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03:56With Tony Khan
03:57Making the news today
03:59Having a conversation
04:00About Ilya Dragunov
04:02Now that Ilya Dragunov
04:04Is a free agent
04:05Obviously
04:05Reporters
04:06News agencies
04:07Are going to want to report
04:08On his status
04:09The opportunity
04:10That he potentially has
04:12To appear
04:12For any wrestling company
04:13In the world
04:14Right away
04:15Because his contract expired
04:16This is not a termination
04:18Or early release
04:18Which would carry
04:19A 90 day no compete clause
04:20And Tony Khan
04:22Was asked about this
04:23To which he responded
04:24That that's a great wrestler
04:26However
04:26I don't know
04:28The contractual status
04:29Of people
04:30That don't work here
04:32So Tony
04:33Make it very clear
04:33He's aware of Ilya
04:35He knows his work
04:36Is phenomenal
04:37He's a great wrestler
04:38But he doesn't know
04:39The contract status
04:40He doesn't know
04:41About no competes
04:42He doesn't know
04:42All the subtle nuances
04:43Now I'm sure
04:44That Ilya Dragunov
04:46Would be in touch
04:46With his representation
04:48His agent
04:49His lawyers
04:50And if there is
04:51An opportunity to work
04:51Which it sounds like
04:52From all indications
04:53We've had so far
04:54That that's a possibility
04:55Then we could see
04:57And I think this lends
04:58Into possibly seeing him
04:59Appear at all in Wembley
05:02In a couple weeks time
05:03We're about
05:04Eight, nine days away
05:05From the show
05:06I think that would be
05:07A great way
05:07To really pop
05:08The crowd that day
05:09You're talking about
05:09An established European star
05:11Appearing
05:12I don't want to say
05:13On home soil
05:13But pretty darn close
05:14And that would really
05:16Get the fans going
05:16I think it'd be
05:17A great gift for AEW
05:18That hard hitting
05:19Smash your face
05:20Kind of action
05:21That he loves
05:22I think it'd be perfect
05:23Ric Flair in the news today
05:25And look
05:25I give Ric Flair
05:26A hard time sometimes
05:27With some of the crazy stuff
05:28He puts online
05:29But this was an interesting post
05:30He was comparing himself
05:32To some of the other wrestlers
05:33Who have left the business
05:34And total matches performed
05:36And I know a lot of people
05:38Right away want to question
05:38Ric Flair on his numbers
05:40But there is
05:42An opportunity
05:43You can check into
05:44Certain databases
05:44CageMatch.net
05:46ProWrestlingWiki
05:47Things like that
05:47Where they keep track
05:48Of wrestling matches
05:49Going back decades
05:50And Ric Flair posted a graphic
05:52It had Brock Lesnar
05:53Retiring with 445 matches
05:55Triple H
05:57Retiring with
05:581,990 matches
06:00John Cena
06:01Retiring with
06:022,329 matches
06:04The Undertaker
06:06Retiring with
06:062,502 matches
06:09But Ric Flair
06:10With 5,007 matches
06:12Across his career
06:14Being the
06:15All-time leader
06:16In most matches
06:17At least in this graphic
06:18Now
06:19Keeping in mind
06:20That Ric Flair
06:21Comes from a different generation
06:22Where we were working
06:237 days a week
06:23Twice on Saturday
06:24Twice on Sunday
06:26Touring all over the world
06:27All the different territories
06:28It was a very different world
06:30Than it is now
06:31Brock Lesnar
06:31Having 445
06:33One
06:33I would argue
06:34That Brock wrestles
06:35A far more physical style
06:36Than what Flair wrestled
06:37When he does wrestle
06:38But he did it
06:39For a much shorter period of time
06:40In terms of
06:41Not just years
06:42But the time in the ring
06:44Ric Flair's wrestling
06:45One-hour bangers
06:46Where Brock Lesnar's wrestling
06:475-7 minute squash matches
06:48A good part of his career
06:49So it's not
06:51Apples and apples
06:52It's apples and oranges
06:53When it comes to people
06:54Like The Undertaker
06:55The Undertaker was around
06:56For the tail end
06:57Of that same era
06:58That Ric Flair grew up in
06:59The mid-80s
07:01Going around as
07:02Texas Red
07:03And later on
07:05Different characters
07:06Before he made his way
07:07To WWE
07:07And became The Undertaker
07:08So he had some of that
07:11John Cena spent
07:12Some time on the indies
07:14And experienced some of it
07:15But the majority of his matches
07:16Are going to come in WWE
07:17As are Triple H's
07:18But it's amazing
07:20When you look at the numbers
07:21And realize just how much
07:23Ric Flair performed
07:24And I would argue
07:25The number is probably
07:26Higher than 5,007
07:27It's probably 5,007
07:29Since they started
07:30Creating these wrestling databases
07:31But when you think about
07:33How many days
07:34They were wrestling
07:34How frequently they were wrestling
07:35How little they were home
07:36And all the documentaries
07:38That are out there
07:38About the amount of time
07:39Flair had away from the family
07:41It wouldn't surprise me
07:42If that number was even higher
07:43Brian Alvarez in the news
07:45Broke some serious news
07:47About TKO
07:48The parent company
07:48Of both Endeavor
07:50And WWE
07:53Attending the AEW Dynamite show
07:55On August 12th
07:56In Las Vegas
07:57The two of their executives
07:58Attended the show
08:00At the Pearl Theater
08:01Inside Palms Casino Resort
08:03They paid for their tickets
08:04Just like everybody else
08:05And they watched the show
08:06More likely just to get a feel
08:09For what's going on
08:10But it certainly
08:10Has raised eyebrows
08:11Made people think about
08:12What is it that these people
08:13Are doing
08:14Why are they so interested
08:15In the AEW product
08:17I don't know
08:18It's very interesting
08:18To see them do that
08:19I don't foresee us
08:20Ever having
08:22The kind of relationship
08:23Between these two companies
08:24Where they co-promote
08:25Or anything like that
08:26Just because it seems
08:26So divisive
08:27And their approaches
08:28To wrestling
08:28Is just so vastly different
08:30WWE far more
08:33Storyline driven
08:33And has a lot more theatrics
08:35Where AEW is all
08:36About the hard hitting action
08:37And less about the theatrics
08:39But man
08:39Can you just
08:40You can just dream
08:41About what could happen
08:42But it's definitely
08:43Interesting to see people
08:44From TKO
08:45Going there in attendance
08:46And it wasn't like
08:46They were stashed away
08:48Someplace private
08:49They weren't there
08:49On comp tickets
08:50So it's not like
08:51Tony Khan brought them in
08:52But they certainly
08:53Didn't hide themselves
08:54From the audience either
08:55So very interesting stuff
08:56Something to keep an eye on
08:57To see how much
08:58TKO executives
08:59Pay attention to the competition
09:01Does that influence
09:02What they encourage
09:03In their own company
09:03Or is it just
09:05A curiosity thing
09:06We'll have to wait and see
09:06There has been a lot
09:08Of talk online
09:08Since Smackdown
09:09About Damian Priest
09:10At the end of the tag team
09:11Match against the MFTs
09:12It looked like he was
09:13Frustrated with R-Truth
09:14He did pick him up
09:15Give him a hug
09:16At the end of the match
09:16But people are thinking
09:17That this may be leading
09:18Towards a Damian Priest
09:19Heel turn
09:20Which I would be okay with
09:21If it meant
09:22Elevating him back
09:23To world championship status
09:25I don't want to see
09:25A United States championship run
09:27Or an intercontinental championship run
09:29I would like to see him
09:30At the top of the card
09:31Challenging for championships
09:32And I hate to say it this way
09:34Because I'm older than he is
09:35But he's not a spring chicken
09:36The guy's in his late 40s
09:38And if you're going to give him
09:39Another run with a main title
09:41It needs to be sooner than later
09:42So I'd love to see him
09:44Have another run
09:44And if getting him
09:45Into being a heel character
09:46Is how you do it
09:47Then so be it
09:48But for right now
09:49It looks like they're holding firm
09:51I suspect we may see a heel turn
09:53In the coming weeks
09:53But definitely something to monitor
09:55Another person we haven't seen
09:57On TV lately
09:58Is Joe Hendry
09:59And people have been wondering
10:00Since he came to the main roster
10:01He hasn't done a whole lot
10:02But right now
10:03It has nothing to do
10:03With crappy creative
10:04Like it has been
10:05For some other people
10:06Which we'll get to in a minute
10:07This has to do with the fact
10:09That there is a partnership
10:10Between WWE and Real Short
10:12Where Joe Hendry
10:14Is filming a live action micro drama
10:16That was going to stream online
10:18And he's acting
10:20And this is a whole different role
10:22For him
10:22And he's being kept off television
10:23While he's making this production
10:25With them
10:26I'm sure he'll return
10:27I hope when he does
10:28They'll get back to the
10:29Say his name
10:30And he appears
10:30Part of his character
10:31And really use him
10:33Far more effectively
10:33In an upper mid card
10:36Role early
10:36And hopefully someday
10:37Into a main event role
10:39But we'll have to see
10:41But so far
10:41When people are asking
10:42Where the heck is Joe Hendry
10:44This is the answer
10:44He's filming
10:46And it's kind of exciting
10:47That WWE would get behind him
10:49And put him in one of these
10:50Opportunities
10:51One of their big partners
10:52To make a film
10:53Because that tells you
10:55Where they must have confidence in him
10:56Now we need to see
10:57That confidence in the booking
10:58Where we're not seeing
10:59That confidence in the booking
11:00Is with a recent NXT call up
11:02Ricky Saints
11:03Ricky Saints has been
11:04Off WWE television
11:06Since June 27th
11:07When he faced
11:07Trick Williams
11:08For the United States Championship
11:09At Night of Champions
11:11He did recently take a loss
11:13To Dan Housen
11:14At a live event
11:14And if you go back
11:15And check the records
11:16He has lost 10
11:18Out of his last
11:1811 house show matches
11:20Now this is a guy
11:21Who back in NXT
11:22He defeated Oba Femi
11:25For the NXT Championship
11:26Think about that
11:27I get it
11:28He lost the title
11:29Back to Femi
11:29Relatively quickly
11:30But that doesn't matter
11:31The fact that this is a guy
11:32Who at one point
11:33You trusted to beat
11:34Oba Femi
11:35Probably the biggest star
11:37In the company right now
11:38And now he's
11:39Essentially doing
11:40Nothing of value
11:41Is somewhat disappointing
11:43Hopefully
11:43They find a way
11:44To get him back on track
11:45I see him as a
11:46Mid card talent
11:47Who could easily
11:47Carry United States
11:48Championship at some point
11:49We'd love to see him
11:50Mix it up with Trick
11:51With Baron Corbin
11:52With people at that level
11:53I think it could really
11:55Be a good thing
11:55But he's also not
11:56The youngest guy in the world
11:5737 years old
11:58He's already well
11:59Into his career
12:00They need to figure out
12:01Some of these talents
12:02That are aging
12:03And figure out ways
12:04To maximize their utility
12:05While they're still
12:06In their primes
12:07And he's clearly
12:08Still in his prime
12:08Super athletic
12:09Has a great look
12:10He can talk on the mic
12:11He can do it in the ring
12:12I actually think
12:13He's far better
12:14Than a lot of people
12:14Give him credit for
12:15But WWE right now
12:16Has not got anything
12:17For him that is
12:18Overly satisfying
12:19Or filling very many
12:22Of the main event holes
12:23He had the match
12:24With Cody
12:24That was great
12:25But since then
12:26Not a whole lot
12:26Of stuff going on
12:27For him
12:28That really matters
12:29So we'll have to wait
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