Official WrestleMania 40 Night 1 Review

This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast, the
show, the one that everybody wants me god st sixteen said, I just
we your ass's mind. You can acknowledge me. It's time for your WrestleMania
Night one review, and I've got somebody very special with me. You guys
have heard her before, but this is different because we have somebody who attended
live in person in Philadelphia last night at the Lincoln Financial Center and we have
Chrissy back with us, and she attended last night in person with her son,
and I'm very jealous. Although we heard how cold it was about forty
eight times throughout the show from the announcers, and we'll we'll find out if
that actually verified to be super cold or not. And but before we get
into details and specifics, Chrissy, welcome to the show. And how are
you feeling right now? I'm I'm so glad to be back. I am
I don't even have the words to describe how I feel. I am I'm
tired, but i am so it was I was so overwhelmed, but I'm
also so grateful to have experienced that. This This was definitely a once in
a lifetime moment, something that was on my bucket list, and to be
able to experience this with my son was just so rewarding on top of that,
because I've you know, I've been a fan since I was at his
age, So it was just it was mind blowing. It felt like,
you know, going to Disney World times five hundreds. I bet. I
mean, I have been to a few, but as we talk quickly off
the air, it does drain you mentally and physically. And I'm glad that
they've in a way that they have split this into two nights, because could
you imagine sitting there for another four hours for a show? I mean,
yeah, a lot at all. And I've only done Rawl, SmackDown and
in some house shows. I've never done a pl E, so I can't
compare this to any other you know, pl But so this was my first
really big show, and for the fact that it was Wrestlemanny forty was huge.
So yeah, I cannot imagine if this was another four hours. I
don't think the crowd people would have left. I think it's based on how
everyone was behaving throughout the night. I think people would have left if it
would have went on another four hours. Well that's well. Then that leads
me to my next question is because there's a there's so much criticism online about
the crowd in Philly that you guys were quiet and that there, you know,
they were outside of some huge moments obviously the Rock and during that match,
you guys were loud and you heard the r truth pop that was I
mean it was. It came across really nicely on TV. But there were
a lot of moments that it felt very quiet, and to be fair,
there may be some legitimate reasons. There's no roof, so a lot of
sound escapes into the heavens. Also, it's cold, and your people aren't
really motivated to yell and scream as much when it's as chilly as they say
it was. So did you feel that same way in person that Wow,
this isn't as loud as I expected, or do you feel like, no,
we were yelling and screaming and it just didn't translate on TV. No.
I one thousand percent was so shocked by how quiet it was. There
were moments where I was wanting to yell and scream, but it felt uncomfortable
because everyone else was so quiet. But then there were moments where we were
definitely really loud, and I was wondering, I wonder if this is coming
across on the screen certain matches, but there were matches where the ladies match
with Bianca and Jia Naomi, it was so it was so quiet, and
that was a matter. I was really looking forward to you. And then
in my section there was you know, a few other women and we were
excited and we were high, but no one else was, so it kind
of made us want to sink into ourselves. I'm like, no one else
is screaming, let us let's just sit down now. But yeah, I
would say I expected the audience and it to be loud. I was almost
section I get Courtland headphones, like that's how loud I thought it was going
to be, and it was not. Wow. There were definitely moments like
for the bulk of the show it was very quiet, and even I'm probably
sure I pissed off some people behind me. I was not standing, Like,
there was moments where I'm like this, you need to be standing.
Why why are there only a handful of people standing in my little section which
I was in section in which is like kind of club level section so it
was a smaller section. But I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as hype
as it was. And granted, it was cold, and I'm from Tennessee.
I'm not from like Florida part and stuff like, I know what cold
is, so we expected it. We were layered. I think I got
a little bit of wind burn on my nose. I feel like my nose
was sunburn this morning, just from the wind. So it was cold,
but I kept thinking we were at WrestleMania. Stand up. Honestly, it
made me warmer from like standing up and shouting. I'm like, this is
helping me stay warm. I was quite surprised by how quiet the crowd was.
Granted, like I said, there were moments, but it was significantly
quieter than I expected. It really was, And there were certain moments,
especially and we'll get into Jimmy and Jay, which was to me a massive
disappointment, and that was the crowd. I don't think knew what to do
with that match, and like you said, with the women as well,
and we'll go match my match in a moment. But I think, as
you're telling me this, it did seem as cold as they were telling us,
even though David said it was fifty degrees. Fifty two degrees, we
were getting a weather update from Michael Cole over fifteen minutes, and I mean,
seriously, it was ridiculous. But I'm sitting there, going it's fifty
two degrees. But wind does make a massive difference, and perhaps that is
a contributing factor with people being a little bit more subdued. And like you
said, if you're sitting there, you feel the urge to yell and scream
and make noise as you should and feel the right to do at a WrestleMania
event. If you have the rest of your section sitting there, you feel
a little awkward if you're the only one yelling and screaming. So it's kind
of a one of those deals where, well, I don't want to be
the weird person, and you know, even though it's WrestleMania, it's weird
that you have to feel that way. So I think that sound from what
you're telling me that the weather actually did play a pretty big factor in people
not being yelling and jumping like they normally would be a hundred percent. And
it was so funny because obviously we couldn't hear what Michael Paul was saying,
but we could see on the stream that they kept popping up the temperature and
it was like fifty two, and I'm like, this feels like thirty.
Like this does not feel like fifty two. Fifty two is pleasant. The
wing made it feel like it was thirty something degrease. But I one hundred
percent agree that your section kind of depends on it because there was a section
over from us, and I was like, I want to be with them
over there. I always have to ask this too, just quickly. Demographic
wise, young old, I'm guessing family, probably a whole mix of people
or did you see a pattern of certain types of people that were there.
It was definitely a good mix, I would say. In our section,
Courtland was one of the I think there was maybe four other kids, so
and so. There wasn't a lot of children in our section, but I
think it was definitely a good crowd. Obviously predominantly male audience, which from
a woman having to go to the bathroom, Like I love these type of
events because there's no line for the women's there's definitely more men there, so
I was like going straight to the bathroom, whereas Portland had to wait in
line for a minute. But yeah, definitely a good mixture. I would
say I didn't see as many kids as I thought I would see compared to
like when I went to RAW a few months ago, back in August,
there was not as many kids here, And I'm wondering if maybe the mother
played into that, or even you know, the fact that I do feel
like we're gearing more towards TV fourteen, I'm wondering if that's kind of changing
the landscape. But I can't bring my kids to the show if they're going
to drop a few f bombs. But I think that the demographic was probably
a really good mixture, good good, Yeah, it seemed that way from
what I saw on camera. But every time they pan in, especially people
close to the ring, there's it's just predominantly male, which has been ww's
core audience since the inception of Time. I mean, that's generally who they've
catered to. But they've brought in a lot of women over the last over
the years, which has been great. The uprising, the women's evolution and
revolution, which has been a big, a big deal and a big reason
why a lot of the women have started to become attracted to the sport.
But let's get into the matches themselves. I have so many little questions to
ask. The final one I'll askuse. If I forget, I'll be really
angry. Did I actually hear some booze for Cody Rhodes? Was that real?
Okay? I was in heaven. It was. I was so shocked
by that because it was a significant amount, and it was at the beginning.
It's I mean that it started early when they were showing clips of Cody,
there were booze, and now I was like, is this happening?
Are we are or I thought, you know, you and I and our
feelings for Cody. I'm like, I thought we were the minority here,
right, But there was definitely some Cody. Obviously the cheers kind of over
pass the boos, but there were booths there, and I was like,
very shocked by that. Okay, that makes me very warm and fuzzy inside
for all the cold weather. It warms my soul. I mean, I
feel I feel validated now. And do I think it's going to be a
pattern. Probably not, but at least for a one night. I'm like,
am I is this in my mind? Am I? Am? I
actually hearing this or is it just you know the wind? Is it so
good? I'm glad and we'll dive into that a little more, but let's
get to the matches just in the interest of time. Here we got Ria
Ripley and Becky Lynch Well Triple H opening the show and he didn't say much,
but it was cool to see him, and he just basically said thank
you, welcome to WrestleMania. So any comments on Triple H's entrance Triple is
He's also one of those where he is one of my favorites growing up and
to a point where like one of my birthday guests was his his documentary where
it's on DVD's like that's how old I am? Like that was that was
a birthday present from my mom to me. So I love Forriple H.
And it was so funny. As you know, we were getting ready for
this show, my son and I we were listening to entrance music and his
came on and I was like, oh, we won't hear that tonight,
that that'll be said, but oh well, so when his music cute,
I was like, what I did not expect it. It was. It
was very good to see him live. I didn't think I was going to
but it was quick short, but it was really good to hear his music
and to see and I think this will be known as the Triple H era.
It does seem to be landing on that, you know, but at
times sometimes you just you don't know what era you're in until after it's passed,
and then you name it. When you're in the era, typically you
don't have a name for it. So I do think eventually this will be
looked back on as the Triple H Era. And he has done an amazing
job and the crowd seems to really be taking to him, and it was
I'm imagining it's pretty cool to see him, even though he didn't obviously compete
or any kind of significant role, but just to see him here that entrance
music is a nostalgic. It brings a WrestleMania feel right off the bat.
So yeah, that must have been a cool moment for sure. But let's
get into the matches themselves. And Ria Ripley and Becky Lynch open the show,
and you know, we got a narrative from telling us that Becky was
actually battling strep throat all week. She had one hundred and two fever,
which I mean that I don't care who you are. That's a that's that's
a terrible thing to have to deal with if you're trying to wrestle. So,
you know, props to uh, props to Becky Lynch for being a
trooper on that one. She didn't look sick. But boy, oh boy,
if that's that's true, that that's tough to deal with. But Ria
Ripley gets her own entrance music with the band playing her music. She's got
now extensions in her hair, changing up her look. I like it.
Uh. And this match, of course, as we know, ends with
Ria Ripley beating Becky Lynch in about seventeen minutes. I'll toss it to you
for thoughts. I said it was it was shocking to me because you know,
with this match, I knew that Rio was going to be over.
I didn't expect Becky booze. But at the very beginning, as they were
playing, just like clips of you know what was to be expected, what
was the card for the night, the people were doing Becky and even that
the woman sitting next to me we were both like, oh are people doing
Becky? Like we didn't expect that so Mommy is definitely one hundred percent over.
She had a huge probably were everyone was so excited. They put on
a really, really good match. I would have known that he was sick
like I didn't always I could hear what Michael Cult was saying, so I
didn't even know that. You wouldn't have known this on her performance. There
were definitely moments where I thought Ria was going to lose and I was going
to waste my mind as she did. So they definitely put on a wonderful
match. It was a great way to open up the show. I was
so excited to see reallive and it was. It was definitely exceeded my expectations
for sure. I would have kind of went in a little bit Lolow.
Yeah, I didn't have super high expectations at the beginning when this match was
official announced, and I feel like as the weeks I progressed, the ladies
did a really good job in the storytelling and kind of pulling me into their
match more than I was in the beginning. So I wouldn't end up very
happy with the match when I initially thought I wasn't going to be That's how
I felt going in. I mean, originally when they announced it, I'm
like, eh, like it should have been to me Bianca in that spot.
Now, of course they can get to that at another WrestleMania, but
I was a bit kind of whole hummed it, and really it didn't get
me excited until, like you said, kind of like the last few weeks
where they ramped it up. They waited till the eleventh hour to make us
really care, and they did a good job. And this match I think
delivered beyond what the build was, which is always a good thing. And
you know, some of the near falls were believable. When Rhea was nearly
manhandle slammed off the second rope, I said, if she hits this,
it could really be over. She hit the manhandleslam. Once you knew that
at WrestleMania there's gonna be kickouts of finishers all over the place, so you're
thinking everyone's got to be hit with a finisher at least twice to believe that
it could be over. But in this case, you know, with Rhea
Ripley and just really is still a rising star, you kind of knew that
Riha Ripley was going to retain here. It doesn't make sense for Becky Lynch
to take the belt yet, because Rihea's still on the rise, you'd be
cutting her off at the pass. I don't think you'd see a full give
her the full run that she deserves. And the crowd, as you said,
I mean it came across on TV. It wasn't totally anti Becky,
but you could audibly hear those booze and Riha Ripley was easily the one that
was over here. It was the right call. I don't think there was
any need to take the belt off of Hi. And it very much felt
like also kind of like a goodbye match for Becky for a little while.
It felt like she after this match could be taking time off. They zoomed
been in on her face, and her face said a whole lot about her,
Like just the way she looked, it looked like she was about to
say goodbye for a little while. That could be totally wrong, but it
would be a match in which you would have that person lose and take some
time off. And I think her character does need a little bit of time
off, some recharge, some rethinking, a little repackaging upon her return,
because the fans have started to a little bit organically turn on her, and
I don't know if that's what they want. That was my fault too.
When they zoomed in on her face, I thought, I was like,
was this good? She returned it. It felt as if she was going
to be leaving for a while, and just based on the fact that the
crowd was booing her, I think you're right. I think she needs to
peck a break and then come back maybe with something new, and we'll see
how the fans react to that. Well, we got our next match here
and the judgment Day Damien Priest and Finn Balor versus DIY New Day Awesome Truth
Atown down under New Catch Republic and that was a six pack ladder match for
the Unisputed tag titles. But I was under the impression and a lot of
people were right. I was wrong. I thought it was just going to
be for the Undisputed tag titles. Apparently they split the titles and it's no
longer a unified belt and I'm fine. I'm fine with that. I mean
it just it wasn't really clear that that was going to be the case until
they actually put the belts up and I'm like, oh, yeah, definitely,
there's gonna they're splitting them again. That's fine. This match scared me
from the from the get go that it was going to be something that I
mean, seriously, I was waiting for the referees to put the X sign
up. I was waiting, you know, just I was very concerned actually
for the health and safety of the wrestlers in here, because you knew it
was going to be a car crash. You knew that they were going to
take insane risks. That ladder that I'm sure you guys saw too. When
they kept climbing up the ladder that was like buckling and it was breaking at
the leg. I'm thinking there, oh my god, like and there were
times that they nearly injured themselves was because they weren't replacing the ladder, and
they finally did and it ends up. Of course, we know a town
down Under when's the SmackDown Tag team titles and boy, oh boy, there
was nobody over more than our truth and he finally gets this moment at fifty
two years old, winning the raw tag team titles. What did you think
that this match? Honestly, okay, that makes me feel better because I
was going to ask you, did I miss an announcement about the belts being
separate because when it started, we honestly, when when Austin Theory and Graceman
Law got the belt, I thought, are they not reading the belts like
everyone aroun me was confused. I was like, oh, okay, I
guess they're separating the titles. And I was like, did I miss an
announcement about that? So because when Day won the belt, everyone dud like
crazy, But I think it's because we all thought it was over. I
thought we all thought, right, we want a truth to win. So
that was a pleasant surprise and kind of confusing. This match was hard to
watch live. I was on the edge of my seat. I had the
same reaction you did. I was just waiting for someone to get hurt.
Not only that, but there I didn't know where I was looking and all
seats we weren't on the floor, we had decent seats. I couldn't see
what I was looking at. I'm to the point where I forgot New Day
was there until they I think they had a big moment at at some point
and I was like, oh, yeah, New Day is there. Like
it was, it was hard to watch live. I want to go back
and watch it because I felt like I didn't really get to experience what was
happening because I was like, what am I looking at? Who's there?
Just like looking all over the place. But Truth was a thousand person over.
I mean, people were on their feet for Truth and everyone was yelling.
I don't know if you heard it, but there was like we want
Truth chance, and I think we genuinely wanted him to be the one to
like climb up the ladder and get the belt. I think at one point
this was getting to and I was like, I mean, obviously I want
from the one, but I want our Truth to have that moment of him
climbing up the ladder and grabbing the belt. So when that finally happened,
I mean we were all just like so happy for him. It's just he
is like, I'm like truth for president. Everyone loves truth. If he
doesn't, something's wrong with you. And how did you laugh when he thought
it was a tag team match? I was laughing. All of us were
laughing. Did he paint someone at one point? Like he tried to go
in business like, no, you gotta go up? Yeah, we were
all everyone was laughing. He's just he's just such a wonderful character, and
I feel like he really does bring people together, like it was just such
a unified experience and of we all wanted Truth to win in that moment.
Yeah, no, it's he. Like you said, there is something wrong
with you. Should see a psychologist if you have no If you don't love
Truth, I mean, you have something diagnosably wrong with you, because he
is just he's such a like you said, he's a pleasant character, but
he's also a guy that you you love and actually are rooting for, not
in a laughing at him way, but laugh with him. You love the
the fact that he's kind of detached from reality, but he does it in
a way that makes it so sincere and genuine. It's just this combination of
personality traits that's really hard to pull off in a way that's believable, and
he's just I love it. Now. How long I think those tag this
tag title un is gonna go. Probably not more than a few months.
But that's fine. Truth got his moment, and that's what I was hoping
for here fifty two years old, and he finally gets that moment at WrestleMania,
and I couldn't be happier for him. Yeah, I mean the mizz
fine, but our truth. It was all about our truth here. Yes,
you have a town down Under and they're a team that I think has
a lot more to really prove than our truth in the Miz. But for
me, this was all about truth in the Miz here. And it's just
a feel good moment that the show needed at this point. It really was.
And he the fact that he's fifty two, the man in the ring,
he is a phenomenal athlete. You would not know this man is fifty
two years old when you watch him. And there was just so many moments
throughout that match where, like I was saying that I was waiting for the
X symbol, I was only in my seat. There was moments where you
were like you could feel the pain. You're like, oh gosh, this
that was fucking hurt. But it was a really good matchic it was just
hard to watch life and that may just be where our seats were, but
I didn't There was moments where I didn't know what was going on. Yeah,
I mean I couldn't imagine. I've said this my previous show, like
how do you call this match? I mean, like, if you are
the announcers there's just too much going on. I can't remember a ladder match
that had twelve guys in it or twelve women anybody. I mean, it's
just half of a Royal rumble nearly in a ladder match, and it's just
you can't possibly keep up with all the action. It's I thought that it
really is there. Let's be honest, there's too many teams in that match.
I would cut it by half, and even that would be a handful.
But fine, everybody gets a chance at WrestleMania. I have no problem
with that. It's just hard, like you said, hard to digest because
there's this and that and this going on, and you're, like you said,
you're waiting for somebody, unfortunately to get injured. I don't. I
haven't heard any of any any injuries coming out of it, which is good.
But still it's just it's simply too many people. That's all there is
to it. But still fun, still some good moments. Honestly, I
have no again, no issue with the SmackDown tag titles going to the heel
team of a town down Under and the other team balancing out with awesome truth.
Now it's just a matter of judgment. Day has a big problem,
and I think the cracks are going to continue to form over the next several
weeks, eventually leading to a total split of the judgement and damn and that
to me is what's coming. But all right, speaking of which, though,
onto the next match here Dominic and Santos Escobar versus Raymisteriro and Andrade.
This ends with dom and Santos getting the victory in about eleven minutes. But
it was two masked men that I was looking at, going well, who
the hell are these people? It seemed extremely random. And if you don't
haven't heard any if you don't know who Jon Jason Kelsey is or Travis Kelcey
obviously Taylor Swift and that whole thing. I mean, then you probably had
no clue about this. But most people had an idea of of who Jason
Kelsey is and it just seemed really random. I had, you know,
I didn't understand the need to bring these two in, and I actually thought
that Santos and or rather yeah, dom and Santos needed the victory much more
than Ray and Andrade did. It was okay, but for me, it's
just a kind of a question mark on this one. How about you this
match, I have transparent with you, like when I touch the card.
I was like, we have to pick a bathroom break match, and it
had to be that one. Unfortunately, so we caught the tail end of
what was happening with tail seem coming out. But I didn't see any of
this match. I felt awful, but it was a long show and I
was like, okay, which of these matches, Well, we need to
get up and you know, walk around. We wanted to go to the
merched shore when we first cracked. The lines were ridiculous. I was like,
we're gonna have to go during a match, and that was that match.
Unfortunately, So I'll have to watch it on Peacock later because I completely
missed it. I didn't even get to see the entrances. It felt like
a SmackDown match. It just felt like a quality strack Down. Yeah,
no, no, it was fine. It's just it's only eleven minutes,
so nothing really any longer you'd see than on SmackDown. It's just I don't
I didn't understand the finish of why Ray needed to win. He already beat
his son last year. You'd figured they'd kind of even out with his son's
team getting a victory this year. But it was all about Jason Kell at
the end, and I don't know, I'd agree that this wasn't a bad
one to take your bathroom break on. I totally would have done the same
thing. You got to pick your spots, You got to go at some
point. Yeah, I mean, you can't hold it the whole time,
so exactly, Yeah, that was it. No, I'm with you.
I'll watch and I'll let you know what I think. Yeah, no,
no, no, that's that's fine. But this next match honestly probably didn't.
I mean again, maybe you have an opposing opinion, and that's that's
fine. But I was very disappointed in Jay versus Jimmy, considering how just
awesome these two are. I really was disappointed in the quality of this match.
It was in. I thought it was going to be super kick heavy.
They they it seemed like they didn't do anything other than superkicks, which
was to me. I mean, I gotta go back and count. I
should have done a counter because it had to have been over twenty collectively,
well over twenty, which is absurd. Yeah, third, good you count
because it was honestly, this match, this was probably the most disappointing matches
the night. For me, I did have high expectations for this. I
walked in thinking, I thought they're going to steal the show because they are
so good in the ring, and they're build up like the video that they
played with videos and then this kids, it was so good and Jay is
so over right now. I've heard yeat in the airport. I heard yet
at WWE World Yeach chants were going on while we were waiting for the gates
to open. All seventy two thousand people in the crowd were standing with their
hands going back and forth when his insurance came out. He is so over
right now that I remember you said that you had thought that this was below
him, and it was. Once the match actually happened, I was like,
I hope this doesn't push him down because he is so over right now.
But I know the quality of a match he can put on, Like
his Icy title match was a thousand times better than this, Like where was
that Jay that was? That was the Jay that we needed and we didn't
get it. Superkicks were so obnoxious. I'm like Sean Michaels did not come
in on a zip line for the superkick to be disrespected, but he didn't
end Rick Flair's career, and I'll put in in quotation marks because he doesn't
know how to quit. He did en Rick Flair with that amazing superkick.
For it to be treated this way, I was so sad for this match
because I really expected more. I hope this doesn't push Jay back down because
he he is over like the crowd one thousand percent is behind him, and
I hope this ends this Bloodline chapter with him. I hope he goes on
and does better things, because this pulled him back five steps easily. It's
very weird that you have two guys who have been together since birth that have
no chemistry in the ring. Now, to be fair, they also have
been a tag team almost their entire career, and they've been partners, not
opponents, so there is a little bit of that. But my god,
it's like they were a parody of the match. Like if I was to
create a parody of the match, it would be superkick, superkick, superkick.
It'd be just trying to like obviously overplay the superkick, and the pacing
of the match was weird. There were awkward pauses on top of it.
It's like they suddenly became amateurs. It was very bizarre, and I you
know, it just yeah, it was uncomfortable to watch, even the crowd
at once some points were it just sounded like dead silence the crowd. I
don't know what to do here, and you know, yeah, it was
just you know, I know what they were trying to go for. But
on top of the overuse of superkicks, it's not like they were even selling
them. I mean, they weren't even like they just it's almost as if
they didn't get hit. I mean, imagine somebody actually kicking you in the
face. You'd be down and it's a knockout shot, which is why Sean
Michaels used it for his whole career because it's a very believable finish and you
know, it's been overused throughout the years, but this was absolutely egregious,
to the point where I just go, this is actually embarrassing to watch because
and I hate to say that with these two guys, but I'm like,
if I had somebody in my you know, sitting with me, a friend
watching this with me, I'd be like, can we just do something else
right now? For the next ten minutes it's it was just it was an
embarrassing match, and I hate saying that. But they can move on.
They'll both I think, be fine, but they need to just move on
quickly from this and move on to new opponents and not each other. This
needs to end immediately. On thousand percent, I was wondering if the no
sales came across the way because in person, it was like, okay,
come on, like it was it was like you said, it was embarrassing.
It was. It was just so disappointed because I do I love both
of them. I think they're so talented, but it did not come across
on this match, and it makes me sad because I feel like this was
probably a match for a lot of time. This was definitely something that I'm
sure as kids they dreamed about, and I don't think they fulfill anyone's dreams,
certainly not mine. No, they didn't. It's they made mine into
a nightmare pun of phrase from Cody Roads. They turned my dream into a
nightmare because this was, uh, this was just bad. It was.
It was startlingly, startlingly bad. And I really wish that they would,
you know, have have not done this, because I mean, I was
advocating for Jay, as you said for the Intercontinental title. I think he
was still even though Sammy won, will get there. I still believe that
Jay is a better candidate for the IC title. He was on the ascent
all year, fans have gotten behind him. He truly felt like a main
event and Sammy kind of came out of nowhere and was on this like re
emergence journey that the fans were like, eh, we kind of want Chad
Gable or Jay and Jay went into Jimmy and I don't know it. It
did feel below Jay and it was below j and I don't think it helped
anyone. Both men were hurt by this match, but there's obviously their their
name value and the fans forget quickly. They'll be able to repair themselves.
But I just would not recommend anyone rewatching this match back. There may be
a few people out there that enjoyed this, but the crowd didn't like it.
I think most people online were like, Wow, that was that was
just almost impossible to believe that the talent that was in this match put on
something that bad. But all right, any final thoughts on Jimmy J Yeah,
I definitely please, But you know. The one thing I also wanted
to mention non wrestling related that Samantha Irvine did introducing Lil Wayne as quote the
greatest rapper of all time. Uh well, I'd never heard that before.
And also Lil Wayne like performed like five lines and I'm like, well what,
Lil Wayne. I'm sitting there going, Okay, Here's here's the thing
you don't do. You don't claim somebody's the greatest of all time, because
that's extremely subjective. Fans decide that. But also you don't say someone's the
greatest of all time and then have them come out there and embarrass themselves thirty
seconds later. It just I mean, because I don't know what. I
was just like, what's happening? I was like, did it get It's
like I remember, you know. He was like I'm performing, and I'm
like where like that. I was expecting like a little bit of a song,
but that was nothing. And I was like and it sounded really bad.
And I like a little Wayne, Like I grew up with a little
Wayne. I like him, so I was excited for this. I popped,
I stood up, and I quickly sat down. That's how fast it
was, Like, I go did he forget his lines? Was the supp
to be longer? What's happening? And he didn't even sound good? And
I'm like yeah, so I was like maybe in person this came across better,
but at home, I'm very confused, like what is going on?
And then it was another It kind of led perfectly into the Jay Jimmy USO
match because that happened right before. It was a foreshadowing of that match,
because I mean, it really was. I mean again and I like low
Wayne too, but that was just like, what is happening? So okay?
Good? Uh? Well, the cloud lifted a little bit here as
we get into the six woman tag team match of Bianca, Jade, and
Naomi versus Oscar, Kyrie Saying and Dakota Kai. Now, there was no
doubt about the finish of this match. I would have bet my house on
who was gonna win this, and it turned out to be the right choice.
But the entrance of these three women, Jade and Naomi and Bianca,
that was a pretty cool entrance, you know, with their stances and the
costumes they had on. It was pretty cool cinematic. The only problem I
had with it was, well, you know, I wish they had given
them individual entrances, because I think that that would have been a better idea
than putting them those three together. Again, that's a subjective choice, but
I would have liked especially with Jade getting her own entrance, Naomi getting her
own entrance instead of just three come out at once and then they just come
down to Beyonca's music. But what'd you think? It was hard for me
to see the entrance where we were sitting, so I didn't really get to
see the impact of it until I saw it on social media afterwards. I
was like, oh, that was really cool. I hated I couldn't see
it as well, but I was very excited for this match. I will
tell you the crowd was one thousand percent dead, and I could kind of
tell that, like after, you know, at the beginning of this match,
it felt like this was the match of like people were starting to get
tired and get a little bit drained, and the temperature was slowly going down
even more, and I could tell that. But I was excited for this
match. Even though I was one of the few people who was standing and
yelling during this match, I wanted to be able to actually enjoy it,
so I did. I didn't care a feople were daring good for you.
You know, at some point you just have to say the hell with it,
because you know, like you'll never meet these people again ever. You've
spent your hard earned money and your time dedicated, maybe even take time off
work a lot of people have. You know, you're going with your son,
and you gotta just say the hell with it and just put that aside
and just do what you need to do and scream and yellow as respectfully as
you can, because I mean, I'm not all for some people think they
it's just like a free pass to do anything and say anything. I don't
believe that, you know. But yeah, I mean, I'm glad you
did that because this was a match that I'm surprised it was as crowd quite
as it was. But I also was waiting for the big, big Jade
Cargill pop, and she did get a pretty big pop when she was finally
tagged in. Hitting a choke slam was pretty cool. She hit the choke
slam pretty well. I was thinking, WHOA, that's her finish. Now,
I think that should actually be your finish instead of the Widow's peak.
But that's my opinion. But I think she looked pretty good. You know,
I didn't see a massive sample size from Jade Cargill, but did the
crowd at least seemingly come alive finally when Jade Cargill got it the match,
it seemed that way. Yeah, it certainly did, and they there was
definitely a we want Jay chant that was happening, and when she finally got
the ring, there was definitely a pop. I will say, you know,
she obviously she looks phenomenal. Bianca is one of those I forget about
how good fiance is in the ring. She is an athlete, but she
she looks really good live watching her in the ring, I think because which
I like Beyonca, but I think her character was something about beyoncea that I'm
not drawn to. But then when I see her her and I'm like,
oh, yeah, I forget how good you are. I think it's like
her entrance and the hair, something about it where I just kind of look
ask her until I see her in the ring, and then I'm like,
oh, yeah, you were a beast. She's good. I felt like
and maybe I missed something that I felt like Naomi was underwhelmed in this unless
there were some moments that I missed. I felt like this was definitely all
about Bianca, Bellair and Jade. I felt like they put on a really
good show. I feel like there was moments where I I kind of forgot
Naomi was there, which makes me a little sad because I do like all
three of them, But Beyonca is an amazing, amazing live I do.
I think maybe I'm not drawn to Beanca because I'm not a twelve year old
girl and you know she I'm a grown woman, and I kind of want
to see her as a grown woman, which is I feel like what Jay
gives me, Yes, Jane gives me that same athleticism that's saying look that
Bianca has, except Jane is a woman and not a little girl, and
I feel like Bianca leans towards the little girl. And I'm not a Bianca
hater. She I literally like when she steps in the ring, ill was
like, she is good. Like that That was my reaction seeing her live.
Her entrance, Bianca's entrance and her in ring work are completely diametrically opposed.
Because you have like you mentioned it, you said it, she comes
out like a twelve year old girl skipping to the schoolyard. I hate it
because it doesn't reflect what she's capable of in the ring. I mean,
she is a badass in the ring and she comes out twirling her hair,
and I know that she does appeal to the younger audience, and I'm sure
she does. She you know that the younger girls do draw to her,
and I understand that, but as a grown fan like yourself, look at
something like and she's twirling her hair on the way down the ring and even
toiling her hair when she was being brought up in the or brought down from
the entrance with Jade and Naomi, and I'm like, stop toiling her hair.
It's just so obnoxious and it's immature and it's just takes so I just
to me, that's how I view it. I actually I've seen her when
she is not in full makeup and not with her her brain in. I
actually like her when she is in kind of a more natural form, And
I'm like, this is to me how she would look more grown up.
Like you said, Jade is a more mature version of Bianca in a way,
and Jade's hair, yeah, I think it takes away from how talented
beyond me it's like she's so good and I don't mind the great it's still
looking the break up swinging it. But there was one point I think she
hit someone with her braik. It was so loud, like there was an
audible like, oh, it sounded so bad. I have to ask you
because every time they've done that, I'm thinking to myself, there's no way
it can actually sound like that. They must put a sound effect in.
Did that sound like a perfectly timed sound effect or did it actually sound you
know what I mean, because I can't tell. I think it like it's
if that's a sound efact, they you know, give their sound people a
raise because it was so loud, like you immediately like tinted up because it
was like, oh that hurt. So if it's a sound effect prop stim
I thought it happened like I thought it Legit was like someone was getting a
belt whipping. That's what it sounded like. Okay, now, because it
just this sounds too stereotypical, like a whip, and I'm like, oh
my god, that is how is it possibly that loud? But maybe it
is so h Either way, I wouldn't want to be hit with it.
I mean, I just I wouldn't. Oscar took it pretty pretty well,
and obviously they ended up losing the match. Jade gets the victory, and
it's the way it should have gone. I mean, obviously this team of
Naomi, Jade, and Bianca isn't meant to last. We'll see if it's
something that they continue with moving forward, but we all know we're gonna get
to Jade versus Bianca at some point. That's the match that a lot of
us when Jade first came in, We're like, ooh, that'd be kind
of a cool match. Just basically an unphysical stature. They're very similarly built,
so that would that's gonna be a fun match. It's eventually going to
happen. But no, no signs of dissension. Everybody seemed to get along
fine, a very kind of a matter of fact established Jade. It was
really about Jade. Here, Bianca continues her winning streak at WrestleMania. She
hasn't lost yet, but this was about Jade getting on the map, while
Bianca takes a kind of a couple of steps down here from where she's been
at WrestleMania last couple of years. Kind of hidden in this tag team,
which is a bit surprising. So any final thoughts here before we get to
the IC title. You know, something I missed live that and I think
even the people around me missed it too. Was the missed from Oscar because
like when they were playing to highlights, both the young woman who was sitting
next to me, when did that happen? So there are some moments lies
that you generally do miss and we missed that, Like we didn't understand when
did that? When that happened? So you know, those are some of
those downsides of you know, attending. Whys you missed those moments depending on
where you're sitting are obviously you know, for FOORTHI you can see all those
things. But we missed that. So I hated I missed that, but
it was it was a great management. I think you're right. I think
this is just setting up the the next steps for which we'll eventually be Bank
and Jade. Absolutely, and Jade is just getting going. She again looked
pretty good in the ring, but I wouldn't say she was outstanding, but
it's she keeps doing these very small sample sizes, quick moments in the rumble,
the hot tag at the end of the match, like we haven't seen
her yet in the long form, and maybe they don't feel she's ready for
one on one, which is fine, she has room to improve, but
maybe that's why they pivoted. It was gonna be Bianca Jade, and they
pivoted to a six woman tag, which is fine. But either way,
Jade has got a presence that you can't deny, and she's going to be
a massive star. I mean, I bet you Wrestlmingia forty one, we're
talking about Jade perhaps main eventing night one with Bianca or somebody else. It's
possible. So uh, all right, well let's get to the Icy Top
as a well, Logan's Paul Energy drink was just everywhere talking about all the
time. I mean it was it's I know it's in the middle of the
ring, but it's also there was a stand next to ringside. People were
talking about it backstage like it's just it's almost too much with prime but uh
the Gunthers, yeah, and I know he paid. It's just it's it's
overload. But Gunther versus Sammy's Ain for the Intercontinental title, I mean,
this was a This was as good as advertised. I think I think it
could have gone a little longer, but still very good, very believable.
His wife backstage and at ringside added a sense of humanity to Sammy's Ain.
Uh that that I really thought it was needed. Chad Gable giving him one
last pep talk before the before the entrance of Sammy was was fun. And
then you get out there and the match last fifteen minutes. Well, Gunther
was toying with Sammy's Ain at the end, thinking oh my, the yeah,
Sammy's Ain's dead. Uh. Sammy's Ain ends up hulking up, essentially
finding energy from the gods, and ends up hitting three Halluva kicks and one
two three new Intercontinental Champion. The six hundred and sixty six day Rain is
over? What did you think? This was one of my favorite matches of
the night. I am not like a huge Guncer fan, like he's phenomenal,
but seeing him live that he is he. I am now signing up
to be in the perium. He is so good live. He is a
hell of an athlete. He knows how to tell a story in the ring.
Every chop he felt, every power bomb, I was like, this
is it. There were many moments where like saying me tap out like,
this is it, this is done. I didn't expect Sammy to win.
I didn't see it going in that direction, just because of how good Gunter
is in the ring that I know obviously he's felt for this long. But
now that I'm like in the fan club, I'm like, I want to
see you Moret's see you more now. Gosh. I was so surprised at
how much I enjoyed watching him in the ring. And he looked great,
Like, he looks like he's even toned up even more from you know,
seeing him live, you know a while ago. He looks great. He
him toying with his wife was good. Her emotion and reaction was good.
All of the women in my section, you know, once the match ended,
they're like, oh, kiss, you're right. We were all like,
you know, we kind of made it into like a love story with
him. So it was it was a really good match. I personally also
wanted it to be Chad Gable. The crowd was over with Sammy, but
you definitely heard some like in between the we want Saney, we want fun
through chats also, and I thought that was a shock. But so I'm
hoping that the next steps for him moving forward, are him going after a
bigger title because he is he is a He is a force to be reckoned
with in the ring. He is so much on the watch life. I
mean, I was very surprised how much I enjoyed seeing him action. He
is a one of a kind talent that is just going to continue to get
better and better. I think this was a pivot moment for gun through.
The loss really was a promotion for Gunther because okay, he lost the title,
but again, that just means you're being pushed to the next level.
It may not happen immediately. There may be some follow up matches at Backlash
or and at the following pl where it's okay, Chad gets involved, it's
maybe a triple threat where Sammy retains and then eventually just kind of trims down
to just Sammy versus Chad. Doesn't mean again, Gunthy doesn't need to immediately
inject himself in the world title, but does mean that this year he is
finally going to get to that next level and get to the world title picture.
And maybe even when depending on who's champion, and of course the the
you know what the layout of the land looks like at that point and who
you know, what they want to do heading into next year's WrestleMania. But
I think this was a promotion for Gunther. This didn't hurt anyone, It
helped everyone. And I'm really looking forward to Chad getting involved because as we
saw a few weeks ago on the Gauntlet match where Sammy and Chad were the
final two, it was an incredible end to that match where you wanted more
and more. So Chad involved, which he inevitably will because he told Sammy,
you owe me a favor. If anyone caught that, that just means
you owe me a title shot. So I think Guntherer may want to rematch,
but you could have a triple threat at Backlash, and that's going to
be I mean, if you thought this was good, adding Chad Gable is
just going to make it that much better. Yeah. That it makes me
excited to see what the next step start for everyone involved. But it was.
It was definitely one of my favorite matches for sure. Oh yeah,
it made up for the Jimmy j debacle. You know, like, all
right, well we get to the main event here. Now. I got
to ask how excited was your son to see the rock? I know,
at this point. It is late in the evening. You're tired, you're
cold, you're probably hungry, you're thinking about sleep. But the Rock's entrance
hits. He keeps evolving his entrance. How excited were you and your son
to see him? Oh gosh, let me tell you it was. I
I'm a crier anyway, Like I'm happy, I am sad, I cry
with I'm angry. So all my friends, we have you cried yet?
And I cried. I cried very beginning of WrestleMania, just for sure.
In fact, that a holy crap, I'm here. I teared up a
little bit triple A because I didn't expect it, and I love him so
much. When I say I cried like a twelve year old girl at a
Taylor Swift concert when they all came out, I mean it was. It
was almost embarrassing. I shocked, my makeup stayed on. It was like
the kind of cry where you make noises, you know, like, my
god, I don't know what's embarrassing, but it was. It was so
overwhelming, and I was just so happy to be in the moment. I
mean, he was the only reason I even went to WrestleMania. It was
to see him and that entrance was iconic. It was epic. We weren't
tired, we were cold. It was long. I knew all of the
entrances were going to be very long, but it was. It was worth
it, that was my present worth it. We were. We were so
high to see him, and I will say I was. I didn't get
to watch SmackDown or the Hall of Fame. So when he came out with
the belt, because you know, this has been a busy weekend, I
was can't used about what belt it was. And if someone had to explain
it to me, I was like, okay, thank you, Yeah,
but that man, I was. I was. I was so happy and
I was very proud of myself because as catchy as Cody's song is, I
did not stand up in scream wool A because I've heard it everywhere this weekend,
like at Wrestle. At w W World, they had the interance says
that you could do every single child his entrance, so it's like, I
fear this one more time. I was twitching, so I did not.
My son was looking I could say he was looking at me when that part
came on, like waiting to see if I was going to do it,
Absolutely not, it was. But seeing the Rocks and even Roman's entrance,
I just I had full body chills and it wasn't just from the cold.
I was so so excited to see both of them. But obviously in the
Rock wrong me brought me the tears. No, no, nothing wrong no
no, Because here's the thing, you probably and may not ever see him
live wrestling again. I mean, you may see him tonight. There's a
very good chance you'll see him tonight, almost guaranteed you'll see him tonight,
along with a lot of other legends out a rumor to help out Cody Road,
So it could be a massively star stood and nostalgic night for you.
I am. If I was to pick one night to go, it would
have been tonight. So you are in for I think, a really fun
treat at the end of the show with Roman and Cody and one on one
bloodline rules match. But seeing the Rock live, I totally get it again.
You may again, you may not ever see him wrestle again in front
of you in your lifetime, so you know, and obviously, if you're
a wrestling fan from way back when in the Attitude ar Ruth's aggression. There's
a lot of nostalgic feels there, so no, I totally understand that it's
that chill's moment. It's that moment that you know brings you back to your
childhood, what that moment means, what the place you're in. Obviously I
have your son with you, so it makes even more fun. It all
kind of comes together in one big ball of emotions, so you know,
it really is and I totally get it, even though it was you know,
ten thirty at night or whatever it was by the time they got to
it, which I was actually wondering, are the entrances collectively going to be
longer than the match itself? Uh? Because that was one just because I
will go over and get my clock. I was like, what time does
this have to end? Like what time this this show is supposed to end
because these entrances were taken forever, because this means the match is going to
be short, Like that was my fear, but it was not. There
was definitely a long match. I will say that, like the moments of
them just staring at each other like we all did our Holy s moments,
but then it kept going and we were very much like, let's go boys,
like let's get this show on the road. We are ready to see
you guys wrestle, come on, And that was a I agree, I'm
just sitting there. And the beginning of the match was kind of criticized by
fans online, and I get it because there was like, okay, can
we can we start a little bit going. I know it's not going to
be a cruiserweight match. I'm not expecting one hundred miles an hour, but
there was a little bit too much kind of pomp and circumstance and standoffs and
stare downs. Like I get it. I understand the theatrics of it,
but like at some point you got to just either crapp or get off the
pot, like let's go here, you know, like you know what I
mean. And I was kind of waiting for it. It was frustrating times,
but once they got going, obviously, I think they performed very well.
The Rocks stumbled hilariously. I don't know if you saw that he tripped
up on it was trying to go for a sharpshooter or something on Cody Roads
and he slipped and trapped and hit hit his head in the bottom turn.
Buckle in the corner. Oh my god. I was like it like I
saw, it happened so fast, and I was like, what happened?
Was that a purpose? No? He tripped, He tripped and then he
no sould it and just kept going on and the announcers didn't know what to
do. They just moved on. It was clearly a slip up. Is
if someone doesn't make that a jiff, I mean, you're missing out.
There's is one of the funniest trip ups. You have to watch it back.
It's really funny. But outside of that, I mean, the Rock
did an amazing job. I think overall, the psychology, the pacing once
the match got going was fun. The attack on Seth Rollins's leg is a
perfect I think bridge into Tonight's match with Drew just I love the rest of
the match once it got going, And I think that false finish that I
believed in, I bought in was when Roman speared the Rock. Everyone goes,
oh my god, and I didn't see that coming, and the Rocks
sold it like a million bucks. And then they both hit simultaneous pedigrees.
Did you think that was it? I thought that was it? And when
I say my stomach drop. I was like, that's it. They are
going to have my main go out like this. I thought that was it.
So I was very shocked that it was it because they sold it very
well. It was a perfect cell. The crowd seemed to buy in too.
You guys were chanting along and just be one and two and then you
know, everyone said three and they both kicked out. But it was that
was a great moment. I think that really overall, it was a well
laid out match the People's Elbow the rock Bottom Cody Cutters, although the Cody
Cutters for some reason, Cody could not actually hit it well. On Roman
reigns last night, there was a lot of It was a couple of botches
there, right, Yeah, I asked, because you know, seeing it
live, I was like, I could tell if it was a bosster and
I was like, this, why does that look weird? This looks weird.
Yeah, he didn't hit it well, and he actually broke Roman's nose
on one of them. Yeah, of course with Roman, and his reaction
to that was like in beast mode, like it was, oh that that
move, and I know, you know, you criticized it before. It
looks it looks bad. It's it looks bad like it's just not good and
no Cody, I know, well, I think I would. I would
actually take that move as his finished rather than the crossroads. I would actually
take that because the crossroads is what it just even if you in full speed,
it looks like Cody's taking the bump, not his opponent. It's a
bad move. I don't like the crossroads. It doesn't look good. I'd
rather take the Cody cutter. But for some reason Roman just could not or
Cody, I don't know who's really responsible. To me, it didn't hurt
the match. It was just a worthy note to mention is just like they
even twice, like they screwed it up twice. But fine, I mean
the match wasn't hurt by it having those two win. Having Rock and Roman
win was I think the right move because now it's stacks the deck even greater
against Cody Rhoades. Now Seth Rollins could be nursing an injury going into the
match tonight with Drew McIntyre. I think it's a much more fun match.
Yes, it could be overbooked with too many people coming out to help Sina,
Austin whoever. But if you know that going in, doesn't it make
it more fun? That it could be just chaotic and it could be a
really fun wild last five minutes of that match that you know is probably coming.
So I think that you know ultimately, Well, let me ask were
you disappointed in the rock and Roman winning? Were you expecting it? Like?
How do you feel about the end? Oh? No, I was
expecting it. What I was talked about with the match was how much of
it didn't take place in the ring, Like I how much you know,
with the tables and going into the crowd. I kept thinking, someone's going
to get hurt and we have our main eventure right here. I was I
was nervous about that Tody, you know rock bottom rock bottoming the rock into
the table. I was like, I was anxious that someone was really going
to get hurt and how that was going to impact night too. So I
was shocked by that, but I expected it. I mean, I honestly
thought it was over when they did the double pedigrees. I thought that was
a rip. I think I was a little shocked by the ending being you
know, the rock bottom of the people's elbow. I thought he was going
to I didn't think that would be you know, the one, two,
three, And I guess maybe it's because, like in the same day,
finishers are used over and over and over again that I guess I didn't expect
that to be the end. But I'm hiph for tonight. I think it's
going to be even better. I think it's gonna be a thousand times better
than the night one. I hope the crowd is better. It's apparently not
supposed to be as cold. We'll see what the wind. I think it's
the wind that makes it makes a big difference. But this match, I
was not disappointed at all. Once it got going, this mach seeded all
of my expectations. I can't wait to watch it back and see if there's
anything that I missed, since you know, when they separated, when it
was the rock and death in the crowd, and then Roman and Cody up
the ramp, it was like, where do I look? Where am I
going? So I want to look back and see what I missed. But
this succeeded all my expectations, and I was definitely huge check off the bucket
list. Like you said, I think part of my big emotion was knowing
this will probably be the last time I see the Rock in the ring,
which is one reason why I've spent them on me. I spent to see
him and to have that moment. So I was not disappointed in this time.
No, and no one can ever take that away from you. Yes,
it's money, it's time. Do you have the hotel crowds obviously all
that, But it's a moment that you will take with you forever. And
it's a moment. Like you say, you probably won't be able to get
back the Rock wrestling more matches after this year is not likely. Yeah,
he's sure. Maybe he'll do WrestleMania forty one with Roman Reigns, which is
what everyone expects to happen. But again, getting to WrestleMania, at that
point, you'll have to get flight, You'll have to get all these things,
all these logistics that for most people are not plausible two years in a
row. Yeah, you're gonna be able to take this with you forever.
And yes, this match also was forty five minutes. I don't know if
anyone tined it. It was forty five minutes long. It was in the
moment, itsane feel like it was that long, Like I looked down at
my once it ended, I looked down as how it Taba was and I
was like, holy crap. In the moment, it didn't feel like it
was that long of a match. The pasting was just perfect. Yes,
tinming of it was perfect. They did a really good job there, and
it didn't feel like it was immediate. Well, I'm looking at the weather
report tonight and well, it's gonna be fifty nine degrees, almost sixty degrees
today, but by the time the matches start, it'll be in the mid
fifties. Trying to find out what the wind's gonna because that is really what
everyone was complaining about, So it'll be about five degrees warmer. Let me
look at the wind here. So by the time the actual event starts at
seven, it's gonna be fifty seven degrees with a north wind. At seven
where you guys, it was like fifteen or twenty miles an hour, So
the wind should be lighter and it's a feuture is warmer. So that should
lend itself to people being a little more vocal tonight, and especially they know
it's the final night. Yeah, I will be no one else around me.
No, just just go for broke, just just I mean I don't
know, maybe you put a drink or two in you or just not give
an f and just go out there. And you can't. You can't.
You gotta because you'll regret having this, you know, kind of compile your
emotions internally and you're like, I wanted to just say or do something.
But uh. Anyway, heading into tonight, one last question, what are
you most looking forward to? I'm most looking forward to. I have a
feeling Cody's going to finish the story, which is fine, but I am
most looking forward to seeing what possible surprises, what possible interferences we have with
that match. That is the match that I'm probably most excited for, so
I cannot wait. I do think Cody's going to finish his story. I
think Cody's gonna war just based on how last night went. I hope that
because I do, you know, the you know, all the criticism with
Roman and I even how all this rain has been Roman has, you know,
it's been a hell of a rain, even though we you know,
we don't see him as often as we definitely need to. I hope that
when he loses that he does get the elevation he deserves because he has definitely
pushed the company into it, you know, a realm with with him being
the tribal chief. I'm going to acknowledge my to not even when he loses,
because I am to be a Roman Reigns fan and be part you know,
I consider myself far the bloodline as well. So I'm excited and I
hope that Cody Crabbabies are freaking happy once this is over. Yeah, I
know that's the thing. Well, so you're an honorary oose, you're making
yourself a self appointed honorary And no, you're right with the Cody Crybabies there,
I agree, like, fine, it is I think the right move
to just take the belt off of Roman, even though I don't like Cody's
character. I would, I would, I would, I would succeed to
the fact that the booking decision is more important than my personal feelings on Cody
Rhodes's baby face character. But I would also say, be careful what you
wish for with Cody because he wins. Okay, The problem is then what
what do you do with him? How do you continue the momentum? And
it's not easy to do, but we'll see. And I would agree that
you know the one thing that I'm going to be really jealous of and really
wishing I was there, was because it's heavily believed that Stone Colts you Boston
is going to be there, that you I mean, you talk about a
pop of Pops and everyone's expect I'm telling you it's I would be shocked if
he's not there. Many people believe he's going to come out hit the Rock
with a stunner. If that happens, which is I think likely, I'm
gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna sit it all over. Yeah,
So that would die. That right there is the price of admission.
I mean really it is. So I would have paid just to come in
watch that five minutes, pay the hotel, pay the ticket, and then
have to be like no, you got to go. Okay, you had
your five minutes. Like that to me would have been worth it, because
that is something and they are Actually I know you didn't see obviously you were
in person, you didn't hear Michael Cole. He kind of hinted towards that
last night because during the match with the Rock and Tag Team match, he
said that, you know the Rock has performed in Philadelphiat WrestleMania before he said
it was at WrestleMania fifteen against Stone Cold Steve Austin, And I'm like,
oh, he goes, yeah, a quarter century ago, and I'm like
okay, Like, you know, so twenty five years ago, the Rock
and Austin face each other at WrestleMania fifteen. So wouldn't it be very apropos
that twenty five years later these two were still meeting each other at Wrestlemanta.
I mean to me, so everything's lining up for that. I'll be very
disappointed if that doesn't happen. But it seems like you could have a you
talk about a memorable night. You could be in for one for the ages.
Wow. Hope, So I really do hope. So man, all
right, Well, any final thoughts or comments on Night one? No,
I think it was. It was. It exceeded my expectations. It was
definitely a moment and a lot of time I remember this, you know,
this moment forever. It was just so so so amazing. So I'm so
so fortunate that I was able to go and attend, and I cannot wait
for night too. And I'm on X now, Matt, You've inspired me.
I'm not been an ex person, and I was like, I thought,
I need to get on next and I always thoughts about this, and
you know, who's tweeting at him and who's you know, talking trash about
him, So I want to see this for myself. Yeah, it gets
pretty heated. There's there's it gets pretty heated. I want to be on
here now. Yeah. You know six followers, five of which are bots,
and one is my husband. So you guys can follow me on next
if you wants to do there. You go, okay, s y one
is there? You go, okay, well no I will, I'll send
you a follow. Everybody else, please give Chrissy a follow I think she'd
enjoy more than bots because when you first sign up, yeah, you've you've
just got people that are yeah, just clearly not real people that have yeah
I know. So uh all right, well Chrissy, thanks so much,
and listen, I am jealous. If I hear that glass crash, I'm
going to be sitting in my my bedroom while you're there live and I'm gonna
be just lamenting the fact I didn't go. But you're I think you're gonna
have an amazing night. I'm very jealous. Stay warm, Okay, stay
warm and uh be loud. Yes I will. Thank you, Matt,
I appreciate you so much. Thanks for having me on all right, enjoy
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