retain the WWE Undisputed Championship.

652
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People have a prediction record from WrestleMania Saturday I went 4-3 Doctor Trude went 5 and 2

653
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:36,080
my event rating I gave it a 3.6 out of 5 and my match of the night was Gunther versus Seth

654
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:43,760
Ron's Doctor Try. You were nice to me I gave it a 3.4 and my match of the night was Gunther and Seth

655
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:50,320
Ron's also. Yeah I think 3.4 is very fair as well I think mine I did a little bit more because I enjoyed

656
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:56,000
Cody and Randy and I really enjoyed Gunther and Seth Ron so there you go WrestleMania 42 Saturday

657
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:00,240
in the books let's jump over to Sunday you at Oba Femme defeating Brock Lesnar to kick off the

658
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:05,840
show we both at Oba Femme in this one very fun entertaining match that delivered hard hitting

659
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:10,080
physical everything that you kind of really hoped for for these two guys and this was less than 5

660
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:14,640
minutes so if you think we're sounding hypocritical this is what you kind of expect to see from

661
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:20,320
a Brock Lesnar Oba Femme match I did not expect these guys especially on ESPN to be going for 15

662
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:25,280
minutes long the thing that did shock me was obviously what everybody's talking about Brock Lesnar

663
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:30,240
leaving his gloves and boots in the ring basically shedding the beast character smiling

664
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:35,440
thanking the fans the the humanistic side of Brock Lesnar coming out which I thought was

665
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:41,120
very telling from a character development standpoint obviously a lot of people talking about here

666
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:46,800
as you and I record this such a tray is the beast legitimately done there are folks saying that

667
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:52,000
they expected that he would be done come Summerslam and Minneapolis that would make a ton of sense

668
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,120
I felt like he had two matches in him one being the Zobo Femme match the last one being the the

669
00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:04,640
Gunther match I still feel like the favor that got Paul Heman's gonna oh Gunther will be a match

670
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:10,880
with Brock Lesnar his retirement match in Minneapolis Minnesota at Summerslam I don't think Brock Lesnar

671
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:15,360
is Russell the last match but who knows maybe WWE actually tried covering this up if they're saying

672
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:19,920
that this is someone to the whole Seth Rollins storyline where nobody is really saying anything

673
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:26,240
and I'm glad they're not but really good match fun phenomenal Oba Femme is the next big thing it

674
00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:32,880
was a torch passing moment I can't imagine that Oba Femme is not the world giveaway champion might

675
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:36,720
end of this year really enjoy this one not to trade Oba Femme defeating Brock Lesnar.

676
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:42,080
I mean you say that but you and I how many times in the United States Brea why should we the WWE champion

677
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:49,680
and you didn't come to fruition for a very very long time despite the the the wishes of a lot of

678
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:54,720
wrestling fans like no this match is exactly what supposed to be this was your I don't say typical

679
00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:59,120
Brock Lesnar match but it was like hey it was we're gonna play the biggest hits we're gonna hit

680
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:04,240
the big high spots and we're gonna hit hard and go home from there I like this match because not

681
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:10,640
just because of the match itself and the in the passing of the torch but also like Brock supposedly

682
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:17,440
from what I'm reading in everything I'm hearing Brock has hand picked Oba and to take over and maybe

683
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:24,800
it may be crazy to say it's it may be because of his love of shot putting because you know Brock's

684
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:31,760
daughter is yeah is a shot putter so he knows what goes into it here's Oba coming up you know from

685
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:37,120
from my backyard University of Alabama SEC shot putting champion he knows the physical nature that

686
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:43,200
goes into it he sees how this guy's progressed he's one of the most likable you know well-mannered

687
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:50,080
people in for a young guy in pro wrestling I mean this is kind of the what we heard about Brock

688
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:55,120
coming in from the University of Minnesota so I and if Paul Heyman's telling Brock hey this is the

689
00:53:55,120 --> 00:54:00,880
right guy to pass the torch to I don't think that Brock would steer clear of that and then to line

690
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:06,480
up Summerslam being in Minneapolis where the you know right outside where the University of Minnesota

691
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:13,280
is for that to be Brock Swanson if that's the direction they go makes a ton of sense also so like

692
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:19,040
this has set the stage for you know Gunther caching in that favor a few months where he attacks Paul

693
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:26,240
Heyman and Brock has to come make the save for his long time friend and has to come out of semi-retirement

694
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:31,520
to fight this one last fight and then Gunther finally retires him so it makes it's kind of sets the

695
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:36,320
stage for all the things that we're kind of looking forward to yeah I think well plenty of time to

696
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:43,840
really talk about the career of Brock Lesnar soon I'm I'm just not ready to be like yay it's

697
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:48,320
definitely retired because I'm with the doctor I don't think we've seen his last match so Oba Brock

698
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:53,040
ton of fun next match here Penta defeating Dragon League Javon Evans Rusev JD McDonough

699
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,720
and Remisterio in a latter match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship but you and I

700
00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:01,600
both had Javon Evans in this one they went with Penta retaining which is something you really see

701
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:06,240
in a latter match nowadays especially one with multi people in it entertaining match that you

702
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:13,120
expect from all six men I think Penta is poised for a big 2026 and hopefully he can continue riding

703
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:17,920
this momentum the fans are behind and they really enjoy him and maybe the the Intercontinental

704
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,840
Championship is like a really good lane for him right now because I just don't see him on the upper

705
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:27,360
card especially with the likes of Oba family Roman Reigns Gunther LA Knight Seth Rounds Braun

706
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:32,640
Breaker kind of vying that on the raw brand right now fun match Penta retain softer try

707
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:38,800
yeah and and Kermit for wrong you got do we get the old school Ray Mysterio entrance with him

708
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:45,280
actually popping out of the stage if we did yeah yes so who's that jumping out the sky apparently

709
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:51,360
everybody in this match other than Rusev and Rusev took a pretty big fall he did fall from the sky

710
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:58,080
I just don't think he's a jumper but yeah it's kind of I don't want to say passay for you know

711
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:03,200
an intercontinental title latter match but everybody got their big moments in everybody looked like

712
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:10,480
they had a shot and Penta once again like apparently if you're colorful and you have a catchphrase

713
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:17,920
W will push you whether that's Penta Danhausen you know that's why Ray Phoenix is struggling because

714
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:23,120
nobody's clamoring to see Ray Phoenix again on a microphone I

715
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:33,440
in WWE on the main side of it is his promo skills which he is improving at but that's why he goes

716
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:38,080
to triple A he can kind of promo in Spanish and everybody just eats that stuff up so like he's that

717
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:43,680
perfect maybe balanced guy to kind of ride that middle ground we're like hey we need a B plus guy to

718
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:50,960
fill in at a at a at a you know middle of the road you know paper you a PLE hey throw Penta in the

719
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:56,800
mix let's see if we can you know jumpstart the Southern California Hispanic culture crowd and like

720
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:02,080
put Penta in a match with Roman Reigns like see how the by-rate handle it he might be one of those

721
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:07,280
guys you kind of do the test runs with like they do with Ray and Eddie years and years ago to kind

722
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:12,800
of see if there is you know an appetite for a Hispanic guy to be on top of the card so

723
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:20,160
he's definitely got a marketable look so I mean I don't see why they couldn't potentially some point

724
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:26,080
move him into that upper card mix but right now he's in the right lane to be in next match

725
00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:30,000
year's trick Williams defeating Sammy's aim to win the WWE United States championship I had

726
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:34,480
Sammy Dutt trade trick trick has really come a long way and his end-ring work is catching up to

727
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:40,480
his personality something that I've really talked about since his time on the WWE NXT roster to now

728
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:45,200
you have to give him props I mean his end-ring stuff is catching up this is to me is though the

729
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:49,120
match itself was another it was seven minutes and seven seconds this felt like something I could

730
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:55,040
see on Smackdown actually United States championship matches on Smackdown get longer time I really

731
00:57:55,040 --> 00:58:02,400
wanted to see more I truly did and we need to get the like crazy double turn I expected to be fully

732
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:07,600
turned by Friday which I don't want to see Sammy's aim as a heel but I'm still the same guy that

733
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:12,800
doesn't want to see Randall on his heel right now either so anyway it was fine it was fine for

734
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:17,680
what it was seven minutes seven seconds trick Williams feet Sammy's aim to win the WWE United States championship

735
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:24,480
I told some of the air night I don't want to see Sammy as a heel I don't really want to

736
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:30,800
get Randy as a heel but if you give me Randy Sammy and Kevin all together I don't care if they're

737
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:35,760
his or baby face I'll eat that up and I think even Sarah now you can hear from the crowd the crowd

738
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:41,360
doesn't want to boo Randy Orton but we just love to see evil Randy Orton I like crazy Sammy I like

739
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:48,240
psych you know Sammy I like I still like conspiracy theory Sammy so if that's a route they go I'm fine

740
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:54,800
with that I do like that you know that was always our knock on trick Williams for years in NXT was like

741
00:58:55,680 --> 00:59:02,640
he's got the personality he's got the look his injuries got to catch up it's getting there I'm still

742
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:08,720
not a huge fan of the trick shot as a finisher but it's he's got to they got to learn how to book it

743
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:15,280
in the right way for it to really come off as being effective and for Sammy to go from two years ago

744
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:20,320
I think him and Gunther went almost 30 minutes of WrestleMania and this year he gets seven so

745
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:24,080
there you go that's that kind of shows you the difference between WrestleMania now WrestleMania

746
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:29,120
even just two years ago next match here is the demon Finn Balor defeating down in a Mysterio in a

747
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:33,280
Street Fighter you and I both have the demon win this one the presentation is one of the best and

748
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:38,880
hopefully we get to see more of him looks like Finn Balor's completely gone retro retro even as

749
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:43,200
the way he was performing on on Ron Monday was like old-school Finn Balor out there

750
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:50,400
Dom did get more offense and on the demon than I expected but again it wasn't like an insanely

751
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:56,800
crazy match or anything like that this is I don't know just it was fine it was fine for what it was

752
00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:05,760
the demon defeats Dom yeah I'm struggling with what the judgment day isn't like I mean it wasn't

753
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:12,160
a squash match and this is one of the things we're like hey if you would give me a three-minute

754
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:18,240
squash match and that could have added a few minutes to Sammy and Trick you know or some other

755
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:22,000
match on the card I've been fine with it I think everybody was kind of expecting a very very quick

756
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:27,360
match it wasn't super quick but like you could have just done the squash and been fine with it just

757
01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:32,960
played off as like Dom has no idea how to handle a demon much like Chad Gable had to go learn

758
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:38,800
about luchadors Dom has to go figure out to beat demons you could have done a storyline like that

759
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:42,160
and given you know Trick and Sammy and extra three or four minutes and we would have been a little

760
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:50,640
bit happier but the presentation of the demon and everything goes into that is great I like the way

761
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:57,120
you refer to his Finn Balor going retro like I like that as well I mean because this is a guy who

762
01:00:57,120 --> 01:01:03,040
was presented as a former world champion and for the better part of the last six years been mid-car

763
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:07,760
I mean he's had multiple world title shots but they never he never felt like he was a real threat

764
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:13,840
to win and maybe if we go back to that old school Finn Balor we can get him back towards the top of

765
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:18,240
the car because I think he's still one of the best in-ring performers in the world today and kind

766
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:23,040
of deserves his flowers whenever he can get him I think that's the thing is I just did not have any

767
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:26,720
way that Dom is serious winning this match like the minute they announced the demon would be there

768
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:32,080
it's like okay well Dom's not winning so because almost like a squash match at that point but Dom

769
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:36,400
got a lot got a lot of offense in more than we've probably seen with the demon and sometimes so the

770
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:42,080
demon defeats Dom's Terry on a street fight next match here Rea Ripley defeating Jade Cargill to win

771
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:47,600
the WWE Women's Championship I had Rea Dr. Trae and Jade Cargill I did love the finishing sequence

772
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:53,680
for the reverse of Jade it into Rip Died I thought both women had some pretty good chemistry in the

773
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:58,160
ring and I have a feeling now with Rea officially making the move we were just back down that we get

774
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:03,840
to see more of this on Friday nights which should be really good it was a very enjoyable match I'm

775
01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:08,560
interested to hear what Dr. Trae thought about Adam well you haven't seen this yet Adam Weetzman

776
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:13,120
becoming the guest commentator for this match a guy who basically paid to sit ringside next to

777
01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:16,960
Wade Barrett and Michael Klaude can't wait to hear those thoughts when you eventually get to see

778
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:22,240
this but Rea Ripley defeating Jade Cargill fun match WWE Women's Champion once again Rea Ripley

779
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:33,760
who is an Adam what or what is an Adam Weetzman so it's um way to you somebody paid on location

780
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:41,360
to sit at the commentary but for the match yeah and his name is Adam random random random person

781
01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:49,360
like no no background on this thing at all none at all Adam Adam Weetzman he is um you know he has a

782
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:56,400
Wikipedia page he does he's an American entrepreneur he's the owner and chief executive officer

783
01:02:56,400 --> 01:03:01,440
officer of upstate shredding Weetzman Recycling a scrap metal processing company had headed quarter

784
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:12,560
in Oswigo uh a Wago New York he is also involved in crypto and back in let me see here so he set

785
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:19,200
ringside and he served like a couple months in jail in the early 2000s because why the hell not

786
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:25,680
um yeah I forget the problem in York I mean doesn't everybody you live in Jeff you live out there

787
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:30,320
isn't everybody in New York has been at least a year in federal prison about that yeah we all kind of

788
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:38,000
do our time when you're born you just kind of do it so yeah okay like I'm looking at the news reports

789
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:42,960
on this it's like Central New York's Adam Weetzman makes surprise appearance you're asking me

790
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:48,400
it's a surprise because nobody knows who the f*ck he is there you go that's the surprise I have

791
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:52,880
figured out though that now I can go to Rockets City and be like hey Barry we can just have fans

792
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:56,800
like have a fan give you like 500 bucks that you sit next to me on the commentary table if you

793
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:04,400
want to make some extra money at the shows um I mean that is I'm glad I haven't watched that because

794
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:11,040
I probably would have thrown something at its TV um but for Jade in for for one I'm like I am

795
01:04:11,040 --> 01:04:16,000
relying on you for some of the reviews on these matches so for you to say Ria and Jade and Jade

796
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:22,480
didn't look horrible at WrestleMania that's a huge compliment because we've critiqued Jade in

797
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:29,120
ring ability for a long time and Ria is not the best in ring performer she's good but she's not I

798
01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:34,480
mean she's not one of those oh Ria can wrestle a broomstick and make it look good that's not Ria

799
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that's Becky that's Bailey that's there's a different level to that so for those two to go out

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there and have a good enjoyable match and have a sequence towards the finish where Jeff goes that

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was really good I'm gonna give it to props I do like the fact and we we address this a couple

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weeks ago that does Ria go to smack down if she wins permanently I do like that they you brought

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that up they addressed it on Monday night the storyline makes sense I'm also excited because that

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means Damien and Ria are on the same show and I always like when those two are together for some

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reason I mean they are like best friends so having those two in the same show you can do stuff with

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that down the line as well it also kind of takes out the log jam that is Monday night raw because you

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had so many I mean you look at that roster right now like there's a lot of big name women in this

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division right now and moving Ria to smack down kind of takes a plug out and kind of lets the talent

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kind of flow through because we just saw you know Saul Ruka we've seen Roxanne Perez hasn't done

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anything in like six months there's a lot of talent and moving Ria to smack down where I kind of feel

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like the talent has been lacking on that side makes a ton of sense so I like the moves here and you've

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got me really interested to go back and just watch this match to hear what this person says during the

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match I don't spoil or he says absolutely nothing and he just sits there so it's it's crazy it was very

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wild thing which is kind of on par with this is a billionaire yeah yeah you know that he's a billionaire

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I did I run up a lot on this guy more than I ever thought I would have but about Friday of last week

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and finally the last match year Roman Reigns defeats CM Punk to win the World of Weight Championship

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Dutre and I both had CM Punk in this one this match was great heck of a match the finish was really

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good it kind of leaned into the whole CM Punk as old narrative that I that Roman Reigns was pushing

819
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where he was basically exhausted and couldn't keep up anymore the build of this match had its ups

820
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and downs I think was mostly good and the match itself was very good it was a really good match

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it's on par with probably I think it may be the best match of the entire weekend so spoiler

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the load of my match of the night it does feel like Roman versus Oba is coming at some point there's

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rumblings at Roman versus Gunther's coming at some point what we learned in this past Monday's

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edition of Raw is that Roman versus Jacob Fattu is coming as early as early May for backlash

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in Tampa which is a surprise because Jacob Fattu is performing on Smackdown Punk is heading in

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direction potentially with Cody Rhodes here pretty soon so yeah I just love this match doctor again

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I know you haven't seen yet highly recommended can't for wait for you to check it out but Roman Reigns

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defeating CM Punk integrate match to win the World of Weight Championship you don't want to think

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I love about wrestling Jeff is its unpredictability so the two main event matches you and I both got

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wrong yeah we both got the main event matches wrong Jeff we don't know what the F we're talking about

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so I was like feet again to watch some of the stuff from Monday night and the promo is leading to us

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I did not doubt this match would deliver because I mean Punk still even you know in his old age

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which I take that the grain of salt because he's I think a year younger than me and Romans no

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spring chicken I mean he's a well seasoned chicken at this point I knew they would deliver because

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there's a level of pride that goes into being a performer WrestleMania and I knew these two would

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deliver one hell of a match it is surprising in a sense that we're going the direction of Roman on top

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given his schedule and availability where Punk seems to be more the workhorse but hey AJ lost

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Punk loses they can take a little bit of a break a little bit of a refresher because Punk has been

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grinding really really hard the last six months since he had to ascend to the top of the car because

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of injuries to Seth and everything else so I totally get it I get why they make them move

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Roman is box office it isn't where that we live in a world now where it's Roman Cody Rhea and live

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sometimes no matter how things how much things change some things remain the same and we always kind

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of go back to the ones we can always count on that is very very true so pay-per-view prediction records

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for WrestleMania Sunday I went three and three Dr. Tray went three and three we come out of this

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both of us 12 and nine here in 2026 you said I was one ahead of you on night one yeah I was one ahead

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of you prior to that oh so overall yeah I might be playing for Russell Maid we tied I'm like I beat

847
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you by one on a Russell Maid no no no overall overall for the year okay 12 and nine no no no

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four and three on Saturday I went you went five and two I went four and three on Saturday and then

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both of us going three and three on Sunday um Dr. Tray know you haven't seen Sunday yet so do you want

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to hold off on your rating and match of the night now I mean like I'm leaning into your reviews

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here okay I'll go first I I I'm from everything I've read everything I've seen night two I'll give it

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a four I look from the build up everybody every's tell me if it now if I watch it and it's not a

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four I will come back and recamp my vote and lower it but I'm going to solid 4.0 for night two

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and uh pumpkin rains will be my match of the night and if it's not I will recant and change my

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fix next week so it's funny you said it for you gave it a four I went 4.1 and I gave reins and

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punk my match of the night as well so there you go full WrestleMania recap interview I think the last

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thing that will bring up here Dr. Tray and when we touched upon a not too long ago is just really

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the vibe of WrestleMania 42 overall did not feel like WrestleMania it felt like another PLE

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and I hope the WWE out TKO takes a step back heading to WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia where

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I don't know how many like fans are going to travel over there I mean it may just be filled with a lot

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of folks that are living in Saudi Arabia which is fine what we saw with Royal Rumble not that great

862
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at all um I don't know if we're going to get a normal WrestleMania crowd like we typically see

863
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here in the United States um a year from now and I think WWE and TKO need to go and do whatever they

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can to make sure that WrestleMania 43 delivers I think whatever they've done recently creatively

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whatever they've done with TKO getting involved uh it needs to stop they need to get back to that

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was it 2022 to 2025-ish run creatively that they were going on because they just it just feels

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exhausting it's um it was just a very weird WrestleMania weekend and that's because like 38-39-40

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was so good 41 was good not in that same like trilogy that I'll call it now and just 42 overall

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just was not not up to par with other WrestleMania and that's the biggest thing for me is it just was

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not up to snubbed for what we typically see from WrestleMania and um I think that's my biggest

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takeaway Dr. Tray as I really hope WWE and TKO kind of learned from this past weekend are listening

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to what fans are saying and they get back to making WrestleMania feel like WrestleMania that's

873
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that's to me is like the biggest takeaway overall yeah I think WrestleMania from from everything I've

874
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watched and read about it it felt shotgun in a sense it felt the matches felt rushed uh the

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matches that you should feel like you should get a little more time didn't give as much you made

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event matches got good time but you know live in Stephanie getting a few minutes I mean AJ and

877
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Becky only getting a few minutes I mean he's just some of your top people and you're only giving a

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small window to showcase her talents I will say the one one solid takeaway of having out of this is

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you got Oba family getting a huge win over Brock Lesnar you got Trick Williams winning the US title

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you know Braun Breaker had a big moment Gunther who's established but once again Gunther's

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beating Seth Rollins you are starting to see some of the younger crop of talent matriculate through

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the system towards the top of the card we also saw him flex a talent coming in you know Monday night

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we got Joe Henry making his raw debut next Monday night so some of the younger talent or you know

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people we've seen in XC are kind of moving up to system which also means that we're gonna see some

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people getting fired here soon that's just the nature of the beast usually post-Restyl Manu we

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see some cuts and TKO is a non is a it was a profit based business so I wouldn't doubt that we're

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gonna see some cuts coming up soon but you know some of the people that we're clamoring for are

888
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starting to get a light shined on them I mean we saw Saul Rooka getting a big Saul Rooka you and I

889
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have been talking about for two years on the show she's getting in there with with Liv Morgan

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Monday night I mean we're seeing that crop of talent starts to rise up through the system and

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it creates some more you know kind of dream match scenarios down the line I mean we oba Femme and

892
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Roman raises here we're talking about Jacob and Roman I mean these are some matches that you and I

893
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have been wanting to see for a couple years now and these could actually come to light in the very

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near future and Roman came out I think after the show on the post show stuff saying that he is going

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to be around full time for the summer so big things coming so maybe this is just kind of a

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resonating it's more of a launch point than the kudra of the storylines that we've typically seen

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and hopefully you can carry over to russimane 43 because it's just you know the vibe just did not

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feel like russimane like we typically see with that being said let's close up shop on this week's

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edition of SRTU a show that I will always remember recording just based on what I am and what's going

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on to get here so we'll get a couple plugs and spots by the way you can download the show at patreon.com/srtupodcast

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with that being said what is going on in the wonderful world of Dr. Franklin this week

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well like Jeff said you can follow me on x at the doctor tray you could find me on instagram and

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facebook dr. tray franklin when you're on facebook be sure to check out rocketsy and chambishy

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and bitcoin and you could end up at restlamania i'm serious not joking at all yes they too maybe

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doctor and i will be there in a couple of years thank you to all of you for making us part of your

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