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00:00:00Hello and welcome to the Smackdown Preview. I'm Adam Wilborn from What Called You, here to look ahead to tonight's
00:00:08episode of Friday Night Smackdown.
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00:00:17Where we do daily wrestling podcasts where we're not going to review Smackdown, but also Muna Rao, which I'm formerly
00:00:22known as NXT 2.0.
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00:00:28a round of the week complete with a quiz, of course, on wrestling culture.
00:00:32As I said, we're joined by Michael Havlick to look ahead to tonight's episode of Friday Night Smackdown.
00:00:56Jesus Christ.
00:00:57Now, I realise there you were fighting the urge to salute Smackdown, because it's not quite got back to the
00:01:03level we expect.
00:01:04I will say, mate, on camera, it does look a little bit Doctor Strange, love that.
00:01:09So maybe don't keep doing it.
00:01:11I'll park that one.
00:01:12I'll park that one.
00:01:13Sorry, you know what?
00:01:14I'm just, I apologise.
00:01:15I'm tired.
00:01:16Up late last night watching the World Cup.
00:01:18Yeah, wow.
00:01:19Oh, God, woo.
00:01:20What a start to the tourney, eh?
00:01:22Can't believe it.
00:01:24You won't believe it.
00:01:25I got in, like, doing a sweepstakes with some guy and got my team, so I'm buzzing for that.
00:01:31You think you've got a good chance?
00:01:32Yep.
00:01:34Ooh.
00:01:36What if I was to say what team I got?
00:01:40Thus rigging the sweepstakes, I mean.
00:01:43We should point out.
00:01:43That's making you look like a fraud.
00:01:46We should point out a couple of things.
00:01:48Number one, we're recording this in advance, because...
00:01:53Neither of us are here today.
00:01:54I'm here.
00:01:55Oh, you're here.
00:01:55I'm not here.
00:01:57You're not here.
00:01:57You're not here, and we try to avoid subjecting sidetricks right down.
00:02:00Yeah.
00:02:02Yes, I am going for a uni reunion in Royal Leamington Spa today.
00:02:08I'm doing, like, the kind of scabbier version of that.
00:02:12I'm going for, on Saturday, I'm going on to a school reunion in Fine York.
00:02:19Like, meeting up with small mates in York.
00:02:22I wouldn't necessarily choose York, but...
00:02:26I don't know if it's feelings on York.
00:02:27But, like, it's me and a couple of mates, a few mates from school,
00:02:31like, trying to meet up at least once a year.
00:02:33Loads of them live really close to York, so...
00:02:36Saving them having to make any proper effort, isn't it?
00:02:37While me and another mate actually have to get trains and drive them.
00:02:40Buy a hotel and stuff like that, and they're just like,
00:02:42oh, I'll probably get a night train home.
00:02:43Well, we're...
00:02:43Like, we all just go somewhere and travel, eh?
00:02:46Somewhere a bit different, but no, they like what they like,
00:02:48and we'll go where we're told, apparently.
00:02:50Good time, though.
00:02:51Looking forward to it.
00:02:51Yeah, me too.
00:02:52Double whammy for us.
00:02:53It's a distance for all of us to travel,
00:02:56so no one gets the benefit of this.
00:02:57That's good.
00:02:57I like that.
00:02:58And also, it's where we used to live when we used to go to Warwick.
00:03:02That's good.
00:03:02That's far.
00:03:03That is good.
00:03:04So we'll just go around and go,
00:03:05I guess that bar's not there anymore.
00:03:07Oh, yeah, everything's changed.
00:03:09Yeah.
00:03:09You'll see, like, 20-year-olds on nights out.
00:03:13Yeah, we did that last time.
00:03:14We were like, God, should we just go home?
00:03:16Yeah.
00:03:17And I will say, this is our first one,
00:03:22maybe with all of us as now fathers, perhaps.
00:03:25Wow.
00:03:25Maybe second, actually.
00:03:27I might be telling a lot.
00:03:27Ah, yeah, it probably is, actually.
00:03:28But, nevertheless, baffling conversation in the group chat
00:03:34where people said,
00:03:35should we get up and do park run on Saturday morning?
00:03:40Sorry, lads.
00:03:40I didn't come away for the weekend from my family
00:03:43to wake up at 8 a.m.
00:03:45Thank you very much.
00:03:47Look, I don't mean to patronise.
00:03:49I know I've been in the dad game, like, 13 years now.
00:03:51I don't mean to patronise,
00:03:52but everybody knows you do park run
00:03:54when you've got your children rather than when you're done
00:03:56because it just buys you the hour out of the house
00:03:58to get a bit of time with yourself
00:03:59and fail at something physical.
00:04:01Michael, you seem to be getting slower at park run.
00:04:03Yeah.
00:04:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:04Sorry about that.
00:04:06It's like four points halfway around.
00:04:08I don't think that helps.
00:04:10But, yes, I am running a sweepstake right now.
00:04:14I would have said work sweepstake,
00:04:15but this World Cup is so big,
00:04:17we don't have enough employees.
00:04:19Yeah.
00:04:19So, you're in, Sidg is in,
00:04:21Nicholas is in,
00:04:23Andy's in.
00:04:25Phil's put about, like, six picks in.
00:04:26I'm not letting Phil go in.
00:04:28I literally haven't asked him
00:04:29because I know he wins if I ask him.
00:04:30He just loves football so much as well.
00:04:32He'd be too passionately invested in it
00:04:34to, like, be able to concentrate on the football itself.
00:04:37But, yeah, we are fully randomising the draw
00:04:39as it happens Thursday night.
00:04:44Last night.
00:04:44And I'm quite scared as to the repercussions
00:04:47when someone inevitably gets curacao.
00:04:50And I'm like, I put a fiver in for this, mate.
00:04:53I campaigned, I want it, put on record,
00:04:55I wanted you to put this to the board of directors
00:04:57for, like, less prize money for the winners
00:04:59and, like, wacky prizes!
00:05:01Like, teams with the most throw-ins or whatever.
00:05:04And you've landed on, like, worst team?
00:05:05Is that what we've...
00:05:06We've called it the biggest loser.
00:05:08The biggest loser.
00:05:08I quite like that.
00:05:09Just whoever concedes the most goals, basically.
00:05:11I'm into that.
00:05:12That could, like, as well,
00:05:13you could get a mid-ranked side
00:05:15who could just have an absolute stinker in the group
00:05:17so I can concede six or something.
00:05:19But still go through.
00:05:20And then start, like, stacking up the goals they conceded.
00:05:23That's a good point.
00:05:24Like, because you can lose...
00:05:25I thought it was...
00:05:25Oh, I thought it was in one game,
00:05:27however many guys concede.
00:05:28Oh, okay.
00:05:28It's just the biggest hammering.
00:05:30Yeah.
00:05:30Well, you're best...
00:05:31Because it's still on then
00:05:31even if you get through to the knockout stages
00:05:32because we all remember what happened in Brazil-Germany.
00:05:34Exactly.
00:05:35Well, you best find out what you mean by biggest loser.
00:05:37There's a lot of work, isn't it?
00:05:39Actually, I'm not doing this next time.
00:05:40Well, no.
00:05:41I'm not doing fantasy football this time, I've decided.
00:05:43I do nothing.
00:05:45And my life is better as a result.
00:05:47I used to, in an old job, which I didn't like very much,
00:05:52and really it was about, like, you know,
00:05:54just trying to avoid the manager speaking to you
00:05:57for the majority of the day,
00:05:59hoping that nobody opens that drawer
00:06:00where you've got that piece of paperwork
00:06:01that you never really knew what to do with,
00:06:02so you just put it in the drawer
00:06:03and hoped it would never come back to you.
00:06:05Just an idiot.
00:06:05Yeah.
00:06:06I used to really take, like, an active role
00:06:08in that sort of stuff
00:06:09because it would just...
00:06:10It'd just create things
00:06:12that the bosses couldn't be angry that you were doing.
00:06:14Yeah.
00:06:14It was, like, really tricky.
00:06:16It was a, like, real balancing act.
00:06:17You had to...
00:06:18You had to make it look as if
00:06:21you'd been asked to do it
00:06:22and you were taking the job on
00:06:24because if you'd looked like you were into it too much,
00:06:26they'd clock on to it
00:06:27and they'd be, like...
00:06:27Ah, you're skiving.
00:06:28He's onto a skiver.
00:06:29Let's, like, give somebody else
00:06:30the Christmas party to arrange or something.
00:06:32But if it looked as if...
00:06:33Because nobody really wants those jobs,
00:06:35but some people are more willing
00:06:35to take them on than others.
00:06:36But if, like, it gets said,
00:06:38oh, like, would you mind
00:06:40putting the Christmas party together?
00:06:41Honestly, the feeling of, like...
00:06:44Oh, yeah.
00:06:45I mean, I'm quite busy with this other stuff,
00:06:46but I suppose I can fit in.
00:06:47Put it on the back burner.
00:06:48Yeah, because then you knew
00:06:49that there would be no sort of, like,
00:06:51sideways glances
00:06:51when you were going around, like,
00:06:53asking for people's menu orders
00:06:54or collecting money
00:06:55or, like, taking bits for Secret Santa
00:06:57and stuff like that.
00:06:58I once was able to justify
00:07:01half an hour out of the office
00:07:02to go into town.
00:07:03I came up with one pound Secret Santa
00:07:05where everybody puts a quid in
00:07:07and there would, say, like, 30-odd people.
00:07:09And I went to Poundland
00:07:11and bought 30 things.
00:07:13Obviously.
00:07:13Like, and that was, like,
00:07:14half an hour on work time I got for that.
00:07:15That was one of the best days.
00:07:18Like...
00:07:18I do remember one of the early...
00:07:19So I was talking the other day
00:07:21about how it's nine years
00:07:22since I was offered the job.
00:07:23None of this is in this job, by the way.
00:07:25Jesus Christ, every day is better than the last.
00:07:26Like, I love it here.
00:07:27I started here...
00:07:28So what would it be?
00:07:29Sort of July 2017, it feels about right.
00:07:33Yeah.
00:07:34And I distinctly remember the boss.
00:07:35You know, I'm in my first few months
00:07:37and I want to make a good impression.
00:07:38So I'm working hard,
00:07:39trying to push the sort of podcast side of things
00:07:42as well as doing all the other presenting stuff
00:07:43that I was doing
00:07:45and getting involved as much as I can.
00:07:47And then one day, the old boss just said,
00:07:49have you got much on today?
00:07:51And I was like, yeah, obviously,
00:07:52I'm working really, really hard.
00:07:54And they said, right, can you not do that
00:07:55and help us sort the Halloween decorations
00:07:58from the office?
00:07:58Remember that?
00:07:59And I was like, oh, wow, that's a big responsibility.
00:08:01And then I just realized he only asked me
00:08:03because I was the tallest member of the office
00:08:04and I could reach the ceiling.
00:08:06And you could.
00:08:07And you did a good job
00:08:07because we had like a Halloween quiz that day.
00:08:09I remember that.
00:08:09Yeah, we had to cover up any of the like,
00:08:13I wanted to say smoke detectors.
00:08:15I don't think it was that.
00:08:16I think it was more like lighting detectors
00:08:18so it would all be dark and spooky in the office.
00:08:21I remember that.
00:08:21That was a fun day.
00:08:22Yeah, it was a good day.
00:08:23It was like funny colored sodas.
00:08:25And pops is scary.
00:08:27Scary soda.
00:08:29He says, Friday today,
00:08:30yesterday was definitely Thursday.
00:08:33You're on the piss in Royal Leamington Spa?
00:08:36Royal Leamington Spa.
00:08:38I'm on the piss in, hang on.
00:08:39Is this one of them things where like,
00:08:40so I'm on the drink in York,
00:08:41you're on the drink in Royal Leamington Spa.
00:08:42It's like, is York posher than Royal Leamington Spa
00:08:44but Royal Leamington Spa's just got the name Royal in it.
00:08:47I would consider York posher than Lem
00:08:49but then that's because maybe I associate.
00:08:51Lem, I like to call it Lem.
00:08:52I associate Lem with being 20.
00:08:55But it is in Warwickshire,
00:08:56which is quite a posh county.
00:08:57Yeah.
00:08:58I've never really liked,
00:08:59York's always been a necessity for me.
00:09:01I don't really like York.
00:09:02Like when I was,
00:09:02when I grew up in Scarborough,
00:09:04York was like the big city,
00:09:06you know, to go to.
00:09:09And then comparatively,
00:09:10it's not even really a big city.
00:09:11It's a very small one in fact,
00:09:13but you're just so far away from anywhere
00:09:14that like that part of the country.
00:09:16So yeah,
00:09:17like it's expensive and fancy.
00:09:19You know where I'd rather be that one Friday night.
00:09:21Oh mate,
00:09:22don't even,
00:09:22because I thought about this literally
00:09:23just before coming in the studio door
00:09:25and I would give anything
00:09:26to be there on Friday night.
00:09:28Providence,
00:09:28Rhode Island.
00:09:29I miss it so much.
00:09:30I've been to this building,
00:09:32which I've forgotten the name of.
00:09:33Amica Mutual Pavilion.
00:09:35Amica.
00:09:35Mutual Masturbation Pavilion.
00:09:37Thank you,
00:09:37yes.
00:09:38Amica Mutual Pavilion.
00:09:40Old heads know it,
00:09:40the Providence Civic Centre.
00:09:42Like,
00:09:43you know what I'm going to say,
00:09:43you all guys know what I'm going to say,
00:09:45of course.
00:09:45Site of the Royal Rumble 1994.
00:09:47Diesel run.
00:09:48Bret Hart gets his leg kicked out of his leg
00:09:50by Owen Hart.
00:09:51Undertaker beat it up by 10 guys,
00:09:53floats up to the ceiling.
00:09:54Great night.
00:09:55And speaking of great night,
00:09:56me and Phil had a fantastic one
00:09:58in Providence,
00:09:58just the one.
00:10:00Really great arts scene.
00:10:02Phil likes his murals
00:10:04and there was bloody lewds of them
00:10:05on all the walls.
00:10:06I saw some of them
00:10:06on his Instagram,
00:10:07yeah.
00:10:08We went to a gig there.
00:10:10I kind of regret it.
00:10:11There was a band,
00:10:12it was like just a series
00:10:13of local bands playing.
00:10:15One was called,
00:10:17I think it was called
00:10:18Chowmane Sandwich.
00:10:20Quite good.
00:10:21That's a,
00:10:21oh.
00:10:22And there was a band called Galea
00:10:24and they had a,
00:10:25you'd like this,
00:10:26they had a song on Spotify
00:10:30that starts,
00:10:30it either starts with
00:10:31If You Smell
00:10:33or It Doesn't Matter
00:10:34by The Rock,
00:10:34the cash phrase stuff.
00:10:36Okay.
00:10:36And then the song would carry on.
00:10:37And I was like,
00:10:38oh, there's a bit of a wrestling,
00:10:39a total chance,
00:10:40we didn't hunt this band down,
00:10:41it was just a total chance.
00:10:42We get there,
00:10:43and it might be a bit of a wrestling themed event
00:10:45to one of these bands.
00:10:46We get there
00:10:46and the merch they've got on sale
00:10:47is a t-shirt
00:10:48that just says,
00:10:49Galea the band.
00:10:51And it's a picture of Stone Cold
00:10:52as they lost him with milk
00:10:52all down his front
00:10:53from the Booker T attack
00:10:54in the supermarket.
00:10:55That's quite cool.
00:10:56Excellent.
00:10:56Yeah.
00:10:57Check these guys out.
00:10:58God, yeah, Providence was good.
00:10:59Everywhere was good.
00:10:59It was America for quite a few weeks.
00:11:01Bit of a rarity though
00:11:03for the Smackdown preview
00:11:04as we actually have things to preview.
00:11:06On a Thursday,
00:11:07let's,
00:11:08it's a Thursday guys.
00:11:09We had this on the Monday basically
00:11:12when we were talking about
00:11:13last week's Smackdown.
00:11:15Because we were a bit more positive
00:11:17about Smackdown
00:11:18than we expected to be on Monday
00:11:19on the review.
00:11:20Absolutely.
00:11:20I feel,
00:11:21I really enjoyed that
00:11:22and we've only got
00:11:23this and maybe two more
00:11:25three hour Smackdowns to go
00:11:26until we get
00:11:26six months of two hours again.
00:11:28Yeah.
00:11:29So that'll be a relief.
00:11:30Not the worst thing.
00:11:30But yeah,
00:11:31they've advertised several things.
00:11:33There's also a lot to talk about
00:11:34in terms of fallout
00:11:35from last week's show.
00:11:36But the big thing is,
00:11:37of course,
00:11:38tonight
00:11:38we find out
00:11:39Gunther's
00:11:40title match
00:11:42stipulation.
00:11:43Cody Rhodes
00:11:44WWE Championship
00:11:45Kansas,
00:11:46I think it is next week.
00:11:47Yes.
00:11:47That's what you said,
00:11:48Jay.
00:11:50I've written down
00:11:51because I was looking at
00:11:52I wonder what people think
00:11:53it could be here
00:11:54and I've got at least
00:11:56six suggestions
00:11:58that I could see them
00:11:59going with.
00:12:00Okay.
00:12:01But have you got anything
00:12:02that when he said
00:12:03I get to choose
00:12:04the stipulation
00:12:05that immediately
00:12:06you thought
00:12:07it's going to be that?
00:12:08A couple of things
00:12:08crossed my mind.
00:12:09I wondered
00:12:10if it was going to be
00:12:11that Gunther selects
00:12:12the referee.
00:12:13Oh, okay.
00:12:14Which again
00:12:15is that stupid
00:12:15wrestling thing
00:12:16where it's like
00:12:16you know who would
00:12:16do a better job
00:12:17than a referee
00:12:18is a wrestler.
00:12:19However,
00:12:21he,
00:12:21like the fact that
00:12:22Gunther was
00:12:22cheated out by a
00:12:24professional,
00:12:24sort of legitimises it
00:12:26and I thought he would
00:12:27choose Sami Zayn
00:12:28because Sami Zayn
00:12:29is now
00:12:31simultaneously saved
00:12:31and not saved
00:12:33Cody.
00:12:33So Gunther could be like
00:12:34I'll make a choice,
00:12:35Sami.
00:12:35Whatever you
00:12:37think.
00:12:37Yeah.
00:12:38If you think so great
00:12:39beating me,
00:12:40why don't you just
00:12:40make it so that
00:12:41I win the title?
00:12:42Eh, Sami?
00:12:43And then surely
00:12:43that'll get you close
00:12:44to the world title,
00:12:44wouldn't it?
00:12:45Like really like
00:12:46You find it dead easy
00:12:46beating me.
00:12:47Yeah.
00:12:47Plays mind games
00:12:48with Sami Zayn.
00:12:49Sami Zayn's left
00:12:50That's really good.
00:12:51Do I take the,
00:12:52do I take the job
00:12:52on or not?
00:12:54And that's one of the
00:12:55reasons why it's been
00:12:55dragged out a week
00:12:56and sold through
00:12:57because like I'm
00:12:58interested to hear
00:12:59what this list is
00:12:59but they are playing
00:13:01a,
00:13:01WWE is playing
00:13:02a slightly dangerous
00:13:03game here with
00:13:04promoting this as a
00:13:05thing to then say
00:13:07like last man standing.
00:13:08Yeah.
00:13:09Which they could,
00:13:09you know,
00:13:10it's fed,
00:13:10but I just think
00:13:12when you've put it
00:13:13on a bit of a pedestal
00:13:15got to have something
00:13:16then that itself
00:13:16becomes the talking
00:13:17point,
00:13:17you know?
00:13:18Like,
00:13:19you know,
00:13:19they could open the
00:13:20show with it,
00:13:20it could be just a
00:13:21thing and then
00:13:22obviously the show
00:13:23goes on.
00:13:23I did wonder as well
00:13:24if,
00:13:25because Cody had said
00:13:26as he kind of
00:13:27pointed out last week,
00:13:28you know,
00:13:28sometimes
00:13:30you're the sausage
00:13:32maker,
00:13:32sometimes you're
00:13:34the sausage up your
00:13:35ace.
00:13:35That's the old phrase.
00:13:38And I was the
00:13:39sausage and you're
00:13:40the one with the
00:13:40sausage up your
00:13:41ace.
00:13:41And he's kind of,
00:13:42he said,
00:13:43well,
00:13:44that was what he
00:13:44said.
00:13:44He said,
00:13:46Gunter,
00:13:46I've got your
00:13:46number.
00:13:48Sometimes,
00:13:48Gunter,
00:13:48I've got your
00:13:49sausage.
00:13:49Gunter,
00:13:50I've got your
00:13:50sausage.
00:13:51Everybody's been
00:13:51saying it.
00:13:52It's not just me
00:13:52saying it.
00:13:52Sausage Illustrated's
00:13:53been saying it.
00:13:54Sausage Report says,
00:13:55I've got your
00:13:56sausage.
00:13:56And he says,
00:13:57right,
00:13:57I'm not going to
00:13:58keep playing hide the
00:13:58sausage with you.
00:14:01if I beat you
00:14:02again,
00:14:04you can't fight me
00:14:05for the title.
00:14:06Triple H has
00:14:06enjoyed that one
00:14:07as well.
00:14:07Yeah.
00:14:08So,
00:14:08Gunter is told,
00:14:09on no uncertain
00:14:10terms,
00:14:11that unless Cody
00:14:12Rhodes goes on to
00:14:12lose a W.
00:14:13So,
00:14:13Gunter lays out his
00:14:14stip and Cody
00:14:15says,
00:14:15all right,
00:14:16yeah,
00:14:16I'll sign.
00:14:17But,
00:14:17and he makes this
00:14:18deal,
00:14:18he says,
00:14:19but after last
00:14:20week and after
00:14:20everything.
00:14:21When I've battered
00:14:21your sausage.
00:14:22When I've
00:14:22battered your
00:14:23sausage,
00:14:24like,
00:14:26consider your
00:14:28wiener cooked
00:14:29and.
00:14:30Probably because
00:14:30Friday is chippy
00:14:31tea night,
00:14:31obviously.
00:14:32I couldn't
00:14:33order a chippy
00:14:33tea now and
00:14:34it's only
00:14:34Thursday.
00:14:34Oh,
00:14:35no,
00:14:35it's fine,
00:14:35it's fine,
00:14:35it's fine,
00:14:36it's fine,
00:14:36it's fine.
00:14:38My son is
00:14:39having one of
00:14:39his mates
00:14:39over,
00:14:41so my wife
00:14:42is making
00:14:42them and my
00:14:43other son
00:14:43like burgers.
00:14:45Oh,
00:14:45we're having
00:14:45burgers tonight.
00:14:46And then she's
00:14:46going to leave
00:14:47some for when
00:14:48I get in from
00:14:49work and then
00:14:49we're all
00:14:49going to have
00:14:50them together.
00:14:51Leave some
00:14:51like you're
00:14:52the dog.
00:14:52We're in
00:14:53the dog's
00:14:53bowl.
00:14:55Honestly,
00:14:56man,
00:14:56the way I
00:14:57go on with
00:14:58food,
00:14:58she probably
00:14:58thinks that
00:14:59sometimes.
00:14:59That would
00:14:59be really
00:15:00funny if I
00:15:00went to your
00:15:00house and
00:15:01discovered you
00:15:01had a bowl
00:15:02that you eat
00:15:02from rather
00:15:03than a plate.
00:15:04A bowl on
00:15:05a tray.
00:15:06They mainly
00:15:06just scrape
00:15:07their leftovers
00:15:07into Daddy's
00:15:09bowl.
00:15:09Just saves
00:15:10washing cutlery
00:15:10doesn't it?
00:15:10Face straight
00:15:11in.
00:15:13So yeah,
00:15:14burgers tonight,
00:15:15maybe a chippy
00:15:15tea on Friday
00:15:16though,
00:15:16yeah,
00:15:16possibly.
00:15:18So,
00:15:19Sausage
00:15:20Gate,
00:15:21you have
00:15:22Cody say,
00:15:23look,
00:15:23if I beat
00:15:23you,
00:15:24that's it,
00:15:24that's it,
00:15:25that's it.
00:15:25And then
00:15:25Gunther is
00:15:26left in
00:15:26this situation
00:15:27of,
00:15:27right,
00:15:28I've lost,
00:15:30I need to
00:15:30screw Cody
00:15:31out of the title
00:15:32using Sammy
00:15:33so I can beat
00:15:33Sammy.
00:15:34You know what
00:15:34I mean?
00:15:34Like,
00:15:34keep them all
00:15:35together.
00:15:35Because,
00:15:36I like the
00:15:37addition,
00:15:37I like this.
00:15:38Well,
00:15:39because this is
00:15:40the thing,
00:15:40right,
00:15:40whatever the
00:15:40stipulation is,
00:15:41it does feel
00:15:42like they're
00:15:43going to a
00:15:43three-way at
00:15:44Night of
00:15:45Champions,
00:15:47but you can
00:15:48have either
00:15:48man as
00:15:49champion,
00:15:49can't you?
00:15:50Yeah,
00:15:50that's a good
00:15:50point.
00:15:51Gunther or
00:15:51Cody in as
00:15:52champion.
00:15:52I do like
00:15:53the idea of,
00:15:53have we had
00:15:54a,
00:15:55we've not
00:15:56have we actually,
00:15:56so Cody won
00:15:57the title back
00:15:58off John Cena
00:15:58at SummerSlam
00:15:59last year,
00:15:59and the prior
00:16:00year he'd had
00:16:01it for the
00:16:01whole year.
00:16:02We've not
00:16:02really had a
00:16:05this time of
00:16:05year without
00:16:06Cody as
00:16:06champion,
00:16:07have we?
00:16:07No.
00:16:07Like,
00:16:08I know he was
00:16:09fighting to get
00:16:09it back off
00:16:09John Cena,
00:16:10but that felt
00:16:10inevitable as
00:16:11well,
00:16:11didn't it?
00:16:12Like,
00:16:12you had the
00:16:13Drew stuff,
00:16:13obviously.
00:16:14Like,
00:16:15that was later
00:16:16on,
00:16:16wasn't it?
00:16:16It's a different
00:16:16time of year
00:16:17for Cody,
00:16:17he'd be dropping
00:16:18the belt,
00:16:18somewhat surprising.
00:16:19It would throw
00:16:19things up in
00:16:20the air going
00:16:20into SummerSlam
00:16:21a bit,
00:16:21which I'm not
00:16:22against.
00:16:22Yeah,
00:16:23those are my
00:16:24shouts anyway.
00:16:25Yeah,
00:16:26I saw,
00:16:27I thought,
00:16:27I wonder what
00:16:28the general
00:16:28public is saying
00:16:29about this.
00:16:30The first one
00:16:31I saw,
00:16:31which makes
00:16:31sense,
00:16:32considering what
00:16:33happened in
00:16:33Gunther's
00:16:34protestations,
00:16:35is falls count
00:16:36anywhere.
00:16:36Yeah,
00:16:37could see that.
00:16:39Also,
00:16:41submission makes
00:16:42sense,
00:16:43because Gunther
00:16:44would be like,
00:16:45I don't know
00:16:45why he suddenly
00:16:47has the edge
00:16:47to do this,
00:16:48and Cody's like,
00:16:48yeah,
00:16:48fair enough,
00:16:49you get a
00:16:49massive advantage.
00:16:51Yeah,
00:16:51yeah.
00:16:51Steel cage,
00:16:52always do a
00:16:53steel cage.
00:16:54Yeah,
00:16:54cages,
00:16:55people like
00:16:55cages,
00:16:56a bit house
00:16:56showy.
00:16:57And,
00:16:59AW have
00:16:59literally just
00:17:00announced a
00:17:00big steel cage
00:17:01match,
00:17:01so they might
00:17:02want to be
00:17:02like,
00:17:02ha,
00:17:02we'll just
00:17:03blow that
00:17:04out of the
00:17:04water.
00:17:04They like
00:17:04that too,
00:17:05yeah.
00:17:05Two of our
00:17:05best.
00:17:06No holds
00:17:07barred,
00:17:09last man
00:17:09standing.
00:17:11Could be
00:17:11one of them.
00:17:12My favourite
00:17:12one I saw
00:17:12suggested,
00:17:13though,
00:17:13was just
00:17:13Iron Man,
00:17:14out of
00:17:14nowhere.
00:17:15I love
00:17:16it.
00:17:16You've got
00:17:17an hour,
00:17:17you might
00:17:17as well.
00:17:18I love
00:17:18it.
00:17:19That would
00:17:19be the
00:17:19last three
00:17:20hours
00:17:20Smackdown.
00:17:21It would
00:17:21be the
00:17:23last live
00:17:24three hours
00:17:24Smackdown.
00:17:26They're taping
00:17:26that one in
00:17:27London.
00:17:27that's why
00:17:27it's got to
00:17:28be in
00:17:28Kansas,
00:17:28isn't it?
00:17:29Oh,
00:17:29I like
00:17:29that.
00:17:30I do
00:17:31like that,
00:17:31an Iron
00:17:32Man match.
00:17:33Cody might
00:17:33fancy that,
00:17:34Triple H has
00:17:34had a couple,
00:17:35he likes
00:17:35Triple H,
00:17:36Gunther can
00:17:37and has.
00:17:39You want to
00:17:40get your
00:17:41eyes on,
00:17:41I mean,
00:17:42really like
00:17:43that Iron
00:17:43Man match.
00:17:44And I
00:17:45think they
00:17:45could do
00:17:45something pretty
00:17:46special as
00:17:46well.
00:17:47I thought
00:17:47of another
00:17:48one.
00:17:48You need
00:17:49something that's
00:17:49going to
00:17:49guarantee you,
00:17:50absolutely cast
00:17:51Iron guarantee
00:17:52you,
00:17:53no rope
00:17:53break nonsense,
00:17:54like not just
00:17:55with the Gunther
00:17:55match,
00:17:55but with
00:17:56WWE in
00:17:57general lately.
00:17:59NXT
00:17:59Underground.
00:18:00Yes!
00:18:01I was thinking
00:18:02that too.
00:18:03Get the ropes
00:18:03off,
00:18:04force Cody
00:18:05into giving
00:18:05it all that.
00:18:06Sammy Zanes
00:18:06on the ring
00:18:07apron.
00:18:08BT Sports
00:18:09Studio match,
00:18:10and Cody has
00:18:11to go to
00:18:11Elia Dragunov
00:18:12to ask how
00:18:12that feels.
00:18:13Gunther's
00:18:14slapping you
00:18:14around in
00:18:15total silence.
00:18:19Ironman I
00:18:20like.
00:18:21Ironman I
00:18:22like a lot
00:18:22actually.
00:18:23Like,
00:18:24either way,
00:18:25you know,
00:18:26there's so
00:18:26many finishes.
00:18:27You know,
00:18:28I was just
00:18:29watching for an
00:18:30article I'm
00:18:31writing at the
00:18:31moment about
00:18:31the Derb
00:18:32Man.
00:18:32I was
00:18:33watching his
00:18:33return in
00:18:34what I think
00:18:34is the best
00:18:35fed Ironman
00:18:35match ever,
00:18:36the Rock
00:18:37and Triple
00:18:37H at
00:18:38Judgment
00:18:38Day in
00:18:392000.
00:18:39And that
00:18:41in 6-5
00:18:42with the
00:18:42DQ.
00:18:43Because you
00:18:43can.
00:18:44You know,
00:18:45like Undertaker's
00:18:46got Triple H and
00:18:46Chokeslam and
00:18:47Sean has to
00:18:47call it in the
00:18:486-5 to Triple
00:18:48H.
00:18:50You know,
00:18:50Brett Sean
00:18:52should never be
00:18:53spoken of again.
00:18:54You've got like
00:18:56the half an hour
00:18:57ones where there's
00:18:58a few like sprint
00:18:58pinfalls.
00:18:59We've gone through
00:18:59ones where there's
00:19:00like claim a DQ
00:19:02to take two falls,
00:19:03all that kind of
00:19:03remember that with
00:19:04Sina Orton.
00:19:05Yeah, like
00:19:05there's lots of
00:19:06fun ways to
00:19:07rack up the
00:19:08falls to make
00:19:09it entertaining,
00:19:09to make the
00:19:10hour absolutely
00:19:11fly by.
00:19:12It's, oh man,
00:19:13I hate when I
00:19:13can't just draw
00:19:14this straight to
00:19:14the front of
00:19:15my brain.
00:19:15But when was
00:19:16the last one?
00:19:17Like, that feels
00:19:18a long time ago
00:19:19now.
00:19:20Yeah.
00:19:20Have we had
00:19:21one in the
00:19:22Triple H era?
00:19:23The last
00:19:24Ironman match?
00:19:25Golly.
00:19:27This is a
00:19:27great question.
00:19:29Sina Orton
00:19:30was 2009.
00:19:35Yeah, that
00:19:36sounds right.
00:19:37And I can't, I
00:19:38hate that, I
00:19:39can't think of,
00:19:40and we've had
00:19:40long matches,
00:19:4230s, 40s,
00:19:43that's become
00:19:43more the norm.
00:19:44And we had
00:19:45MJF and
00:19:46Bryan in
00:19:47AEW.
00:19:48Yeah, that was
00:19:492023.
00:19:50But WWE, I
00:19:52am really
00:19:53struggling to
00:19:54remember an
00:19:54Ironman match.
00:19:55And the thing
00:19:56is, this is the
00:19:56period of time
00:19:56we've been
00:19:57covering.
00:19:58So,
00:20:01oh boy.
00:20:04So, I've got
00:20:0511 matches
00:20:06here.
00:20:0711 WWE.
00:20:08Are they all
00:20:09pay-per-view or
00:20:10are they house
00:20:10show ones?
00:20:11Ironman matches.
00:20:12Because I can
00:20:13try and get a
00:20:14cut.
00:20:14I'll see how
00:20:14many I can
00:20:14get.
00:20:15If the bottom
00:20:16one is Sean
00:20:16and Brett,
00:20:17then that's
00:20:18basically saying
00:20:19televised and
00:20:19pay-per-view ones
00:20:20only.
00:20:21But they might
00:20:21have...
00:20:21Brett Hart and
00:20:23Rick Flair did
00:20:23some, what did
00:20:24they call them
00:20:25something else?
00:20:25They didn't
00:20:25call them Ironman
00:20:26match.
00:20:26Marathon matches.
00:20:27They called
00:20:28them, did they
00:20:28have like two?
00:20:29He's only got
00:20:30one listed here.
00:20:32Brett and
00:20:32Owen had one,
00:20:33I think.
00:20:33Again, a house
00:20:33show maybe.
00:20:34That might not.
00:20:34Yeah, he must
00:20:35just be televised
00:20:36then.
00:20:36Okay.
00:20:37Brett and Rick
00:20:38was never
00:20:38televised, so
00:20:38your information
00:20:39is incorrect.
00:20:40Yeah, okay.
00:20:41It's all right.
00:20:41Brett and Sean,
00:20:42WrestleMania 12.
00:20:43Correct.
00:20:44Triple H and
00:20:44The Rock,
00:20:45Judgment Day
00:20:452000.
00:20:46Absolutely.
00:20:48Kurt Angle and
00:20:49Brock Lesnar
00:20:49Smackdown.
00:20:50The second
00:20:51highest rated
00:20:53of all of them
00:20:54on here.
00:20:54I like it a lot.
00:20:55I think it's a bit
00:20:55overrated, but I
00:20:56like it a lot.
00:20:57Triple H races
00:20:57Chris Benoit
00:20:592004 on Raw.
00:21:02Then,
00:21:03hmm.
00:21:06So, are these all
00:21:0760 minute ones
00:21:07or do 30 minute
00:21:08ones count?
00:21:09Because there was
00:21:09a Benoit Angle
00:21:1030 minute ultimate
00:21:11submission match.
00:21:12That's, yeah,
00:21:12it must just be
00:21:1360 minutes then.
00:21:1460 minutes.
00:21:14So then you've
00:21:15got Cena and
00:21:16Orton in 2009.
00:21:17There's one in
00:21:18between that from
00:21:192005, although,
00:21:20yeah, it was
00:21:21televised.
00:21:23Ah, this was
00:21:2430 minutes.
00:21:25Sorry, I just
00:21:26click on it to get
00:21:26the details.
00:21:2730 minute Ironman
00:21:28match in 2005.
00:21:29No more contendership
00:21:2930 minute Ironman
00:21:31match.
00:21:32Raw, Smackdown
00:21:32or pay-per-view?
00:21:34Raw, American
00:21:35Airlines winner in
00:21:36Dallas.
00:21:36Oh my God.
00:21:3830 minute 2005.
00:21:41Depends what
00:21:42time of year it
00:21:42was, I guess.
00:21:433-10-2005,
00:21:46it says here.
00:21:46March 2005.
00:21:49So that would
00:21:49have been just
00:21:52before WrestleMania.
00:21:54This is a weird
00:21:55show.
00:21:57I never know
00:21:58with the American
00:21:59date thing if
00:21:59that's, yeah,
00:22:00the 10th of March
00:22:00or the 3rd of
00:22:01October.
00:22:02The 3rd of
00:22:02October.
00:22:03Sean and Kurt
00:22:05in 2005, yeah.
00:22:07Also on that
00:22:08show, World
00:22:09Heavyweight
00:22:09title on the
00:22:09line, John
00:22:10Cena versus
00:22:10Eric Bischoff.
00:22:11Yeah, it was
00:22:11WWE Homecoming.
00:22:12It was their
00:22:12return to the
00:22:13USA Network.
00:22:14It was the
00:22:143rd of October.
00:22:15It wasn't the
00:22:17first three-hour
00:22:17Raw in terms of
00:22:18three hours for
00:22:19everybody.
00:22:19It was a three-hour
00:22:19special edition of
00:22:20Raw.
00:22:21It was the one
00:22:21where Steve
00:22:21Austin stunned
00:22:22every member of
00:22:23the McMahons,
00:22:23including Linda.
00:22:26And Jim Ross
00:22:26laughed so much
00:22:27about it that
00:22:27they fired him
00:22:28the following
00:22:28week.
00:22:29Thanks, guys.
00:22:30Yeah.
00:22:30Hulk Hogan came
00:22:31back and he was
00:22:31like, you never
00:22:32know if I could
00:22:32be having another
00:22:32match.
00:22:33Ooh, yeah.
00:22:35What?
00:22:36He just went
00:22:37in a business
00:22:37himself, just
00:22:38name-checking
00:22:38Randy Savage.
00:22:39Yeah, so
00:22:40Cena Orton was
00:22:41next, 2009,
00:22:42and a big gap.
00:22:43Big old gap
00:22:45ski.
00:22:46Why have I
00:22:46got, so if
00:22:48they're counting
00:22:4830 minutes,
00:22:49then that must
00:22:51mean we go to
00:22:52Sasha and
00:22:54Charlotte at
00:22:54Roadblock end
00:22:55of the line in
00:22:572016.
00:23:00There's a 30
00:23:01minute you've
00:23:02missed.
00:23:02What year?
00:23:042015.
00:23:08I hope
00:23:09somebody's
00:23:09screaming the
00:23:10answer at me
00:23:10right now and
00:23:11I'm trying to
00:23:11take it through
00:23:12the waves.
00:23:14Oh, if
00:23:14NXT's counting,
00:23:15it's one of the
00:23:15best in the
00:23:15whole list.
00:23:17It's Bayley
00:23:18versus Sasha.
00:23:18Best rated one
00:23:19on stage match.
00:23:20It's not as good
00:23:21as a Brooklyn
00:23:21match.
00:23:22That's available
00:23:22on best match
00:23:23ever, but it
00:23:23runs it really,
00:23:24really close.
00:23:25Then Charlotte
00:23:25and Sasha.
00:23:25Then you get
00:23:25Charlotte and Sasha.
00:23:26One more to
00:23:27get.
00:23:28There was another
00:23:28one I'll just
00:23:29tell you because
00:23:29I don't think
00:23:30you'll get it.
00:23:30From NXT UK,
00:23:31it was A-Kid
00:23:33versus Jordan
00:23:33Devlin.
00:23:34I'd love to
00:23:35see them on
00:23:35WWE television.
00:23:36Yeah.
00:23:37Yeah.
00:23:38I don't know
00:23:38what they're up
00:23:38to, both of
00:23:39them.
00:23:39But one from
00:23:41a WWE
00:23:42PL pay-per-view
00:23:442018.
00:23:46Seth Rollins
00:23:47versus Dolph
00:23:47Ziggler.
00:23:48Yes.
00:23:48One of the
00:23:48worst rated
00:23:49ones.
00:23:49Yes.
00:23:50Okay.
00:23:52So the
00:23:53long way around
00:23:54there, the
00:23:55last 60
00:23:55minutes was
00:23:56Cena
00:23:56Orton,
00:23:56wasn't it?
00:23:57Mm-hmm.
00:23:58That's
00:23:58something.
00:23:59That is
00:24:002009.
00:24:01Was I
00:24:02right there?
00:24:02Yeah.
00:24:02That is
00:24:0318, no,
00:24:0517 years?
00:24:07Yeah.
00:24:07Christ,
00:24:0817 years.
00:24:10So there
00:24:10was only
00:24:13four years
00:24:13between
00:24:14Bret and
00:24:14Shawn and
00:24:15Triple H
00:24:15and The
00:24:16Rock and
00:24:16it felt
00:24:16like 100.
00:24:19Can you
00:24:20think of
00:24:20anything in
00:24:20wrestling where
00:24:21somebody waits
00:24:2117 years to
00:24:22do something
00:24:22again?
00:24:23You can't
00:24:23wait like 17
00:24:23weeks most
00:24:24of the time.
00:24:26And also,
00:24:27some of these
00:24:28it's just like
00:24:29give Dolph and
00:24:30Seth an
00:24:32Iron Man
00:24:32match.
00:24:32Yeah.
00:24:33Really?
00:24:33And a 30
00:24:34minute one.
00:24:34Give Cody
00:24:35and Gunther
00:24:35one.
00:24:36You might as
00:24:36well just
00:24:36pack it up.
00:24:37You don't need
00:24:38to do anything
00:24:38else on that
00:24:39show.
00:24:39Do you
00:24:39remember the
00:24:40Seth and
00:24:40Dolph one?
00:24:41Yeah.
00:24:41Shrouded in
00:24:42controversy because
00:24:42the fans hated
00:24:43it.
00:24:44Told the
00:24:45wrestlers as
00:24:45much and the
00:24:46wrestlers were
00:24:46fuming with
00:24:47the fans.
00:24:47They were
00:24:48dicking about
00:24:48when they
00:24:48were like
00:24:49kind of like
00:24:49post-WrestleMania
00:24:50crowd-y wasn't
00:24:51it?
00:24:51They were kind
00:24:51of chanting
00:24:52for like the
00:24:53scoreboard and
00:24:54stuff.
00:24:54Yeah.
00:24:54Remember they
00:24:55were like
00:24:55counting the
00:24:55seconds out
00:24:56like it was
00:24:56a Royal
00:24:56Rumble.
00:24:57Three,
00:24:58two,
00:24:59one.
00:25:00The wrestlers
00:25:00just like
00:25:01doing arm
00:25:01lock exchanges.
00:25:02Go on,
00:25:02mate.
00:25:03Do something
00:25:04then.
00:25:06Better than
00:25:07the zigzag
00:25:07please.
00:25:08Yeah.
00:25:09But I like
00:25:09that as a
00:25:10pitch.
00:25:10But I sense
00:25:11you might be
00:25:11I would also
00:25:12be fine with
00:25:13I've got my
00:25:14own special
00:25:15referee.
00:25:20That's what I'm
00:25:21thinking.
00:25:21Ref or die.
00:25:23Is that a
00:25:24ride or a
00:25:24ride?
00:25:25Well we
00:25:26also have
00:25:26big King
00:25:27and Queen
00:25:28of the Ring
00:25:28matches
00:25:29tonight.
00:25:31One
00:25:31particularly
00:25:32hyped up
00:25:32because it
00:25:33is Finn
00:25:34Balor's
00:25:34Smackdown
00:25:35debut.
00:25:37He is in
00:25:38action.
00:25:38Winner of
00:25:39this faces.
00:25:39I couldn't
00:25:40remember his
00:25:40name.
00:25:40I couldn't
00:25:41remember who
00:25:41it was the
00:25:41other day.
00:25:41I was like
00:25:42okay I
00:25:42remember
00:25:42Oberfemi and
00:25:44Dom that
00:25:44goes down
00:25:44on Monday
00:25:45of course.
00:25:46Who on
00:25:47earth is
00:25:47Javon
00:25:48obviously.
00:25:49So to
00:25:49face
00:25:49Javon it
00:25:50is Finn
00:25:50Balor
00:25:51versus
00:25:51Royce
00:25:52Keyes
00:25:52versus
00:25:53Jey Uso
00:25:55Geek
00:25:55versus
00:25:56L.A.
00:25:57Knight.
00:25:59Did a good
00:25:59job of hyping
00:26:00up there
00:26:00half of it
00:26:01in a way
00:26:02on Raw.
00:26:05Bam.
00:26:07What a
00:26:08shot.
00:26:08Bang.
00:26:10A lot of
00:26:11love for
00:26:11Raw from
00:26:11Sige this
00:26:12week.
00:26:12That's a
00:26:12good show.
00:26:13I thought
00:26:13Raw was
00:26:13really good
00:26:14this week.
00:26:15Not many
00:26:16people getting
00:26:17my Oberfemi
00:26:18joke though
00:26:18on Xer.
00:26:21What was
00:26:21your Oberfemi
00:26:22joke?
00:26:22I shared
00:26:23the
00:26:24you know
00:26:25deafening
00:26:25reaction in
00:26:26Paris to
00:26:28Oberfemi
00:26:28and his
00:26:29entrance.
00:26:29Incredible.
00:26:30Like
00:26:30incredible
00:26:31response.
00:26:32So I
00:26:32tweeted the
00:26:33video of
00:26:33that with
00:26:34losing to
00:26:34Brock Lesnar
00:26:35really destroyed
00:26:35this guy's
00:26:36aura.
00:26:38Messaged me
00:26:39that on
00:26:39what?
00:26:40I felt
00:26:41like I feel
00:26:41used now
00:26:42like I was
00:26:42a test
00:26:43subject.
00:26:44I think
00:26:44you were
00:26:44after them.
00:26:45Okay.
00:26:45That's
00:26:45right.
00:26:46Yeah.
00:26:46You still
00:26:46want to
00:26:47get one
00:26:47on me
00:26:47didn't
00:26:47you?
00:26:48Yeah.
00:26:48So you
00:26:48have to
00:26:48stop your
00:26:49morning.
00:26:50Sit back
00:26:50and enjoy
00:26:51it and let
00:26:51it play
00:26:51out.
00:26:53I guess
00:26:53you need
00:26:53to learn
00:26:53a thing
00:26:54or two
00:26:54from me
00:26:54Adam
00:26:54Wilborn.
00:26:55Just you
00:26:56know I
00:26:56kind of
00:26:56know Paris
00:26:57Parisian
00:26:57crowds.
00:26:58You got
00:26:58more
00:26:59inside
00:26:59track.
00:26:59Well
00:27:00I know
00:27:00more
00:27:01Providence
00:27:01crowds and
00:27:02they aren't
00:27:02going to
00:27:02give a toss
00:27:03about three
00:27:03quarters of
00:27:03this.
00:27:04So it's
00:27:04going to
00:27:05be loads
00:27:05quieter than
00:27:05your fancy
00:27:06pants Italian
00:27:07and French
00:27:07shows because
00:27:08I've been
00:27:08into this
00:27:09one and let
00:27:09me tell you
00:27:10they're into
00:27:10the high
00:27:11arch and
00:27:12Smackdown's
00:27:13not on a
00:27:13level.
00:27:14So we all
00:27:14know.
00:27:14Finn Balor
00:27:15comes out
00:27:15not as the
00:27:15demon but as
00:27:16a painting.
00:27:17Well I
00:27:18was going to
00:27:18say paint
00:27:18some art
00:27:19demon.
00:27:20Art blue
00:27:20demon.
00:27:21Yes.
00:27:21Right.
00:27:21Blue man
00:27:22group.
00:27:23Blue man
00:27:23group Finn
00:27:24Balor.
00:27:24Finn Balor
00:27:26in blue
00:27:27trunks
00:27:27looked class
00:27:28way back
00:27:29when.
00:27:29Yeah.
00:27:30Remember he
00:27:30would like
00:27:30colour it up
00:27:31a bit
00:27:31sometimes.
00:27:32I took
00:27:33him in
00:27:33that
00:27:33tonight.
00:27:35He's not
00:27:36winning but
00:27:36I don't think
00:27:37he's losing
00:27:37either.
00:27:38Royce
00:27:38Keyes is
00:27:39probably losing
00:27:39here.
00:27:39I think
00:27:40that because
00:27:42it'd be
00:27:43you could do
00:27:44it but I
00:27:44think it
00:27:45would be
00:27:45daft to
00:27:45have
00:27:45LA night
00:27:46basically
00:27:46just
00:27:49prophesies
00:27:49his own
00:27:50demise on
00:27:50Raw by
00:27:51saying your
00:27:52family are
00:27:53going to
00:27:53come out
00:27:53and he's
00:27:53almost making
00:27:54a mockery
00:27:54of it.
00:27:55The more
00:27:55run-ins that
00:27:55happen the
00:27:56more right
00:27:57I'm going
00:27:57to be.
00:27:57And what's
00:27:58more important
00:27:58than winning
00:27:58Jay is being
00:27:59right.
00:28:00I don't think
00:28:01he's going to
00:28:01lose but I
00:28:02do think he's
00:28:03correctly
00:28:03foreshadowed
00:28:04that there's
00:28:04going to be
00:28:04loads of
00:28:05interference.
00:28:05You've got
00:28:06Jimmy and
00:28:06Jacob that
00:28:07could potentially
00:28:08run an
00:28:08interference for
00:28:09Jay although
00:28:09Jacob might
00:28:10not because
00:28:11he doesn't
00:28:11really want
00:28:11to but
00:28:12Jimmy will.
00:28:13Jacob will
00:28:14only come
00:28:14out when
00:28:15he realises
00:28:15Jimmy could
00:28:16be in
00:28:16bother because
00:28:17he might be
00:28:18falling afoul of
00:28:18the MF3s.
00:28:20They're going
00:28:20to be ringside
00:28:21for it as
00:28:21well but
00:28:22Royce Keys
00:28:23gets caught
00:28:23in the crossfire
00:28:24and I think
00:28:24Royce Keys
00:28:24gets taken
00:28:25out.
00:28:27Is this the
00:28:27catalyst for
00:28:28Royce Keys
00:28:28joining the
00:28:29MFTs?
00:28:29I think so.
00:28:30Yeah I think
00:28:30that's probably
00:28:31where it's
00:28:31kind of
00:28:32nonsensical if
00:28:33you think
00:28:33about it for
00:28:33more than
00:28:33six seconds
00:28:34but I think
00:28:36that's where
00:28:36this is going
00:28:36to go.
00:28:37I think
00:28:38Royce Keys
00:28:38is going to
00:28:39take an
00:28:39errant shot to
00:28:40the head or
00:28:40something like
00:28:41that and
00:28:42just J Uso
00:28:43like opportunity
00:28:44so splash
00:28:45you know
00:28:45like well
00:28:46there you go
00:28:47LA Knight wins
00:28:48this by the way
00:28:48you reckon
00:28:49for LA Knight
00:28:50I'm looking at
00:28:51I'm looking at
00:28:52the I don't
00:28:53know who wins
00:28:53this like I've
00:28:54seen people pitch
00:28:56this is just
00:28:56long-term King
00:28:57of the Ring
00:28:57booking by the
00:28:58way I've seen
00:28:58people pitch
00:28:59just have over
00:29:00for me when
00:29:00King of the
00:29:00Ring and do
00:29:01double duty
00:29:02so like
00:29:05night one he
00:29:05fights for the
00:29:06title gets
00:29:06screwed by
00:29:07Brock and
00:29:08night two's
00:29:09main event
00:29:09it's him
00:29:09versus Brock
00:29:10I don't know
00:29:12about that
00:29:13one
00:29:13it's a lot
00:29:14I also do
00:29:15think it'd be
00:29:16really funny
00:29:16especially because
00:29:19nothing really
00:29:20matters guys
00:29:20chill out
00:29:21but if Dominic
00:29:22Messero pins
00:29:23over Femi
00:29:24he'll never
00:29:25shut up about
00:29:25it ever
00:29:25ever ever
00:29:26ever
00:29:27so if
00:29:28Brock screws
00:29:28him and then
00:29:29you've got a
00:29:29long run up
00:29:30to like
00:29:31but I don't
00:29:32know
00:29:33but if it's
00:29:34not over
00:29:34winning King
00:29:35of the Ring
00:29:35who the hell
00:29:36is I love
00:29:37Javon Evans
00:29:38he ain't winning
00:29:39King of the Ring
00:29:41Jey Uso
00:29:44to go on and
00:29:45fight presumably
00:29:46Cody at
00:29:47SummerSlam
00:29:49you've burnt
00:29:50through Gunther
00:29:51here to get to
00:29:52that are you
00:29:52kidding me
00:29:55LA night
00:29:55versus Roman
00:29:56Reigns
00:29:57with the story
00:29:58being here
00:29:59Jey Uso
00:30:00so there might
00:30:01be interference
00:30:01I agree
00:30:03but the story
00:30:04being
00:30:06what if Royce
00:30:07Keyes and
00:30:07the MFTs
00:30:08cost J
00:30:09like Royce
00:30:11unintentionally
00:30:11but effectively
00:30:14drawing the
00:30:15battle lines
00:30:15of like
00:30:17well you've got
00:30:18to pick a side
00:30:20LA night
00:30:23winning the
00:30:23whole thing
00:30:25I don't
00:30:26think it
00:30:26was a coincidence
00:30:27that he was
00:30:28on Chris
00:30:29Van Vliet
00:30:29recently being
00:30:30like I haven't
00:30:31really done
00:30:31anything in two
00:30:32years to be
00:30:32honest a bit
00:30:32of a it's all
00:30:34gone a bit
00:30:34wrong for me
00:30:35I'm like right
00:30:36we're what two
00:30:37months away from
00:30:38SummerSlam how
00:30:39convenient would it
00:30:39be if suddenly he
00:30:40became the number
00:30:41one contender
00:30:42and you've got
00:30:42that also it's
00:30:44fun for the
00:30:45bloodline for if
00:30:46you don't have the
00:30:47interference or if
00:30:48it doesn't work
00:30:48or if you don't
00:30:49have it I should
00:30:50say Jey Uso
00:30:52turn around say
00:30:52I don't need your
00:30:52help I'll do it
00:30:53by myself don't
00:30:54don't get involved
00:30:54out there then he
00:30:55doesn't win and
00:30:56Roman's like Jey
00:30:57what the hell
00:30:58happened mate
00:30:59what are you he
00:31:00said I don't need
00:31:01the family are you
00:31:02better than the
00:31:02family are you yeah
00:31:03so I need the
00:31:03family's help but
00:31:04you don't is that
00:31:05what you're saying
00:31:05I like that I do
00:31:07like that detail I
00:31:09like LA night as
00:31:10well I still feel
00:31:11like he's a guy
00:31:11that he sees LA
00:31:12and Javon's a weird
00:31:13one yeah but but
00:31:15it'd just be you
00:31:16know the handshake at
00:31:16the beginning
00:31:17handshake at the
00:31:17end LA night has
00:31:18always got momentum
00:31:19it's dead weird there
00:31:21never feels like a
00:31:21time you
00:31:22you think he's
00:31:22oh well he's just
00:31:23been like middled
00:31:24or whatever came
00:31:25out on raw he
00:31:25dropped the friggin
00:31:26you see he dropped
00:31:26the microphone it
00:31:27was a bad throw
00:31:28from the kid wasn't
00:31:29it but like he's
00:31:30brave to have a
00:31:31second go at that
00:31:32but the second
00:31:32catch then when he
00:31:33spun it on his
00:31:33finger just but I'm
00:31:34all the way back
00:31:35like that kind of
00:31:35that whole moment
00:31:37there summed up LA
00:31:37night for me like
00:31:38just when you think
00:31:39that one slip or
00:31:40that one opportunity
00:31:41squandered or
00:31:42whatever and then
00:31:44seconds later he's
00:31:45all the way back
00:31:46and I could go I
00:31:47follow LA night at
00:31:47the end of the
00:31:48earth like I don't
00:31:49think so but I'd
00:31:50like I like it as a
00:31:51pitch and I would
00:31:51like to see it try
00:31:53this one on because
00:31:54I think I can I
00:31:56think I can sell
00:31:57you on this with a
00:31:59few little details
00:32:00right so I think
00:32:02the MF3s and the
00:32:04bloodline get into
00:32:05it a bit here and
00:32:07it results in J's
00:32:08opinion Royce
00:32:09keys and that is a
00:32:10trigger point for
00:32:11Royce keys to be
00:32:12like right I can't
00:32:13beat them I need to
00:32:14join them and now
00:32:15I've actually got a
00:32:16bit of a stick up my
00:32:16ass about the
00:32:17bloodline so if
00:32:18there's going to be
00:32:18this civil war then
00:32:20at least I'm on this
00:32:20side I picked a
00:32:21side right what if
00:32:24so Jay Uso wins and
00:32:25because he's yeet like
00:32:27he can be situational
00:32:28heel against Javon
00:32:28Evans right you've
00:32:29got that but look at
00:32:31the reaction you got
00:32:31in France like people
00:32:33are kind of like trying
00:32:33to yeet him back to
00:32:34life it's not out of
00:32:36anything they're yeeting
00:32:36him close to death the
00:32:37way he was talking in
00:32:38that promo but in
00:32:39theory in like big
00:32:40settings or like
00:32:41crowds that still want
00:32:42it they get to give
00:32:43Jay Uso this like
00:32:44remember the good old
00:32:45days Jay all that kind
00:32:45of stuff the good old
00:32:46days um thank you
00:32:49what if right a he
00:32:53wins the king of the
00:32:53ring to become the
00:32:55number one contender
00:32:56to follow the plan as
00:32:57Roman has laid out
00:32:58right so two starts
00:33:01wearing a crown and
00:33:02cape to boss Jacob
00:33:03Fatu around like I
00:33:05acknowledge you the
00:33:06OTC well acknowledge
00:33:07me King yeet yeah
00:33:09he's got a crown on
00:33:10right and all that
00:33:11King yeet's good
00:33:12isn't it
00:33:13yeah yeah right
00:33:14little royal glasses
00:33:15Roman's not exactly
00:33:16taken very kindly to
00:33:18previous king of the
00:33:18ring winners he has
00:33:19not like like one word
00:33:21four letters uh uh king
00:33:22right and then for night
00:33:25one at SummerSlam you've
00:33:27got Jay Uso going for
00:33:29the world title against
00:33:31Gunther he was by this
00:33:32point has defeated Cody
00:33:33Rose wow and if I may
00:33:37Wrestlemania this time he
00:33:38loses this time he loses
00:33:39King yeet falls short
00:33:40right uh King Gunther also
00:33:43assumes his crown after
00:33:44beating him yeah if you
00:33:45like I'll put my title on
00:33:46the line you put your
00:33:47crown on the line it's
00:33:48title for crown that's
00:33:49we always we always
00:33:50always call it that it's
00:33:51the summer that's the
00:33:51biggest part of the
00:33:51summer uh and like you've
00:33:54got like this sort of
00:33:54Roman race being like
00:33:56well this didn't work it
00:33:57did it you stupid idiot
00:33:59that's stupid crown off
00:34:01knocks over there like
00:34:02yeah I mean you had me at
00:34:05King yeet I know I did
00:34:06I know I did but just
00:34:08maybe he doesn't wear all
00:34:09the goofy king stuff but
00:34:10he wears something that
00:34:12like denotes him as a king
00:34:13and like Jacob because
00:34:15where I am trying for you
00:34:17really my friend to to
00:34:19think this bloodline thing
00:34:20might work is not through
00:34:23Jacob being trapped by
00:34:24Roman it's Jacob being
00:34:26sick to the back ass of
00:34:27Jay you saw that little
00:34:29bit where like you walked
00:34:30into shot like get him
00:34:32Jacob and he leaves I
00:34:34also like the fact someone
00:34:34pointed this out to us that
00:34:36in that scene where it's
00:34:37like Seth and Jimmy and
00:34:38Jay and obviously Jacob
00:34:41someone said clearly the
00:34:42plan was Jacob to be pacing
00:34:43back and forth until he
00:34:44has to do something he had
00:34:46no room so he's just sort
00:34:47of like you see him once
00:34:48don't you like I'll just
00:34:50close enough you've got I
00:34:51like his a he's got his new
00:34:52bloodline hair isn't he
00:34:53Jay you so assistant OTC
00:34:56assistant to the OTC I like
00:34:58that I do like that what if
00:35:01he just really really loves
00:35:02he just bloody loves his
00:35:05throne and like Roman lets
00:35:06him keep it for a bit and
00:35:08then when you really start
00:35:09into like twist the knife
00:35:10again and make Roman or
00:35:11just a horrible guy he's
00:35:12like off you get and he
00:35:14just like kicks King E
00:35:16out of his throne I'll be
00:35:17taking who's gonna carry
00:35:18the throne probably Jimmy
00:35:19and Jacob are going to
00:35:20carry that one they
00:35:22Jimmy aka the court jester
00:35:25of the the new bloodline
00:35:26poor bastard which does
00:35:28mean that he's still got
00:35:29to beat over Femi and I
00:35:31can't decide oh god yeah
00:35:33I didn't even think about
00:35:34that I can't decide if
00:35:36Dom versus Jay in the
00:35:38final
00:35:41King Dom
00:35:44wordplay so what we're
00:35:47saying is that everyone's
00:35:48a favorite this but what a
00:35:49great tournament or Finn
00:35:49could win that win this side
00:35:51of the bracket and face Dom in
00:35:52the final yeah I don't think
00:35:55so but but everyone not
00:35:56named Royce keys is gonna
00:35:58win sorry Royce sorry Royce
00:35:59I yeah joining the MFTs you
00:36:01get to hang out with solo
00:36:02because as he said I wrote
00:36:03this sentence down because I
00:36:04wanted to remember it solo
00:36:06tells Royce that they need
00:36:07to get ready for war and he
00:36:08needs to stop being so
00:36:09difficult or he'll make it
00:36:10difficult for him he'd been
00:36:13to edit his chair at the
00:36:15chair his head the other
00:36:15day yeah that's pretty
00:36:17difficult maybe that's why
00:36:19I thought I was saying
00:36:19those things because he's
00:36:20he's like had the sense
00:36:21knocked out on that chair
00:36:23yeah Finn Balor you can't
00:36:24rule out you know they
00:36:25sometimes it was a bit
00:36:27like Javon would be a load
00:36:28of fun yeah a bit like
00:36:28Javon winning on Royce
00:36:29Scanner's a bit of a shock
00:36:30Finn Balor's like I told you
00:36:32I was I meant business on
00:36:33Smackdown like you don't
00:36:35pin one of the other
00:36:35stars in it Jane LA and I
00:36:37sort of take each other out
00:36:38of it or whatever yeah Finn's
00:36:40not unlikely to be honest I
00:36:42think Finn Balor's got more
00:36:43of a chance than LA and I
00:36:44I'm so I'm pretty I feel
00:36:45confident that J will win but
00:36:47then underneath him I'm
00:36:48thinking Finn Balor for the
00:36:49the Finn Javon semi semi
00:36:51final yeah where again if
00:36:53Dominic beat over then you
00:36:55really have a possibility of
00:36:56the Finn and Dom final
00:36:57Javon being in the semi
00:36:58finals was just really shaking
00:37:00everything up yeah because
00:37:01you just would have assumed
00:37:02it had it been Seth pretty
00:37:03straightforward and it felt to
00:37:06me that there was a bit of a
00:37:08intentional misdirect going on
00:37:09on Raw because everybody was
00:37:11like loudly talking about how
00:37:13like they're going to win the
00:37:14King of the Ring and then
00:37:15they're going to go for the
00:37:15world title you know that it
00:37:17was Rome they were trying to
00:37:18make you think of like X
00:37:19versus Roman X of the world
00:37:21title and sometimes that's
00:37:22ideal isn't it because it's
00:37:23like you weren't considering
00:37:24Cody or you weren't
00:37:25considering Gunther or
00:37:26whatever literally every
00:37:28single person that's in the
00:37:29semi final so far has come
00:37:30from Raw that's they
00:37:32there you go yeah like
00:37:33that's where I sort of like
00:37:35but it's but with Jay Roman
00:37:37has told him you're going
00:37:41what happens your eyes just
00:37:43roll back there Jay so wins
00:37:46King they're in Kingy
00:37:46everyone knows that and
00:37:50they have a triple threat at
00:37:52night champions and Sammy
00:37:53finally wins his first world
00:37:54title and it's Jay versus
00:37:55Sammy like Roman's like go get
00:37:58a battle from now that's what
00:38:00yeah summer slam so it's
00:38:02nothing personal Sammy but
00:38:03you know we'll talk to you
00:38:04Jeremy we're going to need
00:38:05that as well my team
00:38:10great law to be fair there's a
00:38:12lot of stuff kicking around
00:38:13like I'm trying to trying to
00:38:17look at what I feel like a
00:38:18louse of late with with the
00:38:19Fed and there isn't this
00:38:20King of the Ring helping
00:38:21here's a match that feels
00:38:23slightly easier to call it's the
00:38:26women's Queen of the Ring
00:38:27quarter-final the winner of this
00:38:29faces Liv Morgan who's also a
00:38:31world champion it's Sol Ruka
00:38:34versus Lyra Valkyria versus Jade
00:38:37Cargill versus Charlotte Flair
00:38:41sucker sucker sucker sucker sucker
00:38:43give me that fucking bell
00:38:46I made more work for myself
00:38:47I was gonna go this whole
00:38:49one without dropping a swear and
00:38:50I still won't but yeah this
00:38:53feels hey man like this is
00:38:56Charlotte Flair's to lose but
00:38:57Charlotte and Liv is a big deal
00:38:59like especially with Liv as the
00:39:01world champion that could thus
00:39:02lose a semi-final like it's got to
00:39:06be Charlotte Flair Lyra Valkyria
00:39:08and Sol Ruka can cancel each
00:39:11other out Jade doesn't need to
00:39:14take a pin because they're
00:39:16obviously they've got one eye on
00:39:17Charlotte and Jade down the line
00:39:22it doesn't feel like it can be
00:39:23Jade Cargill's because Jade and
00:39:25Liv Morgan is not something you
00:39:26want to touch right now while
00:39:27they're both heels yeah it feels
00:39:28like Jade's heading towards
00:39:30Tiffany Stratton's there so that's
00:39:32fine yeah we can rule Jade out
00:39:35Sol Ruka's interesting because she
00:39:38wrestled Liv Morgan did she not on
00:39:40the Raw after WrestleMania yes and
00:39:43probably would have beaten her
00:39:44exactly but not for interference
00:39:47and then you have champion versus
00:39:50champion and you either have Sol
00:39:53Ruka go over the world champion
00:39:55while in the continental title and
00:39:56they're probably doing like rocket
00:39:57strap stuff and she's like well you
00:39:58know what Liv I nearly had you on
00:40:00the Raw after WrestleMania I've beaten
00:40:02you now I'm gonna win that Queen of
00:40:04the Ring and I'm gonna beat you for
00:40:05the belt you know and you create
00:40:06this idea that like Liv Morgan is to
00:40:07be afraid of Sol Ruka or Sol Ruka
00:40:09somehow loses or gets screwed and
00:40:11Liv has made the final because they
00:40:14have got on the other side of the
00:40:15bracket the looming shadow of Raquel
00:40:18Rodriguez have they not and then you
00:40:20know Raquel's the other semi you could
00:40:21have the Liv Raquel final if you
00:40:24wanted um we've got to have someone
00:40:27from Smackdown win a match well in which
00:40:31case then well let's go let's go with
00:40:33the obvious then should we go with
00:40:34it's Charlotte Flair and Io Sky in the
00:40:36final yeah Charlotte's the Queen she's
00:40:38she's winning the whole thing but then
00:40:39between those two one of them's gonna
00:40:40fight Rhea Ripley so there's your kind
00:40:42of there's your big deal like one of
00:40:44these two women is gonna fight Rhea
00:40:45Ripley at SummerSlam in a stadium when
00:40:47in Io's music does it say all hail the
00:40:50Queen again just remind me no good point
00:40:54good point well made thanks uh when in
00:40:58Io's for that matter when in Charlotte
00:41:00Blair's history was suck it a part of her
00:41:02uh I think she invented it we've all
00:41:04if I'm not mistaken we can all come up
00:41:06with questions and uh sure Michael saw
00:41:08that and went work for DX actually I
00:41:11like that uh yeah Charlotte's having a
00:41:15hell of a run as well I also think
00:41:16Charlotte Rhea is here we go we're so
00:41:20often we fall into the trap that WWE
00:41:22send us into basically of okay you got
00:41:24Cody you got Roman you got normally the
00:41:26punk CM Punk um I'm not gonna comment
00:41:30on that because the day's gonna pass by
00:41:32the time they record this to one oh
00:41:33yeah I think he's like bollocks
00:41:35personally I think someone's just made
00:41:36up some rumors and he's just having
00:41:37some time off as generally what seems
00:41:39to be the point you think he's just
00:41:40gone watching the World Cup just
00:41:42he wants a break and he's gonna be
00:41:43back in time for SummerSlam if not in
00:41:45as a shot on the arm post SummerSlam
00:41:48anyway uh here's a bold strategy here
00:41:55how about the two women who put on the
00:41:57best match of Wrestlemania that year
00:41:59main event SummerSlam oh I would love
00:42:01it so much main event um world title
00:42:06massive spectacle massive occasion
00:42:08Charlotte Flair in a in a role that I
00:42:11think people are starting to accept her
00:42:13included is like uh is you're not going to
00:42:17see her in this light as much anymore
00:42:19but for that one night again you know
00:42:22the biggest effing deal in this
00:42:24division flying down a helicopter
00:42:26again something like that like Rhea
00:42:29Ripley has ascended and she's become
00:42:31that star but when she has to like
00:42:33stand face to face with Charlotte Flair
00:42:35with a light shining brightest she has
00:42:36to remember oh my god I've got to beat
00:42:38her to absolutely what's there is it
00:42:40one-on-one in terms of big big big
00:42:41matches I mean obviously they're
00:42:43facing her on smaller shows yeah so
00:42:44Wrestlemania 39 is the biggest which
00:42:47was won by Rhea Ripley
00:42:49Flair and Rhea Ripley at Wrestlemania 36
00:42:52went to flair was that the NXT title yeah
00:42:55yeah um money in the bank 2021 so they
00:42:59just beat the piss out of each other
00:43:00absolutely decked each other I actually can't remember who won that must be
00:43:03Charlotte it was Charlotte because you don't need to google this one because
00:43:06Charlotte won that match and then Rhea's then current soon to be former tag
00:43:13partner Nikki A.S.H. won the briefcase and cashed in on the next night
00:43:18yeah so Charlotte would have won that um but like in terms of big four matches
00:43:25oh yeah yeah one one each Wrestlemania 36
00:43:28Wrestlemania 39 um and it would be one of the only times ever you would imagine WWE would use
00:43:34Wrestlemania 36 for any of its law like you never see that in the video packages do you
00:43:39yeah and Charlotte can be be like I'll have a lecture in my corner thanks and Rhea be like who
00:43:44can I have in my corner oh the friend I'm not allowed to speak to because they're on different shows
00:43:48separated by brands well that's happened with someone get a message to EO sky
00:43:53it's funny it's funny that like you know like Finn Balor's last acts on Raw were like
00:43:56sneaking into the clubhouse and telling Roxanne like you know you and Morgan's
00:44:00gonna screw you over uh you need to keep an eye on her come me if you need any
00:44:04advice he's been drafted to SmackDown and now she's like alone in the clubhouse of Finn like oh bloody hell
00:44:08Rhea and Charlotte and Liv and Roxanne at SummerSlam is big time for the women's division in my opinion
00:44:15i'm not sure they'll get to Roxanne quite yet i think maybe they'll do Raquel and Liv
00:44:20but yeah you're basically freeing up Liv Morgan aren't you because if Charlotte wins Queen in the
00:44:24ring the title shot is up for grabs and good news if she loses against Rhea Ripley uh she already
00:44:28is
00:44:28will have subsequently pinned Liv Morgan so ipso facto i'll have a raw title shot as well thank you very
00:44:32much cheers thank you very much and thank you yeah it's good stuff i'm enjoying this tournament
00:44:38a great deal i think it's helping a lot uh but i would uh suggest yeah more illusions from jade
00:44:45cargill she's not the one who gets pinned here it's lyra lyra got pinned on uh raw and their tag
00:44:53team attacking with bailey's coming to an end isn't it i think lyra's gonna want to turn by the way
00:44:57do you reckon i just was watching that match with Sol Ruka and i went she's great could do something
00:45:04else
00:45:04she could do it yeah and lyra being the one being like i'm not having this anymore i'm gonna put
00:45:10you
00:45:10over for a change i'll tell you one of the reasons why i think it's king of the ring is
00:45:12working
00:45:12like wb is really in need of a draft like seeing like the wrestlers we're talking about on the
00:45:18different shows have really helped it has like some of the like the the matches that we're talking
00:45:22about specifically because they're we said this about the um what was the one we were previewing
00:45:25where it's like god i've needed these wrestlers to interact it was brom breakers one on smackdown
00:45:29last week it was like the proper like what are you doing here feeling i've really needed that yeah
00:45:35desperate refresh this this tournament has created like it's it's time to shake things up again let's have
00:45:40a post-summer slam draft
00:45:42like even finn got a smackdown yeah summit like that's always good something reuniting with priest
00:45:49and our truth the baby face judgment day the idea that we're finally getting our wolf pack
00:45:56um speaking of people being on different shows someone who's been on both shows and actually i
00:46:00would like to get your thoughts on what happened with him on on monday night raw is chad gable oh
00:46:06god
00:46:07that is honestly um this is one of those situations where with anybody else in this era of wwe i
00:46:16can
00:46:17kind of just like hope for the best right i can i'm seeing storylines and pushes dissolve or i am
00:46:26seeing
00:46:26momentum diminished now and it's a shame because there was a point where that wasn't the case and
00:46:32there was a point where this was the hottest show and all that kind of thing but in chad gable
00:46:36this
00:46:36is the first time in a while that i am seeing how great this is and instead of just celebrating
00:46:42it
00:46:43and toasting it and being like oh god this is amazing i'm just filled with panic that they're
00:46:47going to screw up raw was unbelievable a proper gutsy move to have to to like
00:46:56do as much as they did they went think about how glace your triple h yeah books right apology
00:47:03to ray a teaser of like more atonement he has to do like before he even put the mask on
00:47:10so that's
00:47:11like what otis sammy zane like alpha academy yeah everybody was an arsehole to you like so there's
00:47:16a tease to the next bit of the story i've seen the creed brothers in months yeah where are they
00:47:20man
00:47:20like as you know we have we saw them as the master wrestlers wrestling with what turned out to be
00:47:24or grand americano and shad gable because wwe.com as nick oh yeah just published it yeah i just said
00:47:30brutus and julius grand americano owens and creed brothers he brought the masks it's obvious you
00:47:34thickos um i there so that he does the apology he does the t's ray says you know what cool
00:47:41here's
00:47:42the t's the next thing uh so that's in itself a development then chad comes out and he kicks ass
00:47:48as a baby face making new rivals in ethan page and rusev he like what it's there's like so he's
00:47:54moving
00:47:54through the the gears now and he's like already got these heels that he can got baby faces in his
00:47:59society that he's attached to he's got heels that he can work with and then he has the quite i
00:48:04don't
00:48:04know like quite emotional moment evocative moment where he takes the mask and he hands it back to
00:48:07ray mysterio so he's immediately like the bond with them has been visualized there was a lot
00:48:11they were they were going dragon lee's there as well yeah full steam with chad gable i love it i
00:48:16absolutely love it i was like and the crowd went nuts for it he's been getting these amazing reactions
00:48:21and good in a way that he's been kept out the king of the ring because at the moment he
00:48:24almost
00:48:25feels like too precious to normalize with the like the rank and file of regular matches chad gables
00:48:30next i love that he came out in his gear by the way and honestly i got a tear in
00:48:33my eye when i heard
00:48:34the american um this is it's it's the uh what's the politician's phrase the ming vase yeah it's me
00:48:45chad gable's a ming vase yeah don't drop the ming vase like please do we don't drop the ming vase
00:48:51i
00:48:51don't know if um i don't know if raw is actually the best place to chad gable because he's the
00:48:57sort of
00:48:59i think with the luchadors being most prominent there he he doesn't need necessarily to be caught
00:49:06in like a lot of lucha centric so it's like they paid it all off you mean it's like they
00:49:10kind of like
00:49:10did that chapter i think yeah i think it's notable that they decided to have him come back on
00:49:16the smackdown yeah i would quite yeah like because the smackdown gm was like i've got to meet with
00:49:21somebody and that makes the talking contracts and stuff i would quite like him to to take a deal and
00:49:27you've got someone like a new heel turn sammy's in to be like you to him do you remember what
00:49:33went
00:49:34on the last time me and him were fighting and there's there's like there's a roster right you
00:49:38imagine like baby face chad gable versus eerie draganoff baby face chad gable versus trick
00:49:43williams like baby face chad gable versus gunther i mean that's cody roads like there's there's like
00:49:51gunther with the world title versus chad gable getting his finally getting his shot in the
00:49:55paleo main event it's like i think there is a roster wrestlers i want to proper proper because it's
00:50:01new real test isn't it of all right i know you like long-term storytelling and you move very slowly
00:50:07and
00:50:08there's the weird sort of hand of the author of tko of like put pat mcafee in that or whatever
00:50:13it's
00:50:14really soured a lot of people on it right now obafemi is obvious but you ask anybody even the most
00:50:22casual wrestling friends of mine and i say to them should put the title on will tell on okay not
00:50:28a
00:50:28title the world's title doesn't matter which one really yeah put it on chad gable do you reckon in
00:50:34the in the last seven days they'll have looked at this and gone whatever we had planned he now
00:50:39needs to be factored in might not be by summer slam yeah but before the end of the year he's
00:50:46this could all come to nothing because it's a free hit this time of year isn't it it is it's
00:50:51just i
00:50:52i don't want to speak on behalf of everybody everybody's got like the different tastes some
00:50:55people might just think wb is as brilliant as it ever was but what has felt like a constant echoing
00:51:00complaint over the past two years in particular has been this sense of frustration around not
00:51:06really committing that's why i was so cross with over family and brock lesnar but it's it's tied to
00:51:10other stuff really because you see over family come on you know he's gonna be fine he is gonna be
00:51:14absolutely fine and i've never doubted that but i was cross all the same they have like triple h wb
00:51:20he
00:51:21was so effective at taking the like the half broken stars of the vince mcmahon era fixing them up
00:51:31isolating two or three to be the actual tippy tops pushing them as such making them as such signing a
00:51:38cm
00:51:38punk ensuring that roman reigns was preserved seeing through cody roads you know like these kind of things
00:51:42that there was a period where like the star making wasn't to be called into question there was just
00:51:46simply no concerns and we are what two years removed from that now didn't it and it is it has
00:51:51stalled
00:51:52and that faith has started to disappear and they're just just just this sense that like nobody is going
00:51:57to get that kind of run again when so many guys need it we've gone from like the luxury of
00:52:03the period
00:52:03where it's like well here you're building for your next crop it's like well hang on i think i've seen
00:52:07dominic mysterio's stall and i think we've been given like a half look at bron and jacob and the half
00:52:12has made us think they haven't got it so now we need to kind of look elsewhere chad gable is
00:52:17like
00:52:17right right there and it would i cannot tell you the kind of the long-term benefits you get from
00:52:24if
00:52:25if not belting him up getting him that close to the top of the mountain people would look and be
00:52:29like
00:52:29you know what chad gable was white hot for a second and they turned that into something meaningful yeah
00:52:33they didn't squander it they didn't lose it like wrestlers get white hot and then white becomes red
00:52:39and then sure enough like they end up if it's not capitalized on they end up lukewarm and it's
00:52:44nigh on impossible like to get beyond that and the good news is with being on if he's resting on
00:52:49smackdown
00:52:52sorry guys angel and umberto were right there oh yeah germans everywhere they can just be
00:53:00back they can be like we don't forgive you he's like whatever what you know about bang bang bang
00:53:06yeah power hoists a lot um i i really hope they do chad gable's never not been the complete pro
00:53:14wrestler genius easy to push easy to slot in anywhere guy but i really would love to think that like
00:53:21for
00:53:21once a guy that was the ultimate utility player didn't have that skill used against him because
00:53:26that's always been his problem isn't it oh he can do anything right i see you could give him the
00:53:30world title and that's anything yeah but he can do anything yeah that's for once he needs to be
00:53:34rewarded for that rather than the upcoming pls they can do in mexico oh now could you imagine like
00:53:42because as well there's also that like the dead man might be looking on here and thinking well at
00:53:46what point can i have him back like what can you imagine when he comes and makes a save for
00:53:49grande americano one time tears like yeah el grande americano versus dominic mysterio triple a mega
00:53:56championship yeah jd mcdonald's out there and it's like who will come to the aid of el grande americano
00:54:02friggin chad gable ruse come off the place yeah i think that we do have a number two promotion and
00:54:09it's wwe because triple a's number one apparently now sorry tana you're 12 or something i don't know
00:54:16one final question a bit of fun to to wrap things up on um after we got electrocuted last week
00:54:21i thought i
00:54:22just i just asked you what happens to the ms next i.e which home alone punishment is he going
00:54:28to get
00:54:28this week love it love it paint buckets to the face good um yeah actually is that works because it's
00:54:35like
00:54:35arts artsy yes every week write this down every week we're going to preview which home alone thing
00:54:45is going to happen to the ms and the ms each week like puts his hand to his face and
00:54:49goes
00:54:49dana like that like when like or like goes ah like when kevin's uh yes like put the aftershave on
00:54:57yes
00:54:58like that's a hot commodity right now of course speaking of hot commodity uh miz yeah i'm i'm
00:55:06get jekyll and brunson on the old uh on the old smackers again please i think he might be coming
00:55:12uh mixing five can it be can it be is that this weekend yeah i think that i think the
00:55:19knicks will
00:55:20sew it up this weekend i think the mentality when the msg uh that is no it's in saturday night's
00:55:27main
00:55:27event oh saturday night's main event don't know look that up it's not the one that's been muted
00:55:32sunday is it no that's hot laner i believe it is because i've been there as well so i've seen
00:55:37the knicks in that building wow that was a state farm i've got some good news it's july the 18th
00:55:44july the 18th wait a second is that the world cup final weekend it's so definitely a weekend it's
00:55:50the saturday after i'm seeing the cribs in leeds
00:55:54yeah july the 18th uh july the 18th jesus christ july the 18th
00:56:02uh-huh msg saturday night's main event july 19th matlife world cup final yeah greatest city in the
00:56:11world greatest sporting weekend of the year possibly uh yeah september 6th july the 18th
00:56:20just just got saturday night's main event i've just i don't know i've just missed this before
00:56:24crossed out on sunday you don't see that i've missed that before you did uh it's not the
00:56:29week same weekend as aw redemption is it i'm just thinking hypothetically with it being saturday night's
00:56:33you know you know what they're like why july 26th okay all right yeah okay because we've got to have
00:56:41a nice quiet july for us then coming soon there's like a mega monday isn't there where we've got like
00:56:46two papes in the same day like it's going to be forbidden dough and night champions night of
00:56:53champions with a little bit of great american bearish on the side we'll say that for the tuesday
00:56:58miracle monday so oh so we could do home alone 2 lost in new york for the big finale yeah
00:57:08of this
00:57:09i'm going to go with so what you going with paint i'll go paint i'll go paint cancer face this
00:57:13week
00:57:13i'll go with now they're back in the us for whatever reason kit was maybe he's just busy with
00:57:20the nxt pageant stuff of course yeah a lot of planning so i think he's back and he's getting his
00:57:28outfit ready for the show he's like come on let's get dan how's an eye into the face love it
00:57:33and then
00:57:34you can have that running gag every week he keeps turning up with the marv which one is it which
00:57:38one
00:57:38is marv against the eyes of the face yeah yeah because you actually yeah so we can go through
00:57:44actually we could go all marv and then switch to harry so he could have his head sat on fire
00:57:52at a certain later date in all seriousness which is a strange way to key up what i'm about to
00:57:57say and then
00:57:59oh my god what is going on up here i never know man they finally finally the ms and kit
00:58:08of like
00:58:08come on with a sticky bandits let's get this going right and they finally get dan house they've got
00:58:17him they've got him they've pinned him up against the wall and as he says he's gonna bite each one
00:58:21of
00:58:21these fingers off and just as they're about to do that the dan housing on the thing rises up with
00:58:28a shovel love it this is brilliant we've done good work almost housing of course potentially yeah or
00:58:37jalen it's just jalen brunson it's he's been one underneath there and they try and sell you that
00:58:41he's been one dan house just sort of like charge him up for his playoff game yeah yeah it's like
00:58:48if
00:58:48anyone knows anything about bringing franchises back from the dead it's jalen brunson i get
00:58:53basketball now hits the miz and kit wilson with a shovel with a basketball with a basketball box and
00:58:59both out basketball is actually a rock is that what they use they call it something yeah me the rack
00:59:03yeah now give me the rack yes that's uh we like sports isn't it on the island who invited steve
00:59:11that
00:59:12dude's a cunt i trapped myself yeah absolutely fair enough at the end um i think we've fixed
00:59:19smackdown oh thank god i don't think it needs to go back to two hours now actually after that
00:59:24you can if you want to get carried away uh but let us know your thoughts on the big show
00:59:28tonight it's
00:59:29friday day friday day everybody friday day it's sunday what let us know your thoughts in the
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00:59:50wrestling wherever you get your podcasts from for daily wrestling podcasts about for now
00:59:54that's been the smackdown preview where we've talked all about royce keys joining the mfts it's
00:59:59good because it rhymes yeah uh what could happen to the ms what home alone thing could happen to the
01:00:05ms next uh could chad gable wrestle on tonight's smackdown uh the queen of the ring quarterfinal we've
01:00:13talked about who advances in king of the ring and what is gunther's world title stipulation
01:00:20it's not on preview it's got all this and i'm not in providence anymore we'll see you soon
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