2:00

Oh, man. Well... Yeah,

2:02

I mean, I can understand both sides of this. I understand

2:04

Cody, but you know, I think it would kick ass, to be perfectly

2:07

honest, if they were given the freedom that... I

2:09

would suspect that they would have been given if WWE

2:11

had given this green light. It's Cody and Brock. Look

2:14

what they've done already. Look at that cut

2:16

Brock got in the centre of his forehead.

2:20

And the fact that they didn't go, ahh, stop the match,

2:22

we need to cover you in 20 towels before we can

2:24

continue. We need to grey everything out. But

2:26

I do think this might have been a step too far

2:28

for a slightly... Not necessarily as

2:30

much as it was,

2:31

but a slightly more PG WWE

2:33

when compared to AW and their dog collar match,

2:35

for example. Yeah, they're not gonna... They

2:37

certainly wouldn't make it as grisly as like

2:41

an AW offering because of

2:43

different policies on how they produce their shows. Mattel's

2:45

new dog collar match. Yeah,

2:49

it's like a Snoopy Cashade

2:51

or something like that. That's what they would do. That's

2:54

what they would do. But yeah, I guess the feud continues

2:56

now. And I mean, the first couple

2:58

of matches have been good dramatic

3:01

entertaining

3:01

stuff. I loved him realising

3:03

he'd use his cast as a weapon. Yeah.

3:06

Oh! It's attached to my body. Yeah. I'm

3:08

gonna clock you with this. He's from Yorkshire. I don't

3:10

know what the plan is next for this because

3:12

obviously he's put out that open challenge for Brock.

3:15

But we're typically in the usual Brock downtime

3:18

now, although he seems to... Has he worked every

3:20

premium live event this year?

3:23

Ah, no. He's certainly come close, it feels like. Yeah,

3:25

I mean, if he hasn't, he's certainly put in quite

3:27

the shift. So I don't know

3:29

whether he's going to be at money in the bank, for

3:31

example. Obviously it would kind

3:33

of put pay to mind booking of Cody winning money in

3:36

the bank. We'll see how it plays out.

3:38

They could do that. They could do Cody in money in

3:40

the bank. They could do Brock versus Rollins

3:42

at money in the bank. And then you keep

3:44

them separate and then maybe do it at SummerSlam. Mmm.

3:47

I don't know. That might be good to still hold that

3:49

hope for Cody to dethrone Roman at SummerSlam.

3:52

Probably,

3:52

probably not. Disappearing into the distance.

3:55

But let's bring you an update on AJ

3:58

Styles backstage update.

3:59

coming from... Look, look, look. Who's

4:02

a wrestling again? He could be

4:04

set for a new character direction in WWE. Obviously,

4:08

most recently he challenged for the,

4:11

not inaugural, but sort of inaugural.

4:13

The new inaugural. The new old. The

4:15

new inaugural. Yeah,

4:18

the new old World Heavyweight Championship.

4:20

Because I think they're continuing the lineage of that one, obviously.

4:23

He did a really poor job of combining those words. And

4:25

he has been showing up on every show, despite

4:27

the brand split. I think him and his boys,

4:29

the OC, including, of course, me

4:31

and Meachin are SmackDown.

4:33

But OK, they show up

4:35

wherever they want. But

4:37

WWE has discussed the idea of Styles becoming,

4:40

quote, more aggressive and determined on television.

4:43

How or when this is going to manifest itself is

4:45

yet to be confirmed. But

4:49

he gave top dollar

4:51

a phenomenal forearm on his birthday,

4:53

on AJ Styles' birthday that is on Friday.

4:55

And I'm just glad to see him back on television. Is

4:58

that the longest time he's been out with injury? Yeah,

5:00

I think it was. I read somewhere

5:02

or heard somewhere that it was the

5:03

longest absence of his career. Yeah. I

5:06

haven't fact checked that, but it's a

5:08

statement that was made. It feels like he's been perpetually 40

5:12

for about the last 10 years. Yeah, maybe

5:14

even longer. Yeah,

5:17

I like having AJ around, obviously. He's one of

5:19

the greatest American wrestlers of all time.

5:22

Very good match with Seth the Chef the other week.

5:24

And then on Raw they had the fun tag match and all

5:26

of that stuff. So I'm OK with

5:28

him being a bit more aggressive, a bit more determined.

5:32

I think that old Vince

5:33

McMahon pitch about him becoming a little pit bull was

5:35

quite worrying a few years ago

5:38

because Vince is an idiot. But

5:40

then he'd probably dress him up like he's a dog and put him

5:42

in this coding match. He tagged with botch, wouldn't

5:44

he? Yeah, Kendall from Hell 2.0, except

5:47

they were tag team. It would be weird. But

5:49

yeah, I like having AJ around. I

5:52

admire Gallows and Anderson for their approach

5:54

to the business. They're

5:56

fun. And me, I've

5:58

been a long-term proponent of it.

7:37

He

8:00

wrestled Will Ospreay on that show and he

8:02

did New Japan always do these post match

8:05

promos backstage when they look down the camera I'll

8:07

just read you what Lance said There

8:10

is a reason that I haven't been wrestling a lot and it has nothing

8:12

to do with bad booking you dumb shits What

8:16

everyone doesn't realize is that I've been battling a torn

8:18

triceps and I've kept it quiet I didn't

8:20

tell anyone because I need your sympathy.

8:22

I don't need your get well wishes. I didn't

8:24

need anything I just needed time

8:27

and now I'm back. So that's good to hear

8:29

that.

8:29

He's doing well

8:31

and he's back on track He lost to Ospreay

8:34

at Dominion, which means Ospreay now challenges

8:36

Kenneth Omega for the US

8:38

title the New Japan USIWGP

8:40

heavyweight US title. I

8:42

think Forbidden Door is that confirmed? It's

8:45

certainly I

8:47

feel like it's one of those things where I can't remember

8:50

I saw the graphic because it's been confirmed or someone's

8:52

made the graphic because it's about to be confirmed Yeah,

8:54

yeah, so I'm pretty sure it was but yeah,

8:57

obviously Omega Ospreay first was

8:59

the first one was incredible I think it's a lot

9:02

of it wasn't just good as Tony DiAngelo

9:04

in the coffin fight

9:06

Put some respect on the trunk match, that's all I'm saying

9:10

A lot of people's match to the year, mine's Eddie versus

9:12

Claudio It's for me in my tastes

9:15

but a lot of people would have that like it was phenomenal

9:17

Yeah, I think it's mine. I think the second one

9:20

will be even better Because these are

9:22

two very good wrestlers. It's that or the

9:24

triple threat of mania Yeah,

9:26

good to hear the lances. Yes back

9:28

from this sometimes people are dealing

9:31

with things that you don't know about So maybe sometimes

9:33

we should be a bit less. Hey, this book

9:35

instincts when sometimes there are reasons.

9:38

Yeah, I'm glad he's back I've

9:40

missed seeing him murder people in

9:42

matches. I'm just part of his entrance. Yeah,

9:45

you like seeing him kill people As

9:48

a shoe didn't tell you because not your stupid bloody

9:50

sympathy what a guy but yeah, Andy

9:52

you're right Just because someone's

9:54

not on screen Maybe they're doing something dealing

9:56

with something personal whether it's an injury or something

9:58

just in their in their personal

9:59

Maybe you don't just tag

10:02

them in stuff on social media and be an arsehole. Just

10:04

a thought. Leave Lance be. He's very good,

10:06

very fun, and I'm glad he's healthy. Right, let's

10:08

move on to your Twitter questions. At what culture

10:11

WWE, of course. Funny you mentioned Eddie Kingston actually,

10:13

because Mark Smith starts off with the first question

10:15

today. Right, in morning legends, assuming

10:17

that you have all in and all out, close

10:19

together, maybe as soon as a week, I

10:22

think that's round about the right time scale, is

10:24

now the perfect time for Andy Murray's wet

10:26

dream to come true. I thought I'd

10:29

send something to read on Monday morning's guys, Mark. Use

10:32

different terminology, Mark. Jesus. Is

10:34

that now the perfect time for that to come true?

10:37

And Eddie Kingston have a short title reign. Have

10:39

a good day. You have a good day too, Mark. I

10:42

like the romantic idea of Eddie winning it in New York. Oh,

10:44

yeah. That would be perfect. Grand

10:46

Slam. I don't know how

10:48

many of these things clash with the G1 Climax. I've

10:51

not looked at the dates yet. Obviously, he's in the G1

10:53

this year, which is very cool. I'm sure

10:55

Eddie was buzzing when he heard that news. Yeah.

10:57

Or when he got asked to be in it or whatever. But

11:00

yeah, I mean, it's still something I would like to see for sure.

11:03

But I do think Grand Slam, or just a show

11:05

in New York, is a bit better

11:08

just because it's his city and all of this

11:10

stuff. It's his area. Obviously, he's built

11:12

from Yonkers, all of that stuff. Yeah. The

11:15

pop would be bigger. It'd be more emotional. And

11:17

then you can cruelly lose it

11:18

like a weak player. Yeah, I think you can

11:20

just have him lose it on television if you're going

11:22

to do something like this. I'm slightly worried a bit like Michael

11:24

Hamblatt on most weekday mornings that they've missed the train

11:26

with this one.

11:28

Oh, sorry, Andy. They're running late. Fuck,

11:30

is he just lazy, innit? But

11:33

yeah, it felt like around

11:35

that Jericho feud, it just sort of fizzled out

11:38

a little bit. Teddy, man. He can be back over in

11:40

this. But you say, yeah. Yeah. Like he can

11:42

cut one promo and immediately he's... He's

11:45

excited to have the back and forth between him and CM

11:47

Punk on television again as well. Let's

11:50

go. Run that back. Run that back. If

11:52

Eddie Kingston doesn't hate CM Punk, if they all

11:54

hate each other to the point they don't want to work with each other, because

11:57

I don't know if they like each other

11:58

or not, who cares? It was a great sort of work.

11:59

worksheet promo on it. Yeah, if you can

12:02

do that feud again this shoot because it was the best

12:04

thing ever I think that might be top

12:06

five favorite openings to a match I've ever seen

12:08

probably top one. Yeah. Thank you He's

12:10

great. Yeah, but yeah, I don't think yes Sorry, it's

12:13

gonna be all into all out to all in or

12:15

all into all out and get which order ever since

12:17

confusing indeed Um, well,

12:20

yeah, I still wouldn't rule it out Because

12:23

slice Eddie Kingston's

12:24

the man. He's the God can't wait to see him in the G1

12:26

man. God. Oh Love Brandon

12:29

see says morning guys What do you think of cm

12:31

punk challenging sonata for the

12:33

8th IWGP championship at forbidden door? They

12:36

can use it to launch the feud with Samoa Joe

12:38

on collision by having him cost punk

12:40

the match I wouldn't do a finish like that

12:43

because it's a new Japan match. It's a world title match

12:46

New Japan generally don't do a lot of stuff

12:49

like that I when they do it usually reserved for house of

12:51

torture who are the worst thing in the world So

12:55

now I would 100% would avoid a finish like

12:57

that because it's just not the way

12:59

to go This should be pure wrestling But

13:01

the match does sound like a lot of fun. Yeah, sonata

13:04

Reborn in this new role clean

13:07

shaven looking very handsome. He looks like a million dollars.

13:09

He looks like a star I need

13:11

to go watch him and Yota Tsuji versus From

13:14

Dominion this week. I have not seen that one yet. But

13:17

yeah, I'm into it I think it'd be a good match. I think it'd be a lot of

13:19

fun and there you go. Yeah, see I'm punk

13:21

on the car Baby, it's just nice to be able to fantasy

13:23

books the M book matches again and not think well

13:26

I'm probably not gonna happen. Yeah unless an ados

13:28

like a diehard Hate

13:31

or of Larry. I think we're okay or a Catalysts

13:34

you see a steal did an interview with rifle

13:36

this week rules ass bad.

13:39

I love it I think I saw a lot of I know

13:41

when

13:41

They're just talking about like NXT and

13:43

stuff because obviously a steal can't you

13:46

know break legal agreements and stuff? But

13:48

I was like it's really cool. Actually. There's

13:50

a lot of details on select if you think

13:52

it's like when I used to work In the radio and I interviewed a pop

13:54

star once and their management stood directly

13:57

behind me

13:59

It's that one part out of

14:02

the realm that we've given you here. You

14:04

don't just ask them about the album and that's

14:06

it! Except the manager in this

14:08

case was Larry. Yeah. Right.

14:12

Deal boy. Final question today

14:14

comes from Barton Keys. Do you see Callis

14:16

forming a sort of counter elite stable?

14:19

For me, he's just situationally with the BCC. And

14:21

who's in it? Takeshita, Osprey, Ozzy Open. Does

14:24

it get too close to being just United Empire plus

14:26

Takeshita? And are factions good again?

14:29

The factions are good, they've

14:29

always been good. You've been falling for the poison

14:32

from these online wrestling cynics. Quite right.

14:35

I'm one of them, but never mind. Yes,

14:37

yes. Callis...

14:40

How did I end up with the bad scene? Oh, sorry,

14:42

yeah. Was this you? I filmed it, I forgot,

14:44

I filmed Face to Call on Friday and it should be coming out soon. All

14:47

about the bloodline. And I was like, well if I don't

14:49

have to sit in the squeaky chair, but I've... We'll

14:51

swap them back for the afternoon news later.

14:54

You're gonna catch this irie, keeping that clear of you. Oh

14:56

no! Zero effect! I

15:00

think this is a good idea. Rather than Callis

15:02

just replacing William Regal in the Beast

15:04

and saying, would you be odd? Yeah.

15:09

Osprey, he put bruv in his Twitter

15:11

bio, that is happening. Takeshita's

15:12

there already, Ozzy Open makes sense. Why

15:15

not just be a United Empire, like the

15:17

American branch of it? Why not? Yeah. Takeshita

15:20

in New Japan, oh my god, that would be ridiculous.

15:24

Yeah, there's all kinds of crossover potential

15:26

things there.

15:27

Yeah, it would just make sense to be an extension

15:30

of the United Empire. Yeah, whenever

15:33

Takeshita's there, you need to have Don Callis with him about

15:35

five feet of him. Because any time I

15:37

just see Takeshita, I'm like, well he's a lovely

15:39

man. I won't be booing him, I don't care

15:41

what he did.

15:43

But Don Callis, potentially cutting a

15:45

promo in good old British, booga

15:48

booga. As British

15:50

people... Don Callis, it's me, Don

15:52

Callis. Oh, I've come to London, you shall...

15:55

It doesn't really matter, you might be able to hear it if he gets

15:57

boos like he did on Dynamite. No, only yesterday.

15:59

who's come out in Wembley Stadium

16:02

and cut a promo saying, jelly eels

16:04

are piss. Yeah, just a quick reminder

16:06

for any wrestling company, don't do the

16:09

local football teams angle because we all hate everyone.

16:11

Yeah. So like, just going,

16:14

oh, I hear those guys over in

16:16

Chelsea. Everyone

16:19

hates everyone. Yeah, you can really do it,

16:21

can you? There's no wearing a local jersey

16:23

in V. So the solution is then, of course,

16:25

to insult the colossal failure

16:27

that is the English national team. Which gets

16:30

to- Sorry, just correction, England men's

16:32

national team. Yes, yes, the lionesses are

16:34

very good. The guy of Southgate

16:36

managed shambles. They get to

16:38

a final, they lose, they throw the dummy

16:40

out, they spit the dummy out, they trash their own, they racially

16:42

abuse their own players.

16:44

England, you're a disgrace. We fill Neville

16:46

in charge, that's what we need. Oh yeah, he'll fix it. All

16:48

right, let's move on to today's hand finally. I feel

16:50

I'm saying this a lot lately, but I'm really happy

16:52

to be saying that. Obviously, it's not every England

16:55

fan that abuses their own players. Just winding us

16:57

up, guys. Scotland better. No

16:59

ball for it is, Scotland is better. But yeah,

17:01

I feel like I'm saying this a lot recently, Andy, but here

17:03

are what culture, we love love.

17:06

We do. And, lovely news over the weekend, Madcap,

17:08

Moss and Emma got engaged. Congratulations

17:10

to them. There was a post on Instagram,

17:15

with Moss down on one knee, lovely backdrop. It does

17:18

look a little bit like they're near the Tyne Bridge

17:20

there, I don't think they are. They're down at Judy's

17:22

in Gates Head. Yeah. Just bit

17:24

the sage, got some crafts. Emma wrote,

17:27

I said yes a million times in my head before you

17:29

even asked. Congratulations to them,

17:31

lovely stuff. Yeah, this is nice, I didn't see

17:33

this at all. So, it's been warming

17:36

news on a Monday, good for that. Pregnant, season,

17:38

engagements. Adam

17:40

loves love,

17:41

he'll, he, that's it.

17:44

I thought they didn't say that the next. Well,

17:46

Cody and the Chicken. Cody and the Chicken, sorry,

17:48

Brandy. Cody and the Chicken. Right, let us know your thoughts

17:50

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