WWE Week in Review: The OG Bloodline Begins to Reunite, 4 Championship Matches, Punk Teases Retirement

<v Speaker 1>This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre, and you're listening to
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<v Speaker 2>is the Weekend Review. A little bit, a little bit
<v Speaker 2>late for the first time in a long time. Last night,
<v Speaker 2>I just it's too tired prioritizing my sleep last night.
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, this is a little bit late, but we're here.
<v Speaker 2>It's Monday morning, the fourteenth of October, and we are
<v Speaker 2>ready to roll here with the Weekend Review as the
<v Speaker 2>Crown Jewel event that can't come soon enough because then
<v Speaker 2>once it comes, it can go away. It's just a
<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks away, the early November date, the first
<v Speaker 2>Saturday in November, right before election Day, and we can
<v Speaker 2>say goodbye to Crown Jewel and get back to the
<v Speaker 2>events that we really care about, which is of course
<v Speaker 2>Survivors Series, which it has been circled on our calendars
<v Speaker 2>a lot of us for many, many months just because
<v Speaker 2>of the storyline with the bloodline and what could result
<v Speaker 2>there and the potential big returns, which one of them
<v Speaker 2>we've already seen of the Rock and we'll see what
<v Speaker 2>his role is as he kind of came and went
<v Speaker 2>with no real explanation. I mean I didn't really I
<v Speaker 2>guess I didn't expect him to be on SmackDown this week.
<v Speaker 2>But it would have been nice for him to just
<v Speaker 2>at least give us even of, you know, via satellite
<v Speaker 2>or a you know, a pre taped promo of some
<v Speaker 2>sort of what you thought, why you're back again, even
<v Speaker 2>though why you know why you're back. It would just
<v Speaker 2>be nice to have seen something. And you know, it's
<v Speaker 2>not really a complaint for those tallying my complaints throughout
<v Speaker 2>the show, It's not just kind of I guess it
<v Speaker 2>stalls the momentum. Stifles the momentum a little bit when
<v Speaker 2>you have your biggest star on the roster and he is,
<v Speaker 2>whether you like it or not, come back and then
<v Speaker 2>it's like another week or two before you hear from
<v Speaker 2>him again or more, and you know, hell, well, what
<v Speaker 2>can I say? Because guess what they did with Roman Reigns.
<v Speaker 2>He returned a SummerSlam. He didn't speak for like six weeks.
<v Speaker 2>Remember that I'm old enough to remember that. We didn't
<v Speaker 2>get an explanation, and to be honest, I mean, this
<v Speaker 2>Bloodline story is going exactly as many of us had expected.
<v Speaker 2>I still would have liked a little bit of a
<v Speaker 2>I guess, a chapter between Roman returning and just instantly
<v Speaker 2>attacking Solo. I would have liked him to just have
<v Speaker 2>some kind of conversation with Solo, maybe Solo dupes him
<v Speaker 2>in and then he gets beat down, you know, something
<v Speaker 2>like that, instead of just rushing to the physical part
<v Speaker 2>of the program. I know that was months back now
<v Speaker 2>at SummerSlam, but it felt like we missed a chapter.
<v Speaker 2>He just returned and instantly started attacking, and then we
<v Speaker 2>got no explanation for six weeks and we still really
<v Speaker 2>haven't gotten one. I guess it's just implied that he's
<v Speaker 2>angry because he tried to pretend he's the tribal chief
<v Speaker 2>when he's not. I guess that's the whole thing. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know that all said. I still am enjoying it.
<v Speaker 2>It just felt like we skipped a few chapters to
<v Speaker 2>get here. I'd like a little bit more cohesiveness that
<v Speaker 2>That's just my preference. So you know, you guys do
<v Speaker 2>with that what you will, and maybe some of you
<v Speaker 2>don't care. But this week in WWE, of course, we
<v Speaker 2>got a returning Roman Raines to smack Down kind of
<v Speaker 2>a I guess by definition a rare return by Roman reigns.
<v Speaker 2>And he came back and he spoke with Jimmy and
<v Speaker 2>that went as expected. I mean, I didn't expect these
<v Speaker 2>two to have any kind of altercation. We've been down
<v Speaker 2>that road too many times there. If they ever go
<v Speaker 2>that road of tension between Roman and Jimmy and in
<v Speaker 2>the returning Jay, I no, if they go that road,
<v Speaker 2>that's a massive mistake. There's no need to do that.
<v Speaker 2>But there does need to be some reconciliation and some
<v Speaker 2>explanations being you know, being presented to us as to
<v Speaker 2>who and why people are doing what they're doing and
<v Speaker 2>how they're coming back together. And having Roman called Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>Big Jim on SmackDown was that was a new a
<v Speaker 2>new deal. And Jimmy, it's amazing. I mean, he went
<v Speaker 2>essentially disgraced after his match with Jay at WrestleMania. That
<v Speaker 2>were all supposed to and I would recommend highly that
<v Speaker 2>we all forget and you know, he was the fifth
<v Speaker 2>wheel in the whole story and he comes back and
<v Speaker 2>people are you know, buzzing like crazy, and it's amazing
<v Speaker 2>what a little little time away he can do for
<v Speaker 2>a star like Jimmy us So who desperately needed time away.
<v Speaker 2>He got it. He's back after what six months. And
<v Speaker 2>you heard at the beginning of SmackDown with the with
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy and Roman speak. You heard the yeat chance and
<v Speaker 2>Roman said no yeat and that got some booze from
<v Speaker 2>the crowd. But we all know Jay's coming. We all know.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that just makes no sense because we also
<v Speaker 2>at the end of SmackDown, as we saw saw Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>and Roman get beat down by the Bloodline. That's exactly
<v Speaker 2>how it should play out. It's how we all anticipated
<v Speaker 2>it playing out. It's how I called it for many,
<v Speaker 2>many months, how it's going to play out. That the
<v Speaker 2>numbers game gets to them and they need help. And
<v Speaker 2>even Wwe themselves on their YouTube channel labeled that segment
<v Speaker 2>as Jimmy and Roman need help. So Jay's coming, Yes, eventually,
<v Speaker 2>the wise man, I think he may be the maybe
<v Speaker 2>the final piece. Perhaps he could be the second to
<v Speaker 2>last or final piece when they all finally come together.
<v Speaker 2>Because Jay Jay, I think is coming at Crown Jewel.
<v Speaker 2>That to me is you know, you have Jimmy return
<v Speaker 2>to help Roman at the at the last pl e
<v Speaker 2>at Bad Blood. Then you have Jay returned to help
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy and Roman at the next event here at Crown Jewel,
<v Speaker 2>and then perhaps after that before Survivor series, you have
<v Speaker 2>maybe Sammy at Survivor series being a mystery fifth person
<v Speaker 2>although we all know who the hell it is, or
<v Speaker 2>they just don't play stupid, and they have Sammy beast
<v Speaker 2>that last puzzle piece for Solo's bloodline versus Romans blood line.
<v Speaker 2>And then you have Paul Hayman come in toe maybe
<v Speaker 2>he comes back. He doesn't even have to be there
<v Speaker 2>for Survivor series, but it would make sense that they're
<v Speaker 2>a total complete unit at Survivor series. So this all
<v Speaker 2>makes sense to me. I think that this is a
<v Speaker 2>storyline that is really hard to screw up. I say
<v Speaker 2>that with a tepid tone here, because sometimes things that
<v Speaker 2>are easy or appear easy are easily screwed up. But
<v Speaker 2>I think it's something that they have, especially Triple H
<v Speaker 2>at the head of creative here. I think that they
<v Speaker 2>have this well underway and under control, pretty easy. It's
<v Speaker 2>pretty simple where they're going, and this is an example
<v Speaker 2>of something that I want to bring to those of
<v Speaker 2>the tension that are often complaining about predictability. A lot
<v Speaker 2>of you complain about predictability, and at times it is
<v Speaker 2>predictability can be a bit boring. I mean that by definition,
<v Speaker 2>sometimes predictability is boring, but that doesn't mean it's not
<v Speaker 2>the right thing to do predictability. It's the right thing
<v Speaker 2>to do. If it's the right thing to do, I
<v Speaker 2>will take predictability over something that makes no sense, just
<v Speaker 2>for shock value, that is unpredictable. But some of you
<v Speaker 2>are the opposite. Some of you love unpredictability, even if
<v Speaker 2>it's at the sacrifice of logic. I don't, But many
<v Speaker 2>of you, I think, would agree that we're all waiting
<v Speaker 2>for this, and based on the crowd reaction, even though
<v Speaker 2>we saw this coming six months ago, it's enjoyable and
<v Speaker 2>it's fun to watch play out. So this is a
<v Speaker 2>perfect example exhibit A of predictability being a good thing.
<v Speaker 2>So there you go. Also, this week in WWE, how
<v Speaker 2>many championship matches did we get? My God, did I mean?
<v Speaker 2>Did we get? I think nearly every championship was on
<v Speaker 2>the line, except for the men's tag titles and the
<v Speaker 2>the Undisputed Championship with Cody Rose as the title holder.
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure everybody else defended their belts. We had
<v Speaker 2>a US title match, we had an Intercontinental title match,
<v Speaker 2>we had a World title match. Uh yeah, and that's yes.
<v Speaker 2>The women's tag titles of Jade and Bianca, that is
<v Speaker 2>just my beloved tag team.
<v Speaker 1>Uh.
<v Speaker 2>They are as obnoxious as ever. I have nothing left
<v Speaker 2>to say about it. I have beaten this into the ground.
<v Speaker 2>I hope the crowd turns on them at this point, honestly,
<v Speaker 2>and this is not to bury both Jade or Bianca.
<v Speaker 2>It's to send a message to Creative likes. Enough is enough,
<v Speaker 2>Please stop the pain. I hope the crowd does turn
<v Speaker 2>on them and not ruin their careers. That's not what
<v Speaker 2>I'm aiming for. I'm aiming for a message being sent
<v Speaker 2>to Creative. They're all about sending messages all the time,
<v Speaker 2>they tell us all the time, the messages are sent.
<v Speaker 2>And here's one that we can send back. Okay, we
<v Speaker 2>don't always have to receive them. We can also send them.
<v Speaker 2>And here's one we should send, and that is loud
<v Speaker 2>and clear. Break these two up, please please, And this
<v Speaker 2>is of course my own my own issues, and you
<v Speaker 2>hear the crowd reactions that aren't overwhelmingly positive for both women.
<v Speaker 2>It's just mildly positive. And Jade is clearly the benefactor
<v Speaker 2>of this. But even at this point she is. We
<v Speaker 2>all know why she's in a tag team. This is
<v Speaker 2>not for Bianca's sake. This is for Jade's sake, to
<v Speaker 2>protect her weaknesses, because they can't have her in a
<v Speaker 2>singles role yet. So do they just decide, Hey, let's
<v Speaker 2>put her in a tag team, no matter how long
<v Speaker 2>it takes, whatever the reaction is, let's just do it
<v Speaker 2>because we need to bring her into the singles role.
<v Speaker 2>And no matter what happens with the crowd, we don't care.
<v Speaker 2>It's just this is the goal at all costs, and
<v Speaker 2>seems like they're going that road.
<v Speaker 1>Now.
<v Speaker 2>Did I expect Jade and Bianca to lose this week?
<v Speaker 3>No?
<v Speaker 2>No, especially against a team many of us haven't seen.
<v Speaker 1>No.
<v Speaker 2>Hell no. This is just about giving them minutes, giving
<v Speaker 2>them are time. And I will say this too. Many
<v Speaker 2>of you have been advocating for a women's mid card belt.
<v Speaker 2>I am not of that belief and I'll get into
<v Speaker 2>that in a minute, But first I want to thank you.
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<v Speaker 2>have to be about wrestling. But it also doesn't have
<v Speaker 2>to be grotesque or profane just because you can be.
<v Speaker 2>So the only thing I ask is it's not ridiculous, right, Like,
<v Speaker 2>let's not go overboard with racial political stuff. That's saved
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<v Speaker 2>every third word is the F word. You know that
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<v Speaker 2>even those are about one hundred bucks. Doesn't need to
<v Speaker 2>be those. I've heard quality audio from very inexpensive external mics. Okay,
<v Speaker 2>so it can't be a laptop. Sounds like you're in
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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm talking about, terrible audio quality. We
<v Speaker 2>can't have that. So here's the requirements. Again, send the
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<v Speaker 2>be about anything. Doesn't have to be out wrestling. It
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<v Speaker 2>about science, it can be about true crime. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>take your pick. Don't be profane just because you can be.
<v Speaker 2>If you throw in some F bombs, then that's fine,
<v Speaker 2>but don't do it just because you can. And no racial, political,
<v Speaker 2>cultural stuff. That's again saved for the show that I do.
<v Speaker 2>And I don't think people tuning into this are tuning
<v Speaker 2>into it for that. So if you want to send
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<v Speaker 2>mailbag at WWE podcast dot com. All right, so back
<v Speaker 2>to the women's mid card belt stuff. So I know
<v Speaker 2>a lot of you, a lot of you are advocating
<v Speaker 2>for that, and that's what many of you thought the
<v Speaker 2>other week when Triple H unveiled the beloved Crown Jewel
<v Speaker 2>Championship that's going to be defended once a year and
<v Speaker 2>we're told it's the beginning of a new era, which
<v Speaker 2>is the most hilarious statement I've heard from Triple H
<v Speaker 2>since he took over. That many of you thought that
<v Speaker 2>the mid card belt was going to be introduced there,
<v Speaker 2>and I thought for a moment too, but it wasn't.
<v Speaker 2>And here's why I'd say they should not do that
<v Speaker 2>right now. I continue to say they should not do
<v Speaker 2>a mid car women's championship right now. And you're asking, well,
<v Speaker 2>why the men have won the women have done it. No,
<v Speaker 2>it's not about a quality here, all right, many of
<v Speaker 2>you who are screaming, all the men should everything the
<v Speaker 2>men have, the women should have? How about this? How
<v Speaker 2>about everything that the men have the women should have?
<v Speaker 2>When it makes sense when WWE continues to show us consistently,
<v Speaker 2>I can't stress that word enough that they value the
<v Speaker 2>women's championships and that they make them a priority consistently. Okay,
<v Speaker 2>how can we say that with the Women's Tag Team Championship.
<v Speaker 2>They have made that a priority. At times, they've even
<v Speaker 2>taken then known as the SmackDown Women's Championship now knows
<v Speaker 2>the ww Women's Championship. There have been many times that
<v Speaker 2>that has disappeared for months on end, and you forget
<v Speaker 2>who it is a La Eo Sky's run as champion again,
<v Speaker 2>she was then known as the SmackDown Women's Champion. They
<v Speaker 2>have taken her at times, taken that championship at times
<v Speaker 2>and made it disappear. They've become magicians in abercadabra, it
<v Speaker 2>doesn't exist. They've done that. So when they're doing that
<v Speaker 2>to a top championship, and they do that the Women's
<v Speaker 2>Champion Tag Team Championships, then what the hell are we doing?
<v Speaker 2>And at even even with Rhea Ripley winning at last
<v Speaker 2>year's WrestleMania WrestleMania thirty nine, when she won it, you
<v Speaker 2>had her not defended or even be talked about that
<v Speaker 2>She's the Women's Champion for a good five to six
<v Speaker 2>months until Zelena Vega popped up and was one of
<v Speaker 2>her challengers when they went to Puerto Rico for one
<v Speaker 2>of their who was a backlash. I think it was
<v Speaker 2>backlash and you know the crowd was going wild for
<v Speaker 2>was Zelena Vega. And after that though, like you forgot
<v Speaker 2>that Rio was even champion because she was so involved
<v Speaker 2>in the judgment day business. All of that to say,
<v Speaker 2>there have been many examples of WWE throughout the years,
<v Speaker 2>especially with the Women's Tag Team Championship, that they have
<v Speaker 2>given it little to no time. It disappears for extended
<v Speaker 2>periods of time. They never seem to make it a
<v Speaker 2>top priority. And I'm not saying it needs to always
<v Speaker 2>be the main event of Raw like suddenly they just
<v Speaker 2>flip no, but they need to show you that they
<v Speaker 2>can manage the current championships that they do have before
<v Speaker 2>introducing new ones, and they have not shown that to me. So, yes,
<v Speaker 2>Nia Jacks, I think is a better champion then Bailey
<v Speaker 2>has been. Not that she's a better wrestler, but that
<v Speaker 2>it is just her character seems to be more of
<v Speaker 2>a priority. Her in ring has improved immensely, Her character
<v Speaker 2>has improved immensely from whence she returned to WW at
<v Speaker 2>the Rumble last year. All of it has been much
<v Speaker 2>better than Bailey's run but yes, Rhea Ripley has was
<v Speaker 2>Women's championship to forfeit it because of her injury. Live
<v Speaker 2>Morgan has done wonder with that, her career has skyrocket
<v Speaker 2>at all. That and that's true. But the consistency here
<v Speaker 2>is the factor here. It's the biggest thing. And they
<v Speaker 2>go from, oh, yeah, we had the women's tanking titles,
<v Speaker 2>let's defend them, and then they disappear. It happens time
<v Speaker 2>after time, literally year after year. So before we start
<v Speaker 2>talking about bringing a women's title into the mix, that
<v Speaker 2>will be a mid card belt, let's manage the championships
<v Speaker 2>we have now to the maximum that they can be
<v Speaker 2>because also not only that, not only will the mid
<v Speaker 2>card belt be mismanaged, but that would mean, given the
<v Speaker 2>time that the women are given in total every week,
<v Speaker 2>that every feud going on in the women's division will
<v Speaker 2>be about some championship all the time. How do I
<v Speaker 2>know that because that's almost the case right now, given
<v Speaker 2>the time that men are given versus women, the women's
<v Speaker 2>division is always almost always about the women's the women's
<v Speaker 2>tag team titles at times, or the women's world title,
<v Speaker 2>or the women's title. So that would mean if they
<v Speaker 2>introduce a US or Intercontinental equivalent for the women, that
<v Speaker 2>every single championship, every single match, every single program will
<v Speaker 2>be about about a belt. And that shouldn't be the
<v Speaker 2>case because oftentimes programs are not about championships and shouldn't be.
<v Speaker 2>There are times when a belt is introduced that it
<v Speaker 2>actually detracts from what's going on in the program because
<v Speaker 2>you want it to be about a personal score to
<v Speaker 2>be settled, a blood feud. Look at Drew and Punk,
<v Speaker 2>look at Roman and Rock. Eventually a Roman and Solo.
<v Speaker 2>That's not about a championship. Yeah, these are top top
<v Speaker 2>programs going on right now, or with Punk and Drew
<v Speaker 2>it was, and with Seth and Punk that will not
<v Speaker 2>be about a championship when we get to that, probably
<v Speaker 2>at WrestleMania forty one. So so many programs are not
<v Speaker 2>about championships with the men, and it's very and it
<v Speaker 2>changes things up. And yes, the structure of WWE and
<v Speaker 2>pro wrestling in general is about championships because you're supposed
<v Speaker 2>to believe that the guys and gals there are there
<v Speaker 2>to compete for those belts, but they can get sidetracked
<v Speaker 2>with blood feuds, personal scores, just the things that have
<v Speaker 2>nothing to do with the championships. And if they introduce
<v Speaker 2>a mid card belt, now, with the little time that
<v Speaker 2>the women do get comparatively to the men, you're gonna
<v Speaker 2>have everything about championships, and that women's title you can
<v Speaker 2>guarantee well nearly to be competed or defended on a
<v Speaker 2>weekly basis. They're going to make a whatever the US
<v Speaker 2>Championship equivalent for the women is defended weekly. All right,
<v Speaker 2>So I don't want that right now. I hope that
<v Speaker 2>makes sense to you, guys, And that's the argument against it.
<v Speaker 2>The only argument for it is that many of you
<v Speaker 2>are like, well, that'd be that makes sense because the
<v Speaker 2>men have one, why can't the women. That's it. That's
<v Speaker 2>the whole argument is the men have it, so the
<v Speaker 2>women should. That's the whole argument. Because some of you
<v Speaker 2>may say, well, they give something for so and so
<v Speaker 2>to do or so and so to compete for. Again,
<v Speaker 2>I will turn you to deep storylines programs, and I
<v Speaker 2>think having a women's championship mid card belt introduced is
<v Speaker 2>a crutch. It's a it's a it's an out for
<v Speaker 2>having to actually create good storylines that people care about,
<v Speaker 2>because with a championship, it deodorizes a little bit of
<v Speaker 2>the bad creative because you're like, oh, well, okay, the
<v Speaker 2>belt's on the line. I don't really know what the
<v Speaker 2>hell's going on here or or understand the program that well,
<v Speaker 2>or it's kind of cold, but okay, the belts on
<v Speaker 2>the line. So it deodorizes a little bit of the
<v Speaker 2>I guess lack of storyline development. So I could see
<v Speaker 2>why WWE would, but as fans, I hope you kind
<v Speaker 2>of come to your senses here instead of just oh, well,
<v Speaker 2>the men have it, so the women should. It's like,
<v Speaker 2>that's a that's a bad argument. It's a bad argument.
<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, I want on a rant too much
<v Speaker 2>about that. Let's move on. That did happen this week?
<v Speaker 2>And that is the US time of match La Knight
<v Speaker 2>versus Carmelo Hayes. And this match was nine minutes, a
<v Speaker 2>little bit short from my liking, but nonetheless still a
<v Speaker 2>good still a good match, a good exposure for Carmelo Hayes,
<v Speaker 2>which I still don't know what he is. I guess
<v Speaker 2>he's a heel. They flip flopped many many times, kind
<v Speaker 2>of just putting him in whatever role they need him
<v Speaker 2>to be at that moment. But you know that he's
<v Speaker 2>going to be good in the ring, and he always
<v Speaker 2>seems to deliver that. My god. Though the finish here
<v Speaker 2>of La Knight winning isn't the surprise. We all knew
<v Speaker 2>Ella Knight's gonna win. But that bft that Carmelo Hayes took.
<v Speaker 2>I thought that Carmala Camalo Hayes died on the spot.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'd love to see that in slow mode,
<v Speaker 2>to see how he covered himself. I would imagine that
<v Speaker 2>he didn't put all of that load on his actual
<v Speaker 2>head and neck. But oh my god, and you see
<v Speaker 2>those spikes from time to time. Aj Styles has done
<v Speaker 2>it many times and you see him and you're like,
<v Speaker 2>am you know, like you are. Even if they do
<v Speaker 2>it safely, right, they still are putting an unnecessarily amount
<v Speaker 2>of risk on themselves, even though it does look awesome
<v Speaker 2>and it does bring the crowd to, oh my god,
<v Speaker 2>is that person dead? Is the X going up? Are
<v Speaker 2>they pulling the stretcher out? Did they break their neck?
<v Speaker 2>It does have that reaction, and nine times out of
<v Speaker 2>ten it's done safely and the way it should be done,
<v Speaker 2>But there is that moment you're just like, oh my god,
<v Speaker 2>and it does increase the risk and significantly to sell
<v Speaker 2>it like that if they're trying to sell it like that.
<v Speaker 2>So when Carmelo Hayes did that, I'm like, whoa. You know,
<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody sold the BFT that way. It's
<v Speaker 2>supposed to be sold more like just kind of a
<v Speaker 2>face plant instead of like a DDT. But very very
<v Speaker 2>well done by Carmelo Hayes there, La Knight and the
<v Speaker 2>Alec Carmrla Hayes really fun finished. They rehearsed that pretty
<v Speaker 2>well and it wasn't the smoothest finish there will like
<v Speaker 2>slight slight botches, but La Night getting the victory made
<v Speaker 2>total sense. Andrede ringside did distractays a little bit. And
<v Speaker 2>you know, Andrede seems to be in the mix here.
<v Speaker 2>La Knight at the upper mid card is still getting
<v Speaker 2>big reactions. You do wonder if they're eventually going to
<v Speaker 2>put him back, you know, into the the not just
<v Speaker 2>the world title mix, but the undisputed title. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>this is why, this is, this is why I have
<v Speaker 2>been a big advocate and was a big advocate many
<v Speaker 2>of you were too of putting l A. Knight on
<v Speaker 2>raw during the the shakeup during the draft because he
<v Speaker 2>was already on SmackDown. You're like, all right, perfect place
<v Speaker 2>for Raw. He can go compete for the world title.
<v Speaker 2>Even if he doesn't win, he's in the mix. And
<v Speaker 2>they didn't and they made him US champion, which is fine,
<v Speaker 2>and it feels like he's a year behind though what
<v Speaker 2>many of us wanted him to be. You know, before
<v Speaker 2>this whole thing, or when it started, the whole La
<v Speaker 2>Knight movement, we were you know, he got into the
<v Speaker 2>ring with Roman Reigns when he was still the champion,
<v Speaker 2>and you're thinking, well, maybe but probably not. And he
<v Speaker 2>doesn't win, and you're like, all right, make him US champion.
<v Speaker 2>And it took forever in a day to get there.
<v Speaker 2>Even La Knight said, this feels like way long overdue,
<v Speaker 2>and it does. It feels like they're a year behind
<v Speaker 2>the or what the fans have wanted. And now he
<v Speaker 2>is US Champion, But I still believe that he should
<v Speaker 2>be competing for the world title over on Raw because
<v Speaker 2>you're not gonna have Alla Knight versus Cody Rhoads. It
<v Speaker 2>introduces a whole host of problems because they're both baby faces.
<v Speaker 2>You don't want Cody to be turned on yet. And
<v Speaker 2>also he just became champions So even if there was
<v Speaker 2>a case for La Knight to win or for him
<v Speaker 2>to compete for the championship, you're not gonna have him
<v Speaker 2>win because Cody just won it in April. Just it's
<v Speaker 2>a mess, so he would fit much better over on Raw.
<v Speaker 2>That said, Gunther's also seemingly just won the belt a
<v Speaker 2>couple of months ago. He's not ready to drop it,
<v Speaker 2>not anywhere near it. So you have champions both in
<v Speaker 2>La I'm sorry, both in Cody Roads and Gunther that
<v Speaker 2>are well established champions that you don't see any reason
<v Speaker 2>why they should drop the belt. Even within the next
<v Speaker 2>three to four months up until WrestleMania, I could see
<v Speaker 2>both men still holding the belt. I think here's an argument,
<v Speaker 2>or here's a conversation you could have or one that
<v Speaker 2>I tossed to you guys to maybe email me with
<v Speaker 2>on your mail bag. Who drops the belt first? Cody
<v Speaker 2>or Gunther? I would argue it could be Cody because
<v Speaker 2>if the Rock is not competing at WrestleMania forty one,
<v Speaker 2>pretending he's not again, we went through that whole Rigamar
<v Speaker 2>role last week. If he's not, then you could have
<v Speaker 2>Cody versus The Rock, and the Rock could potentially win
<v Speaker 2>the belt and if he doesn't compete at WrestleMania, that
<v Speaker 2>would be a bit of a shame. But I guess
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Maybe I'm talking myself out of it,
<v Speaker 2>because if the Rock wins, then why would he go
<v Speaker 2>away and not compete for defend the belt at WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 2>That would make no sense. So well, that was embarrassing.
<v Speaker 2>I was gonna. I was trying to make the case
<v Speaker 2>that the Rock could beat Cody and then Cody competes
<v Speaker 2>with Randy Orton in and WrestleMania. But I don't know.
<v Speaker 2>Lots of ways to go here as we get through,
<v Speaker 2>but there is a case that we made that Cody
<v Speaker 2>drops it before Gunther. I don't want to go through
<v Speaker 2>to drop it for like another year. I mean, I
<v Speaker 2>don't even know if I ever do I have? You
<v Speaker 2>never want gun through to drop the belt? I mean,
<v Speaker 2>like ever, I don't know. I don't see a reason
<v Speaker 2>a need. Gunther continues to show how good he is
<v Speaker 2>on the microphone, his new look of the suits. It's sharp,
<v Speaker 2>sharp looking guy. He doesn't have any heel backup like
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't have any Yeah, he has Ludwig Kaiser, but
<v Speaker 2>he come and go. He's coming and going. He's not
<v Speaker 2>really a mainstay in his matches. Ludwig is kind of
<v Speaker 2>on his own a little bit. The Giovanni Vinci has
<v Speaker 2>gone into oblivion, so guntherer doesn't need anyone, but he
<v Speaker 2>is continuing to thrive without help. So moving on, Okay,
<v Speaker 2>we let's see had something about here. Oh, because I
<v Speaker 2>don't want to miss anything. I'm reading a description because
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to miss anything here that was big
<v Speaker 2>that happened. We had Jimmy Uso walking backstage. He was
<v Speaker 2>encountered by Cody Rhodes, who thanked him and Jimmy told
<v Speaker 2>him to consider it a favor but not expect more.
<v Speaker 2>Cody warned Jimmy that Solo isn't the same guy. When
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy left, Jimmy said it's family business, and Jimmy said
<v Speaker 2>it looks like Cody is handling things on his own
<v Speaker 2>and said respect before walking away. So right, that this
<v Speaker 2>should be the case. It's essentially just telling the crowd.
<v Speaker 2>Look that we're not going back to bloodline versus Cody,
<v Speaker 2>like Jimmy and Roman are not going to attack Cody rhads.
<v Speaker 2>There's no reason to do that. It would it would
<v Speaker 2>be insane. So we're not doing that. It's kind of
<v Speaker 2>mutual respect. We're not friends, but mutual respect. You have
<v Speaker 2>your business, I'm taking care of my business. We're going
<v Speaker 2>our separate ways. This is essentially what this is saying,
<v Speaker 2>and it should so all right we have Then Lash
<v Speaker 2>Legend and jack lerwic Jackson come out, and they were
<v Speaker 2>interrupted by Kevin Owens, who rolled inside the ring in
<v Speaker 2>a Dusty Roads shirt and said he was not he
<v Speaker 2>was told not to come to smack down. He said
<v Speaker 2>that was crap and he couldn't let that happen. He said,
<v Speaker 2>people are asking why he turned on Cody, and the
<v Speaker 2>producers came out and Cole explained the fan footage angle
<v Speaker 2>from Bad Blood. Owens rolled to ringside and put on
<v Speaker 2>a headset, and Owen said Rhodes actually turned on him.
<v Speaker 2>Cody came out and was held by Randy Orton, and
<v Speaker 2>Orton out came out, pushed Owens, Orton grabbed him. Owen's
<v Speaker 2>elbowed Orton. Orton then punched Owens in the face and
<v Speaker 2>told everyone calm down. So tension between Orton and Owens
<v Speaker 2>boils over here and boiled over even more later in
<v Speaker 2>the show. So then we get though Bianca and Jade
<v Speaker 2>versus Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson for the women's tag titles.
<v Speaker 2>First of all, beyond the preposterousness of this being two minutes, again,
<v Speaker 2>the disrespect of the championships, and no better way to
<v Speaker 2>have the crowd turn on the on these two than
<v Speaker 2>have two minute matches over and over and over, really
<v Speaker 2>just supporting and accentuating Jade Cargill's limitations, or at least
<v Speaker 2>perceived limitations by fans. No better way to do that
<v Speaker 2>than have two minute matches. We have two women who
<v Speaker 2>how the hell did they earn this opportunity? I guess
<v Speaker 2>just by being breathing human beings. By being female and breathing,
<v Speaker 2>I guess is the qualification. Now you have to just
<v Speaker 2>be standing in some kind of within a certain radius
<v Speaker 2>of one another. You have to be alive, and you
<v Speaker 2>have to be just backstage, and you know CREATI will
<v Speaker 2>come up and say, Hey, oh my god, we got
<v Speaker 2>new we got new tag title contenders. You guys are
<v Speaker 2>the number one contenders essentially. I guess that's how they're
<v Speaker 2>choosing now. I guess that's how they're they're anointing who
<v Speaker 2>is the who have the challenger for the women's tag
<v Speaker 2>titles used to be alive and female. That's it, so
<v Speaker 2>pretty high bar here. But they did attack from behind.
<v Speaker 2>They attacked Jadeen and Bianca from behind, and then Legend
<v Speaker 2>bumped Bellair at a ringside Jackson dropped off the apron
<v Speaker 2>held bel Air. Legend followed and ended up booting Green
<v Speaker 2>over the over the broadcast table. Belair kicked Legend and
<v Speaker 2>then elbowed Jackson. Belair turned returned to the ring and
<v Speaker 2>tagged out. Cargill hit Jackson with a big boot and
<v Speaker 2>then super kicked Legend off the apron, and then they
<v Speaker 2>hit their finish for the victory. And uh, yeah, that's
<v Speaker 2>that's that's kind of it. I guess that's that's it. Now.
<v Speaker 2>The idea that Green continues to smell like a dumpster,
<v Speaker 2>I guess you know the the I I don't. I'm
<v Speaker 2>not a fan of it. Most of what Chelsea Green
<v Speaker 2>has done on air has been entertaining. This is because
<v Speaker 2>you got put in a dumpster several weeks ago. We're
<v Speaker 2>all supposed to just pretend she still smells like a dumpster. No,
<v Speaker 2>I mean if they're even if the talent are doing
<v Speaker 2>that to mock her, It's not funny. You know, we
<v Speaker 2>all know obviously she doesn't. Even if the talent and
<v Speaker 2>storyline know she doesn't and they're trying to be funny,
<v Speaker 2>It's not funny. Like, no matter how you interpret this angle,
<v Speaker 2>it's not funny. They should drop it because it's it's
<v Speaker 2>it's sophomoric at best. Okay. We then have Jacks in
<v Speaker 2>the ring with Stratton and gave credit she gave. Jacks
<v Speaker 2>gave credit to Bailey for being a trustworthy contender and
<v Speaker 2>adding that she even worked up a sweat during the match,
<v Speaker 2>and Jack said no one had SmackDown the locker room
<v Speaker 2>has beaten her, and nor can her raw counterpart, live Morgan.
<v Speaker 2>Jack said she will annihilate Morgan at Crown Jewel because
<v Speaker 2>they're two champions, so they're facing one another. Jack said
<v Speaker 2>she will become the first Crown Jewel champion. That's that's that.
<v Speaker 2>I don't say that, please, Jack said, grabs Stratton in
<v Speaker 2>a headlock and said then it will be tiffy time.
<v Speaker 2>Jacks released Stratton and said that's when you cash in
<v Speaker 2>and live Morgan. So she's demanding when Live should cash in.
<v Speaker 2>Diomi made her entrance and spoke from riggside and said
<v Speaker 2>the only reason Jack's had the title was that she
<v Speaker 2>was quote a little broke down barbie. Naomi said Stratton
<v Speaker 2>wasn't even a good sidekick, and Naomi said she pinned
<v Speaker 2>Stratton just as she pinned Jacks. And Raquel Rodriguez came
<v Speaker 2>out and she was followed by Women's World Champion Live
<v Speaker 2>Morgan in dominic pasterio. Morgan said they came all the
<v Speaker 2>way to SmackDown to make an example of Jackson, said
<v Speaker 2>she and her crew would watch Jacks lose just as
<v Speaker 2>Jacks would lose a crown jewel. So we got a
<v Speaker 2>match here with Nia Jax versus Naomi in a non
<v Speaker 2>title match, and the match lasted nine and a half minutes,
<v Speaker 2>and we had Naomi beat Nya Jax. But here's the finish.
<v Speaker 2>Stratton wound up to hit Naomi with the money in
<v Speaker 2>the bank briefcase, but Raquel Rodriguez took it way and
<v Speaker 2>Naomi then put Jacks, put Naomi down and set up
<v Speaker 2>for her finish, but Rodriguez distracted the ref while Morgan
<v Speaker 2>hit Jacks with the money in the bank briefcase and
<v Speaker 2>Naomi slipped under Jack's power, bombed her and pinned her.
<v Speaker 2>So that was kind of an interesting finish here, with
<v Speaker 2>Jack's taking the pin by Naomi making her trying to
<v Speaker 2>make her I guess at a future women's world title contender.
<v Speaker 2>I guess is or women's title contender, but we all
<v Speaker 2>know Naomi sorry, probably has no chance unless Naomi turns heel.
<v Speaker 2>Naomi should turn heel, just because she needs a shot
<v Speaker 2>in the arm in the worst way. It's just the
<v Speaker 2>same old Naomi, and that's not necessarily a bad thing,
<v Speaker 2>but it's a just stale at this point. I want
<v Speaker 2>to see what a hel Naomi looks like. So all right, ayway,
<v Speaker 2>all right. Rio views of Ria Ripley's music entrance played,
<v Speaker 2>and that's where Morgan, Dom and Rodriguez were standing on
<v Speaker 2>the stage. Rea Ripley ran out, roughed up Rodriegus, and
<v Speaker 2>then Ripley glared at Morgan and Dom, and Morgan and
<v Speaker 2>Dom rolled inside the ring. Jax grabbed Morgan, Ripley entered
<v Speaker 2>the ring and cleared Jacks with a big boot. Ripley
<v Speaker 2>threw punches at Morgan until Dom distracted her and Rodriguez
<v Speaker 2>pulled Morgan to the floor, So what the hell? I
<v Speaker 2>have no problem with liv being there because while I
<v Speaker 2>am a big nerd when it comes to adhering to
<v Speaker 2>brand rules and the split, you guys know that it
<v Speaker 2>makes sense that they're both allowed to be on each
<v Speaker 2>other's shows simply because they need to build to the
<v Speaker 2>event at Crown Jewel, because they're just supposed to face
<v Speaker 2>each other, which I still find stupid. Man, They're trying
<v Speaker 2>to make Crown Jewel as big as possible because the
<v Speaker 2>money from Saudi Arabia says so. But it just it
<v Speaker 2>really hurts a lot of what's going on. It stifles
<v Speaker 2>the momentum what's going on on each brand that suddenly
<v Speaker 2>we're supposed to have a co branded event, We're supposed
<v Speaker 2>to have the champion face each other. It stops all
<v Speaker 2>the momentum going on with all the storylines on each
<v Speaker 2>show and says, oh wait, no, stop, everybody stop, we
<v Speaker 2>gotta have the champions face each other. So that means
<v Speaker 2>everything going on on each show individually stops. It's the worst.
<v Speaker 2>I hate Crown Jewel on so many levels. Okay, but
<v Speaker 2>the fact that Live is there again fine, even Dom
<v Speaker 2>While I don't agree with it because he's not a
<v Speaker 2>part of the show. He is in tow he's part
<v Speaker 2>of Liv's personality. Fine, but what the hell's will live
<v Speaker 2>a Ria Ripley doing there? She has nothing to do
<v Speaker 2>with the event at Crown Jewel. I I'm done with.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know. I sure Leria Ripley's a
<v Speaker 2>big star. Got the crowd booming. She was unexpected to
<v Speaker 2>be there. But why why is Riha there? Okay? She said,
<v Speaker 2>to chase dom and live. She could do that on raw. Okay,
<v Speaker 2>before I go into oblivion, let's move on and again
<v Speaker 2>the announcers don't even care. There's no security. Announcers don't care,
<v Speaker 2>no one, No one gives a damn All right, So
<v Speaker 2>Carmelo Hayes then complained to all This about Andrad's involvement
<v Speaker 2>in his title match. All this point outed that Hayes
<v Speaker 2>and Androtte were tied three to three in their matches
<v Speaker 2>and booked them in a game seven. All this said
<v Speaker 2>the winner of the match maybe in line for US
<v Speaker 2>title shot. All this told Hayes not to miss so fine.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Androde and Carmelo Hayes, they work very well together.
<v Speaker 2>I have no issue with these two going into a
<v Speaker 2>quote Game seven again, trying to really pin it on
<v Speaker 2>the current or really, I guess draw from the current
<v Speaker 2>baseball playoffs, and they're you know, because we're getting into
<v Speaker 2>the NLCS and ALCS games now and there could be
<v Speaker 2>theoretically a game seven. It's so fine. Maybe it's just
<v Speaker 2>coincidental timing, but if it's not, I don't care, all right,
<v Speaker 2>And I'm fine with watching these two wrestle again. I
<v Speaker 2>don't think anyone's gonna complain, all right. So we then
<v Speaker 2>had Solo Soicla shown holding a Nu lafala and Soloica
<v Speaker 2>said that Jimmy was looking for an advantage, but he
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't get it. So CoA said Jimmy might be big brother,
<v Speaker 2>but he's the travel chief and Jimmy will acknowledge him.
<v Speaker 2>And there was then a video package showing the letters
<v Speaker 2>MCMG and concluded with a quote next week graphic. So
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what that is MCMG machine gun can No,
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what
<v Speaker 2>this is. Maybe you guys can crack the code, all right.
<v Speaker 2>So we then have Randy Orton backstage attacking Randy Orton.
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, Kevin Owens backstage attacking Randy Orton. All this
<v Speaker 2>was calling for security and asked what Owens was doing.
<v Speaker 2>So he has gone full heel. I mean, Randy Orton
<v Speaker 2>and Kevin Owens looks to be a thing. I have
<v Speaker 2>actually no issue with Randy Orton and Kevin Owens facing
<v Speaker 2>one another. I had said for weeks and weeks and
<v Speaker 2>weeks that Kevin, Randy, and Cody cannot co exist for
<v Speaker 2>too much longer. They were there to thwart the bloodline
<v Speaker 2>before Romans returned. Now that Romans is back, Roman Reigins
<v Speaker 2>is back, you can't have four massive baby faces. It's
<v Speaker 2>an imbalance with only Solo and Jacob Vatu on the
<v Speaker 2>other side. Yes, you have the other two that are
<v Speaker 2>essentially Jane j Security equivalents of Tomatana and Tongoloa. But
<v Speaker 2>you need bigger names to turn and Kevin Owens is fine.
<v Speaker 2>I don't have a massive issue with him turning heels.
<v Speaker 2>It fits his character and historic turns well. They needed
<v Speaker 2>somebody to turn and it could not be Cody and
<v Speaker 2>Randy Orton is not ready to turn heeled just yet,
<v Speaker 2>but we all know that that's coming. With Randy Orton
<v Speaker 2>turning on Cody that we're all waiting for. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>that's a just a hell of a storyline waiting waiting
<v Speaker 2>in the wings. So sure, Randy's the next one to turn.
<v Speaker 2>But now he has a program a little bit of
<v Speaker 2>a detour here with Kevin Owens. So Kevin Owens and
<v Speaker 2>Randy Orton, Fine, it's fine, it's fine. I don't have
<v Speaker 2>any ill will towards Kevin though its I don't really
<v Speaker 2>like hate his character. I find his character entertaining. He's
<v Speaker 2>been a decent to very good babyface. Randy Orton we
<v Speaker 2>all know, has the same capability to turn on a dime,
<v Speaker 2>so I don't really trust his character either. And that
<v Speaker 2>whole arkaot to Cody Rroads is coming very soon. So fine,
<v Speaker 2>you want to have these two duke it out on
<v Speaker 2>a pl e cool, I actually have no I'm not
<v Speaker 2>being patronizing. I have no issue with it. They'll have
<v Speaker 2>a very good match. The promos will be fine, everything
<v Speaker 2>will be here's the word for this program. Fine, He'll
<v Speaker 2>all be fine. Like that's it. That's not good or
<v Speaker 2>that's not outstanding, that's not bad, it's just fine. It's
<v Speaker 2>like a B program because people know that this isn't
<v Speaker 2>really going to result in much. It's just something that
<v Speaker 2>we needed to do for for something, for someone for
<v Speaker 2>Randy to work with, without turning on Cody just yet.
<v Speaker 2>So it's all. It's all fine. And putting Kevin Owens
<v Speaker 2>back in the heel roll does open up more opportunities
<v Speaker 2>for him. So fine. I hate to overuse the word,
<v Speaker 2>but that's how I feel about it. It's just fine, okay.
<v Speaker 2>So Jimmy versus Solo Socoa then took place and we
<v Speaker 2>uh that was the main event, I believe, and we
<v Speaker 2>had a decent match, you know, to again, very good match.
<v Speaker 2>We had the finish of this with Solo beating Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>in fourteen minutes exactly if you're counting at home, and
<v Speaker 2>the finish was Soka tried to take advantage of the distractions.
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy hit him with a Simone drop for another near fall.
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy went up top Toma Tonga distracted the referee, Jacob
<v Speaker 2>Fattu tripped up Jimmy, and Sokoa hit Jimmy with a
<v Speaker 2>Simoan strike Simoan spike and pinned him. After the match, though,
<v Speaker 2>Tongaloa Toga and Loa attacked Jimmy, while Fatu stood with Socoa.
<v Speaker 2>Roman reigns music entrance music hit, which, by the way,
<v Speaker 2>can we please go back to his previous His current
<v Speaker 2>one is it's okay, but it doesn't. As a emailer
<v Speaker 2>or a listener who email us a couple weeks ago, said,
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't lead to anything. It's it's like a it's
<v Speaker 2>a build that doesn't lead to anything. It's like where's
<v Speaker 2>the big drop. If you guys are in a techno
<v Speaker 2>or electronic dance, there's always that like there's the drop.
<v Speaker 2>There's no drop here. It's just like an an introduction
<v Speaker 2>that of an entrance music that keeps just looping itself.
<v Speaker 2>There's no like definitive boom here. It is. Whereas his
<v Speaker 2>previous music was perfect. I had no need to change it.
<v Speaker 2>I know he turned baby face, but his music would
<v Speaker 2>have been cheer regardless this, this additional change to his
<v Speaker 2>music doesn't get him over any further. It just makes
<v Speaker 2>me wish for the previous entrance music. It makes me go,
<v Speaker 2>why did they change this again? Don't I don't get it,
<v Speaker 2>I don't hate it. I just go there's no need
<v Speaker 2>for it. The previous music worked just fine. And he
<v Speaker 2>was getting cheered with that music anyway, all right, anyway,
<v Speaker 2>the whole story here was Roman Reigns cleared the ring,
<v Speaker 2>but he couldn't you know that the numbers game got
<v Speaker 2>to him. He couldn't overcome the numbers game. He eventually
<v Speaker 2>got Samoan spiked. It continued the narrative of they need help.
<v Speaker 2>That was Jimmy's plea a Roman, we need help, we
<v Speaker 2>need help, and yes, that leads to Yeat, It leads
<v Speaker 2>to Jay, it leads to Roman reconsidering his no yeat
<v Speaker 2>comments earlier in the night. That's what they're going for.
<v Speaker 2>That's what they're going for, and it'll we'll get there.
<v Speaker 2>They'll get there. So of solid effective SmackDown championship, a
<v Speaker 2>couple of championship matches, and a continued build towards Crown
<v Speaker 2>Jewel that I think will call him it into a
<v Speaker 2>You know what, if it wasn't named Crown Jewel, I
<v Speaker 2>probably wouldn't hate it as much. I think the Crown
<v Speaker 2>Jewel brand has been stained so much that if we
<v Speaker 2>called it something else, even if they called it like
<v Speaker 2>great Balls of Fire, I probably wouldn't hate it as much.
<v Speaker 2>But there's just so much political crap in the background,
<v Speaker 2>and you guys can do your own research. I won't
<v Speaker 2>talk about politics on the show, but go do your
<v Speaker 2>own research on the Saudi government. And when they use
<v Speaker 2>WWE as a propaganda arm during their events to talk
<v Speaker 2>about how beautiful the city is and how far they've
<v Speaker 2>come with women's rights, just go do your own research, right,
<v Speaker 2>That's all I say about it. Do your own research
<v Speaker 2>and you'll go, oh my god, yeah, this is something's
<v Speaker 2>not right about this. And when they still have women,
<v Speaker 2>they talk about women's rights and how far they've come,
<v Speaker 2>yet they still make women wear essentially potato sacks when
<v Speaker 2>they compete on the show. They get almost no reaction
<v Speaker 2>when they're out there. I mean, remember when Kyrie saying
<v Speaker 2>she debut re debuted last Crown jewel if you recall,
<v Speaker 2>I think it was Crown Jewel. The crowd didn't get it.
<v Speaker 2>Give a damn bad place to have any return for
<v Speaker 2>the women, really bad place for them to do anything significant,
<v Speaker 2>just because of the history of things there with the
<v Speaker 2>women and the last of seemingly interest in the women's
<v Speaker 2>division generally over there. Based on the reactions and I
<v Speaker 2>don't know, just bad feels overall again, just say do
<v Speaker 2>your own research and you will go, oh boy. So
<v Speaker 2>I'll just leave it that and so anyway, let's talk
<v Speaker 2>though quickly, very quickly. I am running a little bit
<v Speaker 2>out of time here. Let's go to raw very quickly.
<v Speaker 2>In some of the highlights, I'm not going to go
<v Speaker 2>through every match like I normally do. But the big
<v Speaker 2>highlights were Punk coming out and essentially teasing retirement, essentially
<v Speaker 2>teasing that he could be done. He's sore, he's beat up,
<v Speaker 2>he does no one will see us again. And then
<v Speaker 2>he came face to face with Seth Rollins, which tells
<v Speaker 2>us everything he just said is a bunch of nonsense.
<v Speaker 2>Of course they're going to get to Seth and Punk,
<v Speaker 2>but Seth goes away. Drew didn't even make it on
<v Speaker 2>the show. But that's great for both men. I said
<v Speaker 2>this in my last show. I think was that Punk
<v Speaker 2>and Drew not only makes sense character wise to take
<v Speaker 2>a break, but on an actual human level, they deserve
<v Speaker 2>time off to heal their bodies, recharge through bad is mentally, physically, psychologically, spiritually,
<v Speaker 2>all all of the things. They deserve time off. Give
<v Speaker 2>them four weeks off, five weeks off, get them ready
<v Speaker 2>for Survivors series. I don't need them on my TV.
<v Speaker 2>And I don't mean that disrespectfully. I mean that in
<v Speaker 2>an actual like. I appreciate all of what you guys
<v Speaker 2>have done for this program, especially Drew McIntyre over the
<v Speaker 2>last six months. You guys have killed it. Get a
<v Speaker 2>hell of a hell in a Cell match, and it's
<v Speaker 2>time to just take some time, reset, recharge, come back
<v Speaker 2>for Survivor series and let's go. So if we don't
<v Speaker 2>see Punk or Drew for the next five weeks, I'm
<v Speaker 2>cool with it. You know, I don't need them returning
<v Speaker 2>at Crown Jewel even shortly after anytime before Survivor series
<v Speaker 2>or at Survivor series. That mean could be that long
<v Speaker 2>that we have Ceampunk and or Drew return now. I
<v Speaker 2>don't want them intermingling and in their programs. They can
<v Speaker 2>coexist on the show, they just have separate stories. That
<v Speaker 2>to me is where you go. You don't go to
<v Speaker 2>a fourth match at all, it's done, it's over. So yes,
<v Speaker 2>that's cool with me. But Punk and Rollin I think
<v Speaker 2>is happening, and it's happening at Wrestle Media forty one.
<v Speaker 2>I don't see any other place for it. I guess
<v Speaker 2>you could do Survivors series, but there's more of a
<v Speaker 2>build there than than a few weeks that that you
<v Speaker 2>can get out of those two. So Punk and Rollins
<v Speaker 2>to me is a WrestleMania forty one matchup. So outside
<v Speaker 2>of that, let's see what else we got. And we
<v Speaker 2>got I'm gonna do some high level stuff, Jay versus Xavier,
<v Speaker 2>with Jay beating Xavier for the Icy Championship and Xavier,
<v Speaker 2>you know, continuing his slow turn into darkness, which is
<v Speaker 2>brilliant or not brilliant but long overdue, that's a better
<v Speaker 2>way to describe it. We got, well, what else? We
<v Speaker 2>have a good old fashioned Donnie Brook match that was
<v Speaker 2>pretty brutal for both men, the Seamus and Pete Dunn.
<v Speaker 2>We had, let's see a ten women tag team match.
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, I don't care because they gave us nothing
<v Speaker 2>out of that. It lasted seven minutes but still didn't
<v Speaker 2>really do much for me. The guntherer versus Samy's Ain
<v Speaker 2>World Title match though exactly what you'd expect the moments
<v Speaker 2>of the Hallufa kick and oh my god, Sammy could
<v Speaker 2>do it again. You got exactly what you expected to get.
<v Speaker 2>It was exactly as advertised the close but no cigar
<v Speaker 2>story with Sammy is exactly what you'd expect and hoped for,
<v Speaker 2>and that's what you got. Sammy's Ain didn't win. My god,
<v Speaker 2>he shouldn't have won. Gunther should have won, and he did.
<v Speaker 2>This is a match that was physical. It was to me.
<v Speaker 2>I never had a moment where I'm like, oh my god,
<v Speaker 2>Sammy could win. I didn't have any of those moments
<v Speaker 2>because it just it's so far fetched, given how awesome
<v Speaker 2>Gunther's doing and how Sammy Zain just never seems to
<v Speaker 2>win the big one, all of those factors put together,
<v Speaker 2>it made no sense. So Sammy goes back to who knows,
<v Speaker 2>As I said, probably the upper mid card, challenging for
<v Speaker 2>the Icy title. Maybe him and Jay will have a
<v Speaker 2>little bit of a you know, a scuffle. Maybe him
<v Speaker 2>and Jay will even though they're friends backstage and all that,
<v Speaker 2>they'll probably have some kind of interaction of oh, I
<v Speaker 2>don't know, man, that belt looks pretty good. And maybe
<v Speaker 2>they'll end up having a program of a very kind
<v Speaker 2>of a gentleman's program, and maybe Sammy will take the
<v Speaker 2>belt from him. I mean, who knows. So Jake can
<v Speaker 2>go over to the Bloodline reunion. There's also a chance though,
<v Speaker 2>that Jay still remains his Icy champion even though he's
<v Speaker 2>going to reunite with Roman. So maybe it's just a
<v Speaker 2>one night only reuniting with the Bloodline for Survivors series,
<v Speaker 2>and that's to me a better way to do it
<v Speaker 2>if instead of having him drop the belt, I think
<v Speaker 2>that's a better way to have Jay have his cake
<v Speaker 2>and eat it too, where he's still Intercontinental champion. He's
<v Speaker 2>not moving to smack down and nor should he. It's
<v Speaker 2>a one night only reunion of the Bloodline to take
<v Speaker 2>out Solo Sokoa and then Jake could you know Boom
<v Speaker 2>resume his Intercontinental title storyline immediately following Crown Jewel. I'm sorry,
<v Speaker 2>a Survivor series, not Crownjewel. So so anyway, I do
<v Speaker 2>you expect fully for Jay to come to his brothers
<v Speaker 2>and Romans aide at Crown Jewel. That seems to be
<v Speaker 2>where they're headed. So all right, Well that'll do it
<v Speaker 2>for me here on the w W podcast as we
<v Speaker 2>roll through this week in WWE. Well again, for those
<v Speaker 2>of you that want to send me a after dark show,
<v Speaker 2>please keep it as well. I don't want to say
<v Speaker 2>it's not PG, but you know, keep it within the
<v Speaker 2>realm of reason when it comes to cussing and stuff
<v Speaker 2>like that. It is after dark. There are no rules.
<v Speaker 2>But you know, as I said earlier in the show,
<v Speaker 2>send it to me at mailbag at w B podcast
<v Speaker 2>dot com. So just send it to me again. Audio
<v Speaker 2>quality is key. I don't want it sound like crap.
<v Speaker 2>You have to be honest to you. I mean, when
<v Speaker 2>you hear shows and we've published them sometimes where they
<v Speaker 2>don't sound great, it's not a fun listening experience. So
<v Speaker 2>if you guys can give me as good of audio
<v Speaker 2>quality as you can and make it fifteen twenty minutes
<v Speaker 2>or more. You can make it longer, but at least
<v Speaker 2>i'd say the around twenty minute range for a show
<v Speaker 2>is good for after dark, and send it to me
<v Speaker 2>and any of those that are good, yeah, maybe we
<v Speaker 2>can continue on with that, or maybe we can publish
<v Speaker 2>a few of them that are good. I mean, so
<v Speaker 2>it all depends on how many I get, how good
<v Speaker 2>they are, what the topics are, keep politics and you know,
<v Speaker 2>religion out of it, and that's really all I ask.
<v Speaker 2>So all right, I hope everyone enjoys the rest of
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<v Speaker 2>us have it off as a federal holiday, so enjoy it,
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<v Speaker 2>night with our Raw review, so enjoy yourselves, guys, and
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