WWE Crown Jewel Preview | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #716 – 11/2/23

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It's still libited. Welcome everybody.
Welcome to this week's edition It's No Real

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doa Show Episode number seven and sixteen
for November second, twenty twenty three.

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Welcome to this week's edition of as
R to You. This year w WEE

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Crown Jewel Preview Predictions edition of s
R to You. I am one after

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the show, I am Jeff Peck
joined every single week my host, the

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one on the out tray Franklin doctor
trait. This month may be my favorite

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time of the year for wrestling,
my friend, No, you mean October

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or November? November second, November
second, Yes, yes, I'm still

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in the I'm in November. I'm
sure you're still in October. Now you're

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a big Halloween guy. Yeah,
big Halloween guy. There's still candy everywhere

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in my house. There's Larry still, the decorations are up. Yeah,

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it's hard to I mean, January
is pretty good, WrestleMania so April's pretty

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good. But you know, November
when you got Crown Jewels Survivors Series plus

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the AEW stuff, It's it's right
up there. I'll rank November higher than

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August, which is SummerSlam month typically. Yeah, I definitely think it's one

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of those months top months of professional
wrestling, like November, I could get

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down with January Royal Rumble season in
April when you're looking at WrestleMania season.

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I think those may be the three
top months in all professional wrestling. I

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think you hit the nail on the
head when you name the other two.

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So I would say November, January, April. Maybe it for like top

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months for wrestling fans. Like really, I mean August Summer Slam is usually

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pretty fun, but there's not a
lot of stuff going on on the other

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companies to kind of go up against
it. But well, now you've got

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all in all. I also think
what plays a role is like we're doing

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our own personal thing. Like if
you're going out with family doing the summer

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deal, it's typically in August,
I know, like in your neck of

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the woods, that's literally when school
starts. But yeah, this year was

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the second It was August eighth.
Wow, that's early. That is early

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from compared with when I went to
school here in the in the North,

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which is typically right after Labor Day. Yeah, but you're absolutely right when

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it comes to the moss. I
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the cold season starts to hit and
you're just kind of stuck indoors, and

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you know, you're forced to watch
like Celebrity Jeopardy like I'm doing right now,

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which is making me cringe that I'm
not a celebrity. I could win

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this round. But yeah, like
November, like you're home with the family,

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there's not a whole lot to do. Like January, same thing,

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you're after Christmas. This is actually
the perfect time because you're not in Christmas

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season. In January, you're out
of Christmas season. And then April's just

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you're starting to branch out and get
warm to start doing things, but still

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kind of too cold to go the
beach. So yeah, I think it

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was probably the top three months.
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it's uh Doctor Treymer. Before getting
on, we were both saying how it's

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below thirty degrees where we live today
as we record the show, and over

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the weekend we both had highs in
the eighties, so literally in shorts and

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a T shirt over the weekend and
today car heart jacket and a winter hat.

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So which is normal for me in
this neck of the woods, but

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for Doctor Trade down South, not
so much. My friend, like,

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I don't think you own a car
Heart jacket like I do, right,

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I own one piece of car Heart
clothing. It's a T shirt I got

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from a job I worked at,
So yeah, it's not no T shirt.

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Now I do have the really great
knockoff version of the Seth Rollins leather

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jacket with the fur around it.
Okay, yeah, and then I have

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a leather jacket that has like the
built in hoodie to it. And those

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are like my heavy winter coats.
That's wow, heavy winter coats. I

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wish I could say that. So
yeah, here we are holiday season.

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I saw my first Christmas commercial over
the weekend as well. There are nine

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shows including this one, that we're
recording right now left in twenty twenty three

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for SRT, which is pretty wild
to think, you know. I mentioned

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it on last week's show. We'll
be getting closer to announcing the holiday season

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programming schedule as well. And it's
just insane to me how the older I

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get, how quicker and quicker the
years go by, And here we are

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again another year, nearly in the
books, twenty twenty three Survivor series right

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on the corner, a full gear. We got Crown Jewel this weekend.

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It's a fun time to be a
restling fan heading into the holidays, where

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typically we kind of check out for
a little bit, but AW has decided

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to put another pay per view on
the calendar for the end of the year.

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With that said, there could be
a very, very big return at

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Survivor Series this year. According to
Wrestling Observer newsletter, and this comes to

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us via Wrestling Inc. There's a
report out there that one former WE Champion

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first Ballot Hall of Famer Randy Orton
could be back in time for s Robersaries

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twenty twenty three, which will emanate
from the All State Arena in Rosemont,

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Illinois on November twenty three, suggesting
that he is not planning on retiring after

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all. Legend Killer is reportedly determined
to return to action and compete until he's

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fifty, despite doctors telling him to
never wrestle again. Orton has been sidelined

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with a back injury since May twenty
twenty two, with his last match being

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attag Team contest that saw him and
now former w superstar Matt Riddle taking on

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the USOS when they were known as
RK bro. This late latest update on

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Orton's return doesn't provide any details on
creative plans that might be in store for

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him. But signs are poorting that
Randy Ornt will be returning at the w

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w Sarversary twenty twenty three, Doctor
Trey, This has me happy, This

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has me thrilled. Randy Orton was
like in this renaissance age when he was

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last in the we and it wasn't
looking good there for a little bit that

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he may never wrestle again. Your
thoughts on the reports that Randy aren't maybe

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returning sooner rather than later. So
if he does return, I'm super sad,

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man, Like I mean when he
left, you know, almost a

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year and a half ago, you
and I were like, man, he's

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arguably the best worker in the business, Like we've seen him have met great

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matches with giants and bluishadors and just
everything across you know, all walks of

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the wrestling gambit and the consonant professional
and really redefined his legacy over the last

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you know, ten twelve years,
because when this show started, we were

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knocking him for constantly getting busted for
you know, violating the wellness program,

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and you know, the last eight
years he's been you know, the model

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of consistency and the older professionals.
So I'm glad if the reports are true,

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like he's back, because I can't
wait to see him. He's one

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of my favorite performers. I don't
know about you, but when you hear

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the reports that his doctors are advising
him to never wrestle again, but yet

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the WWE doctors are clearing him,
that is almost like a reversal of the

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past ten years where doctors have cleared
wrestlers but their doctors say no. So

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I don't know how quality the reports
are on what his doctors are saying.

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You know, if that makes sense
to you. I don't know if that

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makes sense or not, because I'm
like, does if his doctors saying,

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dude, we don't want you wrestling
again, and he's like, no,

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I want to wrestle. Usually WWE
errs on the side of caution and goes

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with what the doctors are saying and
not a whatever you want, Randy,

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come on back in. But if
he can get back in the ring,

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dude, I'll absolutely love. He's
arguably one of the top five performers of

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our generation. For whatever reason,
I'm obviously ending Shawn Michael's vibes here.

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HBK had the back injury ninety eight. He didn't return to professional wrestling until

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forty years later, so his last
match was Wrestmating ninety eight, which was

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Rerestmating fourteen. He returned from SummerSlam
two thousand and two against Triple Ag That

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was supposed to be a one time
deal and it was believed that he would

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never wrestle again. And he did
wrestling then for what another eight years afterwards,

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part time, mostly especially early on, he was doing a lot of

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the more of a full time schedule
towards the end halfway through more of part

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time schedule. Randy Orton is forty
three years old if he reportedly wants to

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wrestle until he's fifty, so he's
got seven more years left in the tank.

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For mathematicians out there, but yeah, I mean, I just get

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massive HBKA vibes. Because Shawn Michaels
was it appeared to be done. The

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farther we got away from Randy Orton
appearing on television in May twenty twenty two

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on episode of SmackDown, the more
it felt like he was not returning.

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So he nearly was out for two
years more eighteen months, which is wild

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to think We don't see that nowadays
unless somebody is done with their career and

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there was no retirement announcement. It's
reminiscent of like the Big Ee injury in

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a way, even though it's completely
two different areas where Biggie has not wrestled

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in over a year. I'm of
the mindset that Biggie probably never wrestles again.

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And there was a period of time
that I was under the mindset that

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Randy Orton never wrestles again, because
I think his father came out and an

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interview and said that doctors were saying
he should never wrestle again. Who knows

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if that's an old school guy working
us a little bit, Doctor Trey,

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but I think there's some smoke to
that fire, because for him to be

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out a good eighteen months and not
beyond we Television, not wrestling, not

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even mentioned, leads me to believe
that Orton was seriously injured and his in

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ring future was being seriously debated.
And I'm also the mindset that Randy's a

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very very smart guy and knows his
body. Like I mean, as much

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as we love Randon, Randy's been
banged up a lot over his career,

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you know, shoulders backs hips like
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he at this point, now forty
three, if he wants to go to

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fifty, I don't think he wants
to come back unless he feels one hundred

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percent on the return. And you
know he's got it. You mentioned he's

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a first ballot Hall of Famer,
he's got the credibility, you know,

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racked up that if he wants to
go to more of a part time schedule,

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you know, I mean, hell, the guy that runs the company's

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one of one of his good friends
as well, so I mean, you

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know he can go triple ah and
they obviously would work something out, But

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you don't want to come back unless
you're one hundred percent, especially with a

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back injury, because you know it
can sideline you for life. And he

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does have his kids aren't small,
but they're younger, and you want to

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make sure that you're around for all
that stuff. So I'm sure he's being

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very, very cautious. But once
again, you don't a guy like Randy

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Orton wants to go out on his
terms. And if you have the opportunity

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to kind of go out on your
terms, you're going to take it.

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You know, much like Shawn Michaels
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did his WW run. You don't
want to kind of go out like you

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know, Edge or Brian Daielsen did
in their initial w runs where you're just

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forced to retire, you know,
go out on your term. So I'm

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sure he's being cautious. But at
the same time, he doesn't want to

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go out with that last match being
the tag match and they lost the belts

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on. He wants to have that
little moment of the sun and maybe one

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more run at him, you know, before he goes into a full time,

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part time mode. What do you
think here, essentially, though,

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Doctor Trey does, does Randy Orton
have anything left to prove? Do you

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think it's a case of he still
loves professional wrestling. He doesn't want to

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go out like that, he I
mean, he has nothing left to prove.

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When I think of the history of
this podcast, it'll be fourteen years

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in February, just a couple months
way. You could argue that the number

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one wrestler. While I don't think
there's many times he's ever been given this

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award, Randy Wereton maybe one of
the top wrestlers we've ever covered in the

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history of this podcast longevity wise,
like could he have gone out the way

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that he has gone out until the
last time we saw him in May twenty

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twenty two and that would be okay? Or did he have to write this

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story a bit differently in and need
to return? Is there a need more

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than a want to return? So
like the Randy's I mean third generation,

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like this is in his blood,
like this is what he knows. I

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don't know, can you you can
confuse passion with need at times? Like

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I just I think he feels like
he needs to write the final chapter and

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not have it written for him,
and so it's it's probably you can probably

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look at it go it's actually a
want. But when you have passion and

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desire, that want does turn into
a need. It turns into that addiction.

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Like anybody who's been in the business, it is really really hard to

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walk away from it. Like there
is an adrenaline fact, there's an addiction

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factor, there's you know, mental
addiction to it, Like it's it's a

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crazy, crazy world to live in, Like I haven't worked a show myself

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in almost five months, and it
it I have, I have cravings for

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it. So When you have a
guy like Randy Orton who's been in the

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business since basically the day he stepped
out of the womb, I can't imagine

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how hard it is for him to
walk away without it being on his own

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terms. I mean, you look
at a guy like Ric Flair. Ric

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Flair's like still talking about having another
match, you know. I think that's

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all to these guys know is the
wrestling business. So it's hard to step

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away when you feel like you can
still have good quality matches. I mean,

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if Triple As does not had that
episode two years ago, he's still

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getting He'll still he'd still be getting
physically involved in the ring. So it's

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it's that desire, that achingness,
that longingness for the business that keeps bringing

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guys back. It's, uh,
it's an interesting one, right, Like

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if if this injury is so serious
that he's supposed to be retiring, it's

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his back. We all know that. If you, like, I've had

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a back injury, multiple back injuries. Dr. Trump, Sure you've had

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back injuries. Most human beings do. It's the most painful part of your

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body that you can injure. Uh. It controls everything. It's your central

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nervous system in a way because you
can't move, So it's it's like is

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it worth it? And I don't
know, Like the selfish wrestling phantom and

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me is like, yeah, come
on back, Randy, want to see

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you wrestle, and then the humane
mey is like, bh, does does

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he really need to do this?
It's it's an interesting conundrum. I guess

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w W. I think going back
to your initial point, Doctor Troy about

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W typically doesn't give the okay for
stuff like this. I would have to

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believe that maybe we're being worked a
little bit, that Orton's back injury wasn't

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career threatening ending and he is okay
to work. I don't know. I

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just kind of can't. I can't
figure this one out because again the rest

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of the phantom me wants to see
him back, but I just asked myself,

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like, is this a smart move? Dude's got young kids, Like

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I hate seeing my heroes look banged
up later in life, Like I love

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the Undertaker, but it's it's kind
of sad to see, you know,

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video of him down in Saudi Arabia
with vincick Man over the weekend, who

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he himself was not moving around great
and just came off of very serious back

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surgery walking so gingerly. Whether it
be the Undertaker, whether it be Mick

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Foley, I get it, this
is part of the gig. But sometimes

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you wonder if if the wrestlers are
are hurting themselves by wanting to continue to

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grab that addiction that is professional wrestling. Yeah, I mean it is a

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bit of a like to be in
wrestling, you have to have a little

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bit of a DNA defect because I
mean, in theory, you're going out

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there and basically prep falling and injuring
yourself for the entertainment of others. And

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even in comedy, think about like
the physical comedians like the John Belushi's,

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the Chris Farley's, all those guys
had that, you know, DNA defect

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and it was little, a little
bit. It was in those cases very

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much self harming. And we've seen
an in professional wrestling with these guys just

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get that addiction to them and they
go out there and do it until literally

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their body gives up on them.
And it is it's hard. I mean,

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even you know, seeing Takers,
seeing Vince, you know, seeing

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Mick Foley, sees these guys that
you and I grew up watching and seeing

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them struggling to kind of get around. It's painful, but you know it's

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nobody forces you to stay in wrestling
except yourself. So if Randy can come

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back, and Randy can work,
and he wants to work, and the

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doctors all cleared him, like,
go for your joy, chase your dreams,

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chase your happiness, all those things. And I do think I think

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the back injury was career threatening,
but maybe not Coranty. I mean,

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we see other guys come back from
back injuries like you mentioned Sean Michaels and

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have you know, a good career
afterwards, and it's just because they wrestle

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smarter, they learn to limit their
bumps, they learn to limit those things

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that could actually hurt them even more. And that's just something that Randy's don't

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have to work around as he goes
for I mean, you think about I

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mean rkos he's given, and that
RKO he's landing on his back when he

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gives it, So it's we may
see him have to modify that in order

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to lengthen his career and either change
finishers or go as something else that's not

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gonna be so impactful on his lower
back if he wants to wrestle in their

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seven years switching gears here. One
of the current Professions wrestlers who's twenty seven

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years of age who we can consider
to be probably smart when it comes from

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the injury standpoint is the current AW
World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman aka MJF.

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He made history on November the first
Doctor Trey as he officially set the new

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record for the longest AW World Championship
reign in the company's history at three hundred

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and forty seven days. He defeated
John Moxley at AW Full Gear twenty twenty

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two on November nineteenth, twenty twenty
two, thanks to the help of now

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CURRENTE executive William Regal MGF also coming
off of a great match on Collision with

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Kenny Omega, arguably one of the
best matches they ever put on free television

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in el Elite Wrestling. A little
bit of a headscratcher they put it on

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free TV with little to no build
up and no pay per view background and

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all that stuff, But hell,
I'll take it by watching it for on

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free television on Saturday night, watching
Collision Doctor Trey. With that said longest

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reigning AW World Champion. But how
do you think mgf's reign has gone so

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far as champ? Yeah, I
was thinking about that, and you look

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at what Moxley has two reigns.
You got the Omega reign, Jericho.

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I think Moxley is three. Grete
okay, so we got Maxis got three,

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So you got Moxy's got three,
Omega, Jericho, Hangman, Punk's

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got two, a MJF. So
I don't think I'm missing any of the

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world Champions so far in the four
year run of ADW, I put MJF

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as the second best run. I
still think Jericho had the best run the

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initial yeah, just because it kind
of solidified the title, and then he

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was constantly coming up with cool little
cats phrases and reinventions. And I was

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trying I said reinventions while I was
thinking of Ley Champion, and so reinventions

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came out sounding French when I said
it. But I think it's been a

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good I think it's been a good
run. But I don't know if the

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turn in the middle of this has
helped it or made it not as good,

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Like if he had been a straight
year long run of him just being

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an asshole, Like would that have
elevated a little bit more. But this

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last few months of him being nice
and shaking hands with Kenny Omega and things

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like that, I don't know if
that's helped it or hurt it. I

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mean, he's I don't know.
I think to me, I put it

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as the second best run, even
though it's been the longest one. I

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think the best aw World Championship reigns
were the first three. I thought Jericho,

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Moxley, Omega were the best runs, and it helped elevate the title.

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After Omega, it became a little
bit of a weird person a way

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because Hangman Page had it, which
I thought was rightfully due at that point,

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but his title reign got cut short
because they want to put the championship

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on CM Punk. CM Punk gets
injured, so then Moxley becomes interim champion.

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Moxley has a weird match with CM
Punk on Dynamite and becomes the champion,

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and then what was it like a
week or two later than they had

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the match at all Out which later
became brawl Out and Punk only had the

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championhip for a couple of days because
he was suspended and hurt, and then

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Moxley had the championship again, and
then Moxley going into MJF. We're at

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now whether or not the MJF rain
is been a good one is a big

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debate. So I feel like looking
at all the rains, the first three

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again Jericho, Moxley, Omega were
the best, and then after that the

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title got really really cursed, and
now with MJF, I think it's highly

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debatable of how this rain has gone. I am a huge MJF fan.

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I am a believer that they made
the right call in putting the championship on

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him. I'm all for that.
Yate of around MJF as champion at times

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has been really really good. I
like the stuff with Danielson, it's been

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really really bad and not entertaining.
I think you can make a case for

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that presently. And then it's been
really really good with Adam Cole stuff,

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and then Adam Cole gets hurt.
Like I can see right now that there's

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a really cool storyline developing where all
these people want a shot at the AW

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World Championship, which is rightfully so, it's the world title. They should

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be fighting for it, they should
be vying for this, But I don't

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know. I think overall, Like, if I had to letter grade the

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MJF World Championship reign, I think
I would give it like a C plus

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B minus Doctor Trey, Like,
is that fair? I think it's it

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was something that we were highly looking
forward to and it's been that as we

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thought it would be, like really
good, and then I think it's been

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underwhelming. And I think also the
babyface run has been confusing a little bit,

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which is sad. Yeah, because
it's he's got and we may get

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to this today, that may not, we may wait for this a little

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a long. But he's I mean
MJF has a lot of miz in him.

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Yeah, yeah, and I'm and
by that I mean amazing heel and

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a quality babyface like it's he's acceptable. But one of the great things about

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MJF and and Miss as a heel
is that smarminess, that quick wit it

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that you know, take the filter
off and just let it rip. And

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then when they put the baby face
on him, it's like they're capping what

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they can actually do. Jericho may
be the best of all time at playing

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that same character as a baby face
and a heel uh and and being able

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to get over on both sides of
it. But to turn MJF in the

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middle of this without a real reason. This is you know, for those

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longtime listeners, it's like me complaining
about el berteldel real turning heel or turning

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baby face about the spansion now stable. Uh, it just didn't make sense.

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It's kind of same thing here,
like especially when you go back to

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the Casino Royale when he won the
chip as the joker and you had the

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whole devil mask and everything else.
You're like, and you had the whole

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the firm built around him, and
then it never got used. Like if

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they had kept him as this you
know, mega heel champion with a big

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stable around him and just kind of
did like the old nWo adage of horseman

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edge, which is your baby face
of the month run up against the whole

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stable to try to get the champ, and that's how you build babyfaces.

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If they had done that, maybe
would have been better. But it's just

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like you said, the creative around
it has been wonky. For lack of

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a better term, it's just like
they it's it's we start this, we

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go down this rabbit and it's great
and it's bad, and it's great bad,

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Like I thought this stuff with him
and Joe, that little short Rivelry

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have with Smoke Joe is really good
because they tied it all back into stuff

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from you know, NXT when he
was an extra on there, like they

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some s has been really good.
But then like right now, the stuff

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with Jay White should be fantastic,
and we're sitting here going where are they

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going with this? Like I don't
know what they're doing, And I don't

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know if I should watch every week
or if I should just check in every

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so often and see where they're at, because I don't know if I want

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to invest in it all. So
the length of it, though, gives

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it a little bit like right,
I forgot how good the Omega run was.

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That was a really good run.
Boxley's first run is really good.

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So it's it's I would give it
maybe a B at best. I'd probably

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be at the be bias level for
this MGF run, but maybe a B

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if I look at the high end
work. I think creatively, it's been

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a snake bitten world title reign for
him because you know, you brought up

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the firm. So he returns it
all out twenty twenty two and he confronts

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CM Punk at the end of that
pay per view. I think a lot

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of people forget about that because of
what happened at the press conference. He

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returns to the pay per view,
has the firm, He confronts Punk at

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the end of it. Now he's
won an opportunity to have a World Championship

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match, and then that all goes
away because Punk gets suspended and injured,

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so that never gets followed through.
They tease a little bit for like the

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next six to eight weeks him being
a babyface and aligning with John Moxley turning

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on the Firm, and it was
like, we dug it. You go

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back to that period of time listening
to this podcast, We dug it because

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there wasn't a lot of change to
the MJF character and he was just leading

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more on the babyface side, and
it wasn't too much of a change.

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And I always felt like he should
be more of a Steve Austin turned than

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a wild like one eighty character.
I'm a good guy turn, but I'm

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still a swarming scumbag like they've done. Right now, he wins the Championship,

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has a good little stretch there,
good stuff with Brian Danielson does the

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four Pillars, which we were not
digging at the time because it felt a

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little bit force fed because at least
two of the four didn't belong in the

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match at the time, and they
ran with that for a little bit,

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and then they started turning to babyface
with Adam Cole, and that was really

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good and it was really well done, and then he got I love the

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comparison. He got very mislike with
the babyface turn where it was like,

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oh, now he's like kind of
corny and I'm not really digging this,

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and then Adam Cole gets injured.
Heading into the stuff of Bullet Club Gold

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has been kind of mild in a
way. It hasn't been great, it

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hasn't been bad. It's just kind
of in the middle and mile that I'm

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optimistic to see where it's going.
But his run has been snake bitten in

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a way, Doctor Trey, and
it's it's disappointing because I think we had

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very high expectations and high hopes and
maybe that's what did him in a little

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bit from a fans perspective, because
we still believe in him as a world

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champion. I think he can be
the face of a company. But I

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can't sit here and say that it's
that it's been the best. It's I

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guess when you look at the history
of the Championship, it's behind the Jericho

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Moxley Omega run as maybe like the
fourth best reign. But that's not really

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saying much because the stuff in the
middle there from Kenny Omega to MJF was

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not that great because injuries, brawl
out bs was going on that kind of

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diluted in snake bit in that title
worse than it has ever been. Yeah,

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And the crazy thing is you have
to think that the technically speaking MJF

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Adam Cole headlined the biggest pay per
view in wrestling history. Yeah, yeah,

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it's crazy. I think that this
is the fourth best run. But

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you know when you look at it, like you're like a lot of these

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matches like have been kind of thrown
in last minute, Like even with SMO

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Joe think kind of came out of
nowhere. You know, like it was

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good, and I liked it because
storyline wise they could tie it into something

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else, but you know it's just
like what was he like, why then

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the hell? And I know,
like you just said how great it was

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to see MJF and Kenny Omega on
Collision on Saturday Night. But even when

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Mark Henry, who works for the
company, comes out and says we should

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not have given that match away for
free, there's something to that, like

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you have a build up for something
that that was a match that fans of

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want to see and we didn't do
that. Like it's like, oh,

402
00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:26.759
yeah, they you gave it like
a three hour build up like I think

403
00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:30.680
I think Tony Gonn announced it or
three day build up. They announced it

404
00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:33.839
on Dynami et Ors like that,
or maybe like the day after. But

405
00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.079
it's like, why would you not
say that for a bigger match, Like

406
00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:41.559
you're in telling me that MJF and
Jay White on paper would get you more

407
00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.000
buys than MJF and Kenny Obega,
Like I think you're out of your mind.

408
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.279
And this whole thing with like who's
gonna partner up with to go against

409
00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:53.160
the Kallis family and he's going through
the acclaim that he's taking potshots at baby

410
00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:56.559
Faces that he doesn't want team with, but other people it's like, uh,

411
00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:00.799
maybe you know like there Smote Joe
stuff, Like I dig the whole

412
00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:04.640
like mystery aspect of it because that's
great storytelling. But you know, why

413
00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:10.519
wouldn't you save the like why wouldn't
you have MJF and Kiddie Obga and they

414
00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:14.960
have a run in from the Challis
family to now maybe tie MJFF into that

415
00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:18.599
storyline as well and give a little
bit more depth to everybody's out to get

416
00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.119
him, because that's when baby phases
really get over, is when they're up

417
00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:26.240
against the odds. And I don't
feel like at any point in this run

418
00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:33.119
have we felt like mjf's character was
in danger of really losing. I mean

419
00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:36.759
maybe the handicapped tag match and we
saw what a you know, kind of

420
00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:40.839
I don't say joke that turned into, but I mean it did come in

421
00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:45.960
kind of farcicles in that match,
Like baby faces have to overcome obstacles and

422
00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:51.640
MJF doesn't really have any obstacles right
now. This may come off pretty badly,

423
00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:55.240
but I'll say it anyway because I
think it has diluted the Babyface run

424
00:30:55.240 --> 00:31:00.279
a little bit. But I like
that MGF has dealt with real life ts

425
00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:07.759
and tribulations, whether it be the
ADHD or the background as a Jewish American,

426
00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:14.359
especially during these times living in the
world and then I think there was

427
00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:19.400
another disorder he had where he wasn't
like some sort of acceptances sort of that

428
00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:23.799
I ever heard from heard of before, And like, I love that he

429
00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:29.000
has overcome these trials and tribulations and
it has helped build his character and to

430
00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:33.480
the person he is today. And
they use as an opportunity to get him

431
00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.319
on a level with the fan base
as like this guy is. He can

432
00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:41.559
be an asshole, but he's just
like you and I where he has overcome

433
00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:45.079
demons, overcome things that have held
him back and here he is today.

434
00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:51.319
The problem I have with that is
the entire time that they go down,

435
00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:56.640
they always seem to go down this
route and it gets to a point where

436
00:31:56.359 --> 00:32:01.920
like they may have overdone it creatively, Like I remember that he used that

437
00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:06.519
in the Cmpunk feud and I loved
it. I thought it was a great

438
00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:12.039
thing that they added into it,
and it made him over with the fans,

439
00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:14.720
Like the fans are starting to cheer
for him instead of Cempunk, which

440
00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:19.160
is wild to think of. And
there was those couple of weeks where actually

441
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:23.559
I was at the show at Dynamite
where he cut the promo about being bullied

442
00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:27.759
in school and the fans were getting
behind him, and seem Punk came out

443
00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:30.079
and to be like, is this
like all real? And then they left

444
00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:34.880
and then I think maybe they followed
up a week or two later and had

445
00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.240
MGF layout Punk from like a bloody
beat down in Jacksonville, and I thought

446
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:45.279
that was great. But it always
seems like whenever they need to get the

447
00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:50.160
fans to care about him, they
go down that direction of the trials and

448
00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:53.160
tribulations he's gone through. And I
feel like they've played that card one too

449
00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:59.799
many times Doctor Trey, and I
feel like creatively it's kind of hampered the

450
00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.759
character to a degree because it's like, oh man, another issue, Yeah,

451
00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:07.079
MJF, Like why are we bringing
this up again? Like we've been

452
00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.319
down this road. We get it, you've overcome these trials and tribulations.

453
00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:14.680
We're with you. This is fantastic. But it's like, whenever they need

454
00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.160
the fan support for him, they're
like, oh, look, you know,

455
00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.920
but this is what happened in my
childhood. I think they go down

456
00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:22.799
that direction too much, and I
think it's hurt him a little bit.

457
00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.759
Did you watch Raw Monday Nights?
I did? Yeah, Okay, So

458
00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:31.720
I'm just gonna use this comparison,
what AW does with MJF to get him

459
00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:36.160
over as a baby face is the
exact same thing WW is doing with Drew

460
00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.319
McIntyre to get him over as a
heel. But I like what they're doing

461
00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:44.200
with Drew McIntyre and I do too. But that's why, because after a

462
00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:47.039
while you go, dude, I'm
so tired hearing you whine and bitch.

463
00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.160
And in a sense, that's what
m JF does now. Like the fact,

464
00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:54.559
like the first time you do it's
the Brett hard cry baby stuff.

465
00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:59.640
Yes, exactly what it is,
and it comes off if you keep playing

466
00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:02.960
that like you're cridaby, it's like
after a while, you're like, dude,

467
00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:07.920
you're the champ. Like right now
at this point as a babyface World

468
00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:12.000
champion, you look at every great
world babyface champion we've had over the last

469
00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:16.679
thirty years, you know, from
Austin to Rock to you know, whoever

470
00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:21.320
you want to lay out there,
John Cena's you know, even seen a

471
00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.719
Superman run. What they do.
They always try to stack the deck against

472
00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:30.960
him because it's all about overcoming physical
obstacles because babyfaces are typically not the smartest

473
00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:35.400
guys in the room, were typically
the heart the soul that desire to drive

474
00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:38.239
that type of thing, you know, So you have to overcome these obstacles,

475
00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:44.760
and they're physical threats, not emotional
threats. You can tie in emotion

476
00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.760
into a little bit, but you
still need to have the physicality involved.

477
00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:50.760
As the word I just you look
at him as a babyface right now,

478
00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.199
and when you're wrestling two guys and
you're basically you're five foot ten, two

479
00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:59.960
hundred and thirty pounds and you're wrestling
at the righteous and you're basically kind of

480
00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:05.039
just burying them in a tag match, just like that's not really overcoming an

481
00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:08.199
obstacle. Like it's like, at
no point does he feel threatened. And

482
00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:13.559
it's one of the things that kind
of made Hogan get booed is after why

483
00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.880
and say with Sina was that after
a while, you're like, there's nothing

484
00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:20.639
about this that makes me feel like
this guy's in danger losing the belt anytime

485
00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:24.159
soon. So why do I care? You know, and you're whining about

486
00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:27.920
your childhood and talking about your childhood
or however you want to present it.

487
00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.280
After a why just go all right, just get over it, move on.

488
00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:34.360
We've all had trials and tribulations in
our childhood and we just don't get

489
00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.880
to be on TV, you know, every three months, reminding people how

490
00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:42.239
rough our childhood he was. And
it's what is helping Drew McIntyre get over

491
00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.960
as a heel, is what's kind
of making people lose a little bit interest

492
00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:49.360
in MJF as a babyface. Yeah, it's interesting. I think there's a

493
00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.519
part where fans are like, all
right, I can get behind this.

494
00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.320
This is great. I have dealt
with trials and tribulations in my life,

495
00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:57.039
and then when it keeps going and
going and going, you're like, okay,

496
00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:00.000
dude, we get it. You
got to overcome this shit now.

497
00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:05.239
Okay. So I don't know it's
the rain. I think Doctor Trey and

498
00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:08.760
I both are kind of collectively landing
on if you're given in a letter grade,

499
00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:13.280
I said C plus B minus,
Doctor said B B minus. I

500
00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.320
think we're landing on a B minus
right now, which it's it's not the

501
00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.719
best, but it's not the worst. But I think the expectations are really

502
00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:24.119
high, and I think that's the
thing that's a little bit disappointing as we

503
00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:29.760
reach the longest reigning aw World champion
in history, because I would be like,

504
00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.599
yeah, give it to him or
Hangman Page as guys that have held

505
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:36.000
the title longest, make it a
great world title reign and you've built a

506
00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:40.519
homegrown star. And I think AW
has had moments during this reign where they

507
00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:45.119
certainly accomplished that, and then the
moments that during this reign where they haven't,

508
00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:49.760
And I wish it was more of
an a and men expectations rather than

509
00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:53.159
just kind of be mediocre. Some
really good moments, some bad moments,

510
00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:58.000
And I think that's where we're at
right now with MGF is. It's nothing

511
00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.039
to do with the n Rain stuff. It's like the creative it's just been.

512
00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:05.320
At times it's like really really good
with the Adam Coole stuff, and

513
00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:07.760
then it's like bad. And that's
I don't know. Stuff with the Bullet

514
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:13.559
Club Glold, which the group that
I love along with the wrestler and MJF

515
00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:16.480
that I love. Really excited to
see him and Jay White. It's kind

516
00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:22.599
of been a little bit heading into
full gear. Feel free to chime in

517
00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:27.199
at SRTU podcast on x or Facebook
dot com, Slash the Store Real to

518
00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.559
show. Speaking of Bullet Club Goal
Doctor Trey, I thought this was like

519
00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:36.519
an interesting thing to you know,
briefly discuss we could literally make this its

520
00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:38.760
own episode if we ever wanted to
put it in the can at some point,

521
00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:42.880
but I was like, man,
what are five wrestlers right now or

522
00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.320
groups? However you want to put
it? Five wrestlers, groups, tag

523
00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:50.039
teams that we enjoy watching right now. I know I'm spreading this on you,

524
00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.679
and there was no preparation beforehand,
but I always feel like, organically,

525
00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:57.840
like picking out five things or wrestlers, groups, tag teams that you

526
00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:02.239
like right now is pretty cool.
I'll start and I'll throw it over you,

527
00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:07.239
doctor Trey. And ironically enough,
four out of the five come from

528
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:13.400
All Leat Wrestling, where creatively as
a company right now it's not in its

529
00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.599
best spot. It's quite the rollercoaster
ride when it comes to Creative in AW.

530
00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:21.159
So for me, the five wrestlers
I really enjoy watching right now from

531
00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:25.119
All Eat Wrestling, Swarve Strickland,
Bullet Club Gold, Julia Hart, and

532
00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:32.280
Timeless Tony Storm from NXT it's the
current NXC World Champion Eliah Dragonoff Swarve Strickland

533
00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:39.960
is the biggest mistake that WWE has
let go to free agency and sign elsewhere

534
00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:46.400
this entire time I mean, this
is a guy who was a lower mid

535
00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:51.159
card, mid card wrestler, had
a great run in NXT, did some

536
00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:54.920
great stuff with hit Row. They
let him go, figured that maybe he'd

537
00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:59.440
flounder in the mid card, and
he kept climbing and climbing and climbing.

538
00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:04.039
He's on some size. His character
continues to get better. His in ring

539
00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:07.760
stuff is really good. Like I
think Swerb Strickland is a guy that could

540
00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:12.599
be an AW World Champion next year
Bullet Club Gold. It reminds me of

541
00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:19.039
Degeneration X twenty twenty five years later. They are very entertaining, very enjoyable

542
00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:22.119
to watch on TV, and I
think it's the only a matter of time

543
00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:27.639
before they become babyfaces. Julia Hart
is one of the most improved wrestlers I

544
00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:31.239
have seen in the ring. Her
matches heading into the last pay per view

545
00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:37.519
of wrestled Dream, where she took
on Chris Statlander like she really improved,

546
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.559
and I think she is someone you
keep an eye on heading in twenty twenty

547
00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:45.000
four as well. Timeless Tony Storm
may be getting the most screen time of

548
00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:50.360
any AW character right now. Her
character is very original. It is a

549
00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.840
complete one to eighty from the person
she was previously, and watching that slow

550
00:39:53.880 --> 00:40:00.039
progression from the outcast Tony Storm to
timeless Tony Storm has been really, really

551
00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:04.599
fun, and she's a highly entertained
character. It seems to be they're going

552
00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:07.760
down a heel direction now, which
is kind of surprising because I think she's

553
00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.159
very over right now in professional wrestling
in general. And then lastly, Elia

554
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:19.480
Dragonoff always knew he was a star
watching him as NXC UK champion and then

555
00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:22.239
come over to NXT here in the
US, and it took some time to

556
00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.360
build and build and build, and
his build was the right way to do

557
00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:29.360
it. There were some failures going
for the World Championship, and then he

558
00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:35.880
finally overcame the mountain and now he
looks like a legit prime time player for

559
00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:39.480
NXT. Like I think we all
thought bron Breaker was the guy, and

560
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:43.880
that's because it was kind of be
enforced. This has organically happened, and

561
00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:47.079
he's been very enjoyable to watch that
h bomb finished her. He has looks

562
00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:52.519
legitimately like it hurts getting that jumping
forearm to the face. So those are

563
00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:55.800
the five wrestlers that I enjoy watching
right now. Doctor Terry Swerve, Strickland,

564
00:40:55.800 --> 00:41:00.840
Bullet Club Gold, Ili dragging off
Julie Hart and Timeles Tony Store say,

565
00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:04.519
yeah, I'm gonna try to I
you nailed the couple of mine,

566
00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.960
like Julia Harg remind me of Lexa
Bliss, Like I just like in the

567
00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:10.960
progression of Lexa Bliss as well,
so I really enjoy her. The timeless,

568
00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:15.440
tunny stormy thing is great. It's
a weird comparison, but I compare

569
00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:20.440
this character to when Chelsea Green was
doing the Angry Bride, the Crazy Bride

570
00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:25.760
character and impact, Like it's just
so original and different that it's captivating,

571
00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:29.800
Like you just have to watch and
see what's gonna happen next with it swerves

572
00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:32.320
on a whole different level right now. Uh you mentioned Bullet Club Gold.

573
00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:36.840
Those guys are It's funny you mentioned
this because I literally, as I was

574
00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.400
watching Raw this week, I win. You know somebody I can't get enough

575
00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:44.360
of right now is lutherang Kaiser.
Like I just love his speech pattern,

576
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:51.039
his mannerisms and the ring like he
reminds me of a very and I got

577
00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.599
it. I can't believe I'm comparing
this to somebody we already compared to.

578
00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:57.320
He just reminds me of a very
young miss in the sense of you just

579
00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:01.039
want to punch together. He's so
cocky, it's so arrogant, you just

580
00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:07.079
really just want to smack the hell
out of them. I love the Bronson

581
00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:09.599
red character right now as well.
I think that's he's really enjoyable to watch.

582
00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:15.519
This new thing with Shinske also has
me really intrigued. And I know

583
00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:20.559
he's not new, but I like
the redevelopment of the character, uh and

584
00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:23.280
where they're going with this. So
those are three more to add to the

585
00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:28.920
list. And by the way,
I I I mentioned her segoning with with

586
00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:31.559
the crazy breat Chelsea Green is just
so much fun to watch, whether she's

587
00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:37.039
getting her face smashed in or coming
out dresses. Brett Hart with Piper Niven

588
00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:42.039
as Jim v Anvil like like,
they always make me smile and laugh.

589
00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:45.719
So those are a few of mine
right now. Like the Kais are one

590
00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:47.440
though I don't know if you see
that as well, but it's just he

591
00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:52.559
just is like that little promo segment
the miss even though Miss kind of gets

592
00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:57.280
always seems to win promo battles,
but it's just he's so good. Then

593
00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.320
watching him in the ring with Dyn
Oris and stuff like that. You're like,

594
00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:05.119
man, I just which makes me
want to watch him. Yeah,

595
00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:08.039
I like the Ludwig Kaiser call.
I think WWE sees him as someone that

596
00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:12.079
can be a big player for them
as well, based on some vignettes they

597
00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:15.199
ran over the last couple of weeks
on Raw. He is getting more shine

598
00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:21.679
than Giovanni Vinci, who is an
extremely talented wrestler. I actually don't want

599
00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:25.960
to see Louwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci
break up at all right now, because

600
00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:30.000
then that would be weird for Imperium. But Kaiser is there. I think

601
00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:36.039
Cordy Graves said that Kaiser reminds him
of like some sort of eighties early nineties

602
00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:39.360
movie villain, and I thought that
was spot on. I can see Kaiser's

603
00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:44.280
starring in a Diehard remake, yes, yes, or like the the like

604
00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:46.960
in Rocky Towo or something. Right. But and then you're right about Vinci

605
00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:51.320
as well, Like I, Fabian
Eichner and I are actually friends on Facebook

606
00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:54.119
and he's one of my favorite people
to watch on Facebook. And he may

607
00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:58.960
be one of the most impressive athletes
I've ever seen. Some Shelton Benjamin debut,

608
00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:01.079
like he can do everything in the
ring. It's just that he's a

609
00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:06.280
little undersized, so it makes it. But for a guy who's I think,

610
00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:08.119
I mean he I mean he's shorter
than Kaiser and Kaiser's five ten or

611
00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:12.840
five eleven so, but athletically,
I mean, the guy was the cruiserweight

612
00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:17.039
classic mm hm. And then now
you're seeing him do that that press slam

613
00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:20.760
into a side slam type. Like
some of the stuff he does is just

614
00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:23.880
like physically impressive, but he just
needs to be a little bit better on

615
00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:25.960
the mic, and I think that's
where they're playing off of. But yeah,

616
00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.880
I'm with you. I don't want
to see them break up because I

617
00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.719
think they're, you know, one
of those I mean, they're a little

618
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:35.440
bit of totally Blanchard and Harney Anderson
and the way they wrestle in the ring,

619
00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.519
in their style, So I don't
want to see him break up.

620
00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:42.360
But like, no, Kaiser is
fantastic. He's he's like I didn't even

621
00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.599
realize how much I enjoyed him until
that segment on Raw with him and Miz

622
00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:47.760
and Goo Thir and everything else.
Yeah, I mean they're they're so hated

623
00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:52.039
that they're on the verge of turning
miss baby Face again. So there's some

624
00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:55.599
rumors out there that he's reportedly going
to be paired up with Di Y and

625
00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:59.920
I could totally see it, And
that's kind of crazy to think because of

626
00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:01.760
stuff that we talked about about fifteen
twenty minutes ago in the comparison to S

627
00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:05.800
to MJF so I for that was
a pretty fun topic to do. Who

628
00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:08.719
the five wrestlers we enjoy watching right
now? Five wrestlers, tag team stables,

629
00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:13.719
what have you? So? Feel
free to chime in on x at

630
00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:16.840
SRTU podcast. With that said,
let's close up this week's edition of the

631
00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:21.960
podcast by preview predicting w WEE Crown
Jewel. It comes to us this Saturday

632
00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.920
for Muhammad Abdu Arena and Riad Saudi
Arabia. It'll be on one pm on

633
00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:30.480
the East coast here. Actually,
the pre show starts at twelve noon with

634
00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:36.280
a match which will preview predicting your
momentarily, So it'll be a Saturday afternoon

635
00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:39.320
affair for those if they would like
to tune in and watch w WEE Crown

636
00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:44.760
Jewel. Do you think you'll watch
it live? Doctor Trey at one o'clock.

637
00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:51.239
I will try because I'll actually be
at work for like the last Like

638
00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:54.360
if it starts at twelve for the
for the pre show match, I can

639
00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:59.199
probably tune in and watch it because
I'll be working at a lows try to

640
00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:01.719
sling some gutters at lows. But
I'm not being upalled my phone. But

641
00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:05.639
I don't really have like wife has
to work for a lot, so it's

642
00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:07.960
the perfect time for me to watch
wrestling and not bother anybody in my family.

643
00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:13.639
Yeah, yeah, this, I
think it's like I don't think there

644
00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:16.280
is a December pay per view,
so we have Survivors series coming up,

645
00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:21.039
so just think I'm so the next
two out of the next four pay per

646
00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:25.079
views so Crown Jewel, Surviviorceries,
Royal Rumble, and Elimination Chamber. If

647
00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:29.039
I have this right, well,
at least two of the four will take

648
00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:32.519
place like in the morning or early
afternoon here in the United States. I

649
00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:37.000
think the Elimination Chamber show will like
actually start very early on the East Coast.

650
00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:43.719
So it's, uh, there's gonna
be some breakfast in wrestling at least

651
00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:49.239
over the next four months when it
comes to do a for wrestling. Yeah,

652
00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:51.719
I'm I'm with it. I'm down
with it. Let's do. Let's

653
00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:54.519
do that, because sometimes those night
shows, I as dog Try and I

654
00:46:54.559 --> 00:47:00.840
get older, just start nodding off
for no freaking reason. Show match Samy's

655
00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:04.039
Ain taking on JD McDonough. I
dig that they're giving these two guys an

656
00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:07.239
opportunity to perform on the pre show. I wish Sammy was getting more of

657
00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:12.440
a bigger highlight, but I'm happy
for JD McDonough's growth as well. With

658
00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:14.960
that set. I'm gonna be taking
Sammy's ay and this one doctor Try.

659
00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:16.880
Yeah, I'm taking Sammy as well, but I fully expect them to give

660
00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:20.280
him fifteen to twenty mins in this
match. So, I mean we saw

661
00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:22.199
it all raw. They're giving McDonough
time in the ring to show what he

662
00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:25.199
can do. And even though I
guess in the sense he got squashed by

663
00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:29.159
I mean he got beat by seven, I'm beat pretty good by seth Rollins.

664
00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:32.119
I mean there was some chicanery involved
to get to it. So they're

665
00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:35.440
showing you the capabilities of what the
gunne can do in the ring, and

666
00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:37.159
you pair them with they guy like
Sammy's Ain, and I fully this is

667
00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:40.360
the pre show match might steal the
show. So if they give him twenty

668
00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:45.679
minutes, it's gonna be out of
a match, so both taking samy'se ain.

669
00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:49.039
Subtle funny moment with Jade McDonough.
There was a backstage vignette with the

670
00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:52.079
judgment day. He was back there, they were done doing whatever their plan

671
00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:55.239
was. He put his hand in
like as like, everybody put your hands

672
00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:59.400
in on three and Finn went to
go do it as well. But Finn

673
00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:01.159
uh ectually Rhea like push it away
and like looked at him being like,

674
00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:05.559
what the hell are you doing?
Very subtle, funny moment, which is

675
00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:08.360
strange because Jad McDonald's character up until
this point was like a creepy, weird

676
00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:12.960
individual. So go out there and
check it out if you haven't seen yet.

677
00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:15.639
It was very subtle and very funny. Next match year, Cody Roads

678
00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:17.679
take it on Damian Price. It
should be fun one, Doctor Trey,

679
00:48:17.719 --> 00:48:21.280
who do you like in this one? Yeah? This one's interesting to me.

680
00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:24.519
I wonder if we do a little
bit of the seth rawlins wrestle manthing

681
00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:28.840
where the money in the bank guy
loses early in the show but comes back

682
00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:32.559
and wins in the main event.
Perhaps I'm gonna take Cody like we talked

683
00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:37.000
about babyface that have overcome obstacles.
Cody's gotta beat a guy who's much taller

684
00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:39.320
with a bum ankle. It's a
way for Cody guy and get little more

685
00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:43.280
sympathy, get even over, you
get even more over with the fans.

686
00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:45.679
So I'm gonna take Cody get the
win. I like you Doctor Tream taking

687
00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:50.239
Cody Rhodes as well. I would
love to have seen a stipulation with the

688
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:52.760
money bank briefcase maybe being on the
line, but they didn't do that,

689
00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.639
and that tells me because Cody's gonna
get the victory, which continues to rise

690
00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:00.239
the star on Damian Priesce. Sometimes
losses are good as well well, so

691
00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:04.360
it's amazing that Damien's getting these opportunities. Next matchers, John Scene to take

692
00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:07.119
it on Solo Soca. Quite honestly, I went back and forth even leading

693
00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:12.199
up to this show of who I
was gonna take. They're really honing in

694
00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:15.199
that Johnsen has not won a singles
match in four years. I'm going to

695
00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:19.599
go with John Cena. I literally
went in the show thinking I was gonna

696
00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:22.559
pick Solo Soca, but I think
Jimmy Usso somehow gets involved and costs the

697
00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:25.639
match for solo, So I'm gonna
take John Scene again the victory in this

698
00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:29.800
one. Doctor Trey, Yeah,
I'm with you. I'm all in the

699
00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:32.400
four years now with any singles match, and then Roman Reigns being on Jimmy's

700
00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:37.440
ass about running the wrong plays and
things like that. I think that leads

701
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:39.440
to Scenea getting the wins. So
I will take Scene getting the victory also

702
00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:44.079
because of Sina wins. Hey,
that's great. And plus these these Crown

703
00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:45.400
Jewel shows a lot of times are
kind of wrestling mains where that we get

704
00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:49.840
a lot of baby face wins as
well. That is true. Next matcher

705
00:49:49.880 --> 00:49:52.920
is EO Sky defending the w Women's
World Championship against Bianca Belair. Doctor Trey,

706
00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:57.800
who do you like in this one? I'm gonna take Eo sneaking out

707
00:49:57.880 --> 00:50:02.280
the victory, like where she just
keeps somehow you're winning, but maybe against

708
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:07.000
superior opposition, whether it's Charlotte,
whether it's Oscar, whether it's Bianca.

709
00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:10.719
But Eokey's retaining with the help of
the Bailey's and the Dakotas and things like

710
00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:15.159
that. So I'll take Eosky retaining. I like you Doctor Tramp taking Eo

711
00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:21.480
Sky, I think Ultimately they're going
to run with Bailey taking on Eosky at

712
00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:23.239
some point. I want to be
surprised if Damage Control and some other people

713
00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:29.920
are involved in maybe the Women's War
Games match at at Survivors Series in a

714
00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:34.039
couple of weeks. Next match is
Ray Masteria defend the United States Championship against

715
00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:37.280
the Logan Paul. I think if
you told me or asked me this two

716
00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:39.119
three years ago, who do I
think that I? Who do I think

717
00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:43.440
would win this match? I would
take Raymisterio nine point nine times out of

718
00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:45.920
ten. That has since changed.
I'm going to be taking Logan Paul.

719
00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:51.280
I think they want to put the
championship on him heading into WrestleMania season,

720
00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:54.400
get some extra publicity, some promotion
as well. I think Logan Paul has

721
00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:59.840
a decent run here as a United
States Champion, and as we've as we

722
00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:05.320
know, WW does not really mind
if the title is not being promoted rather

723
00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:09.199
than being on television because the World
Champion has only wrestled like four times this

724
00:51:09.320 --> 00:51:15.599
year. So I'm taking Logan Paul
Doctor Try. Yeah, I'm picking Logan

725
00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:17.480
Paul as well, but I'm gonna
be really interesting how long this run is.

726
00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:20.920
I know, like you mentioned,
they want to maybe have a long

727
00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:22.360
run get in the wrestle media season, but I can see it being kind

728
00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:25.719
of a short term one with a
run. That's just my thoughts on it.

729
00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:30.199
That's not a report. Yeah,
no, I mean what you're thinking

730
00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:34.000
makes sense. My thing is also, though, if you put the belt

731
00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:38.079
on Logan he has to leave,
then your two singles titles on SmackDown aren't

732
00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:42.800
going to be on the show that
much. I'll take Logan getting the way

733
00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:45.800
for the publicity, but I don't
think you'll have the belt past Rumble,

734
00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:51.079
all right, so both let's taking
Logan Paul there. Next match is Rhea

735
00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:55.679
Ripley defending the Women's World Championship in
a fatal five way match against Nia Jack,

736
00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:00.760
Shannon Besler, Zoe Stark, and
Raquel Rodriguez Doctor Trey. Who do

737
00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:04.000
you like in this one? I
don't like. Ria is now my brouckles.

738
00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:06.119
I don't know how you pick against
Ria right now. I just I

739
00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:09.639
mean, she's on a different level. She's arguably the Roman reigns of women's

740
00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:14.320
wrestling right now. So I as
much as I was talking about baby Face

741
00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:16.719
to getting the wins in Crown,
you know, in Saudi Arabia and Ria's

742
00:52:16.719 --> 00:52:21.960
a borderline babyface. So I'll take
Ria getting the win. I like you.

743
00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:24.280
I'm taking Rie Ripley as well.
Next match here, this is a

744
00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:28.559
tough one to call for the World
of Ayweight Championship Seth Freaking Rollins defense against

745
00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:31.199
Drew McIntyre. Similar to the John
c and Asilisa CooA match. Dot Trey

746
00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:35.000
went back and forth on this one
as well. I could see a scenario

747
00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:39.000
where Drew McIntyre wins and turns heel
in the process, and I can also

748
00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:44.920
see scenario with Seth Freakin Rollins wins
and Drew McIntyre turns here on the process.

749
00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:47.199
Nonetheless, I think the end result
is Drew McIntyre turn and heel.

750
00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:52.480
But I'm gonna take Seth Freaking Rollalinds
retaining, So I have SFR retaining dow

751
00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:55.440
to Trey. Now, does that
mean you have Drew joining Judgment Day or

752
00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:59.159
Drew just going heel on his own. I just think he joins as I

753
00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:00.360
don't think he joins Joe Day.
I think he just goes heel on his

754
00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:05.800
own. I would like to see
like Jesuit Day go continental where you have

755
00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:08.199
like the three people from the United
Kingdom do their own thing, and then

756
00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:12.679
Damian, Dominic and Rea do their
own thing to a degree. But uh,

757
00:53:13.199 --> 00:53:15.840
similar to what Nexus broke up and
you got the core out of Nexus,

758
00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:22.400
but like, I'm taking Seth to
get the win and basically back entire

759
00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:25.840
snapping post match and just beating down
Seth and you do the full fledged heels

760
00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:30.960
turn afterwards. And then finally the
main event for the undisputed w A Universal

761
00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:36.199
Championship, Roman Reigns defense against l
A. Knight. Yeah, Doctor Trey,

762
00:53:36.199 --> 00:53:39.039
who do you like in this one? This has been tricky for me

763
00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:42.800
because I could see them pulling the
trigger on this La Night thing. But

764
00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:45.599
it's maybe it's kind of like Cody, like the baby face needs more obstacles

765
00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:50.400
to overcome, and we start at
WrestleMania. So I'm gonna take Roman retaining

766
00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:54.079
to kind of like La Knight.
It's got to chase it again and build

767
00:53:54.119 --> 00:53:59.119
up a little more obstacles from overcome
before he gets to full fledged victory.

768
00:53:59.480 --> 00:54:04.679
So I'll take Roman retaining Crown Jewel. I like him taking Roman reigns as

769
00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:07.679
well. And for those following at
home, that means Doctor Trey and I

770
00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:13.559
both had predictions the same for every
single match. There you go, folks

771
00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:17.960
w Crowndewel, which we will recap
and review on next week's edition of SRTU.

772
00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:22.039
Enjoy the show this Saturday afternoon,
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773
00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:25.119
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774
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778
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779
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781
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Well, like Jeff said, you
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782
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784
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786
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787
00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:19.599
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788
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789
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794
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795
00:55:44.760 --> 00:55:49.719
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796
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