Best Of The WWE Podcast: WrestleMania 37 Preview & Predictions w/Mimi & Anthony

<v Speaker 1>All right, you guys ready for the longest show in
<v Speaker 1>the history of this podcast. I hope so, because Anthony
<v Speaker 1>DeMarco and Mimi Burrus are on this show tonight to
<v Speaker 1>talk about WrestleMania thirty seven in its entirety. We preview
<v Speaker 1>it in full, give our thoughts, predictions, rants, tangents, and
<v Speaker 1>just so much more. Let's get it all started right now.
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<v Speaker 3>Hell yeah, I said, give me your hell yeah, dude.
<v Speaker 1>Let's get this show started right now. Okay, are you
<v Speaker 1>guys ready for WrestleMania thirty seven. Are you excited? If not,
<v Speaker 1>I think this show will do just that for you,
<v Speaker 1>because admittedly I was not excited about WrestleMania thirty seven
<v Speaker 1>going into this conversation. I mean, there were some matches
<v Speaker 1>in the card that I was looking forward to, there
<v Speaker 1>were some rivalries that I was looking forward to, some
<v Speaker 1>storylines have been properly told, and then there's others a
<v Speaker 1>lot of others that I was not, And so I
<v Speaker 1>was generally down going on thinking about and talking about
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania thirty seven going into this, but maybe and Anthony
<v Speaker 1>have changed my mind. Even though we generally agreed with
<v Speaker 1>the premise that this WrestleMania feels very underwhelming, I think
<v Speaker 1>we all brought each other up towards the end of
<v Speaker 1>the conversation and in general are more excited about this
<v Speaker 1>pay per view than we may have otherwise been. So
<v Speaker 1>a big pay per view of course, ww's biggest pay
<v Speaker 1>per view of the year tomorrow night, starting Night one
<v Speaker 1>of WrestleMania thirty seven with live human beings in attendance.
<v Speaker 1>Can't wait for that. Probably the most exciting part of
<v Speaker 1>this WrestleMania is the fact that real fans are back
<v Speaker 1>and interesting to hear what they have to say after
<v Speaker 1>being cooped up for over a year of WW just
<v Speaker 1>being able to just do what they want with no
<v Speaker 1>penalty outside of social media. So I'm very interested to
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<v Speaker 1>Next Sunday, I've already got booked out. So guys, so
<v Speaker 1>much to get to, so much to talk about, especially
<v Speaker 1>this Sunday Saturday, Sunday and beyond as WrestleMania. The WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>Fallout begins next week. So okay, I hope you guys
<v Speaker 1>are ready for this because we have a three hour conversation, Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>three hour conversation with Mimi and with Anthony DeMarco covering
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania thirty seven. This is insane but great. So here
<v Speaker 1>it comes, guys, get yourself ready for WrestleMania. It is
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania weekend. I hope everyone's doing well, and you can,
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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk to you soon. All right, Well, it is
<v Speaker 1>that time of year. It is that time of year
<v Speaker 1>that we have been waiting for for all year as
<v Speaker 1>wrestling fans, and this year maybe a little bit different,
<v Speaker 1>and we'll talk about that of course as we go
<v Speaker 1>on here. But in a first time ever here on
<v Speaker 1>the WWE podcast, I've got Anthony DeMarco and Mimi Burus
<v Speaker 1>here with us. I would say, live in studio. I
<v Speaker 1>don't know why I was thinking that. That just sounds cool, right,
<v Speaker 1>live in studio. I'll say it anyway. Uh to talk
<v Speaker 1>about WrestleMania thirty seven, give our full preview and predictions
<v Speaker 1>on what is just as we all deemed it an
<v Speaker 1>odd card. We'll talk about that, but first, Mimi, how
<v Speaker 1>you doing. Welcome to the show.
<v Speaker 3>Thanks Matt. Yeah, I bet we said odd card and
<v Speaker 3>I said crap card. And I told him earlier today too,
<v Speaker 3>I said, Anthony, you too. I hope you are super
<v Speaker 3>optimistic and positive about this whole thing, because you guys
<v Speaker 3>are gonna need to balance out my very very negative
<v Speaker 3>views probably going into this WrestleMania. It's not all bad.
<v Speaker 3>It's not all bad, but I'm excited to get talking
<v Speaker 3>about it.
<v Speaker 1>What about you, Anthony?
<v Speaker 4>Look, I'm excited in the sense of some of the matches,
<v Speaker 4>like there are some almost can't mismatches on this card,
<v Speaker 4>and the talent is there. But I just find the
<v Speaker 4>build has been that as if we're leading into like
<v Speaker 4>Judgment Day circa two thousand and five. It's just I
<v Speaker 4>don't know, like I could, like I'll take one match
<v Speaker 4>for example, like Cizarro versus seth Rawlins. This could very
<v Speaker 4>well quote unquote steal the show as WWE likes to say,
<v Speaker 4>and it very well could. And I'm really happy to
<v Speaker 4>see Cizarro really getting his I believe it's his first
<v Speaker 4>ever one on one match out of WrestleMania. But the
<v Speaker 4>thing is is that what kind of build have we
<v Speaker 4>really gotten here? Like, okay, so he swung Sath a
<v Speaker 4>bunch of times, and Seth made it sound funny, like.
<v Speaker 5>I don't know.
<v Speaker 4>For me, it's not so much the card itself, like
<v Speaker 4>even the lack of star power I could get by,
<v Speaker 4>But it's more the fact that for a lot of
<v Speaker 4>these matches, the build was just extremely subpar.
<v Speaker 1>That is probably the biggest part of this, is that
<v Speaker 1>the card itself on paper if we knew nothing about
<v Speaker 1>the build, We knew nothing. If the build didn't exist
<v Speaker 1>and we were given this piece of paper for WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>thirty seven, say in the middle of last summer, we
<v Speaker 1>would have been like, okay, cool, I'm down with that, right,
<v Speaker 1>Like you know, you'd be I think more excited than
<v Speaker 1>you would be had you gone through the build to
<v Speaker 1>this WrestleMania. And that says a lot about the really
<v Speaker 1>the production of wwe really the creative behind it. And yes,
<v Speaker 1>of course they are given somewhat of a pass given
<v Speaker 1>that fans aren't there, although they will be tomorrow and
<v Speaker 1>we'll definitely talk about that. So there are things working
<v Speaker 1>against them that are out of their control, and you know,
<v Speaker 1>really no shame there. But at the same time, this
<v Speaker 1>really does when you look at the build, it is
<v Speaker 1>very ho hum. And I've come to just accept the
<v Speaker 1>fact that the go home shows for Raw and SmackDown,
<v Speaker 1>which is actually airing as we speak, but most of
<v Speaker 1>us don't watch it live. The go home shows we've
<v Speaker 1>I've come to just expect really nothing. You know, if
<v Speaker 1>you would watch last night's or what was a Monday
<v Speaker 1>Night Raw, the go home show to Monday Night Raw
<v Speaker 1>on Monday, you would have thought, wow, this is You
<v Speaker 1>would have never guessed that that's a WrestleMania go home show.
<v Speaker 1>You would have looked at that and said, all right,
<v Speaker 1>well cool, there's a pay per view coming up. It
<v Speaker 1>can't be Mania. I mean if you knew nothing about it,
<v Speaker 1>of course. It just it doesn't have the fever pitch,
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't have the boiling point you want to get
<v Speaker 1>to that top of the mountain and be so excited,
<v Speaker 1>and it just Anthony's right, like, what do you think
<v Speaker 1>maybe do you think maybe a lot of it is
<v Speaker 1>due to not just the lack of star power, but
<v Speaker 1>perhaps the build itself.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head
<v Speaker 3>that this company is incapable of building storylines or we
<v Speaker 3>you know, long term booking all of that stuff, because,
<v Speaker 3>like you said, all of the talent is awesome and
<v Speaker 3>that's why this show is going to be awesome. It's
<v Speaker 3>kind of like every NXT takeover lately, of like twenty
<v Speaker 3>twenty and twenty twenty one is the same thing. Every
<v Speaker 3>takeover manages to be good to great, but it's the
<v Speaker 3>build up that just stinks. You think about, Like, I
<v Speaker 3>think a perfect example is the Sasha Banks Bianca bel
<v Speaker 3>Air match on paper my opinion dream match. How how
<v Speaker 3>do they mess that up and throw Reginald and what like.
<v Speaker 3>It's like they actively made an effort to make this
<v Speaker 3>less exciting.
<v Speaker 4>And absolutely we'll go ahead an'thy oh No, I was
<v Speaker 4>just gonna say, like it was right on the tip
<v Speaker 4>of my tongue like that match Byonca bell Air versus
<v Speaker 4>Sasha Banks should have just been a home run, slammed dunk.
<v Speaker 4>But you know, Matt, you've talked about on your shows.
<v Speaker 4>I've brought it up, and like, I know, Sasha Banks
<v Speaker 4>has a big following and I used to be a
<v Speaker 4>megafan of her, but WWE's indecision of just being able
<v Speaker 4>to book her as a babyface or a heel has
<v Speaker 4>really made me lose interest in this match, Like I
<v Speaker 4>legitimately do not know and not being facetious at all,
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if she's a babyface or a heel
<v Speaker 4>because they feel like even the piped in crowd noise
<v Speaker 4>has been inconsistent when we when it comes to Sasha Banks,
<v Speaker 4>like we know one hundred percent Beyon cabell Air is
<v Speaker 4>the babyface.
<v Speaker 5>I find they've booked her extremely well.
<v Speaker 4>But Sasha Banks, it's just like, if they're going for
<v Speaker 4>the heel, then I guess they're booking her well. But
<v Speaker 4>at the same time, she never did that one thing
<v Speaker 4>to completely step over the line and be the bone
<v Speaker 4>to fide heel and if she's a babyface, well it
<v Speaker 4>just goes without saying why they've dropped the ball in
<v Speaker 4>that regard, and I just I think that they actively
<v Speaker 4>had to try to mess this up and that's what
<v Speaker 4>they've accomplished.
<v Speaker 1>That's I mean the fact that we have WWE actually,
<v Speaker 1>like you said, has to try. It almost does seem
<v Speaker 1>at times like they're making a concerted, conscious effort to
<v Speaker 1>just say, you know what effort we're gonna We're gonna
<v Speaker 1>just throw this one against the wall and see what sticks.
<v Speaker 1>And it does seem when this storyline. And by the way, guys,
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you've heard or not, with that
<v Speaker 1>particular match we're talking about, it is going to be
<v Speaker 1>closing the show tomorrow night. It is official that it
<v Speaker 1>will be the main event of Night one for WrestleMania. Now,
<v Speaker 1>we could argue whether or not it's deserving of it,
<v Speaker 1>and you know, perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't. I
<v Speaker 1>think there's a case to be made on both ends.
<v Speaker 1>But you're right, Sasha Banks. I think it's not just
<v Speaker 1>a representation of this storyline for Sasha. I think it's
<v Speaker 1>a really just a larger problem with her character really
<v Speaker 1>since inception with in WWE. If you looked at how
<v Speaker 1>many times she's flipped, I bet that you know she
<v Speaker 1>she'd probably be in contest with the Big Show. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>she has flip flopped back and forth so many times
<v Speaker 1>that you do lose interest in her character. Now, she's
<v Speaker 1>such a good talent that she can overcome it most
<v Speaker 1>of the time, and she's really good in the ring.
<v Speaker 1>Of course, we all know that she certainly looks the part,
<v Speaker 1>but this is a match that I feel like, especially
<v Speaker 1>on Sasha's part with the creative, they have dropped the ball.
<v Speaker 1>What do you think, Mamie.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I promise you're gonna have to give me like
<v Speaker 3>a limit on AW references here, But this makes me
<v Speaker 3>think about like I think it was you again a
<v Speaker 3>while ago said something about how she never had like
<v Speaker 3>her official baby face turn with the whole Bailey feud yep, right,
<v Speaker 3>and so perfect example of this. I don't know again
<v Speaker 3>how much you guys follow this, but aw, the inner circle,
<v Speaker 3>Chris Jericho right gets turned on by MJF and that
<v Speaker 3>isn't the end all be all of Oh he's just
<v Speaker 3>a baby face now and that's Chris Jericho too, like
<v Speaker 3>bona fide babyface at fifty plus years old now because
<v Speaker 3>you just want to cheer him because he's so awesome.
<v Speaker 3>But last week the whole AW show sucked. Besides this,
<v Speaker 3>but he came out and he said basically like cut
<v Speaker 3>up promo saying I'm a baby face. Now I was
<v Speaker 3>a heel and now I'm a good guy. All of
<v Speaker 3>us are, you know, and we know that, but like
<v Speaker 3>those are the little things that you have to do.
<v Speaker 3>She never did that. And you know, Matt, I know
<v Speaker 3>you were talking about this Stone Cold Sessions with her.
<v Speaker 3>I tried to watch some of it with Sasha Banks.
<v Speaker 3>I couldn't get halfway through it. She was bothering me
<v Speaker 3>so much's annoying and so cool. Great if that's the case,
<v Speaker 3>Like she's an awesome heel because she drives me nuts.
<v Speaker 3>I like I audibly groan whenever she's on my TV,
<v Speaker 3>and not I'm gonna turn the TV off, but like
<v Speaker 3>in a way, like I want to see Bianca Blaire
<v Speaker 3>slap her back and kick her butt.
<v Speaker 1>And it's just and not just maybe she'll you know,
<v Speaker 1>hit the Ultimate finisher and point at the WrestleMania sign
<v Speaker 1>instead of hitting.
<v Speaker 3>And if I hear it's Boss time again.
<v Speaker 1>I think Michael Cole is doing it to the point
<v Speaker 1>of just trolling fans. It's like when he used to
<v Speaker 1>say the Big Dog for Roman reigns. It's got to
<v Speaker 1>be trolling at this point. It's it's cringe worthy when
<v Speaker 1>Cole does it every time.
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna start listening to like German or Spanish commentary
<v Speaker 3>on WrestleMania, so I don't have to hear that Leslie
<v Speaker 3>say it in Spanish too. I'm gonna I'm done.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Uh what do you think, Heatherday, Well, it's gone
<v Speaker 4>to a point now with Sasha Banks where I used
<v Speaker 4>to say, like, oh yeah, like if they just turn
<v Speaker 4>her heel officially.
<v Speaker 5>I'll get way behind her.
<v Speaker 4>But like I didn't even attempt to watch the Broken
<v Speaker 4>Skull sessions just because she bothers me that much, because
<v Speaker 4>I feel like she's I don't think that she's acting.
<v Speaker 4>I really do not, And to be honest, like I always,
<v Speaker 4>I'm not gonna Lie, I have to fast forward through
<v Speaker 4>her entrance because I'm just like, you are the only
<v Speaker 4>person who synchronizes a torque with the bass drop in
<v Speaker 4>a theme song, And like, just as she walks down
<v Speaker 4>the ring to like her like singing her own theme song,
<v Speaker 4>I'm just like, could you be more arrogant? Like even
<v Speaker 4>Triple H at the height of the ruthless Aggression era?
<v Speaker 5>And I know I always bring this era up here
<v Speaker 5>it goes Yeah.
<v Speaker 4>But like even when he was like the top heel
<v Speaker 4>ever did he ever like walk down like mimicking the
<v Speaker 4>lead singer from Motorhead.
<v Speaker 5>Just like it's all about the game. Yeah, and how
<v Speaker 5>you like you just don't do that.
<v Speaker 4>It's like it's just weird. It's just and I just
<v Speaker 4>she just bothers me. And it's not even like the
<v Speaker 4>character anymore. It's the person where I'm just like, I
<v Speaker 4>don't even want to give you the satisfaction of booing
<v Speaker 4>you if that's what you're going for.
<v Speaker 1>It's actually, yeah, it's reached a deeper level than the
<v Speaker 1>character that she's playing. It's reached a dare I say,
<v Speaker 1>a personal level like the human being Mercedes, It's reached
<v Speaker 1>her like that's that's how deep it's gone.
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And it's just like.
<v Speaker 4>Who would ever wear a full diamond body suit? Like
<v Speaker 4>like who would ever be? Like you know what, that's
<v Speaker 4>That's what I'm wearing tonight. And I'm gonna even if
<v Speaker 4>I'm trying to get booed or I'm trying to get cheered,
<v Speaker 4>like I just I don't get it, Like and I'm
<v Speaker 4>sure you guys can hear it in my voice. Is
<v Speaker 4>I just get irritated when I see her for me,
<v Speaker 4>like it started with the theme song thing. I just
<v Speaker 4>I don't know why, Like the first time she came
<v Speaker 4>back with the Snoop Dogg remix. I'm just like, she
<v Speaker 4>loves her theme song so much and it's bothering me
<v Speaker 4>right now, and I just and since then, it's just
<v Speaker 4>been like a downward spiral that I just I can't
<v Speaker 4>get it back on the rails. But I think that
<v Speaker 4>since they made her champion and now she's been booked
<v Speaker 4>as a babyface.
<v Speaker 5>But now we're not really sure.
<v Speaker 4>And I'm sure it would be one of those instances
<v Speaker 4>like when Rome Renae's said, like I'm not the good guy,
<v Speaker 4>I'm not the bad guy, but I'm the guy. I'm
<v Speaker 4>sure that's like something towards what creative is driving for here.
<v Speaker 4>But with her, it's just like you said, Matt, it's
<v Speaker 4>gone so much deeper than the hatred for the character.
<v Speaker 4>I just resent the person now.
<v Speaker 1>That's yeah, all right, Well, I do have a ton
<v Speaker 1>more to get to any any it's kind of opening
<v Speaker 1>setting the table here. Is there anything else on this
<v Speaker 1>particular issue? Made me before we start actually diving in.
<v Speaker 3>Here, Yeah, I'll just say I mean, it's not just
<v Speaker 3>so We're clear here, right, we don't like cool Mercedes,
<v Speaker 3>do you You know what I mean, Not that she'd
<v Speaker 3>ever listen to this podcast, you know what I mean,
<v Speaker 3>like like wear your whatever body suits, rock on. But
<v Speaker 3>it's like make a decision kind of thing, like it's
<v Speaker 3>it bothers me. The even what's even more annoying the
<v Speaker 3>singing of this the music, like you said, Anthony or
<v Speaker 3>whatever is the it's like the I'm trying to be
<v Speaker 3>a face, but I'm so obnoxious and annoying. I just
<v Speaker 3>I'm a heeled naturally, but I'm trying. It just doesn't fit.
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's the issue we're all having because
<v Speaker 3>I bet guys, she could be the best heel in
<v Speaker 3>WWE in the last twenty years. Like she is that
<v Speaker 3>good at listen out. How long have we been talking
<v Speaker 3>about how annoying she is?
<v Speaker 1>Uh huh?
<v Speaker 3>And not in like a like we want to watch
<v Speaker 3>her wrestle, right, Like she's a great wrestler. So it's
<v Speaker 3>not like a turn my TV off way. It's just like, well,
<v Speaker 3>Anthony fast forwards through the entrance. But like it's just
<v Speaker 3>more so like like just make a decision or stop
<v Speaker 3>trying to have us pretend to like her. It just
<v Speaker 3>doesn't work.
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't she I don't think she's ever turned baby face,
<v Speaker 1>like I said, I think she's been heels since she
<v Speaker 1>was with Bailey. I don't believe that there there was
<v Speaker 1>a song baby face turn, even though we were told to.
<v Speaker 1>But anyway, Okay, we can talk about this forever because
<v Speaker 1>it is just so obnoxious. But I guess that's a
<v Speaker 1>credit whether even though it's not due.
<v Speaker 4>I'm man do a rivalries episode between her and myself.
<v Speaker 1>You should just pipe in your the cut promos and stuff.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right, guys, let's uh, let's get into the
<v Speaker 2>magic because we do have quite a few as always,
<v Speaker 2>and well, first of all, let me ask this are
<v Speaker 2>are you guys, Anthony?
<v Speaker 1>I'll ask you first? Are you excited about at least
<v Speaker 1>having WrestleMania two nights or would you rather go back
<v Speaker 1>to which it looks like next year, when hopefully the
<v Speaker 1>pandemic is complete completely behind us, and they're inn at
<v Speaker 1>and T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, right outside the big
<v Speaker 1>city of Dallas. Of course, it looks like they'll resume
<v Speaker 1>their eight and a half hour shows there, but for
<v Speaker 1>this year, this maybe the final two night event. We'll see,
<v Speaker 1>but are you a fan of two nights or would
<v Speaker 1>you rather go the full e and get it done
<v Speaker 1>in one night.
<v Speaker 5>I mean, like, look, there's pros and cons to both.
<v Speaker 4>I think it's a lot more digestible this way, and
<v Speaker 4>it kind of feels like more of a I don't know,
<v Speaker 4>like an opportunity to really see a bunch of matches
<v Speaker 4>that we wouldn't have otherwise seen. Like there's a few
<v Speaker 4>matches on this card that I'm really happy are on
<v Speaker 4>the card, but otherwise, let's say it, in a one
<v Speaker 4>night scenario, I don't think would have been there. Like
<v Speaker 4>I'll say, like a dark horse match for me personally
<v Speaker 4>is Riddle and Shamus, And I love the fact that
<v Speaker 4>they're putting the US Championship on a big stage, and
<v Speaker 4>I think this is like an opportunity here for a
<v Speaker 4>Riddle to show us what he's got, and I think
<v Speaker 4>an opportunity for WWE to kind of give Shamus one
<v Speaker 4>last big run, and I think he's owed like a
<v Speaker 4>singles championship run. Like I don't know if you'll ever
<v Speaker 4>get back to world championship status, but I think like
<v Speaker 4>him going for a United States Championship run would be good,
<v Speaker 4>So I'm happy for it in that sense.
<v Speaker 5>But at the same time, there's something about.
<v Speaker 4>Mania being one night, that one night spectacle, you know,
<v Speaker 4>like the super Bowl isn't two nights, or you know
<v Speaker 4>the Stanley Well, I guess the Stanley Cup is different,
<v Speaker 4>but you get what I'm saying, Like.
<v Speaker 5>It's just that one night's big moment feel.
<v Speaker 4>But that being said, when it's one night, they just
<v Speaker 4>all try and cram it into like a seven hour marathon,
<v Speaker 4>which kind of dilutes it. And by the end you
<v Speaker 4>just want to go to bed because you're so overloaded.
<v Speaker 4>So there's there's good, there's pros and cons to both.
<v Speaker 4>I'm ultimately happier that they're going back to one night
<v Speaker 4>next year. I just hope that they don't make it
<v Speaker 4>such a big long marathon that they had done leading
<v Speaker 4>up to last year.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I agree with Anthony on a lot of points there.
<v Speaker 3>I think I think I'd be much more okay with
<v Speaker 3>the whole two night formula thing if we weren't having
<v Speaker 3>WrestleMania SmackDown tonight. Like I think the fact that the
<v Speaker 3>one tag team division in WW that's actually somewhat entertaining
<v Speaker 3>isn't on the WrestleMania card. It's just sad. Not only that,
<v Speaker 3>I guarantee they also probably don't get like a WrestleMania
<v Speaker 3>payday if anything too. It just you kind of can't
<v Speaker 3>excuse not putting the who cares about the bat Royal,
<v Speaker 3>but like can't excuse not putting these two matches on
<v Speaker 3>the card when you've got two nights and they've had
<v Speaker 3>no problems doing you know, like you said, Matt, like
<v Speaker 3>nine hour WrestleManias in the past. So whatever, it's more
<v Speaker 3>wrestling to watch. It's a little, like Anthony said, easier
<v Speaker 3>to digest. But there is something about it being you know,
<v Speaker 3>one night, one spectacle, and I'm excited for it to
<v Speaker 3>go back to that. I think it would be a
<v Speaker 3>little bit more understandable if they, you know, how they
<v Speaker 3>have like WrestleMania Week or Summer Slam Week or whatever
<v Speaker 3>where they do all those access things and stuff like that.
<v Speaker 3>Like I don't know, I guarantee they're not doing all that,
<v Speaker 3>but if they had all that, I would almost feel
<v Speaker 3>like it would make a little bit more sense. So
<v Speaker 3>you're if you're going to see the show, you're going
<v Speaker 3>there for the whole week, if that makes any sense.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there is that too, And I think that the
<v Speaker 1>one night of one night format will probably take precedence
<v Speaker 1>over the two nights. While they're doing the two nights,
<v Speaker 1>I think they feel like they're kind of forced while
<v Speaker 1>we're still on the tail end of the pandemic. Obviously
<v Speaker 1>is a big reason for it. And the one night, Yes,
<v Speaker 1>I think it does feel more special. I think what
<v Speaker 1>also feels more special is when there's eighty five thousand
<v Speaker 1>screaming fans versus you know, zero in the performance center
<v Speaker 1>last year or now we have twenty five thousand people,
<v Speaker 1>which again they're in their pods. Well hopefully that doesn't
<v Speaker 1>really prohibit the noise coming through and people can actually
<v Speaker 1>you know, be heard on camera and all that kind
<v Speaker 1>of thing. But there is something special about that that
<v Speaker 1>one night event where it's like this is it guys
<v Speaker 1>tonight only, rather than split into two at the same time,
<v Speaker 1>Like we all said, a three hour event is certainly
<v Speaker 1>much more plausible or much more digestible, as you said, Anthony,
<v Speaker 1>to take in one night and go Okay, I got
<v Speaker 1>my fill of wrestling. We have another one tomorrow night.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, there is that too. It's just a Monday
<v Speaker 1>night raw length, so I think that they eventually will
<v Speaker 1>stick to a permanent one night event. I doubt that
<v Speaker 1>they'll continue a two night event. But all right, let's
<v Speaker 1>jump into the card because we do have a lot
<v Speaker 1>to talk about here, and the first up on my
<v Speaker 1>list is let's see here at night one. I'm gonna start.
<v Speaker 1>I'll start with night one here, I'll go in chronological order,
<v Speaker 1>and this is the tag Team Turmoil, where the winners
<v Speaker 1>for the women receive a title shot on night two.
<v Speaker 1>So here's night one. The Tag Team Turmoil consists of
<v Speaker 1>Natalia and Temina versus Naomi and Lana versus Mandy Rose
<v Speaker 1>and Dana Brook versus the Riot Squad. Mimi, you go
<v Speaker 1>ahead take this one first. Who do you think is
<v Speaker 1>going to win this to get their tag team title
<v Speaker 1>shot on night two?
<v Speaker 3>To Mina, I'm calling it Temina Snooka, no Natalia just
<v Speaker 3>to Mina. Now, this whole thing is just something else.
<v Speaker 3>I think that if I'm correct, they also had the
<v Speaker 3>graphic up and Carmela and Billy K were on there
<v Speaker 3>or something, and I think, just to before I give
<v Speaker 3>the exact prediction, I think this match has a lot
<v Speaker 3>more potential, not to necessarily be a great match, but
<v Speaker 3>to have a little bit more excitement around it if
<v Speaker 3>a couple of things happen, because there are some possibilities
<v Speaker 3>I think to make this more exciting, because I think
<v Speaker 3>we can all agree. I don't want to speak for
<v Speaker 3>you guys, but this sounds awful, and especially over the
<v Speaker 3>SmackDown match blows me away. But it's the women on
<v Speaker 3>the WrestleMania, and I get that. I just whatever I
<v Speaker 3>think that it would be. This match is so boring
<v Speaker 3>and dry on its head that if you had the
<v Speaker 3>Bella Twins return and win, it might actually make it
<v Speaker 3>even more exciting than it is now. I can see
<v Speaker 3>that happening. I mean, the one thing that would sell
<v Speaker 3>this is give me an Iconics reunion. I mean, Where's
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if this Billy Ka and Carmela thing
<v Speaker 3>is really gonna happen, Where's Peyton Royce. I'd love to
<v Speaker 3>see that. And then if they insert Bailey into it
<v Speaker 3>somewhere too, then maybe I'd be a little bit more exciting.
<v Speaker 3>So I almost feel like it'd be hard to make
<v Speaker 3>a choice because I think there's gonna be another team,
<v Speaker 3>if not a couple other teams added to this match.
<v Speaker 3>I think there's more than what's on paper here. But
<v Speaker 3>if I'm going with what I see, I'm gonna I'm
<v Speaker 3>going with Natalia to Mina. All jokes aside. I think
<v Speaker 3>they've really been pushing them and good because to me
<v Speaker 3>as a beast, Natalia is a technician and a general,
<v Speaker 3>and I mean, besides the Riot squad, I can't think
<v Speaker 3>of a team that's kind of been better the last
<v Speaker 3>couple of weeks, which is which I'm saying with a
<v Speaker 3>grain of salt. Bear in mind, right this is all
<v Speaker 3>on a WWE curve, But I think Natalian and to
<v Speaker 3>Mina are gonna take it.
<v Speaker 1>What about you, Anthony, Well, I'll pass to Anthony. Let's
<v Speaker 1>see what happens. I'm interested. You have to say first,
<v Speaker 1>because I'm feeding off you guys.
<v Speaker 4>I think of the teams to advertise, much like maybe
<v Speaker 4>me referred to, is that I think it's going to
<v Speaker 4>be Lana and Naomi because I really think that for whatever.
<v Speaker 4>For one, I think they're gonna want to do babyface
<v Speaker 4>versus Heel. I know that they've been pushing to Mia
<v Speaker 4>and Natalia, but I don't think they would go Heel
<v Speaker 4>versus Heel for the tag team Championships at WrestleMania, and
<v Speaker 4>I just I've felt for a while now, although it
<v Speaker 4>really cooled off over the winter, but they want to
<v Speaker 4>make Lana somewhat meaningful, and I do think that they have.
<v Speaker 4>They don't want to waste Naomi's talent, so of the
<v Speaker 4>advertised teams, it would be them. But that being said,
<v Speaker 4>to Mimi's point, an iconics return I would not completely discount.
<v Speaker 5>So one of those two teams I think will win.
<v Speaker 1>All right, well, this is interesting. Nobody here right now
<v Speaker 1>is picking the same two two teams. That's good. So
<v Speaker 1>my pick is the Riode Squad, and the reason is
<v Speaker 1>that they have been in the eyes of fans. And
<v Speaker 1>don't forget, WrestleMania is the time when Vince likes to
<v Speaker 1>put smiles on people's faces that he wants to make.
<v Speaker 1>It's the feel good show. It's the baby face is
<v Speaker 1>overcoming generally, so you have to also have a babyface
<v Speaker 1>team to go against the night two women's tag team
<v Speaker 1>champions of Nia Jackson Shanna Basler. So logic would tell
<v Speaker 1>you right, Naomi and Lana I think are plausible iconics,
<v Speaker 1>while I think they're possible, I think it's unlikely. I
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't even care if they don't give me an explanation
<v Speaker 1>how they got back together. I would just take it
<v Speaker 1>at face value and go fine. I would all be
<v Speaker 1>all for an Iconics run that they you talk about
<v Speaker 1>getting cut short. The Iconics are absolutely on that list.
<v Speaker 1>But I think the Ride Squad takes this one. And
<v Speaker 1>the reason is because the Iconics have been put on
<v Speaker 1>the Riot Squad rather have been put on the for
<v Speaker 1>so long, and the fans have been saying, can we
<v Speaker 1>give these two time to develop their characters? You know
<v Speaker 1>they have been you know, they were the sacrificial lambs
<v Speaker 1>of Shanna Basler in the Elimination Chamber last year. They
<v Speaker 1>were the sacrificial lamb for Ronda Rousey when she was
<v Speaker 1>going crazy in WWE. How many weeks in a row.
<v Speaker 1>They would try to attack her and she'd just decimate
<v Speaker 1>them and actually cause real injuries. From what I'm understanding,
<v Speaker 1>this is a team that I think is deserving. They
<v Speaker 1>were together, they broke up. Now they're back together, obviously
<v Speaker 1>minus Sarah Logan that really no one ever really cared
<v Speaker 1>that she's gone. But Riot Squad, I think is deserving.
<v Speaker 1>I think the fans are going to be behind Riot
<v Speaker 1>Squad more than any team here. I think they recognize
<v Speaker 1>that they have been here a long time, that their
<v Speaker 1>time is due, and I think the Riot Squad is
<v Speaker 1>the most likely I would I would not put any
<v Speaker 1>money on this at all. I mean, outside of Andy
<v Speaker 1>Rose and Dana Brook, all teams are on the table here.
<v Speaker 1>So Ride Squad is my pick. Go ahead, anybody response.
<v Speaker 3>I'm just gonna say, can you imagine though, the pop
<v Speaker 3>if we heard right? I iconic like that place that
<v Speaker 3>however many like that whatever one third Field Stadium would sound,
<v Speaker 3>you know, two times is full. I think just that
<v Speaker 3>would be that would make I don't care. You can
<v Speaker 3>give me Stroman and Sean McMahon all night long after that.
<v Speaker 3>If I got that, I'd be happy.
<v Speaker 4>I would love the Riode Squad and they're the ones
<v Speaker 4>that I'm hoping will win. But I've just almost given
<v Speaker 4>up hope. Like I've wanted them to win the Tag
<v Speaker 4>Team Championships when Sarah Logan was in there and it
<v Speaker 4>was her and liv Morgan competing for the inaugural Tag
<v Speaker 4>Team Championships. What is it three years ago now? In
<v Speaker 4>the elimination Chamber. So I think ideally and as a fan,
<v Speaker 4>I'm pulling for them, and I would probably even like
<v Speaker 4>them more than the I Well, I don't know about that.
<v Speaker 4>That pop would be pretty good compared to Muties Boy.
<v Speaker 4>But I mean, like, out of the four teams advertised,
<v Speaker 4>I'm pulling for the Riot Squad. I just I don't
<v Speaker 4>see WW pulling the trigger ever on these two, and
<v Speaker 4>even as single competitors, Like I thought that Ruby Ry
<v Speaker 4>could have had a good singles run, but for whatever reason,
<v Speaker 4>they're just not backing these two, either alone or as
<v Speaker 4>a tag team.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, like I said, there's not a lot
<v Speaker 1>of evidence to prove my point. I mean, in fact,
<v Speaker 1>there's not really any other than they're occasionally on TV.
<v Speaker 1>They get the very very canned, scripted as you're walking
<v Speaker 1>to the ring pre recorded promos that are the worst
<v Speaker 1>type of formatted promos you can ever do, because they
<v Speaker 1>are just I mean, honestly, it feels like they have
<v Speaker 1>a teleprompter right behind the camera whenever they have those promos.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, outside of that, they haven't given a voice
<v Speaker 1>at all. They rarely win matches, or if they do,
<v Speaker 1>it's fifty to fifty booking. There really is nothing beyond
<v Speaker 1>fans going what the hell, Like, why aren't these two,
<v Speaker 1>especially in a weak women's tag team division, being pushed higher?
<v Speaker 1>And I hope it happens. Maybe it's more of my
<v Speaker 1>heart than my brain that wants these two to win,
<v Speaker 1>But I'm glad we have three different picks, so that
<v Speaker 1>is that's certainly a cool thing. So okay, well let's
<v Speaker 1>let's continue on here with Night one and the Raw
<v Speaker 1>Tag Team Championship New Day versus AJ Styles an almost Anthony,
<v Speaker 1>you go first on.
<v Speaker 5>This Aja almost. It just has to.
<v Speaker 4>These two guys have to come up with the Tag
<v Speaker 4>Team Championships, and I just want AJ Styles to get
<v Speaker 4>the win, Like I just feel he has been spinning
<v Speaker 4>his tires for quite some time now, Like he's been
<v Speaker 4>probably my favorite for the better part of four or
<v Speaker 4>five years right now in WWE. I just think he
<v Speaker 4>could do it all. He's just as good as a
<v Speaker 4>baby face as he is.
<v Speaker 5>As a heel.
<v Speaker 4>I find he's probably under the radar one of the
<v Speaker 4>funniest guys WWE has, and I think that I think
<v Speaker 4>it says a lot about AJ Styles as just like
<v Speaker 4>the guy himself that he's willing to go into a
<v Speaker 4>tag team match when he has been one of the
<v Speaker 4>main guys for, like I said, the past five years.
<v Speaker 4>You know, last year went up against the Undertaker. The
<v Speaker 4>year before that, he had a one on one match
<v Speaker 4>with I believe it was Randy Jorton at WrestleMania, and
<v Speaker 4>then he had the championship match against Shinsky Nakamore before that. Like,
<v Speaker 4>he has been one of the faces that run the
<v Speaker 4>plays for since twenty sixteen. And I know that's a cliche,
<v Speaker 4>but I can't say enough about AJ Styles, and I
<v Speaker 4>think it says a lot about him as a guy
<v Speaker 4>to you know, help almost along end this match as
<v Speaker 4>it will be his first in ring competition in WWE.
<v Speaker 4>And as for the New Day, I mean, I don't
<v Speaker 4>hate them as much as most, but at the same time,
<v Speaker 4>I don't need them to win at a WrestleMania and
<v Speaker 4>retain the tag team Championships. This is one hundred percent
<v Speaker 4>a j and almost.
<v Speaker 3>Me. Yeah, I agree. I actually live suggestion to Anthony.
<v Speaker 3>I'd love to hear rivalries with AJ Styles, whether it's
<v Speaker 3>Samoa Joe or John Cena or anybody. I think AJ
<v Speaker 3>Styles is one of my favorites as well. I think
<v Speaker 3>he's good at everything he does. I missed the statistician,
<v Speaker 3>I forget his name, and I know that it was
<v Speaker 3>like a T and a thing, but kind of wish
<v Speaker 3>they bring that back. But I love the dynamic between
<v Speaker 3>him and Omas. I just you know, I think most
<v Speaker 3>people probably hated all those funny little segments with the
<v Speaker 3>pictionary and the vanilla bean and whatever. I don't know.
<v Speaker 3>I feel like I'm so brain did well. I watch
<v Speaker 3>any WWE product that the littlest thing makes me laugh
<v Speaker 3>like that, So I think they're all doing a great job.
<v Speaker 3>I think I'm I think, just to be different from Anthony,
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna go with the New Day because I think
<v Speaker 3>WWE stupid and they think that that's the way to go.
<v Speaker 3>I think it's gonna be one of those conquering the
<v Speaker 3>big guy moments, you know. I think it'll again. I
<v Speaker 3>don't think it's the right decision. I'm just going with
<v Speaker 3>It's impossible to analyze any of this with real logic
<v Speaker 3>because that would require real logic behind the booking, which
<v Speaker 3>it isn't there, So I don't know how to put
<v Speaker 3>any kind of logic on it. And I guess my
<v Speaker 3>logic is that there is no logic, and I think
<v Speaker 3>that's why the New Day is going to win. But
<v Speaker 3>I'm excited for this. I actually think this would be
<v Speaker 3>a great kickoff, you know, not kickoff show, but have
<v Speaker 3>the first match the first night. I know you guys
<v Speaker 3>talk about the New Day being stale and all that,
<v Speaker 3>but I think as a pop to have the New
<v Speaker 3>Day come out first, you know, on a big stage.
<v Speaker 3>They are fun, a lot of people love them. I
<v Speaker 3>think it would be a great first entrance, first match
<v Speaker 3>to get the show going.
<v Speaker 1>So well, let me just say this. Well, first of all,
<v Speaker 1>my pick just to be out front is aj Styles
<v Speaker 1>and Almost, which I omos is what I have on
<v Speaker 1>the screen, so I think it's almost. They had Omas,
<v Speaker 1>which is omas. I honestly have lost track of what
<v Speaker 1>it is. I don't think WWE because I've seen it
<v Speaker 1>change from an O to an eight and A to one. Oh,
<v Speaker 1>so I guess we'll take our pick. But that's that's
<v Speaker 1>my official pick. To me. What the most interesting thing
<v Speaker 1>about this is, of course we want to see what
<v Speaker 1>he can do in the ring. Almost is a big dude.
<v Speaker 1>I don't expect him to be doing you know, hip
<v Speaker 1>tosses and uh you know, drop toe holds and Hurricane ranas.
<v Speaker 1>I certainly expect them to just act like the big guy,
<v Speaker 1>and he should.
<v Speaker 5>I don't need to.
<v Speaker 1>See anything that he can't do. So we are all
<v Speaker 1>interested to see when aj Styles makes that tag to him,
<v Speaker 1>what the crowd's going to do. I think the most
<v Speaker 1>interesting part of this, beyond him in the ring and
<v Speaker 1>what he can do, is the crowd reaction to this.
<v Speaker 1>I think you may get a pop for the New
<v Speaker 1>Day entrance, but remember the people that are at this event.
<v Speaker 1>These are not your families. I don't think anyone could
<v Speaker 1>afford to bring their family to WrestleMania this year. These
<v Speaker 1>are the people that are from overseas that are the
<v Speaker 1>quote hardcore, quote arden, whatever you want to label them as.
<v Speaker 1>These are those fans that are the foundation of WWE
<v Speaker 1>that they like to label us as the culture. Every
<v Speaker 1>single Monday Night Raw when everything is cheered that normally
<v Speaker 1>people boo and boom normally cheered, which I can't stand
<v Speaker 1>and I will take that to my grave that those
<v Speaker 1>are those people here, and I think that recognizing the
<v Speaker 1>New Day have been champions really since their inception, off
<v Speaker 1>and on what eleven times now. I believe that AJ
<v Speaker 1>Styles and almost are going to be crowd favorites, even
<v Speaker 1>though they're booked as heels here, because people are just
<v Speaker 1>flat out tired of the New Day act. And I
<v Speaker 1>think people, especially this type of crowd, they are tired
<v Speaker 1>of seeing them as champions and they want to see
<v Speaker 1>AJ Styles, who many people feel have been has been
<v Speaker 1>kind of suppressed over the last year or more. And
<v Speaker 1>I'm more interested to see what this crowd is going
<v Speaker 1>to be like. That to me, is going to be
<v Speaker 1>the most interesting is how do they react when you
<v Speaker 1>know New Day are getting offense or if the New
<v Speaker 1>Day retains. If the New Day retains, I can see
<v Speaker 1>people booing the hell out of this. What do you
<v Speaker 1>guys think?
<v Speaker 3>It's a good point. I didn't even think about it.
<v Speaker 3>Could you guys see? On top of that, I'll ask you, Anthony, well,
<v Speaker 3>could you guys see I know the merchandise and the
<v Speaker 3>money and the podcast and all this stuff the New
<v Speaker 3>Day does, and with Biggie on SmackDown, and there's no
<v Speaker 3>official breakup, thank god, because I don't think they ever
<v Speaker 3>need to do that. But could you guys see I
<v Speaker 3>think Xavier Woods and Kofe would probably advocate for it
<v Speaker 3>more than it would be pushed. But a post WrestleMania
<v Speaker 3>anytime twenty twenty one New Day heel turn, I would like.
<v Speaker 4>It a heel turn because I actually found them hilarious. Yeah,
<v Speaker 4>they're so good because New Day when they first showed up,
<v Speaker 4>I hated them and I'm pretty sure they were being
<v Speaker 4>booked as baby faces, and then then when they switched
<v Speaker 4>to heal I found them hilarious. Like I remember they
<v Speaker 4>did a promo with the Rock and like when they
<v Speaker 4>were kind of that arrogant Healish group and they were
<v Speaker 4>just like trolls on steroids.
<v Speaker 5>That's basically what the gimmicks were. Like, I really liked it.
<v Speaker 4>It's only lately that i've I'm not. I don't hate them,
<v Speaker 4>to be honest, I just hate Kofe Kingston. I don't
<v Speaker 4>know what it is like if it was just Xavier
<v Speaker 4>Woods and big Ee, I would probably like them even more,
<v Speaker 4>but just I've never liked Kofi Kingston and his w
<v Speaker 4>W championship run that Matt and I ranted about for
<v Speaker 4>six months straight two years ago. But like, I would
<v Speaker 4>like to see them do a heel term because then
<v Speaker 4>at least I could rightfully hate KOFE Kingston.
<v Speaker 5>But the one other aspect I would.
<v Speaker 4>Consider into why Aj and Almost will win is because
<v Speaker 4>all AJ Stells is missing from his repertoire to make
<v Speaker 4>him a Grand Slam champion in WWE is the Tag
<v Speaker 4>Team Championships.
<v Speaker 5>He's won a.
<v Speaker 4>World title, he's won the US title, he's won the
<v Speaker 4>IC Championship.
<v Speaker 5>He's just missing the Tag Team Championships.
<v Speaker 4>And we know how w WE likes to throw people's
<v Speaker 4>accolades in our faces, and I think there's no doubt
<v Speaker 4>in our mind that of the last half a decade,
<v Speaker 4>AJ Stells has been one of the faces of the companies.
<v Speaker 5>So I think that that's a big reason to consider
<v Speaker 5>it as to why he will come away with the title.
<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, any other thoughts on this? I mean this,
<v Speaker 1>I think this match as far as quality, I don't
<v Speaker 1>think anyone's concerned about it being, you know, a stinker.
<v Speaker 1>I think it's just gonna kind of be your average
<v Speaker 1>tag team match. Although New Days very athletic, agis Als
<v Speaker 1>is very athletic, but Almost is probably gonna be the
<v Speaker 1>guy that slows things down for better or worse. It's
<v Speaker 1>probably gonna be just an averagely good match. That's what
<v Speaker 1>I expect from this. So there is there is a
<v Speaker 1>case to be made for New Day retaining. There is
<v Speaker 1>if you want to make almost this the center of
<v Speaker 1>attention and really not make this about the team but
<v Speaker 1>rather almost going off on his own, you know you
<v Speaker 1>could make that case. Of course, we're gonna see how
<v Speaker 1>good he is in the ring, and I have my doubts,
<v Speaker 1>but that doesn't mean I can be proven wrong. So okay,
<v Speaker 1>let's get to something that's a little more fan favored here,
<v Speaker 1>and one that is we all said could steal the show,
<v Speaker 1>and it's possible that it will. I think a lot
<v Speaker 1>of it has to do with time constraints. If they're
<v Speaker 1>not if they're given ten minutes, I think that's a
<v Speaker 1>shame for Seth Rollins and Cesara. Of course is what
<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about, and the build to this has been
<v Speaker 1>weird at best. You have Seth Rollins, who's kind of
<v Speaker 1>the Messiah but also still burning it down and coming
<v Speaker 1>out in ridiculous suits that are make me laugh. He's
<v Speaker 1>also kind of acting like a child but has Murphy back,
<v Speaker 1>but doesn't really have Murphy back. Why he's even coming
<v Speaker 1>back this whole it makes zero sense. His character feels
<v Speaker 1>in between. Seth Rowins feels like he's It's like he
<v Speaker 1>doesn't know where to land, so he's kind of taking
<v Speaker 1>a split approach on his character. It's really bizarre. Not
<v Speaker 1>that I'm not ranting about it. I don't hate it.
<v Speaker 1>I'm just kind of like, I don't know what to
<v Speaker 1>feel about seth Rawlins. Other than his suits and his
<v Speaker 1>expensive shoes. He wears with no socks. His outfits probably
<v Speaker 1>make it for me, but outside of that, he's using
<v Speaker 1>his old music, but he wears he's still wearing his
<v Speaker 1>black glove, and he's still kind of the Messiah, but
<v Speaker 1>not really. He doesn't have any followers. I don't know
<v Speaker 1>what to make of his character. Cizarro seems to be
<v Speaker 1>kind of finding his own from the bar to kind
<v Speaker 1>of James Bond to uh now this just being himself
<v Speaker 1>the wrestling purist. I don't like that it's been based
<v Speaker 1>on him swinging rollins around. I mean, that's that's like
<v Speaker 1>childlike and I don't really that that that's silly to me.
<v Speaker 1>That to me, that shouldn't even be a move that
<v Speaker 1>he does. You know what, you know what the swing
<v Speaker 1>is to me, the swing is like if you and
<v Speaker 1>your friends were to get in a wrestling ring and
<v Speaker 1>see how many times you if you're messing around, you
<v Speaker 1>could swing one of your friends around. It's not like
<v Speaker 1>a real professional wrestlers maneuver. It shouldn't be, and I
<v Speaker 1>understand it. You know, it could make your opponent pass
<v Speaker 1>out or whatever, but it just to me, it's not
<v Speaker 1>visually even pleasing. But I mean, maybe that's just me.
<v Speaker 1>My pick on this, this is really tough, really tough.
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go Cizarrow. He's a slight favorite. I'm gonna
<v Speaker 1>go with what the you know, the odds are here,
<v Speaker 1>but I can easily see Seth winning. Cizarrow I think
<v Speaker 1>is due for a big win. So I'm give you
<v Speaker 1>guys my my pick first, Cizarro wins. I'm not super confident,
<v Speaker 1>but I think he's owed a big win outside of
<v Speaker 1>what winning on tore the Giant Memorial Battle Royal or
<v Speaker 1>whatever he does at WrestleMania. So I'm for Cizar winning this.
<v Speaker 1>This is going to be a wrestling's purest match. If
<v Speaker 1>you want, like, if you love technical wrestling and hard
<v Speaker 1>hitting wrestling, this is your match. I'm looking forward to
<v Speaker 1>this from like a reversal and crazy maneuvers and all
<v Speaker 1>that kind of stuff. I think Cesara wins and maybe
<v Speaker 1>you go first on this.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I agree with you. I'm I'm like lean,
<v Speaker 3>I have a slight inkling to like pick Seth Rollins
<v Speaker 3>just because kind of like what I said before, I
<v Speaker 3>can see just the lack of logic in it, and
<v Speaker 3>the less logic there is, the more of a chance
<v Speaker 3>that that's probably gonna happen. But yeah, I think I'm
<v Speaker 3>going with Cizarre too. I think this is kind of
<v Speaker 3>like what I was saying before in the beginning of
<v Speaker 3>the show, like right, crappy build, but you know the
<v Speaker 3>match is going to be great because the talent's great.
<v Speaker 3>You know, they have millions and billions of dollars to
<v Speaker 3>get all this amazing talent and keep them. So they
<v Speaker 3>don't it's like lazy, lazy, lazy booking with the swing thing.
<v Speaker 3>I actually don't mind all of it, and I think
<v Speaker 3>I think as much as I love Cizarro, most of
<v Speaker 3>it goes to Seth Rollins's credit because, again, similar to
<v Speaker 3>AJ styles, I don't think he can do everything super well,
<v Speaker 3>but I think he plays this whiny little whatever jerk,
<v Speaker 3>the best that anybody on the roster. I just think
<v Speaker 3>he's so great. Like you said, met with the Suits,
<v Speaker 3>I missed the old music, I miss the Messiah gimmick.
<v Speaker 3>I thought that was money. I thought that was so good.
<v Speaker 3>I think it deserved a faction. Even without a faction,
<v Speaker 3>I thought it was incredible. I think Seth Rollins pulled
<v Speaker 3>it off better than anything he's ever done in his career.
<v Speaker 3>And I feel bad. It never, like everything else right
<v Speaker 3>in this company, never got legs under, it never got
<v Speaker 3>itself like off its feet. Like it's just it was
<v Speaker 3>so good, and I don't like this it down music
<v Speaker 3>and this tweener in between his old gimmick and this one.
<v Speaker 3>But like you said, I love the Suits. But as
<v Speaker 3>the match, I think you said it perfectly. I think
<v Speaker 3>it's just going to be a great match. I think
<v Speaker 3>anything more than fifteen minutes, though you risk kind of
<v Speaker 3>like I don't know, I just don't. I don't think
<v Speaker 3>the build, as bad as it's been, I don't think
<v Speaker 3>the build leans it to have any more than a
<v Speaker 3>fifteen minute match. But like you said, anywhere under ten
<v Speaker 3>minutes too. It feels like it's not getting it's just due.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I think I think this is gonna
<v Speaker 3>be a great match. Like we said, I think that's
<v Speaker 3>that's the that's the given. Then again, though, I want
<v Speaker 3>to say fast laying, you probably expected Chinsky, Nakamora and
<v Speaker 3>Seth Rollins to put on a great match, and I
<v Speaker 3>thought that match was boring as all hell. So you know,
<v Speaker 3>fingers crossed, this goes well. Cizar deserves it. I could
<v Speaker 3>see Cesara going for the championship, not winning it, but
<v Speaker 3>just going on a challenging run after WrestleMania. If they
<v Speaker 3>have them win this, you know that that sounds like soundbooking,
<v Speaker 3>so maybe I can't can't see it happening, But yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I'm excited for this. This is probably one of the
<v Speaker 3>matches I am most excited for on the card, just
<v Speaker 3>because again we all agree Seth Roland excuse me, Cizar
<v Speaker 3>deserves has just due and Seth Rowlands deserves is just
<v Speaker 3>due too. Guy has been incredible in this pandemic era
<v Speaker 3>when he's obviously been around.
<v Speaker 4>So Anthony response, I think that they almost have to
<v Speaker 4>have Seth Rawlins win this match. And this is why
<v Speaker 4>think back to where Seth Rawlins as a character was
<v Speaker 4>two years ago. He beat brock Lesner for the Universal
<v Speaker 4>Championship at WrestleMania, and he had a pretty solid run
<v Speaker 4>with it. That all obviously culminated with the Fiend and
<v Speaker 4>the infamous Hell in the Cell match and ultimately losing
<v Speaker 4>it to him at Saudi Arabia. But since then, over
<v Speaker 4>the last year and a half, he's been good. Don't
<v Speaker 4>get me wrong, Like I've liked the Messiah thing for
<v Speaker 4>the most part. I preferred it when Aop was with him,
<v Speaker 4>you know, before the Mysterio rival he got beaten to death,
<v Speaker 4>I thought it was good. Since he's come back, I
<v Speaker 4>found him entertaining all that. I have no problem with
<v Speaker 4>Seth Rawlins.
<v Speaker 5>But he's slowly but surely just slid and slid and
<v Speaker 5>slid and slid and slid down the card to the
<v Speaker 5>point where he honestly is like an afterthought as when
<v Speaker 5>it comes to main eventers.
<v Speaker 4>And look, he lost last year resumated Ko, which I
<v Speaker 4>think was the right decision, more for Ko than for
<v Speaker 4>Seth Rawlins. But I just as much as I like Cesarro,
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if you could recuperate Seth's main event
<v Speaker 4>status if he loses to a career mid carter like
<v Speaker 4>Cesarro on the quote unquote grandest stage of them all.
<v Speaker 5>And this is no slide against Cazarro. But let's call
<v Speaker 5>a spade a spade here.
<v Speaker 4>Seth Rawlins is and will always be more important to
<v Speaker 4>the WWE than Cesarro, and that's just because he's emerged
<v Speaker 4>as one of the biggest names in the company over
<v Speaker 4>the last five six seven years since the dissension of
<v Speaker 4>the Shield in twenty fourteen. So while I think Cizarro
<v Speaker 4>deserves this win, and you can make the case that
<v Speaker 4>he should win, I just think in the long term
<v Speaker 4>outlook and the grand scheme of things, you can't really
<v Speaker 4>justify having Seth Rowlins lose this match.
<v Speaker 1>Oh it's also because he's Swiss, right, I mean, of course,
<v Speaker 1>I mean, God, I'll never forget that. But look, that's
<v Speaker 1>why this this match is so difficult. If there was
<v Speaker 1>one match and there's a lot of people I know
<v Speaker 1>that put money on WrestleMania, this one would be you'd
<v Speaker 1>be insane to put money on this match. I'm very
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's like fifty one forty nine in terms
<v Speaker 1>of the odds of Cesarro being the favorite. This is
<v Speaker 1>very difficult, and you can make a case for both guys.
<v Speaker 1>That's the thing. If both guys could win, if there
<v Speaker 1>was a result in which you could have two winners
<v Speaker 1>in this singles match, I would I would be for
<v Speaker 1>that scenario because I think both guys do need a
<v Speaker 1>win bad And but you're right to your point, Anthony
<v Speaker 1>seth Rawlins is clearly the favorite in terms of the
<v Speaker 1>pecking order. In Totem poll of WWE talent, seth Rawlins
<v Speaker 1>is light years ahead of where Cesarrow has been. Now
<v Speaker 1>does that mean Cesarrow can't go on a tear and
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna give Cesarrow a big push after WrestleMania. It's
<v Speaker 1>not impossible. But I have my doubts, right like I
<v Speaker 1>have my doubts that Cesarrow could be positioned in that way.
<v Speaker 1>The way WWE has treated him over the last like
<v Speaker 1>eight years or whatever it's been. And as great of
<v Speaker 1>a worker as he is, I think they look at
<v Speaker 1>him as just a really good worker. He's not good
<v Speaker 1>on the mic. That that is well known. He's he
<v Speaker 1>can be okay to slightly good at times, but he's
<v Speaker 1>not very good. He's not very quick on his feet,
<v Speaker 1>at least not that i've seen in his in his persona.
<v Speaker 1>I just don't have a whole lot of faith that
<v Speaker 1>they they believe Cesarrow is the full package and that
<v Speaker 1>he's just been kind of hiding behind a just a
<v Speaker 1>wrestling purist and he has this great promo and personality
<v Speaker 1>behind him. I don't think they think that. So with
<v Speaker 1>that said, they know they can get a great match
<v Speaker 1>out of Cesarrow, he can work with anyone, and to
<v Speaker 1>put Seth Rollins with him, who can also work with anyone.
<v Speaker 1>They may look at this and go, well, who's really
<v Speaker 1>the investment of the future. Who do we know is
<v Speaker 1>a proven commodity for the full package versus the guy
<v Speaker 1>that's just really good at one thing of the you know,
<v Speaker 1>a part of this job. And you're right, it could
<v Speaker 1>be them looking at Seth as the full package and
<v Speaker 1>investing is in his character moving forward rather than Cesorrow.
<v Speaker 1>All right, maybe any response?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I didn't, I didn't even think about that. I
<v Speaker 3>think that's it's a great point by Anthony, and I
<v Speaker 3>just see, like you said, Matt about putting smiles on
<v Speaker 3>people's faces. I can't see a match where they're going
<v Speaker 3>to anger more people than if they have Cesarro lose.
<v Speaker 3>But you made a good point in that he said,
<v Speaker 3>like if there was a way that they both could
<v Speaker 3>win in this match, they would, and they can like
<v Speaker 3>not literally, right, but you can have people win in
<v Speaker 3>a loss. And so if they were gonna do that
<v Speaker 3>with anybody like to have Cizar do that, fine, I
<v Speaker 3>guess I just don't have faith in ww's booking and
<v Speaker 3>and even just match archetypes to do that. But like
<v Speaker 3>you could have someone lose this big match, or have
<v Speaker 3>Cizar lose this big match but still look incredible and
<v Speaker 3>still come out the other side of it. I guess
<v Speaker 3>I just see, I see where you guys are coming from.
<v Speaker 3>Cesarro is not great on the MIC. I think he's
<v Speaker 3>so much better when he's not scripted and he doesn't
<v Speaker 3>feel like he's forcing something. And like I could go
<v Speaker 3>to Talking Smack for that, because everybody cuts just fire
<v Speaker 3>promos on Raw Talking Talking Smack because they're not scripted,
<v Speaker 3>and I don't think Vince bicmahon watches the show. But
<v Speaker 3>but yeah, I don't know if they're I just I
<v Speaker 3>would hope, especially with fans hopefully slowly and slowly coming
<v Speaker 3>back into into Arenas, that they do something with Cesarro.
<v Speaker 3>Because he's not a spring chicken anymore. And WW also
<v Speaker 3>has competition now that they can lose talent to. And
<v Speaker 3>I don't think they want to lose a guy like Czarro.
<v Speaker 3>So if anything, I could see them just giving him
<v Speaker 3>the victory because they don't want him to leave.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and Sassar, like you said, the way to get
<v Speaker 1>this match now that you're making me think about how
<v Speaker 1>they both win is okay, Seth Rollins goes over, but
<v Speaker 1>then Czarro snaps right like after maybe Seth Rowlins cheats
<v Speaker 1>to win, and that's fine, he's a heel, you could
<v Speaker 1>do that. And then Cesarro pretends to play the guy
<v Speaker 1>that you know is a good sport and you beat me,
<v Speaker 1>you know, Faar and Square or whatever, goes for the
<v Speaker 1>handshake and you see just something in his eyes snap
<v Speaker 1>and he like bloodies Seth Rollins or something like that.
<v Speaker 1>I think the fans would be you know, I think
<v Speaker 1>they'd like that as well, to see, like to see
<v Speaker 1>an aggressive side of Cesarrow that's not just wrestling, but
<v Speaker 1>rather some deeper level of emotion from Cesarrow. Perhaps that
<v Speaker 1>is a way. Yeah, Anthony, any final thoughts.
<v Speaker 6>No, it's just I'm not gonna lie I just I've
<v Speaker 6>kind of always just seen Cizarrow as not overrated by
<v Speaker 6>the fans, but.
<v Speaker 4>More just like maybe he just is where what he is,
<v Speaker 4>and while maybe he could have used another maybe a
<v Speaker 4>US Championship run or something like that like that, I've never
<v Speaker 4>really gotten the overhype about him.
<v Speaker 5>So I guess for me, it's.
<v Speaker 4>Just easier than for most people, where I just think that,
<v Speaker 4>like Seth winning is kind of a no brainer here,
<v Speaker 4>but maybe you could do it in a way where
<v Speaker 4>Seth dominates and then Buddy Murphy helps him get the
<v Speaker 4>leg up in a kind of Hooker Crik way to
<v Speaker 4>kind of saved face for Cesarrow. But I personally think
<v Speaker 4>it's kind of an easy decision to go with Seth.
<v Speaker 1>Easy decision for Yeah, I say what you're saying is easy,
<v Speaker 1>But I think in most fans' eyes, they expect Ciara
<v Speaker 1>to win here. So all right, Well, let let's move
<v Speaker 1>on to a match that is just I'm I'm really
<v Speaker 1>scared about the comments and language for this next match.
<v Speaker 1>Shane McMahon versus Brounz Strowman in a steelcage. God, who
<v Speaker 1>do I pick first on this? Anybody want to volunteer
<v Speaker 1>first on this because I I can't go first on
<v Speaker 1>this or I will. I may say some things I shouldn't,
<v Speaker 1>so I'll go first, Okay, all right, go ahead, Okay.
<v Speaker 4>So I'm a bit biased because well, if you guys listen,
<v Speaker 4>my rivalry shows, I'm a huge Shane McMahon, but like fan,
<v Speaker 4>for whatever reason, nobody understands it.
<v Speaker 5>How I don't even understand it.
<v Speaker 4>I've always loved Shane McMahon and Braun Strowman. I mean,
<v Speaker 4>I'm kind of indifferent on him, although I do find
<v Speaker 4>him pretty entertaining. And this is just another instance of
<v Speaker 4>the build being so poor and so juvenile and just
<v Speaker 4>not done correctly that the you're not looking forward to
<v Speaker 4>it and the excitement isn't there. But when the match
<v Speaker 4>gets underway, I have a feeling that this could end
<v Speaker 4>up stealing the show. Maybe not in the terms of
<v Speaker 4>saying like, oh, that was the match of the night,
<v Speaker 4>but you know that sham Mann's gonna.
<v Speaker 5>Have something crazy happen to him.
<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'm really looking forward to this match just
<v Speaker 4>because I think that their styles are actually gonna mesh. Well,
<v Speaker 4>you know, I think Shane has always had good chemistry
<v Speaker 4>with like big power wrestlers like I remember his program
<v Speaker 4>with Kane in two thousand and three. They had a
<v Speaker 4>couple of really really good matches, the Ambulance Match, the
<v Speaker 4>Last Men's Standing match. So I mean, I'm really looking
<v Speaker 4>forward to this match. I'm expecting braun Stroman to win. Obviously,
<v Speaker 4>I'm putting the horrible bill aside, but the match itself,
<v Speaker 4>I'm actually expecting good things.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe yeah, Anthony.
<v Speaker 3>I think you're the only person in the world looking
<v Speaker 3>forward to this match. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm just
<v Speaker 3>so biased as well, because I can't stand braun Strowman
<v Speaker 3>to the point I think he I say this a
<v Speaker 3>million times. I'd rather watch paint dry than watch bron
<v Speaker 3>Stroman do anything. Ever, I think the most interesting about him,
<v Speaker 3>The interesting thing about him is his new choo choo noise.
<v Speaker 3>And I just tore that apart on the Heis and Lows,
<v Speaker 3>because what what are they doing? I like, it's kind
<v Speaker 3>of like when you think, oh my god, they can't
<v Speaker 3>go any lower, they can't seep any lower, and then
<v Speaker 3>they play Thomas the Train while bron Stroman runs around
<v Speaker 3>the ring. It's just it's getting worse and worse. And
<v Speaker 3>they had the Kids' Choice Awards make an appearance on
<v Speaker 3>Raw with the Green Slime. This is all so bad
<v Speaker 3>and like all the you know, bells and whistles aside
<v Speaker 3>the actual build of this match. Fine, right, someone calls
<v Speaker 3>someone stupid. Whatever, we've seen worse. We've seen worse in
<v Speaker 3>this in these matches at WrestleMania, I think in their builds.
<v Speaker 3>But it's the it's the bron proving Shane right part
<v Speaker 3>that drives me nuts. Like if Braun Strowman was really
<v Speaker 3>a smart person, right, why would he choose a steel
<v Speaker 3>cage match when you can literally walk out the door, like,
<v Speaker 3>which is again the worst stipulation ever. I'm okay with
<v Speaker 3>them climbing over a fine, but like, maybe he didn't
<v Speaker 3>choose a hell in a cell match because he knew
<v Speaker 3>Shane was gonna jump off it. But I have no idea.
<v Speaker 3>I think I think Shane McMahon is is lucky that
<v Speaker 3>he wrestles once a year and that's why he can
<v Speaker 3>do all this fun stuff that he jumps off stuff
<v Speaker 3>and whatever, because he gets to recuperate for three hundred
<v Speaker 3>and sixty four days a year. I think he's a
<v Speaker 3>stunt man, not a wrestler, and so whatever it's, I've
<v Speaker 3>seen worse, but this is just eye rolling stuff. I
<v Speaker 3>guarantee there's gonna be Hooker Crook with Elias and Jackson Riker.
<v Speaker 3>Who's a whole nother conversation I have. But yeah, bron
<v Speaker 3>Strumman proven the d plus and the two plus two.
<v Speaker 3>They had a two plus two who equals five thing
<v Speaker 3>with him photoshop with the Dunce cap. I sometimes I
<v Speaker 3>think I dreamed that it was so for lack of
<v Speaker 3>a better word, stupid. So I don't care who wins
<v Speaker 3>this match. You know who wins this match is nobody,
<v Speaker 3>probably Shane McMahon because he's Shane McMahon. I can't see
<v Speaker 3>I can't see him having enough or this company having
<v Speaker 3>enough welfare to get braun Stroman a win like that.
<v Speaker 3>And I don't care, Guys, I don't care. This is
<v Speaker 3>the one match I couldn't care less about.
<v Speaker 1>So yes, now, is this the most hated match on
<v Speaker 1>the card for me?
<v Speaker 3>No?
<v Speaker 1>Actually not even by a long shot. I have The
<v Speaker 1>next match is probably, and I don't get to that
<v Speaker 1>of course in a minute, is my most despised match
<v Speaker 1>of the year. But this match, again, as we alluded to,
<v Speaker 1>the very beginning of our conversation, the build to this
<v Speaker 1>is what really did it for me. Now, Yes, Shane
<v Speaker 1>McMahon may be a stuntman, Braunz Stroman may be the
<v Speaker 1>most one dimensional monster that WWE has ever had, putting
<v Speaker 1>it just always having to talk in a scary voice.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he always has to put his mouth over
<v Speaker 1>the mic. And what really did it for me this
<v Speaker 1>past week is when Braunz Stroman they were trying to
<v Speaker 1>position Bronze Stroman as this guy that was bullied throughout
<v Speaker 1>his life, that he was called stupid and.
<v Speaker 3>He was Nia jacks Man. I'm sorry, interested, but he's
<v Speaker 3>Nya Jackson. Sheen McMahon is ALEXAA Bliss And does does
<v Speaker 3>anybody else remember that viewed?
<v Speaker 1>Yep? What I I'm I think that they think that
<v Speaker 1>we don't have any memory and that we are just,
<v Speaker 1>I guess the pun stupid enough to believe that brounz
<v Speaker 1>Stroman was bullied throughout his life and people calling him stupid.
<v Speaker 1>I highly doubt that a six foot seven, three hundred
<v Speaker 1>pound man was called stupid many times to his face.
<v Speaker 1>I very much doubt that. Now it whispers behind the scenes,
<v Speaker 1>maybe for a very long distance. Sure but I very
<v Speaker 1>much doubt anyone has the balls to call Braun Strowman
<v Speaker 1>stupid to his face. And how old are we anyway?
<v Speaker 1>By the way, I understand, this whole thing was built
<v Speaker 1>off and I'm stupid, which is really just ridiculous on
<v Speaker 1>its face. But then you're telling me that he had
<v Speaker 1>to struggle through this whole life of every you know,
<v Speaker 1>people calling him stupid, and that he's going to fight
<v Speaker 1>for everybody that has ever been called stupid. Don't try
<v Speaker 1>to tell me I'm supposed to live vicariously through you.
<v Speaker 1>Look all throughout our lives, everyone's dealt with bullies in
<v Speaker 1>one fashion or another, social media or in elementary middle
<v Speaker 1>schools brutal. We all know that high school can be
<v Speaker 1>a little tough, but after high school it's kind of like,
<v Speaker 1>all right, you learn how to deal with people, you
<v Speaker 1>know how to you know how to kind of like
<v Speaker 1>just move on, gain self confidence, whatever it may be.
<v Speaker 1>I just that whole premise really set me off. That
<v Speaker 1>now they're transparently trying to force me to believe that
<v Speaker 1>this dude was is the is the perfect shining example
<v Speaker 1>of somebody that would be called stupid, and that I'm
<v Speaker 1>supposed to be living vicariously through this man. But as
<v Speaker 1>far as this match goes, look my pick is Bronz Stroman,
<v Speaker 1>and I hope I'm surprised by this match. I hope
<v Speaker 1>that I am going into this match with a low
<v Speaker 1>bar because the bill was god awful, and then I
<v Speaker 1>am surprised by the quality of this match. I hope
<v Speaker 1>I am. I'm not rooting against these guys. Shane McMahon's
<v Speaker 1>gonna jump off of you know, the top of the
<v Speaker 1>stadium if he would. I mean, that's the spot we're
<v Speaker 1>all looking for. Is Shane McMahon to put his life
<v Speaker 1>in jeopardy every WrestleMania. Bron Stroman again is probably going
<v Speaker 1>to hit a couple of big moves. Shane McMahon will
<v Speaker 1>look impossibly on equal footing to bron Stroman, as Shane
<v Speaker 1>McMahon does every year with aj Styles or the Undertaker.
<v Speaker 1>Take your pick. But the steel cage match stipulation is,
<v Speaker 1>as Mimi said, just absolutely ridiculous. And braun Strowman could
<v Speaker 1>have chose anything, and he chooses a steel cage match.
<v Speaker 1>I mean you might as well just not any stipulation
<v Speaker 1>in there, because, like you said, has he never watched
<v Speaker 1>wrestling a day in his life. I mean, you work
<v Speaker 1>in this industry. Have you never seen interference in a
<v Speaker 1>steel cage match ever? And the fact that you can
<v Speaker 1>walk out the door, how is escaping the stipulation that
<v Speaker 1>is supposed to keep people in a way to win
<v Speaker 1>the match. It's ridiculous to me. Steel cage matches should
<v Speaker 1>be pinfaller submission only because it totally goes against the
<v Speaker 1>whole purpose of a steel cage, which is to keep
<v Speaker 1>people in and have no interference. We're nowhere to go,
<v Speaker 1>and yet you can win by doing the very thing
<v Speaker 1>the steel cage match is designed to prevent. It's ridiculous
<v Speaker 1>of the whole thing. But anyway, bron Strahlman's might pick,
<v Speaker 1>I'll go into this with an open mind and pretend
<v Speaker 1>to build didn't exist. That's how I'm gonna do it.
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I'm right there with you.
<v Speaker 4>Like I'm just my motto going into this WrestleMania, for
<v Speaker 4>like eighty percent of the matches is just trying to
<v Speaker 4>forget about what the builds were and just trying to
<v Speaker 4>take the matches for what they are. And I truly
<v Speaker 4>do believe this is gonna be a very good match.
<v Speaker 4>I think bron showing's you know win. I don't think
<v Speaker 4>Seane mcman has ever won a wrestling match beside his
<v Speaker 4>one on one match with Vince at Wrestling at seventeen,
<v Speaker 4>which was his first wrestle a.
<v Speaker 5>Match, So I don't know.
<v Speaker 4>I think it's gonna be entertaining. I'm expecting Shane to
<v Speaker 4>get his body beaten down like always at Wrestlingia. But
<v Speaker 4>I'm just gonna try and forget the about the bill
<v Speaker 4>going into this one.
<v Speaker 1>Anything me me? Or do you want to move on
<v Speaker 1>to the next match?
<v Speaker 3>Well to you guys from what I'm hearing, are picking braun?
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, yes, we all know I want to move on.
<v Speaker 3>I'm so talking about this all right.
<v Speaker 1>Well you're not gonna enjoy this next one, and neither
<v Speaker 1>am I Bad Bunny and Damian Priest versus the Mizz
<v Speaker 1>and John Morrison. Mimi, go ahead, I've got no words.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I actually think I don't hate this as much
<v Speaker 3>as you do, just because just bear with me, maybe
<v Speaker 3>I can shift your perspective. Tiny, tiny buy if you'll
<v Speaker 3>be a little bit more flexible with it than I was.
<v Speaker 3>Like Brone Stroman and see McMahon. So celebrities and ww
<v Speaker 3>is a topic. I'm sure we could do an entire
<v Speaker 3>show about that, which is actually not a bad idea,
<v Speaker 3>But I think are tough to get right, and I
<v Speaker 3>would say about nine times out of ten they don't
<v Speaker 3>get him right. And I feel like I've pointed you
<v Speaker 3>to Shack Match a million times, Matt, But that was
<v Speaker 3>done right, like so well done to the fact that
<v Speaker 3>again on DAW this week they're having a women's match
<v Speaker 3>that was built because of that match with Shaq, like,
<v Speaker 3>so not just a pointless, you know, rating popper, like
<v Speaker 3>it was done really well. And so this whole bad
<v Speaker 3>Bunny thing, I'm with you. I'm twenty two. We've talked
<v Speaker 3>about this. I feel like I'm the demographic and I've
<v Speaker 3>never heard of bad Bunny until he came on to WWE.
<v Speaker 3>My fiance had but I think I'm just not cool.
<v Speaker 3>But so I didn't know who he was. I think
<v Speaker 3>the promo this week was long winded and he clearly
<v Speaker 3>kind of struggled through it, I think with some of
<v Speaker 3>the English stuff, And I get that, but I think
<v Speaker 3>this could have been a lot worse than it was.
<v Speaker 3>I actually wanted a singles match, more so because I
<v Speaker 3>thought it would be shorter, and it would keep more
<v Speaker 3>of the focus on just what the story's been about,
<v Speaker 3>rather than having Damien Priests and John Morrison be involved.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know why I wanted a singles match. I
<v Speaker 3>guess I thought was more excited for that, But I
<v Speaker 3>know John Morrison and Damian Priest both had minor injuries
<v Speaker 3>and they weren't sure if they were gonna be able
<v Speaker 3>to have them wrestle at WrestleMania, and so that's why
<v Speaker 3>they did that whole thing. But yeah, I think I
<v Speaker 3>think we all know Bed Bunny probably wins this somehow.
<v Speaker 3>I'm excited to see, just kind of like the Omas thing,
<v Speaker 3>I'm excited to see what he's able to do. I
<v Speaker 3>don't think we're going to see any you know, like
<v Speaker 3>you said, chin holes or anything like that, but I
<v Speaker 3>think it's a nice breath of fresh air. I'm it's
<v Speaker 3>something for the Miz to do. I think for anybody
<v Speaker 3>else to be in this match, it would be w
<v Speaker 3>worse than it already is. I think the Miz is
<v Speaker 3>a perfect slot in this, and I think celebrities in
<v Speaker 3>ww and wrestling as a whole aren't going anywhere because
<v Speaker 3>they're a draw. And so if you like Bad Bunny,
<v Speaker 3>like you're gonna like this match. I'll try to be
<v Speaker 3>quick about this, but I think Matt you said too.
<v Speaker 3>You listen to that Big Show or Paul White interview
<v Speaker 3>on Jericho's podcast, he pitched uh having what's his name
<v Speaker 3>Justin Bieber do a match with him and John Cena,
<v Speaker 3>and they said no because he wouldn't draw any fans
<v Speaker 3>or wouldn't draw any audience. And I'm like, no, but
<v Speaker 3>Bad Bunny and Logan Paul are gonna draw audience, but
<v Speaker 3>Justin Bieber wouldn't. My point to that whole thing is
<v Speaker 3>that the celebrity and wrestling thing, you can do both.
<v Speaker 3>You can have him draw audience, but you could also
<v Speaker 3>have him, you know, play to the hardcore fans if
<v Speaker 3>that's what you want to call us, and put on
<v Speaker 3>something that's a little bit fun, a little bit different,
<v Speaker 3>and a breath of fresh air. Maybe you put this
<v Speaker 3>on after this Czar seth Rollin's match, so you can
<v Speaker 3>keep a tone where you're going from intense wrestling to
<v Speaker 3>little goofy and and maybe you put another wrestling match
<v Speaker 3>and then Shane McMahon, I think it's all gonna depend
<v Speaker 3>on how it's presented, But I don't hate this. I
<v Speaker 3>did hate the watercolor paint that they used, Like you
<v Speaker 3>couldn't crash or like destroy the car. How many cars
<v Speaker 3>have they destroyed in WW? Randy Orton, JBL Shane McMahon,
<v Speaker 3>I think we could excuse me, Vince McMahon. I feel
<v Speaker 3>like we could all name a car that has been
<v Speaker 3>destroyed somehow in WW. But no, they water painted his
<v Speaker 3>Bugatti that, by the way, paint like yeah, yeah, how
<v Speaker 3>am I supposed to relate though? To the guy? Like cool?
<v Speaker 3>He pulls up a Mugatti. I don't like you. Have
<v Speaker 3>you ever turned at a red light to the guy
<v Speaker 3>on your left in the Porsche with a really loud
<v Speaker 3>engine and been like, huh he seems like a really
<v Speaker 3>cool guy.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, don't get me started. Anthony Cohe.
<v Speaker 5>Uh yeah. There's just so there could not be lower
<v Speaker 5>ends for this match on my part.
<v Speaker 4>Honestly, as soon as I start actively start cheering for
<v Speaker 4>the Heels, I know that WWE is doing something wrong here,
<v Speaker 4>and Bad Bunny is probably the most unlikable human I've
<v Speaker 4>ever come across on WWE television. I think he's bringing
<v Speaker 4>down Damian Priest because of it.
<v Speaker 5>I there's just like.
<v Speaker 4>There's no redeeming qualities about his on screen character or
<v Speaker 4>how he's portraying himself on screen. As much as I'm
<v Speaker 4>not the biggest fans of miss Morrison, I think it's
<v Speaker 4>a slap in the face to those two that they're
<v Speaker 4>being releicated to this garbage. They've deserved much better than this,
<v Speaker 4>especially John Morrison, who has really just been the Missus
<v Speaker 4>sidekick since returning. I think WWE should honestly be embarrassed
<v Speaker 4>for what they're doing. And yeah, it's it's shameful. These
<v Speaker 4>are the kinds of things and Matt you said, but
<v Speaker 4>but garbage like this is what justifies people to make
<v Speaker 4>fun of wrestling and makes you embarrassed to be a
<v Speaker 4>wrestling fan. It's just straight up garbage, because you know
<v Speaker 4>what's gonna happen. You know, Damian Priest is gonna do
<v Speaker 4>all the entering work, and John Morrison and the Miser
<v Speaker 4>are gonna make it look really good, and then Bad
<v Speaker 4>Bunny's gonna get the one, two, three, the pinfall, and
<v Speaker 4>then we're all supposed to.
<v Speaker 5>Cheer in unison.
<v Speaker 4>No, I'm sorry, I don't even want to give WWE
<v Speaker 4>this satisfaction of watching this match.
<v Speaker 5>This has toilet break what written all over it?
<v Speaker 1>So me me, just to be clear, your pick is
<v Speaker 1>Damian Priests and Bad Bunny, right, Yes, okay, and Anthony,
<v Speaker 1>you're the same. I think we all are on the
<v Speaker 1>same page. Then okay, it does scream bathroom break, It
<v Speaker 1>screams change the channel so your friends don't think you're
<v Speaker 1>a loser and you're stupid. Like I would, I would
<v Speaker 1>watch I don't know what the hell am I watch.
<v Speaker 1>I'm rewatching Game of Thrones with my wife, So I
<v Speaker 1>would like throw on Game Thrones for an episode and
<v Speaker 1>a part of it and watch this during its Some
<v Speaker 1>of my friends don't see. My wife thinks the wrestling
<v Speaker 1>stupid anyway. But anyway, so this thing, I really don't
<v Speaker 1>want to rehash everything that I've been just trashing about
<v Speaker 1>this entire storyline over the next couple of minutes here,
<v Speaker 1>but I will say this. I think that this match
<v Speaker 1>was originally we all know it was a singles match
<v Speaker 1>between Bad Bunny and the Miss, but I think there's
<v Speaker 1>a reason that it turned to a tag team match,
<v Speaker 1>and I think it's because either they realize Bad Bunny
<v Speaker 1>and the Miz or Bad Bunny is not as far
<v Speaker 1>along as they would have liked in terms of his
<v Speaker 1>training or whatever he was doing to make sure that
<v Speaker 1>he's prepared for this quote match with the Miz. Or
<v Speaker 1>they just didn't want the crowd to turn on it,
<v Speaker 1>completely turn on it and crap all over it, just
<v Speaker 1>boo everything they do, like Circa Goldberg and brock Lesser
<v Speaker 1>at WrestleMania twenty just completely destroy this match, and they
<v Speaker 1>are hoping that Damian Priests and John Morrison are going
<v Speaker 1>to be a quote, the actual wrestlers in the match,
<v Speaker 1>so it doesn't seem like it's a total disaster embarrassment
<v Speaker 1>of a match of just bad Bunny versus the Miss
<v Speaker 1>because Bad Bunny can't hold up his end of the deal.
<v Speaker 1>So I think that those two Damian Priest and John
<v Speaker 1>Morrison were added because of the fact that they are
<v Speaker 1>the cushion for maybe the crowd completely turning on this
<v Speaker 1>and having the Miz again having Miss and Morrison. As
<v Speaker 1>much as I despise them and I have destroyed them
<v Speaker 1>over the last six months or more, and I stand
<v Speaker 1>by everything I've said, but the fact that, as you said, Anthony,
<v Speaker 1>that you know we're cheering for the heels, the fact
<v Speaker 1>that I'm cheering for miss and Morrison where I've I've
<v Speaker 1>stood and sat here at my at my desk, and
<v Speaker 1>I have destroyed them week after week after week, and
<v Speaker 1>I'm now cheering for them in this match says a
<v Speaker 1>whole lot about how I feel about Bad Bunny and
<v Speaker 1>Damian Priest. And I think that this is just really
<v Speaker 1>the out of touch creative that is just unfortunately running
<v Speaker 1>RAMPI throughwe when they bring in a celebrity that they
<v Speaker 1>never make this almost never make the celebrity heel, at
<v Speaker 1>least not by design. They did it with Floyd Money
<v Speaker 1>Mayweather in Big Show, and we're supposed to relate to
<v Speaker 1>this guy that has billions of dollars and has all
<v Speaker 1>of this backup and runs his mouth, and we're supposed
<v Speaker 1>to cheer for this dude. And yet at WrestleMania the
<v Speaker 1>crowd was the complete opposite. I remember watching that, and
<v Speaker 1>this is the same exact deal, a little bit scaled down. Obviously,
<v Speaker 1>Bad Bunny is a musician. He is not a wrestler.
<v Speaker 1>He is not a fighter. He is one hundred and
<v Speaker 1>forty pounds. I mean he has and he runs his
<v Speaker 1>mouth and then has Damien Priest back him up. In
<v Speaker 1>what world is that a good trait? In what world
<v Speaker 1>is that an admirable trait? Where you run your mouth
<v Speaker 1>and then you can, you know, just stand back while
<v Speaker 1>you're heavy does the work, And this is exactly what
<v Speaker 1>it is. And the Bugatti, Yeah, that's that's completely relatable, right.
<v Speaker 1>I don't think that anyone in the sound of my
<v Speaker 1>voice owns Number one owns a Bugatti, or know someone
<v Speaker 1>that owns a Bugatti, or if you do, more than
<v Speaker 1>likely you probably are not having You probably don't have
<v Speaker 1>high opinion about that person on it. And a personal level,
<v Speaker 1>I really venture to guess that you probably don't. Not
<v Speaker 1>that money is evil, but if you're gonna spend that
<v Speaker 1>much money on a Bugatti, you know, I don't know.
<v Speaker 1>I just think that this is not relatable whatsoever. Damian
<v Speaker 1>Priest is damaged, as you guys said. I think Damian
<v Speaker 1>Priest is coming to come out of this and gonna
<v Speaker 1>have to take many showers to get the stink of
<v Speaker 1>this storyline off. And once Bad Bunny wins and goes away,
<v Speaker 1>because that's what's gonna happen here, so Mis and Morrison
<v Speaker 1>take the loss. Bad Bunny pins the Mis and we're
<v Speaker 1>all supposed to cheer. I hope the crowd destroys Bad
<v Speaker 1>Bunny on this I wouldn't be surprised though if WWE
<v Speaker 1>this is one of those matches that they try to
<v Speaker 1>manipulate the crowd noise. I would be very surprised if
<v Speaker 1>they don't during this match. I think the crowd is
<v Speaker 1>if left to their own devices and unedited. I think
<v Speaker 1>the crowd is gonna absolutely destroy Bad Bunny and Damian
<v Speaker 1>Priest in this match. As much as of Good Heels
<v Speaker 1>Missa Morrison are. I think They're gonna absolutely destroy him,
<v Speaker 1>and I'm looking forward to that. The most so last
<v Speaker 1>thing I'll say on this and we can move on,
<v Speaker 1>because there's really not much more to say, is that
<v Speaker 1>I understand the need to bring in celebrity, or at
<v Speaker 1>least the temptation to bring in celebrities. We understand, you know,
<v Speaker 1>if they're running a business, wouldn't you want as much
<v Speaker 1>eyeballs as many eyeballs on the product as you can get,
<v Speaker 1>especially during WrestleMania season. I understand that, But I can
<v Speaker 1>guarantee you that even if there are people that are
<v Speaker 1>following Bad Bunny on his Spotify wherever he's very successful musically,
<v Speaker 1>very successful musician. We know this. I didn't know who
<v Speaker 1>he was anyway, I mean thirty six maybe that, but
<v Speaker 1>you said, maybe you're twenty two and you still didn't
<v Speaker 1>know who he was. But nonetheless, he does have millions
<v Speaker 1>of fans out there. And if you're a fan of
<v Speaker 1>his and you're like, well, what's he doing, He's in wrestling,
<v Speaker 1>what what's he doing? And you tune into WrestleMania to
<v Speaker 1>number one, I really doubt you're gonna purchase a Peacock
<v Speaker 1>subscription just to see Bad Bunny in this match. And
<v Speaker 1>even if you did, you're gonna probably look at this
<v Speaker 1>and go, what kind of crap is this? What's he doing?
<v Speaker 1>All right now? I'm not like nobody is watching this?
<v Speaker 1>Who is going to then transition to a WWE fan
<v Speaker 1>and pay a subscription on Peacock to become a regular
<v Speaker 1>charged fan just because Bad bunnies in this match. I
<v Speaker 1>can guarantee you that there is almost a net gain
<v Speaker 1>of zero by bringing in Bad Bunny. So any final thoughts,
<v Speaker 1>guys before we move on to the next match. Zero? Yeah, good,
<v Speaker 1>good with you. Okay, let's get onto a serious match here,
<v Speaker 1>one that I think we won't crap on so much.
<v Speaker 1>And that is Sasha Banks and Bianca bell Aire. As
<v Speaker 1>we said, this one was announced to be closing the show.
<v Speaker 1>That that came through Twitter just before we went on the
<v Speaker 1>air here, So Sasha Banks and Bianca Bellair. I know
<v Speaker 1>we talked about it a lot at the beginning of
<v Speaker 1>the show, but let's talk about the match itself. Now.
<v Speaker 1>The bill we all know has been ridiculous as far
<v Speaker 1>in some aspects of to me, Bianca not standing up
<v Speaker 1>for herself, taking some slaps and pushes and shoves, and
<v Speaker 1>then just you know, basically threatening to point at the
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania sign instead of you know, retaliating. Yes, she slaps
<v Speaker 1>Sasha last week, and then this week she has an
<v Speaker 1>attempted backstabber on her by Sasha, and then Beanca doesn't
<v Speaker 1>do anything, just stands there and goes, oh, girl, you're
<v Speaker 1>gonna get it at WrestleMania. Like what the f like?
<v Speaker 1>I like Bianca bel Air, but man, oh man, can
<v Speaker 1>you just stand up for yourself and stop trying to
<v Speaker 1>tell us that taking the moral high road is a
<v Speaker 1>better way. This is pro wrestling. I don't need you.
<v Speaker 1>This isn't Church. On Sunday morning, like I I need
<v Speaker 1>you to stand up for yourself and whoop her ass,
<v Speaker 1>like that's what you should do, chase out of the ring,
<v Speaker 1>But instead you stand there like you're on some kind
<v Speaker 1>of moral high ground and that we're all supposed to
<v Speaker 1>admire you for taking the high road. People don't want
<v Speaker 1>you to take the high road in wrestling. They want
<v Speaker 1>to see blood and guts and you know, London and PG.
<v Speaker 1>But anyway, so the match itself is what I want
<v Speaker 1>to focus on, Anthony. I'll start with you. Who wins this?
<v Speaker 1>And are you looking forward to the quality of the match,
<v Speaker 1>any kind of double turning, anything weird like that or
<v Speaker 1>is it pretty straight up for you?
<v Speaker 4>I'm really looking forward to this match. I think that
<v Speaker 4>this is probably gonna be the best match of Night one.
<v Speaker 4>I think Beyonca bell Air is gonna win. I don't
<v Speaker 4>think there's a way that she can't. I really do
<v Speaker 4>believe that her and Rhea Ripley are the future of
<v Speaker 4>this division. And it's crazy to say that because it
<v Speaker 4>feels like just yesterday we were saying that about Charlotte
<v Speaker 4>Charlotte Flair and Sasha Bangs and Becky Lynch. But I
<v Speaker 4>just think that Bianca bell Air is probably the most
<v Speaker 4>natural female baby face they've had in quite some time.
<v Speaker 4>I thought they had that for a bid with Becky Lynch,
<v Speaker 4>but she kind of soured on for me towards the end.
<v Speaker 4>I just think this is a can't miss here, and
<v Speaker 4>you know Sasha Banks can bring in the ring.
<v Speaker 5>So look, I'm really looking forward to this match.
<v Speaker 4>And I just can't wait to fast forward through Sasha
<v Speaker 4>Banks's entrance.
<v Speaker 3>Me me, I don't think you can do that on Peacock.
<v Speaker 3>I think they don't even let me and you.
<v Speaker 1>Can't do anything on Peacock.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I live in Canada, so I suve.
<v Speaker 5>The now.
<v Speaker 3>The many benefits of not living in this country.
<v Speaker 1>Damn all right.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Well, I actually I think I kind of disagree
<v Speaker 3>with Anthony, And maybe this is just a subjective opinion,
<v Speaker 3>but I actually feel like I'm forcing myself more and
<v Speaker 3>more to like Bianca bell Air. And I want to say, like,
<v Speaker 3>I think, naturally, yes, she was super likable. Just she
<v Speaker 3>seems very humble and she makes her own ring gear.
<v Speaker 3>There's something just kind of quirky and fun about that.
<v Speaker 3>There's like little things about her that's naturally likable. But
<v Speaker 3>I think she's so limited as a woman on the mic.
<v Speaker 3>I feel like this, I've said this a million times, like,
<v Speaker 3>put put her with t Mina, put her with Bianca,
<v Speaker 3>put her with whoever, Like if she had Zelina Vega
<v Speaker 3>by her side, they could be best this team whatever
<v Speaker 3>you manager, wrestler team you have, but that the WW
<v Speaker 3>screwed that one up. So but with this match, I
<v Speaker 3>think I think Bianca Bela is super limited because she's
<v Speaker 3>the kind of wrestler that's really good on the MIC
<v Speaker 3>at best when the scripting's good, and I would say
<v Speaker 3>eat out of ten times the scripting's awful and and
<v Speaker 3>ad lib here there by her when she puts her
<v Speaker 3>own spin on it, it's great. But I don't think she's
<v Speaker 3>a great promo and I think she's probably gonna be
<v Speaker 3>or would probably be an even worse promo if she
<v Speaker 3>didn't have lines to read, because I think she's just
<v Speaker 3>maybe she's still new and she's got to come into
<v Speaker 3>her own a little bit more. I guarantee I'll take
<v Speaker 3>this back in like two years from two years time,
<v Speaker 3>because I know she's still actually I think she's older
<v Speaker 3>than Sasha. But anyways, the point being, I guess is
<v Speaker 3>that I think Bianca Bellair wins this as well. I
<v Speaker 3>think it would be one of the biggest mistakes for
<v Speaker 3>Sasha Banks to win this match. I know there's a whole,
<v Speaker 3>you know, stigma that Sasha Banks can't retain, can't retain,
<v Speaker 3>but you know, if they had done more than the
<v Speaker 3>Carmela feud, that wouldn't be here anymore. But they didn't,
<v Speaker 3>so they just did the whole can they get along thing?
<v Speaker 3>So whatever, But yeah, I think Bianca Bellair goes over this.
<v Speaker 3>I think the best way this match can can go
<v Speaker 3>is that I'm gonna point it to like a brock
<v Speaker 3>Lesner Daniel Brian match at Survivors Series. I think when
<v Speaker 3>Daniel Brian, you know, low blowed aj Styles and they
<v Speaker 3>had that whole match. And the reason I pointed to
<v Speaker 3>that is because I don't know about you guys if
<v Speaker 3>you can even remember that, but I legitimately felt bad
<v Speaker 3>for brock Lesnar in that match. Daniel Brian was such
<v Speaker 3>a good little heel and I mean little just in
<v Speaker 3>size in comparison to brock Lesner. Just the way he
<v Speaker 3>wrestled in that match and told the story in the ring.
<v Speaker 3>I felt bad for Brock Lesner.
<v Speaker 5>I felt bad for.
<v Speaker 3>The beast, and so I think Sasha Banks has to
<v Speaker 3>do something similar in this match. I think it can't
<v Speaker 3>be all flash. I think Sasha Banks has to go
<v Speaker 3>full heel. I want to hear her get booed out
<v Speaker 3>the building, which I don't think is going to happen,
<v Speaker 3>because people seem to just have an evactuation with Sasha Banks.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe I don't get it, but I think she's got
<v Speaker 3>to wrestle like Daniel Bryan at Survivor series, and you
<v Speaker 3>gotta have Bianca bell Air be the bigger woman, you know,
<v Speaker 3>strength wise and such, but still kind of be the underdog.
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's what was supposed to be the
<v Speaker 3>undertone of this match, but it got lost probably underneath
<v Speaker 3>Reginald and Nijacks and SHANEA. Basler. So whatever.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So first of all, yeah, the analogy of Daniel
<v Speaker 1>Brian and brock Lesard, Yes, that's fine. I haven't thought
<v Speaker 1>about that imagine quite a while. But you're right, and
<v Speaker 1>this is this match is number one quality wise. I
<v Speaker 1>don't think anyone's concerned quality wise. Bianca Belair has shown
<v Speaker 1>what she can do. Any of you didn't really know
<v Speaker 1>who she was what she did at the Royal Rumble
<v Speaker 1>and the final two with Rhea Ripley was to me,
<v Speaker 1>it was so much better than the Men's Royal Rumble
<v Speaker 1>in terms of the finish. I really really enjoyed the
<v Speaker 1>finish of the Women's Royal Rumble this year. And Bianca
<v Speaker 1>bel Air is certainly athletic. We know that she can
<v Speaker 1>go in the ring. That's not the issue. Quality wise,
<v Speaker 1>this is going to be just fine and even probably
<v Speaker 1>very very good and we're all looking forward to that
<v Speaker 1>part of it. Yeah, on the mic, she's not the best.
<v Speaker 1>I don't She's not a fully polished performer yet. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>she does read her lines well. She's starting to feel
<v Speaker 1>a little bit more comfortable on the mic. Week by week,
<v Speaker 1>I'm starting to see general slow improvements on the mic.
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna come. I think it's going to happen. I
<v Speaker 1>think it's just going to take time for her. It's
<v Speaker 1>not that she is unmanageable and embarrassing on the mic
<v Speaker 1>or unwatchable. She is. She's good and then there's like
<v Speaker 1>eh mo, and then she's good and then there's a
<v Speaker 1>couple of uh moments. It's very up and down with her,
<v Speaker 1>but slowly trending up, if that makes sense. So I
<v Speaker 1>have no issue with this match. I don't think that
<v Speaker 1>they would have this match go on last if Sasha
<v Speaker 1>Banks was going to retain. I think people would lose
<v Speaker 1>their minds if if that's the case. To me, if
<v Speaker 1>it's on last, that does just put a nail in
<v Speaker 1>the coffin of Sasha Banks's championship run. There is just
<v Speaker 1>really almost no way that Sasha Banks retains here. I
<v Speaker 1>think Bianca Belle Eric wins the championship, She's going on
<v Speaker 1>last on top of it. But at the same time,
<v Speaker 1>is there that small sliver that Sasha could retain. I
<v Speaker 1>think there's a very small chance. I kind of look
<v Speaker 1>at this like the way that we all looked at
<v Speaker 1>Sasha or Becky Lynch and Shanna Basler last year, where
<v Speaker 1>we all thought it was a foregone conclusion that Becky
<v Speaker 1>Lynch was gonna lose and Shanea was gonna become champion,
<v Speaker 1>and when she didn't, people like, what the hell's going on?
<v Speaker 1>I mean, even I was like, at that point, we
<v Speaker 1>were all kind of beckied out of her being a champion,
<v Speaker 1>and she was coming very arrogant, making her own like
<v Speaker 1>she was coming in like monster trucks and like weird stuff,
<v Speaker 1>very arrogant and to me, yeah, she had a baby,
<v Speaker 1>but it was the best time career wise for her
<v Speaker 1>to also take a break. So SHANEA. Bazler lost last year.
<v Speaker 1>We're all just befuddled. So is that that chance this
<v Speaker 1>happens this year? I think a very very small chance.
<v Speaker 1>But this this is a almost slam dunk of a
<v Speaker 1>of a selection here of Bianca bell Air winning. But
<v Speaker 1>I will ask this to both of you. It's interesting
<v Speaker 1>as we and we have one more match here for
<v Speaker 1>a night one and move tonight two. No Charlotte, no Bailey,
<v Speaker 1>and I know that we're talking about SmackDown and Raw here.
<v Speaker 1>Also no Keith Lee. A lot of people are not
<v Speaker 1>on this card and I don't want to go too
<v Speaker 1>long on this, but Mimi, let me ask you, no Charlotte,
<v Speaker 1>no Bailey, no Keith Lee. What do you think about this?
<v Speaker 1>What do you think is going on? I know that
<v Speaker 1>there was the rumors of Charlotte being pregnant. She's not pregnant.
<v Speaker 1>She has COVID, but then she should be over it.
<v Speaker 1>Bailey's more of a mystery, and same with Keith Lee.
<v Speaker 1>So what do you think.
<v Speaker 3>I think it's awful. I also want to point out
<v Speaker 3>to you, like you said about Sasha Banks quickly, if
<v Speaker 3>she wins, I think that goes up there in mistakes
<v Speaker 3>with the and you know I've talked about it on
<v Speaker 3>this podcast too, Charlotte Flair is my favorite of all time, period, men, women, toasters,
<v Speaker 3>whatever whatever you identify as. Charlotte Flair is my favorite
<v Speaker 3>of all time. You know, what she's been doing lately
<v Speaker 3>hasn't been wonderful. But I just want to point out
<v Speaker 3>the fact that I don't know if you guys saw
<v Speaker 3>this or if you ever read this, but this WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 3>the planned booking was Lacy Evans as the Raw Women's
<v Speaker 3>champion versus a Charlotte Flair. That whole feud was supposed
<v Speaker 3>to lead to the main or the not main event,
<v Speaker 3>but to lead to WrestleMania. So I just want to
<v Speaker 3>throw that out there, that that that was the original plan.
<v Speaker 3>Akin to remember when Randy Orton versus Batista as the
<v Speaker 3>main event was the plan and Daniel Ryan saved us
<v Speaker 3>all from that twenty minute headlockfest. So with that being said, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I think this whole thing is a travesty with Bailey
<v Speaker 3>and Charlotte Flair. I think with Keith Lee, from what
<v Speaker 3>I hear, he's just got some personal issues going on. Again,
<v Speaker 3>we don't really know. I don't know if he's annoyed
<v Speaker 3>with the company. I would be if I were Keith
<v Speaker 3>Lee to send him back to do training to be
<v Speaker 3>more of a quote unquote big man, when the whole
<v Speaker 3>fun part about Keith Lee is the stuff he can
<v Speaker 3>do in the ring. So I don't know exactly what's
<v Speaker 3>going on with Keith Lee. But in regards to Bailey
<v Speaker 3>and Sasha, I think Bailey is the biggest crime here.
<v Speaker 3>I think though, I think we're gonna see her on
<v Speaker 3>the card, and maybe that's just my hopes, but she
<v Speaker 3>has not made enough of a ruckus about not being
<v Speaker 3>on the card for me to think that she's actually
<v Speaker 3>not gonna show up. Dream booking would be that open
<v Speaker 3>challenge for Bailey, and then Matt can I I'm bringing
<v Speaker 3>it up, Becky Lynch, you have Becky Lynch come back.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know, Anthony if you saw that, but I
<v Speaker 3>sent it to Matt earlier today, Becky posted on her
<v Speaker 3>Instagram and the caption was this whole thing but the
<v Speaker 3>first letters of the whole thing were Night one, kind
<v Speaker 3>of teasing her possibly being there for Night one. So
<v Speaker 3>I want to see them somehow. I don't care how
<v Speaker 3>they get to it. But a Bailey throw Charlotte in there,
<v Speaker 3>a Bailey Charlotte Becky triple threat for no reason. That's
<v Speaker 3>probably going to be the best match of the night.
<v Speaker 3>So I don't I don't know how they get there.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe Eosheri comes up. You know, she just lost her
<v Speaker 3>title to rock Hel Gonzalez. Maybe they do something with that.
<v Speaker 3>But I think Bailey's going to be on the cards somehow, someway.
<v Speaker 3>I'd be really angry if she wasn't. I think she
<v Speaker 3>should be the host of WrestleMania, and they should get
<v Speaker 3>the other guy off the off off that off wrestling.
<v Speaker 1>I didn't bring my god, I forgot.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah we're not even I'm not even going there right now.
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I think I think Bailey is going to
<v Speaker 3>be on the card somehow. I don't think Charlotte is,
<v Speaker 3>and I don't know why. I think it's really upsetting.
<v Speaker 3>I think that WrestleMania as many participation awards as as
<v Speaker 3>are given to all the people who are just on
<v Speaker 3>the card to be on the card, and you can't
<v Speaker 3>even get Charlotte Flair, in my opinion, the greatest women's
<v Speaker 3>wrestler on the card. Somehow. I don't know if they're
<v Speaker 3>angry about the Androde thing. I don't know if she's
<v Speaker 3>causing a raucus because of that whole thing. I know
<v Speaker 3>she's an outspoken person, but she seems healthy according to
<v Speaker 3>social media. I think there's just something going on that
<v Speaker 3>we don't know, and I think it's definitely going to
<v Speaker 3>hinder the product. The only way to salvage that is
<v Speaker 3>maybe you get a Ria Ripley Charlotte Flair thing. After WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 3>I Ria Ripley wins. I'm sure we'll get into that later,
<v Speaker 3>but I think I still think it's awful. I think
<v Speaker 3>they should have had a triple threat match with those
<v Speaker 3>three women. I mean the story to be told with
<v Speaker 3>that with both women, similar to like the Royal rumbole,
<v Speaker 3>when we were like, just not Charlotte, and I was
<v Speaker 3>with everybody too, I was like, just not Charlotte. As
<v Speaker 3>much as I love her, we want a Bianca Ria.
<v Speaker 3>I think the same thing with the Oscar Charlotte Ria
<v Speaker 3>Ripley triple threat. We just have it just not Charlotte,
<v Speaker 3>but it would still be probably the match of the
<v Speaker 3>night in my opinion. So yeah, all in all, I
<v Speaker 3>think Bailey's gonna be on the card somehow, tag Team Turmoil, Exhibition, whatever,
<v Speaker 3>just being Bailey. That'd be great. I think Bailey should
<v Speaker 3>come out and say I just took out Hulk Hogan
<v Speaker 3>and I'm the new host of WrestleMania. I think she'd
<v Speaker 3>get the biggest pop that we've heard since Edge. So yeah,
<v Speaker 3>what about you, Anthony.
<v Speaker 5>I mean, I'm.
<v Speaker 4>More disappointed with Bailey because I feel like, in a
<v Speaker 4>lot of ways she was the best woman's wrestler for
<v Speaker 4>about twelve to fifty months straight.
<v Speaker 5>Like Charlotte.
<v Speaker 4>I guess it's me because we kind of got a
<v Speaker 4>Charlotte overload. I do like Charlotte, but she went away
<v Speaker 4>after kind of getting that overload when she got injured,
<v Speaker 4>and then when she came back, I felt like her
<v Speaker 4>return really fell flat to me. So when she went away,
<v Speaker 4>it wasn't like I was missing her at all, and
<v Speaker 4>through no fault of her own, I just think it
<v Speaker 4>was a result of bad booking. Keith Lee, it just
<v Speaker 4>feels like he never fully got off the ground. To
<v Speaker 4>be honest, through no fault of his own, it seems
<v Speaker 4>like there was a disconnect between Vincmick and himself and
<v Speaker 4>creative and whatnot. But I think of all the people
<v Speaker 4>we just mentioned, Bailey is the one I'm missing the most.
<v Speaker 1>Particularly, yeah, especially considering that, like you said, she she
<v Speaker 1>really carried the women's division on SmackDown for it, and
<v Speaker 1>really the entire women's division at.
<v Speaker 3>Some point, she carried the whole show.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, she was. Her and Sasha were just gold
<v Speaker 1>for several several months. And you know, if you had
<v Speaker 1>said at that moment, no, she's not gonna be out
<v Speaker 1>the WrestleMania card, you would have been you would do
<v Speaker 1>not believe it. I mean, it's it's really amazing. And yes,
<v Speaker 1>of course we don't know what's happening on SmackDown right now.
<v Speaker 1>There could be you know, well, actually SmackDown's ended now,
<v Speaker 1>but you could have seen something on there that would
<v Speaker 1>have alluded to Bailey coming back. But again, it is
<v Speaker 1>very shocking. So okay, let's move on to the w
<v Speaker 1>W Championship match here that was originally scheduled for the
<v Speaker 1>main event, but it looks like it's semi main now.
<v Speaker 1>Bobby Lashley and Jerre mcintarre for the WWE Championship. Anthony
<v Speaker 1>go ahead.
<v Speaker 5>Uh, Bobby Lashley all the way here.
<v Speaker 4>Another match where I think that the build was kind
<v Speaker 4>of not done properly, Like I hate WrestleMania matches where
<v Speaker 4>it's just announced. I believe they just announced this match
<v Speaker 4>to main event where one of the main events a
<v Speaker 4>world title match at WrestleMania that opened a Monday night Raw,
<v Speaker 4>just completely random. I feel like them breaking up the
<v Speaker 4>herb business kind of overshadowed it. I found the timing
<v Speaker 4>of that very very bizarre. Drew McIntyre starting to get
<v Speaker 4>a bit stale but not quite there yet. But all
<v Speaker 4>that being said, I really like what they're doing with
<v Speaker 4>Bobby Lashley. I think that him and MVP have a
<v Speaker 4>really you know, Lesnar Hayman esque thing going on.
<v Speaker 5>I love what they're doing, so I'm looking forward to
<v Speaker 5>the match.
<v Speaker 4>This is a match that you and I were talking
<v Speaker 4>about last summer about how they.
<v Speaker 5>Had their one and done. I want to say it
<v Speaker 5>was backlash.
<v Speaker 4>I'm not one hundred percent certain though, and that we
<v Speaker 4>were that it could have been an extended promo, but
<v Speaker 4>to ww's credit, they elected to take the long route
<v Speaker 4>to get here and it is all paid off. But
<v Speaker 4>I really think it's going to be Bobby Lashlie. It
<v Speaker 4>has to be Bobby Lashley. It's his time to shine
<v Speaker 4>right now.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe Yeah, I one hundred percent agree. I think Bobby
<v Speaker 3>Lashley takes this, or at least should take this. I
<v Speaker 3>think I agree. I love the MVP Bobby Lashley pairing.
<v Speaker 3>I think Bobby Lashley needs to stop talking so much.
<v Speaker 3>Though maybe it just to me. You know how Lesner
<v Speaker 3>has that high pitched voice and it kind of throws
<v Speaker 3>you off. It's just being the beast or whatever. I
<v Speaker 3>don't know. When there's something with Bobby Lashley talks it
<v Speaker 3>throws me off him being this beast of a man.
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I'm with you. I think Bobby Lashley takes this, or,
<v Speaker 3>like I said, should take this. I think the hert
<v Speaker 3>business thing, I think people are a little bit again.
<v Speaker 3>I think there's a WWE curve where if you really remember,
<v Speaker 3>the herposiness wasn't all that great. They were babyfaces for
<v Speaker 3>one segment taking on retribution and then he the next.
<v Speaker 3>There was like a lot of bad booking with the
<v Speaker 3>herb business. But they were definitely a glimmer of hope,
<v Speaker 3>like it was almost like a trust the performer, it's
<v Speaker 3>not the process thing, Like they were still cool even
<v Speaker 3>though WWE tried it's absolute best to make us not
<v Speaker 3>think that. But yeah, I hate that too, Anthony, that
<v Speaker 3>they just announced the match. I think the reason they
<v Speaker 3>did that too was Remember, they were supposed to have
<v Speaker 3>tickets on sale earlier than they did. They like delayed it,
<v Speaker 3>and I think they didn't have a main event for
<v Speaker 3>Night one at that point, and so they just announced
<v Speaker 3>the match to sell tickets, which didn't really work because
<v Speaker 3>right they're still not sold out. So I don't know,
<v Speaker 3>but I think that's why they did that whole thing.
<v Speaker 3>In they don't care about storytelling, so they'd rather make
<v Speaker 3>sure they're making money rather than telling a story. So
<v Speaker 3>I think that's why they did that. I think the
<v Speaker 3>better thing to do would I had Shamis versus McIntyre
<v Speaker 3>for Number one contendership or something, but instead you just
<v Speaker 3>have to be true McIntyre to get into the main event,
<v Speaker 3>and that I think also makes me like them less.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know about you, guys, but that's just entitledness
<v Speaker 3>and stuff like that, like the Roman reigns twenty sixteen
<v Speaker 3>booking like he's just superhero handicap matches. It's like John
<v Speaker 3>Cena at its worst. I'm rooting for Bobby Lashley all
<v Speaker 3>of a sudden, but I'm sure Drew mcintiale will make
<v Speaker 3>me root for him during the match because he's a
<v Speaker 3>great worker. So yeah, that's what I have.
<v Speaker 1>To say that that's to me the most well one
<v Speaker 1>of not the most, but one of the most interesting
<v Speaker 1>pieces to this, and I've said this on my show
<v Speaker 1>earlier this week, is how the crow did the crowd
<v Speaker 1>respond to this? Because you have Bobby Lashley, who's a
<v Speaker 1>guy that we all have felt has been long overdue
<v Speaker 1>for a major championship run. At the same time, the
<v Speaker 1>fans never really got to embrace Drew McIntyre in person
<v Speaker 1>last year, while we all had to sit home and
<v Speaker 1>listen to the eerily quiet Performance Center and we didn't
<v Speaker 1>get that moment with Drew McIntyre. Yet he's also been
<v Speaker 1>champion for the better part of a year. So how
<v Speaker 1>does the crowd react to this? Who are they in
<v Speaker 1>support of? You? They can try to frame Bobby Lashley
<v Speaker 1>as a hill all day long. It's not going to
<v Speaker 1>make a damn bit of difference when it comes to
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania and the fans that really understand this business and
<v Speaker 1>more than I think the casual fan does that you
<v Speaker 1>know it tends a house show or even a mond
<v Speaker 1>of net Raw. These are your really really ardent fans.
<v Speaker 1>So I don't know what the crowd reaction is going
<v Speaker 1>to be. I would think it's slightly in favor of
<v Speaker 1>Bobby Lashley, if not strongly in favor of Bobby Lashley.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe a sixty forty in favor of Bobby Lashley, even
<v Speaker 1>though there is a case to be made for Drew
<v Speaker 1>McIntyre to win here because there is that long overdue
<v Speaker 1>embrace that is due with Drew and the fans. But
<v Speaker 1>is it time to pull the trigger on that a
<v Speaker 1>year later? And his opponent's Bobby Lashley, who's a guy
<v Speaker 1>that is also similarly similarly overdue for a championship run
<v Speaker 1>that the fans know he's been overdue and misuse and
<v Speaker 1>misbooked for several years. It's a very difficult decision to make,
<v Speaker 1>and I think the fans are going to be conflicted
<v Speaker 1>all night long during this match of what to do
<v Speaker 1>who cheer for. I think there's gonna be dueling chance.
<v Speaker 1>I think you're gonna hear booze for both McIntyre and
<v Speaker 1>Lashly in cheers for both McIntyre and Lashly. I'll be
<v Speaker 1>some very shocked if it's heavy like ninety ten one
<v Speaker 1>way or the other. Even though McIntyre's the babyface here again,
<v Speaker 1>I think fans have maybe kind of worn out as
<v Speaker 1>Drew as champion. He's great, really good as champion, but
<v Speaker 1>it's kind of like, Bobby just won it. Why are
<v Speaker 1>we gonna play games? And just to give it back
<v Speaker 1>to McIntyre. Yes, he'll have that moment in front of
<v Speaker 1>fans that maybe is oh, that's due to him, but
<v Speaker 1>I don't think he's gonna get the reaction that he
<v Speaker 1>would have gotten if it was last year, and this
<v Speaker 1>story it doesn't I think really warrant a massive pro
<v Speaker 1>Drew crowd. I just don't. I think most of those
<v Speaker 1>fans that are going to be there are the types
<v Speaker 1>of fans that recognize Bobby Lashley's journey and recognize that
<v Speaker 1>it's paralleled to Drew's and that McIntyre had his time
<v Speaker 1>and let let Bobby also have his moment. It's not
<v Speaker 1>that Bobby Lashley has been a long standing Champion. He
<v Speaker 1>essentially just wanted what a month ago. So I so
<v Speaker 1>here's my pick. I want Bobby Lashley to win. I'll
<v Speaker 1>be cheering for Bobby Lashley. But I think WWE is
<v Speaker 1>gonna go with Drew McIntyre.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I could see that going. I could see that
<v Speaker 3>happening too. Vince McMahon is just obsessed with the with
<v Speaker 3>the big strong guys, so I got one hundred percent
<v Speaker 3>see him going with Drew McIntyre. That this company doesn't
<v Speaker 3>know how to book a baby face again. The more
<v Speaker 3>I see Drew McIntyre on my TV, the more I'm
<v Speaker 3>starting to hate him, and I would love to see
<v Speaker 3>him go off and do something else outside of the
<v Speaker 3>title picture for a little while and have Bobby Lashley
<v Speaker 3>get to be, you know, the main event for a
<v Speaker 3>while too, and then maybe next year at WrestleMania they
<v Speaker 3>come back to this, or maybe we get that triple
<v Speaker 3>threat with brock Lesner at Summer Slam.
<v Speaker 1>That was my next question. Do either of you believe
<v Speaker 1>brock Less is gonna show up at five somebody? Maybe
<v Speaker 1>whoever wins gets an F five or like what anthing?
<v Speaker 1>Let me start with you, do you believe brock Lester
<v Speaker 1>will show up here and or the Minornet raw for WrestleMania,
<v Speaker 1>or not at all and set in his farm in Montana.
<v Speaker 4>I don't think so, because I think that Brock is
<v Speaker 4>a guy who just cannot stand traveling, and right now,
<v Speaker 4>traveling is not the easiest thing in the world.
<v Speaker 5>And I believe he actually lives in Saskatchewan a lot
<v Speaker 5>of the time up here in Canada.
<v Speaker 4>And if that's the case, getting in and out Canada
<v Speaker 4>right now with COVID protocol restrictions there's no easy.
<v Speaker 5>Task, to say the least.
<v Speaker 4>So I really am not expecting to hear from Brock
<v Speaker 4>until both Canada and the United States are well out
<v Speaker 4>of COVID.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe what do you think?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I don't think Brock, Lester, I don't think. I
<v Speaker 3>think you could care less about any of this. I
<v Speaker 3>would be blown away. I think Vince McMann would have
<v Speaker 3>to get him a private jet and so much more,
<v Speaker 3>and those little expensive peanuts you get in the mini
<v Speaker 3>fridge at hotels like I don't think it's gonna happen.
<v Speaker 3>But before we move on from night one, I think
<v Speaker 3>that was everything right. I want to ask you guys.
<v Speaker 3>I know I said something about it, But I'm curious.
<v Speaker 3>I there have been a lot of and not you
<v Speaker 3>two included, but very ignorant men predicting that Becky Lynch
<v Speaker 3>is coming back a month after she had a baby
<v Speaker 3>and all of that other stuff. But I don't know.
<v Speaker 3>She looks great, she looks like she's you know, and
<v Speaker 3>it's in Florida. I'm not saying, And maybe it's a
<v Speaker 3>one off. I don't know, but you guys think, I mean,
<v Speaker 3>she teased it. I can't imagine her doing I can't
<v Speaker 3>imagine her doing that and not paying it off. Do
<v Speaker 3>you guys see Becky Lynch returning to Tomorrow Night? Is
<v Speaker 3>it tomorrow? It's Tomorrow Night tomorrow? Right?
<v Speaker 1>No, it would be if she's because she's a raw superstar, right,
<v Speaker 1>so it wouldn't be until Sunday Night.
<v Speaker 3>Well that's another good question too. I mean she put
<v Speaker 3>night one on Instagram. That's the why I ask. I
<v Speaker 3>mean I also wonder too, right, like we've seen her
<v Speaker 3>one could it be something with Seth Rollins and then
<v Speaker 3>two we've seen her do the whole raw thing besides
<v Speaker 3>Riea Ripley. Really could we see her go to SmackDown
<v Speaker 3>and get some new matchups?
<v Speaker 1>So first of all, yeah, let me let me answer
<v Speaker 1>your question first about do I think Becky Lynch returns
<v Speaker 1>at all at WrestleMania. I would put it at a
<v Speaker 1>one in three chants. Uh there. You know there have
<v Speaker 1>been times that wrestlers, no, the wrestlers know exactly what
<v Speaker 1>they're doing, right, And why would she while you could
<v Speaker 1>be right, why would she want to spoil her return?
<v Speaker 1>I mean a return like that, that's a big return
<v Speaker 1>to do, and fans are gonna easily pick up and go, oh,
<v Speaker 1>she's talking about WrestleMania. Okay, cool, we'll see you tomorrow night.
<v Speaker 1>I think surprises are something that is very difficult to
<v Speaker 1>do in today's day and age, social media, everything like that.
<v Speaker 1>I would if I was Becky Lynch and I was
<v Speaker 1>w W, I would say, don't put anything up, just
<v Speaker 1>act normal, don't do don't be cryptic, don't do you know,
<v Speaker 1>nothing like that. So, while she's doing those things that
<v Speaker 1>she knows what she's doing, why would she want to
<v Speaker 1>and why would WWE be okay with her essentially spoiling it?
<v Speaker 1>Could they not care about the spoiling and just go well,
<v Speaker 1>even though we kind of you know, tipped our hand
<v Speaker 1>and fans kind of know what we're saying. The fact
<v Speaker 1>is that we might get more subscriptions out of it,
<v Speaker 1>so we don't really care. You know, more people are
<v Speaker 1>going to tune in to see Becky return. I actually,
<v Speaker 1>you know, if I was gonna put money on it,
<v Speaker 1>I would say no, I don't think we see Becky
<v Speaker 1>Lynch because I think she's just messing with fans. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>she had her baby, what in December, so that's what
<v Speaker 1>four months ago that she had her baby. And you know, look,
<v Speaker 1>everyone can do what they want. You know, everyone's grown adults.
<v Speaker 1>And when you have a kid, you you know, you
<v Speaker 1>things change. I know this, but I don't know. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>does she want to pursue motherhood? Does she want to
<v Speaker 1>just be a full time mom? I mean when she
<v Speaker 1>goes back traveling, because well COVID is still around, it's
<v Speaker 1>not going to be around forever and eventually WWE is
<v Speaker 1>going to travel as they did, mean on a you know,
<v Speaker 1>four nights, five nights a week, you're gonna be on
<v Speaker 1>the road traveling. And does she want to go back
<v Speaker 1>to that life or maybe she does want to be
<v Speaker 1>just a full time mom. That's her decision. I would
<v Speaker 1>I don't. I would like to see Becky Lynch. I'm
<v Speaker 1>I'm ready for a jolt of energy in the women's division.
<v Speaker 1>I don't think so, but I would certainly not put
<v Speaker 1>it past WW to bring her back. What do you think, Anthony,
<v Speaker 1>I don't.
<v Speaker 5>I'm not sure. I'm it's tough.
<v Speaker 4>It's tough because, like my gut is saying there's no chance.
<v Speaker 4>But then, why would she make a call like that
<v Speaker 4>on social media.
<v Speaker 5>Unless she's just teasing the fan.
<v Speaker 4>Ultimately, I'm gonna say no, just because big returns like
<v Speaker 4>that don't usually happen at WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 5>It seems like kind of more of like a blowoff card.
<v Speaker 5>But I mean, I'm not gonna.
<v Speaker 4>Completely discount the possibility, So I would say one in
<v Speaker 4>four chance, twenty five percent.
<v Speaker 3>You guys think, maybe you just made me think of something.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe they tease like like or they show a preview
<v Speaker 3>for some documentary of seth Rollins and Becky Lynch the
<v Speaker 3>past couple months. Maybe that's what she's talking about. Maybe
<v Speaker 3>it's not necessarily a return. She did do that thing
<v Speaker 3>with like the curtain, didn't she a couple of months ago?
<v Speaker 3>Do you guys remember what I'm talking about Oh.
<v Speaker 1>People were like, oh my god, she's cot. Yes, it
<v Speaker 1>was the rumble.
<v Speaker 3>I don't think it was intentional or not. But I mean,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if she's seeing punking us, but like
<v Speaker 3>just just exciting to think about, nonetheless, because I mean,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know the potential of real Ripley, Becky Lynch,
<v Speaker 3>Bianca bell Air, Becky Lynch, even seeing the Four horse
<v Speaker 3>Women clash again. I just I need it because I'm
<v Speaker 3>sick of launt.
<v Speaker 1>Oh God. And I think in twenty twenty one we
<v Speaker 1>will see Becky Lynch. I was predicting more of SummerSlam,
<v Speaker 1>time for her to return again. The problem is, it's
<v Speaker 1>not like it's an injury, right, Like this is this
<v Speaker 1>is not an injury that she has a sickness. This
<v Speaker 1>is the fact that she had a child. And it's
<v Speaker 1>a personal decision that is not anything that anyone can
<v Speaker 1>set in stone. No doctor can tell you well, you
<v Speaker 1>know it's four to six months for a shoulder recovery
<v Speaker 1>or you know after shoulder surgery. This is a personal
<v Speaker 1>decision on her part. That's what makes it so hard
<v Speaker 1>to predict is when does she want to leave that
<v Speaker 1>life of being a mom and become you know, Becky Lynch. Again,
<v Speaker 1>that's the problem. That's what makes it so difficult to predict.
<v Speaker 1>It's not a typical injury that we know the timeframe of.
<v Speaker 1>So all right, yeah, but I'll certainly be looking for
<v Speaker 1>it if I hear her music. I mean, the crowd's
<v Speaker 1>gonna lose it. The crowd would lose their minds. That
<v Speaker 1>would be a massive pop too. So all right, let's
<v Speaker 1>get tonight too and start with the United States Championship
<v Speaker 1>Riddle versus Seamus.
<v Speaker 3>Mimi go, I mean, I think we've already seen the match,
<v Speaker 3>So give me like a one minute squash match, bro
<v Speaker 3>kick to Riddle, call it a day. That's where I'd
<v Speaker 3>like to see. I don't I don't think.
<v Speaker 5>I don't know.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, how many times, Like I love watching Seamus wrestle,
<v Speaker 3>but how many times are we gonna see the same snug,
<v Speaker 3>hard hitting match these two guys can go. Don't get
<v Speaker 3>me wrong, but I don't know. I just I think
<v Speaker 3>if there were ever to have like an under one
<v Speaker 3>minute squash match, I think this is the one to
<v Speaker 3>do it with. I think I am more lenient with
<v Speaker 3>Riddle than most. I think some of this stuff is
<v Speaker 3>actually kind of funny. The zooms on the scooter I
<v Speaker 3>think are funny. When he forgot his lines, I thought
<v Speaker 3>that was funny. But I don't know. I feel like
<v Speaker 3>the crowd would pop uh And I have a feeling
<v Speaker 3>the crowd is going to be behind Seamus in this
<v Speaker 3>match too, because again, when someone just puts in the
<v Speaker 3>good work like that, as like wrestling fans, it's hard
<v Speaker 3>not to respect and appreciate them. So I'm going with Seamus,
<v Speaker 3>and I'm you know, putting a bonus on it. I
<v Speaker 3>give this match two minutes.
<v Speaker 1>Max Wow, Like Daniel Bryan and Seamus circa what WrestleMania
<v Speaker 1>twenty seven.
<v Speaker 3>When yes, yeah, this one of the big biggest mistakes
<v Speaker 3>ever be a crowd popper or not a crowd booer.
<v Speaker 1>I think, Anthony, what do you think?
<v Speaker 5>I'm with me on this one.
<v Speaker 4>I think this is a very good opportunity to push
<v Speaker 4>Seamus on a big singles run here with a championship.
<v Speaker 4>I don't believe he's held a singles championship since December
<v Speaker 4>of twenty fifteen, when he cashed in money on the
<v Speaker 4>Money in the Bank and on Roman Reigns that Survivors series.
<v Speaker 4>So I think he has a long overdue Like I
<v Speaker 4>said earlier in the show, maybe no longer universal w
<v Speaker 4>WE Championship, but I think the US title is the
<v Speaker 4>perfect championship for Seamus to have a big, long, lengthy
<v Speaker 4>rain as similar to what Lashley did, kind of use
<v Speaker 4>him to like elevate that championship, go up against like
<v Speaker 4>the guys in the mid card, and you know what, Riddle,
<v Speaker 4>I'm not gonna lie. He's grown on me. I like
<v Speaker 4>Mimi said, I do find him kind of funny, But
<v Speaker 4>at the same time, do I want someone who's funny
<v Speaker 4>beating Seamus. I think Shamus is still a fringe main eventer.
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I'm really looking forward for Seamus to win
<v Speaker 4>this match. I'm acting like it's a it's sealed and
<v Speaker 4>delivered already. But no, my pick is Shamus because I
<v Speaker 4>really think he deserves one last championship run.
<v Speaker 1>That's that's the thing, right, Like Riddle as the United
<v Speaker 1>States Champion. First of all, that wasn't even supposed to happen.
<v Speaker 1>If Keith Lee was in that triple threat match, that
<v Speaker 1>would have been Keith Lee here in this position, which
<v Speaker 1>may have been a much more difficult match to call.
<v Speaker 1>But Riddle and Seamus. Uh, we know what match we're
<v Speaker 1>gonna get. First of all, the actual match itself, hard
<v Speaker 1>hitting guys are gonna be bruised and battered. Both of
<v Speaker 1>those guys have they just lay their stuff in. You know,
<v Speaker 1>both are legitimate badass guys. As goofy as Riddle is,
<v Speaker 1>and as much as I can't really stand his personality,
<v Speaker 1>you guys don't seem to be as off put as
<v Speaker 1>I am by him. I respect him one hundred percent
<v Speaker 1>of the ring. Seamus has really just been a delight
<v Speaker 1>to watch, really overachieving in my eyes, from when he
<v Speaker 1>returned to what he's contributed to this point. He has
<v Speaker 1>really been a unsung hero in WWE over the last
<v Speaker 1>how many months now, He's really been great. And I'm
<v Speaker 1>not a big, big Shamus fan, but he's starting to
<v Speaker 1>grow on me as Riddle's growing on you. Not in
<v Speaker 1>a way that I would cheer for him, but in
<v Speaker 1>a way that I respect him as a heel, where yeah,
<v Speaker 1>i'd bow the guy like I want to see somebody
<v Speaker 1>beat his ass like, and that's the best compliment I
<v Speaker 1>can give somebody that's a heel. I actually care about
<v Speaker 1>what Shamus is doing and you know, to me it
<v Speaker 1>started in the bar fight with Jeff Hardy and to
<v Speaker 1>me that I mean, that wasn't the best thing over
<v Speaker 1>the summer. And since then he's kind of found an
<v Speaker 1>upswing after just pounding Jeff Hardy with you're an alcoholic
<v Speaker 1>and making fun of his alcoholism like that was in
<v Speaker 1>his drug addictions like that, that was the whole premise
<v Speaker 1>of that storyline, which was really controversial and I have,
<v Speaker 1>you know, issues with and then ever since then it's
<v Speaker 1>been uphill for Seamus. And the deal with Drew McIntyre
<v Speaker 1>was really good. His promos are always just good. He's
<v Speaker 1>he is just consistent. That is what Seamus and he's
<v Speaker 1>seamous is he's consistently good. He's never he's never great
<v Speaker 1>where he's jaw dropping and he gives you chills. But
<v Speaker 1>he's always just good to very good all the time
<v Speaker 1>with everything he does. He's not really really great in
<v Speaker 1>legendary at any one thing. He's just a very polished
<v Speaker 1>performer as a whole. And so I believe my pick
<v Speaker 1>is long way around of saying I think Seamus wins this.
<v Speaker 1>I think Riddle is not ready for a United States
<v Speaker 1>Championship run. He's carrying around his shoulder like a toga
<v Speaker 1>or some kind of trophy. I'm not a fan of
<v Speaker 1>his character. His character makes me want to poke my
<v Speaker 1>eyes out. But Seamus, again, I think, is deserving of this.
<v Speaker 1>I think the fans are going to be behind Seamus
<v Speaker 1>on this, but I expect a bust ass match between
<v Speaker 1>these two. This could also be a sleeper that people
<v Speaker 1>aren't really thinking about as far as a contender for
<v Speaker 1>a quote Match of the night. So, uh, what do
<v Speaker 1>you guys think? Any other thoughts before we move on here.
<v Speaker 3>I'd like to see Seamus and Cizarrow team back up again.
<v Speaker 3>Like you said, you were talking about how he's just
<v Speaker 3>good all the time, I think, like exactly how kind
<v Speaker 3>of Anthony describes Cizarro. If Seamus loses, if they make
<v Speaker 3>that decision, which again I don't put it past them
<v Speaker 3>because I think Vince McMahon loves Riddle, Matt Riddle whatever
<v Speaker 3>we're calling him here, Yeah, I would that would be
<v Speaker 3>my They're not going to do it right because it's
<v Speaker 3>a good decision, I think. But I would love to
<v Speaker 3>see Seamus and Cizarrow team back up because they could
<v Speaker 3>actually be interesting in a tag team division that is
<v Speaker 3>non existent, and Vincerman doesn't care about the either of
<v Speaker 3>them anyways, so put him over there where he doesn't
<v Speaker 3>care about that either. I think they'd be great again.
<v Speaker 3>So that's the only the only upside I could see
<v Speaker 3>to Seamus losing. But again, I don't I don't think
<v Speaker 3>any of that's going to happen.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I just I think that they're going to pull
<v Speaker 4>the trigger on this because I don't think that they're
<v Speaker 4>astronomically high no pun intended on Matt.
<v Speaker 5>Riddle, but.
<v Speaker 1>Very clever.
<v Speaker 5>Yes, that's the benefits of living Canada.
<v Speaker 4>But like in all serious is getting back on track now,
<v Speaker 4>I'm confused, as were going.
<v Speaker 5>No, I'm just kidding.
<v Speaker 4>No, I just think that Seamus is going to get
<v Speaker 4>the win here. I think WW knows that the Seamus
<v Speaker 4>is still a valuable competitor on their roster, and I
<v Speaker 4>think there's just so many benefits to him going on
<v Speaker 4>a lengthy ring with the US Championship for them to
<v Speaker 4>pass up.
<v Speaker 1>And I think Riddle has been the victim of maybe
<v Speaker 1>one time Vince McMahon saw Riddle, Matt Riddle do something
<v Speaker 1>funny backstage, and I would be I would really caution,
<v Speaker 1>and I've never been in w W backstage. Of course,
<v Speaker 1>it is just a fans outside perspective. But it's seems
<v Speaker 1>when Vince McMahon sees any kind of comedy in anyone
<v Speaker 1>that he goes, oh, you're a comedy guy, now, Powell,
<v Speaker 1>and he just takes them and then they're defined with
<v Speaker 1>just that. They become very one dimensional with comedy. Otis
<v Speaker 1>is a good example. We have Matt Riddle now the others.
<v Speaker 1>Of course that it can't come to my mind, but
<v Speaker 1>it seems when Vince sees any kind of comedy that
<v Speaker 1>he finds maybe funny backstage we don't see or comes
<v Speaker 1>across on air inadvertently, he just takes it and runs
<v Speaker 1>with it. So I would really caution anybody in WWE,
<v Speaker 1>if you don't want to be a comedy character, do
<v Speaker 1>not try to make Vince McMahon laugh, because he will
<v Speaker 1>take that and he will run with it, and you
<v Speaker 1>will now be defined by comedy instead of being taken seriously.
<v Speaker 1>So it just seems that way. I may be completely wrong,
<v Speaker 1>but it just seems that that's the case. So okay,
<v Speaker 1>let's get to something I guess more serious. Although there's
<v Speaker 1>a kind of a weird element to this Kevin Owens
<v Speaker 1>versus Sammy Zain with Logan Paul. Now, I don't know
<v Speaker 1>if you guys are familiar with Logan Paul. I actually
<v Speaker 1>knew who he was. I don't watch his YouTube videos.
<v Speaker 1>I know about him. I know his brother Jake Paul.
<v Speaker 1>I know Logan Paul obviously is into boxing and he's
<v Speaker 1>really athletic, and I used to watch him him on
<v Speaker 1>Vine before there was TikTok, Like, I know who the
<v Speaker 1>guy is. I mean, he's a very very well known
<v Speaker 1>social media personality, so I know who he is. I
<v Speaker 1>think he is less arrogant, at least on screen than
<v Speaker 1>Bad Bunny. I mean, I would choose Logan Paul all
<v Speaker 1>day over Bad Bunny. But here's another example of bringing
<v Speaker 1>in a celebrity that you can almost guarantee is going
<v Speaker 1>to not take a bump. And I think here, so
<v Speaker 1>I'll give my prediction first and then I'll toss it
<v Speaker 1>to Uh. I'll talk to Memi after this is. We
<v Speaker 1>know this match is gonna be really good on paper.
<v Speaker 1>We've seen these two face he faced one another a lot,
<v Speaker 1>especially if you watch NXT. They had big program in NXT.
<v Speaker 1>We know that they are very good together they're best friends.
<v Speaker 1>We know what kind of quality of match you're getting.
<v Speaker 1>Even though if you remember several years ago, they actually
<v Speaker 1>said the final match between these two. I forget what
<v Speaker 1>pay per view it was, but they had a long
<v Speaker 1>standing series and then they said this is the last
<v Speaker 1>one ever. And you know, I guess again, we're not
<v Speaker 1>supposed to remember that stuff as fans, but here we are.
<v Speaker 1>I'm not complaining because we know what kind of match
<v Speaker 1>we're getting. It's going to be really good here. I
<v Speaker 1>think Kevin Owens wins, and I also think it's Logan
<v Speaker 1>Paul turning on Sammy's ain because we can have a
<v Speaker 1>heel celebrity, so it's gonna be Logan Pol turning on
<v Speaker 1>Sammy's ain to further the conspiracy theory against him and
<v Speaker 1>hopefully maybe at the end of this Logan Pol also
<v Speaker 1>eats a stunner, but Kevin Owens comes out on top.
<v Speaker 1>With Logan Paul turning on Sammy's ain, maybe, what do
<v Speaker 1>you think?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm with you. I'm fairly familiar with Logan Paul. Again,
<v Speaker 3>I think it's one of those things I probably should
<v Speaker 3>be more familiar, but I'm with you. I remember lying
<v Speaker 3>the best, but I'm going to expose myself here, I
<v Speaker 3>guess for purposes of analysis, but as like a former fangirl,
<v Speaker 3>we can call it of whatever celebrity back in the day. Right,
<v Speaker 3>we're talking like twelve thirteen years old. I know the
<v Speaker 3>dedication behind a fan base of someone like a Logan Paul.
<v Speaker 3>I guarantee that he draws eyes in the product. I
<v Speaker 3>know you sually, like Matt you said, who's going to
<v Speaker 3>buy a peacocks Peacock subscription for a bad bunny or whatever?
<v Speaker 3>My twelve thirteen year old self would have bought one
<v Speaker 3>if I was a fan of Logan Paul, you know,
<v Speaker 3>so I could see him really drawing eyes. I would
<v Speaker 3>be more inclined to think he would take a bump
<v Speaker 3>more than other wrestlers. I think he's going to take
<v Speaker 3>a stunner. I think he's got a reputation of not
<v Speaker 3>a good one and more of a reformed reputation from
<v Speaker 3>what I hear. I think he's kind of matured, and
<v Speaker 3>so I think he's the kind of guy who's say, yeah, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>the half the world hates me or thirty you know,
<v Speaker 3>seventy five percent of the word hates me, give me
<v Speaker 3>a stunner like, that's that'll be fine whatever. I think
<v Speaker 3>that would be a big pop, but I disagree. I'm
<v Speaker 3>going with Sammy Zain here solely for the purpose of that.
<v Speaker 3>I think I think Kevin Owens came out on top
<v Speaker 3>of most of their matches if I remember correctly, and
<v Speaker 3>I think Samy Zeen's just been so incredible he deserves
<v Speaker 3>a win here. Again, I don't think that's a uh
<v Speaker 3>normally what ends up happening, but I think if he
<v Speaker 3>does win, it's not necessarily a clean, clean victory. I
<v Speaker 3>don't think it's necessarily involvement of Logan Paul. Maybe maybe
<v Speaker 3>an inverted distraction. I don't know exactly what's gonna happen,
<v Speaker 3>but I could see Sammy z Ain winning because can
<v Speaker 3>you imagine he'd be talking about it until next year's WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 3>You know, about how he deserves whatever he won at
<v Speaker 3>the grandest stage of the mall. Yeah, YadA, YadA. Just
<v Speaker 3>I think he'd be able to twist it and further
<v Speaker 3>promote his conspiracy theory even with a win. So that's
<v Speaker 3>that's my pick. What about you, Anthony, You.
<v Speaker 4>Know I always love seeing these two guys go at it.
<v Speaker 4>Because like they're from Montreal, I'm from Montreal. We actually
<v Speaker 4>there's actually a mutual friend that I have that grew
<v Speaker 4>up with them for a bit when they were still amateurs,
<v Speaker 4>and like, I just always I love when they come
<v Speaker 4>back to Montreal and they start speaking French. But like,
<v Speaker 4>I guess that's why I could kind of like get
<v Speaker 4>by the whole fact that they were billed as going
<v Speaker 4>at it for one last time ever.
<v Speaker 5>I believe it was. I was.
<v Speaker 4>It was Battleground twenty sixteen, and I kind of wish
<v Speaker 4>like we had that type of build to this match,
<v Speaker 4>because this is almost more of a comedic match when
<v Speaker 4>based on their backstories both together and individual and where
<v Speaker 4>they came from, it could have been billed as so
<v Speaker 4>much more and such a more serious bout when in
<v Speaker 4>reality it's kind of just almost like a gimmick match
<v Speaker 4>with Logan Paul there. I don't know much about Logan
<v Speaker 4>Paul like at all. Like when they brought it up,
<v Speaker 4>it was my girlfriend who was just like, oh, it's
<v Speaker 4>the YouTube guy, and I was just okay, But look,
<v Speaker 4>I think that this is a can't mismatch, and it's
<v Speaker 4>one of these matches where I'm just gonna try and
<v Speaker 4>pretend that the build didn't happen and just enjoy the product.
<v Speaker 4>I think that Kevin Owens is gonna win, just because
<v Speaker 4>as of late, he's been billed more as kind of
<v Speaker 4>like a main event guy, as Sammy Zain is more
<v Speaker 4>of just a comedic at act. But that being said,
<v Speaker 4>Sammu San has never won a WrestleMania match, So I'm
<v Speaker 4>gonna stick with Kevin Owens, but it's really kind of
<v Speaker 4>a toss up for me.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's a case to be made for Sammy certainly,
<v Speaker 1>and you also have to look at the fact though
<v Speaker 1>that Kevin Owens has lost how many matches in a
<v Speaker 1>row to Roman Reigns, And yes there were some controversial
<v Speaker 1>losses there, no doubt, but Kevin Owens is on a
<v Speaker 1>bit of a losing streak when it comes to championship
<v Speaker 1>matches with Roman, and you know, sammu'sin does need to win.
<v Speaker 1>He needs to win in the worst way. Sammy z Ain,
<v Speaker 1>even though he's getting more attention and I love his character,
<v Speaker 1>he's actually been defined down in terms of kind of
<v Speaker 1>being able to be believed that he could beat somebody
<v Speaker 1>without having to cheat to win, which I know is
<v Speaker 1>a heel, but he's kind of a comedic heel. He's
<v Speaker 1>not a hated heel. It's weird, Like I don't want
<v Speaker 1>to see Sammy's Ain get his ass kicked, Like I
<v Speaker 1>don't feel anger towards his character. I find just entertainment
<v Speaker 1>towards his character, which I guess would kind of go
<v Speaker 1>against the whole definition of what a heel is. It's
<v Speaker 1>kind of ironic. But I'm also I also really like
<v Speaker 1>his character, and I would go with Kevin Owens. I
<v Speaker 1>want Kevin Owens to stun Logan Paul. But I also
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't care. I wouldn't be angry if Sammy's Ain wins
<v Speaker 1>like I would, I would be okay with that. And
<v Speaker 1>but again, last point though to you, Mami, where you
<v Speaker 1>know you're saying that people would buy it from Logan Paul,
<v Speaker 1>I would. I would agree with you that they would be.
<v Speaker 1>It's a much younger generation that I think he is
<v Speaker 1>connected to. At the same time, they're probably going to
<v Speaker 1>get the free trial and then bail, right like most
<v Speaker 1>of them are probably gonna go, oh cool, well, let's
<v Speaker 1>let's get that free trial. Add a new email address.
<v Speaker 1>I'll get that free week trial and I'll call it
<v Speaker 1>a day and I get wrestled my name for free.
<v Speaker 1>So while they may get it more eyeballs on the
<v Speaker 1>product and people signing up, I don't think those are
<v Speaker 1>going to be translating into paid subscriptions over the long haul.
<v Speaker 1>So all right, So as we have two for Kevin Owens,
<v Speaker 1>one for Sammy's ain. Anybody have any final thoughts before
<v Speaker 1>we move to the next match.
<v Speaker 3>I just want to say I agree with you, Matt.
<v Speaker 3>I mean, why would they stay?
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well that's the whole point.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, what's good about this show?
<v Speaker 5>You know what I mean?
<v Speaker 3>That would be like I want to stay for that,
<v Speaker 3>Like I think again, maybe this will be my last
<v Speaker 3>aw reference. But when they had shack right, the match
<v Speaker 3>right after was essentially just a squash match for pack
<v Speaker 3>who was Neville and WWE and the best wrestling in
<v Speaker 3>their world in my opinion right now is Ray Phoenix.
<v Speaker 3>It was just them doing cool flips and dives and
<v Speaker 3>stuff right afterwards. Perfect makes sense. You get all these
<v Speaker 3>casual fans and then oh, by the way, this is
<v Speaker 3>what happens every week. You want to see this, you
<v Speaker 3>have you know, this go on and then maybe I
<v Speaker 3>don't know, whatever is next, the Women's Tag Team Championship
<v Speaker 3>match or whatever. I'm not gonna if I it wasn't
<v Speaker 3>a WWE fan, since, like you know, birth, I'm not
<v Speaker 3>sticking around to continue to watch the crap that is
<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty one WWE.
<v Speaker 1>All right, well, did you say something ante No, Okay,
<v Speaker 1>Women's Tag Team Championship. I thought I heard something. It
<v Speaker 1>could have just been my stomach. I didn't eat Women's
<v Speaker 1>Tag Team Championship Nia Jackson Shannon Basler versus our team
<v Speaker 1>that we chose. So here's my pick. I mean, I
<v Speaker 1>honestly don't think it matters who the hell is on
<v Speaker 1>the other side of the ring with Nijacks and Shannon Basler.
<v Speaker 1>I think the fact of the matter is that this
<v Speaker 1>team is going to be dissolved at WrestleMania and beyond,
<v Speaker 1>and I think that's gonna be the best thing ever
<v Speaker 1>for specifically Shanna Basler, who I want to go back
<v Speaker 1>to just breaking people's arms, Like I want Shanna Basler
<v Speaker 1>as she did to I don't know her name. I
<v Speaker 1>think she was an XT trainee and she also did
<v Speaker 1>it to Sarah Logan. I want her to just start
<v Speaker 1>snapping people's arms. I loved that version of Shanna Beezler.
<v Speaker 1>Now she can't do that every week, she won't have
<v Speaker 1>anyone to wrestle. But I want her her mission to
<v Speaker 1>be just hurt people, to try to injure people. I
<v Speaker 1>loved that Shana and then she found Naya and it
<v Speaker 1>hasn't been the worst thing ever. But it's time for
<v Speaker 1>these two to separate. And that means again to my point,
<v Speaker 1>I think Nia Jacks and Shanna Basler, whoever's on the
<v Speaker 1>opposing side, they're dropping the belts to that said team.
<v Speaker 1>So in this case, and who my pick is, I
<v Speaker 1>think that the Riot squad not only win the Number
<v Speaker 1>one contendership to face Nijacks and Shana, but they also
<v Speaker 1>win it. Anthony, what do you think about that? Do
<v Speaker 1>you think there's any chance that Nijacks and Shanna Basili retain?
<v Speaker 5>I don't think so.
<v Speaker 4>I think you have to break them up because, like
<v Speaker 4>you said, especially now that Charlotte's been out and Bailey's
<v Speaker 4>kind of missing in action and Becky Lynch has been
<v Speaker 4>gone for a year, Lacy Evans is gone, although she's
<v Speaker 4>not in the same class as the other ones I
<v Speaker 4>just mentioned, I think you kind of need SHANEA. Basler
<v Speaker 4>back in the women's division as a single star. So
<v Speaker 4>my pick was Lana and Naomi, and I think they
<v Speaker 4>will win the tag team championships. And you know what,
<v Speaker 4>I've liked Shana Basler and Naya Jacks for the most part.
<v Speaker 4>I think that they were the first team that really
<v Speaker 4>legitimized the division. They felt like an actual dominant tag team.
<v Speaker 4>I felt that the tag team titles have always been
<v Speaker 4>relevant on them. So that's the only thing that I
<v Speaker 4>am kind of bummed when they will break them up,
<v Speaker 4>which I assume is on the horizon here, but yeah,
<v Speaker 4>it is time, and more so just because you've got
<v Speaker 4>to get Shana Shana Basler back as a singles competitor.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I'm calling an audible, guys, and I'm
<v Speaker 3>gonna will it into existence. I'm changing my pick from
<v Speaker 3>Italian to me. I'm just going with the Iconics. They're
<v Speaker 3>not on the card, they're not announced, it's probably not
<v Speaker 3>gonna happen, but I want the Iconics to win that
<v Speaker 3>match and then win against in their typical iconic way,
<v Speaker 3>win against Shana Basler and Naya Jacks the next night.
<v Speaker 3>I think I'm with you guys. I think these guys
<v Speaker 3>break up whatever, maybe probably considering ww's booking. I guarantee
<v Speaker 3>you we'll see Reginald costs something. I'd love to see
<v Speaker 3>Shanna Basler just murk Reginald. That would be great. That
<v Speaker 3>would be the greatest pop of WrestleMania, I think. And
<v Speaker 3>then yeah, I'm with you.
<v Speaker 1>I don't.
<v Speaker 3>I want Shanna Basler back to NXT Shana Basler like
<v Speaker 3>whatever happened. I don't remember their names, but she had
<v Speaker 3>Goonies for a while too. Give me elimination chamber. Shanna
<v Speaker 3>Basler back. I don't know how they get there. I
<v Speaker 3>assume she's got to go away for a while and
<v Speaker 3>then come back and, you know, rediscover that fire. It's
<v Speaker 3>not her fault whatsoever. But she's out there calling herself
<v Speaker 3>the most dominant or they're the most dominant team, when
<v Speaker 3>five minutes ago she got pinned by Naomi in less
<v Speaker 3>than two minutes in a match and then rolled up
<v Speaker 3>by Natalia the next week. This is this whole thing
<v Speaker 3>is not even fifty to fifty booking. It's just terrible booking.
<v Speaker 3>And I want to see Shana Basler get her just too,
<v Speaker 3>But I doubt she will because she looks different. She
<v Speaker 3>is different, and she's not roster women's division, and I
<v Speaker 3>think in Vince mcmhon's eyes, So I mean, if she was,
<v Speaker 3>she probably would have beat Becky Lynch last year. But
<v Speaker 3>I'm calling the iconics, I guess to sum that all up.
<v Speaker 1>I hope you're right, God, I love the Iconics. I
<v Speaker 1>really was. It was probably based on everything I've heard
<v Speaker 1>from most fans. I mean, they're everyone's just like, why
<v Speaker 1>why did they break them up? Again? I mean, you
<v Speaker 1>ask Billy Kay has been someone entertaining, but you have
<v Speaker 1>you have the other side of it, and not Billy Kay,
<v Speaker 1>but Peyton Rice. I couldn't think of her name. She
<v Speaker 1>has been going to just team to, you know, trying
<v Speaker 1>to find a partner. I'm like, well she had one,
<v Speaker 1>why you know, why are we trying to put her
<v Speaker 1>back in the tag team. It's been the most backwards
<v Speaker 1>way to break up a team for really no no purpose,
<v Speaker 1>no net gain. It's just it's been bizarre. So I
<v Speaker 1>hope you're right. God, I hope you're right. Okay, let's
<v Speaker 1>get to the Intercontinental Championship. We haven't talked to that
<v Speaker 1>all about this Big Ee and Apollo Cruise. This is
<v Speaker 1>also one that is very different cult and a case
<v Speaker 1>to be made for both sides of the coin. But
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna flip it back to you, Mimi, who wins
<v Speaker 1>this match.
<v Speaker 3>Again? This is one of those cases where it's like, okay,
<v Speaker 3>logic would say Apollo Cruise, but logic doesn't usually happen
<v Speaker 3>a lot of the time, so I don't know. I'm
<v Speaker 3>going with Apollo Cruise though, just because I think if
<v Speaker 3>they don't, then Apollo Cruise will go back into obscurity.
<v Speaker 3>I think when you make such a big character change
<v Speaker 3>and he'll turn and all this stuff, you can't fall
<v Speaker 3>short or else you become Barren Corbin and you have
<v Speaker 3>no credibility. And I think Apollo Cruise has done awesome
<v Speaker 3>with this character that he's playing now, because I think
<v Speaker 3>we've heard that he wants to be this like this
<v Speaker 3>isn't more of his idea. He's done something like this
<v Speaker 3>on the indies. So I'm going with Apollo Cruise. I'm
<v Speaker 3>more curious to hear what you guys think. What the
<v Speaker 3>heck is a Nigerian drum match something like that. All
<v Speaker 3>I can think about is a really awesome entrance for
<v Speaker 3>Apollo cruise and someone's head is going through like a
<v Speaker 3>like a snare drum. That's it. But uh yeah, I'm
<v Speaker 3>going with the polo cruise, Anthony.
<v Speaker 1>What do you think? And what the hell is a
<v Speaker 1>Nigerian drum? Like? What what is that? I've never heard
<v Speaker 1>of that stipulation. I know, I'm glad you brought it up,
<v Speaker 1>but I just don't know what it is.
<v Speaker 5>I don't even like I heard him say that.
<v Speaker 4>It's like, no, I must have misheard, and then literally
<v Speaker 4>the graphic comes up and it's just like Nigerian drum fight.
<v Speaker 4>I'm just like, Okay, I don't know if it's just
<v Speaker 4>gonna be like you can only hit the other guy
<v Speaker 4>with bongos or bass drums out.
<v Speaker 5>Oh, I know it gonna be, but I'll jokey aside.
<v Speaker 4>I mean, this is one of the few matches where
<v Speaker 4>the build has been excellent. I think I think that
<v Speaker 4>Apollo Cruz has knocked it out of the park and
<v Speaker 4>he's completely made me not care that he just adopted
<v Speaker 4>an accent out of nowhere. Uh, it's made him very relevant.
<v Speaker 4>I think his entrance is cool. I'm scared that they're
<v Speaker 4>gonna give Biggie the win because I think they still
<v Speaker 4>do view Biggie as the bigger star in the long term,
<v Speaker 4>and I don't believe Biggie has ever had a single
<v Speaker 4>victory at a WrestleMania.
<v Speaker 5>So I'm gonna this is another one that's tough for.
<v Speaker 4>All the good reasons, because I don't think that there's
<v Speaker 4>necessarily a wrong answer. But I think Biggie's gonna win
<v Speaker 4>this match, and then Apollo Cruz will get the championship
<v Speaker 4>victory at another wrestle may at another wrestle meate another
<v Speaker 4>match down the line, But for this match, I'm going
<v Speaker 4>with Biggie.
<v Speaker 1>My heart and my brain are now also conflicted on
<v Speaker 1>this one. This is out of the entire WrestleMania thirty
<v Speaker 1>seven card, This is to me the hardest one to predict.
<v Speaker 1>I I because there's such a good case to be
<v Speaker 1>made for both, and it comes down to what's the
<v Speaker 1>right thing versus what do we want? And what do
<v Speaker 1>I want. I want a Poulo Cruz to win this.
<v Speaker 1>I mean to me, it's not even a it's not
<v Speaker 1>even a thought like I would Paula Cruz win this
<v Speaker 1>flat out, hands down, no problem. But WWE, as you said,
<v Speaker 1>Anthony probably views Biggie as a quote bigger asset moving forward.
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I mean Paulo Cruz. The thing is Apaulo Cruz.
<v Speaker 1>As much as I mean I love his character, I
<v Speaker 1>think he's been a really an excellent transition into his
<v Speaker 1>new character. He immediately made you care about his character
<v Speaker 1>in really one segment doing what he did changing his
<v Speaker 1>character than he has done in like six years of
<v Speaker 1>being the smiling, athletic guy that is great in the ring.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he made you care instantly after all the
<v Speaker 1>six years of really obscurity. And now you have Big E, though,
<v Speaker 1>who has had the uncondal championship for a significant amount
<v Speaker 1>of time and he has not yet had a big
<v Speaker 1>win on a big stage yet. And do they want
<v Speaker 1>to have big E get that win or do they
<v Speaker 1>want Apollo Cruz to take the championship after Bigie's had
<v Speaker 1>it for again a significant amount of time and crown
<v Speaker 1>him the new interconnent old champion via you know some
<v Speaker 1>kind of hooker crook I would I damn, this is tough.
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go with what I want, which is probably
<v Speaker 1>not right, but I'll do it anyway. I'm gonna go
<v Speaker 1>with Apollo Cruise winning this and the reason is that
<v Speaker 1>I think that Biggie has been championed long enough that
<v Speaker 1>people are looking at him as a guy that could
<v Speaker 1>possibly go to the next level, right. I mean, look
<v Speaker 1>what happened with Lashly losing the United States Championship and
<v Speaker 1>then immediately getting interjected into the WWE Championship. So just
<v Speaker 1>because he loses doesn't mean that it's a downgrade. He
<v Speaker 1>could actually mean an upgrade. It could be actually additioned
<v Speaker 1>by subtraction taking the belt off him so that it
<v Speaker 1>relieves his duties as Intercontinental Champion and he can move
<v Speaker 1>up to that next level of the Universal Championship in
<v Speaker 1>his case, and we'll get there. So I'm looking forward
<v Speaker 1>to this match. I don't know why there needs to
<v Speaker 1>be this stipulation of a Nigerian drum. I'm thinking of, like,
<v Speaker 1>you know, the symphony of destruction match that WWB has
<v Speaker 1>at times, and I hope it's not done Hoki, like
<v Speaker 1>you said, maybe it's just an entrance. I hope he
<v Speaker 1>has like a full Nigerian sponsored entrance whatever that may
<v Speaker 1>be or look like. I think that could be awesome,
<v Speaker 1>coming out and wearing like garments and wearing like family
<v Speaker 1>tribunes and wearing like all these things that are native
<v Speaker 1>to Nigeria and to his family. Like I could see
<v Speaker 1>Apollo Cruise coming out and in just the most arrogant way,
<v Speaker 1>flashing all of these things from his family and all
<v Speaker 1>the things he's proud of. That would be awesome. I
<v Speaker 1>would love that. I think his entrance is gonna be
<v Speaker 1>really fun to watch while Biggie stands there and I
<v Speaker 1>don't know, takes his weightlifting chalk and claps his hands
<v Speaker 1>and you know what goes down to the ring. I
<v Speaker 1>I hope Apollo Cruse wins.
<v Speaker 3>Any any thoughts, No, I just think it.
<v Speaker 1>Probably Oh yeah, I don't know. The match quality two
<v Speaker 1>I think is gonna be hopefully better than their last
<v Speaker 1>kind of like really batcha mania. It was not good
<v Speaker 1>with their last match, so I think they'll clean things
<v Speaker 1>up this time around. All right, let's move on here
<v Speaker 1>and let's see. Oh boy, okay, we're getting serious now.
<v Speaker 1>In the final three matches, the fiend Bray Wyatt versus
<v Speaker 1>Randy Orton in a straight up match. It looks like
<v Speaker 1>which to me was the weirdest part about this and
<v Speaker 1>maybe there was nowhere to go and wwe recognized that
<v Speaker 1>there's not another level above an inferno match outside of
<v Speaker 1>like a hell in a cell on fire match. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>once you start combining stipulations, maybe, but they just went
<v Speaker 1>with the Fiend versus Randy Orton. They didn't put a
<v Speaker 1>stipulation on it. I thought they should have at least
<v Speaker 1>done just no DQ. Keep it no DQ, because then
<v Speaker 1>you can do anything under the no DQ umbrella, right
<v Speaker 1>if you just keep it a straight up wrestling match,
<v Speaker 1>which is how it's presented right now. Number One, that
<v Speaker 1>doesn't make sense because the Fiend can't be beat. If
<v Speaker 1>he can't be beat by being burned alive. I don't
<v Speaker 1>think there's a wrestling move in this world that could
<v Speaker 1>beat him. His whole character is about being no selling.
<v Speaker 1>His whole character is about no selling, which reaches a
<v Speaker 1>point of I mean, as much as we all love
<v Speaker 1>the Fiend and I love his new burned skin, look
<v Speaker 1>we all agree on that. I hope his costume doesn't
<v Speaker 1>fall off in the middle of it. I hope it's,
<v Speaker 1>you know, wrestling ready. But I just I'm concerned about
<v Speaker 1>the Fiend reaching a point where people just go, Okay,
<v Speaker 1>we know you're about no selling, but can we just
<v Speaker 1>tone it back? A bit like The Undertaker No sold
<v Speaker 1>Caine no sold at times, but it was when it
<v Speaker 1>was the right time to do it. It wasn't the
<v Speaker 1>entire match. And I'm worried that the Fiend is going
<v Speaker 1>to no sell everything, and that's what bothers me. But
<v Speaker 1>I'll wait for my pick, Anthony, you go first on
<v Speaker 1>this one.
<v Speaker 4>I actually kind of think this maybe squash match for
<v Speaker 4>the Fiend.
<v Speaker 5>I don't that's not what I.
<v Speaker 4>Want to see, but I think they've almost booked themselves
<v Speaker 4>into a corner here where how could we expect this
<v Speaker 4>to be like a toe to toe bout between the
<v Speaker 4>two when one of them literally can't be killed via
<v Speaker 4>being set on fire. So I'm actually expecting the Fiend
<v Speaker 4>to kind of squash Randy Orton in under two or
<v Speaker 4>three minutes, and then for Randy Orton to go on
<v Speaker 4>a hiatus for quite a few months here. I think
<v Speaker 4>he's been on one hell of a run for the
<v Speaker 4>past fifteen months or so ever since the Royal Rumble
<v Speaker 4>of last year when he turned heel the night after
<v Speaker 4>against Edge, and I think this is going to be
<v Speaker 4>a way to kind of write Randy Orton off of
<v Speaker 4>television for a bit but yeah, I'm expecting a fiend
<v Speaker 4>decisive victory here.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe I think that this match is going to be
<v Speaker 3>an exact replica of WrestleMania thirty three. I'm talking to
<v Speaker 3>Projection of the Worms and all. I think it is
<v Speaker 3>gonna be just as bad. No, they if they do
<v Speaker 3>a regular wrestling match, which it sounds like, again, I
<v Speaker 3>don't think that's what they're gonna do. I think there's
<v Speaker 3>gonna be some hokey pokiness to this. I think this
<v Speaker 3>has been a feud where I turn my kind of
<v Speaker 3>like you guys were saying, like you just try not
<v Speaker 3>to think about the build. I just try not to
<v Speaker 3>think about anything with this and enjoy it for what
<v Speaker 3>it is. And it's not pro wrestling, but whatever, who's
<v Speaker 3>to say what that is? I guess now. So, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I have no idea how this is gonna go. I
<v Speaker 3>have a feeling it goes cinematic, and I think the
<v Speaker 3>only way that they can do that is to do
<v Speaker 3>a thing where they go cinematic, or maybe they do
<v Speaker 3>partially in person partially cinematic, kind of like what John
<v Speaker 3>Cena did where he came out and did his whole
<v Speaker 3>entrance and then went back and they set up the
<v Speaker 3>ring for the steel cage match or something in the meanwhile,
<v Speaker 3>so at least you have an excuse. And yeah, I mean,
<v Speaker 3>give me a firefly funhouse match. I know, Like I
<v Speaker 3>went back and went back and watched the John Cena
<v Speaker 3>one again and it's not a match. Let's make that clear.
<v Speaker 3>It's a production. But the man murdered the other man
<v Speaker 3>with fire Like, we're not at like a wrestling Like,
<v Speaker 3>what's Randy Orton going to do? Like the deadly stomp
<v Speaker 3>or the backbreaker? I don't I'm with Anthony though. I
<v Speaker 3>think I think it's some kind of fireflight on house match.
<v Speaker 3>Some looking through Randy Orton's career, I think he's on
<v Speaker 3>a very I think he's matured a lot. Right we
<v Speaker 3>saw from the Stone Cold podcast. I think he's matured
<v Speaker 3>a lot and realizes he was kind of a jerk
<v Speaker 3>to put it lightly in PG for this show back
<v Speaker 3>in the day, and that they're going to go through
<v Speaker 3>all that stuff and kind of, I don't know, maybe
<v Speaker 3>it becomes this thing where you can say, yeah, I
<v Speaker 3>was Randy Orton's way of saying I was kind of
<v Speaker 3>a jerk, and I acknowledge that. But I've grown up
<v Speaker 3>and I'm not as much of a jerk anymore, and
<v Speaker 3>then we don't see him for a little while.
<v Speaker 1>That's probably the case. Especially we had Alexa Bliss come
<v Speaker 1>out and say that the Legend Killer will die a
<v Speaker 1>WrestleMania like that's it's almost never that you hear about death,
<v Speaker 1>like somebody threatening to kill somebody else. That's just a
<v Speaker 1>place you never go. You don't go there because you
<v Speaker 1>know you can't deliver on it, and it's a PEG product.
<v Speaker 1>You just don't go there. You don't you can't say
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna, you know, kill your opponent. But I'm thinking
<v Speaker 1>metaphorically that that's what That's what Alexiblist meant, that the
<v Speaker 1>character of the Legend Killer, that part of Randy will die,
<v Speaker 1>so not necessarily she's going to that the Fiend's going
<v Speaker 1>to actually kill him. I mean, I guess that's how
<v Speaker 1>you explain it. But when she said that, I'm like, Wow,
<v Speaker 1>you just don't say that. I mean, like, that was
<v Speaker 1>just very striking to me. As far as the match goes, Look,
<v Speaker 1>we all believe Breywitat's gonna win, Bray White wins running away,
<v Speaker 1>there's not even a thought a second thought, that bray
<v Speaker 1>White wins this that you talk about a slam dunk.
<v Speaker 1>This is probably the biggest slam dunk in the entire
<v Speaker 1>card that bray White wins. It's about the journey though here.
<v Speaker 1>And I'm concerned though for the fans. I feel for
<v Speaker 1>the fans if they do any cinematic component to this,
<v Speaker 1>because the fans aren't spending thousands of dollars taking time
<v Speaker 1>off work everything. They got to deal with the stress,
<v Speaker 1>the protocols, the you know, all the restrictions in the
<v Speaker 1>arena to sit there and go, wow, I could have
<v Speaker 1>effing been in my couch sitting here watching this. Why
<v Speaker 1>am I here watching this screen when I could be
<v Speaker 1>on my couch. So if they do a cinematic element
<v Speaker 1>to this, it better be brief and it better be
<v Speaker 1>meaningful or the crowd is going to lose their minds,
<v Speaker 1>and rightfully so if they do any cinematic element to
<v Speaker 1>this beyond like five percent of the match. So I
<v Speaker 1>don't even know what this is going to be, but
<v Speaker 1>it does have to be some kind of hocus pocus,
<v Speaker 1>a lot of no selling from the fiend. But ultimately
<v Speaker 1>he does something that we're going to be maybe jaw
<v Speaker 1>dropped about that Randy Orton is looks like he you know,
<v Speaker 1>may have actually been killed. Maybe he gets set on fire,
<v Speaker 1>maybe he brings drags him down to hell. I don't know.
<v Speaker 1>But the Fiend wins this going away, And if it's
<v Speaker 1>a squash, I hope not for Randy Orton's sake, given
<v Speaker 1>all the good he's done, but I understand it for
<v Speaker 1>the Fiend in his return and all the build that's
<v Speaker 1>been done to this. So the Fiend wins, no question
<v Speaker 1>about it. Any wrap up for that?
<v Speaker 3>I was gonna ask you, guys, do you think they
<v Speaker 3>have any appear the Legend Killer will die? Do you
<v Speaker 3>think they have some kind of appearances, whether it's again
<v Speaker 3>pre tape cinematic stuff or in person of any legends
<v Speaker 3>or talking like mcfoley anybody like that's synonymous synonymous with
<v Speaker 3>the Legend Killer gimmick.
<v Speaker 4>I would not be shocked if it's something along the
<v Speaker 4>lines of what we saw was Seena last.
<v Speaker 5>Year, because like, honestly like it wasn't a match.
<v Speaker 4>I don't even know what you could classify that was,
<v Speaker 4>but this psychology behind it was brilliant. It really was
<v Speaker 4>brilliantly scripted out. Again wasn't a wrestling match, but it
<v Speaker 4>really kind of made you think. And I found it
<v Speaker 4>cool because we kind of acknowledged what we were all thinking.
<v Speaker 4>So they were just like, look, we get it, so
<v Speaker 4>we'll kind of throw your bone by acknowledging it. So
<v Speaker 4>if they did something similar with Orton, I guess it
<v Speaker 4>would make sense. It's just I can't get behind that
<v Speaker 4>kind of match or that kind of presentation however you
<v Speaker 4>want to phrase it.
<v Speaker 5>But no, I wouldn't put it past WWE at all.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I wouldn't either. I just I feel like, and
<v Speaker 1>I hope that when COVID goes away, cinematic goes away.
<v Speaker 1>I think that WWE has been able to play god
<v Speaker 1>with the reactions, play god with how they want to
<v Speaker 1>present matches, and do what they've always wanted to do,
<v Speaker 1>and not be a wrestling company but be an entertainment
<v Speaker 1>company and produce cinematic spectacles that are not wrestling. They're
<v Speaker 1>they're like movies. I mean, that's essentially what they've done
<v Speaker 1>and been able to do over the last year, although
<v Speaker 1>as of late they haven't done a ton of it.
<v Speaker 1>So all right, well let's see I many I think
<v Speaker 1>we only have two left I believe. And yeah, so
<v Speaker 1>two left Raw Women's Championship, OSCA versus Ria Ripley. Maybe
<v Speaker 1>who wins this.
<v Speaker 3>I feel so bad for OSCA in this, but I
<v Speaker 3>have to say Ria Ripley, I think again of no
<v Speaker 3>fault of Oscar's own all booking, all Booking's fault, because again,
<v Speaker 3>if you've seen Oscar in NXT, you know what a
<v Speaker 3>beast she is. But I think Ria Ripley wins, and
<v Speaker 3>it's more of a hopefully you know, the significance of
<v Speaker 3>it is that we're gonna retry with this women's division,
<v Speaker 3>especially on Raw, and you got all these new matchups,
<v Speaker 3>hopefully with Ria Ripley. I think she's incredible, you know.
<v Speaker 3>I think I thought she was incredible last year. I
<v Speaker 3>think she should have gone over Charlotte Flair last year.
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I'm gonna go with Riha Ripley on this one.
<v Speaker 3>And again I feel I feel for OSCA. I worry
<v Speaker 3>for what's next for OSCA. I have a feeling she
<v Speaker 3>probably sinks into the tag team division and maybe they
<v Speaker 3>put her with someone Eosherai because that's what WW does
<v Speaker 3>or whoever. But yeah, I mean I think this would
<v Speaker 3>be I don't want to call it a big mistake
<v Speaker 3>to have Osca go over, But you can't have Rhya
<v Speaker 3>lose these two matches in a row at WrestleMania that
<v Speaker 3>you know you've got the up. She's supposedly the up
<v Speaker 3>and comer, and she gets beat twice on the random
<v Speaker 3>stage of mal I just think that's that's a no no, Anthony.
<v Speaker 4>I think it's the easiest match on the card to predict,
<v Speaker 4>to be quite honest, for all the reasons that maybe
<v Speaker 4>just laid out. Like again, I feel bad for Osca,
<v Speaker 4>but she's just kind of become the face of one
<v Speaker 4>of the most bland runs in the women's division for
<v Speaker 4>a long time on Money Raw, and she's at the
<v Speaker 4>forefront of that. It's not her fault, but I mean,
<v Speaker 4>I do think the character like there's only so much
<v Speaker 4>you can do with it because of the language barrier,
<v Speaker 4>and when she kind of just started screaming and jumping around,
<v Speaker 4>like it goes from comedic to annoying real real quick,
<v Speaker 4>at least from my point of view, and it's.
<v Speaker 5>Just gotten a bit stale.
<v Speaker 4>And then you have Rha Ripley come out a fresh face,
<v Speaker 4>clearly won the future stars of that division along with
<v Speaker 4>Bianca bell Air. In my opinion, I think it's just
<v Speaker 4>a slam dunk for Real Ripley to win again. Another
<v Speaker 4>instance where I'm gonna take away the fact that Ria
<v Speaker 4>Ripley literally just walked to the ring and her first
<v Speaker 4>night on the main roster declared herself to the number
<v Speaker 4>one contender. Never understood that really bothers me. It was
<v Speaker 4>kind of like last year, the night after Goldberg beat
<v Speaker 4>bray Why for the Universal Championship, and he just like
<v Speaker 4>turned and faced the entrance and like Roman Reigns's music hit,
<v Speaker 4>and it was just decided right there and then that
<v Speaker 4>they were facing each other for the Universal Championship. It
<v Speaker 4>felt very much like that when Rhea Ripley just showed
<v Speaker 4>up on Raw. But aside from that, I'm looking forward
<v Speaker 4>to it and I think Rea Ripley has this in
<v Speaker 4>the bag.
<v Speaker 1>Yep. So okay, first of all, yes, so we're three
<v Speaker 1>for three. Anybody that chooses Osca is just trying to
<v Speaker 1>go against the grain to try to be different. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>there's there's really no good logic behind Oscar retaining. I
<v Speaker 1>really don't believe there is. Like you said, you talk
<v Speaker 1>about a bland, forgettable run and we're saying that about OSCA.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, and really, I can't fault Oscar. Look, she
<v Speaker 1>had her teeth knocked out, one of her tooth knocked
<v Speaker 1>out by by Shannon Bezo kicked her right in the face.
<v Speaker 1>We all saw the replay. How many times her tooth,
<v Speaker 1>you know, got like knocked out of her head. That
<v Speaker 1>was rough and it took her three weeks to recover
<v Speaker 1>dental surgery. All that. We understand that, and I get that.
<v Speaker 1>At the same time, there's no excuse for how many months,
<v Speaker 1>five six months WWE did not put the Raw Women's
<v Speaker 1>Championship up for defense on a pay per view like
<v Speaker 1>that's inexcusable by WWE. There's no good reason for it.
<v Speaker 1>I've said it before, I'll say it again. Even if
<v Speaker 1>they said to me there's no opponents for her, I mean,
<v Speaker 1>who's she gonna face that? That's not the point. The
<v Speaker 1>point is not to look around and go who is credible?
<v Speaker 1>The point is to who can we bring up, like,
<v Speaker 1>who can we elevate? And they chose to elevate exactly
<v Speaker 1>zero women against OSCA. It's it was I mean, what
<v Speaker 1>she faced, Lana, because I mean that is that's her
<v Speaker 1>claim to fame is she defended it against Lana the
<v Speaker 1>last time. There's no good reason for what they did
<v Speaker 1>with Osca in her run. There's it's inexcusable for six
<v Speaker 1>months to basically sweep it under the rug and pretend
<v Speaker 1>that the women don't have a championship on raw. Uh
<v Speaker 1>it was. I felt for Osca a big time, and
<v Speaker 1>I just don't see any excuse for what they did. Now. Again,
<v Speaker 1>as you said, Anthony, when Rio just comes out and
<v Speaker 1>declares it, I mean, I don't understand how these things happen, right,
<v Speaker 1>Like I would at least like some kind of logic
<v Speaker 1>other than hey, it's my first night here. I won
<v Speaker 1>a championship match. And if she said that, that's fine,
<v Speaker 1>but at least earn it right. They the fact that
<v Speaker 1>nobody came out and had a problem with that. Nobody
<v Speaker 1>said anything. No one said, hey, well, this is your
<v Speaker 1>first night here. You're at the back of the line.
<v Speaker 1>Nobody said boo about it. This is the spot that
<v Speaker 1>everyone is, We're all supposed to believe is the reason
<v Speaker 1>that you're here. You want to main event WRESTLEMANI, you
<v Speaker 1>want to be in a championship match, and yet all
<v Speaker 1>you have to do is apparently just go out and
<v Speaker 1>declare it and you're in. I just never understand that
<v Speaker 1>logic at all, that no one even had an issue
<v Speaker 1>with it at all. That said, I think we're going
<v Speaker 1>to be in for a great match here. We all
<v Speaker 1>know the ability of Osca, we all know the ability
<v Speaker 1>of Rea Ripley. I think Ria Ripley is even better
<v Speaker 1>than she was character wise and in ring than she
<v Speaker 1>was last year. She's clearly the future of the women's division.
<v Speaker 1>And if they don't have Rea Ripley win here, I
<v Speaker 1>think you're gonna have, I mean, half a riot on
<v Speaker 1>your hands in the stadium and really on Twitter. Twitter
<v Speaker 1>is gonna explode. I mean Twitter would Twitter would melt down.
<v Speaker 1>It would be I mean, it'd be fun to watch,
<v Speaker 1>I mean, but it'd be also maddening of WWE's logic here.
<v Speaker 1>They had they really don't have a choice here. But
<v Speaker 1>I think give it to Rear Ripley. Yes, they're trying
<v Speaker 1>to position her as a heel. I know that she
<v Speaker 1>attacked Oscar this past week. I'm on a net raw,
<v Speaker 1>but I don't want to hear it. I mean, there's
<v Speaker 1>nothing they could do that's gonna get Rear Ripley hated
<v Speaker 1>in front of the live audience Tomorrow night or Sunday
<v Speaker 1>night rather as she's on Night two. So this is
<v Speaker 1>a match I'm looking forward to. Rear Ripley wins the
<v Speaker 1>championship and the fans are going to be one hundred
<v Speaker 1>percent behind this. They can try to position Oscar all day.
<v Speaker 1>As as the babyface, it's not gonna happen rear Ripley
<v Speaker 1>wins any follow up.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I one hundred percent agree with that. I also
<v Speaker 3>don't think I think Anthony pointed it out to this
<v Speaker 3>makes the Royal Rumble mean nothing now because the runner up, she,
<v Speaker 3>like rear Ripley, lost the Royal Rumble, yet she's still
<v Speaker 3>getting a title shot at WrestleMania. I think it's like
<v Speaker 3>a It shows the problem of so many things, too
<v Speaker 3>many titles, right, Like you said, there's absolutely no build
<v Speaker 3>of this match. Again, this was supposed to be Lacy
<v Speaker 3>Evans versus Charlotte Flairs, So I'll take it any day
<v Speaker 3>of the week. But like you said that, like nobody
<v Speaker 3>said anything. The only person who said anything was Shana
<v Speaker 3>Basler and Nia Jacks like a week or two later,
<v Speaker 3>and that didn't even lead to like a number one
<v Speaker 3>contender ship anything like maybe having Riya Ripley dominate the show.
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, by the way, like I deserve this, not
<v Speaker 3>just just can they get along tag team storyline? Crap?
<v Speaker 4>Could I throw one thing in about the Royal Rumble
<v Speaker 4>thing that you just pointed out about the the runner
<v Speaker 4>ups just getting main event matches anyway, Like WWE actually
<v Speaker 4>has a history of doing that, Like look back at
<v Speaker 4>OH five, Batista wins the Royal Rumble, the runner up
<v Speaker 4>is Sena Sena main events the SmackDown card, and then
<v Speaker 4>the very next the very next year O six, Mysterio
<v Speaker 4>wins the Royal Rumble and he eliminates Orton and Triple H.
<v Speaker 5>Last Orton went into the same.
<v Speaker 4>Match with Misterio to main event the SmackDown side of
<v Speaker 4>things with ker Angle and Triple H main evented the
<v Speaker 4>show in total with John Cena. The year after that,
<v Speaker 4>the Undertaker wins the Row Rumble, goes to get up
<v Speaker 4>against Batista at like nine o'clock and resume twenty three,
<v Speaker 4>and the runner up to the Row Rumble is Sewn Michaels,
<v Speaker 4>who main events the entire show with Cina.
<v Speaker 5>So it's not the first time w WE.
<v Speaker 1>Does Charlotte Charlotte lost the she brought her up and
<v Speaker 1>what Yeah? Yeah, so there is a long Yeah that
<v Speaker 1>is very true. So that that's why when you look
<v Speaker 1>at the Royal Rumble winners, guy, I mean, like you
<v Speaker 1>always have to go in to say, okay, yeah, this
<v Speaker 1>person won. But that's only one side of the story.
<v Speaker 1>You've only got one championship that you can challenge for
<v Speaker 1>on your brand or or your opposite the opposite brand. Uh.
<v Speaker 1>And yet there is that other side and it typically
<v Speaker 1>is the runner up.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah yep, And no women's Elimination Chamber match year either.
<v Speaker 3>Just makes no sense. But whatever, we're.
<v Speaker 1>Here now, and they had the women's while we're on
<v Speaker 1>the World Rumble match for the women. As much as
<v Speaker 1>I enjoyed the ending, the fact that they had to
<v Speaker 1>fill the majority of the women's spots with legends tells
<v Speaker 1>you that the depth of the women's division needs to
<v Speaker 1>be addressed quickly. I mean, and they did well. They
<v Speaker 1>took like NXT completely out of the equation. So all right,
<v Speaker 1>let's move on here. Main events Royal are the Rumble,
<v Speaker 1>Universal Championship, Roman Reigns versus Edge versus Daniel Bryan. Now
<v Speaker 1>again we have not seen SmackDown at least, I mean,
<v Speaker 1>if you have read it, I don't want to know.
<v Speaker 1>But that is the championship match. I have no reasonab
<v Speaker 1>believe that that's not the championship match, that there's not
<v Speaker 1>gonna be any final edits or anything like that. I
<v Speaker 1>my thought is this way this week on SmackDown, that
<v Speaker 1>Roman Reigns probably does what Edge and Daniel Bryan have
<v Speaker 1>done over the last couple of weeks and dominate. I
<v Speaker 1>think you had Edge snap two weeks ago, you had
<v Speaker 1>Daniel Bryant snap this past week on SmackDown, and I
<v Speaker 1>think Roman reigns. If you follow WWE's sometimes very predictable logic,
<v Speaker 1>Roman Rains is going to be the one who stands
<v Speaker 1>tall and holding the championship as a SmackDown goes off
<v Speaker 1>the air. That's my guess. I have not seen the thing,
<v Speaker 1>so I'll pause on this, Mimi. I'll let you take
<v Speaker 1>the main event first. Who wins this? This is this
<v Speaker 1>is also not easy, so.
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Yeah, one hundred percent agree. I think I
<v Speaker 3>think that this. I could I could venture to say
<v Speaker 3>that this is maybe Randy Orton the Fiend, but again,
<v Speaker 3>that's not wrestling, so this is the only match on
<v Speaker 3>both nights that has a Again, I don't I think
<v Speaker 3>this all fell into their lap. I'm gonna be one
<v Speaker 3>hundred percent honest. I doubt this was the plan just
<v Speaker 3>from you know, past experience, But I think this is
<v Speaker 3>the only well with the curve, with the WWE curve,
<v Speaker 3>well booked match on this entire card for Bold Night,
<v Speaker 3>and so with that, I'm excited for it. I'm excited
<v Speaker 3>about it. I think I think Roman Rains takes this
<v Speaker 3>and Edge and Daniel Brian go on to have a
<v Speaker 3>feud afterwards. Something happens in the match where Edgend Daniel Brian,
<v Speaker 3>one of them screws the other or something, and then
<v Speaker 3>you got something from there. Again, that's the logical choice,
<v Speaker 3>I think, because Roman Rains has been awesome, the best
<v Speaker 3>thing about WW in a long time. I hate him.
<v Speaker 3>I absolutely hate him. And I've said this before too.
<v Speaker 3>Like a casual fan, I always use my fiance too
<v Speaker 3>when she watches this. She gets mad at the TV
<v Speaker 3>whenever Roman Reigns comes out. So what he's doing is
<v Speaker 3>working not just for the hardcore fan, but for a
<v Speaker 3>casual fan too, and so I think, Yeah, I think
<v Speaker 3>Roman Rains takes this. Hopefully Edge and Daniel Brian have
<v Speaker 3>their own feud afterwards, and hopefully there's some logic here,
<v Speaker 3>because I don't know. I don't care about going home
<v Speaker 3>with a smile on my face. I'd rather be angry
<v Speaker 3>and wanting to tune into SmackDown to see what's next.
<v Speaker 5>Anthony your pick, Yeah, I know me kind of took
<v Speaker 5>the words right out of my mouth.
<v Speaker 4>I'll preface this by saying I think that again. To
<v Speaker 4>me his point, the way they built this was brilliant.
<v Speaker 4>It felt very organic. They did it from a they
<v Speaker 4>did long term booking here. I like the dynamic between
<v Speaker 4>Edge and Daniel Brian, how it went from you know,
<v Speaker 4>like mutual respect to mutual just hating each other, and
<v Speaker 4>then you add in Roman regins element into all this.
<v Speaker 4>I feel like the way they've built this is very
<v Speaker 4>similar to how they did Triple HHBK and Benwell back
<v Speaker 4>in two thousand and four. And I think Daniel Brian
<v Speaker 4>being put in here kind of will be able to
<v Speaker 4>protect Roman reigns or Edge, depending which way you go
<v Speaker 4>for it, because I really don't see a way that
<v Speaker 4>Daniel Brian could be come out as champion the only
<v Speaker 4>two guy options here are Roman reigns or Edge, but
<v Speaker 4>I'm going with Roman reigns.
<v Speaker 5>I think there's still a lot of juice to be
<v Speaker 5>squeezed out this title runner.
<v Speaker 4>And that's crazy to say, given how much good he's
<v Speaker 4>already done with this.
<v Speaker 5>But I just don't think Edge is the guy.
<v Speaker 4>Maybe down the road, maybe he gets a win at
<v Speaker 4>SummerSlam or something, but right now, I don't think it's
<v Speaker 4>the Edges the guy. He's not the right guy at
<v Speaker 4>the right time. To take the words from Paul Hayman,
<v Speaker 4>and I think again, to me, he's point. She really
<v Speaker 4>just mapped it out for me. I think that they
<v Speaker 4>could do an Edge Daniel Brian feud on the side.
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I'm going with Roman reigns here.
<v Speaker 1>Man. You guys are killing me, and I mean that
<v Speaker 1>in a good way, because I have my pick and
<v Speaker 1>it's not your pick. But you're trying, you're convincing me otherwise.
<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna stay by my guns. I'm gonna stand
<v Speaker 1>by my guns, even though you guys have a compelling case.
<v Speaker 1>I think Edge wins, not that I wanted to win.
<v Speaker 1>And this is what's so weird about this match, And
<v Speaker 1>I don't mean this in a bad way at all.
<v Speaker 1>Like I love almost everything about this match. I've loved
<v Speaker 1>the build for the most part, with some weird exceptions,
<v Speaker 1>this has been about as good of a build as
<v Speaker 1>you can imagine this being on paper and an execution.
<v Speaker 1>I think it's one of the few that you'd go, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>this is WrestleMania worthy. This feels like a WrestleMania match.
<v Speaker 1>It's at fever pitch like this is one that you're like, Okay, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>this definitely deserves to end the show on Night two,
<v Speaker 1>no questions about it. No other match even comes close
<v Speaker 1>to this as far as building, everything else, all the characters,
<v Speaker 1>everything has been really really good. So here's my pick.
<v Speaker 1>Edge wins and not because I really want him to.
<v Speaker 1>And this is where it gets weird. Roman Reigns is
<v Speaker 1>a guy that before the heel turn, you would just
<v Speaker 1>look at the year coming up and you'd go, can
<v Speaker 1>we just get to Mania because we know it's gonna
<v Speaker 1>be all roads lead to Roman, and Roman's gonna eventually
<v Speaker 1>win the championship. He's just gonna beat Brock or beat
<v Speaker 1>Triple H or whoever he's facing. Can we just get
<v Speaker 1>to it and get it over with, and this year
<v Speaker 1>we're going, can we extend this with Roman Reigns as champion.
<v Speaker 1>We're looking at this and going, this is freaking awesome,
<v Speaker 1>and not in a way that he's a heel you
<v Speaker 1>would cheer for that. See that's the difference. Like there's
<v Speaker 1>so many people that are quote heels, that are just
<v Speaker 1>cast as heels that are not really heels like you would.
<v Speaker 1>You might cheer for them at an event, or you
<v Speaker 1>do a sing along with their character, or you like
<v Speaker 1>their ancience music or whatever. Roman Rains is genuinely disliked
<v Speaker 1>as a heel, and he is an old school heel.
<v Speaker 1>He's a heel that comes along once every ten or
<v Speaker 1>fifteen years. That's how rare a heel like Roman Reigns is.
<v Speaker 1>Right now, we all knew he could be good, maybe
<v Speaker 1>not even some of us knew he could be this good.
<v Speaker 1>But think about this again, all these championship runs Roman
<v Speaker 1>Reigns has had, and yet we are hoping that Roman
<v Speaker 1>Reigns retains because it's been so damn good. And this
<v Speaker 1>is against a returning edge that we all lost our
<v Speaker 1>minds for at last year's Royal Rumble. We're rooting against
<v Speaker 1>that edge. That a guy that is really good on promos,
<v Speaker 1>that has done a very good job getting himself back
<v Speaker 1>into shape, and Daniel Bryan, one of the most beloved
<v Speaker 1>superstars of all time, extremely likable, really good in the ring,
<v Speaker 1>and we're still cheering. We want Roman Reigns to win.
<v Speaker 1>But this is the problem that I have and that's
<v Speaker 1>why again, I want Roman to win. But I think
<v Speaker 1>WWE values the smile going home, not leaving people angry
<v Speaker 1>with Edge winning. That's what I and they have that
<v Speaker 1>nice I think it's been what exactly ten years since
<v Speaker 1>Edge had to relinquish the championship because of an injury.
<v Speaker 1>They like those documentary type of headlines of redemption and
<v Speaker 1>you know, the redemption story of Edge and the fact
<v Speaker 1>that he came back after ten years to the day
<v Speaker 1>and he regained what he never lost, Right, that's what
<v Speaker 1>I think they're going to give quote and really punintended.
<v Speaker 1>I guess the edge to their decision is that whole
<v Speaker 1>documentary that they could put together, and the feel good
<v Speaker 1>and the Vince putting a smile in your face at
<v Speaker 1>the end of the night, because this is closing the night.
<v Speaker 1>Let's not make any mistake about it. I think Daniel's
<v Speaker 1>here to take the fall. I think he was inserted
<v Speaker 1>here to take the fall one way or the other.
<v Speaker 1>And I think Edge does pin Daniel Brian to win
<v Speaker 1>the championship, and it also protects Roman Reigns. Because Roman
<v Speaker 1>Reigns is not involved in the decision. He can claim
<v Speaker 1>that forever he lost and was never involved. And Roman,
<v Speaker 1>with all his quiet anger, can you imagine your thought
<v Speaker 1>that what is he going to do on SmackDown? He
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have the championship, He's gonna lose his I want
<v Speaker 1>to see the angry heal Roman Reigns lose his mind.
<v Speaker 1>I mean, there is a case to be made there. However,
<v Speaker 1>your case. If I was booking this, Roman Reigns would win.
<v Speaker 1>I just I'm thinking in WWE logic, I'm thinking what
<v Speaker 1>they're thinking of, and I think that feel good story
<v Speaker 1>of Edge probably trumps the Roman Reigns run. And Daniel
<v Speaker 1>Brian could be the one to save the face for
<v Speaker 1>Roman because he's not involved in this in the decision,
<v Speaker 1>so it doesn't hurt him in one bit. So what
<v Speaker 1>are your thoughts, guys?
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I you know, it really is a toss up
<v Speaker 4>between Roman Reigns and Edge and for all the reasons
<v Speaker 4>you outlined, I could just as easily pick Edge, and
<v Speaker 4>it probably is the more I guess, not realistic or
<v Speaker 4>more possible. I think that's the better terminology because if
<v Speaker 4>you are thinking WWE land, that is what they're going
<v Speaker 4>to do. And like again, like they kind of did
<v Speaker 4>it with Chris Benua all the way back, and I
<v Speaker 4>really see a lot of parallels between these two storylines.
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I think it would make a ton of sense.
<v Speaker 4>Except one thing I will say. Would it not look
<v Speaker 4>so much better if they still the World Heavyweight Championship
<v Speaker 4>so it would be the exact same title that edt
<v Speaker 4>relinquished ten years ago?
<v Speaker 1>That would be yeah. I mean, of course that would
<v Speaker 1>be very poetic, but yeah, unfortunately it's not so MEMI,
<v Speaker 1>what do you think is anybody swayed here? Are we
<v Speaker 1>all sticking with Roman? Roman and Edge? For me?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I'm sticking with Roman, But I do
<v Speaker 3>I understand your booking. I could see that again, like
<v Speaker 3>I said, logic is very rarely actually happens. I think though,
<v Speaker 3>I don't think people are given Daniel Bryan a fair shake.
<v Speaker 3>I think, like you said, Vince mc mahnon likes to
<v Speaker 3>send people home, you know, with smiles on faces and
<v Speaker 3>so the you know, we might feel like the Yes
<v Speaker 3>movement is in twenty fourteen, but who knows. Like I
<v Speaker 3>love Anthony's Chris Benwall comparison. I think that's a perfect
<v Speaker 3>way to look at this too. So there's that. And then,
<v Speaker 3>like you said, the whole Edge thing we talk I
<v Speaker 3>talked about it with the Pollo cruse. He's kind of
<v Speaker 3>in this tweener part like can we see you know,
<v Speaker 3>Edge making a character change and then them not following
<v Speaker 3>up with it. I don't know. I think I think
<v Speaker 3>if Edge loses this match, though, he should go back
<v Speaker 3>to smack Down and make a tag team with Reginald
<v Speaker 3>and they can be called Rege.
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, that's funny. Yeah. Look, it also is interesting.
<v Speaker 1>There is that other angle is does Daniel Brian even
<v Speaker 1>have a shot? And I think he does have a shot.
<v Speaker 1>It's small, it's clearly the smallest of the three. But
<v Speaker 1>should we really discount Daniel Brian to win the championship?
<v Speaker 1>I think we shouldn't. Anthony, do you think there's any
<v Speaker 1>chance Daniel Brian wins this? Zero?
<v Speaker 5>Zero?
<v Speaker 3>Wow?
<v Speaker 1>Okay?
<v Speaker 4>I really because I think that if fans were around,
<v Speaker 4>he would very evidently be the third wheel, like in
<v Speaker 4>this instant And again, I know I keep drawing the comparables, comparables, comparables,
<v Speaker 4>my god, trip through that match at resume of twenty,
<v Speaker 4>But did anyone really think that Shawn Michaels was gonna
<v Speaker 4>walk away the world champion at that point?
<v Speaker 5>I don't know it.
<v Speaker 4>I think he's literally here because he adds another wrinkle
<v Speaker 4>and he kind of like bridges the gap to maybe
<v Speaker 4>the lack of storytelling that would be done between Edge
<v Speaker 4>and Roman reigns. He kind of kind of like just
<v Speaker 4>makes everything gel together. I think he will protect the
<v Speaker 4>one who doesn't win. I think he's literally just here
<v Speaker 4>for as like he's just here is almost like a
<v Speaker 4>safety net, much like in the way that Charlotte Flair
<v Speaker 4>was there two years ago. I just I really don't
<v Speaker 4>see any scenario where he comes out with the championship.
<v Speaker 1>Well, let me ask this, guys, in closing to this
<v Speaker 1>match in the pay per view, what do you think
<v Speaker 1>the crowd reaction is for these individuals? Again, this is
<v Speaker 1>the first time that the crowd of twenty five thousand people.
<v Speaker 1>You gotta remember the makeup of this crowd again, how
<v Speaker 1>are they going to react for the first time ever
<v Speaker 1>in person, the Roman Reigns heel character, the Edge baby
<v Speaker 1>face character kind of tweeting now, and same with Daniel Bryant.
<v Speaker 1>What do you guys thoughts me? And I'll start with you.
<v Speaker 1>How does the crowd react to all three of them?
<v Speaker 1>Do you think that they're gonna align with how they're
<v Speaker 1>booked and how they're cast or do you think they'll
<v Speaker 1>go with what the Some of the thinking is, Oh,
<v Speaker 1>he's such a great heel that they're gonna cheer him. Now,
<v Speaker 1>do you think any of that's gonna happen?
<v Speaker 4>Yeah?
<v Speaker 3>I do, and not because not because he's not especially
<v Speaker 3>Roman Rain's not because he hasn't playing a great heel.
<v Speaker 3>I honestly think the crowd is gonna get behind Daniel
<v Speaker 3>Bryan because the nerds myself included, I'm just not a
<v Speaker 3>huge Daniel Bryan person now at least, but the nerds
<v Speaker 3>of the wrestling community love Daniel Bryan, and I say
<v Speaker 3>that in the most endearing way possible. So I bet
<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of yes chance Daniel Bryan chance. But
<v Speaker 3>I think with the Roman Reigns specifically, I have no
<v Speaker 3>idea about Edge, So I'm just conveniently leaving that out.
<v Speaker 3>But I think with Daniel Bryan specifically, or Roman reign specifically,
<v Speaker 3>I think he gets cheered, if not just terribly booed,
<v Speaker 3>it's gonna be one or the other. I think he
<v Speaker 3>gets cheered in the beginning and then little by little
<v Speaker 3>as the match goes on. I think all three of
<v Speaker 3>these guys are such talented storytellers that I think somehow
<v Speaker 3>Roman Reigns makes it so they're booming him by the
<v Speaker 3>end of the night. But what do you guys think, Hey, I.
<v Speaker 4>Think Daniel Bryan it's gonna be very lukewarm, like you
<v Speaker 4>can't boo them like you can never.
<v Speaker 5>Boo Daniel Bryan. But I think it's gonna be like,
<v Speaker 5>oh yeah, okay, he's here.
<v Speaker 4>I think Edge they'll go ballistic because I still think
<v Speaker 4>people haven't fully scratched that itch of going ballistic for
<v Speaker 4>Edge upon his return because of when COVID hit.
<v Speaker 5>And Roman reigns. I think they're gonna.
<v Speaker 4>Give Wwe the reaction they want. I think people have
<v Speaker 4>been wanting to boo this guy for almost a decade now,
<v Speaker 4>and they're just gonna rain them down on Roman Reins.
<v Speaker 4>When he finally comes out, because now it's the perfect storm.
<v Speaker 4>He's supposed to be booed, he will get booed. He
<v Speaker 4>plays the heel ro perfectly. I think it's going Aside
<v Speaker 4>from the fact that I'm expecting somewhat of a lukewarm
<v Speaker 4>reaction for.
<v Speaker 5>Daniel'brian, I think w W reeves can get what they want.
<v Speaker 1>I hope. So I hope the fans are smart enough
<v Speaker 1>to realize that if they cheer him because he's such
<v Speaker 1>a doing such a good job as a heel, that
<v Speaker 1>that's gonna deincentivize WWE from trying to turn anyone heel
<v Speaker 1>again that we want is a heel, because then we're
<v Speaker 1>just gonna we just keep playing games. And I hope
<v Speaker 1>that that's not the case. We need to respect their
<v Speaker 1>decision to finally turn roman heel and recognize that he's
<v Speaker 1>doing such a good job that we're not gonna cheer
<v Speaker 1>him as irony, that we're actually gonna we're gonna give
<v Speaker 1>that character the desired reaction because it's deserving of that
<v Speaker 1>desired reaction. So I hope that people aren't trying to
<v Speaker 1>be rebellious just to be rebellious and be cool, which
<v Speaker 1>I hope that they won't. I don't believe they will,
<v Speaker 1>and they'll they'll give Roman the desired reactions. So all right, well, guys,
<v Speaker 1>this has been awesome. I want to just toss it
<v Speaker 1>to Anton first. If there's any other closing arguments, I
<v Speaker 1>feel like we're in like a trial. Is there any
<v Speaker 1>other closing comments or questions or anything that you want
<v Speaker 1>to talk about before we close things out?
<v Speaker 4>No, I'll just say that kind of echo what I
<v Speaker 4>said to start the show is that the builds may
<v Speaker 4>not have been good to a lot of these matches,
<v Speaker 4>or the vast majority of these matches, but I still think,
<v Speaker 4>given the talent on the card and some of the
<v Speaker 4>matches here, that it will ultimately be a better show
<v Speaker 4>than most may be expecting.
<v Speaker 3>Mem Yeah, I think I agree with Anthony there. I
<v Speaker 3>want to make it clear. As excited as we can
<v Speaker 3>be about WrestleMania, I don't know about you, guys. I'm
<v Speaker 3>more excited, I think just for the spectacle of it all.
<v Speaker 3>I think this has been super lazy booking. I think
<v Speaker 3>most of this has been last minute. I think this
<v Speaker 3>could have been way better than it's going to be,
<v Speaker 3>just like again, because it's not necessarily always about the wrestling.
<v Speaker 3>It's about the anticipation of the actual matches, and I
<v Speaker 3>feel like we've seen half the matches already or some
<v Speaker 3>version of them. But yeah, I mean the wrestlers, especially
<v Speaker 3>in WB, the most talented wrestlers in the world. They
<v Speaker 3>always pull off like usually Ron SmackDown stink. But the
<v Speaker 3>pay per views are usually pretty great, and so I
<v Speaker 3>have a feeling this is gonna be no exception. You know,
<v Speaker 3>when you have such talented wrestlers, it's it's you get
<v Speaker 3>to get away with terrible storytelling. So I'm excited for this.
<v Speaker 3>I know I'm gonna have a good time watching it,
<v Speaker 3>and I'm sure we're gonna have a whole lot to
<v Speaker 3>talk about afterwards. But I want to thank you, Matt.
<v Speaker 3>This has been awesome. I really really love doing the
<v Speaker 3>show with both of you guys.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely, and this has been This has been really good.
<v Speaker 1>And I'm more excited about WrestleMania now than I was
<v Speaker 1>going into the conversation, as I'm you guys feel the same,
<v Speaker 1>you know, And I will say the one good thing
<v Speaker 1>these two guys we don't have to hear at the
<v Speaker 1>beginning of WrestleMania that is award winning and critically acclaimed,
<v Speaker 1>so we can, at least for at least two nights
<v Speaker 1>not have to hear that at the beginning of a show,
<v Speaker 1>which I will deem as a positive. So everybody, both
<v Speaker 1>of you, Anthony and Mimi, thank you so much. You
<v Speaker 1>guys can catch Anthony doing ww rivalries every Friday, and
<v Speaker 1>you can have Mimi catch Hurt doing aw Dynamite review
<v Speaker 1>and the highs and lows of the week every single
<v Speaker 1>week as well. So is ready, by the way, any
<v Speaker 1>social media that you guys want to share before we
<v Speaker 1>close things out, Mimi go ahead first, No, but I did.
<v Speaker 3>I'm so again. I don't have Twitter anything else too
<v Speaker 3>much for me, but I do have I do have
<v Speaker 3>an email that I do for you guys, obviously because
<v Speaker 3>a lot of you have, especially the aw stuff to
<v Speaker 3>talk about, but also anything you guys can I copied
<v Speaker 3>you mat It's it's just mem dot RELWWE podcast at
<v Speaker 3>gmail dot com. So I'm old fashioned. You can email me.
<v Speaker 3>You can't tweet me, but you can email me.
<v Speaker 1>Oh cool, all right, No, it's weird that we're saying
<v Speaker 1>old school for email, but that's yes kind of sure.
<v Speaker 5>Anthony, you can get me on Twitter at A to
<v Speaker 5>market twenty five.
<v Speaker 1>Awesome. Awesome, Well, guys, I'm looking forward to our Twitter conversations.
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure throughout the show will be all tweeting and
<v Speaker 1>either venting or praising what's going on. And it's gonna
<v Speaker 1>be it's gonna be a really fun time. I mean,
<v Speaker 1>three nights, three hours each night is definitely doable, and
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna have a lot to say. So thank you
<v Speaker 1>both for taking the time. This was certainly probably the
<v Speaker 1>longest podcast we've ever done, nearly three hours. It's insane,
<v Speaker 1>but it was well worth it. Well time well spent,
<v Speaker 1>and I hope you guys enjoyed the show.
<v Speaker 5>Tame to you, guys. We'll talk to you soon.
<v Speaker 1>Yep, have a good night.