New Year, New Stories...Maybe

Belts change hands, alliances wobble, and a bold promise hits the timeline: could TNA really climb to the number two spot in six months? We dig through the noise and hunt for one thing—story that holds up when the bell stops ringing. From New Japan’s crisp New Year Dash pivots to AEW’s muddled Death Riders identity, we call out what builds heat and what kills it.

We start with Japan, where faction threads and contract buzz spark real stakes. Clean turns and long-view booking make even midcard angles feel essential. Then we shift to AEW, where Jon Moxley talks like a babyface while his crew maul like heels, and the women’s division tries to do everything at once. Mercedes Moné’s unraveling is a bright spot; now give it space, consequences, and a target. The fix isn’t more matches—it’s alignment, focus, and a flagship feud that moves the world title picture.

TNA’s rebrand brings hope and pressure. Nostalgia pops for AJ are great, but the climb requires star-making discipline: import a few undeniable names to raise the bar, strap new faces who can stand beside them, and let one men’s and one women’s story be the spine of the show. Otherwise, AEW money and the WWE/NXT pipeline will siphon the momentum. We close on WWE’s week: strong TV bouts, a three stages of hell main that mostly delivered, and some head-scratching finishes that undercut character IQ. Protect credibility and fans will follow.

If you crave a smart, story-first breakdown that tells you what to watch and why it matters, you’re in the right place. Tap follow, share with a friend who argues factions, and drop your power rankings in a review—who’s really running the game right now?

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Chapters

• 0:10 Opening Banter And Live Setup
• 4:34 Indie Show Chaos And Ringside Mayhem
• 15:18 New Year Dash Results And Factions
• 28:12 Tweener, Antihero, And Character Types
• 34:58 House Of Torture Shenanigans
• 45:12 Contracts, Crossovers, And Roster Moves
• 55:29 AEW’s Death Riders Identity Crisis
• 1:09:20 AEW Women’s Stories And Monet’s Spiral
• 1:22:00 TNA’s Reset, AJ Tease, And Roster Reality

Transcript

SPEAKER_02: 0:10

Welcome to another episode of the Big Brothers of Destruction podcast. It's your host who likes to post the Master Coop.

SPEAKER_03: 0:17

And it's your boy Swag Switcher in the building. And I'm actually I'm glad you said that because so I was at Establishment Wrestling last night doing some stuff with the boys at the uh House of Spades. And uh he was there, our boy McKinney, and I told him about number one. He was honored that he that he inspired you to want to come up with something. And uh he has confirmed you're not biting, you are A-O K.

SPEAKER_02: 0:50

All right, bet, bet. That's all I need to know. Which, by the way, I would have been at that show if I didn't have to do what I did last night. I had to go to an event uh on behalf of some friends. But next show, let me know. Next weekend. Next weekend, I actually am supposed to be going with my girls to go see another wrestling event. And they specifically want me to see a wrestler called The Cheese.

SPEAKER_03: 1:13

The cheese.

SPEAKER_02: 1:14

Yes.

unknown: 1:15

Oh.

SPEAKER_02: 1:15

Because apparently he gives slices of cheese to his audience members.

SPEAKER_03: 1:19

Well, I know you're not going to the event that I'm going to.

SPEAKER_02: 1:21

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 1:24

There's no cheese man there.

SPEAKER_02: 1:25

Yeah, yeah, yeah. To my knowledge, at least. Yeah, is it Friday or Saturday? Saturday. Let me find out if it's Friday or Saturday, but I definitely wouldn't want to go to one of those shows.

SPEAKER_03: 1:34

Because uh, like uh I almost got my ass beat, actually. So, in the show, there uh it was Bobby Crono. Um, Jesus, I actually really do see I know him by his actual name, but I forget his actual his like what his wrestling name is. But um, but I was uh and I recorded the match and everything, and they had a freaking they damn near killed each other that night.

SPEAKER_00: 1:58

Farm burn.

SPEAKER_03: 1:59

And so, but in the midst of doing so, there are two guys that they fought previously in a ladder match that they um like they've been running amok and like doing some crazy stuff and attacking them from behind, yeah, and they got suspended, but they bought tickets and they showed up to the show, and so they're outside sitting in some chairs by the ringside while the match is going on. When the match finished, they rushed the ring and they beat the hell out of everybody, except for me, because I stayed very clear of that. I was trying to warn Ray, Xeon, about it, and he caught a chair to the back of the neck and to the shoulder, and they handcuffed him to the actual ring. Me, I'm calling for security, I'm calling for anybody to come out here while these guys are just literally beating up not just the tag team champions, who is uh Ray Xeon and Bobby Crono, but like they beat up the other guy and his homie who he had outside the ring, and I almost caught astray. But but I got the hell out of Dodge and I showed up when the coast was clear. Because I'll be honest with you, both of these guys were bigger than I am, and I know my limits, and I was not about to catch that one.

SPEAKER_02: 3:21

Well, you obviously were not uh you you're not privy to the uh TNA roster, then you couldn't be in the X division. Listen, in a land that runs by no limits.

SPEAKER_03: 3:32

Listen, that if you see these two guys, granted, you're a big guy, but these two guys are about your size, just brawlic. Yeah, and and they and they're two Spanish boys at that, so you know the Spanish boys be crazy out here. So needless to say, though, outside of that little bit of situation, it was a fun show.

SPEAKER_02: 3:56

Okay, okay. Well then, good to keep that in mind, but as we are here, we are always here to bring in the wacky world of wrestling content, as always. So uh give us that www.

SPEAKER_03: 4:12

And also just to bring it up here, if you see me veer off to the side like this, kind of thing, it's because we're trying something different because we found out that we can actually record lives on TikTok on TikTok.

SPEAKER_02: 4:26

Which we technically could do it on probably Instagram too, but we need another phone for that.

SPEAKER_03: 4:30

Yeah, there is Instagram. We might I mean, I have a phone, I have another one too. I just have to get another tripod as possible, but uh, but yeah, so um we are uh we got the TikTok live going on over here.

SPEAKER_02: 4:41

We're trying to give you guys as much consumable content as possible, whether if you're on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, you know, however you you get your podcast, we're trying to be here.

SPEAKER_03: 4:51

And it is still live, right?

SPEAKER_02: 4:53

Yeah, we're still there.

SPEAKER_03: 4:54

Okay.

SPEAKER_02: 4:54

I mean, you would know if you're not live anymore.

SPEAKER_03: 4:56

Oh, you know, you're right, because it keeps you keep you see the people who are, you know, joining.

SPEAKER_02: 4:59

Well, not even that, it will literally show the screen is gone. Like, we're not, you're not gonna see us on here anymore. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 5:05

You won't see us on here. Obviously, you can tell I've never done a live.

SPEAKER_02: 5:08

No, yeah, I've been I've been blocked. I'm not blocked. I've had my lives shut down before.

SPEAKER_03: 5:13

What were you doing?

SPEAKER_02: 5:15

My spicy stuff back in the day.

unknown: 5:17

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_02: 5:17

Yeah. Got it, got it. And that was actually how well, no, I wore a bat Boma shirt. I'm gonna show you the Boma shirt. I wore a Boma shirt on a live and wasn't paying any mind by it, but it's a Boba shirt where she's wearing a tank top and her headlights are actually showing. Not through the shirt, but like little slightly showing. Um and I literally see the message on the live. Hey, bro, you about to get banned. I was like, wait, what? Look at that screen. Next thing you know, clue. Damn.

unknown: 5:52

Damn.

SPEAKER_03: 5:52

That means that motherfucker snitched. Snitches get stitches out here, bro. Come on. Don't hate because you don't have the shirt. I haven't worn that shirt since.

SPEAKER_02: 6:03

I wore it one more time, but like, I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_03: 6:06

You know what? I mean, it's fair, you know. Yeah, yeah. But uh going back into it, this this so when it comes to this week of wrestling, it's uh because last week was kind of sort of like your, you know, we're we're starting off the new year, you know, getting everything started, going from one year to the other. So this year is like that first real week of like wrestling that I really actually watched. Because I did not watch wrestling last week because I was celebrating New Year's and stuff. Well, no, we uh we watched New Japan. I mean, New Japan is that exception because it was a pay-per-view, and so speaking of the pay-per-view, we don't have any pay-per-views this weekend, thank God. Yeah, for the first time. However, because of how the time works and everything, we did not, did we talk about it? I'm trying to make sure. Did we talk about how uh you know uh YOTA ice and them actually winning?

SPEAKER_02: 7:03

Oh no, we never talked about New Year's Dash. Okay, that's uh that's what I was trying to that was the one thing I was trying to do. We had a conversation amongst each other about New Year Dash, but we never actually talked about New Year's.

SPEAKER_03: 7:14

New Year's Dash, and I uh am glad that my what I was thinking would happen did not happen. Because I was dead set in figuring that um your man's was going your team, the knockout bros were gonna lose to Zack Saber Jr. and his boy. I was I just knew it was going to happen. But apparently, and and and and for all intents and purposes, thank God, because I didn't want to see it, but when I look at when you look at the stats and the statistics of it all, it almost made sense that, like, yeah, of course they're gonna give it to them because the they're the ones that are hot right now, and everybody loves Zach Saber. I beg to differ, especially after that promo.

SPEAKER_02: 8:08

Now, the pro you talk about the promo that yo afterwards, that's yeah, but he'd been doing stuff like that even when he was going against Tanahashi. Like he had that promo, and you see, like, I don't know if you I don't think this was the point where you started watching New Japan. I think it's after that when I brought it up who he was. But I watched that that story plot of like where him him and Tanahashi went to the same school, and you know, Tanahashi was the the tough, you know, not tough guy, but like he was the athletic guy. And Yoto, he was your regular guy. But after he graduated high school, he thought he was gonna be Yakuza. And then he sees on the telly that Tanahashi, oh, I went to school with him. Man, I could kick his ass. And then his friends was like, nah, you can't kick his ass. And that was one of his inspirations to get into wrestling to beat up this guy he used to go to school with because everybody else kept saying he couldn't beat him up. So now he finally has this moment, he's got to do it before he retires. Hey, yo, I can kick your ass, and you should still keep wrestling. Uh let's get high. Gotta do that. Gotta do that.

SPEAKER_03: 9:17

I mean, hey, you say so. But no, he they he actually won, which was a surpr a surprise to me because once again, I was just set on like, yeah, we're we're just about to get another Zach, we're about to get the Zach Saber Jr. overhaul. What's the name of their team? The uh uh TMDK. Yeah, TMDK was about to take over because they already got the uh you know the never open weight, the trios titles the trios belts. So I was like, so of course we're gonna get the tag team titles.

SPEAKER_02: 9:47

Well, no, interesting enough is two other members from TMDK, which is why I was like, ah no, I don't think it's happening now because two other members got the junior tag team titles.

SPEAKER_03: 9:58

Oh, they was part of that, okay.

SPEAKER_02: 9:59

Yeah, that was that was TMDK members. So when that's why I said Zack Saber Jr.'s prophecy actually came true. He says, I'm gonna get you all belts. They all got belts.

SPEAKER_03: 10:10

Just not the big ones, technically.

SPEAKER_02: 10:13

Yeah, but he got them belts. He got his prophecy came true.

SPEAKER_03: 10:16

Well, yeah, nah, but Yoto Ice, which the very passionate promo that he cut, um and I'm uh the the guy when the guy was kind of sort of, you know, he was with the interpreter interpretation of it. Although it's interesting because it's like he cut a very in the middle promo, like very tweener, because I'm like they kind they're very heel presenting, but the promo that he cut was like pseudo good guy, but also acknowledging the fact that he doesn't give a fuck type situation. Like it was like good and bad. He was like good guy, bad guy promo. It's anti-hero. Yeah, I guess that I guess that's where it was.

SPEAKER_02: 11:02

It's funny you said tweener too, because like I never heard of that term until I play Retro Mania. I'm a wrestling fan, I've never heard tweener. I've always heard heel, I've always heard babyface, anti-hero, and heel. So when I'm playing, you you can play the story mode in the game, and if you like, say if you leave, uh like say if you save the game and come back, you come to your save file, it will let you know the path that you're currently on is either babyface, tweener, or heel. And so depending on how you finish the story, is you get three different endings for that. So that's when you said it, like when you literally said I was like, so this is an actual fucking term. I didn't know that.

SPEAKER_03: 11:45

Yes, yeah, yes, it it is. It is a term. I keep getting out of the frame on here, but you good. It's uh it is a term, and even I myself, because it's actually it is a term that I have learned since we've started doing the podcast. So you're also new to it then, too. Correct. But I also feel that I think what the I feel that there is a difference between a tweener and a anti-hero.

SPEAKER_02: 12:14

Maybe one's more babyface and one's like leaning towards heel. Because I mean, Yoto kind of could lean towards heel with his his persona of like, you know, being a badass type character.

SPEAKER_03: 12:25

Correct. But it's one of those things where I uh like I have not actually taken the time to like sit down and like try and figure out the statistics of the difference or the the difference between the two.

SPEAKER_02: 12:39

Like, I will this could be actually a part of the the original topic we've been wanting to have for the last like five fucking episodes of the different types of wrestlers, your technical, your giants, your that could also be a part of it too.

SPEAKER_03: 12:53

Now the funny thing is though, whenever I actually when I initially did that, uh they didn't well they in the bits that I was looking at, and maybe it's just because I was looking at specific terms, but like that term didn't come up. Like tweener. Like, you know. And and and for all intents and purposes, when I think about it, it really didn't bring up anti-hero either type situation. But I feel as if they there's a part of me that wants to say that tweener and anti-hero are literally the same thing, just different depending on where you're at. Just the just maybe one is more of the the uh workers way of referring it.

SPEAKER_02: 13:34

Well yeah, because plus tweener is one word compared to anti-hero.

SPEAKER_03: 13:37

Yeah, so it it might it might be the working phrase for an anti-hero, but uh, but don't quote me on it. I gotta I got to put I have to tighten the specs and and and uh and do my research. And so, but when it comes to this week, I want to start off with T and A.

SPEAKER_02: 13:58

Only because Well wait, did you not have anything else with New Year's Dash before we go into not r so personally not really?

SPEAKER_03: 14:07

Uh now well I guess one thing I will bring up, and me and uh Ray Zeon actually was talking about this, is the fact that I love the shenanigans that House of Torture gets in every fucking time. With ringing the bell, all of it, like just the apps, like they are they are goons and and and goddamn just bullies and assholes, and it's so great because the fact that in the middle of and it's one of those things where it's like they're in the middle of a match, one of the house of torture guys has the has the submission move locked in, and then one of the other house of torture members will go and just starts ringing the bell as if the match is over. And then the guy who had the submission locked in from House of Torture stands up as if he legitimately won. He stands up, he's like, and then one of the house another House of Torture member will pick up the microphone in Japanese, and then the winner of this contest says the other guy's name, and they're in there celebrating as if they legitimately won, even though they know good and goddamn well that nothing has actually had they literally dropped the submission as if the referee and the referees blowing his fucking mind is like, no, that was not me. I did not ring that bell. Like, stop, all of you, stop, and then they proceed to just start jumping everybody.

SPEAKER_02: 15:50

All it is, and the referee is like I said, losing his fucking minds, like, get out, all of you, get out of here, and that normally is when the outside battles come, but I love how no match starts officially with them. It's just like, all right, we take off the gear, let's jump. And it just before, before every time. I love it.

SPEAKER_03: 16:10

I love that they don't even give their opponent a chance. It's just go. They're the absolute absolute worst, and I love everything about it.

SPEAKER_02: 16:21

Sad to know that Evil's contract is uh is you know ending shortly, so we don't know what's gonna happen to him.

SPEAKER_03: 16:29

I mean, people said they saw him backstage in WWE.

SPEAKER_02: 16:32

I mean, he was with he was with his wife, which I did not know is EO Sky. Did not know he was married to EOS. And I've seen EO Sky at the Japanese festival multiple times.

SPEAKER_03: 16:43

Evil was never there. Like that's probably because he was out there working. You know, you got to do it. No, he was probably no, he was probably in Japan working. Like I said, he was out there working.

SPEAKER_02: 16:51

Oh, yeah, that part, but not not not there at the end. And then and then and the and knowing that situation now, I very much wonder because like when you're in the business, I obviously know like there was that uh you know that thing Triple H did years ago where he's like, You're on the road, what's your wife doing? Don't know. What's this? Don't know. This, don't know. But like now you have a person who's on the opposite side of the fucking world in Japan, and the other ones here in fucking Florida. That time difference is a big ass gap, which is why I made that joke about Rhea and Eo and Evo saying, ha ha ha, because he's like, go ahead, get it in. You over there in Florida, I'm over here doing my thing, baby. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_03: 17:35

Listen, listen, I Rhea and EO is another level of a relationship that is crazy to me. And I you cannot tell me otherwise that they're not they're not doing something. They're doing something. Like just the it's it's the eye contact that they give each other. It's the touching, bro. See, a little bit of that, but when you look at how one or the other looks at each other, like Eo has not EO, Rhea, when she looks at EO, she has that look in her eyes of like, that's my property. You know what? I know very much a lot about this. So you get, you get it. When you see Rhea, and she looks at EO, and Eo's out here sunshines and lollipops and doing her thing. It's like Ria's got that, it was like, look at her. Yeah, that's mine. All of it. She does that shit for me. And I'll kill it, motherfucker, if anyone touches it.

SPEAKER_00: 18:45

Uh no.

SPEAKER_02: 18:46

Like the bro, that I mean, that is that is my thought process, uh, oftentimes, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 18:52

Like it's it is it is hilarious. And and and then on the other end, it's like EO looks at Rhea like uh in that like, oh like, I'm so proud to be here with her. And she's she's just so bubbly and happy. It's like I just want to do what she does, type situation.

SPEAKER_02: 19:11

You you you definitely need to see my girls then, because that's literally how they are. Well, see that then you get it. I do, and that's why I be telling you off, yeah. They definitely doing something, but anyway, it's uh it's my favorite. House of torture, yes. It's it's a group, especially that everybody they're supposed to be a group you're supposed to fear, but yes, they're a bunch of fucking goons. Like they're a bunch of goons, they're doing their thing, and they like jumping people, and we are going to look goofy sometimes doing it, but our point is gonna get crossed. We will jump you.

SPEAKER_03: 19:47

We don't care, we can do what we won't. And I think that's also the part that I like about them because they they have that you know goon kind of goofy mentality, but that is like like they're the one. That you see is like, yeah, they're doing stupid stuff and it doesn't look like it's gonna work, but then it does.

SPEAKER_02: 20:05

Yep.

SPEAKER_03: 20:05

And then and then now they're looking at you as like, oh, you thought we was for play play. Nah, we run this now. You screwed up, and and then they take over type situation. And then you gotta call Zack Saber Jr. to fix it all because he is the superhero, the number one uh, what is it, Gaigen? Gaigen, yes. He's the he is the number one guidant that's gonna come in swooping and save the day from the evil, the evil.

SPEAKER_02: 20:34

Well, we don't know about that because I mean New Japan, again, we gotta see about that contract situation, which we already had Nido uh go to Noah, which I'm like, evil could go to Noah. I don't want that to happen. I would like for him to stay in New Japan. He already has an established name, and will the cameraman at Noah do what they do in New Japan? I don't know. That is a very big part of his entrance. I hope.

SPEAKER_03: 20:59

Very big part of his interest. I love that part about his entrance.

SPEAKER_02: 21:02

But uh you have that, and then you also had in New Year's Dash the potential backstabbing of Will Ospreay. Will Osprey makes his return to New Japan, not just for Tanahashi's uh retirement. He makes a return to say to the United Kingdom, hey yo, I need to finish some stuff in AEW and I will come back and I will run things with you guys, but I'm not gonna be as a leader, I'm only here as support. And I can't remember his name. It's um uh is it Carlton or is it uh the guy apparently he he's the new leader, and as he hugs him, his back is turned, he's getting ready to hit him with the chair, and the other room is like no no no don't mess this up, bro. What you doing? And I'm like, so is anybody gonna tell him that yeah?

SPEAKER_03: 21:52

No, that the way that they played that, because it was like, you know, Will Ospreay out here, like, yeah, and homie about to like swing on him. Will Ospreay misses the whole thing. They're all like chair, don't hell's wrong with you.

SPEAKER_02: 22:03

Stop. Like, and and nobody's letting him know Will Ospreay is clueless. Like, what he doesn't even know his homeboy had the chair, he was getting ready to hit him. Nobody's telling him anything. And I'm thinking it's like maybe not right now, man. Not right now, later. That's kind of what it felt like.

SPEAKER_03: 22:17

Now, if that's the case, then oh, it's this is about to be quite the betrayal.

SPEAKER_02: 22:21

Yeah, I mean, for the last couple of years, when it comes to New Year Dash, they always love removing a member from a unit around that time. This happened to AJ Styles, this happened to Kenny, this happened to it mostly always happened to the Gaijans, though, but it it really does happen. What Bullet Club just kept doing that constantly, constantly, constantly.

SPEAKER_03: 22:47

I mean, it it's still Gaijan based. Yeah, it is Gaijan on Gaijan crimes right now.

SPEAKER_02: 22:52

Yeah, yeah. Um, and that happened with the United Kingdom, and then also we have found out that the Bullet Club is no more and Los Los Encamble Hapon or L I J is no longer a thing. They have now fused into one faction known as Unbound Company. Also, members of the affiliates, which the affiliate is a unit that is not a unit because these are the people who just weren't in units that made a unit called the unaffiliate. They are all one big ass faction now, which to me that kind of just is like the NWL at this point. They just said fuck it, we Don Callis Family 2.0.

SPEAKER_03: 23:39

Maybe that's what Don Callis is trying to put this family together for already. I mean, as of um what's it called? Um uh uh talking about the champion? No, no, no, no, no. Um not dynamite the collision, there we go. Oh uh on collision, it was actually like Don Callis was actually was said that he has actually flown over to New Japan to go, I guess, do some things with Okada and all this other stuff. And so, I mean, I'm not saying that that that's about to be a thing, but you know, New Japan and AEW do got that little partnership thing that's going on.

SPEAKER_02: 24:15

That uh Utah does not like. And so Suji does not like. Yeah, but he's gonna have to suck it up. Um, but he brought the belt back though. He brought the big version four belt back, which is way better than that bejeweled ass fucking title that wrapped around people's. No, if I want the divas title, I'll go back into that era, but I'm good. But at least this one would like fit you a bit better, you know. No, actually, I prefer that big one because it looks like my damn gut, damn near. It looks like it should be resting on my belly button, bro. This makes this like if there's gonna be any title that I could probably wear if it had long enough straps, it would be the version four.

SPEAKER_03: 25:04

No, it'll it'd be the new ECW title, is what you would have like. I mean, yeah, if you want it to be like boom, yes, but like I'm talking about or the AEW title. Honestly, the AEW title is a great title for a big person. Yes, it is, and nothing but little ass niggas be wearing.

SPEAKER_02: 25:23

Oh, side note, since you should talk about AEW real quick before we go into the SWAW Rico. I think this could be part of the SWAW Rico wrestling. Did you hear about WWE is interested in Powerhouse Hobbs?

SPEAKER_03: 25:36

I mean, big men slapping meat, that's the WWE way, so it makes sense now. Whether if he'll go is is is another thing. Because and maybe I'm just missing it, but like I mean, I don't know what powerhouse Hobbs has on the mic.

SPEAKER_02: 25:58

He he's a decent guy, he's not like, oh, he's putting asses in seats.

SPEAKER_03: 26:04

Uh it listen, I stand by it. He's he's no big E.

SPEAKER_02: 26:09

No. Like, but Big E also had the church gimmick flow that he normally would do.

SPEAKER_03: 26:16

But even before he did the church, when he was three, ain't enough. He I need five.

SPEAKER_02: 26:20

I remember I remember him actually talking a lot when he was doing that.

SPEAKER_03: 26:23

When he when he was uh when he was an NXT, yes. When he came over and they stuck him with Doc Ziggler and AJ Lee.

SPEAKER_02: 26:31

Yeah, that's why. Okay.

SPEAKER_03: 26:33

Yeah. But it's like, but even after that, like, you look at how he be talking now, like he he's he's he is just fine. And every once in a while he would turn it up when he like when he was the heavyweight champion, like if someone really pissed him off, kind of thing, he would turn it up. He would he would he will he would lock it in instead of being super goofy, but he's like, goofy is fun, and that's what he did.

SPEAKER_02: 26:56

I'm trying to enjoy my job. You will make me hurt you.

SPEAKER_03: 26:59

So but like, I mean interested, yes. The question is, is powerhouse hobbs interested in WWE? Don't know. And how does AEW feel right now? I mean, AEW stay doing very questionable things, man.

SPEAKER_02: 27:20

I mean, MJF has said multiple times. He's like, man, if they call me over there, I will go over there. He pretty much pulls a Jake Lee and says, Oh, you thought I was loyal.

SPEAKER_03: 27:33

I'm going where the money is. Listen, that's because then that's what a lot of people are doing. I was going to start off with TNA, but since we're talking about AEW now, full on, just to roll right into it. Yeah, first off, I have to say, um this the Death Rider situation is I'm lost, bro.

SPEAKER_02: 27:58

You're very confusing.

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I am so lost when it comes to all this Death Rider stuff. Like, John Moxley had a match against Shelton Benjamin, all right? And when you hear the commentary, they're talking about Jon Moxley as if like we love him. Well, like he's like, we're we're happy that he's here, you know what I'm saying? Now, John Moxley in this match, he's still for all intents and purposes fighting like John Moxley, but Shelton Benjamin was fighting a bit more heelish. And I'm like, what is happening? John Moxley, he still does the whole, you know, bite the face and all this other stuff and everything, but like Shelton Benjamin is the one that's get get getting booed. I'm just like, what's what is and then of course John Moxley wins clean. And they're all like, that was an amazing match, and da da da and you know, John Moxley put his everything. I'm like, what what are we doing? What are we doing? And because and and and to show how even more confusing it is, right? On collision, John Moxley comes out with Pack and the rest of his Death Riders and everything, and they fight top flight or whatever, right? They fight top flight. And the Death Riders who are in the ring, they are very much so obviously heals. But John Moxley is on commentary, like babyfacing it up, bro. Babyfacing it up, and I'm just like, we gotta go out there and give 110%.

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I stand low above this. I'm trying to be the best I can be. Type shit.

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I'm like, what are we doing? Like, I and and and because of the fact of how everything's going on, because like they win, Pac locks in his uh submission move, the rings of Saturn or whatever he calls it. Uh the bastard lock, I think. Something like that. But uh formerly known as the Rings of Saturn. And he's like, he locks it in, and like, like he locks it in. Danny Garcia is choking somebody outside the ring, and all this, Dan, and the other, and then like afterwards, uh uh Rhea Shafir gets in the ring, and then like top flight chick, whatever her name is, whoever she's she comes into the ring and she's trying to be all big and brave, and she's confronting Rhea Shafir and Rhea's looking at her like little girl, go. I'll eat you alive, kind of thing. But what happens, which I'm like, okay, sure, yay, I love that she's here, but like also, the fuck do you have to do with anything in here? Because Megan Bain shows up, grabs this girl, and powerbombs them running, jumping, power bombs her damn near through the mat. And I'm like, oh, Megan Bane, what is happening? And of course, what they call their team, the um uh um like something trouble or whatever. Like uh You're talking about Megan Bain and the other girl? Megan Bain and Arena Shafir. What was their tag team name? Oh, um like Damn, I don't remember actually.

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It's uh it's a it was a very brief tag team, that's why.

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However it may be. But she powered by Marina Shafir? No, the girl.

SPEAKER_02: 31:39

Oh, okay. I was confused for a second.

SPEAKER_03: 31:41

No, no, no, no, no. Arena Shafir was sitting there talking shit, and then she and then Mega Bay turns around, grabs the girl. Oh, actually, no, she fucking blasts her from behind.

SPEAKER_02: 31:49

So, wait, is she trying to join the Deaf Riders, bro?

SPEAKER_03: 31:53

No, she's just heavily affiliated because her and Arena Shafir are apparently still a tag team and they're still buddies, and they still lose. They're not losing. Kind of thing. As a matter of fact, who I actually don't remember because I think Megan Bain has still yet to actually be pinned. No, she lost to Tony Storm. She got pinned. Oh, no, no, that one time. No, since um it's funny because I almost don't count that for some but like since then they've been very strategic on like not letting her specifically get beat. She'll lose because she's part of the group that was in the match, but she hasn't been pinned. Although I can't actually remember if she got pinned in the uh the tag team tournament for those tag team titles. But regardless, like um, they brought she she showed up and did the thing and she's staying in the ring with Arena Shafir and and John Moxley is talking. I was like, man, that those that that you I wouldn't want if I were you, I wouldn't mess with these girls type situation. But I'm just like, if I were you, this whole thing that's going on, I'm just like, what is happening? Like, are we booing or are we yaying? And because they're not being specific about it at all, and the story in itself is not making any sense whatsoever. Because then we got Darby Allen back here, you know, blowing a casket because he's like, I need to beat Pac. But at this point, why? Why do you need to fight Pac? Why do you need to beat him? Because he's like, I've beaten everyone in the Death Riders but Pac. Okay, sure. And what has that gotten you? Darby Allen beat everybody in the Death Riders. What significance does that have? Period. Death Riders are still running as strong as if John Moxley is still the heavyweight champion. You know what I'm saying? Like, at this point, if they're turning the Death Riders baby face or if they're turning them good.

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If they turn the Death Riders good, I think I'm gonna turn off AEW. You already turned off AEW. I mean, completely like, don't even talk about that shit. Like, just leave it out the conversation. It's not it is now the D tier of wrestling at that point.

SPEAKER_03: 34:18

AEW and also to add to it with that whole John Moxley thing, which is the reason why I'm like, I'm really confused about this. He fights Jonathan Benjamin and they shake fucking hands. And Jonathan Benjamin leaves the ring. No jump session, no nothing, no kicking the balls. Just a good match.

SPEAKER_02: 34:39

His apparently his there he's going back to 2000, what was it? 2000 AW's been around since oh 2019, John Moxley, where he I'm a wrestler's wrestler, and I come in here and I do what I do and I get out, you know. Like he's trying to be the workhorse, but a badass workhorse.

SPEAKER_03: 34:59

But what I don't understand is because that is all well and good, but when you start the Death Riders by putting a plastic bag over a man's face and suffocating him and essentially, visually, and and for all intents and purposes, physically, because he has not done anything since then, ending his career. John Moxley retired uh uh uh Danielson, okay? For all intense purposes, he retired Danielson by putting a bag over his head and making him choke on it.

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I could have sworn uh Swerve technically to that.

SPEAKER_03: 35:40

No, no, Swerve did not retire then.

SPEAKER_02: 35:44

No, no, no, no, you're right, you're right. He beat Swerve, he beat Swerve to get the title, and the whole thing was if um Brian Danielson loses, he would he would retire as a um full-time competitor, excuse me.

SPEAKER_03: 35:59

Correct.

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Okay, I I got the timeline messed up for a second.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So which which fuck that because that pissed me off as well, because I was like, Garbo. Because it was one of those situations where like the way they set it up, because it was like Swerve is all like, I'm gonna beat you, and that's gonna be any of your career. It's all like just like how you felt about when uh when uh uh uh Jake Lee and uh went up against Evil. It's like well, I know who's going to win this.

SPEAKER_02: 36:28

Oh, you're talking about uh evil going against um Wolf. Was it Wolf? Aaron Wolf. Aaron. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Aaron Wolf, where the hair stipulation. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 36:36

It was like, oh, Wolf, George. And I just remember watching that pay-per-view being like, uh Swerve has barely done anything with this title, bro. Like the dis I don't even want to go back into that whole situation because the disrespect that they gave Swerve when he got the belt, how you win the belt, and then the next night, uh the next show, you fight a jobber, don't even have a celebration, you do nothing. You fight a jobber in the first match, and we don't see you for the rest of the show. But John Moxley, who at the time had a tit had the heavyweight title for a company that's all the way across the ocean, having nothing to actually do at AEW, gets the big spotlight. And it's like, so you spotlight him holding the New Japan belt, but the man who is literally holding the company's gold, he just has a quick match and he dips, says nothing, does nothing. New Japan Mark Tony is bro, it gets me heated thinking about it all the way over, bro. But going back into this AEW situation, because it doesn't stop there, because then I was wanting to talk about TNA in this particular Jake something has left TNA, which to me is unfortunate for TNA, because Jake something was something over there, but I also get it because TNA was kind of sort of dragging their feet on him. Like, like Jake something was could have easily been like a main event guy, but they just kind of kept him in upper mid-card, and they just was like, uh I I I honestly think one of the few times where the whole NXT mixture screwed somebody in the in the in the long run. Because when NXT shows up to TNA, there are certain TNA people who just kind of have to sit there in the back, like, oh well, let me just wait for my turn. And and I think Jake Something was one of those guys because uh he was on his rise, and then uh then uh we get tricking A. And of course, they're trying to push other things and around with that, and so Jake Something just kind of got sidelined. So now he is uh what what's his name? Uh uh uh uh Jake Doyle.

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Ugh. I ain't gonna lie, that Jake something actually is a better name.

SPEAKER_03: 39:14

Well, his his government is Jake Doyle.

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All right, dongle Doyle.

SPEAKER_03: 39:20

Listen, he might as well be. He's kind of built like a Dongo Doyle when you when you think about it. But guess who he gets to join up with? The Don Callis family.

SPEAKER_02: 39:32

Which we already got somebody that looks like fucking him in uh what's his name? It's uh it's the other heavy set guy.

SPEAKER_03: 39:40

Yeah, they're a tag team now. So we got Jake something and the the other the Jake something look alike, you know, the two white.

SPEAKER_02: 39:48

Well, technically, Jake something is the lookalike because he was there first.

SPEAKER_03: 39:51

Uh fair enough.

SPEAKER_02: 39:52

Yeah, it's Matt Something. I can't remember the name.

SPEAKER_03: 39:54

Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, you're actually no, you're right.

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It's a Matt something.

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Matt something, Jake something. I'm walking in and out. So they're a team, they're a team, and they like, you know, take jump freaking uh jet speed and all this other stuff. But here's the thing that kills me, though, right? So that happens later on that night. Guess who else rejoins the Don Cows family?

SPEAKER_02: 40:22

Andrade. Well Eagolo! Which, by the way, you know why? Why? Because Beast Mortis, he settled that contract. Oh, you say? I mean, yeah, I mean, he is a lawyer. He is now officially a lawyer. I don't know if he's past the bar, but uh I don't know, but I just know he's a lawyer now.

SPEAKER_03: 40:43

Listen, uh uh as they said in New Japan, you know, he's a man that can afford a lot of things. Well if he was the one that got he's a man that can afford a lot of things. He's got a lot of money, pesos, and yen. And uh, in a and what and they and they always say and and a good legal team, too. Apparently it might have been Beast Mortis.

SPEAKER_02: 41:04

Maybe the Lucha's gotta look out for each other. Uh I mean, honestly, though, they kind of they really need to, but but nonetheless, Tranquilo, which by the way, I I I I do get some kind of uh you know, I you know, I love my fascination of Japanese culture, and Naido loves the fascination of Spanish culture. I find it funny. Uh fair because all his all everything he does, Spanish. Tranquilo is Spanish, yes, and his new faction name, Spanish. Oh, yeah. Dastino, Spanish.

SPEAKER_03: 41:44

I mean, you you you hear Mina Shirikawa's theme song? Oh, it definitely sounds like the Fast and Furious music. 100% Spanish coded.

SPEAKER_02: 41:52

It sounds like that song with the uh every time it comes off. I literally think same, same literally I was like, what the fuck? Just like how remember we had that running joke of Dean Ambrose's theme song? We thought it was the intro to the turbo beef the power riff going into the Power Rangers turbo. I gotta make that a meme. I gotta make that a meme, actually.

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Fighting engines roar.

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I have to find a way to make it actually look like the turbo. Ambrose comes from Ambrose comes from whoa, anyway. Um, not like that. Just anyway. Um, but yes, so we got this going on, and then I heard that your girl, Monag, the cut to promo. Mine. And basically tells everybody, yeah, I've been losing these titles.

SPEAKER_03: 42:46

So I'm glad you bring that up because that is indeed the next thing I was going to speak on. Because for all intents and purposes, that's about all that's left to speak on when it comes to AEW this week. Although it's very I have to give it to AEW because they do make you have to watch both shows.

SPEAKER_02: 43:04

Oh, oh, are you sure about that? What about that fucking uh flyer I sent you where you got Samoa Joe and MJF going against the masked men?

SPEAKER_03: 43:16

Once again, outside of this right here, this is like the because so to shed the light on that, the whole situation was which so there's a couple of things in this one. Okay, because once again, this is that AEW logic, alright? Now, because I did not watch last week's AEW, I have come to the assumptions of certain things, and I think these were are what's true. Because Willow, Harley, and Statlander come out there to have their little championship celebration type situation. And Willow's out here talking about how like I guess her and Statlander are friends again. They've uh they've uh they've kissed and made up at this point, kind of thing. Now, at first, and I don't, and because I have not I I refuse to watch what happened last week, kind of thing, I can only assume the reason why this has happened is because the Sisters of Sin are coming for Statland and Tecla wants the title. She deserves it. As she does. But nonetheless, the three of them are together, and when you actually look at the fact that the three of them are together, something that was point out is the fact that if if them as a team is the women's division, they have all the titles the TBS title, the heavyweight title, damn, and the tag team title. They they are the women's division right now. Damn. And uh so Will's out there celebrating and thank you for sending the roles, by the way.

SPEAKER_00: 44:59

Oh shit, oh that's the homie toad. What's going on, fam?

SPEAKER_03: 45:03

I appreciate you. I don't it's not I didn't care who those are he's been in, he's been in here saying shit the whole time.

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Yeah, we we I just looked at the screen and I was like, oh, what's going on over there?

SPEAKER_03: 45:18

Yeah, nah. Appreciate the rose. And we're talking about AEW right now.

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We're talking about how the women's division is literally in the trios right now.

SPEAKER_03: 45:26

Yes, and so, and they're going, and I guess they are they are truly going up against the Sisters of Sin because after what I'm about to explain, uh Tekla and the and uh the other two, um what's her name?

SPEAKER_02: 45:40

Uh Sky Blue and goddamn uh uh uh J Jin of Jin Hart. Jess Hart, something hard. Uh Jessica Hart. I want to say Jessica Hart, but it's not Jessica.

SPEAKER_03: 45:52

No, it's not geez, bro.

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I don't know why it wouldn't be that.

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It's funny because because you said that I was like, yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no.

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It's uh it's something hard though.

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See now I have to look it up because I don't I don't I don't want to butcher and whatnot. Hold on, let me because now I now we need the name. That's exactly what I'm doing. Oh, that's right. I don't have I'm not connected to your internet. I don't think so. Let me get it. I got you. But uh Oh, maybe I am. I just had the internet off. Goofy! Listen, bro. Like, because I gotta keep it from uh Sisters of Sin is actually referring to a whole let me put it I thought it was. Oh, you're talking about Sisters of Sin from the Marvel. It's Julia Hart. Well, I was hard, I was correct by Hart, but. Yes, you are right with Hart. It's Julia Hart. Yeah, Julia Hart, okay. Updates. Yeah, listen, so so Julia Hart, Sky Blue, and and Tecla. Oh, Sky Red, all that blood though. Listen, but so what ended up going down was in that whole little grouping thing, right? Willow is out here saying, like, hey, so like I know people usually like to crash these, so uh, I'm gonna just go ahead and call him out. So uh, hey, uh Mercedes, come through. Come come hang out with us. We can talk, kind of thing. Listen, Mercedes comes out there, she's disgruntled, she's she's all disheveled. She she's out here doing her best impression of Xavier Woods, but in white, because she's in mourning because she lost the title and all this other stuff. And then when they're when they ask her to if she has something to say, she literally like loot, she gets upset, she takes the hat off, she starts screaming at everything, she charges at Willow, Willow trips her, and she trips into Statlin or gets a face full of cake. Yep, that was the thing I saw. And so what you see on collision is what technically, which apparently happens after she gets the face full of cake. And uh yeah, from the way it looks, it looks like Mercedes Monet is doing her spiral right now, where she is losing her mind literally, because she keeps losing and she's losing all of her belts, and she's not handling it well. So she says she's going to be stepping away from AEW, and when she comes back, she's taking more than belts. So maybe she's snatching souls, digging holes. Who knows what she's gonna be doing next. Digging holes and snatching souls. I mean it is it it's it is in peace. He actually did say that though. Oh, yes, I know. Oh, trust me, I know. Okay, I've I've used it as a bar. Rest, rest in peace. But uh, but so it's like the Sisters of Sin. And I know they're they're trying to they're doing the whole thing where they're just trying to set up the fact that Tecla and and Statlan are gonna have this match together eventually. But the thing that bothers me about the whole thing is just like I feel it. AEW is going through the same thing what WWE is going through with their women's division, and and it's and it's I think it's literally happening because of each other. When AEW decided that, hey, we're gonna have a tag team time, we're gonna push the women's tag team division. You know what AEW did? They took all of their big name top female stars, made them into teams, and made them fight for these tag team titles, and they're keeping them in the tag team division. What does WWE do in retaliation? They take their big female stars with the biggest name, put them in teams like like Charlotte Flair and got them Alexa Bliss, Maria, yeah, that tag team, Rio. Like people who don't need to be tag teams that need to be fighting people like uh Stephanie Vicare, Jay Cargill, Jade Cargill, which now we have the program of her and and uh Grace, Jordan Grace. When you look at Jay Cargill, not to go off of AEW, but if you look at Jay Cargill, since she's been championed, who has she fought? Mia and BFAB. Who are they? They are undercard jobbers, respectfully. They are undercarders, okay? And then now from that, who is it she's fee she's about to kind of beef with now? I mean, thank God they brought Jordan Grace.

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Yeah, Jordan Grace. At least Jordan Grace I just don't feel like they should pull the trigger on that now. Oh no, they shouldn't. They should be a that should be a yeah, you know, as we like, just like big men slapping meat, big women slapping me, you know what I'm saying? Like that's literally a mania shit.

SPEAKER_03: 50:58

You know what I'm saying? To me, them putting Jordan Grace up against her and making them have this contact with each other like a ASAP like they've done. To me, that's them being like, damn, we don't have anything, so uh fuck it, let's just do this now.

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Yeah.

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As opposed to doing it down the line and making it matter just a tidbit more. And so I'm just like, uh it it frustrates me. And it frustrates me here in T and AEW because AEW is doing the same thing, and it's like I feel as if WW and AEW are doing this to each other because they're trying to one up each other's tag women's tag team division for whatever fucking reason. It doesn't make sense. Don't know. It doesn't make sense to me at all. So, with that being said, and then well with that being said, going on to the other big thing that I really would say that's really kind of going on right now is the fact that our boy Bandito is going to be going up against MJF. And God bless MJF for trying to make this match feel like it's important.

SPEAKER_02: 52:05

I mean, they've been feuding for a while, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 52:08

Like, I know they've had stuff in the past. Yeah, the Ring of Arms title and stuff like that. But it's and so like now for the heavyweight title, it's one of those deals where it's all like, when the match comes next this coming week, I know the match is gonna be great, but it's like move on, we're gonna move on, and it's it's no one's going to care because it's it's not actually of any importance. It's this right now, this match is just a small stop in the actual shit that's supposed to be going on with the heavyweight title. Just like how the last match of that night, what swerve and fucking uh uh uh hangman going up against the ops. Like, first off, why? Why are y'all going up against the ops? It's not like Samoa Joe got the belt anymore. So it's like, who cares? Uh oh. My live will end so the live will end soon.

SPEAKER_02: 53:02

Oh, we only have a time limit for the uh I think the time frame that we have. Or maybe There we go.

SPEAKER_03: 53:09

Drag the puzzle piece.

SPEAKER_02: 53:10

Oh, oh, okay, so it ends if we don't Yeah, it it's okay just in case if we just left it open. Got it, got it.

SPEAKER_03: 53:18

I'm not a robot. I drag the puzzle piece. Okay. So we're good. We're good. But um, but yeah, I'm just like AEW has got me in a very weird spot. And going off of AEW, to talk about TNA right now. As we know, this week TNA is going to have their TV deal and everything. And AJ Styles returns. Are you sure?

SPEAKER_02: 53:41

Yeah, they literally made a post about it. They oh, I didn't see the post. Yeah, I literally well, I I ain't gonna lie, I just saw why I was in the bathroom earlier. But literally, they have AJ Styles returning.

SPEAKER_03: 53:50

I mean this will be, I mean, he was there before, but like, but but now he's showing up that which is fine, it's great, it's cool. I mean, it's a nice pop to get people to watch, so because everyone likes it.

SPEAKER_02: 54:02

The thing about it is I don't know if he was really bullshitting with everybody when he was like, yo, I don't like that get ready to fly song. And you literally have to put me in a situation where you have to cut it on, and I'm like, I guess I gotta go out to it, but he apparently don't like the song.

SPEAKER_03: 54:16

Well, because he said the fact that when you hear it for years, listen, eventually, I I mean, I could get it. Eventually, this song you can get tired of it when you run it to the ground like they did.

SPEAKER_02: 54:28

I ain't gonna lie, but I mean but hearing it again when he came back for that one time with uh for Leon, I did I did pop and say, damn. This actually was a good song.

SPEAKER_03: 54:40

Well, of course. Listen, AJ Styles has only ever had like one bad theme song. The Lone Wolf? Yeah, yes.

SPEAKER_02: 54:50

That was that was a horrible piece. Actually, I seen a video that was showing all of his entrances throughout the years. So for every theme song he had, they show an entrance of that of him with that theme song. It's a TNA video, and I was just like, what made y'all say this was content, right? Like, just like from his debut to this point, to this point, to this point, and then you get this you start seeing certain times when he comes out to the ring, I'm like, this was when I was watching it. Yep, and this is when I'm like, yeah, that's that fucking god.

SPEAKER_03: 55:23

Listen, it's it's a thing, I agree.

SPEAKER_02: 55:25

And when he was starting to wear the fucking hoodie, which you wanted a hoodie like that so bad.

SPEAKER_03: 55:33

I wanted to be like, so to keep it quick with TNA, right? Because this particular episode to me was kind of like a it was like uh it to me it was not a strong farewell. It was kind but it was like a uh it felt like TNA was really trying to hype up and get you ready to move on and want to stick around for this next show that's coming up. However, for this particular TNA episode, I also kind of felt like they were kind of doing some uh AEW shit where it's all like they were just just matches that they kind of wanted to put together just because. But it's like uh but I think in this particular case, they it's just because they're really trying to, you know, do this final goodbye. Like, I don't know why, I mean, Johnny Curtis, JC, I don't know why they're putting so much emphasis on this motherfucker. Cause um I guess I guess outside of the fact because he's retiring kind of thing. So it's like they're giving him such spotlight, and I'm just like, why?

SPEAKER_02: 56:46

Why, like well, I mean, just like as a guy in the business, they want to honor a guy who's who's put his body out there on the line.

SPEAKER_03: 56:52

I mean, I I mean, I guess, but like y'all can do that like like after y'all get this, you know, get this nice good show in for the TV deal. Y'all need they need to be hyping up this TV deal.

SPEAKER_02: 57:03

I'm not gonna lie. I as much as I appreciate Fandango, um Which is crazy work. I mean, because the song it was popular. Oh, you you like it because of the song. Well, I mean, Fandango was cool. The entrance was dope as fuck.

SPEAKER_03: 57:19

Oh, you really was fucking with Fandango. I mean, he was cool, but as somebody who be out here like, hey yo, fuck some of this comedy wrestling.

SPEAKER_02: 57:26

Okay, but that wasn't just comedy, it was a character. He was also a character with it, too.

SPEAKER_03: 57:31

But Mr. Iguana's a character with it too.

SPEAKER_02: 57:34

Yeah, but that shit. Hold up, hold up, hold up. Oh, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. The differences with Fandango, okay? Yes, I noticed the interest. I understand him and everything. Yeah, during the time, I wasn't a huge fan of it, but I can't understand it. It's a very popular song, just like with Joe Henry. I do not like it. I understand it's very popular. So this is why I'm pointing out is I remember Fandango because that was undeniable. Joe Henry is undeniable, Mystery Iguana, undeniable. But JDC, who the fuck is he?

SPEAKER_03: 58:12

That's we'll see. I could only equate that to the fact that because you have not been watching TNA.

SPEAKER_02: 58:19

I've watched this, I've been watching the system because I enjoy Moose. But even then, who the fuck is JC? Like, if anybody, Eddie Edwards and Moose. That's the only two motherfuckers. Well, I think um, there was somebody else in there at one point, but like Eddie Edwards, Moose. The only two people that actually fucking did shit.

SPEAKER_03: 58:46

I'll stop bullshitting you because I mean you're right. Like, I'm a I would I just wanted to see what you had to say on it, but cause if I was just bullshitting or like no no no no, no. I was the one who's bullshitting. Uh okay. I I agree. Who the fuck is JC? I don't give a fuck about I don't care about JC. I I I barely cared when it was Johnny Curtis. Sure, fad dango. Whoop whoop doo-doo, that's kind of like but but at the same time, like undeniable, but like I would prefer that than this.

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Because like, what the fuck are you still wearing the same gear, and even when he was the pretty police, still enjoy that.

SPEAKER_03: 59:19

Now that, yes, now that was hard.

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Okay, that was comedy wrestling gold right there.

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Yes, no, no, no, no. Like and I I actually hate the fact that they did not allow them to go farther. Like they that that did it's basically um pretty deadly all over again. Like uh, which homie now with this uh this Titan Tron? This this uh this that negative masculinity shit that he's doing now.

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That Titan Tron, though, he actually has a Titan Tron.

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Yes, yes. And and what was it on his debut match? Who he lose to? Matt Cardona.

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Yeah.

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But uh, but yeah, no, I'm always ready. TNA is doing this. thing where I'm like, like this last episode, like I'm like, mm-hmm, I mean uh I'm gonna watch it, but like it didn't do a whole lot for me to get me super hyped for the next type situation. Now I will say who did get me hype is this girl Dan uh what is it, Dana Dana Luna? Uh Danny Luna? Listen.

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Is that the girl that was in that uh shoot your shot match? It was like one of the one only women that was picking up the boys.

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I think so. And she's also the one who fought Indy Hartwell in that um that that chain match. Yeah and she's the one that beat Indy Hartwell's undefeated streak. Yeah bro so I've come to realize and notice her finishing move the moon landing which turns out sounds like a lit ass move. So what it actually is apparently is uh Evil's finishing move. So gets him up and then it sit down sits down with it.

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No the Evil's finishing move is um what is it? You're technically in the rock bottom position but you oh then there's the that's his finisher.

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Oh then what was Ray talking about unless he's got another move that he does but it might be his signature but overall with the way it is is like it's you know she gets you up like this and then I mean she listen on TNA she was laying bitches out giving Zaya a run for her money. Like I'm talking she gets in like this and then it's like instead of just she it's like she spins around and like sits out with it. As if it's like a like the the way it finishes it looks like she just did a power bomb to you kind of thing. Where the way that she does like the way she sits out with it. Also it's yeah fam the the the force and authority that she was putting in on that fucking move goddamn I was like okay Danny like last ride type like shit bro she I'll sit I'll have I'll show you impact wise I'll show you a video Danny Luna I'm fucking with it in the name of it Moon Landing that's I'm saying that's a lit name or I'm sorry Luna landing is what it is I mean it's technically still well because you know she's because it's the spin on words of the Luna Luna and so but like listen this I am how about BDE getting signed who Brendan does everything who okay the guy who was feuding with fucking uh damn what's his name from fucking not top flight fucking first top class first class whatever fucking team is get signed where he got signed TNA yeah bd he got signed so Mike Santana god damn this is a youtuber turning to a wrestling bro wrestler bro that's crazy so Mike Santana in Caz right now people are up in arms with the whole spill that Mike gave talking where he was pretty much saying AEW yes the the light dis on AEW and all this other stuff and boy oh boy them aEW elitists be coming out the woodwork I sent you that photo yeah bro that photo is so funny to me with Mike Santana with the fucking clown makeup now I'll be honest some of the shit that they did say low key agree not a whole lot of it but there are certain parts of it that I agree with and it's more so just the fact of like I I'm just not feeling Mike Santana as this main event star that they're trying to make him look like I'm gonna keep it a buck fifty with you is because he looks like one of us to me. Now when you say like it's a normal fucking guy yeah that's fair he he looks like somebody I'll go see at the fucking bar right now and I and I can't take him serious sometimes. That's almost disrespectful because he's that's a oh shit oh shit no no no no no no no no that is not the case I completely forgot about his sobriety this man just got caught for cleaning right now my man just and we leaving that shit in we even cutting it sobriety oh my god cutting it this man oh excuse me as much as I made this uh Mike Santana I'm never gonna disappoint a sobriety that's that's crazy the disrespect but the noble guy at the function there you no no i i mean i i i get it i i get what you made and you're not entirely wrong he like i feel as if and maybe it's just because it's t a and that's how and that's another thing i want to get into and i'll actually go ahead and get into it right now because as i told you uh at some point this week because matt hardy apparently has like a whole podcast that he does and he uttered the words like in the next six months or so t and a is going to be the number two promotion and he's kind of guaranteeing it that I doubt that Hyland and it's that is a very hard climb uh no because when you look we because he says that and yet one of your TNA homegrowns Jake something is now dropped the something and became Doyle it's not even it's not even that is you have to compete with AEW's money. That's the other piece I was getting to and that's the reason why Jake something became doyle over here in the imagine Jake something was a singles competitor on TNA so he was on his own Jake something was offered something so grand to make him be like you know what I would rather be a part of a 16 17 20 man faction where Andrade uh Takesha Takeska Okada and Kyle Fletcher and Kyle Fletcher just those guys alone are those are the top people in this faction and he'd rather leave where he is a singles competitor in TNA and join under all of those people you know what Josh Alexander had to do something about that probably he might be because remember he was a he was the top star in TNA and it'd be like yo I'm gonna go to Don Kyle's family and Jake something was like hey man how is it over there? Nigga I'm chilling I'm making money he said honestly because to that feat now I will say Alexander he's at least trying to do something because he had a little spot on uh uh uh collision where he came out and was talking a bunch of shit and he had uh Lance Archer in the back throwing people around they was beating people up oh yeah murder murder murder mahawk is in there too yeah yeah yes yes all these people are in the Don Callis family Mr. Fushigi goddamn which I really need him to stay in Japan and be just monster sauce I I enjoyed the hell out of that team but they are but in the Don Callis family you can't tell me he's not in there just because of the money there is there's no other explanation he was a singles competitor in a in the title picture went to being easily a low mid card guy teaming up with another guy who who has been this squad as a low mid card guy as a tag team they chasing the money bro they chasing the money and that is going to be TNA's downfall because they don't got the paper like that yeah man they don't got the paper to chase the to chase or keep the people who they want I mean look Jordan Grayson uh and Joe Hendry they are WWE characters like they are fully contracted by WWE and so it's like TNA is not and Matt Cardona was in TNA now granted he never signed but but he was there he was heavily on there though he had major matches on there listen matt cardona was listen Matt Cardona did what Jordan uh not Jordan um uh fucking Miss Glamour oh Mariah May yes she did he he did what Mariah May did in AEW get big over there and then come back correct that's exact listen Zach Ryder yes when you look at what the indie god did he went and did that whole rant run became undeniable and he has come back not as Zach Ryder but as the indie god Matt Cardona now granted they don't say that but like but you get what I mean as where uh Mariah May she went to AEW she became a champion had her run lost to Tony Storm disappeared she's in the WWE now and she made it very clear this is where I wanted to be the whole time and so but it's like when you look at people like that and you look at TNA TNA right now is TNA is losing people. Well they're losing people and like though they have potential and it's pa it's it's crazy but I I feel as if if the only way they're gonna make it is if AEW allows them to I mean I feel like certain people they have in their roster need to hold the belt maybe already like Mustafa I really feel like he should have been had that belt like by now like with his gimmick and being the heel the upright heel him having the heavyweight title could have been something for a while. I agree but I also feel like going into this new era that they're about to go into what a what TNA needs they need new faces because it's it's almost like if they want this to work they need to upgrade the hardware because granted the hardware that they got actually I can't even say that the hardware that they got does work it is not bad but they had to borrow hardware from NXT to help make it happen. They had to borrow the homies game pretty much to say and let me borrow the game till I beat it. And so now they've done that and and if NXT pulls out of there who they hell no it's toad oh okay and so it's like if NXT gets a couple if nx like all right we got you that TV deal and they leave AEW's gotta figure uh TNA's got to figure out all right how we gonna make these motherfuckers stay around here because you know the people who we got alone didn't get us here.

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So we need to bring some new faces they need new faces they need some new data and then they need to make stars because even though AEW don't got a whole bunch in in in my opinion as far as like super big you know like over top bright stars they do have stars TNA doesn't here's the thing about TNA is what they're not realizing by this this partnership with WWE NXT is already its own brand it is now raw Smackdown and NXT they have evolved as they're developmental and they're about to have TNA B its other fucking depth developmental because Leon Slayer is going to WWE and that is another fucking star they're gonna take so it's literally about to be either evolve TNA NXT main roster that is what it's looking like right and I also think another piece about this is the fact that because the fact that TNA has been going up against NXT NXT compared to WWE I'm sorry NXT compared to the main roster are still the rookies. Yep and if we got the rookies smacking around TNA TNA needs to get big and look stronger than these rookies and so it's like to make stars TNA if if if WWE is still gonna help them WWE needs to give them somebody who's up here it's not even that is that is here's the thing because both companies want to look strong for TNA to be second up in the company the NXT guys can't be going over there kicking your your people's ass. We can't have NXT wrestlers you got to have people from the main roster come over to TNA that is the only way you can be credible to say okay we got a CM Punk versus a moose we got a a Randy Orton versus a uh a Dolph Ziggler revitalizing that feud we need stuff like that because when you're messing technically with the rookies you can't be second up by the way I appreciate you toe for uh for for sharing the live spread the word brother yes shared spread the word yes but appreciate it but yes but no you're which which that is also true.

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Now Grant I would say having and what NXT and and uh TNA have been doing up until this point has been good and it got them where they need to be right now.

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But moving forward TNA needs to get stronger they need to look stronger because right now when I'm looking at this heavyweight title match between uh uh Kaz and Santana I'm just like you know Kaz never thought he would be heavyweight champion there's a reason yeah no he he even said himself in in Chris Van Vliet's podcast he was like yo man I was looking at the roster around the time where I was like man I'm a damn good wrestler I'm this and that and I looked at people in the roster and I believe at that time he was talking about Samoa Joe Kurt and Stang and all those people he was like yeah I'm not getting this belt.

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Jeff Hardy Yeah when you look at the old TNA roster now I mean when you look at that old TNA roster when they was super hot I mean that was that was number two that that not only was that number two but that was also WWE rejects aka what AEW was when they was first starting. Yeah but at the same time regardless of how you look at it that's how it has to be that's that's the only way it really works. TNA got real big and got crazy when Kurt Angel showed up and then when all those other people showed up they got it got even crazier but what they did once they showed up it made people like Kaz um goddamn abyss um who else we got here uh actual TNA homegrown yes uh AJ Styles so yeah AJ Styles goddamn fallen angel like Christopher Daniels yeah well technically Christopher Daniels is ROH guy but continue but like like it but it's like those people who were on that roster was able to scale up to Kurt Angle because yeah because he is a name that is from WWE and who came there is a part of the roster yeah Samoa Joe when Kurt Angle showed up Samoa Joe how big and how much of a star Kurt Angle was Samoa Joe had to rise up to that level yeah and he became that level at one exactly and he and and that's why Samoa Joe is as good and as big and as undeniable as he is right now toe chill out chill out with all these roles no no no no here just run back oh we gotta start wrapping this thing up my phone about to die oh no but but but yeah like overall though like for for TNA to make it moving forward and I want them to I they need to fit they need to bring stars in and scale their wrestlers to that star because that's the only way that I see TNA becoming the second brand that and I just don't see it.

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Not this year. It needs at least two years.

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Yeah I know six months that's crazy six months is crazy six months is kind of crazy six months is crazy.

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You gotta get something that's so undeniable like a will Osprey over there or some shit like that.

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You won't I mean he it's funny because like at the very beginning when TNA went from impact back to TNA Osprey was there.

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Yeah he was and so but he wasn't fine but yeah yeah but it's but you need something you need something that undeniable and you're not even you're not even getting your homegrown people looking like that. So I six months fuck no unless you're bringing back to broken universe which maybe but you gotta do some outlandish shit with that.

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Yeah it there's a lot that they gotta do. Since I know you said that you saw yeah well it's it's close to dialogue it's 20% oh oh okay we're still okay yeah we're still good well then just kind of you know going to the WWE stuff and I'm gonna keep WWE light because I ain't gonna lie after kind of sort of letting it marinade the Stranger Things uh episode of WWE was not good it was you can agree it it was strange alright it was uh it was one of those things where they really tried something and it they didn't pull the trigger on Braun it kind of it kind of fell short to be honest so like so going into it of course the Abuki Warriors the Kabuki Warriors lose their bullshit I knew that was gonna happen that was by like Zach Zabor Jr. fucking thing yeah exactly like 100% that so like Kabuki Warriors they're champions uh now I have to complain about Maxine Dupree's match Maxine Dupree has been impressing me up until this match when she lost because she looked like a fucking idiot and then she became something she just looked like a fucking idiot even with the icy towel she looked an idiot on wrong so I want you I'm gonna say this out loud and I want you to just just go back and see all right so Maxine Dupree is trying to put the the ankle lock on right okay Becky gets the rope referee's like you gotta break the lock break the lock Becky is able to get herself to sit up and she leans back which makes Maxine Dupree's shoulders be on the mat. Now originally the referee was looking at the ropes but then when he saw the saw the shoulders oh I need to count this three when he's counting the three you're the referee you're counting the three I'm Maxine Dupree

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But then she's got the nerve. She's got the nerve to pop up like I don't know what's going on.

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She was looking into the referee's soul. She was looking into the referee's soul. And I'm just like, Maxie Dupree, what are you? And it's like, she's not even like, what? No, she me like maybe I should start doing reaction doing reaction videos. Cause me watching, I'm like, what the fuck are you doing?

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You see the rep. You see him. He's got three on you. You see Becky Lynch on top of you. Like, bro, our Becky was out. Becky She was not out.

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Bro, she had the ankle locked. She was applying the pressure. Becky Lynch didn't hit her. Becky Lynch did a back bend. Maybe she was held onto the rope.

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You was the definition of locked in.

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Bitch. Locked in on what? The referee? While you're holding the ankle?

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Or is she out here just like, I gotta make a tap. I gotta make a tap, ref. Is she tapping ref? One. Ref, is she tapping? Two. Referee, why are you counting? I'm trying to submit her. Three.

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Maybe she thought it was the arm raise like on an ankle.

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She wasn't choking the bitch. She was trying to snap her leg.

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She was trying to snap her leg, bruv.

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Oh my god.

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Bro, that shit infuriated me so hard.

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Oh my god.

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And the crazy thing is, I'm watching, because at this point, I'm like, tell me I'm not the only one. And I guess I am, because no one else brought the fact that she's sitting here. Is she tapping ref? Is she tapping? One, two, three, being. And then she deserved to lose that belt.

SPEAKER_02: 1:22:31

All right. Those vignettes didn't do enough to credit to give her credit as a shoot wrestler.

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Bro, she's still a fucking rookie, as far as I'm concerned. Back to the dungeon with you.

SPEAKER_02: 1:22:44

Back to Becky being the greatest intercontinental champion. Yeah. So far, because we only have three people who have the belts. But technically, she's the greatest intercontinental champion.

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By default at this point, you know.

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Because it definitely wasn't Valkyrie. And it damn sure is a backseat. Which right now.

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No, it absolutely was not back scene. Listen, Natalia probably rolling around in her.

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This is probably similar to where you remember that that one thing that um uh Paul Hammond said, you know why Triple H allows you to be champion? It's because he didn't want to work Tuesdays. And this was like, Becky was like, you know what? I want to take a break. I want her to hold a belt so that way when I get back, it's clean, right? All right, cool. Yeah, you can do something. I'm getting that belt back in uh a couple of months.

SPEAKER_03: 1:23:41

Listen, we that happens, and then of course, you know, I already touched on the whole situation with the women's champions. How they're just well not tacked, I'm talking like the heavyweight champion and the WWE champion. They're both out here just diddle daddling. Apparently Vicare her leg and she's not she's not relinquishing the title. Yeah, she but now now I will say the whole thing with uh I can get behind the jump session because it kind of made me care a little bit with uh when uh uh Rodriguez came when Rodriguez came out there. Because she's golding, bro.

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Out of some of the women in the roster right now, you she she's out of she's solid.

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Out out of the women that they are giving us, absolutely. Because, you know, the ones that are not in the tag team division right now, sure. But at the same time, it's like I can only watch Rodriguez lose so that many.

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That part, that part.

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Like, they want to make her look like this big Diesel, but like even Kevin Ashe.

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He lost a couple of times, too.

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But he was a heavyweight champion, but he was a heavyweight champion for a bit, and he did get some pids. Recently, she ain't been, they've been just fucking I don't know, bro. It the women's division, it needs help, and the help would be just getting rid of the tag team titles, in my opinion.

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Or getting some of those women out of the tag team division.

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But but if they do, then then who's gonna fight for the tag team title?

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Well, that's probably they're probably like, hey, if y'all gonna do this, the belt can't be cursed. So the only way the belt can't be cursed, get some of the top names on it.

SPEAKER_03: 1:25:21

So outside of that piece, CM Punk is still CM Punk is still champion. They didn't pull the trigger on Braun. There was no Chris Jericho. No.

SPEAKER_02: 1:25:33

The audience was really pissed off because why would you say, who will break down the walls and get the gold?

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The answer is nobody.

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Nobody nobody well technically uh Austin Theory came in and gave the Stomp type shit, but either way.

SPEAKER_03: 1:25:48

But Smack now, SmackDown so SmackDown is back to being a three-hour show.

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Really? Um Smacked a fan with a microphone.

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I have to say that SmackDown, comparatively speaking, like hearsay last week's SmackDown was fire. This week's SmackDown, I wouldn't say fire, but at least it could keep you warm at it. Yeah, it was it was lukewarm. Like SmackDown is actually trying to do something, but that's also probably because they got all these new call-ups. Whereas it was a hot spring last week. This was a bubble bath. A bubble bath. Yeah, no, no, I can go with that.

SPEAKER_02: 1:26:32

Now but the other thing was for me is the fact, like, when I look technical difficulties, guys. We're back, and uh, we were talking about the last bit of the show, which is about SmackDown and how it was once a hot spring, and well it was a bubble bath.

SPEAKER_03: 1:26:51

I won't say it was once. We will say last week, definitely hot spring. This week, a bubble bath, still enjoyable, not as good as a hot spring, but it was decent. But but the only thing for me was like as far as like wanting to talk about SmackDown, to me, there wasn't, I mean, honestly, I forced myself to give us something about Raw. And with SmackDown, when I watched it, I did not force myself to write anything unless it really jumped out at me. And the only thing outside of great matches, like Carmelo Hayes' match, banger.

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Because that's Shinsuke.

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Exactly. And then they shook hands at the end. I'm like, yeah, and we all I love seeing Shinsuke whenever I can. But it's like outside of just a good match, it's like you didn't care for three stages of hell. Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. That because that's the only other thing that is worth talking about. But even then with the three stages of hell, I think the three stages of hell was good, especially for it just being a TV match. However, and this is more so me as a fan. Oost, the fuck are you doing, bro? Oost. But at this, but I feel as if like he actually does not care. Because he drew he ran up in there and he jumped Drew McIntyre, and then he turns around and he jumps Cody Rhodes. And it's like, what are we doing, bro? Now, I will say they have at least given me now a reason why I now want to watch SmackDown, and that is the real goal of it all, unlike what AEW did, which they just like, all right, and uh the two these two babyface uh friends, the uh uh enemies turned friends just beat the ops. Who cares? Because the the ops aren't important anymore because they don't have the tiles anymore. Well, I mean they have the trio's tile, but but but it's like yeah, it's like that they're not a trio. They was fighting the tag team. So it's like, who cares? That MJF is the champion. Uh Swerve and and and Hangman should be going up and messing with MJF. So it's like, I don't know. Now it's funny because you were talking about yours. Yeah, you ever see a battery mode? My battery is uh going down low, but going low, low, low. But overall, when it comes down to when I like the the other thing that I did want to bring up and and and speak on is the fact that like when it comes to when we're like when we talk about all these shows, New Japan, TNA, AEW, WWE, all right, the the the big four per se. All right, when you look at these shows and you look at like what we watch and what we like and you know what we're into and what brings us and draws us in kind of thing, when it comes to wanting to be like, hey, this show is better than this show, or that show is better than that show. I think at this point it's almost a mute point to solely to to really want to judge it off of the wrestling itself. Like I feel as if when you look at them as a whole, the wrestling is sure. Wrestling is good across the board, but what else is it that these shows have that draws in the people that makes them want to watch it? Now, the real answer to it is story, so at that point, we have to now start really looking at these big four since we're paying very close attention to all four of these now. Where's the story at for these shows? Does it make sense? And and and do I care, and do I care? Kind of thing. And as of right now, at the end of this week, right? AEW gots all the money in the world, but I don't give a fuck about what they're doing, bro. I don't give a fuck. Now, I have to give New Japan some leeway because New Japan's the new kid on the block. So everything that they're doing, I'm just wanting to see. I want to get more of it in. And so it's like drink it in, man. Judgment is kind of skewed on New Japan as of right now, kind of thing, right? But TNA, TNA, okay. When it comes to TNA, TNA right now is the third-rate duelist with the fourth rate deck.

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So, Joey.

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There's potential, but they're they they're obviously not WWE Kaiba.

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No, no, that'd be Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba would be AEW.

SPEAKER_03: 1:31:38

Fair enough. Ah, you know what? You're right, you're right, you're right. I I think I said that because I just realized I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was showing favoritism towards Kaiba. I wasn't being real for a moment there.

SPEAKER_02: 1:31:51

And I almost want to say, you low-key want to say Bandit Keith.

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For what?

SPEAKER_02: 1:31:58

Is NXT low-key?

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I mean, if we want to get like the like real specific with them, I'm just talking about main. Okay, okay, okay. I'm just, I'm just talking about rain. So where we got where we got Yami Yugi as WWE, even though sometimes they be acting like just, you know.

SPEAKER_02: 1:32:16

No, sometimes they can turn it up, but then he'll go Yugi and be like, I can do this. And you're like, no, you have the you have the ingredients. Do it right.

SPEAKER_03: 1:32:27

Please. Listen, I compare when it when it comes to that, the to the to the analogy, I I I need WWE to put some bass in their boys, bro.

SPEAKER_02: 1:32:37

Yami Yugi was added to error. Anyway, uh after they had that duel, it moved on.

SPEAKER_03: 1:32:43

Boy, what a shoot. But but but yeah, it's like that's that's just where they're at right now when it comes when you look at all of them. Like, I can't properly judge New Japan because uh we also have to add stardom to the equation now, too. Now, when it comes to uh I don't well until we start seeing stardom, I'm gonna buy stardom one. It's really hard for me to to to even think about where they measure up in comparison. But it's like when you look just looking at the the big companies as of right now, it's like with New Japan, because New Japan is so new, for me at least, I can't I you probably could, but I can't properly judge New Japan.

SPEAKER_02: 1:33:27

I can't right now, too, because of the new year. We gotta see how the new year starts. Yeah, because they all their storylines are from Wrestle Kingdom to Wrestle Kingdom, got it. That is how they build each year. Is what is the next year's main match? They have that conversation early.

SPEAKER_03: 1:33:44

Okay, and so because I've actually I made the realization, oh that I forgot. I was actually I was gonna do some symbolism and I completely forgot that I wanted to do this, but I was gonna come, I was gonna show up here in all black because for all intents and purposes, I'm a young lion when it comes to New Japan. I made you gonna wear the fucking tights. I I had I had the epiphany like earlier. Uh listen, listen. Hold on now. Hold on now. Symbolism. Okay, I guess I can. I don't have black tights, but I got black baller shorts and I got black shirts. There you go.

SPEAKER_02: 1:34:25

Next episode. Next episode. Hopefully by then we should have some episodes by then, but yeah, next episode.

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But yeah, like I feel it's this year is going to be interesting with trying to truly see like what company is really actually doing something right now. And and you know, when it comes to watching, because it's like once again, if we were just if we were one of those people that just went off of wrestling, oh man, New Japan is crazy. AEW has some amazing wrestling. As a matter of fact, I would say the based off of purely just wrestling, I would put AEW, New Japan, TNA, and WW at the bottom. Went purely off of wrestling. And so, but because it's not just about wrestling, because sure, I can watch any of their matches and be like, you know, I don't give a fuck about this match. But this match was really, really good when it comes to what we really watch wrestling for, and that's the story of it all. I like how I just look. Everyone's like, tights. No, I'm not coming up with you with no goddamn tights on. Stop the madness. Get out of here.

SPEAKER_02: 1:35:41

And then you gotta get the fans what they want. Yo, yo, if y'all get us to a hundred subscribers on YouTube, get us to a hundred.

SPEAKER_03: 1:35:49

Don't listen to this, man.

SPEAKER_02: 1:35:51

Map, not 100, 100 smart one, because that'd be too quick. Uh, because we already got like six something. Yeah, we're like, give it, get, get, get us to we get 500 subscribers.

SPEAKER_03: 1:36:00

Tights. I am not, I am not rocking. If we get 500 subscribers, bro, you ain't gonna do it for the subscribers, bro. Listen, fam. Y'all are lucky I have shorts on as we speak. I I I never wear shorts. It's just the fact that I was out and about today and the weather was nice.

SPEAKER_02: 1:36:18

Oh, we could do a 10 a 10 slap salute. We do 10 chops.

SPEAKER_03: 1:36:24

500 should include a whole fit.

SPEAKER_02: 1:36:30

Hey, that that costs money, so we need more than 500 for that.

SPEAKER_03: 1:36:34

All right, listen. The live has 2% on it. So we're gonna go ahead and get ready to wrap this up.

SPEAKER_02: 1:36:42

All right. Bro, guys, uh, right now it's just us going into the new year and seeing what possibilities is wrestling. Both of us could agree, New Japan has so much potential. We definitely want to see what happens with stardom, knowing how just great Saya is and some of the wrestling that could happen there. New possibilities, it's a new year. WWE gotta get their shit together. AW really gotta get their shit together. And Matt Hardy, you got six fucking months. You got till June, bitch. I want to see what the fuck you're talking about. I don't believe it, but we'll see. And as always, guys, please choke slam that like button, tombstone the subscribe button, because we're here every week with some wrestling podcasts. As we know, the ring is sacred, the questions is real, but the destruction is guaranteed because it's your host who likes to post the Masaku, and it's your boy, Swag Switch in the building. So next time, guys, we'll see you soon.