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00:30Just when they think they got the answers, I take the question.
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00:50Can he do it?
00:52Oh!
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03:01Tonight, we have so much to cover.
03:03We're going to bounce all over the place here.
03:05There's been so much going on in the professional wrestling world.
03:08Since our last episode, I've been quite crazy busy in my world.
03:11So I apologize for not getting something out to you sooner.
03:14But let's just reflect back on the last week, week and a half or so.
03:17We had Crown Jewel come through down in Perth, Australia.
03:21We see Seth Rollins exercise his demons by defeating Cody Rhodes in the men's Crown Jewel Championship match.
03:28We see Stephanie Vaqueror win the women's match.
03:32We see what, in my opinion, is a candidate for match of the year between AJ Styles and John Cena.
03:38Like the whole card, top to bottom, was relatively solid.
03:41I thought it was far better than Russell Palooza that came out a few weeks prior.
03:45I thought this was exactly what it needed to be.
03:48And now we can wait another year for that Crown Jewel Championship belt to go away into storage somewhere in Saudi Arabia
03:54before we pull that back out next year.
03:56After that, let's get into what's happened since.
03:59Let's talk about something that gets overlooked.
04:01In New Japan Pro Wrestling, there's some people who don't follow New Japan as much as they should.
04:06And they're missing out on some really incredible action.
04:08But at New Japan Pro Wrestling's King of Pro Wrestling event on October 13th yesterday,
04:13the Alpha earned his shot by winning the G1 Climax Tournament.
04:17If you don't know who the Alpha is, it's AEW star Konosuke Takeshka.
04:21He earned his shot and he cashed in his shot.
04:24And in theory, most guys wait until Wrestle Kingdom to cash in their championship opportunity
04:29against the current IWGP champion.
04:32Konosuke Takeshka decided that he was not waiting.
04:35He wanted to challenge for the World Championship on the 13th at King of Pro Wrestling
04:40against Zack Sabre Jr.
04:42And in an incredible matchup, Konosuke Takeshka is the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
04:49And it doesn't stop there because after the match, you had Takeshka on the mic talking some trash,
04:54basically calling out anyone to come out and face him.
04:59And the person who's going to answer the call is Hiroki Goto, who is a former IWGP champion
05:05who's been off filming Street Fighter just like Cody Rhodes and Batista have been.
05:10And he comes back and he is going to be the first person to challenge Konosuke Takeshka.
05:14And that match is going to take place in November.
05:16It's not going to wait for Wrestle Kingdom.
05:18So it'll be curious to see how that plays out.
05:20And then how do we play things out going forward all the way through Wrestle Kingdom?
05:24I think we have a good idea who Hiroshi Tanahashi is going to be facing at that show.
05:29But we're still waiting to see who Takeshka is going to be going against defending this World Championship,
05:34assuming he's still champion at that time.
05:36I actually, I really would have expected it to be Tanahashi,
05:39but they set up a different angle earlier in the evening for the Global Championship for him.
05:44So I don't think they're going to go that direction,
05:46even though I think that would have been the best way to send him off.
05:49You have him against Takeshka, not a homegrown New Japan pro wrestling guy.
05:52You could have given him the IWGP Championship,
05:54had him right off into the sunset as champion.
05:56I think it would have been a great send off.
05:58Not obviously the plans they have.
06:00He's going to challenge for the Global Championship.
06:02I hope he wins it, you know, just because he's never held that, I don't believe.
06:05And then, you know, he'd go off into the sunset anyways.
06:07But I would have loved to have seen him get the IWGP Championship just one more time before he hangs up the boots.
06:12Let's go into some other conversation for the day.
06:15Ridge Holland's in the news today.
06:16He heard himself over at a TNA wrestling show in a match with Moose.
06:21He's been injured since.
06:22He's going to be on the shelf another six, seven, eight months, supposedly.
06:25And word came out today.
06:27He announced that they are not renewing his contract at WWE.
06:31Though Fightful Select has further details out there.
06:35Apparently, Holland was offered a new contract with WWE, but they were going to downgrade his pay,
06:40taking him from a main roster contract level down to the NXT level,
06:44basically because he is not somebody they feel like is main roster ready.
06:49And the estimates that I'm seeing on their report are about two hundred thousand dollars less per year or less than his previous deal.
06:58And he wasn't offered any extra pay for work at TNA shows.
07:01And it's something apparently he was not interested in.
07:04So now they are going to let him walk in this day.
07:08Look, I wouldn't know how no matter how you feel about Ridge Holland.
07:11There's some people who harbor ill will because he's the guy who broke Biggie's neck.
07:15I think accidents happen, so I don't harbor any ill feelings towards him for that.
07:19But what some people are talking about is as much more pressing is the WWE letting somebody go.
07:23Now, apparently they're still going to cover his rehab from his in-ring injury, but that's it.
07:28They're not going to be paying him throughout the duration of his injury, which pre-COVID that kind of was the modus operandi for WWE.
07:35But now it looks like TKO.
07:36They're going to leave a guy sit there for six to seven months who has no source of income due to an injury sustained in the ring
07:42in a contractual match that was negotiated by them in this TNA WWE NXT deal.
07:48And now he's just going to sit home and not be able to draw an income.
07:51Now, hopefully with the kind of money he was making on a main roster deal, hopefully he'll be able to take care of himself
07:56and sustain himself for that period of time.
07:58I don't know what other endeavors he's a part of or can become a part of.
08:01But other talents are said to be very concerned about this approach to letting a talent go and letting their contract expire,
08:08especially when they're injured.
08:09Because let's face it, these guys put their lives on the line every time they step into the ring.
08:13And if this is how TKO is going to handle the loss of an injured superstar who they don't want to keep investing in
08:19and they want to just let them walk, that's somewhat problematic.
08:22You know, you go out there, you get an injury, maybe you're not at the top of the card.
08:26So now all of a sudden you're just, you're expendable and you're on your own with no source of income.
08:32Little messed up, just my opinion.
08:34We'll have to wait and see if this becomes the way they do things going forward for everybody
08:37or if this is one of those things where, listen, his contract is up and the only way to continue to pay him
08:41would be to give him some kind of extension perhaps.
08:44But then again, if you think about it, these companies often will do injury extensions for time, you know, for when you're out.
08:51And he's been out for a hot minute.
08:52So they should be extending him until he gets done his injury recuperation, just my opinion.
08:57If for no other reason, this is a company that's making money hand over fist.
09:00Look at the ticket prices that are out of control and they can't pay a guy like this.
09:05Who, let's be honest, if you were giving him a million dollars a year, you're still not hurting yourself all that much.
09:10So a little messed up on TKO's part, but a lot of things TKO does are not always on the up and up.
09:15So we'll have to see how that plays out.
09:16Conversation about Deaf Rebel, the company that produces many of the entrance music tracks for WWE Superstars.
09:24Apparently they are in the final portion of their contract with WWE.
09:28If you haven't noticed, a lot of other people have been bringing back former music.
09:33Shinsuke Nakamura, Street Profits, Kairi Sane.
09:36Several have wanted their old music brought back.
09:39And Deaf Rebel, it sounds like they may be on their way out.
09:42This might be the final tail end of their contract with WWE.
09:46It looks like WWE is much more preferential to working with outside stars, maybe some mainstream stars, creating music specifically for their wrestlers.
09:54Which I think is fantastic, I really do.
09:56I think it will bring more of an organic feel to it.
09:59And the wrestlers seem to want more creative input over the kind of music they're walking out to.
10:04Now some people love it.
10:05But when you watch Rhea Ripley come out, you'll see her sometimes singing the lyrics to her songs and things like that when she comes to the ring.
10:11Some of the other people really enjoy their music, but it's not everybody.
10:15I think Roman Reigns' music is fantastic.
10:17But there are certain people that it just doesn't hit like it used to.
10:21So I have to wait and see how that plays out.
10:24Let's go ahead and get into the big conversation of the week.
10:26The Seth Rollins situation in WWE comes out of Crown Jewel, Crown Jewel Champion.
10:33Monday Night Raw, basically the whole episode in terms of Seth Rollins was built around him talking about how he didn't need anybody and sowing the seeds of dissension within his own group.
10:43I think all of us out there, the way Triple H has been booking WWE for the last several months, have looked at this as Triple H doing the slow build.
10:51And I think everybody and their brother expected something next year probably like the Raw after Mania or something like that for the big split to happen there.
10:59And then based on what happened in the Crown Jewel match when Seth Rollins hit the coast-to-coast headbutt, he took the brunt of the fall with his arms and apparently there's some kind of issue with his arms.
11:12I've seen multiple reports today.
11:13All of them have something different that they're saying.
11:15One said he may need surgery.
11:17One group said that they think it's a torn rotator cuff.
11:20Somebody said a labrum.
11:21Somebody else said something like there's all different reports.
11:23Let's wait and see what the official reports are.
11:25I don't want to report anything as being factual because I haven't seen or heard anything like that.
11:29But whatever it is, it sounds like most people believe it's a legitimate injury.
11:33Now, I know because of what they did around money in the bank and the theory is he could be this could be storyline.
11:40He didn't look all that hobbled when he went to the ring.
11:43But if you notice, he did wear very baggy clothes to maybe cover up the fact that he was seen with a sling on after the pay-per-view.
11:50So I'm going to keep calling it pay-per-view the rest of my life.
11:53PLE just doesn't always ring for me.
11:54But some people questioning whether it's a legitimate injury or not.
11:58I don't know.
11:59Nobody knows for real.
12:01We don't know how severe it is.
12:02It could be minor.
12:03It could be major.
12:04But the vibe that is coming out of TKO and WWE right now is that this is a legitimate injury.
12:10And it may actually impact WrestleMania plans because the Braun and Bronson Reed break-off split up they did at the end of Monday Night Raw was not supposed to take place until after Mania or sometime in 2026.
12:21And instead, they had to speed that up and expedite the process because of the injury to Seth.
12:26Now, what I find fascinatingly strange about this situation is they still did the number one contenders match with Punk, LA Knight, and Jey Uso.
12:35And if he's going to be on the shelf for an extended period of time, we have Saturday night's main event in two weeks.
12:40Unless he's going to sign a waiver of some kind and go out there and perform with the injury, which would be insane.
12:46It's like Cody going out there with his muscle tear.
12:49You know, more power to him if he does that.
12:51I just think that's a bad idea.
12:52He's almost like snake bit when it comes to some of these injuries he's had.
12:55And I really don't want to see him out any longer than he has to be.
12:58And then what do you do with the championship?
13:00I've seen people all day.
13:01I was listening to Busted Open on the way to where I'm at right now, and I heard people on Coach's show really debating what the options are.
13:09Some people saying, oh, you could have Braun lead this faction.
13:14There's rumors about Austin Theory coming in, and that would be the three.
13:17And that way Braun would be the strong leader.
13:19I've heard people suggesting that Roman Reigns could take the lead again.
13:24I've seen some people suggest Brock Lesnar could take the lead again.
13:28I don't know.
13:30I don't know.
13:31And then, you know, of course, if it's Brock Lesnar, does he become the leader?
13:33And then you're playing second fiddle to Brock again.
13:36And does that lead to a Braun versus Brock match at Mania?
13:39That'd be very cool.
13:40Does Brock come in as the hired gun?
13:42So you could keep Braun in the main position and have Brock be a tertiary character who eventually gets upset with being the sidekick.
13:49And then he goes after Breaker.
13:51Breaker.
13:52That's possible, too.
13:54Some people have suggested that this is a method to get Seth and Roman back together for a tag team match with the bronze.
14:01Not sure how I feel about that.
14:03I did see somebody else on that on online talking about what they could do is go to SmackDown and they could jump Lesnar also leading to Lesnar and Rollins versus the bronze.
14:16I don't know where this is going to go, and I don't think I care.
14:19It's all interesting because of the injury to Seth Rollins.
14:23The WrestleMania 42 plan as of right now, everybody seems to be reporting the same thing that he was supposed to be headed to Mania to have a match with Roman Reigns.
14:31Finally have that WrestleMania one on one moment with Roman Reigns, but that this injury is changing the plans, especially in regards to Braun Breaker.
14:38So not sure how to feel about all this stuff.
14:41What I can tell you is, is it seems like everything is very much in flux.
14:45Everything is still in motion to try to figure something out.
14:48They have plenty of time to build war games.
14:50In theory, the Vision plus Brock Lesnar and potentially Austin Theory, the five of them were going to be at war games in some kind of multimedia match.
14:58Obviously, that'll be off the table now if we're going to break up the Vision this early.
15:02So what do you do with war games?
15:03Thankfully, we have time to build that.
15:05I'm more concerned with Saturday night's main event, but we'll have to wait and see what turns out.
15:09Somebody who will not be there is The Rock.
15:12The Rock is always controversial.
15:14People always wonder what The Rock is going to do.
15:15Is he going to screw up plans or not screw up plans?
15:17But apparently, he is back to filming his next blockbuster film, which is a follow-up film, another film in the Jumanji franchise.
15:26He just finished his Smashing Machine, not doing so well in the box office, and he's going back to what he knows best.
15:32He's going back to the comedy Jumanji franchise, and that's going to probably tie him up for the foreseeable future, which means it's going to be very difficult to see him in any kind of wrestling capacity this coming WrestleMania.
15:42However, everybody knows Saudi Arabia's got the following WrestleMania, and you know they're going to pay anything they have to pay to get whoever they want to get to be at that show.
15:50So we'll have to wait and see how this turns out.
15:52I think we don't see The Rock again until 2027.
15:56I really don't think we see him until then.
15:58If we do, I don't think it's going to be a wrestling appearance.
16:00Maybe just a show up to pop the crowd or something, but I don't think he's going to be wrestling until 2027.
16:05And at some point, at his age, how many more of these does he have in him?
16:10I really don't know how much longer he can do this.
16:13Conversations about Stone Cold being at that show.
16:15Can they pay John Cena enough money to come back for one final match kind of stuff?
16:19I don't know.
16:20We'll have to wait and see.
16:21He's always said that wasn't going to be the case, so I think that would be disingenuous if he did.
16:25Do they pay AJ Styles a huge ton of money to have the Styles versus Shawn Michaels match?
16:29I saw that proposed somewhere at some point.
16:32So I'm not sure we'll have to wait and see how these things go.
16:35But in terms of how business is going right now, Triple H has an interesting take on the other stuff from Crown Jewel.
16:41Specifically, he used the quote, a love letter to pro wrestling when he described the AJ Styles, John Cena match.
16:46I thought it was everything you needed it to be.
16:49I really do.
16:50I thought it was fantastic.
16:51Phenomenal match.
16:52No pun intended.
16:53All the shout outs.
16:54And a lot of people keep talking about John Cena and the move sequences that he was doing in honor of his former opponents.
16:59But AJ Styles was doing like a who's who of TNA talents and their moves, the people he's encountered throughout his TNA career, which I thought was so wonderfully creative on both of their parts to find a way to wrap all that in there.
17:13What a great match.
17:14It was absolutely phenomenal to see and something really enjoyable.
17:18But it wasn't the only thing WWE was working with in terms of phenomenal matches over the weekend.
17:24TNA had Bound for Glory and WWE apparently was heavily involved in booking Bound for Glory.
17:29Specifically, the one that's controversial is the fact that they got involved in the Javon Evans X Division Championship opportunity with Leon Slater.
17:39The match went about 20 minutes long.
17:42It was a draw.
17:43They ended up restarting the match only to have Dark State appear and attack the two of them, which apparently is going to pay off with a match at NXT at some point.
17:52I understand doing all that.
17:54You could have done that after a finish.
17:55And I don't care who wins or loses.
17:57Heck, you could have had any number of finishes to this match that would have sent the people home happy.
18:02This apparently really, I mean, this created almost like nuclear heat, like really poor heat for TNA and not just not at the wrestlers.
18:10The fans love both wrestlers, Leon Slater and Javon Evans.
18:14I mean, they tore the house down again, a potential match of the year candidate.
18:18But fans were upset with the booking.
18:21They were upset with TNA and they were upset with WWE and they probably have a right to be because that match should have had a finish of some kind.
18:27Even if it was a simple roll up, nobody loses anything character development wise.
18:31If you lose to what Simon Miller on what culture always calls the most powerful move in pro wrestling, the small package roll up or whatever.
18:40They could have done something like that just to get out of the match and then had Dark State attack and still had your tag team match.
18:45I thought this was a horrible idea the way they planned it.
18:47But we can't talk about that show and not touch on a couple other things.
18:51One, absolutely the right decision putting the TNA World Championship on Mike Santana.
18:56I thought that was a phenomenal moment.
18:58Wonderful opportunity to see how far Mike Santana has come.
19:02He's the right guy to carry the brand.
19:04Now, of course, his contract is going to be expiring soon.
19:06We're going to get into some contract conversation in a few minutes.
19:09But right after some of the challengers that are going to be coming for him, Nick Nemeth, Frankie Kazarian are clearly going to be on the list of guys who want to get their first crack at the new champion.
19:23I think it was a great idea to put the championship on him.
19:26I think had they done this a couple months ago that you would have felt the traction a little bit better.
19:30I think that would have been a great idea, but they chose to go a different direction.
19:33The rest of the card was pretty solid, too.
19:35But I want to speak specifically about the match that I think when you look backwards at Bound for Glory 2025, it's the only match people are going to look back at and really, really look back with fond memories.
19:45And that is for the last time, the Dudleys versus the Hardys.
19:50Going into the match, I had no expectations.
19:53I know Devon's had some medical concerns in the last couple years, back surgery, things like that, some heart issues at one point a few years back.
20:00I know that Matt and Jeff clearly have lost a step over the years, especially Matt has bone-on-bone issues in his one hip.
20:06To be quite frank, I think Bubba Ray is in the best shape of any of the four guys and could probably go out there and work a semi-full-time schedule if he chose to.
20:16But at this stage of his career, very much wrapped up in busted open.
20:19So I didn't know how long he was going to keep doing it.
20:21Now, the match itself far exceeded anybody's expectations.
20:25They did a great job.
20:26They told a great story.
20:27And I love that.
20:29Now, what was really emotional was seeing the end of the match where the Hardys win the match, retain their championship, and then you see the Dudleys stop them from leaving the ring.
20:42They take off their boots and they turn them over to the Hardy boys.
20:45The Dudleys take off their boots, hand them to the Hardy boys, and it is them walking away from the business.
20:50Now, I don't know if Bubba Ray is totally leaving the business or if this is just the last appearance of the Dudley boys.
20:55I really hope we don't lose Bubba Ray.
20:57I love his stuff.
20:59Even as a single star, I love everything Bubba does.
21:01He's incredible.
21:02But if he is hanging it up, like, mad respect.
21:05What an incredible career for both of them.
21:07Bubba, Devon, both of them.
21:09The Hardys going out there, and they really turned the clock back in this match.
21:12They really did.
21:13And even more impressive to me is the fact that the Hardys, the day before, won the House of Glory Tag Team Championship
21:18and one of the most popular independent company tag team championships along the way.
21:23So they're now rocking the House of Glory, the NXT, and the TNA World Tag Team Championships.
21:28This is reminiscent of right before they returned to WWE last time when they were winning all these independent championships when they were with TNA last time.
21:35But now they walk out as champions.
21:39They have that incredibly emotional moment with the Dudleys.
21:42What a beautiful moment for professional wrestling fans, people who love these guys, who've seen these guys for all these years.
21:48And it was just such a testament and such an honor to watch.
21:52It was a testament to all that they've been through, all the experience they've shared.
21:56The only thing that would have made it better is if Edge and Christian could have been there.
21:58And I really thought maybe they could have been in the back and just not have been on camera.
22:02Like, that's something they really probably should have been there for.
22:04And if Tony Khan wouldn't have let them do that, that would just tell you how much of a scumbag he would have been.
22:08I actually think he would have let them, just like they had, you know, Lex Luger, Dallas Page, and stuff like that at Stings.
22:14I think he would have done that.
22:15I think it would have been special.
22:16And I really, maybe we'll never know.
22:18Maybe they were there.
22:19I don't know.
22:20I really hope they were.
22:21And if not, I certainly hope they got a chance to see the match and catch up on a phone call or a Zoom or something so they can just reminisce and take it all in.
22:29Because that was absolutely beautiful.
22:31Before we switch gears out of TNA, some contracts come and do.
22:34I mean, look, in 2025, it's been a crazy year for TNA.
22:37In 2024, they say they lost Josh Alexander, Speedball Mike Bailey, Rhino, Kushida, Jade Chung, Jordan Grace ended up going to WWE.
22:45There's been all these people who have transitioned to WWE or elsewhere.
22:50It's been well publicized that the Hardys and the Inspiration, the current TNA World Tag Team Champions and the Knockouts Tag Team Champions have their contracts all coming due now and that they're hoping to retain both of them.
23:03It's probably why they let them keep their championships.
23:06But it's not just them.
23:07The Rascals, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz, who, well, I'll get to that in a minute.
23:11Their contracts are coming up.
23:12They, right now, this is the perfect time for them to re-sign because TNA needs them.
23:16They need a strong tag division.
23:18And they may be the team that could eventually take the belts off of the Hardys, especially now because we've had this conversation coming as part of this episode as well.
23:26With all the WWE cuts that have taken place, Wes Lee, released by WWE, could easily go back and rejoin the Rascals and team with Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz once again, which I think would be a great idea.
23:36Flip him back to his old character and let them, like, rekindle what they used to have.
23:40I think it'd be a great idea.
23:42One person Dave Meltzer reported on who recently left TNA was Laredo Kidd, who now that he is saying he suspects that he is going to be working with WWE through AAA and that this could be an opportunity for Laredo Kidd to make his debut with WWE.
23:55Absolutely could be a thing.
23:56And the one person that they made mention of whose contract is coming due soon is Cedric Alexander, who's the one guy who they didn't reference with possibly going to WWE because he has so many ties with the Hurts.
24:06Syndicate and AEW.
24:07Not sure where he's going to go.
24:09Maybe he goes that route.
24:10Maybe not.
24:11But either way, he's going to have options, which is a beautiful thing.
24:14One person who is not going anywhere, shockingly, after what we have talked about in the past, Santos Escobar.
24:19His contract expired with WWE.
24:21He was a free agent for all of about 24 hours before he re-signed with WWE on a more lucrative contract.
24:28According to Fightful Select, it was for quote-unquote great money, which is very inspiring for other people.
24:34I mean, let's think about it.
24:35Santos Escobar, what is his role in WWE?
24:37How important is he to the talent pool?
24:40If he got a great contract, think about what some of the really great performers are going to get.
24:44Not that he isn't.
24:45I'm not trying to knock Santos Escobar.
24:46He just doesn't seem to be as appreciated as he probably should be by WWE.
24:50Incredible talent.
24:51Just not pushed as high as he could be.
24:53Think about the ones who are.
24:54So this is a good sign.
24:55If you're somebody who is looking to re-sign your contract with them, maybe get some good cash.
24:59And apparently Escobar did, which is beautiful.
25:03Some people who are not doing so well.
25:05Look, they announced that like nine different people were released the other day from WWE.
25:10Many of them were LFG people.
25:13One of those talents is Jintala, who that's the one actually that surprised me the most.
25:17Wesley didn't surprise me.
25:19Some of the other people didn't really surprise me.
25:21The one that kind of surprised me, Jintala, because I thought she did such a great job on LFG.
25:26If you didn't watch season one of LFG, you missed out.
25:29She was doing great.
25:30She was over in Evolve.
25:31She was doing a great job there.
25:33She was one of the ID talents.
25:36It's really a shame to see her go.
25:39I think they missed an opportunity with her because she is somebody who brings a fresh perspective to her demographic,
25:47which I think is really powerful and really could have been motivating for some people because we've kind of been locked in lockstep with certain people.
25:55But she's been challenging for the Evolve Women's Championship.
25:58It's one of those things where she's released a statement.
26:00She's planning to continue her pro wrestling career.
26:02Her new wrestling name will be Lee Laurel now, and she's not sure where she's headed.
26:08She has a 30-day non-repeat clause, but once that's up, I would not be surprised to see her in some of the stronger independents, the MLWs, the House of Glories, maybe even an AEW or a TNA.
26:20It could easily happen.
26:21We'll have to wait and see.
26:23In terms of other new talent, let's go that route, Sting's son, Steve Borden Jr., made his debut over the weekend.
26:31And the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer, touched on his debut and basically comparing him to his father's debut
26:38and saying he may have been better than his dad was, which is kind of an unfair comparison.
26:42And he actually notes later on about this that when Sting debuted, he only had been training for a few weeks.
26:48He was in a gym, Jim Hellwig and two other gentlemen, Power Team USA.
26:52They were just trying to grab a few guys, and then they end up in Memphis, where the two of the Sting and Warrior end up becoming a thing.
26:59They transitioned to becoming Heels eventually.
27:03Sting and Rock, that was the Warrior's first name, before they go to the UWF, and then they split up, and Warrior becomes Dingo Warrior,
27:12and Sting goes off and does his own thing.
27:13But back then, Sting was not very polished, very, very green, turned into one of the greatest wrestlers in wrestling history.
27:20His son apparently doing as good or better than his dad did when he debuted, so maybe that's a sign of some beautiful things to come.
27:26What I don't need to see ever again, but I'm sure we all will because they're pushing him in the right way, and he probably is one of the futures of the business,
27:34World Wrestling Entertainment's Intercontinental Champion and AAA Mega Champion Dominic Mysterio showing off his brand new tattoo all over his throat, a Lucha mask.
27:46You know, people have joked about some of the worst tattoo ideas in the history of pro wrestling, Cody Rhodes' neck tattoo and things like that.
27:53There was one time where Randy Orton had a legal dispute over his tattoos because of a lawsuit and whatever, when there was figures being made and all that kind of stuff.
28:02It's kind of crazy.
28:03Dominic Mysterio getting this thing on his throat, that had to hurt the dickens, and it's so big and so obtrusive.
28:10But whatever, to each his own, that's his thing.
28:12But now WWE, if they had any figures in the pipeline, they're going to have to add the tattoo because it looks very, very different.
28:19I'm just saying.
28:20Keep your eye out.
28:21It was on their own.
28:22You could see it on Raw, but he's got pictures on Instagram and Facebook or Twitter or whatever.
28:26Check it all out if you want to see the tat.
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