LIVE SummerSlam Predictions: Full Card Breakdown, Hot Takes & Bold Picks

The Wrestling Crossroads crew (Twisted, Brother Pyro, and Hex) breaks down their SummerSlam card predictions and story context across both nights. They discuss a six-man tag involving The Bloodline, Solo Sikoa’s babyface resurgence, Royce Keys’ real-life history with Jacob Fatu, and Haku’s return. They preview Gunther vs Nick Aldis with debate over debut pressure and who needs the win, then pick IYO SKY over Liv Morgan after the Queen of the Ring build. They cover Paige & Bella's vs Fatal Influence with possible AJ Lee involvement, and spotlight Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi in Hell in a Cell, unanimously favoring Oba. For the WWE title, they criticize the Punk vs Cody build and mostly pick Punk. They then run through night two predictions including Penta vs Chad Gable, a Danhausen vs Dominik “money on a pole” match, Finn Bálor vs Sami Zayn, an interim women’s title multi-woman match, Trick Williams vs returning Baron Corbin, and Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins in the main event

Transcript

Welcome to SummerSlam

0:15

What is up, guys? Welcome back to Wrestling Crossroads. As always, I am one happy dynamic, Dua Twisted, alongside Brother Pyro. What's up, y'all? And we are talking Summer Slam, and we couldn't without our lovely Hex. Hey, y'all. Cesaro is our Summer- or is what? Our WrestleMania- Yep staple, and Hex has kind of become that for Summer Slam, so it only felt right. Summer Slam. Oh. Oh. That was a little much. Hex. Papers are by you, mister sir. All right then. I don't know everybody's answers. You know, uh, you know what? I need to cheat on this test. Yes, ma'am. You know, sometimes it feels like that. What's up, Ritacos? Thank you for the repost. All righty. Um, Hex, do you wanna get us started? Well, all righty.

Bloodline 6 man setup

1:02

So to kick it off, we're gonna talk about this lovely six-man tag match between The Usos and Jacob Fatu with The Bloodline versus Royce Keyes, LA Knight, and Solo Dolo Sokolo. Dude. Again, like I was talking to you guys, uh, prior to this, like, dude, this, this babyface run for Solo needs to never change. Like, I loved him as a heel in NXT. Once they made him Roman's secondhand, it kind of Yeah floundered what he sh- what he could've been. Mm-hmm. This babyface run has given him a new life. Definitely. All right, so kind of take us through how we got here I, that, I thought that was on her I'm sorry, I guess it was on me. Did we All right, so- What else did you talk about? J- as we know, uh, Jacob Fatu lost to Roman, therefore had to join The Bloodline. As we know, this is a little tricky. Jacob and the Usos do not see eye to eye. He does not like to listen to Jey or Jimmy in any aspect. He only listens to Roman, so- Not Jey's punk ass I, I find I find that to be a bit tricky. I had to. The moment was there. I don't take orders. I only take orders from the tribal chief, not you, Jimmy, and certainly not- Mm-hmm your punk ass, Jey. But, um- So Solo, Jacob Fatu came after Solo as an order from Roman to kind of bring him home. Solo did not want that. No. Solo was still with, uh, Tama Tonga, and was it- Tama Tonga Tama Tonga, and they ditched him. They said, "Nope, this is y-

Haku returns to WWE

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your fight. We're not, we're not gonna be a part of this." The elders- Mm-hmm said, "We need to." "We need to-" All right, so- back up" The elders speaking of their elder instruction, sorry, if anybody watched SmackDown last night, um, I definitely popped a little hard for this one 'cause they had their vignette talk, or their segment backstage talking about how it was right that they distanced themselves from Solo. They were tired of fighting his battles, and then they lost sight of bringing gold. And you hear a v- a voice in the background telling them, kinda giving them the Simba, Mufasa, uh, uh, scene in The Lion King. Remember. Remember who you are. Who you are. I was just thinking that. Y'all are the sons of the legendary Ha Ku. He g- he, you know, he makes himself present. I'm thinking, you know, "This is just for the vignette." Fast-forward later, uh, double disqualification for the title versus title match where Raiders, Priest, and, uh- Mm-hmm uh, Truth. You forgot the I 100% did forget that it was R-Truth, 'cause let's be real, I love R-Truth, I love Damian Priest, but this, them as a tag team experiment needs to die. I agree. It's wipe out time. Yes. You've always been big on Damian Priest though- Oh my God it doesn't matter who has, so have I. It's wipe out time. Who, who hasn't? He's a stud. But as they're brawling, Tama Tonga, Tala Tonga come out. Let it be known they're coming after all the gold. They don't care if it's AAA, if it's WWE, whatever. And as they stand in the middle of the ring, holding up all the gold over the laid out bodies, Ha Ku once again returns to WWE TV for the first time since 2002. Woo. Officially making him the oldest member of the Blood, the active Bloodline roster. Solo Sikoa still sitting at the youngest at 33 years old. All right, uh, prediction-wise? Prediction-wise, it's pretty one- Decided, with most of us going with The, The Bloodline, other than Pyro and Cauldre going with Royce and Betty I'm gonna... Before- I was gonna say, I was gonna say, I was gonna try to cut you off, but going into this, though, we're, we gotta remember the Royce keys of it all. Like, LA Knight, his paranoia of The Bloodline's gonna run wild again. Yeah. I don't wanna see that. Okay, we gotta remember how Royce Keys is involved in all of this. He has background with Fatu. He also has background with Solo. Mm-hmm, yes. Like, they all kind of grew up within the same relative area of, uh- Mm-hmm and, you know, circling the indies. He's, you know, he's been at Fatu's side for, like, 15 years. He's been in and out of Solo's life. Like, the only one he's not really tied to in all of this- Is LA Knight uh, on his team, u- it's LA Knight. Opposing- for- opposing, he's not really- Tied to the Us- too familiar with the, yeah, with the Usos or with Roman. Like, that's a whole nother can of worms that he will eventually have to, to deal with. Oh, yeah. But, like, he could... This, at one point, is something that, you know, he considered Jacob my brother. Like, if anybody listened to O'Shea Jackson, uh,

Night 2 IC Title preview

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Junior's podcast, No Contest Wrestling- Okay he literally, two days ago, released, you know, his new episode. Royce Keys was, was on there, so, like, that first half hour was exclusive interview with him, and he's talking about, "Yeah," like, "this is everything I endured." Like, how, like, is this Jacob thing just storyline? And he's like, "No, this is real life. Like, we were traveling the road together. You know, we'd drive like an hour to, like, out of California to go into Nevada, do an indie show, and then drive back, like, eight hours to make sure we made it to work on time," type stuff. Yeah. So, like, they formed that bond. Mm-hmm. So I'm interested to see how much further this is gonna go. Knowing WWE, it's either gonna continue the next two to three years, or it's gonna flop immediately. What's up, Cauldre? All right. A-picks. That goes to mister here. Ah.

Gunther vs Nick Aldis hype

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This one. The m- one of the matches that- I think I'm most excited about. Sleeper match for sure, potential match of the night. 'Cause when you look on paper, both these guys are relatively the same. Mm-hmm. Like, few pounds, few, few inches, like, reach difference. But, like- Yeah you have Gunther and Nick Aldis. Absolute te- absolute clinic is what this is gonna be. I was waiting for you to say, "Absolute tank." Oh, absolute- 'Cause you paused. Um, I also had a hiccup right there, so, like- give me a minute, okay? No, I can harass you. It's my job. Valid. Yep. But no, I'm, I'm- I'm actually- super excited for this. F- uh, a lot of the pressure I think lies on Nick Aldis. Mm-hmm. Like, granted, he, you know, he looked at Gunther, I think it was last week or the week before- Mm-hmm like, "Hey, I have nothing to lose here." Yeah. "If you lose, you're the guy that lost- To his GM to your boss." To somebody that's been sitting in the GM position- For three years for three years. Yeah. He hasn't wrestled in three years. This is his, this is his WWE debut. Yeah. PLE debut, W- first WWE match. This is always what he's wanted to do. I feel like a lot of the pressure, whether he wants to admit it or not, is on him, 'cause he's gotta look at it and he, uh, he just did an interview with, uh, Chris Van Vliet. Mm-hmm. And he got real emotional. "I want my kid to see this." 'Cause, like, he's married to Mickie James. Mm-hmm. Mickie James, when you look at their career on paper side by side, Nick- Mickie James has significantly more success than Nick Aldis. Yeah. But he's, you know, he's talking about how he wants his d- his son to be able to see, say, "I've seen my dad wrestle." Yeah. Uh, he's very- He's very worried that he's going to disappoint or let the fans down in this debut match. I don't think so. I, I think he comes in guns a-blazing. And one thing that I think WWE finally did right is in this build, you didn't really give me a lot of meat and potatoes- Mm-hmm until last night. Yeah. When they aired the vignette, you used a lot of his NWA and TNA footage when he was both Brutus Magnus and Nick Aldis. Like- Mm you're talking, uh, World Champion in TNA, multi-time Tag Team Champion in TNA, two-time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, longest reigning NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion on top of that. Okay. Uh, beat Cody to enter his second reign. Uh, my f- funny little tidbit here is the fact that the guy that, um, the guy that... Styles' last match in TNA- Was against Nick was Ma- was Magnus, Nick Aldis- Mm-hmm however you know him. And his, Styles' last match was, in WWE, was Gunther, so this will be fun to watch. Oh, yeah. Uh, going into... And I think, you know, Gunther calling Nick Aldis a failed wrestler really kinda lit that fire. Oh, yeah. He, uh, he said, like, "I do a good job of keeping myself in shape." Mm-hmm. But even Aldis realizes being in shape and being in ring shape- Ring shape are two completely different battles.

Aldis vs Gunther picks

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All right, looking at our predictions, we are pretty split, actually. Me, you, Flash, Cauldron, Pix, and Tank all went Aldis. Mm-hmm. Everybody else has chosen Gunther. I want you to pull up Dessario's reasoning. All right, can do that. And while you're doing that, I want to, I want to know why. I wanna pick your brain. I wanna pick your brain, Ms. Hex. Why are we going Gunther? Okay, so as you guys know, people don't know, I had a large break of not watching wrestling. I don't have the background of knowing Nick Aldis as a wrestler, unfortunately. Um, I do, also unfortunately, know Gunther as a wrestler. I don't like Gunther personally, but I- This is one of those familiarity things he's gonna catch him. He's gonna catch him in a sleeper or something. That's what I feel. I feel he's gonna catch him, and he's gonna put that boy to bed. All right. So Visario's reasoning is Gunther versus Aldis, "I can't wait for the National Treasure to finally step in the ring. He deserves it. This feud is not going to be- That's what the gimmick was a one-match thing with Aldis stepping down from being GM. Going Gunther, but Aldis looking strong." All right. The only, the only thing I could see, the only other explanation I could see it being Gunther, and don't really want it, again, don't want it to be Gunther- No but you gotta make him mean something. He retired Goldberg. Mm-hmm. Then went on to retire Cena. Then went on to- Styles Styles, and he's kind of been floating in that land of am I relevant, am I not? You gotta make those wins mean something, 'cause you haven't really done much with them since. No. But at the same time, Aldis. Yes. But at the same time- Aldis as much as I want them to make it mean something- We know I n- think Aldis needs this more. Yes. I want Aldis wins. He needs this more to get that- Uh-huh you know, ball rolling for himself in the, in what could potentially be a really big career. And what's wild is when you look at the ca- when you look at the card, especially on the men's side- Yeah he's one of the youngest on the card. You know, it's wild to think that- At 39 years old it's wild to think that, and then another match we have, obviously we're gonna talk about in a bit, but we're talking age, is Paige, who sits at 33 years old and has left WWE for the last eight years- And she's still yo- and came back, and she's still younger than all the women on this card. Crazy. All the women Seriously? You know, I figured the, The Girls in Fatal Influence might have been younger by, like, a year or two I can, I can double-check that entirely- Fact check but- Fact check it I will, I will fact check that But that's still wild that she's amongst... She hasn't been around for eight years, but she is amongst one of the youngest. Aldis is 39, and he is amongst one of the youngest. He's younger than all of the guys in the main event. Mm-hmm. Younger than Brock, and he's only a year older than Gunther, which is- So I was, I was a bit wrong on that. I will say JC is 30. Okay. Uh, Fallon is 31. Okay. And Lainey is 29. Okay. But at the same time, the vast majority- Hey, so the, so the youngest four are them, are Fatal Influence plus Paige. I was gonna say, so wait, so you're telling me Tiffy's older than she is? I believe so. Lash is older than she... Like, that's just a wild concept to think about. I know in, in her specific match, she's one of the youngest. Lash is 29. Okay. And you said Tiffany? Yes. Tiffany- It's Tiffy time. Tiffany Stratton is 27. Okay. So among some of the youngest. Yes. I was talking more or less, like, the feuds that she's been in recently. But, uh- She is one of the youngest ah. She's younger than the Four Horsewomen. She's fighting the old ladies. That's actually ins- That's actually insane. And to say that she debuted before the Four Horsewomen Is als- by a good chunk of time, too, 'cause, like, let's, let's call a spade a spade. She debuted about two, three years prior to that. Mm-hmm. Which is absolutely insane. So she was the veteran, but the baby technically. She was the youngest, but she was the veteran. Mm-hmm. Except- And the baby as in age. Yes. But, like, the fact that she went from in-ring competitor to neck injury that forced her into a GM role to then forced her away for about eight years- Yep to then bring her back. All in that time,

Liv Morgan vs IYO Sky

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look at what you have done with the Women's Revolution of 2016. Yep. It's quite wild. All right. Jumping into our next match, and speaking of women in general, we have the Women's World Heavyweight Championship, Liv Morgan takes on IYO SKY. We're sideways so we can fit all three of us in the frame There is three of us here. If it was just two, I'd stand it upright. Sorry, y'all. Um, so this obviously came because of the Queen of the Ring Tournament. Finalists were Liv and IYO. IYO beat Liv and immediately was like, "You know what? I beat you once, I can do it again." And that's pretty much all we've had for this, was the, "I beat you once, I'm gonna do it again." Judgment Day has just kind of been doing their own thing. Hey, listening to Sol Ruca on Busted Open yesterday, all I'm saying is IYO's not going into this alone if she don't want to. No. Um, going into our predictions, we are all IYO Dude Do you wanna take the next match? She is forever- Or do you want to? the emote queen. Look on. Everybody loves IYO. She fuck you.

Bellas & Paige vs Fatal Influence

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All all right, the next match, speaking of the Belair and Paige versus Fatal Influence, that is the next match. So I think we did enough talking about them. We never got a Cauldron's? I believe I just didn't write it down. That was my bad. Oops. That was my bad. All right. So we are, again, it seems like a pretty decent split here with Pyro, Desario, myself, Tank, and Cursed going Fatal Influence. Cauldron also. Cauldron went Bellas. Okay. So- So check that. So, uh, I guess, uh, Bellas. Mm-hmm. Tell us why you went Bellas. I, um, as I have it written down, I believe AJ Lee is going to get involved somehow with this. Um, I see her coming and kind of helping out, and then it could lead to, you know like Pyro's talked about, a turn via Nikki Bella, "We didn't need you here," and that could ultimately lead us to this big match we're seeing. 'Cause see, what I thought was gonna happen was, you know, she was gonna get healthy, she's gonna come back, she's with Paige. "Thanks for keeping my title warm. I'll take that back now." Mm-hmm. That- that's the route I thought they were going, and then maybe build off of that. That would've been the smarter option. But- I'm okay with this, 'cause think about it. Think about it this way. Who ate the pin when they took the loss for the title? That was Paige. Yep. You are the reason- Mm-hmm that we lost not only the titles, but now this match at Revenge as well. I mean, that could be it, too. And boom, there's your turn. AJ still comes in with the save. Paige and AJ versus The Bellas a- For a one-off, hopefully for a one-off, and then here you go. Winner. All right. All right.

Lesnar vs Oba Hell in a Cell

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The match that I was really hoping would close out night one- Well, we gotta have something 'cause if it doesn't close it out, it needs to open it, and I need a no finish after that three hour on ESPN. 'Cause think about it, if the match isn't done by the time they go off live air- Mm-hmm you're gon- more people are gonna buy in and to- Buy in wanna subscribe to see how the hell these two behemoths conclude Hell in a Cell. Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi. I- So good can I just say- So excited I've been around for a lot of Brock Lesnar feuds. Mm-hmm. This is amongst one of my favorites. Like, this gotta be a top three favorite for me. Just 'cause one, he's really standing on business. Mm-hmm. He's really looking to help the younger talent- Okay that is Obafemi, that could really be built into putting in his, uh, taking his, his mantle. Mm-hmm. Um, so I'm not mad about it. But, like, let's, let's run down the sheet. Lesnar issued an open challenge going into Mania. Oba answered. Oba won. Mm-hmm. I was, I was kinda shocked there. We thought Lesnar was retired. He revealed, "Yo, I just got caught up in the moment, but I changed my mind." Mm-hmm. Fast-forward to cla- Tour in Italy, Flash in Ital- uh, Clash in Italy. Are we trying to put Flash in Italy? Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. Take Flash to Italy. No. No. Clash in Italy. Lesnar through seven F5s, one of them being through a table, picks up the win. 1-1. Now, you knew we were gonna get the rubber match. Mm-hmm. I love the way they played this. You had actually called this. I did. You did. I did. I'm convinced the company is listening to me, uh, for a few, for a few different reasons. For a few. This is- We must know everything just one of... This just being one of them, 'cause I said it. "Oba's gonna go on. He's gonna win." Yeah. And how did he play it? He went on. He won. I didn't see him getting screwed out of- No. But what happened the night after he won? Lesnar then finally made the comeback. Mm-hmm. The "I heard you been talking" ish. Like, and- "Talking ish, you get hit." Exactly. "You and I can't do that." Uh-huh. Like, you- Uh-huh. I don't watch the product. Only guy that I think could get away- No. I watch every episode with saying that on live TV- is Brock Lesnar. I don't watch the product. Heyman's here to tell me everything that's been going on. He's been telling me, "You've been calling me a coward. You've been calling me this. You've been calling me that, and I don't like it." Hmm. Goes down his, uh, list of accolades, congratulates him, 'cause at one point he, he was also a King of the Ring winner. So what does he do? A nut shot F5. Goes to run away, and Oba selling the impact of getting ke- hit in the nether regions and eating an F5, 'cause I don't care how big you are- Painful you eat an F5 from a, from Brock Lesnar, it's gonna hurt. He gets up. He's like, "No, no, no, no, no. You do this all the time. You h- sneak attack. You hit and run." Mm-hmm. "And I ain't playing that. So let's go one more. We're, we're tied 1-1." Mm-hmm. "Break the tie right here. Let's go at Summer Slam." He's like, "All right." I'll raise you one. Hell in a Cell. Fast-forward about a week after he confirms- Yep and he's like, "You know, you, you guys didn't screw me out of... You, Heyman, you know, you're an idiot for giving up this title shot. One, I have the confidence in myself to know I'll be there again." Yep. "But why am I gonna give up, why was I gonna go after a title that you inevitably would've screwed me out of anyway?" Which is exactly the direction I saw it going anyway. Mm-hmm. He goes, "Why am I gonna care that you won King of the Ring?" When there's something bigger I can screw you out of Right. I don't wanna screw you out of the opportunity for the t- to go after a title. I wanna screw you in the midst of you trying to win said title. Mm-hmm. So here we are in Minneapolis, Lesnar's hometown Where he should retire. This should be the retirement match, but whether it is or whether it's not- He moves on from Owen. Yes. Because I could see, you know, Mania 43 being in Saudi, they're gonna pay a lot of money to have Brock Lesnar, 'cause Saudi got stupid you money. That we know. So if Lesnar ain't a sm- ain't a dumb businessman, the right payday'll definitely pull him. Just like Father Kyle. We ain't talking about me, but you're not wrong. Oh, gosh. So going into our predictions, we are unanimous that The Ruler over Femi will reign supreme tonight. All right. Oh. Who wants to close us out? Oh. Me? Yeah. Okay. It would fall on you in rotation. Okay. I'm just making sure. Wait, what? It would fall on you in rotation. What the heck? I'm just making sure. Okay. Oh, my God. All

CM Punk vs Cody Main event

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right. Ending out what we know is going to be the main event of this, again, shouldn't necessarily be because we have the bigger call of Hell in a Cell, but WWE Championship, CM Punk takes on Cody Rhodes. Now, if you've been living under a rock, like, uh, Sis Twisted has- I at least know some of this. You also have two kids. I'ma get through some of this. Correct me and help me if I'm wrong. I got you. I will do what I can. I'm sure Hex got your back. All right, so- I literally got it. I can't stand you sometimes. Sometimes. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you to these two knuckleheads. Always. And this is why we always have me. Okay, getting back into where we need to be. Um, so- One of Baby Crossroads Toys is talking. Yeah, 'cause she hit the box. Way to go. Unboxing, sorry. Okay, so getting back on track here, um, Cody Rhodes inevitably was going for the championship. Gunther did attack him right before the match to open up that Raw. Raw? Yeah. Okay. Um- Which I still have a problem with that. We're not getting into that right now. No, no, no. We're gonna kind of get into that, 'cause why is the SmackDown title being defended on Monday Night Raw? I don't know. It was at the time where- No Adam Pearce was GM for both shows. Yes, 'cause Nick Aldis went and got himself suspended, but still makes no sense. No, it doesn't, but it happened. Because where we ended up with Nick versus Gunther. Are you really mad about it? All right. We still were gonna get here. That just didn't need to be... We just didn't need to make that small detour. Well, we apparently we needed to make the small detour to get here. Um, obviously Raw was in Chicago. Who better than to come out and answer the challenge, but CM Punk. Pepsi Phil. Pepsi Phil. All right. The reason Dan Collins currently has a job at WWE. I just need to say that. All right- So CM Punk comes out, ends up winning the title. We fast-forward. Cody says, "I never got the shot that I initially wanted." We got to a number one contenders match. That was Cody versus Jey Uso, right? Yes. Um, Cody ended up winning it. We are here. Cody versus Jey was to take on Sami- Sami for the title, okay. On Raw, which- So I was a little bit behind. So- My probably forgot that it was Cody, Jey. Yes. Cody went over. Going into that Raw that Cody got attacked. Yeah. Nick Aldis made the call to Punk. Yes. That I know. Then we got here. Punk shows up on that following SmackDown. Cody interrupts his promo. I really wish they would've did something more with the fact that he had his head bashed in. You know, some bandages around the head or whatever still would've worked. St- probably would've s- sold this a lot better. See, but the main roster doesn't know how to continue those things like NXT does. Yeah, like, dude, I- Tony D. Tony D with the burnt eye. Tony D. But, like, take a page out of that book 'cause, like, I- they even ta- Bully and LaGreca talked about it on Busted Open. Like, why didn't- Make it a man thing why didn't they, you know- Yeah, keep the bandage wrap, bandaged head, him come out. Like, you could've still had the same effect, but you could've kept him off TV for a week or two till he was healed up, and then he comes out and calls his shot at the, at, at, at Punk. Right. 'Cause then what did they do? They nodded back to the, uh, long-term storytelling- Mm-hmm post-Mania promo by w- by Punk. Which is? "You never know when a title opport... I'm gonna stay ready 'cause you don't know when a title opportunity's gonna fall from the sky. This is what happened. Cody came out. Last time I saw you, I told you if you wanted a shot at this or me or this title, just say when." And Punk looked at him and said, "When." "When." And- 'Cause- then we have this and now we have this. This is probably one of the most lackluster builds to a world title match I have ever seen in my life. You know what? And I've been around for a lot of them. You know what? You ain't wrong. Um, so going into our predictions, we have two that just don't care who wins, and that is Tank and Cursed. Both of them say both men are too over-hyped. They don't care about this match. See, see, I'm okay- I need two things coming out of this match, especially given the ru- rumor mill, so three things. One, Punk needs to go over. Okay. So, boom, there's my prediction. Two, Cody stays as far away from the title picture as humanly possible- Agreed for quite a while. That. He's been, he's been around- That going on five years, and about three and a half to four of them have been him in the major title picture. Mm-hmm. Three, he's already g- showing the tendencies. Turn that man heel. Please turn Cody heel. Everybody with two eyes and working brain cells has seen Cody Rhodes is a natural heel. The way he go- presents himself, the way he's talking to people, Cody Rhodes is a heel. Mark Henry has said it. Nick Aldis has said it. Bobby Ray has said it. Going into the predictions the rest of the way, we are all going Punk, including Baby Crossroads. Baby Crossroads. Jump us in and start us on night two. Night two, Sunday night Summer Slam. We have Penta versus Chad Gable for the IC Championship. Let it be known that my goofy butt decided Chad wasn't Chad in my nut prediction notebook. His name was Chadley. I love the way you said that, his name was Chadley. His name was Chadley. So another even split somewhere. How'd you get to Chadley? I just need to know. I w- I may have been thinking of Family Guy when I was writing this, and then I thought of Chadley. That doesn't surprise me. Not at all. We're, uh, split pretty half and half again here, except for Tink, who said either. Yeah, this match is gonna be money. It is. Yeah. It's gonna be beautiful, which is why you called this opening it up. Oh, yeah. It, I- Gable. One of... I want two thi- One thing coming out of this. W- or going into this, technically.

Penta vs Gable predictions

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Yes? So you remember Mania 40, Sami Zayn IC title match with Gunther? You rioted. Oh, dude, it should've been Gable to begin with. Mm-hmm. But not the point I'm trying to make. You remember- You remember the moment he had with Kevin Owens walking through the backstage- Yes and into Gorilla to then make his entrance? Yes. Where Owens looked at him and was like, "This is your time." Mm-hmm. I need that moment with Tozawa and Otis. Okay. 'Cause, you know, he's been on this apology tour since taking off the El Grande mask. Yeah. Se- you know, this new found babyface run. I would love to see him go to make that entrance. They're standing there, "Hey, we believe in you. By the way, we forgive you. Now go get the j- And then that's the push he needs now go get the job done." Boom, Gable on top. That'd be nice, actually. I gotta read Daesaro's reasoning 'cause it is short, sweet, and to the point, and this is the first time that it has only been two sentences from Daesaro. Daesaro with a, with a straight to the point. "Finally a coherent match on this card. If Gable doesn't win, we riot." It should have, it should have been Gable against Gunther That is true. It should have been Gable against Gunther. I agree. It, it should have been Gable like two years ago, but this is probably the hottest he's been. Prediction-wise? All right, prediction-wise, we have FlashandRiddickous picks and Beast going with Penta, the rest going Gable. All right. Do, uh, do we know why, reasons for Penta for picks Beast? Um, picks has kind of been on a Penta high as of late. She loves his in-ring work. Um, she's not too familiar when it came to Gable, 'cause when Gable had that short little rise that he had going into the IC Championship match for WrestleMania 30- Speaking of picks, thanks for all the likes he, she was more on the outskirts of watching. Um, so she's really liking a lot of Penta, and Beast is kind of on the same road. So yeah, uh, I guess we know why picks went with, uh, Pentas. Mm-hmm. All right, do you want the next match or do you want me to have the next one? Uh, you can take it. I, I intend to have a temp poll.

Danhausen vs Dom debate

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Ah, ah, got it, got it, got it. She doesn't watch it because- So speaking of polls, we are going to have a Human Money's on a Poll match. On a poll. Dirty Dominik Mysterio wants the $100,000 that him and JD tried to, uh- Was it 100,000? I thought it was 10,000. It was 100,000- Oh to try to pay Danhausen to curse Oba Femi going into, uh- The main event the King of the Rings semifinal, and Danhausen being the smartest man on Team Human Earth was like, "Yeah, no, I'm not gonna touch that one. You can pay me all the money you want. No, I will not be cursing Oba Femi" And in the midst of this, Oba Femi has found himself involved somewhat when, you know, they s- they tried to steal the money back and then- Mm-hmm JD kind of accidentally threw the bag at Oba and then was destroyed. Speaking of JD, great showing against Rey Fenix for the Triple A Cruiserweight Championship last night. I need that- I caught part of it. Dude, I need that match again. I caught part of it. I just need them to bring back Killer JD. Oh, dude, I need- He was on NXT like, I need Irish Ace, cut the hair. Where did he go? Like, I need that JD back. Like, I don't want J- I don't want JD McDonagh. Was JD the whip? I want Jordan Devlin. I want Jordan D- Jordan Devlin was my man. Dude. Like- Always had a big head, but, like- now it's just more noticeable. It... That was the one that, like, the minute he was on TV, I was in front of the TV. I drooled- Dude for that man. And you were also not just a fan of his good looks, but, like, as you watched him, you were like- Yeah "Dude, this guy can go." Longest reigning Cruiserweight champion. Correct. Which is chilling. At, I, I believe 500 days. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Little over 500 days. It would've been more had he not gotten injured. Agreed. Which, fine, but, like, I, I wanna see them really highlight JD for the talent that he is. I know you are on the same page. Oh, yeah. So let's, you know, maybe, I don't know, start looking at a disband of the Judgment Day and let him have some kind of a singles push. Anyways. Hmm. Predictions? And going into the predictions for Human Money on a Pole. I was not writing that down. I'm letting you know that right now. That's fine. You could've wrote Money on a Pole, Rach. Nope. Nope, 'cause then that sounds like a stripper. Why would you think of... It's, it would just be, it would just be Brother Pyro on that. I don't think anybody wants to see that Mr. Sunflower. They pay me to keep- I kind of do. They pay to keep- That'd be funny. Me and Sunflower sitting around. No, they pay me to keep my clothes on. Yeah. Not take 'em off. Yeah. And for the record, thanks to my boss over at, um, the bar that I work at, um, I have my stripper name. Yay. It, it is Enrique Empanada. I love it. They gave me... Yes. Anyway, going back to the predictions and no longer talking about strippers. You start calling Enrique Empanada You start calling me that and we might have a pr- I won't get your sweater fixed. I might rip it more. But I... Everybody but you and DeSario went Danhausen, because Danhausen has gotta be one of the easiest to merch. I literally just went this way 'cause Danhausen is such a merch magnet and like- It's gonna be okay Let's be real, this is gonna be one of those, like, filler... This is definitely a filler match- It is a filler match for the, for, for the kids in the crowd and whatever- And me 'cause he's so, 'cause he's so over. Can I read DeSario's reasoning? So over. Because I'm going to blow your mind and we agree on this 1000%. I'm not going against him in anything. Which is wild. Exact wording, "A human money's on a pole match? Who booked this crap, Vince Russo? They need to ease off the gas with Danhausen. He's bon- being put into far too many segments every night. And what happened to Dom over the last few months? He's champion in triple A, but a far cry from himself on the main roster. Still, give it to Dom." And I agree. You know, I can agree with that actually- Honestly 'cause, like- Since being put in this- Dom- we have seen the downfall of Dominic Mysterio, yeah Dom was on such a high for the longest time. Mm. Like, this is why going into October, 'cause I don't think we have anything in September WWE-wise. I don't believe so. Money in the Bank. Mm-hmm. There isn't many people that I wanna see win that briefcase. Dominic Mysterio. It needs to be Dom. Dominic Mysterio. And the only... Or, and the only one, early predictions- If it is not Dom, it needs to be L.A. Knight. Yeah. Yeah. Or LA Knight needs to go on and win the Rumble. One of the two. Mm, I think they're gonna save that spot for Oba, which is fine. And, uh, or Elimination Chamber. I'd see Oba winning the Elim- the Elimination Chamber match. I can see him winning either or in very dominant fashion regardless because he is Oba freaking Fleming. I agree. All right. So I'm gonna let you take us into the next one.

Finn Balor vs Sami Zayn

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Number one contenders match, WWE Championship, Finn Balor, Sami Zayn. Um- Finn Balor. Yes, of course. Finn Balor match. A- and you're just in plain. I mean, I'm wearing sleeve tokens, so I mean- I'm the only one- Listen, listen, I'm, I'm still work- Why are your shorts too short? I'm still working on the weight loss- Same so my wrestling shirts don't fit- Same right now, okay? We're, here. We're in the same boat, by the way. I'll replace it on the 28th. It's not that bad. I'll replace it when we go to Raw. Could've wore AJ, both of which show my belly, and I didn't wanna, I didn't wanna, I didn't wanna- Tank top. Tank top. I only have one of them and I wanna wear it. Raw. Of course. I need to wear. All right. Um, so again, been a bit out of the loop when it comes to this. Sami Zayn wants justice for- Yeah whatever scheme he's got going in his head because this man plays a million different roles a million different days. I- He feels like he got screwed after Cody got attacked. He was prepped for Cody, not for Punk. His title reign was only nine days- That was the, uh- so he was kinda pissed off about that I'm gonna cry, you know, cry me a river. I don't know what this... And then, and then- Look I will say he does have a legitimate gripe 'cause Saturday Night's Main Event in Madison Square Garden- Mm-hmm Aldis doesn't get involved, this is a triple threat match. Yep. I don't like Sami's gimmick personally. I- Oh, the last good guy thing? I, I, it's cringe. Yeah. Probably some of his best work since The Bloodline 'cause- Ugh "I'm the last good guy," but, like, every- I'm on the verge of a heel. Oh, no, no, no. He is full-blown heel. He's, this is the I'm a heel and I'm not ready to admit it type of role. I don't know. I cringe at his gimmick. Why? Hard. I hard cringe. I don't know why, but I genuinely enjoy it. Uh, well, you can enjoy it all by yourself. I'll be cringing in the corner. I, uh- Okay. Finn Balor- So, like, this is a- that's all this is, is he wants justice. He should've- Yep been added to this match, and if Aldis doesn't get involved, there's a solid possibility that this would've been a fatal four-way, Gunther, Sami, Cody, Punk Yeah, but we didn't get that. Um, Finn Bálor won this by a, was it a gauntlet match, or- I, I- I believe it was yeah. Actually, yeah, I believe it was a gauntlet match. Brother Pirate? Right? The- Gauntlet match Finn Bálor Finn Bálor winning the- Fatal 4-Way. Fatal 4-Way, okay. Oh. I was gonna say, I, I know one of them- No, Fatal 4-Way was- Chad Gables was a- Was the gauntlet a gauntlet. To win number one contender ship to take on. Great showing, by the way. Mm. Love that. But yeah, no, it was him, Royce Keyes, Trick Williams And I don't remember who the last one was in that fatal four-way And I, I genuinely, I don't remember We'll just, we'll just leave it at that. So the fatal four-way match obviously happened. We now have these two, um, last night on Friday Night SmackDown, Finn came out, talked about how Summer Slam is always special to him because 10 years ago he was the inaugural- Universal Champion Universal Champion. Um, he had to relinquish it 22 hours later due to an injury. Thank you, Seth Rollins. Um- Seth Rollins has gotten significantly better since then, so- Hey, I can still make the comparison Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm- I cried when they were- I'm still very mad about this, okay? Oh, no. You gotta remember, you on- I did, I cried. Oh, no you only had Balor in WWE. Poor Nora. I remember Prince Devitt in New Japan. Yeah. You watched for forever. I remember the inaugural Bullet Club formation. Um, so- So so we get to hear Sami Zayn comes out, talks about how he's looking for justice for himself, and Finn is like, "Where's the justice for me? 'Cause when I came back, there was nothing. I had to work my way here. You had 10 years to even be able to smell the gold and stand in the same room as it." Uh, he, I was- "And it took you 10 years to be here." I was gonna say, what was it? It took you 10 years to win it. It- And it took you nine days to lose it, because you didn't lose because of an injury. You didn't lose because you got screwed. You lost because you- That's because you lost. Like, you don't got the gold 'cause you lost. Essentially, I'm better. I won it on my first attempt, not 10 years later. It has just taken me 10 years to get back here. All right. Um, so going into our predictions, we are more on the side of Finn Balor- Okay whereas DaSario picks, and Beast, are all going Sami Zayn. I... Sami's great for the chase, especially if it's a babyface Sami. I'm gonna read DaSario's reason. But justice for Balor, like you and I especially. Mm-hmm. And it's funny that DaSario's going Balor, 'cause me and him have had conversations at length of get him back in, get Balor back in the push. He, here's why. He says, "After a thrilling nine-day reign, Sami has to earn a rematch against Finn. The easy answer will be to go Finn, but I see Sami winning after Finn trips over the corpse of Johnny Gargano, knocking himself unconscious." Dude, oh, you know, with what they're doing with Johnny, and Sami, and Candice, I can see it. I can see them getting involved 'cause they were very- Right team Sa- they've been very Team Sami as of late. And Candice has been vocal about it as of lately. Oh, yeah, of- Getting in people's faces saying, "No, Sami needs to win this." Sami needs to be the guy. He's the only one that's banging it for Gargano, and you know, et cetera. He needs to be, he's, guy, he's our champion. He needs to be our champion. It was crazy. Mm-hmm. I, I will say I, uh, I appreciate Priest's interaction with Cody. Yeah. A couple weeks ago, him telling him, "Hey- A lot of the guys in the back are tired of not getting opportunities 'cause the same like four people are in rotation. Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah. And again- We talked about it and again, Cody, again, another heelish Cody thing, you pride yourself too much on being one of the boys when every wrestler knows independent, big time, whatever, nothing is stronger than the bond you have with the people in the locker room with you. Mm-hmm. So Cody, screw you. Agreed. That is all I needed to say on that. Okay. Into our next match.

Interim women's title talk

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Our next match is for the interim WWE Women's Championship because Miss Rhea Ripley is injured. That darn meniscus. Yeah, and we couldn't strip her of the title. Why? That's what I'm saying. As much as I love Rhea- I- being champion- Thank you I know you kind of agree with that. Listen- Uh, I wish I could, but Liv Morgan hasn't done anything either, so- Why not? I put her in the same boat. But here's my thing. Here's my thing. If- Injured or not, they both haven't defended, so- No, valid, and me and, uh, me and Twisted have been on that case of why haven't you done anything with Liv? Why- That's why it's not valid like if your- A 30-day rule And same with- Needs, it needs, it needs to come back. Like, if your only reason for giving Liv the title was because Stephanie was injured, that's not a good enough reason. And same as when Jade was carrying the title. She didn't really defend it, ever. Oh, no. That was a big thing. Like, who- That was a big rivalry. So it's just the same thing. It's just Rhea's injured. She has a legit reason. She, otherwise I'm pretty sure she'd have been and defended it a couple times- Oh, yeah at this point. And, and- Unless she's not fighting, yeah 'cause you, 'cause if we look at it, even before injury, they threw her into what? No defenses. It was feuding with fatal influence, tagging with Charlotte and Alexa on numerous occasions. Out- Like, they could've built that into a Jacy James opportun- Jacy Jayne opportunity though. That's the thing. Thank you. But- Thank you but you had to get the ball rolling. You can't just do it right away. No, you're right. So she has a valid point with it. Valid. But like my thing is this. Strip her of the titles and she's not even g- It was- She's not on, not, not even able to defend it. She's not on TV. She's not there. Yeah. She's not even able to tr- she's not even cleared to travel right now. It may have been, it may have been touch and go. They maybe m- were not sure how bad it was and that she might be back- But h- and that's why it took a while. Ready? Yeah. You know? Strip her. This is for the title- Upon her return, num- You have a title match you have a title match for the title you never lost. You are automatic number one contender. Instead of this, "I'm interim, but I'm the actual champion," and now it's a unification match. Can we just have a six-person be dropped into this and it be Naomi? Well, she's on- Oh, man maternity leave right now. Like, she, she- I mean, she could come back I'm saying, I'm- Dude, at that point, that changes my pick. Hold on. Hold on. Okay, go. Sh- I think she is coming back soon. Jimmy Uso recently was wearing something with the caution tape on it. Or that could be Jimmy pulling himself away from The Bloodline and going heel real quick. I'm just saying the caution tape was a Naomi thing, so I'm counting that as Naomi's return. That's one of those, "I miss being on the road with my wife" "I need my wifey back." That's... But that's where I... mine went with it, but anyway. Yeah, the predictions will get

Chelsea vs Charlotte picks

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into it. So we have Charlotte Flair versus Jade Cargill versus Chelsea Green versus, 'cause we haven't heard that in a while- No Tiffany Stratton and Lash Legend. That is why I, I need Samantha Irvin back. Like, I know she is very hellbent on, "I'm not coming back" I was showing a friend her intro. Like, oh my God. And it was conveniently the one where Sa- Samantha was still with us and going, "Chelsea Green". And it's funny 'cause they told her not to do it that way. And I think they got pissed. After the first... Chelsea got pissed and was like, "Dude, I lo- So did- "I loved that" And she went and fought the higher-ups to get that back. Samantha Irvin was the only woman who would give you your own personalized name. It was great. She was great at what she did. She was. She just wasn't happy in what she did. She was. And that's fine. She wanted to be more than just a Ring Announcer, which I understand. And that's totally cool. You could've done more with her, especially with her being, you know, working for his fiance. No. You were like, "No" And now she has a, uh, a music career-ish. Anyway. Anywho. All right. So we're... It's, it's funny how it's pretty decently split between two people, except for, like, a select couple of us- between Chelsea and, uh, Charlotte. All right. So between Chelsea and Charlotte, those who picked that, Chelsea, Pyro Twisted, um, Desario, Cauldron, and Briticos all went Chelsea. Cursed, Pix, Tank, and I went Charlotte. Flash went with Tiffany Stratton. And- To the surprise of nobody Beast went with Jade. I would be curious to know the odd- Okay. So- ones Flash is because that is one of the only people he can stand in this. It's the only one he likes. Beast actually- gave me a full-on reasoning with his. Um- Oh, yeah that being he sees Jade being the one that Rhea has that money-maker match with when she comes back. And none of her last two matches with her have been garbage? I, I said that, but he has a different opinion. I was gonna say, but I could... I can see it kind of working, storyline here- But move away from that. Just like we're tired of the same four guys, I'm tired of the same four or five women. I think they just need a huge shakeup with it. 'Cause I love, I love Rhea. She doesn't need to be in the WrestleMania ma- uh, title picture every year, and go back to as far as, what, Mania 38? I believe so. 39, she's been- 38, 39, yeah. Let's see, 36 with Charlotte. Mm-hmm. 37. Yep. Don't think she was involved in 38. I think that was the one year she was injured, I wanna say. 39 with Charlotte 40 Was Taitim, I believe. Yep And 41 was IYO. And now Jade. Mm. So of your last- Six or seven, yeah. 'Cause she, I, I can't remember because she's been like- Of the last, like, seven Manias that I've listed off, six of them she's been... I don't wanna see Jade in there. I don't wanna see Charlotte. I don't wanna see Rhea. I don't wanna see Liv. I don't even want... I love IYO, and I don't wanna see her. I don't want them, yeah. I'm burnt out. Give us a fresh crop. You and I talked about who would I put in this title picture- Mm-hmm uh, last night, and I said, "If we're doing a fresh crop," 'cause I said, "Tiffany's the US champion." Yeah. No need for her to be in this match. It's g- she's gonna be the highlight reel. That's what she's here for. Yeah. But I said what? "Give me Julia." Mm-hmm. "Give me Lash. Give me Jordynne Grace." 'Cause where has she been? Keep Jacy Jayne. She's not even in it. Or put Jacy Jayne. And the only one in this match that I'd keep is Chelsea Green. Chelsea needs to be the one that takes it. Chase Jade, another woman I can't stand. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. You're good. She thinks she's all that and a bag of chips. Like, darn, she needs more spice. That's Man- that was Mandy Rose, though, too. For the longest time. Mm-hmm. Yeah. All right. Do you wanna take our next match? 'Cause I know how excited you are about this return. Yes. I was pretty excited about that return, too. Give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me, give me. Go, go, go.

Trick vs Corbin return

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United States Championship, Trick Williams defends against the returning Lone Wolf, Baron Corbin. And he let it... He made a statement upon his return. Mm-hmm. Came out, attacked Melo, attacked Trick, and in the weeks since, it's been attack or call-out or whatever. And Trick, post-SmackDown last week- Mm-hmm was like, he was attacked, and he was like, "No, let's settle this." They made it official, US title on the line at Summer Slam. This is a title that Corbin has held. Yes. I love Trick. I love him. Corbin needs to be the one to dethrone him. You need to make this return mean something, and Corbin is one of the few heels right now that truly feels like a heel. Now, I will say, on top of fans clamoring for this, Corbin has also clamored for a three-way dance involving Carmelo Hayes. And if anybody knows basketball reference- Mm-hmm uh, he posted, too, I wanna say it was his, I don't remember if it was Twitter or if it was Instagram, a picture of a benched Steph Curry when, you know, during a big game in which the Warriors went on to lose that game. Melo kind of feels a little slighted right now, which, fine, I understand. Yeah. But you need to... This match is going to be money 'cause both men are incredibly talented athletes. And I'm excited to see where this goes. Going into our predictions, okay, we're pretty split. Mm-hmm. Uh, me, you, Pix, Beast, Ridiculous, and Flash all went with Corbin. Cauldron, Tank, Desario, and Hex went with Mr. Whoop That- Mr. Lemon Pez What- Steppers Steppers. Okay. So I'm gonna pause you. Your reasoning Love Baron Corbin. Would love him to go make that title. I really would. I don't think he, I don't, I just don't. He hasn't been around enough. He hasn't had enough push for it yet. I think something's gonna happen. All right, and- Something's gonna happen and that is why I was g- I saved this last prediction- Mm-hmm first, also going with Lemon Pepper Stepper fuzzy US title carrying, 'cause why did they do that to that title? Yeah, that was, why did they make it look like it should be posed in a lewd way over Trick's junk? Oh, absolu- absolutely. They were trying to protect the title from that. First went with Trick- Yeah via interference and disqualification caused by- Mello Carmelo Hayes. That would be lovely. I would love that. You then, you know, again, you build to a three-way dance. Mm-hmm. And either Mello goes over- Or Baron goes over or Baron goes over. Again, I don't mind seeing Baron, 'cause let's be real, they've squandered a lot of his opportunities his first run. Mm-hmm. His best thing came- Mm as Tag Team Champions in NXT- And he deserved it with Bron Breakker. The Wolf Dogs. Oh my God. That was so good. Give me the Wolf Dogs. It was absolutely beautiful. It was great. And then maybe we can get some momentum behind Bron Breakker again. Yes. Bro, please. But my other thing is Trick is still young. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He has- The time time. He's already built in the pedigree of, "You are going to be a star. You are going to be a future face of this company" Stack called Rizbo, honey. The company's behind him, the fans are behind him. Mm-hmm. I'm gonna say this, this doesn't hurt Trick to drop the title to a seasoned vet like Baron Corbin. So I wanted to read- Think it helps him actually Desario's reasoning. Says, "US title, I mean, why give us the match we want in Carmelo and Trick when we can instead get Corbin? That'll make the people watch live. Taking Trick." Yeah, no, everybody... And I get it, I wanted... We've been clamoring for Mello to be in this title picture. We've been clamoring- Since he lost it. We've been clamoring for Mello-Trick since Mania. Yeah. Since going into Mania, is what it should've been. It didn't need to be Sammy. We got this at Stand Deliver a couple years ago, and they delivered. I wanted to see it on the big stage of the main roster. Oh, yeah, 'cause they could've delivered. They have such... You, they have chemistry most wrestlers- Don't dream of having- Oh, yeah with the guy across from them. I wanna see that play out into something big. Eventually, I hope down the line that's what we get. We'll just have to wait and see. All right.

Roman vs Rollins Main event

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Main event of night two. World Heavyweight Championship, Roman Reigns Seth Rollins. Oh. Um. Whoa. Oh. Of course you two would start singing it. So, originally this was supposed to be Oba Femi's spot. Due to him going against Brock Lesnar, this obviously had to go up in the air. Seth Rollins stepped in and said, "I want this chance. I want a chance at the title I never lost because of my injury." He also alluded to a lot of their history in this. Yes. And was like, "Hey." In the, in the initial challenge, it was, "Hey, you and I are forever going to be linked. We're both first ballot Hall of Famers. The- we are closer to the end than we are to the beginning." Mm-hmm. "This might be the last chance we get to do this." Mm-hmm. Um, this has been going on for weeks, where they have either been calling each other out and been talking about it, talking about- Traction their past. I mean- More or less Seth, yes I was gonna say, I was gonna say they haven't, they is too many people. Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins has been going out, talking about their past. Roman Reigns coming in here and there. I know he has been, 'cause they've been having some really good back and forth. And then it seemed, from what I had seen, that things kinda dropped the ball this past Monday. With... I know Desario was saying that. So- Monday Night- But that happened Raw as a whole, the go-home show, was kind of disappointing. It didn't feel like a go-home show. Okay. It didn't deliver the I'm building the hype for the pay-per-view, for the PLE, whatever you wanna call it. Mm-hmm. Like I said in our group chat, Raw had maybe three good segments. This being one of them. The weigh-in- Okay was fantastic. Do you agree? It was a, it was a great segment. The- Good segment. I was annoyed by it. Pay attention. I looked at, uh, Sunflower, and I was like, "Hey, pay attention to all of those cops, 'cause at some point somebody's gonna go out." Oh, yeah. No, I was like, I was like, "What are they..." All they did was lock Oba in with a bunch of people that are about to be victims. Exactly. Now, pay attention to each and every one of them, 'cause at least- Back to WWE three of them will have- At least three of them are gonna have a tr- tryout A tryout, and one of 'em is gonna make the main roster. And one of 'em is actually gonna make something of it, of their wrestling career. Yeah. At least one of them. 'Cause, you know, run the gag. If, if you are at one point, any, at any point in your career, if you have played a security guard, you end up being a wrestler. Yep, not even gonna lie, for a little bit I was concerned about Adam Pearce and Triple H being in that same ring. Oh, my God, yeah. So I was like, "Wait, wait, Triple H has heart problems. Don't touch him." I was, I was less concerned about Triple H, 'cause I feel like, one, he can still probably take care of himself. Oh, my God. But, like, Oba Femi still likes a paycheck. Yeah. Adam Pearce, on the other hand, if he would've got yeeted. I like when Adam Pearce gets mad, his entire bald head turns red. Dude, dude, he has a vein on his forehead, butts. So funny. Anyway, anyway, anyway. I mean, it's great. Anyways, Ryan- But- guide it back in so that was a really great segment Okay And Rollins, Roman was a great segment. Okay They went at it, you know, ba- Oh, and, uh, Solo Dolo Sakawa. Solo Dolo. Pew, pew, pew, pew. Pew, pew, pew. 'Cause we got that on this one day. Pow. Anyways. Anyway. Pew pew. So them going back and forth, you know, Roman going to, you know, acknowledge me, and Rollins interrupting almost immediately. Mm-hmm. Them, you know, w- war of words, then the brawl. Then the steel chair. Then the steel chair that Roman's like... And everybody's telling him, "Don't do what you..." Cody doesn't. Yeah. And that is part of the reason, I feel. When we go into our predictions- Okay as we are now, um, we are half and half. But yeah, and then Rollins, you know, curb stomping him- Yeah into the chair as he's getting to the ring. Fantastic. We are half and half with this. So you, myself, Flash, Cauldron, Ridiculous, Tank, and Baby Crossroads are all going- Yay Seth Rollins. Baby Crossroads. Whereas Desario, yourself- Myself Cursed, Pix, and Beast are going with Roman Reigns. I wanna pick your brain first. Why are you going Roman? This, this one I had to go back on. Yes, you were mentioning that- This one I had to watch before we got here. I had to think about this. I thought about this match all week, and I still, uh, when the time for predictions came, I had to sit there and stare at it for a little. Like, like, "What do I do here?" Like, 'cause again, it's another thing where I didn't get to see The Shield. Yeah. I would've loved to see The Shield. Didn't get to see The Shield. You- Didn't get to see the relationship. She came at, like, the worst time back into it. No, and my thing is- Like, terrible here's my thing is she's, you missed The Shield, and your breakout would've been Ambrose. Like, her, her- Oh, yeah her bread and butter wouldn't have been Rollins, it wouldn't have been Roman. It would've been Dean Ambrose. Well, con- considering when I watched AEW, I was all about Moxley all the time. Exactly. Absolutely. This is... Moxley is- Just a watered-down version of him a watered-down, or is a more intense version of what Dean Ambrose was. Yeah. Which was a watered-down version of what he was on the indies. But, like, my point being- She missed it Ambrose would've been your bread and butter. Same. Oh, yeah, we loved the Lunatic Fringe. Oh, yeah. Okay. Nothing beats the Raw in Milwaukee where, uh, he did a vi- video package from in the doctor's office and he was getting a steroid injection in his butt. Anywho. So your reasoning for ultimately going Reigns? It was ultimately me thinking- Bloodline get involved Okay Who does, who does Seth have really? I mean, he has, he had the Street Profits for a little bit. I mean, he still could. What if- You never know what's going on behind the scenes what if Roman has someone come out in his corner? I mean, he doesn't need anybody. He probably didn't ask for anybody, but what if? My thing is this, and I'm, I'm gonna kind of... They're still solo. Solo Dolo. LA Knight, Andrezo, Keys, that are all very much- Yeah screw the Bloodline. You're right. You're right screw everything they stand for. You're right. So even if it is, "Look, I don't like you, but I don't wanna see this end this way," they're gonna- The enemy- They're gonna- of my enemy is my friend. Well, it's also- There we go. for, it's also for me, how is his Bloodline thing he's trying to build back gonna work if he doesn't get that title back at least for a little bit? I mean, he's had it back for a little bit. We're at the end of summer. He said, "You got me through summer." I wanna say- Yeah. And it, I wanna say he's done a very good job as champion. Yeah In the, what, three months that he's had it, he's defended it twice now Um, going into, going back to a match we talked about Mm-hmm saw this on Facebook. Somebody predicted an accidental, like, a miscommunication or whatever- Mm-hmm between The Line, or between- The Bloodline? No. No. Uh, Solo, Keys and Knight. Okay. And it opens a door for a debuting Zilla Fatu, which I wouldn't mind. Oh, I wouldn't mind that either. I wouldn't mind, especially if you've watched any of his independent work, 'cause oh my God. Definitely not. But I don't see that being the route. No. N- potentially post-match, 'cause one thing I will say Roman has done well in this championship reign, unlike the first run of The Bloodline, is- Is not having help he's proving that he can do it with no help. Mm-hmm. I mean, but you can't... I wouldn't put it past him. I was gonna say, can I rule it out entirely? No. No, 'cause it's only been twice. But in those moments he's shown, "I don't need to cheat to win." No. "I don't need the extra backup. I can do this- No on my own." But as me and you have said on numerous occasions, Seth Rollins needs to be the one barrier Roman Reigns can't get over when it comes to the big marquee matches. 'Cause we're looking at all of their televised matches. This is only going to be their third one-on-one- Mm-hmm PLE match. Yep. Big, bi- Like, that is huge considering they've been tied together for the last- 15 years fif- 17 years. Okay. 'Cause we're gonna... Shield debuted in 2012. No, don't make me feel old. Shield debuted in late 2012. Yeah. That's when I started watching, like, I was- I was a s- 2010 I was a sophomore in high school when they debuted. To put that into perspective, I just turned 29. Anyway, for the last- And I just turned 34. Whatever 17 years- this is where we're going. Yeah. Um, been tied together. Rollins has always bested Roman when it's come down to the big marquee match up. Mm-hmm. We title defense, Rollins has gotten the, the win. Think about it, Rumble 2022. Mm-hmm. Who came out on top? Rollins. Rollins via disqualification. Disqualification, yep. But the one-on-one match prior to that, it was Rollins before getting cashed in on by Dean Ambrose. Um, but let's talk- Other candies the heist of the century took Roman's moment away. Roman is the one he pinned for the successful cash-in. Triple threat match at Mania 39, Rollins emerged victorious. In the big match-ups, Rollin- Rollins has the upper hand Roman can n- Roman always comes up short, and I need... Unless you are going into this as the last time ever, both are about to retire- Mm and even then, I need Roman to retire never having beat Rollins when- When it matters it counts the most. Mm-hmm. Otherwise, if you look at it in any other aspect, Ro- Reigns does have the upper hand when it's not the big matches.

Wrap up SummerSlam hype

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All right, with that being said, that does conclude night one and night two of Summer Slam. I'm excited. I'm excited for this. We know you are. Brother Pyro? Oh, yeah. I have to go play with kitties before night one, you know. Sure. I, I look forward to this event every year. It's my birthday event. It is. Yay. You have this, and I have Forbidden Door and AEW. Yes. That's true. Which is great. All right, your birthday's in six days. It is. Yeah, I had to point it out. You- You're welcome, lady well, knowing us, we'll probably record right before my birthday. So with that being said- we are out. Later.