WWE Raw Review: A New Intercontinental Champion, Seth & Bronson Brawl, Wyatt Sicks New Target, Lillian Garcia Returns

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the Monday Night Raw Review.
<v Speaker 3>Everybody on this twenty second day of October twenty twenty four,
<v Speaker 3>there is a new Intercontinental Champion, and many of us,
<v Speaker 3>although not all, did suspect that this was going to
<v Speaker 3>be the case given what happened on SmackDown, the kind
<v Speaker 3>of setup for the bloodline interference and which would lead
<v Speaker 3>to the next step of Jay rejoining Jimmy and Roman.
<v Speaker 3>And that's exactly what we got. We got an interference,
<v Speaker 3>although he kind of a hesitation interference with Solo and
<v Speaker 3>Tomatonga and Tangaloa and Jacob Fattu. No Roman, but with
<v Speaker 3>that crew, I mean, Jay was the one who was
<v Speaker 3>kind of the aggressor. He was doing the usual what
<v Speaker 3>are you doing here? I told you, I got this,
<v Speaker 3>I got this, I got this. And he's the one
<v Speaker 3>that actually initiated the physical attack on I think it
<v Speaker 3>was Tonga Toga and that's when things went south and
<v Speaker 3>bron Breaker is your new Intercontinental Champion after what a
<v Speaker 3>twenty seven day reign with Jay Uso as an Intercontinental champion.
<v Speaker 3>So I have mixed feelings about this. When Jay won
<v Speaker 3>the championship, it surprised me because I had figured they're
<v Speaker 3>not going to do anything that's going to be long
<v Speaker 3>term for Jay, and then when they finally do give
<v Speaker 3>him a title run, it'll be something of significance and length.
<v Speaker 3>And they took a different approach and used the Intercontinental
<v Speaker 3>Championship as a vehicle to further the Jay reuniting with
<v Speaker 3>the Bloodline story. And while I understand that, I understand
<v Speaker 3>the reason for it, having him have a one month
<v Speaker 3>rain as Intercontinental Champion is a bit disappointing, and they
<v Speaker 3>say the very least, and again I understand why they
<v Speaker 3>did it. They're making this jumping ship of j to
<v Speaker 3>the Bloodline makes sense. He's pushed over the edge and
<v Speaker 3>Solo's crew has done him dirty, and that's what's gonna happen,
<v Speaker 3>and that's what should happen. I'm just having a bit
<v Speaker 3>of mixed feelings and I don't it's again not really
<v Speaker 3>necessarily a complaint, more of just I feel mixed on
<v Speaker 3>it that Jay's first run with a singles championship in WWE,
<v Speaker 3>there was nothing more than a mirage being used to
<v Speaker 3>once again further a bloodline story when he was just
<v Speaker 3>getting going as a singles star, and w w WE
<v Speaker 3>clearly values this reuniting of the bloodline over Jay's storyline
<v Speaker 3>as a single star currently, which once again is not
<v Speaker 3>necessarily a bad thing, because if you're in that position,
<v Speaker 3>if you are in charge of creative, wouldn't the bloodline
<v Speaker 3>story kind of supersede all? I mean, you're you're having
<v Speaker 3>the rock dipping in now again, although he kind of
<v Speaker 3>waved and then left again. So Jay's being sacrificed here
<v Speaker 3>at the for the quote unquote greater good of rejoining
<v Speaker 3>the bloodline. Now, the question becomes, since he has lost
<v Speaker 3>the belt twofold one, how long does this reuniting last?
<v Speaker 3>Is just survivor series for the wargames? Is it beyond that?
<v Speaker 2>Also?
<v Speaker 3>How does WWE or do they at all address the
<v Speaker 3>fact that there's a brand split and Jay just comes
<v Speaker 3>over from RAW. Do they say it's a temporary visitation
<v Speaker 3>you know right that he has Do they not address
<v Speaker 3>it at all? Which I'm kind of leaning towards they
<v Speaker 3>just don't address those things, even with Triple H in charge,
<v Speaker 3>and many of you don't even care. Many of you
<v Speaker 3>don't care, I do, I still will and or do
<v Speaker 3>they have an official trade maybe it's a full on trade,
<v Speaker 3>which it very well could be as well. Again, I'm
<v Speaker 3>leaning more towards wwe just simply not acknowledging a dang thing.
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<v Speaker 3>all right, let's continue on here. We'll dt a little
<v Speaker 3>bit more into the Intercontinental title match that took place
<v Speaker 3>at the end of Raw a little bit later. But
<v Speaker 3>the other thing that I wanted to bring up, and
<v Speaker 3>one that I didn't see coming Samantha Irvin. As we
<v Speaker 3>all know now, I'm not breaking any news has left
<v Speaker 3>WWE on good terms. Seems like no ill will on
<v Speaker 3>either side. It seems as if she's pursuing other things
<v Speaker 3>in her life.
<v Speaker 2>Don't know what.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe she'll take a Caleb Braxton approach and she'll just
<v Speaker 3>you know, leave post a bunch of crap on Instagram,
<v Speaker 3>maybe start her own podcast. That's maybe what she does.
<v Speaker 3>Obviously very talented. Uh is a and was a massive
<v Speaker 3>contributor to Raw Enjoyable, one of the most fan favorite
<v Speaker 3>announcers of all time, including up there with the Fink
<v Speaker 3>Tony Chimmel. So I think that she has more than
<v Speaker 3>more than you know, etched her legacy in WWE even
<v Speaker 3>more so. And I say this with kind of a
<v Speaker 3>backhanded compliment to Ricochet. She was more over in WWI
<v Speaker 3>than Ricochet was and she didn't even take a bump.
<v Speaker 2>That's a fact.
<v Speaker 3>So, Uh, that just goes to show you when you
<v Speaker 3>have that organic connection with fans, there's something that you
<v Speaker 3>just have to have in order to to manifest that
<v Speaker 3>creation or that connection, and she had it and it
<v Speaker 3>was just an organic love that the fans had for her.
<v Speaker 3>And she will be missed. Maybe she'll, I mean, maybe
<v Speaker 3>she'll come back.
<v Speaker 2>But guess what.
<v Speaker 3>For those of you wishing for yesteryear, guess who's back
<v Speaker 3>as again. I'm not breaking any news, being dramatic for
<v Speaker 3>no reason, but Lily and Garcia is back with w WE,
<v Speaker 3>I think on a full time basis, on a full
<v Speaker 3>time basis for Monday Night Raw doing the announcing. Didn't
<v Speaker 3>see that coming, did anybody? I certainly didn't, So it's
<v Speaker 3>awesome to hear Lily and Garcia back. She also is
<v Speaker 3>a fan favorite. Fans you know, definitely have fond memories
<v Speaker 3>of her. And now Samantha Irvin who again, you know,
<v Speaker 3>you look at her career over the last couple of years,
<v Speaker 3>especially fans really gravitated to her and again very unusual
<v Speaker 3>for an announcer, which is often an overlooked, underappreciated role
<v Speaker 3>in WWE, almost an invisible role at times, just like
<v Speaker 3>the referee. And you're wondering, okay, she has this great
<v Speaker 3>connection with the fans that doesn't happen often for announcers,
<v Speaker 3>and she is on a role she's she's clearly, you know,
<v Speaker 3>in great spot with the company.
<v Speaker 2>What does she have on the table that's better than that?
<v Speaker 2>Right now?
<v Speaker 3>She's I mean, I don't think she has any interest
<v Speaker 3>in getting in the ring, So I'm wondering. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>it's gonna be interesting to see what she left the
<v Speaker 3>company for. Maybe and again, could it could just be
<v Speaker 3>starting a family, maybe her and ricorchet.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, who knows. It could be as simple as that.
<v Speaker 3>It doesn't necessarily need to be a something professionally that
<v Speaker 3>she's doing. It could be something personally. Maybe she just
<v Speaker 3>wanted time away. Maybe she just wanted time away. But
<v Speaker 3>very few people step away from a career that seemingly
<v Speaker 3>again on the surface, she loved and has a great
<v Speaker 3>report with the fans and all the rest that they
<v Speaker 3>just walk away at that age. So assuming she has
<v Speaker 3>something else upper sleeve, it's gonna be very interesting to
<v Speaker 3>see what that is. So, you know, best of luck
<v Speaker 3>to Samantha Irvin obviously, and it's great to see Lilyan back.
<v Speaker 3>No ill will just kind of a whoa, Okay, I
<v Speaker 3>guess this is happening kind of moment, and I'm sure
<v Speaker 3>we'll see Samantha ofvi it again.
<v Speaker 2>You know, fans are.
<v Speaker 3>Fans are definitely I'm sure going to follow her wherever
<v Speaker 3>she goes in her professional career. So all right, So
<v Speaker 3>Lily and Garcia is back. What else is going on? Unraw,
<v Speaker 3>we had a interesting development here in the Wyatt six
<v Speaker 3>and the Wyatt six have I mean, I gotta be
<v Speaker 3>honest and you're gonna lie. If you are disagreeing with this,
<v Speaker 3>I think you're lying. And it's not because I'm saying, oh,
<v Speaker 3>I'm always right, but let's be honest. The why at
<v Speaker 3>six for the last month has been kind of not missed,
<v Speaker 3>at least by most. I'm not saying they're a bad group.
<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying I don't like them. I'm not saying
<v Speaker 3>they won't be successful, but I've kind of felt like, oh,
<v Speaker 3>they're not unwraw, okay, sure whatever, Like I've felt kind
<v Speaker 3>of indifferent that they're not there and oftentimes not even
<v Speaker 3>remembered that they aren't on the show. Now, maybe it's
<v Speaker 3>because I don't watch every minute of everything like some
<v Speaker 3>people do, and maybe you're a little bit more deeply
<v Speaker 3>connected to the product than I am. So maybe it's
<v Speaker 3>more of a referendum on me. But I've over the
<v Speaker 3>last several weeks gone even a show or two going
<v Speaker 3>not even thinking about them. So they've been taking a
<v Speaker 3>back seat roll for a while. After their American made
<v Speaker 3>rivalry with Chad Cable that came to an end definitively,
<v Speaker 3>and now they're back in a somewhat prominent position here
<v Speaker 3>and they attack the Final Testament and I'm sure the
<v Speaker 3>Final Testament are like, oh my god, thank God, Wow,
<v Speaker 3>we have finally we have something to do on the show.
<v Speaker 3>And they while Xavier was not interested in helping our Truth,
<v Speaker 3>we had the Wide six help.
<v Speaker 2>Now.
<v Speaker 3>This was after a match between Kofi and Woods versus
<v Speaker 3>Aop Aikman Raise are in a first round tournament match
<v Speaker 3>for a shout out to world tag titles, and this
<v Speaker 3>ended with Kingston and Xavier beating Aop to advance. And
<v Speaker 3>after that's when Truth Raised raised the arms of Kingston
<v Speaker 3>and Woods, who exited Truth stood on the ropes and
<v Speaker 3>the Final Testament were in the ring with the mizz
<v Speaker 3>they all attacked Truth. Kingston wanted to go down and
<v Speaker 3>that's when Woods held him back again, continuing the eventual
<v Speaker 3>full turn for Woods, which looking forward to very soon.
<v Speaker 3>And that's when the Wyat six music hit and Nicky
<v Speaker 3>crosses on the top rope when the when the lights
<v Speaker 3>came back on, she dove on to Scarlett, Eric Rowandexter
<v Speaker 3>loomis Joe Gacy all there. They cleared the ring of
<v Speaker 3>the Final Testament with the Miz on all fours and
<v Speaker 3>the wide six. I'm sorry the Miz stood up. He
<v Speaker 3>was smiling because he seemingly avoided getting his ass handed
<v Speaker 3>to him. And that's when Uncle Howdie showed up behind him.
<v Speaker 3>But Ellering saved the Miz. And how do he put
<v Speaker 3>Ellering in a mannable claw? Which was which was fine?
<v Speaker 3>And you know, I think again with the Miz being
<v Speaker 3>back to a being, you know, being a heel, which
<v Speaker 3>is where he should be, I think he could be
<v Speaker 3>a real asset to the Final Testament. A mouthpiece now
<v Speaker 3>carrying cross on his own is I think undervalued as
<v Speaker 3>a as a mouthpiece because he can cut really good promos.
<v Speaker 3>We've seen it before. They just can't find a formula
<v Speaker 3>with him that they want to stick with. But the
<v Speaker 3>Mis joining this group, maybe in an unofficial even in
<v Speaker 3>an unofficial capacity, is a lot of fun because the
<v Speaker 3>miss in this role I think is much more entertaining.
<v Speaker 3>And having him dodge of an ass kicking because of
<v Speaker 3>Paul Ellering is fun because now you're you're wanting to
<v Speaker 3>see the wide six, particularly Uncle Howdie get his hands
<v Speaker 3>on the miss because he dodged it twice. So this
<v Speaker 3>is this is good stuff here. Also the first time
<v Speaker 3>I think that Paul Ellering has done anything of significance too,
<v Speaker 3>which is kind of shocking.
<v Speaker 2>Alrighty, so.
<v Speaker 3>We have we had a weird, weird thing happen on
<v Speaker 3>the show, and people are losing their minds over it,
<v Speaker 3>and it's it's the Carlito comment that is blowing up
<v Speaker 3>the internet that in any other time in place in
<v Speaker 3>our history would be forgotten, you know, like yesterday's newspaper,
<v Speaker 3>all right, or yesterday's news cycle, right, because we all
<v Speaker 3>pay attention to something for five and a half seconds
<v Speaker 3>and then it's on to the next. Because we all
<v Speaker 3>have the memory of goldfish. We're constantly bombarded with information,
<v Speaker 3>which is why the news cycle doesn't last long. We're
<v Speaker 3>always looking for the next thing, the next thing, big thing.
<v Speaker 3>So this will blow over sooner than later. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>it just will, because that's the nature of human beings
<v Speaker 3>in twenty twenty four. But the comment, if we're going
<v Speaker 3>to talk about it while it's relevant right now, was Carlito,
<v Speaker 3>after having Kyrie Sane and Yo Sky talking to Adam
<v Speaker 3>Pierce backstage, and they were talking to each other in Chinese.
<v Speaker 3>And after they were going off camera and they're talking
<v Speaker 3>to each other in Chinese, and they fade off into
<v Speaker 3>the distance and you hear them still talking in Chinese.
<v Speaker 3>You have Carlito say, kind of funnily, I need to
<v Speaker 3>learn Chinese.
<v Speaker 2>That's it.
<v Speaker 3>That's the whole thing. That's the whole scandal. The whole
<v Speaker 3>scandal is Carlito said he wants to learn how to
<v Speaker 3>speak Chinese.
<v Speaker 2>That's it.
<v Speaker 3>No, there's no extra clip, there's no extra that's the
<v Speaker 3>whole thing. So why is this so scandalous? Well, on
<v Speaker 3>the surface, you'd say, I don't know this is this
<v Speaker 3>is ridiculous. But when you dig into some of what
<v Speaker 3>today's culture is, I'm guessing it's some kind of combination
<v Speaker 3>of sexism, misogyny, maybe throw a little transphobia in there
<v Speaker 3>for good measure, and man explaining something along those lines
<v Speaker 3>that have really absolutely nothing to do with this. With
<v Speaker 3>this comment, if you break it down, Carlito was simply
<v Speaker 3>saying I need to learn Chinese for a couple of reasons.
<v Speaker 3>He wants to understand what a saying of which most
<v Speaker 3>of us probably wish we could too, or in the
<v Speaker 3>most nefarious of assumptions, he was trying to maybe, you know,
<v Speaker 3>learn what they're saying so he could start to chat
<v Speaker 3>with them. Maybe he's interested in them romantically. It's possible.
<v Speaker 3>So what wouldn't that be a good thing that you
<v Speaker 3>want to learn another language so you can learn that
<v Speaker 3>woman's language so that you can communicate with her in
<v Speaker 3>her natural tongue. Don't know, yes, no, I mean so,
<v Speaker 3>I just don't see what the whole controversy is outside
<v Speaker 3>of the culture and just being a reflection of today's culture.
<v Speaker 3>I just I don't get it. I don't care if
<v Speaker 3>it was scripted or not. It doesn't have any bearing
<v Speaker 3>to me on what this means.
<v Speaker 2>So you want to learn Chinese? Cool? All right?
<v Speaker 3>I mean, would the same thing have been said if
<v Speaker 3>they were speaking Japanese or something with specifically chiny Like,
<v Speaker 3>I don't get it, am I If I'm missing something, somebody, please, somebody,
<v Speaker 3>please let me know, because I'm not getting it. I'm
<v Speaker 3>not getting the uproar of this. So either send me
<v Speaker 3>the mail bag email an email on the mail bag
<v Speaker 3>which is by the way Mailbag at wwpodcast dot com,
<v Speaker 3>or you can send me a message on X at
<v Speaker 3>Wrestling Underscore Audio or search the WWE podcast on X.
<v Speaker 3>By the way, there is a unfortunately an account on
<v Speaker 3>X that is it's at the WWE podcast that's not me, unfortunately,
<v Speaker 3>and the guy hasn't been active in like six years,
<v Speaker 3>five seven years even. I mean, they should deactivate that account.
<v Speaker 3>It's annoying anyway. So that's the whole controversy with Carlito.
<v Speaker 3>I just to me, it's a total non story, as
<v Speaker 3>people say, it's a total nothing burger.
<v Speaker 2>But Live Morgan and may.
<v Speaker 3>Cal Rodriguez with Dom did take on EO Sky and Kyrie,
<v Speaker 3>you're saying, and this ended with liv and Raquel to
<v Speaker 3>an apparent no contest. They fought Oo Sky carries saying
<v Speaker 3>to an apparent no contest because we had Sky dropkick
<v Speaker 3>Morgan to the barricade. Sky then pulled Jackson over the barricade,
<v Speaker 3>legend drilled Sky with a forearm, and the referee call
<v Speaker 3>for the bell. So no contest, no result, nobody got
<v Speaker 3>to win, nobody got the loss. We'll probably get this
<v Speaker 3>match again next week. The determined winner, I would imagine.
<v Speaker 3>And what's on the line here, I mean, I don't
<v Speaker 3>know but I would it could be somebody who is
<v Speaker 3>in contention for the women's tag titles. Maybe that's what
<v Speaker 3>this is about. Maybe I did Wade bear to allude
<v Speaker 3>to that in the in the match, he might have,
<v Speaker 3>but that's probably what's on the line here is the
<v Speaker 3>winner would be then in contention for a women's tag
<v Speaker 3>title shot. But I have to say, anybody that's just
<v Speaker 3>existing as a tag team in the women's division is
<v Speaker 3>automatically considered. Given the incredible lack of depth of the
<v Speaker 3>women's tag team division, simply by existing you earn a shot.
<v Speaker 2>So there is that too. But all right.
<v Speaker 3>We then had after the match, Morgan and Rodriguez confront
<v Speaker 3>Legend and Jackson, but rear Ripley's music hits, she comes out,
<v Speaker 3>Legend and Jackson exit the ring. Rodriguez said that she'd
<v Speaker 3>take care of things. Ripley head butts Rodriguez completely no
<v Speaker 3>sold it, by the way, which was weird. But Ripley
<v Speaker 3>then sent Rodriguez to ringside and got her hands on Morgan.
<v Speaker 3>Ripley hit Morgan with a knee strike, put her in
<v Speaker 3>a prism lock, and Ripley released the hole to dropkick
<v Speaker 3>Rodriguez off the Apron and Morgan set up for a
<v Speaker 3>move on Ripley, who escaped, dropped her with a head butt,
<v Speaker 3>and then Ripley set up for riptide, but Dom showed
<v Speaker 3>up at the right time, pulled Morgan to the ringside,
<v Speaker 3>and Ripley then got her hands on Dom put him
<v Speaker 3>in a prism lock until Morgan and Rodriguez finally pulled
<v Speaker 3>him to safety. So Ripley unable to hit any finishes
<v Speaker 3>but using the prism lock as kind of her signature move,
<v Speaker 3>but unable to hit the riptide on either Dom or Morgan. Weird,
<v Speaker 3>But we're still doing this, I guess, and I would
<v Speaker 3>still think that this goes through Survivor series. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>we probably have another month of this, so if you're
<v Speaker 3>getting tired of it, I'm not quite there yet. There's
<v Speaker 3>still more to tell. I mean, the big payoff is
<v Speaker 3>Ripley hitting riptide on Dom and on LIV and maybe
<v Speaker 3>trying to reclaim her Women's championship. I still think she shouldn't.
<v Speaker 3>She shouldn't reclaim it her. You know, general rule of
<v Speaker 3>thumb babyfaces in chase mode are much more entertaining. I
<v Speaker 3>mean you if you need a better example of that,
<v Speaker 3>just look at Cody Rhodes's run here, It just it
<v Speaker 3>seems so flat. He's and it's hard for me to
<v Speaker 3>take my bias against him away of just totally disliking
<v Speaker 3>his baby face character. But I don't know, I just
<v Speaker 3>I don't get excited about seeing him in matches. His
<v Speaker 3>character is just kind of it's not doing much. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>regardless of whether I like it or not, or putting
<v Speaker 3>his my dislike for him aside, does it feel like
<v Speaker 3>he's really even doing much. He has this little squabble,
<v Speaker 3>this little side thing with Ko that'll result in a
<v Speaker 3>fun little program, but it doesn't feel like he's really
<v Speaker 3>doing a ton. And it's been like that for a while.
<v Speaker 3>He's feeling he feels like he's just floating along as champion. Now, yes,
<v Speaker 3>he's defended it a crazy amount of times and including
<v Speaker 3>live events, which you know is not going to change
<v Speaker 3>hands there. But I don't know. I don't think this
<v Speaker 3>is a bad title run. It just feels flat and
<v Speaker 3>that's the only way I can describe it. But anyway,
<v Speaker 3>onto something other than Cody, because Cody was not on
<v Speaker 3>the show, but we had let's see here Raymisterio and
<v Speaker 3>Dragon Lee versus Julius Creed and Brutus Creed in a
<v Speaker 3>first round tournament for a shot at the World Tag
<v Speaker 3>Team titles. This ended with Ray and Dragonly beating the
<v Speaker 3>Creed brothers, and it ended with Ray getting Julius back
<v Speaker 3>in the ring hitting the six to one nine. We
<v Speaker 3>had Dragonly tag in, hit a top rope, frog splash,
<v Speaker 3>got the three count, and Ray and Dragonly are moving on.
<v Speaker 2>Kind of weird.
<v Speaker 3>It is a little weird, and maybe it's to further
<v Speaker 3>the Xavier deal. Maybe it's the further the Exavier deal.
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's probably the bigger picture here now
<v Speaker 3>because Julius and Brutus Creed, who are in American Made,
<v Speaker 3>are just starting to really, you know, for the first
<v Speaker 3>time in their career, get on, like grab onto something
<v Speaker 3>and see where it takes them. Am I suggesting they
<v Speaker 3>should win the World Tag titles? No, not yet. But
<v Speaker 3>to have them lose and be eliminated in the first
<v Speaker 3>round of the tournament is it tells you there's clearly
<v Speaker 3>a bigger plan here with Ray and dragon which again
<v Speaker 3>is fine, it's fine. It's just usually when you have
<v Speaker 3>a team that's up and coming rather than a more
<v Speaker 3>established team, especially veteran veterans like Dragonly and especially Ray.
<v Speaker 3>The Creed Brothers need more of a boost here than
<v Speaker 3>do those two. But I guess there's a bigger means
<v Speaker 3>to an end for those two, all right. So we
<v Speaker 3>then had a graphic listed with dragon Lea versus New
<v Speaker 3>Day and Xavier Woods versus the war Raiders and a
<v Speaker 3>World tag title shot for next week's show. So again,
<v Speaker 3>I still think that the Creed Brothers should be in this,
<v Speaker 3>but the bigger picture, the bigger I think the bigger
<v Speaker 3>goal here clearly by having Ray and Dragonly in this
<v Speaker 3>match is to continue to further Xavier Woods as the
<v Speaker 3>UH as the heel turn you know, solidifies itself and
<v Speaker 3>locks in.
<v Speaker 2>We're getting very close.
<v Speaker 3>Also in the match, you know it would be kind
<v Speaker 3>of heel heavy, so you need you need a babyface
<v Speaker 3>team to I guess balance things out a little bit.
<v Speaker 3>And Xavier and Kofee Kofe. I guess it is still babyface,
<v Speaker 3>but Xavier is in transition, all right. So we end
<v Speaker 3>have bron Breaker interviewed by Jackie Redman. He said he
<v Speaker 3>respects Uso, but he isn't focused because of his family drama,
<v Speaker 3>and Breaker said he would take the title back. He
<v Speaker 3>said he's a badass and it was time to do
<v Speaker 3>what badasses do and asked if there were any dogs
<v Speaker 3>in Philly and fans barked and again, heels don't do this, man,
<v Speaker 3>you don't ask for a crowd reaction.
<v Speaker 2>It's weird. Breaker is a heel.
<v Speaker 3>But maybe the definition of heel is just being muddied,
<v Speaker 3>like the definition of everything nowadays, nothing's clear anymore. There's
<v Speaker 3>no good and evil. Everything's just gray and ambiguous. But like,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I'm a heel, and if I
<v Speaker 3>ever went into wrestling, I would I have to say
<v Speaker 3>I would much rather be a heel in a wrestling
<v Speaker 3>environment than a babyface. Number one is easier from the
<v Speaker 3>respect of being able to just go out there and
<v Speaker 3>do whatever you want. In a babyface role, you're kind
<v Speaker 3>of boxed in with what you can do, what you
<v Speaker 3>can say. As a heel, you can do connor whatever
<v Speaker 3>you want, as long as it's not something purposely trying
<v Speaker 3>to get the crowd to cheer you. And this is
<v Speaker 3>one of those things that's getting the crowd to interact
<v Speaker 3>with you and connect with you. So what a heel's
<v Speaker 3>doing aay, it's like asking for sing along with the crowd.
<v Speaker 3>You don't do that as a heel. But fine, whatever,
<v Speaker 3>all right, not the biggest deal in the world. Gunther
<v Speaker 3>was interviewed then by Kathy Kelly, and Gunther said Rhoades
<v Speaker 3>Cody Roads drags his family into things. It was unnecessary
<v Speaker 3>for him to mention his daughter. And Damian Priest comes in.
<v Speaker 3>He said that he handled business with the judgment day
<v Speaker 3>and now he wants.
<v Speaker 2>His title back.
<v Speaker 3>He said he would earn it though, just like he
<v Speaker 3>earns everything else. And Priest told Gunther to handle his
<v Speaker 3>business at Crown Jewel and then he'd have a big
<v Speaker 3>problem waiting for him. So that's interesting to me because
<v Speaker 3>my prediction was, upon Punk conclude with his match at
<v Speaker 3>Helena Sella drew that his next target would be Gunther.
<v Speaker 3>But if they're going to a Priest and Gunther, I
<v Speaker 3>don't hate that at all. I actually missed Priest in
<v Speaker 3>a weird way as champion. Now, don't get me wrong,
<v Speaker 3>Gunther as champion is just the right choice. It's just
<v Speaker 3>the right choice. But Priest exceeded many I think many
<v Speaker 3>of our expectations, many of them. I mean, you can't
<v Speaker 3>tell me that we all didn't look at Priests as
<v Speaker 3>a transitional champion. We all did, and the company knew it.
<v Speaker 3>Yet how many times, time after time, for several months
<v Speaker 3>they kept a belt on him, and kept a belt
<v Speaker 3>on him, and kept a belt on him. Were people
<v Speaker 3>like myself idiots fell for it and said, Ah, he's
<v Speaker 3>gonna lose it. Nope, nope, nope, nope. And only when
<v Speaker 3>Finn Balor screwed him did he finally drop the belt.
<v Speaker 3>Now does Priest take the belt back from Gunther? The
<v Speaker 3>answer is hell no. But where does Punk fit into this?
<v Speaker 3>Does he go right into a program with Seth Rollins.
<v Speaker 3>I know he's working with bron Breaker right now and
<v Speaker 3>we'll talk about that next, but it does lead me
<v Speaker 3>to wonder where they're exactly going with the world title
<v Speaker 3>situation after Crown Jewel and a completely wasted a match
<v Speaker 3>up here for a title that means nothing. As I've said, so,
<v Speaker 3>I mean, we'll see, all right, So I forgot to
<v Speaker 3>even mention I'm not going in order very well today,
<v Speaker 3>all right, But at the beginning of the show, we
<v Speaker 3>had Seth Rollins and Bronson Reid brawl and Seth did
<v Speaker 3>attack Bronson Reid from behind. Interesting that you have that,
<v Speaker 3>and I guess he's justified giving that in store. Bronson
<v Speaker 3>Reid tried to end the career of Seth, so fine,
<v Speaker 3>sure let it go. And they ended up brawling, brawling
<v Speaker 3>through crates and brawling out to the ring and the
<v Speaker 3>announced table and all the rest, and uh, it's I
<v Speaker 3>guess the Bronson Reid formula. I mean, Bronson Reid just
<v Speaker 3>can't have a regular wrestling match. Everything has to be demolished,
<v Speaker 3>everything must be I mean, I don't mind that formula
<v Speaker 3>every once in a while, but at some point, can
<v Speaker 3>we just get a regular Bronson Reid match. I'm not
<v Speaker 3>saying boring looks like everything else, but I mean most
<v Speaker 3>of Bronson Reid's matches, if you want to call it that,
<v Speaker 3>have been backstage destroying cars, destroying you know, scaffolding whatever
<v Speaker 3>whatever they're using as the weapon, tables. And sure the
<v Speaker 3>violence is fun, but it's a page right out of
<v Speaker 3>the Braunze stroman Bronson Reid matchup that was highly entertaining,
<v Speaker 3>by the way, highly entertaining. If those who ever want
<v Speaker 3>to get back together and work together, I would.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, sign me up.
<v Speaker 3>But Seth Rollins and Bronson Reid ended up brawling and
<v Speaker 3>brawling and brawling. And again I'm fine with this. I
<v Speaker 3>just don't know again what kind of match they're gonna have.
<v Speaker 3>It seems like every Bronson Reid match can't just be
<v Speaker 3>a regular match. It's automatically like no d Q. I
<v Speaker 3>don't know, but this is really really good for Bronson
<v Speaker 3>Reid win, lose, or draw. Bronson Reid has arrived and
<v Speaker 3>he really did in a big way, unexpectedly with Braun Strohman,
<v Speaker 3>who again, those two had a hell of a chemistry
<v Speaker 3>together and I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much
<v Speaker 3>as I did. But now you're working with top tier talent.
<v Speaker 3>Bronson Reid isn't gonna win yet a title, and I
<v Speaker 3>don't think he's gonna beat Seth Rollins clean yet because
<v Speaker 3>they have big plans for Seth likely with see I'm
<v Speaker 3>punk at WrestleMania. So right now, Bronson Reid is in
<v Speaker 3>a position that he's getting more eyeballs on him than
<v Speaker 3>he ever has in his entire career. He's in a
<v Speaker 3>great spot. Bronson Reid is a star on the rise,
<v Speaker 3>and you do wonder though, where, like, what what's the
<v Speaker 3>current path are they looking at him? As a potential
<v Speaker 3>world title holder in the next twelve months. Mate, maybe
<v Speaker 3>I would say this. I think right now his ceiling
<v Speaker 3>is a Final four competitor in the Royal Rumble. I
<v Speaker 3>think he's earned that. Do I think he's gonna win?
<v Speaker 2>Of course not.
<v Speaker 3>He's not ready for that yet. Characters aren't ready for
<v Speaker 3>that yet. The crowd don't think he's quite there yet
<v Speaker 3>with him bigger stories to tell. But if you make
<v Speaker 3>him a final four in the Royal Rumble, people do
<v Speaker 3>remember final fours. People do remember final fours, and at
<v Speaker 3>least the final two especially, and I think that would
<v Speaker 3>help also boost his career, give him that feeling of
<v Speaker 3>he's about to break out, but you know he's not
<v Speaker 3>going to do it yet, but he's about to. And
<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty five is probably a big year for Bronson Reed.
<v Speaker 2>So he's a big, thick guy. He's just thick.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, the dude is a horse and he is
<v Speaker 3>a destruction machine. Seeing things be broken all the time
<v Speaker 3>is fun, you know. I don't mind that. I like
<v Speaker 3>seeing things get destroyed like many of us do. But
<v Speaker 3>at some point you're going to have to have him
<v Speaker 3>in a wrestling match, and not every match be you know,
<v Speaker 3>bringing down on the house and the rings being destroyed
<v Speaker 3>and all the rest of it. Yeah, so you're gonna
<v Speaker 3>have to have a regular wrestling match with Bronson Reid
<v Speaker 3>and also maybe improve his promos a little bit. He
<v Speaker 3>does need to polish that up, tighten that up, and
<v Speaker 3>get deeper with his character. And maybe for Bronson himself,
<v Speaker 3>like figure out who and what he is, you know,
<v Speaker 3>and he can't get comfortable. Of course, I'm preaching to
<v Speaker 3>the choir, but I'm just excited for where Bronson Reid's
<v Speaker 3>gonna go. And he's arrived, he just has and he's
<v Speaker 3>working with Seth. Seth will probably beat him, but he'll
<v Speaker 3>move on. And this can do nothing but help Bronson Reid.
<v Speaker 2>Win loser draw alrighty.
<v Speaker 3>And then in the main event, of course, we had
<v Speaker 3>Jay and bron Breaker, which I talked about at the
<v Speaker 3>beginning of the show, and the match is just it's just, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>really good. I know that some people I was a
<v Speaker 3>little clunky. I don't think it was. I think it
<v Speaker 3>was smooth enough to be considered a main event. I
<v Speaker 3>could do without the stat of always hearing that he
<v Speaker 3>can run the ropes at twenty three miles An hour.
<v Speaker 3>It is insanely impressive. I understand that he does run
<v Speaker 3>the ropes at freakishly high speed. I do understand that,
<v Speaker 3>and the dude is probably, I shouldn't say probably, is
<v Speaker 3>a legitimate badass. I mean I wouldn't want to get
<v Speaker 3>in a fight with him. Hell no, the dude is
<v Speaker 3>a monster and he's got that explosive power to him.
<v Speaker 3>Bron Breaker is like a legit badass dude. I mean
<v Speaker 3>not just in practice, in execution, like not just on TV.
<v Speaker 3>I think he really is. And he's starting to kind
<v Speaker 3>of find himself too. He's on the Bronson read level,
<v Speaker 3>where sure Bronson hasn't held in a condinal tunnel yet,
<v Speaker 3>but still they're on that level of both are ascending stars.
<v Speaker 3>Both are young guys you know occasionally in the main
<v Speaker 3>event and bron Breaker here, as I talked about at
<v Speaker 3>the beginning of the shows, we all know, won the
<v Speaker 3>Icy title back, and that's fine with me. I didn't
<v Speaker 3>understand why they dropped it to Jay in the first place.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, we know the answer now, you know. We
<v Speaker 3>could debate whether it was worth it, or if it
<v Speaker 3>was his first title run was wasted, or it was
<v Speaker 3>just that that Intercontinental title was being used simply as
<v Speaker 3>a prop to turn the page on the next chapter
<v Speaker 3>of the Bloodline story. Because everything revolves around bloodline story.
<v Speaker 3>What's the what's the blood line? And it sometimes does
<v Speaker 3>get exhausting, even if the storytelling is good, it does
<v Speaker 3>it becomes a little bit saturated, a little bit of overexposure.
<v Speaker 3>And I do wonder how long Jay's going to linger
<v Speaker 3>around with the Bloodline. I wouldn't do it too much
<v Speaker 3>because Jay has done an awesome job and Creative has
<v Speaker 3>done an awesome job of getting him to the point
<v Speaker 3>of actually living up to what he calls himself off
<v Speaker 3>main event Jay Uso. He does feel like he could
<v Speaker 3>easily be the main event.
<v Speaker 2>He does.
<v Speaker 3>He's got the crowd behind him, he has that connection.
<v Speaker 3>He has been viewed as a single star. He's not
<v Speaker 3>just oh, he's that brother. He's one of the twins,
<v Speaker 3>you know, and that's important. That's important when you're a
<v Speaker 3>tag team for as long as the Ussos were a
<v Speaker 3>tag team and then he's with the Bloodline for as
<v Speaker 3>long as he was with the blood Line, years and
<v Speaker 3>years and years combined. It's difficult to get the crowd
<v Speaker 3>to get behind you as a single star. It can
<v Speaker 3>be anyway, But with Jay, I think the Bloodline stuff
<v Speaker 3>for him allowed him to grow as a character. He
<v Speaker 3>wasn't just one of the ussos having badass matches with
<v Speaker 3>the New Day or whoever, and those some of those
<v Speaker 3>matches are underrated, I think.
<v Speaker 2>But he's a.
<v Speaker 3>Guy that you could see being truly what he says
<v Speaker 3>he is being a main event, and he is and
<v Speaker 3>he he was and he will be again despite the
<v Speaker 3>fact that he lost the belt. So again, I'm not
<v Speaker 3>worried about Jay's career. That's not why I'm not being
<v Speaker 3>over dramatic in that way. This has nothing to do,
<v Speaker 3>i think, long term for his success or failure, just
<v Speaker 3>in the short term in the now, since we're living
<v Speaker 3>in the now. It is a bit disappointing. But you
<v Speaker 3>also understand that you have to do this as a
<v Speaker 3>as a wrestling company. I mean, you have to sometimes,
<v Speaker 3>you know, you sometimes have to make sacrifices and understand that, Okay, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>fans aren't gonna like this. We are kind of using
<v Speaker 3>the Icy Belt as a prop to get Jay to
<v Speaker 3>the reuniting stage with the Bloodline. But the Bloodline story
<v Speaker 3>is going to be this and it's going to be that.
<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be the mid event for Survivors series. It's
<v Speaker 3>also going to be attached to the Rock and what
<v Speaker 3>the Rock does and this and that. So there is
<v Speaker 3>a reason for their madness and that is clearly why
<v Speaker 3>they're doing this. And I don't have any objections it
<v Speaker 3>just if you look at it in a vacuum and
<v Speaker 3>you just looked at the Jay win just to lose prism,
<v Speaker 3>it is a bit disappointing, and you could look at
<v Speaker 3>it that way. He won just so he could lose.
<v Speaker 3>That's what that was about. He beat bron Breaker a
<v Speaker 3>month ago just so he could lose it back to
<v Speaker 3>him when the bloodline we're going to screw him so
<v Speaker 3>he can rejoin the og bloodline and have a real
<v Speaker 3>reason to do so. Now, So sure, I mean many
<v Speaker 3>of you are not happy, but you have to look
<v Speaker 3>at it through both sides and understand. If you're a
<v Speaker 3>wrestling company, you know, and you're well, they wouldn't call
<v Speaker 3>themselves out there an entertainment company who uses wrestling as
<v Speaker 3>their form of entertainment. But I really I understand it.
<v Speaker 3>So all right, So that was Monday Night. Wrong, guys.
<v Speaker 3>Yo has had a big return in Lily and Garcia,
<v Speaker 3>we had a new continental champion and a long match.
<v Speaker 2>By the way, that.
<v Speaker 3>Match was like twenty minutes. That's a long match by
<v Speaker 3>today's standards. A nice brawl between Reid and Seth Rollins.
<v Speaker 2>It's heating up. We had.
<v Speaker 3>No mention of Drew by the way. Drew McIntyre he
<v Speaker 3>was on Chris Van Was he on Chris Van Vleet's
<v Speaker 3>show recently? I think he might have been, But you
<v Speaker 3>noticed Drew McIntyre is Mia. That's fine. That is fine
<v Speaker 3>with me. I said it before Hello Sal the Hellocel match.
<v Speaker 2>I'm cool.
<v Speaker 3>If both Punk and Drew take a month and a
<v Speaker 3>half to two months off, they deserve it. It refreshes
<v Speaker 3>both characters, particularly Drew, who needs a little time off
<v Speaker 3>because when he comes back, I think he's going to
<v Speaker 3>be a main event player instantly and he could be
<v Speaker 3>coming for Gunther. What about Drew. Here's a question. Pose
<v Speaker 3>this to the listening audience as opposed to the non
<v Speaker 3>listening audience. That makes no sense right anyway. I would
<v Speaker 3>pose this question Drew McIntyre upon his return, What does
<v Speaker 3>he do? Where does he go? Does he jump right
<v Speaker 3>into the world title picture, does he take a side.
<v Speaker 3>Does he does he return as a babyface? Does he
<v Speaker 3>keep the heel character? I hope he does.
<v Speaker 2>Where does Drew go? Maybe we don't see him till
<v Speaker 2>the rumble. I doubt it.
<v Speaker 3>But just some thoughts here, what do we do with Drew?
<v Speaker 3>That's a heck of a question. And is there really
<v Speaker 3>something bad you could do with Drew? Drew is so
<v Speaker 3>damn good And so here's the best way to describe
<v Speaker 3>Drew Mcatarre in one word, polished, polished. There's no rough
<v Speaker 3>edges on this guy. He knows who and what he is.
<v Speaker 3>He looks the part. He's a big, tall, larger than
<v Speaker 3>the life guy. Confidence has found the other side of
<v Speaker 3>his persona that arguably is more successful than his baby
<v Speaker 3>face side, and never gets the company in trouble, never
<v Speaker 3>makes the company look bad. He's a pros pro that
<v Speaker 3>is a polished performer. And you also can't see through
<v Speaker 3>his work. He's excellent on the mic, always has great matches.
<v Speaker 3>He is a hell of an asset for that company.
<v Speaker 3>So has he missed on raw, Yes, but well deserved
<v Speaker 3>time off. And it makes you wonder who he's gonna
<v Speaker 3>work with next. Does he return a Crown Jewel. He
<v Speaker 3>could return to Crown Jewel. I don't think he's injured,
<v Speaker 3>so just want to pose that to you, guys. Lots
<v Speaker 3>of options here. One final thing, and this is a
<v Speaker 3>regarding the comment on Carleotle that I opened the show with.
<v Speaker 3>This is something that you know, again, I find it ridiculous,
<v Speaker 3>but it's now become a big story and Wrestling Inc.
<v Speaker 3>I want to reference their column here. Here's what they say,
<v Speaker 3>and I do like wrestling ink, but it highlights the
<v Speaker 3>culture we're in, guys, so it says this quote. Those
<v Speaker 3>who tuned in to last night's episode of Raw ended
<v Speaker 3>up witnessing a controversial moment involving Carlito. Following a meeting
<v Speaker 3>with between Adam Pierce and Damaged Control members EO Sky
<v Speaker 3>and Kyrie Saye, Carlito could be seen entering the office
<v Speaker 3>with a remark that referred to Sky and saying two
<v Speaker 3>Japanese women as Chinese. The line drew the ire of
<v Speaker 3>many fans and at least one wrestler and independent star,
<v Speaker 3>Kevin Ku, who felt Carlito's line came across as casual racism.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, casual racism okay.
<v Speaker 3>So maybe I'm getting a little more clear on what
<v Speaker 3>the actual issue is. Again, still doesn't make this any
<v Speaker 3>more palatable or believable. I mean, these are people who
<v Speaker 3>are just trying to stir up controversy or are offended
<v Speaker 3>on behalf of someone else, which is always just ridiculous
<v Speaker 3>to see. Let me just say this, Okay, let's go
<v Speaker 3>with the premise that CARLDO.
<v Speaker 2>Was in the.
<v Speaker 3>Most malicious of ways, the most malicious scenario more than
<v Speaker 3>even what I mentioned before, that he's actually romantically involved
<v Speaker 3>with or interested in these two that he called them
<v Speaker 3>Chinese knowing that they're Japanese. Okay, let's just take that. Okay,
<v Speaker 3>even though I don't think that's the case, this is
<v Speaker 3>the most dark scenario that they can come up with.
<v Speaker 2>Right.
<v Speaker 3>First of all, if Kevin who's this dude, Kevin Ku,
<v Speaker 3>Kevin k U and the Independent scene is saying that
<v Speaker 3>this is casual racism, Okay, let me just look up
<v Speaker 3>what racism means, because a lot of times the definition
<v Speaker 3>of it today gets ski to just I'm gonna call
<v Speaker 3>you this because you're saying things I don't like. So
<v Speaker 3>here's what it means, okay. Uh, it means this prejudice, discrimination,
<v Speaker 3>or antagonism by an individual, community, or an institution against
<v Speaker 3>the person or people on the basis of their membership
<v Speaker 3>in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that
<v Speaker 3>is minority or marginalized. It's the belief that different racists
<v Speaker 3>possess different distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as
<v Speaker 3>to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so.
<v Speaker 3>By let let me just ask this to those that
<v Speaker 3>think it's racist that Carlitos said that they're.
<v Speaker 2>You know, he needs to learn Chinese when they're in Japanese.
<v Speaker 3>How exactly does that infer that he is saying that
<v Speaker 3>Chinese people are or I'm sorry, Japanese, Japanese people Japanese
<v Speaker 3>culture largely are inferior to Chinese. Or he just assume
<v Speaker 3>they were Chinese even though they were Japanese. Somebody explained
<v Speaker 3>this to me that it's casual racism. Someone explained this
<v Speaker 3>to me. I still am having issues here because all
<v Speaker 3>you knew there had to be an ism attached to
<v Speaker 3>this whole accusation, and I think it will blow over
<v Speaker 3>quickly if anybody wants to know. By the way, the
<v Speaker 3>difference between Chinese and Japanese in terms of language, culture, food,
<v Speaker 3>and writing. I know I'm going into like history here,
<v Speaker 3>but it's important here because people just say words and
<v Speaker 3>we're all supposed to be scared of them, and now
<v Speaker 3>we're seeing it bleed into WWETV. When it comes to
<v Speaker 3>my front door, I'm going to comment on it, Okay,
<v Speaker 3>I know it. I don't go out and seek this
<v Speaker 3>and try to pull it into my show with stuff
<v Speaker 3>that doesn't do with wrestling. This is more culturally wide
<v Speaker 3>of an issue, but it got brought into wrestling. So
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to comment on it because I know some
<v Speaker 3>of you look, go keep that out of the show. Well,
<v Speaker 3>it got pulled into the show, so I'm gonna talk
<v Speaker 3>about it if it's on the show. So here's just
<v Speaker 3>some things differently culturally, Okay. Culturally, the differences are Japanese
<v Speaker 3>people tend to be more religious than Chinese people, following
<v Speaker 3>Buddhism and Shinto beliefs. Japanese people are also known for
<v Speaker 3>being polite and self disciplined. Doesn't again, doesn't mean Chinese
<v Speaker 3>people can't, but Japanese people culturally are known to be
<v Speaker 3>more polite and self disciplined.
<v Speaker 2>Okay.
<v Speaker 3>In terms of writing, Japanese is written in a mixture
<v Speaker 3>of three scripts kangi, oh gosh, katanga. I'm not even
<v Speaker 3>gonna pro to pronounce it. But they've got.
<v Speaker 2>Three scripts, and.
<v Speaker 3>Kanji are Chinese ideographic symbols. I'm just anyway, they have
<v Speaker 3>different writing systems. I'll just leave it that. I don't
<v Speaker 3>want to bore you. So, and food wise, how about
<v Speaker 3>this a little little fun factoid. Food Wise, Chinese is
<v Speaker 3>often more spicy and fried.
<v Speaker 2>Duh.
<v Speaker 3>If anybody who ordered Chinese food from their local like
<v Speaker 3>you know, kings walk down the road. Japanese food is
<v Speaker 3>known for serving fresh and raw ingredients like seafood, and
<v Speaker 3>Chinese food is often prepared in a walk with vegetable
<v Speaker 3>or sesame oil, while Japanese food are prepared.
<v Speaker 2>With less oil.
<v Speaker 3>So generally Japanese food seems to be more healthy. Okay,
<v Speaker 3>So we've got Japanese people more are seemingly more polite
<v Speaker 3>and self disciplined. Japanese people like to eat generally a
<v Speaker 3>little bit healthier, and they have different writing systems. So
<v Speaker 3>calling somebody Chinese, I'm sorry, what is that again? It's
<v Speaker 3>casual racism. And that's assuming that Carlito was using the
<v Speaker 3>most nefarious of motivations, trying to insult them, which of
<v Speaker 3>course he was not. But taking that all the weight,
<v Speaker 3>it's conclusion all the way to the end of the
<v Speaker 3>road that those of us who are trying to accuse
<v Speaker 3>Carlito racism are doing, then we're taking it there. And
<v Speaker 3>it still doesn't add up, not even close. No racism here.
<v Speaker 3>It is a nothing burger. And if I were Carlo,
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I would tell people to just go f off. Yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I'll be like, yeah, listen, yeah, sure, whatever, late, yeah, whatever,
<v Speaker 3>moving on, you know, That's what I would do.
<v Speaker 2>It'll blow over.
<v Speaker 3>Quick because people have no attention span today and there
<v Speaker 3>shouldn't be anything any attention paid to this anyway, but
<v Speaker 3>the internet is having a meltdown over it. I don't again,
<v Speaker 3>I don't. It doesn't matter to me if this was
<v Speaker 3>in Raw's script or not.
<v Speaker 2>I don't care. This is nothing.
<v Speaker 3>It's nothing, so all right, So anyway, I'll leave it there.
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<v Speaker 3>It's nothing on my end, it may be on yours.
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<v Speaker 2>No one's going to do that. No one has a
<v Speaker 2>time for that, I know.
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