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Sweet sweet Peter Rosen! I

2:00

like the delicious chicken. It was her part.

2:02

It was her part. What can we keep

2:04

going about the show hasn't started. I

2:14

guess we could hit the intro and

2:16

then, you know, just called open with

2:18

no real intro because we've been given

2:20

the keys to what is

2:23

now a runaway trade. I'm

2:25

excited for my first WrestleMania. I'm

2:27

actually legitimately excited to get. Right.

2:30

Cause you didn't get to go. I had the flu in Dallas.

2:33

Yeah. And then you missed Hollywood. Yeah. But

2:36

this seems like a good first 140. The

2:38

rock is back. Exactly. Again,

2:41

I'm not excited for the actual wrestling. That's

2:43

still hard for me to watch, but

2:45

vibes, excitement atmosphere, the show, you know,

2:47

being in the arena for a UFC,

2:50

big UFC, like pay per view, like

2:52

that's cool. But it seems like WWE

2:54

is probably on another level. Oh yeah.

2:57

It's the greatest show on earth at this point. You

2:59

know, if you had used that phrase

3:02

before, you might be thinking the

3:04

circus, even the Super Bowl, you see they, the

3:06

greatest show in sports entertainment. You might be thinking, Oh,

3:09

you know, people describe WrestleMania as our

3:12

Super Bowl. This is,

3:14

this is bigger than the Super Bowl, but this

3:16

is long surpassed the Super Bowl in terms of

3:19

pageantry. Maybe the Super Bowl still

3:21

has prestige, but like, you

3:23

know, British monarchy prestige, where it's

3:25

just literally on paper. Some people still

3:27

pay it respects, but the

3:30

real cream of the crop is

3:32

like, what is there anything

3:34

bigger in terms of like an in, Oh, do

3:36

we already start? I mean,

3:39

we are recording. So, wow. Well, Hey,

3:41

um, no, not good morning. Good afternoon.

3:43

Hey, it's the world's largest, greatest, the

3:45

world's number one sports and recreation podcast

3:47

cheap heat Tuesday, March 26th. The

3:50

voice we hear is that of stack guy, Greg,

3:52

the physically large in Philadelphia. That's right.

3:55

Uh, you also hear Troy, the go away. I

3:57

use here. Hey, Troy. We

4:00

turned his mic on this excite. Hi there. It is there it

4:02

is Dipperstein is not with

4:04

us. He is dealing with a

4:07

very very busy work season Instead

4:09

he was too busy and was not in the

4:11

headspace to give us the time and energy that I

4:13

needed and I'm glad Because this is

4:15

not an episode where dip could show up Not

4:18

being not being caught up after

4:20

last night, but before we get into last night

4:22

Troy What were you just asking a CG before

4:24

we started? So we

4:26

were talking about resume. This is gonna be

4:28

the first WrestleMania Event I've

4:30

attended I went to Dallas few years ago,

4:32

but I caught the flu So I wasn't

4:34

able to actually attend yeah events of the

4:36

weekend So I'm very excited for this and

4:38

we were thinking because I was telling him

4:40

I've been to UFC pay-per-views It's an electric

4:42

atmosphere. But what I've gathered from WWE

4:45

especially raised WrestleMania the entertainment

4:47

factor the in-arene experience is just

4:50

on a completely different level

4:52

And then I was thinking is

4:54

there actually anything in the world outside

4:56

of sports? That is

4:59

bigger than WrestleMania. Is there any other

5:01

thing that has the the pageantry the

5:04

Pyrotechnics the whole the decibel meter. Is

5:06

there any other event in the world?

5:08

Is it like, you know the Brazilian

5:10

fest that I went to include sports.

5:13

There's nothing bigger than WrestleMania There's

5:15

nothing bigger in sports or entertainment than WrestleMania

5:17

you you I know people gonna say oh,

5:20

well you have the Olympics Olympics doesn't

5:22

bring the excitement that WrestleMania bring no

5:24

Right. Well, the Olympics just isn't really

5:26

the events aren't good. I'm sorry. No,

5:28

I'm just being honest I'll give

5:31

them the opening ceremony. It might be even that even

5:33

that's a problem But there's

5:35

really just gonna be a few moments of

5:37

that that have the pageantry like it's not

5:39

it's kind of boring Like honestly, let's be

5:41

honest guys with all due respect the Olympics

5:43

are mostly trash Okay.

5:45

Whoa World Cup is

5:47

fire But there's

5:49

so many games, you know, I'm

5:51

sure the final is

5:54

awesome But the final only

5:56

truly affects two countries, right?

5:59

And that's who packs those stadiums and those

6:01

two countries are really, that's who's bringing the

6:03

energy at the finals. You know what I

6:05

mean? Like, See, did,

6:08

here's the thing. Like, if

6:10

you, people are talking, you know, the, the, the finals of

6:12

the World Cup will be here in New York, uh,

6:15

at MetLife Stadium, uh,

6:17

which is Repug, but whatever. Yeah. That

6:20

was the worst. They had so many

6:22

options that they chose the worst stadium.

6:25

It's not the worst in the country,

6:27

but it's not tight

6:29

at all. There's nothing. It's like bottom three. I

6:32

was going to say top three from the bottom.

6:34

It's definitely on the

6:36

podium of worst stadium. But

6:38

it's hard to explain why it's worse,

6:40

right? It's not a dump. It's not

6:42

nasty and in bad shape at all.

6:44

It's just not, there's just nothing nice

6:46

or dope about it, essentially. It's

6:49

not nasty. It suffices. It's suffices.

6:51

It totally suffices. Like I, trust

6:53

me, the commanders play at an

6:55

actual dump. You like Josh Harris,

6:57

the owner of the commanders literally

7:00

is rebuilding like the complete infrastructure,

7:02

trying to make it as passable

7:04

as possible before they move hopefully

7:06

back to DC. But it's a

7:08

dump. MetLife is not a

7:10

dump. It's just not dope. So anyways,

7:13

that stadium, if you're

7:15

crazy enough to fork over the kind of

7:17

money they're talking about, where you're talking about

7:20

four figures to sit in the

7:22

400 levels, you

7:24

have to be from those countries. You

7:26

can't just be a football slash soccer

7:29

enthusiast who's so into it that you're

7:31

spending 2,500 to see a

7:33

team you don't have in your heart and soul. Like,

7:35

nah, I could never wrestle me.

7:37

You better, you better own the flag before you even

7:39

think about buying the ticket.

7:41

Like WrestleMania, the greatest thing

7:43

about it is

7:45

that it's not competitive sports. The

7:49

best thing about it is the

7:51

thing that non-wrestling fans hate on

7:53

about it. You know, it's not

7:55

a real competition. Yeah, I know.

7:57

And that's why it's a guaranteed

7:59

great show every single time.

8:02

Why is the only thing that's entertaining competition?

8:05

Like that's not what that's

8:07

not the only thing I

8:09

enjoy about, you know,

8:11

sports. I enjoy a lot of

8:13

things about it to jump in. I'm gonna let

8:16

you finish cooking because you really are cooking right

8:18

now. But thank you. I appreciate you. When people

8:20

bring up the competition aspect of sports in terms

8:22

of like legitimizing it. These are

8:24

also the same people that try to pull

8:26

the teeth from the real things that show

8:28

the domination. Like if a team is blowing

8:30

out another team and they dunk, oh,

8:32

that's not classy. Don't flip your bat if

8:35

you hit a home run. Don't

8:37

run up the score if you do

8:40

it all. I want to see

8:42

the foot on the neck. I want to

8:44

see the domination. Do it all.

8:47

I get there's a competitive aspect of it and

8:49

there's some sportsmanship of it. But if you don't

8:51

want to be in that position as the other

8:53

team, do what you need

8:55

to do to keep it close because

8:57

I want to see domination sometimes.

9:00

But only if your team is

9:02

the one dominant. Right. Half the

9:05

stadium if that happens is miserable.

9:07

Right. No matter how much SGG

9:10

is a crazed Roman Reigns fan and he's high on

9:12

the list. Not that you're not as high as they

9:14

go, by the way, but you're high. I mean, I

9:16

guess I have some work to do. I got two

9:18

weeks. Well, yeah. No, you don't.

9:20

No, you don't. You

9:23

hang on to being a normal human being

9:25

just enough. Okay. You

9:28

don't think even, even if and

9:31

when I believe Roman Reigns

9:34

loses at WrestleMania, you'd

9:36

have to be a full on weirdo. If

9:39

you're an adult who leaves in a

9:41

bad mood because of the result, you'd

9:43

have to be a legitimate weirdo. Like

9:46

you'd be like, you go,

9:48

really? You're not, you're like, where

9:50

is it? A sporting event. It's

9:53

not weird. If you went to a sporting event

9:55

and paid good money to see your team and

9:57

they played bad and lost, you're in

9:59

a bad mood. It wasn't a fun day.

10:01

It was a waste of time and money.

10:03

I never leave a bad loss going. Yeah,

10:05

but I'm glad I went to the game.

10:07

I'm always nasty and in a bad mood.

10:09

And that plays up to the brilliance of

10:11

pro wrestling, right? Because even though I am

10:14

cheering for Roman Reigns and

10:16

I have been a loyal supporter

10:18

of Roman Reigns for damn near

10:20

a decade, maybe more, I

10:22

know that he's the bad guy. And

10:24

I know that at some point, right?

10:27

The rug is going to

10:29

be yanked out from under me. The

10:31

moment, the exact moment that it happens, I

10:33

might not like it because it

10:35

is still a rug being yanked out from under you.

10:38

It's wrestling. At

10:41

the end of the Super Bowl, that is the end of

10:43

the season. It's done. You have to wallow in that for

10:46

months until the season starts up again. It's

10:49

wrestling. I get to sit with that

10:51

maybe until Monday Night Raw and

10:54

then we off to the races again. It

10:56

just doesn't stop. I thought

10:59

SGG would help himself out and say,

11:01

but I know it's a story and

11:03

I just get to enjoy seeing what my

11:05

character does next on the story. But he

11:07

did go with the full, it's like sports

11:10

and I hope he gets his revenge on

11:12

Monday. Not even, but I don't know what's

11:14

going to happen on Monday. That's the beautiful thing about it, right? Like

11:17

it takes twists. It takes turns. I

11:19

know that I'm along for the ride. So

11:22

even though it might be like a dip that I'm

11:24

not ready for or whatever, I'm still

11:26

along for the ride and it's,

11:28

it's never ending. We love

11:31

wrestling. The point of all of this is we

11:33

love wrestling and wrestling is

11:35

great. And right now we

11:38

are less than two weeks, actually

11:40

a week from Thursday. We're

11:42

going to be hanging out with you at

11:45

fringe arts. We were

11:47

just talking to Troy about his mission, whether

11:50

he will be on shirt duty or

11:53

he will be on a ticket

11:56

duty or both. I

11:58

do it all. I

12:00

think we're gonna have to do

12:02

for the shirts, you're

12:04

gonna have to either have Venmo

12:07

or Cash. I

12:09

have to imagine those are the only two options

12:11

we have, correct? I think PayPal can, we can

12:13

throw that in there. But do we wanna add

12:15

a third thing? Honestly,

12:17

I think that's better than Cash, because now we have to

12:20

have change, and we have to have exact change, and that's

12:22

the whole thing. You just give people PayPal and Venmo, and

12:24

we say no Cash. Honestly, yeah, I

12:26

think we've entered that era. I

12:28

mean, listen, but if someone were to then hit you on

12:30

the side, be like, yo, I don't have anything I needed.

12:32

Here's, I got 40 bucks. I think you end up caving.

12:35

I couldn't very well deny that person, but

12:37

you don't wanna set the tone. We should

12:39

say what we're accepting are Venmo

12:41

and PayPal. And in the case of both, we

12:44

can just have a little printed thing,

12:46

and they can scan it. Yeah, exactly. All

12:49

right, so that's what we'll do. SGG, the

12:51

shirts are gonna be arriving at your house any day.

12:54

I don't have the tracking yet, I don't think. But

12:57

I did get a picture from Matt. Big

13:01

shout out to Matt Reed,

13:03

who did the shirts for

13:05

us this year. Should

13:08

I do an unboxing when I get the shirts? I

13:12

mean, you know what? Should we

13:14

unveil? Do you wanna?

13:16

We should, we should. I

13:18

gotta tell you here, I'm gonna afford it to you guys

13:20

right now. You'll

13:23

go viral, Greg, if you do that. Oh yeah, are

13:25

you kidding me? It's gonna

13:27

be a huge deal. That's what people wanna see.

13:29

All right, I just sent it to all of you

13:31

guys. The picture that he sent me of the shirt,

13:33

it's a beautiful, it's a

13:35

really, really beautiful shirt. I hope everyone's

13:37

into it. So

13:40

we're gonna have that. As of right now, it says

13:42

there are 15 tickets left. So

13:46

it's gonna be a hard sellout. So we're

13:48

very excited that everyone's here. There's so many

13:50

events. I'm also gonna be

13:52

at WWE World that day doing the

13:54

Michael K show from 3 to 6.30. That's

13:57

right. I'm looking forward to that. You

14:00

gotta pop by there. There may be

14:02

another interview over the course of

14:04

the weekend. There's gonna be other ring of

14:06

wrestling things throughout the weekend. Walla

14:09

Mania is that night as well, which

14:12

I'm gonna try to make it by at some point. There's

14:15

a lot happening, guys, and we're very excited. And

14:18

last night, I don't

14:20

think I'm exaggerating as Gigi when I say.

14:22

Well, I'll tell you. It

14:25

was the most attitude-era

14:27

feeling raw. I

14:30

think I've ever seen in the

14:32

modern era thoughts. Not

14:34

an exaggeration to answer the question that

14:37

you put forth before you set the

14:39

tone with statement. Not an

14:41

exaggeration at all, to the point where

14:44

when Cody Rhodes got

14:46

close to that river, I said,

14:48

oh yeah, he's going over. He's going over. There's

14:51

all. Well, the problem is, I don't think that, I

14:54

don't think that that overhang, was that the

14:56

river? Or was that, I think that was more parking

14:58

lot. That's the scary part. It

15:01

looked like river, but either way, I

15:04

thought Cody Rhodes was going over. I

15:06

was like, yeah, you got to. You

15:08

gotta do it. It

15:11

was last night from beginning

15:13

to end. From

15:15

the second the rocks music hit, and

15:17

we finally, yo, it's like they listened

15:19

to the show. The surprise. The surprise.

15:22

I just said last week, we

15:24

love the rock. Rock is

15:26

great. Can we get an

15:28

appearance that's not pre-promoted please? Can we

15:31

just get, and what do we get? No

15:34

rock promoted. CM Punk was promoted.

15:37

Rock comes out in seg one,

15:40

gets into it. Was it seg one? It was seg one.

15:42

It was seg one. There's

15:45

so much to get to. First of all, I

15:47

don't know if you saw me, I'm

15:49

not going to say beefing with, because it

15:51

was all in good, with good intention. At

15:54

this point you do a WrestleMania season. Everybody picks

15:56

their side, and then we just, it's just banter.

16:00

saw me going back and forth with O'Shea Jackson jr. over

16:02

the weekend I did I saw a little bit of it

16:04

I saw because people thought you would I

16:07

thought people thought that I was catching a stray

16:10

no I was already part of my business I don't

16:12

know this is funny I don't know what's going on

16:14

as she has already caught that stray and it was

16:16

never straight the gun is pointed directly at him and

16:19

I'm shooting it's not a stray what would

16:22

I call out crazy Roman fans I'm like hey

16:24

as she gee so

16:27

so it wasn't at as she gee basically

16:30

O'Shea Jackson jr. great guy had him on

16:33

the podcast once what we'll have one again

16:36

he he was basically sort

16:38

of going on a toot

16:40

if you will about Cody

16:44

and Seth are

16:46

both getting crushed by this moment

16:49

their characters don't mean anything it's essentially

16:51

just a song that

16:53

is true of at least one of them but I'm not

16:55

gonna start any fires but you're not gonna

16:57

say anything about you but you don't want

16:59

to okay so I let's leave

17:02

let's leave one person out of it okay

17:05

the person that is true because I think we I

17:07

think we can all agree on this

17:09

show that what's happening with

17:11

Seth has problems to

17:14

it a character wise I think

17:16

that maybe we'll see it get fixed but as

17:18

of right now you know and these days you

17:20

have to give a lot of let it play

17:23

out leeway because things are playing out but

17:26

we'll get to Seth I think by the way

17:28

it only got worse last night in my opinion but to

17:33

say that about Cody's

17:35

character to say that like

17:37

essentially he's not really that over

17:40

and it's the song and what's the real story I

17:43

don't know if O'Shea hasn't been to a live

17:45

show himself but

17:48

well as we've said many times on this show

17:50

this man is the most legitimately over

17:52

good guy since John Cena and maybe

17:55

beyond John Cena yeah okay he is

17:57

over like

18:00

Rover and you may be the world's biggest

18:02

Roman Reigns fan and you never want him

18:04

to lose and you think that Cody's not

18:07

really the guy. You have every

18:09

right to believe that if you want, but

18:11

once you start veering into the

18:13

Cody story doesn't really exist, you

18:16

may even be sick of the finish the story

18:18

thing. I get sick of the finish the

18:20

story thing. Okay. It's been, it's been

18:22

a bit much. Take that out

18:24

of it. It doesn't even matter. Cody

18:27

Rose has intangibles that

18:29

are undeniable right now.

18:32

He is the dude. I'm

18:35

not saying it's going to last forever. I'm not saying

18:37

he's going to have a run as long as Roman

18:39

Reigns or Hulk Hogan or whoever. I don't know. But

18:43

right now for

18:45

you to watch that segment last

18:48

Friday or this Monday and come

18:50

away thinking Cody doesn't matter. Cody's

18:53

not getting lost in this story. We can have an

18:55

argument about the people getting lost in the story and

18:58

I think, and we'll get into it. I think you

19:00

can have an argument that both Roman

19:02

Reigns and Seth Rollins could have

19:04

a bone to pick with how things have played out.

19:08

Cody is doing just fine. He is at

19:10

the, and last night the way the show

19:13

ended it for somehow you haven't seen it yet and you're like,

19:15

Oh, listen to the show. Don't listen

19:17

to us right now. I know I shouldn't say that. Come

19:19

back. Yeah. Pause

19:21

it right here. Go pull up the last.

19:23

It was like the last. Do the first. Do

19:26

seg one, do seg one and then the last

19:28

six minutes of Raw. Yeah. And

19:30

then come back and listen again because you

19:32

should enjoy that. If you've been

19:34

watching wrestling for the last 20 years, waiting for

19:36

it to feel like the attitude era, we

19:39

have suffered through, we suffered

19:42

through some times y'all together. We

19:44

did. Which is, which is

19:46

what makes it all the more like wrestling is

19:48

booming right now. Business is doing great. But

19:50

the ones who suffered through the times like this

19:53

is for us. Guys,

19:55

this is for us. Guys

19:57

we could pull up some random. We

20:00

could pull up some random WrestleMania's. Seriously.

20:03

We really can. They

20:06

had one at the Hartford Civic

20:08

Center. Nine? If

20:13

you watched the Hartford Civic Center with

20:15

Lars Talof, main event to a Bambam

20:18

Bigelow, this

20:20

WrestleMania's for us. If

20:22

you had to sit through that. I

20:25

mean relative to the, what

20:28

was on, I mean

20:31

29 and MetLife

20:33

honestly was not my fave. Yeah.

20:36

Same. You're talking about the... On

20:39

paper it had some, okay this is gonna be good.

20:42

But now you look back at it right, Miz

20:44

and Wade Barrett. The

20:46

Shield had Big Show, Randy and

20:48

Sheamus. Not a team you

20:50

actually, not a team you think much of. Mark

20:53

Henry and Ryback. Team

20:56

Hell No beating

20:58

Big E and Dolph. Fandango

21:02

and Jericho. Fandango won by

21:04

the way. That's correct.

21:07

And that was his debut on the main roster.

21:10

Alberto Del Rio beat

21:12

Jack Swagger for

21:15

the World Heavyweight Championship. Undertaker

21:18

Punk match which was okay. Yeah.

21:22

Triple H beat Brock. And

21:25

then John Cena and The Rock had their match

21:27

which was cool. That's

21:30

a nasty card guys, relative to right

21:32

now. That's a nasty

21:34

card. That is. That's just

21:36

a random one I pulled up. And that's what

21:38

they gave us for one night. Can you imagine

21:40

if we got two nights at that? If

21:43

they had tried to stretch that into two nights,

21:45

SGG. There

21:49

have been times that were really not

21:51

so great. So we

21:53

are all enjoying and you should enjoy last night

21:55

and take it all in. So

21:58

to O.C. Jackson Jr. guy,

22:00

love how into wrestling you are.

22:02

Some of these very matter of

22:04

fact takes that fans make you're

22:06

missing it. You're, you're, you're overthinking.

22:08

Y'all are trying too hard to

22:10

be smart fans. Sometimes people love

22:12

Cody. They're buying his merch. They're

22:14

singing his song. They're cheering for

22:16

him. They're waiting for autographs. I'm

22:18

meeting kids on the street. The

22:20

parents come up and they go, this is my son. Who's your

22:23

favorite? Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes.

22:27

I mean, everyone please. Cody is in

22:29

a great spot. Now Seth,

22:32

so Seth caught a stray last night. Thanks

22:35

to boys is always in a lot of fire bro.

22:39

Thanks to a riveting segment. I

22:42

mean, if I didn't know any better, I

22:45

would say CM Punk and Drew McIntyre

22:47

really hate each other. Yo, when I

22:49

tell you they

22:51

were both on

22:54

fire last night, they were both

22:56

cooking last night. Like cooking. Yo,

22:59

when, when, when Drew

23:01

McIntyre straight

23:05

edge, you're always in rehab

23:08

line. I said,

23:10

Oh my God.

23:20

Well, who said I'm the

23:23

chosen one. And punk

23:26

said, who told

23:28

you and all Drew

23:30

could do was laugh. I said, Oh

23:32

my God, they are taking it. Yo,

23:36

lobby. Yo, hold

23:39

on. Let me get another one. Hold on.

23:43

Yo, it was incredible.

23:46

Here's the problem though. If you want to nitpick

23:48

now. And by the way, I think, like I

23:50

said, last night to me was the best night

23:53

of free television, maybe in 20 years. I

23:55

mean, it was cause you know, three hours

23:57

is tough. They only

23:59

have about, and I'm not going to call the

24:02

segments popcorn segments that they had, but

24:04

the segments where you could calm down. And if you

24:06

were in the building, actually try to go get a

24:08

snack, go to the bathroom, buy a shirt, they had

24:10

maybe two or three in three hours. Maybe. And

24:13

that's a maybe. So I'm

24:15

nitpicking because that's what we do. We have fun.

24:18

But if I'm to nitpick that now,

24:21

Drew McIntyre has said, Hey punk,

24:24

I want you to be at

24:26

ringside during my world heavyweight championship

24:28

match against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania.

24:32

So Seth Rollins is

24:35

now not only sort of

24:37

connected to

24:39

the bloodline story in

24:42

a, in a tangential way where he kind of

24:44

just gets dogged by the rock all day, but

24:48

now his own world championship

24:50

match, he has become

24:52

what appears to be second fiddle to

24:56

Drew and CM Punk. Yeah. He's

24:58

along for the ride on both rides, even

25:00

like, like the

25:02

stipulations, both of these matches now have

25:05

like a thing looming

25:07

around it. And none

25:09

of it was Seth's idea. Seth just comes

25:11

out and was like, okay, I'm cool with

25:13

that. But you're not

25:15

the champ though. You should be like the driving

25:18

factor in something

25:21

in some of this. And instead

25:23

of just being like, okay, punk

25:26

as a time keeper or the

25:28

commentary, guest commentary, I'm

25:30

okay with that. You

25:33

know, this stipulation bloodline rules, if we lose,

25:35

I'm okay with that. Like what are, what

25:37

are you going to put your foot down

25:39

on? That's the question. It's,

25:41

it's, it's very, and by the way, but

25:43

here's the thing. Call me a shill if

25:45

you want. I have faith

25:48

that there is some sort of plan for

25:50

how Seth Rollins doesn't look like a chump.

25:53

Yeah. It's called ring the bell, honestly, because,

25:55

but the rest of it, like up to that point,

25:57

it's going to look a little spooky for him. Yeah,

26:00

right now it does look a little spooky and

26:02

I wonder how he privately feels about it

26:05

all, but honestly, here's the truth too. Not

26:10

everybody can be

26:12

the main piece of

26:14

everything. Now, the

26:17

bigger argument would

26:19

probably be around what

26:21

Andrew Goldstein is sounding the

26:23

alarms for in our group chat, and he's not

26:26

the only one, that Roman

26:28

Reigns is being made a bit of

26:30

an afterthought in the Bloodline

26:32

story at this point because of

26:35

The Rock's level

26:37

of animosity towards Cody

26:39

Rhodes. But

26:41

isn't that all part of the story

26:45

for what's going to happen between The

26:47

Rock and Roman? I think so.

26:50

I think so. And I think that's

26:53

what we predicted, right? That was the

26:55

obvious thing. Even when Cody

26:59

introduced Rock to this story, the

27:02

narrative behind the introduction was, you

27:06

think that you're at the head of the table, I'm

27:09

calling in Big Bro. That's

27:11

how Rock was introduced, right? Big

27:14

Bro is here to put

27:16

you in your place and set it straight.

27:19

So Roman being put in

27:21

that, even though he was

27:23

acknowledged by The Rock, The

27:26

Rock's still running around, throwing his weight around.

27:28

He's still the final boss. He's

27:31

ultimately still the one that

27:33

everyone answers to, and casting

27:35

that shadow over Roman, I think

27:37

was always meant to be part

27:40

of the story. Like

27:43

Shania Twain, you're still the

27:45

one. Still the one

27:47

I run to. The one

27:49

I something to. The one I kiss goodnight.

27:53

I agree. I do think there's reason for

27:56

concern. I get it. But I

27:58

have faith here that this is leading towards a story. Here's

28:00

what I don't want it to be. I

28:02

don't want it to be the Roman

28:07

sort of turning on the rock. To

28:12

me, the rock has entered such

28:14

despicable territory. I

28:18

refuse for this to be a quick babyface turn again. He's

28:22

gone too far. He's

28:25

gone too far, Rock. Do

28:28

you remember where that's from, by the way? A shoddy. No,

28:31

we say it. We say it on the show. Me and shoddy

28:33

say it on the show. No. But you

28:35

don't remember where it's from. No. I

28:37

just remember right now. It's from the movie Shatas. Oh. There's

28:41

this dude. Great movie, by the way. Great

28:44

movie. If you've never seen Shatas, you

28:46

gotta watch Shatas. Okay? It's a cultural

28:49

classic. Watch from the cameo too. There's

28:51

a... Oh. The young

28:53

calid? The cameo that you are not gonna

28:55

believe. The young calid. Wyclef. It's a great

28:58

movie. And it got re-released in like 05.

29:00

It had always been a bootleg and then it came out for real

29:02

in like 05. And

29:06

there's a part in it. I forget what the dude's name

29:08

is. But they're in the hot tub.

29:11

And they come and shoot up the hot tub

29:13

and they like kill his girlfriends. And

29:16

at one point he's like, you're

29:19

gone too far. It's

29:21

kind of a sad moment actually. But we've turned... Now

29:24

Shaty and I have turned it into a... Just a thing we say. I

29:27

was talking to Crystal about that too. How black

29:30

people turn these moments that are

29:32

not supposed to be humorous

29:37

into punchlines when it comes

29:39

to some of these movies. They just

29:41

become punchlines. And there's nothing... It just... That's

29:43

what we do. But whatever. It's a coping

29:46

mechanism. But guess what? Sometimes

29:49

it's needed. So I do

29:51

think The Rock has gone too far

29:54

to possibly now

29:56

just be like, haha, just kidding.

29:59

Andrew Goldstock. I was speculating in our chat

30:02

that he was telling Cody

30:04

just go with it like as

30:07

if they're together That

30:09

would have been a bit far

30:11

mama Rhodes. Yeah, the wiping the

30:13

blood Nah, bruh

30:15

that would that's too hard to be honestly that

30:17

to me. I that would be stupid.

30:20

They've gone too far for that I don't

30:22

think Cody would do that either Yeah,

30:25

like why would Cody because so then we're sitting

30:28

Cody's kind of a heel because he's really cheating

30:31

And by the way back to the Cody thing Because

30:33

you know a lot of people are

30:35

complaining about the segment on Friday

30:37

and how Cody looked weak because he extended his

30:40

hand to Roman Yo, Cody

30:42

didn't look weak at the end of that segment Cody

30:44

looked strong You thought Cody was gonna be

30:46

a sucker who let Roman lie

30:49

to his face and say I'm coming alone

30:51

and then surprising with Jimmy And solo but

30:53

how'd the show end the show

30:55

ended with Cody saying no, no, no, bro I

30:58

brought my back up too and I'm standing

31:01

tall with my music playing and you're retreating

31:03

Cody didn't look weak Just because

31:05

he extended the hand. He's a good guy. He should extend

31:07

his hand and even when he said at the beginning

31:09

like if you

31:11

came alone Then

31:14

so did I if that's what

31:16

he says to Roman like the first thing if

31:18

you came alone Then sure

31:20

so did I we can play that game Which

31:24

I think is ultimately gonna be how it plays out it and

31:26

bloodline rules right at night, too Like

31:29

we can do this one-on-one, but

31:31

if you're gonna have backup

31:33

I also Gonna

31:36

have some backup Well

31:39

said so I this whole narrative Nah,

31:43

but drew and punk and punk it back

31:45

now. I mean I'm ready. Yeah Last

31:48

night was when punk thrives by the way. See

31:51

this is what I was always complaining about an

31:53

AW When they kept

31:56

giving punk these very generic

32:00

storylines that felt like storyline.

32:02

No, you want punk running

32:05

right up against reality. That is when

32:07

he is at his absolute badass best.

32:11

Like last night was not

32:13

shut. Give me that CM Punk.

32:15

I'll take five more years of that CM Punk.

32:18

I would have took 50 more minutes for

32:20

him and Drew. Yo, I might have to rewatch

32:22

the whole thing. But if you

32:24

bring up AEW and it's so, it

32:26

was ironic to me too. I had the thought that like Punk

32:30

and Seth and Drew, they

32:32

really were just in the ring freestyling.

32:34

Like they were going back and forth

32:36

and it just is so funny

32:38

to me, or I guess I'll say ironic to

32:40

me that the initial

32:43

thing that caused sort of

32:45

a rift between him and the

32:47

rest of the AEW roster was

32:49

that Adam Page went

32:51

in there and freestyled with him a little bit. Like

32:56

it just, it blows my mind that he

32:59

gets the WWE. But and now they're so clearly

33:01

going off the cuff with so many different things.

33:03

But you know what I think it is? I've been

33:05

thinking I've been watching this a bunch recently. I think

33:07

that with AEW,

33:11

they have too much freedom all

33:13

the time. And

33:16

for whatever reason, when you have too much of it,

33:19

too much of anything just isn't good. And

33:24

in WWE, that

33:26

lack of freedom, if you

33:28

will, it just,

33:32

when you do open it up, it feels

33:34

like something. And

33:37

for whatever reason, it's

33:39

really working right now with Punk when

33:42

it really to me barely worked at

33:44

AEW. And y'all remember, I

33:46

think AEW is having a major upswing

33:48

right now. I'm enjoying that show week

33:50

to week. What it's not

33:53

doing though, is having

33:55

like great moments like this, where Drew and

33:57

Punk are just going at each other on

33:59

the mic. microphone. But

34:01

what you are getting, what you're

34:03

gonna, what you are going to get though is some

34:05

fun wrestling. Although last week again, last

34:09

week again, they did the, let's

34:11

put Mercedes on the microphone and

34:13

have her tossed to her own package. It was just

34:15

not the way that I would be using Mercedes Monet.

34:18

Yeah, she, she could be, you know,

34:21

I see what they did in Boston, but then I would hold

34:23

her off until she's ready for a match or ready to insert

34:25

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you do, let's go back to last night. Shall

36:40

we? Yes. Medically clear,

36:43

but I'm not looking to have a wrestling

36:45

match. Why don't you get your sit here? Was

36:50

that an ass or a bitch ass? Oh,

36:58

that's not piped in

37:00

noise, baby. Shout

37:02

to Dipperstein. I

37:09

would love to get to that ring

37:11

right now and beat your ass, but punk,

37:14

don't you remember what happened last time

37:16

we were in the ring together? How

37:19

do I do it all? Oh, great. It

37:21

is an ad with Kelly Roland. She doesn't

37:23

like me. Why did that pop up? Here

37:25

we go. I stomped that

37:27

stupid little army of yours because you

37:30

deserved it. And I told you, I

37:32

prayed for this and it happened. Hey,

37:34

hey, hey, are you a Scottish

37:36

psychopath and a kilt? Are

37:38

you an animal? I'm trying to skilt. Let's find out.

37:42

This is 2024. You want to get time super

37:44

talk like that. I love it. Tonight. Today's

37:48

perfect. This is I can appeal

37:50

for this. You're in the

37:52

ring. And your punk for less than two

37:54

weeks. By the way, by the way, dip, when

37:57

you get to watching this dip, I know. need

38:00

you and he's not gonna hear this because he's not on

38:02

the episode of the podcast unfortunately someone

38:04

needs to tell dip when

38:06

he watches this he needs to

38:08

come back on the show and apologize to

38:11

Drew McIntyre seriously cuz this let's just let

38:13

let this man cook here we go here

38:16

we're in Chicago Drew McIntyre is

38:18

in the world title match this

38:20

is divine intervention that's what this

38:23

is the

38:26

rock and

38:28

he's doing a hell of a job not allowing

38:30

people to what him either you know on the

38:32

back is number one in the checklist never

38:37

put another man's name on a t-shirt

38:39

to sell it that's

38:42

the first you made

38:46

Drew rips his shirt off now shows his

38:48

punk shirt struggle to get out of

38:50

that thing when my biceps something you've probably never had

38:52

the issue with you

38:55

want to know the most ironic thing

38:58

about you punk the straight

39:00

edge thing you never

39:02

drink you never do drugs you

39:04

spend all your time in

39:06

rehab bar

39:10

I can

39:12

see in your eyes you don't like me

39:14

too much and you think I hate you

39:16

like Seth Rollins and maybe at one time

39:19

I hated you and maybe those issues that

39:21

need resolve and all as of right now

39:23

I don't hate you punk you

39:25

complete me and

39:29

this man no hear me out you tell

39:32

him who you paid to see hear

39:35

me out when I'm in the gym we're supposed

39:37

to chance the important there though they missed a

39:39

music ways they missed that spot

39:41

I think about you and the

39:44

way it goes up I'm an elimination

39:46

chamber first man is 30 minutes in

39:49

burst eardrum equilibrium off can't possibly win

39:51

that thing I think about cm punk

39:53

and I get the job done you're

39:56

my muse man I can't

39:59

hear I know what you're saying, why don't you

40:01

come into this wing and speak into my

40:03

good ear? Come on you coward! I would

40:05

love to get in that ring but I

40:07

know with the people in Chicago or like

40:09

you probably have a weapon in there and

40:11

you'll try to take me out before WrestleMania.

40:14

Great cheap heat. Great

40:17

cheap heat. By the way Troy we need the Becky

40:19

clip when she said cheap heat, cheap heat on the

40:21

podcast last week. Got it. Now

40:24

he crosses his legs and sits CM Punk style on

40:26

the desk. Punk please, I

40:28

know you want to be at WrestleMania bad.

40:31

Real bad. You don't have to

40:33

sneak in, I want you there. I want

40:35

you to have a front row seat at

40:37

WrestleMania because you honestly believe

40:39

you should be in my position but

40:42

you shouldn't and everybody's finally starting to

40:44

realize what I've known all along, the

40:46

Drew McIntyre has always been the chosen

40:48

one. Chosen

40:52

one? Who chose you? Who?

40:55

What was his name? You

40:59

got the balls to say you're the chosen

41:02

one. Tell me what paragon of good virtue

41:04

you were. Wasn't the people

41:06

in Chicago? Oh my

41:09

God. Wasn't

41:11

the people in San Antonio when we went off

41:13

the air on Monday Night Raw and they were

41:15

saying CM Punk? That

41:19

works. That one works. You

41:22

ain't got to die to hold their hands some time.

41:26

Keep going. Get it in while you can because you're

41:28

going to be out for months still. This is your

41:30

moment. This is exciting. I feel like

41:32

a fan sitting here. But anyway, if you want to

41:34

be part of the show, maybe

41:37

since I'm in the commentary desk about an idea, I want you to

41:39

have a front row seat. You're

41:41

only good at talking, running that mouth like you're

41:43

so why don't you maybe be the guest

41:45

commentary for the world title. I'll

41:48

be nitpicky here though. Why did Drew

41:50

suggest this? It

41:53

didn't need to be suggested by Drew. It

41:56

should have been suggested by anyone else. There's so many people

41:58

who could have suggested this. The only thing

42:01

that makes it make a little bit of

42:03

sense is when Bruce saying like, I need

42:05

you, you're my muse and all that setting

42:07

it up. Yeah. I mean,

42:10

maybe if he'd said it right then, matter

42:13

of fact, I want you...

42:16

No, you know what though? Maybe he says,

42:18

I want you to be there front row.

42:20

And then Punk says, how about

42:22

I do one step better? Michael Cole,

42:24

Pat McAfee, how about I sit with you guys?

42:27

Whatever it might be. Right.

42:29

That would have been a little more seamless than...

42:32

Yeah. Why do we have... Why

42:35

is Drew McIntyre booking the

42:39

commentary desk at WrestleMania? I don't know if

42:41

that makes sense. Just

42:44

a thought. So,

42:47

you... Real quick, we mentioned

42:49

off the air, SUG, the Rhea Becky

42:51

segment. Yeah. What'd you think of

42:53

that? I loved it

42:55

because they have been doing a lot of just

42:57

talk, Rhea and Becky. Throughout

43:00

this. So, Becky and

43:02

Rhea bringing that intensity and getting actually

43:04

physical, I thought was

43:07

exactly what the moment needed for

43:09

their match. Now, conspicuous by

43:11

his absence was Seth Rollins. I'm

43:13

like, do you not see

43:15

a power couple

43:17

in WWE is attacking your

43:20

wife two on one? Granted, she handled business because

43:22

one half of that power couple was still dirty

43:24

on the offense, but Seth Rollins

43:26

could have at least popped up on

43:28

the ramp. You know, something.

43:30

I know he's involved in a lot of

43:32

other things going on, but this is your

43:35

wife here. Yeah,

43:37

that is a fair point by you. You're involved

43:39

in a lot of different things. Maybe

43:42

you want to... But your

43:44

wife is her business. That's the way she got

43:46

it. Yeah,

43:48

maybe you could get involved in this one too.

43:51

By the way, how about Dominik

43:53

randomly getting involved on SmackDown last week

43:55

in the Santos Rhea Mysterio situation? Yeah,

43:58

I thought... I liked it. I'm

44:00

not gonna lie because I mean legato

44:03

Santos Escobar is building like a little

44:05

you know a Latino version

44:07

of legacy So it

44:10

almost needs a Dominic Mysterio and I'll

44:12

draw they also who they mentioned was

44:14

a third-generation superstar He might need to

44:17

at some point Link

44:19

up with with Santos and and

44:21

the rest of legato could

44:23

make sense, right? Cuz

44:25

I get it feels like they're still trying to

44:28

figure out what exactly they want to do With

44:31

Dom at mania. Yeah, because

44:33

he doesn't have anything just

44:35

yet But

44:39

I don't think a WrestleMania rematch with his

44:42

dad makes sense But also I don't understand

44:44

why we got Santos and

44:46

Rey on SmackDown I feel

44:49

like that was something that could have been built toward a WrestleMania

44:52

something up in Philly even

44:54

even like the WrestleMania Friday

44:56

SmackDown edition You know or like

44:59

though, you know, not the real after us when he could

45:01

those smack down superstars, but something for

45:03

WrestleMania weekend Felt like

45:05

it made more sense than just the Friday. So

45:08

do we hit the biggest points from yesterday as

45:10

GG? Let's see Becky

45:13

punched Dom in the face we

45:17

didn't talk about how Judgment Day sort of dominated

45:19

and our

45:21

truth on

45:23

commentary was I Think

45:25

I'd be hilarious there. They're just I

45:28

mean our truth is doing some of the funnier

45:30

stuff He threw the commercial break and then you

45:33

know Just the routine during the match and then

45:35

he tried to throw the commercial break to save

45:37

himself from a beatdown Unsuccessful

45:41

by the way, though, by the way, though, I should

45:43

it should be noted No

45:45

matches have been added this week so

45:47

far. Not yet Not

45:50

yet. We're still looking at night

45:52

one There's

45:54

a total of in terms of known

45:57

matches There are

45:59

ten There

46:01

are 10 total matches. What number do you think we need

46:03

to get to? 14

46:06

would be good. Even 13, 14? Yeah,

46:10

I mean, listen, maybe you have a pre-show match or

46:12

two. But,

46:15

yeah, I think 12 to

46:18

14 matches where we're looking to land. Oh,

46:21

while I'm thinking about last night, something

46:23

that we didn't touch on, and

46:26

Ann's goal didn't bring this up, and

46:29

among any of his theories, there was

46:31

a moment backstage with

46:34

DIY, Awesome

46:36

Truth, and The New Day. They're

46:38

just having a conversation backstage. And

46:41

in the background, it was

46:45

very hard to miss because they were in

46:47

the center of the shot is

46:50

Paul Heyman and

46:52

Drew McIntyre. What

46:55

do you think that was about? Do you think that

46:57

was CM Punk related

46:59

with Drew trying to

47:02

soak in some of Paul Heyman's

47:04

knowledge of CM Punk to

47:06

give himself an upper hand at

47:08

WrestleMania? Was this bloodline related

47:10

with Cayman telling Drew that,

47:13

well, look, now you're in the situation

47:15

where we have a common enemy,

47:18

so you should be able to work with us. What

47:21

do you think that

47:23

was about? Yeah, I would

47:25

think it's about, hey, I see you have

47:27

problems with, you've

47:29

got problems with Seth Rollins. You

47:33

have a match with Seth Rollins. We have a match

47:35

with Seth Rollins. I mean,

47:37

I don't see how Punk really fits in. I mean,

47:39

yeah, unless he's just giving advice. And

47:42

Drew did say he wants to work with the Rock. I don't

47:44

know, SGG. I tend to think it's about the, there's

47:47

a lot there. I don't know,

47:49

but it's another thing that they're just doing

47:51

well. Yeah. You

47:54

know, it's just like, there's so

47:56

much stuff. lot

48:00

of good stuff happening. By

48:02

the way, speaking of good stuff happening,

48:06

I got an early look at

48:09

the Bray documentary. And

48:12

man, it is must-see television. It

48:15

is must-see television. You

48:19

are going to enjoy the Bray

48:22

documentary on Peacock, which is dropping in,

48:26

yeah, less than a week from now. So

48:28

April 1st on Peacock, you

48:31

are truly, truly, truly going

48:33

to enjoy it. I believe they

48:36

mentioned something about a Bray Wyatt panel,

48:38

Bray Wyatt becoming an immortal panel, also

48:40

from WWE World. Do

48:42

you have any more information about that? I

48:45

don't. I don't know about that. So

48:47

a panel about the doc. Yeah. Presumably,

48:50

I really, Michael Cole mentioned it,

48:53

and then that was it. Maybe

48:56

they show the doc, and then have

48:58

people talk about it. The

49:01

way that they have Paul and Drew in

49:03

the background is just, it's beautifully done. Yeah.

49:05

They're just putting more attention to detail than

49:07

we've gotten in a very long time. Yeah.

49:12

And it's subtle too. It's not like

49:15

in your face with the commentators saying,

49:18

like, you know, I watched the megaparas

49:20

floating over the weekend, and it's

49:22

like, you

49:24

were watching it, but they're also breaking down

49:26

every beat. Like, how's Randy Savage going to

49:28

feel about this? All of that. Like, they

49:30

literally walked you through the steps, and now

49:32

it's just like, nah, this thing is going

49:34

to happen in the background, and

49:37

it'll develop, and you'll

49:39

see. You know

49:41

what we should hit real quick, a little uh, m-m-m-m-m-mail.

49:46

Uh, Ryan says, Hey, sweet Pete, thought

49:48

you might enjoy the mage plus confirmedness

49:51

of this mint condition paper tablecloth from

49:53

1985 that my wife scored for

49:56

my birthday. It almost felt like a

49:58

sin to eat from it. Party decor. was

50:00

rounded out by a life-size Andre, a

50:02

classic WWF ring centerpiece, a

50:05

1989 trading cards fanned out across the

50:07

table, nothing like turning 48 surrounded

50:10

by your childhood heroes. So

50:12

glad to have been a kid during wrestling's undisputed

50:14

golden age. And yeah, yo,

50:17

you got a great wife, man. The

50:21

WWF tablecloth with

50:24

JYD, iron

50:26

chic, Hogan, Snooka,

50:29

and Piper on it is something. Add

50:33

away, add away. All

50:36

right, Ben writes us. M-m-m-m-mail.

50:41

I think Cody beats Roman for the belt,

50:44

and we get him celebrating and joyous

50:46

with the pyro going crazy. Get

50:48

the chiron, then Cody gets viciously

50:51

attacked by the rock. Think

50:53

of Ciampa beating up Gargano at the end

50:55

of Takeover years ago. After the

50:57

rock leaves Cody in a heap, Priest

51:00

is able to cash in. It

51:02

allows for Cody's story to end because he

51:04

did beat Roman, but it still

51:06

keeps Cody on the chase as

51:08

a mega babyface that was wronged. It

51:10

also mirrors Dusty's story with the title

51:12

being taken away. Rock has

51:15

talked about giving Cody's mom a bloody belt.

51:17

Maybe this is how he accomplishes that. Of

51:20

course, that was before the bloody belt that was made last

51:22

night. But listen,

51:24

I did say on this

51:26

show, WrestleMania is

51:28

the perfect setup for a cash-in. Even

51:31

though Priest has his own problems with the tag team

51:34

match, six teams,

51:36

five of the teams, and the latter, the

51:38

champions are all

51:41

gonna be having two matches. And

51:44

the challenger, even

51:46

if Cody is one of the challengers, he's

51:49

also having two matches. So this

51:51

inducts for Priest by the end of night two,

51:56

especially Cody. Yeah, by the way,

51:58

Priest doesn't cash in that weekend. I mean. I'm

52:01

not familiar, just just him over. Someone

52:04

must must must must must mail

52:07

Ryan. Subject is Caitlin Clark getting

52:09

the W W E treatment. Is

52:12

that I choose greens going tonight one on or on

52:14

one on the women's I will game and a few

52:16

been struck Me first how great of a gimmick is

52:18

it that the women's and see a. Is.

52:20

On Campus on Campuses for the first

52:22

two rounds. It creates punk in

52:25

Chicago level crowds for teams like I Won

52:27

Ls You which gives the big draw teams

52:29

and even better chance to the Sweet sixteen

52:31

and beyond. It's like it's like a handicap

52:33

match for the lower seeds. Which

52:36

if and when there is a fifteen, two, or sixteen one

52:38

or even and. A nine one

52:40

upset it will feel like Coffee mania or Daniel

52:42

Bryan in New Orleans. by the way. that is

52:44

dope. Yeah, home.

52:47

Home games in the tournament actually

52:49

does make an early game maids.

52:52

Second, He has be as

52:54

announcers and I assume those women's basketball gorilla

52:56

position or inflating and a ways creating stats

52:58

about Caitlin Clark to the point during games

53:01

that I think it may be com we've

53:03

seen enough situation that. Of.

53:06

Turning fans against or a Rushmore

53:08

level star. Tonight. They played

53:10

up her breaking the single season scoring record

53:12

with seasons that included as the double A

53:14

tournament games that's his dad no one really

53:16

knew about and even cares about. Similar.

53:19

Out Debbie W E, and especially a

53:21

W gets into over celebrating milestones that

53:23

aren't milestones or discreet any titles to

53:25

create these moments. No. One really

53:28

cares about some of these records Court is

53:30

breaking. My people don't care about. Days

53:33

the titles been held when it's a mid guard

53:35

title to. There's a top five guy in the

53:37

company because of his presentation. And. Just overall

53:39

made in is not because he's been. I see

53:41

Champ for thirty two hundred days, hundred fifty four

53:43

hours and sixteen minutes. Over.

53:46

I've been stats and giving everyone title seems.

53:48

Bigger. And. As unless

53:50

their dismay fans, especially most dedicated ones start

53:53

to turn on those same stars that W

53:55

W immense Double A or try to prop

53:57

up what are your tease leech in Boston?

54:00

Very. Interesting thought. Yeah. I

54:02

don't think it of. It applies in such

54:04

a one to one way. Of.

54:07

Yes, She may be breaking records that

54:09

nobody cares about, but then there really

54:11

isn't the arguments of. You. Know

54:14

the stats were manipulated by creative will

54:16

like it was planned like she always

54:18

has the the air of legitimacy the

54:20

sports has to hang her head on.

54:23

And. Say like right, but no. No.

54:25

This was it. Like. Created

54:28

or in for me or via for someone

54:30

else that will then. I

54:32

was pivoted two thirds to do this.

54:34

They this is. Me:

54:37

But. It but it is a thing. The. Bringing

54:40

up ones that are like. Counting.

54:43

The tournament seasons you get another

54:45

scoring record. It's like guardian, let's

54:47

let's go in And Caitlin Clark

54:49

is so over. That.

54:51

Her becoming a heel is always on the

54:54

table, but. Seat. Good.

54:56

The tears As about real life. She.

54:59

Comes across right now as just

55:01

a genuine baby face. So.

55:04

You'd. Have to have. Another.

55:06

Like of her and Alice you

55:08

play again and then she likes

55:11

steps on angel rhesus back. Oh

55:13

yeah like you'd have did something the greediest would

55:15

have to happen for the crowd I think to

55:17

turn on her this point to this is to

55:19

our the heat on someone is pulling up from

55:21

half court and nailing stories. it says. It's.

55:24

To likable a trait in sports. Exactly

55:26

does that stuff we want to see some

55:28

of the showmanship of. but also you mentioned

55:31

her be as such a such a natural

55:33

baby face. That's why they're talking about these

55:35

random. Stats are these

55:37

random thing the she's done. That

55:39

we don't think mad as the cause. Everybody

55:42

everybody else is talking about her

55:44

so they have to find something

55:46

the differentiate. Take that what

55:48

they're talking about. It some the tablecloth

55:51

from. Book. Eight o'clock conversation. The

55:53

everybody else is as everyone else. art. And I

55:55

mean that. Sees has

55:57

a has the record. Of.

56:00

In the most cheeseburgers and and drop him thirty

56:02

points they got sick. Gonna bring it up because

56:04

nobody else is gonna is gonna bring it up

56:06

the right? You're just. you're just at this point

56:08

trying to make yourself interest. The sound different. Not

56:12

much much much much much mail hunter rights as

56:14

there was a fellow. Did you happen to notice the

56:16

truck in the background during the Raw Speed Down A

56:18

Cody? With. The believe that Austin

56:20

and seen a will be at mania. Do. You

56:23

believe this was just a coincidence

56:25

that an Austin and seen a

56:27

truck was looking on? Or

56:29

is at a Easter egg? I think it's the

56:31

latter. Of all the plays the Sprocket

56:33

of App and Debbie to Be picks the one

56:36

place where seen an Austin are clear as day

56:38

in the background as a whole thing is happening.

56:40

I. Don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into

56:42

it. What? Do you think.

56:45

So. Is the way If that was the case

56:48

and that was the Easter Eggs and. Is.

56:51

It gonna be that we get bloodline

56:53

rules. And.

56:56

Be. On the deck is completely

56:58

stacked against Cody. Maybe.

57:00

Sas. Maybe.

57:03

Sets loses and is hurt by

57:05

Drew. He's. Unable to

57:07

have his back. Maybe. Jays

57:09

who's so is brutalized in his match

57:12

with Jimmy. He's.

57:14

Unable to have his back. And

57:16

when the blood line is coming out. We.

57:18

Get that moment sort of like we did a

57:20

few years ago. And the Sting match. Yes,

57:23

And here comes asked in Encino, the

57:25

two biggest baby faces of all time.

57:28

To stand next to Cody Rhodes. Ya.

57:30

This thing Triple H match the reveal

57:32

when the when Dx comes out. Of

57:35

and will end up your comes out a

57:37

little bit later. that was so like dunno

57:39

know the hard way they did that was

57:41

was so it was hard to the point

57:43

as cg that people are understandably still mad

57:45

that spin last that max because it was

57:47

so hot. Year. Though thou was

57:49

satisfy a the way they reveal those two

57:52

factors coming up at I think we're going

57:54

to get something. Exactly like

57:56

that. For. Blood levels. It's

57:58

the only. The only

58:00

reason. That. To much to me

58:03

that that's the place was put on the table

58:05

it it just makes sense that if I'm telling

58:07

you guys. As

58:09

hot as the businesses right now. If.

58:12

In this moment with the business on.

58:16

We. Get a glass break moment.

58:19

Your. I feel like I might hit

58:21

a Rick Flair face first dive in

58:23

front of everybody. Fifth fifth: I don't

58:25

know if I'll be able to contain.

58:28

Is it? Even will be. The.

58:31

Glass breaks Ihome but like I also

58:33

the same time. From. Of like

58:35

greediness standpoints. I gonna want to save it.

58:38

Meets. God. Eat a good so

58:40

greedy. Because. We just saw this

58:42

that all that asked. It was somehow capable

58:44

of having a match And like. Not.

58:47

A. Less.

58:49

Be super cautious. Let's.

58:52

You. Know slow that not like a

58:55

full tilt brawl. All.

58:57

Over the arena. Mats.

58:59

Like he never less. You're.

59:01

Telling me that with is sort of

59:04

disappointment at the state he was in.

59:07

At. Wrestlemania nineteen. You're.

59:10

Telling me he would want to have one more with

59:12

the rock. So. Do the

59:14

right way. I mean, seriously. And

59:17

back if it doesn't me or does the other

59:19

rock one back in Philadelphia. Back.

59:22

In Philadelphia where they had their

59:24

first first first many match. The.

59:27

Glass gotta break right? Like. If

59:29

not now at some point if the ross going

59:31

to be around the glasses gonna break. Yeah. Come

59:34

on. Come on gay!

59:38

Guys. We are are just nine

59:40

days away from meet and greet

59:42

and I'm sorry the lived she

59:44

beat and Fringe arts. If.

59:46

You have buy your tickets by now. If you

59:48

don't know me by now then you'll never ever

59:50

ever know. makes you know them and we can

59:52

only be Can only hit at the fact that.

59:55

This is gonna be special. Was.

59:57

So many times. Before.

59:59

You. you just end up having to miss

1:00:01

it and then be like, damn, that

1:00:04

was special. And by the way, I have

1:00:06

to tell you, just on a personal level, I

1:00:09

recently, in the last couple of months, agreed

1:00:15

and was fortunate enough that the folks

1:00:17

at WWE agreed to have

1:00:19

me stick around at WWE for a while. That's

1:00:22

right, I knew this already, but congratulations publicly, Pete. Oh,

1:00:24

I'm sorry. Thank you, thank you, I appreciate it. Hold

1:00:26

on, let me get the right one. That

1:00:29

wasn't Morris. We

1:00:34

love you, Morris, RIP. But

1:00:37

man, I am so glad. You

1:00:40

know how, like, listen, I've always said

1:00:42

if my time working at WWE comes to an

1:00:44

end, I did it, I had a hell of

1:00:46

a run, and I'd be grateful for it. But

1:00:49

this, getting to stick around one more time

1:00:51

right now, through this

1:00:53

era that's about, like that we're starting right

1:00:55

now, truly, this is icing

1:00:57

on the cake. I'm just

1:00:59

so excited for this week, this WrestleMania

1:01:01

weekend. I'm

1:01:04

very, very excited. I don't even know exactly what I'm doing

1:01:06

yet. I don't have all my assignments yet.

1:01:08

I just know I'm ready to be there. I'm

1:01:11

ready to see all of you guys that Thursday. Natalie's

1:01:13

excited, everyone's very, very excited. Jim Pristine's

1:01:16

about to explode, if he even

1:01:18

makes it. We don't even know, it may not make

1:01:20

it. He may keel over

1:01:22

between now and then, but God willing. So

1:01:25

we look forward to seeing you guys. Send

1:01:27

us your emails, Dip will be on

1:01:29

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1:01:33

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1:01:35

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