<v Speaker 1>Well, this is a bit of a change of pace here,

<v Speaker 1>isn't it sal a monster here with you on a

<v Speaker 1>Friday afternoon, not a Friday night. But you know, when

<v Speaker 1>the show is three hours long and you really don't

<v Speaker 1>have a reason to go live at eleven thirty at night,

<v Speaker 1>you don't go live at eleven thirty at night, especially

<v Speaker 1>when it's a go home show where you don't really

<v Speaker 1>expect a whole lot to happen. That's going to be

<v Speaker 1>terribly important. But that's what this was. This was the

<v Speaker 1>final SmackDown heading into one of the biggest shows of

<v Speaker 1>the entire year, my favorite show usually of the year,

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble. And they were in riod at their

<v Speaker 1>new stadium that will be hosting the Royal Rumble tomorrow.

<v Speaker 1>So you got to see what this new stadium that

<v Speaker 1>didn't exist a month ago, as Triple H said I

<v Speaker 1>think on his social media, it was a strip of

<v Speaker 1>dirt and now it's a stadium that apparently can fit

<v Speaker 1>over thirty thousand people, and they slaved over it for

<v Speaker 1>about a month. You know, my hope is at least

<v Speaker 1>for the people, you know, if they even give a

<v Speaker 1>shit about any of this, For the people that were

<v Speaker 1>working around the clock twenty four hours on this stadium.

<v Speaker 1>Hopefully they at least carved out a little section of

<v Speaker 1>the stadium where they could sit and watch the show

<v Speaker 1>for free. Or TKOT doesn't like giving away anything for free,

<v Speaker 1>so maybe they'll they'll charge them reduced prices for their tickets.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but we got a big main event

<v Speaker 1>as far as star power is concern, I mean star

<v Speaker 1>power in terms of the current roster in the main event,

<v Speaker 1>because they set up a big eight man tag with

<v Speaker 1>many of the names that are going to be in

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble match tomorrow and Sammy's Ain't who will

<v Speaker 1>not be in the Rumble, but he will be challenging

<v Speaker 1>for the WWE Championship. And the vision was on the

<v Speaker 1>show as well, because everybody's over in Saudi now, so

<v Speaker 1>we had the vision against Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Sammy's

<v Speaker 1>ain jay Usso I had to stick jay Uso in there.

<v Speaker 1>That was our big main event. And I don't know

<v Speaker 1>about you, but if you were expecting a clean finish

<v Speaker 1>to this main event, I don't know why you would

<v Speaker 1>have been expecting that. You're going to be very disappointed.

<v Speaker 1>If that were the case. We also found out we

<v Speaker 1>didn't find out really, but they showed the video from

<v Speaker 1>the Pat McAfee show the other day when brock Lesner,

<v Speaker 1>it was a total surprise. They had no idea that

<v Speaker 1>he was going to be calling into the Pat McAfee show.

<v Speaker 1>I have a bridge here in Brooklyn that I could

<v Speaker 1>sell you if you believe that. But my goodness, he

<v Speaker 1>called in. Nobody knew this was going to happen, and

<v Speaker 1>he said, I'm going to Saudi boys, I'm going to

<v Speaker 1>be in the Royal Rumble. Brock lesnar Roman reigns. They

<v Speaker 1>both declared for the Rumble. They're already in Saudi, but

<v Speaker 1>neither of them were on the show here. They're saving

<v Speaker 1>them for the Rumble tomorrow. They wanted to add some

<v Speaker 1>more star power to the show. They could have. I

<v Speaker 1>thought they did a decent job of hyping up the

<v Speaker 1>men's rumble match. I can't say the same for the women's.

<v Speaker 1>You know what they did tonight did nothing for me

<v Speaker 1>as far as getting me any more excited for the

<v Speaker 1>women's Rumble, and nothing all. And we got one final

<v Speaker 1>face off between aj Styles and Gunther before what may

<v Speaker 1>have been I mean, as I look at it now,

<v Speaker 1>probably AJ's final SmackDown ever is an active wrestler. I

<v Speaker 1>think that's what we got here on the show. But

<v Speaker 1>I enjoy the interaction between them, and you know, with

<v Speaker 1>the added stakes to the match, and there's so many

<v Speaker 1>questions now that are swirling around whether or not this

<v Speaker 1>truly is going to be it for AJ. It does

<v Speaker 1>add an element of drama to the match that it

<v Speaker 1>would not otherwise have, which is what I figured we

<v Speaker 1>would be getting a WrestleMania. That's why you built the

<v Speaker 1>big dramatic match where you know this could be it

<v Speaker 1>for AJ. We're just getting it a lot earlier than

<v Speaker 1>I expected, but it will It will definitely help, especially

<v Speaker 1>when it comes to those near falls. Even though they're

<v Speaker 1>building it around the fact that I'm going to make

<v Speaker 1>you tap out. I'm going to make you tap like

<v Speaker 1>a little bitch. A lot of it is centered around

<v Speaker 1>tapping out and submitting, but still you're going to have

<v Speaker 1>near falls in this match. If he goes for you know,

<v Speaker 1>a styles clash or Gunther hits the power bomb with

<v Speaker 1>a high stack, it's going to enhance those near falls.

<v Speaker 1>I am looking forward to seeing what those two can

<v Speaker 1>do on a big stage like this, because they had

<v Speaker 1>a very good match on RAW a few weeks ago,

<v Speaker 1>but that was Raw and that was only the first match.

<v Speaker 1>This may well end up being the last match we

<v Speaker 1>ever see between these two, so I am looking forward

<v Speaker 1>to that. But I mean, as far as what else

<v Speaker 1>they could have done here on this show, honestly, there

<v Speaker 1>was nothing. There was nothing else they could do because

<v Speaker 1>they wasted a few weeks of really beginning to amp

<v Speaker 1>up the height for what is traditionally one of their

<v Speaker 1>biggest events of the year. I've said it before that

<v Speaker 1>this is the weakest build up in promotion for a

<v Speaker 1>Royal Rumble in literal decades, So there was very little

<v Speaker 1>effort put into things until Cody declared two weeks ago

<v Speaker 1>and so on short notice like this the final show here,

<v Speaker 1>you're twenty four hours away from the Rumble. There was

<v Speaker 1>nothing they could do. You're either so on the Rumble

<v Speaker 1>or you're not. And realistically, you're either sold on the

<v Speaker 1>Rumble because of the concept, or the Rumble is just

<v Speaker 1>not one of your favorite events. For some people, it

<v Speaker 1>may not be for a lot of people, it is,

<v Speaker 1>and even in a bad year, as far as hype

<v Speaker 1>for the Royal Rumble. You're still gonna be excited for

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble itself because it's the Rumble. You know, there's

<v Speaker 1>a lot of equity and a lot of history in this.

<v Speaker 1>It's a fun stipulation. You never know the surprises and

<v Speaker 1>who's gonna come out when, So I mean, that's what

<v Speaker 1>makes the Royal Rumble fun. They don't have to do

<v Speaker 1>a whole hell of a lot. But boy did they

<v Speaker 1>take that literally this year. And it's too bad because

<v Speaker 1>now that we look at the final card. As four

<v Speaker 1>match cards go, you understand the rumbles, they're probably gonna

<v Speaker 1>be about an hour each, maybe a little less, so

<v Speaker 1>they take up a lot of time. But as four

<v Speaker 1>match cards go, when you look at it on paper,

<v Speaker 1>it's actually a pretty strong card. You know, you've got

<v Speaker 1>the Ajing gunther match, You've got a big WWE Championship match,

<v Speaker 1>and then you've got all the other big names are

<v Speaker 1>basically in the rumbles themselves. So on paper it looks

<v Speaker 1>like a good show. But again, they took the path

<v Speaker 1>of least resistance and least effort in the lead up

<v Speaker 1>here to this show, and there was frankly more drama

<v Speaker 1>and interest around the actual build of the Rumble Arena

<v Speaker 1>of the stadium itself. That in terms of the build

<v Speaker 1>for the event and the matches on the event, because

<v Speaker 1>everybody was tracking these photos now for the last few

<v Speaker 1>weeks on social media of what the building looked like, like,

<v Speaker 1>oh my god, I don't know if they're gonna get

<v Speaker 1>it done in time, and so there is there is

<v Speaker 1>kind of some humor in that the literal build for

<v Speaker 1>the show seemed to have more interest than the show itself.

<v Speaker 1>Here in the lead up, there was also a huge

<v Speaker 1>production botch here on this show. Someone is going to

<v Speaker 1>get in some hot water here or worse because they

<v Speaker 1>spoiled a little something in the Men's Royal Rumble Batch,

<v Speaker 1>which I will talk about a little bit later on.

<v Speaker 1>And we also had another very good entry, big shock

<v Speaker 1>I know, in the US title Open Challenge series with

<v Speaker 1>Carmelo Hayes. This show would be a lot worse off

<v Speaker 1>without it, let me tell you, and enjoy it while

<v Speaker 1>it lasts, because as soon as he loses that championship

<v Speaker 1>to a heel, the Open Challenge is done. It is over.

<v Speaker 1>But we're not done yet because we got to talk

<v Speaker 1>about SmackDown. This is your SmackDown review. It is Friday,

<v Speaker 1>January thirtieth, twenty twenty six. I am the Solemn Monster

<v Speaker 1>here a lot earlier than usual. And for those of

<v Speaker 1>you who are joining me right now, I know a

<v Speaker 1>lot of people cannot, but I thank you for hanging

<v Speaker 1>out with me here on a Friday afternoon, like and subscribe.

<v Speaker 1>Super chats are open and if any come in during

<v Speaker 1>the stream, I know we got a bunch beforehand, but

<v Speaker 1>if any of them come in during the stream, you'll

<v Speaker 1>see them pop up and I will be reading all

<v Speaker 1>of your messages like we always do here on the

<v Speaker 1>streams Now, as far as what the plan of action

<v Speaker 1>is for tomorrow the Royal Rumbull, I go live at

<v Speaker 1>two pm Eastern time, and I will be live at

<v Speaker 1>around nine o'clock Eastern time, so that is the plan.

<v Speaker 1>I won't be live immediately after the rumble. There'll be

<v Speaker 1>a little buffer there of a few hours, but it's

<v Speaker 1>an earlier start time. Just be aware of that. For

<v Speaker 1>the rumble itself, this has got to be the earliest

<v Speaker 1>rumble they've ever done. I mean, I can't remember them

<v Speaker 1>ever having a rumble that started at two o'clock in

<v Speaker 1>the afternoon. They used to have pay per views you know,

<v Speaker 1>back in like the early nineties, mid nineties, I remember

<v Speaker 1>wrestlingy A ten airing at four o'clock in the afternoon.

<v Speaker 1>Two o'clock for a big show like this though, is

<v Speaker 1>very different. But we shall see if it is indeed

<v Speaker 1>a phenomenal end for that man right there. So just

<v Speaker 1>be aware nine pm Eastern come back here on the

<v Speaker 1>channel tomorrow and we will have the full Rumble recap.

<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly.

<v Speaker 1>It usually is one of the bigger reviews of the

<v Speaker 1>entire year. So after a Saturday Night's made of End recap,

<v Speaker 1>they opened the show with Cody Rhodes coming out to

<v Speaker 1>the ring for one last pre rumble promo. When Cody

<v Speaker 1>broached the idea in his promo of winning his third

<v Speaker 1>Royal Rumble, okay, which would be his third Rumble in

<v Speaker 1>four years, even I sat here booing. But as soon

<v Speaker 1>as he broached the idea of it here in this promo,

<v Speaker 1>the fans in Riad booed. That they didn't really boo

<v Speaker 1>him coming out to the ring, but as soon as

<v Speaker 1>he even touched on the possibility that he might win

<v Speaker 1>another Royal Rumble, they did not like that. Idea, and

<v Speaker 1>in fact, the fans even started to chant no, and

<v Speaker 1>they were going like this, you know the s chant

<v Speaker 1>like this. They were going no, that's a flashing siren

<v Speaker 1>there for Triple H and WWE creative. They do not

<v Speaker 1>want to see Cody Roads win the Royal Rumble, and

<v Speaker 1>to be fair, the fans in Saudi are one hundred

<v Speaker 1>percent correct that would be a terrible idea. So he

<v Speaker 1>says he knows that Drew McIntyre is defending the title

<v Speaker 1>against the good friend of his and Sammy's Ain, and

<v Speaker 1>of course he got cheers and they sang and big

<v Speaker 1>Sammy's Ain fans. He says it would make sense to

<v Speaker 1>challenge for the title that's near and dear to him,

<v Speaker 1>but he also recognizes that he could face CM Punk

<v Speaker 1>for the World Heavyweight Championship. So Cody says he's won

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble not once, but twice, and again he got

<v Speaker 1>booed here by the fans, but he was interrupted by

<v Speaker 1>Randy Orton, and Randy Orton came out to a ginormous

<v Speaker 1>pop and they all sang his song, and Orton got

<v Speaker 1>in the ring and said, look, I love you like

<v Speaker 1>a brother. Nobody was happier for you than I was

<v Speaker 1>when you won that WWE Championship for the first time.

<v Speaker 1>But that's all out the window tomorrow, because of course,

<v Speaker 1>in the Royal Rumble, it's every man for himself. There

<v Speaker 1>are no friends, there are no brothers, there are no partners.

<v Speaker 1>And he said, I will not hesitate to throw your

<v Speaker 1>ass out over the top row, because that's how I

<v Speaker 1>get to number fifteen, that's how I win my fifteenth

<v Speaker 1>World Championship. And he reminded Cody that he's not the

<v Speaker 1>only one to win the Royal Rumble two times. That

<v Speaker 1>brought out Jay Uso, who ran. He sprinted down the

<v Speaker 1>ramp and he got in the ring and he started

<v Speaker 1>yeating with all the fans, and then he did the encore.

<v Speaker 1>He eated it again. He spoke in sentenced fragments like

<v Speaker 1>he was winded and did not really have a whole

<v Speaker 1>hell of a lot to say. I don't really have

<v Speaker 1>anything to say as far as with Jay, Like you

<v Speaker 1>can imagine what the promo was if you've seen one

<v Speaker 1>of these Jay Uso promos where he speaks in fragments

<v Speaker 1>like this, which I can't stand when people do that,

<v Speaker 1>then you know exactly what was said here. Not a

<v Speaker 1>whole lot else to say about it, but he did

<v Speaker 1>say that he was going to go back to back

<v Speaker 1>and win the Royal Rumble again. Yeah. I don't think so,

<v Speaker 1>but that brought out Samy's ain and as much as

<v Speaker 1>he would love to spend his evening speaking Arabic to

<v Speaker 1>his people here in Riod, he recognizes that he is

<v Speaker 1>standing in the ring with three of the absolute best

<v Speaker 1>right now. Tomorrow though, he faces Drew McIntyre for the

<v Speaker 1>WWE Championship, and he's never beaten Drew in a singles competition,

<v Speaker 1>which is true. He is zero for eleven against against Drew.

<v Speaker 1>Who said that Scott Scott, he said Jane needs to

<v Speaker 1>repeat first grade. Jay Uzzo was more gas than CM

<v Speaker 1>punk on Monday. I think he was. I think you're right. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>hey Sidro, what's going on? Sidro? It's good to see Sidro. Hey.

<v Speaker 1>By the way, before I go on, I gotta say

<v Speaker 1>thank you to scum Dog. I'll even give you an

<v Speaker 1>air horn because scum Dog actually just gifted five channel memberships,

<v Speaker 1>which is very kind of him to do. So we've

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<v Speaker 1>so thank you. Brother had a ten dollars super chat too,

<v Speaker 1>Hey Solo, just showing some support. Hey scum Dog, I

<v Speaker 1>appreciate that very much. Good to hear from you. Is

<v Speaker 1>it great to be alive on a Friday afternoon here

<v Speaker 1>on YouTube with the Solemn Monster? I would say so.

<v Speaker 1>So Sammy's in the ring, as I mentioned, and he's

<v Speaker 1>talking about facing Drew said, you don't have to worry

<v Speaker 1>about Drew McIntyre because I'm the one who's gonna be

<v Speaker 1>walking out of Riod tomorrow as the WWE champion. So

<v Speaker 1>if one of you does win the Royal Rumble, you're

<v Speaker 1>gonna have to beat me. You're gonna have to go

<v Speaker 1>through me at WrestleMania. So he was interrupted by the

<v Speaker 1>disembodied voice of Paul and we heard his voice. We

<v Speaker 1>didn't see a body though, And then of course he

<v Speaker 1>comes waddling out on stage with all the other members

<v Speaker 1>of the Vision, and on this stage he says he

<v Speaker 1>sees the vision. He looks in the ring and he

<v Speaker 1>sees no vision at all. He sees Sammy's Ain who

<v Speaker 1>will not become WWE champion. He sees three men who

<v Speaker 1>will enter the Royal Rumble and it won't be their

<v Speaker 1>night either Tomorrow night. They will learn by their decree

<v Speaker 1>that it will be bron Breakers night. And Orton just

<v Speaker 1>exploded and said that they would give the Vision a

<v Speaker 1>good Saudi Arabia ass kicking here tonight. So that brought

<v Speaker 1>out Nick all this and he made it official to

<v Speaker 1>give Riot a little Royal Rumble preview in our main

<v Speaker 1>event later tonight. It will be the Vision, all four

<v Speaker 1>members of the Vision taking on Cody Rhoads, Randy Orton,

<v Speaker 1>Jay Usso and Sammy's Ain. So we had our main

<v Speaker 1>events set for later tonight. Honestly, the best part of

<v Speaker 1>the segment was the brief exchange that we had between

<v Speaker 1>Cody and Randy. It's the most tension that we have

<v Speaker 1>seen between the two of them, maybe ever on TV

<v Speaker 1>since Cody came back to the company, and it's still

<v Speaker 1>crazy to me, like it's twenty twenty six, right. Cody

<v Speaker 1>came back to the company in twenty twenty two, and

<v Speaker 1>outside of that one match they had last year in

<v Speaker 1>the King of the Ring Finals which didn't lead to

<v Speaker 1>anything they have kept these two apart. They have kept

<v Speaker 1>the tension at a minimum between them. We have, I mean,

<v Speaker 1>what felt like years of Randy Orton just staring at

<v Speaker 1>the WWE Championship, which Cody doesn't even have anymore, and

<v Speaker 1>it just never went anywhere. But it was also crazy

<v Speaker 1>to me when Sean Michaels came back in two thousand

<v Speaker 1>and two, it took until two thousand and nine for

<v Speaker 1>us to get another singles match with him and the Undertaker.

<v Speaker 1>Now that's pretty crazy, especially considering their history together. They

<v Speaker 1>had one of the most famous matches in the history

<v Speaker 1>of the company in ninety seven. So he comes back

<v Speaker 1>at O two and seven years go by before we

<v Speaker 1>actually got a singles match and it ended up being

<v Speaker 1>again one of the greatest matches in Wrestle Meatia history.

<v Speaker 1>Hopefully we don't have to wait seven years to get

<v Speaker 1>the eventual program between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. Way

<v Speaker 1>Hat Carmelo Hayes. He was back with another US Title

<v Speaker 1>Open challenge, which was accepted by Ray Phoenix, which did

<v Speaker 1>not get much of a reaction, But by the time

<v Speaker 1>this was over, the fans were i would say, pretty

<v Speaker 1>heavily invested in the match. Sidra says, who would you

<v Speaker 1>have win if they faced off? Fought two or Breaker?

<v Speaker 1>If it were me, it would be fought too. See,

<v Speaker 1>that's a match that is still too early to go to.

<v Speaker 1>That's a match between two guys that I think are

<v Speaker 1>going to be two of the guys that will be

<v Speaker 1>leading the charge honestly in the years to come. So

<v Speaker 1>that's like a future WrestleMania match that you take your

<v Speaker 1>time and build up to. I'll tell you that what

<v Speaker 1>I would have loved to have seen. Though you know,

<v Speaker 1>you mentioned Breaker, you mentioned fa Tu, and I know

<v Speaker 1>Fasu's had issues lately with Cody. Everybody has to be

<v Speaker 1>kept in their neat little box. If you really wanted

<v Speaker 1>to get people all amped up for the Rumble, it

<v Speaker 1>would have been nice to have maybe some sort of

<v Speaker 1>interaction or face off or showdown between two guys like that,

<v Speaker 1>you know, to get people excited about the prospect that, hey,

<v Speaker 1>you know, in the Royal Rumble tomorrow we may well

<v Speaker 1>have a confrontation between Jacob Fatu and Bron Breaker. Right. Instead,

<v Speaker 1>they kept it basically limited to all the guys that

<v Speaker 1>you would expect, and so they didn't really get terribly

<v Speaker 1>creative with what they did here. I think Roman Reigns

<v Speaker 1>would say the same thing, not terribly creative on WWE's park.

<v Speaker 1>So Phoenix counter a first forty eight for a near

<v Speaker 1>fall before sending the champion to the corner. He was

<v Speaker 1>looking for a Phoenix driver. Mellow avoided it. Two of

<v Speaker 1>them traded kicks. They knocked each other down for a reset,

<v Speaker 1>so they wound up on the ropes. Late in the match.

<v Speaker 1>Phoenix stumbled a little bit, but he played it off.

<v Speaker 1>He got back up and he came off the top

<v Speaker 1>with this just wicked double stomp to the back of Hayes,

<v Speaker 1>and then he went back up hit a picture perfect

<v Speaker 1>moon salt for a near fall. So it ended with

<v Speaker 1>Phoenix getting caught with the first forty eight, followed by

<v Speaker 1>the nothing but net off the top rope. Hayes wins.

<v Speaker 1>He retains the United States Championship. No surprise there. They

<v Speaker 1>got time. This went through two commercial breaks and again

<v Speaker 1>when they initially came out. You know, Mellow got a

<v Speaker 1>good reaction, Phoenix did not. And as the match progressed,

<v Speaker 1>the fans really got more excited, they got more you know,

<v Speaker 1>invested in it. When it was over, it was a

<v Speaker 1>very good match here. But they need to put Ray

<v Speaker 1>Phoenix on TV more often, like stop being cowards. Put

<v Speaker 1>this man on television. Like, for example, we're talking about

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble right and thinking outside the box, there's

<v Speaker 1>no reason we can't have a confrontation of the Rumble

<v Speaker 1>tomorrow between Penta and Phoenix. I don't expect them to

<v Speaker 1>start at number one and two, but there should be

<v Speaker 1>a spot in the Rumble tomorrow where let's say pent

<v Speaker 1>is in the ring or it could be Phoenix. Either way,

<v Speaker 1>maybe better if Phoenix is in the ring, because we

<v Speaker 1>know pent is going to get a reaction when he

<v Speaker 1>comes out, right, but Pent's in there, Phoenix is in there,

<v Speaker 1>the other brother comes out next and we get a

<v Speaker 1>little sequence between the two of them. That's something I

<v Speaker 1>would like to see. But I'll tell you what I

<v Speaker 1>would like to see even more. I would like to

<v Speaker 1>see Ray Phoenix either involved in something meaningful on this

<v Speaker 1>show that gets him on television on a weekly basis,

<v Speaker 1>or I'd like to see him shift it over to

<v Speaker 1>Monday Night Ross sometime between now in WrestleMania so that

<v Speaker 1>we can get Penta and Phoenix together as a tag team.

<v Speaker 1>That's what I would like to see. Phoenix right now

<v Speaker 1>is just somebody who's again, he's like a nice toy

<v Speaker 1>to have on the shelf here on this show, and

<v Speaker 1>they dust them off when they have a need for him. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>we need somebody in the open chain. We'll get Ray Phoenix, right,

<v Speaker 1>he'll give us a great match. Let's get Ray Phoenix's

<v Speaker 1>not gonna win, but let's put him in there. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>Trick Williams. He's the new kid on the block here

<v Speaker 1>on SmackDown. We need him to beat somebody in his

<v Speaker 1>first match. Hey, you know what, we got Ray Phoenix.

<v Speaker 1>Let's put him in there. So right now, he's a

<v Speaker 1>role player. He's a guy who when they have a

<v Speaker 1>knee for someone, they kind of just throw him out

<v Speaker 1>there and then you don't never know when the next

<v Speaker 1>time is that you're going to see him. I'd like

<v Speaker 1>to see that change because it just feels like he's

<v Speaker 1>sort of wasting away here on this show. Doesn't really

<v Speaker 1>do anything meaningful outside of a match like this. Every

<v Speaker 1>blue Moon, that's what I would like to see. This

<v Speaker 1>was very good. So Carmelo was celebrating and they cut

<v Speaker 1>to the back and we see Iliya Dragonov he's watching

<v Speaker 1>and the Miz approaches him, and Dragonov is not very

<v Speaker 1>happy to see the miss because, if you remember what

<v Speaker 1>happened last week, the mis interfered in Dragonov's match for

<v Speaker 1>the title with Hayes, pushed him off the top rope,

<v Speaker 1>cost him the US title, and Missus is insisting. He goes, look,

<v Speaker 1>Carmelo put me up to that. You gotta blame him

<v Speaker 1>for it. He's the one. He knew exactly what was

<v Speaker 1>gonna happen there. It's his fault. And Dragonov he introduces himself, Oh,

<v Speaker 1>we never had the chance to be properly introduced. I'm Ilia,

<v Speaker 1>I'm Ilia Dragonov and he goes, you know, it could

<v Speaker 1>have been like this. It could have been a very

<v Speaker 1>nice introduction, a friendly introduction between you and me, but

<v Speaker 1>instead you decided to get involved in my business. So

<v Speaker 1>tonight your pain will entertain. And we were told that

<v Speaker 1>that match would be coming up later on in the show.

<v Speaker 1>It's on commentary. They hyped up the weekend ahead and

<v Speaker 1>then they showed us footage from the Pat McAfee show

<v Speaker 1>this week of brock Lesner's surprise phone call. His FaceTime

<v Speaker 1>call into the McAfee show which they had no idea

<v Speaker 1>was coming. Brock looked like he was sitting at like

<v Speaker 1>a He looked like he was sitting at a desk

<v Speaker 1>in just like a random room. So I'm like watching this,

<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, okay, Brock is sitting in like an

<v Speaker 1>office subwhere, and he's like, you know what I need

<v Speaker 1>to do right now? I think I need to pick

<v Speaker 1>up the phone and call Paton McAfee. Just out of

<v Speaker 1>the blue. I think I'll do that. Okay, sure, now

<v Speaker 1>he had already Now again, we could joke about the

<v Speaker 1>Finn Balor thing. How Balor tried to declare on Monday,

<v Speaker 1>Adam Pierce told him the rumble is full. A few

<v Speaker 1>days later, Brock is like, yeah, I'm in the rumble.

<v Speaker 1>Brock was already in the right. I think Brock was

<v Speaker 1>already being advertised in the graphics and whatnot, So at

<v Speaker 1>least you can sort of argue that away. But yes,

<v Speaker 1>in case you didn't know, Brock Lesner will be in

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble. If he didn't know, now you know,

<v Speaker 1>go backstage and our truth is there with Nick all this,

<v Speaker 1>and he's got those balls, he's got those tumbler balls

<v Speaker 1>in his hand and the tumbler is there, Damian Priest

<v Speaker 1>walks in and he finds out that he is going

<v Speaker 1>to be in the Royal Rumble. Apparently he didn't know

<v Speaker 1>he was going to be in the Rumble. And I

<v Speaker 1>guess all this made it happen. I had pulled some strings.

<v Speaker 1>But he'll be happy to know you're in the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>And so now, of all people, Damian Priest, who Finn

<v Speaker 1>Balor has a checkered past with. I'm sure Finn Balor

<v Speaker 1>is just fuming watching it. I was gonna say sitting

<v Speaker 1>at home, but I believe Balor is in Saudi because

<v Speaker 1>I think I saw there was something he was listed for,

<v Speaker 1>some meet and greets. So we may well see him

<v Speaker 1>on the show tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if he

<v Speaker 1>beats up somebody and takes their spot. But officially, as

<v Speaker 1>of this moment, he is not in the Rumble. So

<v Speaker 1>they took the Tumblr for a spin. Priest looked at

<v Speaker 1>his number. We don't know what number it was, other

<v Speaker 1>than he's entering the Rumble in a very early spot.

<v Speaker 1>You could tell by the look on everyone's face. And

<v Speaker 1>he goes, well, he said, just means I'm gonna have

<v Speaker 1>more time to throw out some fools, so one through ten,

<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I'm gonna spit out a random guess

<v Speaker 1>that Damian Priest is going to enter the Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>at number four. That's my guess. Backstage, then we heard

<v Speaker 1>from Eosky and rear Ripley, the women's tag team champions,

<v Speaker 1>who were promptly interrupted by Julia and Keana James, who

<v Speaker 1>last week won the right to challenge for the tag

<v Speaker 1>team titles. We don't know when, but that match will

<v Speaker 1>be coming up soon, So this and the tag team

<v Speaker 1>title picture are addressed even further. When Naya Jackson Lash

<v Speaker 1>Legend walk in and everyone is bickering at each other.

<v Speaker 1>It was one of these segments where it just devolves

<v Speaker 1>into random bickering and chatter and they're screaming at each

<v Speaker 1>other and nothing of any note gets said, and then

<v Speaker 1>they all got separated. After this, Charlotte Flair and Alexa

<v Speaker 1>Bliss make their way to the ring, and yes, in

<v Speaker 1>case you were wondering, they were in their full body suits,

<v Speaker 1>as all of the women will have to be in

<v Speaker 1>for this Royal Rumble tomorrow, so we got a little

<v Speaker 1>preview of what took. Honestly, this is gonna be the

<v Speaker 1>saddest Royal Rumble women's royal Rumble that we've ever seen,

<v Speaker 1>because you're gonna have all of these women out there

<v Speaker 1>like here in this segment, because we got liv Morgan,

<v Speaker 1>Roxane Perez, uh Raquel Rodriguez. They they ended I've been

<v Speaker 1>erupting in a few moments here. They came out. They

<v Speaker 1>were basically all dressed in black. Charlotte at least had

<v Speaker 1>some green in her outfit. I think Alexa had some

<v Speaker 1>like pink trim. But they're all they're all gonna look

<v Speaker 1>the same. Right, You'll have some women who were a

<v Speaker 1>lot bigger, tall or whatever. You'll be able to tell.

<v Speaker 1>But like you're gonna have thirty women in this match,

<v Speaker 1>most of them are all gonna be dressed exactly the same.

<v Speaker 1>They're gonna be in these full black body suits, and

<v Speaker 1>it's just gonna be it's just gonna be a sad

<v Speaker 1>sight to see. But Charlotte and Alexa, they're out there

<v Speaker 1>in the ring all black from neck to toe. Charlotte

<v Speaker 1>stakes her claim to win the Royal Rumble, said there's

<v Speaker 1>no one else that she would rather have by her

<v Speaker 1>side than Alexa Bliss. So that got some O I'm

<v Speaker 1>pretty sure I heard a Charlotte sucks chant coming from

<v Speaker 1>the crowd. So Bliss said that she has the same plan,

<v Speaker 1>which is to win the Royal Rumble. She talks up

<v Speaker 1>being the first women or one of the first women

<v Speaker 1>in a women's match in the Middle East. She wants

<v Speaker 1>to be the first to win the women's Rumble in

<v Speaker 1>Riod and Charlotte is surprised by this and she asks

<v Speaker 1>if she's uh gonna toss her Alexa, that is, is

<v Speaker 1>going to toss her out over the top row, which

<v Speaker 1>got a yes chant from fans in the crowd, and

<v Speaker 1>Bliss asked her the same question, and then out comes

<v Speaker 1>Live Morgan, Roxane Perez and Raquel Rodriguez. So the Judgment

<v Speaker 1>Day ladies they talk some smack, but they choose not

<v Speaker 1>to fight them in the ring because the Rumble is tomorrow.

<v Speaker 1>Only for Nick all this to come out, saying that

<v Speaker 1>if you step out onto the stage on SmackDown, that

<v Speaker 1>means you are qualified to fight. And so any of

<v Speaker 1>the two of you pick any two members of the

<v Speaker 1>Judgment Day you will now wrestle. Charlotte Flair and Alexa

<v Speaker 1>Bliss and so it was live Morgan in Roxanne Perez,

<v Speaker 1>Raquel stayed outside the ring. They challenged Charlotte and Alexa

<v Speaker 1>Perez and Morgan. They had a game plan here in

<v Speaker 1>this match, and their game plan was to isolate Alexa

<v Speaker 1>from Charlotte all match long. Bliss, though, saw an opening.

<v Speaker 1>She was finally able to tag in Charlotte. She tore

<v Speaker 1>through the field. She hit everybody with natural selection. Roxanne

<v Speaker 1>got bloodied up. I want to say it was on

<v Speaker 1>a moon salt. Charlotte gave a moon salt to both

<v Speaker 1>women the same time. I don't know if it was

<v Speaker 1>on the moon salt or the move right before. Her

<v Speaker 1>nose was bloodied up, hopefully not broken. She may have

<v Speaker 1>just gotten you busted in the nose, but like you

<v Speaker 1>could see it, like Charles Robinson put the gloves on

<v Speaker 1>and everything, so there was definitely some blood. Morgan tried

<v Speaker 1>to fend Charlotte off. Raquel was interfering on their behalf

<v Speaker 1>when all of a sudden, Stephanie the care shows up.

<v Speaker 1>It rings out the women's world champion, and she put

<v Speaker 1>a stop to that, and so distracted, Bliss got ahold

<v Speaker 1>of Roxanne. She hit her with the sister Abigail DDT

<v Speaker 1>for the win, and that was it. I mean, that

<v Speaker 1>was the extent to which they really did anything on

<v Speaker 1>this show to hype up the women's rumble, and I

<v Speaker 1>thought it was fucking weak. There wasn't a whole lot

<v Speaker 1>to it. Honestly. There was one more segment in the

<v Speaker 1>back with Jordan Grace and Jade who was not in

<v Speaker 1>the rumble, but that was it. So compared to what

<v Speaker 1>they did with the men. I don't want to make

<v Speaker 1>it sound like, oh, they did so much more with

<v Speaker 1>the men. Again, there was very little they were going

<v Speaker 1>to be able to do to get people any more

<v Speaker 1>or less excited for this rumble. You're either excited for

<v Speaker 1>her or or not. This show wasn't going to do

<v Speaker 1>a damn thing to change that, because at this point,

<v Speaker 1>what the hell could they do? But for the women,

<v Speaker 1>it was like, I didn't do anything. Match itself was okay,

<v Speaker 1>but they didn't do much else. And now Jordan Grace,

<v Speaker 1>I mentioned her. She was backstage right after this with

<v Speaker 1>Kathy Kelly. She was looking looking like Silver Surfer in

<v Speaker 1>her full body costume, and she didn't get to say

<v Speaker 1>much before Jade Cargill ambushed her as Jade then is

<v Speaker 1>talking that shit, Jordan fights back and the two women

<v Speaker 1>have to be broken up. You know, when I talked

<v Speaker 1>about my predictions for the Women's Rumble, I do have

<v Speaker 1>Jordan on my short list. I think I picked like

<v Speaker 1>four names, Bianca bell Air being one, Rhea Ripley being another,

<v Speaker 1>Live Morgan is another, and then Jordan. I think it

<v Speaker 1>ends up being one of those four. But I have

<v Speaker 1>Jordan at the bottom, Like, I don't really expect her

<v Speaker 1>to win, but she at least needs to be in

<v Speaker 1>the conversation because she could win the Rumble and then

<v Speaker 1>challenge Jade at WrestleMania if a certain someone is not ready,

<v Speaker 1>let's say, to be Clear to come back to wrestle Jade.

<v Speaker 1>But even then I think it's it's a stretch. You know,

<v Speaker 1>they're gonna do this match between Jade and Jordan very soon,

<v Speaker 1>maybe at Elimination Chamber. I think that if Beyonca be

<v Speaker 1>is not back in time to wrestle Jade, we get

<v Speaker 1>Charlotte Flair against Jade Cargill because honestly, outside of that

<v Speaker 1>Bianca match, because of the history there, there's really no

<v Speaker 1>bigger match for Jade. Is the champion going into Mania

<v Speaker 1>than Charlotte, and it's a match they've already teased two

<v Speaker 1>different times on television, the match with Jordan. That's not

<v Speaker 1>going to be the WrestleMania match. And in fact, I

<v Speaker 1>would not be at all shocked if Jade ends up

<v Speaker 1>playing a role and Jordan being eliminated from the Rumble

<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow comes through the crowd there, she is a ringside

<v Speaker 1>right distraction. Jordan gets thrown out, just puts more heat,

<v Speaker 1>you know, on the eventual match between the two. So

<v Speaker 1>after this, we had Johnny Gargano and Johnny Gargano was

<v Speaker 1>going one on one with Axiom. Plan B is Tiffany

<v Speaker 1>says Acetalia. Yeah, but you know what though, it's it's

<v Speaker 1>already been done and I wouldn't say it was great,

<v Speaker 1>you know, the first time. So Tiffany and Jade again

<v Speaker 1>at WrestleMania, I really don't want to see that. You

<v Speaker 1>want to see that? Is that a match that excites you?

<v Speaker 1>Tiffany comes back and goes right back after Jade, and

<v Speaker 1>we get Tiffany and Jade in Vegas. I think we

<v Speaker 1>could do better than that. We had Johnny Gargano in Axiom,

<v Speaker 1>and this is where we had the big blunder. You're

<v Speaker 1>gonna be hearing a lot about this, the big blunder

<v Speaker 1>here on the show because as Phraxium made their way

<v Speaker 1>out to the ring, they were supposed to put the nameplate,

<v Speaker 1>the name graphic up on the screen for Axiom. They

<v Speaker 1>put a graphic on the screen, all right, but the

<v Speaker 1>graphic they put up on the screen was this one,

<v Speaker 1>and as you could see, Oops, that's not what they

<v Speaker 1>meant to put up on the screen. Bron Breaker six foot,

<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifty pounds. I love how they put

<v Speaker 1>the little American flag there. They're gonna tell you where

<v Speaker 1>everybody is from when they come out entrant number one. Hmmm.

<v Speaker 1>So bron Breaker his entrance into the Royal Rumble tomorrow

<v Speaker 1>spoiled by the production team, And that's funny. I just

<v Speaker 1>talked about Loltna. I mean we always talk about Loltna,

<v Speaker 1>I mean forever, now, then, now, and forever. But on

<v Speaker 1>the show on Sunday, I talked about their little snafoo

<v Speaker 1>on their TNA Plus streaming service after the show last

<v Speaker 1>week when they kept the audio going for like fifteen minutes,

<v Speaker 1>and so they ended up spoiling some upcoming matches and

<v Speaker 1>who was getting one of the feast or fired briefcases.

<v Speaker 1>Like we already knew then that Eddie Edwards won the

<v Speaker 1>briefcase for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match. Fifteen minutes in,

<v Speaker 1>someone realized, oh shit, the audio's going now we better

<v Speaker 1>cut this off. LOLTNA. Well you know what, llwwe because

<v Speaker 1>that's a pretty big fuck up right there. That'd be fair.

<v Speaker 1>I think many people, and look I said it myself,

<v Speaker 1>probably figured that bron Breaker had a pretty good shot

<v Speaker 1>at entering the Rumble in number one. Now, if there's

<v Speaker 1>anything that surprises me, when they did that angle on

<v Speaker 1>Monday where Adam Pierce called bron Breaker back into reinstate him,

<v Speaker 1>I thought for sure that the follow up to that

<v Speaker 1>right the caveat was going to be you're back, but

<v Speaker 1>you're entering the Rumble the number one. They didn't do that.

<v Speaker 1>There's some other story. I guess that's playing out. Because

<v Speaker 1>he was very nice to the Vision, he was very

<v Speaker 1>nice to Paul Hayman. Something's up there. But I was

<v Speaker 1>just waiting. I was waiting for it, and then it

<v Speaker 1>never happened. So him entering at number one, I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if the idea there is that Pierce didn't articulate

<v Speaker 1>it on Monday, but that was sort of the catch

<v Speaker 1>where he had to enter at number one. They just

<v Speaker 1>didn't know it, or that was just the plan that

<v Speaker 1>he was just going to enter at number one. I

<v Speaker 1>don't know. So it was a surprise, but not a

<v Speaker 1>huge surprise to see that. And we'll see, like this

<v Speaker 1>show now, I watched the show earlier obviously with my

<v Speaker 1>Express VPN on Netflix. This show will be airing later

<v Speaker 1>tonight on USA Network here in the States, and it'll

<v Speaker 1>be very interesting to see if they keep that graphic

<v Speaker 1>up or if they do a little editing and they

<v Speaker 1>take that out. They could also just move him to

<v Speaker 1>a different number, like they could they could have him

<v Speaker 1>come out in the Rick Flair spot from ninety two,

<v Speaker 1>and instead of him coming out at number one or two,

<v Speaker 1>which are basically the same thing, have him come out

<v Speaker 1>at number three. It's really not that big of a deal.

<v Speaker 1>But if he was going to come out at number one,

<v Speaker 1>I would imagine Triple H is sitting back there going, fuck,

<v Speaker 1>what are you doing? How does that happen? So we'll

<v Speaker 1>see if they edit that out of the broadcast later.

<v Speaker 1>But Johnny Gargano an Axiom. They've had this little story

<v Speaker 1>going on now for a few weeks, generally Terror I mean,

<v Speaker 1>it's not offensively bad, it's just you know whatever. I mean.

<v Speaker 1>He stole his mask weeks ago. What happened is Tamaso

<v Speaker 1>Champa decided, I don't want to be here anymore. I'm leaving.

<v Speaker 1>I'm not renewing my contract, and so that put them

<v Speaker 1>in a tough spot as far as Gargano goes, because

<v Speaker 1>he was part of a tag team. We would be

<v Speaker 1>getting DIY in Phraxium feuding right now. The champ is gone.

<v Speaker 1>So they came up with this story, this silly story

<v Speaker 1>with the mask, and so that's what we've had now

<v Speaker 1>for weeks. Johnny Gargano stole his mask, and Axiom wants

<v Speaker 1>his mask back, but he won't give it back, and

<v Speaker 1>so they've been fighting over this mask. So they were

<v Speaker 1>supposed to wrestle here. Phraxium's already out there. We cut backstage.

<v Speaker 1>Johnny is back there with Candice Loray and they're on

<v Speaker 1>their way out to the ring when they get stopped

<v Speaker 1>by Nick Aldos, who informs them that Candace not only

<v Speaker 1>is she barred from ringside for this match, but if

<v Speaker 1>Johnny loses this match, then he must give the mask

<v Speaker 1>back to Axiom. Now I don't really understand that, because

<v Speaker 1>the mask is not his property, he should just take

<v Speaker 1>the match. Why didn't he just order Johnny to hand

<v Speaker 1>over the mask or else you're suspended, right, That would

<v Speaker 1>be a general manager with some balls. The mask is

<v Speaker 1>not his property, it doesn't belong to him. It was stolen.

<v Speaker 1>Why doesn't he just demand that he give the mask back?

<v Speaker 1>He didn't do that. If Johnny wins the match, I

<v Speaker 1>guess he gets to keep the mask. So they're not

<v Speaker 1>very happy about it. So basically, the lesson here that

<v Speaker 1>you all need to be aware of is that we

<v Speaker 1>now look at what we've had on SmackDown. Now look

<v Speaker 1>at the wonderful creating. You wonder why Roman reigns is

<v Speaker 1>even though he was in character when he said it,

<v Speaker 1>lashing out at Creative when he was on ESPN or

<v Speaker 1>whatever show he was at Pat mcavee's show, the Wonderful Creative.

<v Speaker 1>Here we have had in the last several weeks in

<v Speaker 1>terms of the big storylines playing out here on this show.

<v Speaker 1>We have had Solo Socoa stealing a lantern from Uncle Howdie,

<v Speaker 1>and we have had Johnny Gargano stealing a mask from Axiom.

<v Speaker 1>So the moral of the story is here. If you

<v Speaker 1>work on SmackDown, if you are a member of the

<v Speaker 1>SmackDown roster, you better lock your shit up real tight

<v Speaker 1>because people have sticky fingers back there, and your property

<v Speaker 1>is liable to walk off on its own. We have

<v Speaker 1>two of basically the same storyline playing out on the

<v Speaker 1>same show, and neither one of these stories or even

<v Speaker 1>any good, but they're doing them at the same time.

<v Speaker 1>Stolen property here on this show. This is why I

<v Speaker 1>respect Adam Pierce. Adam Pierce is the best general manager

<v Speaker 1>in wrestling right now. Notice I didn't say the best

<v Speaker 1>commissioner in wrestling, but he is the best general manager. See.

<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't tolerate this shit if I look, if I

<v Speaker 1>had some house of talents come up to me in

<v Speaker 1>the back and go solomons. My shit was laying right

<v Speaker 1>here and now it's not there. And I found out

<v Speaker 1>that another wrestler took his stuff. He took his gloves,

<v Speaker 1>and he refuses to give them back. I'm gonna lay

<v Speaker 1>down the law and I'm gonna say you give that

<v Speaker 1>shit back right now, or I'm gonna have security escort

<v Speaker 1>you out the door. Right. I wouldn't allow that shit,

<v Speaker 1>because that's what a real authority figure does. Adam pierceman,

<v Speaker 1>I give him a lot of credit on Monday nights.

<v Speaker 1>He's laying down the law. He's got veins bulging out

<v Speaker 1>of his neck, he's got spit flying out of his mouth.

<v Speaker 1>He's got a drinking problem, which you know, we understand that.

<v Speaker 1>But at least he gets shit done. Nick All this man,

<v Speaker 1>he has to get on the ball here with this.

<v Speaker 1>So late in the match, Axium heads to the corner

<v Speaker 1>and he grabs his old mask. He's got the mask

<v Speaker 1>and he's looking for the Golden ratio when he ate

<v Speaker 1>a thrust kick by Gargano, and Gargano then rips the

<v Speaker 1>mask that he's currently wearing off of his head. So

<v Speaker 1>now Gargano is like holding it up and parading it

<v Speaker 1>around right like a trophy. Meanwhile, Axiom takes the old mask,

<v Speaker 1>the blue one, the blue and white one, slips it

<v Speaker 1>on over his head. It's like it reinvigorates him. And

<v Speaker 1>now when Gargano turns around, he gets blasted with the

<v Speaker 1>golden ratio, and then Axiom covers him and he gets

<v Speaker 1>the Wind. So at least the the mask story is

<v Speaker 1>now over because with that win, Axiom now has his

<v Speaker 1>mask back and we can finally be done with this.

<v Speaker 1>Now what that means for the future of Johnny Gargano,

<v Speaker 1>I guess he has to go steal something else. What

<v Speaker 1>else can Johnny Gargano steal? That'll be his new gimmick.

<v Speaker 1>He just goes around stealing stuff. We've already had a lantern,

<v Speaker 1>We've had a mask. I'm trying. I'm trying to think

<v Speaker 1>what other objects do people bring out to the ring

<v Speaker 1>with them here on this show? Usually who else comes

<v Speaker 1>out with like some sort of object like a like

<v Speaker 1>a walking stick or something. Oh, Michen, Michen usually has

<v Speaker 1>her kendo stick. He could steal Michin's kendo stick. And

<v Speaker 1>then when they confude Michin and Candice larray great creative. Anyway,

<v Speaker 1>that was it. Champa Champa just debuted on Dynamite this week.

<v Speaker 1>He'll have a little bit of a run here at

<v Speaker 1>the beginning, and then we'll see where Champa settles in.

<v Speaker 1>But for Gargano, I honestly don't know. It's not good.

<v Speaker 1>It's not good for his future. So backstage, Carmelo Hayes.

<v Speaker 1>He tried to reassure Ilia dragon Enough. Look, I don't

<v Speaker 1>know what Mis was talking about earlier, but I had

<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with what happened last week. And Dragonov

<v Speaker 1>did not seem convinced of this. He says he doesn't care.

<v Speaker 1>He's focused on beating the Mis tonight and then he's

<v Speaker 1>going to look ahead to the future. He expects that

<v Speaker 1>Mellow will give him another crack at the US title.

<v Speaker 1>I have to point out, though they were backstage, I

<v Speaker 1>actually really liked this. They were bad stage. But in

<v Speaker 1>this new stadium that they built, it's an outdoor stadium,

<v Speaker 1>so they're in like a backstage room or hallway or whatever,

<v Speaker 1>but there's no roof, so it was kind of weird,

<v Speaker 1>Like you just look up and you see the tops

<v Speaker 1>of like some of the buildings and skyscrapers in the background,

<v Speaker 1>even though they were backstage. I don't know, I just

<v Speaker 1>I thought that was that was kind of a cool look.

<v Speaker 1>But aj Styles was out to the ring next to

<v Speaker 1>address what could very well be could very well be

<v Speaker 1>his final WWE match tomorrow night at the Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>one on one with Gunther, and he welcomed everybody to

<v Speaker 1>smack down, which he pointed out as the house that

<v Speaker 1>Aj Styles built. He was in the area, he figured

<v Speaker 1>he would stop by and say hello, He's got kind

<v Speaker 1>of a big match tomorrow, because some of you are

<v Speaker 1>a little worried about tomorrow, but don't be. In fact,

<v Speaker 1>he's gonna knock Gunther's teeth down his throat, and when

<v Speaker 1>he beats gun through tomorrow, it's the beginning of the

<v Speaker 1>phenomenal farewell tour. And we get our one more times.

<v Speaker 1>We're gonna get one more time against Cody Rhodes, We're

<v Speaker 1>gonna get one more time against Randy Orton. Fans started

<v Speaker 1>chanting CM Punk's name, so he said one more time

<v Speaker 1>with CM Punk. So Gunther interrupted and he appeared at

<v Speaker 1>ringside like he teleported there. He climbed up on top

<v Speaker 1>of the announced desk. He was in his suit. Hey, Kelton,

<v Speaker 1>what's going on? Member for twelve months? Says yo, Solo

<v Speaker 1>Monster on the afternoon drive. Let's go there. You go

<v Speaker 1>the best afternoon radio that you'll find, Solo Monster, four

<v Speaker 1>o'clock in the afternoon. I love it. So Gunther is

<v Speaker 1>standing on top of the announced desk and he appreciates

<v Speaker 1>aj having that much fantasy about his future. But none

<v Speaker 1>of what he just said is going to happen, because

<v Speaker 1>deep down, Aj already knows that he made a mistake

<v Speaker 1>so severe that it's going to cost him his career.

<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow at the Royal Rumble, He's going to end AJ's

<v Speaker 1>career the same way that he did to AJ's little

<v Speaker 1>buddy John Cena. He's going to make him tap out.

<v Speaker 1>And Styles said that he's real funny because maybe it

<v Speaker 1>takes one to know one because the last time he checked,

<v Speaker 1>Gunther is the one who tapped out like a little bitch.

<v Speaker 1>So Gunther jumped down, he tore off his jacket, he

<v Speaker 1>got up on the apron. AJ was fixing for a fight,

<v Speaker 1>and then Gunther thought better of it. He dropped down,

<v Speaker 1>grabbed his jacket, and he walked to the back through

<v Speaker 1>the crowd. I've talked a lot about this whole Aj

<v Speaker 1>Styles situation and how if they were going to keep

<v Speaker 1>him around, They've really booked themselves into a corner here

<v Speaker 1>to the point where between that and the knock Amra

<v Speaker 1>post that he quickly deleted, all signs point to this

<v Speaker 1>being his last match tomorrow in WWE. I don't know

<v Speaker 1>how they get out of this. I really don't. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>you could do a match where AJ wins, but he

<v Speaker 1>wins by disqualification he went. I think I threw out

<v Speaker 1>the idea on TNT the other night. They could do

<v Speaker 1>the Eddie Guerrero finish where with a chair or something

<v Speaker 1>where you know, he smashes it, the referee doesn't hear it,

<v Speaker 1>he throws it to Gun there drops down because that

<v Speaker 1>spot always gets a pop. But imagine if it got

<v Speaker 1>a pop because it resulted in Aj being able to

<v Speaker 1>continue wrestling, right. I actually don't think people would mind

<v Speaker 1>that finished very much. And if they were going to

<v Speaker 1>build to another match between them, that would be one

<v Speaker 1>way to do it. I just I don't see it.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, all signs point to gun Through winning this match.

<v Speaker 1>The idea of Guntherro even losing is ridiculous because he

<v Speaker 1>just beat John Cena, got the biggest win of his

<v Speaker 1>career by retiring John Cena by making him tap it. Well,

<v Speaker 1>don't get me started on that, but John Cena decided

<v Speaker 1>to tap out, and so the month after the idea

<v Speaker 1>that the month after that they're gonna have Gunther lose

<v Speaker 1>to AJ Styles is just mind boggling to me, it

<v Speaker 1>doesn't make sense. The fact that they went to the

<v Speaker 1>stipulation now instead of waiting for elimination chamber or wrestle

<v Speaker 1>or some later show. The fact that they rushed matches

<v Speaker 1>on television with Aj and Gunther at all, AJ and

<v Speaker 1>cm Punk, AJ and Shinsky Knackamore, like one last time,

<v Speaker 1>we got to get this shit in. It's Saturday Night's

<v Speaker 1>made event. This whole thing seems like they are just

<v Speaker 1>rushing through it their speed, running through it because they

<v Speaker 1>know that he is done. Nothing else makes sense to me.

<v Speaker 1>Nothing they did tonight here in this segment changed my

<v Speaker 1>mind that I think AJ is losing tomorrow. My belief

<v Speaker 1>now and again maybe part of it is me just

<v Speaker 1>kind of hoping to will this into existence. My hope

<v Speaker 1>now is that he loses tomorrow, but we get the

<v Speaker 1>chance to get a real true Aj Styles retirement tour.

<v Speaker 1>John Cena had a retirement tour last year. Sure, but

<v Speaker 1>you know what, John Cena only ever worked in one place,

<v Speaker 1>so it was his WWE retirement tour. Aj Styles has

<v Speaker 1>worked multiple people in multiple places in multiple parts of

<v Speaker 1>the world, and the idea that he might get a

<v Speaker 1>real true retirement tour where he doesn't just wrestle in WWE.

<v Speaker 1>He gets to go to other places, finish old rivalries.

<v Speaker 1>If you wrestle someone he's never worked with before, and

<v Speaker 1>get a real retirement run when you know, all of

<v Speaker 1>a sudden done, he'll look back and be like, all right,

<v Speaker 1>I had the chance to go here, here, here, and

<v Speaker 1>work all these people and see I like that idea.

<v Speaker 1>That would be very cool. The idea of starting out

<v Speaker 1>the year and within the first thirty one days his

<v Speaker 1>career is over. To me, I mean, I just I

<v Speaker 1>don't see it. I don't see him being fully done tomorrow,

<v Speaker 1>but done in WWE. Yeah, that I can see. I

<v Speaker 1>don't really see there being any other outcome to this,

<v Speaker 1>but him going to TNA, or him going to aw

<v Speaker 1>and having some matches, or even Japan that I like.

<v Speaker 1>That would be very cool to see. That's what I'm

<v Speaker 1>hoping is what we get out of this, and then

<v Speaker 1>he could always come back to WWE. Like the idea

<v Speaker 1>of him going to WWE and saying, Okay, this is

<v Speaker 1>what I'd like to do. My contract is up anyway,

<v Speaker 1>Just so you guys know, so it doesn't catch you

<v Speaker 1>off guard, this is what I'm planning on doing and

<v Speaker 1>then hopefully we could do business again at some point

<v Speaker 1>and he can work in whatever role, whatever capacity he

<v Speaker 1>wants to work, and whether he wants to be an advisor,

<v Speaker 1>a scout, a trainer, whatever. I'm sure WWE would be

<v Speaker 1>more than happy to welcome back aj Styles because if

<v Speaker 1>anybody deserves that level of respect where the company is like, Okay,

<v Speaker 1>you do what you gotta do, We're we give you

<v Speaker 1>our not that he needs their permission, contract is up,

<v Speaker 1>but you know what I mean, Like, I would hope

<v Speaker 1>that in that situation there's no angst, bad feelings, ill

<v Speaker 1>will on WWE's part if he was, let's say, to

<v Speaker 1>pop up in aw to have like a short run there,

<v Speaker 1>because this is a guy who deserves to go out

<v Speaker 1>the way that he wants to and should not be,

<v Speaker 1>you know, kind of roped into this bitterness and tribalism.

<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's any tribalism among the actual talents.

<v Speaker 1>I think the talents themselves have said that we know

<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of really bitter feelings on the part

<v Speaker 1>of the people who run these companies. They don't like

<v Speaker 1>each other, counter programming and just the pettiness they're competing

<v Speaker 1>from the same talent pool. They're not friends, they don't

<v Speaker 1>work together. There's no partnership there like there is between

<v Speaker 1>WWE and TNA. But I would hope that AJ can

<v Speaker 1>go out and do whatever it is that he wants

<v Speaker 1>to do, and when that's over, he could always come

<v Speaker 1>back to WWE and do something else. I think he's

<v Speaker 1>earned that, he's earned that right. So backstage, we saw

<v Speaker 1>Shinsky Nakimoura. He was watching what just happened out there

<v Speaker 1>when Tomatonga showed up. What happened? He said, So he

<v Speaker 1>used to be the man, the king of strong style.

<v Speaker 1>The old Shinsky Nakamura would have beaten AJ's ass last week.

<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's time for you to follow Aj out the

<v Speaker 1>door on the Shinsky Sayonara tour. So Nakamura called him

<v Speaker 1>a young punk, spoke some Japanese, and then told him

<v Speaker 1>see you in the ring next week. Finally, they've been

<v Speaker 1>teasing this match for like two months. At least we're

<v Speaker 1>gonna get it out of the way next week. And

<v Speaker 1>it's funny because Michael Cole on commentary every time these

<v Speaker 1>two were together in the scene, he keeps going like, oh,

<v Speaker 1>the history, the history between these two. But They never

<v Speaker 1>actually articulate what that history is. They just tell you

<v Speaker 1>that there's history. Then if you're a w W fan

<v Speaker 1>who knows nothing of New Japan, like, what the fuck

<v Speaker 1>is this guy talking about? When is shits? Kate Knock

<v Speaker 1>and Bora had history with Tomatonga hopefully, I mean it

<v Speaker 1>would be nice. I know they don't not exactly partners

<v Speaker 1>the two companies, but still you're gonna mention that you

<v Speaker 1>at least need to give a little more context to

<v Speaker 1>what that means. We had the Miz against Ilia Dragon

<v Speaker 1>of This was the best mis match in forever. It

<v Speaker 1>was more competitive also than probably a lot of you

<v Speaker 1>would think. Mis even got to kick out of a

<v Speaker 1>Constantine's special. He countered an H bomb attempt into a DDT,

<v Speaker 1>but later on Mis made a cardinal mistake, came flying

<v Speaker 1>off the top rope, actually landed on his feet first,

<v Speaker 1>but he came off the top rup right into a

<v Speaker 1>torpedo Moscow and drag it Off. Followed that up with

<v Speaker 1>an H bomb for the wind. You know, it was

<v Speaker 1>looking like they were coming back around to Mellow and

<v Speaker 1>Miz and actually doing a match. It's kind of hard

<v Speaker 1>to believe that as long as those two were were

<v Speaker 1>working together as partners, and then they split. We never

<v Speaker 1>got a match. We never got a match between Melo

<v Speaker 1>and Miz, and they got away from it, and I'm like, okay,

<v Speaker 1>they dropped it. I'm okay with that, But then they

<v Speaker 1>kind of circled back around to it, and now I'm

<v Speaker 1>wondering if we're going to get the match at all

<v Speaker 1>because he just went in there and lost to dragon Off.

<v Speaker 1>Dragonov has already said I want Mellow again, and so

<v Speaker 1>I don't know what would be even the purpose now

<v Speaker 1>of doing Mellow against Miz if Dragonov is next in line.

<v Speaker 1>But then again, I mean, I guess Miz was spreading

<v Speaker 1>lies about him earlier in the show. But I'm fifty

<v Speaker 1>to fifty on whether or not we're actually going to

<v Speaker 1>get this Mellow and mis match. But you know, this

<v Speaker 1>isn't about the Miz. At the end of the day,

<v Speaker 1>the Miz is more of a means to an end.

<v Speaker 1>It's not really about the Miz. It's about getting another

<v Speaker 1>match between Mellow and Dragonov, which I am looking forward to.

<v Speaker 1>I was not looking forward to this next segment. Here.

<v Speaker 1>We got a pre tape with the MFT. They won

<v Speaker 1>the tag team titles last week from the Wyatt six

<v Speaker 1>here on this show, and it was it was Solo

<v Speaker 1>sitting at the table and then his members, his family

<v Speaker 1>members were standing behind him, and Solo says that they

<v Speaker 1>made good on their promises. He took Uncle Howdie's lantern

<v Speaker 1>and the Wyatts Tag team titles. He's a man of

<v Speaker 1>his word, but these titles, they're not for him. And

<v Speaker 1>he hands the belt off to Tongaloa, who then along

<v Speaker 1>with Tomatonga, they put the belts over Talatonga's shoulders. So

<v Speaker 1>now he's standing there with both belts. So I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if that means the champions are now going to

<v Speaker 1>be Tomatonga and Tongaloa or what the plan is. That's

<v Speaker 1>how I that's the impression I got from this. Solo

<v Speaker 1>said the job is not done yet because now he's

<v Speaker 1>going to go and win the Royal I'm gonna try

<v Speaker 1>to say this with a straight face. He's gonna he's

<v Speaker 1>gonna go in there and he's gonna win the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>It went, he wins the Royal Rumble, he'll be bringing

<v Speaker 1>the undisputed WWE Championship back to the family. Yeah, I

<v Speaker 1>will shave my head bald on a live stream. If

<v Speaker 1>Solo Socoa wins the Royal Rumble tomorrow, Okay, on the

<v Speaker 1>long list of things that will not happen tomorrow, that's

<v Speaker 1>certainly one of them. But then the video glitches and

<v Speaker 1>it transitions into a Wyat six promo and we hear

<v Speaker 1>from Bo Dallas who tells Solo that he's wrong. Our

<v Speaker 1>lantern and the Tag Team Championships will come back to

<v Speaker 1>the Wyatt six and when they do, the millions of

<v Speaker 1>fireflies around the world will illuminate the insecurities of Solo Socoa.

<v Speaker 1>They will not only take back what belongs to them,

<v Speaker 1>but they will make solos greed his demise very good.

<v Speaker 1>And then it was time for our eight man tag

<v Speaker 1>team main event. It was our eight man tag team

<v Speaker 1>made event with Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Jay bro thinks

<v Speaker 1>he's Roman, dude. I can't. I just can't take it seriously.

<v Speaker 1>When when I see him sitting at the head of

<v Speaker 1>the table like that, I just I mean, it's it's

<v Speaker 1>TMU bloodline. I just I can't. I cannot take them seriously.

<v Speaker 1>I just can't do it. He's costplaying his Roman reigns.

<v Speaker 1>But we're supposed to take him seriously when he says

<v Speaker 1>stuff like this, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Jay Usso and

<v Speaker 1>Sammy's ain against bron Breaker Bronson Reed, Logan, Paul and

<v Speaker 1>Austin theory and Sammy's ain was out. I think second

<v Speaker 1>to last for the babyfaces. So Cody, Cody still. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>Kyrie arrived? Oh man, Yeah, it's funny. I got an

<v Speaker 1>email from someone and and I apologize. I forgot who

<v Speaker 1>it was. I was going through a bunch of emails

<v Speaker 1>yesterday and or maybe it was a Facebook message. No,

<v Speaker 1>it was David. I think it was David. Shout out

<v Speaker 1>to David, but anyway, he sent me a message floating

<v Speaker 1>the idea of the possibility that Kyrie Saye could win

<v Speaker 1>the women's Royal Rumble, with the idea that the longest

<v Speaker 1>story outside I guess of like Rha not being able

<v Speaker 1>to ever beat theo, the longest story on the women's

<v Speaker 1>side that they have really been telling is this whole

<v Speaker 1>relationship right between Osca and Kyrie, and how Kyrie is always,

<v Speaker 1>you know, cowering in fear from this woman and she's

<v Speaker 1>already vowed to help Oscar win the Royal Rumble. I'm

<v Speaker 1>not even sure if Kyrie's in the Rumble. Honestly, I

<v Speaker 1>don't know if she's just going to come out and

<v Speaker 1>be in her corner outside. I don't know if she's

<v Speaker 1>going to be an entrance in the Rumble. But he

<v Speaker 1>was basically saying that Kyrie should win the Rumble and

<v Speaker 1>then they should build to Kyrie against Osca at WrestleMania.

<v Speaker 1>And I don't remember what he said about how we

<v Speaker 1>get there, like Oscar, I guess would have to win

<v Speaker 1>the belt before then and beat Stephanie for it. Like

<v Speaker 1>I give him points for being creative. It's not going

<v Speaker 1>to happen, but he's not wrong when he says that

<v Speaker 1>when you look at the women's division on either brand,

<v Speaker 1>like they have invested a lot of time in sort

<v Speaker 1>of I think creating this sympathetic character in Kyrie where

<v Speaker 1>you want to see her break away from Oscar and

<v Speaker 1>stand up to her, and I think they should do

<v Speaker 1>that at some point, But the idea of that being,

<v Speaker 1>you know, the WrestleMania match for the championship. I think

<v Speaker 1>that's being very that's being very generous. So Sammy was out,

<v Speaker 1>like second to last year, Cody had still not come

<v Speaker 1>out yet and the Vision blindsided the three men in

<v Speaker 1>the ring before Cody finally comes running out for the

<v Speaker 1>save to his music and the Vision got sent out

<v Speaker 1>of the ring before they cuts a commercial. Jay Us

<v Speaker 1>so he sent bron Breaker to the corner for some

<v Speaker 1>punches before and knocking him down to the mat. Cody

<v Speaker 1>tagged in a few shots on Breaker before tagging Sammy

<v Speaker 1>back in. They trade tags as they are trying to

<v Speaker 1>wear down bron Breaker number one in the Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>tomorrow for now, Cody reaches for a tag to Orton.

<v Speaker 1>He's teasing, like, you want me to tag this guy,

<v Speaker 1>and of course the fans are like, yes, we like

<v Speaker 1>him more than you. And Cody's in there. He's hot dogging.

<v Speaker 1>It's like he's hot dogging it. He's show boating, and

<v Speaker 1>of course he wastes too much time and Breaker takes

<v Speaker 1>him down to the mat instead. So in comes Bronson

<v Speaker 1>Reed and the two Big Men, the Two Bronze. They're

<v Speaker 1>working over Cody, and soon it's all the members of

<v Speaker 1>the Vision that are tagging in and out and working

<v Speaker 1>over the former WWE champion. Cody again scrambles to his

<v Speaker 1>corner for a tag to no avail tag made to Logan,

<v Speaker 1>who sends Cody to the corner for a splash, but

<v Speaker 1>Cody avoids it. Sammy and Jay they get knocked off

<v Speaker 1>the apron Bronson Reid misses a splash that finally allows

<v Speaker 1>Cody to get the hot tag to Randy that they

<v Speaker 1>were building too. Theory takes a dump. Theory takes a draping.

<v Speaker 1>My god, Theory takes it. I don't know. So Theory

<v Speaker 1>takes a draping DDT. Logan blindsides Orton to stop an RKO,

<v Speaker 1>but then he gets sent out of the ring by Sammy,

<v Speaker 1>so it's absolute madness right now. Red tries to clear

<v Speaker 1>the ring he got low bridged out over the top

<v Speaker 1>by Cody, which if that happens tomorrow, he'll be eliminated

<v Speaker 1>from the Royal Rumble. So Cody gets sent out of

<v Speaker 1>the ring by Theory. Theory then eats an RKO from

<v Speaker 1>Randy Ord, so he covers him. Logan Paul breaks up

<v Speaker 1>the cover. Cody comes in for a crossroads before Reid

<v Speaker 1>takes him down. Sammy gets in on the action. He

<v Speaker 1>sends Bronton Reid down with a tornado DDT before setting

<v Speaker 1>him up for a halluva kick when Drew McIntyre appears

<v Speaker 1>at ringside and he pulls Sammy out of the ring,

<v Speaker 1>So we got a cheap disqualification finish here to this match.

<v Speaker 1>So the attack on Sammy continues until we hear Jacob

<v Speaker 1>Fatu's music and he got the full entrance where they

<v Speaker 1>turn the lights down and they shoot the flames up

<v Speaker 1>up on the stage. No Jacob Fatu because instead he

<v Speaker 1>showed up in the ring behind McIntyre and he sends

<v Speaker 1>Drew outside hits a suicide dive. Cody then follows with

<v Speaker 1>a suicide dive of his own out onto Jacob, and

<v Speaker 1>then he sends FA two into the post and the steps.

<v Speaker 1>McIntyre grabs Cody. He sends Cody into the ring post

<v Speaker 1>and he puts him back into the ring, and Drew

<v Speaker 1>is setting up for a Claymore kick and he starts

<v Speaker 1>the countdown three two, but as he's counting down, Sammy's

<v Speaker 1>ang gets back into the ring and he rushes into

<v Speaker 1>the corner and he connects on a halluva kick to

<v Speaker 1>Drew McIntyre. So Sammy now looks down at the WWE

<v Speaker 1>Championship that Drew left behind in the ring, stare at it,

<v Speaker 1>and he slowly bends over to go to pick it up,

<v Speaker 1>but before he can, Cody's hand comes in and Cody

<v Speaker 1>grabs the other end of the belt, and they both

<v Speaker 1>picked the belt up and they start, you know, exchanging words.

<v Speaker 1>Then they turn it the same moment because bron Breaker

<v Speaker 1>gets into the ring and he spears both of them down,

<v Speaker 1>and that is how SmackDown went off the air with

<v Speaker 1>bron Breaker standing tall. They were taken out by Number

<v Speaker 1>one in the Royal Rumble Tomorrow or whatever number they

<v Speaker 1>end up giving him now. So in terms of the

<v Speaker 1>current roster, a lot of star power here in this match,

<v Speaker 1>to the entire vision, Cody, Randy, Sammy, they were all in.

<v Speaker 1>The Magic Jay was out there too, and it was

<v Speaker 1>fine for what it was. I was not expecting a

<v Speaker 1>clean finish. I mean, doesn't make it any less cheap

<v Speaker 1>than it was. But I'm not shocked that they didn't

<v Speaker 1>want to beat anybody. I thought if they were going

<v Speaker 1>to beat anybody, it would have been Austin Theory when

<v Speaker 1>he ate the RKO, I honestly thought that was it.

<v Speaker 1>So once that cover got broken up, I was like,

<v Speaker 1>all right, someone's gonna come out and there's gonna be

<v Speaker 1>a big dq NO contest. One big takeaway, if I

<v Speaker 1>actually had one big takeaway from this show tonight, the

<v Speaker 1>big takeaway is that it would be a huge mistake

<v Speaker 1>for Cody Rhoades to win this Royal Rumble tomorrow. Now,

<v Speaker 1>I would have told you that a week ago. I

<v Speaker 1>would have told you that three weeks ago. Cody Road's

<v Speaker 1>winning three Royal Rumbles in four years. Okay, now you're

<v Speaker 1>in Hogan territory. Okay, you are now in that territory

<v Speaker 1>where the fans are gonna actively turn against you if

<v Speaker 1>you send him out there to win his third Rumble

<v Speaker 1>in four years. You heard the fans in the opening

<v Speaker 1>segment when Cody was out there, they booed him. Even

<v Speaker 1>him bringing up the possibility of winning the Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>got him booed. And it wasn't like a few fans

<v Speaker 1>in the front row like he was booed. They do

<v Speaker 1>not want to see him win the Rumble. And it's

<v Speaker 1>not like he's going heal tomorrow. So what you're gonna

<v Speaker 1>end up with is your top baby face being booed

<v Speaker 1>out of the building. Okay, just like twenty fourteen all

<v Speaker 1>over again. Twenty fifteen all over again, is that what

<v Speaker 1>you want? I don't think so, and I think they

<v Speaker 1>know that. I hope so so. Cody Rhodes does not

<v Speaker 1>need to be winning the Royal Rumble tomorrow. The crowd

<v Speaker 1>made that clear. I still think that the Men's Rumble

<v Speaker 1>belongs to Roman Reigns. And I said this one. I

<v Speaker 1>did my predictions. It's not that I it's not that

<v Speaker 1>I want Roman Reigns to win. I don't. I really

<v Speaker 1>don't like I'd be okay with bron Breaker winning. I'd

<v Speaker 1>be fine with Jacob Fatu win. I'd be okay with

<v Speaker 1>them going, fuck it, we're gonna go big, We're gonna

<v Speaker 1>debut Obafemi. We're gonna have him win the Royal Rumble, right,

<v Speaker 1>I don't expect that to happen, though, realistically, I think

<v Speaker 1>Roman Reigns, who's still a big star, is gonna win

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble, and Oba Femi will hopefully at least have

<v Speaker 1>his moment, his statement that he makes by eliminating brock Lesner,

<v Speaker 1>because I do believe that that's going to end up

<v Speaker 1>being the WrestleMania match, So I think that he'll at

<v Speaker 1>least have that moment for himself in the Rumble, bron Look,

<v Speaker 1>is he gonna end up being number one? Are they

<v Speaker 1>gonna swap his number out for number two or number three? Maybe?

<v Speaker 1>But clearly he's gonna be entering very early, if not

<v Speaker 1>number one, in the Rumble, he's gonna be the guy

<v Speaker 1>who I think gets a whole shitload of eliminations and

<v Speaker 1>he comes in early and he's gonna be one of

<v Speaker 1>the final four or five in the Rumble. So he

<v Speaker 1>may end up being the iron Man too, like they

<v Speaker 1>will have him go on a monster run in that match.

<v Speaker 1>But I don't think he wins, although if Roman doesn't win,

<v Speaker 1>Breaker would probably be my number two realistically in terms

<v Speaker 1>of who I think wins. I just feel like they've

<v Speaker 1>telegraphed it too much, you know. But maybe in their

<v Speaker 1>mind if he is forced to enter at number one,

<v Speaker 1>you know, again, in their head it's like, oh well,

<v Speaker 1>not that it's never happened before, but he's entering at

<v Speaker 1>number one. Boy. Yeah, the odds are against him winning

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble here, but I just think everything has

<v Speaker 1>been set up for him, like all the member of

<v Speaker 1>the Vision on Monday coming out and saying that we

<v Speaker 1>all agree Braun should win the Rumble. It's too clean,

<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? Like it it would it

<v Speaker 1>would almost be too predictable if he was to win

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble. And if the goal is to get him

<v Speaker 1>to challenge, let's say punk for the world. Have you

<v Speaker 1>weeight Championship again at WrestleMania. There are other ways that

<v Speaker 1>you can get there. There are other avenues that you

<v Speaker 1>can explore to get to that point. But I do

<v Speaker 1>think Roman Reigns is winning the men's Rumble, and I

<v Speaker 1>think if Bianca bel Air makes her return tomorrow, she

<v Speaker 1>wins the Women's Rumble. If Beyonca bell Air does not

<v Speaker 1>return in the Women's Rumble tomorrow, then Live Morgan wins

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble, And that's how I see those two matches

<v Speaker 1>playing out there. But I don't think this show here

<v Speaker 1>did a whole hell of a lot to get anybody

<v Speaker 1>excited for the Women's Royal Rumble. I just I don't

<v Speaker 1>see how you can watch the show and be like,

<v Speaker 1>oh man, now I'm pumped to see that match. You

<v Speaker 1>either are or you're not. But this show didn't do

<v Speaker 1>anything to sway you one way or the other. They

<v Speaker 1>did a marg only better job as far as the

<v Speaker 1>men's Rumble goes and again the retirement stipulation adds a

<v Speaker 1>lot of drama, you know, to the AJ Styles match.

<v Speaker 1>I think the match placement on that will be very interesting.

<v Speaker 1>I don't see them closing the show with it. I

<v Speaker 1>wouldn't rule it out as a possibility. You know, if

<v Speaker 1>AJ was going to lose that, they wouldn't want to

<v Speaker 1>end with it and give him, you know, kind of

<v Speaker 1>the time to wave goodbye and have that dramatic walk

<v Speaker 1>to the back. But you know, even more so if

<v Speaker 1>he's going to lose, I don't know that they want

<v Speaker 1>to end on a sour note like that. So do

<v Speaker 1>they open the show with it? I don't know. I'm

<v Speaker 1>very curious. You don't have a lot of matches on

<v Speaker 1>the show, so I would imagine they want to start

<v Speaker 1>with the women's Rumble and then have the two singles matches.

<v Speaker 1>But maybe not. Maybe they open with the AJ match

<v Speaker 1>and then they have the Women's Rumble and then the

<v Speaker 1>title match and then the men's Rumble. You know, it

<v Speaker 1>all depends on what they have planned here for a finish.

<v Speaker 1>But AJ retire from WW to go have a real

<v Speaker 1>retirement tour. I'm totally on board. With that AJ retiring

<v Speaker 1>on Saturday and truly being done. I'm not on board

<v Speaker 1>with that, but it's not my decision to make. You know,

<v Speaker 1>he's forty eight years old. I'm sure it's not easy

<v Speaker 1>for him to get all prepped and go out there

<v Speaker 1>and compete and perform at a level that people expect

<v Speaker 1>AJ Styles to perform at. Right, He's not just another wrestler,

<v Speaker 1>He's AJ fucking Styles, So there are certain expectations that

<v Speaker 1>people have when he goes out there. So as a

<v Speaker 1>forty eight year old professional wrestler, right, those expectations are

<v Speaker 1>still very high. I can understand in his mind where

<v Speaker 1>it's like, I can't do this anymore, Like this is

<v Speaker 1>my last year. I'm done. I can't be that guy anymore.

<v Speaker 1>It's the same reason that John Cena gave for why

<v Speaker 1>he decided now was the time. Could I go out

<v Speaker 1>there and have some good matches? Sure, but it takes

<v Speaker 1>a lot out of me. Like the match he had

<v Speaker 1>with Cody at summer, he said, that's as good as

<v Speaker 1>I can give. I can't do any better than that,

<v Speaker 1>And then he went out there at Crown Jewel and

<v Speaker 1>he had the match that he had with AJ. So

<v Speaker 1>he still has it in him, but you just get

<v Speaker 1>to a point where physically it's like I can't. You know,

<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be that guy. I don't want

<v Speaker 1>to be that guy who goes out there and overstays

<v Speaker 1>as welcome and people look at me and go, man,

<v Speaker 1>you know you should have seen this guy when he

<v Speaker 1>was really good, right. Nobody wants to do that. Nobody

<v Speaker 1>wants to be that person. So you get out now,

<v Speaker 1>you get out when you are still at that level.

<v Speaker 1>I get it, I understand it. I'm just I'm not

<v Speaker 1>ready to accept it, that's all. And also I have

<v Speaker 1>to say I was disappointed with that match on Monday.

<v Speaker 1>I just maybe I'm in the minority on that, but

<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't mind seeing him in Punk have the chance

<v Speaker 1>to go out and have one more shot at it.

<v Speaker 1>I just was very underwhelmed by that match on Monday night.

<v Speaker 1>I suspect that will not be the case with him

<v Speaker 1>and Gun through tomorrow. Now. I did not get a

<v Speaker 1>Twitter poll up because I just didn't see the point

<v Speaker 1>since a lot of people haven't watched the show yet.

<v Speaker 1>But I will just remind all of you the plan

<v Speaker 1>for tomorrow is to go live on YouTube not immediately

<v Speaker 1>after the rumble. I figured the Rumble is going to

<v Speaker 1>probably go from two to six right, probably be about

<v Speaker 1>four hours. I'm gonna give myself to eat and get

<v Speaker 1>ready and then nine o'clock eastern, six pm Pacific. So

<v Speaker 1>that is the plan to go live on YouTube. We

<v Speaker 1>will talk about the Royal Rumble. I am fingers crossed

<v Speaker 1>optimistic that it'll be a very good show. I also

<v Speaker 1>want to just say this here before I get into

<v Speaker 1>all of your super chats, So if you got something

<v Speaker 1>to say or a contribute, get them on in. But

<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to just wish the best of luck

<v Speaker 1>to all the men and women of a House of

<v Speaker 1>Glory who I know are going to go out there

<v Speaker 1>tonight in Los Angeles and kill it. Tonight is our

<v Speaker 1>LA debut City of Angels, and there's some good shit

<v Speaker 1>planned for that show. We got Andrade and Red and

<v Speaker 1>a bunch of other matches as well on that card,

<v Speaker 1>and it'll be live on Triller TV eleven o'clock eastern tonight.

<v Speaker 1>I wish I could be there, but I will be

<v Speaker 1>back for our next show, first New York City show

<v Speaker 1>of the Year, February twentieth at the NYC Arena with

<v Speaker 1>the AEW World Champion MJF peering live his first appearance

<v Speaker 1>in House of Gloria since twenty eighteen. He was a

<v Speaker 1>very different performer back then. A lot has happened in

<v Speaker 1>the career of MJF since the last time he was

<v Speaker 1>in House of Glory. So that's going to be a

<v Speaker 1>very big show and I'm looking forward to it. But

<v Speaker 1>let's go ahead and get into your messages here as promised,

<v Speaker 1>should come to Allentown or Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We were in Philadelphia, brother,

<v Speaker 1>We've been to Philadelphia twice, so you never know, you

<v Speaker 1>never know. Were you a fan of Sean Michaels against

<v Speaker 1>Sid at Royal Rumble ninety seven for the WWE Championship.

<v Speaker 1>It's one of my favorite matches at the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm not really a big fan of that match.

<v Speaker 1>I'm a bigger fan of their Survivor Series match. It's

<v Speaker 1>not a bad match. I just I like the Survivor

<v Speaker 1>Series match better, says I hope you had a great week,

<v Speaker 1>Solo Monster, have a wonderful weekend, enjoy the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>Take care well. I wish you the same, Hopefully, you'll

<v Speaker 1>be able to join Joseph about nine pm or so

<v Speaker 1>tomorrow night. You're available drop by. Well, the only thing is,

<v Speaker 1>you know, if I was going to be the general

<v Speaker 1>manager on NXT, how would that affect Tuesday Night Titans.

<v Speaker 1>I already have a Tuesday night gig that's going pretty well,

<v Speaker 1>so it would have to be some adjustments made there.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I'm ready for that. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if people would like that very much. Joseph also

<v Speaker 1>says sad news Catherine O'Hara passed away, Rest in peace. Yes,

<v Speaker 1>I did see that a few hours ago, and I'm

<v Speaker 1>very bummed. I really enjoyed her work. For those who

<v Speaker 1>don't know, Katherine O'Hara, famous actress, I think she was

<v Speaker 1>only seventy one. Did they say she was seventy one?

<v Speaker 1>She was very young, but apparently she was I think

<v Speaker 1>being treated for some form of cancer and she passed away.

<v Speaker 1>So hey, Joe, what's going on? Shout out Joe? But yeah,

<v Speaker 1>Katherine O'Hara. I mean, I guess the first movie I

<v Speaker 1>would have seen her in was probably I mean, which

<v Speaker 1>one came First Home Alone or Beatlejuice, because it was

<v Speaker 1>one of those two Home Alone Beatlejuice. She was the

<v Speaker 1>doctor the therapist on the Last of Us. She's actually

<v Speaker 1>really funny on that show, on a show that is

<v Speaker 1>not meant to be a comedy, but she kind of

<v Speaker 1>brought some humor and comedic relief to the show. And

<v Speaker 1>then I guess she was also on that show Shit's Creek,

<v Speaker 1>but I never saw the show, so I can't. I

<v Speaker 1>don't know what her role was on that show, but anyway,

<v Speaker 1>I'm very I'm very sad to hear that. That sucks.

<v Speaker 1>And the Mount Vernon Kid Christopher Bennett also mentioning the

<v Speaker 1>news another legend has transitioned to eternal glory been blessed

<v Speaker 1>with their legacy, Rest in peace. Catherine O'Hara, We got

<v Speaker 1>Lord God. What is that? Lord Steph Lord Ray Phoenix

<v Speaker 1>had a match on live TV. I must be dreaming. Also,

<v Speaker 1>somebody called Penta his brother has been found. No need

<v Speaker 1>for random tag partners anymore. It's just it's funny to me,

<v Speaker 1>like the different people that both of them have tagged with,

<v Speaker 1>but not with each other. We can't do that. We

<v Speaker 1>can't put them together, we can't let them team with

<v Speaker 1>each other. That will never not be Funny to Me

<v Speaker 1>Holiday one ninety seven. Hey Solo, I think promotion on

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble has been downplayed due to the pay

<v Speaker 1>per view being in Saudi as they may fear negative press.

<v Speaker 1>I wonder if Wresselmania next year will also be downplayed

<v Speaker 1>with the promotion now. I don't think that has anything

<v Speaker 1>to do with it at all. I think if there's

<v Speaker 1>any sort of Saudi reason for why the build was

<v Speaker 1>so lackluster, I think it's just because they didn't have

<v Speaker 1>to worry about selling tickets. They didn't have to worry

<v Speaker 1>about certain things that normally they would have to worry

<v Speaker 1>about if they were running like a baseball stadium, let's

<v Speaker 1>say here in the States. I mean, they had their

<v Speaker 1>talent out in full force all over ESPN and other

<v Speaker 1>shows this week, so it's not like they've been hiding

<v Speaker 1>the idea that they were running in Saudi this weekend.

<v Speaker 1>So do not excuse their weak promotion for this show

<v Speaker 1>based on that, because I don't think that really has

<v Speaker 1>anything to do with it. Joseph Morris, I'm tired of

<v Speaker 1>Live being runner up in the Rumble. She deserves the

<v Speaker 1>Rumble more than anyone else. On the Women's roster. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>don't let Blissvan hear you say that blisz fan is adamant,

<v Speaker 1>adamant that Alexa Bliss needs to win the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>He will not hear any other opinion on who she'll

<v Speaker 1>win the rumble other than Alexa Blicia win the rubble. Well,

<v Speaker 1>like I said, live is my prediction if Bianca is

<v Speaker 1>not in it. Nick Grosso, rest in peace. Caffine o'harrish.

<v Speaker 1>She was great and Home Alone and Beetlejuice. She was

<v Speaker 1>in the second Beetlejuice as well. Forgot to mention that

<v Speaker 1>second Beetlejuice was not as good as the first one,

<v Speaker 1>but she was in both movies. Kevin, Oh my god,

<v Speaker 1>Midday Monster, Let's go damn right, damn straight SCUMDG four twenty.

<v Speaker 1>Thank you again for the super chat and the gifted

<v Speaker 1>memberships earlier brother. That is very much appreciated. We got

<v Speaker 1>Flamethrower Fluff Salsbury. I went to MLW Battle Riot last night.

<v Speaker 1>I didn't have Luke Gallows coming out as Festus on

<v Speaker 1>my bingo card, but it was fun as hell. He's

<v Speaker 1>a funny guy. He actually is a very funny guy.

<v Speaker 1>Dried Chickens says Triple h takes less is more to

<v Speaker 1>a whole new level. The height for the Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>is ice, cold like winter. Don't remind me of this

<v Speaker 1>weather ridiculous. I woke up this morning and it was

<v Speaker 1>seven degrees outside. So all the shit that's laying outside

<v Speaker 1>it ain't going nowhere. It's just mounds of ice and

<v Speaker 1>snow everywhere, and there's no end in sight. It's gonna

<v Speaker 1>be freezing for at least another two weeks. We might

<v Speaker 1>even get more snow. Why do I live here? Why

<v Speaker 1>am I still here? Why am I in New York?

<v Speaker 1>I don't like the snow? Why am I still here?

<v Speaker 1>Super Pony final four will be Roman, Brock, j and

<v Speaker 1>Cody because they hate us. Let me tell you something.

<v Speaker 1>If Jay Usso is in the final four of this rumble,

<v Speaker 1>that would not be good. That would not be good.

<v Speaker 1>Prince Vegeta says, that doesn't Drew still have a movie

<v Speaker 1>to film. In that case, do you think they will

<v Speaker 1>do a title change tomorrow? I hope not. It's too

<v Speaker 1>soon to take the belt off of Drew Well, he's

<v Speaker 1>going to be filming for that new Highlander movie. He's

<v Speaker 1>the brother of the main character, and I haven't been

<v Speaker 1>able to find any sort of clarity and exactly when

<v Speaker 1>he is filming. My understanding was he was filming in April.

<v Speaker 1>But I don't think they need him for a lot

<v Speaker 1>of filming. So if let's say he was filming for

<v Speaker 1>like a week or two at the beginning of April,

<v Speaker 1>then it doesn't really impact anything. So I wouldn't read

<v Speaker 1>too much into it. Drew is not losing the belt tomorrow,

<v Speaker 1>Jerome Jennio. Actually, Deputy Dog, you make a great point,

<v Speaker 1>he says, see solo another reason you should take the

<v Speaker 1>GM for NXT. You can move to Florida. Who wants

<v Speaker 1>to move to Florida? That's another place like you got

<v Speaker 1>to board up your shit when the hurricanes come. You

<v Speaker 1>gotta deal with Florida man, Florida man stories every day,

<v Speaker 1>old people driving in front of you at fifteen miles

<v Speaker 1>an hour. As a New Yorker, I mean that would

<v Speaker 1>just I would lose my mind. Jerome says, well, we

<v Speaker 1>ever see another two person winner in one rumble again?

<v Speaker 1>I think we will. I think they want to let

<v Speaker 1>some more time go by. I mean, I mean that

<v Speaker 1>was nineteen ninety four. I guess we've already had thirty

<v Speaker 1>plus years. But I think at some point, I'm trying

<v Speaker 1>to think, you know what though, all right, so I

<v Speaker 1>take that back. I thought you were talking more about

<v Speaker 1>like two people going out over the top at the

<v Speaker 1>same time. You mean what they did in ninety four

<v Speaker 1>where they both go out and then they just declare

<v Speaker 1>two winners. Then, no, that we will never see again.

<v Speaker 1>That was stupid when they did it in ninety four,

<v Speaker 1>and it would be even dumber if they did it

<v Speaker 1>again now. I remember watching in ninety four, and I

<v Speaker 1>was a lot younger back then, and I'm watching that going,

<v Speaker 1>what are they doing just ring the bell and restart

<v Speaker 1>the rumble? Why do we have co winning? Like you

<v Speaker 1>could hear the crowd groan when they made the announcement

<v Speaker 1>that we had co winners, Like I'm sure that there

<v Speaker 1>was nobody watching that show who was like, oh, this

<v Speaker 1>is cool or oh I agree with this finish, Like,

<v Speaker 1>you know, it was stupid then and it would be

<v Speaker 1>stupid now. But two people going out over the top

<v Speaker 1>and having some controversy or you know, restarting it or something, Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>that I think will we'll have again at some point.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, it happened with Cina and Batista, but that

<v Speaker 1>was an accident that wasn't supposed to happen. MGM, I'm balling.

<v Speaker 1>What's going on? Man, he's ballin. I turned twenty six today,

<v Speaker 1>but received a great gift when I was watching TNT

<v Speaker 1>last night and saw you guys hysterical laughing at my

<v Speaker 1>stupid motor boat joke. It made my night. I keep

<v Speaker 1>laughing every time I watch Well, that's why I brought

<v Speaker 1>it up again. I said, I hate myself for laughing

<v Speaker 1>at that, and then I found out that you used

<v Speaker 1>it with him as well. He had already heard it,

<v Speaker 1>but we laughed anyway because it was just so stupid.

<v Speaker 1>How could you not laugh anyway? Happy birthday, MGM. I

<v Speaker 1>hope you have a great birthday. Go out on Friday night, celebrate,

<v Speaker 1>hit the club, Wink the Cosmic Gramma. In a perfect world,

<v Speaker 1>who do you pick to be the booker of WWE?

<v Speaker 1>And is Vampiro a better booker than Triple H? I

<v Speaker 1>can't speak to how good or bad of a booker

<v Speaker 1>Vampiro is. I'm going to say probably not in a

<v Speaker 1>perfect world. I don't or isn't that one person that like,

<v Speaker 1>oh they need to This person needs to run Creative

<v Speaker 1>in WW. They need to hire Scott the more did

<v Speaker 1>you like? I don't know who that one person is.

<v Speaker 1>I really don't. I don't know if Paul Hayman would

<v Speaker 1>be any better or any worse than Triple H. Paul

<v Speaker 1>Hayman is already a voice in the room. How different

<v Speaker 1>would Creative be if he was the one running it?

<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It might be marginally better. Part of

<v Speaker 1>me thinks we need a totally new voice, a younger,

<v Speaker 1>totally new voice in the room, and not the same

<v Speaker 1>old brigade that's been there for decades. You know, the

<v Speaker 1>Triple H's and the Paul Hayman's and the Michael Hayes

<v Speaker 1>and Bruce Pritchard. It's the same shit over and over

<v Speaker 1>and over again, thirty forty fucking years. Maybe we need

<v Speaker 1>someone completely new that we're not thinking of. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know who that person would be. Don't say me. I

<v Speaker 1>don't want that job. I don't want that I don't

<v Speaker 1>want my hair to go totally gray. I don't need that.

<v Speaker 1>Dried chicken says the women wrestling in the Royal Rumble,

<v Speaker 1>will need to drink lots of water. You know people

<v Speaker 1>are joking about that. I don't Is it really that

<v Speaker 1>hot over there? Like this time of year? When I

<v Speaker 1>checked the weather yesterday, I think it said it was

<v Speaker 1>like fifty three degrees. Is it really gonna be that

<v Speaker 1>hot tomorrow? I mean, I know it's riodd, but like

<v Speaker 1>this time of year, is it not a little bit

<v Speaker 1>cooler over there? I don't know, man, I'm asking, I

<v Speaker 1>don't know. Uh, toya, So Damien is in and Finn

<v Speaker 1>is not hilarious? Yeah, it's basically just a freaking inside

<v Speaker 1>joke on this poor guy. I now. Holliday says, I'm

<v Speaker 1>not a fan of the MFTs, but surely they could

<v Speaker 1>have worked with the Street Profits or the Motor City

<v Speaker 1>machine Guns unless they're saving an MFT versus Profits match

<v Speaker 1>for WrestleMania. The MFTs versus why It's feud was never

<v Speaker 1>interesting to me. You are not the only one. You

<v Speaker 1>are not the only one. So it's very hot in

<v Speaker 1>the day and very cold. Well, I knew it would

<v Speaker 1>be on the warmer side. I just I'm asking, like

<v Speaker 1>this time of year, how hot would it get? Because

<v Speaker 1>this show is being held two o'clock eastern, so it's

<v Speaker 1>being held in the evening, so it's not going to

<v Speaker 1>be at its hottest when they go out there. So

<v Speaker 1>when the women are actually out there, I wouldn't think

<v Speaker 1>it's like eighty degrees outside. That's why I was asking, like,

<v Speaker 1>I wonder what the temperature will be when the show

<v Speaker 1>itself actually starts. Dry Chicken says, I have the best

<v Speaker 1>bad idea for Johnny Gargano. He and Candas can steal

<v Speaker 1>Cody Rhodes's tour bus. Actually, that might have been the

<v Speaker 1>funniest super chat of the night. You're insinuating that Johnny

<v Speaker 1>Gargana is going to feud with Cody Rhodes. That might

<v Speaker 1>be the funniest fucking thing I heard all day, all week.

<v Speaker 1>You're funny guy. Where are the Street profits anyway? They

<v Speaker 1>are back in the States doing NXT live events. Yeah, yep,

<v Speaker 1>that's what they're doing. Oh we got Keegan usually miss

<v Speaker 1>the live streams. Much love from Ohio. Curious to know

<v Speaker 1>if you've ever made a wrestling bucket list of things

<v Speaker 1>that you wanted to do or accomplish in your time

<v Speaker 1>with the craft as a fan and a commentator. You know,

<v Speaker 1>as a commentator, I've had the pleasure of being able

<v Speaker 1>to call matches with some you know, pretty big current

<v Speaker 1>names in wrestling, so that's been very cool. There's maybe

<v Speaker 1>other names that I'd like to you know, call their

<v Speaker 1>matches as well, or you know, call a match in

<v Speaker 1>certain venues. I think that would be cool. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know how practical it is, even something like Hammerstein, you know,

<v Speaker 1>like the Hammerstein Ballroom or place like that. As far

<v Speaker 1>as like a bucket list as a fan, I think

<v Speaker 1>I've said this before, and I don't know. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if it'll ever happen, but I would like to

<v Speaker 1>make my way out to Japan at some point and

<v Speaker 1>go see some wrestling in Japan. And I don't just

<v Speaker 1>mean like Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyo them that would

<v Speaker 1>be cool, But even like some of the smaller venues,

<v Speaker 1>I'll see some some New Japan shows or a Stardom

<v Speaker 1>show or something. I think that would be cool. I've

<v Speaker 1>already been to a bunch of WrestleMania's, so in terms

<v Speaker 1>of like those types of shows, I think I've already

<v Speaker 1>done that. So I don't know, I don't know what

<v Speaker 1>else would be on my bucket list. I'd have to

<v Speaker 1>think about that. It's a good question. Though Olivia much

<v Speaker 1>love from Bulgaria. Miss tonight, but can't wait to watch

<v Speaker 1>the Rumble live at eight pm. My time with friends

<v Speaker 1>won't have to stay up until six am this year.

<v Speaker 1>Look at that all the way from Bulgaria. I wonder

<v Speaker 1>if the Bulgarian brute will be in the Royal Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>He hasn't been doing a whole hell of a lot. Olivia,

<v Speaker 1>thank you, I'm glad you were able to make the stream.

<v Speaker 1>Nick Grosso says. Ava took to social media said that

<v Speaker 1>she's leaving WWE. So with Ava parting ways, this William

<v Speaker 1>Regal become the GM again. Do you look back at

<v Speaker 1>her run and see her as another David Flair. I

<v Speaker 1>was gonna say more Tiffany from her time as the

<v Speaker 1>GM of ECW or I hate to even make this comparison,

<v Speaker 1>but to Mike Adamley when he was the general manager

<v Speaker 1>of Raw. But yeah, Regal. I don't know if Regal

<v Speaker 1>wants to be an on air personality again, but sure

<v Speaker 1>I could see that. I just think he might be

<v Speaker 1>doing more stuff on the main roster where he wouldn't

<v Speaker 1>have the time to necessarily be on that show every

<v Speaker 1>single week, and like on that show, the GM is

<v Speaker 1>basically on the actual television show every week, so time wise,

<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's something he wants to do.

<v Speaker 1>We've got dried Chicken says, if he was head of creative,

<v Speaker 1>he's adding Tyler, Bate, Biggie, Our Truth, Raymisterio, and Natalia

<v Speaker 1>as my creative team. That's a lot of people to

<v Speaker 1>add to the creative team all at once who have

<v Speaker 1>never in their lives booked creative. That's a very bad idea.

<v Speaker 1>I think you want to just slow rotate people in

<v Speaker 1>if you want to see if they have the the

<v Speaker 1>capacity to be a good creative voice. To just blow

<v Speaker 1>up the creative team and put all those people in

<v Speaker 1>the room I think would be premature. Olivia says, how

<v Speaker 1>did you feel when Why two J's nineteen ninety nine

<v Speaker 1>debut happened? I thought it was cool. I think everybody

<v Speaker 1>knew that it was Jericho who was coming in when

<v Speaker 1>those countdowns started running in June. I think it was

<v Speaker 1>the end of June when the first countdown clock showed up,

<v Speaker 1>and everybody knew, like we were already online at that point,

<v Speaker 1>and it was pretty much well known that Jericho was

<v Speaker 1>coming in. He was the millennium men. So there was

<v Speaker 1>a lot of excitement for it, and then when it

<v Speaker 1>actually happened and he showed up and was going back

<v Speaker 1>and forth on the mic with the rock like that

<v Speaker 1>was a big deal. That was one of the bigger

<v Speaker 1>moments in raw history. Yuki Oh rules, Solo is going

<v Speaker 1>to have the kurd angle headgear with the hair have

<v Speaker 1>Solo Soco and I have to shave my head bald. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>I'll have the amateur headgear with the with the wig underneath.

<v Speaker 1>Actually would be actually would be very funny. Uh sidrow

<v Speaker 1>what you call a kinky pasta a fetishini? Oh my god?

<v Speaker 1>And one spelling error can ruin your marriage. I accidentally

<v Speaker 1>messaged my wife I'm having a great time. I wish

<v Speaker 1>you were her. I could see where that might result

<v Speaker 1>in divorce, irreconcilable differences. I could see that. Are you

<v Speaker 1>speaking from experienced syndrome? Horatio Alger It's unfair that women

<v Speaker 1>must cover up, but not the men. They knew that

<v Speaker 1>when they made the decision to run over there. I

<v Speaker 1>don't I don't disagree, But the money the WWE is

<v Speaker 1>getting for these shows, I don't think they give a shit.

<v Speaker 1>I think They've made that abundantly clear. Sidrow says, how

<v Speaker 1>did Batman's mom call him in for dinner? Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner,

<v Speaker 1>Dinner's son of a bitch. I'm not finishing that because

<v Speaker 1>I won't be able to without breaking up man caught

<v Speaker 1>stealing viagra. Police say that he's facing a hard time,

<v Speaker 1>and what do you get when you rub two oranges together?

<v Speaker 1>Pulp friction. Unbelieved. This guy's a menace. He has to

<v Speaker 1>be stopped, has to be stopped. Holiday says, I wouldn't

<v Speaker 1>rule out Jacob fa to winning the Men's Royal Rumble

<v Speaker 1>as a surprise, especially if Live wins the Women's Rumble.

<v Speaker 1>For Raw Rhodes is likely to be Shoehorn, resulting in

<v Speaker 1>a triple threat at WrestleMania. Well, someone better be Shoehorn,

<v Speaker 1>because what I don't want is just another singles match

<v Speaker 1>between Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre. So you gotta work

<v Speaker 1>Jacob in there somehow, or Randy Orton or someone. You

<v Speaker 1>cannot just give us another Cody and Drew match and

<v Speaker 1>say here you go, that's your WrestleMania main event. That

<v Speaker 1>would be fucking lame. Toya says, I can't wait until

<v Speaker 1>the Royal Rumble to be over. This is just painful,

<v Speaker 1>my favorite event, and I'm not excited about it. Devin

<v Speaker 1>from NJ, much like Toya dropping a five dollars super

<v Speaker 1>chat thank you both, says, why would Roman mock Brock

<v Speaker 1>for being a part timer in twenty eighteen only to

<v Speaker 1>go on and have the same schedule a few years

<v Speaker 1>later a little hypocritical. Well that's what happens when you

<v Speaker 1>have what was he a five kids, including two sets

<v Speaker 1>of twins. He's had health issues in the past, so

<v Speaker 1>perhaps there are perhaps there are reasons why his schedule

<v Speaker 1>is so reduced. But of course you got to watch

<v Speaker 1>what you say, like when you criticize other talents and

<v Speaker 1>members on the roster. He did the same thing with

<v Speaker 1>John Cena years ago. Remember that whole promo bat I

<v Speaker 1>hesitate to even call it a promo battle. It was

<v Speaker 1>more like a massacre. But when we had Roman and

<v Speaker 1>John Cena and the ring cutting promos on each other

<v Speaker 1>before their match at No Mercy, I think it was.

<v Speaker 1>And Roman is calling him part time and all this stuff,

<v Speaker 1>It's like, you know, one of these days that's gonna

<v Speaker 1>be you, and people are going to look back and go, boy,

<v Speaker 1>you sound like a hypocrite. Jeremy Rose says, when it

<v Speaker 1>comes to Roman, do you think there is anyone that

<v Speaker 1>eliminating him could set up an interesting WrestleMania match? Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>bron breaker. Also, if Roman is in the main event,

<v Speaker 1>do you see any shot that he would choose Punk?

<v Speaker 1>That could be fie. I mean, if he wins the Rumble,

<v Speaker 1>I'm hoping he picks Punk. That's the match I'm hoping for.

<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't mind him and Drew because there's history there.

<v Speaker 1>But I feel like if you if you occupy Drew

<v Speaker 1>with Roman, then what the fuck does Cody do? Cody

<v Speaker 1>or Jacob? It's a little bit cleaner. I think if

<v Speaker 1>he chooses Punk and then he goes off and they

<v Speaker 1>have their their singles match, dry Chicken says Billy. The

<v Speaker 1>puppets choice. Take a mist to the face from Osca,

<v Speaker 1>a snake bite from one of Jake's pet snakes, or

<v Speaker 1>have a hundred cats in your room. Oh my god,

<v Speaker 1>I could I could smell this super chat my allergies,

<v Speaker 1>I would be I would be dead, I think, so

<v Speaker 1>I am. I can only make one choice here, I'll

<v Speaker 1>take mist to the face from Oscar and you know why,

<v Speaker 1>because one thing I will not have to worry about

<v Speaker 1>if Osca misss me in the face, unlike some of

<v Speaker 1>the other women over the years that she has missed it,

<v Speaker 1>at least I won't have to worry about getting pregnant.

<v Speaker 1>So there you go. I'll take the missed Hulkling ninety

<v Speaker 1>three solo. I know you prefer Gunther winning for a while.

<v Speaker 1>Unless Gunther is not part of every pl cycle after WrestleMania,

<v Speaker 1>then it can get uninspired real fast if there aren't

<v Speaker 1>strong programs lined up. Yes, I agree. I agree it's

<v Speaker 1>on them to come up with interesting opponents and stories

<v Speaker 1>for him. And I'm not even saying he has to

<v Speaker 1>go unbeaten the whole year, but I do think that,

<v Speaker 1>you know, given this huge win that he got last month,

<v Speaker 1>that he should go unbeaten for a while until it

<v Speaker 1>really means something when somebody finally does beat him and

<v Speaker 1>AJ Styles being the one to do it, I don't

<v Speaker 1>really see what that accomplishes. Paul Jackson. What if Gunther

<v Speaker 1>attacks and beats down aj Styles during his entrance, destroys

<v Speaker 1>aj to where the match is canceled and we get

<v Speaker 1>the actual match of WrestleMania. So what you're proposing is

<v Speaker 1>that on a three on a four match ple that

<v Speaker 1>we end up getting three matches instead of four. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>I don't like that. I would say that is a

<v Speaker 1>very bad idea. Don't do that. Don't do that. Rosslaum

<v Speaker 1>and Nakamoras spoil the AJ finish and now spoiler number two. Boy,

<v Speaker 1>they're just spoiling everything, aren't they try and says AJ

<v Speaker 1>against Gunther at the Rumble spoiler, AJ Styles will purposely

<v Speaker 1>take a count out loss from gun Through instead of

<v Speaker 1>a pin or a submission, but he still loses. Why

<v Speaker 1>would he do that? Then he would just retire himself.

<v Speaker 1>That's the John Cena match all over again, where he

<v Speaker 1>just decided to tap out. Gunther didn't beat him, John

<v Speaker 1>Cena beat himself. I wouldn't run that finish back again,

<v Speaker 1>although it would be kind of funny if, like if

<v Speaker 1>the story was that AJ just wanted to get out

<v Speaker 1>of his contract, so he retired just so he can

<v Speaker 1>go work other places, gets himself intentionally disqualified or counted out,

<v Speaker 1>pops up on Dynamite the following week, So then instead

<v Speaker 1>of four hundred and eighty nine thousand people watching Dynamite

<v Speaker 1>last week, they'll be up to five eleven. I figure

<v Speaker 1>AJ popping up there would be good for an extra

<v Speaker 1>twenty five thousand people. What do you think maybe thirty

<v Speaker 1>uh pillow VP Brock is going to slaughter Kit Wilson

<v Speaker 1>in the Rumble. See I figured that if Braun is

<v Speaker 1>number one, then Kit Wilson comes out at number two.

<v Speaker 1>Give me backshot Solo. Monsters with us faster than a bear,

<v Speaker 1>stronger than a buck? Do you want me to finish? This?

<v Speaker 1>The biggest thing to hit Canada because the maple leafs

<v Speaker 1>suck one of the all time great promos. Alex says

<v Speaker 1>brother solo. I just finished watching the Royal Rumble in

<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety four and noticed they didn't play their entrance

<v Speaker 1>music for each person. When did they change that? Also?

<v Speaker 1>Do you think they should have had brett eliminade Owen?

<v Speaker 1>I think there were in some of the early rumbles

<v Speaker 1>there were instances of them playing entrance music and then

<v Speaker 1>they did away with it, and I don't think it

<v Speaker 1>was until ninety six. I want to say nineteen ninety

<v Speaker 1>six is when they started playing entrance music. I know

<v Speaker 1>for a fact that in ninety six when Shawn Michaels

<v Speaker 1>came out, they played his music. I don't remember if

<v Speaker 1>everybody got music in the Rumble that year, but I

<v Speaker 1>want to say, ninety six JDFVA buy or sell the

<v Speaker 1>snow and ice? Or the Birds over the Van Wick?

<v Speaker 1>Can we bury the birds in the ice? Can we

<v Speaker 1>do that? I'll take the Birds over the Van Wick

<v Speaker 1>because at least with the birds, you know you have

<v Speaker 1>a shot when you come out under the underpass of

<v Speaker 1>maybe you know, ducking and dodging, and maybe they don't

<v Speaker 1>hit you, maybe they don't hit that bull's eye. At

<v Speaker 1>least I can drive my car. I can't even move

<v Speaker 1>the fucking thing now, Super Pony, better rumble. Last man's

<v Speaker 1>standing match Kevin Owens against John Moxley from twenty sixteen

<v Speaker 1>or John Cena against Umaga from two thousand and seven.

<v Speaker 1>I think both are the two best last man standing

<v Speaker 1>matches ever. Interesting. Well, then you need to see Triple

<v Speaker 1>H against Chris Jericho from Fully Loaded in two thousand

<v Speaker 1>and then get back to me. I was at that

<v Speaker 1>Royal Rumble in twenty sixteen. That was the opening match, right,

<v Speaker 1>That was for the Intercontinental title. That was an excellent

<v Speaker 1>match between Ambrose and Owens, but I gotta go Sena

<v Speaker 1>and Umaga. That one gets my vote. Phil says, Hey, Solo,

<v Speaker 1>are you a ketchup or mustard? Guy? I enjoy both

<v Speaker 1>mustard on my hot dog, ketchup on my burger. I

<v Speaker 1>can't really choose one over the other. I use them

<v Speaker 1>both equally. Bas Beer is Solo of the Sun is

<v Speaker 1>still out? Yes, I know it's it's very unusual for

<v Speaker 1>me to be out, as you can tell, very unusual

<v Speaker 1>for me to be out in the sun. Bas Bears says,

<v Speaker 1>yu gi oh rules okay. Super Pony says do they

<v Speaker 1>know that Unreal makes them look even more creatively incompetent

<v Speaker 1>than the fans already think they are or do they

<v Speaker 1>just not care? Uh? Yeah, I don't think they care,

<v Speaker 1>because it certainly didn't do them any favors the way

<v Speaker 1>they came across on that show. By the way, I

<v Speaker 1>will have a full review. I mean I'm not really

<v Speaker 1>going every scene episode by episode, but I will have

<v Speaker 1>a full review with my thoughts on Unreal season two

<v Speaker 1>that'll be on the podcast this Sunday. And super Pony says, also,

<v Speaker 1>why is Bruce still in Creative meetings because Triple H

<v Speaker 1>loves him, Triple H loves Bruce. Olivia says, who does

<v Speaker 1>Pete Dunn hate more? Vince or Triple H at this point?

<v Speaker 1>You know what, It's debatable. I'm gonna say Vince, but

<v Speaker 1>I think it might be close. Toya says, what if

<v Speaker 1>Gunther got caught cheating? He cheated before, what makes me

<v Speaker 1>think that he won't Oh in the match. I didn't

<v Speaker 1>know what you were talking about there for a second.

<v Speaker 1>It's like he cheated before on Jinny Oh in the match,

<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I mean, look, it's possible. I mean it's

<v Speaker 1>possible that he is throwing everything at AJ and it's

<v Speaker 1>not working, and out of desperation, he does something to

<v Speaker 1>get himself disqualified. Thus AJ's career goes on. That is possible.

<v Speaker 1>That's about the only way for them to get out

<v Speaker 1>of this, though. I think as far as keeping AJ around,

<v Speaker 1>I mean, they don't have a lot of great options here.

<v Speaker 1>And bas Beers says Austin theory will win the royal rumble. Well,

<v Speaker 1>I see, bass Beers is getting started. Boys a little

<v Speaker 1>early to be drinking this time of day, but I

<v Speaker 1>guess it's happy hour somewhere. He got the happy hour

<v Speaker 1>on Friday started early with that super chat and try

<v Speaker 1>Chicken says Naya Jacks will eliminate Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss.

<v Speaker 1>Oh man, I think bliss Fan's head is going to

<v Speaker 1>explode if that happens. And super Pony solo, did you

<v Speaker 1>forget to spend the wheel? I did. I did forget

<v Speaker 1>to spin the wheel. Well that's on me, and so

<v Speaker 1>I guess I owe you a be the booker because

<v Speaker 1>I forgot to spend the wheel. We are, though, at

<v Speaker 1>three hundred and seventy two likes, so it would be

<v Speaker 1>cool if we can hit four hundred. I didn't think

<v Speaker 1>we would this early in the afternoon, but we're pretty close.

<v Speaker 1>So hit that like button. But yes, I forgot to

<v Speaker 1>spin the wheel. So I guess I owe you some

<v Speaker 1>be the booker. So let's do it. Let's be the

<v Speaker 1>booker everybody. If I can find the button there it

<v Speaker 1>is ladies are gentlemen. It is now time to be

<v Speaker 1>the booker. I think if Naya Jack's eliminates Alexa and

<v Speaker 1>Charlotte at the same time, I think Bliss Fan is

<v Speaker 1>going to be on a rampage in the chat. I

<v Speaker 1>fear for his mental health if that happens. So let's

<v Speaker 1>get a little preview for what we can hopefully expect tomorrow.

<v Speaker 1>I expect to easily hit the goal tomorrow for be

<v Speaker 1>the booker, because we'll have a lot more people here.

<v Speaker 1>But let's do a little preview. That's right, hey, I

<v Speaker 1>am a man of the people. It's the least I

<v Speaker 1>could do since I forgot to spin the wheel. We

<v Speaker 1>have now see this, this right here, This ain't the

<v Speaker 1>war Raiders. This is war Machine with their IWGP tag

<v Speaker 1>team titles. We got ourselves some war Machine that's from

<v Speaker 1>the Ring of Honor days and war Machine is going

<v Speaker 1>to be taking on Edge and Randy Orton. That's a

<v Speaker 1>fine way to kick off be the booker here. I

<v Speaker 1>like that. I like that. Let's keep it going here.

<v Speaker 1>Since WWE is only giving you four matches tomorrow, I'll

<v Speaker 1>give you three more. This will be your women's match.

<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be the former TNA Knockouts champion, Mickey James.

<v Speaker 1>She's popped up in the Royal Rumble before as a surprise.

<v Speaker 1>I don't expect her to tomorrow, but she has been

<v Speaker 1>a surprise entrance before. Mickey James against Miss Jackie. I

<v Speaker 1>think Jackie gets enough love Mickey and Jackie boy that

<v Speaker 1>dresses that dress is doing a lot of work. It's

<v Speaker 1>got of the men. Our main event, main event time.

<v Speaker 1>We have the reigning TNT champion Mark brisco who will

<v Speaker 1>be defending that title tomorrow against Tomaso Champa in Champa's

<v Speaker 1>debut match in a w And if it were me,

<v Speaker 1>I'd be putting that TNT title on Tomaso Champa. So

<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be a bit of a warm up

<v Speaker 1>here for Mark Briscoe. Mm hmm. Mil Muertes, we will

<v Speaker 1>have a lovely Katrina in his corner. Mill Maaretes, god

<v Speaker 1>Ricky Banderaz, how old is he now? He's got to

<v Speaker 1>be about fifty. He's still doing his thing. Milmaretse and

<v Speaker 1>Mark Briscoe, I feel like would be a very bloody,

<v Speaker 1>very violent match, especially if they did that match in

<v Speaker 1>Luca Underground. Look at that. I didn't even spin the

<v Speaker 1>wheel and know I was going to do this, and

<v Speaker 1>you guys just got a clean sweep and be the booker. Now,

<v Speaker 1>can we repeat that tomorrow? That's gonna be the question,

<v Speaker 1>because again I'm gonna be live with you for the

<v Speaker 1>Royal rumble nine pm Eastern into the plan. So a

<v Speaker 1>few hours after the rumble ends, you guys can go

<v Speaker 1>eat and get showered up or liquored up or whatever

<v Speaker 1>you're going to be doing, and then you can drop

<v Speaker 1>on by the YouTube channel and we will talk about

<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty six rumble from Riod. So that is

<v Speaker 1>the plan, you know. It makes me said that there

<v Speaker 1>were people in the chat going who when I landed

<v Speaker 1>on milmore Tes try Chicken says, it's the good Son's scenario.

<v Speaker 1>Save one and let the other one go. Trick Williams

<v Speaker 1>or Kevin Knight. Hmm, Well, Kevin Knight is a better

<v Speaker 1>wrestler than Trick Williams, and Kevin Knight is very fun

<v Speaker 1>to watch. Trick Williams is already being groomed for glory

<v Speaker 1>in a way that I think he'll get there before

<v Speaker 1>Kevin Knight does. As far as being in that top mix,

<v Speaker 1>I mean, the jury is out whether or not Kevin

<v Speaker 1>Knight will have the opportunity to get there in AW.

<v Speaker 1>I think he has the talent too for sure, So

<v Speaker 1>if I had to man, I don't really have any

<v Speaker 1>sort of personal preference here. I think they're both talented

<v Speaker 1>in their own way. Trick Is is far more karas.

<v Speaker 1>That's why I think it's that he's going to go

<v Speaker 1>a lot further, a lot quicker because of that. There

<v Speaker 1>are a lot of examples of guys in wrestling who

<v Speaker 1>either were not very good in the ring, or they

<v Speaker 1>were they were okay, they were serviceable, they were solid,

<v Speaker 1>but they just had personality and charisma for days, and

<v Speaker 1>that's what makes it fun, you know, to watch those

<v Speaker 1>personalities shine through on TV. And those are the guys

<v Speaker 1>that usually go on to become world champion and have

<v Speaker 1>great success. So I feel like he will get there

<v Speaker 1>sooner than Kevin Knight will But if I had to

<v Speaker 1>choose just one man, that's tough. That is tough. I

<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I can flip a coin and be

<v Speaker 1>happy with whatever it lands on. I'll go Trick. I'll

<v Speaker 1>go Trick Williams. But I mean i'd be I'd be

<v Speaker 1>fine with either one. Uh, Olivia, I will I'll be

<v Speaker 1>live tomorrow at nine pm Eastern, So where you are,

<v Speaker 1>I don't know where what that would be where you are,

<v Speaker 1>it's probably going to be very late for you. Think

<v Speaker 1>about it like this. Normally, when I go live it's

<v Speaker 1>like eleven o'clock my time, so whatever time it normally

<v Speaker 1>would be by you, I'm only going to be going

<v Speaker 1>live maybe a couple of hours earlier than usual, but

<v Speaker 1>hopefully you can join at least for the beginning of

<v Speaker 1>the stream. Hopefully you can join. And we did hit

<v Speaker 1>four hundred likes on a Friday afternoon. I'll take it.

<v Speaker 1>I'll take it four am by ooh, all right, so

<v Speaker 1>then maybe you won't be tuned in. It's going to

<v Speaker 1>be four am where Olivia is. Well, if you can't

<v Speaker 1>join live, the review will be there for you when

<v Speaker 1>you wake up, so either way you'll get to check

<v Speaker 1>it out. I appreciate everybody who joined here on the

<v Speaker 1>SHO stream. I didn't know what to expect going live

<v Speaker 1>at three thirty, but we had a pretty solid crowd here,

<v Speaker 1>so I thank you for that, and thank you for

<v Speaker 1>all of the support, and Sidrow for the jokes, and

<v Speaker 1>everybody else for all of the comments and questions. Guys

<v Speaker 1>are awesome. We'll do it all again tomorrow for the Rumble,

<v Speaker 1>and then episode nine of the SoundOff on Sunday. We'll

<v Speaker 1>have all the Rumble fallout. Full review of season two

<v Speaker 1>of WWE unreal. There'll be some aw news, a bunch

<v Speaker 1>of mailbag questions. This should be a good time. We

<v Speaker 1>have got double X not today, Jay, channel member for

<v Speaker 1>six months. I'm grateful to be listening to you. Here's

<v Speaker 1>too many more months. Well, thank you, thank you for

<v Speaker 1>those six months. Here's the six more. We also, we

<v Speaker 1>passed the ninety one hundred subscribers a few days ago,

<v Speaker 1>so now we're on our way to ninety point two.

<v Speaker 1>So tell a friend they're not already subscribed to the channel.

<v Speaker 1>They may enjoy the content, they may like what they see.

<v Speaker 1>All right, I'm gonna head out, be well, stay safe.

<v Speaker 1>Thank you again for hanging out with me on a

<v Speaker 1>Friday afternoon, and we'll do it all over again. Tomorrow

<v Speaker 1>is the big day. It is the Royal Rumble and

<v Speaker 1>I will see you guys there for all the action.

<v Speaker 1>Until then, take care, guys,