WWE RAW Review: Gunther vs Balor, Reed vs Kross, Wyatt Sicks Attack, Seth/Drew/Punk Segment, Awesome Promo Changes

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<v Speaker 2>will have obviously my reactions to every match by match
<v Speaker 2>uh kind of analysis will be probably Sunday, so instead
<v Speaker 2>of the weekend review, it'll be my Sunday Sunday kind
<v Speaker 2>of Summer Slam recap and reactions. Now, if something major happens,
<v Speaker 2>I will try to get onto the show sooner than that.
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<v Speaker 2>my instant thoughts on SummerSlam. But let's get to it, guys,
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<v Speaker 2>free option. All right, Well, SummerSlam is upon us, and
<v Speaker 2>they had the final build here from Monday Night Raw
<v Speaker 2>side of things. And I have to say, for the
<v Speaker 2>most part, I really enjoyed Monday Night Raw. Particularly what
<v Speaker 2>stands out to me are the promos. Not every promo
<v Speaker 2>was a home run, but the format of some of
<v Speaker 2>these pre taped promos, the production of them, Gunther in
<v Speaker 2>the Seats, Live Morgan by a Burning Bonfire, among others,
<v Speaker 2>it was so good, so good. I don't know what
<v Speaker 2>struck me about it this week, but this week really
<v Speaker 2>set in for me. I know they've done a little
<v Speaker 2>bit of this in the past, but this is the
<v Speaker 2>first RAW that I can think of that they really
<v Speaker 2>went kind of full steam ahead with this type of promo.
<v Speaker 2>The one I really enjoyed, again among others, was to
<v Speaker 2>Live Morgan promo where she has mascara running down her face,
<v Speaker 2>presumably from crying, burning doms vest, Rhea's picture, someall other
<v Speaker 2>items talking about how this Sunday, the Live Morgan Revenge
<v Speaker 2>Tour will be complete. Rhea responds and kind, it's just
<v Speaker 2>so good. I don't know, I mean, I loved it.
<v Speaker 2>Live Morgan continues to elevate herself to a level that,
<v Speaker 2>admittedly I didn't think she could get to. I was not.
<v Speaker 2>If you can go back and you want to fact
<v Speaker 2>check me against myself, I was not a fan of
<v Speaker 2>the Live Morgan Revenge Tour when it started out. I
<v Speaker 2>remember making fun of it, saying, this is stupid. Oh
<v Speaker 2>you know this Live Morgan revenge tour. What is she
<v Speaker 2>getting revenge against? And she wasn't even focusing on Ria
<v Speaker 2>upon her return, and it was all kind of silly.
<v Speaker 2>And boy, things change quickly, don't they. Live Morgan found
<v Speaker 2>exactly what balance of her character needs, like what that
<v Speaker 2>character is? This is great? Now what does she do
<v Speaker 2>when the whole Rhea storyline moves on? We'll see this
<v Speaker 2>can't last forever. But there's a strong case to be made,
<v Speaker 2>a very strong case for Ria Ripley to not win
<v Speaker 2>at SummerSlam. And I still think I'm tipping my hand
<v Speaker 2>a bit, but I still think that Ria Ripley does
<v Speaker 2>not and will not win at SummerSlam, mainly due to Dom.
<v Speaker 2>I think Dom is in line for a real Ripley
<v Speaker 2>betrayal of the largest order, screwing outright screwing Rhea. There's
<v Speaker 2>no kind of fogginess about that situation. I think it'll
<v Speaker 2>become very clear that Dom had fallen for Live and
<v Speaker 2>will help Live retain, and then Rihea's on a man
<v Speaker 2>hunt not just for Live but for Dom to get
<v Speaker 2>her hands on Dom. Rhea's heartbroken, but takes her heartbreak
<v Speaker 2>out in anger, making Ria an even bigger babyface. I
<v Speaker 2>don't think there's a need to really have Ria win
<v Speaker 2>the belt again. We've seen that before. Yes, she didn't
<v Speaker 2>actually lose it, she had to relinquish it due to injury.
<v Speaker 2>But the Live Morgan WWE World Championship run is working.
<v Speaker 2>It's working and working very well. She doesn't feel like
<v Speaker 2>an interim champion. This storyline is still very intriguing. Even
<v Speaker 2>if you think that oh Dom's made his choice with Rhea,
<v Speaker 2>I'd caution you against that. I think they're setting you
<v Speaker 2>up for a swerve at SummerSlam. But does what I
<v Speaker 2>want align with what I think WWE will do. That
<v Speaker 2>often doesn't match up, So you have to wait completely
<v Speaker 2>to see my decision for the reviews show that's coming
<v Speaker 2>later this week. I'll try to really try to crank
<v Speaker 2>that one in the lineup before Friday. Normally i'd wait
<v Speaker 2>till Friday, but I'm traveling on Friday. I can't do
<v Speaker 2>it on Friday, so maybe i'll I'll do that tomorrow
<v Speaker 2>or Thursday. I'll figure out. But nonetheless, so I wanted
<v Speaker 2>to just give praise where it's due to the Ria Ripley.
<v Speaker 2>She's standing there again burning all the items as a
<v Speaker 2>crazy X would do, and it was just it worked well,
<v Speaker 2>worked really well, so very effective. And we'll get to
<v Speaker 2>some of those other promos that used that similar format
<v Speaker 2>later in the show. And again Gunther did one that's
<v Speaker 2>sitting in the seats. He had a match against Finn Balor,
<v Speaker 2>which I guess I'll just talk about that. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>Gunther has taken I don't know if a back seat
<v Speaker 2>is the right word, kind of a lateral seat to
<v Speaker 2>the other top stories, because let's be honest, Priests versus
<v Speaker 2>Gunther for the world title doesn't get most people on
<v Speaker 2>paper excited on paper, But I think again, praising the
<v Speaker 2>talent and creative they have made you care when they didn't.
<v Speaker 2>Most fans didn't think that they could make them care.
<v Speaker 2>In a story where Priests is they're framing him as
<v Speaker 2>a guy from the streets had to scratch and claw
<v Speaker 2>his way, where Gunther was handed everything and given the
<v Speaker 2>best training facilities and the best trainers and basically, you know,
<v Speaker 2>had a silver spoon in his mouth, was born with one.
<v Speaker 2>And so they're positioning each guy as one's relatable, one's nod.
<v Speaker 2>One had to earn everything, the other was handed everything,
<v Speaker 2>which is not entirely true, of course, not even close.
<v Speaker 2>Gunther has earned every spot that he's gotten. His work
<v Speaker 2>ethic is second to none. He's one of the most
<v Speaker 2>physical guys in the company. He didn't just come on
<v Speaker 2>the roster and immediately win a world title. He's been
<v Speaker 2>with the company for how many years and still has
<v Speaker 2>not won a world title. Yeah, so he's not exactly
<v Speaker 2>a guy that, you know, when you really think about it,
<v Speaker 2>beyond the surface level what they're positioning him as. But
<v Speaker 2>I'm willing to buy it. I'm fine with it. It's
<v Speaker 2>not a complaint. You have to position them as such,
<v Speaker 2>their heels, babyfaces, good guys, bad guys. You have to
<v Speaker 2>give them good and bad trades accordingly. So I'm on
<v Speaker 2>board for it and looking forward to this match. I
<v Speaker 2>mean even to a point where I didn't think i'd
<v Speaker 2>get to as well. Sam with the live stuff, everything
<v Speaker 2>seems to be peaking for me. Anyway. You guys may
<v Speaker 2>completely disagree, find this card very boring, You're not. You're
<v Speaker 2>underwhelmed and fine, you know absolutely I could see on
<v Speaker 2>paper where a lot of people feel that way. Or
<v Speaker 2>you're just simply uninterested. Again, this is one of the
<v Speaker 2>most subjective things you can do, is give your opinion
<v Speaker 2>on a pro wrestling card, the same with any kind
<v Speaker 2>of sport or entertainment outlet. So but for me, for me,
<v Speaker 2>Priest versus Gunther is a match that I'm not gonna
<v Speaker 2>want to miss. It's not a bathroom break by any means,
<v Speaker 2>because I also think there's a strong chance Gunther wins here. Now,
<v Speaker 2>Gunther also won against Finn Balor here in the main
<v Speaker 2>event of raw By by putting him to sleep the
<v Speaker 2>sleeper hold. I love this. That was a finish back
<v Speaker 2>in the day, A closed line was a finish back
<v Speaker 2>in the day. Believe it or not, it was a
<v Speaker 2>super plex, was a finish back in the day, and
<v Speaker 2>I mean like thirty forty years ago, but it was
<v Speaker 2>a DDT not too long ago. Was a finish that
<v Speaker 2>has been transitioned into just a part of everyone's move set.
<v Speaker 2>The super kick. We know what they've done to that thing.
<v Speaker 2>My god, that was most famously sewn Michael's finish. So
<v Speaker 2>once in a while to see a move that actually
<v Speaker 2>should put someone out do that and actually put somebody
<v Speaker 2>out is refreshing. That kind of stuff should happen a
<v Speaker 2>little bit more often. Not all the time. A finish
<v Speaker 2>is a finish for a reason, but every once in
<v Speaker 2>a while, why not make the unpredictable matches a reality?
<v Speaker 2>And I like this. It was a nice touch that
<v Speaker 2>I didn't see coming, but it added another potential finish
<v Speaker 2>for a matchup, not just for Guntherer, but for any matchup.
<v Speaker 2>You're thinking the back of your head, WHOA wait a minute,
<v Speaker 2>this actually is not a move that they're going to
<v Speaker 2>fight out of, or maybe it's not automatic. Now that's
<v Speaker 2>what I like, the little seed of doubt. So Gunther
<v Speaker 2>gets attacked by Priest at the end of the match
<v Speaker 2>ends up roughing him up pretty good. Gunther was pretty exhausted,
<v Speaker 2>but I mean, hey, this is not an obviously easy
<v Speaker 2>sport and Gunther seemed winded, but Priest put a beating
<v Speaker 2>on him. Gunther tries to fight back. The Prime bottles
<v Speaker 2>get involved the which, by the way, I don't know
<v Speaker 2>if anyone has tried Prime. If you don't like fake sugar, boy,
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna hate Prime. It is so sweet. I don't
<v Speaker 2>mind fake sugar. My wife hates it, so this is
<v Speaker 2>her nightmare drink. But for me, I mean, logan paul aside,
<v Speaker 2>it's not a bad drink if you like super sweet
<v Speaker 2>fake sugar stuff. So that's the little caveat. But I
<v Speaker 2>like this ending. Nice way to end the show in chaos,
<v Speaker 2>and it again makes everything kind of come to a
<v Speaker 2>boiling point for SummerSlam in just a few days. So
<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed the heck out of that. Now I've kind
<v Speaker 2>of given I feel like I'm being too gushy about
<v Speaker 2>the show because and in general I did enjoy raw
<v Speaker 2>I did, but on brand with this show, I can't
<v Speaker 2>continue this show much longer without giving a little bit
<v Speaker 2>of criticism. And this is believe it or not coming
<v Speaker 2>with the Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and CM Punk segment
<v Speaker 2>that opened the show, and this criticism mainly is directed
<v Speaker 2>at Seth Rollins, where we could see a heel turn
<v Speaker 2>at Summer Slam. It's possible. I don't think it's likely,
<v Speaker 2>but it's at least possible. That is really secondary to
<v Speaker 2>my larger issue with this, which is not the fact
<v Speaker 2>that Seth is even the referee, although there's an argument
<v Speaker 2>to me made that it's kind of disappointing that Set's
<v Speaker 2>not in a wrestling role on one of the biggest
<v Speaker 2>events of the year, but that aside as well. It
<v Speaker 2>really for me is more of him taking his personality
<v Speaker 2>to a point where it overshadows all of the good
<v Speaker 2>that has been done with Drew and Punk that has
<v Speaker 2>been a very serious program. There's been no joking around.
<v Speaker 2>It's been very serious. Punk has had his moments to
<v Speaker 2>annoy Drew, but in a way that you know, is
<v Speaker 2>going to ignite things, not to try to actually be funny.
<v Speaker 2>And for me, Seth Rollins coming out with his attire
<v Speaker 2>that he does and you know which I'm kind of
<v Speaker 2>back and forth on Seth Rollins is of course a
<v Speaker 2>premier talent. We know what he's capable of, but I
<v Speaker 2>am getting and wearing a bit thin on his Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if outfit's his aura, his need to be.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if comedic or outlandish. He doesn't try
<v Speaker 2>to be a stand up comedian, but he he obviously
<v Speaker 2>is going for the attention with his attire and his outlandish,
<v Speaker 2>ridiculous outfits that he knows are ridiculous. But that's the point,
<v Speaker 2>and I think that overshadowed a little bit of what
<v Speaker 2>this role is supposed to be. Is the referee. I'm
<v Speaker 2>not a fan of his. You know, I don't even
<v Speaker 2>know how to describe the stuff he was wearing on
<v Speaker 2>Raw with the referee shirt being overblown, and I didn't
<v Speaker 2>like it. Even worse for me with Seth was the
<v Speaker 2>idea that he's just gonna do whatever he wants and
<v Speaker 2>that no referra, every referee was too scared to take
<v Speaker 2>this match. Why that's your job as a referee, I mean,
<v Speaker 2>that's your job is to officiate matches with competitors that
<v Speaker 2>viscerally hate each other. In story, I mean, so there's that,
<v Speaker 2>and then again Seth's saying he's just gonna do what
<v Speaker 2>he wants. If I want to have a ten counter
<v Speaker 2>or a twenty counter or count to a million, I will.
<v Speaker 2>If I want to enforce disqualification, I will, or maybe
<v Speaker 2>I won't. So the stories now become Unfortunately, it's shifted
<v Speaker 2>the focus from Drew and Punk, which hasn't even had
<v Speaker 2>a chance to breathe yet, and have a single match
<v Speaker 2>to Seth and who's he gonna disqualify and who's he
<v Speaker 2>gonna maybe attack? And I think this to me is
<v Speaker 2>a little too If you want to do to put
<v Speaker 2>Seth in this match as a referee, do that in
<v Speaker 2>like the second match or the third match, if it
<v Speaker 2>goes that far. But to put him in the first
<v Speaker 2>one where they haven't even had a chance to really
<v Speaker 2>work out the issue between one another, and it's now
<v Speaker 2>this more focus on Seth as the referee. I think
<v Speaker 2>that's a mistake. Then he makes it a little less serious,
<v Speaker 2>which hurts this program a little bit, And you have
<v Speaker 2>this focus now on the referee. Yes it's Seth. Yes,
<v Speaker 2>I understand he's a special guest referee. Yes, I understand
<v Speaker 2>that he's going to get into a program with Punk
<v Speaker 2>at some point in the near future. I understand that
<v Speaker 2>we all understand that, but can we at least just
<v Speaker 2>focus on Drew versus Punk for now. We'll get the
<v Speaker 2>Punk and Seth later it's gonna happen, but the focus
<v Speaker 2>is on now Seth. And again, you know that you're
<v Speaker 2>gonna be watching this match and thinking, all right, who
<v Speaker 2>is Seth going to be biased to? He's probably gonna
<v Speaker 2>show an equal amount of bias. But it's essentially, and
<v Speaker 2>by the way, the referees don't make the rules. I'm
<v Speaker 2>fairly sure that's how WWE works. Is like, the referees
<v Speaker 2>don't make the rules, they enforce them. That's like saying
<v Speaker 2>that the police make the laws, they don't enforce them. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of the same thing. They act in the
<v Speaker 2>same way that a referee does enforcing the rules that
<v Speaker 2>are already in place. They don't create them. They don't
<v Speaker 2>manipulate them, at least they're not supposed to. They don't
<v Speaker 2>selectively enforce them. Again, they're not supposed to. We all
<v Speaker 2>know the police obviously selectively enforce laws, and we know that,
<v Speaker 2>but from a referee perspective, it's kind of the same deal.
<v Speaker 2>So Seth coming in and all of a sudden now
<v Speaker 2>he's the main focus or trying to make himself the
<v Speaker 2>main focus. No, you can't make the rules and also
<v Speaker 2>enforce the rules that also could change at any moment.
<v Speaker 2>How does that work? And also, you know, at some
<v Speaker 2>point in this match there's going to be an invertent
<v Speaker 2>physicality against Seth. Seth agate knocked down, he'll retaliate with
<v Speaker 2>a stomp, maybe to one or both of them, and
<v Speaker 2>then it could have an effect on the outcome, which
<v Speaker 2>you know is unfortunately going to be the case. There's
<v Speaker 2>not going to be a clean finish to this one.
<v Speaker 2>You know, damn well. They're setting up Seth to have
<v Speaker 2>some kind of say on this match. You know, if
<v Speaker 2>they don't, I'll be very surprised. Then I'll be glad.
<v Speaker 2>There's time for that, you know, tom foolery down the line.
<v Speaker 2>But why are we doing this at a point when
<v Speaker 2>it's SummerSlam, when these two haven't even met yet. They've
<v Speaker 2>been building Drew versus Punk for how many months? How
<v Speaker 2>many months? Six seven months since Drew injured Punk at
<v Speaker 2>Royal Rumble, he injured him, and now we're getting the
<v Speaker 2>focus on not Drew, not Punk, not Drew versus Punk,
<v Speaker 2>but rather Seth Rollins. I mean again, I know that
<v Speaker 2>it's a you gotta have set through something, I guess,
<v Speaker 2>but why not have him come out after the match
<v Speaker 2>at tack somebody after the match? I mean, I I
<v Speaker 2>just I don't know. You don't need this way to
<v Speaker 2>get to Punk versus Seth. That's already built into the
<v Speaker 2>cake were baked in. We know that's gonna happen. We've
<v Speaker 2>already gotten Drew versus Seth as well, so we know
<v Speaker 2>that's not really that intriguing because it's a great matchup.
<v Speaker 2>They work very well together, two pros. But we've been there,
<v Speaker 2>done that multiple times, so that's not really something that's
<v Speaker 2>that exciting. Is this building too? Oh my god? Imagine
<v Speaker 2>if they have a triple threat? Do we really need
<v Speaker 2>this set up to do that? Do we really need
<v Speaker 2>this overshadowing of Drew versus Punk? And it again, I
<v Speaker 2>sound annoyed because I am you had this great rivalry
<v Speaker 2>being built up for several months, half of a year,
<v Speaker 2>and now the focus is on the charismatic, the over
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if overbearing is the word, but this
<v Speaker 2>outlandish character Seth Rollins. So it's just a bit annoying.
<v Speaker 2>So I wanted to counter too much positivity with something.
<v Speaker 2>I got to give you, guys, something bad to write about.
<v Speaker 2>Give me a one star review on Apple podcast. I need,
<v Speaker 2>I need to give you some material. I can't give
<v Speaker 2>you a too positive of a review of things, and
<v Speaker 2>otherwise I won't be on brand. So anyway, I still
<v Speaker 2>am excited for Seth. So yeah, it's a special referee,
<v Speaker 2>I guess. And Drew and Punk, which I hope is
<v Speaker 2>really the focus here, but you know it's not gonna
<v Speaker 2>be with Seth rollins on the magic can't just be
<v Speaker 2>the focus on Drew and Bunk. But they had some
<v Speaker 2>good program. They had a good promo against one another.
<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed the heck out of that. I enjoyed their
<v Speaker 2>their verbal exchange, which is always really good. Drew on
<v Speaker 2>the microphone continues to get better Punk you know what
<v Speaker 2>level he's at. So it's overall the program has been
<v Speaker 2>hurt a little bit, but not enough for me to
<v Speaker 2>just disregard this match as a throwaway by any means.
<v Speaker 2>All Right, the White Six, they finally all come out
<v Speaker 2>as a group. Nikki Cross ends up attacking the Alpha,
<v Speaker 2>well not the Alpha Academy, I guess. It's whatever Chad's
<v Speaker 2>Green New group is with the Creed Brothers. She ends
<v Speaker 2>up doing a crossbody on Chad Gable after the six
<v Speaker 2>man or I'm sorry the tag team match between the
<v Speaker 2>Creed Brothers and A Characters and Otis, and I'm surprised
<v Speaker 2>they went to that match so quickly. I'm okay with
<v Speaker 2>it because Chad hasn't really had a one on one match,
<v Speaker 2>or he hasn't really he hasn't had a match with Otis,
<v Speaker 2>which is the match we all want, So that match
<v Speaker 2>hopefully is still something they're considering after all this build
<v Speaker 2>up and abuse, and Otis still hasn't really got his
<v Speaker 2>hands on Gable, although he did give him a shot
<v Speaker 2>to the head on raw. Now, now you know, here's
<v Speaker 2>the thing. You know that the formula for Otis and
<v Speaker 2>a Carrot Dezawa is a Carrot Tazawa getting his ass
<v Speaker 2>kicked and getting the hot tag to Otis. That's the formula,
<v Speaker 2>because it has to be the carrots Azawa has been
<v Speaker 2>defined down for years at this point as a dancing buffoon,
<v Speaker 2>as a ninja chasing the twenty four to seven title.
<v Speaker 2>At one point, a guy that you know is just
<v Speaker 2>gonna get his ass kicked and lose under a minute.
<v Speaker 2>That's who he's been. So he can't suddenly be this
<v Speaker 2>all world athlete that can go with the best of them.
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't make sense. So Otis is essentially in a
<v Speaker 2>group that's one and a half men, so he's going
<v Speaker 2>to have to recruit a third. Yes, there's Maxine, but
<v Speaker 2>we all know obviously Maxine isn't gonna wrestle, you know,
<v Speaker 2>in the ring with Kree Brothers or Chad. She did
<v Speaker 2>slap him though. That was that was a fun moment,
<v Speaker 2>and you know, Chad got annoyed and he was about
<v Speaker 2>to seemingly maybe retaliate, and that's when the White six
<v Speaker 2>music hit and Nicky Cross did but she did. But
<v Speaker 2>more importantly, we had the rest of the members come out, right,
<v Speaker 2>We had Joe Gacy, Eric Rohwan and Dexter Loomis, obviously
<v Speaker 2>Nicky Cross with you know, the the uncle Uncle Howdie
<v Speaker 2>h who is being played by Bo Dallas. So we
<v Speaker 2>had all the guys and gals come out and they
<v Speaker 2>aren't honting behind the masks. That was also kind of
<v Speaker 2>a cool thing too. They didn't attack in their masks.
<v Speaker 2>They revealed themselves that I think is important to humanize them.
<v Speaker 2>This group is not so much on the magic and
<v Speaker 2>the magic tricks, the parlor tricks, the smoke and mirrors,
<v Speaker 2>the teleportation, all that stuff that's sometimes Bray would do
<v Speaker 2>and he was good at it, but at times it
<v Speaker 2>got a little too hokey. They aren't relying on that.
<v Speaker 2>They're just a group of misfits that have troubled pasts
<v Speaker 2>that fans right now are clinging onto. You have a
<v Speaker 2>guy in Eric Rowan, it's kind of just so cool
<v Speaker 2>that he's still apart after all these years, what ten
<v Speaker 2>years later since the Why It's originally debuted, still a
<v Speaker 2>part of a Wyatt group. All this time later, Eric
<v Speaker 2>Rowan is still here doing this and it's just it's incredible.
<v Speaker 2>And yes, sadly it's in my memoriam of Bray, not
<v Speaker 2>with Bray, but he's with Bray's brother, so there's a
<v Speaker 2>little bit of solace in that, and having Bodallas doing
<v Speaker 2>what he's doing in memoriam of his brother continuing his
<v Speaker 2>legacy being Uncle Howdie. He does have a striking resemblance
<v Speaker 2>to his brother in some certain lightings it's pretty cool
<v Speaker 2>and targeting Chad Gable is a lot of fun, and
<v Speaker 2>it's still kind of did we ever get a real
<v Speaker 2>explanation as to why they're targeting Chad? I'm sure we did.
<v Speaker 2>Was it because he betrayed his family and they don't
<v Speaker 2>like people that betray their families or something? Right? But
<v Speaker 2>it's still a good story with especially these VHS tapes
<v Speaker 2>that we get to see and we get to understand
<v Speaker 2>what's going on in their brains. Do we understand everything? No,
<v Speaker 2>we don't. It is a little bit still mystical. It
<v Speaker 2>does have a little bit of element of the confusion
<v Speaker 2>of bray Wyatt's stories that just kind of inherently come
<v Speaker 2>along with them of why they're exactly targeting who they are?
<v Speaker 2>What is your purpose? Why are you using VHS tapes? Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>but I don't dislike this story at all. I think
<v Speaker 2>it's still intriguing. The fans for some reason still chant
<v Speaker 2>Holy Yes and you fed up? Why is it really
<v Speaker 2>in a Holy s moment to see Eric Rowan in
<v Speaker 2>the ring? Now, maybe it's the connection to Bray Maybe
<v Speaker 2>I think that's really what that really is, Uh, that
<v Speaker 2>that's what that expression is emoting, is the connection to
<v Speaker 2>Bray Wyatt and how Bray White is no longer with us,
<v Speaker 2>but it still kind of feels like he is. And
<v Speaker 2>that Eric Rowan, who is the really bridge back to
<v Speaker 2>the group. Obviously that Bray Wide originally was with and
<v Speaker 2>the Wide family, and sure you have his actual brother there.
<v Speaker 2>And I also think it's the presentation of this group.
<v Speaker 2>The presentation is these guys are all are you know,
<v Speaker 2>our world beaters, that they have inherently some magical powers
<v Speaker 2>that they don't use often, which I appreciate. And they're
<v Speaker 2>a group of just misfits that have found one another
<v Speaker 2>and are bonding over a common sickness, if you will,
<v Speaker 2>pun intended. And I think that's really what it is.
<v Speaker 2>It's the presentation and the connection back to Braze why
<v Speaker 2>they're chanting it, because let's let's be real with one another.
<v Speaker 2>Would they really be chanting that if Nicky Cross and
<v Speaker 2>Eric Rowan, Joe Gacy and Dexter Loomis all came out
<v Speaker 2>and stood there, No, they wouldn't. So it's not so
<v Speaker 2>much the people that are there, but what this group represents,
<v Speaker 2>which is why I think we're getting those holy s
<v Speaker 2>chants and you fed up, I get it. It means like
<v Speaker 2>you're about to deal with somebody that can't be beat.
<v Speaker 2>That's what that means. So I do wonder when we're
<v Speaker 2>going to get the one on one of Chad Gable
<v Speaker 2>against against Uncle Howdie, because that's what this is building to.
<v Speaker 2>It's not not obviously going to happen at Summer Slam,
<v Speaker 2>but it should happen in relatively short order at the
<v Speaker 2>next pl e after Summer Slam, and then they'll maybe
<v Speaker 2>move on from there. But in the meantime, they also
<v Speaker 2>still have Otis and Akira Tazaoua to deal with, so
<v Speaker 2>they also have that kind of building on the side,
<v Speaker 2>and it's just it's still overall pretty interesting story, one
<v Speaker 2>that I think we have most fans interest in. You know,
<v Speaker 2>it's a it's a call back to Bray Wyatt and
<v Speaker 2>people still like to see that Bray Whitet lives on,
<v Speaker 2>even if he's actually not here anymore. So kind of cool,
<v Speaker 2>kind of cool. All right, let's continue with Bunnett raw
<v Speaker 2>some things that we're not on the Hulu version. Let's see,
<v Speaker 2>I know that's Seamus versus who was it? Was it
<v Speaker 2>Bronson Reid? Now? Sit, yeah, it was Seamus versus. Bronson
<v Speaker 2>Reid was not a part of the Bannonette raw Hulu
<v Speaker 2>cut and this match ended with Seamus losing to Bronson
<v Speaker 2>Reid in ten minutes, and this was Shamus to finish.
<v Speaker 2>Was Seamus coming back with white noise and got a
<v Speaker 2>near fall and then he hit the ten beats and
<v Speaker 2>Reid's foot was somehow caught on the ropes and the
<v Speaker 2>refere he tried to free him, and then we had
<v Speaker 2>Pete Dunn show up hit Seamous with a salley and
<v Speaker 2>then sat down at ringside and read limped to the
<v Speaker 2>ropes and hit his tsunami and got the victory because
<v Speaker 2>of Pete Dunn. I e butch and it's nice to see,
<v Speaker 2>you know, Bronson Reid doesn't win a whole lot of matches,
<v Speaker 2>which is weird given his sighs and how they they
<v Speaker 2>have been kind of hot and cold on him, not
<v Speaker 2>seemingly having a long term plan for him just yet.
<v Speaker 2>But it's nice to have him get some kind of
<v Speaker 2>momentum where he needs the victory. Seamus doesn't need them.
<v Speaker 2>He's a future Hall of Famer. Seamus does not need
<v Speaker 2>any kind of victory at this point unless you're trying
<v Speaker 2>to push him to another level and maybe get him
<v Speaker 2>to the World title scene at at some point, and
<v Speaker 2>I think they should. You know, it'd be kind of
<v Speaker 2>cool to see Seamus in the world title picture one
<v Speaker 2>last time before he calls his you know, career, yeah over.
<v Speaker 2>But the Chaleley cool to see kind of it's a
<v Speaker 2>throwback to fit Finley and if you remember that fIF
<v Speaker 2>Finley and Hornswaggle, that's the first thing comes to my mind.
<v Speaker 2>All right, we got jay us So versus Carlito, and
<v Speaker 2>jay us So has been and I wanted to note
<v Speaker 2>this for a while, jay Uso has been involved in
<v Speaker 2>nothing and I don't mean nothing as in, he's not
<v Speaker 2>on the show. He's not doing anything. He's doing things,
<v Speaker 2>but he's doing things that are kind of like one offs.
<v Speaker 2>He's not getting involved in anything deep. He's not getting involved.
<v Speaker 2>He doesn't have a match at SummerSlam. They s don't
<v Speaker 2>think so. The reason is it has to be Roman reigns,
<v Speaker 2>because presumably Roman returns at SummerSlam. Now again, if you
<v Speaker 2>heard my last show on the Weekend review, I made
<v Speaker 2>the case for him not appearing at SummerSlam and still waiting.
<v Speaker 2>But being a fan of WW for so long, even
<v Speaker 2>in the Triple H regime, it kind of makes sense
<v Speaker 2>that they would bring him back at Summer Slim. So
<v Speaker 2>assuming that Roman is coming back at SummerSlam, Jay can
<v Speaker 2>also be involved in some big storyline on Raw if
<v Speaker 2>they need him to be involved in this Roman reign
<v Speaker 2>story to help back up his cousin with Jimmy also
<v Speaker 2>in tow. So I think that's what's gonna happen here.
<v Speaker 2>And you know what I'm thinking too, is it's very
<v Speaker 2>interesting the way that they can present Roman reigns, and
<v Speaker 2>I do think that there's almost no bad way to
<v Speaker 2>do it. You could have the cousins come out to
<v Speaker 2>try to talk sense in his solo again at SummerSlam
<v Speaker 2>after he after his match with Yeah, after his match
<v Speaker 2>with with Cody, because we all know that Cody's probably
<v Speaker 2>gonna retain, but maybe the cousin's trying to make them
<v Speaker 2>create some sense and knock some sense in his solo
<v Speaker 2>and they just beat down Jimmy and Jay, or Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>gets beat down, Jay comes to Jimmy's aid and then
<v Speaker 2>he gets beat down and then here comes, oh my god,
<v Speaker 2>here comes Roman reigns. Or they could have Roman come
<v Speaker 2>out first. He gets starting to get you know, he
<v Speaker 2>fights off a few Spears maybe Tomatonga or Tonga Low
<v Speaker 2>but ultimately gets put down with a Simo and Spike
<v Speaker 2>because of Solo. And then you have the cousins of
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy and Jay come out to the backup to defend Roman,
<v Speaker 2>and then you have, you know, ah, a full reunion there.
<v Speaker 2>Now they're going to need another person to the whole
<v Speaker 2>again balance this whole thing out. I think Paul Hayman
<v Speaker 2>does return when this does happen, if it happens at SummerSlam.
<v Speaker 2>But that's the reason getting back to Jay and Carlito
<v Speaker 2>fun match. Obviously, Jay should not lose anything right now
<v Speaker 2>if they're going to put him in that big of
<v Speaker 2>a position with Roman Reigns' return with the original bloodline
<v Speaker 2>versus the rogue blood line. But that's the reason. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have Jay just kind of doing these quick
<v Speaker 2>one offs maybe a few weeks. Things last and Jay
<v Speaker 2>flirting with Rhea Ripley one week and you know, going
<v Speaker 2>against Carlito the next week. And he you know, he
<v Speaker 2>was involved in the money bake ladder match that we
<v Speaker 2>some of us thought he could win. But then you're thinking, wait, well,
<v Speaker 2>if he's involved Roman, how does this work? That's gonna
<v Speaker 2>be the reason that jay Uso, as popular as he is,
<v Speaker 2>is not involved in a long term anything because they
<v Speaker 2>can't have him tied to something that he's going to,
<v Speaker 2>you know, be not a part of soon because the
<v Speaker 2>Roman reigns returned. But Carlito has been also a very
<v Speaker 2>nice surprise comedic. He has comedic timing that I don't
<v Speaker 2>think a lot of us saw or had had an
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to see before Carlito, He's still kind of a
<v Speaker 2>he's a beloved guy beyond the fact that he's with
<v Speaker 2>a heel group, he's not really a heel. Is that
<v Speaker 2>group heel at all anymore? Beyond Dom and j D
<v Speaker 2>and kind of Finn. I mean, people don't viscerally hate JD.
<v Speaker 2>They know he's just this little like you know, he's
<v Speaker 2>this side character that's there to take the pinfall every time.
<v Speaker 2>Finn is a guy that's been heal for a while
<v Speaker 2>that the fans I think are ready to re embrace Riah.
<v Speaker 2>We know what she is, Damian Priest fans don't hate.
<v Speaker 2>So it's really just Dom who is the one Dom
<v Speaker 2>and like Domina half which is JD, who are really
<v Speaker 2>just the ones who are keeping this Judgment Day group
<v Speaker 2>from going full babyface. And if you remember this whole
<v Speaker 2>Judgment Day started with edge, you guys remember that a
<v Speaker 2>few years ago when they turned on edge like prematurely
<v Speaker 2>and yes at all, I guess worked out in the end,
<v Speaker 2>but I still would have loved to have seen what
<v Speaker 2>a heel edge looked like instead of cutting it short.
<v Speaker 2>I will continue to say that years later. It's just
<v Speaker 2>funny the way that things go. I mean, I don't
<v Speaker 2>think anyone envisioned the Judgment Day being turned into this,
<v Speaker 2>and it's been It's been good for everyone involved though,
<v Speaker 2>and they've been a focal point of raw for several
<v Speaker 2>months now more than a year later, two years later,
<v Speaker 2>and it's been fun. It's helped j D come into
<v Speaker 2>the limelight where you Ripley find a safe place to
<v Speaker 2>grow her character, and the fans obviously have loved everything
<v Speaker 2>that she's done, and Dom to flesh his heel character out,
<v Speaker 2>and you know, Finn Balor have something to do, and
<v Speaker 2>obviously Damian Priest have a space to grow. I mean
<v Speaker 2>think where they think where Priest was not too long
<v Speaker 2>ago losing to Bad Bunny. So Priest has come leaps
<v Speaker 2>and bounds And here's something that'll rile up some of
<v Speaker 2>my listeners that love it so much when I talk
<v Speaker 2>about it. Ria Ripley's outfit this week, Oh here he goes.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you think that's not a night gown,
<v Speaker 2>some you know, like that's a night gown. She essentially
<v Speaker 2>was wearing a night gown to raw. I don't know
<v Speaker 2>if she's just trying to show off her tattoos, whatever
<v Speaker 2>demonic tattoos that she has on her, which they are demonic,
<v Speaker 2>just look at them they are. That's not up for debate.
<v Speaker 2>She literally has a demon on her chest. It's representative
<v Speaker 2>of Satan. I mean, I'm not not even kidding about
<v Speaker 2>go look at it. That's not my interpretation or im
<v Speaker 2>getting all pre cheat no cool. Look, she's very, very
<v Speaker 2>very proud of her tattoos. I don't like them for
<v Speaker 2>several different reasons that I won't get into here. But
<v Speaker 2>maybe that's what she's trying to do, show off her
<v Speaker 2>tattoos and hey, look at all this this inc I
<v Speaker 2>have on me. Doesn't that make me badass? Or it's
<v Speaker 2>just how much skin can I show I'm strong and sexy?
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it is. I just I think
<v Speaker 2>it's it's distracting to the male audience. And I don't
<v Speaker 2>speak for everybody. I understand that My question is why,
<v Speaker 2>and I don't want to hear the why not to me.
<v Speaker 2>You're the one wearing it. The burden of proof is
<v Speaker 2>on you. It's not me. It's on you who the one.
<v Speaker 2>You're the one doing it that needs to explain why
<v Speaker 2>you need to Why do you feel the need You're
<v Speaker 2>you're already at the top of your game. Fans have
<v Speaker 2>already decided they're going to love you. What's the purpose?
<v Speaker 2>We all know that you're in shape, we all know
<v Speaker 2>that you're very proud of the the landscape that you
<v Speaker 2>have inked all over your body. But what what is it?
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't understand the need for it.
<v Speaker 2>I'm not advocating for potato sacks, guys. I don't many
<v Speaker 2>of you think I'd like to make the handsmade tail
<v Speaker 2>a real thing. If that's what you're hearing, you're you're
<v Speaker 2>just that's what you want to hear, Okay. I just
<v Speaker 2>don't understand the need for it outside of just being
<v Speaker 2>a conversation piece to get yourself attention. That's all. There's
<v Speaker 2>no other reason for it. But anyway, I just wanted
<v Speaker 2>to point that out. Although at the same time, here's
<v Speaker 2>the thing. Rie Ripley cut an awesome promo. She cut
<v Speaker 2>a really good promo back at Live, saying that ending
<v Speaker 2>was She's the one who's going to get revenge. I
<v Speaker 2>mean I loved it. I mean what she had to
<v Speaker 2>say back to Live was really good. If you listen
<v Speaker 2>to her her counter to Live, it was good. So
<v Speaker 2>that's the thing. Rihea doesn't need to do this. That's
<v Speaker 2>my whole point is she's so good in the ring,
<v Speaker 2>She's got a great presence. Why are we going back
<v Speaker 2>to the nineteen ninety nine outfits? And it just doesn't
<v Speaker 2>make sense other than just look at me. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>so anyway, sure do with do with that what you will? Listeners?
<v Speaker 2>All right, so we got let's see here what we go? Oh,
<v Speaker 2>Carrying Cross versus Xavier Woods. That was not on the
<v Speaker 2>Hulu version for those of you that watch Whulu like myself,
<v Speaker 2>the Carrying Cross did beat Xavier Woods in about six minutes,
<v Speaker 2>with Cross hitting Woods with the final prayer and pinned him.
<v Speaker 2>You know, Xavier Woods. I have been very hard on
<v Speaker 2>the New Day. I take zero of that back, I
<v Speaker 2>would triple down on it every day of the week.
<v Speaker 2>I take nothing back in the criticism of the New Day.
<v Speaker 2>It has been it was one of the most abominable,
<v Speaker 2>horrible groups in the history of the company. Despite the fact,
<v Speaker 2>yes they made a lot of money with all their
<v Speaker 2>you know, all their marketing and bouteos and merch and shirts.
<v Speaker 2>I would get it. My opinion though, it was just
<v Speaker 2>it was an abomination. I hated them that said that said,
<v Speaker 2>Xavier has been on a losing streak for a while,
<v Speaker 2>and at times he has shown how good he can
<v Speaker 2>be in the ring solo. I don't mean solo so CoA,
<v Speaker 2>I mean alone. I would like to see an Xavier
<v Speaker 2>Woods run by himself. No trumpets, no candy, no video games,
<v Speaker 2>no unicorns, just Xavier Woods in whatever form he wants
<v Speaker 2>to show us. Beyond the New Day form, what is
<v Speaker 2>and who is Xavier Woods? Because again, he's on a
<v Speaker 2>losing streak right now. He's been on a losing street
<v Speaker 2>for a while. I think the New Day has quietly
<v Speaker 2>hopefully been dissolved. I don't need them to fight among
<v Speaker 2>them one another. The group is ten years old plus
<v Speaker 2>at this point, there's no need for that. If Biggie
<v Speaker 2>ever comes back, I don't need a reunion. But Xavier
<v Speaker 2>Woods at times has shown how good he can be.
<v Speaker 2>I remember, and some of you may as well. A
<v Speaker 2>few years ago, might have been during the pandemic era,
<v Speaker 2>we had a WWE title match between Bobby Lashley and
<v Speaker 2>Xavier Woods. I think it was unraw and Xavier Woods
<v Speaker 2>killed it that night, and I'm thinking, hey, now he
<v Speaker 2>didn't win, obviously, but it was a glimpse into what
<v Speaker 2>he can do. And I'm thinking to myself, why are
<v Speaker 2>we talking about bootios when this guy's here and has
<v Speaker 2>been here all along. He can go his promos. He's
<v Speaker 2>good on the microphone. If he gets away from the silliness,
<v Speaker 2>he's really good on the mic I think you could
<v Speaker 2>repackage Xavier Woods, you could rebrand him. I'm not saying
<v Speaker 2>to this despicable heel and do a one e, as
<v Speaker 2>funny as that would be, That's not what I'm advocating for.
<v Speaker 2>Just a more evolved version of Xavier, whatever that means. Maybe,
<v Speaker 2>and just how about this an adult version of Xavier
<v Speaker 2>because we've been getting the fourteen year old version of
<v Speaker 2>Xavier for the past ten years, so instead of a
<v Speaker 2>fourteen year old version of Xavier Woods, how about we
<v Speaker 2>get a thirty four or forty four year old version
<v Speaker 2>of Xavier Woods. That's what I want to see if
<v Speaker 2>they ever decide to go that road, I mean, that
<v Speaker 2>would be my hope, because again I have been hard
<v Speaker 2>against The New Day because it's all. If you've noticed,
<v Speaker 2>all my criticisms are about character. It's about my personal
<v Speaker 2>taste in character and their particular personalities. It has nothing
<v Speaker 2>to do against them on a personal level, or them
<v Speaker 2>against them in ring, what they can do in the ring,
<v Speaker 2>what they're capable of, and really, you know, it just
<v Speaker 2>comes down to that, and it's nothing against them that
<v Speaker 2>they can't be repackaged. Now what Kofe? I think? No,
<v Speaker 2>I'm I have no interest in seeing Kofe. Honestly, if
<v Speaker 2>Kofe Kingston retired tomorrow, I mean I would just say okay.
<v Speaker 1>For me.
<v Speaker 2>There would be no thank you Kofe. Just I find
<v Speaker 2>his character to me in The New Day was by
<v Speaker 2>far one of the worst characters I've ever seen on television,
<v Speaker 2>one of the most cringe, as the kids would say,
<v Speaker 2>characters I've ever seen that. Somehow the fans glombed on
<v Speaker 2>to and said this is our guy because he had
<v Speaker 2>I had a good performance one year in the elimination
<v Speaker 2>chamber and then kofe Mania was born. Remember I think
<v Speaker 2>he nearly beat was Daniel Brian And yeah, he nearly
<v Speaker 2>beat Daniel Bryan. We all know what happened at wrestle
<v Speaker 2>Mania that year, and Kofe can go. But his character
<v Speaker 2>is and was just so cringe worthy with his I mean,
<v Speaker 2>I won't get into it. I'll move on. Oh you
<v Speaker 2>won't shut up about Kofe. Yeah, because it was a
<v Speaker 2>terrible character. Who's awful, It's terrible, all right. We got
<v Speaker 2>Icy Champ Sammy's Ain versus Dominic Mysterio in a non
<v Speaker 2>title match. This ended in eight minutes with Sammy beating
<v Speaker 2>dom by d Q because there was a run in
<v Speaker 2>from Carlito and McDonough and after the match, Carloto McDonough
<v Speaker 2>were putting the boots to saying jay Usso though ran out,
<v Speaker 2>cleared the ring of all three heels and hit a
<v Speaker 2>running dive over the top rope onto the three Judgment
<v Speaker 2>Day members and then Braun Breaker comes out and hits
<v Speaker 2>the ring, hits Zaine from behind. Breaker runs the ropes
<v Speaker 2>for a spear, but Zane caught him hits an exploder.
<v Speaker 2>Souplex went for the luvvi a cake, but Breaker exited
<v Speaker 2>really nice here, And that's another promo that I didn't
<v Speaker 2>talk about. Breaker's promo is very good. How he underestimated
<v Speaker 2>Sammy you know, from his stand up routine, and he,
<v Speaker 2>you know, thought it was a foregone conclusion that he
<v Speaker 2>was going to beat him and things are going to
<v Speaker 2>be different this time. Breaker did an excellent job in
<v Speaker 2>that promo style that really seemed to win the night,
<v Speaker 2>I think, and Sammy Zain coming back and saying, you
<v Speaker 2>know what I did beat Broun Breaker, and I am
<v Speaker 2>I did do a stand up the night before, So
<v Speaker 2>how did I do it stand up the night before
<v Speaker 2>and still beat him? You know? And it was good
<v Speaker 2>by Sammy Zain too, And I think bron Breaker has
<v Speaker 2>a very good chance at winning at summerslimon In fact,
<v Speaker 2>there's a good chance that more than one championship changes hands.
<v Speaker 2>In fact, I would say if the over under is
<v Speaker 2>two championships changing hands at SummerSlam, I would take the over,
<v Speaker 2>not the under. And that's difficult to do in the
<v Speaker 2>Triple H regime where he has been very reluctant to
<v Speaker 2>just change titles for the sake of it or create
<v Speaker 2>some kind of shock. But isn't that the time to
<v Speaker 2>do it when you've kind of established and educated the
<v Speaker 2>fans that, hey, I only change championships when you know
<v Speaker 2>things really seem to be working, or rather I seemingly
<v Speaker 2>have a long term plan for it. And then I'm
<v Speaker 2>a big fan of long term title reigns. So Triple
<v Speaker 2>H has educated that he's he's kind of conditioned, I
<v Speaker 2>think is a better word us to think of that
<v Speaker 2>with Triple H. We've associated long title runs with Triple H.
<v Speaker 2>So isn't that the time to pull the trigger every
<v Speaker 2>once in a while on kind of shock changes, not
<v Speaker 2>just for the sake of shock. There should be some
<v Speaker 2>kind of plan, but to once in a while shake
<v Speaker 2>things up of hey wow, we could have more than
<v Speaker 2>you know, one title change hands tonight, and I think
<v Speaker 2>if the over unders two, I would take the over.
<v Speaker 2>But that's that's my take, So all right again, but Breaker, really,
<v Speaker 2>I think shine in that promo still needs some new music,
<v Speaker 2>I have to say. But all right. Then we got
<v Speaker 2>a Dexter Loomis therapy session and it talked about the
<v Speaker 2>buzzards starts. When the buzzards starts circling, what do we do?
<v Speaker 2>We run? So that was a nice callback to to
<v Speaker 2>Bray Wyatt. And let's see here Sonya, Deville, Zowey, Stark
<v Speaker 2>and shanea Bay versus Lyra Valkyria, Cayden, Carter and Katana.
<v Speaker 2>Chance eight minutes and forty seconds, surprisingly long, and Sonya,
<v Speaker 2>Zoe and Shana beat Lyra, Caden and Katana and it
<v Speaker 2>was a Stark hitting chance with the Z three to
<v Speaker 2>sixty to get the victory. And then after the match,
<v Speaker 2>Damage Control Eo, Kyrie and Dakota came out to a
<v Speaker 2>really just flat reaction. Sky, Sane and Kai then quickly
<v Speaker 2>cleared Deville, Stark, and Basler from the ring, and Sky
<v Speaker 2>went up top and hit a moons onto all three heels. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the fans didn't really give a damn about this,
<v Speaker 2>let's just be honest, but it's nice to see them
<v Speaker 2>doing something with the women's division that's not just check
<v Speaker 2>a box tag team match that's a minute long, And
<v Speaker 2>it did give a lot of women some airtime and
<v Speaker 2>the illusion that there's women's tag team division. So it
<v Speaker 2>added to that illusion. All right, we got a gun
<v Speaker 2>Through pro I'll delivering you know one in the empty
<v Speaker 2>seats and saying that Damien. He he offered Damien the
<v Speaker 2>easy way out for a second time in a row,
<v Speaker 2>and he had the reaction of a weak man who
<v Speaker 2>has no control over his emotions. And Gunther turned his
<v Speaker 2>focus to the main event and said he used to
<v Speaker 2>look up to Finn and he was once destined for
<v Speaker 2>greater things. And he said Baler became street trash once
<v Speaker 2>he started hanging out with Judgment Day. I love the
<v Speaker 2>I love the sphrase street trash. It's great. Gunner then
<v Speaker 2>closed about talking how fans would never forget the day
<v Speaker 2>he saved the sport by winning the world championship again.
<v Speaker 2>Very good, very good? All right, I think that might
<v Speaker 2>do it again Gunther and Finn Balor. Gun Through beats
<v Speaker 2>Finn in twelve minutes and ten seconds with the sleeperholds.
<v Speaker 2>But you didn't see that coming. I know I didn't.
<v Speaker 2>So I thought this did exactly what it needed to
<v Speaker 2>do for Summer Slam. Was it a Summer Slam show?
<v Speaker 2>A final show You'll never forget? No, But it was
<v Speaker 2>one that I think did exactly what it needed to do.
<v Speaker 2>Build up every match to is. Really it's maximum potential
<v Speaker 2>and anticipation, and we'll see if SmackDown can follow this
<v Speaker 2>coming Friday. We'll have to wait and see. But even
<v Speaker 2>if it does or doesn't, Summer Slam, I think it's
<v Speaker 2>poised to be a pretty big show, potential, big big
<v Speaker 2>returns in Charlotte and Roman reigns. And yes, there's an
<v Speaker 2>outside chance of the Rock, but I think it's unlikely
<v Speaker 2>at this point in the year. I think we have
<v Speaker 2>to wait a few more months. That's my take. We
<v Speaker 2>also have again, I think we're in line for several
<v Speaker 2>title changes, several we'll iron that number down a little
<v Speaker 2>bit more specifically in the preview and Prediction show in
<v Speaker 2>just a couple of days. So all right, well that'll
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