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This is not Sam wrestling,

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not Sam wrestling. Introducing

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your host from New York,

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here is Sam Roberts.

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There was never a world that it wasn't going

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to happen. I promised you that it was. If you follow

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me on social media, you knew this was coming. It's

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been a busy day, but it's never too busy. I

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mean, do

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911 operators tell

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you that they'd love to help, but it's

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just there's too much on their plate right now. It's been too busy

0:37

of a day. No, that doesn't happen. So

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how can that possibly happen here? No,

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it never will. I

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told you I would be here. I'll always

0:49

be here when

0:51

I'm needed, when that siren blares,

0:53

when we need to talk about it. We need

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to talk about our feelings about

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professional wrestling through

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a podcast. Not Sam

1:03

wrestling will be here. We

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are your home of

1:09

the emergency podcast. And if ever there

1:11

was a reason for an

1:13

emergency podcast, if ever there was

1:15

a reason for

1:18

the siren to blow, today

1:21

is one of those reasons. See

1:23

today starts with The Rock on

1:25

his social media. Who would have thought

1:27

that in 2024, when

1:30

I woke up in the morning on

1:32

January 1st and thought, I wonder

1:35

what's going to happen on day one Raw? That

1:39

the events of day one Raw,

1:42

which we were simply promised

1:44

via tweet from Triple H, that

1:47

a former WWE champion would be

1:49

on the show, that that would

1:52

lead to a 21 minute

1:56

promo from

1:58

The Rock on his Instagram. gram

2:00

account. That's what we got today. If you're watching

2:02

on YouTube you're probably wondering why is this guy

2:05

dressed to the nines? Well I

2:07

love talking about this stuff so much. I

2:10

went to Stanford Connecticut, watched smack

2:12

down there live from the truck feed which

2:14

means that it wasn't dumping out. I got

2:16

to hear the bad words and everything

2:18

that the Rock said. Then taped talking

2:21

smack with will air

2:23

on peacock Saturday right around

2:25

lunchtime noon Eastern something like

2:28

that came right back here

2:30

walked right in the house

2:32

kissed the babies and sat

2:34

down in the chair to emergency podcast

2:37

because we have feelings

2:41

after today. So the Rock post this 21

2:43

minute promo

2:45

on his Instagram and it's a

2:48

story. It basically

2:50

goes hey here's the

2:52

backstory. We've got a

2:55

lot of TV time but

2:57

if you need questions answered I'd love to

2:59

answer those questions for you. So

3:02

the Rock comes on and by the way just

3:05

drop in the pro wrestling word like it's going

3:07

out of style and who's gonna stop him? He's

3:10

on the board of directors damn it and he lets

3:12

us know that he is on the board

3:14

of directors and he owns the Rock and everything

3:16

associated with the Rock. That makes

3:18

him the boss and he's

3:21

the boss of the people that are running their mouths

3:23

about him. So first thing the

3:25

Rock does is talk about the BS that

3:28

he's had to deal with. The BS from people

3:30

in the locker room, the BS

3:32

from people on the internet and

3:34

the BS from podcasts plays

3:36

a clip from the busted

3:39

open podcast Dave LaGrecca in

3:41

his wife's bathrobe complaining about

3:44

the Rock and the Rock comes

3:47

back to let us know that while he does not

3:49

know who Dave LaGrecca is he

3:51

and I'm checking my notes yes

3:54

considers him a goof and

3:57

quote a Jeff.

4:00

Car idiot. Which.

4:04

He. Know if we're speaking honestly.

4:07

Had to just make day of were greg

4:09

as life. But the point of this promo?

4:12

Is the get his feelings. Our first about

4:14

the zags were resetting. The. Bloodlines

4:16

beef with Cody Rhodes which is

4:19

not just on the surface. Is

4:22

that he insulted the family. On the surface

4:24

is that he said what he said. About

4:27

the lackeys in the goons. That.

4:30

Of the family members that the high

4:32

seas and that Romans grandfather would be

4:35

ashamed. But. The reality

4:37

is. That. Woods. Gotten

4:40

under their cross. Is.

4:42

That Cody? Ruined. What?

4:45

The rock is said. Would.

4:47

Have been the greatest Wrestle Mania

4:49

main event of all time That

4:52

we had the greatest Wrestlemania main

4:54

event that ever happened in our

4:56

hands and Cody. Took.

4:58

It away from us because he's not doing. And.

5:01

We've heard this before from authority figures. What's.

5:04

Best. For. Business. So.

5:07

The rock says. And this

5:09

is where and is why. Loved

5:11

his instagram promo Because it completely

5:13

blurs the line. We spend twenty

5:15

minutes telling a story that makes

5:17

sense and completely. Blurs, The

5:20

line to the point where you're going. Are

5:22

they pivoting? Are they realizing they goofed up

5:24

and then telling a new story? Was this

5:26

story? How long does it even matter? And

5:29

that's the question and answer is no, it

5:31

doesn't matter. This is where we're at. The.

5:35

Rock says. That.

5:37

The whole reason that Roman

5:39

reigns started calling himself the

5:41

tribal chiefs three years ago,

5:44

the whole reason this happened

5:46

at. Was. To eventually get

5:48

to a match where the Tribal Chief

5:50

and the W W E Champion Roman

5:52

Reigns could face The Rock at Wrestlemania

5:54

and that Wrestlemania would be the biggest

5:57

Wrestlemania of all time. And

6:01

there is truth to that. I think from the minute

6:03

the Roman reigns started calling himself the tribal chief, there

6:05

were people gone. Well, what about the rock. Was.

6:07

Year the tribal chief. What about the rock. And

6:11

then the rock goes Ah ah.

6:14

Sas. Forwards now. To.

6:16

January First two Day one.

6:19

And. He starts. you know, playing with this timeline

6:22

and it's of the we've talked about, but we've

6:24

talked about it in a very real way, not

6:26

necessarily in a storyline way. And the Rock is

6:28

now bringing this end of the storylines the same

6:31

way the Rock is bringing in his position as

6:33

a T Gail board member. See when this first

6:35

happens when The Rock went on Smackdown? And

6:38

stare down Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. Sacrifices

6:40

main event to The Rock. First.

6:43

Thing the fans started saying the didn't like it

6:45

were the rock is a selfish guy. The rock

6:47

is in business for himself. The.

6:50

Wrestling Journos. Were.

6:53

Third printing that. Part.

6:55

Of the Rocks deal. Coming. Into Tk

6:57

I was he can be a board member. Seeing.

7:00

Thirty million dollars in stock at three hundred whatever

7:02

he got, he's going to get his trademarks back

7:04

and he gets to main event Wrestlemania with Roman

7:07

Reigns. Okay,

7:09

If that's what you want to believe and I'm not saying

7:11

it's false, I'm saying there are people

7:13

who genuinely want to believe that's true and

7:15

of that's what you want to believe. Okay,

7:17

the Roskam allow you to believe it is

7:19

going to be brought in true or not

7:21

to this story line. So the rock goes.

7:23

Ah yes, He. Goes. On.

7:28

January First I realize Twenty Twenty Four was

7:30

gonna be a special year and he says

7:33

he walked into day one and the plan

7:35

right there was to test the waters. He.

7:37

Said the reason that he walked in

7:39

the day one was to test the

7:41

waters and he goes back over. Ah

7:44

promo that really. Was.

7:46

A kick start to the emergency pod era of

7:48

Nazi I'm wrestling. You want me to sit at

7:50

the said his dad add add add add a

7:52

booth or me sit at the bar one is

7:54

it is ahead of the table. he says i

7:57

did that. We. all agreed to

7:59

test the waters the fans

8:01

responded positively. Cody

8:04

Rhodes wins the Royal Rumble, that's fine. Now

8:06

we get into the meat and potatoes. Now

8:08

we start answering the questions that we've needed

8:10

answers to because

8:12

there's a one-week period from

8:14

Cody Rhodes winning the Royal Rumble and

8:17

pointing at Roman Reigns to Cody Rhodes

8:20

for some reason giving up his WrestleMania match

8:22

to The Rock and then taking it back.

8:25

Like that period, a

8:27

lot of things happened that have been unaccounted

8:29

for. And if you're paying attention

8:31

to the story, which if you watch the product

8:33

you should be, Cody has

8:36

been interrupted twice trying to explain why

8:39

what happened happened. Once

8:41

Cody Rhodes was trying to explain why he

8:43

was giving up his main event and changed

8:45

his mind and Seth Rollins' music hit, a

8:48

second time at Elimination Chamber, Cody Rhodes

8:50

was trying to explain his side of

8:52

the story and Grayson Waller interrupted him.

8:54

So this is not something that they

8:56

were ever trying to push

8:59

onto the rug because they were

9:01

hinting at the fact that we are aware that

9:03

we have not said this yet. We're acknowledging it. So

9:07

The Rock says in his promo

9:09

that called Cody and

9:12

he says, I understand you won the Royal Rumble

9:14

but let's talk about the business. I

9:17

was born into the business. You were born into the business.

9:20

Let's talk about what we've got the opportunity

9:22

to do here. We

9:24

have the opportunity to have the

9:26

biggest WrestleMania match of all time.

9:29

And by the way, this is the exact story

9:31

that I laid out on this podcast. This is

9:33

why you just got to listen to this podcast

9:35

and allow it to

9:37

evolve into what the world will be.

9:40

I said from the beginning, the

9:42

story to tell here is

9:45

that Cody Rhodes believed that The

9:47

Rock was coming from a genuine place and

9:50

then realized that The Rock was actually

9:52

coming from a place of ego where

9:54

what he wanted was not what was best for the

9:56

fans but he and Roman Reigns.

10:00

are so obsessed with the greatness

10:02

of their own family above all

10:04

else that they are blinded by

10:07

ego and Wanted

10:09

to put this match on because they truly believed that

10:12

the two of them are Simply

10:16

utter greatness And

10:19

the fact that it was coming from an egotistical place and the

10:21

fact that it was coming from a place that was not For

10:25

the fans but for themselves is what drove

10:27

Cody to change his mind So

10:30

basically the rock says that he had this conversation with Cody

10:33

that Cody I said, okay, you know We'll do its best

10:35

for business and then

10:37

he says somehow something changed because at the press

10:39

conference Cody decided to come out and they

10:41

play a clip of Cody saying this is BS He

10:45

says Cody didn't approach me privately Cody didn't come to

10:47

me behind the scenes Cody didn't pull me aside He's

10:49

20 feet away from me. Let's talk over here. Let's

10:51

I you know, I got something on my mind rock

10:53

I got to talk to you know He

10:56

came out and did it in a public place And

10:58

he says and then he insulted my family and I

11:00

did to him what I would do a million times

11:02

over I slapped that taste out of his mouth and

11:07

so that's Where

11:09

we're at he leads us He

11:13

leads us to a place where it makes sense

11:17

He leads us to these are the events

11:19

that happened and he said I whispered

11:21

and Cody's here You know what? I said, let's go out

11:23

there and have the greatest WrestleMania of all time Let's give

11:25

these people the greatest WrestleMania of all time But

11:29

there are people Who

11:31

act as if they are acting in the

11:34

best interest of the people but in actuality

11:36

They are acting from a place of ego

11:38

and selfishness. These are the type of people

11:40

that go I'd

11:42

like to show you guys something and I think you're gonna think it's pretty

11:45

cool I'd like to

11:48

tell you guys something. I think you're gonna

11:50

think it's pretty cool. There's a condescension

11:52

to that. There's a talking down To

11:55

that there's there. There's a manipulation to that

11:57

where you're trying to get what you want

12:01

and not actually acting in the

12:03

benefit of the

12:05

person that you're giving it to. That's called being a bad actor.

12:08

Not like in a movie a bad

12:10

actor. Like doing bad things.

12:15

And I think you could argue that that's what this version of The Rock

12:17

does. Quite frankly, and I

12:21

think you're going to like it, is my

12:23

new favorite Rock phrase. The...

12:26

Ladies and gentlemen, I got something that

12:28

I think you're going to like. That's

12:30

my new favorite. I like it better than Smell with The

12:32

Rock is cooking. I like it better than Laying the Smackdown.

12:34

I like it better than Rudy Pooh. I like it better

12:36

than Turn That Sun Bitch Sideways. I like it better than

12:38

Smackdown Hotel. I like it better than Jabroni Drive.

12:40

I like it better than any of them. I like it

12:42

better than the Billy Gump promo. I

12:46

think you're going to think it's pretty cool. That

12:48

whole thing is just my vibe. But

12:51

at the end of this Instagram

12:53

promo, he

12:56

says, F, Cody's story.

12:59

This is what he says. You know what he says? I think

13:01

I got it here. He says, Cody Rhodes' story.

13:03

Your story. Your story.

13:05

That's what he says. Your story.

13:09

It's amazing. He's

13:12

pissed. And he can't –

13:14

when you get an ego maniac upset,

13:17

they can no longer hide

13:19

behind this guise of doing good

13:21

for people. And instead, that

13:23

ego monster comes out and they say things

13:25

like, Your story. And

13:29

so then – and I said – I mean, after watching that

13:31

podcast, I said, we're going to have to come on and do

13:34

an emergency podcast right now. I'm

13:37

sorry. After watching that promo, we're going to have to

13:39

come and do an emergency podcast right now. I said, wait,

13:41

Sam, wait. I know you got

13:43

to do Sam Roberts now at 5 p.m. on Not

13:45

Sam YouTube channel, Not Wrestling Related. I

13:48

know you got to go do Talking Smack for

13:50

Peacock after SmackDown. But

13:52

you know it's going to go down on SmackDown. You

13:55

know the great one's already been announced. You know

13:57

The Rock is going to be live in Glenn's

13:59

day. Glendale, it's Glendale,

14:02

right? Glendale, Arizona? I think

14:04

that's where they were. You

14:06

know it's gonna go down so you better wait

14:08

and so I waited and I'm glad that I

14:10

did because SmackDown starts and

14:12

I truly believe by the way that

14:16

any sort of perceived

14:19

ring rust on the Rock's promo from a

14:21

couple of weeks ago was

14:23

probably because it happened

14:25

at the end of the show. It was a rock,

14:28

Roman Reigns combined segment and

14:32

there's a big difference between doing those at the end

14:34

of the show and the beginning of the show. There

14:36

are stories going back to the attitude

14:39

era of the Rock and the

14:41

amount of time he would take. You go back

14:43

to the This Is Your Life, Mick Foley segment.

14:46

That segment is penciled in for however

14:48

much time it goes like double the

14:52

time that it was allotted but

14:54

it was a great segment. It's thus... what else

14:56

was on that show that week? You

14:59

tell me. I remember Yerple

15:01

the Clown. I

15:04

remember when the Rock told

15:07

a woman she could pancake her ass on out of here.

15:09

Remember that? I do. I don't

15:11

remember anything else that was on that show. He's

15:14

usually right but when you're on

15:16

network television and

15:18

it's 9.45, you're getting out at 57, bro, whether

15:22

you're ready or not. 57 is the time to go

15:24

out. I think it's a different story when you start

15:26

the show. I

15:29

think it's a different story when you start the show because

15:31

then you can go 40 minutes. If

15:33

it needs to go 40 minutes and you

15:36

don't have to feel like you're rushed, you can

15:38

let it all breathe. And that's

15:40

what Roman Reigns and the Rock both did

15:42

on SmackDown tonight in that first segment and

15:47

I'm glad they took every minute of it. I

15:49

wish they'd taken even more. It was so good.

15:51

Roman Reigns comes out and

15:54

he's asking Arizona to acknowledge him

15:57

and he says they used to be louder. used

16:00

to be louder. He says, it's not me. It can't

16:02

be me. Let's

16:04

try again. And it's really

16:06

interesting because when a baby

16:08

face goes out

16:11

there and goes, Arizona, can

16:13

I hear you? And everybody goes, yeah.

16:15

And then the baby face goes, is

16:17

that all you got? That's not loud

16:19

enough. I said, let me hear you.

16:22

And they go, yeah. And that's the

16:24

same thing Roman Reigns did. But Roman

16:26

Reigns did it from a much more

16:28

honest place. Roman Reigns did it from

16:30

the core of what that is, which

16:32

is a deeply insecure place. Roman

16:36

Reigns did it from the pure ego place

16:38

of it. He

16:41

did the exact same thing, but made

16:43

it in to a villainous thing. And

16:46

I had a great time with that. Roman

16:48

says, all right, I've fulfilled my

16:50

contractual obligation. I'm done. Beautiful.

16:53

Leaning into the idea that Roman

16:55

is a part-timer. And

16:58

Paul Haman tells him, and I love the way

17:00

Paul Haman did it because he was just off

17:02

mic. He was holding the mic so you could

17:04

hear him, but he wasn't in his ladies and

17:06

gentlemen. It was a tribal chief,

17:08

tribal chief. So we could hear him, but he

17:11

was just holding the mic. Brilliant.

17:13

Little things, little things. And

17:17

he told him the rock was coming out and

17:19

Roman looked annoyed that he couldn't leave because the rock

17:22

was coming out. And as

17:24

Paul Haman was letting the audience

17:26

know that the rock was about to come

17:28

out, Roman looked annoyed that

17:30

the rock was being put up on this pedestal. That's

17:32

how I perceived it. And

17:35

then Paul Haman calls for the commercial break,

17:37

which is just brilliant. I love the idea

17:39

of somebody in the ring in the middle of a

17:41

promo segment calling for the commercial break. They go to

17:43

commercial break. He comes back. The

17:46

rock enters the building and now

17:48

he's got a full Versace shirt on. I think

17:50

it was Versace. The

17:52

attitude era, he spent the entire

17:55

time wearing a different $500

17:57

shirt every single week and bragging about it.

18:00

it every single week. Those shirts

18:02

cost much more now. And

18:04

the Rock doesn't blink an eye

18:07

at it. He won't show us his goosebumps as he

18:09

walks to the ring. I don't know if that's because

18:11

he's punishing us or he just couldn't get those cuffs

18:13

undone, but regardless, we don't really see the goosebumps. Rock

18:18

gets in the ring and he lets

18:20

the people know he's got some good news and he

18:24

thinks they're gonna like it. Oh, I loved it. And then

18:26

the biggest movie star in the

18:30

country, one of the

18:32

biggest in the world, but the big America's

18:34

biggest action hero of

18:37

this era calls

18:40

the people of Arizona meth

18:42

addicts and crackheads. He

18:45

called the radio personality a jack off

18:47

idiot. And then he goes and calls

18:49

an entire state worth of people, meth

18:51

addicts and crackheads.

18:55

And then he tells the crackhead Karen's

18:57

that they can't handle his 22 inches

18:59

or something like that. It was a

19:01

wild, wild scene. But

19:04

it's the Rock just fully committing to

19:07

saying, Look, when

19:09

people start chanting, Rocky sucks,

19:11

Rocky sucks, die, Rocky

19:13

die. And by the way, whoever

19:16

in the audience on Smackdown had

19:18

the sign that said the Rocky

19:20

the I tip my hat to you, sir,

19:22

you got a big pop out of me. Love

19:25

the reference. Sick. Awesome sign.

19:28

But when you say die, Rocky die, when you say

19:30

Rocky sucks, what happens? The

19:32

rock comes out. It's

19:35

what morphed Rocky my via into

19:37

the rock. It's what now is

19:39

morphed good guy Hollywood rock into

19:43

attitude era villainous slap the herpes off your

19:45

lip. That's so rock. So

19:49

the rock lets everybody know you're gonna like

19:52

it. And then he references Cody Rhodes challenge.

19:55

He says the

19:57

the Cody challenged

20:01

him at elimination chamber to a one-on-one

20:03

match and he says it was a

20:05

hard no. I'd

20:07

love to watch the Rock at

20:09

a negotiation table. He said it's a hard

20:11

no but the

20:13

Rock's got a counter offer and

20:16

he proposes that

20:18

on night one, which is let's

20:21

get the verbiage right, on WrestleMania

20:24

Saturday, not night one, on

20:27

WrestleMania Saturday, the

20:30

Rock says after saying pro wrestling over

20:32

and over and over again, which I love, he

20:35

says it's gonna be the

20:37

biggest tag team match in WWE

20:40

history. The

20:43

Rock, the

20:45

People's Champion in the

20:47

WWE, undisputed universal champion Roman

20:50

Reigns versus

20:52

Cody Rhodes and

20:55

that clown Seth Rollins. He

20:58

kept calling him a clown because

21:00

Seth Rollins has gotten himself involved in the

21:02

Rock's business and by the way if the original

21:05

plan was to do Seth

21:07

Rollins and CM Punk, I'm sure Seth was very

21:09

bummed out that he didn't get the CM Punk

21:11

match at WrestleMania in an honest way. Now

21:15

he's got a rock match, not too shabby and

21:18

the Rock lays it out like this. He

21:21

says if Cody Rhodes

21:23

and Seth Rollins beat the Rock and

21:26

Roman Reigns on WrestleMania night one, then

21:30

the main event of WrestleMania night two Roman Reigns

21:32

versus Cody Rhodes will have no bloodline

21:36

interference whatsoever but

21:40

if Rock and Roman Reigns beat Cody

21:43

Rhodes and Seth Rollins, then

21:45

the match will be contested under bloodline rules

21:47

which means anything could happen. The

21:49

Rock and Pat McAfee could be doing commentary.

21:54

Maybe Jimmy Uso will be the

21:56

timekeeper. He even said Solo Sakoa

21:59

could sing. the national anthem,

22:02

which got a big solo chant going. Apparently they want

22:04

to see this guy sing. And

22:06

Roman Reigns didn't look fazed by any of this. And

22:09

we'll get into what all that means.

22:12

Because then we go a step further. This was the

22:14

moment where

22:16

I became Joe

22:19

Rogan clutching my

22:21

commentary partners. John

22:24

Anick over here, Daniel Cormier over here.

22:26

And I can't believe what I'm seeing.

22:28

I've even got the loose tie on.

22:31

I can't believe what I'm seeing. Because

22:36

the rock says, if you smell and

22:38

Roman Reigns puts

22:40

his hand on the rock's mic hand.

22:47

He stops the rock from

22:49

promoing. I've never seen that happen before.

22:53

And he says, and he

22:55

does it in the most Roman way. And

22:58

I love that rock is

23:00

so rock, energy high,

23:02

fast talking, talking about

23:04

women, insulting people, talking

23:06

about whipping ass, and

23:09

just so over the top. And

23:14

Roman doesn't feel the need to match

23:16

that energy. Roman is

23:19

pure, utter Roman. Roman is

23:21

slow. Roman is methodical. Roman

23:24

is not changing his game

23:27

one iota, which to me

23:29

watching performers is extremely impressive.

23:33

And Roman goes, I would do anything for

23:35

my family. But

23:37

I need you to do something for me. Acknowledge

23:41

me. And I went, Oh

23:43

my God, I swear I'm sitting there. Megan

23:46

Morance on one side with me. She can

23:48

vouch for it. I went, Whoa, you should

23:50

have heard me reacting. Trying

23:53

to maintain this sub degree of professionalism here, but I guess

23:55

that's why I got the gig. And

23:58

I go. Oh my

24:00

goodness. And this takes us back to the beginning of the

24:02

promo. This takes us

24:04

back to Roman, you

24:06

know, 35 minutes before that, walking

24:08

out on SmackDown and being upset that

24:11

Arizona hadn't acknowledged him the way

24:14

they were supposed to. This goes

24:16

to Roman having

24:18

this subtle fear that

24:21

the Rock, while good

24:23

to have on his side, is going

24:25

to take the spotlight away from him.

24:27

That Roman has been running this place.

24:29

That Roman has been the guy in

24:31

charge. Roman has been the guy saying,

24:33

that's my camera, that's my table, those

24:35

are my commentators, you fans, you are

24:37

mine. It's my ring. This whole show

24:39

is mine. And

24:41

now the Rock comes back and does that put it in

24:43

jeopardy? As

24:46

people compliment the Rock, is that taking away

24:48

from Roman? Roman needs the security. Roman

24:50

tells the Rock. He

24:53

needs the Rock to acknowledge him. And

24:58

the Rock takes his sunglasses off and he goes, you're

25:01

my family. And

25:04

I acknowledge you as my

25:07

tribal chief. And you go,

25:09

oh my God. And

25:12

they lock arms. And

25:18

Rock says, if you smell and Roman takes

25:20

the microphone away and Roman's the one that

25:22

finishes it, what the bloodline is cooking. Absolute

25:26

cinema. You know what we do?

25:29

We make movies. Unbelievable

25:34

segment in my mind. Just

25:37

so great and

25:39

really takes

25:41

us to this place where 35 days

25:44

removed from WrestleMania We

25:47

are cooking with gas. You got to let

25:49

them cook. I told you from the beginning,

25:51

just let them cook and let them cook

25:53

does not mean, oh no, they're

25:56

doing this. All everything's on purpose.

25:58

That's no problem because sometimes. a great

26:00

chef, they screw up

26:02

the ingredients halfway through. But you don't

26:04

panic until you get the meal. Because

26:07

you let the chef do what the chef is gonna do. If

26:09

the meal sucks when you get it, then

26:12

you get upset. But I'm

26:14

not gonna forget not one of you who

26:17

sent me nasty things when I wrote on

26:19

Twitter, let them cook. No,

26:22

this tastes like shit. No, this is raw.

26:25

No, this is... Okay, all right, cool. Yeah,

26:27

as we go into WrestleMania 40, you

26:30

mean to tell me that this WrestleMania doesn't

26:32

look like super lit? Is that what

26:34

you're trying to tell me? Because

26:37

I would tell you that you

26:39

are full of something that rhymes with lit. If that's how

26:41

you feel, that's what I would tell you. So

26:46

what does it all mean? We close the

26:48

segment with the bloodline putting

26:51

their fingers up and of course the rock had

26:53

the L up this time again and slowly

26:58

put the thumb back so he's putting up the one. Was

27:00

it done on purpose? Was

27:03

it the rock putting his one up because that's how

27:05

he did it and now he's remembering people criticized him

27:07

the last time so he's slowly fixing it? I

27:09

don't know. I've never been... I'm

27:12

not a body

27:15

language theory

27:18

guy. I'm not the... Like,

27:20

I'm gonna listen to what people are saying. People will

27:22

tell you what they mean. I

27:25

watch people by

27:27

what they are doing and what they are saying

27:29

but the whole body language thing pointing

27:31

to Roman at opportune times if he even was

27:34

pointing to Roman because you can't really tell with

27:36

the camera angle putting a one up or putting

27:38

the thumb up. Like maybe it means something maybe

27:40

it doesn't. That's not my beat. My

27:44

beat is to look at what's being said.

27:47

Everything counts so you know if we want to have the conversation

27:50

you can. I just think that now you're... You

27:52

know. So,

27:56

Roman Reigns Got acknowledged as The Rock's tribal

27:58

chief is the tribal.... Even bigger deal than

28:01

been the high seas. You

28:03

know if you go to the the

28:05

the the bloodline ah family graphic. The.

28:08

Rock was credited with being a High Seas,

28:10

but the Roman Reigns did not have achieved

28:13

credit on that bloodline family Graphic. So

28:15

is there something higher than a tribal chief? I don't

28:17

know. Is the Rogers doing lip service? I don't know.

28:21

But. There were some. That watch

28:23

this and said oh my god it's really going

28:25

to happen. How. He's going to win

28:27

the title. There's.

28:29

Some the watch this and when. I

28:32

mean this was a great promo but we see this coming

28:34

a while a mile away. the rocks going to turn on

28:36

Roman Reigns. And.

28:38

Look, I just need to tell you. What?

28:42

I see. Okay, And

28:44

I need a break you for a reality. I

28:48

did this last year. And

28:50

I don't know people thought I was being a hater. I don't know.

28:53

But. A lot of you didn't believe mean,

28:55

didn't prepare yourselves and it made it hurt

28:57

so much more. I

29:00

told you this last week. I'm telling

29:02

you right now. I

29:04

don't think Cody Rhodes leaving Wrestlemania with that

29:06

championship eat. I

29:09

believe that Roman Reigns will still be champion

29:11

at the end of Wrestlemania. I could be

29:13

wrong. I've been wrong many times before. But.

29:16

Today. Thirty five

29:18

days away from Wrestlemania. Forty. I

29:21

don't think are easily more detail. I

29:24

set up a scenario. On.

29:26

The Monday Podcast. Episode. Whatever.

29:29

was. Four Eighty, Eight, Forty Nine. And

29:33

literally, that scenario couldn't work

29:35

more perfectly. It

29:38

feels like. The.

29:41

Natural move here would be. Rock.

29:45

And Roman. Vs. Says

29:47

and Cody on Wrestlemania Saturday.

29:52

Sept. And Cody win the

29:55

match. When Cody pins Roman

29:57

Reigns. we now have a

29:59

visual We now have it happened. Cody

30:02

Rhodes has pinned Roman Reigns. That's the

30:04

way to do it. We

30:09

get to night two. The

30:12

bloodline cannot interfere. It's

30:18

a big back and forth. It's an

30:20

epic encounter. Just

30:23

as Cody Rhodes is building up a head of steam,

30:27

somebody in a black hoodie jumps

30:30

out of the crowd and hits

30:32

Cody Rhodes. Doesn't

30:34

knock him out cold, but

30:36

it does disrupt him from whatever move he was

30:38

trying to pull off as it did at WrestleMania

30:41

39. Roman is still

30:43

knocked down. Cody turns around because

30:45

he's like, what the hell? Like this is the

30:47

whole deal was that the bloodline wasn't going to

30:49

interfere. The hood comes off. It's

30:52

Seth freaking Rollins staring

30:54

right back at Cody. Cody cannot believe

30:56

it. You got to be kidding me.

30:59

Well, I got business to take care

31:01

of. Cody turns around catches a spear.

31:04

One, two, three. Seth Rollins

31:06

has cost Cody Rhodes. If it's up

31:08

to me, Seth Rollins is turning

31:10

on Cody Rhodes at night two. After

31:13

that team wins their tag team match

31:15

on night one. The

31:21

Raw after WrestleMania. We

31:24

start the next chapter in the

31:26

Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins rivalry. When

31:30

you look at Seth at Cody Rhodes, he

31:33

is a superhero, but he is

31:35

human. He has weaknesses.

31:37

He has vulnerabilities. John Cena

31:39

is Superman. Cody Rhodes is

31:42

Batman. John Cena is

31:44

Lex Luthor. Probably Randy

31:46

Orton. Cody Rhodes,

31:50

Joker has always been Seth Rollins.

31:55

Seth Rollins as a heel and

31:58

Cody Rhodes is a babyface. is

32:00

the program that we take Cody

32:02

to after WrestleMania. And

32:04

the fact is that Cody is a strong

32:07

enough good guy that he

32:09

will do just fine in that position. He will

32:11

not lose one ounce of steam. In fact, he

32:14

will probably gain. And

32:16

Cody Rhodes may be able to win the

32:18

title from Roman Reigns before WrestleMania next year.

32:21

Whether it's, you know, as Bully Ray called

32:23

for a card at

32:25

Madison Square Garden, be it a pay-per-view or a

32:27

TV, whether it's something

32:30

right after the Hogan record,

32:33

or if it's something like right before

32:35

the Hogan record. What if Cody gets

32:37

one more match with Roman Reigns at

32:39

SummerSlam or Bash in Berlin? And

32:43

you go, this is

32:46

Cody's last opportunity. You go SummerSlam 93,

32:48

Lex Luger, and Yoko Zuna. Not getting

32:50

another shot at this. But we also

32:52

know Roman Reigns is weeks away

32:54

from beating Hogan's record. You

32:59

could have Cody win there when his back

33:01

is up against a wall at the utmost. But

33:05

I think that you come out

33:08

with Seth costing Cody, and

33:11

I think that The Rock will turn on Roman Reigns. I

33:14

don't think it will happen until down

33:16

the road. I think The Rock and Roman

33:18

Reigns story is

33:20

a long play story. I

33:23

think The Rock is responsible for

33:26

the bloodline going into their next evolution over the

33:28

course of time. And I

33:30

think, still, based on what we saw tonight,

33:33

by the time we get to WrestleMania 41, you

33:38

can tell a great story of

33:41

Roman Reigns as a babyface who's lost

33:43

everything and treated everybody poorly versus

33:46

The Rock as a heel who's

33:48

the head of the bloodline. But these

33:51

are just my thoughts. I'll be back

33:53

on Monday with a full on. Not

33:56

Sam Wrestling. I'll also be on Raw Talk

33:58

on Monday and The Bump on Wednesday. on

34:00

Peacock, so be on the

34:03

lookout for that. Appreciate all you guys, thank

34:05

you. Hope you enjoyed it. Have a good one. You

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