AI Predictions for Elimination Chamber & Potential Returns in 2026

<v Speaker 1>So we're gonna let AI do its thing tonight and
<v Speaker 1>predict the outcomes of next Saturday's Elimination Chamber events. We
<v Speaker 1>don't have all the participants. We're doing this a little
<v Speaker 1>bit early, but these aren't my predictions. We're going to AI.
<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of you enjoyed that the last time,
<v Speaker 1>with some of the just insane predictions, impossible predictions that
<v Speaker 1>were made by AI last AI last time, and we're
<v Speaker 1>going to go through what IT believes next is going
<v Speaker 1>to happen at the Elimination Chamber outcomes and also some
<v Speaker 1>a little bit outlandish predictions as well, because I did
<v Speaker 1>not just ask it who I think is going to
<v Speaker 1>win the matches next weekend, but also what some of
<v Speaker 1>the updated potential big returns for this year are. So
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna go through that and see exactly how smart
<v Speaker 1>or not AI is. So welcome to the ww podcast.
<v Speaker 1>We are going to be here for the next I
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<v Speaker 1>in the show. So let's see how smart AI is,
<v Speaker 1>Let's see how far it's come, let's measure its intelligence,
<v Speaker 1>and let's go with the first thing here. So I
<v Speaker 1>did ask it about specifically elimination Chamber. Now I also
<v Speaker 1>have some other stuff. As I said, I also asked
<v Speaker 1>it about some bigger predictions for twenty twenty six, and
<v Speaker 1>it came up with some pretty wild stuff. So let's
<v Speaker 1>go to the chamber and let's go. I don't go
<v Speaker 1>to read you right from AI. This is chat GPT.
<v Speaker 1>Use your model of choice. This is chat GPT five
<v Speaker 1>point two. I do have the paid version. I put
<v Speaker 1>on the thinking mode, not just quick answer. So I
<v Speaker 1>wanted to come up and try to reason out why
<v Speaker 1>it's giving me the answers that it is. So just
<v Speaker 1>to give you the model I'm using. There you go.
<v Speaker 1>So it says for CM Punk versus Finn Balor. Again,
<v Speaker 1>this is for the World Heavyweight Championship, and it says
<v Speaker 1>because WWE is already positioning Roman Reigns versus Punk for WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>that's the marquee direction. So Punk dropping here would be
<v Speaker 1>a hard left turn. It's predicting Cmpunk defeats Finn Balor. Yes,
<v Speaker 1>I think this one is a slam dunk. If it
<v Speaker 1>had predicted Finn Balor, I wouldn't have been doing this
<v Speaker 1>show because that would just tell me the I mean,
<v Speaker 1>my confidence would just plummet. So that is good. I
<v Speaker 1>would concur with that. I would think right now that
<v Speaker 1>that is the right move. My official predictions, of course,
<v Speaker 1>will be coming next week. But I don't see any
<v Speaker 1>reason why anyone should pick Finn Balor here. As I've mentioned,
<v Speaker 1>with Finn Balor, if any nobody's looking at this through
<v Speaker 1>the lens of could he win, you're looking at this
<v Speaker 1>match wrong. You need to look at it through the
<v Speaker 1>lens because I've told you there's no option, So I
<v Speaker 1>demand that you look at it through the lens of
<v Speaker 1>what is this doing? Bigger picture for Finn and hopefully
<v Speaker 1>the answer for you if you're a Finn Ballor fan,
<v Speaker 1>is putting him back in the main event, redefining Finn
<v Speaker 1>Balor from Judgment Day side quest and Judgment Day third
<v Speaker 1>wheel to oh yeah, he can be a main eventor
<v Speaker 1>and hopefully that's what we get. I think that's what
<v Speaker 1>we will. These two are going to put on a
<v Speaker 1>hell of a show, okay, for the Women's Intercontinental Championship.
<v Speaker 1>It's saying that this feels that like AJ's momentum plus
<v Speaker 1>story heat, and it keeps the punk AJ power couple
<v Speaker 1>or a rolling. I don't know why I'd added that
<v Speaker 1>it has nothing to do with this WWE's own preview
<v Speaker 1>frames this as a big revenge payback angle, which often
<v Speaker 1>screams controversial finish, which leads to a title title change,
<v Speaker 1>which leads to a rematch later. So the outcome is
<v Speaker 1>AJ Lead defeating Becky Lynch for the Intercontinental Championship. That's
<v Speaker 1>not the worst prediction. I mean, there's only two either
<v Speaker 1>Becky retains or AJ wins. I could see that the
<v Speaker 1>logic of controversial finish just because it's a big revenge
<v Speaker 1>in payback angle that doesn't really compute because there's a
<v Speaker 1>lot of revenge in payback angles that, depending on where
<v Speaker 1>you are in the program, are clean finishes and payoffs,
<v Speaker 1>you know. And this one has been brewing for a while.
<v Speaker 1>They obviously had their tag team match with Seth and
<v Speaker 1>Becky versus Punk and AJ. But to see AJ Lee
<v Speaker 1>win here in Chicago, and it is a Chicago does
<v Speaker 1>have some credibility. On the flip side, there are countless
<v Speaker 1>examples of WWE using a babyface's hometown to get heat
<v Speaker 1>because it's the best place to get heat, especially in
<v Speaker 1>a big spot for a big title with a returning
<v Speaker 1>star that's beloved like AJ. You do have that opportunity
<v Speaker 1>as well. I mean It depends on how you want
<v Speaker 1>to use it and what their plans are for WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 1>Most importantly, that is first and foremost, what is the
<v Speaker 1>plan for Mania. So I don't have a take on
<v Speaker 1>this yet in terms of my prediction, because I could
<v Speaker 1>be sold either way. I will obviously, as I said,
<v Speaker 1>have it next week. Now. Now, I will say They're
<v Speaker 1>build has been horrific. I mean, I spent about twenty
<v Speaker 1>minutes hammering the segment on Raw, and even the week
<v Speaker 1>before was bad with AJ playing koy and cute, and
<v Speaker 1>there's just some force field around AJ that Becky Lynch
<v Speaker 1>cannot penetrate, and she has you know, she's shaking in
<v Speaker 1>anger and she just does some horrible acting. Becky Lynch
<v Speaker 1>has aj Lee hasn't been exactly a star over the
<v Speaker 1>last couple of weeks. She hasn't really shined in a
<v Speaker 1>way that could be segment saving. But Becky Lynch has
<v Speaker 1>been otherworldly horrific the last couple of weeks. I don't know,
<v Speaker 1>and I'm guessing it's a combination of the creative given
<v Speaker 1>to her and her very piss poor execution because it
<v Speaker 1>has been just piss poor. There's no other way to
<v Speaker 1>put it, and Becky Lynch is a star though she's
<v Speaker 1>still one of the biggest names in the company, and
<v Speaker 1>she's still a face to the women's evolution forever. No
<v Speaker 1>one could take that away from her. But at least
<v Speaker 1>for this particular last two weeks. Wow, I mean embarrassingly bad.
<v Speaker 1>But you want to hear my full rant on that,
<v Speaker 1>of course, you can go to my raw review. Okay,
<v Speaker 1>let's continue and see how how well we're doing. Here
<v Speaker 1>we have the Men's Elimination Chamber. Number one contender is
<v Speaker 1>going to face Drew McIntyre. So here's the logic before
<v Speaker 1>I give you the official prediction. It says WWE explicitly
<v Speaker 1>says the winner challenges undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 1>Cody is the cleanest quote WrestleMania ready challenger in the
<v Speaker 1>field they've announced so far. If one of the two
<v Speaker 1>to be determined entrants is a Mega returner Mega Push,
<v Speaker 1>that's the main way this changes. But their pick without
<v Speaker 1>any Mega stars to return to fill the final two
<v Speaker 1>spots is predictably safely Cody Roads and I can't disagree
<v Speaker 1>with that from the perspective of it. Does seem to
<v Speaker 1>make the most sense. We have Cody Rhodes, who is
<v Speaker 1>the most WrestleMania ready. He has the most name recognition,
<v Speaker 1>the most value in WWE, specifically TKO with how money
<v Speaker 1>hungry they are just with no shame want the biggest
<v Speaker 1>stars there, and it's WrestleMania. I get it, but you
<v Speaker 1>do want to make sure that the person you're putting
<v Speaker 1>in there, even if you're going to take a chance
<v Speaker 1>with somebody that's not a household name, is ready. And
<v Speaker 1>Cody Roads is certainly ready. He's proven himself over the
<v Speaker 1>last three WrestleManias with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns and
<v Speaker 1>John Cena, So you can't go wrong here with Cody winning.
<v Speaker 1>Is it a matchup we've seen time and again over
<v Speaker 1>the last several months. Yes, But the more they work together,
<v Speaker 1>you would think the better their matches should become. And
<v Speaker 1>these two I have nothing but respect for. Despite all
<v Speaker 1>of my criticism and harsh words for Cody that I
<v Speaker 1>take absolutely none of them back. I mean every single
<v Speaker 1>word with the critiques I've made of his character, but
<v Speaker 1>as a man and as an actual wrestler inside the ring,
<v Speaker 1>he's excellent. Drew Mcatyre one of my favorites of the
<v Speaker 1>in the company right now, if not my favorite in
<v Speaker 1>the entire industry right now. So you put those two together,
<v Speaker 1>you have a very safe, very good main event. Now
<v Speaker 1>the key with that would be who wins. That's really
<v Speaker 1>the more interesting piece of this is not who comes
<v Speaker 1>out of the chamber, because Cody is a heavy favorite
<v Speaker 1>with good reason, but what happens at WrestleMania with Cody
<v Speaker 1>and Drew again, assuming it's Cody, Well, is this an
<v Speaker 1>opportunity to really push Drew he just wanted a couple
<v Speaker 1>months ago. You want to give him some breathing room,
<v Speaker 1>give him a staple victory at WrestleMania against a big
<v Speaker 1>name like Cody Rhoads. Cody right now is what two
<v Speaker 1>and one at WrestleMania he lost to WrestleMania. I'm sorry,
<v Speaker 1>is it? What is he? Let me think? Let me think.
<v Speaker 1>He beat Seth Rollins, he lost to Roman Reigns at
<v Speaker 1>thirty nine, he won WrestleMania forty and he won WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>forty one. So yeah, three and one, okay, Yeah, he's
<v Speaker 1>three and one in WrestleMania. So you don't really need
<v Speaker 1>to put Cody roads over anymore. We know what he's
<v Speaker 1>like as champion. Sure, he hasn't been world champion yet,
<v Speaker 1>but we've seen him as champion. I think the much
<v Speaker 1>more interesting move here is to keep Drew champion. Now,
<v Speaker 1>I could be sold to have Cody as champion if
<v Speaker 1>the goal is to turn him heel. The goals to
<v Speaker 1>turn Cody Roads heel against Drew somehow at WrestleMania, I'm in.
<v Speaker 1>If not, and it's your standard Cody with the pocket
<v Speaker 1>watch and the stupid dog in the sunglasses and the
<v Speaker 1>tour bus. No, I've been there, done that. We know
<v Speaker 1>what it looks like, and I think it's again unfair
<v Speaker 1>to Drew. You need his championship reign to breathe. So
<v Speaker 1>that's my pick. Two months out now, assuming it's Cody again,
<v Speaker 1>things could be turned on their head. I mean, we
<v Speaker 1>could have somebody we're not even thinking of. We're all
<v Speaker 1>waiting on. Chris Jericho could seth rollins interject like lots
<v Speaker 1>of weird stuff, right, Okay, Now for the women, the
<v Speaker 1>winner gets a title shot. Here the finish, I'm sorry,
<v Speaker 1>the finish. The logic is that WWE says the winner
<v Speaker 1>gets a World Championship match. At WrestleMania and Rhea is
<v Speaker 1>the most quote built for the biggest match name among
<v Speaker 1>the currently qualified entrants, and Ria Ripley wins. That's their prediction. Sure,
<v Speaker 1>I think you could have rear Ripley challenge for the
<v Speaker 1>Women's Championship. Now, on the raw side of things, we
<v Speaker 1>do have liv Morgan who hasn't yet made her choice
<v Speaker 1>for WrestleMania. We have raw not really decided yet. But
<v Speaker 1>the latest news about Bianca she's undergoing surgery on her
<v Speaker 1>finger again. Now is that a red herring? Are they
<v Speaker 1>putting out news to divert us? Yeah, I mean they
<v Speaker 1>do that all the time. They probably leak stuff to
<v Speaker 1>people that are news reporting outlets for wrestling, and they
<v Speaker 1>leak it and then it gets spread and the fans
<v Speaker 1>get you know, are hopefully in their eyes, eat it up,
<v Speaker 1>get distracted by it and are diverted. And that does
<v Speaker 1>happen occasionally. So is this a diversion? Is Bianca actually
<v Speaker 1>getting surgery? Well, let's assume she is, and I mean
<v Speaker 1>for whatever reason her finger cannot heal. If Bianca is
<v Speaker 1>off the table for WrestleMania, which would be a shame,
<v Speaker 1>then you likely do have live choose Stephanie Vicaire and
<v Speaker 1>I think that right now they've got something good going,
<v Speaker 1>especially after last week's segment. Stephanie was able to speak
<v Speaker 1>in her natural voice. It's Spanish, which most of us
<v Speaker 1>don't understand, but they had subtitles. There's ways around it.
<v Speaker 1>I like it. The other side of the coin is okay.
<v Speaker 1>Riea Ripley wins. That means that you're doing two things. One,
<v Speaker 1>you're pulling Riya Ripley out of the tag team division
<v Speaker 1>in a way that's not adversarial. With Eosky. They will
<v Speaker 1>just amicably dissolve. There's no conflict. They don't fight. We
<v Speaker 1>don't need to see Rhea or EO fight. I don't
<v Speaker 1>need either one of them turning heel right now. And
<v Speaker 1>also it gives Jade a hell of an opponent for WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>somebody of equal stature, not in terms of muscle mass.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, we all thought Rie Ripley was a jacked woman.
<v Speaker 1>Just look at Jade, right, I mean, she is the
<v Speaker 1>peak of what a female can achieve physically on this earth.
<v Speaker 1>So visually, it's a much more appealing opponent for Jade
<v Speaker 1>than any of her past opponents, just from a visual standpoint. Now,
<v Speaker 1>we all wanted Bianca because the visual there. I have
<v Speaker 1>wanted Bianca since day one, just simply off of the
<v Speaker 1>superficial reason that they look alike. But I think Ria
<v Speaker 1>would have a hell of a run with Jade and
<v Speaker 1>actually could help Jade manage a matchup, a longer matchup,
<v Speaker 1>maybe help her out with some promos guide her. Ray
<v Speaker 1>Ripley is getting to the point of being a veteran.
<v Speaker 1>She's not green anymore. She's kind of in between of
<v Speaker 1>being you know, she's like an intermediate and it advanced intermediate.
<v Speaker 1>She's not an expert right nor a legend, but she's
<v Speaker 1>transitioning into being that ring general type. So she could
<v Speaker 1>certainly help Jade and it would be good for Jade.
<v Speaker 1>Do I think the promos would be good? No, probably not.
<v Speaker 1>We kind of know what we're gonna get with Jade.
<v Speaker 1>But if Bianca's off the table, it gets Ria out
<v Speaker 1>of the tag team division. EO's able to go her
<v Speaker 1>own way. There's no fight between Eria and Eo. No
<v Speaker 1>one wants to see that. You put Ria back in
<v Speaker 1>the title picture. It's been a while, and I think
<v Speaker 1>fans are ready for it, and you give Jade an
<v Speaker 1>opponent that is WrestleMania worthy. If Bianca's not available now,
<v Speaker 1>if she is, if Bianca somehow is able to put
<v Speaker 1>herself in this chamber match, well then Bianca becomes the
<v Speaker 1>heavy favorite right away. So we still don't know the
<v Speaker 1>final two opponents for both men and women's chamber matches.
<v Speaker 1>So there you go. That's AI's predictions. Take them for
<v Speaker 1>what it's worth. At the elimination Chamber, so they're saying
<v Speaker 1>that aj Lee is gonna win the Intercontinental Championship, Cody
<v Speaker 1>Road is going to win the Chamber to challenge Drew
<v Speaker 1>mcintyret WrestleMania, and Ria Ripley's gonna win the women's chamber
<v Speaker 1>match to face likely likely Jade Cargill at WrestleMania as
<v Speaker 1>Live takes on Stephane Vicaire. So another wild and crazy crap.
<v Speaker 1>Did the chat GPT model spill out here? What kind
<v Speaker 1>of slop did it push out? So I asked it
<v Speaker 1>just really, you know, kind of off the cuff. I said,
<v Speaker 1>what are the biggest potential WWE returns in twenty twenty six. Now,
<v Speaker 1>if you recall the last AI show I did, one
<v Speaker 1>of the predictions that said was that Bray Whitett was
<v Speaker 1>going to return. Yeah, didn't give me a whole lot
<v Speaker 1>of confidence here that whatever source that's pulling from is
<v Speaker 1>a reputable source. But let's give it another try. Maybe
<v Speaker 1>chat GPT was drunk. So here's what it says. Quote
<v Speaker 1>pretty much in play either announced, happening or actively being built. Well,
<v Speaker 1>it says brock Lesner, but yeah, no shit, brock Lesner
<v Speaker 1>is going to be on Raw in like four days,
<v Speaker 1>so that's duh. Aj lee. It says at least acknowledges
<v Speaker 1>it that it's already happening. It says, this one is
<v Speaker 1>basically already in motion. She's tied to a Becky Lynch
<v Speaker 1>title program heading into the chamber season. Okay, fine, And
<v Speaker 1>at least it's pulling from current sources. That's how you know.
<v Speaker 1>And Roman reigns again not interesting, very predictable, duh. And yes,
<v Speaker 1>he's already in the main event, so mean okay, So
<v Speaker 1>at least it's not pushing out slop of telling me
<v Speaker 1>that it's going to bring back stars that are dead,
<v Speaker 1>so that's a low bar. But at least we start there. Okay.
<v Speaker 1>It's a little more interesting predictions here. It says strong
<v Speaker 1>return window vibes, credible breadcrumbs, not locked. Okay, so we
<v Speaker 1>get more interesting, but again not earth shattering Seth Rollins.
<v Speaker 1>If you're asking who the big injured name return is,
<v Speaker 1>it's him. There have been reports well into twenty twenty
<v Speaker 1>six timeline and more recent notes suggesting progress. Yeah. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>if it's if that masked man is not Seth and
<v Speaker 1>it's not Grayson Waller, which I really hope it's not,
<v Speaker 1>then I mean it could be Chris Jericho. But also
<v Speaker 1>who's in the box that said don't open until two
<v Speaker 1>twenty eight. That could be Chris Jericho. That could be
<v Speaker 1>Seth Rollins. And I will say the mask man when
<v Speaker 1>he was smiling, there's fan video caught of the mask
<v Speaker 1>Man in the crowd like smiling. Those aren't Seth Rollins's teeth.
<v Speaker 1>So unless they are just going to do a body
<v Speaker 1>they're doing a body double and it is going to
<v Speaker 1>be Seth. Anyway, this looked more like Grayson Waller. And
<v Speaker 1>if it's Grayson Waller, whoever's coming up with this masked
<v Speaker 1>man crap needs to be fired. It's gone on too long.
<v Speaker 1>And I will also second with Barbara Ray Dudley, who
<v Speaker 1>I don't agree with a lot of the time on
<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff. But he brought up the point
<v Speaker 1>on busts and open that the longer you go with
<v Speaker 1>the mask man build, the higher the expectation of the reveal,
<v Speaker 1>which is exactly true. You cannot go much further. If
<v Speaker 1>this is Grayson Waller, I mean that should have been
<v Speaker 1>revealed within seconds. You don't go even a week of
<v Speaker 1>a build with Grayson Waller, It's gonna be a you know,
<v Speaker 1>a high level name doesn't need to be a legend.
<v Speaker 1>I don't need it to be the Rock or stone
<v Speaker 1>Hold like. It just should be somebody that is in
<v Speaker 1>the higher tier of the company, returning, turning whatever, or
<v Speaker 1>somebody coming up from an XT. What if it's a
<v Speaker 1>call up from an XT. There's that too. So those
<v Speaker 1>are a couple of predictions. Let me continue with the
<v Speaker 1>more interesting ones. So it says AJ Styles, and I
<v Speaker 1>know they're going to do it a there's some kind
<v Speaker 1>of retirement celebration for AJ in a week or two
<v Speaker 1>that could be a setup for an AJ match. But
<v Speaker 1>let me just say this, if they bring AJ Styles
<v Speaker 1>back from match oft WrestleMania, I mean I have no
<v Speaker 1>problem with that. We all know the caliber of a
<v Speaker 1>wrestler that he is, but I think it would take
<v Speaker 1>a little bit away from Gunther and what he accomplished
<v Speaker 1>in being that, you know, he's adding the AJ Styles
<v Speaker 1>Trophy to his collection and then AJ is able to
<v Speaker 1>come out of retirement and have another match. So I
<v Speaker 1>kind of feel a little bit split on that if
<v Speaker 1>that is the setup for Aja to compete a WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>But we'll see. Okay, so let's continue. Chris Jericho. He's
<v Speaker 1>the classic rumble surprise candidate, but the latest reporting muddies it.
<v Speaker 1>There's talk his AEW deal may bex frozen or extended,
<v Speaker 1>which would obviously block a return until that's resolved. Well,
<v Speaker 1>we've been rating for Chris Jericho for like two three
<v Speaker 1>months now and it has yet to materialize, and there's
<v Speaker 1>reports of things falling through and just wwe probably wanting
<v Speaker 1>to work her fans, And I think it's a combination
<v Speaker 1>of factors. Maybe the money. The money is not agreed upon,
<v Speaker 1>or we had one side agree and the other decided
<v Speaker 1>to change the last second. I mean, there's a multitude
<v Speaker 1>of things, only the parties involved no, so we are
<v Speaker 1>just left here to speculate. Do I think eventually we'll
<v Speaker 1>see Chris Jericho before or at WrestleMania. Yes, I do.
<v Speaker 1>Okay Naomi, This one depends on contract availability, but she's
<v Speaker 1>been a steady expected back name in the rumor ecosystem
<v Speaker 1>for a while. I'd label it possible, but not bank
<v Speaker 1>on it. That's fair. I think Naomi, with her you know,
<v Speaker 1>obviously having a child, is going to take some time,
<v Speaker 1>as she should with her child and see if wrestling
<v Speaker 1>is something she wants to come back to. They seemingly
<v Speaker 1>all do come back in one form or another. So
<v Speaker 1>I do expect Naomi, maybe by the end of this
<v Speaker 1>year at the latest, to have some kind of return.
<v Speaker 1>And the thing is for her from a career standpoint,
<v Speaker 1>she was starting to really catch fire with that whole
<v Speaker 1>proceed with caution. She finally found her niche, she found herself,
<v Speaker 1>and she had to leave. Now, raising a child is
<v Speaker 1>infinitely more important than a wrestling gimmick on TV, but
<v Speaker 1>it does from just again a pure lens of looking
<v Speaker 1>at this through professional career, it did stink because she
<v Speaker 1>was starting to really catch fire. So do I think
<v Speaker 1>we'll see her return? Yeah, I'd put this in the
<v Speaker 1>category of maybe as well, And again probably earliest would
<v Speaker 1>be SummerSlam. Okay, here's the always possible but not reporting confirmed.
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, guess what says the Rock. It says there's
<v Speaker 1>constant chatter and could show up speculation around big events,
<v Speaker 1>but what's out there lately is largely speculation, not firm quote.
<v Speaker 1>He's booked reporting. I mean, I don't need The Rock.
<v Speaker 1>I don't need one of his self serving I'm Dwayne
<v Speaker 1>playing the Rock segments or his probably the biggest blunder
<v Speaker 1>of his career at WrestleMania forty one and the Johnsen
<v Speaker 1>attorney he was involved in that we all know and
<v Speaker 1>I've talked about at nauseum here of well, yeah, I
<v Speaker 1>didn't want to be the focus of the story. Yet
<v Speaker 1>I'm the biggest star in the company and really in
<v Speaker 1>the history of wrestling, if you want to put it in.
<v Speaker 1>Some people believe that, and yet it's not about me.
<v Speaker 1>And then I disappear for no reason and there's no
<v Speaker 1>payoff at WrestleMania. I mean again, you couldn't design a
<v Speaker 1>worse payoff. I don't care who's to blame. It's Triple
<v Speaker 1>H or the Rock, or there's egos. There's clearly tension
<v Speaker 1>there differing ideas something falling through somebody saying, f you
<v Speaker 1>probably a lot of that. That'd be a fun, unreal
<v Speaker 1>segment to watch. But whatever the case, if the rock's
<v Speaker 1>coming back and he's not back to actually see through
<v Speaker 1>a store line, then get the hell out of here.
<v Speaker 1>I don't need you back as a one off. If
<v Speaker 1>you're here to actually show up somewhat consistently to lead
<v Speaker 1>to something great, come on back. We'll boo the hell
<v Speaker 1>out of you, but it'll be fun if not. Sit home,
<v Speaker 1>drink your stupid tequila and post your Instagram stories about
<v Speaker 1>working out at five am. All right, So finally not
<v Speaker 1>likely for a return, is it has? Well? Yeah, these
<v Speaker 1>two are just silly. But it's AI, which is why
<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to tell you it, says big Ee.
<v Speaker 1>Recent interviews indicate he's officially retired from in ring competition,
<v Speaker 1>so a big E return is basically off the board
<v Speaker 1>unless something dramatically changes, which is a shame. It's such
<v Speaker 1>a shame that Biggie's career got cut short the way
<v Speaker 1>it did in a freak injury, which I mean again thing,
<v Speaker 1>he's not paralyzer dead, that's number one. But for years
<v Speaker 1>we speculated about a return. He'd be on the pre show,
<v Speaker 1>most recently involved with the heel turn of The New
<v Speaker 1>Day a year or two ago, which we thought was
<v Speaker 1>leading to something and led to absolutely nowhere, which was
<v Speaker 1>just inexcusable. But Big E had big potential, and yes
<v Speaker 1>he became champion, but we felt like there was more
<v Speaker 1>outside of the silliness that his character constantly provided. There
<v Speaker 1>was a serious side to him that when he showed it,
<v Speaker 1>you saw what he could potentially become, and unfortunately we'll
<v Speaker 1>never know. The last one it says is Ronda Rousey.
<v Speaker 1>She publicly she's publicly tied to an MMA return, which
<v Speaker 1>makes an immediate WWE comeback feel less likely. Well, let's hope,
<v Speaker 1>so one can only hope. I have more interest than
<v Speaker 1>this is saying something. This is how little I think
<v Speaker 1>of Ronda Rowsey and WWE. As far as her return,
<v Speaker 1>I would be more interested in seeing the bellas Like return,
<v Speaker 1>even as it was already presented. I'd rather watch that
<v Speaker 1>twice than watch a Ronda Rowsey return. She is so
<v Speaker 1>unlikable to me as a person I have as a
<v Speaker 1>wrestler too. I thought she was very entitled. She had
<v Speaker 1>some really annoying quirks on the microphone. She disrespected the
<v Speaker 1>business multiple times on camera and podcasts. She is just
<v Speaker 1>a very self serving, narcissistic person and I have no
<v Speaker 1>use for her whatsoever. So let's keep our fingers crossed
<v Speaker 1>that this doesn't make her want to scratch the itch
<v Speaker 1>of returning to w and hopefully she doesn't even have
<v Speaker 1>that itch. So she's got a bunch of MMA stuff
<v Speaker 1>going on. She has a return to MMA. I don't
<v Speaker 1>remember the name of the woman she's facing. I saw
<v Speaker 1>some quick thing on social media that I ignored because
<v Speaker 1>it's Ronda Rousey. But there you go. There's the slop
<v Speaker 1>that AI spills out for you. Some of it will
<v Speaker 1>I gotta say it's This isn't the worst AI predictions
<v Speaker 1>I've seen. As we've heard the last time I did
<v Speaker 1>this show, some of it was just preposterous. This at
<v Speaker 1>least is grounded in some kind of common sense. So
<v Speaker 1>there you go. So I'll pause there. I appreciate everybody listening.
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