WrestleMania 41 Predictions & Steve Austin Has A Message for Mike Tyson (Raw is War: 1.26.1998)

On this week’s New to Wrestling, Kelsey and Xavier dive headfirst into the madness of the January 26, 1998 episode of Raw is War — and oh, it’s a ride.

From VaderDust to DX drag, and one of the wildest “main events” in recent memory (spoiler: it’s not Triple H), the episode delivers pure Attitude Era chaos. The hosts break down Kane’s absolute rampage, the unexpectedly touching friendship of Terry Funk and Mick Foley, and a DX beatdown that had way too many guest stars.

Plus, in the spirit of WrestleMania season, Kelsey and Xavier share their predictions for this year’s two-night spectacle — with all the sass, heartbreak, and hot takes you’ve come to expect.

Will Owen Hart finally force Triple H to face him? Is Vader really fearless? And why exactly was Goldust wearing that nose? You’ll have to listen to find out.

🎧 Stream now and get caught up on all the chaos, comedy, and commentary that only New to Wrestling can deliver.

Match Card:

• Ken Shamrock vs. Mark Henry
• Barry Windham & Jeff Jarrett vs. The Legion of Doom (Animal & Hawk)
• Vader vs. TAFKA Goldust (with Luna Vachon)
• The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & Road Dogg) vs. Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie – WWF Tag Team Championship Match
• El Pantera vs. Brian Christopher
• The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) vs. The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre)
• Owen Hart vs. TAFKA Goldust – WWF European Championship Match

Timestamps:

• 0:27 – Welcome + Match Card Overview
• 2:03 – WrestleMania 41 Predictions (Night 1 & 2)
• 15:53 – New Sponsor Announcement: Anniversary 8 – A Jurassic Celebration
• 17:24 – Raw Recap Begins: Mike Tyson/Stone Cold Fallout
• 21:04 – Ken Shamrock vs. Mark Henry
• 23:33 – Kane vs. The World: Video Package & Recap
• 26:35 – Barry Windham & Jeff Jarrett vs. Legion of Doom
• 28:03 – DX Locker Room Antics (Mini-Promo)
• 31:11 – DX Promo: Shawn Michaels Plots for WrestleMania
• 32:55 – Vader vs. Goldust (as “Vader Dust”)
• 35:10 – Kane’s Post-Match Attack on Vader
• 36:20 – Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie vs. New Age Outlaws (Tag Title Chaos)
• 40:22 – Post-Match Brawl + Terry Funk Moonsault
• 40:32 – Taka Michinoku Video Package
• 41:02 – Brian Christopher vs. El Pantera
• 45:40 – Jerry Lawler Betrays El Pantera
• 46:10 – Cactus & Charlie Backstage Interview + DX Attack
• 48:00 – The Headbangers vs. The Quebecers
• 50:33 – Owen Hart vs. “Triple H” (aka Goldust in Drag)
• 56:01 – Owen Hart Awarded the European Championship
• 57:43 – Don King’s Promo About Mike Tyson at WrestleMania
• 58:22 – Steve Austin Closes the Show with a Warning to Tyson

The New To Wrestling Podcast follows two friends who enjoy wrestling but are in different stages of their fandom. Xavier Cruz serves as your guide through generations of professional wrestling while Kelsey Silva experiences these matches for the first time. Climb into the ring weekly to relive the famous matches beginning with the Attitude Era!

Transcript

Xavier [0:27 - 1:11]: Hello and welcome to another edition of the New to Wrestling podcast. This week we watched the January 26, 1998 edition of Raw is War. And the match card is as follows. In our opening contest, we have Ken Shamrock taking on Mark Henry. Barry Windham and Jeff Jarrett of the NWA take on the Legion of Doom. Vader takes on the Artist Formerly Known as Goldust with Luna. The New Age Outlaws take on Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charm. Charlie El Pantera takes on Brian Christopher. The Headbangers take on the Quebecers. And Owen Hart takes on Triple H sort of in the main event. 

Kelsey Silva [1:11 - 1:13]: I knew this was gonna happen. 

Xavier [1:13 - 2:03]: We'll talk about that. Hello, hello, hello, everyone. Welcome. If you are new here, you are in luck. That is Kelsey. She is also new here. If you are not so new here, well, I am here for you. I am Xavier. All right, guys, this one we're moving along at a, at a clip pace on The Road to WrestleMania 1998. Very exciting. WrestleMania 14. But in the spirit of WrestleMania season and that when we are recording this right now, WrestleMania is going to be on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday. So this comes out on Thursday. So I thought it would be a fun little moment before WrestleMania is upon us to do some predictions. 

Kelsey Silva [2:03 - 2:06]: Yay. I'm excited. I want to hear it. 

Xavier [2:06 - 3:03]: I want to. Yes, yes, yes. So there's two nights. So night one, we have the War Raiders, Ivar and Eric taking on the new day. The new day is in the middle, like, in the middle of their kind of like heel run. I think they're probably gonna give it to the new day just because it's, I think, a little bit more interesting than whatever the War Raiders have been doing on television the last couple months. All in all, the general consensus from the Internet is that this is the wrong WWE Tag Team Championship match. That is being done. Apparently they've buil built up a like, like a five way tag team situation over on smackdown. And that tag Team championship is not being featured at all on the WrestleMania card. So it's left people a little bit confused. 

Kelsey Silva [3:03 - 3:04]: That is very confusing. 

Xavier [3:04 - 5:05]: So I think the new day is gonna take it away, I think just because it'll just be more interesting television. Their seasoned veterans in the middle of a heel turn. So I think it's just a safe bet. We have Rey Mysterio taking on El Grande Americano, which is exactly what you think it is. It's Chad Gable in a mask. I'm hoping that this turns out to be a mask versus mask match. Mask for mask, right? Yes. Exactly. Works in Grindr, works at WrestleMania. And so I hope this ends up being a mask versus mask match so that we can see El Grande Americano unmasked as Chad Gable. We next, I think. Oh, Oh. I think R. Cereo. If it is a mask versus mask match, obviously R. Myo will take it. I think next in The Jade Cargill vs. Naomi match, that Jade Carville is going to take that away. She has been coming after Naomi hot and heavy the last couple weeks. Love to see it. We have La Knight taking on Jacob Fatu for the United States title. I think La Knight's gonn end up winning due to some chicanery between the Jacob Fatu and the either solo or some other, like, miscommunication with the bloodline. Gunther versus J. Uso. I know that the sentimental favorite is Jay uso and everybody loves him, and we. We want him to win. I want Gunther. I. I would love, in the long run for a feather in the cap of Gunther to be like, I stopped Jay's, like, whole Momentum, that whole WrestleMania nonsense. I proved he was not the guy, and I'm just as big bad and, you know, as I've always been. 

Kelsey Silva [5:05 - 5:10]: Isn't he the longest Intercontinental title holder ever? Ever? 

Xavier [5:10 - 5:11]: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That guy. 

Kelsey Silva [5:11 - 5:12]: Yeah, girl. Give. 

Xavier [5:12 - 5:13]: He's the world champion right now. 

Kelsey Silva [5:14 - 5:18]: Oh, okay. Per. I mean, obviously, you guys know, I'm not. I'm not up on the. Up on the draw. 

Xavier [5:18 - 5:29]: Yeah. But Jay uso won the Royal Rumble. He's kind of like a. Like, people love him because he's been around forever. He's kind of like a sentimental favorite kind of thing. But for me, I don't care. I don't care. I won't go through. 

Kelsey Silva [5:29 - 5:30]: And I love when you don't care. 

Xavier [5:30 - 5:31]: Crush it. 

Kelsey Silva [5:31 - 5:32]: I love that. 

Xavier [5:32 - 6:42]: Next we have Tiffany Stratton versus Charlotte Flair, which I think is going to be a banger of a match. I think the build to this match has been, like, an absolute hot mess, and I think WWE knows that it's been an absolute hot mess, but especially in the last couple weeks with it getting real personal with Tiffany talking about Charlotte's divorces, and then Charlotte trying to sneak in that Tiffany's boyfriend has, like, been sliding into her dms. Like, messy, messy, messy. It got messy. So I think the match, regardless, is going to be a banger because they're both freak athletes. I'm hoping that Tiffany takes it away. I think Charlotte. I think the WWE kind of realized that Charlotte Flair was not the move to, like, kind of come Back and shove down our throats with the Roar Rumble. I think they're kind of realizing that. And then in the main event for night one, we have Roman Reigns, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins. So the tea of this one is the big favor that CM Punk is cashing in on Paul Heyman for helping the bloodline out in Survivor Series. 

Kelsey Silva [6:42 - 6:42]: Yes. 

Xavier [6:42 - 7:32]: In War games. Is that CM Punk or that Paul Heyman will accompany CM Punk and not Roman Reigns to WrestleMania? The big kind of what if of it all is what is. How is this going to, like, unfold? Some people are thinking that it's going to be like Paul Heyman's going to turn on both CM Punk and Roman Reigns and go with Seth Rollins to really just like, throw it. Throw it all into chaos. Do we read like, do we want to keep Roman with Paul to keep that going? I mean, we've seen it for the last four years, so maybe it's time to spice that up. But we've also seen CM Punk with Paul Heyman during his WWE title run. You haven't, but, you know, the general public has. 

Kelsey Silva [7:32 - 7:39]: Oh, yeah, listen, I'm keeping up with the way people keep up with the Kardashians. I love that, man. 

Xavier [7:39 - 8:01]: But the. The thing we haven't seen and would make sense because Seth Rollins was really like the unsung hero of WrestleMania 40, that he would get his comeuppance in WrestleMania 41 and walk away with the big W and with their manager, you know, really fierce. 

Kelsey Silva [8:01 - 8:03]: I would love that, actually. 

Xavier [8:03 - 8:39]: So I think that that might be the way that they go. So we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. Night two, we have AJ Styles taking on Logan Paul. That could honestly go either way. Who knows what they're gonna do there? I think the match itself will be good because they're both, like, again, freak athletes, but Logan Paul is. Logan Paul. So not gonna sing too many praises there. Damian Priest is taking on Drew McIntyre in a sin City street fight. I think he's gonna go to Drew McIntyre. I think he generally just has more going on for him. 

Kelsey Silva [8:40 - 8:40]: Yeah. 

Xavier [8:41 - 8:50]: Then Damien Priest has in the last couple months. I think they're gonna have to, like, kind of figure out what they're gonna do with Damien next after this because we're out. 

Kelsey Silva [8:50 - 8:53]: Damian Priest is Undertaker. 

Xavier [8:53 - 11:56]: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, he is. Okay, so we gotta figure out. I honestly, they should lean into it, but they have to figure out what he's gonna do. But since he left the Judgment Day and gone solo, we. It's been Kind of. I don't know. We'll see. We'll see what the next chapter is. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defending the the Women's Tag Team Champions Championships against Bailey and Lyra Valkyria. This one's like kind of a random one that we're kind of just getting. Everyone kind of feels this way. It's rushed. WWE kind of dropped the ball on this division as far as like getting something going in time for WrestleMania. So this just feels very random. And Lyra Valkyria is the Women's Intercontinental Championship, which is also not being defended on the WrestleMania card, which this is like you introduced these titles like not but a few months ago. And alas alack, here we are for the Intercontinental Championship. On the men's side, it's Braun Breaker, Penta, Finn Balor and Dominic Mysterio. I'm hoping that Dominic Mysterio walks away with it. I know we hate him generally. Like it's fun to hate Dom, but the man's been working his ass off for the last like couple years. Like put like working more dates than anybody. Like honestly, the fans love to hate him. And I think you can. It's a, it's a. There's enough factors in it that it's a believable win if Domino Dominic walks away with it because Braun Breaker versus Dominic Oneon one is crazy. And you wouldn't really believe that Dominic's gonna pull out the victory. But in a fatal four way situation, he's just sneaky enough that he could get away with it. And then that kind of leads to what I think will be the dissolution of the Judgment Day as a whole because then that will start the kind of feud between Finn Balor and Dominic. And so that'll kind of like I think be the final nail in the coffin of Judgment Day. And I think it's time everybody can kind of go their separate ways after Wrestlemania. In the triple threat match for the women's world title, EOS Guy, Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley. This one is going to be crazy because we have the two heavy hitters with Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley. Arguably like the two like top. Top of the WWE right now. And EO sky who has in this storyline been it while being the champion is being kind of see written as the like the afterthought because it seems Ria and Bianca got big beef. But that is why I think she will be the one to walk away with the win because she is being treated as an afterthought and she is no slouch in the ring, so. 

Kelsey Silva [11:56 - 12:03]: Yeah. And I feel like Bianca and Rhea might get caught up in their own right, exactly. 

Xavier [12:03 - 12:05]: Which has kind of been the case. 

Kelsey Silva [12:05 - 12:06]: Yeah. 

Xavier [12:06 - 12:33]: So we'll see. We'll see what happens there. Another one that's going to be an absolute banger. And then in the main event, we have Cody Rhodes taking on John Cena for the undisputed WWE Championship. And. Boy, oh, boy, boy, I honestly, I think it's going to go to John Cena. I think we have. Yes, I think. I think we have enough time. Not that I want this. I just think this is what's gonna happen. 

Kelsey Silva [12:33 - 12:35]: I'm like, how dare you say that? 

Xavier [12:35 - 13:47]: I think we have enough time from April to December, when John Cena is expected to retire to, you know, give the WWE a kind of last run with John Cena as a heel on top. Lots of television exposure. Also, Cody is a. Is damn good in the Chase. Damn good. We love to see Cody chase. And he's also great at. Honestly, he's. He's the best when his back is against the wall and when he is chasing the title. And so it also gives Cody another thing to kind of. I think they're gonna. Long term. I think it'll ultimately end up down the line that. That Cody will be the one that takes the title back from John. But I think we're gonna have. There's still too many things unanswered about the Rock's involvement in all of this and that. I think that's going to come to a head at WrestleMania at the result of Cody Rhodes. Do I want that to break my. 

Kelsey Silva [13:47 - 13:50]: Heart, girl, that's gonna upset me bad. 

Xavier [13:51 - 13:55]: I get it. But I think that's what's gonna happen. But we'll see. We'll see. 

Kelsey Silva [13:56 - 13:59]: Oh, my God. I really. That would be. I would be upset. 

Xavier [14:00 - 14:03]: I know, I know. But hey, tune in this weekend. We'll see what happens. 

Kelsey Silva [14:03 - 14:10]: Wrestling loves to hurt me. I know that. I know that you guys already all know this, but once again, hello. I'm new here. Oh, my God. 

Xavier [14:11 - 14:11]: Amen. 

Kelsey Silva [14:11 - 14:13]: I'd be getting upset. 

Xavier [14:15 - 14:16]: Girl. I know. I get it. 

Kelsey Silva [14:16 - 14:19]: I be getting hurt feelings. 

Xavier [14:19 - 14:25]: I get it. I get it. All right, guys, let's get into. 

Kelsey Silva [14:25 - 14:29]: Thank you for your predictions. I'm excited to see what happens. 

Xavier [14:29 - 14:34]: Oh, yeah, me too. Me too. Very excited. If you want to share yours, by all means, comment. 

Kelsey Silva [14:34 - 14:36]: Oh, yeah, please, please, please. 

Xavier [14:36 - 15:53]: You're spotting us, let us know. I'm curious. I want to see. I want to debate, but. Yes, yes, yes, yes. On a Another note, another programming note. Kelsey and I recently have decided to be a sponsor in an event that is upcoming. It is going to be on May 25th and it's being put on by the Shadow Wrestling alliance as well as the Brie combination wrestling. And that show is Anniversary 8 A Jurassic Celebration. And that is going to be a tribute show to Vince Steele, who, if you don't know, was a wrestler on the Independent Circle who recently passed away. And so that show will be raising proceeds for his family and we will be sponsoring a specific wrestler, Jarrett Diaz, who's going to be in a tag team match that evening. And we will hopefully have an upcoming interview for you as a result of that. So look, look out for that. And if you are in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania area and you want to take a trek, come on down. 

Kelsey Silva [15:53 - 16:02]: Yeah. Come hang out with us. Also, if you're curious, if you have been watching the show, this is the same organization where we accidentally ended up backstage like a couple weeks ago. 

Xavier [16:02 - 16:02]: Yes. 

Kelsey Silva [16:02 - 16:17]: So it's kind of coming full circle where we were like, oh, one day. Haha. Well, that day is here there. So it's. Oh my God. It's really, really exciting. We're, we're so excited to be there. We'll. We'll probably do like weekly reminders of the show, so. 

Xavier [16:17 - 16:20]: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So look forward. 

Kelsey Silva [16:20 - 16:23]: Honored to sponsor the show. So excited to be there. 

Xavier [16:23 - 16:25]: Yo. For real, for real. 

Kelsey Silva [16:25 - 16:25]: Very exciting. 

Xavier [16:25 - 17:24]: Yeah. Our, Our. Our money could not go towards a better cause, so. All right, guys, let's get into this one. All right. The episode opens up with a promo recap of the Mike Tyson Austin fiasco. That week's episode, it's basically like the drama of it all is how did Mike Tyson go from Steve Austin's biggest fan, watching him win the Royal Rumble, cheering him on to, to shoving him to the floor and the chaos that ensued after. And then they go into how that made headline news everywhere. Because again, we know this is the height of Mike Tyson's popularity not only as a boxer, but as a pop culture figure. So everybody was covering regular news, sports news, and this is one of those big, like, key moments in the Monday night wars that gets people to be like, oh, hey, what's happening? 

Kelsey Silva [17:24 - 17:25]: What's going on over here? 

Xavier [17:25 - 17:32]: We're there. So it's very fun to be kind of like witnessing it in real time. 

Kelsey Silva [17:32 - 18:11]: Yeah. Also, Stone Cold comes out and I had to write this because it was so funny. Stone Cold comes out and you guys don't understand, like, Stone Cold to Us has just been the most. Just a great ass. Just a great ass. He has a great body. He's just. But he's got a great ass. And maybe you're weird. He goes, what is it about, like the 90s? Like, we're just. There's something like, about that ass. There's just, and I quote, extra tapioca in that pudding. And then I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's something so that was funny in and of itself. And they go, yeah, oh my God. There's something about like the shape or just like whatever. And he goes, yeah, there's just like an extra dollop of Daisy or something. 

Xavier [18:13 - 18:17]: Not the sour cream reference, the sour cream. 

Kelsey Silva [18:17 - 18:20]: Oh, my God. Your what's gone sour? I mean. 

Xavier [18:21 - 18:23]: No, but for real, what. 

Kelsey Silva [18:23 - 18:25]: Where is the lie? I'm not even joking. 

Xavier [18:25 - 18:25]: What? 

Kelsey Silva [18:25 - 18:28]: Like there's. We're missing something. What is it? 

Xavier [18:28 - 18:29]: I don't know. 

Kelsey Silva [18:29 - 18:30]: Sit more like. 

Xavier [18:30 - 18:32]: I don't know. I don't know. 

Kelsey Silva [18:32 - 18:37]: It's sad though. There's something. It's like a. I don't even know. 

Xavier [18:37 - 18:38]: The shelf of it all. 

Kelsey Silva [18:38 - 18:49]: You know the shelf that tapioc. Stir out all the lumps. Girl, we still had lumps in our. Oh, my God. 

Xavier [18:49 - 19:03]: Love to see it. That's where the flavor is. Anyway. Oh. For those of you listening, we just had a moment that could only be described as a. 

Kelsey Silva [19:03 - 19:09]: An apoplexy for like way too long. Oh, yeah. Just non verbal communicating is like, right? 

Xavier [19:09 - 19:32]: Yeah, yeah. So the end of this recap basically ends. It's like Mike Tyson wants Austin. Austin wants Tyson. And then we find out that Don King is back and he's gonna tell us about, you know, what's going on. I love that Don King really do just be looking like, just like black. Like it's crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [19:32 - 19:34]: Looks like the Heat miser. 

Xavier [19:34 - 19:37]: Oh, it's crazy. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 

Kelsey Silva [19:37 - 19:45]: But I. Mr. Don King, Mr. Mike Tyson. Manager, yo. 

Xavier [19:45 - 21:04]: Honestly, Honestly, Honestly. All right, but we'll more on that later. They're gonna not only show this entire recap again, but Don King will go on on a ramble of all rambles. So we'll talk about it later. In our opening contest, we have Mark Henry taking on Ken Shamrock. So the world's strongest man versus the world's most dangerous man. Mark Henry, of course, comes out flanked with the nation of domination. Of course, Fruit comes out last to be just a show. His begrudging nature towards Mark Henry and how he didn't want him here. And then Ken Shamrock comes out. He makes his Little his entrance. We think he's coming solo. He's like, no, not I couldn't be me. He's like, come on out. And we get a bald Ahmed Johnson, fresh from his clean shave of last week. And he's like, oh, no, wait, I have more friends. And it's the disciples of the apocalypse. They come down on their bikes extra slow because, you know, instead of having the bikes come out first and then the people, they had the people in the bikes. So it became like a parade procession around the ring. But, you know, hey, we're here. 

Kelsey Silva [21:04 - 21:05]: Whatever. 

Xavier [21:05 - 21:37]: This essentially turned into an impromptu lumberjack match because pretty much the entire ring was just surrounded by like 10 people. So I love. I have another chisel. I love that the Rock is the only one who comes out here shirtless, but in slacks. Like, like, like no shirt, gold chain, title belt, dress pants. Dress pants and shoes. And I'm like, make it make sense. 

Kelsey Silva [21:38 - 21:39]: It's so. 

Xavier [21:39 - 21:42]: And everyone's wearing. Everyone else is fully dressed. 

Kelsey Silva [21:42 - 21:54]: Like, for wrestling. Yes, for wrestling. And also, the Rock is the only one that didn't do the nation salute. No, he was too busy feeling himself. 

Xavier [21:54 - 21:58]: Always, always, always. We love to see it, but. 

Kelsey Silva [21:58 - 22:00]: Yeah, make it make sense. I don't understand. 

Xavier [22:00 - 22:04]: It just cracked me up that he was just like, on the outside hooting and hollering. I'm like, why are you like, he. 

Kelsey Silva [22:04 - 22:13]: Did like the reverse. Like, I'm on his business zoom call. Like, he was like, instead of just business from the top, from the waist up, he did like, the waist down. 

Xavier [22:13 - 22:54]: Like, they were only exactly 100 savage. So the match progresses. It's, of course, Mark Henry overpowering Ken in the beginning. It's nothing about bear hugs. All. It's pretty much just a, like, five minute bear hug. In which case, same. Thank you. Yeah, thank you, thank you. Love to see it again. It was just kind of bear hug getting out of bear hug. Bear hug getting out of bear hug. Until Ken does a belly to belly on Mark Henry. And we're like, okay, cool, period. And then he goes in for the pin. Swarmed, immediately swarmed. 

Kelsey Silva [22:54 - 22:55]: Immediately swarmed. 

Xavier [22:56 - 23:07]: Like Mark Henry didn't even get a chance to kick out. Swarmed by the nation. Swarmed by the other gang. Gang warfare. Here we are, like, every day. Every week. 

Kelsey Silva [23:08 - 23:12]: Every week. If those motorcycles come out, somebody's. Somebody's fighting. 

Xavier [23:12 - 23:33]: Yep, yep. The nation gets sent running, of course, as they're all jawjacking, especially the Rock on his way out of the arena. Next, we are treated to a beautiful video package of the Undertaker and Kane, we love to see it. Fantastic cinema. 

Kelsey Silva [23:33 - 24:05]: Was this the one already? That was. Yes. This one was, like, legit from all the way to the beginning of, like, Undertaker finding. Actually, it even went further than that. It was like Paul Bear explaining why he, like, broke ties with the Undertaker because he murdered his family. It. We went back into the archives and I love it. What? Love to see it? Exactly. I was like, love to see it. Whoever put it together, edited it to filth. It was fantastic. The music, the drops, like, everything was so. I felt like. 

Xavier [24:05 - 24:32]: I love. It was great. It again, I have, like. It's like realizing his brother's alive. And it hits us into, like, a Paul Bear, like, burning in hell, like a voice kind of montage that, like, hits us into, like, a transition into, like, Kane's path of destruction. From there, just like, choke slamming tombstone. Choke slamming tombstone, everybody. It's literally. Yeah, it's. It's that Lady Gagami where it's like, what is it? 

Kelsey Silva [24:32 - 24:37]: It's like, us club. Another club. Another club. No sleep. 

Xavier [24:37 - 24:40]: Yeah, this. That's just Kane's whole deal. 

Kelsey Silva [24:40 - 24:57]: And I loved it because they said they had done the quote, like, where Kane's gonna run through the entirety of the World Wrestling Federation ago because he's been doing it kind of, like, intermittently, and also because Netflix hates me, that we don't see every single episode. 

Xavier [24:57 - 24:58]: Reiteration. 

Kelsey Silva [24:58 - 25:05]: So I missed a few, but I'm like, oh, man, he's really been out here doing what he said he was gonna do. 

Xavier [25:05 - 25:06]: Right? Period. Per. 

Kelsey Silva [25:06 - 25:22]: Thank you. And I love to see a man of action. No words, all action. Seriously refreshing. Something. I'll be jabbering, and y'all need to just set the casket on fire. Okay. I'm tired, so. 

Xavier [25:22 - 25:44]: Absolutely. And that takes us into the Undertaker's refusal to fight, the questionable reunion, the portrayal, the fire in the casket. And then that brings us to, like, never before seen footage of them extinguishing the casket. And once again, giving us video proof. No taker. So where is our boy? That is the question. 

Kelsey Silva [25:44 - 25:54]: And the way the. The crowd was seated, like, waiting, because I was like, technically, the show ended and the crowd was still full. 

Xavier [25:54 - 25:54]: Yeah. 

Kelsey Silva [25:54 - 25:59]: Of everyone just watching to see if Undertaker was legit burnt to a crisp in there. 

Xavier [25:59 - 26:00]: No, absolutely. 

Kelsey Silva [26:00 - 26:06]: I was like, the way you wouldn't be able to get me out of there until I knew for sure. Oh, my. 

Xavier [26:07 - 26:08]: The 100. Get it. 

Kelsey Silva [26:08 - 26:09]: I understand. 

Xavier [26:09 - 26:12]: You want to go? No, no, I don't want to stay right here. 

Kelsey Silva [26:12 - 26:19]: I'm handcuffing Myself to the chair. Like, someone would handcuff themselves to a tree to save it. Like, absolutely. 

Xavier [26:19 - 26:35]: No. Nope. That is my rallying cry. Thank you. So next we have a tag team match with Jeff Jarrett and Barry Windham, formerly Blackjack Wyndham, who treated us to a clean shave. 

Kelsey Silva [26:36 - 26:39]: And turns out, treated was really nice. 

Xavier [26:39 - 26:43]: That was generous. Yes. It turns out he's just a guy. 

Kelsey Silva [26:43 - 26:44]: He's just a guy. 

Xavier [26:45 - 26:49]: And aren't they always facts? Whoa. 

Kelsey Silva [26:49 - 26:50]: He was just a guy. 

Xavier [26:51 - 27:18]: So they are taking on the Legion of Doom, who are fresh off of their loss to the New Age Outlaws due to some chicanery at the Royal Rumble, so they're in a foul mood. Jim Cornette is, of course, on commentary. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. In a way, the word of the day today was heritage. Everything was about the NWA heritage and restoring that heritage. 

Kelsey Silva [27:19 - 27:20]: He's a part of the heritage. 

Xavier [27:20 - 27:26]: What a prestigious heritage the NWA has and what a heritage. Like, oh. 

Kelsey Silva [27:26 - 27:30]: And I literally said, if I hear the word heritage one more time, I'm flipping this table. 

Xavier [27:30 - 27:31]: So you're welcome. 

Kelsey Silva [27:31 - 27:33]: So I did flip the table. 

Xavier [27:34 - 27:36]: So actually, I quit. 

Kelsey Silva [27:37 - 27:41]: So tonight's my last episode. Thank you so much for all your support over the years. 

Xavier [27:41 - 27:54]: Thank you. So, Jim Cornell. Commentary calls Bradshaw an albatross. Crazy. I was like, oh, okay. Well, you said dead weight. I was like, oh, all right. 

Kelsey Silva [27:54 - 28:03]: They go. I always think of the bird, like, the out. So I'm always like, so he was a bird. He said bird ass. Like. Like, that's always what I think. But it's. 

Xavier [28:03 - 29:08]: It's not the bird ass. Yeah. Of course the NWA is che. Cheat, cheat, cheat, cheat. In their way through this match. Such prestige, such heritage. Of course, Jim comes through with the racket assist, as he is known to do, because that's just classic Jim Cornette. And that's what we're being treated the hits, the classics. Barry and Jeff Jarrett pick up the victory. And here we are. And that cuts to just the most unnecessary backstage segment of just. It's just DX in the locker room, and it's just Triple H pulling down his pants for no reason, just to have it, like, quickly covered by the two title belts. And then he's, like, turning around and, like, turning back around. And of course, you know, they're positioning the belts all crazy, but it's like, what was that for? The man didn't even change. 

Kelsey Silva [29:08 - 29:09]: He didn't even change. 

Xavier [29:09 - 29:13]: Pulled down his pants and just. That was it. He just said dick. 

Kelsey Silva [29:13 - 29:21]: He said dick. Surprise, guys. Dick should never be the surprise. Just Public service announcement. 

Xavier [29:22 - 29:23]: Dick should never be a surprise. 

Kelsey Silva [29:23 - 29:28]: Dick should never be a surprise. Okay, thank you. 

Xavier [29:31 - 29:34]: Gays. I don't know if that's the same. Same rule. 

Kelsey Silva [29:34 - 29:45]: Yeah, gays. You guys have a whole different set of rules that I'm not privy to. Y'all do what you do for me. Please don't ever surprise me with the dick I was not expecting. 

Xavier [29:45 - 29:47]: Yo, that's so funny. 

Kelsey Silva [29:47 - 29:48]: Thank you. 

Xavier [29:48 - 31:11]: So we once again get another replay of the Tyson Austin scenario. And then we finally get backstage with dx, and of course, Triple H is being covered by the world's smallest towel. The world's smallest towel. And he's getting just ginger. The most ginger knee wrap of his existence. China's just wrapping up his knee, and he's like, like, moan. Groaning his way through it. And he's. You know, he's talking about how we. Owen, you're gonna see Triple H like you've never seen me before. You know, like, alluding to being naked. And then he's like, even at, like, 50, I'm twice the man you'll ever be. He's like, it's time to flush, Mr. Hanky. Like, all that blah, blah, blah. They're just the. The hits. And. And then, of course, HBK takes over, and he starts singing his own praises. He's like, I am that. And you're like, okay, cool. And like, they love us. The people, they love us. And all it takes is just one bad apple. And then he's talking about Steve Austin. I was, like, ruining. He's like, like, well, clearly they are gonna get. Get into it. So, like, there's got to be something I can do at. At WrestleMania, something I can do to get involved. He's like, maybe I can handle Sable. 

Kelsey Silva [31:12 - 31:23]: Crazy handle Sable is an insane sentence to say. And he goes, oh, but it might make somebody upset, right? And then Sable is not who he was referring to, by the way. 

Xavier [31:23 - 32:06]: Yeah, like, absolutely. That's correct. Yes, yes. Heinous. Heinous, heinous. And then he's like, oh, maybe I can manage one of the minis. And then Triple H, like, chimes, and he's like, no, they hate you. Remember last week with the. Picking them up? And then he's like, oh. And then he takes off his jacket to reveal that he has a referee shirt underneath. And he's like, oh, like, if only there was something I could do. And he's like, oh, wait, I could kind of, like, right. He's like, ah, I could be the special guest referee. And he's like, if. And everybody knows what a good referee I am, you could even ask the Undertaker and. Which is crazy because to just throw. 

Kelsey Silva [32:06 - 32:08]: First of all, we don't even know where he is. 

Xavier [32:08 - 32:09]: I know. 

Kelsey Silva [32:09 - 32:11]: Let alone we're asking him questions. 

Xavier [32:11 - 32:21]: Yeah. Not just asking, just taunting. I was like, okay, okay for all. Okay for all. You know, he's in the room, but okay. 

Kelsey Silva [32:21 - 32:23]: Yeah. Swear he's in the locker. Like. 

Xavier [32:23 - 32:24]: Yeah, no, for real. 

Kelsey Silva [32:24 - 32:25]: Waiting. 

Xavier [32:25 - 32:41]: So. So that's Shawn Michaels plan as far as he's concerned for Wrestlemania. But the actual set match is Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship. 

Kelsey Silva [32:41 - 32:47]: So, I mean, we'll see as a. As a DX promo. I did love this, though. 

Xavier [32:47 - 32:50]: Oh, it was. It was interlude. But like, it was great. 

Kelsey Silva [32:50 - 32:54]: Oh, it was. It was the perfect amount of heinous for them. I love to see it. 

Xavier [32:55 - 33:12]: So that takes us into our next match, which is a rematch from the Royal Rumble. It's Gold dust with Luna taking on Vader and Gold Dust and Luna decided to go full Vader drag. So it was Vader dust taking on Vader. Crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [33:12 - 33:13]: I manifested this. 

Xavier [33:14 - 33:17]: You really, really did. Kelsey talked about this last week, and lo and behold, here we are. 

Kelsey Silva [33:17 - 33:18]: I've done it. 

Xavier [33:18 - 33:39]: Our Vader and Vader dust. This match is basically just Vader beating up Goldust for the majority of the match. Until Goldust hits a low blow. Goldust, I have a note that just says, has I guess a lime green little panties on. Which Vader reveals for us when he goes for the power bomb. 

Kelsey Silva [33:39 - 33:39]: Right? 

Xavier [33:40 - 33:45]: Vader hits the power bomb. Hits the Vader bomb. Lights out, King. 

Kelsey Silva [33:46 - 33:50]: Shocking. I guess I should have seen this coming, but I love it. 

Xavier [33:50 - 34:01]: I love it. Kane comes out as soon as he makes his way to the ring. Vader is gunning for his ass, which I love to see it. That's exactly, exactly like Vader go. 

Kelsey Silva [34:01 - 34:06]: That's what I want Vader to do. I'm throwing up the V's. I'm like, go get him, big dog. 

Xavier [34:07 - 34:30]: 100%. Vader's like, you know, he's getting his shots in so much. So he gets a pile driver in on Kane. Kane eats it, sits up, delivers a tombstone pile driver of his own. Leaves Vader laying in the ring. Love to see it. Big fire explosion, please. 

Kelsey Silva [34:30 - 34:54]: My, my, my. Two big dogs fighting. I hate when the girly is scrap, but great. I. Oh, my God, I love to see it. And again, like, Vader is so big. And then Kane comes in and you're just like, jesus H. Like, he is so big. So be Girl pile, tombstone pile driving. Vader, right? He's £430. 

Xavier [34:54 - 34:56]: That's what I'm saying. 

Kelsey Silva [34:56 - 35:05]: Jesus Lord God. I love to see, though. And I love to see Vader square up. He's like, I'm not afraid you, girl. I got these big old mitts. They call me the Mastodon, okay? 

Xavier [35:05 - 35:06]: Period, Per. 

Kelsey Silva [35:06 - 35:10]: I mean, I love to see them square up. Craziness. Craziness. 

Xavier [35:10 - 35:30]: Love to see it. So that takes us into a. A little backstage moment between Terry Funk and McFoley having a conversation about watching their alter egos wrestle. And I think that is so funny. I thought scenario was adorable. 

Kelsey Silva [35:30 - 35:32]: It was the best thing I've seen. 

Xavier [35:32 - 35:38]: In so long because it's just so genuine. It was such a genuine little moment. It was cute. 

Kelsey Silva [35:38 - 35:43]: I'm not even lying. I'm getting a little emotional thing about their friendship. It's just so cute. 

Xavier [35:43 - 35:47]: I loved it. Like, it's so cute, but at the same time so crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [35:48 - 35:52]: Oh, it's insane. It's. It's two insane people talking, going, he, he, he. 

Xavier [35:52 - 35:53]: No. In the dark. 

Kelsey Silva [35:53 - 36:03]: But it's. It's that moment of like. And look at them. They found each other in this. So we'll always match you someone to match your freak. Guys. Friendship is the coolest. Amen. 

Xavier [36:04 - 36:20]: Amen. Amen. So that takes us in to their alter egos. Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie taking on the tag team champions, the New Age Outlaws. Guys, this one was chaotic. Af they really start fighting it. 

Kelsey Silva [36:20 - 36:20]: Lee. 

Xavier [36:21 - 37:13]: They're fighting on the outside of the ring. Cactus goes after Billy. That leaves Chainsaw Charlie to fight in the ring with Road Dog. Cactus Jacks hits a suplex on the ramp to Billy. Absolutely crazy. The New Age Outlaws are dressed in catcher's gear this week because, you know, we love a theme. Of course, the classic isolating of the Terry Funk seems to be the deal with this new. With the tag team. Um, I love that, uh, the subtlety of Road Dog getting frustrated at not being able to keep Terry Funk down because he's just like a cockroach in that way. Like you just like exactly like you hit him with that raid. Like, they run around drunk for three and a half minutes and then they're fine. Explain. It makes no sense. 

Kelsey Silva [37:13 - 37:29]: It's like a. It's just like a recreational kind of something for a roach. It's just like, whoa. They're like doing. It's like doing whippets. Like, I don't know. They're just like. I feel that that's Terry Funk. You're So a cockroach doing whippets. 

Xavier [37:30 - 37:42]: That's. And honestly, I hope he. I hope he's smiling at that, wherever he is. So we get the dizzy tag from. 

Kelsey Silva [37:43 - 37:45]: The Dizzy Bat tag. 

Xavier [37:45 - 38:12]: No, literally. So Cactus is in the ring. He hits the double arm. Ddt. Chainsaw Charlie just starts throwing chairs. Just starts throwing into the ring. Into the ring. Crazy. At one point, Cactus Jack grabs the cup out of Road Dog's pants and then hits him with a low blow. And I think that was so funny as, like, part of a wrestling show. That's hilarious. 

Kelsey Silva [38:12 - 38:13]: Hilarious. 

Xavier [38:14 - 38:47]: Fantastic. So the match, like, for some reason, hasn't been called a disqualification yet, and doesn't until Cactus Jack hits the classic Cactus Jack elbow off the ring apron onto the floor, but with a chair tucked under his arm this time because, you know, up the ante, why don't we. So the disqualification is called for. The New Age Outlaws. And then Cactus Jack hits the referee with the mandible claw, which we got a close up shot of. Shout out to Kelsey on that one. 

Kelsey Silva [38:47 - 38:48]: Oh, my God. 

Xavier [38:48 - 38:50]: Reawakened all of her fears. 

Kelsey Silva [38:50 - 39:23]: Like, I'm not joking. I freaked out no one. It was too close. I could see. I could see the drool. Oh, my God. I just. I can't get. I was going get your fingers out of my mouth. Like, it was happening to me. There's something just so visceral about it because you can't. Oh, and I know we've talked about this, but you just, like, you can't, like, fake it. Like, he's gonna stick his fingers in your mouth. It's gonna be weird. It's gonna make you gag. Like, I don't now. It's just getting sexual. But I. I get it, girl. Like it. And he's love Mick Foley, but I know he ain't. Wash those hands, girl. 

Xavier [39:23 - 39:27]: That's crazy. No, he's, like, not known for being Victor. 

Kelsey Silva [39:28 - 39:29]: Certainly is not. Wash those hands. 

Xavier [39:30 - 40:02]: So crazy. So the New Age Outlaws pick up the victory. And of course, we're just. More chaos is ensuing. Cactus and Charlie continue to beat down on Road Dog. And then they pile up all of the chairs that they have thrown into the ring just onto his dead carcass as they wait. And then Chainsaw Charlie decides, like, now it's his time to shine. He runs up to the top rope and hits us with a moonsault. This man is in his mid-50s doing. 

Kelsey Silva [40:03 - 40:13]: Moonsaults onto chairs, onto a body. And he landed so crazy on, like, his arm. I'm like. I'm like, I Feel like he dislocated his arm. 

Xavier [40:13 - 40:13]: It was crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [40:14 - 40:22]: He had, like, a dead arm and he was just kind of holding it, like, bonkers. Girl. You will always be famous to me, girl. 

Xavier [40:22 - 40:32]: 100. We love to see it. We love you, Terry. Next, we are absolutely treated to a video package of the Light Heavyweight Champion, Taka Michanoku. 

Kelsey Silva [40:32 - 40:45]: I loved this. Oh, I love talking Michinoku. I love to know that he was the first ever champion holder of the Light Heavyweight division in wwe. That makes me feel so good in so many ways. I love that guy. 

Xavier [40:45 - 40:46]: We love to see it. 

Kelsey Silva [40:46 - 40:47]: I love knowing that. 

Xavier [40:47 - 41:00]: And we are taken from the graces, the heights of that video package to the tack that is the Honky Tonk man, apparently. 

Kelsey Silva [41:01 - 41:02]: Kill it with fire. 

Xavier [41:02 - 41:28]: Sonny was busy this week doing something, so the Honky Tonk man is our special guest. Bring announcer. We have Brian Christopher taking on El Pantera. If you remember the last time El Pantera came onto the show, not came onto the show like we had him as a guest, but the last time he was discussed his outfit to shreds because it made no sense because it. 

Kelsey Silva [41:28 - 41:29]: Needs to be ripped to shreds. 

Xavier [41:29 - 41:30]: Thank you. 

Kelsey Silva [41:30 - 41:47]: In a literal incinerator. It's horrible, right? Horrible. And I stand by that. I'm sorry. It's distracting to the point. And, like, if I can watch Goldust wrestle and it's not distracting in the. And he's doing it in teddies and thongs. 

Xavier [41:47 - 41:47]: Right? 

Kelsey Silva [41:47 - 41:51]: And I can't even pay attention to what you're. It's bad. 

Xavier [41:51 - 41:51]: It's not working. 

Kelsey Silva [41:52 - 41:57]: Says bad girl. Bad, bad, bad. Anyway, sorry. 

Xavier [41:57 - 42:18]: So this match is a number one contendership for the Light Heavyweight title. Whoever wins takes on Taka. We have the most disturbing moment from Brian Christopher when he hits us with a double bicep. Lick, lick kiss. Really? It was a. It was a, like, crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [42:18 - 42:19]: Very tonguey. 

Xavier [42:19 - 42:20]: Very tonguey. 

Kelsey Silva [42:20 - 42:27]: And when you do that thing with your lips. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? 

Xavier [42:27 - 42:30]: That actually where you try to, like, wrap it around there. 

Kelsey Silva [42:30 - 42:31]: Yes. 

Xavier [42:31 - 42:35]: And, like, it's like you're playing the claw game. Like. 

Kelsey Silva [42:35 - 42:43]: Yes. Like in any other situation. Okay. And this is. 

Xavier [42:43 - 42:46]: No, it's horrible. 

Kelsey Silva [42:46 - 42:51]: New on your own biceps. Ew. So annoying with that laugh. 

Xavier [42:51 - 43:14]: 100. I can't stand. Yeah. No. Terrible Pantera, of course, his name of the game is picking up the pace. He has a few little moments. I love that on commentary. Junior is just relentless with Jerry. He is just on him. He's, like, admitted. He is, like, in the interrogation room all Right. He is. He is the bad cop. And bad cop there is. 

Kelsey Silva [43:14 - 43:29]: Yes. Because at first he was like, like, kind of not, like, easing into it, but not as quite as whatever, like, or straightforward. And then he literally, it was like he turned next to me and go, just say that's your son. Is like, literally what happened. He's like, just say it. 

Xavier [43:29 - 43:31]: Right? Like, this is getting ridiculous. 

Kelsey Silva [43:32 - 43:39]: Because it is, right? J. R was all of us, we're like, just say it. And so we can move past this. Whatever the Whatever. 

Xavier [43:39 - 44:29]: Whatever this is. Yeah. So the match continues, and Brian Christopher hits Pantera with a suplex to the floor. That looked crazy rough af. And so to close this out, we have a side by side of this is also crazy. The side by side shot of a close up of Jerry Lawler watching the match and Brian Christopher missing a top rope rope move to get rolled up and pinned is like, so insane. Like, they hit us with that, like, that, you know that, like, Jerry Springer cam where, like, one of them runs backstage and the other one's, like, on stage, like, calling after them. You know what I mean? Like, like the drop cameraman's been like, the ring no. 100. That, like, that man has, like, is like a heat seeking missile for, like, emotional trauma. Like that. 

Kelsey Silva [44:30 - 44:33]: That guy that you cannot hide from him. 

Xavier [44:33 - 44:56]: Absolutely not. He's gonna get your deepest, darkest, worst moment on film and he's gonna broadcast it for the world. But, like, it just feels like that. But it's just like the action was happening in the ring and that's like this, like, the shaky cam. And then it's just like getting Jerry Lawler's like, close up face being like, what? No, I'm fine. 

Kelsey Silva [44:56 - 45:01]: No. How did that happen? And then he's like, go, Pantera. 

Xavier [45:02 - 45:39]: Go, Pantera. Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. So Pantera picks up the victory at some point during the match. On commentary, Jerry was like, if he wins, I'll shake his hand. He goes in the ring. Pantera is, of course, mistrustful of Jerry, which prompts the line from junior, well, he's smarter than he looks. And we agree with you because of that dumbass costume. So smarter than he looks. He goes to shake the hand anyway. Guess not that smart. King Low blows him for his trouble, leaves him laying in the ring. Never trust that man. What is wrong with you? 

Kelsey Silva [45:40 - 45:49]: And Stone Cold been saying this about everybody's a snake. A snake is A snake is a snake. Just because it's not rattling doesn't mean it's not poisonous. 

Xavier [45:49 - 45:56]: Girl, like, you just beat the snake's dumb ass son. You think it's not for revenge, honey. 

Kelsey Silva [45:56 - 46:02]: Also, check the. Check the track, check the footage. He always does this. He always says this. 

Xavier [46:02 - 46:03]: Yes, girl should. 

Kelsey Silva [46:03 - 46:09]: Should have taken your. And left girl. Pana. Maybe you might be almost as dumb as you look. 

Xavier [46:10 - 46:59]: Almost. Anyway, that's a tall order. Anyway, so we get a backstage interview with Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie. And they're asked about the match and, like, what their thoughts were. And Cactus Jack goes, that was fun. And off. Off screen, we see D. We hear DX coming through and walks into their shot. Just kind of, like, as a distraction. And then we see the New Age outlaws from behind this. The interview set pin Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie under the. The fence set. And then just. Just DX and the New Age outlaws just are wailing on the two of them crazy, like, be throwing, like, hands using trash cans. 

Kelsey Silva [46:59 - 47:35]: They're like, in the net in, like, Finding Nemo. Like, the two of them, and they're just getting, like, destroyed with trash cans. Which, by the way, Terry's still holding his dead arm. Like, he's literally like this. Like, I. I'm like, something's amiss here. Like, and then suddenly they just get assaulted right by the. Just. Oh, it's upsetting to see. I don't like it. Because also, if you don't think we know what happened when mankind was hiding in the. In the. Whatever, y'all. You all are quick to forget how fast your asses were handed to you. 

Xavier [47:36 - 47:37]: Goldfish memories. 

Kelsey Silva [47:38 - 47:52]: You had to lock that man in an industrial freezer to prevent him from killing you. Right while he's saying Jingle Bells. Like, let's. Let's just come back down to earth for a second. Cannot believe y'all thought this was a good idea. 

Xavier [47:52 - 47:53]: Nope. No. 

Kelsey Silva [47:53 - 48:00]: Let's not see the aftermath of this because somebody is gonna get hurt. Somebody's gonna get it. They're gonna get it. 

Xavier [48:00 - 48:18]: So more on that, because we know there's more on that. But our next match is the headbangers taking on the Quebecers. This is the second week back for the Quebec ers. I have a note that just says Mosh Channeling Joseph and the amazing technical dream code coming out today. I love to see it. 

Kelsey Silva [48:19 - 48:19]: Beautiful. 

Xavier [48:20 - 48:28]: You had a note that something along the lines of the Quebecers were giving, what, like, Teemu Legion of Doom or. 

Kelsey Silva [48:28 - 48:44]: No, literally, I said they're giving, like, no offense to Canada. They were giving, like, Teemu Canadian Legion of Doom. Like, do you know what I mean? It's like in an all it's like Legion of Doom, an alternate timeline. Like instead of born in Chicago, they were born in Quebec. And like. 

Xavier [48:44 - 48:54]: No, it's like the. You know how it's like the, like the. It's like the Dollar Store, like copyright infringement version of the, like the Hulk. 

Kelsey Silva [48:54 - 48:57]: Or like when they do the Avengers or whatever. And it's like the. 

Xavier [48:57 - 48:57]: Whatever. 

Kelsey Silva [48:58 - 48:59]: The fighters are right? 

Xavier [48:59 - 49:01]: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Kelsey Silva [49:01 - 49:07]: Or like the Avenge Inators and it's like. Right, and it's like Invincible man instead of Iron Man. 

Xavier [49:07 - 49:16]: Yeah, no, right. 100%. It's like. It's like Mr. United States. Not like Captain America, you know, like Sergeant. 

Kelsey Silva [49:16 - 49:19]: Sergeant General America. 

Xavier [49:19 - 50:20]: Oh, so crazy. But yeah, so, but. And it's really just like. It's just the body type of them all. It's looking a stiffer Legion of Doom. Yeah, this match starts out with the Quebecers kicking, but I thought this match was fun. I thought it was a good back and forth between the two. I think he did a good job making the quarterbackers look, you know, rough and tough, but also allowing the Headbangers to be kind of the. The scrappier of the two teams coming out with like a scrappy victory. They. They get roll. The Cockers get rolled up and they are none too pleased about it because after the match they keep beating on the Headbangers and they finish Thrasher off with a top rope leg drop and leave him laying face down in the ring. So the Headbangers are the winner, thus, you know, putting them a little bit closer to a tag team title match. But we'll see. We'll see what happens there. 

Kelsey Silva [50:21 - 50:31]: Sometimes I forget that they were tag team championship holders for like a little minute there. We need to get the belts back on. My. My homies, my friends, you know, I. 

Xavier [50:31 - 50:32]: Love to see it. 

Kelsey Silva [50:32 - 50:33]: I know you do. 

Xavier [50:33 - 51:00]: So next we have our main event. Owen Hart is set to take on Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the European title. Owen Hart makes his entrance. We're chilling. We get the DX intro and it is the Artist formerly known as Goldust in Triple H drag and China. And Luna played the part of China to perfection. 

Kelsey Silva [51:00 - 51:06]: Perfection. Some of both of their best work. I'm not even gonna lie. 

Xavier [51:06 - 51:08]: So funny. This was. Oh, so. 

Kelsey Silva [51:08 - 51:12]: Oh my God, this is hilarious. I'm like, here for this. 

Xavier [51:12 - 51:28]: So we got Hunter, Dust and Luna playing China. Just her deadpan the way she. That was just like mugging to the camera. Oh, it was so good. Honestly, the terrible wig. 

Kelsey Silva [51:28 - 51:37]: Oh, there was some heinous wigotry happening. Heinous Wiganomics occurring. Like, we're, like, really horrible. 

Xavier [51:37 - 52:17]: And then the bell rings, and we're like, this match is happening. This match is happening right now. Hunter Dust versus Owen Hart is the main event of Monday Night Raw right now. Got it, got it, got it. Okay. Period. So insane. I love that at one point, Goldust rips his hair off. And Jerry just being the. The color commentator, like, supreme, is like. He's like, Hunter pulled his hair off, like, fully, just, like, as if it was, like, real. And I love. I love that because that's insane. Because that's insane behavior. And the commitment to the bit is funny. 

Kelsey Silva [52:17 - 52:19]: Oh, my God. It's. 

Xavier [52:19 - 52:19]: It. 

Kelsey Silva [52:19 - 52:36]: Well, he also. He also. Because Goldust came out in a big prosthetic, like, schnoz. And then. Oh, my God. And another thing Jerry said, and we. Xavier and I both were like. Like, hate to give it to him, but he said, don't look up. You'll poke a hole in the ozone layer. 

Xavier [52:36 - 52:41]: Crazy. Like, caught me off guard. Call me. The wicked witch is shook. 

Kelsey Silva [52:46 - 52:55]: Oh, my God. And they even. They. I think Junior was like, actually, I'm not even joking. I think Hunter hurts. Helmsley's nose is even a little bit bigger than that one. 

Xavier [52:55 - 52:56]: No, I know. 

Kelsey Silva [52:56 - 53:01]: So read. But you'll poke a hole in the ozone layer. 

Xavier [53:01 - 53:20]: Is brutal. Brutal. Yes. Fantastic. I have a note that. Oh, about. Oh, and Owen does a top rope. He leaps up onto the top rope and does a cross body. That is. I literally. I just have my. My note next to it. It's just like. 

Kelsey Silva [53:20 - 53:24]: Well, you literally did that when we were watching. You went. I was like, no, for real? 

Xavier [53:24 - 53:25]: Because that's crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [53:25 - 53:33]: God, it was beautiful. And Goldust was kind of close, so he really had to, like, curl his body when he came. Oh, my God. He is just. 

Xavier [53:35 - 53:45]: Jerry had another funny on commentary. He goes, triple H. Probably has to use queen size bed sheets as tissues. Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [53:45 - 53:46]: Isn't that your friend? 

Xavier [53:46 - 53:50]: Like, that's what I. I thought y'all were buddy old pals, but, hey, here we are. 

Kelsey Silva [53:50 - 53:55]: I swear. Wait, also, can I point out, there was a sign in the crowd that said, china, be my prom date. 

Xavier [53:56 - 53:56]: Oh, cute. 

Kelsey Silva [53:57 - 53:57]: I love that. 

Xavier [53:57 - 53:58]: No. 

Kelsey Silva [54:00 - 54:03]: No. She won't even grace you with her present. She didn't even come out one time. 

Xavier [54:03 - 54:08]: No. 100% sorry. She said all my works back here, dude. 

Kelsey Silva [54:08 - 54:13]: Luna, the whole time in character, method acting, standing on the side holding the belches. 

Xavier [54:14 - 54:25]: She. I mean, the next note after the. The queen's is. Luna is the MVP for me. She is the she is the moment. This moment. 

Kelsey Silva [54:26 - 54:26]: Seriously. 

Xavier [54:26 - 54:58]: So the match is crazy. We got a spinning heel kick, followed by the punches in the corner. Follows that up with an Inzagiri and a missile drop kick from the top rope. Love to see it. He gets hit in the back with the crutch from Luna China. And then we get the. Just the. The best deadpan. She hits Owen in the back with the crutch. Close up. Deadpan to the camera. Hard. Cut. Perfect. Perfect. Ate it up. 

Kelsey Silva [54:58 - 55:00]: Beautiful. Incredible. 

Xavier [55:01 - 55:24]: Owen turns it around, hits Goldust with the sharpshooter. Owen picks up the victory. Owen is the winner. Triple H shows up on the Titan Tron to rub his nose in it. And he's like, oh, what a loser. Like, you could not, like, can't believe you fell for that. Like, as if anybody fell for that. 

Kelsey Silva [55:24 - 55:25]: Yeah. 

Xavier [55:25 - 56:01]: And then Sergeant Slaughter comes down to the ring, and he's like, oh, dx, you got us again. Oh, you did it. You're just so clever. You're just always two steps ahead of us. And he's just like you. It was just so convincing. You had me convinced, actually. And since Owen Hart had a sanctioned European Championship match here tonight, and since he won that match, I will also be awarding him the European Championship. And love to see. 

Kelsey Silva [56:01 - 56:27]: Love to see it. Love to see it. And I literally was like, it would be really funny if he beat Goldustin, won them the title. Like, that would be really funny. And then it happened, and I was like, oh, my God. Like, that is genius. And honestly, Commissioner Slaughter, you did your job today, sir. Thank you for arriving. Thank you for clocking in. Thank you for doing what. What you were meant to do. This is fierce. 

Xavier [56:27 - 56:28]: Thank you. 

Kelsey Silva [56:28 - 56:43]: Because now on commentary, they were like. They brought up such a good point. Like, now Hunter cannot avoid Owen anymore. If he wants the belt back. Now he has to face him, Right? No more of the chicanery and the dipping and dodging and ducking and diving. 

Xavier [56:43 - 56:44]: You got to do it. 

Kelsey Silva [56:44 - 56:45]: You gotta face him. 

Xavier [56:45 - 56:46]: Right? 

Kelsey Silva [56:46 - 56:47]: Love this. 

Xavier [56:47 - 56:48]: Right? 

Kelsey Silva [56:48 - 56:49]: Love this. 

Xavier [56:49 - 56:51]: I agree. I agree. 

Kelsey Silva [56:51 - 57:07]: And also, how much money does the D Generation X have? I swear to God, they got everybody on the payroll these days. Yo, we got Real Dust and Luna Vashon. We got the New Age, the champion. Oh, my God. They got all the girlies doing their bidding these days. 

Xavier [57:07 - 57:08]: No, for real. 

Kelsey Silva [57:08 - 57:11]: Insane Reckless Root ain't even around anymore. 

Xavier [57:11 - 57:14]: No, he. He's making bigger bucks down at Downsell. 

Kelsey Silva [57:14 - 57:16]: Oh, he went down south? 

Xavier [57:16 - 57:16]: Yes. 

Kelsey Silva [57:16 - 57:19]: Oh, I didn't know that. Bye, Rick. 

Xavier [57:20 - 57:43]: So, Rick, Tina, we get another Recap of Austin Tyson. And then we get just a ramble tirade from Don King that is essentially Mike Tyson WrestleMania coming together, May20. Breaking the. Yeah. Not breaking the rules. Like, yeah, yeah, March 20th, whatever. 

Kelsey Silva [57:43 - 57:44]: Oh, March 27th, yeah. 

Xavier [57:44 - 59:03]: You're like, okay, cool. So that was basically the gist on that. And also that Mike Tyson is not, like, clear to compete as a wrestler, obviously, by the like, like, whatever commission, whoever approves that. So we're gonna have to. They're gonna have to find some other way for Tyson to be involved. And then that takes us to the closing segment, which is Stone Cold Steve Austin. He comes out and he's like, you know, last week really pissed me off. You're like, oh, here we go. He's like. He's like, mike Tyson pushed me on national television and thought there was. I was gonna do nothing about it. He goes, I love that. Like, that's crazy. He's like, he's gonna find out very quickly. You do not mess with Steve Austin. And he's like, don't worry. He's like, I'll make it so easy for you to find me. I'll give you my pager, my phone number, my address. You can blow a smoke signal, like, you can find me. Like, you can find me. Don't worry, because I want a piece of that. And then he tells Mike Tyson that he's gonna knock that gold tooth out of his mouth and make a necklace out of it, which is crazy. A crazy thing to say to Mike Tyson. 

Kelsey Silva [59:03 - 59:04]: Insane. 

Xavier [59:05 - 59:23]: Crazy. And basically he's like. He ends the promo with basically, like, I hope you show up to WrestleMania. I wish a would, because if you do, you're gonna get your ass handed to you. And you're like, this is like Mike Tyson, he's talking girly. 

Kelsey Silva [59:23 - 59:26]: So crazy. I love it. 

Xavier [59:26 - 59:27]: Crazy, crazy. 

Kelsey Silva [59:28 - 59:37]: That's how I want my crazy. Just totally unabashed and just gunning for your neck like, I'm making a necklace out of your gold tooth beach. 

Xavier [59:37 - 59:38]: I agree. 

Kelsey Silva [59:38 - 59:39]: Incredible. 

Xavier [59:39 - 59:40]: Love to see it. 

Kelsey Silva [59:40 - 59:42]: I love to see it. 

Xavier [59:42 - 1:00:09]: Oh. All right, guys. So that is where we leave this episode, which is a just close up on Stone Cold, putting us in our place. Amen. So thank you all for watching. This has been another edition of the new to wrestling podcast. Well, don't forget to, like, comment, subscribe, all of those great things, wherever you find us. For Kelsey, I am Xavier. We will catch you on the next one. 

Kelsey Silva [1:00:10 - 1:00:11]: We'll see you there. 

Xavier [1:00:11 - 1:00:12]: Bye.