Mailbag Episode #191 & Official 2024 Money in the Bank Preview & Predictions

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We're gonna get through the mailbag as quickly as we can because we've got
some interesting preview and predictions to talk about with the money in the Bank event
that is coming from just Well coming to you tomorrow night, and a lot
that could happen, and a lot that I think will happen as we have
finally moved away from really wrestled media hangover and that kind of thing, and
I think it's time to really start looking forward to summer and all that could
come. All the potential returns, Charlotte to brock Lessner, potentially to the
Rock to Roman reigns the most anticipated return in recent memory. I would even
argue that Roman's return, the anticipation for it, supersedes the Rocks anticipation for
his inevitable return. So a lot coming to you in the next twenty four
hours as we get into yet another pl e and then really right around the
corner of summer Slam, as I said, but it's not a long build
the Summer Slam. We've only got three weeks, four weeks, which feels
still quick for Summer Slam, but they'll have enough star power to make it
feel like a massive event and things are gonna get real fun, real quick
around here. So we're gonna get to the mailbag, and we're gonna do
that just a minute. First, though, since it is Summer Slam season
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Let's talk to the patrons as quickly as we can here and then we'll if
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them as well. Let's first talk to Matt Brown, and he says,
hope you had a good fourth Well you too. I just want to say,
I think Drew wins the money of the bank and then when he goes
to cash in at the end of the night, Punk screws him again.
What do you think, Thank you and have a good weekend. That's absolutely
possible that way. You know, when Drew wins, you're thinking to yourself,
Wait a minute, Punk didn't screw Drew. He let Drew get the
briefcase. But you're right, you could have a second part to that where
Drew cash is in but as he's about to Punk screws him again. That
is a really, really solid prediction. The only argument against that would be
that you would have the money in the bank squandered the same night as the
plee, so you don't have that looming question over the next twelve months potentially
of Wow, that person still has the briefcase, they're to take a cash
in. That person is still looming. So it does take a little bit
of creative away from WWE. If they're willing to sacrifice that for the Punk
Drew rivalry, then sure, and I actually have no problem with it because
it felt like Damian Priest carried it for twenty five months last year. I
mean it felt like Damian Priest carried it well beyond the twelve months, so
I have nothing against it. That's a great prediction. All right, let's
get to Thomas franco isn't wrote in in a while. Another great patron says,
been a while since I wrote in, but I figured this will be
the perfect time since I'll be attending Money in the bank this Saturday from school.
Oh you're attending. You go to all these awesome events. I have
to say I won't be available to do a review show on Sunday night,
but it could always hop on the weekend review and raw if you're up for
it. I'm not good at commitment on the show lately because of my schedule,
so if I do find time and I have a solid time, I'll
let you know. In terms of the product, I'm loving the amount of
stories and importance that a lot of segments are getting, not just the main
event, but undercard segments with Braun Breaker, Ludwig and even Grayson Waller and
Austin Theory on SmackDown are being given time. My only issue with the post
media product is Bailey has been a complete afterthought. It seems like they've just
completely forgotten about her. I hope Nya Jack's beats her at SummerSlam, and
hopefully we get to get Tiffany winning the money in the bank only to cash
in and beat her real life friend Naya four or the title. Keep up
the good work, thanks, Tom, and I have been making this sticking
point on my show too. Really, even prior to Mania, is that
Bailey has been Yeah, an afterthought is being generous. You know, her
and EO, as I've said many times, have really shown that they can
work well together and had a hell of a match at WrestleMania, and I'm
thinking, okay, Postmania or pre media build wasn't great. They had a
banger at WrestleMania, and you're thinking, okay, here we go back to
the Bailey show. They're finally gonna give her the time she deserves. And
no, I mean she doesn't even get matches on SmackDown. She gets backstage
useless throwaway segments of her just watching other people's matches and having random comments about
them or random interactions with other women. She doesn't feel like she's the champion.
I don't know what it is and why they have decided to not give
Bailey almost any time or really to see what this babyface character of Bailey can
do, which we still have not seen. But I am disappointed. And
that's one of the things that I have been critical about, and the will
always be things that you can't do everything all at once. It's whack a
mole when it comes to Creative. You can't focus on everyone all the time.
It's cycles. I get that, but this has been a forgotten mole
to whack, so to speak, weird analogy, but you get it that
WWE has not just paid attention to at all. And you're right. I
mean I actually hope Nia Jacks wins. I'm with you because I think she'd
be more interesting than Bailey. And again it's not Bailey's fault. It's Creative
that has just decided that she's not important enough to give multiple segments to or
really make a focal point. So it's a bit disappointing on that front.
And I think Nia Jacks, while she's been champion once, I've been corrected
on that because I did forget she would be more interesting and it's about I
think Hi Jack's champion is more fun Bailey's run as a babyface champion has been
an utter disappointment. And that's no shade on Bailey herself, who's doing with
what she can what she's given, and that's not a lot. So I'm
with you, all right, Tom, thank you. Enjoy the event.
Another patron aj hyall, but the clips from WrestleMania forty one making their round
on Twitter from the main event Again, it continues to sadden me when the
gong hits instead of the glass shattering. As I've said, I'm not the
biggest fan of Cody Roman or Rock so watching that finale was a huge disappointment.
Do you think it would have been it would be fitting to have Stone
Cold intervene in a Rock Roman match in the future. What capacity do you
think you could realistically return, whether it's for a moment or a match.
I know you want Rock Brock, but what about Brock Austin I met WrestleMania
forty Yeah, I know what you meant. Yeah yeah, So you're talking
about Wrestle many A forty not wrestle Many forty one. Yep, Aja,
I have been on you know, you know, I'm glad you brought this
up lately. I've been continually sad about it. I have not gotten felt
better, Like my feelings about it have not improved. Look Undertaker legend he
is. There's there's nothing you could say in the English language that would give
him enough respect for what he's done for WWE and professional wrestling, just period.
Right. That's not a slight on Mark calloway has. It's nothing to
do with him, but he didn't fit in that segment. It was Austin's
to be had and it's not. Again, if Mark Halloway felt good about
closing his career that way, that he felt it was closure for him,
cool, awesome, he just if I had a choice, it was Austin's
to be had. It was not Undertaker. That felt very random. What
beef does the Undertaker have with Rock? What exactly is the beef? Tell
someone tell me again? Cool nostalgic attitude, ra esque moment, no doubt
about it, chill inducing moment. But Austin was the man for the job
to stun the Rock. I had predicted that main event finish for correctly for
weeks and I'm not tooting my own horn, but it was the best way
that they could have done it, and they did it the best they could.
Now, what we heard was that Austin couldn't come to terms financially with
the company that you know. In so many words, it seems like they
weren't offering him what Austin felt he deserved. That's what it seems like,
and it seems shallow and Austin's end all its money, But you know what,
he is the biggest star of all time. And if you felt you're
being disrespected by the offer on the table, then I understand he did what
he did. I get it, but as fans, it's disappointing. It's
disappointing that you had that moment ready to go. The pop would have,
I think been greater than the Undertakers. I think it would have doubled the
Undertaker's pop to have Austin be the one to come out stun the Rock.
Cody still wins, and that's fine, but you're right now. As far
as moving forward, I think Austin may not be done when it comes to
stunners and interfering, and maybe we get that moment with the Rock. It
still could happen. How does it happen? Well, WrestleMania Forti's come and
gone but the Rock and Roman could still have a match. I just I
don't know what the beef would now be like. You can't have this same
setup where one comes out after the other, each one that comes out as
a subsequently bigger star, ending with the pinnacle of Austin coming out. I
mean, you've already run that train. You can't really run that creative again,
excuse me, but we do have a scenario I think that would present
itself where The Rock could run down every previous legend saying He's the biggest star
of all time, continuing to run down the crowd saying that, you know,
just or maybe run down Texas as Kevin Owens did. And you know,
I mean, there is a way to get Austin to still stun the
Rock. Not to start a rivalry with the Rock or have a match with
the Rock in Austin, but to get to that moment that we all I
think were cheated out of at WrestleMania. And I know it sounds like I'm
a spoiled wrestling fan, but when it comes down to WrestleMania, and if
WWE wasn't willing to shell out enough money to make that moment happen, then
shame on the company. You're telling me they're not in a good enough financial
situation to be able to afford a couple more zeros on a check to bring
Stone Cold Steve Austin in for a moment that we'll never forget at a time
that you can't go back to, that you'll never be able to recreate at
WrestleMania forty. Give me a break. So I really I kind of put
this on the company if they weren't willing to give Austin as much as he
wanted for that moment, But you could still have it. And I don't
know how or when that happens, but I still think we deserve that moment,
one more stunner on the rock, just for good old sake. I
mean, imagine the time or imagine that the reaction. So it's still possible,
Brock Austin I have wanted forever they've teased that. Still I think it's
unlikely, given that Austin is seemingly kind of backed away from wrestling a little
bit here again since WrestleMania thirty eight, so it's been a couple of years
since he's been actively in the ring, and we have Brock who's not even
you know, back at all yet. And when he does come back,
I think that the rock makes a lot of sense. Of course, Gunther
has been the the name thrown out there for a while, but boy oh
boy a j I could talk about this forever. All right, thank you,
buddy. Let's go to Levi. Another patron says, here are my
money in the Bank predictions. Chad Gable wins the Money in the Bank ladder
match with help from the Creed brothers. Tiffany Stratton wins the Money in the
Bank Ladder match for the women. Seth wins the World Heavyweight Championship with quote
help from the Judgment Days their way of kicking priest out of the group.
Sammy Zain retains the IC title. The Bloodline defeats Rhodes, Orton and Owens,
And as far as the future for Bloodline, I think we get Cody
versus Solo for the championship at SummerSlam, with a returning Roman to set up
Romans reigns and Solo at the rumored Bad Blood PPV. Enjoy the Money in
the Bank, Levi. I will respond to these in short order with my
predictions. Again, hard for me to respond to those kinds of emails without
giving away my own predictions. So I like it, LEVI I'll just say
that, Okay, this is let's see Dave. Another patron says, hope
all is well. I'm gonna keep this shortest possible since I have a few
things I want to mention. Picture this cmpunk is hurt. Drew McIntyre's climbing
the ladder alone in the ring, looks at the hard cam, shows off
the bracelet he's wearing that belonged to cmpunk. Instead of grabbing the case A
j Lee returns, pushes over the ladder and costs Drew the match. Yeah,
okay, So the fact that Drew brought in the family makes sense that
aj might return to you know, in defense of her family name. But
what does that mean for AJ then? I mean she can't face Drew McIntyre.
Obviously, what is she going to do? Go on a tear in
the women's division, or just you're saying in a cameo appearance, AJ Lee
returning would be a I mean, people would lose their minds. Do I
think it's gonna happen? I was more of the belief that AJ could return
to face Seth and Becky. But now that Becky's kind of stepped away and
that match with Seth has yet to happen, I think it's unlikely, but
aj Lee returning I think would make everybody happy. Okay, Summer Slam Cody
versus Solo Main Events, Cody wins, and as he's standing in the ring
with Solo sitting up in the corner of the ring, the Tribal Chiefs music
hits. He walks to the ring, He and Cody stare off. Then
the camera slowly pans to show Romans staring at Solo while Roman walks past,
Cody beats Solo's ass perfect return. Well, I think I don't know if
Roman off the Bat is going to attack Solo. I think he has reason
to now, and the reason is he attacked Paul Hayman viciously, and Paul
Hayman is very close with Roman reigns, so it's now that that seal has
been broken, Roman does have a reason to do that. I think personally,
what will happen is when Roman does make his return, whether it's at
Money the Bank or Summer Slam, or very shortly thereafter, you're gonna have
Paul Hayman walking out on stage, laughing and having an evil smile on his
face as he comes out and smiles at Solo, and then the Tribal Chiefs
music hits, with Roman and Paul Haymen in tow walking to the ring,
confronting Solo Soca again. In whatever scenario it is, pre match, postmatch,
during a promo, that's what's gonna happen. It reminds me very much
if you guys remember back to two thousand, those of you that watched back
then, when Paul Behr aligned himself with Kin one of the times. Anyway,
he did it a few times, and it was two it was two
thousand and I think it was the summer of two thousand. Austin was I
think injured at that point out with he might have been, anyway, it
wasn't two thousand and we had Cain come back. But who came out.
Who came out first was Paul Behr, and he came out in a red
jacket, stood there, no music, no entrance music, and just smiled
and he had this evil grin on his face. And then Kane's music hit,
and I think that's gonna be a very similar return to what's gonna happen
with Roman's return as Paul Hayman comes out no music, just stands there,
looks concerned, maybe feigns like he's gonna get his ass beat again a little
bit, you know, hesitant, and then all of a sudden, his
concerned face is going to turn to a evil, maniacal you done fed up
face, and Roman's music is gonna hit and here he comes so again.
I don't know when, but I think that's how they do it. Money
to make prediction. Tiffany Stratton wins with the help of nine Jacks. Also,
since you seem to be still confused why the Wyat six are targeting Chad
Gable, it's because he quote turned his back on his family. Guess they
haven't watched any episodes showcasing the bloodline in a few years. Sorry if this
was long. Also, a w exclusive digital comment teased more Gable and Creed
Brothers hope all as well and Popcast. Thank you, David, thank you
for clearing that up. Yeah, I mean the Wyots, I'm trying to
figure out it was trying to figure out their motivations for why they're attacking who
they are, and I mean, I don't know what the production crew had
anything to do with it a few weeks ago when they debuted. I mean
essentially, you know, committing you know, mass murder seemingly of course,
in the production area backstage. But I understand and I appreciate the clarification.
All right, let's go to DJ. He says, for the seventh time
this year, we were heading towards another PL from Toronto, the Money in
the Bank events. Interesting to note that on this card there are no Women's
Championship matches. This is the third straight PL with five matches. I guess
the less is a more concept is the go along theme for the most ples
accept WrestleMania forty. And finally, this PL is back to a seven pm
East Coast start time, making it the first since WrestleMania forty that could actually
watch and interact with fellow patrons in real time in the discord chat. Anyway,
let's get to the preview. DJ couzmo Money the Bank preview and predictions
and no spoilers for the Money the Bank Women's Ladder match, you predict that
Tiffany Stratton will win. You're saying that main event ja Uso will win.
The men's Money in the Bank Bank briefcase, but a case can be made
for Drew to win if the ladder match is not the main event. I
agree. Cody and Cody, KO and Randy versus the Rogue Bloodline. You're
predicting Cody's team to get the win. But which of the members of the
Bloodline will be in this match since technically there were four? Yeah, that's
a good point. Damien and Seth for the World title. I'm predicting that
priest retains. Wow, Okay, bold move DJ but I don't hate it.
Sammy versus bron Breaker for the IC title. You're predicting that none other
than bron Breaker will become the new Intercontinental Champion. I'm looking at it as
a Breaker's path to the main event status since he wasn't included in King of
the Ring and the Money in the Bank ladder match. Plus every week on
Raw has been booked as a dominant force that cannot be stopped. Sammy could
be moving on at some point to the og Bloodline reunion via some sort of
trade for Broad a SmackDown in exchange for La Knight and Charlotte whenever she returns
dj co's West signing off Enjoy the money in the bank. Have a great
weekend. See all the discord chat for SmackDown and money in the Bank.
Thanks DJ, good stuff. All right, let's let's talk to Let's see
I know we've got Let's talk to John and he says, I have a
couple questions and money in the bank predictions. One, where did Solo get
the necklace? I can't see Roman just handing it to him. In the
first words out of Paul Hammond's mouth when it was handed to Solo was where
did you get that? I've heard a couple of theories that the Rock had
possession of it, but not sure how true that is. I don't know.
The answer is I don't know. But here's the thing. I've been
steadfast on my assumption that the Rock is behind Solo doing what he's doing,
and that the Rock is the one calling the shots on what Solo's doing and
everything that Solo's doing, he's getting permission from the Rock to do. But
we won't be told that, or that won't be revealed for several months,
which will lead hopefully to maybe a Roman Rock match. But again, if
we're continuing to build a Rock and Cody, I don't like it. Now
again, in a few months, when this thing starts to heat up,
I could change my tune, and I think we're all subject to change our
minds. Of course we are, But on the surface, I still want
the damn Rock Roman match. Please? Can we just get it before one
of them either becomes injured or uninterested or some tragedy happens. Can we please
get Rock Roman? I don't care. I don't even care anymore. Who's
heel and babyface? I still want the traditional Rock as a babyface, Roman
as a heel, but Rock as a heel has been so damn good,
and Roman right now as a babyface is going to be the biggest thing the
company has, so I don't even care anymore. Just give you the damn
match before something catastrophic happens and it's never possible. On a side note,
if you guys haven't seen the documentary that ww put out for the whole WrestleMania
forty Behind the Curtain, It's an hour long describing how the whole wild scenario
of Cody being out and then back into the main event of WrestleMania happened.
It's worth a watch, very interesting on how the whole thing transpired. It
was as chaotic as we imagined it was backstage. If you haven't seen it,
and I'm not trying to spoil anything for any of you that haven't seen
it, worth a watch. And some of the YouTubers that are out there
have gotten some notoriety on the documentary Pretty wild. Those of you know this
may be a name you don't recognize or do Weezy Blonde she was on there.
I think a couple others that you guys may watch, but pretty wild.
I mean, imagine if you're a YouTuber thinking you're no one's watching,
or a twitch streamer that WW is not watching, and they are, they
pull that footage out and throw it on there. Pretty damn cool, Pretty
damn cool. So oh, by the way, there's footage in that documentary
of Cody jogging with his stupid dog. So they put that in there,
I think just to piss me off. I understand people jog with their dogs,
but I I just it just fits him to a t in a way
that annoys the hell out of me. I don't know. If I never
see his dog again, it'll be too soon. Nothing against the dog himself,
but it's just his Cody's character is the problem I have with it.
But anyway, moving on Number two, I loved Seth and Priest promo the
other day and I almost felt a bit of respect there between the two.
I like Seth and Seth telling Priest he is strong without the judgment Dane doesn't
need them. It makes me wonder if they're setting up for either a Priest
split from the judgment day and or a priest baby face turn. I still
think. I still think Priest beats Rollin's at Money in the Bank, but
it's a match I can see going either way. Really yeah, I mean
again, I'm hard to respond to predictions, but intelligent response, John,
That's all I can see right now. Number three and finally, you think
Stratton wins, Her and Ni continue their friendship. Naya is gonna beat Bailey
at SummerSlam, turn into a bossy friend towards Stratton, leading to a Stratton
eventually turning on her and cashing in on Naya after Summer Slam. As for
the As for the Oice title, I think Sammy were to beat Braun.
There's an argument to be made for Gable Waywait, that sentence is incomplete,
but I'll move on. There's an argument to be made for Gable winning so
he can cash in on Sammy. Outside of that, I think it's Jay
or Drew. I'll go with Jay winning, but I think there is going
to They're gonna hold on Twitter. He's gonna hold on Twitter for a long
time. Okay, that's all I can say. I hate to be so
facetious, but okay, all right, let's go to Freeman. He says,
I don't know how to put into words how much I was shocked by
Paul him and going through a table. I thought for certain he was off
limits for bumps, and certainly something like that was given his size. Paul
Hayman isn't exactly of an age or fitness level to take bumps like that,
and we need to really appreciate what he did. But also the strength of
Jacob Fatu having a man that size on his shoulders. He saw Tongaloa visibly
strain and struggle to do the three man lift, so Jacob Fatu must have
had a hard time doing the move safely but executed it perfectly. I can't
wait to see him in the ring proper. That's something that's that's an interesting
point, Freeman, one that I don't think a lot of us are talking
about or thinking about as fans, is the strength it took to get Paul
Hyman up. And it's not that these guys aren't super strong to begin with.
But here's the thing. Everyone you work with is trying to help you,
and usually can help you with the lift, especially with a power bomb,
right, they have the ability to use their own leg power to help
you get them up. Paul Hayman can't do that, So you're lifting complete
dead weight. And I mean that respectfully, but Paul Haman's not an athlete.
He would be the first to tell you that we all know that you
have to lift Paul Hayman with zero help. He's not going to help you
because he can't. So yeah, that's a good point, and him doing
the bump at least, here's a good thing. The fact that he took
the bump tells you that Paul Hayman's in more better health than I think a
lot of us realize. He wouldn't have been cleared to take take the bump
if the medical team didn't feel that he could absorb that bump. As safe
as it was, there's still inherent risks, so it kind of gives you
a you know, a little bit of an insight into Paul Hayman's health,
which is again better than some people probably think it is all right. Again,
He's overweight, no doubt, but other than that, he probably is
in decent health. Okay. For money in the Bank predictions, I think
Women's is an easy choice because of the ongoing live and real story. They
won't give them money in the bank to someone on raw and potentially upset the
whole dynamic between Naomi, Chelsea, and Tiffany. I think we can rule
out Naomi, so my money is on Chelsea, who will have a good
time parading the briefcase around before given an the honor of being the first woman's
failed cash in. But I would also not be surprised if Tiffany took it.
Let's see here, I'd lost my spot. Oh. For the men's
it's more of a story of who will be the one interfere with the bloodline?
Punk, who will be the one interfere with the bloodline? Punk,
Wyat six and Logan Paul all being options. I had no idea this is
going have no idea how it's going to go, but one option I like
is the Wyat six will interfere, costing Gable the match and Drew will win.
Drew then cash is in during the seth in pre smatch, turning to
a triple threat. Punk thwarts the cash in attempt in some way, but
the distraction allows Priest to pin Seth, letting Priest retain by the other's interference
once again. Yeah, I think everyone's kind of landing on Punk is gonna
screw Drew, whether it's before he gets the briefcase or after he gets it
trying to cash in. Punk is and will I think show up a bit
of an early spoiler there, good stuff, Freeman, Thank you, all
right, a couple more patrons and then we'll be on to the preview and
prediction show. This is from Logan. He says, when do we think
Roman comes back? I personally think we're aiming for in between SmackDown after Money
in the Bank or at SummerSlam. I'm really curious on who is going to
finish the original bloodline do the disadvantage and numbers they have, Maybe Brock.
I don't think Brock's going to touch the bloodline. Well, let me say
this, at least not against Roman. If Rock comes back and I think
he is. I don't know what his beef would be with anyone in the
bloodline. You know, we kind of wrap that up many many many months
ago, and I don't think it's Brock coming back to do that. I
think he appears on Raw. Raw is Brock's domain. It feels like so.
But as far as Roman, when we are within one month, I
would say, give or take a week, we're within one month. Again,
it could happen tomorrow night. As early as tomorrow night would be the
absolute earliest, but I still would advise against that. More likely it's just
before, at or just after Summer Slam. My guess is they're trying to
make some Summer Slam as big as it is, trying to make it the
summer, the WrestleMania the summer, and they're going to two nights in a
couple of years. You want Roman probably a part of Summer Slam, but
there's also a case to be made of you want that big surprise, you
want that big return. Roman could be that big return at Summer Slam.
So for me, it's either between money and the bank and Summer Slam or
at Summer Slam. All right, let's go to Aaron Aaron C. He
says, Hey, there, hope everything's going well. I've been subscribed for
a few months now at the ten dollars, and if I read correctly,
one of the perks is I could come on the show once every two months.
There you go, let's join the conversation. Yes, you're correct erin,
let's get on. Let's go. So if you want to come on,
and obviously you have earned that right as a patron being ten dollars a
month every other month, then you can do. Let's see Weekend review or
the Monday Night Raw review. Shoot me an email erin you tell me all
right, Charlie says, what's going on? Charlie from Milwaukee? He got
your money in the Bank predictions. Here we go with Charlie's and then we've
got we're gonna go to Jeffrey t after this. With his predictions, j
Uso wins to become mister Yeat in the Bank. Number two Chelsea Green becomes
missus Money in the Bank to become the first woman to fail her cash in
on the Money in the Bank contract. Number three bron Breaker beats Sammy's Ain
to win the Icy Belt with help from Chad Gable four Seth Rollins beats Damian
Priest to become the new World Away Champion, only to lose it to Gunther
One month later. Number five, Cody Roads, Randy Orton, and Kevin
Owens beat the blood Line. After the match, Randy Orton gives an RKO
to Cody, thus setting up a Randy versus Cody main event at SummerSlam.
Wow. Thanks everyone, have a great fourth while eating lots of Nathan's hot
dogs and safely enjoying fireworks. You know that RKO from Randy is coming.
We all know it's coming to Cody, and I think it's going to be
a really fun story, the promos, the whole uh, the backstory of
legacy being there that they can pull on and pull from. But I don't
know if it's the right time, because solo versus Cody in a one on
one for SummerSlam does seem to make more sense because they want the setup for
Roman to return, So Randy doing it, I mean, I think it's
too soon. They have that in their back pocket that they could go to,
but Randy is going to hit that RKO. I think in the next
six to twelve months you're going to see an RKO on Cody to set up
a heel turn for Randy, which is always fun, and a Randy Cody
matchup. All right, good stuff, Charlie. One more prediction here,
then we'll get to my predictions. Okay, Jeff, you say, Jay
and Tiffany win the briefcases. Jimmy Usso returns to help Cody and his team
against the blood Line and Seth win the Oh oh, okay, let me
repeat that. Jimmy Usso returns to help Cody and his team against the Bloodline,
and Seth wins the championship before getting beat down by Gunther. Yeah,
it's interesting Gunther. I feel like is part time, you know, Like
I love Gunther. The fans respect the hell out of him. I don't
know if I'd pull the trigger on him winning the belt yet though the beatdown
of Rollin's sure. But Gunther is a very controlled man. He does things
respectfully, but people hate him because he's from another country. His interest music
is boring, He's not entertaining the way that they like their baby faces to
be entertaining nowadays. But really, Gunther is all about respect. His entire
character, his entire mission has been about finding respectable opponents to challenge him about
respecting the ring. Everything's been about respecting this business, and you have people
boo him. It's just it's wild when you think about it. But thanks,
Jeff. Do we have a voicemail? I feel like we do,
but I just I'm too damn lazy. Let's see hold on, hold on,
hold on. I don't want to deny somebody from a potential Yeah,
okay, we've got one voicemail. Okay, we've got one voicemail. And
then after this voicemail, guys, we're going to get to my previewing predictions
for the events. So let's see who it is. Bye, And that
is Bevin from Australia here. I hope you will buy just as he's you're
a Royal review and you mentioned that you know oblivion is a true finish at
the moment for lid Mormon. And what about is at the End of Days
by Darren Coleman. Isn't that I haven't seen anyone kick out of that?
But then I might be wrong, but I thought that one was that one.
Just sponge your mind. I'm not sure, but correct me if I'm
wrong on that one. Also, the ridiculous Samoa and Spike. Is that
one ever being kicked out of I'll actually asking the question because I have no
idea, but anyway, that's all I've got. I was just really enjoyed.
Should just be very busy on this side of the world. So yeah,
all good shes make my bike be good to hear me man, hope
all is well on the other side of the globe. Now, there was
somebody that kicked out of the End of Days. It was Drew McIntyre at
WrestleMania thirty eight, so he became the first person to kick out of it,
So it did happen. I believe it was wressell Mania thirty eight that
we had drmac attire kick out of it, so that is no longer a
protected finish. The smoll and Spike I also think you might be right on
that. I even think with who used it in the past, we had
who was it Umaga use it in the past. I'm pretty sure no one's
ever kicked out of that, So I think the smo and Spike also may
be protected. But Oblivion, I believe again, outside of the Smoon and
Spike, maybe the only finish no one's ever kicked out of. So good
to hear from you, Bevan hope you enjoyed the event. All right,
let's talk about Money in the Bank, guys, as we transition here to
my thoughts and my predictions to the Money in the Bank event that comes to
us tomorrow night. And let's start with the uh what match want to start
with? They'll start with j Usso Carmelo, Hayes, Androde Chad Gable,
La Knight and Drew. You know, this is a match that I know
a lot of people are looking at Drew for and Jay us was the first
one to declare for it or qualify. Was he the first one to qualify?
I think he was, and Jay was talking about it before the the
Class of the Castle p l E was even completed. So, first of
all, Carmelo, Andrade and Chad all are not real candidates, I don't
think. So you have Ella Knight, Drew and Jay Ellen Knight. I
think you're you're you're pushing him into the US title picture, even though he
would be a fun candidate. I still believe it's going to be l A
Knight and Logan Paul with him eventually beating Logan Paul for the US title.
So La Knight's kind of out that leaves Jay and Drew. Jay could be
a really fun option, But when you look at who's world champion on Seth
is right Seth? Well, sorry, I should I should back up.
Priest is Seth? I think is very close to it. If Seth becomes
champion, that means that we have Jay with money the bank briefcase, we
have Seth with the mold. Well, have we got a championship. I
think Punk is eventually going to challenge Seth for that title and get into a
program after he's done with Drew. That would mean that we have Jay Uso
carrying the belt and carrying the briefcase. And it is also usually designed for
a heel to win, so I don't think Jay fits the bill. That
has not been his mo is, you know, having having his first major
championship win under kind of shady circumstances, shall we say. Drew, on
the other hand, is a very solidified heel that has been doing nothing but
taking advantage of situations over the last six to twelve months and doing a brilliant
job of it. And it's designed for a heel to win and having him
cash in and have Punk screw him kills you birds with one stone. The
downside is, again, you don't have that looming question or allowability or flexibility
of a potential world title change with the briefcase holder holding it for many months.
If you think that's an advantage at all, So Drew to me,
I think that you guys hit it on the head. I think Drew wins,
tries to cash in, Punk screws him again, but doesn't screw him
until he tries to cash in. That's what I think. Okay, Women's
money to bank EO Chelsea, Lyra, Tiffany, Naomi, Zoe for the
women's h for a chance a shot at the women's title. Well, who's
let's see who's not gonna win? EO no chance, Lyra, no chance,
Naomi less than no chance. Zoe Stark might as won't be invisible because
she's got the I mean, her chances are you know about his good as
I was going to come up with something horrible, it's not a good chance.
Okay. That leaves Chelsea and Tiffany Stratton as your real options. Now.
Tiffany's a serious winner. Chelsea is the kind of the winner that you
would look at as she lucked into it. It's funny. She would play
it off, well, but do you want to make a mockery of the
money in the bank ladder match or money bank briefcase when you know Chelsea's not
going to win and she'll be the first one to to lose with the women's
title online cashing in the briefcase, which means that one stat will then decrease
significantly because there hasn't been as many women's money the bank briefcases as there has
been men's in the past. So if you have Chelsea lose, that's going
to bring the percentage down by like I mean, I don't know the exact
math, but probably by like fifteen percent at least, because there have not
been as many women ladder matches, So having one out of like seven or
eight that there have been, then that's going to be a higher percentage than
if it was. They're already thirty of them and the only one person loses
an Okay, it's ninety eight percent now, right, So they did they
want to hurt that stat or they want to continue with that stat saying one
hundred percent of the women who have won the briefcase have cashed in successfully.
I would go with Tiffany. I wouldn't mess around. I know Chelsea is
fun. I understand it. She's kind of a she's an all in,
goofy character. She is entertaining. But Tiffany I think would benefit more from
this than Chelsea. But I think Chelsea's gonna come real close. There'll be
a moment where we all believe she can. Tiffany should be the one to
winning here, okay, and I think she's going to hold it for a
long time. Damien and Seth World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Last chance
for Seth to win. If he wins, Damien's out of the New Day
or the New Day, the Judgment day. If Damien wins, Seth can
never challenge for the title as long as Damien's champion. This to me,
and I continue to say this has been a pretty solid answer for me for
several weeks, and that as I think Seth wins, do I say it's
slam dunk No, Because I said that the last time that maybe you know,
Damien finally could lose it here and he retained and everyone's like, whoa,
what the hell? But I think it's time. Why one word,
Gunther. The reason is You're not gonna have Damian Priest versus Gunther at SummerSlam.
That is not a marquee matchup. Damian Priest is not that big of
a star yet. Seth Rawlins, on the other hand, taking on Gunther
at SummerSlam is now. Does that mean Damien still can't be involved in the
world title match at SummerSlam. No, you could probably get him into a
triple threat if they want to go that road. But if it's one on
one, Seth is winning, and I think he does win. I think
it's like a sixty forty seventy thirty chance that Seth wins. I think he's
a solid to pretty heavy favorite because it makes sense. And Damian Priest being
out of the Judgment Day makes sense because they've been teasing that and having the
tension between Damien and specifically Finn Balor build for weeks. And I think that
one of the emailers earlier kind of hit it on the head too with it'll
look like the Judgment days out there to help him, but maybe Finn Balor
does something questionable that he could have plausible deniability that I was trying to help
him. Oh what happened? So I think that's what's gonna happen all right.
By the way, it's gonna be a really good match, Sammy versus
bron Breaker for the Intercontinental title. I want bron Breaker here. And I
know a lot of you out there think bron Breaker is a one move guy.
He's not. Take a look at his you know, take a look
at his move set. He is young, his music needs to change because
it sucks. But I think that they're on a hot streak with Braun that
they could use this to continue to push him even further. Sammy, I
think honestly has been boring as an Intercontinental champion. And I don't want to
say, well, you wanted him to beat Gunther, now you go what
you want. No, I never did. I never wanted him to beat
Gunther. It was Chad Gables to be had. I'm still a little bit
spicy about that decision. Sammy's ain is a intercontinental champion has been boring.
I think he would be much more suited to be involved in the storyline with
the blood Line if he wants to be when Roman returns and the reunion of
the OG and yet Sammy gets involved. Yes, I think bron Breaker should
win for a lot of reasons, mainly because Sammy's run is kind of petered
out, and I think bron Breaker could benefit all right, Cody Rhodes,
Randy Ko versus the blood Line in any combination of Solo, Tomatonga Tongaloa,
and Jacob Fatu. I don't know which of those three, but one of
those three obviously in a six man tag team match, the blood Line wins
here, and I think you'll start to see maybe some tension teasing of future
things to happen between Cody and Randy, or Ko and Cody, or Cody
and Randy, any of accommodations. I don't think anyone's gonna turn, but
I think you're gonna see signs that things could be breaking apart at some point
for them to have future rivalries with one another. And also you could could,
although I think unlikely, have a returning Roman reigns here with Paul Hayman
coming out at the end and doing what I said before, smiling, maybe
the blood Line is beating down because at that point it will be four on
three, right, even no matter who out of those Bloodline blood Line faces
Randy Ko and Cody in the in the tag team match, you know that
that fourth person in the blood Line is going to eventually intervene and cost them
the match they should win. By the way, the blood Line should win
because they want to look as strong and das and is possible heading into the
summer Slam season, heading into a Roman return, a Rock return, you
know, maybe say again, Sammy's ain Paul Hamon coming back. So I
think you have a potential real first time now that we could have a Roman
reign's return. Do I think it's going to happen. No, But I
don't say that confidently. You can hear it my voice. I don't feel
confident that Roman's not going to be back tomorrow night. It's very possible,
I would say again, fifty five percent node of forty five percent. Yes,
Like that's I'm like just over the line of probably not, but very
possible in a real situation where you could bring him back. With Paul Hammon
standing on stage at the end of the show, they're beating down Ko,
Cody and Randy. They're just bludgeting those three men, those four, you
know, the four Bloodline members are destroying him. And then Haulhyman comes out.
Maybe he's limping, you know, he's got like bandages on his head
or a neck brace, and then he just smiles maniacally and romans Roman reigns
music hits. I mean, very very possible, and it'll be a hell
of away to end the show. But it's again equally as likely, if
not slightly more likely, that you have the bloodline, the rogue bloodline here
just standing tall after bludgeoning these three men, building even further to a Roman
Reign's anticipated return. So that's how I think we end the show. It's
one of those two, but probably more likely that it's just a typical end
of the show with heat on the bloodline, with more we want Roman chance.
So but all right, that'll do it for me, guys, I
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