2023 Throwback: Good Morning WWE with Mr. & Mrs. Casual Wrestling Fan & Michael Ritter

<v Speaker 1>Hello podcast world, ladies and gentlemen, from coast to coast and.
<v Speaker 2>Around the world, It is time for your Monday morning
<v Speaker 2>from Wrestling Talk show with your hosts Mister and Missus
<v Speaker 2>Casual and Wrestlers Fan, as they bring.
<v Speaker 3>To you Good Morning.
<v Speaker 2>W W. Now show you up and put your hands
<v Speaker 2>together from Mister and Missus Casual Wrestler Fans. Good Morning
<v Speaker 2>w W, Good Morning w W. That's right, we're back
<v Speaker 2>for another edition of Good Morning w B.
<v Speaker 4>Hello. How you doing this morning, babe?
<v Speaker 5>Great?
<v Speaker 2>Harry?
<v Speaker 4>You pretty good? We got this cup of Joe right now.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, So guess what, guys, We're gonna give you a
<v Speaker 2>nice edition of Good Morning w W right here through
<v Speaker 2>your ears. So we're gonna do something different. Okay, it's
<v Speaker 2>russell Mania season. We right outside, so we're gonna focus
<v Speaker 2>on a couple of russell Mania theme items. You know,
<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna give you no news this week. We're
<v Speaker 2>not gonna give you no analyzations or nothing like that.
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna give you some russell Mania facts, stats, figures,
<v Speaker 2>all that good stuff you know, to get you ready
<v Speaker 2>for the russell Mania season. And also we got a
<v Speaker 2>special guest coming on today. Because guess what. Last week,
<v Speaker 2>as you heard, I'm a pretty good podcaster, I got
<v Speaker 2>to actually crop the stuff together. So you got to
<v Speaker 2>hear Coup I mean tweet excuse me. You got to
<v Speaker 2>hear Kanye tweety our conversation with him, a great conversation,
<v Speaker 2>and you got to hear about a w W two
<v Speaker 2>K twenty three analysis as well.
<v Speaker 4>But this week we got.
<v Speaker 2>Nothing other than Michael Ritter, a great conversation we had
<v Speaker 2>with my guy, and you know, great guy.
<v Speaker 4>He partly Castal Wrestling Crew. And guess what.
<v Speaker 2>Right here on good WWE, We're gonna drop a bomb
<v Speaker 2>for Michael Ruddles sir, there you go, they go to
<v Speaker 2>bomb for you. So right after this, we're gonna hit
<v Speaker 2>straight into our first one. So guess what. You wasn't
<v Speaker 2>ready for this, guys. It's gonna be a different look
<v Speaker 2>on WWE. We got a different take on WWE and
<v Speaker 2>some of the stuff they may or made out in flight.
<v Speaker 4>So right after this, keep.
<v Speaker 6>Listening WWE pl attendance.
<v Speaker 4>That's right, guys. So guess what.
<v Speaker 2>Since it's WrestleMania season, you know, I've been doing some
<v Speaker 2>WrestleMania research and some of you guys I'm pretty sure
<v Speaker 2>most of you, because our half of you is at
<v Speaker 2>least average watchers. So we was looking up and we
<v Speaker 2>seen on Wressellmania thirty two, which was branded as one
<v Speaker 2>of the most attended WrestleManias with over one hundred and
<v Speaker 2>one thousand people, and it turns out that that was
<v Speaker 2>highly inflated. Actually they said the numbers was closer than
<v Speaker 2>eighty one or eighty four, and you knowspy Man said
<v Speaker 2>what that wasn't all paying So maybe.
<v Speaker 4>He got twenty thousand employees.
<v Speaker 2>Probably not so Yes, obviously we know the able to
<v Speaker 2>be inflate to their numbers of attendance. But guess what
<v Speaker 2>we want to talk about current numbers Different pls has
<v Speaker 2>happened in the past, and we're gonna tell you if
<v Speaker 2>we thank the number that we gave us was correct,
<v Speaker 2>or if we think they inflated it, and it's a
<v Speaker 2>load of crap. So we're gonna go to it. We're
<v Speaker 2>gonna start off and this was a big one. We're
<v Speaker 2>gonna start off with.
<v Speaker 4>Class at the Castle.
<v Speaker 2>That was a great pl great main event between drewor Roman,
<v Speaker 2>and that had sixty two thousand, two hundred and ninety
<v Speaker 2>six fans and attendance.
<v Speaker 4>So you know that was a great big plle, wasn't it.
<v Speaker 2>So yes, let's get a let's get a clap out
<v Speaker 2>there to the fans in Cardiff. But the Principality Stadium
<v Speaker 2>in Cardiff, Wales holds about seventy eight thousand people in
<v Speaker 2>a boxing configure, So we got sixty two thousand people
<v Speaker 2>in Cardiff, Wales to see Drew mcintie versus roaming the
<v Speaker 2>reigns for the w W Undisputed Championship, Universal Championship in
<v Speaker 2>the World. And that was the first time the w
<v Speaker 2>W had been in greeting in a long time. So
<v Speaker 2>I think I'm gonna be get real, guys. I think
<v Speaker 2>that's a true number. I think that's fact. What do
<v Speaker 2>you think, miss Casualles are fair?
<v Speaker 6>I think that's fat.
<v Speaker 4>I think that's fact too.
<v Speaker 2>So guess what now we're saying, Now, let's be honest
<v Speaker 2>about our fact. We're staying within a few thousand. So yes,
<v Speaker 2>they might have fight it a little bit, but I
<v Speaker 2>think that was fact. It looked big and if you
<v Speaker 2>went to Cardiff right in and tell me if you
<v Speaker 2>think it was false to the mail bag. But we
<v Speaker 2>gonna ing it, and yeah, so let's see what that's
<v Speaker 2>we got. What's the next one we got on the list?
<v Speaker 6>Bescus Summer SAM two thousand, twenty two. Ooh, forty eight thousand,
<v Speaker 6>four hundred and forty nine ooh. Now, Nissan Stadium here
<v Speaker 6>in Nashville holds sixty nine thousand, into one and forty three.
<v Speaker 6>And this is a football stadium.
<v Speaker 4>All right.
<v Speaker 2>So they said it was forty eight thousand, four hundred
<v Speaker 2>and forty nine thousand people in attendance. And guess what,
<v Speaker 2>Mr and missus casualissent fan was in attendance, and we
<v Speaker 2>seen the pl live. So do we think that that's true?
<v Speaker 4>Or do we think that's false? I mean, I'm being honest.
<v Speaker 2>Guys were there, and we we know Nissan Stadium. I've
<v Speaker 2>seen the other side completely empty, So I think that's false.
<v Speaker 6>The sectionally blacked and turped out, and.
<v Speaker 2>I stadium host close to seventy thousand, and I don't
<v Speaker 2>think it was nowhere near fifty in that stadium.
<v Speaker 4>What do you think, mister miss casualism?
<v Speaker 6>I completely agree, all right.
<v Speaker 2>So guess what if I had to put on a
<v Speaker 2>number on it, I said it was closer to forty
<v Speaker 2>forty maybe forty two max. But yeah, you know that's
<v Speaker 2>a number because you remember we were sitting up top,
<v Speaker 2>and during the matches people sit down, but people's coming out,
<v Speaker 2>they would run over to.
<v Speaker 4>That barricade to make it look full.
<v Speaker 2>So you know, I think they unfortunately, they inflated that number,
<v Speaker 2>saying so let's see what we have next. Next, we
<v Speaker 2>have the Whole Rumble twenty twenty three, and it was
<v Speaker 2>fifty one thousand, three hundred and thirty eight thousand people
<v Speaker 2>in attendance.
<v Speaker 4>That was in the Alamo Dome in Senio.
<v Speaker 2>San Antonio, Texas, and it holds fifty two thousand in
<v Speaker 2>a wrestling configuration, which is expandable to sixty thousand. So
<v Speaker 2>they said, there's max, ho's about sixty thousand in the
<v Speaker 2>wrestling configuration, and WW said it was fifty thousand, three
<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty eight in attendance.
<v Speaker 4>So now I wasn't live.
<v Speaker 2>I know Rocky Tea was live, and he might ride
<v Speaker 2>into the mail bag and tell us what he agrees
<v Speaker 2>or disagree, but i'might gonna lie, guys, I'm kind of
<v Speaker 2>leaning to disagree on this one.
<v Speaker 4>Now I might be wrong.
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't there, but what do you think it's catcher?
<v Speaker 2>I'm almost staying just agreed. Now, the roller Rome was
<v Speaker 2>a big event, but I don't know, what.
<v Speaker 4>Do you think?
<v Speaker 6>I agree?
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know about this up I think
<v Speaker 1>so guess what we we? Yeah, I don't know.
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be till Rockety right in so but I'm
<v Speaker 2>kind of thinking not. But we're gonna let Rockety right
<v Speaker 2>into the male band because I know he listened. And
<v Speaker 2>tell us if you think it was fifty one thousand
<v Speaker 2>people in the tennis because you win.
<v Speaker 4>So what do we have up next?
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, in the bank, twelve thousand, seventy six people.
<v Speaker 4>Thousand, twelve thousand people, That's what I said.
<v Speaker 5>But that's staying in at MGM Grand Gordon Arena, Las
<v Speaker 5>Vegas holds seventeen thousand, So you have seventeen thousand versus
<v Speaker 5>their number which was twelve thousand, seven seventy six, So.
<v Speaker 7>They only had twelve thousand people in twelve thousand people
<v Speaker 7>and ten two thousand and seventy eight people go to
<v Speaker 7>the money in the bank this past year and guys,
<v Speaker 7>if you remember, they were supposed to be in the
<v Speaker 7>new Malitia Stadium in Las Vegas, but ticket sales were
<v Speaker 7>so horrible they had to.
<v Speaker 2>Move to the Grand Garden MGM Grand Garden, and twelve
<v Speaker 2>thousand people went to see it. So, you know what, guys,
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking that's true. Me too, I think that's true.
<v Speaker 2>So WV, I think they told the truth on that one.
<v Speaker 2>So next we're gonna go to the twenty twenty three
<v Speaker 2>Elimination Chamber. It was seventeen thousand, two hundred and seventy
<v Speaker 2>one in attendance. That was at the Bell Center in Montreal.
<v Speaker 2>It holds twenty three thousand and an M and MA configuration,
<v Speaker 2>So miscalsrestling fan. You know what, guys, I was sitting
<v Speaker 2>here thinking about this one, and I'm not even gonna
<v Speaker 2>drag it off. I think that was I think that's
<v Speaker 2>a real number. Sami saying Roman Rayne's hometown heroes agree. Yeah, yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I think they got that on right. So shout out
<v Speaker 2>to David w for that one. I think that's when
<v Speaker 2>they got right. So we want to give you some
<v Speaker 2>attendance if we agree disagree, not that it matters, guys.
<v Speaker 2>You know, some of this stuff is for fun, so
<v Speaker 2>we don't want you to take it with a grain
<v Speaker 2>of salt. But right here on Good Morning America. You
<v Speaker 2>know that's some of the stuff we like to do.
<v Speaker 2>And guess what, right after this Good Morning, we're gonna
<v Speaker 2>get to our next segment.
<v Speaker 4>So keep listening.
<v Speaker 2>But guess what, I guess're gonna jump right into our
<v Speaker 2>next sigment. You liked that fit, You didn't even have
<v Speaker 2>to wait for it. You know what I mean? We
<v Speaker 2>donna have right here we live. So next, Yeah, I'm
<v Speaker 2>gonna go ahead announce that. I announce it next it's
<v Speaker 2>most losses in russell Mania history.
<v Speaker 4>So guess what, guys, Who're gonna give it to you?
<v Speaker 4>Right here?
<v Speaker 2>We're bringing it to wrestle Mania Facts. We're gonna give
<v Speaker 2>you the superstars who have the most losses in wrestle
<v Speaker 2>Mania history. And mis Cass, a wrestling fan who's number one.
<v Speaker 2>First person gonna give him a home.
<v Speaker 8>Randy Orton, Randy Orton nine losses, Randy Orton, nine losses,
<v Speaker 8>Oh my god, nine lost Miranda?
<v Speaker 4>I get you, guys, did know that's a next? You got?
<v Speaker 2>Why to j Chris Jericho with nine losses?
<v Speaker 4>Can you believe that? What? Oh my goodness?
<v Speaker 2>But guess what, guys, he's five and nine overall, So
<v Speaker 2>you know that ain't too bad for your boy? Why
<v Speaker 2>two Gray, Chris Jericho, so miscasu wrestler fan, Who do
<v Speaker 2>you got next for us?
<v Speaker 6>Well, it's a very unfavorable. Sean Michaels with six to
<v Speaker 6>eleven overall?
<v Speaker 4>Six? How many losses he got? He's got eleven losses?
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so he's got eleven losses and he's six eleven overall,
<v Speaker 2>So eleven losses for Sean Michaels.
<v Speaker 4>Wow, that's kind of shocking. Gas.
<v Speaker 6>That is very shocking. Now, that is shocking.
<v Speaker 2>And then we got Cain with eleven losses. What Caine
<v Speaker 2>got eleven losses?
<v Speaker 4>I can't believe.
<v Speaker 6>Then you have Big Show with twelve losses?
<v Speaker 4>Can you believe it? Big Show with twelve losses? Like
<v Speaker 4>that's that's crazy? Like can you believe it? The Big Show?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Then he lose to Mayweather, Then he lose the Mayweber.
<v Speaker 4>Oh my god, I couldn't believe it. Then we have.
<v Speaker 6>For twelve overall with big shows.
<v Speaker 2>For the Big Show, he's four wins and twelve losses. Okay, Oh,
<v Speaker 2>so well that's still bad. I mean only four winds.
<v Speaker 4>I thought he would have. Hey. Lastly, mostly losses in
<v Speaker 4>wreussell Mania history. Guess who it goes to? God, let's
<v Speaker 4>give me a second to take it home.
<v Speaker 2>I know they shout, now, none other than your current
<v Speaker 2>head of creative ah uh what they called him? Paul
<v Speaker 2>Triple H Levesque with thirdteen losses? Can you believe it?
<v Speaker 6>Yeah? He is hell as a great.
<v Speaker 4>Hey, are you awake? If you want awake? You're awake
<v Speaker 4>now I woke you up. But guess what Triple H
<v Speaker 4>is ten and thirteen overall? So that's good? You know? Yeah?
<v Speaker 2>Hey, now happen And now it's not it's almost half
<v Speaker 2>and half, but it's still good. So we want to
<v Speaker 2>give you, guys, yes, the most losses in WW history,
<v Speaker 2>and keep listening to us, and we're gonna give you next. Well,
<v Speaker 2>guess what you gotta keep listening to see what we're
<v Speaker 2>gonna give you next? Right here on Good Morning WW.
<v Speaker 2>Wrestlers who never, never, never won Air Russell Mania.
<v Speaker 6>William Regal two losses, two.
<v Speaker 2>Losses for William Regal, Wow, Yeah.
<v Speaker 4>Paul Ownedolf two losses, Poor Paul.
<v Speaker 6>Jimmy Snooker three losses.
<v Speaker 4>Or how about the Dudi Boys four losses, no wins?
<v Speaker 6>Finley four losses.
<v Speaker 2>Four losses for Fit Finley and lastly, wrestlers who never
<v Speaker 2>won in Wressell Mainia.
<v Speaker 4>Never ever Cold Dust with seven.
<v Speaker 6>Losses unlucky number seven.
<v Speaker 2>So those are your superstars who never won at Russell Mainia.
<v Speaker 2>Guess what, guys, But that ain't the Casual versus Casual bell.
<v Speaker 2>That's the Winners and Losers bill. So guess what we
<v Speaker 2>got Our winners list and our losers list. That's right
<v Speaker 2>right here on Good One in WWE. We're gonna give
<v Speaker 2>you who we think is the winners and losers of
<v Speaker 2>the show. And guess how we're gonna determine winners and losers.
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna use Triple H's bookings for the wins and
<v Speaker 2>losses to give you our wins and losers right here
<v Speaker 2>on Good Morne in WWE. So first up, we're gonna
<v Speaker 2>start with the losers list. We gonna start with the
<v Speaker 2>people losing your jobs and let's see if some of
<v Speaker 2>your favorites have made it.
<v Speaker 4>To this list. So first off on the loser's list.
<v Speaker 4>That's right. The loser's list starts off.
<v Speaker 2>With Bailey with one win in fifteen losses.
<v Speaker 4>Can you believe that? Bailey?
<v Speaker 6>Oh no, it gets worse and Corbin comes in with
<v Speaker 6>a unlucky zero wins but fourteen losses. Guys, can you
<v Speaker 6>believe in?
<v Speaker 4>Fourteen losses for bum ass Corbin?
<v Speaker 2>Then we got Bening and Keys of Imperium with three
<v Speaker 2>wins and thirteen losses.
<v Speaker 6>Following with Chad Gable with zero wins and twelve losses.
<v Speaker 2>Guess what, guys, you got Sonia the Veal with zero
<v Speaker 2>wins and twelve losses.
<v Speaker 6>La Night comes in with well, one win but eleven losses.
<v Speaker 2>Then you got self freaking Rollins who self freaking Rollins?
<v Speaker 4>Four wins, thirteen losses.
<v Speaker 2>O sess?
<v Speaker 6>Then you have EO Sky with four wins but eleven losses.
<v Speaker 4>Guys, guess what, guys? That was your loser's list? Now,
<v Speaker 4>can't you believe it? Basil? One win fifth teen losses?
<v Speaker 6>That's unbelievable.
<v Speaker 4>Guess what, Triple H. I don't agree with that, do you?
<v Speaker 9>No?
<v Speaker 2>I don't agree with that. Baron Corbin, you get it,
<v Speaker 2>bum Mass Corbin. Guess what, buddy, you deserve it?
<v Speaker 4>Yeah? You really do. Man.
<v Speaker 2>Guess what, guy, that's what you deserve? By my ass
<v Speaker 2>venturing Kuser, They don't deserve that. Thirteen losses they supposed
<v Speaker 2>to be a credible group.
<v Speaker 6>That's awesome.
<v Speaker 4>They're supposed to be credible. They don't deserve that triple Ah.
<v Speaker 4>You gonna act for them, son't you?
<v Speaker 6>Yeah? Yeah, I can't believe that they're doing her so
<v Speaker 6>just negative.
<v Speaker 4>Now. I don't think they should do Chad Gaber like that,
<v Speaker 4>but I understand it.
<v Speaker 2>La night uh uh nope, self, come on self, rollins man, Okay, yoh,
<v Speaker 2>Scott maybe, so guess what good morning, good morning, wake
<v Speaker 2>up exact. So guess what we're gonna do, Gas. We're
<v Speaker 2>gonna flip over right now. We're gonna go to your
<v Speaker 2>winners list.
<v Speaker 6>Winners list.
<v Speaker 2>These are the guys and girls that's out here dropping bombs,
<v Speaker 2>just doing what they supposed to do. That's right and
<v Speaker 2>Easter the gas are deserves around the aparts.
<v Speaker 4>And we're gonna start.
<v Speaker 2>Off first with Bray Wyatt, who's on a roll with
<v Speaker 2>eight wins.
<v Speaker 4>And zero losses.
<v Speaker 6>Zero.
<v Speaker 2>So shout out, shout out to your boy, bray Wyat.
<v Speaker 6>How about shout out to the girl Charlotte Flair out there,
<v Speaker 6>twelve wins and zero losses for the queen.
<v Speaker 2>Whoa wait, the queen doing her thing. But guess what
<v Speaker 2>don't forget about your boy. Cody Rhoades, he got nine
<v Speaker 2>wins in zero losses.
<v Speaker 6>People are not ready for Oscar with her seven wins
<v Speaker 6>in one lost street.
<v Speaker 2>Come on, now, you only got Austin Theory, the Future,
<v Speaker 2>the Now, the forever champion.
<v Speaker 4>Eleven wins, two losses.
<v Speaker 6>So these of color comes in eleven wins and two losses.
<v Speaker 4>Shout out for solow you gotta love solo.
<v Speaker 2>Then you got Bianca Ballad of e s t eight wins,
<v Speaker 2>zero loss.
<v Speaker 6>That's sorry for the eest. Then you have Jimmy uso oo.
<v Speaker 6>So he came in with thirteen wins and only two losses.
<v Speaker 2>Shout out to Jimmy me so, so these are the
<v Speaker 2>guys and girls that's on your winners list. Soda Bray
<v Speaker 2>eight wins, Wow, zero losses. Shot Charlotte fled the Queen,
<v Speaker 2>she's still the queen who we got Cody road Losses,
<v Speaker 2>still doing it cause she got one blemish, but she
<v Speaker 2>looked good. Austin Theory, he got two blemishes, but he
<v Speaker 2>looked good. Bianca Bella clean solo. Guess what solo is core?
<v Speaker 2>He really if it wasn't for goother he's the I
<v Speaker 2>think he'd bet a newcomer, you know, if it wasn't
<v Speaker 2>for the GUPA is probably the best call up right now.
<v Speaker 4>But solo right on his ass. And I'm just gonna
<v Speaker 4>be honest, shout out to Jimmy. Jimmy still whole the day,
<v Speaker 4>you know.
<v Speaker 2>Although I know the end is coming, guess what, I'm
<v Speaker 2>still I'm still a j fan.
<v Speaker 4>I like Jay more than Jimmy.
<v Speaker 6>Really, Yeah, that's crazy. I want to ask all the people,
<v Speaker 6>the listeners out there, if.
<v Speaker 4>You listen, who is your favorite twin to the twins?
<v Speaker 4>Right to know?
<v Speaker 6>I absolutely have to know, cause it's it's it's crazy
<v Speaker 6>to think that people could choose between a twin.
<v Speaker 4>I just say, well, we do because you like Jimmy
<v Speaker 4>and I like Ja.
<v Speaker 6>That is true.
<v Speaker 2>And guess what it's all about Jimmy over here all right,
<v Speaker 2>I mean Jay.
<v Speaker 6>See you guys, he knows the truth she got can't
<v Speaker 6>deny it.
<v Speaker 2>And also one person we left off the list, which
<v Speaker 2>you and know it's number one in Roman Ragne with
<v Speaker 2>three wins.
<v Speaker 4>Blemish as well.
<v Speaker 2>So guess what, guys, I want you to keep listening
<v Speaker 2>because on the other side of this, we got a
<v Speaker 2>good conversation with our guy.
<v Speaker 4>And guess what.
<v Speaker 2>We're wrestling community, So guess what We're gonna start calling
<v Speaker 2>peop our neighbors. So guess what our neighbor Michael Riddles
<v Speaker 2>coming in. We had our neighbor Kanye Tweedty. We got
<v Speaker 2>a other neighbor.
<v Speaker 4>Guess what.
<v Speaker 2>We ain't gonna tell you who and till he comes here.
<v Speaker 2>And we got a round table with all our neighbors.
<v Speaker 2>I guess we call it the town hall. It's not
<v Speaker 2>around table, it's a town hall. So I'm gonna have
<v Speaker 2>our town hall coming up.
<v Speaker 4>See that.
<v Speaker 2>We come up with stuff on the fly. Listen to us.
<v Speaker 2>You know we don't edit. We straight off the hip.
<v Speaker 2>We're not like some of these other podcasters who get
<v Speaker 2>a chance to edit and make their stuff, you know.
<v Speaker 4>Sound good. You get it raw uncut.
<v Speaker 2>One take right here, don't guess what Good Morning America.
<v Speaker 4>And if I hit it, I mean see I did
<v Speaker 4>it again right here on Good Morning ms Cassisa Fan
<v Speaker 4>told me she said, you said good morning Americas. To
<v Speaker 4>know I didn't, Yes, I did.
<v Speaker 2>So that's how you know we one take unedited, good fun.
<v Speaker 2>But as I said, keep listening right here, the Good
<v Speaker 2>Morning wwe on the other side of this, we got
<v Speaker 2>our interview with Michael Ruder coming up. And keep listening
<v Speaker 2>and until then, guess what you detubes and we.
<v Speaker 4>Ones Good Morning WWE.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, guess what it is mister and missus catch wrestling
<v Speaker 2>fan here.
<v Speaker 4>And we brought him on. We got another guest co
<v Speaker 4>host for you. You might know him.
<v Speaker 2>I'm not even gonna introduce him. I'm gonna let him
<v Speaker 2>introduce himself to the people at homes.
<v Speaker 4>So guess what. Take it away?
<v Speaker 3>What is going on? Everybody? Welcome to the Good Morning
<v Speaker 3>WWE podcast where I have the privilege me being Michael Ritter,
<v Speaker 3>the host or one of the hosts of the SmackDown
<v Speaker 3>review right here on the ww podcast. But I have
<v Speaker 3>the privilege of being joined by mister and missus casual
<v Speaker 3>wrestling fan, or should I say I have the privilege
<v Speaker 3>of joining them being this is their show. And I
<v Speaker 3>definitely appreciate you guys having me on. I listened to
<v Speaker 3>the Kanye Tweety edition where you guys talked about the
<v Speaker 3>two k Ratings and then obviously had that interview with him,
<v Speaker 3>and I mean, I love just the whole setup of
<v Speaker 3>the show. Obviously you guys' intro is absolute fire. Like
<v Speaker 3>that right there alone, I was like, oh, I cannot
<v Speaker 3>wait to go on this show. And then obviously just
<v Speaker 3>just seeing what the show is all about, Like I
<v Speaker 3>like the little stings, you know, the audio steams you
<v Speaker 3>guys throw in from time to time, like the bomb
<v Speaker 3>drop and all that good stuff. I really like the show.
<v Speaker 3>So obviously, you know, I appreciate you guys for letting
<v Speaker 3>me come on.
<v Speaker 4>That's right, you know how we do it. And speaking
<v Speaker 4>of we love our.
<v Speaker 2>Intro drop a bomb or DJ tweety drop a bomb
<v Speaker 2>for my boy, who's mo? Hey, great intro, and thank
<v Speaker 2>you so much. We appreciated. Hey, we love a SmackDown review.
<v Speaker 2>And guess which take our football function. Let's talk about that,
<v Speaker 2>you know, the Eagles. I hate to do it, guys.
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna interlude for thirty seconds. The Eagles was robed.
<v Speaker 4>I just won't say that.
<v Speaker 2>The referees to control of that game, and I was
<v Speaker 2>unhappy as a fan.
<v Speaker 3>I could totally see why. I could totally see your
<v Speaker 3>frustration losing the Super Bowl, man, that's that is definitely
<v Speaker 3>something that sticks with you. Obviously, not just that next
<v Speaker 3>day and the next weeks, but the whole offseason, and
<v Speaker 3>depending on how next the next year goes, it could
<v Speaker 3>even linger on which I'm sure you know, being a
<v Speaker 3>Patriots fan, you've experienced both sides of the Super Bowl
<v Speaker 3>coin and obviously now missus casual wrestling fan getting a
<v Speaker 3>chance to get a taste of that, and you know
<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't wish it on anybody. But hey, the Eagles
<v Speaker 3>future is bride man tenth overall pick cap space. You
<v Speaker 3>guys are good to go?
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and Jay hurts ay it hurts so good and
<v Speaker 2>he looks really grave.
<v Speaker 4>But guess what, Let's go ahead and say, way back.
<v Speaker 2>Into wrestling, let me ask you, sir, who is your
<v Speaker 2>favorite of all time wrestler.
<v Speaker 3>Of all time?
<v Speaker 4>Man?
<v Speaker 3>All right, well, just quick little set the stage really quickly.
<v Speaker 3>Is I was a WCW guy growing up. And it's
<v Speaker 3>not because it was my choice, given I was born
<v Speaker 3>in nineteen ninety three, so I was only around six
<v Speaker 3>seven years old whenever WCW was actually you know, relevant
<v Speaker 3>and watchable, So that was who I was exposed to
<v Speaker 3>early in my wrestling fandom. So I have to say
<v Speaker 3>it's a little bit of a toss up I got.
<v Speaker 3>I gotta say between Goldberg and Steing just what they
<v Speaker 3>did for WCW. For me as a young wrestling fan,
<v Speaker 3>I got to touch Sting as like a five or
<v Speaker 3>six year old kid at a live event, and that
<v Speaker 3>kind of just set the tone for me. So if
<v Speaker 3>I had to give the edge, probably Goldberg. And I
<v Speaker 3>know that's a terrible answer twenty twenty three people are like,
<v Speaker 3>are you kidding me? Goldberg? But keep in mind, I
<v Speaker 3>was a five year old, six year old kid, and
<v Speaker 3>I wasn't really looking for the technical wrestlers. I was
<v Speaker 3>just looking for the ones that you know, caught my attention.
<v Speaker 3>So I probably have to give the all time edge
<v Speaker 3>to Goldberg with a Sting very very close second.
<v Speaker 4>Hey, I like that answer, you know, Hey, you gotta
<v Speaker 4>like Goldberg.
<v Speaker 2>Ouh, I see out, I like Staying, I like I
<v Speaker 2>like Gilberg.
<v Speaker 4>How you feel about Gilberg rhythm?
<v Speaker 3>I thought that was I thought that was pretty funny. Obviously,
<v Speaker 3>so I wasn't familiar with it during the actual nineties,
<v Speaker 3>But whenever Goldberg actually came to WWE in like two
<v Speaker 3>thousand and three or whatever it was, and he had
<v Speaker 3>his run on Monday Night Raw and then they brought
<v Speaker 3>in Gilberg, then I was like, oh man, this is
<v Speaker 3>this is something else for sure. But yeah, I mean
<v Speaker 3>I totally understand, like Goldberg is in everybody's cup of
<v Speaker 3>tea whatsoever. And I won't even like, I won't even
<v Speaker 3>push back when people say, oh I hate Goldberg. I'm like, hey,
<v Speaker 3>I totally understand because he's not a quote unquote like
<v Speaker 3>true pro wrestler. But I mean, keep in mind he
<v Speaker 3>was a former Atlanta Falcon, so that kind of has
<v Speaker 3>a little bit of bias for me there as well.
<v Speaker 2>And guess what, this proves a point as a wrestling fan.
<v Speaker 2>You like who you like, and you don't who you don't.
<v Speaker 2>And guess what, you got the right to like who
<v Speaker 2>you like. People trash naw Jacks. I don't hate on
<v Speaker 2>Na Jacks like that.
<v Speaker 4>Appreciate exactly you know what I mean. But oh, let's see,
<v Speaker 4>missketcher wrestling fan, you got something.
<v Speaker 10>I'm just you know, who is your favorite current wrestler
<v Speaker 10>at this moment.
<v Speaker 3>See, now that one's a little bit I gotta admit
<v Speaker 3>it's a little bit tougher to answer because for the
<v Speaker 3>longest time I was a massive, massive Roman Reigns fan,
<v Speaker 3>Like I have a picture with him that I got
<v Speaker 3>here in Emerald of Texas and obviously the baby Face era,
<v Speaker 3>that's when I was a massive Roman fan, when the
<v Speaker 3>crowd was just decimating him, booing him out of every
<v Speaker 3>single arena no matter what. As soon as his intro
<v Speaker 3>hit Bam, the crowd would just start booing immediately, almost
<v Speaker 3>as if it was piping croud noise. And I constantly
<v Speaker 3>got flack for it. I constantly got flack for being
<v Speaker 3>a Roman Rings fan. And obviously as he's transitioned into
<v Speaker 3>this new version of himself and his character is just
<v Speaker 3>you know, skyrocketed, and now there's no shortage of Roman
<v Speaker 3>Rings fans. Just go look at a pay per view,
<v Speaker 3>especially a paper view, whenever he has a meaningful match,
<v Speaker 3>just take a little scroll throughout the crowd and see
<v Speaker 3>exactly how many ones are in the sky. And obviously
<v Speaker 3>I was at WrestleMania, I was at the World Rumble.
<v Speaker 3>I've kind of witnessed him have actual matches against worthy opponents,
<v Speaker 3>and it was pretty uh, pretty telling. But if I
<v Speaker 3>have to say right now, who my just organic favorite is,
<v Speaker 3>I gotta give it to honestly, just just for some reason,
<v Speaker 3>his credibility, what he brings to the Intercontinental Championship. Just
<v Speaker 3>I love everything about it, and I feel like he's
<v Speaker 3>a little bit of like a you don't want to
<v Speaker 3>say poor man's Roman, but if you look at his
<v Speaker 3>title or his title run, I should say he's a
<v Speaker 3>little bit of an unbeatable force himself.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, hey, let's drop all, let's drop a bomb for
<v Speaker 2>I mean, good guy like he stid a mouthful when
<v Speaker 2>you spoke, and let's let me be honest about something
<v Speaker 2>with you real quick. You you said a great statement there,
<v Speaker 2>Michael Ritter. Fans at home and listeners, you some of
<v Speaker 2>you have not experienced a Roman reigns one on one
<v Speaker 2>match for the WW the Championship. And you know, we
<v Speaker 2>went to Summer Slam. We got to see him go
<v Speaker 2>against Brockways and when he flipped the rain with the
<v Speaker 2>tractor for the belt. And I agree with you, Michael.
<v Speaker 2>When you see him actually fighting, not a dark match
<v Speaker 2>in a triple uh or tag team, a six man tag.
<v Speaker 4>You know, you get those dark matches.
<v Speaker 2>But to actually see him him fight for the belt,
<v Speaker 2>you know that's priceless, that's that's untimely.
<v Speaker 4>So I totally agree with him, man.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, the atmosphere, the vibes, you know, So I
<v Speaker 2>agree with.
<v Speaker 4>You, maw ga, I agree with you.
<v Speaker 3>I like.
<v Speaker 2>He really is, he really is, So let me see
<v Speaker 2>it well a little bit. Now, let's talk about Triple H.
<v Speaker 2>That's a hot button topic for a lot of people,
<v Speaker 2>and I try to make it even hotter because I
<v Speaker 2>feel like, in my opinion, I don't think Triple Ah
<v Speaker 2>is doing a great as job as everybody's getting him
<v Speaker 2>credit for. And that's fine, that's my opinion. And guess what,
<v Speaker 2>I'm nobody's specially now. I'm not sitting up here saying
<v Speaker 2>that as McMahon is better. So everybody who emails us
<v Speaker 2>as a mail bag, keep calm. But I do want
<v Speaker 2>us to analyze Triple Ahs and his cooking decisions, because
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's easy just to say, hey, this is
<v Speaker 2>fresh and new, a couple of new camera angles, but
<v Speaker 2>is it really better? So, Michael Riller right here on
<v Speaker 2>Luke going and I want to talk to you about
<v Speaker 2>Triple Ah.
<v Speaker 4>So how do you feel he's been doing?
<v Speaker 2>This is just a general question, you know what I mean,
<v Speaker 2>Take it, take it where you want to take.
<v Speaker 4>It, But how do you feel Triple Ah is doing currently?
<v Speaker 3>I feel like, at first it was a little bit
<v Speaker 3>of a hot start, right, Like you could almost tell
<v Speaker 3>immediately some of the changes between the way Triple H
<v Speaker 3>ran things and the way Vince McMahon ran things.
<v Speaker 10>Now.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if that was just because we were
<v Speaker 3>so used to Vince's style for so long that almost
<v Speaker 3>just like like if you're in a long relationship, right
<v Speaker 3>and then almost like as soon as you break up
<v Speaker 3>with that person days and like the first days and
<v Speaker 3>weeks after that, it's a little bit different, you could
<v Speaker 3>immediately tell the differences. And I feel like that was
<v Speaker 3>kind of the way WWE was immediately upon Triple H's
<v Speaker 3>taken over, and I felt like he was kind of
<v Speaker 3>leaning a little bit too much on returns, like guys
<v Speaker 3>who got fired and he brought back, whether it's Gargano
<v Speaker 3>or hit Row or I mean, I think even I
<v Speaker 3>don't know if Carrying Cross was let go or not,
<v Speaker 3>but I for some reason, I feel like at the
<v Speaker 3>beginning he was leaning a little bit too much on
<v Speaker 3>bringing people back, and that's where the pops were, That's
<v Speaker 3>where the immediate prisoner of the moment, you could say,
<v Speaker 3>people were just like man, Triple H is just absolutely
<v Speaker 3>bringing wrestling back like, is wwe back to what we
<v Speaker 3>respected it as, whether it's the ruthless aggression era, attitude era.
<v Speaker 3>But me personally, I do feel like it has slowed
<v Speaker 3>down a little bit. I mean, I don't know because
<v Speaker 3>people talk about well, Vincent Man is supposedly back, well,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Nobody truly knows whose fingerprints are on it,
<v Speaker 3>you know, as we speak right now. But I think
<v Speaker 3>that I mean, as of right now, Triple H has
<v Speaker 3>that title. Triple H is the one who is I
<v Speaker 3>guess he's got the keys to the car. And if
<v Speaker 3>I just give my personal opinion, I feel like it
<v Speaker 3>has slowed down a little bit. And that's one thing
<v Speaker 3>I feel like Vincent Man. Now I'm just talking about
<v Speaker 3>the book. I don't have, you know, an opinion to
<v Speaker 3>share on Vince mcmah, the person you know, but the
<v Speaker 3>Vincent Man, the booker, I feel like he got a
<v Speaker 3>little bit too much, too much hate, to be completely honest,
<v Speaker 3>because it is difficult to be in his position for
<v Speaker 3>as long as he's been there and still produce constant
<v Speaker 3>five star products. And that's the thing is, I'm not
<v Speaker 3>covering up anything. Like I know there has been some
<v Speaker 3>some very awful booking, like from Vince McMahon. It's not
<v Speaker 3>just out of WWE, it is the NW or inside
<v Speaker 3>of WW as well. You can point your finger at
<v Speaker 3>several whether it's storylines, decisions that he made where you
<v Speaker 3>can just say I flat out disagree with that and
<v Speaker 3>it's not the way I would have done it. But
<v Speaker 3>I feel like Triple H has that too, like you
<v Speaker 3>can't please everybody, and no matter how much people love
<v Speaker 3>Triple H the wrestler, Triple H the booker is eventually
<v Speaker 3>going to ruffle from people's feathers. And I feel like
<v Speaker 3>this year he kind of was tested with that with
<v Speaker 3>the whole Sammy's ay and Cody Rose. How is he
<v Speaker 3>going to approach the Royal Rumble winner and who's going
<v Speaker 3>to face Roman? And I think this decision right here
<v Speaker 3>is going to be pretty critical. It's almost like a
<v Speaker 3>crossroads for Triple H. But if if I were to
<v Speaker 3>give it a grade, just to sum all that up
<v Speaker 3>quickly with an answer, I'll give Triple H like a
<v Speaker 3>B plus.
<v Speaker 4>All right, you said a mouthful, You said a cross roads.
<v Speaker 4>You are? You are so true? It really is a
<v Speaker 4>crossroads for Triple H.
<v Speaker 2>And just to go over a couple of things you
<v Speaker 2>said which made a lot of you.
<v Speaker 4>Know, it hit me what you said about miss McMahon.
<v Speaker 2>I gotta apply that because a lot of people give
<v Speaker 2>this McMahon a lot of hate that I feel like
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't deserve because he was the one to have
<v Speaker 2>to do this for generations.
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you can't even say years.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, we had generations under the control of this
<v Speaker 2>McMahon and Triple H is in his first you know year,
<v Speaker 2>I guess we about eight to nine months even, and
<v Speaker 2>I don't I'm not saying that he's doing a bad
<v Speaker 2>job everybody listening at home, but I agree with you.
<v Speaker 2>How is he going to handle the main events spot
<v Speaker 2>at WrestleMania, you know what I mean? And that's something
<v Speaker 2>that we have to think about. And to segue into
<v Speaker 2>my next question, because you gave him a B plus
<v Speaker 2>and that's pretty favorable, and you talked about returns for
<v Speaker 2>a second, how do you view or grade his returns
<v Speaker 2>because me, as a fan, I don't really care much
<v Speaker 2>for his returns now, Like you said, I was a
<v Speaker 2>at Summer Slam and I've seen baby come out. Oh
<v Speaker 2>my god, eo, oh my god. The Code of con
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, this is gonna be cool. But guess what,
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, we stuck with jobbers.
<v Speaker 2>And that's something that we talked about early in the show.
<v Speaker 2>You got Bailey with one win and fifteen losses, and
<v Speaker 2>this is a returner.
<v Speaker 4>You got EO Sky with four wins, eleven losses, returner
<v Speaker 4>at late Night, one win, eleven losses. I mean, what
<v Speaker 4>is really going on? Like, that's really what I want
<v Speaker 4>to get down to. So I'm gonna put it on you.
<v Speaker 4>I want you to be great. The returners.
<v Speaker 3>What do you get see the returners? That's a lot
<v Speaker 3>more underwhelming in my personal opinion because Number one, just
<v Speaker 3>a quick disclaimer, like I'm not a big fan of
<v Speaker 3>hit Ro. I really never have been. It's not necessarily
<v Speaker 3>that I'm not a fan of their gimmick because we've
<v Speaker 3>seen that type of gimmick work before, you know, like
<v Speaker 3>the almost like a musical group style of like performance.
<v Speaker 3>But I just feel like there's this two baby fight
<v Speaker 3>and it's tough because we are in a quote unquote
<v Speaker 3>PG era right now. But I've said it on my
<v Speaker 3>show several times. They are a Disney Channel rap group
<v Speaker 3>that I feel like is kind of being forced down
<v Speaker 3>our throat and none of them, if I'm being completely honest,
<v Speaker 3>is really that talented inside the ring. Now, I feel
<v Speaker 3>like Ashanti the Adonnis could have a little bit of
<v Speaker 3>a little bit of a more favorable run in WW
<v Speaker 3>if you kind of distance himself. Maybe, I don't know,
<v Speaker 3>go back to next pursue the Cruiserweight Championship or something
<v Speaker 3>like that. I don't really know, because that segues into
<v Speaker 3>my next point is I'm not too I guess up
<v Speaker 3>to speed on the current NXT product, but I did
<v Speaker 3>watch back when Gargano Candice Lay in that era. We're
<v Speaker 3>back in n XT, and I mean, I'm a fan
<v Speaker 3>of them, but at the same time, I'm just like,
<v Speaker 3>they're not doing anything like you alluded to on the
<v Speaker 3>main roster since their return. It's like I said, he
<v Speaker 3>was too lenient, like lenient or reliant is a better
<v Speaker 3>word for it, on those returns and not necessarily what
<v Speaker 3>they're gonna do after their returns. It's kind of the
<v Speaker 3>same thing that people criticize aw for. Right, they bring
<v Speaker 3>in Daniel Bryant, they bring in Adam cole C and Punk, Well,
<v Speaker 3>what happens after that? Why isn't the gap between WWE
<v Speaker 3>and AW closed despite you guys bringing in these quote
<v Speaker 3>unquote big name stars. Because there's a job to do
<v Speaker 3>after that. So if I'm gonna have to grade the returns,
<v Speaker 3>I gotta be honest, I'm probably gonna give it maybe
<v Speaker 3>a C. And that's just like a like a passing grade,
<v Speaker 3>just because the jury is somewhat still out, so to speak.
<v Speaker 3>But if you ask me how they're doing right now,
<v Speaker 3>like a progress report before the actual report card comes out,
<v Speaker 3>they definitely got to, you know, get some extra credit
<v Speaker 3>and a bump that great up.
<v Speaker 4>I totally agree, you know, we got a I'm not
<v Speaker 4>a big fan of returns. I like, like you said, I.
<v Speaker 2>Feel like it's abous WCW know, it's just trying to
<v Speaker 2>give us returns and then they turn out to.
<v Speaker 4>Be job or so I can agree with that. What
<v Speaker 4>do you got miscatter.
<v Speaker 10>Wistle than do you agree with the current Ristlemania event? Oh?
<v Speaker 3>That's that is tough.
<v Speaker 10>It really is.
<v Speaker 3>I feel like sometimes I'm sorry, what was that.
<v Speaker 10>Is?
<v Speaker 3>Yes? Yeah, yes for sure, And because I feel like
<v Speaker 3>sometimes like a triple threat almost like calls for itself, right,
<v Speaker 3>like I kind of alluded to it again, like the
<v Speaker 3>Elimination Chamber. We get the Elimination Chamber pay per view
<v Speaker 3>at a certain time every year, so no matter what
<v Speaker 3>happens throughout the year, we really we know that we're
<v Speaker 3>only going to get it at one point. But if
<v Speaker 3>you look at the Intercontinental Championship picture right now with
<v Speaker 3>just everybody, how we who is it? Kofe Kingston coming
<v Speaker 3>now carrying cross Seamans, Drew McIntyre, Like we have such
<v Speaker 3>a crowded room for the inter Continental picture, it almost
<v Speaker 3>makes sense, like, man, this would be a great time
<v Speaker 3>to have an elimination chamber just organically present itself and
<v Speaker 3>put that in the WrestleMania card, and that would make
<v Speaker 3>that WrestleMania unique from any other because we've never had
<v Speaker 3>a chamber on an elimination or on a WrestleMania card,
<v Speaker 3>And that kind of, you know, ties me into what
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying with the WrestleMania main event is sometimes a
<v Speaker 3>triple threat match asks for it and it just presents itself.
<v Speaker 3>And I feel like that's kind of the direction we
<v Speaker 3>were going now. Obviously with kind of the way they've
<v Speaker 3>handled things since the World Rumble, it's clear Sammy's ain,
<v Speaker 3>He's no longer going for Roman Reigns Championship, Like we
<v Speaker 3>already had that elimination chamber in Montreal. That was Samusein's moment.
<v Speaker 3>But before that happened, there was a legitimate case to
<v Speaker 3>be made that you could have Cody Rhodes and Sammy's
<v Speaker 3>Ain both pursue these championships because there are two technically
<v Speaker 3>there are two championships. Now, I know, I'm not a
<v Speaker 3>fan of splitting them up right now, like Roman rains
<v Speaker 3>one two the story is about too if you were
<v Speaker 3>to just make him drop one and have him keep one,
<v Speaker 3>it would absolutely like belittle that championship that he does have,
<v Speaker 3>like people, it would just sour the whole thing. It
<v Speaker 3>would almost be like like, I don't know, Kevin Nash
<v Speaker 3>used this thing and in a documentary not too long ago.
<v Speaker 3>It's almost like, you know, if you're in outer space
<v Speaker 3>making the trip to the moon, circling around and just
<v Speaker 3>coming back like without actually stopping there, Like we have
<v Speaker 3>been on this journey for Roman Reigns for so long,
<v Speaker 3>you have to go to the moon, right, And that's
<v Speaker 3>what it feels like this WrestleMania is in the Cody
<v Speaker 3>Roads story, it is, it's kind of writing itself. It
<v Speaker 3>does make sense. He's doing a great job making it
<v Speaker 3>seem like it's a massive match with his promos. Roman
<v Speaker 3>Reigns did a damn good job on SmackDown himself. Talking
<v Speaker 3>to Cody Roads, I feel like he won that promo easily.
<v Speaker 3>If I have to say, just really quickly, yes, I
<v Speaker 3>am with this championship. I feel like it was the
<v Speaker 3>right decision if you had to make only one, if
<v Speaker 3>you had to make him face only one, it makes
<v Speaker 3>sense for Cody Roads. I totally would have seen, you know,
<v Speaker 3>an avenue that led to Roman Rings versus Sammy's and
<v Speaker 3>at WrestleMania. But either way, I feel like a triple
<v Speaker 3>threat would have made sense as well.
<v Speaker 2>All Right, so I guess what he on Good Morning
<v Speaker 2>WDBE we like to hold people's speech to the five
<v Speaker 2>because she said it's been okay for the triple threat.
<v Speaker 2>It'd been okay for Salmon versus Rome, and it's okay
<v Speaker 2>for Cody versus Roman. But guess what, it is never okay?
<v Speaker 2>So which one do you want? You want a triple threat?
<v Speaker 2>Are you happy with Cobe versus Roman? Would you prefer
<v Speaker 2>Roman versus?
<v Speaker 3>Saying I'm happy again to Roman I am at this
<v Speaker 3>point because, like I said, what they've done since now,
<v Speaker 3>if you would have asked me that question immediately after
<v Speaker 3>the Royal Rumble, whenever he turned on Roman rings hit
<v Speaker 3>him with the chair, Cody Road just won the Royal
<v Speaker 3>Rumble that exact same night, I would have been all
<v Speaker 3>for the triple threat and said there's no other way.
<v Speaker 3>But now that they've kind of unfolded a little bit
<v Speaker 3>and we've left this thing marinate, it makes all the
<v Speaker 3>sense in the world. So now, yes, Cody versus Roman
<v Speaker 3>is the match that makes the most sense.
<v Speaker 4>Okay, I like that.
<v Speaker 3>I like that.
<v Speaker 4>So you asked it a lot in that I'm not
<v Speaker 4>gonna take it.
<v Speaker 2>I am gonna take one one point deeper before I
<v Speaker 2>asked one more your Blake question you brought up about
<v Speaker 2>splitting the belts, and everybody that listens to our male
<v Speaker 2>band takeovers, No, we always get a lot of questions,
<v Speaker 2>do you think they gonna split the bills? Please split
<v Speaker 2>the bells?
<v Speaker 4>No?
<v Speaker 2>I don't want them to split the bells at all.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know why people ask for them to split
<v Speaker 2>the bills. Personally, I feel like it the means one
<v Speaker 2>of the belts that the means Roman. It means whoever
<v Speaker 2>beats Roman, because you want to beat Roman for both
<v Speaker 2>the belts. So do you agree that they should not
<v Speaker 2>split the belts from Roman.
<v Speaker 3>The way you phrase that question, absolutely not. Do not
<v Speaker 3>split the belts from Roman. However, if he does, and
<v Speaker 3>inevitably when he does drop these titles, he's gonna drop
<v Speaker 3>them to one person. He's not going to drop one
<v Speaker 3>to one and then one to somebody else. So likely,
<v Speaker 3>if if I was a betting man, I would say
<v Speaker 3>he's gonna drop both to Cody Roads at WrestleMania, and
<v Speaker 3>if he does, then I feel like going forward, you
<v Speaker 3>have to split the belts up at that point, once
<v Speaker 3>they're on Cody because of the brand split. If there
<v Speaker 3>wasn't a brand split, I would be fine. Let's have
<v Speaker 3>one champion, just one true champion in the company, the
<v Speaker 3>same way they did in the Attitude era, just one
<v Speaker 3>overall champion, where there's pretty much no brand split. But
<v Speaker 3>if you do have two shows, it just makes too
<v Speaker 3>much sense. The roster's too talented at the top. You
<v Speaker 3>got guys like Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, even Gonter if
<v Speaker 3>he didn't have that Intercontinental Championship you got guys who
<v Speaker 3>are worthy of being the top guy, and they're just
<v Speaker 3>caught up in a massive Roman Reigns world storm, and
<v Speaker 3>this is a they're kind of getting pushed down the
<v Speaker 3>card because of that, which is understandable. Nobody's on Roman
<v Speaker 3>Rains level right now, so he deserves to be at
<v Speaker 3>that top spot. But the story is eventually going to
<v Speaker 3>come to an end, and I do think, yes, he's
<v Speaker 3>gonna drop both at the same time, they're not going
<v Speaker 3>to get split. But after that, for the sake of
<v Speaker 3>the brand split, I would say, yes, you gotta have
<v Speaker 3>one on each show.
<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, I agree. After Roman, I think the bills
<v Speaker 2>Wiel gets splitt. Now I don't think Cody beats Roman.
<v Speaker 2>Do you think Cody beats Roman.
<v Speaker 3>I think he does, only because it would be extremely
<v Speaker 3>hard after that to make the loss. Like I mean,
<v Speaker 3>I have seen some reports that I guess they they
<v Speaker 3>try to make sense of a possibility where hey, there's
<v Speaker 3>a legit shot that Cody Road isn't the guy and
<v Speaker 3>he's not going to beat Roman Rings. And when I've
<v Speaker 3>read those, I'm like, you know, I don't get into
<v Speaker 3>conspiracy theories, but they make all the sense in the
<v Speaker 3>world and I could actually believe it and get on board,
<v Speaker 3>but my gut just tells me that they're gonna do
<v Speaker 3>it for Cody, Like I just feel like, with how
<v Speaker 3>over he is right now in the car, he's the
<v Speaker 3>only person that you could argue for his entrance alone,
<v Speaker 3>just with his song. Whether it's because people love the
<v Speaker 3>song and all the animations that go along with it,
<v Speaker 3>people pop for Cody Rhoades's entrance in his song. I
<v Speaker 3>was there at the Royal Rumbo as well whenever he
<v Speaker 3>came out. Obviously that was his return, so that is
<v Speaker 3>a little bit of a curve. But there's videos of him,
<v Speaker 3>you know, at house shows, on SmackDown, on Raw. People
<v Speaker 3>are all for Cody Road right now, so I feel
<v Speaker 3>like if there is anybody to do it, it's him.
<v Speaker 3>But it does feel good. I gotta admit it feels
<v Speaker 3>good to go into WrestleMania and not know and have
<v Speaker 3>legitimate avenues like man, like, I really don't know who's
<v Speaker 3>going to win this, so I'm excited for that avenue,
<v Speaker 3>but I do predict Cody probably is going to win.
<v Speaker 2>Well guess what, mister Ritter, I'm on the other side
<v Speaker 2>of that. That spectrum I feel like it's very predictable.
<v Speaker 2>I feel like Roman is gonna walk away champion again.
<v Speaker 4>And this guy's a wrestle fan. She's speakty fifty. She's
<v Speaker 4>got to split on it.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's she gotta split on it. But she agrees
<v Speaker 2>with you. You know, she loves the cod that that's
<v Speaker 2>all is great and I'll give it to you on that.
<v Speaker 2>So what do you think about Triple A's booking decisions.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's got a lot of job It's like Bailey,
<v Speaker 2>as I said earlier, with one win and fifteen loss
<v Speaker 2>he believed that, and we understand Baron Corby obviously he's
<v Speaker 2>a job But then you have people like Vinchian Kaiser
<v Speaker 2>with three wins and thirteen losses, only the Field with
<v Speaker 2>twelve losses, no wins, La Night one win, eleven loss,
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Rollins four wins, thirteen losses.
<v Speaker 4>I mean, these are biffing decisions.
<v Speaker 2>And I know a lot of fans who saying, well,
<v Speaker 2>you know, wins and losses don't matter wrestling, but it really.
<v Speaker 4>Does us because there's you, what a company thinks of you.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, just to be honest, I mean, we know
<v Speaker 2>Jad Gables a jobber and Chad Gables as twelve losses.
<v Speaker 2>We know Baron Corbn's a job fourteen losses for that point,
<v Speaker 2>So how do you feel about those wrestlers with those
<v Speaker 2>montal losses and trouble as booking decisions as a whole.
<v Speaker 3>The main one that was alarming to me was Bailey.
<v Speaker 3>That's the one that I'm like, why put her in
<v Speaker 3>that many matches if you're gonna make a lease, because
<v Speaker 3>you don't have to, Like, you go months without putting
<v Speaker 3>some of these people in the ring, and nobody really
<v Speaker 3>like lifts an eye about it. You know, nobody really
<v Speaker 3>even notices or they're I mean they might notice, but
<v Speaker 3>they're not going to clamor for it, Like what the
<v Speaker 3>hell is going on?
<v Speaker 2>You know?
<v Speaker 3>So that's the one that really jumps out whenever you
<v Speaker 3>listed all those names. The other ones, I'd probably have
<v Speaker 3>to see who they lost to, because if you look
<v Speaker 3>at who they lost to, it might make sense at
<v Speaker 3>the end, But to have them stack up like that,
<v Speaker 3>you don't. You never want to see that, you know,
<v Speaker 3>Like Vinci and Kaiser, Like that's a tag team that
<v Speaker 3>I feel like has some credibility behind them, not just
<v Speaker 3>because they're with Gunther and imperium. But because how good
<v Speaker 3>they are on the mic, they look the part obviously,
<v Speaker 3>and they're pretty polished inside the ring. So seeing that
<v Speaker 3>they stack up losses la night him stacking up losses too,
<v Speaker 3>I'm not a fan of it. I kind of because
<v Speaker 3>I agree with you, wins and losses absolutely do matter.
<v Speaker 3>The only person that kind of defied those odds is
<v Speaker 3>seth Rawlins, who could lose for however many times in
<v Speaker 3>a row and the crowd's still going to absolutely chant
<v Speaker 3>his intro and still think, Man, if he wins the
<v Speaker 3>championship tomorrow, everybody would believe it, you know. And that's
<v Speaker 3>kind of where I'm at with that. But as far
<v Speaker 3>as Triple Ah is booking, it's tough. It really is, because,
<v Speaker 3>like I said, I don't know for sure who exactly
<v Speaker 3>they lost to to stack up, but I don't agree with,
<v Speaker 3>you know, having it be that lopside, Like you want
<v Speaker 3>your roster to all have some credibility, You want your
<v Speaker 3>roster to all have some wins under the belt. So
<v Speaker 3>making some of your the people who you brought back
<v Speaker 3>right that were unemployed essentially, and you're the ones that
<v Speaker 3>brought them back only to have them lose weekend week out.
<v Speaker 3>It does seem like, well, I don't know, like what
<v Speaker 3>are we doing here.
<v Speaker 4>Exactly?
<v Speaker 2>And you know, just to be honest, I didn't write
<v Speaker 2>this person. This person didn't make it to the list
<v Speaker 2>because they did have wings. But even people like Gumtu,
<v Speaker 2>who has lost more matches than these one and granted
<v Speaker 2>these are dark matches and grantedos and six man.
<v Speaker 4>Tags and the tag loses and loss attached to his name,
<v Speaker 4>but that's still a loss, you know, as I talked
<v Speaker 4>about in the past.
<v Speaker 2>So you know, those are great points and I think
<v Speaker 2>wins and losses matter.
<v Speaker 4>It's nice to talk to somebody else to agree with
<v Speaker 4>that fact. You know. That's lovely. But we'll go ahead
<v Speaker 4>and close it out.
<v Speaker 2>Michael Ridder, So I'm a plant to Mike, to you, Hey,
<v Speaker 2>talk to the fans at home, tell them about your
<v Speaker 2>social media, tell them about your shows, your podcasts, you know,
<v Speaker 2>and form them about the micro Ridder experience.
<v Speaker 3>I appreciate. I appreciate that.
<v Speaker 4>Well.
<v Speaker 3>First and foremost, once again, I want to thank you guys.
<v Speaker 3>You know it was it was inevitable, Like I always wondered,
<v Speaker 3>like the mailbag does get that? You know that pop right,
<v Speaker 3>that that ratings boost whenever the Casual crew comes on,
<v Speaker 3>whether it's before SummerSlam, before we'll rumble all those you know,
<v Speaker 3>the the ples right whenever you guys take over, it's
<v Speaker 3>no secret, ask Matt, I bet those those download numbers
<v Speaker 3>shoot up. So I always wondered, when are they going
<v Speaker 3>to just branch off and have their own show. So
<v Speaker 3>once I heard a good morning WWE, I mean during
<v Speaker 3>football season, I'm a little bit you know, plugged away.
<v Speaker 3>I'm a little bit you know, out of the loop
<v Speaker 3>when it comes to wrestling because I got to focus
<v Speaker 3>so much on football. So I was like, man, once
<v Speaker 3>the once the season's over, I'm gonna definitely try to
<v Speaker 3>get with Casual so I can get on that show
<v Speaker 3>because just the delivery and everything, you know, I knew
<v Speaker 3>it was going to be a phenomenal show, and you
<v Speaker 3>guys are absolutely blowing my expectations out of the water.
<v Speaker 3>So keep going. That's one thing I wanted to say,
<v Speaker 3>you know, I mean, I know, trust me firsthand. Podcasting
<v Speaker 3>it's not easy finding the time editing. It eventually becomes
<v Speaker 3>a lot. But when you got people that look forward
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<v Speaker 3>there that are looking forward to this very episode right
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<v Speaker 3>and y'all are going to do a great job. So
<v Speaker 3>once again, thank you guys so much. Continue the great work.
<v Speaker 3>I'm looking forward to continue and listen and obviously coming back.
<v Speaker 3>But my social media, you can find me on Twitter
<v Speaker 3>at Michael five Ritter. Obviously one of the hosts of
<v Speaker 3>the SmackDown and Review Sorry right here on the WWE podcast,
<v Speaker 3>and obviously my show The Football Function. We're getting into
<v Speaker 3>free agency talk talking about every single team. Every team
<v Speaker 3>has an individual episode where we break down their offseason outlook.
<v Speaker 3>We're looking at their cap space, draft picks, they're individual
<v Speaker 3>free agents on their team that they're probably not going
<v Speaker 3>to be able to resign, who they might sign, what
<v Speaker 3>they should do, just the whole, the whole nine yards
<v Speaker 3>for every individual team. And obviously Double J who's a
<v Speaker 3>listener here on the WW podcast, he has his own
<v Speaker 3>show now on The Football Function where he covers the XFL,
<v Speaker 3>and then we have a college football show as well,
<v Speaker 3>so it's a little bit of like football version right
<v Speaker 3>of the WW podcast. There's a bunch of different shows,
<v Speaker 3>a bunch of different hosts, So definitely go check it out.
<v Speaker 3>If you are a football fan, definitely appreciate that. But
<v Speaker 3>other than that, man one more time, thank you guys
<v Speaker 3>so much. Continue the great work.
<v Speaker 2>Hey you heard it here. First check out the Football Function.
<v Speaker 2>You know, great podcast. Michael Rilla is a great guy.
<v Speaker 2>SmackDown with view, you and your whole So what's your
<v Speaker 2>man's name?
<v Speaker 4>I always forget it? I'm so sorry, So John Torosco
<v Speaker 4>shout after John.
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna drop a bomb for John right there, Bone,
<v Speaker 2>drop a bomb for John, drop a bomb of Michael,
<v Speaker 2>you know, And I want to thank you for coming
<v Speaker 2>on here. Everybody listening to home. We're gonna have our
<v Speaker 2>round table coming up in two weeks. Tweet is gonna
<v Speaker 2>come back. My Cariller just made official. He's coming back.
<v Speaker 2>And guess what, we got another guest coming on next
<v Speaker 2>week and we're gonna have him on and we're gonna
<v Speaker 2>do a round table. We're gonna talk to everybody about
<v Speaker 2>everything about wrestling. It's gonna be a big extraveler Ganza,
<v Speaker 2>good morning, wild to eat the long form audio for
<v Speaker 2>once a But guess what, Thanks so much Michael Rider
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<v Speaker 9>I'm with Miss Castle Wrestler a good more in WWE,
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