Mailbag #264: Listeners React to Roman Reigns Winning the Rumble, Potential Challengers to Drew's Championship, Early WrestleMania 42 Look

<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody, Welcome to the mailbag. On this Friday, February sixth,
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<v Speaker 1>We will start. We'll start with DJ. Why not change
<v Speaker 1>it up? He says, the dust has settled and the
<v Speaker 1>road to WrestleMania begins with Roman reigns back in the
<v Speaker 1>main event for a recording break a record breaking eleventh
<v Speaker 1>time after winning the Men's Rumble. Roman versus Cmpunk for
<v Speaker 1>the World Heavyweight title would make an interesting main event
<v Speaker 1>instead of Cody Versus Roman Part three. But is there
<v Speaker 1>a possibility of bron Breaker entering this title match and
<v Speaker 1>making it a triple threat or how about this interesting
<v Speaker 1>development at elimination Chambers, Cmpunk puts the title on the
<v Speaker 1>line in the men's Chamber, but gets pinned because the
<v Speaker 1>infamous mystery masked man in the hoodie. Therefore, with the
<v Speaker 1>assumption that bron Breaker wins the chamber and in the
<v Speaker 1>process wins the world title at the chamber, I say no.
<v Speaker 1>The reason is there's no need to rush bron Breaker.
<v Speaker 1>The fans are ready to explode for him. I know
<v Speaker 1>he's a heel, but only by just definition. When you
<v Speaker 1>just look at bron Breaker as a fan, you're a fan.
<v Speaker 1>I'm a fan. We can feel, we can feel it coming.
<v Speaker 1>His baby face run and it's going to be massive.
<v Speaker 1>So I'm ready to play out this, this heel version
<v Speaker 1>of him that they want to portray him. I'm on
<v Speaker 1>board for it, but I don't want to rush it,
<v Speaker 1>and I don't want him becoming champion before he's ready,
<v Speaker 1>and he's shown signs that he's not quite ready. The
<v Speaker 1>fans may be ready to explode for him, but he's
<v Speaker 1>shown a little bit of immaturity and that I think
<v Speaker 1>he can work out over the next several months. And
<v Speaker 1>it also doesn't have to be at WrestleMania that he
<v Speaker 1>wins championships. You know, I'm okay with him winning it
<v Speaker 1>out a Summer Slam, or a Survivor Series or maybe
<v Speaker 1>even an off brand pl that's okay. You know, it
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be for him a WrestleMania victory. You know,
<v Speaker 1>he certainly can be champion and he could handle it.
<v Speaker 1>But I am a slow burned guy. I have patience.
<v Speaker 1>I don't see the need to do that because right
<v Speaker 1>now it feels like they're on track, they have a
<v Speaker 1>path forward. Barring some kind of crazy injury, of course,
<v Speaker 1>that would change things. I think Roman and Punk is
<v Speaker 1>the right way to go. No hanky panky, nobody switches
<v Speaker 1>titles at elimination Chamber. I think who comes out of
<v Speaker 1>the chamber is the one that's going to face Drew McIntyre.
<v Speaker 1>That is I think fairly clear. Cody and Drew seem
<v Speaker 1>to be still on a collision course. And if you
<v Speaker 1>watch SmackDown you'll see what I mean. But we have
<v Speaker 1>because of obviously what Drew did to Cody at the Rumble.
<v Speaker 1>But I don't need to muddy the waters. I don't
<v Speaker 1>need twists that many twists and turns in my path.
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes a path can just be the path to where
<v Speaker 1>we all think it's going and just enjoy the ride there.
<v Speaker 1>And what we saw with Punk and Roman on Monday
<v Speaker 1>I think set the tone in a very big way,
<v Speaker 1>and in a very good way. Romans showed that he
<v Speaker 1>can handle his own on the mic. Is he as
<v Speaker 1>good as Punk on the mic?
<v Speaker 2>No?
<v Speaker 1>However, you could argue that that may have been Roman
<v Speaker 1>Reigns his best performance on the MIC in his entire career.
<v Speaker 1>You could make that argument because of who he was
<v Speaker 1>going against on the mic. I don't care if it
<v Speaker 1>was pre planned. Would it make it better if he
<v Speaker 1>put a lot of that together ad lib? Yes? But
<v Speaker 1>even if that's the case, to me, it doesn't make
<v Speaker 1>or break how I felt about Roman's performance on Monday.
<v Speaker 1>And he's not a rookie anymore. He's not the big
<v Speaker 1>dog anymore being shoved down on throats. We went through
<v Speaker 1>that for five, six, seven years. He's now a grizzled
<v Speaker 1>veteran that knows what he's doing, that has a ton
<v Speaker 1>of experience behind him, a mountain of experience behind him,
<v Speaker 1>and he is probably more than halfway through his career.
<v Speaker 1>Even in this part time schedule. I could see him
<v Speaker 1>going another four or five years and maybe calling it
<v Speaker 1>a day and enjoying the rest of his life with
<v Speaker 1>his family. I'm not trying to put terms on Roman,
<v Speaker 1>so it's up to him, but I could see that
<v Speaker 1>he's got enough money if he wants to make more.
<v Speaker 1>Of course, you know you can't ever have I guess
<v Speaker 1>have enough. But my point is Roman held his own,
<v Speaker 1>which means that that program the fans really took to. Generally,
<v Speaker 1>I think the fans enjoyed that that segment and built
<v Speaker 1>very well to WrestleMania. Even though WrestleMania is two months away.
<v Speaker 1>Are we going to get the performance every week to
<v Speaker 1>make us super excited about Roman and Punk? No, we
<v Speaker 1>know what Roman scheduled is. We know that he's not
<v Speaker 1>going to be there every week, probably every other week
<v Speaker 1>at best. Heading into WrestleMania more likely won. Every three weeks,
<v Speaker 1>Roman's going to be there and we've all just accepted
<v Speaker 1>it at this point, So I don't need bron Breaker there.
<v Speaker 1>He's on a path on his own, on his own
<v Speaker 1>way to Cody Roads. And that makes sense because other
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, Cody Roads to U Seth Rollins. So bron
<v Speaker 1>Breaker in Seth Rollins seems to be where they're going
<v Speaker 1>to go, and honestly, that's where they should go. That's
<v Speaker 1>how Seth was quote unquote injured, That's how he left.
<v Speaker 1>That's how he should return, looking for revenge on the
<v Speaker 1>top guy on the Vision that turned his back on Seth.
<v Speaker 1>That's who he should attack. That's who he should face
<v Speaker 1>at WrestleMania. There's just no other logical place for Seth
<v Speaker 1>and or Braun. They need each other at WrestleMania, and
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna put on a hell of a match Match
<v Speaker 1>of the Night candidate, and it's unannounced and two months away,
<v Speaker 1>because then what does Seth do if Braun is champion,
<v Speaker 1>what do you do You throw Seth and Braun and
<v Speaker 1>Punk and Roman in the same match. Now, I mean,
<v Speaker 1>we've done the triple threat before and it was outstanding
<v Speaker 1>last year, easily the best match of WrestleMania last year
<v Speaker 1>Night one, incredible, incredible. But to answer your question, I
<v Speaker 1>don't think they do that. DJ would I lose my mind. No,
<v Speaker 1>it's not stupid to do that. I just I think
<v Speaker 1>they've got a nice, clean path. It's not like they
<v Speaker 1>don't know what to do. And you could tell the
<v Speaker 1>fans are anxious because I don't, you know, we aren't
<v Speaker 1>sure what they're going to do, and there's multiple paths. No,
<v Speaker 1>this is a very clean cut Wrestlemanian.
<v Speaker 2>That's okay.
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of the mystery mass Man, my suspicion and assumption
<v Speaker 1>is that it could be this person. It was either
<v Speaker 1>sent from Seth to attack Braun or sent from Paul
<v Speaker 1>Hayman in a form of logan Paul to screw Breaker's
<v Speaker 1>chances of winning the rumble, betraying Breaker and furthering a
<v Speaker 1>Breaker baby face turn. Whichever way it goes, I'm intrigued
<v Speaker 1>to see the outcome at WrestleMania A Night too. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>that's that's the Both are very possible. I've been under
<v Speaker 1>the this assumption that it is going to be revealed
<v Speaker 1>that it's Seth. But given he's not clear to wrestle.
<v Speaker 2>Yet.
<v Speaker 1>They had somebody stand in for Seth, some kind of
<v Speaker 1>local wrestler or body double, whatever you want to call it.
<v Speaker 1>Somebody that acted like Seth, hit a few moves, hit
<v Speaker 1>the stomp, and left. But it's not actually set under
<v Speaker 1>the mask, at least not Monday Night or on the Rumble.
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I mean it could end up being Logan
<v Speaker 1>Paul two and that's fine. I could see bron Breaker
<v Speaker 1>being ousted, and the second he's ousted from that group, man,
<v Speaker 1>like you said, look out, he's gonna be a monster,
<v Speaker 1>babyface and a lot of fun to watch bron Breaker.
<v Speaker 1>The only thing that to me, the biggest flaw that
<v Speaker 1>he has, and we've seen it time and again. He
<v Speaker 1>gets so amped up and he's so athletic and such
<v Speaker 1>a freak, he becomes a little dangerous and he needs
<v Speaker 1>to learn how to control his body. When his adrenaline
<v Speaker 1>his spiking and he's on camera in a big moment,
<v Speaker 1>you know he's he's tripped a few times. You could
<v Speaker 1>you can tell he's jacked up, and you know, obviously
<v Speaker 1>the match will see him punk on raw. With the
<v Speaker 1>January fifth edition of Netflix, he had clearly some just overreactions,
<v Speaker 1>and he's got to calm that stuff down and learn
<v Speaker 1>to control his body. I mean, his body is just
<v Speaker 1>I mean, we know what it is. He's insane, so
<v Speaker 1>that's and it is kind of a big deal though,
<v Speaker 1>because you know, you could hurt yourself or your opponent badly.
<v Speaker 1>So that is something I think one of the points
<v Speaker 1>I think that he needs to certainly work on. The
<v Speaker 1>Brie Bella return. I was a bit surprised by the
<v Speaker 1>crowd reaction for her and Saudi when she came in
<v Speaker 1>at number twenty nine. Honestly, I would have rather had
<v Speaker 1>Bianca come in at twenty nine, but it is what
<v Speaker 1>it is. If Bianca doesn't come back in time for WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>I would assume that Jade's opponent at WrestleMania would be
<v Speaker 1>Tiffany Stratton. But does Tiffany win? I hope it's not Tiffany.
<v Speaker 1>I mean Tiffany. You know what, given all the options,
<v Speaker 1>if Bianca is not an option, Tiffany is a good
<v Speaker 1>number two. Bianca is the clear favorite to face Jade.
<v Speaker 1>She could be a stand in. I mean, maybe they
<v Speaker 1>have her ready, Maybe Beyonca's ready for the chamber. There's
<v Speaker 1>an injury in the chamber. They need a replacement. Beyonca's ready, bam,
<v Speaker 1>she comes in. They could do that. If you remember
<v Speaker 1>the last elimination chamber for the women, Jade actually returned
<v Speaker 1>as a babyface and had her best moment of her
<v Speaker 1>w career thus far and still to date. She came
<v Speaker 1>in attacking Naomi. If you remember, after it was revealed
<v Speaker 1>Naomi attacked Jade and Bianca was in the chamber and
<v Speaker 1>in shock. And then now this time, you could have
<v Speaker 1>a little bit of poetry where Bianca is the replacement
<v Speaker 1>for somebody being injured and she ends up, you know, uh,
<v Speaker 1>facing Jade. There's a little bit of symmetry there. I
<v Speaker 1>guess you could say from last year obviously no Naomi,
<v Speaker 1>but you know, it's kind of crazy. How long has
<v Speaker 1>Bianca bell Air been out of action? It's I mean,
<v Speaker 1>how long you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna find out here.
<v Speaker 1>Let me, let me do a little audio magic here
<v Speaker 1>and find out. All right, did a little searching, hit
<v Speaker 1>that stop button, and it was it was WrestleMania last year.
<v Speaker 1>We're coming up on a year for from what I understand,
<v Speaker 1>still broken finger. I know what happened. I believe during
<v Speaker 1>the match where she suffered the knuckle injury. I get
<v Speaker 1>maybe as a knuckle injury in the triple threat with
<v Speaker 1>the O Sky and Rhea Ripley, And then I'm seeing
<v Speaker 1>some news here. It says as of early twenty twenty six,
<v Speaker 1>reports suggest she's been recovering and could be nearing a
<v Speaker 1>returned Well. Yeah, this may be the longest finger injury
<v Speaker 1>in this history of sports. And if fingers are finicky, though,
<v Speaker 1>you look at it and you're like, yeah, on the surface,
<v Speaker 1>from a distance, it's easily something you could laugh off
<v Speaker 1>and make fun of, and I do, and I don't
<v Speaker 1>regret it or take any of it back. It's in
<v Speaker 1>a very just superficial way, hilarious that she's been gone
<v Speaker 1>this long because of a finger injury. But it's a
<v Speaker 1>lot of moving parts, especially if it's a knuckle, your joint,
<v Speaker 1>a lot of little bones and tendons and things that
<v Speaker 1>you know, you got to get your strength back and
<v Speaker 1>you can't overtrain, and it's finicky. It's finicky, and it's
<v Speaker 1>very easy to reinjure and recovery I'm guessing could be slow.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's so time depending on the severity of
<v Speaker 1>injury too, So I mean, I make fun of it,
<v Speaker 1>and I will continue to make fun of it. But
<v Speaker 1>is in a way, the more I think about it,
<v Speaker 1>the more it's kind of more understandable than at first glance.
<v Speaker 1>So I hope it's Bianca. She's been out it feels
<v Speaker 1>like years now. Bianca will get a massive reaction. She'll
<v Speaker 1>be an overwhelming favorite to beat Jade, and if that
<v Speaker 1>ever happens, I mean, you can make an argument for
<v Speaker 1>Jade to beat Bianca and WrestleMania to put her over
<v Speaker 1>more as a heel that I think would actually help
<v Speaker 1>Bean or help Jade. But if you're going to bring
<v Speaker 1>back Bianca after a year, you probably will give her
<v Speaker 1>the belt. That's my guess, because to be fair, Bianca
<v Speaker 1>is a much more interesting champion than Jade is Jade is.
<v Speaker 1>You know, you guys know my feeling on her. So
<v Speaker 1>all right, let's continue. Speaking of SmackDown, Cody getting eliminated
<v Speaker 1>in the Rumble by Drew could lead to Cody getting
<v Speaker 1>placed in the men's chamber and probably winning it. If
<v Speaker 1>SmackDown's SmackDown has a men's elimination chamber, and I think
<v Speaker 1>they will then at Mania most likely Knights One main
<v Speaker 1>event will be a triple threat of Drew, Jacob and Cody. However,
<v Speaker 1>I like Drew's chances of retaining the title and continuing
<v Speaker 1>his reign until SummerSlam. My fear is that they dropped
<v Speaker 1>the belt for Drew at WrestleMania. Cody doesn't need it.
<v Speaker 1>Jacob Fatu, I don't think is anywhere near ready.
<v Speaker 2>I don't.
<v Speaker 1>I really don't understand why they just thrust Jacob Fatu
<v Speaker 1>suddenly into this main event picture. I mean, I know
<v Speaker 1>he was somewhat of a breakout star in the original
<v Speaker 1>kind of Bloodline two point zero before they became the
<v Speaker 1>MFTs and all the rest with the Solo and Solusko
<v Speaker 1>and Toma Tongo Tangaloa. You know, didn't feel like he
<v Speaker 1>was ready for the top belt, though he felt like
<v Speaker 1>he was okay, he seems like an interesting guy. Let's uh,
<v Speaker 1>let's let's pull him out of the group and you know,
<v Speaker 1>let's let's see what he can do as a single star.
<v Speaker 1>And instead they took him out of the group and
<v Speaker 1>immediately put him in the main event. I think that
<v Speaker 1>was a mistake. Time will tell. I don't think Jacob
<v Speaker 1>Fatu feels ready looks ready. Crowd reactions not there from
<v Speaker 1>a title perspective, doesn't mean he can't be in like
<v Speaker 1>a semi main event or you know, even in having
<v Speaker 1>him on SmackDown in a in a main event, but
<v Speaker 1>not a WrestleMania main event. I don't think he's ready.
<v Speaker 1>But again, I'm just what the hell do I know?
<v Speaker 1>I'm a fan sitting here watching with my and I
<v Speaker 1>and I have eyeballs like everybody else, in a brain
<v Speaker 1>like most everybody else, and my eyes and my brain
<v Speaker 1>bull say doesn't feel right. That said, Cody doesn't need
<v Speaker 1>the belt either, and we've seen him in the belt
<v Speaker 1>before at WrestleMania obviously WrestleMania forty. I don't think he
<v Speaker 1>needs it. I think Drew has much more time, hopefully
<v Speaker 1>on the on the table here for him to do
<v Speaker 1>what he needs to do with that belt. If he
<v Speaker 1>drops at WrestleMania, it will be a bit of a
<v Speaker 1>disappointment because I feel like we still need another four
<v Speaker 1>to six months to see Drew as champion, which would
<v Speaker 1>obviously put us well into spring and early summer. But
<v Speaker 1>that's me. I hope Drew retains. I don't care if
<v Speaker 1>Cody comes out of the chamber as a winner. I
<v Speaker 1>don't care if Jacob Fatu comes out, and then then
<v Speaker 1>it is a triple thread, which does sound likely. I
<v Speaker 1>don't need that. I don't need anybody. There's really nobody
<v Speaker 1>else that you can make a case to hold that
<v Speaker 1>belt right now other than Drew. There's no one else
<v Speaker 1>that needs it as much as Drew needs it, and
<v Speaker 1>no one else that has really earned it like Drew
<v Speaker 1>has earned it right now. So okay. Gunther was probably
<v Speaker 1>a seed plantet of their Mania match of the Career
<v Speaker 1>Killer versus the Legend Killer. Plus. Randy and Gunther have
<v Speaker 1>history stemming back from the twenty twenty four King of
<v Speaker 1>the Ring finals and from their world title match at
<v Speaker 1>Bash in Berlin, when Gunther placed Randy on the infamous
<v Speaker 1>sleeper hole, something that Gunther has been doing to his
<v Speaker 1>previous opponents Goldberg, John Cena, and recently aj Styles. Could
<v Speaker 1>Randy be next? I hope Randy's not next. I don't
<v Speaker 1>need Randy Uran's career ending anytime soon. I hope that
<v Speaker 1>that's not on the table, at least for the next
<v Speaker 1>couple of years. If Randy whenever he's ready, of course,
<v Speaker 1>if and when he's ready, I think Guntherer is a
<v Speaker 1>great opponent for him to end his career with and
<v Speaker 1>end it the way that AJ Styles did and have
<v Speaker 1>him actually be retired by Gunther, not just say it's
<v Speaker 1>a retirement match, and I don't care if I will
<v Speaker 1>lose a draw. I'm still retiring. That big differ friends
<v Speaker 1>AJ lost and retired because of Gunther beating him, you know,
<v Speaker 1>not like Goldberg and John Cena, who were retiring when
<v Speaker 1>loser draw. They won't draw that distinction. But it is
<v Speaker 1>important to keep emphasizing. But if Randy puts it up
<v Speaker 1>like AJ did, I think when he's ready in a year,
<v Speaker 1>a couple of whatever it is, two three years. Whenever
<v Speaker 1>Randy's ready, maybe more, maybe a lot shorter, then I
<v Speaker 1>think Gunther is a perfect guy, but not yet, not yet,
<v Speaker 1>all right? Or how about the original l Grande Chad
<v Speaker 1>Gable and Elgrinde Americannell, Ludwig Kaiser Losers must unmask. Sorry
<v Speaker 1>that I'm a bit scatterbrained with the email, but I
<v Speaker 1>think this year's Mania will be better than last year's,
<v Speaker 1>even though the current path WrestleMania is a bit cloudy
<v Speaker 1>at the moment. Yeah, it's cloudy when it comes to
<v Speaker 1>I think everything other than the main events. The main
<v Speaker 1>events I think are pretty crystal crystal clear. Yeah, we
<v Speaker 1>don't know who Cody, or rather I keep saying Cody
<v Speaker 1>thinking he's champion. Drew's opponent is but it's probably Cody
<v Speaker 1>and or Jacob. We're both probably both. You can't have
<v Speaker 1>Jacob two versus Drew Mcatyre that that does not fly.
<v Speaker 1>You gotta have Cody in there, and I think they
<v Speaker 1>will one way or the other. So yeah, Grande Americano.
<v Speaker 1>I hope it comes to an end, and I think
<v Speaker 1>it will at wrestlemaning. That's a nice finish to the
<v Speaker 1>l Grande Americano silliness, which is what it is. It's silliness.
<v Speaker 1>I don't hate it. I just think it's it's run
<v Speaker 1>its course, and I think it's just time for that
<v Speaker 1>story to come to an end, and that's a good
<v Speaker 1>way to end it at WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 2>All Right.
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, DJ signing off. Enjoy the Super Bowl if you're
<v Speaker 1>into that. I'm predicting here we go a thirty one,
<v Speaker 1>twenty four Seahawks victory over the Patriots aka the Evil Empire. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>the Evil Evil Empire is back. Man, I mean, what
<v Speaker 1>record did the Patriots have last year and they essentially
<v Speaker 1>flipped the screw this year and how they're back. They're
<v Speaker 1>the Evil Empire, Yeah they are. I mean you could
<v Speaker 1>say the same thing about a lot of other teams. Obviously,
<v Speaker 1>the Chiefs come to mind right away, you know, the Bills,
<v Speaker 1>But the Bills can't ever get to the super Bowl.
<v Speaker 1>They do know how to get into the playoffs, but
<v Speaker 1>then they just they just go brain dead after that.
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, do you see I think you're onto something there.
<v Speaker 1>Thirty one to twenty four Seahawks win a one score game. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the points spread is in Vegas.
<v Speaker 1>Is it plus six? Maybe it's six or I'm sorry,
<v Speaker 1>six and a half, seven and a half. I'm not sure.
<v Speaker 1>I'd have to take a look there. You're onto something, though.
<v Speaker 1>I think the Seahawks probably will win very It's a
<v Speaker 1>solid pick. Of course. We saw that kind of prediction before.
<v Speaker 1>What was it in twenty fifteen when the Broncos went
<v Speaker 1>and they got their asses kicked? But was it the
<v Speaker 1>Seahawks and they just blew them out in the first quarter?
<v Speaker 1>The game is over in like the first ten minutes
<v Speaker 1>of the first quarter, uh with a didn't they get
<v Speaker 1>a touchback or something the first play the game? I
<v Speaker 1>believe it was twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen. Anyway, alrighty, thank you, DJ.
<v Speaker 2>We'll you.
<v Speaker 1>We'll get to that Joe Hendry report as always soon. Alrighty,
<v Speaker 1>let's see who else we have on the ticket. Here
<v Speaker 1>we have ah okay Oliver. He says he's from the UK.
<v Speaker 1>I've been listening to the podcast since Wressell Palooza. I've
<v Speaker 1>listened to your points and I've listened to your Royal
<v Speaker 1>Rumbel episode. A few points to add to the reason
<v Speaker 1>Roman Reigns is part time is more of the fact
<v Speaker 1>that of leukemia treatment. And I completely agree with the
<v Speaker 1>judgment day As from my point of view, it's another
<v Speaker 1>Wyatt family kind of group, but one that needs to
<v Speaker 1>break up to benefit people such as Finn Balor. All Right,
<v Speaker 1>before I get to your two K point, I'll stop
<v Speaker 1>the leukemia piece. From what I understand, though Roman Reigns
<v Speaker 1>is fine with well, he's in remission. I don't believe
<v Speaker 1>his leukemia has returned or he's you know, in a
<v Speaker 1>bad place. I think he has that well under control.
<v Speaker 1>From what I understand, now, you or I aren't privy
<v Speaker 1>to his medical records. We only know what we know
<v Speaker 1>from reports and X or wherever. Of course we get
<v Speaker 1>our news, which varies. But I haven't heard anything to
<v Speaker 1>the contrary that Roman's health is in trouble. Now, if
<v Speaker 1>you have had leukemia, you know, maybe it does put
<v Speaker 1>you more at risk, even when you you know it's
<v Speaker 1>in remission. I'm not a doctor here, but the thing is,
<v Speaker 1>if he's able to compete in WWE at all, even
<v Speaker 1>on a limited basis for what you're putting your body
<v Speaker 1>through and what you're able to do, if you can
<v Speaker 1>even do that on a like part time, that tells
<v Speaker 1>me there really aren't any restrictions based on the physicality
<v Speaker 1>of his matches and what he does. You know, you
<v Speaker 1>don't see him pulling any punches like he is busting
<v Speaker 1>his ass out there. It's not like you're looking at
<v Speaker 1>him going well, you can kind of tell he's trying
<v Speaker 1>to take it easy. Roman is going all out. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>he puts on a show. He is the argue with
<v Speaker 1>the top guy in the company still even though he's
<v Speaker 1>there very sparingly now, which I actually have no problem with.
<v Speaker 1>I know people hate it I've gotten over it and
<v Speaker 1>mostly gotten over it because you know, I actually respect
<v Speaker 1>his schedule. I'm jealous of his schedule. He's earned it though,
<v Speaker 1>you know, he's gotten made, but I also appreciate it
<v Speaker 1>because he's not champion. That's what made it ten thousand
<v Speaker 1>times worse is that he was the definition. He set
<v Speaker 1>the bar for what an absentee champion is. He recalibrated
<v Speaker 1>what we think of as an absentee champion because he
<v Speaker 1>did think of how often he wasn't there. If you remember,
<v Speaker 1>there was a time it might have been the last
<v Speaker 1>year of his full year of his run. He didn't
<v Speaker 1>compete after WrestleMania one year until Summer Slam as champion,
<v Speaker 1>and all of a sudden, we're hearing these days rack
<v Speaker 1>up okay, oh, nine hundred days, nine hundred and fifty days,
<v Speaker 1>one thousand days, right, and he just kept racking up days. Well,
<v Speaker 1>that's because he wasn't there like seventy percent of the time.
<v Speaker 1>It's easy to rack up days when you're sitting at home,
<v Speaker 1>which again sounds like a slight on him. It's not
<v Speaker 1>good for him, but it's a little skewed the numbers.
<v Speaker 1>You kind of lie a bit, you know, so, I
<v Speaker 1>really just I mean, I've gotten over it, but I'm
<v Speaker 1>fine with his part time schedule because he's not champion anymore.
<v Speaker 1>And the interesting part is now you have people wanting
<v Speaker 1>Roman to be champion again, and I think they've forgotten. Wait, oh,
<v Speaker 1>wait a second, guys, we got to take a step
<v Speaker 1>back here. Are you sure about that? That meme with
<v Speaker 1>that guy? And some of you may know what I'm
<v Speaker 1>talking about, but the guy, I can't describe it to you.
<v Speaker 1>Describing a meme is boring. But if you know, you
<v Speaker 1>know right, the guy that says he's like you sure
<v Speaker 1>about that? That's how I feel with the Roman reigns
<v Speaker 1>and the fans that want him to be champion again?
<v Speaker 1>Are you sure? Do I think he'll drop it to
<v Speaker 1>Punkt WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 2>That's a tough call.
<v Speaker 1>I'll have to see what other players come into the
<v Speaker 1>fold here. Not that anyone I think is going to
<v Speaker 1>enter the match. Nobody should enter the match. It should
<v Speaker 1>be one on one. But in terms of the outsider
<v Speaker 1>interference or rumors of somebody returning, somebody turning, heel, that
<v Speaker 1>kind of thing. That's more what I'm looking at before
<v Speaker 1>I make an official prediction, and this far out, I
<v Speaker 1>mean two months out is like a lifetime. So I
<v Speaker 1>if the match the LUMI put this way, if the
<v Speaker 1>match was tomorrow, I would say Roman reigns wins. But
<v Speaker 1>that that is that could change, you know next week
<v Speaker 1>when we get the next chapter of this bill to
<v Speaker 1>Punk and Roman. So all right, next on the two
<v Speaker 1>K point, I'm annoyed as I don't have a new
<v Speaker 1>gen console, so I would have to pay for a
<v Speaker 1>lot of new console, then pay more for two K
<v Speaker 1>twenty six. I hope you get this and thank you
<v Speaker 1>making great podcasts.
<v Speaker 2>I'll listen.
<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you, Oliver. Yeah, man, Well here's here's a
<v Speaker 1>little bit of consolation, no pun intended. See console. See
<v Speaker 1>what I did? Okay, it's late, forgive me. Here's now.
<v Speaker 1>I have no idea what your financial situations, right, but
<v Speaker 1>if you want to soften the blow of buying a
<v Speaker 1>new console, you can do a couple of things. You
<v Speaker 1>could sell your current one on eBay or wherever. If
<v Speaker 1>you have a PS four, you could get not like
<v Speaker 1>one hundred bucks for it, right if it's in good condition,
<v Speaker 1>working condition. I'm guessing you have a bunch of games
<v Speaker 1>with it. If you can part with some of the
<v Speaker 1>games that you don't want, you can get more than
<v Speaker 1>one hundred.
<v Speaker 2>And then if you.
<v Speaker 1>Buy a like new but gently used PS five or
<v Speaker 1>Xbox X Series X or whatever series S or X,
<v Speaker 1>then you could soften the blow both ways, selling it
<v Speaker 1>and buying the new console. You could save yourself a
<v Speaker 1>couple hundred dollars at a new console and only have
<v Speaker 1>to spend maybe one hundred and fifty two hundred bucks
<v Speaker 1>out of pocket for a brand new console and yes,
<v Speaker 1>the game, but that happens, I mean, you would be
<v Speaker 1>spending more on a game. You have to just forget
<v Speaker 1>about the cost of the game, because you'd be paying
<v Speaker 1>for the cost of the game even if you kept
<v Speaker 1>your existing console and they offered it there, which they don't.
<v Speaker 1>They're only offering it on the new consoles, which is
<v Speaker 1>what your problem is. Oh yeah, I mean I get it,
<v Speaker 1>totally understand I understand why you don't want to, but
<v Speaker 1>also remember this too. The PS six is slated to
<v Speaker 1>be released in twenty At the very earliest, it would
<v Speaker 1>be next year, but I think it's more likely in
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty eight or twenty twenty nine. This it's about
<v Speaker 1>a seven to eight year cycle between consoles. However, we
<v Speaker 1>have to remember that the PlayStation five was impossible to
<v Speaker 1>find for like the first year and a half. So
<v Speaker 1>that really took some steam out of that console's life
<v Speaker 1>because a lot, excuse me, a lot of the people
<v Speaker 1>that wanted to play.
<v Speaker 2>Couldn't.
<v Speaker 1>Thousands, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people couldn't find one,
<v Speaker 1>or at least didn't want to pay for an overpriced
<v Speaker 1>one because you know, it was just double the price
<v Speaker 1>and you're not going to do that, and then they
<v Speaker 1>were so they were forced to sit out for much
<v Speaker 1>longer in that generation. So it kind of you know,
<v Speaker 1>it really took I think or is going to add
<v Speaker 1>a little bit of life now on the back end
<v Speaker 1>of this generation's console to maybe maybe the PS five
<v Speaker 1>is a little bit longer than it would have been
<v Speaker 1>because of the slow started hat. So that's my thoughts.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you're a gamer, I don't. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>it's impressive if you like video games and you've held
<v Speaker 1>out this long. Though, Remember the PlayStation five was released
<v Speaker 1>in what twenty twenty, They had the chip shortage and
<v Speaker 1>everything else. I mean we're twenty twenty six now, we
<v Speaker 1>are definitely in the last couple of years of this generation.
<v Speaker 1>So if you can hold out and you don't, if
<v Speaker 1>you can hold out like one to maybe two more years,
<v Speaker 1>then you can just throw money out of PlayStation six
<v Speaker 1>if you can get your hands on one, you know,
<v Speaker 1>And you know, if GTA six actually comes out before
<v Speaker 1>or we all die, that'd be a great thing too.
<v Speaker 1>But from what I understand those and this is not
<v Speaker 1>a video game podcast by any means, but those of
<v Speaker 1>us who are waiting for a GTA six release, this
<v Speaker 1>is just crazy. The GTA five game was released in
<v Speaker 1>twenty thirteen, right, thirteen years ago. Think about where you
<v Speaker 1>were thirteen years ago in your life. It feels like
<v Speaker 1>three lifetimes ago for me anyway, I don't know, obviously,
<v Speaker 1>everybody's thirteen years ago is different. You may maybe you
<v Speaker 1>were married, maybe you weren't, maybe whatever. Maybe you were
<v Speaker 1>in school, maybe you had a different job. But it
<v Speaker 1>just thirteen years ago, twenty thirteen. I mean, it's wild.
<v Speaker 1>And you know, this is the biggest video game release
<v Speaker 1>in the history of video games for GTA six, And
<v Speaker 1>from what I understand too, Rockstar is dead set on
<v Speaker 1>not moving the date again. If that holds up right,
<v Speaker 1>I mean, can we not just see in the middle
<v Speaker 1>of summer, we're like, oh my god, only a few
<v Speaker 1>months away. It's a random Tuesday in July and we're thinking, oh,
<v Speaker 1>oh my god, it's end. It's August, and we're like,
<v Speaker 1>here we go. And all of a sudden, you get
<v Speaker 1>that news come across your feet, notification pops up or whatever,
<v Speaker 1>and it's like Rockstar announces GTA six will be released
<v Speaker 1>in March of twenty twenty seven, seven, like, can you
<v Speaker 1>not see that coming? Based on their constant pushback If
<v Speaker 1>you remember, it was supposed to be late twenty twenty five.
<v Speaker 1>In the original release it said twenty twenty five. The
<v Speaker 1>original trailer did say twenty twenty five. Now it's just
<v Speaker 1>at the tal end of twenty twenty six, so it's
<v Speaker 1>about an eighteen month push back from where it was.
<v Speaker 1>But this game, but I mean, this game, I can't
<v Speaker 1>say anything too inappropriate here. I want to, but I can't.
<v Speaker 1>This game better do things for you that I mean.
<v Speaker 1>After all, The Weight is going to be a generational
<v Speaker 1>game that you can, you know, tell your grandkids about.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe they'll play it, but I would venture to guess
<v Speaker 1>that most of us won't be alive for GTA seven
<v Speaker 1>based on their time schedule for releases. But the next game,
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the next game after GTA, of
<v Speaker 1>what they're going to put out, it's not going to
<v Speaker 1>be Red Dead Redemption three. They are working on that.
<v Speaker 1>I know they are there at least in development early
<v Speaker 1>stages of development for Red Dead Redemption three, but those
<v Speaker 1>are that's going to be released on the PlayStation six
<v Speaker 1>and the next generation Xbox. So you know, there you go,
<v Speaker 1>all right, video game talk, All right, So let's see
<v Speaker 1>that is at the end of the emails. And now
<v Speaker 1>I have an email here and I didn't delete it,
<v Speaker 1>and it's from Shane from February first. I might have
<v Speaker 1>already gone over this. If I did, I'll just skim this,
<v Speaker 1>so I'll kind of split the difference and only touch
<v Speaker 1>on this email well, because I feel like I did
<v Speaker 1>it already and I didn't just delete it. But it's
<v Speaker 1>from Shane and he wants to know about Roman Reigns
<v Speaker 1>and he talks about how Roman's now forty years old.
<v Speaker 1>He's a part timer, which again I've talked about here,
<v Speaker 1>and this is the issue with w W either failing
<v Speaker 1>to create new stars. John C. And A and aj
<v Speaker 1>Styles retired in turn, you want to create two new
<v Speaker 1>stars in their place. Why does Roman need to win
<v Speaker 1>the rumble so well, I'll just take that point here
<v Speaker 1>from this email, Shane, I feel like I did answer this,
<v Speaker 1>so if I didn't, I apologize. Why does Roman need
<v Speaker 1>to win? Well, the answer isn't that he does. He
<v Speaker 1>doesn't need to win. His character doesn't need to win.
<v Speaker 1>Roman Reigns is in the Hall of Fame. Whether he
<v Speaker 1>wins another Rumble or never competes in the ring again,
<v Speaker 1>he doesn't need to know, but the company wants him
<v Speaker 1>to because they felt like putting him in the main
<v Speaker 1>event of WrestleMania with whichever champion we now know a
<v Speaker 1>cmpunk was the best option. It would put the most
<v Speaker 1>eyeballs on the product. He's the biggest star that they
<v Speaker 1>could put in the main event. And they're kind of right. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>it's about building new stars, but you need to also
<v Speaker 1>remember that this company is more money hungry than ever
<v Speaker 1>and are unashamed transparently about taking money from your wallet,
<v Speaker 1>and they're gonna just do whatever they need to do
<v Speaker 1>to make money. Now, you're right, the company is built
<v Speaker 1>on new stars. The lifeblood is the new stars, but
<v Speaker 1>they don't make the money until they become big stars,
<v Speaker 1>so it's a bit of a catch twenty two. It's like, well,
<v Speaker 1>how do you build new stars if you're not willing
<v Speaker 1>to put them in the main events. The key is
<v Speaker 1>to kind of build them behind the scenes, not put
<v Speaker 1>them in the main event until you feel the fans
<v Speaker 1>are also in lockstep with you, which can be tricky,
<v Speaker 1>you know, and sometimes the fans feel someone's ready when
<v Speaker 1>the company doesn't, and then it becomes a struggle, and
<v Speaker 1>then you know, there's kind of a battle always between
<v Speaker 1>management and creative specifically in w W and the fans.
<v Speaker 1>There's always a struggle. There's always a you know, an
<v Speaker 1>ongoing internal and external battles, so to speak, between the
<v Speaker 1>fans and creative, because the fans feel like they know
<v Speaker 1>better and they have they who they feel they want,
<v Speaker 1>and Creative is like, no, you guys are stupid. We'll
<v Speaker 1>tell you what you want. You don't even know what
<v Speaker 1>you want. You're so fickle, I'm sure. Can you imagine?
<v Speaker 1>Could you imagine if we could actually get Mike's on
<v Speaker 1>Creative talking about fans when they didn't know they were
<v Speaker 1>being recorded, that would be a true unreal show. And
<v Speaker 1>I've talked about this too, and people love Unreal. I
<v Speaker 1>have yet to actually watch a full episode, but that
<v Speaker 1>would be truly un Don't put the camera on, knowing
<v Speaker 1>the cameras on, and then try to act like, oh,
<v Speaker 1>this is a normal production meeting. Well ignore the camera, guys,
<v Speaker 1>don't worry about it. Just act normal. Now, what are
<v Speaker 1>you gonna do. You're not gonna act naturally. You're gonna
<v Speaker 1>pull back some of the things you might have said. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>you know, like that's it's impossible to act totally natural
<v Speaker 1>if you know you're being recorded on video. So some
<v Speaker 1>of this is very produced, even though I believe some
<v Speaker 1>of it's authentic and all that to say, it is
<v Speaker 1>and this company will always be built on stars and
<v Speaker 1>star power. That's what draws the eyeballs, which draws the numbers,
<v Speaker 1>which draws the sponsors, which lines WWE's pockets and TKO's pockets.
<v Speaker 1>So it does always always start with talent the wrestlers.
<v Speaker 1>It always has, it always will otherwise you have no
<v Speaker 1>product to sell. Everything you do in the ring, in
<v Speaker 1>video games, merch ratings, everything has to do with the
<v Speaker 1>talent in the ring, because you can't you have nothing
<v Speaker 1>else to show on TV other than the talent. Nothing.
<v Speaker 1>They are your lifeblood, they are your everything. They're what
<v Speaker 1>drive people to buy or not buy tickets. So you're right,
<v Speaker 1>building new stars is imperative. But you also have to remember.
<v Speaker 1>While I am I'm a patient wrestling fan, I'm willing
<v Speaker 1>to go through the star building process, a lot of
<v Speaker 1>casual fans out aren't and they will tune out. They
<v Speaker 1>will tune out if they don't see a big star
<v Speaker 1>that someone they know. They goes, ah, who's this? They
<v Speaker 1>screw this right, and they leave. There are fans that
<v Speaker 1>do that and fans that will tune out after WrestleMania season.
<v Speaker 1>Ratings drop every year after WrestleMania. It's just the cycle
<v Speaker 1>of things. So there's that. And also WrestleMania is also
<v Speaker 1>kind of about about your biggest stars. You know, you
<v Speaker 1>build these guys and gals all year and then you
<v Speaker 1>showcase them at the biggest show of the year and
<v Speaker 1>you let them have their moment in the sun. You know,
<v Speaker 1>stars that have been built all the year shouldn't be
<v Speaker 1>showcased at WrestleMania because we're told it's the super Bowl
<v Speaker 1>of wrestling, which is I mean, it couldn't be further
<v Speaker 1>from the truth in reality, though, if they're trying to
<v Speaker 1>use the analogy of WrestleMania being a super Bowl, because
<v Speaker 1>if that was true, you'd only have the best of
<v Speaker 1>the best, and you wouldn't have everybody getting a ticket
<v Speaker 1>to the show, because it should be at who's the best.
<v Speaker 1>You don't have the super Bowl, bring in all thirty
<v Speaker 1>two teams from the NFL and go, well, we're gonna
<v Speaker 1>make the super Bowl three nights now, and every team's
<v Speaker 1>going to have a game, and then you know, we'll
<v Speaker 1>have some main events, but everybody gets a shot here,
<v Speaker 1>everybody gets a little shine in the sun. No, from
<v Speaker 1>a selfish fan perspective, I don't want that. I still
<v Speaker 1>would prefer WrestleMania be one night with seven matches on
<v Speaker 1>the card. Sounds insane, but we did it and wwe
<v Speaker 1>did it for decades, and now we've become accustomed to
<v Speaker 1>two nights, which is certainly better than one night of
<v Speaker 1>forty eight matches with seven hours. I totally agree with that,
<v Speaker 1>but it also has been watered down because now it's
<v Speaker 1>two nights with talent that you otherwise wouldn't see. If
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't split into two nights, and it doesn't have
<v Speaker 1>a feeling of exclusivity. It's got a feeling of inclusivity,
<v Speaker 1>which I am very much against. I don't need everybody
<v Speaker 1>being included, so they're feelings and tummies and butts aren't
<v Speaker 1>hurt to me. It's the best of the best, Like
<v Speaker 1>every other sport that exists. It should be like the
<v Speaker 1>Stanley Cup, like the World Series, like the Super Bowl.
<v Speaker 1>It should be the best of the best, not a well,
<v Speaker 1>let's include everybody. No, it waters everything down because then
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't feel exclusive anymore. It's like, well, you're here. Well, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I guess. I mean this is a long show, so
<v Speaker 1>that's gonna throw me on the card. I think it
<v Speaker 1>also doesn't push talent to work hard as they otherwise
<v Speaker 1>would if this was an even more exclusive card where
<v Speaker 1>there's only half the amount of sponsor should be, you know,
<v Speaker 1>So it's it's very much not the Super Bowl of wrestling,
<v Speaker 1>because what do you have at the end of the day,
<v Speaker 1>Who are the super what's in the Super Bowl? Who's
<v Speaker 1>in the Super Bowl? The two best teams? Right, same
<v Speaker 1>with baseball, same with any other sport. So it's not
<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl of Wrestling far far from it. In fact,
<v Speaker 1>it's the antithesis of any other sporting event. And how
<v Speaker 1>it's run because of everyone gets a ticket, here's you
<v Speaker 1>get a jersey, You get a jersey, You get a jersey.
<v Speaker 1>Doesn't feel special like that anymore. I mean, I'm sure
<v Speaker 1>the talent are like, oh, screw you, I get to
<v Speaker 1>be on WrestleMania, which is yeah, hey, look, if I
<v Speaker 1>was in the company, I'd be happy to be on WrestleMania. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>because Ankasa, I'm a part of WrestleMania. But what it
<v Speaker 1>meant to be a part of WrestleMania has been diluted
<v Speaker 1>because of how much it's expanded. And why has it
<v Speaker 1>expanded do? I think it's partly because of the talent
<v Speaker 1>and there there you know, somebody's butt hurt or their
<v Speaker 1>tummy hurts because you didn't include me. I think a
<v Speaker 1>small part of that is the talent complaining, and I
<v Speaker 1>get that small part of it. But what does it
<v Speaker 1>come down to, as it comes down to everything with
<v Speaker 1>w and now, especially the money hungry TKO dollar bills,
<v Speaker 1>how can they make the most money? Well, they have
<v Speaker 1>cities bid a two night event should double the revenue yes,
<v Speaker 1>they have to rent everything twice, but they also make
<v Speaker 1>the state the double because I said twice as much revenue,
<v Speaker 1>twice as much in merch sponsorships, twice the number of
<v Speaker 1>of uh you know, of revenue coming in from sponsors
<v Speaker 1>putting ads in their show all over the ring. Of course,
<v Speaker 1>on air wrestling or wrestler, backstage red promos for slim
<v Speaker 1>gym or whatever. It's everywhere. So they're doing it primarily
<v Speaker 1>but not solely because of money. Big shocker there. If
<v Speaker 1>you ever have to sit back and you have to
<v Speaker 1>look at something that the company did, here's a great
<v Speaker 1>rule of thumb. If you look at TKO and you're like, Wow,
<v Speaker 1>why did they do that? Why did they do that?
<v Speaker 1>For w W, why did they Why do they make
<v Speaker 1>this decision? Why did they do that? This doesn't make sense,
<v Speaker 1>This is stupid. Here's what you do. If you want
<v Speaker 1>to crack the code. All you have to do just
<v Speaker 1>pick up these lenses called money lenses, throw them over
<v Speaker 1>your eyes and look at it through the perspective of
<v Speaker 1>why would I do this? If I'm a company, how
<v Speaker 1>could this make me the most money? And a lot
<v Speaker 1>of times the answers will just flow to your brain,
<v Speaker 1>you'd go, oh, okay, stupid from a creative or production standpoint,
<v Speaker 1>but I see how it would make them the most money.
<v Speaker 1>So if you're ever baffled or bamboozled by what TKO
<v Speaker 1>has done on any level for anything they do from
<v Speaker 1>an on TV, off TV firings, hirings, all you have
<v Speaker 1>to do is take the motivation and pretend you're them.
<v Speaker 1>Take the motivation of making the most money you possibly
<v Speaker 1>can from this decision, and use that as your justification
<v Speaker 1>for whatever thing happened, and you will likely find the
<v Speaker 1>answer very quickly. That's sad and it sounds oversimplified, but
<v Speaker 1>it's not. They are the most money hungry company outwardly
<v Speaker 1>that I've ever seen. Every They're not the richest company.
<v Speaker 1>They're certainly not the only company to want to make money.
<v Speaker 1>Every company does, but they just have no shame in it.
<v Speaker 1>They don't give a damn And that's what makes them
<v Speaker 1>kind of villainous. And it's our money that they throw
<v Speaker 1>on our face about how much they made from us.
<v Speaker 1>At the event you're at while you're spending money, it's
<v Speaker 1>pretty shameless. Something Vince never did. Ever, Vince would tout
<v Speaker 1>the amount of the gate, attendance records, pay per view
<v Speaker 1>buys right, he would eat. I mean, I'm pretty sure
<v Speaker 1>it was the most purchased p L in history. That's fine.
<v Speaker 1>You could talk about the number of purchases, or you
<v Speaker 1>could talk about the number of seats sold. But this
<v Speaker 1>version of WWE, the management owning WWE, the company owning WWE,
<v Speaker 1>will tell you how much they've made while you're there,
<v Speaker 1>and then glowed about it on air. That of how
<v Speaker 1>much money they just took from your pocket, knowing that
<v Speaker 1>they're using that to then further making more money by
<v Speaker 1>showing the public how valuable they are. They use that,
<v Speaker 1>they use your money to show the world how much
<v Speaker 1>money they're making from us, and then use that to
<v Speaker 1>then try to make more money by trying to I guess,
<v Speaker 1>increase the value of their image. Do you see how
<v Speaker 1>this works? You see how just insane insanely obsessed they
<v Speaker 1>are with money. It's kind of crazy. So that said,
<v Speaker 1>we all love wrestling and that's why we're here, and
<v Speaker 1>we won't continue to many of us pump money into
<v Speaker 1>the company, although again I refuse to buy the thirty dollars,
<v Speaker 1>so they will not get my thirty dollars a month
<v Speaker 1>on ESPN. I just refuse on principle to do it
<v Speaker 1>all right. Well, I don't know what kind of rant
<v Speaker 1>that was. That was a weird one. But let's get
<v Speaker 1>to DJ's voicemail because we will end with him as
<v Speaker 1>we do. I'll let him close out the show because
<v Speaker 1>he will give you a t and a review, the
<v Speaker 1>Joe Hendry Report, and I'm sure some other little fun
<v Speaker 1>nuggets in there. So take it away, DJ, everybody else,
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much. I'll be back in a couple
<v Speaker 1>of days with your week in review. Tomorrow will be
<v Speaker 1>Amanda's SmackDown review, and then Daniel will be back on
<v Speaker 1>Monday with your main event review as well. So check
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<v Speaker 1>take it away.
<v Speaker 2>Yes it is DJ Cooles. Well back at it again
<v Speaker 2>on your Mailbax show Records. You live on a Wednesday
<v Speaker 2>board and you know what time it is. It's time to.
<v Speaker 3>See his name man, he peers. I believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 3>I believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 2>Best right, folks, Joe Hendry is his name. As I
<v Speaker 2>take it to my eighty second episode of The Georgia Board,
<v Speaker 2>always coming to a line from an undisclosed location, and
<v Speaker 2>like always, before I talk about Jo Hendri, let me
<v Speaker 2>talk about the continued storyline of the NXT at Tday
<v Speaker 2>collaborations with the NXD invasion in TNA. On the previous
<v Speaker 2>episode of Tday Forest Lake on AMC, we did have Stax,
<v Speaker 2>the Tday International Champion. He had a match, but this
<v Speaker 2>was a non title match as he went up against
<v Speaker 2>the home town Man because he's a home town man.
<v Speaker 2>He's a home town man. I can't get that song
<v Speaker 2>out of my head. I really enjoy that song. Anyway.
<v Speaker 2>This match lasted five minutes and fifty one second as
<v Speaker 2>Stax would get the victory via a stacked in roll
<v Speaker 2>up that Stax had his legs on the ropes and
<v Speaker 2>the referee didn't see it. However, we did get a
<v Speaker 2>backstage segment of Stax questioning Ariana about not helping him.
<v Speaker 2>Ariana wants to go straight and narrow and not cheat
<v Speaker 2>to win by making up with her father, mister Santina
<v Speaker 2>Morella to the director of Authorities. Meanwhile, Santina was eavesdropping
<v Speaker 2>overall Arianna wasn't okay with Stacks attitude. But could this
<v Speaker 2>eventually lead to Arianna ditching Stacks and reuniting with her
<v Speaker 2>father Santina Marilla, Let's see what happens if the table
<v Speaker 2>like turn. We get another backstage segment on this episode
<v Speaker 2>of TNA on amc of Eddie Edwards from the System
<v Speaker 2>confronting the TNA World Champion in Mike Santana. As apparently
<v Speaker 2>in the latest beast All Fired segment, Eddie Edwards now
<v Speaker 2>holds the briefcase with a contract opportunity to compete for
<v Speaker 2>a future shot at the TENA World Championship. We see
<v Speaker 2>Eddie Edwards and his goons from the System as they
<v Speaker 2>confront Mike Santana and Eddie says, see, now that you
<v Speaker 2>hold that championship, everybody wants what you got, even me.
<v Speaker 2>I got a guarantee shot all while you got a
<v Speaker 2>giant target on your back. But Santana says, well, I
<v Speaker 2>got one thing. That's a fact. I've gone through you
<v Speaker 2>and all of y'all. Homeboy aka Cormbows from the system already,
<v Speaker 2>so you can cash that briefcase whatever you want, because
<v Speaker 2>I ain't a hard man to find. But the question
<v Speaker 2>remains when will Eddie Edward cash in his briefcase to
<v Speaker 2>get this championship opportunity against Mike Santana. And by the way,
<v Speaker 2>there's also another person that wants to challenge Mike Santana
<v Speaker 2>for his Teenage World Championship and that is nicknamed aka
<v Speaker 2>a Dolph Ziggler. With these two challengers in his vicinity,
<v Speaker 2>what will happen next for Mike Santana. Let's see what
<v Speaker 2>happens as Mike Santana's title rain continues. Now we fast
<v Speaker 2>forward to this past Saturday lar from Rion Saudi Arabia,
<v Speaker 2>the Royal Rumble, in which we did not get an
<v Speaker 2>appearance from Joe Hendry as most likely he did not
<v Speaker 2>make the trip to Saudi and two, Joe was getting
<v Speaker 2>ready for the latter match for the vacant NXD Championship
<v Speaker 2>on the upcoming episode of NXT, so Joe had to
<v Speaker 2>stay focused and locked in. Even for TNA, there were
<v Speaker 2>no wrestlers from both the men and women's side that
<v Speaker 2>made appearances at the Royal Rumble. However, from NXT on
<v Speaker 2>the women's side, there were appearances from Soul Rocca, who
<v Speaker 2>seems to be main roster ready and on her soon.
<v Speaker 2>We also had Colonel Jordan Lolavice and the NXT Women's
<v Speaker 2>Champion jc J, but none from the men's side. From NXT,
<v Speaker 2>they did not participate in the Men's Rumble. But at
<v Speaker 2>number fourteen, I just want to make a quick sidebar.
<v Speaker 2>At number fourteen for the Men's Rumble, we got the
<v Speaker 2>appearance of a former ae W star in None of
<v Speaker 2>the then Powerhouse, Hobbs, now known in WWE as Royce Keys.
<v Speaker 2>I like the name Royce Keys. Even though Royce only
<v Speaker 2>had one elimination doing the cost of the Men's Rumble.
<v Speaker 2>I like the possibilities of where he can go in WWE.
<v Speaker 2>In a w Powerhouse, Hobbs was a former T and
<v Speaker 2>T champion and a trios champion, but in WWE. My
<v Speaker 2>two concerns about Royce Keys is one he needs a
<v Speaker 2>backstory and two I need to get some microphone time
<v Speaker 2>and hopefully he gets over in WWE because this man
<v Speaker 2>is absolutely massive at six for one and two hundred
<v Speaker 2>and seventy pounds. Back to Joe Hendry. If you all
<v Speaker 2>remember this, folks, if you remember to say his name,
<v Speaker 2>he might just randomly and he appeared last letter NXT
<v Speaker 2>we got an appearance of Joe Hendry as he was
<v Speaker 2>part of an absolute bang of a main event in
<v Speaker 2>a seven way ladder match of the vacant NXTD Championship.
<v Speaker 2>But before I get to that, I want to mention
<v Speaker 2>a couple of things. One, a major announcement slash departure
<v Speaker 2>of the NXT general manager to Eahale, Joe Hendry's new
<v Speaker 2>best friend, being involved in a triple thread match for
<v Speaker 2>the Women's North American Championship. And three and NXT versus
<v Speaker 2>tea matchup. Now let's get to the starling news about
<v Speaker 2>the recent departure of the previous NXT general manager, missus
<v Speaker 2>Ava Rain. It was reported and mentioned on Friday, January
<v Speaker 2>thirtieth at the NXT General Manager, missus Avarain has departed
<v Speaker 2>from WWE after six years on NXT. Ava put out
<v Speaker 2>a statement in her socials by saying, this past Tuesday,
<v Speaker 2>January twenty seventh was my last appearance on NXT and
<v Speaker 2>subsequently WWE. Thank you to all who have cheered, watched
<v Speaker 2>and supported me through my journey. While my decision to
<v Speaker 2>not reach I knew my contract was very difficult. It's
<v Speaker 2>also a new turning point in my life. It has
<v Speaker 2>been an honor, end of privilege to be Ava and
<v Speaker 2>this is how it ends for Ava Rain leaving WWE
<v Speaker 2>at the age of twenty four, the youngest general manager
<v Speaker 2>in WWA history, and I have to say she did
<v Speaker 2>a great job for those years as she was running
<v Speaker 2>NXT and I wish her well and all the best. However,
<v Speaker 2>NXT began with Sean Michaels now placing none other than
<v Speaker 2>Robert Stone to be the interim general manager of NXT
<v Speaker 2>until a suitable replacement runs NXT full time. But the
<v Speaker 2>question remains, who could that suitable replacement be? And with
<v Speaker 2>this departure, a new era begins in NXT, where at
<v Speaker 2>the end of this episode we will witness a brand
<v Speaker 2>new NXT Champion, someone that you are all very familiar with.
<v Speaker 2>But much on that later on this episode of The
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry Report. But let's rewind back to the beginning
<v Speaker 2>of the show, in which Joe Hendry's new fawn, best
<v Speaker 2>friend and tag team partner Jale was included in a
<v Speaker 2>triple threat match alongside Lola Ice and the NXT Women's
<v Speaker 2>North American Champion Ezy Dame. This match lasted eleven minutes
<v Speaker 2>and forty six seconds, as Isy Dame retained at the
<v Speaker 2>NXT Women's North American Championship. At the midpoint of this
<v Speaker 2>episode of NXT, we get a backstage segment of Joe
<v Speaker 2>Hendry and Kelly Kinkaid as she askses Joe his thoughts
<v Speaker 2>about tonight's ladder match and the absolute magnitude and pain
<v Speaker 2>that will happen doing a course of that match with
<v Speaker 2>the possibility that we might have a new NXT champion,
<v Speaker 2>and Joe says, I'm pretty banged up. Vanity Project tried
<v Speaker 2>to take me out, but they couldn't get the job done,
<v Speaker 2>and Carver didn't help when he snuck up on me.
<v Speaker 2>But I'm not gonna let a couple of Bruce Ribs
<v Speaker 2>stop me from achieving what I've been so close to.
<v Speaker 2>Joe goes on to say that last year was the
<v Speaker 2>biggest year of my life. I had my wrestle Mania moment,
<v Speaker 2>I was teenage world champion, I was releasing songs, I
<v Speaker 2>was having fun. But this smile, this smile has been
<v Speaker 2>hiding frustration, appointment, because for the last seven months I
<v Speaker 2>have been without a championship. I didn't just come to
<v Speaker 2>NXT to entertain I came here to be a champion.
<v Speaker 2>So that means that no matter how many times I
<v Speaker 2>get knocked down, I'm gonna get back up. I'm gonna
<v Speaker 2>continue to climb that ladder because I'm gonna give the
<v Speaker 2>ww fans and even bigger reason to believe in Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 2>Say his name and he appears new NXT champion as
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry is absolutely locked in. My guy is ready
<v Speaker 2>for this main event. He has the fire in his
<v Speaker 2>eyes and I could see that he wants this championship
<v Speaker 2>so badly because this was his reason as to why
<v Speaker 2>he showed up in NXT. Immediately following that segment of
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry and Kelly kin Kid, we would get an
<v Speaker 2>NXC versus TNA matchup in the form of a TNA
<v Speaker 2>Knockouts Take Team Championship match of the Challengers in Zaruka
<v Speaker 2>of Soroka and Zaria versus the TNA Knockouts Tag Team
<v Speaker 2>champions in the Elegance Brand of Heather and m Biggins.
<v Speaker 2>This match lasted eleven minutes and thirty three seconds as
<v Speaker 2>the Elegance Brand retained the TNA knockout de tag team
<v Speaker 2>titles with the rivalry of NXT versus TNA continuing. And
<v Speaker 2>now we arrive at the main event, a seven way
<v Speaker 2>ladder match for the vacant NXT Championship. And here are
<v Speaker 2>the seven challengers, Shiloh Hill, Shawn Legacy, Ricky Saints, Kunnel
<v Speaker 2>Carver Jackson, Drake, Dion Lennox from Dark Stay, and my
<v Speaker 2>guy Joe Hendry, with the goal of this match being
<v Speaker 2>to climb the ladder and grab the NXT title. But
<v Speaker 2>easier said than done because everyone in this match will
<v Speaker 2>stop at nothing to get the advantage. And by the way,
<v Speaker 2>there will be pain, pain, and much more pain from
<v Speaker 2>these ladders. This match lasted twenty two minutes and forty
<v Speaker 2>two seconds and it was everything you could ever ask
<v Speaker 2>for in a ladder match for rills, OMG moments, straight
<v Speaker 2>up adrenaline, and a drama to climb the ladder and
<v Speaker 2>grab the NXT title. When you touch the steal of
<v Speaker 2>the ladder, you will never be the same, and each
<v Speaker 2>of these seven men are straight up witnesses of that fact.
<v Speaker 2>But let me quickly mention a couple of fun slash
<v Speaker 2>insane spots in this match. The first moment was seen
<v Speaker 2>where Joe Hendry is throwing Jackson Drake over the ropes
<v Speaker 2>in the form of a pop up par bomb as
<v Speaker 2>he lands on the five challengers at ringside. Moment number two,
<v Speaker 2>Shiloh Hill, who kind of reminds me of a young
<v Speaker 2>bry White, is seen using two ladders as walking stilts.
<v Speaker 2>That's right, folks, He's using two ladders as walking stilts
<v Speaker 2>as he's trying to stop both Jackson Drake and Shaw
<v Speaker 2>Legacy from attempting to climb the ladder and grab the
<v Speaker 2>NXC title. That was insane. Moment number three, my personal
<v Speaker 2>favorite spot of this match is after when we saw
<v Speaker 2>Kenawu Carver using the ladder as the weapon to knock
<v Speaker 2>out his challengers, we see Shiloh Hill delivering a rolling
<v Speaker 2>cannonballs to Corver as the ladder falls on top of him.
<v Speaker 2>But wait, there's more. After that, we see Hill smashing
<v Speaker 2>the ladder repeatedly on Carver with the ladder still on
<v Speaker 2>top of him. Then we see everyone else, including Joe Hendry,
<v Speaker 2>lace ladders on top of Canavl Carter as Canavul Carter
<v Speaker 2>is literally getting buried alive in ladders, and just when
<v Speaker 2>you thought that Carver was done in this match with
<v Speaker 2>the ladder, we get another ladder spot featuring Carver, an
<v Speaker 2>OMG moment after when we saw Ricky Saints as he's
<v Speaker 2>climbing the ladder and Canavu Carter as he's also climbing
<v Speaker 2>the ladder to grab the NXY title, but Ricky decides
<v Speaker 2>to shove Carver off the ladder, sending Carver crashing into
<v Speaker 2>a ladder at ringside rip to Carver, man, that's gotta hurt.
<v Speaker 2>I know he's gonna feel that the next day because
<v Speaker 2>those ladders are not fake. And now let's get to
<v Speaker 2>the finish and what we've all been waiting for in
<v Speaker 2>this insane ladder match. In the main event, we see
<v Speaker 2>both Joe Hendry and Ricky Saints as they are climbing
<v Speaker 2>to the top of the ladder, in which Henry grabs
<v Speaker 2>one side of the NXTY title while Ricky Saints grabs
<v Speaker 2>the other side of the NXTY title. As they are
<v Speaker 2>literally having a tug of war with the NXTY title,
<v Speaker 2>Hendry slightly knocks Saints in his forehead, causing Saints to
<v Speaker 2>lose his balance and sending him crashing into a ladder.
<v Speaker 2>In the ring, Henry grabs the NXT title. Hendry wins,
<v Speaker 2>Hendry wins Joe Hendry. That's right, folks, and the news
<v Speaker 2>NXT Champion. Joe Hendry closes this episode of NXT finally
<v Speaker 2>achieving his goal after seven month drought and now it
<v Speaker 2>is official. Joe Hendry is champion once again. As he
<v Speaker 2>is now have this goal finally realized. He is on
<v Speaker 2>the top of the mountain as the main guy, the
<v Speaker 2>top guy in NXT. And always remember his folks, if
<v Speaker 2>you continue to say their name in thea Hill and
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry, they might just randomly up here. Always remember
<v Speaker 2>to believe, say his name. Always remember the words that
<v Speaker 2>Joe Hendry says anytime, any place, at any show, and
<v Speaker 2>most simporly, most simporly, always remember to do this.
<v Speaker 3>Strong sight science, well believing Joe Hendry.
<v Speaker 2>Juke once again, this is your guy. DJ Coulsmo, have
<v Speaker 2>a last week b KI to one of those stays
<v Speaker 2>in my friends Believe ad Peace.
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