Mailbag #217: Early Royal Rumble Predictions, The Rock's Future, Penta's Debut, Cody's Next Opponent

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the mailbag, everybody, on this seventeenth day of
<v Speaker 2>January twenty twenty five. It's a Friday Friday evening, a
<v Speaker 2>little bit later than I normally record, but here we are,
<v Speaker 2>and we've got quite a few emails to get through.
<v Speaker 2>As you'd imagine, we'll go through as many as we can,
<v Speaker 2>prioritize those of you that are patrons, and then if
<v Speaker 2>there's anybody left, we'll do our best along with the
<v Speaker 2>voicemails and see how much we get through. I do
<v Speaker 2>want to give a shout out to those of you
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<v Speaker 2>So let's jump into those emails and start with the
<v Speaker 2>patrons as we normally do. And where do we want
<v Speaker 2>to start. We're start with James. James from Scotland says,
<v Speaker 2>hope everyone's doing well. I thought Raw was a big
<v Speaker 2>improvement this week. I'm glad we've come to in the
<v Speaker 2>end of the Judgment Day priest feud, as I felt
<v Speaker 2>it got stale a month or so ago. But that said,
<v Speaker 2>I'd like to see Creative give us a judgment Dominant
<v Speaker 2>Judgment Day again as they've took a lot of defeats
<v Speaker 2>lately and need to build be built back up. I
<v Speaker 2>think JD has improved being a part of the group,
<v Speaker 2>and Dominic has been great as a heel and deserves
<v Speaker 2>a singles title, and Raw doesn't really have another heel
<v Speaker 2>faction and splitting them when week in the overall roster.
<v Speaker 2>I'm also looking to see the New Day finally get
<v Speaker 2>a match on Raw and Show so that they can
<v Speaker 2>do as Heels. I'm looking forward to that too. It
<v Speaker 2>feels like the New Day have weirdly cooled off. I
<v Speaker 2>was hoping they wouldn't, but they kind of have. And
<v Speaker 2>perhaps it's just waiting until Biggie returns for them to
<v Speaker 2>get rejuvenated, because right now they could kind of duel
<v Speaker 2>with a tag team in the intrum or an individual
<v Speaker 2>or two. But the real focal point, of course is
<v Speaker 2>when is Biggie returning? Is he returning? Is he a
<v Speaker 2>participate in the rumble? They're gonna have an interaction of
<v Speaker 2>the rumble? Is it gonna be after But really that's
<v Speaker 2>seemingly where they're going. But yeah, New Day have been
<v Speaker 2>kind of cool as well as Judgment Day. To your point,
<v Speaker 2>the Judgment Day for a while now have felt like
<v Speaker 2>they are an afterthought, that perhaps they have run their course.
<v Speaker 2>That may be the case, that may not be. I
<v Speaker 2>think there is still something left for the Judgment Day
<v Speaker 2>to do, and I don't want them to dissolve just
<v Speaker 2>to dissolve, not just because the heel faction is not
<v Speaker 2>exactly deep over on wrong, but also because I want
<v Speaker 2>each individual who's in that group to have a plan.
<v Speaker 2>I want, I want creative to have some kind of
<v Speaker 2>plan for them. After all, the main purpose of any
<v Speaker 2>faction is to create individual single stars from them, or
<v Speaker 2>hopefully do that, because that's where the real money is.
<v Speaker 2>That's where the real big ticket is is in individual stars.
<v Speaker 2>That's I mean, kind of undisputed over the last fifty years,
<v Speaker 2>we've seen that in wrestling, so as far as I
<v Speaker 2>mean yet the Judgment Day Priest feud, Yeah, thank god,
<v Speaker 2>that's over done. Hopefully, Thank you, James. Let's talk to
<v Speaker 2>Let's talk to Shahar. I know you've got an email
<v Speaker 2>from me that's not in the mailbag, but obviously I'm
<v Speaker 2>not going to read that. I'll read the one you
<v Speaker 2>sent me for the mail bag, and Shahar from Israel says,
<v Speaker 2>what's up. I wanted to discuss a few things. Number one,
<v Speaker 2>how did Bianca find herself in that fatal four way
<v Speaker 2>match for the number one contendership for the WWE Women's Championship.
<v Speaker 2>She came out only as a companion for Naomi, her
<v Speaker 2>tag team partner she had no real business being there.
<v Speaker 2>She has no legit claim for the title, so it
<v Speaker 2>was very confusing and weird.
<v Speaker 3>It was.
<v Speaker 2>It was weird. I didn't follow it either. But here's
<v Speaker 2>why I didn't care, and it's I didn't care simply
<v Speaker 2>because Bianca does not belong on a tag team. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know why they have put Bianca on the back
<v Speaker 2>burner for so long. I haven't heard of any heat
<v Speaker 2>on her backstage, nothing that she's done wrong. They just,
<v Speaker 2>for whatever reason, have not brought her back to the forefront.
<v Speaker 2>Now everything can change and change on a dime. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>things could change big time in the Rumble. But if
<v Speaker 2>they don't, I don't understand what they're not what they're
<v Speaker 2>doing with her in a tag team. They're just insistent
<v Speaker 2>that she's part of a tag team. Jade gets injured. Nope,
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry. Her and Jade become a tag team. They
<v Speaker 2>win the tag team Championship, they lose it, and you're thinking, okay, finally,
<v Speaker 2>at least whatever, you know, she's back to being the singles. Nope,
<v Speaker 2>they stay together, reclaim them. Then Jade gets injured, and oh,
<v Speaker 2>you're thinking, okay, well, thank god. The wrestling gods have intervened,
<v Speaker 2>intervened here, and we're gonna get fine a singles run
<v Speaker 2>back where Bianca belongs in the singles division here and nope, nope, no, no, no,
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna put her with Naomi. So I just no
<v Speaker 2>matter what happens, they find a reason to keep her
<v Speaker 2>in a tag team I hate it, so to be honest, Sahara,
<v Speaker 2>I don't care because Bianca has done her time. She
<v Speaker 2>has done her time as a tag team partner, She's
<v Speaker 2>paid her dues. Bring her back to a singles role, please,
<v Speaker 2>I don't even care if it doesn't make sense. I'm
<v Speaker 2>big on continuity in logic. In this case, I don't care.
<v Speaker 2>There's times where it's not an absolute rule for me.
<v Speaker 2>This one, I don't even care. Did I miss something
<v Speaker 2>about Cody and Jimmy? You so are they friends now?
<v Speaker 2>We haven't seen them together since Jimmy came back in
<v Speaker 2>the main event of Bad Blood to help Roman and
<v Speaker 2>Cody against Solo and Jacob. In the end, when Solo
<v Speaker 2>and Jacob started beating Cody, Jimmy was the one to
<v Speaker 2>encourage Roman to help Cody because he gave or Cody
<v Speaker 2>gave his word, or he gave Cody his word. Rather,
<v Speaker 2>how come now Cody defending Jimmy is he's defending Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>from the New Blood line and teams with him in
<v Speaker 2>the main event against Tomatonga and Jacob thought too. I
<v Speaker 2>only have one thing to say about this. Kevin Owens
<v Speaker 2>was right. That's what's kind of the great about this
<v Speaker 2>new breed of heels that WWE has pumped out. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know if it's the brainchild of Creative Triple H,
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Drew, or accombination of all, but this new breed
<v Speaker 2>of heel that doesn't need to always cheat to win
<v Speaker 2>sometimes runs into bad luck, like Kevin did with Cody
<v Speaker 2>Rhoads in the main event and nearly did win the
<v Speaker 2>w W Championship. But also they tell the truth. There's
<v Speaker 2>a lot of truth in what they say that's not
<v Speaker 2>normal for heels. We're used to them lying, cheating, and stealing,
<v Speaker 2>and again not in the adoring way, in the endearing
<v Speaker 2>way that Eddie Garrow did, but in a very and
<v Speaker 2>unlikable way. And so this new breathe that they're pumping
<v Speaker 2>out really is refreshing. I love what Cody Rhoades, or
<v Speaker 2>rather I'm sorry Kevin Owens has been doing with his character,
<v Speaker 2>claiming is the you know, he's still the w champion,
<v Speaker 2>he's the uncrowned champion, he's got the Winged Eagle championship.
<v Speaker 1>I like it.
<v Speaker 2>And Sam with Drew, I think he and Drew if
<v Speaker 2>they teamed up m bringing on man. How about how
<v Speaker 2>about this? I don't think they do it because all
<v Speaker 2>three are great solo acts. But how about Drew, Kevin
<v Speaker 2>and Seth Rollins as a power trio.
<v Speaker 1>Wow.
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it'll happen, but it's something to think about. Okay,
<v Speaker 2>this next point is something that I've been hammered on
<v Speaker 2>by you guys, and rightfully so, and by people I
<v Speaker 2>don't know who have some emails comments on my YouTube,
<v Speaker 2>and here's what it is. Okay, and Shahar, I'm not
<v Speaker 2>you know, this isn't me getting you know, trying to
<v Speaker 2>retort your question or it's just a it's a broader
<v Speaker 2>question or broader point that many of you brought up,
<v Speaker 2>and that is you talked about the little girl who
<v Speaker 2>cried at the debut of Penta. Apparently it's his daughter,
<v Speaker 2>so obviously it's understandable. Until next time, my friend jar well,
<v Speaker 2>thank jar. I hope all's well over there. Yes, okay, guys,
<v Speaker 2>At the time, for whatever reason, I missed that I
<v Speaker 2>was Pence's daughter. Okay, I did. I missed it, missed
<v Speaker 2>it admittedly, and it missed it. I totally didn't know
<v Speaker 2>that that was Pens's daughter. If they announced it during
<v Speaker 2>the broadcast, I missed it, or if it was announced
<v Speaker 2>after whatever. But uh so, I mean I stand by
<v Speaker 2>my original analysis. Right, if it wasn't Pensa's daughter, it
<v Speaker 2>was just some random girl crying in the audience. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of silly. But given it's his daughter, hey, cool. Fine,
<v Speaker 2>I mean I don't know much more to say about it. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>obviously if it's his daughter, which I did not know
<v Speaker 2>at the time. Again, don't know how I missed it,
<v Speaker 2>but I did. And fine, Yeah, it's understandable if it's
<v Speaker 2>his daughter. Absolutely, Yeah, cool moment. And again, I'll return
<v Speaker 2>to this because many of you have pointed that out. Alrighty,
<v Speaker 2>let's go to AJ. Another patron says, I'm sick of them.
<v Speaker 2>I'm currently sick at the moment. So I haven't listened
<v Speaker 2>to the raw review yet. I'm so sorry. If you've
<v Speaker 2>already touched on it. But not everyone needs to announce
<v Speaker 2>they're in the rumble. I get WWE wanting to try
<v Speaker 2>to sell, but I think the rumble kind of sells itself.
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking forward to a rumble, and I kind of
<v Speaker 2>had thought assuming recent reports are our work. But let's
<v Speaker 2>just say Pat is in the rumble. I am assuming
<v Speaker 2>he will be. Wait, who's wait Pat? Oh wait a minute,
<v Speaker 2>hold on, Pat McAfee. All right, let's just say he is. Okay, fine,
<v Speaker 2>I didn't know, because I only know one Pat. I'm
<v Speaker 2>thinking Pat Patterson unless he, you know, gets somebody resurrects
<v Speaker 2>him with you know, resurrection stone. I don't think that
<v Speaker 2>can happen. Anyway, I'm assuming he will because it's in
<v Speaker 2>Indianapolis where he played for the Cults. Pat is in
<v Speaker 2>the ring and gets eliminated and celebrating, and Corey Graves
<v Speaker 2>comes out in the rumble and as a contestant and
<v Speaker 2>eliminates him, as he has been apparently clear to wrestle
<v Speaker 2>in the past. This could lead to a match of
<v Speaker 2>WrestleMania for that other commentator spot with Pat winning. Graves
<v Speaker 2>has already taken some digs at Pat on commentary, so
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be completely surprised. That's my kind of sickly
<v Speaker 2>conspiracy theory I thought of. I don't necessarily care if
<v Speaker 2>it does or doesn't happen, but I think they wouldn't
<v Speaker 2>be they missed with Corey because he's better than Pat
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, and if Corey actually leaves, it kind
<v Speaker 2>of sucks. We don't know what's happening here with Corey Graves.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what's happening. I mean, assuming, Okay, there's
<v Speaker 2>two schools of thought. Number one, this is all work
<v Speaker 2>to get Corey back into the ring. Or two it's
<v Speaker 2>legitimate and WWE and Corey Graves have a fractured relationship.
<v Speaker 2>I'm leaning more towards that being the possibility that it's
<v Speaker 2>actually just a fractured relationship, and perhaps Corey Graves could
<v Speaker 2>take time off or I leave the company completely, which
<v Speaker 2>would be a big I mean, Corey Graves is good.
<v Speaker 2>He's really good un commentary. He's one of the few
<v Speaker 2>that transitions very nicely from en ring to the announcer's
<v Speaker 2>desk and has done a very good job. I have
<v Speaker 2>to give it to Corey. Do I like everything he does?
<v Speaker 2>No does he's trying to be too cute at times. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>But I think he's done a very good job for
<v Speaker 2>a job that I think a lot of people don't
<v Speaker 2>understand the difficulty of and the you know, all the
<v Speaker 2>intricacies that come with being an announcer and the things
<v Speaker 2>you have to hit and remember in storylines for three
<v Speaker 2>hours and all the details and you can. You know,
<v Speaker 2>it's a difficult job, and he's done a great job.
<v Speaker 2>So it'll be a big deal and a big loss
<v Speaker 2>if he leaves. Okay, it will be in it. It'll
<v Speaker 2>be a big hole left. That's why I think the
<v Speaker 2>more likely. But let's go with the fun scenario. Let's
<v Speaker 2>go with the more fun scenario that it is indeed
<v Speaker 2>a storyline to get people talking. B knows social media
<v Speaker 2>sets things on fire and magnifies things and immediately things
<v Speaker 2>go trending. Right with wings, something like this will trend quick,
<v Speaker 2>very quickly, and it has, so let's assume that, all right,
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I want to see a Pat
<v Speaker 2>McAfee in Cortgrave's match now, it won't be as bad
<v Speaker 2>as like the King versus Michael Cole that we saw
<v Speaker 2>twelve years ago at WrestleMania with Austin as the referee,
<v Speaker 2>which is really the only interest I had in that,
<v Speaker 2>and Michael Cole doing the coal miners and hiding behind
<v Speaker 2>plexiglass and all the rest. I mean, admittedly at times
<v Speaker 2>it was kind of entertaining, but the focus shouldn't be
<v Speaker 2>on announcers. I mean, it just shouldn't be. I'm not
<v Speaker 2>of that belief. And even Jim Ross at times had
<v Speaker 2>matches for his spot at the commentary table. How many
<v Speaker 2>times did W on air and really behind the scenes
<v Speaker 2>fire Jim Ross and he had to fight for his
<v Speaker 2>job and Stone Cold would bring him back, and then
<v Speaker 2>they'd fire and find a way to, you know, break
<v Speaker 2>cinderblocks over his face. And I think Eric Bischoff did
<v Speaker 2>that on the before Austin returned in two thousand and
<v Speaker 2>three at No Way Out. Just so many ridiculous things
<v Speaker 2>that have happened, But I just I don't need it
<v Speaker 2>to be about the announcers. It'd be a fun little
<v Speaker 2>moment in story. If they have that as a moment, fine,
<v Speaker 2>it'll get cool. They have a little spat rivalry, kind
<v Speaker 2>of a friendly rivalry, like they throw some punches, but
<v Speaker 2>in the end it's all fun and games, and you know,
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of a gentleman's duel, right, and you know
<v Speaker 2>Pat gets thrown out. But I don't need this run
<v Speaker 2>into WrestleMania. I mean, Pat McAfee is decent in the
<v Speaker 2>ring for the little experience he has, but he was
<v Speaker 2>I think overrated at times, No, not at times in
<v Speaker 2>that match with Austin theory at WrestleMania thirty eight, because
<v Speaker 2>it's Austin theory, and Austin theory is you know, ten
<v Speaker 2>times the athlete in the ring anyway that Pat McAfee is,
<v Speaker 2>and who he's able to really bump and do most
<v Speaker 2>of the the psychology and most of the strategy in
<v Speaker 2>that match. It was because of Austin theory. Despite the
<v Speaker 2>that Austin theory has fallen off a cliff. So anyway,
<v Speaker 2>all right, a j we'll see what happened. What happens there? Alrighty,
<v Speaker 2>let's go to another patron. It's k.
<v Speaker 4>K.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I've ever heard from you before,
<v Speaker 2>but you're a patron, so you're a weekly listener. This
<v Speaker 2>is a wonderful platform. I appreciate your efforts. Now, oh
<v Speaker 2>here we go Number one. I thought your last your
<v Speaker 2>rant last week was warranted. The nonsense raw one on
<v Speaker 2>Netflix was awful. The sales job was used car full sleeves.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah it was.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, hey, I still don't feel any differently now
<v Speaker 2>than I did then. It's not like I was speaking
<v Speaker 2>out of emotion in the moment, and now that I
<v Speaker 2>have time to kind of reflect on my initial thoughts
<v Speaker 2>that maybe oh no, no, no no, I doubled down
<v Speaker 2>on triple down on everything I said about Raw. It
<v Speaker 2>felt very corporate. I very eloquently put it as a
<v Speaker 2>corporate circle jerk, because it's exactly what it was. A
<v Speaker 2>throw away all the stories and get all the suits
<v Speaker 2>together and you know what, all right, so number two
<v Speaker 2>Hogan go away like it's fake terrible beer that will
<v Speaker 2>suck too. You know what would be really funny is
<v Speaker 2>like I actually do like beer. I'm a big beer fan.
<v Speaker 2>I'm not one of those like, oh I got to
<v Speaker 2>go to a dive bar though, and you know, I
<v Speaker 2>gotta go one of these like hipster dive bars that
<v Speaker 2>have these triple hops. I don't give a yeah don't
<v Speaker 2>I don't care about that. I really like, I know
<v Speaker 2>people are you know, oh you you don't drink that
<v Speaker 2>cors light stuff. To be honest with you, I'm a
<v Speaker 2>big fan of just kind of like regular beers. I'm not.
<v Speaker 2>I don't really like bud light that much. Cors Light.
<v Speaker 2>I love cores Light's good, Yes, Michael Ultrap. Even back
<v Speaker 2>in the day, I love Heineken Heineken Light. I won't
<v Speaker 2>drink it on purpose, but I used to back in
<v Speaker 2>com because it was economical. Is Keystone Light? How about
<v Speaker 2>Keystone Light? Does that bring any memories back for you, guys?
<v Speaker 2>Any stale beer sense in the morning from a very
<v Speaker 2>intense game of beer pong the night before kind of
<v Speaker 2>memory for you? Is that joggedy you know, deep holes
<v Speaker 2>in your head? So Keystone Light definitely makes me think
<v Speaker 2>of that, But I don't. I don't love Keystone Light.
<v Speaker 2>I drink it if it's the only thing there, but
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't happily do it. I do like Moulson. I
<v Speaker 2>like Mulson Molson Triple X. That's really brill Maybe I
<v Speaker 2>should just have a show. And I'm going off the
<v Speaker 2>rails here, but I could have an episode in After
<v Speaker 2>Dark about beers and maybe some beers like story and
<v Speaker 2>Beer Time or something. I mean, because there's just so
<v Speaker 2>many to tell, there's nobody to tell, but triple X
<v Speaker 2>Moulson Triple X. I wonder if they even make that anymore.
<v Speaker 2>I've remember or barely remember some nights because of Moulton
<v Speaker 2>Triple X very high high high alcohol a high ABV
<v Speaker 2>in the multon triple X category with some other ones
<v Speaker 2>just very quickly here, I'm thinking, remember but they did
<v Speaker 2>bud light platinums that out of high ABV. I didn't
<v Speaker 2>mind those. But anyway, I'll stop there and maybe we'll
<v Speaker 2>have a whole nother story and show about that three
<v Speaker 2>tippy time. I know you not the biggest fan, but
<v Speaker 2>she is the real deal and can do it all.
<v Speaker 2>She's a character who happens to be an acrobatic. The
<v Speaker 2>WWE needs her. But this is my opinion. Well, here's
<v Speaker 2>what I would say. I can't I absolutely cannot deny
<v Speaker 2>she's an amazing athlete. At this point in the game
<v Speaker 2>in professional wrestling, if you're not a great athlete, you're
<v Speaker 2>not going to be successful in the company. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>there was a time not too long ago when you
<v Speaker 2>didn't even have to be an athlete, much less a
<v Speaker 2>great one to be successful. Look at Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior.
<v Speaker 2>You guys think they were athletes Andre the giant and athlete, right.
<v Speaker 2>I don't going back into the eighties here. For some
<v Speaker 2>of you, that's just before you were born. But there
<v Speaker 2>was a time that athleticism didn't really matter. It was
<v Speaker 2>about character and character only, and what happened in the
<v Speaker 2>ring is just kind of you know, you cared about
<v Speaker 2>what happened in the ring, but it was more about
<v Speaker 2>why you wanted someone to win than how they want
<v Speaker 2>or rather how good their quote unquote match was.
<v Speaker 4>You know.
<v Speaker 2>So things have changed, so I can't deny that Tiffy
<v Speaker 2>Tiffany Stratton is an athlete. Yes, absolutely do. I think
<v Speaker 2>she's the real deal. Yeah. I mean, like so far,
<v Speaker 2>time will tell, history will tell, But I'm not disparaging
<v Speaker 2>her based on her current credentials. I think that Naya
<v Speaker 2>just needed a longer run, or deserved a longer run,
<v Speaker 2>believe it or not. And I'm just shocked that they
<v Speaker 2>did it as quick as they did. I have no
<v Speaker 2>problem with Tiffany winning winning. I just didn't think they'd
<v Speaker 2>do it that soon. But your last point about WWE
<v Speaker 2>needing her, I don't think WWWE needs anyone. They don't
<v Speaker 2>need anyone. They turned down Sasha Banks because Sasha Banks
<v Speaker 2>wanted too much money, and thank God did. Sacha Banks
<v Speaker 2>is the most overrated, self absorbed you know, former Women's
<v Speaker 2>champion W has ever had. I mean, her promos are
<v Speaker 2>horrific in aw sure in the ring, she has good
<v Speaker 2>matches from time to time. Yeah, I just she's just
<v Speaker 2>a very seemingly And this is just because all she's
<v Speaker 2>shown us is a very off putting, selfish, self absorbed
<v Speaker 2>human being. Mercedes Monet is a just everything about her
<v Speaker 2>is just so off putting. I don't care if she's,
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, she's so attractive, I don't think so.
<v Speaker 2>I mean it just her personality kills everything for me.
<v Speaker 2>Just it the way it is. But anyway, WW doesn't
<v Speaker 2>need anybody, you know how I know they don't need anybody.
<v Speaker 2>They survive without Stonecold Steve Auston when he had to leave.
<v Speaker 2>They survive without the Rock when he left for a
<v Speaker 2>very long period of time and still really isn't here
<v Speaker 2>to begin with. They survive without Roman reigns for a
<v Speaker 2>long period of time. They've survived without a hull Kogan
<v Speaker 2>and now the WW fans want nothing to do with
<v Speaker 2>him anymore. Like there isn't a name that you can
<v Speaker 2>that you can put out there that past or present
<v Speaker 2>WWE needed to survive. They don't need anyone. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>it's just I'll put over the brand on that one.
<v Speaker 2>They don't, okay. Four, I believe the most male talent
<v Speaker 2>are Gunther, Drew, Damien, and Jacob. Five. The storylines are
<v Speaker 2>getting boring and poor. Bloodline, Judgment Day, et cetera. Well,
<v Speaker 2>the storylines ebb and flow. You're not going to have
<v Speaker 2>a storyline hot all the time consistently. It's almost impossible
<v Speaker 2>for storylines to be always hot and intriguing all the time.
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's the goal, but especially when stories go
<v Speaker 2>on as long as the Judgment Day and Bloodline story
<v Speaker 2>has gone on, Yeah, it does get a little bit like,
<v Speaker 2>oh my god, the blood line, what what's bloodline this week?
<v Speaker 2>That week? And the blood line's going through so many
<v Speaker 2>iterations of interests and exits and highways that it's taken
<v Speaker 2>and turns and and different matchups and og turns on
<v Speaker 2>each other like we've been there, done that. I'm with
<v Speaker 2>you there, but uh yeah, it's just it's also kind
<v Speaker 2>of just cyclical with wrestling. You're never gonna have everything
<v Speaker 2>hot all at once, always every time, every week, you know,
<v Speaker 2>as much as I wanted it. The Wyat six are
<v Speaker 2>awful and soon to be out. Yeah, it's funny the
<v Speaker 2>White Six, I mean outside of just kind of like
<v Speaker 2>casually being mentioned by the Final Testament. Where are the
<v Speaker 2>Wyat Six? I mean prominently they show up here and there,
<v Speaker 2>But I'm a bit worried about them. It's been a
<v Speaker 2>long time now since they've debuted. Long time? How many months? Many?
<v Speaker 2>They are of concern? Yes? Seven and finally, I want
<v Speaker 2>to see you the returns of Alexa Bliss and the Queen,
<v Speaker 2>who I think should be Tippy's mentor. Well, thank you
<v Speaker 2>for everything you do. Cheers well, thank you, kay, and
<v Speaker 2>hope you enjoy the show and enjoy your week. Well,
<v Speaker 2>I mean I've been and I'm not doing it anymore.
<v Speaker 2>I'm not predicting the return of Charlotte, although now it's
<v Speaker 2>getting seemingly very close, because there were recent pictures of
<v Speaker 2>her at the performance Center and her riding in a car,
<v Speaker 2>driving a car with her partial ring gear on, and
<v Speaker 2>she's hinting to the fans I'm coming. If I was
<v Speaker 2>forced to make a prediction, and I'll just do it
<v Speaker 2>because it's just at this point, it's embarrassing and also
<v Speaker 2>I've got to be right one of these times. Shola
<v Speaker 2>debut re debut, return at the Rumble seems to be
<v Speaker 2>a very solid spot. Alexa Bliss, I don't know. She
<v Speaker 2>seems to be less close to returning. I know that
<v Speaker 2>she's seemingly diving headfirst in the motherhood and cool for her,
<v Speaker 2>great for her. I just I don't know much more
<v Speaker 2>about Alexa or Alexei Kaufman. I'm not sure what she's
<v Speaker 2>doing other than just being a mom. So all right,
<v Speaker 2>I say just being a mom as if it's something
<v Speaker 2>that's just not a big deal. It is just I know.
<v Speaker 2>But as wrestling fans, we want to know, what are
<v Speaker 2>you returning?
<v Speaker 5>Right?
<v Speaker 2>Screw the kid? Where are you coming back to entertain me?
<v Speaker 5>Right?
<v Speaker 2>I know, I get it, okay, or we're trying to
<v Speaker 2>go through these guys as quick as we can. Here,
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to DJ, and DJ says, DJ back at
<v Speaker 2>it again, and Gunter says to you or sorry. Gunter
<v Speaker 2>says to Jay, to you main event a nickname. To me,
<v Speaker 2>main event is the place where I belong. Those words
<v Speaker 2>kind of make sense how Jay has been booked. He
<v Speaker 2>gets put in a single's main event situations and does
<v Speaker 2>not finish the deal with the only exception of him
<v Speaker 2>winning the IC title, but then two or three weeks
<v Speaker 2>later he drops the belt back to braun Breaker. I
<v Speaker 2>like Jay, He's got the crowd hype and interacting with
<v Speaker 2>them when he does the yeaed handjesters. However, I don't
<v Speaker 2>believe that Jay's gonna win the championship at Saturday Night's
<v Speaker 2>main event. Yeah, a chance. Zero, none, I mean just
<v Speaker 2>sorry none. Now back to Gunther. He his title reign
<v Speaker 2>as of late has been kind of mid and technically,
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, he really isn't main event material because
<v Speaker 2>the guys that are main event material on Raw are
<v Speaker 2>the ones that don't have any current championships to their names.
<v Speaker 2>Talking about Macatyre, Punk Rollins who just so happened to
<v Speaker 2>all declare for the Rumble individually, Yeah, Gunther has his opponents,
<v Speaker 2>have you know, as of late, have been a bit underwhelming.
<v Speaker 2>It's almost as if they're just kind of spitting his
<v Speaker 2>wheels until they get his next real opponent, which should
<v Speaker 2>be something at some time at the Rumble. I would
<v Speaker 2>imagine I heard Logan Paul's name thrown around there. But
<v Speaker 2>don't forget too Goldberg. Oh yeah, Goldberg. So I think
<v Speaker 2>Goldberg could be gun Thro's next opponent, and I think
<v Speaker 2>he'll show up, maybe right after Saturday Nights main event,
<v Speaker 2>spear him or something. Yeah, and there you go. I
<v Speaker 2>don't want it any more than most of you do,
<v Speaker 2>But all right, Gunther's reign and as Icy Champion had
<v Speaker 2>more significance than his current world title reign. When Guth
<v Speaker 2>was the Icy Champion, he was undefeated for almost two
<v Speaker 2>years until dropping the title Sammy's Ain, which I think
<v Speaker 2>Gunther should have retained after winning the world title at SummerSlam.
<v Speaker 2>From priest, he only had four title defenses, plus he
<v Speaker 2>got pinned by both Sammy at WrestleMania and Cody Rhodes
<v Speaker 2>at Crown Jewel. From these references and the way Gunther
<v Speaker 2>has been booked lately, there's a case to be made
<v Speaker 2>for main event Jay use to have possibly dethrown gun
<v Speaker 2>Through at Saturday Nights main Event. However, as I continue
<v Speaker 2>to debate with myself, the championship match seems rushed and
<v Speaker 2>Jay has not earned the right to face Gunther. Plus,
<v Speaker 2>Gunther did not deny Jay the opportunity to face him
<v Speaker 2>for the championship, unlike when he denied Sammy two weeks ago,
<v Speaker 2>so or many weeks ago?
<v Speaker 5>Well?
<v Speaker 2>Also, yeah, I mean Jay just suddenly popped into number
<v Speaker 2>one can endorship. But he did win the night before,
<v Speaker 2>beating Drew McIntyre. I think that was a bad decision.
<v Speaker 2>I don't like it either. But if given that they
<v Speaker 2>knew where they were going for Monday, if Drew were
<v Speaker 2>to have beaten Jay, but they don't want Drew to
<v Speaker 2>face Gunther they wanted Jay, well, then the argument to
<v Speaker 2>be made, Well, he just lost last night and he's
<v Speaker 2>getting a title shot. Maybe that's the logic behind it.
<v Speaker 2>You know, they didn't want Drew to beat Jay, and
<v Speaker 2>then Jay's the one the next night to go and
<v Speaker 2>challenge gun through unopposed. All right, two quick side notes.
<v Speaker 2>The White Six I'm moving to smack down is mentioned
<v Speaker 2>by Crossing a conversation with the Miz kind of weird.
<v Speaker 2>After that, after losing to Cross in the Final Testament
<v Speaker 2>in December ninth, the White Six are moving to SmackDown?
<v Speaker 2>Is there any hope for the White Six? And twenty
<v Speaker 2>twenty five, Well, the year is young, my friend, the
<v Speaker 2>year is young. I just said that I'm concerned about them,
<v Speaker 2>and there is reason to be concerned. I didn't write
<v Speaker 2>them off and said that they're going to be gender Mahald.
<v Speaker 2>They're not going to be song good, I don't think,
<v Speaker 2>but it is concerning. However, perhaps they have a bigger
<v Speaker 2>plan in mind for the Wide six on SmackDown. They
<v Speaker 2>looked at the Row landscape and said, Okay, they've kind
<v Speaker 2>of done everything they can do here, let's go. And
<v Speaker 2>maybe they're moving to SmackDown to eventually tie up with
<v Speaker 2>Solo in his heel faction. I would think that's the
<v Speaker 2>plan which would reinvigorate all parties. Honestly, I think that's
<v Speaker 2>a good matchup. And lastly, is this some sort of
<v Speaker 2>angle with Corey airing his grievances on acts about his
<v Speaker 2>position or does this have anything to do with Pat
<v Speaker 2>McAfee Anyway, DJ signing off, have a great weekend. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>I kind of just addressed this earlier, so I guess
<v Speaker 2>I won't I won't repeat myself. But if you heard
<v Speaker 2>my answer earlier DJ about the whole Pat McAfee and
<v Speaker 2>Corey Graves and all that, and then you got your
<v Speaker 2>answer before, all right, Well, thank you, DJ. We'll get
<v Speaker 2>to the two hundred report soon and let's go into
<v Speaker 2>Patreon directly. Let's see if anybody messaged me here, and
<v Speaker 2>this is from Scott. Scott says Scott, M I think
<v Speaker 2>I'm a little late. Well you're not, so congrats.
<v Speaker 3>Here we go.
<v Speaker 2>Number one. I think Naomi attacked Jade in the twenty
<v Speaker 2>twenty four Royal Rumble. Naomi returned and Jade debuted at
<v Speaker 2>the same event. Jade also eliminated Naomi. Ooh, good observation.
<v Speaker 2>So my thoughts are that Naomi was jealous that Jade
<v Speaker 2>overshadowed her return and then eliminated her, causing further jealousy.
<v Speaker 2>What do you think about this? That's a hell of
<v Speaker 2>a observation, Scott, one that I've heard nobody bring up,
<v Speaker 2>so I have you guys make me feel it sounds
<v Speaker 2>smart because I certainly would not remember that, So thank
<v Speaker 2>you Scott for that. That's a hell of a logic.
<v Speaker 2>But here's the question this, wwe even remember that sometimes
<v Speaker 2>they don't even remember their own stuff. So that's if
<v Speaker 2>ww' is listening anybody that has an ear in their
<v Speaker 2>creative If Naomi is the person that did attack Jade,
<v Speaker 2>which many people are landing on there's your origin story.
<v Speaker 2>Good stuff, Scott number two. I listened to your raw review,
<v Speaker 2>good show. Just the girl about the crying at ringside
<v Speaker 2>that was pent his daughter, Not that we need to
<v Speaker 2>see it on TV, but it makes sense she was
<v Speaker 2>proud of her pro proud of her father. Great work
<v Speaker 2>again on the podcast. Keeps me going on my postman
<v Speaker 2>route every day Scott in the UK, Well, enjoy your
<v Speaker 2>post route or postman right, I hope you enjoy it.
<v Speaker 2>And yeah again I went over that and it's one
<v Speaker 2>of the points. Missed it nothing more, totally missed it
<v Speaker 2>and absolutely understandable that she's proud of her dad. Good.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, I'm not being facetious or trying to
<v Speaker 2>be a jerk. I'm being serious like that's it's cool.
<v Speaker 2>It's a it's emotional moment. That was real, So no
<v Speaker 2>problems there. All right, let's jump back to the emails.
<v Speaker 2>We might have a more here and this is see here.
<v Speaker 2>Make sure I didn't miss any patrons. So if you
<v Speaker 2>are a patron and I read your email, well and
<v Speaker 2>I read your email last, it's because you didn't put
<v Speaker 2>in the subject that you're a patron, So please make
<v Speaker 2>sure you do that all right, couple here and then
<v Speaker 2>we'll get to the voicemails. This is from Matt and
<v Speaker 2>says Newish listener. For a couple of years, I thought
<v Speaker 2>i'd share my journey. I'm watching WWE again. I watched
<v Speaker 2>religiously when I was a kid, similar to the timeline
<v Speaker 2>you watched from the mid to late nineties. Was a
<v Speaker 2>huge fan of the Monday Night Wars and at the
<v Speaker 2>time much preferred WCW, especially nWo and Sting. I always
<v Speaker 2>love the Rock and Orton as well as the game
<v Speaker 2>Triple H. But around two thousand and nine I stopped
<v Speaker 2>watching and I got into UFC and boxing. I recently
<v Speaker 2>started out ironically watching the Dom and Ray story on
<v Speaker 2>YouTube and got into the Bloodline story as a result.
<v Speaker 2>I love Dom's hard Time angle and coming out in
<v Speaker 2>the police cuffs at WrestleMania. The whole deadbeat Dad angle
<v Speaker 2>and Valentine's Day Dinner with Rhea had me hooked. Nearly
<v Speaker 2>two years later, I've been watching Ron SmackDown each week
<v Speaker 2>and listening to your podcast for both shows and any
<v Speaker 2>e mail bag, et cetera. No real purpose for this email,
<v Speaker 2>but the only general comment I wanted to make was
<v Speaker 2>that I find how odd and odd that Solo lost
<v Speaker 2>to Roman. I really feel like Solo has been making
<v Speaker 2>huge gains on the MIC and with his promos, and
<v Speaker 2>think he has a lot more to offer. I genuinely
<v Speaker 2>thought Roman would be all for elevating his family, but
<v Speaker 2>it seems like WWE has other plans for Solo. I
<v Speaker 2>hope it's not a big card death and he would
<v Speaker 2>keep up the good work, loving the podcast and really
<v Speaker 2>finding the insights at both shows refreshing. All right, well,
<v Speaker 2>very good, very good. I wouldn't say this email's pointless.
<v Speaker 2>It's always cool seeing how people got out of wrestling
<v Speaker 2>and back in. That's great. I mean you started watching
<v Speaker 2>GFC and boxing at nine, and then a few years
<v Speaker 2>ago you get into the Domino ray stuff. That's cool.
<v Speaker 2>It's interesting that that's the story that brought you back.
<v Speaker 2>But it was a good one. I can't deny it.
<v Speaker 2>I remember the whole dinner and dom gets arrested, the
<v Speaker 2>whole hard time thing was just peak dom It was
<v Speaker 2>peak Dominic Mysterio talking about how he ran his block,
<v Speaker 2>and you know just just how tough he says he
<v Speaker 2>was in prison. I mean he went in storyline to
<v Speaker 2>a County jail for like a few hours, and he
<v Speaker 2>pretended to come out this hardened criminal, you know, and
<v Speaker 2>just it was just brilliant. He's the perfect smarmy guy
<v Speaker 2>that would pretend he's tougher than he is and exaggerate stories.
<v Speaker 2>It just all fit perfectly. I loved it. I absolutely
<v Speaker 2>loved it. And I can't deny that. The yeah, the
<v Speaker 2>deadbeat dad stuff was good. The Valentine's Day dinner was great. Man,
<v Speaker 2>I forgot about all that stuff already. But as far
<v Speaker 2>as Solo losing to Rome, and I've been beating that
<v Speaker 2>druma loss, and the biggest loss he had to Roman
<v Speaker 2>was when his bloodline faced the og blood line and
<v Speaker 2>they lost and Solo took the fall. So like, what
<v Speaker 2>are we doing? Solo is the guy they've been trying
<v Speaker 2>to build. They've been trying to get him to a
<v Speaker 2>position that feels like he's truly main event. They did that,
<v Speaker 2>and then he gets there and he loses every big
<v Speaker 2>match that he's in. Yeah, yeah, I would agree on
<v Speaker 2>the mic. I think he's done. He's done good. He's
<v Speaker 2>done good. I wouldn't even say I wouldn't say even great.
<v Speaker 2>I would just say good to a times touching, very good,
<v Speaker 2>a lot of times average. He's never bad. He's never
<v Speaker 2>bad or embarrassing. But I think there's work to be
<v Speaker 2>done there. But it's hard to get people to invest
<v Speaker 2>in you when you've educated the audience. Then well he'll
<v Speaker 2>lose the big one, and he does, and he continues
<v Speaker 2>to Nan has lost a little follow so he's been emasculated.
<v Speaker 2>Now Roman's back to being truly the tribal chief. What
<v Speaker 2>that tells you is this, We're in WrestleMania season and
<v Speaker 2>they clearly have bigger plans for Roman reigns than they
<v Speaker 2>do Solo so CoA. Because Roman has done everything that
<v Speaker 2>you wanted him to do upon his return. Take down
<v Speaker 2>Solo so CoA, have the og bloodline reunite and then
<v Speaker 2>have them beat the bloodline two point zero and they
<v Speaker 2>did that, and then third part, take back the Ulafalla
<v Speaker 2>and become the tribal chief again. And he did that.
<v Speaker 2>So like check, check check, we should be past Solo
<v Speaker 2>and Roman. There's nothing left to really tell there. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>you could rehash stuff, you could have it ultimately be
<v Speaker 2>discovered that the Rock was the one who ordered the
<v Speaker 2>originally Solo to take over, and that was my original
<v Speaker 2>thought that that's what would be revealed. But I guess
<v Speaker 2>the Rock is too busy, you know, breaking storyline, breaking
<v Speaker 2>forth walls and worrying about the debut of Netflix, and
<v Speaker 2>you know, going back to Dwayne playing the Rock and
<v Speaker 2>he's worried about that rather than you know, one of
<v Speaker 2>the best storylines that they've produced in the last ten years.
<v Speaker 2>But that, to me is still possible. But the solo
<v Speaker 2>Roman story as it's presently constituted, I think it's kind
<v Speaker 2>of passed. It's done. They've done everything that you've wanted
<v Speaker 2>to see. The baby face has reigned supreme. That's how
<v Speaker 2>you know it's time to kind of move on. All right, Well,
<v Speaker 2>let's continue and thank you for the compliments, Matt. Let's
<v Speaker 2>talk to Okay, we'll do Let's see here. See it
<v Speaker 2>depends how long these emails are, it really does. All right,
<v Speaker 2>this is a shorter email here. This is from Lisette,
<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna guess you're a woman, so I'll just
<v Speaker 2>say she She says, I have a theory of prediction
<v Speaker 2>about who will win the rumble. My theory is brock
<v Speaker 2>Lesnar will make an appearance. Who I like this towards
<v Speaker 2>the end of the end and throw out mostly everyone,
<v Speaker 2>leaving himself and see him punk and lock Eyes will
<v Speaker 2>see him punk, and then he'll eliminate himself, which will
<v Speaker 2>leave cmpunk as the winner. This will be the favor
<v Speaker 2>from Paul Hayman. I don't think Brock's appearance of the
<v Speaker 2>Rumble means he's going to be on the roster full time,
<v Speaker 2>but that he did this for Paul Hayman crazy theory
<v Speaker 2>or is it actually plausible? Well, I will say this,
<v Speaker 2>it's possible, but even more possible that Brock comes out
<v Speaker 2>Like I said, he could help cmpunk. But then the
<v Speaker 2>here's the issue with that. Now that's a favor, no doubt,
<v Speaker 2>and one that Paul Hayman can implement. A couple issues.
<v Speaker 2>Number one, does Brock even want to come back?
<v Speaker 3>Right?
<v Speaker 2>Does Brock even interested? Or is he just happy, you know, hunting,
<v Speaker 2>fishing and living the high life up there in Saskatchewan.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know. With his ten foot fence
<v Speaker 2>around his property, which I'm very jealous of, is he
<v Speaker 2>happy about that? Maybe maybe he doesn't have an interest
<v Speaker 2>coming back. He certainly he doesn't need the money. But
<v Speaker 2>even beyond that, even if Brock was interested in coming back.
<v Speaker 2>They struck a deal that kind of hurts you. I'm
<v Speaker 2>Punk though, right because if he needs the help of Brock,
<v Speaker 2>unless you're trying to turn Punk heel, it discredits his
<v Speaker 2>victory like by a lot, And it also makes Brock
<v Speaker 2>look like, why would Brock agree to this? What's what's
<v Speaker 2>in it for him? Now? Does Paul Hayman o Brock
<v Speaker 2>a favor for doing the favor that he had to
<v Speaker 2>be a part of to cash in for Punk? I
<v Speaker 2>mean it gets kind of weird, right, Like brock Lesner
<v Speaker 2>does what brock Lesner wants and always has. So there's
<v Speaker 2>nothing in it for Brock, like nothing but that would
<v Speaker 2>satisfy the Punk favor. But for Brock, like that kind
<v Speaker 2>of be like, oh that was that was weird. Punk
<v Speaker 2>Brock shows up helps Punk win. Now Punk's discredited in
<v Speaker 2>his victory. It looks like his victory is a little
<v Speaker 2>bit kind of wishy washy, and what the hell Brock
<v Speaker 2>now is just doing the bidding of whatever Paul Hayman says,
<v Speaker 2>it's there's a little there's some fatal flaws with it,
<v Speaker 2>but I feel your logic. And lastly, here as for
<v Speaker 2>the women's rumble, If Charlotte Flair doesn't show up, then
<v Speaker 2>I've been I've given up trying to predict when she
<v Speaker 2>makes a return. Well, see, that's when they're going to
<v Speaker 2>do it, when people stop talking about it and predicting it.
<v Speaker 2>So that's that's kind of it. I mean, I have
<v Speaker 2>said this. This is like my final prediction is that
<v Speaker 2>Charlotte is the returns of the Rumble. If she doesn't,
<v Speaker 2>then she's like, I'm done. The thing is, as time
<v Speaker 2>goes on, we have to be getting closer to being right,
<v Speaker 2>you know, ex So if you keep predicting it, eventually
<v Speaker 2>you'll be right. All right, Where do I want to go?
<v Speaker 2>Let's got an attorney tut here, and he says, I'm
<v Speaker 2>still forming an overall opinion on Triple H's performance as
<v Speaker 2>head of WWE thus far, but I think you hit
<v Speaker 2>on my core critique with your Netflix Rale review. His
<v Speaker 2>focus seems to be overly brand and production centric and
<v Speaker 2>light on engaging stories and feuds, but I'll send it
<v Speaker 2>over more developed analysis on that point. In the future,
<v Speaker 2>I want to focus on one example of the broader issue,
<v Speaker 2>which is how WWE treats Cody Roads. Why in the
<v Speaker 2>world is everyone trying to put him over on every
<v Speaker 2>show The Rock Drew Paul Haymon, everyone is using some
<v Speaker 2>of their promo to talk about how Cody is carrying
<v Speaker 2>the company and has been such a great champion. I
<v Speaker 2>don't recall wrestlers ever blowing this much smoke for the
<v Speaker 2>current champion. It's bizarre. It comes off a little like
<v Speaker 2>WWE is insecure about Cody is the main guy, and
<v Speaker 2>they're overcompensating by using other talents to try to convince us.
<v Speaker 2>Maybe Cody is doing a ton of behind the scenes
<v Speaker 2>that warrants the on air recognition, but the wrestlers his
<v Speaker 2>peers should be gunning for the champion, not praising him
<v Speaker 2>every promo. If he's that great of a champion, it
<v Speaker 2>would speak for itself. But as you've correctly pointed out,
<v Speaker 2>his reign has been lackluster, so all of this entering
<v Speaker 2>public praise comes off a little like WWE may not
<v Speaker 2>be sold on him in this top spot. It also
<v Speaker 2>speaks to the broader Triple H era era criticism I
<v Speaker 2>alluded to above, in that WWE has gotten so focused
<v Speaker 2>on telling us how great they are as opposed to
<v Speaker 2>just being great. Keep up the good work until the
<v Speaker 2>next one. Thank you. You always just put things great,
<v Speaker 2>mister Tutt. It's just awesome. I cannot agree with this
<v Speaker 2>point anymore. And I'm not blowing smoke up your backside.
<v Speaker 2>I'm not because you're a listener. This this aligns with
<v Speaker 2>everything I've said. You just put it always in a
<v Speaker 2>better way, more much more eloquent than I ever do.
<v Speaker 2>So that's something that I think in subconsciously you pulled
<v Speaker 2>out of me. It's something I didn't know that I
<v Speaker 2>needed to say. It's something that I felt and maybe
<v Speaker 2>couldn't put into words, and you just did it there perfectly.
<v Speaker 2>It's now they didn't do this for what Well, who
<v Speaker 2>was the last like babyface champion right the top baby
<v Speaker 2>face champion, Seth Rollins was he? I mean again, not
<v Speaker 2>the w W championship, because before Roman Reigns held it,
<v Speaker 2>Bray Wyatt was champion. That's how long we're talking, like
<v Speaker 2>four and a half years ago and different time was
<v Speaker 2>on Netflix COVID weird, right, But even when Seth Rollins
<v Speaker 2>was championed, I can't remember even them with the new
<v Speaker 2>World Heavyweight Championship that was introduced in a year and
<v Speaker 2>a half ago, having them blow a lot of smoke
<v Speaker 2>up seth Rollins's ass. I don't remember that with Cody.
<v Speaker 2>It's it's sickening, it's it makes me really curious how
<v Speaker 2>people haven't turned on him. Everybody's praising and bowing at
<v Speaker 2>the altar of Cody, like he's doing this great thing,
<v Speaker 2>and it's just kind of like, no, he's just champion.
<v Speaker 2>He's how is he carrying the way to the company? Like, Okay,
<v Speaker 2>he's champion, but what has he done that is just
<v Speaker 2>so remarkable and unprecedented that it requires all a top
<v Speaker 2>talent all the time to put in their promos that
<v Speaker 2>he is killing it, that he is you know, he's
<v Speaker 2>carrying the weight to the company. He's carrying the weight
<v Speaker 2>to the world on his shoulders. Okay, he's doing what
<v Speaker 2>is required of that position, meaning yeah, he's doing a
<v Speaker 2>lot of behind the scenes stuff. I'm sure he's he's
<v Speaker 2>seemingly seems like a genuinely nice guy. He's going and
<v Speaker 2>doing things on his day off, all these things media scrums,
<v Speaker 2>radio appearances, podcast, he's doing it all. That's great, admirable,
<v Speaker 2>But here's the thing, it's also kind of just expected.
<v Speaker 2>It's nothing extraordinary. There's nothing extraordinary going on with Cody Rhods.
<v Speaker 2>He's fulfilling the role that's required of being in that position.
<v Speaker 2>That's it. That doesn't mean the company is on your shoulders.
<v Speaker 2>You know how I know, you know how I know
<v Speaker 2>the company wouldn't fall apart without Cody Rhodes because it
<v Speaker 2>didn't when he wasn't there, and it would continue to
<v Speaker 2>be just fine even if he left the company tomorrow.
<v Speaker 2>It goes back to what I talked about earlier. Nobody, nobody,
<v Speaker 2>nobody's at the level that w W is gonna say,
<v Speaker 2>oh my god, we need them, or we're gonna fall apart,
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, we need them to bear the weight
<v Speaker 2>of the company's pressure. And no, like Cody, Cody look
<v Speaker 2>seems like a very nice guy. Genuinely, it seems like
<v Speaker 2>a nice guy, a hard working guy. Yes, fights through injuries, yes,
<v Speaker 2>like pretty much everyone does. Yeah. Has he represented the
<v Speaker 2>company respectfully? Yes?
<v Speaker 6>You know.
<v Speaker 2>Does he look like a corporate chill yes? Does he
<v Speaker 2>speak like a politician? Yes, all the things that I'm
<v Speaker 2>sure the suits love. But you know what, Cody, congrats
<v Speaker 2>on just undoing your job. Like, congratulations, that's what your
<v Speaker 2>job requires.
<v Speaker 4>Cool.
<v Speaker 2>Again, I'm not saying it's easy. I'm not saying I
<v Speaker 2>could do it. I'm not saying everybody's cut out to
<v Speaker 2>do it, but I'm saying many, many, many have before,
<v Speaker 2>and many will continue to fill that position admirably even
<v Speaker 2>after Cody Rhods does cannot fulfill it anymore. So I
<v Speaker 2>don't know why all the praise is being showered. Like
<v Speaker 2>you said, it does seem very heavy handed. It seems
<v Speaker 2>very heavy handed, very forced, very very hey. Hey, hey, guys,
<v Speaker 2>make sure they're nope. See look at Cody getting getting
<v Speaker 2>an endorsement from all these big stars. That means you
<v Speaker 2>should like him and you should think these things. If
<v Speaker 2>you're not saying them and thinking them, here, make sure
<v Speaker 2>you think these things. It's almost like our overlords are
<v Speaker 2>making sure that they are implanting what they want us
<v Speaker 2>to think in our brains because it's constant, which makes
<v Speaker 2>me resent them even more. It makes me push back
<v Speaker 2>on Cody as champion even more, at least as a
<v Speaker 2>babyface again for me. You switch, you turn them as
<v Speaker 2>a bad guy. I'm all in because that's what he
<v Speaker 2>is is. I'm not saying in real life his character is,
<v Speaker 2>and I won't go into it. I've done it too
<v Speaker 2>many times, but my point still stands. And thank you
<v Speaker 2>attorney time for bringing that out of my subconscious, which
<v Speaker 2>is what you did. You really just got in there
<v Speaker 2>and you dug and you pulled that out. And I
<v Speaker 2>appreciate that because that's a great observation. That is a
<v Speaker 2>really good one. All right, let's go one more email,
<v Speaker 2>last one. This is Jeff says Hi, Matt, I love
<v Speaker 2>your podcast. Thank you. You made a comment on Mailbag
<v Speaker 2>last week on number two sixteen that all streaming rights
<v Speaker 2>for WWE will move to Netflix in twenty twenty six
<v Speaker 2>with the streaming rights going up forbid and spring of
<v Speaker 2>next year. I don't see this as a foregone conclusion.
<v Speaker 2>WWF slash E has a decade long relationship within an
<v Speaker 2>NBC Universal. I don't see them walking away with that.
<v Speaker 2>And from that and the relaunch of Saturday Night Main
<v Speaker 2>Event is an indication they want to maintain that relationship.
<v Speaker 2>From a financial standpoint, WWE would be foolish to put
<v Speaker 2>all their eggs in one basket, so to speak, having
<v Speaker 2>revenue generated from Netflix, NBC Universal, Cwutube, Twitter, Roku and
<v Speaker 2>any other platform. And I'm not thinking of is this
<v Speaker 2>a smart approach. No investors should bet on any single stock,
<v Speaker 2>and is safe to say that Nick Cohn as well
<v Speaker 2>as TKO, knows that diversification is key. Also, Peacock has
<v Speaker 2>handed and handled the WWE content, specifically live events, extremely well.
<v Speaker 2>Even though Netflix can outmid pretty much anyone, I don't
<v Speaker 2>and wouldn't be all surprised if we chooses to stay
<v Speaker 2>with Peacock at the least, at least in the US.
<v Speaker 2>I think many fans want the simplicity of a one
<v Speaker 2>stop for WWE, but that's not the world we live in.
<v Speaker 2>Many baseball teams, for example, broadcaster their games on several
<v Speaker 2>lift networks in any given week. Love to hear your
<v Speaker 2>thoughts on this. Keep up the stellar work, all right,
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Well, no fair points, fair points. So here's my thought.
<v Speaker 2>It's not a particularly really insightful or overthought or you know,
<v Speaker 2>you're not gonna get a dissertation from me on this,
<v Speaker 2>because it's kind of simple money. Who's got the most
<v Speaker 2>of it? Like who can give me the most? And
<v Speaker 2>is WWE? And is NBC Universal trying to show WWE? Hey,
<v Speaker 2>you know, stick with us. I know our contract's coming
<v Speaker 2>up soon, and any about a year stick with us,
<v Speaker 2>stick with us, stick with us. Maybe maybe, But if
<v Speaker 2>this goes smoothly with Netflix over the next year, little
<v Speaker 2>streaming problems more, you know, you get the reaction you
<v Speaker 2>want from the fan base, you know that it's been
<v Speaker 2>a general success, you get feedback from their your you know,
<v Speaker 2>your stakeholders and shareholders that you know they're happy too.
<v Speaker 2>Then perhaps the do move to Netflix. Does it come
<v Speaker 2>down to money, Yes, I think it does. It's I
<v Speaker 2>don't think it's about put all your eggs in one
<v Speaker 2>basket here. Netflix ain't going anywhere. I mean, they're just not.
<v Speaker 2>They are. They are a needle mover, to say the
<v Speaker 2>very least. They are the effing needle I mean Netflix,
<v Speaker 2>they have I have to look up the damn numbers.
<v Speaker 2>I probably should. I would venture to guess that there
<v Speaker 2>are more active Netflix paying Netflix subscribers than any other platform,
<v Speaker 2>more than Hulu, more than Paramount plus, more than Discovery plus,
<v Speaker 2>more than I mean, what the hell's some other weird ones.
<v Speaker 2>But you can put them all together, and I bet
<v Speaker 2>it still doesn't equal the active paid subscriber on Netflix,
<v Speaker 2>which is why they chose to go there. On top
<v Speaker 2>of the AD revenue they already have a built in platform.
<v Speaker 2>It's plug in play for WWA. As long as the
<v Speaker 2>relationship doesn't go sour. There's not a ton of technical issues,
<v Speaker 2>and the money's right, They're going to Netflix, baby, I mean,
<v Speaker 2>I just I think that is. I think it's going
<v Speaker 2>to go to the highest bidder, which could Netflix. Again,
<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying for sure it is. Is it gonna
<v Speaker 2>be one? Is a one stop shop? Easy? Guess? I
<v Speaker 2>I yeah, it'd be a lot easier, but a lot
<v Speaker 2>easier in what just the convenience of Oh I gotta
<v Speaker 2>switch the app, you know what I mean? But that's
<v Speaker 2>this is the convenience that we live in today is
<v Speaker 2>oh my god, I gotta go to a different app.
<v Speaker 2>I have to swipe over and go to that app.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's that's where we're at today. Guys. You
<v Speaker 2>talk about a sign of the times, but WWE doesn't
<v Speaker 2>really care about that. They care about in this case.
<v Speaker 2>Bottom line. Peacock has done a nice job. I think
<v Speaker 2>they have. But would it be nice to have an
<v Speaker 2>all inclusive library in one spot. Of course, it would
<v Speaker 2>actually be nice instead of having to go to multiple places.
<v Speaker 2>But we'll have to see. I think they're hopeful they
<v Speaker 2>can put everything on Netflix. This is kind of a
<v Speaker 2>trial run with their live raw agreement, and then we'll
<v Speaker 2>see if they want to import the whole library if
<v Speaker 2>the money's right. So yeah, hell of a topic. I
<v Speaker 2>know it's kind of the business end of things, But
<v Speaker 2>it's going to come down to money, my friend. It
<v Speaker 2>just is, and it's not. I really don't think it's
<v Speaker 2>about putting on your eggs in one basket. I just
<v Speaker 2>don't because I mean, Netflix ain't going anywhere. They are
<v Speaker 2>a pillar of streaming. It's not like they're an upstart. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>well they're growing. Hopefully that continues. They're a megastar. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>it's just there.
<v Speaker 4>You know.
<v Speaker 2>The only way that Netflix would be you know, damaged
<v Speaker 2>here where I'd be concerned about w B some kind
<v Speaker 2>of catastrophic hack, you know, some kind of like mega
<v Speaker 2>technical issue happens, millions of people's data is is compromised,
<v Speaker 2>and you have people just not trusting Netflix anymore and
<v Speaker 2>they leave the streaming service.
<v Speaker 1>That.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's a that's a concern any and any
<v Speaker 2>I mean any platform. But outside of a catastrophic event unforeseen,
<v Speaker 2>I don't see something like that being a concern of
<v Speaker 2>all all of your eggs in one basket. I just don't.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean you could have a fun debate
<v Speaker 2>about this. I'd have to dig into all the numbers
<v Speaker 2>and stuff and you can really get into it. But
<v Speaker 2>thanks Jeff. All right, that'll do it for the let's see, yeah,
<v Speaker 2>the emails, so we'll get to those voicemails. I think
<v Speaker 2>we've got a couple. So let's just jump into it
<v Speaker 2>right now.
<v Speaker 4>This is DJ Cooles melt back. Add it a get
<v Speaker 4>on your Mailbax show records. You live on a Wednesday board,
<v Speaker 4>and you know what time it is. It's time to
<v Speaker 4>see his.
<v Speaker 5>Name man, he peers.
<v Speaker 2>I believe in Joe Hendry. Believe this right, folks, Joe
<v Speaker 2>Hendry is his name.
<v Speaker 4>As I take it to my twenty seven episode of
<v Speaker 4>the Joe ud Report, as always coming to live from
<v Speaker 4>an on this closed location, the also cozy undisclosed location,
<v Speaker 4>as I am doing my best to stay warm in
<v Speaker 4>the month of January. It's just getting cold and windy.
<v Speaker 4>So if you're living in the Northeast like I am,
<v Speaker 4>or in any part of the world that is cold,
<v Speaker 4>stay warm and stay cozy to the best of your ability. Now,
<v Speaker 4>let's take you back to what happened on the previous
<v Speaker 4>episode of TNA par Wrestling on a pre tape episode,
<v Speaker 4>as we're on the road to TNA Genesis, that'll be
<v Speaker 4>happening this Sunday. That's right, folks, this Sunday, January nineteenth,
<v Speaker 4>live from Dallas, Texas. In this main event we had
<v Speaker 4>on this pre tape episode of TENA par Wrestling, we
<v Speaker 4>had none other than Joe Hendry and the e c
<v Speaker 4>W Legend Rhino going up against the Never Brothers of
<v Speaker 4>Ryan Nemett and the TNA World Champion Nick Nemett. But
<v Speaker 4>before we get to the tag team main event, I
<v Speaker 4>must mention that TEENA did a great job in this
<v Speaker 4>video montage about Joe Hendry about how he became a
<v Speaker 4>global sensation and it wasn't overnight. It took years, years,
<v Speaker 4>many years for him to get to where he is today.
<v Speaker 4>He had to go through I guess you could say
<v Speaker 4>the growing pains. He was a musician that didn't work out.
<v Speaker 4>He did some acting, he was involved in other things
<v Speaker 4>that he was trying to figure out where his purpose
<v Speaker 4>was in life. Then on December thirty first, twenty twelve,
<v Speaker 4>he said to himself on January first, twenty thirteen. I'm
<v Speaker 4>going to commit full time to becoming a professional wrestler.
<v Speaker 4>And that is what he did as he hustled his
<v Speaker 4>way through all of the different indie shows on the
<v Speaker 4>circuit down in Scotland. He tried to differentiate himself from
<v Speaker 4>the other wrestlers and the fact that he had a
<v Speaker 4>background in music. He said, hey, wait a minute, let
<v Speaker 4>me become the pop star of professional wrestling in Scotland.
<v Speaker 4>And that is what he did as he would do
<v Speaker 4>these hilarious videos, I guess you could say, trying to
<v Speaker 4>make himself unique, to stand out amongst all of the
<v Speaker 4>hardcore wrestlers down in Scotland. His friend, a close friend
<v Speaker 4>of his, a close buddy of his, let him know
<v Speaker 4>about TNA Pro Wrestling and about the excited things that
<v Speaker 4>were happening down in TNA, which was very unique to
<v Speaker 4>what was not happening in other wrestling promotions. This was,
<v Speaker 4>of course, in the heyday of TNA, you know, with
<v Speaker 4>Samoa Joe and Kurd Angle and of course AJ Styles
<v Speaker 4>and everybody that was part of that big movement back
<v Speaker 4>in the late two thousands into the early twenty tens. Anyway,
<v Speaker 4>his friend introduced him to TNA Pro Wrestling, and one
<v Speaker 4>of the videos that was on Joe Hendry's video iPod,
<v Speaker 4>that's right, a video iPod was TNA Genesis two thousand
<v Speaker 4>and six in which the main event was kurd Angle
<v Speaker 4>versus Samoa Joe. That was the match that he always
<v Speaker 4>watched from time to time. And guess what on ten
<v Speaker 4>A Genesis this year, twenty twenty five, Joe Hendry will
<v Speaker 4>be in the main event. So from watching the main
<v Speaker 4>event or watching ten A Genesis two thousand and six
<v Speaker 4>to now fast hout to twenty twenty five, almost twenty
<v Speaker 4>years to that point. But anyway, let's get to the
<v Speaker 4>main event. But before we get to that, I just
<v Speaker 4>also want to mention that doing this documentary, which is
<v Speaker 4>seven minutes you can watch on YouTube. It's a tremendous
<v Speaker 4>story of the his and lows of Joe Hendry's career
<v Speaker 4>to where he was back then to where he is today.
<v Speaker 4>As everybody says, his Dave, everybody believes and we are
<v Speaker 4>all rooting for Joe Hendrick as we get ready for
<v Speaker 4>their big pay per view matchup TNAY Pro wrest Leagues
<v Speaker 4>TNA Genesis that will be happening this Sunday. That's right,
<v Speaker 4>January nineteenth, twenty twenty five, Live from Dallas, Texas. Now
<v Speaker 4>let's take you to the main event from this past
<v Speaker 4>episode of Tina Preess League, in which Joe Hendry and
<v Speaker 4>none other than Rhino the victory against the Nema Brothers
<v Speaker 4>in nine minutes and fourteen seconds as Rhino hit the
<v Speaker 4>gore spear on Ryan Nemett and then Joe Henry went
<v Speaker 4>for the standing ovation choke slam and one, two three,
<v Speaker 4>everybody was chanting for Joe Hendry as all rose lead
<v Speaker 4>to this Sunday. This is the moment. This has to
<v Speaker 4>be the time for Joe Hendri to finally become a
<v Speaker 4>TNA World champion. We saw the trials and tribulations of
<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty four. If you watch the documentary the montage
<v Speaker 4>on Joe Hendry, you.
<v Speaker 2>Got to believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 4>Know what that being said. And before I go on
<v Speaker 4>a long tangent, I must always say, always remember to believe,
<v Speaker 4>say his name, remember the words that Joe Hendry says
<v Speaker 4>any time, any place, at any show, and most simporly,
<v Speaker 4>most simperly after when Joe Hendry becomes a world champion
<v Speaker 4>on Jederar nineteen said, Poorley.
<v Speaker 1>Do this s s well?
<v Speaker 4>J Henry, once again, this is your guy, DJ Coulsmo,
<v Speaker 4>have a blessed week. Make guy to one of those
<v Speaker 4>stays in my friends believe and peace.
<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, Dj, it's uh, you know, it's just
<v Speaker 2>it's great to follow along all these things that I
<v Speaker 2>That's why I have you here. Man. I'm not keeping
<v Speaker 2>nearly as close of an eye on the Joe Hendry
<v Speaker 2>story as you are, and it's great to see and
<v Speaker 2>hear about what's going on. And I would encourage everybody
<v Speaker 2>to go take a look at that documentary on YouTube.
<v Speaker 2>It's seven minutes. Good to see the story. It's always
<v Speaker 2>fun to see the story of somebody who is, you know,
<v Speaker 2>maybe on the brink of superstardom. I don't know if
<v Speaker 2>Jenner Joe Hendry is there yet. Obviously in W has
<v Speaker 2>had to make a real splash, but you know, on
<v Speaker 2>the main roster anyway. But is it close to becoming
<v Speaker 2>t and a world champion? Yes, I think so, based
<v Speaker 2>on what you've told me. Getting the victory in the
<v Speaker 2>tag team match here with Rhino, I didn't even know
<v Speaker 2>Rhino was still as I didn't know that Rhino was
<v Speaker 2>still active in any way. But getting the victory here
<v Speaker 2>standing ovation, chokeslam, good stuff. I mean, that's what you need.
<v Speaker 2>You need a momentum. You need him get a little
<v Speaker 2>bit of a reputation somewhere else before he makes a
<v Speaker 2>big splash, because I think w fans a small portion,
<v Speaker 2>but some do pay attention to the indies and pay
<v Speaker 2>attention to other promotions like TNA and see Who's coming
<v Speaker 2>and what could be somebody that they imagine. Now the
<v Speaker 2>road WW picks up and Joe Hendrie is certainly one
<v Speaker 2>of those guys, and it is fun to watch and
<v Speaker 2>see the story though, so I'll have to check out
<v Speaker 2>that documentary as short as it is, so thank you,
<v Speaker 2>my friend.
<v Speaker 3>And one more act the first guy herein guy, let's
<v Speaker 3>talk about ut.
<v Speaker 5>Johnson, a freedom of factor, share older up the GKO board,
<v Speaker 5>sham all the w W, the Final Pond, the People's Champions.
<v Speaker 5>You David, where, what what is the rock doing? What's
<v Speaker 5>the game? As your pression, I have the same conversation
<v Speaker 5>every year. Last year and about this time I was hoping,
<v Speaker 5>I was hoping for the Rock versus Roman rings. You Tony,
<v Speaker 5>cry baby, you took this out of my mouth. You
<v Speaker 5>did this, But WrestleMania was pretty good. The Rock delivered
<v Speaker 5>on this final Boss character that was teradized. I really
<v Speaker 5>enjoyed the toyline so much. But why why the Rock?
<v Speaker 5>Why did you flush all those storylines into to nine?
<v Speaker 5>Back to Dwayne Johnson, as you said not so many times,
<v Speaker 5>but guys, it's the Rock, doesn't per us the Roman
<v Speaker 5>Rings versus the Rock match, it's here, It's it's even.
<v Speaker 4>It's okay.
<v Speaker 5>If it's not in WrestleMania, that's fine. But if you
<v Speaker 5>don't happen gets here, we were never happy. Never the
<v Speaker 5>Rock is the matter, I understand, but it's the chair
<v Speaker 5>old of the company, and I swear to here. I
<v Speaker 5>swear to everybody Woman Rains versus the Rock in figure
<v Speaker 5>that any movie it's been ever and any movie it
<v Speaker 5>will ever be. I don't care if it's the liminate
<v Speaker 5>chas Bomb don't Rock versus Woman Rain. It is the
<v Speaker 5>match to establish history. It is right now. I'm not
<v Speaker 5>afraid to say it. That's the biggest match in history,
<v Speaker 5>in the in the twenty one century. It's the biggest
<v Speaker 5>match you could ever make. Right now, So please the
<v Speaker 5>Rock do.
<v Speaker 2>It By guys, Alex, it seems like, are you saying,
<v Speaker 2>and I might have missed this, You're saying that the
<v Speaker 2>Rock versus Rowan reins would actually be kind of a
<v Speaker 2>big match, like somewhat sounds like it might be something
<v Speaker 2>ww wants to explore sometime down the road. You know,
<v Speaker 2>we don't want to rush shit. That's the message I'm getting.
<v Speaker 2>Maybe I totally misurd you, but I'm just being a jerk. Look,
<v Speaker 2>this match would it would be a it would be
<v Speaker 2>a complete failure on the part of WWE, the Rock,
<v Speaker 2>whoever's involved in this. If this match doesn't happen in
<v Speaker 2>our life, and it's getting more concerning with every passing year.
<v Speaker 2>There's no Cody Roads this year to screw things up,
<v Speaker 2>at least when it comes to championship stories and all
<v Speaker 2>that crap. I don't need the Rock competing for a championship.
<v Speaker 2>I never did, never wanted him to, because it doesn't
<v Speaker 2>need it, and it wouldn't make sense, and for a
<v Speaker 2>lot of reasons, the Rock should not become champion. If
<v Speaker 2>they do it, it'll be a fun, nostalgic moment and
<v Speaker 2>then I'd go, oh, oh wow, cool. So we got
<v Speaker 2>another absentee champion here, you know, here, here we go again,
<v Speaker 2>another absentee champion for six months and before he drops
<v Speaker 2>it or whatever. I don't need that. What I do
<v Speaker 2>need is Rock Roman, no title. I've said this for
<v Speaker 2>ten years. Literally, I feel like I'm just I'm living
<v Speaker 2>in you know, a groundhog day.
<v Speaker 1>Here.
<v Speaker 2>The Rock and Roman reigns is a must, It's a
<v Speaker 2>must happen. I don't care. Here, here's what I would do.
<v Speaker 2>I don't give a damn about any hashtags. I don't
<v Speaker 2>give a damn about any social media movements, any grass movements.
<v Speaker 2>I don't care about any bowel movements, any kind of movements.
<v Speaker 2>We ignore them and we do the Rock and Roman reigns.
<v Speaker 2>I don't even care who's playing the babyface. I don't
<v Speaker 2>care who's playing in the heel. Those are insider terms.
<v Speaker 2>Ww that didn't let you know that. Those are insider.
<v Speaker 2>That means good guy and bad guy. Just in case
<v Speaker 2>you guys didn't know that too. But the idea that
<v Speaker 2>we don't get it is offensive and also it's getting
<v Speaker 2>concerning because Father Tom is undefeated. I'm not saying one
<v Speaker 2>of them is going to die in the next year,
<v Speaker 2>but age does have a big factor, both are healthy,
<v Speaker 2>both are in somewhat of a storyline to do it.
<v Speaker 2>Even though The Rock just completely took a crap all
<v Speaker 2>over every storyline he could when he came out as
<v Speaker 2>Dwane and thanked everybody and told Cody thank you and
<v Speaker 2>buried every storyline that he was a part of over
<v Speaker 2>the last year. That was just brilliant. He just essentially
<v Speaker 2>took a crap and flushed it down the toilet. You
<v Speaker 2>can resurrect them because it's The Rock, and he could say, oh,
<v Speaker 2>just you know, just being nice and it's the first debut.
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to get whatever he could him up
<v Speaker 2>with stuff. It was still nonsense that he did it,
<v Speaker 2>but you could, you could repair it. It was only
<v Speaker 2>one week and you know, get to it, get to it,
<v Speaker 2>have the match so we can all move on with
<v Speaker 2>our lives. And then you want to get to a
<v Speaker 2>Rock and Cody match for the championship at Summer Slam. Fine,
<v Speaker 2>beat the Rock. I don't care. Just get to Roman
<v Speaker 2>Rock yet. Gotta do it. And I actually think that
<v Speaker 2>they're lined up for this year to do that. They're
<v Speaker 2>the royal Roumi coming up here the Rock. I think. Here,
<v Speaker 2>here's my early call on it. I think the Rock
<v Speaker 2>eliminates the Roman reigns who's in the Rumble? See Roman
<v Speaker 2>Rains is in the Rubble. All the stars seemed to
<v Speaker 2>be aligning here. Rock is not declared for the Rumble.
<v Speaker 2>He could declare himself in it or just show up.
<v Speaker 2>He's an executive. He couldn't bend the rules. He could
<v Speaker 2>come in eliminate. You know, he looks like he's gonna
<v Speaker 2>team with Roman, but he actually throws out Roman. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know Johnstena tosses out the Rock or whatever, but
<v Speaker 2>I don't think the Rock is gonna win the Rumble.
<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying he could be the one that that
<v Speaker 2>costs Roman Reigns the match that that costs. He's the reason,
<v Speaker 2>the sole reason that that he loses. And there you go.
<v Speaker 2>You're off to the races. Bam, let's go. I'm not
<v Speaker 2>advocating for Roman to win. I'm not advocate the Rock
<v Speaker 2>to win. It's about building that those two who lost
<v Speaker 2>the Rumble to a match at WrestleMania. We've seen it
<v Speaker 2>happen before, We've seen it happen before, so definitely that's
<v Speaker 2>how I would go and get this match out of
<v Speaker 2>the way. And I don't mean to rush it, but like,
<v Speaker 2>I'm scared that it won't ever happen. If it doesn't
<v Speaker 2>happen this year, I'm getting progressively more scared. It was
<v Speaker 2>supposed to happen to Wrestle Many thirty seven, then it
<v Speaker 2>was supposed to have to Wrestle Many thirty eight, then
<v Speaker 2>Restume thirty nine, then the WrestleMania of forty but then
<v Speaker 2>the fans and then Wrestlemting forty one. But then the
<v Speaker 2>Rock comes back is Dwayne, and then we hear all
<v Speaker 2>this crap about him not being available, which we hear
<v Speaker 2>every year about him his movie schedule, then on and
<v Speaker 2>on and on and on. It's the same story every year,
<v Speaker 2>same crap, except last year the fans are the ones
<v Speaker 2>that actually decided we don't want it. We want Cody
<v Speaker 2>to finish his bedtime story. That's what they wanted, and
<v Speaker 2>so I kind of blamed the fans. If we don't
<v Speaker 2>ever get Rock Roman, I'm blaming the fans directly. However,
<v Speaker 2>if the fans didn't have that movement, we wouldn't have
<v Speaker 2>the Final Boss. If he ever decides to come back
<v Speaker 2>as truly the Final Boss. Anyway, I think I'll stop there.
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