Mailbag #234: Listeners Give their Money In the Bank Winners, Future of the World Championship, Bronson Reed & More

<v Speaker 1>This is WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to
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<v Speaker 3>Happy Friday, everybody. Is the thirtieth day of May twenty
<v Speaker 3>twenty five, as we close out the month of May
<v Speaker 3>and bring on June, and the summer is upon us,
<v Speaker 3>and it'll go quicker than you think it always does
<v Speaker 3>before you know it. I mean, we turn around and
<v Speaker 3>football's here, Cooler, weather leaves, Halloween, it's all coming. I
<v Speaker 3>mean it's not even summer yet, but you know how
<v Speaker 3>quickly things move. And enjoy the summer because it doesn't
<v Speaker 3>last long, especially if you're in the northern part of
<v Speaker 3>the United States brief so enjoy it. And thank you
<v Speaker 3>everybody for joining us here on the podcast, as we
<v Speaker 3>are going to go through your emails, your voicemails and
<v Speaker 3>respond to you and get your thoughts on money in
<v Speaker 3>the bank, Seth Rollins and his new group and his
<v Speaker 3>chances at the world title, and of course Bronson Read
<v Speaker 3>and his joining into this unnamed, yet to be named group.
<v Speaker 3>So we'll chat about that. I'm sure as we go
<v Speaker 3>through the emails, and before we get there, I want
<v Speaker 3>to address this rumor that's somewhat substantiated by several news outlets,
<v Speaker 3>and that is that Vince McMahon is interested in buying
<v Speaker 3>back WWE. That's news item number one. I'll talk about
<v Speaker 3>that and then Pat McAfee and then we'll get to
<v Speaker 3>the mail bag, I promise. But this news about Vince
<v Speaker 3>McMahon wanting to buy back WWE, number one, I do
<v Speaker 3>believe it. In fact, is that really news? Is that
<v Speaker 3>even really news that Vince McMahon, who has had his
<v Speaker 3>entire identity wrapped up in what WWE? Is the fact
<v Speaker 3>that he wants to buy it back after he felt
<v Speaker 3>he was pushed out. No, it's not news at all.
<v Speaker 3>But the question is could it happen? My short answer
<v Speaker 3>is it could, but it's very improbable because I don't
<v Speaker 3>think even if Vince McMahon had the money that WWE
<v Speaker 3>is up for sale. I highly doubt TKO is interested
<v Speaker 3>in selling WWE. That's the thing, right, Even if Vince
<v Speaker 3>has the resources and the means and the intent, you
<v Speaker 3>can't buy something that's not for sale. It's a bit
<v Speaker 3>of a problem there. So let's pretend in a world
<v Speaker 3>in which WWE is up for sale and TKO is
<v Speaker 3>willing to hear Vince McMahon out and maybe would do it,
<v Speaker 3>and it goes through. Let's go into that highly unlikely
<v Speaker 3>but a possible world. First of all, I think you'd
<v Speaker 3>have a lot of people in WWE very concerned, the
<v Speaker 3>people that work there, that things that go back to
<v Speaker 3>the way they were, that the rules would tighten up.
<v Speaker 3>Creative is going to go back into disarray, and that's
<v Speaker 3>a legitimate concern if that were to happen. And we're
<v Speaker 3>going to play into this fantasy. But honestly, here's some
<v Speaker 3>of the benefits. Some of the benefits. I think that
<v Speaker 3>a Vince took it back if he did. Okay, again,
<v Speaker 3>I don't think he will, because I don't think ww'
<v Speaker 3>is for sale, But just to explore it for a second,
<v Speaker 3>what I think Vince would do on day one is
<v Speaker 3>probably get rid of all the sponsors on the ring canvas.
<v Speaker 3>I really do believe he would do that. I would
<v Speaker 3>think he'd bring it back to a little bit more KFAE,
<v Speaker 3>meaning he would bring back some of the believability of
<v Speaker 3>the product. I'm not saying Vince was the end all
<v Speaker 3>be all, he had his flaws. I understand he's villainized,
<v Speaker 3>and there's a large portion of the viewing audience of
<v Speaker 3>professional wrestling that are actually here because of Vince, that
<v Speaker 3>loathe Vince just because that's what we're supposed to do.
<v Speaker 3>All the allegations against him, the sexual harassment and all
<v Speaker 3>those things, even if they're unsubstantiated, people just believe. So
<v Speaker 3>people are just conditioned and wired to hate Vince no
<v Speaker 3>matter what is, what comes out, what truth comes out.
<v Speaker 3>And again I'm not defending Vince if those allegations are true.
<v Speaker 3>I'm talking on a purely professional level. People are gonna
<v Speaker 3>hate Vince and there's nothing you can do or say,
<v Speaker 3>no amount of proof that would ever change their minds
<v Speaker 3>because it's just baked into how a lot of people
<v Speaker 3>view Vince McMahon. Yet at the same time, we're all
<v Speaker 3>watching ww because of him. So a bit of a
<v Speaker 3>paradox there. So I do feel for the employees that
<v Speaker 3>that would be a bit of a concern because at
<v Speaker 3>what nearly eighty years old, Vince McMahon would certainly not
<v Speaker 3>be of a in the mental capacity to run day
<v Speaker 3>to day operation I think if he were to ever
<v Speaker 3>buy it back, he'd make some major changes in terms
<v Speaker 3>of the actual staff, those who are running creative Paul
<v Speaker 3>Deveck maybe, I mean, he may or may not stay,
<v Speaker 3>but I think Vince would pull it back a little
<v Speaker 3>bit from the the whole international kind of feel that
<v Speaker 3>the company has. I mean, how many international events has
<v Speaker 3>ww had over the last twelve months. They are clearly
<v Speaker 3>on a global mission, and that's admirable, but also it's
<v Speaker 3>difficult to do so. I think Vince would get rid
<v Speaker 3>of the advertising in the ring, and he would stop
<v Speaker 3>pulling back the curtain every five seconds, which again I
<v Speaker 3>think is a positive because Vince McMahon, while he would
<v Speaker 3>say he's not a professional wrestling promoter, he is, but
<v Speaker 3>if he says, you know, if he were to take
<v Speaker 3>back the control, I think those would be some of
<v Speaker 3>the improvements that he would make. Because this TKO branded
<v Speaker 3>WWE is one in which there are just no punches pulled.
<v Speaker 3>It's yeah, we know it's fake, and we're going to
<v Speaker 3>ruin mind you all the time that this is fake.
<v Speaker 3>And even during the show we're gonna watch, while you're watching,
<v Speaker 3>we're gonna remind you, you know, I think that that
<v Speaker 3>would go away with Vince McMahon. Now, this is not
<v Speaker 3>likely to happen, so I just want to bring that
<v Speaker 3>to the forefront, but I wanted to explore it for
<v Speaker 3>just a moment. He'd probably also bring back the Grand
<v Speaker 3>stage for Monday Night Raw and get rid of that
<v Speaker 3>small town look that I'm sure he despises with Monday
<v Speaker 3>Night Raw where they have more seats, but they get
<v Speaker 3>rid of the stage and all the glitz and glamour.
<v Speaker 3>And he would bring back the that appearance of WWE.
<v Speaker 3>So but it would be interesting, would it not? In
<v Speaker 3>the wrestling community would explode. And here's an even more
<v Speaker 3>interesting question, how about this? This is actually I think
<v Speaker 3>even more likely, although it's still not probable, it's more
<v Speaker 3>likely than Vince buying back WWE. Do you think Vince
<v Speaker 3>McMahon would ever appear on ww WE television again? And
<v Speaker 3>if he did, what would he do? Why would he
<v Speaker 3>be there?
<v Speaker 4>Now?
<v Speaker 3>I actually hope he does. Imagine the reaction. I actually
<v Speaker 3>don't think and can't think of a single star. I
<v Speaker 3>don't care if you're talking about stone Cold even yes,
<v Speaker 3>stone Cold the Rock, although he's villainized after WrestleMania Undertaker,
<v Speaker 3>even brock Lesner, who's still floating out there. I really
<v Speaker 3>believe that if Vince McMahon were to return, he would
<v Speaker 3>receive one of the loudest reactions you've ever heard. I'm serious.
<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying that people would love him and re
<v Speaker 3>embrace him as the owner of the company, but just
<v Speaker 3>for everything he's done, whether you love or hate him,
<v Speaker 3>you if you don't respect him, you're lying to yourself,
<v Speaker 3>because he is the reason the majority of us are
<v Speaker 3>even wrestling fans to begin with. That's a fact. So
<v Speaker 3>I really believe. I mean, imagine there's story going on,
<v Speaker 3>someone's getting screwed, and Vince McMahon comes back in some
<v Speaker 3>kind of on air authority role. Limited I don't want
<v Speaker 3>him in the ring competing, but comes back and kind
<v Speaker 3>of pulls a Linda mcmn you know, Linda always used
<v Speaker 3>to come back and drop bombshells every time she was
<v Speaker 3>on the air. That's I think an incredible role that
<v Speaker 3>Vince could play if he wants to get back into
<v Speaker 3>the company without actually having to or being able to
<v Speaker 3>own it. It would be very interesting the dynamic of
<v Speaker 3>Vince being brought back to television, but he's not an
<v Speaker 3>owner in any way. That would be a really weird
<v Speaker 3>dynamic and one that I think is again more probable
<v Speaker 3>than him buying TKO's a wweion version of ww So
<v Speaker 3>just to me, I would I mean, imagine the crowd
<v Speaker 3>reaction a Vince McMahon being brought back to television. He
<v Speaker 3>doesn't own a thing in real life. They may be
<v Speaker 3>bringing him back in some kind of again ancillary authoritarian
<v Speaker 3>role to make the wrong right. And I really think
<v Speaker 3>the crowd would explode if they heard no chance. So
<v Speaker 3>can you imagine hearing Vince McMahon music right now in
<v Speaker 3>some kind of major angle. I'm telling you you can
<v Speaker 3>hate Vince all you want. The crowd would explode. So
<v Speaker 3>it's something to think about. And you don't think that
<v Speaker 3>would draw ratings. Vince McMahon, who doesn't own the company
<v Speaker 3>he started, is back on television. It would be incredible
<v Speaker 3>television incredible. So something to think about as we start.
<v Speaker 3>And the other thing is Pat McAfee is in the
<v Speaker 3>news too, because he recently unknowingly amplified a rumor. And
<v Speaker 3>let me explain what's happening here. This is from the
<v Speaker 3>New York Times or the Athletic and this is February
<v Speaker 3>twenty sixth Okay, so a little while ago. McAfee sits
<v Speaker 3>behind a desk before him as an arc of chairs,
<v Speaker 3>occupied with by what a few he describes as quote
<v Speaker 3>his stooges and a feature guest Adam Schefter. Schefter's presence
<v Speaker 3>in the twenty twenty five NFL Scouting combined logo behind
<v Speaker 3>the chairs seemingly preview the day's subject matter, but he
<v Speaker 3>has a different topic in mind, and he teases the subject,
<v Speaker 3>asking Schefter, have you heard about ole Miss? One of
<v Speaker 3>his cohorts says, there's a menagetois that McAfee ads has
<v Speaker 3>has really captivated the internet. After some more build up,
<v Speaker 3>McAfee dives in some ole Miss fratbro had a KD
<v Speaker 3>Cappa Delta girlfriend, and McAfee says that he stresses the
<v Speaker 3>word allegedly. At this exact moment, this is what is
<v Speaker 3>being reported by everybody on the internet. Dad had sex
<v Speaker 3>with son's girlfriend. Another person on set chimes in, not great,
<v Speaker 3>and then McAfee ads, and then it was made public
<v Speaker 3>and that's the absolute worst case situation. So it ended
<v Speaker 3>up not being true, all right, And it ended up
<v Speaker 3>not being true. This girl who uh you know it
<v Speaker 3>has now claimed that people have called her, you know,
<v Speaker 3>derogatory names and her life is ruined and because of
<v Speaker 3>this lie. Well, I really I'm not a McAfee apologist, Okay,
<v Speaker 3>I'm not. Just based on principle, I don't agree with
<v Speaker 3>everything McAfee says. Okay, but why is it his responsibility
<v Speaker 3>to make sure everything on the internet is one hundred
<v Speaker 3>percent true before he mentions anything. It's not his responsibility.
<v Speaker 3>He did say allegedly, which, by the way, anybody who's
<v Speaker 3>charged with a crime, everything is dealt with in terms
<v Speaker 3>of allegedly until it's proven. So it's not McAfee and
<v Speaker 3>it's not his fault for if he were purposely going
<v Speaker 3>on here knowing that this is a rumor and then
<v Speaker 3>had malice and ten then yeah, but what is he
<v Speaker 3>going to gain from this story that was blowing up
<v Speaker 3>the internet? And why is it his responsibility to fact
<v Speaker 3>check everything on the internet before he announces it as
<v Speaker 3>on his show at all? It's not. Now, it's unfortunate
<v Speaker 3>for the girl, Okay, it's unfortunate that that was a
<v Speaker 3>rumor that started. Okay, but that's the internet, man, that's
<v Speaker 3>the internet. Pat McAfee. The rumor did not originate with
<v Speaker 3>Pat McAfee. He simply talked about allegedly something like this happened.
<v Speaker 3>So it turns out apparently it didn't.
<v Speaker 5>So what, so what?
<v Speaker 3>It's not okay? This girl? Okay, First of all, her
<v Speaker 3>life is not destroyed. Okay, her life is not destroyed.
<v Speaker 3>She was in charged with a crime, she's not imprisoned,
<v Speaker 3>and she's actually innocent.
<v Speaker 2>Okay.
<v Speaker 3>She has now gotten a lot of notoriety, a lot
<v Speaker 3>of fame. Her life is not ruined. Okay. So a
<v Speaker 3>rumor that is not true spread across the internet. All right,
<v Speaker 3>it's not the worst thing. You weren't accused of murder.
<v Speaker 3>You were accused of sleeping with somebody's dad that actually
<v Speaker 3>didn't happen. That's a high school rumor that just spread
<v Speaker 3>on the internet. Who cares? Who cares? I'm sorry that happens.
<v Speaker 3>It's unfortunate, But her life isn't ruined. By the way,
<v Speaker 3>people have an attention span of four and a half seconds,
<v Speaker 3>and it's going to be moved on very quickly onto
<v Speaker 3>the next thing. So I honestly don't fault McAfee here.
<v Speaker 3>It's not his responsibility to fact check everything before he
<v Speaker 3>mentions it on his show. It is not his responsibility. Okay,
<v Speaker 3>it wasn't originated with McAfee. It was unintentionally magnified by him,
<v Speaker 3>but at the time it was something going on on
<v Speaker 3>the internet. Are you going to speak to every person
<v Speaker 3>and villainize every person? Every podcast, every news outlet that
<v Speaker 3>covered this, everybody on the internet gets the same shame,
<v Speaker 3>I would hope, right, No? Or is it just because
<v Speaker 3>it's Paton McAfee and he has a large platform that
<v Speaker 3>he's villainized. See, people are after success, That's what I believe.
<v Speaker 3>People are after success. They don't actually care about this girl. Okay,
<v Speaker 3>what they're after is McAfee himself looking for a reason.
<v Speaker 3>That's what it is. People hate success. And again, I
<v Speaker 3>don't love McAfee. I really don't. I feel neutral about him.
<v Speaker 3>I have no personal feelings towards McAfee, good or bad.
<v Speaker 3>They're just he's just a very popular figure in our
<v Speaker 3>culture and he and unknowingly amplified a rumor it's gonna happen,
<v Speaker 3>so he's not allowed to talk about things that are
<v Speaker 3>going on in the Internet. He didn't dig through this
<v Speaker 3>girl's personal files. He didn't do anything outside of look
<v Speaker 3>at all the news that everyone else was looking at
<v Speaker 3>at the same time, and yet he's the one that
<v Speaker 3>gets villainized for spreading the rumor. Yet it was already
<v Speaker 3>blowing up on the Internet and it already exploded. So
<v Speaker 3>there are millions of people that were already talking about it.
<v Speaker 3>McAfee has millions more. But what's the difference at that point?
<v Speaker 3>Who cares? Again, people are gonna forget it in three seconds.
<v Speaker 3>So if I were McAfee, I wouldn't issue an apology.
<v Speaker 3>I would just just say, you know, that's unfortunate. Obviously
<v Speaker 3>it turned out to be a rumor, and uh, you know,
<v Speaker 3>it happens. That's what I would say. I would actually
<v Speaker 3>say that, you know that, you know, if she was
<v Speaker 3>actually hurt by this, I feel for her. But you know,
<v Speaker 3>I was reporting what everybody else was reporting on the internet.
<v Speaker 3>I didn't know that. I'm the czar of making sure
<v Speaker 3>that whatever I report from the Internet that's already trending.
<v Speaker 3>I have to make sure he is one hundred percent true.
<v Speaker 3>A f you guys, you know that's what I would say.
<v Speaker 3>If I were McAfee, I'd be like that, F you
<v Speaker 3>you know again, not the girl, which I actually think
<v Speaker 3>she's a little bit of getting a little bit of
<v Speaker 3>attention that she likes because now everybody knows her face.
<v Speaker 4>So come.
<v Speaker 3>I know you guys are gonna hammer me for this,
<v Speaker 3>and that that's fine. I'm not sitting here defending rumors
<v Speaker 3>being spread. But that's sometimes how rumors spread. Rumors sometimes
<v Speaker 3>aren't maliciously spread knowing it's a rumor to ruin someone's life.
<v Speaker 3>Oftentimes rumors are spread as fact and later on we go, oh,
<v Speaker 3>that actually wasn't true. You've done it in your own life.
<v Speaker 3>I've done it in my own life with no malicious intent.
<v Speaker 3>You've just oh, you heard something and you tell somebody else,
<v Speaker 3>whether at school or at work, it ends up not
<v Speaker 3>being true. There are rumors all the time that are
<v Speaker 3>not good that maybe you tell somebody else and you
<v Speaker 3>don't know that it's a rumor until you find out
<v Speaker 3>after the fact that it's not true. That's life. This
<v Speaker 3>is on a bigger scale in terms of how many
<v Speaker 3>people heard the rumor, but it's the same concept, and
<v Speaker 3>yet McAfee's the one villainized f Off. That's what I
<v Speaker 3>would say to the Pitchfork mob. F Off, all right,
<v Speaker 3>if y'all still with me, let's get to the mail bag,
<v Speaker 3>and let's start now that I've probably lost half the
<v Speaker 3>audience listening, and you guys can go give me a
<v Speaker 3>great review on Spotify. Please give me a five star rating.
<v Speaker 3>A great time to plug that. Alright, let's go. I'm
<v Speaker 3>in a spicy mood.
<v Speaker 4>Where dover we go?
<v Speaker 3>I don't even know. Let's start with Stevie g. Stevie says,
<v Speaker 3>first off, I will always be the first to acknowledge
<v Speaker 3>my wrongs. He eat my words. Fortunately for me, I
<v Speaker 3>didn't actually bet on Logan joining Seth's faction. It was
<v Speaker 3>immediately after Punk was snowplowed through the barricade at Saturday
<v Speaker 3>Night Main Event that I was happy to be wrong.
<v Speaker 3>Bronson Reid is perfect for the spot, and it's great
<v Speaker 3>to see him back. I think they take too much
<v Speaker 3>credit in acting like Rollins planned it all along. Some
<v Speaker 3>storytelling just coincidentally comes full circle like that like that did,
<v Speaker 3>and they just can't help a bask in the glory
<v Speaker 3>of the outcome. I wanted to say, though, I feel
<v Speaker 3>like the World Heavyweight Championship has been on life support
<v Speaker 3>in recent years, and I love that Seth is all
<v Speaker 3>but confirmed to carry it once again. We had Damien
<v Speaker 3>Priest carry it, which, while I love Damien, it felt
<v Speaker 3>more like a mid card title run. Then Gunther, who
<v Speaker 3>should have been a dominant force of a champion, was
<v Speaker 3>booked poorly and ultimately lost it in the worst way
<v Speaker 3>to Jay. And now Jay is great. I love Jay.
<v Speaker 3>Jay makes the world title feel like a mid card
<v Speaker 3>belt even more than Damien did, and it's time they
<v Speaker 3>elevate it back to the prestigious title it should be.
<v Speaker 3>Seth will be the savior of that belt, and even
<v Speaker 3>better than that, the thought of bron Breaker holding it
<v Speaker 3>sounds amazing and I'm here for it. It's time that
<v Speaker 3>the World Heavyweight Championship is an equal counterpart to the
<v Speaker 3>ndisputed champion as it was intended to be. Thanks for
<v Speaker 3>taking my message. I'm also in Rochester, so it's great
<v Speaker 3>to be neighbors of sort. Love the show. Well, thank you, Stevie. Yeah,
<v Speaker 3>you're you're not that far Rochester, a few hours away,
<v Speaker 3>not that far, certainly closer than a lot of people
<v Speaker 3>have people in the Philippines that write in, so you're
<v Speaker 3>pretty much next door Compared to a lot of people,
<v Speaker 3>so many, so many points here. I'll start with the
<v Speaker 3>fact that Jay has made it feel like a mid
<v Speaker 3>mid car title. I would agree with that, and this
<v Speaker 3>is not me hammering Jay for his character or his
<v Speaker 3>in ring or his body of work. I continue to
<v Speaker 3>say I can respect Jay, but at the same time
<v Speaker 3>say his character is good, but he still doesn't feel
<v Speaker 3>like the world World tabby champion. That's just a fact
<v Speaker 3>of how I feel, and seems like some of you
<v Speaker 3>do as well. Jay seems to be in the scenario
<v Speaker 3>not an extreme case. We've seen worse of the championship
<v Speaker 3>trying to make guy instead of the guy making the championship.
<v Speaker 3>Meaning a lot of times, the person who's chasing it
<v Speaker 3>and ultimately captures it should feel like a bigger deal
<v Speaker 3>than the actual championship is at at the moment they're
<v Speaker 3>trying to chase it, which then elevates the championship up
<v Speaker 3>to that said person's level. And Jay doesn't feel like
<v Speaker 3>he's right now a world heavyweight champion. He is, but
<v Speaker 3>he doesn't have that feeling. Gunther had that feeling, as
<v Speaker 3>you said, They had him lose in it just a
<v Speaker 3>horrible way. One of the worst ways I've ever seen
<v Speaker 3>a guy like Gunther that's the He's the last type
<v Speaker 3>of character you would want to lose in that fashion
<v Speaker 3>at WrestleMania, not only tapping out but so quickly. We've
<v Speaker 3>covered that a million times, but it bears repeating because
<v Speaker 3>it's so horrifically bad. And then he goes on and
<v Speaker 3>beats up announcers also Jayu, So I have to say again,
<v Speaker 3>as good as he is in the ring, I respect
<v Speaker 3>the hell out of him. No personal beef with him.
<v Speaker 3>I think his character's fine. He's gotta let energy, he's
<v Speaker 3>got to eat thing every promo he cuts, and he
<v Speaker 3>fumbled this week. We know that guntherro was actually yelling
<v Speaker 3>him his lines because he was clearly stumbled and forgot
<v Speaker 3>what the hell he was supposed to say, which, again
<v Speaker 3>I don't really fault him. Should that be happening at
<v Speaker 3>this point in his career. Probably not. But I'm not
<v Speaker 3>saying I could come out there and remember everything I'm
<v Speaker 3>supposed to remember. I'd probably go blank at some point too.
<v Speaker 3>I can't remember what I'm gonna say on this show
<v Speaker 3>when I'm in a room by myself, much less in
<v Speaker 3>front of twenty thousand people. So I get it. I
<v Speaker 3>totally understand, And I'm not making fun of Jay, but
<v Speaker 3>I'm just beyond the fumbling, bumbling, weird promo this week
<v Speaker 3>of him. I'm fighting for their support. What what are
<v Speaker 3>you talking about?
<v Speaker 4>Right?
<v Speaker 3>And then he just botched it. But every promo he cuts,
<v Speaker 3>he's out of breath before he starts. It's just like
<v Speaker 3>it's like he ran a five K, sprinted it and
<v Speaker 3>gets to the ring, He's like you can, He's breathing
<v Speaker 3>heavily to start every single promo. I don't know if
<v Speaker 3>that's on purpose, if it's a bad habit, or if
<v Speaker 3>he's just worked up every time he gets on the
<v Speaker 3>mic that it stresses him out that much. Maybe, But
<v Speaker 3>I just that's something he could improve on without actually
<v Speaker 3>having to worry about his promos, like his tone and
<v Speaker 3>even the content or anything else delivery. Just stop making
<v Speaker 3>it feel like you're out of breath at the onset
<v Speaker 3>of the promo, I mean throughout and then throughout his
<v Speaker 3>whole promo, it's he gets more and more out of breath,
<v Speaker 3>and then he doesn't. You know, he doesn't enunciate words
<v Speaker 3>as well as I would like him to do, Like
<v Speaker 3>it's a lot of the yeat type of talk. And
<v Speaker 3>to me like, can we get a very clear understanding
<v Speaker 3>what the hell you're saying a lot of times it's
<v Speaker 3>kind of jargon and lingo, and it's like, what are
<v Speaker 3>you saying, bruh, Like just can you speak like a
<v Speaker 3>normal person, you know? And then he gets out of breath.
<v Speaker 3>That doesn't help. So things that are really easy to
<v Speaker 3>fix that were why are almost no effort. It's just, hey, dude,
<v Speaker 3>if you're out of breath, maybe you want up your cardio.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't know, I don't know what the
<v Speaker 3>problem is there. But nonetheless, that's one thing with Jay
<v Speaker 3>that I wanted to bring to Yurgel's attention if you
<v Speaker 3>didn't already notice. And the other thing, of course, with
<v Speaker 3>with Seth Rollins winning the championship, I am, of course,
<v Speaker 3>I'm all for that. I keep believing that the logan
<v Speaker 3>Paul's gonna win the money in the bank briefcase, I
<v Speaker 3>could be totally wrong. Seth with his newfound group winning
<v Speaker 3>the championship and then holding it because of his two comrades,
<v Speaker 3>could absolutely be the case. I know that seems to
<v Speaker 3>be a very strong possibility. I think, in fact, that
<v Speaker 3>may be a little more desirable than Logan Paul winning,
<v Speaker 3>and I know Logan Paul is not in good terms
<v Speaker 3>a lot of the locker room, and he posted a
<v Speaker 3>video about how a lot of the people in the
<v Speaker 3>locker room are resentful of his position, and then I
<v Speaker 3>saw Kerry and Cross responded to Logan Paul. It's kind
<v Speaker 3>of this social media war that is real. I don't
<v Speaker 3>think there's any kind of falsehood about it. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>there's probably real resentment between Logan Paul and his position
<v Speaker 3>in the company and the rest of the roster who
<v Speaker 3>feel like they deserve more because they've been there longer.
<v Speaker 3>But here's the thing. The rest of the roster doesn't understand,
<v Speaker 3>or they refuse to, or they just quietly will understand,
<v Speaker 3>but outwardly don't to protect their ego. The people in
<v Speaker 3>the company, their position on the show is simply really
<v Speaker 3>based on crowd reaction, connection to the crowd, in ring ability,
<v Speaker 3>Mike skills, that's it. Logan Paul checks all the boxes,
<v Speaker 3>and yes, he brings over a large crossover audience from
<v Speaker 3>the millions of people that followed him before all the
<v Speaker 3>way back to the Vine app days and everything else.
<v Speaker 3>He has a long standing platform, so sure that certainly
<v Speaker 3>helped him, but he's not here. He's not staying here
<v Speaker 3>because of it. He's in this position now because of
<v Speaker 3>how good he is in the ring, how he continues
<v Speaker 3>to improve on the microphone. And that's why it's really
<v Speaker 3>that simple. It doesn't mean you need to be overthought,
<v Speaker 3>And just because you're here longer doesn't mean that you're better.
<v Speaker 3>It just means that you're here longer.
<v Speaker 1>Right.
<v Speaker 3>Sometimes you can be somewhere a lot longer than someone else,
<v Speaker 3>but yet someone else picks it up a lot quicker
<v Speaker 3>and they're a lot younger. That's just life. It sucks.
<v Speaker 3>If I was a guy that was there for fifteen
<v Speaker 3>twenty years and feel like I've been overlooked and overshot
<v Speaker 3>because of some YouTuber quote unquote that came through and
<v Speaker 3>brought over this large crossover audience, I'd be a little resentful,
<v Speaker 3>Yeah I would, But I'd also begrudgingly understand it. And
<v Speaker 3>I think that's the case. I think a lot of
<v Speaker 3>the guys begrudgingly understand it, hate it, but can't do
<v Speaker 3>anything about it. Because the business is built on stars.
<v Speaker 3>It's built on performance, okay, and if that person is
<v Speaker 3>performing better than you, they get the spot. You don't
<v Speaker 3>end of story. So I'm on the side of Logan
<v Speaker 3>Paul here. I mean, I'm coming to the defense right
<v Speaker 3>now of Logan Paul and of Pat McAfee. If I
<v Speaker 3>have anybody else listening to this show, If anyone's listening
<v Speaker 3>at this point, I'll be surprised. Nice I'm probably just
<v Speaker 3>talking to an audience of one, but based on I
<v Speaker 3>don't even care. I don't care who the name is.
<v Speaker 3>I know that the name makes it more villainous that
<v Speaker 3>I'm defending Logan Paul, but I don't care if the
<v Speaker 3>name is John Smith. I don't care if the name
<v Speaker 3>is even Mercedes Monet, although I would really find it
<v Speaker 3>difficult to ever defend Mercedes. I really everything about Mercedes
<v Speaker 3>Monette is just the worst. I'm sorry, Sasha Banks right
<v Speaker 3>as we all know her in WW quick thing on
<v Speaker 3>that I know. I'm going on tangents today, guys, So
<v Speaker 3>thank you Stevid for the email. I'll get to DJ
<v Speaker 3>in a second. The program right now, between Mercedes Monet
<v Speaker 3>and Tony Storm in aw is horrendous. Okay, Mercedes mone
<v Speaker 3>she is by far her biggest fan, and I know
<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of people that listen to the show
<v Speaker 3>that are big, Sasha Banks, I e. Mercedes mone fans. Okay,
<v Speaker 3>Mercedes mone is maybe the single most self absorbed, narcissistic
<v Speaker 3>personality in real life that I've ever seen from anyone,
<v Speaker 3>And that is saying something. There's a lot of massive
<v Speaker 3>egos that are in the pro wrestling industry and the
<v Speaker 3>entertainment industry as a whole. There are some massive egos,
<v Speaker 3>but none are more on display. Nobody is more on
<v Speaker 3>display than Mercedes Monet nobody, And she's so impressed with
<v Speaker 3>herself all the time. I don't know if it's maybe
<v Speaker 3>just outward outwardly she is, but that's just for compensating
<v Speaker 3>for how insecure she is. A lot of people are
<v Speaker 3>like that, where they'll outwardly show how confident they are,
<v Speaker 3>but they go so overboard that it just shows their insecurities.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe that's the case with her. But honestly, if you
<v Speaker 3>saw this program with Mercedes and Tony Storm, it's just
<v Speaker 3>it's terrible. The reason I say it's terrible is it
<v Speaker 3>is just so cringe produced. There was a part and
<v Speaker 3>I only saw part of the clip because I could
<v Speaker 3>not physically get myself to watch it with that level
<v Speaker 3>of secondhand embarrassment where Tony Storm is in the ring
<v Speaker 3>and Mercedes Monet is on the on the ramp, and
<v Speaker 3>Tony Storm does her signature move you know, kind of
<v Speaker 3>her movements in the ring, and Sasha Banks does her
<v Speaker 3>just her cringe, her little like hip swivel things. She
<v Speaker 3>does just like she did in w W. It's it's
<v Speaker 3>almost like they're battling to see whose signature poses are better.
<v Speaker 2>It is.
<v Speaker 3>It's it's cringe on a new level. It's cringe on steroids.
<v Speaker 3>I cannot watch it. I actually could physically die if
<v Speaker 3>you forced me to watch it. My health is in
<v Speaker 3>jeopardy if I watched it more than four seconds. So
<v Speaker 3>if you want to be if you want to feel embarrassment,
<v Speaker 3>you actually blush. And I'm serious, I actually blushed watching it,
<v Speaker 3>being so embarrassed watching it. That's a clip you can
<v Speaker 3>go ahead and watch at your own discretion. All right,
<v Speaker 3>thank you, Steven. All right, DJ, maybe you can bring
<v Speaker 3>me back to earth. DJ says, it's been a couple
<v Speaker 3>days since the most busy weekend in professional wrestling, which
<v Speaker 3>happened to be Memorial Day here in the States. This
<v Speaker 3>is just an opinion that can be debated to me,
<v Speaker 3>this past Saturday Night's main event was the best one
<v Speaker 3>in its return. The previous two were KNDA duds. In
<v Speaker 3>this Saturday quasi pl continued two major storylines. Number one,
<v Speaker 3>the Dangerous Coalition, as Michael Cole said, could be the
<v Speaker 3>new name of Seth's stable, which added a new member
<v Speaker 3>in Bronson Reid after attacking Punks several times. I like
<v Speaker 3>the presentation so far of Hayment with a wise man
<v Speaker 3>and Seth Rollins the architect, and the two monsters in
<v Speaker 3>Bronson and bron Breaker. I would probably assume the next
<v Speaker 3>step in the progression of the group is for one
<v Speaker 3>of them to obtain championship gold. Yes, and we I
<v Speaker 3>think we kind of have agreed with especially with the
<v Speaker 3>last email, that it's going to be Seth capturing the
<v Speaker 3>world title. And it also would be appropriate to with
<v Speaker 3>Seth because when Seth became the inaugural World Heavyweight Championship
<v Speaker 3>champion a few years ago twenty twenty two, I believe
<v Speaker 3>when they brought back the World Heavyweight Championship and then
<v Speaker 3>also pretended the World Champiweight Championship had never existed up
<v Speaker 3>until that moment, which again is a massive mistake. Seth
<v Speaker 3>fought Jay Usso for the World Championship in one of
<v Speaker 3>the Raw main events, and Jay came within an eyelash
<v Speaker 3>of winning it, so it's kind of apropos that maybe
<v Speaker 3>Seth takes it from Jay. Interesting, But the return of
<v Speaker 3>Cody Rhodes during the main event of Jay versus Logan
<v Speaker 3>sets up the tag team main event match of Seena
<v Speaker 3>and Logan versus Rhodes and Jay for Money in the Bank.
<v Speaker 3>But will there be a screwy finish or will j
<v Speaker 3>pin Logan Paul for a second time. I don't know, really,
<v Speaker 3>I haven't given the main event here much thought yet,
<v Speaker 3>although Money in the Bank is next weekend, so I
<v Speaker 3>probably should. Okay, for consideration an observation, Uh, let's see here.
<v Speaker 3>Have you noticed for several weeks that both the Women's
<v Speaker 3>Intercontinental title on Raw and the ww Tag titles on
<v Speaker 3>SmackDown have consistently been presented well, while the Women's United
<v Speaker 3>States and World Tag Team titles have become mostly unimportant
<v Speaker 3>and forgettable. Sometimes I think that by eliminating the overflow
<v Speaker 3>of championships, Creative will be able to focus on the
<v Speaker 3>ones that matter and are deemed highly important in the
<v Speaker 3>overall progression of a story d exactly. This is the
<v Speaker 3>thing I've been talking about that I've been warning people about, Oh,
<v Speaker 3>we need the women's Intercontinental title, we need the women's
<v Speaker 3>United States title. The women should be an equal footing
<v Speaker 3>just because, And that's all the reason I've been given,
<v Speaker 3>and I've said I don't, in principle disagree with the
<v Speaker 3>fact that the women's championships should not exist along with
<v Speaker 3>the men's. My concern was, and it's now being founded,
<v Speaker 3>that they cannot manage the championships that they have now consistently,
<v Speaker 3>and then you add more and you're gonna have more neglect.
<v Speaker 3>And look what we have. We have more neglect. Now.
<v Speaker 3>I understand that it's kind of whackable. You can't have
<v Speaker 3>everything hot at every moment of every day. I get it,
<v Speaker 3>But there are long stretches where certain championships are just forgotten.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, look at the women's tag titles. For the
<v Speaker 3>goodness sakes, they're just they're most of the time a
<v Speaker 3>non factor. So then you add more championships and you're
<v Speaker 3>gonna have it's just by design. You can't avoid some championships,
<v Speaker 3>not just one, but multiple being neglected because that's not
<v Speaker 3>in the books, not in the cards for the next
<v Speaker 3>pl So then you kind of flip flop out. Now
<v Speaker 3>the Intercontinental is being focused on, now do you do us?
<v Speaker 3>So while you're saying this now, DJ, the inverse is
<v Speaker 3>gonna be true the next time we talk to the
<v Speaker 3>next pl E, it's gonna be the Intercontinental title and
<v Speaker 3>the w Tag titles that are forgotten and the Women's
<v Speaker 3>US Championship and the World Tag Team Championships who are
<v Speaker 3>now being focused on. Right, it's going to be flip flopped.
<v Speaker 3>But that's not a good way to treat championships. That's
<v Speaker 3>why you need to have fewer. That's the solution. Fewer.
<v Speaker 3>Number two, when is the draft? Because I thought the
<v Speaker 3>draft was going to take place after WrestleMania or after
<v Speaker 3>money in the Bank, because I could name a few
<v Speaker 3>wrestlers that definitely need to switch via the draft from
<v Speaker 3>the current show. La Knight He's been on SmackDown since
<v Speaker 3>he was part of the Maximum Male Models and a
<v Speaker 3>couple of years. A couple of years ago, he got
<v Speaker 3>that immediate push in twenty twenty three where he made
<v Speaker 3>evented against Roman Reigns. Knight then became US Champion last
<v Speaker 3>year at SummerSlam, where he finally won a title on
<v Speaker 3>the main roster, but those months have gone in. Currently
<v Speaker 3>La Knight's booking hasn't been what it once was. Moving
<v Speaker 3>to a Row would be a great start of things
<v Speaker 3>for him going into twenty twenty six. Oh, I absolutely agree.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't know where the draft is, but
<v Speaker 3>that would I mean for la Knight, a change of
<v Speaker 3>scenery would be really good. At the same time, he's
<v Speaker 3>kind of become a face of SmackDown the face but
<v Speaker 3>a pillar of SmackDown. I'd say he's one of the
<v Speaker 3>biggest baby faces they have, so that you need to
<v Speaker 3>consider that because he's kind of found a nice home there.
<v Speaker 3>But at the same time, you could make a case,
<v Speaker 3>as you are that coming over to Raw would be
<v Speaker 3>a nice change. The question would be, what's the plan.
<v Speaker 3>You know, you're not got to just change change, Like,
<v Speaker 3>what are you gonna do there? Okay, it's a new environment,
<v Speaker 3>even though it's just really just a change of colors
<v Speaker 3>and a different night you work, that's all it is.
<v Speaker 3>But as far as far as the feel of Raw goes,
<v Speaker 3>you'd have to have a plan for him. That's my concern.
<v Speaker 3>They would just move them, to move them, and they go,
<v Speaker 3>oh well, oh wait, I don't know what to do
<v Speaker 3>with them. Also, La Knight winning the money in the
<v Speaker 3>bank not the craziest thing either. Bianca bel Air. I
<v Speaker 3>saw she schedule to appear on tonight's episode of SmackDown,
<v Speaker 3>but in my opinion, after her triple threat program with
<v Speaker 3>EO and Rhea at WrestleMania forty one, she was featured
<v Speaker 3>mostly on Raw, Bianca's been back on SmackDown and seems
<v Speaker 3>kind of weird. Seems like it's the Jade's storyline with
<v Speaker 3>Naomi doesn't really need Bianca because she'll be presented as
<v Speaker 3>the third wheel. For Beyonce to be presented as the
<v Speaker 3>third wheel does look like the low point in her
<v Speaker 3>career after the early accomplishment she made when joining the
<v Speaker 3>roster back in twenty twenty. Her moving to a row
<v Speaker 3>would be such a needed boost and the start of
<v Speaker 3>some new feuds, especially if she turned to you and
<v Speaker 3>feuds with Rhea Ripley, because honestly, Rhea needs to take
<v Speaker 3>a break from competing for a championship. Yes, thank you, DJ.
<v Speaker 3>And the thing is with the draft and all these suggestions,
<v Speaker 3>I don't disagree with these suggestions. I think that they're
<v Speaker 3>definitely good changes for both of these stars. But again
<v Speaker 3>two concerns. That one that already mentioned is what are
<v Speaker 3>you gonna do with them? What's the plan? You gotta
<v Speaker 3>have a plan, especially with stars like this. These aren't
<v Speaker 3>ones to be fooling around with.
<v Speaker 2>Two.
<v Speaker 3>Does WWE even need a draft? You know what I mean?
<v Speaker 3>Like they This is why I continue to bring it
<v Speaker 3>up and hammer WWE for their draft rule adherents, because
<v Speaker 3>they don't adhere to their draft rules. They just do
<v Speaker 3>what they want. Everybody appears on any show that they
<v Speaker 3>want because well, we just want them to, and no
<v Speaker 3>one cares. There's no security. Announcers don't even say anything.
<v Speaker 3>No one's objecting that. Even the raw gms, uh don't
<v Speaker 3>care anymore. They're just like, oh the other here and
<v Speaker 3>you know now they're just gonna stay here. There's just
<v Speaker 3>there's no enforcement of the rules. So why have a
<v Speaker 3>draft if they're just gonna let everyone go on any
<v Speaker 3>time any show they want, at any time for any reason.
<v Speaker 3>They already have a non drafted roster, but say on
<v Speaker 3>paper they have a draft like they want both they
<v Speaker 3>want the draft to say that they're separate rosters, but
<v Speaker 3>then also want to say, well, this person needs to
<v Speaker 3>come over here for this story and they can help themselves.
<v Speaker 3>I have zero trust, zero faith in WW to be
<v Speaker 3>able to adhear to those rules. And if you're not
<v Speaker 3>gonna hear to them, then why even bother, why are
<v Speaker 3>we even doing a draft? Don't insult my intelligence, just
<v Speaker 3>don't have one. You just have a certain thing, certain
<v Speaker 3>storylines going on on this show. Certain storyline is going
<v Speaker 3>on in this show. And then that way you can
<v Speaker 3>there's no real rules, and we don't have to pretend
<v Speaker 3>that there are, and that you're ignoring the rules you
<v Speaker 3>put in place, and everyone can go anywhere. That's I mean,
<v Speaker 3>at this point, that's what it is. It's's just a
<v Speaker 3>it's a big mess. Thanks DJ. All right, let's talk
<v Speaker 3>to Dennis. It's been a while, he says, uh, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>he said, I hope you're well, and it's it's been
<v Speaker 3>a while. Life is busy. This is the price for
<v Speaker 3>live tell, the live televised edition of SmackDown in August
<v Speaker 3>and Dublin Daylight Robbery. I was thinking of going, but
<v Speaker 3>I cannot justify paying those prices, and they aren't even
<v Speaker 3>the first two or three rows. Oh my gosh, you
<v Speaker 3>sent me a screenshot of how much the prices are?
<v Speaker 3>Good God, I mean, that's that used to be WrestleMania prices,
<v Speaker 3>not that long ago. Those You could get that price
<v Speaker 3>for WrestleMania tickets in a decent seat not too long ago.
<v Speaker 3>And now they're going to charge what do you have here?
<v Speaker 3>How many pounds or how many euros?
<v Speaker 1>You have?
<v Speaker 3>Six hundred and eighty six that's about six hundred and
<v Speaker 3>eighty six dollars US dollars, because it's about I mean,
<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty sure the euro and the dollar are pretty close.
<v Speaker 3>So six hundred and seventy eighty bucks, that's ridiculous. How
<v Speaker 3>in the hell is anyone supposed to afford that? Again,
<v Speaker 3>here's what we need to do. If everyone's complaining about
<v Speaker 3>ticket prices, and we all should be, especially if you're overseas.
<v Speaker 3>You know what you do, you don't go, you don't go.
<v Speaker 3>There's no bigger message, no more powerful message that you
<v Speaker 3>can send a WWE much stronger than something come on
<v Speaker 3>Twitter or Instagram or creating a podcast or you know
<v Speaker 3>what you do? You talk through your money by not
<v Speaker 3>using it. That's the biggest loudest message you can give
<v Speaker 3>to the company is we aren't paying for this crap.
<v Speaker 3>We're not paying four times the price that we should
<v Speaker 3>for a normal event, for a televised event. No, we're
<v Speaker 3>not gonna do it. And that would be the way
<v Speaker 3>that you bring ticket prices down is by lowering demand.
<v Speaker 3>And they are robbing both of you, not both of you,
<v Speaker 3>all of you blind and even here in the United States,
<v Speaker 3>ticket prices have gone up. Look, for the love of God,
<v Speaker 3>look at what Summer Slam prices are. It's absurd. And yeah,
<v Speaker 3>you want the front row, you want the floor, You're
<v Speaker 3>gonna be paying into the double digits of thousands of dollars.
<v Speaker 3>It's so insane. But it's pricing families out of going
<v Speaker 3>to events, even friends that want to go a lot
<v Speaker 3>of them, just like man, I can't afford it, so
<v Speaker 3>you end up going solo, or you have to take
<v Speaker 3>a second mortgage on your house. Like it's it's insane.
<v Speaker 3>Now again, it's all voluntary. No one's forcing you to
<v Speaker 3>buy anything, but WWE is getting away with it. We
<v Speaker 3>need to stop can stop consuming the product. I understand it.
<v Speaker 3>It's hard with special when they come overseas because they
<v Speaker 3>don't go over there very often, so you're giving up
<v Speaker 3>an opportunity that doesn't come through that often. So you're like, damn.
<v Speaker 3>But if you're gonna really spend that much money to
<v Speaker 3>go to the event, you're enabling w W to say, hey, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>we're gonna charge this and then maybe more next time.
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, it's absurd. You need to speak with the
<v Speaker 3>resistance to use your currency to attend these events if
<v Speaker 3>you want prices to come down. All right, thank you, Dennis.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if we have anybody else. As far
<v Speaker 3>as I'm digging through here, I have multiple places to go.
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna dig through some Patreon let's see. If I
<v Speaker 3>don't think we do. I think that's all. So we
<v Speaker 3>might have been a voicemail or two, so let's get
<v Speaker 3>to that right now.
<v Speaker 2>This is DJ coolesmell back at it again on your
<v Speaker 2>Mailbax show records.
<v Speaker 3>You live on no widsday board, and you know what
<v Speaker 3>time it is.
<v Speaker 6>It's time to.
<v Speaker 2>See his name.
<v Speaker 3>Man, he peers.
<v Speaker 6>Even Joe Hendre.
<v Speaker 1>I believe in Joe Hendrey.
<v Speaker 2>This right, folks, Joe Hendry is his name. As I
<v Speaker 2>take it to my forty six episode of the Jound
<v Speaker 2>Report and like always coming to you live from an
<v Speaker 2>undisclosed location, we have a very big show for you today, folks,
<v Speaker 2>a very wrestling heavy episode of the Joe Hendred Port
<v Speaker 2>as all roads were leading to both under Siege from
<v Speaker 2>this past Friday and NXT Battleground from this past Sunday.
<v Speaker 2>But let's take it to a TV tapic of Dinner
<v Speaker 2>par Wrestling from last week in which we had Joe
<v Speaker 2>Hendry and Elijah versus the Pseudoble replacements which Robert Stone
<v Speaker 2>mentioned on the previous episode of TDA Parrestling, which were
<v Speaker 2>the members of the System in Moose and Brian Myers.
<v Speaker 2>This was the main event match which lasted fourteen minutes
<v Speaker 2>and twenty four seconds as Elijah penned Brian Myers via
<v Speaker 2>the pile Driver to get the victory for Joe Hendry
<v Speaker 2>and Elijah. And by the way, Trick Wild Sam was
<v Speaker 2>at the commentating this watching this match with intent as
<v Speaker 2>they were getting ready for their tag team match at
<v Speaker 2>under Siege and of course the championship match at NXT
<v Speaker 2>Battleground on Sunday. But now with the postmatch, we got
<v Speaker 2>Frankie Gazire, the self procade King of t and a
<v Speaker 2>himself as he came to attack Joe Hendry and Elijah.
<v Speaker 2>But then all of a sudden, Elijah reaches for his
<v Speaker 2>guitar and smashes Frankie Gazarian as Trick Williams looks on
<v Speaker 2>with some doubt in his mind as they get ready
<v Speaker 2>for their tag team match at under Siege. And speaking
<v Speaker 2>about Undersiege, let's get to that tag team match. What's
<v Speaker 2>what's the main event from this past Friday Live from Ontario, Canada,
<v Speaker 2>as we had Joe Hendry and Elijah versus Trick Williams
<v Speaker 2>and Frankie kazeriin this match lasted nineteen minutes and twenty seconds.
<v Speaker 2>Through the course of this match, there were some instances
<v Speaker 2>that Shrick and Frankie were not on the same page.
<v Speaker 2>But there was a brawl outside the ring. In the
<v Speaker 2>audience as both tag teams were brawling, the crowd was
<v Speaker 2>chanting TNA, TNA, TNA as it looked like Joe Hendry
<v Speaker 2>and Elijah, We're gonna get the victory. Then we fast
<v Speaker 2>forwards where these tag teams get back in the ring.
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry delivers two fallaway slams, one to Trick Williams
<v Speaker 2>and one to Frankie Gazerin. But here is the kicker, folks.
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams accidentally hits the trick shot on Frankie Kazerin
<v Speaker 2>as Elijah moves out of the way, and here is
<v Speaker 2>the finisher, Folks. Joe Hendry goes for the standing ovation,
<v Speaker 2>Joe slam on Franka Gazarian and one two three, Joe
<v Speaker 2>Hendry and Elijah get the victory at under Siege in
<v Speaker 2>this tag team Maine event, as we get that final
<v Speaker 2>face off between Trick Williams and Joe Hendry before their
<v Speaker 2>main event match for NXT Battleground. Now let's get to
<v Speaker 2>NXT Battleground from this past Sunday live from Tampa, Florida,
<v Speaker 2>as itla was Joe Injury versus Trick Williams. This match,
<v Speaker 2>by the way, I have to say, first of all,
<v Speaker 2>I was watching AW Double or Nothing because this was
<v Speaker 2>the big I guess you could say doubleheader of both
<v Speaker 2>a W and WWE, as both of these events were
<v Speaker 2>happening at the same time, so I was watching both
<v Speaker 2>of them on my computer. And this was a great
<v Speaker 2>time to be a professional wrestling fan because we had
<v Speaker 2>some incredible matches on both AW Double or Nothing and
<v Speaker 2>NXT Battguard. But let's get to the main event of
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry versus Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship,
<v Speaker 2>which lasted fifteen minutes.
<v Speaker 6>To be exact.
<v Speaker 2>What surprised me was that this was the main event match.
<v Speaker 2>I thought that the main event match was gonna be
<v Speaker 2>Stephanie Vercor versus Jordan Grace for the NXT Women's Championship.
<v Speaker 2>But now we're having this as the main event of
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry versus Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship.
<v Speaker 2>That brought a little seed of doubt in my mind
<v Speaker 2>that Joe Hendry might drop the championship, because usually in
<v Speaker 2>main event matches there's usually some sort of title change.
<v Speaker 2>The second seed of doubt in my mind was that
<v Speaker 2>the President of TNA, mister Carlos Silva, was in attendance
<v Speaker 2>to witness this match. But let's get to some of
<v Speaker 2>the parts of this match, as we see none of
<v Speaker 2>it than Trick Williams. As he mocked Joe Hendry for
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times doing the course of this match,
<v Speaker 2>he does the whole little Joe Hendry. He even attempted
<v Speaker 2>to do Booker t spinner Rooni, which didn't really look
<v Speaker 2>too good. But now let's get to the interesting part here.
<v Speaker 2>As Trick Williams and Joe Hendry are brawling outside of
<v Speaker 2>the ring, Trick Williams goes for what seems to be
<v Speaker 2>I guess you could say the insiguri or the bookend
<v Speaker 2>or the rock bottom on Joe Hendry on the announced table,
<v Speaker 2>and the announced table smashes back. In the ring, we
<v Speaker 2>see Trick Williams trying to pull a John Cena by
<v Speaker 2>going for the TNA title belt as he has that
<v Speaker 2>in his possession. As he's about attacked Joe Hendry with
<v Speaker 2>the belt, the referee season, but the referee does not
<v Speaker 2>end the match in a disqualification, which was kind of weird.
<v Speaker 2>Why did the match not end in a disqualification? And
<v Speaker 2>speaking of that TEENA title, I'm gonna mention of that again.
<v Speaker 2>We see the referee looking at Trick Williams with the
<v Speaker 2>title belt, but he doesn't call off the match. Then
<v Speaker 2>the match continues. We see Joe Hendry quickly going for
<v Speaker 2>the roll up and then Trick Williams kicks out as
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry was about to go for the standing ovation
<v Speaker 2>choke slam here is where Trick Williams pokes Joe Hendry
<v Speaker 2>INDII with his thumb and Joe Hendry lands face first
<v Speaker 2>on their TNA World title belt. And here is the finish, folks,
<v Speaker 2>and Trick Williams goal for the trick shot.
<v Speaker 6>And one two three and the new TNA.
<v Speaker 2>World Champion, Trick Williams as the crowd, even me myself
<v Speaker 2>is absolutely shot of this outcome that Joe Hendry, after
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and twenty six days, has dropped his TNA
<v Speaker 2>World Champion to an NXT guy, a WWE guy in
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams. What is the future for Joe Hendry. Obviously
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be moving to the Mad roster. We get
<v Speaker 2>all of that, But for me personally, as a Joe
<v Speaker 2>Hendry fan, I'm absolutely pissed off of the outcome. And
<v Speaker 2>why wasn't this match called off because of the TNA
<v Speaker 2>title boat that was involved in this championship match? Why
<v Speaker 2>did the referee not end the match in this qualification?
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't make any sense to me of this screwing finish.
<v Speaker 2>But anyway, congratulations, I guess you could say to mister
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams as he is now a TNA guy on
<v Speaker 2>TNA and on NXT. But most importantly, this is a
<v Speaker 2>very shocking day for all of us Joe Hendry fans
<v Speaker 2>that believe in Joe Hendry. Hopefully this is not the
<v Speaker 2>end of the line for Joe Hendry. We will see
<v Speaker 2>him in other appearances. But will Joe Hendrick get his
<v Speaker 2>rebatch for the Today World Championship. There's a lot to
<v Speaker 2>be said, and let's see what happens when we see
<v Speaker 2>these two pair up once again.
<v Speaker 6>Always remember to believe, say his name, Always remember the
<v Speaker 6>words that Joe Hendry says anytime, any place, at any show,
<v Speaker 6>and most simporly, most simporly, always remember to do this
<v Speaker 6>strong science, well believing jew Hendry.
<v Speaker 2>Once again, this is your guy. DJ COULSMO have a
<v Speaker 2>blessed week.
<v Speaker 6>B KAI to one of the stayers in my friends,
<v Speaker 6>Believe and peace.
<v Speaker 2>Well.
<v Speaker 3>DJ, thank you again for your report of Trick Williams
<v Speaker 3>and Joe Hendry and NX Battlegrounds, Worlds, COLLI, all of it.
<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much because because not only does it
<v Speaker 3>keep us all in tune with what's going on with
<v Speaker 3>that some of us may not be watching, including yours
<v Speaker 3>truly Again not I just respect this at the time.
<v Speaker 3>The fact that Joe Henry loses the t and A
<v Speaker 3>title the trick Williams okay, that could certainly be an
<v Speaker 3>indicator that he's headed to the main roster WWE in
<v Speaker 3>the near future. That could be two months, six cometh
<v Speaker 3>to twelve months. I don't know how the I don't
<v Speaker 3>understand all of the ins and outs of the agreement
<v Speaker 3>between the working agreement between TNA and ww But usually
<v Speaker 3>when you have a top championship dropped for a guy
<v Speaker 3>or girl that is slated to come to the main roster,
<v Speaker 3>maybe they've done what Joe Hendry's done and kind of
<v Speaker 3>popped in and out and made big appearance, but then
<v Speaker 3>disappear back into the into the ether like appearance of
<v Speaker 3>the world Umble, like his appearance with Randy Orton in WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 3>and then he just goes back into the wilderness. That's
<v Speaker 3>certainly an indication that you know they're gonna they want
<v Speaker 3>him on the main roster and he's gonna be coming
<v Speaker 3>up at some point, there's no doubt about it. It's
<v Speaker 3>not gonna be very long before they do. And usually
<v Speaker 3>when they're the champion, all you have to look is
<v Speaker 3>when they dropped the belt, you can start really looking. Now.
<v Speaker 3>They don't often do it immediately. Sometimes it's months before
<v Speaker 3>they do it, But that's a good indicator if you
<v Speaker 3>are a Joe Hendry fan and you want to man
<v Speaker 3>the main roster for real, not just kind of teasing
<v Speaker 3>in and out and then back into TNA and back
<v Speaker 3>into NXT whatever. That's a good sign. So by losing
<v Speaker 3>his championship, it's actually a sign that he's going to
<v Speaker 3>move forward. You see that same principle whenever you have
<v Speaker 3>somebody drop a mid card championship, because that could be
<v Speaker 3>an indication that they're going to move up to the
<v Speaker 3>top championship. Perfect example, Gunn They're dropping the Intercontinental Championship
<v Speaker 3>to Sammy's Ain at last year's WrestleMania WrestleMania forty. What
<v Speaker 3>did they immediately do after he dropped it? Sammy's Ain
<v Speaker 3>had an obviously an intercontinental title run, and we had
<v Speaker 3>Gunther move right into the World Heavyweight Championship and win
<v Speaker 3>the World Heavyweight Championship. Right, So kind of the same
<v Speaker 3>principle here. But yeah, so thank you, DJ. Let's get
<v Speaker 3>to one more voicemail.
<v Speaker 4>It's kind of from Baltimore. So again, I don't need
<v Speaker 4>to correct you on your own show, but I want
<v Speaker 4>you to go into your show and not being wrong.
<v Speaker 4>But you keep saying June ninth is money in the bank,
<v Speaker 4>Jim sentence, it's money in the bank. Match between Gunsa
<v Speaker 4>and j Us is happening on Raw the first road
<v Speaker 4>after reading the bank on June ninth, and Logan Paul
<v Speaker 4>is good to be teaming with John Seena. I might
<v Speaker 4>even think so it's qualifying to be an Aladdin match.
<v Speaker 4>He already has a match with team and with John
<v Speaker 4>Cena facing Jus and Cody Road. So again, I don't
<v Speaker 4>need to correct you on your own show, but when you,
<v Speaker 4>you know, don't want to be your own child up
<v Speaker 4>being to be embarrassed to being wrong over something that's
<v Speaker 4>been and now get very pretty busy and not being
<v Speaker 4>attention to something like that, which is understandable, and but
<v Speaker 4>it's just I just want to correct you again that
<v Speaker 4>June ninth is Gunfair and Jay that's a raw. Well,
<v Speaker 4>that's if it's you call guy.
<v Speaker 3>Kyle, keeping me honest. I don't know what it is
<v Speaker 3>with my obsession with June ninth being the money in
<v Speaker 3>the bank, right, June ninth is you know, for some reason,
<v Speaker 3>it was stuck in my head and now I can't
<v Speaker 3>get it out. June seventh is Money in the Bank,
<v Speaker 3>and yes, Logan Paul does have a tag team match.
<v Speaker 3>Doesn't mean he can't compete in the Money in the
<v Speaker 3>Bank though, you telling me that they wouldn't want Logan
<v Speaker 3>Paul in the Money in the Bank briefcase match. I
<v Speaker 3>understand he's in a way in a higher profile match,
<v Speaker 3>but there's not a lot on stake in this match.
<v Speaker 3>Just okay, Fine, he's teaming with John Cena, who was
<v Speaker 3>one of the biggest names of all time. Fine, but
<v Speaker 3>in terms of actual prizes to be won, Money in
<v Speaker 3>the Bank ladder match is something I think he could
<v Speaker 3>still sneak into. To me, Logan Paul on paper makes
<v Speaker 3>the most sense for him to win because it's the
<v Speaker 3>perfect prize at this part in his career to win.
<v Speaker 3>Now that, yeah, okay, he's in a tag team match
<v Speaker 3>with John Cena against Jay Uso and Cody Rhodes. Fine, Again,
<v Speaker 3>there's still some unnamed slots and what if somebody in
<v Speaker 3>the middle of the match gets quote unquote injured, someone
<v Speaker 3>needs to take his place Logan Paul, Right, So I
<v Speaker 3>still think even if, even if Logan Paul is not
<v Speaker 3>one of the quote unquote final qualified men to be
<v Speaker 3>in the men's Money to Bank ladder match, I still
<v Speaker 3>believe he could find his way in it. Okay, it's
<v Speaker 3>not likely in in reality, I understand that, but I
<v Speaker 3>still believe he's the best person on paper to win. Now,
<v Speaker 3>Seth Rollins certainly is going to be the front runner
<v Speaker 3>for most people with good reason. He just started his
<v Speaker 3>new group. You want him to have a championship run.
<v Speaker 3>He could bring back that championship field that Jay Uso
<v Speaker 3>is just frankly lacking. So again because I'm a big
<v Speaker 3>fan of guys making the belt and not the belt
<v Speaker 3>making the guy. But in this case, yeah, I mean, look, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>June ninth is not money in the bank. June ninth
<v Speaker 3>is money net raw there. Now, you can't correct me
<v Speaker 3>because you'll find something else though, and I appreciate it,
<v Speaker 3>though I don't mind having, you know, people call me out.
<v Speaker 3>I f up stuff all the time, and then I
<v Speaker 3>f it up, you know, and even after I've been corrected,
<v Speaker 3>which makes it worse. I don't know if that speaks
<v Speaker 3>to my IQ, which at times fluctuates pretty drastically. So anyway,
<v Speaker 3>thank you Kyle for keeping me honest. June seventh is
<v Speaker 3>money in the bank. Yes, Logan Paul has a tag
<v Speaker 3>team match, but I still believe in some way he
<v Speaker 3>could find his way into this match, even if it's
<v Speaker 3>during the match, and have him win. That would make
<v Speaker 3>him even have even more heat, would it not? Because
<v Speaker 3>he's not even an official competitor. He comes in as
<v Speaker 3>this slimy you know, extra competitor, or sneaks in as
<v Speaker 3>somebody is injured and can't continue or something like that.
<v Speaker 3>I don't I think, And yes, I'm a reality fan.
<v Speaker 3>I'm a big fan of objective reality. Do I think
<v Speaker 3>that's going to happen. Probably not, But I think it's
<v Speaker 3>something we need to consider just generally as a possibility.
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