Official 2025 Royal Rumble Predictions

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hours from now. Huge night, Huge, huge night
<v Speaker 1>coming with potential returns, so much speculation, women's returns, A
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<v Speaker 1>want to hear about the royal rumble and the potential returns.
<v Speaker 1>What my thoughts are, and we're going to get to that,
<v Speaker 1>all right, So let's hear from Andrew. Andrew is a patron.
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for being a patron, Andrew, and he says, Hey, Matt,
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to share my thoughts on the transfer window.
<v Speaker 1>I'm actually a fan of the recent transfers. Priest to
<v Speaker 1>SmackDown Bailey to Raw it shakes up rivalries right before
<v Speaker 1>Mania season. I also enjoyed seeing Tiffany and Rhea together.
<v Speaker 1>Why does it bother me that this transfer window sees
<v Speaker 1>more seems more impactful than the actual draft. They hype
<v Speaker 1>up the draft for weeks just to see us have
<v Speaker 1>Carmelo Hayes go. Number one. The transfer window that seemingly
<v Speaker 1>came out of nowhere has been brand shattering. Also, does
<v Speaker 1>the transfer window ever end? It feels like w W
<v Speaker 1>has been using as an excuse for two months and
<v Speaker 1>quick rumble predictor predictions for the women Charlotte for the men.
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<v Speaker 1>Knight all right, Andrew from Flint, thank you good points
<v Speaker 1>here about the transfer window Number one? Yeah, did I
<v Speaker 1>miss something? Did w just not give us a deadline?
<v Speaker 1>Or did they give a deadline and then stop reminding
<v Speaker 1>us what that was because they didn't want to have
<v Speaker 1>to stick to it. I don't know. I've been very,
<v Speaker 1>you know, very much against the draft in principle only
<v Speaker 1>because they don't stick to their rules. As you guys know,
<v Speaker 1>I shouldn't say that. In principle, the draft is a
<v Speaker 1>good idea, I think generally, But the problem is they
<v Speaker 1>they don't adhere to their own rules and break them
<v Speaker 1>when they want out of convenience and they want to
<v Speaker 1>have their cake and eat it too is what they want.
<v Speaker 1>So this transfer window, it does seem more impactful. You
<v Speaker 1>know why, because the draft is, especially when it comes
<v Speaker 1>to draft order, is preposterous. I mean, it was very much.
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to get into the politics of it,
<v Speaker 1>because I think there were some politics to this, I
<v Speaker 1>really do. So let's look at the WWE draft order
<v Speaker 1>right in twenty twenty four, every draft pick that happened
<v Speaker 1>in April of twenty twenty four. All right, let's take
<v Speaker 1>a look at this. It's absolutely ridiculous. Ready, you want
<v Speaker 1>to Night one Round one, SmackDown chose Bianca. Now, you
<v Speaker 1>guys know, I'm a huge fan of Bianca, but she
<v Speaker 1>wasn't doing jack around this time at all, and she
<v Speaker 1>hasn't done anything since. How are those first round draft
<v Speaker 1>picks going for you? Raw chose Jay Uso. That's a
<v Speaker 1>solid pick, but I wouldn't say he's the first overall
<v Speaker 1>pick for Raw. Then SmackDown gets Carmelo Hayes, a guy
<v Speaker 1>that can't find his identity, that gets from a main crowd,
<v Speaker 1>a main roster crowd perspective, doesn't get exactly the biggest reaction.
<v Speaker 1>And then Raw chose Seth Rollins. That's a little bit
<v Speaker 1>more of a I guess some more logical pick. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>you're right. How the hell is Carmelo Hayes in the
<v Speaker 1>first round? He belongs in like the fifth, sixth. Then
<v Speaker 1>we get round two, which had Randy Orton, bron Breaker,
<v Speaker 1>Nia Jackson, Live Morgan. All right, Randy Orton makes more
<v Speaker 1>sense if you're going for star power and you're going
<v Speaker 1>for in ring ability. I mean, Randy Orton should have
<v Speaker 1>been like an overall pick. Right, This is very much
<v Speaker 1>a it's for optics, Okay. At the end of the day,
<v Speaker 1>the order of those draft picks is more about perception
<v Speaker 1>from the outside world, from stakeholders, shareholders and sponsors. Guys
<v Speaker 1>read between the lines, why do they want these people?
<v Speaker 1>Nothing again? Bianca top talent, jay Uso top talent, Carmelo
<v Speaker 1>Hayes top talent. Well I shouldn't say that, sorry, potential
<v Speaker 1>future top talent, but urrently way down on the totem pole.
<v Speaker 1>Why would they do that? M I have my suspicions.
<v Speaker 1>I have my suspicions that I know that if I
<v Speaker 1>said it on the show, people would say stuff. But
<v Speaker 1>you got to remember what time we're living in, the
<v Speaker 1>perception we're living in the type of company that owns
<v Speaker 1>w now and what their values are, which are very explicit.
<v Speaker 1>I'm not interpreting them. They are what they are. I
<v Speaker 1>think some of that had to do with that, because
<v Speaker 1>in what world would Randy Orton be picked in the
<v Speaker 1>second round with over Camalo Hayes all right, Kamalo Hayes
<v Speaker 1>is that's ridiculous. Also, how did the Bloodline solots to
<v Speaker 1>call it, Tomatana and Paul Hayman get chosen in the
<v Speaker 1>third round? How did La Knight get chosen in the
<v Speaker 1>third round? He was hot on fire at that point.
<v Speaker 1>Aj Styles Granted he's at injuries, but Aj Styles at
<v Speaker 1>one point the face of the company is in the
<v Speaker 1>fourth round. How does that work? So it's just absurd.
<v Speaker 1>You can draw your own conclusions. You can probably read
<v Speaker 1>between the lines of what I'm thinking. The reason is ultimately,
<v Speaker 1>this transfer window back to the point at hand, is
<v Speaker 1>open for as long as they want it to be.
<v Speaker 1>That's what it is. That's the rule. That's what the
<v Speaker 1>they're going for is it's as long as we need
<v Speaker 1>it to be open to set up the WrestleMania card.
<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing that kills me. They're doing this
<v Speaker 1>transfer window, but if they don't adhere to the brand rules, anyway,
<v Speaker 1>then there's just why even have this, because you're just
<v Speaker 1>going to have a crossover for no reason anyway, with
<v Speaker 1>no explanation. I don't know. I just they don't have
<v Speaker 1>a brand split, but they want to say they do.
<v Speaker 1>That's what this is. Okay, thank you, but yeah, no,
<v Speaker 1>the transfers have been good. I mean, if they're actually
<v Speaker 1>sticking to the rules. Here a priest to SmackDown feels fresh.
<v Speaker 1>Bailey de raw, I like it helps her, helps him,
<v Speaker 1>Tiffy and Rhea, Yes, I agree, I totally agree. All right, AJ,
<v Speaker 1>let's get to your email, and AJ says, really looking
<v Speaker 1>forward to my favorite pl e or you said pay
<v Speaker 1>per view. I like paper. I still miss the phrase
<v Speaker 1>pay per view. I enjoy not having a clear winner
<v Speaker 1>in month months in advance, like Cody and Bailey last year.
<v Speaker 1>I do have some personal nightmare scenarios and things I
<v Speaker 1>don't want to see, like the Rock winning to face Cody,
<v Speaker 1>and I've seen some people theorize that Roman could win
<v Speaker 1>and Punk would use his favor to make a triple
<v Speaker 1>threat with Cody. Either way, I just don't want either
<v Speaker 1>one because I'm tired of the bloodline hogging all the
<v Speaker 1>main event. Matches for WrestleMania. They've had the last five.
<v Speaker 1>The last one they didn't have was Kevin Owns and
<v Speaker 1>stonecolds the Boston and I think it's time to move on.
<v Speaker 1>That's a great point.
<v Speaker 5>JJ.
<v Speaker 1>I didn't even think about that. Everything all the time
<v Speaker 1>is Bloodline, And even on this show, I've complained at
<v Speaker 1>times like, Okay, it's getting old, we need to move on. Bloodline,
<v Speaker 1>civil War, this version of the lat They keep evolving
<v Speaker 1>the story to keep the general audience hooked. I mean, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>they keep hogging the storylines. But at the same time,
<v Speaker 1>look at the ratings minute by minute. I mean, I'm
<v Speaker 1>gonna guess that you don't, but if you did, you
<v Speaker 1>could see that these particular stars drew draw in the fans.
<v Speaker 1>This story of the Bloodline still does have a spike
<v Speaker 1>in viewership. And listen to the crowd when they're in
<v Speaker 1>the arena. It speaks for itself. So I agree that
<v Speaker 1>from a distance it's like, oh my god. But until
<v Speaker 1>the crowd changes its mind that they don't want to
<v Speaker 1>see this anymore, w W is gonna keep cranking out
<v Speaker 1>different versions and different variations, and the Bloodline splits and
<v Speaker 1>gets back together and there's turns and there's Yeah, it's
<v Speaker 1>gonna keep going. I don't have a super solid prediction.
<v Speaker 1>Sena plus one fifty and Punk plus one seventy five
<v Speaker 1>are the current betting favorites, but I don't think Sina
<v Speaker 1>will win because he's so heavily advertised for the chamber.
<v Speaker 1>That's a great point, aj An excellent point. Excellent If
<v Speaker 1>John Cena, as he has said prior to his twenty
<v Speaker 1>twenty five debut of his uh you know farewell tour
<v Speaker 1>that I mean, boy, you talk about, uh, he's got
<v Speaker 1>the Roman reign schedule. You know he's not here every week.
<v Speaker 1>If if people thought he was gonna be here every week,
<v Speaker 1>you're sadly now mistaken and getting a slap of reality.
<v Speaker 1>But the key here is that i'd even think about
<v Speaker 1>until aj brought it up. He said, the rumble will
<v Speaker 1>be my last rumble. The elimination chamber will be my
<v Speaker 1>last chamber, which hinted that he'll be in the chamber.
<v Speaker 1>I would imagine he would be otherwise, you know, maybe
<v Speaker 1>to one on one match outside, but I doubt it
<v Speaker 1>he'll be in the men's chamber, which why would he
<v Speaker 1>be in the men's chamber? Match if he won the Rumble,
<v Speaker 1>You're not why would the World Rumble winner be there.
<v Speaker 1>They've already got a guaranteed spot wrestle any what the
<v Speaker 1>hell are they doing in there? You know? So he
<v Speaker 1>kind of gave it away up front. I think you're
<v Speaker 1>exactly right. Ooh, you may be onto something, all right.
<v Speaker 1>I'll be ritting for Punk, Drew or Orton if he enters,
<v Speaker 1>but honestly, I think it'll be Roman. I hope I'm wrong.
<v Speaker 1>Charlotte is the betting favorite for the women, but I
<v Speaker 1>hope that doesn't happen either. I would like to see
<v Speaker 1>Bianca win, but I think the Jade step will overshadow
<v Speaker 1>so that so I'm hesitantly picking Charlotte. Her and Stratton
<v Speaker 1>seem like a match Wwe would love to help Stratton
<v Speaker 1>get over and look like a star he has. It's
<v Speaker 1>kind of ridiculous that you can bet on scripted sporting
<v Speaker 1>events and wish me luck. I'm not being stuck working
<v Speaker 1>too late Saturday. Oh I do wish you luck. The
<v Speaker 1>good thing is we're in the era of streaming, so
<v Speaker 1>as long as you stay off social media, which is difficult,
<v Speaker 1>especially if you have notifications enabled. Sometimes I do that,
<v Speaker 1>I stay off social media, but then I get a
<v Speaker 1>notification from like WE or from X, and I'm like, no, right,
<v Speaker 1>it's like I don't want to see that, and then
<v Speaker 1>it spoils the whole. So here's the key. Since we're
<v Speaker 1>in the era of streaming and we're in a luxurious
<v Speaker 1>time in our lives where we're able to just see
<v Speaker 1>things on demand even when they're live, turn your notifications
<v Speaker 1>off for social media. That way, if you do have
<v Speaker 1>to work late and you don't want things spoiled, you
<v Speaker 1>can always start from the beginning and not have any
<v Speaker 1>spoilers to be worried about. So cool, Thank you, AJ.
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's see here. Uh, let's talk to I.
<v Speaker 1>Wait now, I already already talked to Andrew. Sorry, I
<v Speaker 1>was gonna read your It's gonna read your email twice.
<v Speaker 1>It was so nice, all right. Doc to DJ and
<v Speaker 1>he says, it's here the Royal Rumble, the pl that
<v Speaker 1>most of us would probably say is their favorite ple
<v Speaker 1>of the core four. This will be Triple H's third
<v Speaker 1>rumble is chief Content Officer, and I got to say
<v Speaker 1>his past rumbles have been, in my opinion, kind of
<v Speaker 1>obvious with the choices of the winners for both men
<v Speaker 1>and the women in twenty twenty three Cody and Rhea,
<v Speaker 1>and then the last year Rumbles winner Rumble winner and Cody,
<v Speaker 1>Rhodes and Bailey. However, this year's Rumble has an open
<v Speaker 1>field of credible and potential challengers, plus the women's Rumble
<v Speaker 1>looks to be probably the best it's ever been with
<v Speaker 1>a stacked a roster of SmackDown Raw NXT. And don't
<v Speaker 1>forget TNA, as Jordan Grace will be making another appearance,
<v Speaker 1>or maybe even Masha Slamovich. Did I say that right?
<v Speaker 1>Probably not TNA's knockout champ, or maybe the recent TNA
<v Speaker 1>return of Tessa Blanchard could make an appearance at the Rumble.
<v Speaker 1>Don't forget about my guy, Joe Henry. All you gotta
<v Speaker 1>do is say his name. That's it. I mean, it's
<v Speaker 1>that simple, all right. Here's your predictions. No spoilers, so again,
<v Speaker 1>not my predictions, guys. This is DJ's predictions. Cody versus
<v Speaker 1>Kevin Ladder match for the untersputed title. Cody retains second.
<v Speaker 1>DIY versus the Motor City machine Guns two out of
<v Speaker 1>three falls with the w Tag team titles. DIY retains
<v Speaker 1>all right, straightforward. Three Women's Rumble Match three dark Horse
<v Speaker 1>picks Naya Live Morgan or a possible returning oscar Ooh,
<v Speaker 1>all right, all right, we're getting We're getting in there now.
<v Speaker 1>Two potential picks Bianca or Charlotte. However, my number one
<v Speaker 1>pick to win the twenty twenty five Women's Royal Rumble
<v Speaker 1>non none other than Eo Sky. Yoke Sky has been
<v Speaker 1>a crowd favorite for quite a while since Damage Control
<v Speaker 1>became Babyfaces, and since she's always had really good matches.
<v Speaker 1>My only concern is her character. Who is she? What
<v Speaker 1>is her backstory? For those that never saw her on
<v Speaker 1>a next year in Japan? I think wwe could work
<v Speaker 1>on that if she wins the Rumble. Interesting? Interesting, all right.
<v Speaker 1>The men's were Rumble Match three dark Horse picks Logan,
<v Speaker 1>Paul True McIntyre or a possible final Boss I e.
<v Speaker 1>The Rock. Two potential picks Roman or John Cena. However,
<v Speaker 1>the number one pick to win the Rumble j Uso.
<v Speaker 1>Excuse me, Main event, jay Uso. I really think it's
<v Speaker 1>his time to get that moment, to finally get that
<v Speaker 1>Rumble moment. Jay's been a crowd favorite for a while
<v Speaker 1>since the Left the og bloodline in twenty twenty three
<v Speaker 1>and King de Raw. I believe that this year Jay
<v Speaker 1>Usso finally lives up to his main event name and
<v Speaker 1>potentially becomes world champion in WrestleMania with a very stacked
<v Speaker 1>women's and men's rumble this year. I don't think there
<v Speaker 1>might be it might be any returns, however, I could
<v Speaker 1>probably think of four omas. Yeah, people can forget about
<v Speaker 1>a moss aj styles. Nicky I don't really get you know,
<v Speaker 1>let me just pause there. Nicki Bella is pretending there's
<v Speaker 1>some kind of grassroots movement, some kind of just some
<v Speaker 1>kind of organic desire from the fans that's growing for
<v Speaker 1>her to return. Like no one is asking Nicki Bella
<v Speaker 1>to return now if she wants to do a one
<v Speaker 1>off as many of the women do for yesteryear and
<v Speaker 1>the men's match too, for the rumble, which is fun.
<v Speaker 1>You know, you have Diesel, You have Diesel one year.
<v Speaker 1>You know the Honky Tonk man like things like that. Fine,
<v Speaker 1>you want to have a moment like that Nicky comes
<v Speaker 1>out and does her stripper pole dance that. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>I just have no time for that. I don't need
<v Speaker 1>this anymore. I'm sorry, I wasn't a Nicky Bella fan
<v Speaker 1>when she was in her prime, if there was such
<v Speaker 1>a thing. I find her her character extremely one dimensional.
<v Speaker 1>I don't think she's that good in the ring. She
<v Speaker 1>does nothing thing for me at all. This is my
<v Speaker 1>personal opinion Nikki Bella. I don't understand. She's the only
<v Speaker 1>one who's believing her own hype, I think is what
<v Speaker 1>the problem is. But she could absolutely appear and Becky
<v Speaker 1>Lynch Yeah, okay, okay, maybe brock Lessener or do I
<v Speaker 1>dare say Goldberg? No? Please, please don't say it. Hopefully
<v Speaker 1>you don't say his name and he appears all right anyway,
<v Speaker 1>Djikuzmas signing off, have a great weekend, enjoy the Rumble,
<v Speaker 1>and I'll try to appear in the discord chat for Saturday.
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<v Speaker 1>who message me directly through the system, which I always
<v Speaker 1>do appreciate. This is Scott and he says, hope you're
<v Speaker 1>doing well, A couple things for the mailbag and listening
<v Speaker 1>to the raw review it got me thinking about significant
<v Speaker 1>moments that got me watching wrestling. So for me, it
<v Speaker 1>was being eight years old at school and being told
<v Speaker 1>about stone Cold Steve Boston and watching role the following
<v Speaker 1>Saturday morning and being hooked. Ever since I'm now thirty
<v Speaker 1>nine years old, what a time that was. Well, Scott,
<v Speaker 1>we share the same birth year, I would imagine then
<v Speaker 1>and I can't. Yeah, Well, first of all, you were eight,
<v Speaker 1>So if you're my age and you're eight, that means
<v Speaker 1>you started watching wrestling in like, how are you eight?
<v Speaker 1>You're hearing about stone Cold? Stone Cold Steve Boston didn't
<v Speaker 1>really start until like ninety seven is really when he
<v Speaker 1>started to catch on. I think his character started in
<v Speaker 1>ninety six. I guess maybe the math isn't mathing for me,
<v Speaker 1>but I would agree he's the one that got me hooked. Actually,
<v Speaker 1>Sean and Taker did with their hell Ando Saw match
<v Speaker 1>that's well documented, but stone Cold, by far and still
<v Speaker 1>to this day, is the most just powerful character for
<v Speaker 1>me and my wrestling. You know history, we all have
<v Speaker 1>different journeys and what kept us watching wrestling and what started.
<v Speaker 1>But that's cool. What's your favorite rumble moment? I have
<v Speaker 1>a couple. First, the three faces of Folly in ninety eight.
<v Speaker 1>How did he not win when he had three attempts
<v Speaker 1>at it? Shame? I like Folly to have won it
<v Speaker 1>at some point. The second is John Seene has returned
<v Speaker 1>from injury oh eight, the look on Triple H's face
<v Speaker 1>when he entered at number thirty. Those are two great moments, definitely,
<v Speaker 1>the three faces of fully. I remember watching that and
<v Speaker 1>I'm like it. I was naiven up at that point
<v Speaker 1>to believe, like, wait a minute, does he is he
<v Speaker 1>Triple It? Is this the same guy? And it took
<v Speaker 1>me a few minutes. I'm like, no, this is the
<v Speaker 1>same guy. And I found it funny and I still
<v Speaker 1>do to this day. It's very clever. You know, it's
<v Speaker 1>a you know, a schizophrenic character with which all three
<v Speaker 1>characters are well portrayed. It's just great. He had three
<v Speaker 1>cracks of the rumble and he still failed. He took
<v Speaker 1>up three spots. It was great. As far as John
<v Speaker 1>scene has returned, I still remember that. Here's the thing
<v Speaker 1>about this with John Cena. I during that whole chain
<v Speaker 1>Gang era where WW turned very soft coming off of
<v Speaker 1>ruthless aggression. Right at that time, I was resentful of
<v Speaker 1>John Cena character, not that I didn't understand or recognize
<v Speaker 1>his talent or I was blind to the success he
<v Speaker 1>was having, or thinking that, you know, oh well, he's
<v Speaker 1>just a flash in the pan.
<v Speaker 3>No.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I knew he was a megastar, but that
<v Speaker 1>didn't refrain me. Actually, it kind of ignited me to
<v Speaker 1>despise his character because he embodied everything that I hated
<v Speaker 1>about the change to the company. Because I was in
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and eight, I was twenty three years old,
<v Speaker 1>and I still enjoyed the version of wrestling that I
<v Speaker 1>had gotten from ninety seven on when they had the attitude, er,
<v Speaker 1>ruthless aggression TV fourteen, and they went a different strategic
<v Speaker 1>road for the growth of the company. And sure it's
<v Speaker 1>worked out great for them, but at the time I
<v Speaker 1>was extremely resentful of John Cena because he was the
<v Speaker 1>symbol of that change. You know, hustle, loyalty, respect. I mean, like,
<v Speaker 1>does it get any more just I mean PG than that,
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? It just I hated it.
<v Speaker 1>You go from stone cold beer and middle fingers to hustle,
<v Speaker 1>loyalty and respect kids. I just that change really turned
<v Speaker 1>me off. I hated it, hated it so I still
<v Speaker 1>have some of that lingering to me for me today
<v Speaker 1>for his babyface character. But now we have Cody Rhodes
<v Speaker 1>that we can point to for that exact type of character.
<v Speaker 1>Mister clean cut. Anyway, I don't get on it, but
<v Speaker 1>some of my moments, I mean, one comes to mind
<v Speaker 1>that's really funny is Pete Rose and Cain when Pete Rose,
<v Speaker 1>you know, got Tombstone by Caine, just hilarious. We had
<v Speaker 1>Drew Carrey in there one year with Caine. The ongoing
<v Speaker 1>rivalry though with Cain and and Pete Rose and Pete
<v Speaker 1>Rose was the well was he the mascotters of that?
<v Speaker 1>That was really funny. Stone Cold's first win, Stone Cold's
<v Speaker 1>second win in two thousand and one, eliminating Caine was
<v Speaker 1>I mean, knowing that he was going to main event
<v Speaker 1>wrestle MEINGI a sevent team at the Rock, that was
<v Speaker 1>a big moment, you know. So those are some of
<v Speaker 1>them for me, and also Randy Orton, r ko ing
<v Speaker 1>Naya Jacks there you go, all right, so your predictions,
<v Speaker 1>you think EO. Sky is gonna win the rumble for
<v Speaker 1>the women, Nicky, Jordan, Grace and Mickey are surprised. Mickey
<v Speaker 1>James are surprise entrants Bailey to be the Iron Woman
<v Speaker 1>in the match going fifty five minutes. Wow. Becky Lynch
<v Speaker 1>returns but not Alexa Bliss. Seampunk wins the men Men's
<v Speaker 1>World Rumble, Joe Hendry, the Hardy's Wow, the Hardies and
<v Speaker 1>Big E all return and Seth Rollins is the Iron
<v Speaker 1>Man in this match, lasting over an hour. Keep put
<v Speaker 1>the good work always a great listen Scott and the UK, Well,
<v Speaker 1>thank you, Scott. I hope everything is well across the pond,
<v Speaker 1>as they say, good stuff. You guys give me a
<v Speaker 1>lot to think about for my predictions. All right, let's go.
<v Speaker 1>Let's go to what do we want to talk to?
<v Speaker 1>Let's talk to Jeff he Wrestling Family. First off, I
<v Speaker 1>want to say JD is a beast after a Monday night.
<v Speaker 1>I hope he gets better fast and see what they
<v Speaker 1>do with him next. With that, I wonder with him out,
<v Speaker 1>what are they gonna do with the judgment day split them.
<v Speaker 1>He's a great wrestler and needs a singles push. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they're gonna do. I think JD
<v Speaker 1>getting injured here. Of course, getting injured always sucks and
<v Speaker 1>there's never a great time, but sometimes time away allows
<v Speaker 1>the fans to miss you. And JD's not a major character,
<v Speaker 1>but he's in a major group, but part of a
<v Speaker 1>major group that is starting to, you know, certainly wear
<v Speaker 1>out its welcome. I think it's it's lifespan is coming
<v Speaker 1>to an end quickly. So sure. I think as Upono's return,
<v Speaker 1>he could maybe be slotted back in if it's only
<v Speaker 1>a couple months, but the Judgment Day is probably on
<v Speaker 1>its way out sometime this year. Having him in a
<v Speaker 1>singles role going after maybe the Intercontinental Championship is going
<v Speaker 1>to be fun. So excited for the Rumble, my favorite ple.
<v Speaker 1>You talked about Rhea possibly entering the Royal Rumble, and
<v Speaker 1>I do agree. There's no reason for her to be
<v Speaker 1>in the match, the men's anyway or the women's. The
<v Speaker 1>only thing I could see her doing is coming in
<v Speaker 1>eliminating dominic and then leaving. With that being said, my
<v Speaker 1>picks and predictions are okay. Well, first of all, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I mean that is a very thing to do. But
<v Speaker 1>the stickler in me, the logical, just a small part
<v Speaker 1>of my just any logic here, would say she's doubly disqualified.
<v Speaker 1>If that's a thing from the men's Rumble. Number one,
<v Speaker 1>she's not a man. Okay, despite what some people say
<v Speaker 1>today that you just have to declare you're the opposite
<v Speaker 1>sexon you, bibity bobbityboo, you are one. That's not how
<v Speaker 1>reality and biology works. But she's not a man. And
<v Speaker 1>also she's not a legal competitor. So even if she
<v Speaker 1>was in the women's Rumble and she did this to
<v Speaker 1>a woman and she it wasn't her time to come out,
<v Speaker 1>or she was eliminated and did this, it's still not legal.
<v Speaker 1>So it's doubly illegal, which would I know, two negatives
<v Speaker 1>don't make a positive here, but you get my drift,
<v Speaker 1>all right. I really hope that doesn't happen, but it's
<v Speaker 1>a very debuta be thing to do, so sure that's
<v Speaker 1>probably right. All right. So you think Cody Rhoades is
<v Speaker 1>gonna beat Randy Okay, Oh, you're gonna He's gonna win
<v Speaker 1>because of Randy, got it? D I y wins the
<v Speaker 1>tag match. And for the men, you think jay Uso
<v Speaker 1>is gonna win? Wow? Why do you guys are picking jay?
<v Speaker 1>I gotta say I can't agree with jay Uso. I
<v Speaker 1>just can't. And I'll talk about that a little bit.
<v Speaker 1>I feel like he's either gonna win the Rumble or
<v Speaker 1>if not, then the elimination Chamber for a championship shot
<v Speaker 1>at WrestleMania against the champ that isn't chosen at the Rumble.
<v Speaker 1>The women's match, I'm not too sure is gonna win,
<v Speaker 1>because to be honest, everyone's already won. But if I
<v Speaker 1>had to choose, I would say Live Morgan or possibly Charlotte.
<v Speaker 1>I also heard that Trish will be in the match
<v Speaker 1>as well. This is gonna be a jam packed night.
<v Speaker 1>I can't wait see all the Discord chat. Thanks for
<v Speaker 1>making this podcast, Yeah, no problem, I appreciate it, Jeff,
<v Speaker 1>and I hope you enjoy the conversation in Discord. And
<v Speaker 1>you also wanted to add that, apparently, from what I read,
<v Speaker 1>Triple H was doing and was told during town hall
<v Speaker 1>that he's going to be the first uninductee into the
<v Speaker 1>w B Hall of Fame. I yeah, I haven't really
<v Speaker 1>talked about that w with Triple H an Undertaker or
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry Undertaker and Shawn Michaels making this quote unquote
<v Speaker 1>surprise to Triple H that he's going to be the
<v Speaker 1>induct first inductee to the Hall of Fame certainly worth it,
<v Speaker 1>absolutely worth. I mean, Triple H his career is unmatched,
<v Speaker 1>one of the best heels WWE has ever had ever
<v Speaker 1>in its entire existence as a company. Triple H is
<v Speaker 1>doesn't get the credit he deserves for how good he
<v Speaker 1>was as a heel. I don't think Stone Cold of
<v Speaker 1>the Rock would have been as successful as they were
<v Speaker 1>had it not been for Triple H. Not solely, but
<v Speaker 1>in part. He was a perfect foil, the perfect a hole.
<v Speaker 1>He was awesome. You legitimately hated him. It was it
<v Speaker 1>was Yeah. So now with that said, you guys know
<v Speaker 1>there's a butt here. I have to say I am
<v Speaker 1>kind of tired of seeing Triple H on my TV screen.
<v Speaker 1>He and I don't know if it's just the performer
<v Speaker 1>in him, the wrestler in him rather what it is,
<v Speaker 1>but he just seems to have this knack, this unsustainable
<v Speaker 1>urge that he cannot not act on where he has
<v Speaker 1>to be on camera more than he should be for
<v Speaker 1>the introduction of a new championship or oh you ready,
<v Speaker 1>He'll come out at the beginning of the rumble and
<v Speaker 1>ask us if we're ready. Uh, you know, this is
<v Speaker 1>I'm seeing too much of him. I don't want to.
<v Speaker 1>I know, if it was occasionally backstage, you know, fine,
<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. And now we're gonna see I've
<v Speaker 1>been more of him moving forward because his induction to
<v Speaker 1>the Hall of Fame. I don't know. It's weird that
<v Speaker 1>I feel like I'm getting a Triple H burnout a
<v Speaker 1>little bit, but I kind of am. So Again, no
<v Speaker 1>disrespect to Triple H. He's just an incredible I mean again,
<v Speaker 1>he is arguably in some circles in the Hall of
<v Speaker 1>Fame down a Hall of Fame, rout mushroar of wrestling.
<v Speaker 1>You know, if you want to put Triple H on
<v Speaker 1>the Mount Rushmore wrestling, there's an argument to be made
<v Speaker 1>for that.
<v Speaker 3>I think.
<v Speaker 1>All right, thanks Jeff's talk to Alex the French Guy,
<v Speaker 1>and he says, I wanted to say last week the
<v Speaker 1>following for the first time in many years, the Royal
<v Speaker 1>Rumble is really unpredictable. It's the same with the WrestleMania card.
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if it's a good or bad thing.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I know if it's a good thing. If w
<v Speaker 1>creates a great card, it will be that. Yeah, well
<v Speaker 1>that's just it. Then here's the kicker for all the fans,
<v Speaker 1>and now I'm not saying it to you, Alex, just
<v Speaker 1>just generally, there are so many fans that they complain
<v Speaker 1>and their sole one dimensional complaint is wrestling's too predictable.
<v Speaker 1>Oh it's predictable. Oh I saw that coming, right And
<v Speaker 1>with this WrestleMania season, in this World Rumble, there isn't
<v Speaker 1>a person a fan on this earth right now that
<v Speaker 1>knows again, unless you're in the business and indobaby and creative,
<v Speaker 1>that knows what's gonna happen. This is one of the
<v Speaker 1>most unpredictable seasons we've had in quite a while. So
<v Speaker 1>for everybody out there who is just complaining on the
<v Speaker 1>basis that it's predictable all the time and you value
<v Speaker 1>predict unpredictability so much, well then right now you should
<v Speaker 1>be elated. Right now, you should be skipping down the road,
<v Speaker 1>skipping to work. You're in your glory because you cannot
<v Speaker 1>tell me with any certainty you know who's gonna win
<v Speaker 1>the Rumble this year, or WrestleMania for that matter. So
<v Speaker 1>but here's the thing. Those same fans that love their
<v Speaker 1>unpredictability and they're going through a lot of it right now,
<v Speaker 1>will then complain when something happens that they don't agree with,
<v Speaker 1>So they're going to be they're not getting there. They're
<v Speaker 1>I guess not giving ww BE credit for things being
<v Speaker 1>unpredictable right now, but when they have something happen then
<v Speaker 1>they don't like it. It's like, well you like unpredictability, right,
<v Speaker 1>So they're trying to have it both ways. I think
<v Speaker 1>it's a good thing. I do. I think it's a
<v Speaker 1>good thing. Now, there are so many good options. There
<v Speaker 1>isn't a glaring option that you're like, oh my god,
<v Speaker 1>they have to do this or it'll suck, you know
<v Speaker 1>what I mean. There's not one that you're like, oh
<v Speaker 1>my god, if they don't get to this match at WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>it's going to be horrible that match doesn't exist. Because
<v Speaker 1>there are so many good combinations. It's not that one
<v Speaker 1>is so far above out all the others. Although I
<v Speaker 1>will say Rock and Rollman is one that I want
<v Speaker 1>to get to, but that's beside the point here. So yeah,
<v Speaker 1>good overall. Oh, let's get to Miller from Beautiful South
<v Speaker 1>Africa here his predictions. All right, what's Miller? He says,
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's gonna be Sena because it's his
<v Speaker 1>final retirement tour. It's his last time to compete in
<v Speaker 1>the chambers, so he shouldn't win and go the other
<v Speaker 1>path and compete in the elimination Champion and move Ondo Mania.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah exactly, it's funny. I just made that point. It's
<v Speaker 1>not gonna be soether Punk. Their story is still too
<v Speaker 1>fresh and not completely resolved. They will have a WrestleMania rematch. Okay, cool.
<v Speaker 1>Roman Reiins has his story that has to happen this
<v Speaker 1>year with the Rock. The Rock might either enters thirty
<v Speaker 1>one with Roman still in. Roman will eliminate the Rock,
<v Speaker 1>but The Rock will come back and throw Roman Reigns
<v Speaker 1>over the top to eliminate him. My pick is going
<v Speaker 1>to be a wild card, but I think jay Usso Man,
<v Speaker 1>you guys, Juso is gonna win the Rumble and get
<v Speaker 1>his rematch with Gunther and win the title. The women
<v Speaker 1>in my pick is Becky to be the first two
<v Speaker 1>time women's winner and she will go on to face
<v Speaker 1>Rhea Ripley. Hm Cody will win the latter match. Kevin
<v Speaker 1>Owens will get Sammy eliminated in the Rumble to set
<v Speaker 1>up their match at the royal rumble. Cheers to everyone.
<v Speaker 1>All right, Miller, well he joined the bandwagon of cmpunk
<v Speaker 1>or I'm sorry, Jay us so winning the rumble. I
<v Speaker 1>don't know, man, I'll get the my predictions very very soon.
<v Speaker 1>We're almost there. But other than that, you've got some
<v Speaker 1>good stuff in here. I will just say that it's
<v Speaker 1>hard for me to not spoil my predictions by responding
<v Speaker 1>to you. It's a bit of a contrarian you know,
<v Speaker 1>a bit of a contrarian issue here. So all right,
<v Speaker 1>we have one more email. Let's get to it. This
<v Speaker 1>is kay back on some things, so smack down. Three
<v Speaker 1>hours is too long? Two hours is perfect, I would agree.
<v Speaker 1>Why is pretty deadly around? The gimmick sucks and it's
<v Speaker 1>been flogged for years. I don't know. Pretty deadly is
<v Speaker 1>on life support. I have to say the women were great.
<v Speaker 1>Chelsea and Piper are gold with the gimmick. Tiffy's always great.
<v Speaker 1>As we all keep stating, bel Air has to get
<v Speaker 1>out of the tag team division. Look for liv and
<v Speaker 1>Roqueal to be crown soon. Yes, please please? Can we
<v Speaker 1>put a bounty on it? I mean anything?
<v Speaker 5>Yes?
<v Speaker 1>All right? Why are they or I'm sorry what they're
<v Speaker 1>doing with Ko's very good. The New Piper Austin Saturday
<v Speaker 1>Night main event Braun versus Jacob was brutal and entertaining
<v Speaker 1>raw no idea, as you've stated with the New Day
<v Speaker 1>head scratching. Yeah, what the hell? They had a brilliant
<v Speaker 1>turn by both men and then they just go into hiding.
<v Speaker 1>And I shouldn't say that they've been doing stuff.
<v Speaker 5>But.
<v Speaker 1>You poured cold water on the whole thing by having
<v Speaker 1>them lose. I mean, maybe the big turn, the big
<v Speaker 1>evolution in this is Big EA's return at the Rumble
<v Speaker 1>to confront them, which I've been and many have been
<v Speaker 1>pointing to a possibility of All right, FYI, what happened
<v Speaker 1>to JD was brutal. It could have been catastrophic. Although
<v Speaker 1>he is not a favorite of mine, he's one tough
<v Speaker 1>Irish lade. Yet well, that's the whole point I was
<v Speaker 1>making is he doesn't have to be your favorite to
<v Speaker 1>just have sympathy for the guy, because if you love
<v Speaker 1>pro wrestling, you feel sympathy instantly whether he's a hated
<v Speaker 1>heel or you love him as a baby. But it
<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter. All that goes out the window immediately with
<v Speaker 1>that hit. How you feel about his character instantly vanishes
<v Speaker 1>and it's just again, if you have a soul, you're thinking,
<v Speaker 1>oh my god, is he okay? You know? And luckily
<v Speaker 1>he relatively was right. Nothing life threatening, which is great.
<v Speaker 1>So you have a couple of predictions for the rumble,
<v Speaker 1>a lot of shenanigans throughout. Sina wins, although I can't
<v Speaker 1>stand him to keep the final two. We're going Charlotte one.
<v Speaker 1>The Queen is back. Thanks for all you do. Cheers, well,
<v Speaker 1>thank you, kay, thank you appreciate it. Alrighty, So do
<v Speaker 1>I have in a minute? Oh wait, I might have
<v Speaker 1>one more here? This is from Amber. Let's see what
<v Speaker 1>Amber says. This isn't the best video, but I recorded
<v Speaker 1>it while watching Saturday Night's main event. A fan along
<v Speaker 1>the ramp has a sign that says quote a year
<v Speaker 1>later the story still sucks, which Cody sees and then ignores.
<v Speaker 1>But after Cody walks by at a security guard walking
<v Speaker 1>behind him shoves the guy's sign out of view of
<v Speaker 1>the camera. Interesting. Just thought it was interesting that does
<v Speaker 1>how desperate WW is to make sure the fans support Cody.
<v Speaker 1>They don't do this with anyone else. I've been noticing
<v Speaker 1>a slight decline in crowd reaction for Cody over the
<v Speaker 1>last few months, and simultaneously an increased effort from WWI
<v Speaker 1>to shove Cody down our throats as often as possible.
<v Speaker 1>It makes you wonder what is it about Cody specifically
<v Speaker 1>that makes WWE desperate for him to be the guy?
<v Speaker 1>This has been going on since his return at WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>thirty eight. They obviously didn't see it in him before
<v Speaker 1>he left, So I wonder what it is about him
<v Speaker 1>that made them go this is it. This is the guy,
<v Speaker 1>even when fans seem to be slowly losing interest, hoping
<v Speaker 1>he loses the belt at WrestleMania forty one. So I'll
<v Speaker 1>check out that video, amper, thank you. I mean, here's
<v Speaker 1>what ww would say in response to that, And I'm
<v Speaker 1>going to speak officially on behalf of the company, okay
<v Speaker 1>and get myself in trouble. No, but here's what they
<v Speaker 1>would say. They would probably say something to the effect of,
<v Speaker 1>we didn't choose anyone. You guys did, right.
<v Speaker 4>We are the.
<v Speaker 1>Ones that continue to support him from day one when
<v Speaker 1>he returned against Seth rollins Oft WrestleMania thirty eight. We're
<v Speaker 1>the ones that decided to push the Rock from the
<v Speaker 1>main event and make Cody the guy to slide in
<v Speaker 1>and win the belt. Now, there are conspiracy theories of
<v Speaker 1>WWE formulating that whole scenario to knowing the fans would uprise,
<v Speaker 1>so it looks like an organic reaction and that we're
<v Speaker 1>responding to the fans, but in actuality it's manipulating the
<v Speaker 1>fans to react that way. That's I mean, that's certainly
<v Speaker 1>possible that we all felt well we I say, you
<v Speaker 1>guys all fell for it. It's not impossible, but it's
<v Speaker 1>not the likely scenario. The likely scenario is the fans
<v Speaker 1>actually decided no, we want Cody, and hence hashtag was born.
<v Speaker 1>So the fans are there really the ones responsible for
<v Speaker 1>this continued Cody support, right. WWE at times has shoved
<v Speaker 1>stars down our throats. A Lah, the big dog character
<v Speaker 1>from Roman reigns for six years. Horrible John Cena for
<v Speaker 1>however many years he dominated the top at his baby
<v Speaker 1>Face character. I never liked his Babyface character very much,
<v Speaker 1>especially the humorous version of his baby Face character. It's
<v Speaker 1>one of the worst I've ever seen, but incredible on
<v Speaker 1>the microphone, and I don't think he gets enough credit
<v Speaker 1>for how good he is in the ring. I don't
<v Speaker 1>think he's a you know, a Matt technician, let's be
<v Speaker 1>all honest, but you know, certainly one of the best
<v Speaker 1>of all time. I don't think he's the best, but
<v Speaker 1>one of I can't deny that. But it's not WWE
<v Speaker 1>shoving him down our throats. They're just trying to create
<v Speaker 1>the perception that there is no dissension right now for Cody.
<v Speaker 1>Right if you're the company and you put the you
<v Speaker 1>went with the fans, and you decided to make him
<v Speaker 1>the face of this new era, which is exactly what
<v Speaker 1>happened at Wrestling the A forty, then you don't want
<v Speaker 1>it to look like especially if there's no plans for
<v Speaker 1>it right now to turn Cody heel, then you don't
<v Speaker 1>want it to look like there's any fans that are,
<v Speaker 1>you know, against this movement. The only way that this
<v Speaker 1>is going to change is if the fans do it
<v Speaker 1>in larger numbers, and if there's a little bit less
<v Speaker 1>of a support for Cody. That doesn't get me excited yet,
<v Speaker 1>because that's that's Ebb and Flow. I don't care how
<v Speaker 1>big of a star you are, Stone Cold Hogan, Rock
<v Speaker 1>Kine Taker go down the line Ultimate Warrior. The supporting
<v Speaker 1>from fans, ebbs and flows, especially from city to city,
<v Speaker 1>town to town, country to country, year to year, month
<v Speaker 1>to month, It all varies. So it's difficult to take
<v Speaker 1>the temperature of the support for Cody from a single event.
<v Speaker 1>You'd have to really pay attention to every single show,
<v Speaker 1>and you know, look at it as an aggregate, you know,
<v Speaker 1>in totality. You know, from week to week patterns is
<v Speaker 1>what I'm looking for. And right now I would say
<v Speaker 1>the slightest of decline for Cody, but nothing that would
<v Speaker 1>get me excited. I mean, I just don't know how
<v Speaker 1>people support him. Again, not the man. He seems like
<v Speaker 1>a genuinely good guy. But this genuinely good guy character
<v Speaker 1>is actually kind of who he is. But I don't
<v Speaker 1>want to see that nice of a guy on my
<v Speaker 1>TV screen being champion, wearing suits, and you know, just
<v Speaker 1>the way he speaks in his promos. He's a good promo.
<v Speaker 1>Good's good's great promo, let's be honest, really good in
<v Speaker 1>the ring. I'm not downplaying his talent, it's just he's
<v Speaker 1>not my flavor at all. In fact, he is the
<v Speaker 1>antithesis of what I kind of want out of a champion.
<v Speaker 1>He's too hard to anger, he's too slow, and he
<v Speaker 1>speaks he's too self aware of how he looks. I've
<v Speaker 1>said this before, but I can't explain it any better.
<v Speaker 1>And part of it is what really annoys me with
<v Speaker 1>Cody is not his beach blonde hair or his suits,
<v Speaker 1>although that adds to it. It's almost like when he's
<v Speaker 1>cutting his promos, when he speaks like this, and his
<v Speaker 1>promos start out really slow, and I understand there's an
<v Speaker 1>evolution to a promo, but you can almost feel that
<v Speaker 1>he's thinking about how he looks as he's delivering it,
<v Speaker 1>like he's self aware of how he's looking. And I
<v Speaker 1>don't want to feel that. Now you're trained to know
<v Speaker 1>how you look. You probably watch tape back of yourself.
<v Speaker 1>It's a weird point to make, but I can't describe
<v Speaker 1>it any more than that I wanted to feel ad libbed.
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to feel like, you don't care how you look,
<v Speaker 1>You're just gonna speak your mind. Cody feels very controlled
<v Speaker 1>and produced. He feels very produced, and I've never appreciated
<v Speaker 1>that about his character. So you didn't you the guys
<v Speaker 1>didn't think you're gona get an episode without a Cody
<v Speaker 1>Ran did you come on there? There's some fuel for
<v Speaker 1>you guys to complain on Spotify that I'm how do
<v Speaker 1>I like wrestlings? You even like wrestling? I can't stand
<v Speaker 1>too bad? Get your own show? All right? Uh so yeah,
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much Amber for that, and I am.
<v Speaker 1>I'm watching the video right now. It does look like
<v Speaker 1>he pushed it out away a little bit, but also
<v Speaker 1>maybe he's leaning a little bit too far, you know,
<v Speaker 1>to contact with stars. So yeah, I mean sure, that's
<v Speaker 1>the more fun answer. All right, let's get to some
<v Speaker 1>of the voicemails, guys. I don't know how many I'm
<v Speaker 1>gonna get to here because I gotta get to my
<v Speaker 1>role with predictions and I usually don't want to go
<v Speaker 1>over an hour here with my time crunch. So let's
<v Speaker 1>see what we can do.
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<v Speaker 6>Episode of the Joe hendr Report, coming to Your Life
<v Speaker 6>as always from an on this closed location, as we're
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<v Speaker 4>thirty first and February first, and it happens to also
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<v Speaker 4>So there's I guess you could say a fifty to
<v Speaker 4>fifty chance that Joe Hendry will make an appearance at
<v Speaker 4>the roy Rumble via Russell Khan Indianapolis, which is one
<v Speaker 4>of those wrestling conventions that happens every year, especially around
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<v Speaker 4>Hendry was celebrating his championship win as becoming the new
<v Speaker 4>TNA World Heavyweight Champion. As we see Joe Hendry comes
<v Speaker 4>in and the crowd is saying, we believe, we believe,
<v Speaker 4>singing along to his song, the catchy theme song that
<v Speaker 4>everybody loves and everybody says his name, as Joe Hendry
<v Speaker 4>thanks the crowd once again for believing in him and
<v Speaker 4>having that belief and having that movement that we believe
<v Speaker 4>movement to carry him into TENA Genesis to become the
<v Speaker 4>new TEENA World Heavyweight Champion. He mentions that he wants
<v Speaker 4>to be a fighting champion and he told sand Tina Morella,
<v Speaker 4>the commissioner of ten A par Wrestling, that he wants
<v Speaker 4>to face any comers, any person from Tena's Rosstar or
<v Speaker 4>anybody outside of Tena that he wants to defend the
<v Speaker 4>TENA World Championship against whoever it is. So then here
<v Speaker 4>comes San Tina Morella as he made a big announcement
<v Speaker 4>that the main event of this live episode of Tina
<v Speaker 4>Parustling would be Joe Hendry versus None of the Den
<v Speaker 4>Matt Cardona. If you remember him in WWE, he was
<v Speaker 4>known as zach Ryder Woo Woo, you know the whole
<v Speaker 4>woo woo guy zach Ryder. So Matt Cardona is Joe
<v Speaker 4>Henry's challenger, his first challenger in his first TNA World
<v Speaker 4>Heavyweight Championship defense. Now let's take you to the main
<v Speaker 4>event itself, as we had Joe Hendry versus Matt Cardona.
<v Speaker 4>The match won sixteen minutes and eight seconds, as we
<v Speaker 4>had a couple of Shenanigans that won something like this.
<v Speaker 4>At first, we saw that Matt Cardona accidentally knocked out
<v Speaker 4>the referee in the right corner, so the referee.
<v Speaker 1>Was out for a while.
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry went for the pop up powerbomb, and when
<v Speaker 4>he went for the count, there was no referee as
<v Speaker 4>the referee was still knocked out. So then Matt Cardona,
<v Speaker 4>as sneaky as canniving as he is, crawls to the
<v Speaker 4>outside of the ring to go get the TNA World
<v Speaker 4>Heavyweight Championship belt to see if he could attack Joe
<v Speaker 4>Hendry and knock him out before the referee you know
<v Speaker 4>gets out of his you know, unconsciousness. But anyway, here
<v Speaker 4>comes John Bradshaw Ladfield again. This time he gives a
<v Speaker 4>closed line to Matt Cardona as Matt Cardona was trying
<v Speaker 4>to attack Joe Hendry with the TNA World Have with
<v Speaker 4>Championship belt. And then it was this very odd, very
<v Speaker 4>kind of interesting staredown between John Bradshaw Layfield and Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 4>Does John Bradshaw Layfield believe in Joe Hendry? This is
<v Speaker 4>the second time that John Bradshaw Layfield was involved in
<v Speaker 4>a match with Joe Hendry. Now, I hope this does
<v Speaker 4>not continue that every time Joe Hendry has a match
<v Speaker 4>that we see John Bradshaw Layfield. I mean, come on, guys,
<v Speaker 4>come on, TNA creative, Let's not do that all the time.
<v Speaker 4>So hopefully this is the last time that we see
<v Speaker 4>John Bradshaw Layfield appearance doing it Joe Hendry match. Anyway,
<v Speaker 4>we get to the closing part of the match, as
<v Speaker 4>the referee finally wakes up, Joe Hendry goes for the
<v Speaker 4>Standing Ovation after when Matt Cordona has trying to attack
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry with the title belt, so Joe Hendry goes
<v Speaker 4>for the Standing Ovation choke slab at one two three.
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry gets the victory to retain the championship as
<v Speaker 4>he has his first successful TNA Championship defense sky Bencher before.
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry will be at the Indianapolis, Indiana this Friday,
<v Speaker 4>January thirty first and Saturday February first for Russell Khan Indianapolis.
<v Speaker 4>There's a fifty fifty chance that Joe Hendry might make
<v Speaker 4>an appearance at the roy Rumble. He will also be
<v Speaker 4>at the Jericho Cruise on February second and February third.
<v Speaker 4>So with all the exciting things that are happening in
<v Speaker 4>the world of Joe Hendry, always remember to say his name, believe,
<v Speaker 4>Always remember the words that Joe Hendry says any time
<v Speaker 4>at plays at any show and most so poorly as
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry is your TNA World chap. But always remember
<v Speaker 4>to do this.
<v Speaker 1>Strong sight and see.
<v Speaker 5>Well believe.
<v Speaker 4>Once again, this is your guy. DJ Coolsbo have a
<v Speaker 4>blessed week by Kui to one of those stays in
<v Speaker 4>my friends, believe and peace.
<v Speaker 1>Thank you DJ for keeping us updated here as we
<v Speaker 1>certainly are interested in, especially if you're just even a
<v Speaker 1>casual w fan. Is this guy gott a debut on
<v Speaker 1>the roster? Is he coming to the Rumble? I? You know,
<v Speaker 1>my prediction is, honestly, I think he is. Is he
<v Speaker 1>gonna debut at the Rumble? Uh? Well, I don't think
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna debut at the Rumble. He's already been an NXT,
<v Speaker 1>But I think he's going to definitely be a part
<v Speaker 1>of the Rumble, see what the reaction is, and then
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna stay back in TNA as W and TNA
<v Speaker 1>have a working relationship that has worked out pretty well
<v Speaker 1>so far in Jordan Grace and then all the rest.
<v Speaker 1>So certainly, yeah, I think that that's very plausible. Now
<v Speaker 1>JBL getting involved with Matt Cardona. Those of you that
<v Speaker 1>aren't following JBL, you know, probably didn't even know that
<v Speaker 1>he was involved. I didn't. I heard rumors that he was,
<v Speaker 1>you know, appearing here and there in TNA. I don't
<v Speaker 1>know what this is leading to. Like you said, I
<v Speaker 1>would agree, I don't need JBL anywhere near wrestling at
<v Speaker 1>this point. I don't need a match between JBL and
<v Speaker 1>Matt Cardona or JBL and Joe Hendry. I'm good now,
<v Speaker 1>br Like, I'm okay, don't need it. But thank you DJ,
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for the updates, and I hope
<v Speaker 1>you enjoy the Rumble. All right, last couple of voicemails
<v Speaker 1>and then my predictions.
<v Speaker 5>Hey, Matt Brad in Florida. So if you look at
<v Speaker 5>the betting sites, and I know you know what I'm
<v Speaker 5>talking about in terms of you know, odds being whatever
<v Speaker 5>they are and why that's a tell into sort of
<v Speaker 5>what's gonna happen. But all the major betting sites that
<v Speaker 5>offer WWE all have Seth Rollins as a favorite to
<v Speaker 5>win the Royal Rumble. I can completely see it, especially
<v Speaker 5>after this Monday's promo with Gunther and Seth opening the
<v Speaker 5>show on RAW. I mean, Seth is going to win.
<v Speaker 5>Here's my prediction. Seth is gonna win the Royal Rumble.
<v Speaker 5>He's going to challenge Gunther Sina, who has been advertised
<v Speaker 5>like crazy for Elimination Chamber, is going to win Elimination
<v Speaker 5>Chamber and he's gonna challenge Gunther. And that's when you're
<v Speaker 5>gonna get teena Seth Gunther three way for the championships,
<v Speaker 5>because I don't think that Tina can carry a twenty
<v Speaker 5>to twenty two minute main event match by himself. But
<v Speaker 5>in a three way, obviously that goal goes out the window.
<v Speaker 5>You could have set and Comfort doing a lot of
<v Speaker 5>the heavy lifting and then have Seena, you know, roll
<v Speaker 5>out of the ring for a or two, catch his breath,
<v Speaker 5>get his wins under him, come back in, do some
<v Speaker 5>cool stuff, come out whatever. I think it is the
<v Speaker 5>most brilliant way to get Sena in the match, and
<v Speaker 5>I think that is what's gonna happen. I also think
<v Speaker 5>that CM punk will get into the main event. I
<v Speaker 5>think it will honestly be Cody versus Roman, but I
<v Speaker 5>think that CM punk is gonna get the favorite from
<v Speaker 5>Hayman and get into that match as a three way
<v Speaker 5>as well. So I think you're gonna have three three
<v Speaker 5>ways as your WrestleMania Night one and Night two main
<v Speaker 5>events for the Heavyweight and Universal or Undisputed Championship, and
<v Speaker 5>I think that's the way it goes down. Then. I'm
<v Speaker 5>just shocked. I was shocked to see Seth Rollins as
<v Speaker 5>the betting favorite, and I mean by that by the
<v Speaker 5>odds makers making him a heavy favorite to win it.
<v Speaker 5>But after you kind of think about it from that perspective,
<v Speaker 5>I'd love to know your thoughts. Seventy three degrees here
<v Speaker 5>today and Sonny, thanks, Matt Bybe came out one other
<v Speaker 5>thing that I wanted to say that before I forget
<v Speaker 5>Louise who does your after dark show? This man is
<v Speaker 5>an unbelievable broadcaster, incredibly interesting. I cannot recommend listening to Louise.
<v Speaker 5>I believe it's Gonzales Louis Gonzalez anymore if that means
<v Speaker 5>you have to go up a tier. This guy is
<v Speaker 5>so phenomenal. It's like listening to Joe Tessitour or something.
<v Speaker 5>I just and I mean this very seriously. He is
<v Speaker 5>an incredible broadcaster and just has a really funny, interesting
<v Speaker 5>way that he puts things that that is really compelling.
<v Speaker 5>So bravo to you, Louise. I hope this gets on
<v Speaker 5>the air, And Matt, great job choosing a wonderful after
<v Speaker 5>dark podcast post there because he is amazing.
<v Speaker 1>Great All right, well yeah, Louis Is he's awesome. He's awesome.
<v Speaker 1>He's better than I am. I mean, I'm not saying that,
<v Speaker 1>like put over, it'll be over. But like he is.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you don't need to tell me. I know
<v Speaker 1>he's better than I am. I mean he could if
<v Speaker 1>this show ever goes under it, you know, or if
<v Speaker 1>I die, like I would grant the show to him.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, like, you know, just he is incredible. It
<v Speaker 1>also is an incentive, of course, if you guys want
<v Speaker 1>to go to Patreon and get on there and go
<v Speaker 1>up a tier. The NXT plus and above get it
<v Speaker 1>every other week and the SmackDown level gets it every week.
<v Speaker 1>From Louise, He's great. Dave's great. Just I'm telling you,
<v Speaker 1>within like two minutes of listening to him, you're like, oh,
<v Speaker 1>I get it. He's just the way he delivers his
<v Speaker 1>voice was made for audio, I mean just everything. I
<v Speaker 1>totally agree. Yeah, I mean absolutely so. Thank you for
<v Speaker 1>the compliments to him. And I'm sure you know, if
<v Speaker 1>he hasn't listened to this, I'll let him know that,
<v Speaker 1>you know, to look at the timestamp and hear from
<v Speaker 1>a listener that really likes his work and couldn't agree more,
<v Speaker 1>couldn't agree more. I'm learning from him, not that I'm
<v Speaker 1>trying to mimic him, but certainly he's he's excellent. Can
<v Speaker 1>agree more, Brad, And thank you for the last little
<v Speaker 1>quick jab, this little six inch jab about the weather.
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Bud. But I'll be in Mexico
<v Speaker 1>where it's eighty five degrees and sunny for four days.
<v Speaker 1>But then I have to come back to reality. There's
<v Speaker 1>nothing worse than coming back from a vacation knowing what's
<v Speaker 1>waiting for you. I'm already like pre depressed, that's the thing.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm excited for my vacation for a few days,
<v Speaker 1>but also like I'm pre depressed for knowing how I'm
<v Speaker 1>going to feel heading home. But also on top of that,
<v Speaker 1>like another plane crashed. It wasn't a commercial airline this
<v Speaker 1>time with you know, obviously we all know what happened
<v Speaker 1>to breaking airport with the military helicopter that crashed into
<v Speaker 1>the American Airlines flight disaster, first accident in fifteen years
<v Speaker 1>for the commercial airlines. But then today, just like an
<v Speaker 1>hour and a half, two hours ago, a plane, I
<v Speaker 1>believe it was something a medical plane took off from
<v Speaker 1>an airport in northeast Philadelphia and just went plummeting to
<v Speaker 1>earth and killed six people. So I'm sitting here going
<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't have a really big fear of flying,
<v Speaker 1>but I'm starting to get it. I'm starting to develop one,
<v Speaker 1>and so I don't know what I'm gonna do. Maybe
<v Speaker 1>get some xanax, I don't know. But anyway, thank you
<v Speaker 1>Brad for that. And you know you present some great
<v Speaker 1>scenarios there, and let me get into my predictions. Let
<v Speaker 1>me just do them now, all right, So here here
<v Speaker 1>on my official twenty twenty five we're all rummel predictions.
<v Speaker 1>So first of all, let's get some of the other
<v Speaker 1>matches out of the way. And I don't mean that
<v Speaker 1>in a derogatory way. So the undisputed uh, well, the
<v Speaker 1>Tag Team Championship match, I mean, let's be honest, that's
<v Speaker 1>the least interesting match out of all these for most people.
<v Speaker 1>I think probably DIY retains in a fun wrestling match
<v Speaker 1>that we'll get the crowd into it more than you
<v Speaker 1>think it will. It's one of those matches that on
<v Speaker 1>paper you go, eh, it's just yeah, yeah, right. There's
<v Speaker 1>only four matches on the whole car, which is incredible,
<v Speaker 1>and this is a DIY win, all right, Cody Roads,
<v Speaker 1>Kevin Owens, Cody Roads retains. I don't even think again,
<v Speaker 1>how does he retain? Could be Randy Orton. Randy Orton
<v Speaker 1>could come in, but you also don't want looking like
<v Speaker 1>Cody needs help, so someone would have to come and
<v Speaker 1>help Kevin, which could be Sammy. So how about this,
<v Speaker 1>Cody still retains, the outcome is still the same, but
<v Speaker 1>how they get there could be Randy. It also could
<v Speaker 1>be Sammy who looks like he's there to help Kevin
<v Speaker 1>because Kevin demanded that he essentially help him, and he
<v Speaker 1>ends up accidentally quote unquote screwing Kevin, leading to the
<v Speaker 1>eventual match potentially again between Sammy's and Kevin Owens, which
<v Speaker 1>is I mean, they work well together apart, They've got
<v Speaker 1>great chemistry no matter how you put them together. So
<v Speaker 1>that's why I think either Randy or Sammy or a
<v Speaker 1>combination of both end up screwing Kevin Owens and then
<v Speaker 1>he's got something else to bitch about for the next
<v Speaker 1>six week, which is just great. Kevin Owens in the
<v Speaker 1>delusional state of aggression, the aggressive delusional state is the
<v Speaker 1>best version of Kevin Owens. I will stand by that.
<v Speaker 1>But fun match and Cody retains now more fun?
<v Speaker 5>All right?
<v Speaker 1>Here we go Women's World Rubble Match a lot of
<v Speaker 1>people going with the EO. I understand that a lot
<v Speaker 1>of people going with e O Sky. I don't think so.
<v Speaker 1>Although they haven't really been building much at all regarding
<v Speaker 1>the Women's Rumble, it has been largely forgotten. I will
<v Speaker 1>say Charlotte is a heavy favorite for me. She's returning
<v Speaker 1>and to win the rumble would certainly make a big impact.
<v Speaker 1>But is she going to be revealed as a potential
<v Speaker 1>attacker for Jade? She could be that person. I I'm
<v Speaker 1>gonna go. I'm gonna go Bionc Belle Air. I'm saying
<v Speaker 1>Beyonce bel Air wins the Rumble because I think they're
<v Speaker 1>gonna go Bianca Rhea Ripley and I not only because
<v Speaker 1>I think that, but also I want that. So two
<v Speaker 1>different things, but hopefully they'll be the same thing. Bianca
<v Speaker 1>versus Rhea at WrestleMania. It needs to happen. That's a
<v Speaker 1>right in the tank now, you could have. Yes, Becky
<v Speaker 1>Lynch could return, although I mean, I don't know. Fans
<v Speaker 1>aren't dying for her to return. She could, I don't.
<v Speaker 1>Although Kyle is Kyle that from one of our listeners
<v Speaker 1>loves Becky, I don't know. I think Becky Lynch has
<v Speaker 1>kind of run out of ideas and run out of
<v Speaker 1>things to accomplish, which is kind of also a compliment
<v Speaker 1>to her. So Becky Lynch I think loses or I'm sorry,
<v Speaker 1>does fifty to fifty chances she comes back. Yes, the
<v Speaker 1>big potential return for a one night only stand could
<v Speaker 1>be a J Lee. The pops she'll get is going
<v Speaker 1>to be incredible. If aj Lee does come out, I'm
<v Speaker 1>looking forward to that. Trish could make her you know,
<v Speaker 1>make an appearance and that'll get a nice reaction. You
<v Speaker 1>could have Tory Wilson, but I hope they don't lean
<v Speaker 1>on those kinds of entrance and act lean on the
<v Speaker 1>talent they have more than anything. Yeah, So EO Sky
<v Speaker 1>is going to be in the final four. I expect
<v Speaker 1>Bailey to be in the final four, but I think
<v Speaker 1>ultimately it's Bianca Bellair who's going to win this and
<v Speaker 1>face Ree Ripley for the women's championship. All right, So
<v Speaker 1>for the men, boy, this is tough. This is the
<v Speaker 1>most difficult world Rumble that I've been involved in recent memory.
<v Speaker 1>So let's look at who's already announced. John Cena, Roman reigns,
<v Speaker 1>Punk Rollins McIntyre, Uso, Knight Saints, Nakamura, Ramisterio, Logan, Paul Brown,
<v Speaker 1>Breaker Penta and Chad Gable and Carmelo Hayes. Those are
<v Speaker 1>the fifteenth. So they gave us half of the entrants
<v Speaker 1>that are going to be there. This is difficult, This
<v Speaker 1>is hard. I will say no to Jay Uso. And
<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of you're like, but he's ready. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I think he. I think he is. But are the fans, like,
<v Speaker 1>be real with yourself. I mean, I know you, you
<v Speaker 1>those of you out there who want jus to win,
<v Speaker 1>But is it the majority you feel that the fans
<v Speaker 1>also concur with that? Like, are the fans generally also
<v Speaker 1>behind you? And I don't think the answer is yes
<v Speaker 1>on that because there's bigger stars in here with more support,
<v Speaker 1>like a punk like a Sina who's on the last
<v Speaker 1>run of his career, Roman Reigns. My god, Jay Uso
<v Speaker 1>is just not in that top tier. And he just
<v Speaker 1>had a world title match in which he lost. He lost,
<v Speaker 1>fair and square. So they really, I think, made a
<v Speaker 1>statement to fans, Hey, I know you like Jay, but
<v Speaker 1>not yet, not yet, seth Rollins. Let me look at
<v Speaker 1>the names in here, just these names alone, We'll tell
<v Speaker 1>you that Jay has no chance rollins punk reiins Sena,
<v Speaker 1>no chance. Sorry. Jay is not in that top tier.
<v Speaker 1>He's in the top of the second tier, but he's
<v Speaker 1>not in the top of the top tier. Sorry. Great,
<v Speaker 1>you know, good crowd reactions, but they've been inconsistent with Jay.
<v Speaker 1>That hasn't been really a story to tell yet with Jay. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>he has had a couple of championship matches and he
<v Speaker 1>hasn't been able to cross over the bridge yet, but
<v Speaker 1>the timing of him, I'm sorry, jay Uso main eventing
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania in a one on one doesn't It's not quite
<v Speaker 1>there for me yet this year because of the way
<v Speaker 1>things are lining up. I'm not against it. Don't get
<v Speaker 1>me wrong. If j Uso wins, hey, cool, Like I'm
<v Speaker 1>on board, man Like, all right, we're building a new
<v Speaker 1>star here, single star that is ascended into that next level. Cool.
<v Speaker 1>I'm not against it. I just don't see it happening
<v Speaker 1>this year because it's Sena, it's Rains, who's in the
<v Speaker 1>Rumble for the first time in six years. You have
<v Speaker 1>I see him punk back in the Rumble for the
<v Speaker 1>first time, and yeah, well actually no, last year he
<v Speaker 1>got injured, so hopefully it doesn't happen again. But you
<v Speaker 1>have punk in there as a serious contender, Seth Rollins
<v Speaker 1>in there, who's gonna be targeting Rains. You have Drew
<v Speaker 1>McIntyre who's also on the run of his career right now,
<v Speaker 1>and I'm sorry, Jay Uso just doesn't line up with that.
<v Speaker 1>So Jay's out for me, Sammy Zane's out, Knakamura's out,
<v Speaker 1>Raymisterio's out, Logan, Paul's out, bron Breaker, Penta, Gable, Hayes
<v Speaker 1>all gone. McIntyre, I would love it, but probably not.
<v Speaker 1>That leaves us with Rollin's Punk Rains Sena, okay, you
<v Speaker 1>could have a big Ee return. I think Biggie, if
<v Speaker 1>he does come back, will be set up in a
<v Speaker 1>scenario where it's Kofeen Xavier in the ring dominating and
<v Speaker 1>then here comes Biggie, which I imagined for a while, which
<v Speaker 1>will be fun. But none of those three men have
<v Speaker 1>any chance. It's about building to a match with those
<v Speaker 1>three in some way. It can't be a handicap, but
<v Speaker 1>some way to WrestleMania. If indeed that happens, they're yeah
<v Speaker 1>us the other the other of course outlier, but possible,
<v Speaker 1>and would I would even say somewhat likely. Is the Rock?
<v Speaker 1>Now what does the Rock do if he's in there?
<v Speaker 1>Does he make himself number thirty one? I don't know.
<v Speaker 1>I mean that that got leaked, so you'd imagine we
<v Speaker 1>if that if that rumble list was true, knowing it
<v Speaker 1>got leaked would change the plans. So I'm gonna say,
<v Speaker 1>if the Rock's in there, he could win. But if
<v Speaker 1>he wins, if the Rock enters and wins, those are
<v Speaker 1>two big gifts. The Rock will challenge Cody because they
<v Speaker 1>teased that last year, So that's finishing this. They're all
<v Speaker 1>about finishing stories. There's a story they didn't finish that
<v Speaker 1>started the Monday Night Raw for WrestleMania last year. But
<v Speaker 1>you can also have Roman eliminate Rock. I'm sorry, Rock
<v Speaker 1>eliminate Roman, and then the Rock gets eliminated by I
<v Speaker 1>don't know, Johnson or whatever. It's kind of immaterial. Rock
<v Speaker 1>is the one to eliminate Roman, thinking they're on the
<v Speaker 1>same page. Bam, he eliminates him. Sena eliminates Rock. Two
<v Speaker 1>massive eliminations. But it was about the Rock eliminating Roman,
<v Speaker 1>and they build that story to WrestleMania. How about that
<v Speaker 1>That's why I think it happens if it goes down,
<v Speaker 1>If the Rock's there, He's going to be there simply
<v Speaker 1>to eliminate Roman Reigns to start a match to WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>forty one. Roman's not gonna win the Rumble. We don't
<v Speaker 1>need him in another title match yet. Fans are not
<v Speaker 1>quite ready for him to be there, because part of
<v Speaker 1>what made the fans turn on the whole thing sourly
<v Speaker 1>is because he was champion and holding it hostage, and
<v Speaker 1>Roman Reigns has no intentions in w seemingly has no
<v Speaker 1>intentions of changing romans schedule back to full time. We
<v Speaker 1>kind of understand what roman schedule is now, we've all
<v Speaker 1>accepted it, and it's way more palatable to accept this
<v Speaker 1>schedule when he doesn't have a championship holding You know
<v Speaker 1>that he's able to whole hostage. So Roman doesn't win,
<v Speaker 1>but he's there. He'll be targeted by probably Drew, by Punk.
<v Speaker 1>There'll be some fun interactions of punkin Roman going face
<v Speaker 1>to face, punkin SNA going face to face Rock and Punk.
<v Speaker 1>If he's there to go, there's a lot of fun combinations.
<v Speaker 1>That's why I said this year is really kind of
<v Speaker 1>hard to screw up because there's just so many good
<v Speaker 1>ways to end this that there's not a lot of
<v Speaker 1>bad ones. So it's a hell of an exciting match.
<v Speaker 1>So what do I think? Well, the idea that Seth
<v Speaker 1>wins isn't the most crazy. He could challenge Gunther right,
<v Speaker 1>he certainly is on the table, and then whoever wins
<v Speaker 1>the chamber could face Cody, and then you know what
<v Speaker 1>if the Rock enters the chamber and then he's the
<v Speaker 1>one to face. There's a lot of crazy ways to go.
<v Speaker 1>There's two pass to WrestleMania. This isn't the only one.
<v Speaker 1>It's not one undone. So Seth Rollins winning the rumble
<v Speaker 1>does make sense. But if they want the focus of
<v Speaker 1>the winner to face Cody, right, if the winner is
<v Speaker 1>gonna face Cody, then you could make it more of
<v Speaker 1>a case for Punk or Rock, not Roman. I don't
<v Speaker 1>want and I will, Brad, I see your triple threats,
<v Speaker 1>but I can't imagine WW doing triple that many triple threats.
<v Speaker 1>I'm not a fan of that. But just because I'm
<v Speaker 1>a fan of it doesn't mean they wouldn't do it.
<v Speaker 1>But the WrestleMania main events, particularly for championships, should not
<v Speaker 1>be for triple threats, like it's one on one, you know, traditionally,
<v Speaker 1>not all the time. I mean, we've fell. The first
<v Speaker 1>women's main event was a triple threat, but I don't
<v Speaker 1>think that they would do that many triple threats. There
<v Speaker 1>could be one out of the two, you know, like
<v Speaker 1>Punk Rollins and Gunther on one side, and then Rock
<v Speaker 1>versus Cody or Randy versus Cody. I didn't even bring
<v Speaker 1>up Randy Orton. Randy Orton there. Jacob Fatu is probably
<v Speaker 1>gonna have a big night, impactful night. He's going to
<v Speaker 1>be a fan He already is a fan favorite. Fans
<v Speaker 1>are getting behind him so quickly because they sniff out
<v Speaker 1>a big star. They've sniffed it out and they are
<v Speaker 1>on board. They want to be behind him right from
<v Speaker 1>the ground level. So Jacobatsu's gonna have a big night.
<v Speaker 1>And so that's that's my prediction. It's kind of a
<v Speaker 1>wishy washy prediction because it's such a crazy night, but
<v Speaker 1>I feel pretty confident about the women. The men is
<v Speaker 1>a little bit more difficult, but I'll say Seth. I'm
<v Speaker 1>gonna say Seth Rollins to challenge Gunther and then the
<v Speaker 1>Chambers to decide who faces Cody. But again, if the
<v Speaker 1>Rock's involved, boy does that change things? It changes things
<v Speaker 1>because the Rock could win the rumble. Hell, John Cena
<v Speaker 1>could win. You can make a case for Sena because
<v Speaker 1>Sena versus Gunther. What's wrong with that? I think Seena
<v Speaker 1>is capable of it. Why, because these two have a
<v Speaker 1>style that I think would work well together. There's nothing
<v Speaker 1>high flying, very much a power for power, uh, you know,
<v Speaker 1>base match. It wouldn't be anything spectacular, But I don't know.
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm just thinking about all these possibilities that are
<v Speaker 1>just flying through my head. And Seth is a front
<v Speaker 1>runner for me, and I see why the money's going
<v Speaker 1>to him. But boy, Punk also makes sense as I
<v Speaker 1>go through it too, because Punk hasn't ever won a
<v Speaker 1>rumble and he got injured last year. So Drew is
<v Speaker 1>not gonna win. Given that the fact that no one
<v Speaker 1>wants Drew versus Gunther and Drew versus Cody doesn't really
<v Speaker 1>well that there's some isn't Drew on SmackDown? Yeah, Drew's
<v Speaker 1>on SmackDown, So I guess you could do Drew and Cody.
<v Speaker 1>But Jay, guys, I'm sorry, and I if I eat
<v Speaker 1>my words, I eat my words. But jay Us so
<v Speaker 1>I don't think has a chance he'll be in the
<v Speaker 1>final five or six or four or three even. But no,
<v Speaker 1>Jaus was not gonna win. Sorry, I mean he just
<v Speaker 1>had his championship matches, all right. So there you go,
<v Speaker 1>wishy washy predictions. Because I'm not a man, I can't
<v Speaker 1>stand by my own word. No, but I really just
<v Speaker 1>I'm that perplexed about all the potential opportunities here, and
<v Speaker 1>that'll do it. Thank you so much everybody for listening
<v Speaker 1>and all your predictions. You guys are probably going to
<v Speaker 1>be way better than I am with all the predictions.
<v Speaker 1>As I kind of I'm probably gonna stumble right through
<v Speaker 1>it from the first match you're going to have. You know,
<v Speaker 1>I'm probably gonna go zero for four. I recognize that,
<v Speaker 1>but that's my best, my best foot forward here. So
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