Mailbag Episode #200: Listeners Talk Hell in a Cell, Reed vs Stroman, The Rock's Return, Early Survivor Series Talk

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<v Speaker 4>actually with Dino from Scotland. He says, what's up ww podcast?
<v Speaker 4>Did anyone else see the WYAT six symbol on SmackDown
<v Speaker 4>Behind Nick all this when they interviewed him after the
<v Speaker 4>first ad break. I wonder what this means. First of all,
<v Speaker 4>I didn't see that. As I've said a million times,
<v Speaker 4>you guys are way more observant than I am. I
<v Speaker 4>don't know what it means. It could mean that they
<v Speaker 4>are on their way there, could mean nothing. But at
<v Speaker 4>some point you'd imagine that they're going to feud with
<v Speaker 4>the bloodline and the bloodline that is the evil bloodline, right,
<v Speaker 4>Solo's bloodline, because the White Six are not turning heel,
<v Speaker 4>so if that ever was to happen, yeah, But also
<v Speaker 4>the Solo's bloodline is about to feud with Roman and
<v Speaker 4>his og blood line, so that's not gonna happen for
<v Speaker 4>quite some time, maybe sometime next year. After that whole
<v Speaker 4>saga has concluded. All right, Cody versus Solo in the
<v Speaker 4>Steel Cage was a banger. I think we'll be waiting
<v Speaker 4>a while for that match to be outdone. Was pretty good,
<v Speaker 4>But I mean, what else could we expect from these two?
<v Speaker 4>They have worked very well together and Solo has been
<v Speaker 4>elevated to main event level status where you look at
<v Speaker 4>him and you just feel main eventor it takes a
<v Speaker 4>while to do, but I think he's there. Do I
<v Speaker 4>think it's Match of the year, No, but it was
<v Speaker 4>certainly I think maybe match of the week. I love
<v Speaker 4>the new SmackDown look, but it disappointed with no blue
<v Speaker 4>ring ropes. I hope for Bad Blood they bring back
<v Speaker 4>the blood Drop set. How cool would that be?
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it'd be.
<v Speaker 4>Pretty damn cool. I was hoping that I should actually
<v Speaker 4>even spell bad loved with two d's and bring it
<v Speaker 4>really back old school, all right. I think it's a
<v Speaker 4>real possibility we see the Rocks return at Bad Blood.
<v Speaker 4>It's the perfect time to set things in motion ahead
<v Speaker 4>of Survivors series. I think Bad Blood is the first
<v Speaker 4>pl since the Rock left after WrestleMania that we could
<v Speaker 4>point to and say, all right, there's a case to
<v Speaker 4>be made for his return here. I think it's still
<v Speaker 4>too early, but it's at least it's within the realm
<v Speaker 4>of possibility for the first time since he left, and
<v Speaker 4>in mid April for his movie and whatever else he's doing.
<v Speaker 4>So sure they could, but in what capacity, what's he
<v Speaker 4>going to do? What's he doing? I mean he could
<v Speaker 4>interfere in the tag team match, assumingly help Roman, maybe
<v Speaker 4>accidentally screw them over where does the Rocks loyalties lie.
<v Speaker 4>We all learned that eventually he's working with Solo. Of course,
<v Speaker 4>sure we could do that, but I think more likely
<v Speaker 4>it's probably or after a Survivor series. That's my call
<v Speaker 4>right now, leading into WrestleMania season next year, but bad
<v Speaker 4>Blood is certainly possible. I'm not shooting it down. I
<v Speaker 4>just think it's a little too early, I think, Or
<v Speaker 4>is it just me? Or has anyone else been looking
<v Speaker 4>forward to and enjoyed Survivor Series more than SummerSlam over
<v Speaker 4>the past two years, I feel like Survivor Series has
<v Speaker 4>been way better at I don't think it'll be any
<v Speaker 4>different this year. I can't wait for Survivior series. That
<v Speaker 4>does say something about the wargames format under the Triple
<v Speaker 4>H regime. It does say something about how he has
<v Speaker 4>managed that event, and really, I think revived it. And
<v Speaker 4>it's kind of crazy that you're saying that, given that
<v Speaker 4>we don't even know what the card is for sure,
<v Speaker 4>even though four months ago we knew what the main
<v Speaker 4>event of the show is going to be. Presumably, although
<v Speaker 4>I will feel like a complete moron if at the
<v Speaker 4>end of the day it's not Roman's bloodline versus solos
<v Speaker 4>in the war Games match. But we'll see the crowd
<v Speaker 4>important an organ This raw pass unraw this past week
<v Speaker 4>seem to be a good crowd, better than the average
<v Speaker 4>American crowd. Yeah, I know the bar is low compared
<v Speaker 4>to overseas. Bronson and Reed and Braunz, Strowman delivers d
<v Speaker 4>I'm sorry, deserves to be on a pl e. I
<v Speaker 4>feel like there's that their work so far has been
<v Speaker 4>pl worthy. Everything about these two is just great, honestly.
<v Speaker 4>And lastly, I hope that Drew and Punk will be
<v Speaker 4>very extreme and dangerous, almost like their lives are on
<v Speaker 4>the line. I hope it's very reminiscent of Taker in Mankind,
<v Speaker 4>where they were fighting on top. One of them gets
<v Speaker 4>thrown to the top or through the top or off
<v Speaker 4>the top onto the announced table and slammed onto a
<v Speaker 4>pile of thumbtacks. I'm really hoping for some a gruesome match,
<v Speaker 4>absolute classic that'll be remembered for years to come, A
<v Speaker 4>proper hell in a cell match if you if you will,
<v Speaker 4>And let's be honest, y'all love it as wrestling fans
<v Speaker 4>are sick. Yeah, we're nuts. Despite what people may say
<v Speaker 4>that oh it's about athleticism. There's nothing like sheer brutality.
<v Speaker 4>We thirst for it, we just do. But let me
<v Speaker 4>quickly touch on Reed and Stroman. I think they have overachieved.
<v Speaker 4>They caught something that I didn't think most people probably
<v Speaker 4>thought they could it. Just where does it end? I mean,
<v Speaker 4>this is a just me. This is a short term program.
<v Speaker 4>This is not long term, even though it is fun
<v Speaker 4>because all they're doing is just destroying everything in sight,
<v Speaker 4>which is fun, absolutely, and I am really enjoying it.
<v Speaker 4>And it's great particularly for Bronze and Red, and it
<v Speaker 4>puts him on the map in the biggest rivalry he's had. Yeah,
<v Speaker 4>he destroyed Seth Rollins, and Seth Rollins will come back
<v Speaker 4>and get his revenge. But to me, even more enjoyably
<v Speaker 4>is the Bronze Stroman parent pairing. And it's gonna be
<v Speaker 4>short term. But again, it's short lived. This is not
<v Speaker 4>a sustainable program the way it's going. And I'm happy
<v Speaker 4>for Stroman and Read more specifically as far as Punk
<v Speaker 4>and Drew playing out the Hell and the Seal of
<v Speaker 4>Yesteryear with thumb tacks and being tossed off the top
<v Speaker 4>and through the through the top not gonna happen. And
<v Speaker 4>the reason is not because your assumption or your desire
<v Speaker 4>is misguided. It's rather that it's a different era. I mean,
<v Speaker 4>the last time we saw somebody fall off a cage,
<v Speaker 4>off the hell of a sal I believe it was
<v Speaker 4>WrestleMania thirty two with Undertaker and Shane McMahon, and at
<v Speaker 4>that point there was an insanely obvious crash pad for
<v Speaker 4>Shane to drop onto on the announced table, very clear.
<v Speaker 4>It's like a two inch thick, heavy foam impact absorbent pad.
<v Speaker 4>And that's fine. I mean, safety is paramount. So unless
<v Speaker 4>there's some kind of extremely prepared spot, I don't think
<v Speaker 4>you're gonna see something like that or the even the
<v Speaker 4>Thumb TAXI highly doubt. But we'll see how far they
<v Speaker 4>take it. And this is really gonna be I think
<v Speaker 4>a not just fun from a brutality perspective and from
<v Speaker 4>a storyline perspective to see this thing end, but I
<v Speaker 4>think it's going to really tell the fans where they're
<v Speaker 4>going to go with the brutality end of wrestling. It's
<v Speaker 4>gonna give us a little bit of a I think
<v Speaker 4>a hint as to how far they're going to go
<v Speaker 4>and what direction the company's headed with this kind of
<v Speaker 4>stuff that has been really buried since the PG era began.
<v Speaker 4>But you're not going to see thumb tacks. I doubt it.
<v Speaker 4>Safety safety, safety, it's not going to happen. It's a
<v Speaker 4>different era now, very unlikely anyone goes through the top.
<v Speaker 4>I could be totally proven wrong. But there's other ways
<v Speaker 4>to have great hell in a cell other than actually
<v Speaker 4>having their lives put at risk. I mean those spots
<v Speaker 4>with Mick going off the top in ninety eight at
<v Speaker 4>King of the Ring is I mean, you're literally putting
<v Speaker 4>your life on the line there, and in an unnecessarily
<v Speaker 4>high risk way. Yes, they put their lives on the
<v Speaker 4>line every single match by default, but this is a
<v Speaker 4>infinitely higher risk of injury or death with something like that,
<v Speaker 4>and they're not going to do that. So all right,
<v Speaker 4>do you know, let's get to another patron Freeman says,
<v Speaker 4>I love a good stipulation match, and the Naya Tiffy
<v Speaker 4>Bailey Naomi tag match feels like one of the best
<v Speaker 4>we've had in a while. I've been thinking about the
<v Speaker 4>potential outcomes and I've got a theory about the ideal
<v Speaker 4>scenario for this match. First, the stipulation was worded interestingly,
<v Speaker 4>whoever gets the pin earns the title shot, and this
<v Speaker 4>wasn't limited to the Bailey Naomi team. So what if
<v Speaker 4>Tiffy gets the pin? Does that mean she earns a
<v Speaker 4>title shot? I doubt WWE is planning this, but why
<v Speaker 4>not having the money to make briefcase shouldn't prevent her
<v Speaker 4>from earning a legit shot through a match like this.
<v Speaker 4>It would be a fun twist, and I can see
<v Speaker 4>a Nia versus Tiffany feud brewing, especially since they've been
<v Speaker 4>teasing a split for a while. And honestly, that match
<v Speaker 4>makes more sense for a pla named bad Blood than
<v Speaker 4>Nia versus Bailey or Naomi, and Tiffy is basically a
<v Speaker 4>baby face anyway. Yeah, they can pull the trigger anytime
<v Speaker 4>they want on that. But if I know I've got
<v Speaker 4>an ace in the hole, you don't play that card
<v Speaker 4>right away. You you let it linger, you let the
<v Speaker 4>fans wonder they could pull the trigger. I wouldn't do it. Yet.
<v Speaker 4>Tiffany's got a long time before the briefcase expires.
<v Speaker 5>What next July?
<v Speaker 4>Let it run its course. I'm not saying wait till July,
<v Speaker 4>but I'm saying there's there's not a need, there's not
<v Speaker 4>a there's not a real good reason to have tiff
<v Speaker 4>Tiffany Stratton drop that on Nya right now. And also,
<v Speaker 4>Naya just became champion. You're not going to have her
<v Speaker 4>lose right away. Nia Jack says really had a hell
<v Speaker 4>of a year, and you're not going to have her
<v Speaker 4>immediately drop at the Tiffany Stratton that you want a
<v Speaker 4>little build for, you want a little anticipation, you want
<v Speaker 4>the fans to get to a point of kind of
<v Speaker 4>forgetting she's the money the bank briefcase winner. So I
<v Speaker 4>don't think it's gonna happen yet. But as far as
<v Speaker 4>Tiffany getting the win, I mean, you could do it
<v Speaker 4>that way and she still retains her money to bank briefcase.
<v Speaker 4>As for whom I take the loss if they don't
<v Speaker 4>go with the Tiffy win, I could see Tiffany losing
<v Speaker 4>and then moving to Raw to cash in her briefcase
<v Speaker 4>on Rhea after she wins. But I actually think Bailey
<v Speaker 4>is more likely to take the loss. Raw's in need
<v Speaker 4>of more credible challengers the Women's Championship, and after the
<v Speaker 4>Live Rea feud ends at Bad Blood, they'll need to
<v Speaker 4>step up, need to step up. Both Naomi and Bailey
<v Speaker 4>could make good contenders, but Bailey's got so much more
<v Speaker 4>going on with damage Control and the wide six teases
<v Speaker 4>that seem to be targeting her group. It feels like
<v Speaker 4>she has a lot more storyline waiting for her on
<v Speaker 4>Raw than Naomi does. So my prediction Tiffy pins Bailey.
<v Speaker 4>I think that would open some really interesting directions for
<v Speaker 4>everyone involved. It would That's probably the most likely scenario.
<v Speaker 4>I think Bailey needs a change of environment, change of scenery.
<v Speaker 4>But I also don't know what their plan is. If
<v Speaker 4>Bailey is the one to move to RAW, I mean,
<v Speaker 4>what's her plan exactly. The feud with Liv Morgan, I
<v Speaker 4>don't know. I mean, Live Morgan does need someone other
<v Speaker 4>than a Ria Ripley to face at some point, and
<v Speaker 4>I don't think Ria is going to win that belt
<v Speaker 4>anytime soon. Live is doing a very fine job with it.
<v Speaker 4>Rhea doesn't need it, and Bailey could be a nice
<v Speaker 4>addition to the babyface roster for the women on the
<v Speaker 4>flip side. Though. On SmackDown, Nijacks does need someone to
<v Speaker 4>work with, but Bailey has been kind of It feels
<v Speaker 4>like they've been fewed for a long time, even though
<v Speaker 4>it hasn't been that long, I have found this program
<v Speaker 4>a little bit underwhelming. I've actually found Bailey's character, and
<v Speaker 4>this is not the fault of her but rather creative
<v Speaker 4>and their direction or commitment to the Bailey character honestly
<v Speaker 4>to be a little bit underwhelming and underappreciated, not just
<v Speaker 4>for the last few weeks or months, but really the
<v Speaker 4>last like year and a half, maybe more than that.
<v Speaker 4>You could argue that even during her Damage Control run,
<v Speaker 4>for most of the Damage Control run, it was boring
<v Speaker 4>because Damage Control was a team that most people didn't
<v Speaker 4>have a whole lot of emotional investment into. They were
<v Speaker 4>waiting for the group to break up. They'd tease it
<v Speaker 4>and then they wouldn't do it, and people are just
<v Speaker 4>exhausted of how boring this group is, and it just was.
<v Speaker 4>It just was boring. And there wasn't a ton outside
<v Speaker 4>of their debut that they did that was memorable. Right,
<v Speaker 4>They debuted at SummerSlam, attacked Bianca Belle Air. That was
<v Speaker 4>a big moment, cool name for a group, and that
<v Speaker 4>was kind of so all right, Well, let's go to
<v Speaker 4>our next email, and let's let's see here let's go
<v Speaker 4>to let's go to DJ Kuzman, another great patron, he says,
<v Speaker 4>quick question and then not so disant future, when do
<v Speaker 4>you think of Cody Rhad's heel turn might occur after
<v Speaker 4>the Survivor series, this year's Survivor series, after next year's
<v Speaker 4>Royal Rubble, or after WrestleMania forty one, because it seems
<v Speaker 4>to me that Cody was kind of teasing a heel
<v Speaker 4>turn when he said to Roman last week on SmackDown,
<v Speaker 4>it it well, it was in reference to when Roman
<v Speaker 4>said this is my show, my WWE as the crowd
<v Speaker 4>bowed Cody, I'm all for a slow burn Cody heel
<v Speaker 4>turn because this could be what Cody needs to change
<v Speaker 4>up his current goody two shoes stale persona. He was
<v Speaker 4>a heel in the past with Randy and Ted Dibiasei
<v Speaker 4>in the Formation of Legacy. Even while Cody was in
<v Speaker 4>the indies wrestling in Ring of Honor and New Japan
<v Speaker 4>Pro Wrestling, just to name a fheugh, Cody was part
<v Speaker 4>of the Bullet Club heel faction. Anyway, to make a
<v Speaker 4>long story short, it's just a matter of time as
<v Speaker 4>to when Cody will turn. He will look Cody Roads
<v Speaker 4>is a heel. I've said him many times. I've never advocated,
<v Speaker 4>ever as much as I criticized his baby Face character
<v Speaker 4>for him to be fired. Ever, he's a big asset
<v Speaker 4>to the company, clearly, and he's proven that. When do
<v Speaker 4>I think he's turning heel? Though probably not for a while.
<v Speaker 4>I'd say past WrestleMania forty one, because there's still some
<v Speaker 4>gas in the tank for this Babyface run. It's not
<v Speaker 4>nearly what it was. I think he's burning through that
<v Speaker 4>gas pretty quick because his run, I'm trying to be
<v Speaker 4>objective here, has not been very exciting as champion thus far.
<v Speaker 4>He's been mister suit, mister promo, occasionally feuding with a bloodline,
<v Speaker 4>and that's it. They have done and had seemingly very
<v Speaker 4>little in store for Cody after WrestleMania. Now, also the
<v Speaker 4>reasons you have to keep Cody Babyface for the time being,
<v Speaker 4>at least thro WrestleMania forty one or and beyond. Maybe
<v Speaker 4>the Rock's gonna stay his heel character, his brilliant Final
<v Speaker 4>Boss character. There's no need to change back to anything
<v Speaker 4>other than the Final Boss. That's a heel character. Yes,
<v Speaker 4>he gets cheered, but it is a heel character and
<v Speaker 4>they're going to get to the Rock and Cody Roads
<v Speaker 4>for the championship. You're not gonna have Cody Rhods as
<v Speaker 4>a heel in that. That could be your WrestleMania main
<v Speaker 4>event too. You also just had him win. You also
<v Speaker 4>just went through a four nearly four year reign with
<v Speaker 4>a heel champion. You're not gonna have another heel champion
<v Speaker 4>for quite some time because that was the whole reason
<v Speaker 4>for the change was we're ready for somebody that's actually
<v Speaker 4>going to be here to hold it and we're tired
<v Speaker 4>of Roman as champion, and on and on we go. Right,
<v Speaker 4>So there's some strong reasons to not turn Cody as
<v Speaker 4>a heel. Also, the fans are not booing him yet.
<v Speaker 4>May have heard some slight booze when he said my
<v Speaker 4>WWE or it was that. I don't think that was
<v Speaker 4>a heel statement. That's just true. It was his WWE.
<v Speaker 4>It was his show until he lost the belt. That's true.
<v Speaker 4>There's nothing wrong or inaccurate about that wasn't It wasn't
<v Speaker 4>done as a way to start feuding with Roman again.
<v Speaker 4>So you have Cody Rhodes not running down the crowd,
<v Speaker 4>still doing his insanely manufactured entrance with his stupid smiles
<v Speaker 4>and his stupid dog and his you know, mentioning the
<v Speaker 4>name of the city and every beginning of promos and
<v Speaker 4>all that stuff that is just despicable to me. Yes,
<v Speaker 4>he's still doing that again. You want to get all
<v Speaker 4>the money and ratings that you can and story out
<v Speaker 4>of this baby face round before you switch them. So, ultimately,
<v Speaker 4>what's my answered, Why do I think they're gonna switch them?
<v Speaker 4>You're looking at like maybe Summer Slam next year or
<v Speaker 4>WrestleMania forty two. I think is more likely deep into
<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty five, early into twenty twenty six is when
<v Speaker 4>you might see a Cody Rhodes heel turn. Or the
<v Speaker 4>only way it'll happen earlier is that the fans smarten
<v Speaker 4>up and see what I see this phony politician champion.
<v Speaker 4>And no, I did not steal it from Drew. We
<v Speaker 4>were saying that long before Drew McIntyre sat out on
<v Speaker 4>air a couple months ago. But we have a politician
<v Speaker 4>for a champion, and the sooner the fans see that,
<v Speaker 4>the sooner I think they're gonna start being like, wait, why.
<v Speaker 2>Are we cheering for this?
<v Speaker 4>Dude, that's just all smiles all the time again. So
<v Speaker 4>unless the fans will it to happen and they start
<v Speaker 4>to organically turn on him, I don't think they're gonna
<v Speaker 4>have any discussions about it for another year. One last question,
<v Speaker 4>not to jump ahead again towards Survivor's series Wargames, but
<v Speaker 4>do you think there will be a women's Wargames match
<v Speaker 4>that includes Team Ria versus Team Live or does the
<v Speaker 4>storyline up the new Judgment Day versus Tara Twins potential
<v Speaker 4>five team squad make a suitable Wargames match. The only
<v Speaker 4>reason I ask is that in both twenty twenty two
<v Speaker 4>and twenty twenty three there have been a women's Wargames
<v Speaker 4>match in which both years, Damage Control lost against the
<v Speaker 4>posing Babyfaced team. This is DJ becuz we'll signing off.
<v Speaker 4>Have a great weekend. See y'all in the Discord chat
<v Speaker 4>for Friday Night SmackDown. It's logical that Team Riha and
<v Speaker 4>Team Live happens, but can they keep the program going
<v Speaker 4>another two months? I don't know that that might be
<v Speaker 4>a little bit much to ask, but I do think
<v Speaker 4>there should be a women's war Games match if they
<v Speaker 4>wanted to rend Live. Fine, I'm just concerned that I
<v Speaker 4>think fans will be burned out of that program in
<v Speaker 4>two months two months from now. They're not gonna care.
<v Speaker 4>But I could be wrong. Maybe they added a twist
<v Speaker 4>that gives some life to this story. I just don't know.
<v Speaker 4>Two months is a long time in pro wrestling world.
<v Speaker 4>So thanks DJ. We'll talk to uh or talked to
<v Speaker 4>you with the Joe Hendry report very soon. But let's
<v Speaker 4>let's dive into I think I had some patrons message
<v Speaker 4>me directly in let's see here right in the app.
<v Speaker 4>So let's go to Alex the French guy. He said,
<v Speaker 4>I hope you're doing fine. I want to continue the
<v Speaker 4>discussion that is who is going to beat Cody Rhodes
<v Speaker 4>for the championship. For me, there's only two names on
<v Speaker 4>it that can they who can do it? Seth, Rollins
<v Speaker 4>or McIntyre. Wwe will not make a face lose another
<v Speaker 4>to another face, so it should be Heel, Seth or
<v Speaker 4>Drew or here comes my fantasy booking. Cody turns heel
<v Speaker 4>while being the champion. He goes homelander mode, claims that
<v Speaker 4>he did it on his own and comes from a
<v Speaker 4>royal wrestling family. Then some months after he loses against
<v Speaker 4>the real guy that beat Roman Reigns Seth Rollins. I
<v Speaker 4>think there's a much higher chance that Seth turns heel
<v Speaker 4>before Cody does. There really is. There's also an even
<v Speaker 4>higher chance that Randy turns heel before anybody does, and
<v Speaker 4>Randy is the one that maybe could threaten the championship.
<v Speaker 4>I also I know that most people aren't looking at
<v Speaker 4>Randy Orton because they look at him as a fun
<v Speaker 4>legacy star that'll always come really close but never actually win.
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't sleep on Randy Orton. I just wouldn't, because
<v Speaker 4>he reupted with WWE for another five years. He just
<v Speaker 4>signed that deal. The guy looks and feels like he's
<v Speaker 4>twenty four years old. He's in some mobile cryogenic chamber
<v Speaker 4>that we are all unable to see. He possesses some
<v Speaker 4>kind of anti aging agent that we are all not
<v Speaker 4>privy too. It's incredible. Randy Orton is timeless. We're gonna
<v Speaker 4>be asking for Randy Orton to deliver RKOS when he's
<v Speaker 4>in the nursing home. Whenever he does make it there,
<v Speaker 4>I'm sure he'll still be able to perform one that'll
<v Speaker 4>probably be his final maneuver is rkoing somebody into his
<v Speaker 4>own grave. I mean, so with that, all that weird,
<v Speaker 4>those weird analogies and drama of Randy Orton aside, I
<v Speaker 4>think that Randy Orton is a actual threat and I
<v Speaker 4>wouldn't sleep on him. Do I think it's likely. No,
<v Speaker 4>But Randy Orton won he turns on Cody Rhoads, I
<v Speaker 4>think is a real threat to Cody's belt. Now back
<v Speaker 4>in reality, though, I think you're right, Seth or Drew
<v Speaker 4>is a very Those are two very believable opponents to win.
<v Speaker 4>But you have to remember both are on the opposite brand. Now,
<v Speaker 4>WWE has told us time and again with so many words,
<v Speaker 4>they don't give a damn about anybody and any other brand.
<v Speaker 4>They're gonna do what they want and say there's a
<v Speaker 4>brand split, but bring people over and then not explain it.
<v Speaker 4>It's what they do and have done forever. I hate it,
<v Speaker 4>but they do it. So if they don't care about
<v Speaker 4>their brand split, then yeah, they can bring over Seth
<v Speaker 4>or a Drew or do a trade or whatever, and
<v Speaker 4>I think it'll work just fine. So yeah, the fact
<v Speaker 4>they're on opposite brands won't preclude them. I'm sure, Okay,
<v Speaker 4>thanks Alex. Let's let's see here we have. Did I
<v Speaker 4>get to all of them? Did I get to all
<v Speaker 4>of them? I don't know. I feel like I didn't.
<v Speaker 4>By the way, I might have an interesting guest on
<v Speaker 4>the show in the coming weeks. It is not anyone
<v Speaker 4>that's been on the show before. And he's a country
<v Speaker 4>music star. Yeah, I said that, he's a country music star.
<v Speaker 4>Trying to iron out the details. I'll give you more
<v Speaker 4>about it when we when we give you know, when
<v Speaker 4>we get things all lined up. But yeah, it'd be
<v Speaker 4>very cool to have this individual. Line A big fan
<v Speaker 4>of his music, and apparently he listens to the show,
<v Speaker 4>and more details to come on that. So hopefully we
<v Speaker 4>can get a day in time that we can both
<v Speaker 4>link up and have a fun discussion about wrestling and
<v Speaker 4>some other things. So I'll just leave it at that.
<v Speaker 4>So how's that. How's that for a teaser? All right,
<v Speaker 4>let's continue. We're gonna then. Let's see here most of
<v Speaker 4>you are. Most of these emails are for the NXT
<v Speaker 4>position or the SmackDown position that we had, and I
<v Speaker 4>have to say they have been filled. Okay, they have
<v Speaker 4>been filled. However, those of you that did submit, I'll
<v Speaker 4>keep you on reserve, all right, I'll keep you on reserve.
<v Speaker 4>Or if there is a show that you guys want
<v Speaker 4>to those of you who have submitted or haven't that
<v Speaker 4>want to produce a show on a Wednesday evening because
<v Speaker 4>our Wednesday, our Wednesday lineup is pretty thin. It's about
<v Speaker 4>one of the only days that we don't publish a show.
<v Speaker 4>And you have an idea for a new kind of show,
<v Speaker 4>let me know. I'm open to suggestions. All right. I
<v Speaker 4>think that concludes the emails. Let's get to those voicemails
<v Speaker 4>right now.
<v Speaker 2>Hello, don me podcast world. This is DJ Cools melt
<v Speaker 2>Back added again on your mail Max Show Records. You
<v Speaker 2>live on a Wednesday board, and you know what time
<v Speaker 2>it is.
<v Speaker 4>It's time to see his name. Man, he appears.
<v Speaker 3>I believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 4>I believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 2>That's right, folks, Joe Hendry is his name. As I
<v Speaker 2>take it to my tenth episode of the Joe hend Report,
<v Speaker 2>As I take it to this past Friday live from
<v Speaker 2>San Antonio, Texas, It's ten day's pay per view called
<v Speaker 2>Tenda Victory Road, as we had the highly anticipated matchup
<v Speaker 2>of Joe Hendry versus Josh Alexander. Weeks and weeks of
<v Speaker 2>the build up to this match, we'll finally having this
<v Speaker 2>matchup that went sixty minutes and fifty two seconds. It
<v Speaker 2>looked like Josh Alexander was gonna get the victory after
<v Speaker 2>when we had a good old fashioned referee pump as
<v Speaker 2>Josh Alexander shoved the referee into Joe Hendry and then
<v Speaker 2>of course he tries to go for the low blow
<v Speaker 2>on Joe Hendry, but this time Joe Hendry was wearing
<v Speaker 2>a cup. That's right, folks, Joe Hendry was wearing a
<v Speaker 2>cup as Josh Alexander hit the fail attempt to hit
<v Speaker 2>the low blow on Joe Hendry. Now we fast forward
<v Speaker 2>to the conclusion of the match as Joe Hendry gets
<v Speaker 2>the victory with the standing ovation choke slam, and then
<v Speaker 2>of course he hits a submission move. Joe Hendry hits
<v Speaker 2>a submission move the ankle lock on Josh Alexander. As
<v Speaker 2>Josh Alexander taps out Joe Hendry, Fini gets the victory
<v Speaker 2>and that ends his three match losing streak. Now we
<v Speaker 2>fast forward to this Passuny Live for Woodbury, Minnesota as
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry was part of a tag team mashup the
<v Speaker 2>Midwest All Star Testing promotion as he was part of
<v Speaker 2>the Say his Name and he Appears of En down
<v Speaker 2>in Woodbury, Minnesota. As Joe Hendry and Joe Evlon are
<v Speaker 2>the new Midwest All Star Tag Team Champions as they
<v Speaker 2>defeated the Gentlemen's Club of Lenox Leon and another than
<v Speaker 2>Aaron Arsenal. Now Joe Hendry is back to his winning wigs.
<v Speaker 2>What's next for Joe Hendry as it seems like NXT
<v Speaker 2>might be back on the horizon, or let's even fast
<v Speaker 2>forward to what may happen at the Roy Rumble. But
<v Speaker 2>whatever the case may be, always remember to believe in
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry. You always remember to say his name and
<v Speaker 2>remember the words that Joe Hendry says anytime any plays
<v Speaker 2>at any show at what that being said, Always remember
<v Speaker 2>to do this excite.
<v Speaker 3>We believe.
<v Speaker 2>Once again, this is your guy. DJ Coolsbo, have a
<v Speaker 2>blessed week. Be kid to one of those stays in
<v Speaker 2>my friends.
<v Speaker 4>Believe at peace. DJ get me excited for his main
<v Speaker 4>roster debut. Yeah, just I say this every week and
<v Speaker 4>I'm really appreciative of you. Continue to cover him. For
<v Speaker 4>those of us that aren't familiar with that XT as
<v Speaker 4>much as we'd like to be, Joe Henry is one
<v Speaker 4>of the biggest stars NXT has, and I can remember
<v Speaker 4>not too long ago, I remember coming on the show
<v Speaker 4>and saying, Hey, who the hell is this guy? You know?
<v Speaker 4>I remember saying that I'm not gonna pretend I didn't
<v Speaker 4>say it. I had no idea who he was, didn't know.
<v Speaker 4>I'm sure I'm not the only one in that boat.
<v Speaker 4>I'm sure a lot of you out there also were
<v Speaker 4>kind of in the same sphere, if you will. But
<v Speaker 4>I think that he has caught fire that music. You know,
<v Speaker 4>I don't think as fans we really understood the impact
<v Speaker 4>music can have on a wrestler. Just ask Cody Rhodes.
<v Speaker 4>Just ask Sammy Zaane, just ask Drew, not Drew Mactar,
<v Speaker 4>but Seth Rollins. Now ask Joe Hendry just how much
<v Speaker 4>music can help you get over It's not the sole factor,
<v Speaker 4>but it can be a very big factor. And Joe Hendry,
<v Speaker 4>who went on the Chris Van Vliet podcast really fun interview.
<v Speaker 4>Go check it out. There's your plug, Chris. I would
<v Speaker 4>or he did say that the idea behind his music
<v Speaker 4>that was developed was to get fans to act in
<v Speaker 4>a certain way with their hands, to have the music
<v Speaker 4>stuck in your head. It was by design. This song
<v Speaker 4>is not an accident, and it has worked brilliantly, brilliantly.
<v Speaker 4>I'm literally going throughout my work day. I'm sitting at
<v Speaker 4>my desk and you know, doing my stuff, and I'll
<v Speaker 4>just sit there and I'm just like humming myself, you know,
<v Speaker 4>the Joe Henry song. And it is a it's a
<v Speaker 4>catchy song. It does stick in your head, and that's
<v Speaker 4>the idea. And Joe Henry, of course, it can't be
<v Speaker 4>all music that gets you over. But he has done
<v Speaker 4>his part thus far. I've seen some of his work.
<v Speaker 4>He's a younger guy. The future is very bright for
<v Speaker 4>Joe Hendry, so to keep a lookout. I'll continue to
<v Speaker 4>say it. I think his debut, at least maybe a
<v Speaker 4>small one, a quick one, will be at the Rumble
<v Speaker 4>this year and the crowd's going to lose their minds,
<v Speaker 4>just lose it. The crowd's going to lose their minds.
<v Speaker 4>So alrighty, thank you so much.
<v Speaker 5>DJ.
<v Speaker 4>We do have other voicemails. Believe it or not, Believe
<v Speaker 4>it or not. We do have other voicemails. I know
<v Speaker 4>that sometimes we don't have any others, which is embarrassing,
<v Speaker 4>but we do have a couple here. Actually, this is uh,
<v Speaker 4>this is from somebody you haven't heard from it in
<v Speaker 4>a while. I believe this is Brad from Florida. So
<v Speaker 4>let's say your Brad's got to say this week.
<v Speaker 3>Hey Matt, it's h Brad and Florida. I uh, just
<v Speaker 3>a couple of things. Number one, I hate Roman's new
<v Speaker 3>entrance music. It's just a bad version of the ever one.
<v Speaker 3>And honestly, it doesn't have like like a drop point.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if you know what I mean, but
<v Speaker 3>like almost like a hit point where you know, like
<v Speaker 3>the actual theme is kicking in, Like it kind of
<v Speaker 3>just seems like just a long intro to me. I
<v Speaker 3>really just do not like it. And I think his
<v Speaker 3>old theme song was a thousand times better. Not really
<v Speaker 3>very important, but just wanted to bring that up. I also, really,
<v Speaker 3>honestly just I don't know, man like Randy Orton coming
<v Speaker 3>out to tag with Kevin Owens, like ooh, what a mystery,
<v Speaker 3>what a surprise, Like there's no one else that was
<v Speaker 3>going to be so like why is that a surprise? Now?
<v Speaker 3>It was kind of funny with them bringing the guy
<v Speaker 3>with the hair on his back out first and all
<v Speaker 3>that stuff, But at the end of the day, like,
<v Speaker 3>I just want to see it be someone else for
<v Speaker 3>one time. Who's the surprise mystery partner? Not Randy Orton
<v Speaker 3>every single time? Like, I don't know, give me brock
<v Speaker 3>Lesner coming out, give me a surprise, give me freaking
<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Austin Theory wanted to help Kevin Owens
<v Speaker 3>for some weird reason, and he wants to be his partner,
<v Speaker 3>and there's this tension. I don't give me anything. I
<v Speaker 3>don't know, man. I just, by the way, what's up
<v Speaker 3>with the bags under Cmpunk's eyes. I have never seen
<v Speaker 3>anyone look so thickly. He looks so bad with those
<v Speaker 3>big red bags under his eyes. He looks like he
<v Speaker 3>hasn't slept in three weeks. Honestly, I don't know what's
<v Speaker 3>up with that, but he does not look healthy this man,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know.
<v Speaker 2>Man.
<v Speaker 3>To me raw this week was a little anticlimactic. I
<v Speaker 3>don't know. I did like the Bronson red and Bronze
<v Speaker 3>Strowman thing. I don't know, man, It's just I think
<v Speaker 3>they really do need to go to two hours. I'm
<v Speaker 3>happy they're going to two hours. I think it's a
<v Speaker 3>great thing. They just cram in so much garbage and
<v Speaker 3>it is a lot of commitment and investment to watch
<v Speaker 3>three hours of raw. And by the way, you know
<v Speaker 3>Eo Sky. I know this is gonna be controversial, but
<v Speaker 3>you know she beat Bianca bell Are. Honestly, man, I
<v Speaker 3>don't know one thing about this woman. I don't know
<v Speaker 3>one thing about her after two years in this company
<v Speaker 3>other than she's a good wrestler, and to me, that
<v Speaker 3>just doesn't work for me. I don't know anything about her.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know, you know how she's you know what
<v Speaker 3>her mission is? I know nothing. So I know I'm
<v Speaker 3>up on the three minutes, man, But I have more
<v Speaker 3>other stupid things to say. But hope all is great.
<v Speaker 3>Matt ex Brad again in Florida. I know I only
<v Speaker 3>get one voicemail. If you don't want to put this on, fine,
<v Speaker 3>but hopefully you can give me a mulligan. The other
<v Speaker 3>thing I wanted to say is IDVR SmackDown. I started
<v Speaker 3>watching it a little bit late, like eight point thirty
<v Speaker 3>my time or whatever it was. Do you know that
<v Speaker 3>they overran and the DVR, you know, obviously stops at
<v Speaker 3>ten o'clock, so I did not see the end of Cody.
<v Speaker 3>Now I did see it on YouTube. But what a
<v Speaker 3>joke for their inaugural episode to waste so much time
<v Speaker 3>on like Randy's entering to which I think was five
<v Speaker 3>minutes or six minutes of him standing in the ring
<v Speaker 3>and just posting and the song just playing. They wasted
<v Speaker 3>so much time throughout that episode that Cody standing at
<v Speaker 3>the aisle was the last thing that I saw, not
<v Speaker 3>any part of solo coming out, nothing until I had
<v Speaker 3>to find it on YouTube. Whatever. Man, what a joke
<v Speaker 3>for an inaugural episode. And the other thing I wanted
<v Speaker 3>to say, man, is that Triple H does not reward
<v Speaker 3>people that are charismatic and funny and bring something to
<v Speaker 3>the table more than just quote unquote good wrestling. Look
<v Speaker 3>at who he pushes, whether it's Pete Dunn, Eo Sky,
<v Speaker 3>the Zoe Stark I actually don't hate, but Zoe Stark
<v Speaker 3>and this and that. Like the people that he pushes
<v Speaker 3>are people that literally don't say a word and they're
<v Speaker 3>just good wrestlers. I want to see people like Chelsea
<v Speaker 3>Green push who has an incredible personality, like an Ariana
<v Speaker 3>Grace an NXT who's got an incredible personality, so funny.
<v Speaker 3>I just don't understand the fascination with like the indie
<v Speaker 3>wrestlers and like the pit squeaks that he brings in
<v Speaker 3>no offense. But like I don't know, like Pete Dunn.
<v Speaker 3>Why do I have an investment in him? I don't
<v Speaker 3>know one thing about him. He just stands there looking
<v Speaker 3>angry and snarling. I don't know, man. That's just the
<v Speaker 3>last part of my message. But yeah, it was a
<v Speaker 3>joke that SmackDown overran by six or seven minutes. And
<v Speaker 3>if you're dvring it, you're just screwed.
<v Speaker 5>So later.
<v Speaker 4>Alrighty Brad, it's your lucky night. All Right, it's been
<v Speaker 4>a while, so I granted you two voicemails, so it's
<v Speaker 4>good to hear you, and I hope all is well
<v Speaker 4>down in Florida and the hurricanes stay away. All right, Well,
<v Speaker 4>a few points. I'm not gonna address every single point
<v Speaker 4>the ones I wrote down here. I will address those
<v Speaker 4>a few. I just don't want to respond to Rowan
<v Speaker 4>Raise's music.
<v Speaker 2>Now.
<v Speaker 4>I have been an advocate of saying that I think
<v Speaker 4>it's good, very good. I've enjoyed it, and maybe I've
<v Speaker 4>been fooled by the intro, which is a like you said,
<v Speaker 4>it is kind of a long intro that doesn't get
<v Speaker 4>to the actual music. It's just one long, dramatically sounding intro,
<v Speaker 4>and I maybe I've just heard the intro and I
<v Speaker 4>the rest of it. I don't even try to listen
<v Speaker 4>for I just see Roman, and then I, you know,
<v Speaker 4>we're all just paying attention to Roman, and then the
<v Speaker 4>music doesn't become such a big factor anymore because Roman's there.
<v Speaker 4>But I never actually listened to the whole song without Roman,
<v Speaker 4>Like listen, go on, you know, on YouTube and search
<v Speaker 4>for his new theme. You could find it and just
<v Speaker 4>listen to it. So that may help me decide if
<v Speaker 4>I really really do enjoy it or I don't. I
<v Speaker 4>actually like you, like you though, I never thought there
<v Speaker 4>was anything wrong with this old music. I didn't think
<v Speaker 4>he needed a change. You know, if you're gonna have
<v Speaker 4>the same dramatic kind of slow entrance even as a
<v Speaker 4>as a babyface, then why did we need to change
<v Speaker 4>the music. You're not going back to the big dog crap.
<v Speaker 4>His entrance music was iconic and you're gonna change it
<v Speaker 4>just to change it.
<v Speaker 2>You know.
<v Speaker 4>I'm all for music changes. Sometimes it is sometimes warranted
<v Speaker 4>and needed. When you go from especially babyface to heel
<v Speaker 4>and you have this very fun sing along song as
<v Speaker 4>a babyface and you're trying to you don't want that
<v Speaker 4>as a heel, That's fine. But yeah, so that's what
<v Speaker 4>i'd say about it. I'm gonna take a listen to
<v Speaker 4>it without Roman on camera, Randy Orton's surprise partner. Yeah,
<v Speaker 4>it is getting a little bit monotonous. Oh, Randy Orton's
<v Speaker 4>teaming again with Kevin Owens and Cody to help, you know,
<v Speaker 4>fend off the bloodline. Oh, it is. It's extremely predictable.
<v Speaker 4>What I will say is this two things. One, Randy
<v Speaker 4>Orton is not here for very long. He did just
<v Speaker 4>sign a five year extension from what I understand, But
<v Speaker 4>seeing him after twenty years do what he's doing, you
<v Speaker 4>just have to appreciate it. I mean you just I
<v Speaker 4>shouldn't tell you have to, but you should. And that's
<v Speaker 4>not to say maybe you don't appreciate it, but also
<v Speaker 4>understand that at his age and is Mila John his
<v Speaker 4>body and how old he is, he shouldn't be this good.
<v Speaker 4>He arguably is better than he's ever been. It's incredible.
<v Speaker 4>But what I want more than anything from Randy is
<v Speaker 4>a shot in the arm. And that is a heel
<v Speaker 4>turn for Randy, you know, his one millionth whatever it is,
<v Speaker 4>that is what's needed, or even a Kevin Owens heeal turn.
<v Speaker 4>But these Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and Cody Rhodes, you know,
<v Speaker 4>love makeout fest that they have on a weekly basis.
<v Speaker 4>It's it's kind of more than run its course and
<v Speaker 4>waiting for someone to turn. It's not gonna be Cody.
<v Speaker 4>Randy Orton has turned how many times in his career.
<v Speaker 4>He's a you know, a high likelihood. But Kevin Owens,
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't sleep on either. Somebody needs to turn on somebody.
<v Speaker 4>That's what needs to happen in that group, all right.
<v Speaker 4>The bags Underseandpunk's eyes, Yeah, you mentioned things that I
<v Speaker 4>think about for a moment and then I just shove
<v Speaker 4>my memory and I never remember to bring him up
<v Speaker 4>on the show. So I'm glad you pulled this from
<v Speaker 4>my memory bank. The bags in his eyes are they
<v Speaker 4>do look like sick of like sickly. If you didn't
<v Speaker 4>know that he didn't do drugs, you know, like you
<v Speaker 4>would think he did. I mean that he was like
<v Speaker 4>he was up all night drinking, you know, and he
<v Speaker 4>got out, he got home or rather got to the
<v Speaker 4>hotel at five am, caught a red eye flight, you know,
<v Speaker 4>then didn't have any time to rest. He's still hungover
<v Speaker 4>and he's been doing this for three weeks. That's how
<v Speaker 4>he looks. And also, I mean to be honest with you,
<v Speaker 4>obviously he doesn't do that, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, and
<v Speaker 4>that's cool, that's his deal. But I think it's just age. Man,
<v Speaker 4>It's just age. He's not young, and you don't. That
<v Speaker 4>kind of thing gets worse as you get older. I
<v Speaker 4>think we're watching cmpunk age in front of our eyes.
<v Speaker 4>Most of his beard is gray now. He still works
<v Speaker 4>very well in the ring, and we'll see how physical
<v Speaker 4>he gets at hell in a cell. I'm actually, if
<v Speaker 4>you're a seeing Punk fan, I'd be worried about his
<v Speaker 4>actual health inside the cell. I think there's a real
<v Speaker 4>chance that you could look at this and come out
<v Speaker 4>of it and Punk's injured. Drew, I'm sure is aware
<v Speaker 4>of this, and that Punk does have a fragile body
<v Speaker 4>compared to the rest of the roster because of his age.
<v Speaker 4>I'd be a little bit concerned about Punk's health after this.
<v Speaker 4>I would not be surprised at all coming out of
<v Speaker 4>this if we hear Punk has a tweaked this, a
<v Speaker 4>torn that, a sprain this, or whatever, besides the typical
<v Speaker 4>bumps and bruises. I think, and I'm not trying to
<v Speaker 4>foreshadow this, I could just foresee it. I think we're
<v Speaker 4>all looking forward to robbing two hours. But the rumor
<v Speaker 4>has it that Ro's going back to three hours after
<v Speaker 4>this three month stint, so back in January, they're going
<v Speaker 4>to go back to three hours or SmackDown rather, I
<v Speaker 4>think is getting a third hour. Either way, the amount
<v Speaker 4>of wrestling content apparently is not changing, so we can't
<v Speaker 4>escape that third hour one way or the other. Apparently,
<v Speaker 4>I don't want a three hour anything. I don't want
<v Speaker 4>a three hour movie. There's very few things I want
<v Speaker 4>to do for three hours, very few. It's a short list,
<v Speaker 4>very short list. Like I mean, I could be on
<v Speaker 4>a beach having some drinks for three hours, you know,
<v Speaker 4>I could be out at or I used to be
<v Speaker 4>able to be out at a bar for three hours
<v Speaker 4>with my friends. More than that. Hell, we close down bars.
<v Speaker 4>We used to go to bars and literally the sun
<v Speaker 4>would be coming up. That's how you know when the
<v Speaker 4>lights come on at the bar. That's always one. It's
<v Speaker 4>a big indicator. Or especially in the summertime. You know,
<v Speaker 4>you you walk out of a bar, you walk out
<v Speaker 4>of a friend's house, doesn't even have to be at
<v Speaker 4>a bar. You come out of your house or wherever,
<v Speaker 4>you're at a house party and the sky is getting light.
<v Speaker 4>You're like, oh, my god, you know, I remember those
<v Speaker 4>I remember those days. Man, those are long behind me.
<v Speaker 4>I don't think I've had that in about ten years.
<v Speaker 4>I don't know how the hell I got.
<v Speaker 5>On this topic.
<v Speaker 4>My god, all right, I guess I'm I'm weeping for
<v Speaker 4>my former life at times. All right, let's see Triple H.
<v Speaker 4>Your last point here about Triple H rewarding good wrestlers
<v Speaker 4>over good personality. There is some truth to that. Now,
<v Speaker 4>there's a couple ways to look at this. You could say, well,
<v Speaker 4>those are the guys that Vince never seemed to push
<v Speaker 4>or give a main event to Vince. You could put
<v Speaker 4>a gun to his head and say, Vince, you either
<v Speaker 4>give and put Butch who was Butch when that was
<v Speaker 4>his name, when Vince was there, You ever give Butch
<v Speaker 4>a spot in the main event of Raw or we
<v Speaker 4>pulled the trigger and Vince would be like, damn it,
<v Speaker 4>pull the trigger. You know, there is no chance that
<v Speaker 4>Vince McMahon would have put Butcher Pete Dunn as he's
<v Speaker 4>now known, in the main event of Raw. And you
<v Speaker 4>could say that that's great because it gives guys a
<v Speaker 4>chance to be in the main event, get more eyeballs
<v Speaker 4>on them, give them some credibility, give them some experience
<v Speaker 4>in the main event that they otherwise wouldn't have under
<v Speaker 4>the previous regime with Kevin Dunn and Vince and the
<v Speaker 4>rest of his entourage. Which, by the way, the Netflix
<v Speaker 4>documentary coming out in September twenty fifth, I know a
<v Speaker 4>lot of people are looking forward to that. I am too.
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if there's any interviews with Vince post
<v Speaker 4>the sex scandal though, so I think it's all just
<v Speaker 4>before that. But anyway, we'll have to wait and see
<v Speaker 4>exactly what this documentary contains in about six days now.
<v Speaker 4>That's one way to look at it. The other way is, yeah,
<v Speaker 4>Triple H does seem to like Chelsea Green, who is
<v Speaker 4>clearly not as good in the ring as a lot
<v Speaker 4>of other women are. She does have an infectious personality.
<v Speaker 4>She's a heel but also fun to watch. She's you're
<v Speaker 4>rooting for her, but kind of like secretly, you'll never
<v Speaker 4>outwardly really cheer for her, but you do inwardly. It's
<v Speaker 4>a weird dichotomy with Chelsea, but she is a fun
<v Speaker 4>personality on camera. And I think right now you're seeing,
<v Speaker 4>though Triple H prioritize better wrestling over maybe bigger characters.
<v Speaker 4>Obviously you'd like to have both, but if you would
<v Speaker 4>to choose, I mean you're seeing that play out on ples.
<v Speaker 4>How many times you see a pl e under the
<v Speaker 4>Triple H regime that is just great wrestling and you
<v Speaker 4>come out of it going wow. Not a lot of
<v Speaker 4>storyline progression, but man, that was a great wrestling show,
<v Speaker 4>a lot of great matches. That's with exception, of course,
<v Speaker 4>not every match on every show on a the Triple
<v Speaker 4>H regime. This is not a broad brush but if
<v Speaker 4>I were to pick one overarching theme that would be it,
<v Speaker 4>that would be it under the Triple H regime of
<v Speaker 4>how we would categorize his ple production. Thus far, great wrestling,
<v Speaker 4>not typically typically, but of course not always storyline progression,
<v Speaker 4>especially those overseas shows that are overpriced. Little storyline progression,
<v Speaker 4>but great wrestling matches. Now, one could argue that is
<v Speaker 4>also what you want to watch on our wrestling show
<v Speaker 4>is great wrestling. And again, how Vince viewed the business
<v Speaker 4>was much more showmanship, big personalities. The match quality isn't
<v Speaker 4>as important as the character development or at least the
<v Speaker 4>promo time. I mean, Vince valued promos and skits much
<v Speaker 4>more than Triple H does. And there's really good and
<v Speaker 4>bad to both. I know we all demonize Vince, and
<v Speaker 4>everything Vince did or used to do was the worst
<v Speaker 4>and it was a bad idea. It's a bunch of nonsense.
<v Speaker 4>We have all kind of were all, I think at
<v Speaker 4>this point trying. We've been conditioned to think everything Vince
<v Speaker 4>has done, everything he's done, has been evil, when in
<v Speaker 4>the moment, we have loved a lot of what Vince
<v Speaker 4>has done when he was doing it building new stars.
<v Speaker 4>He's given us insane amount of main events that will
<v Speaker 4>never forget the biggest stars in the world. He's affected
<v Speaker 4>millions and millions of lives, creating jobs for how many
<v Speaker 4>people and side businesses like this one, where people can
<v Speaker 4>make a living off of what he did and his vision. Again,
<v Speaker 4>this is not me defending any of his you know,
<v Speaker 4>extracurricular activities, just on a strictly professional level. Everything Vince
<v Speaker 4>did was not evil. Everything he did was not bad.
<v Speaker 4>Everything he did was not with malicious intent. He was
<v Speaker 4>sometimes misguided, he ran out of ideas. He was a
<v Speaker 4>little erratic. Yes, you have you heard that all the time.
<v Speaker 4>He's ripping up scripts an hour before the show. A
<v Speaker 4>lot of shows didn't make sense, there were big holes
<v Speaker 4>in storylines. Vince got really bad towards the end. Yes,
<v Speaker 4>I think a lot of it had to do with age.
<v Speaker 4>Even Vince can't escape age. Although he did defeat Got
<v Speaker 4>at a tag team match, so maybe he is truly immortal.
<v Speaker 4>We'll see. I'm not sure what was at stake in
<v Speaker 4>that tag team match with Shawn Michaels and God versus
<v Speaker 4>Vince and Vince and Shane. I think that that was
<v Speaker 4>at Backlash two thousand and six. I think so. All right,
<v Speaker 4>bron you get me on on a weird tangine up
<v Speaker 4>talking about tag team matches with God. All right, my
<v Speaker 4>brain is a weird place. Let's go to one more
<v Speaker 4>I think we have welld on, I'm digging, I'm digging,
<v Speaker 4>and we have Yeah, we have one more voicemail. So
<v Speaker 4>let's see who it is and we'll wrap up the show.
<v Speaker 5>So I wanted to talk about this a touch show
<v Speaker 5>Savary series, you know, predict you for in November. Everyone
<v Speaker 5>is I mean, that's going to be the blood Line
<v Speaker 5>versus blood as Saviar series. What if that isn't the direction?
<v Speaker 5>What has been subjet that's going to evolve the Judge
<v Speaker 5>with Day again and probably even the Raquel and Ria
<v Speaker 5>and Live. You know, Raquel's is probably going to come
<v Speaker 5>back headed into that blood Lets. Let's just say, I'm
<v Speaker 5>sure she's gonna uh be the body guardiss Limb because
<v Speaker 5>they have p history. They were former Tacky champions last year,
<v Speaker 5>they were friends. They're also friends to so that kind
<v Speaker 5>of never died. So I'm sure that's gonna be the direction.
<v Speaker 5>So what Raquel's comes back? But I pointed that what
<v Speaker 5>if what if headed to the far series, it's gonna
<v Speaker 5>be subject evolved if the Judge with Days some respect
<v Speaker 5>and is it and they'll do something with Robin Rains
<v Speaker 5>and Solo that is evolved. Stuff being it's kind of
<v Speaker 5>the work is back itself. You just have a regular
<v Speaker 5>match up work at the far series wherever that's going
<v Speaker 5>to be, depending what's gonna happen after that blood that
<v Speaker 5>that tagtoo back So uh, that's just my I dou'lt.
<v Speaker 5>So that's just where I see it because I wanted
<v Speaker 5>to see it's gonna be blood versus blood that survirus series?
<v Speaker 5>Is that working? What if it isn't? What if it's
<v Speaker 5>involved well jeg the day, it's our work games, it's
<v Speaker 5>it's the shape or form, but and then we'll do
<v Speaker 5>something else with the blood line or at the virus
<v Speaker 5>series is completely different. That is it a work back
<v Speaker 5>itself out just to think about it still could happen,
<v Speaker 5>but that says what I take it could be once
<v Speaker 5>that's per set versus thelize that work it's because that
<v Speaker 5>may end up hacking. It may be something flelly different,
<v Speaker 5>but that's what's it.
<v Speaker 4>This shill Kyle by Kyle. I hope you're all doing
<v Speaker 4>well over there, and that's not a bad point. We
<v Speaker 4>were all assuming it's bloodline bloodline, But if you're trying
<v Speaker 4>to make the biggest match that has the most emotional investment,
<v Speaker 4>you have a perfect match format for both of these teams. Again,
<v Speaker 4>Roman is still by himself, but that's going to change
<v Speaker 4>very soon with Paul Hayman and everybody else, which is
<v Speaker 4>going to be a lot of fun to watch the reuniting.
<v Speaker 4>Like what what do you do? Like you said you
<v Speaker 4>could do a regular match with Roman and Solo, and well,
<v Speaker 4>eventually I would imagine get Roman versus Solo one on one,
<v Speaker 4>but that's not happening yet. It's you know, honestly, it
<v Speaker 4>may never happen on a pl E because once you
<v Speaker 4>do the Survivors series stuff, then you're into the December
<v Speaker 4>event and then you're talking about Rumble. I mean, Roman
<v Speaker 4>may skip the December event and go right to Rumble
<v Speaker 4>at that point that the solo Roman stuff's gone and
<v Speaker 4>it's back to Rock And I mean, who the hell knows?
<v Speaker 4>Roman versus Solo one on one may not happen at
<v Speaker 4>a pl E. It may not ever happen on a
<v Speaker 4>ple And again, so you you could do Judgment Day stuff.
<v Speaker 4>I would argue that secondary in terms of the pecking
<v Speaker 4>order of how big the storylines are, or rather attention
<v Speaker 4>or ratings minute by minute, you could probably draw actual
<v Speaker 4>numbers to say that bloodline stuff is almost always a
<v Speaker 4>bigger draw, and they're trying to make money and they're
<v Speaker 4>trying to give you the biggest show possible. I think
<v Speaker 4>a lot of fans if you gave the Judgment Day
<v Speaker 4>that match, which I have no problem with, I wouldn't
<v Speaker 4>lose my mind, but it would be head scratching because
<v Speaker 4>a lot of fans would probably go, wa, wait, wait
<v Speaker 4>a second. You have the bloodline right there, Solo's blood line,
<v Speaker 4>you have the og blood line right there, and you
<v Speaker 4>didn't put them in Survivor series, like why you know?
<v Speaker 4>Like also, the Judgment Day stuff's been going on. It
<v Speaker 4>feels like forever, and I don't know if you can
<v Speaker 4>keep that going for two more months with Roman constantly
<v Speaker 4>being absent, you can string this story along a little
<v Speaker 4>further because we kind of understand what roman schedule is.
<v Speaker 4>We know he's going to be absent for like four
<v Speaker 4>weeks at a time. We know what you know, how
<v Speaker 4>how his builds go for his matches, and you kind
<v Speaker 4>of understand that Roman's gonna do two weeks of TV,
<v Speaker 4>four weeks off whatever, which means that you can string
<v Speaker 4>out his stories multiple months with the Judgment Day most
<v Speaker 4>of the members are there every week, so you have
<v Speaker 4>to progress the story every week, which you know you
<v Speaker 4>can't do for another eight weeks until Survivors series. I
<v Speaker 4>just don't think they can do it now. I mean
<v Speaker 4>I guess they could. They could do it, but boy,
<v Speaker 4>I don't. I think the fans would be like what
<v Speaker 4>what I just do? I mean, the Bloodline story, the
<v Speaker 4>Judgment Day story has been fun, and you've had Live
<v Speaker 4>overachieve and really find herself in this whole process, which
<v Speaker 4>I'm very happy for live for. But boy, eight more weeks,
<v Speaker 4>I don't think they can do it. I just don't.
<v Speaker 4>There's too many shows, too many hours of television to
<v Speaker 4>write to get to that point. So we'll see, though,
<v Speaker 4>I mean, Kyle, it could be totally wrong. I always
<v Speaker 4>say that because I know I could be totally wrong,
<v Speaker 4>and I embarrass myself on a regular basis with my predictions.
<v Speaker 4>So if I get ahead of it, maybe it won't
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