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Episode 247 – Wrestlepalooza Predictions · My Third Place Pod

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of the Attitude
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Era, welcome back to my third place podcast, the only
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wrestling show where the crowd pop is louder than the pyro and
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the chaos feels like an ECW crowd throwing chairs in 95.
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This is episode 147. I'm Evo wibbling my hips like
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the long lost love child of Val Venus, Rick Rude and the Honky
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Tonk man. Yeah that's the visual living
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rent free in your head now. Also two of those guys are
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legends and one of the certified douche canoe F you Bell Venus.
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Anyways, here's what's on the card tonight.
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Don takes the AAA Mega Championship, but the real
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question is who did he celebrate with WrestleMania 43 heading to
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Saudi Arabia and the enemies already cutting primos harder
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than Russo in 99 TikTok band. What that means for creators,
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fans in the future of wrestling clips are a new beta app being
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worked on right now called OWN. How it works, what it could
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bring to the table and whether it's our ticket to running Wild
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brother. And later on the show, we got
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rest of Palooza predictions from the main car to the price bots
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worthy of a Paul Heyman. Oh my God, AJ Lee wrestling
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recommendations, promos, matches in the moment that remind you
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why she's still the pipe bomb queen.
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Down for you minutes. And this?
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Did this gimmick exist where half the answers sound like
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Vince McMahon's fever dream after too much search soda?
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I'm going to ask you some questions if they existed or if
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they didn't exist it and get the answer.
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And I'm not running this gauntlet solo writing shotgun
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with me tonight, storming back into the square circle like a
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surprise Royal Rumble entrant menace.
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How you doing this evening? I'm doing great.
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How you doing? Great, great.
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It is Wednesday, Absolutely, absolutely gets posted on
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Thursday, but it is Wednesday in the middle of the week and we
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are halfway done with September. Almost there.
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We're almost there. Crazy.
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Yeah, first thing first, Dom celebrating defeating a hero
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baby Kingo at World Collide for the triple.
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A mega championship. That's the only one I got right,
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I guess. Everybody else.
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No, you've got, you got pretty good, right?
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OK, yeah, 'cause you got. Let's see, looking at the card,
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it was you said La Parka, La Parka's team for the eight man
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tag. OK, Yeah.
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And then you said Natalia. Yeah.
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Natty oof. Yeah, yeah.
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You wanted the new day to win, but they didn't.
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No. So that was and then did you say
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judgment Day? I urgent to say.
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Think I did. Who was who were you facing?
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Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana. That's a judgment day.
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Yeah. OK.
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And. Then the Rio you said Ethan
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Page, but. No.
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Oh. You hold that Doctor Wagner one.
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Hi. So you were you got half of
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them. I did.
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Yeah, I did. And I think, I think I did about
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the same as you, OK. And what, the main event?
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That's the only one I cared about.
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Yeah. Dom winning.
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You got AAA championship. And then you send message me and
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said he's acting wild tonight. Hi.
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Yeah. Liana's in the chat.
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Hi Liana, how are? You.
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Hi, Liana. He's running wild tonight.
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He's doing some crazy stuff like, Oh my God.
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He's starting stuff. He's starting.
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Stuff I was like that whole night and then the whole match
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and then to find out later if that if Dom wins, Ray gets this,
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like put the bell around him and everything.
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He was going. Dom was going off on Ray, and
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Dom was going off on his godfather too.
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Conan. Yeah.
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So that was. Fun.
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Yeah. Conan was like, it's my godson,
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you know? So he was kind of like on the
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fence, you know? I'm like, look, when Ray was
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inducted, you kept saying he was, you know, you know, he was
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disrespectful. He was this and that, you know,
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to his dad. So come on now.
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You're gonna either be for him or gets to him.
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There's no in between. Yeah, exactly.
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And then he wins. He gets help from the Judgment
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Day. He gets help from whoever was
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under the the mask of yeah, around Americano.
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And we all know it was little big.
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Yeah. But there's like two other ones
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that are playing him as well. Yeah, who?
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And they all three showed up on Raw so they were all doing the
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spider man. The spider man Me.
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Hey, the point me. Yeah, I love that.
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It's you. It's me.
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See. After so Ray wins with the frog
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splash, he gets up the judgment there are celebrating with him.
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They're all like giving him hugs.
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He looks past them and hugs Ludwig or Grand Americano And
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like back there, a freaking Finn and McDonald, McDonald,
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McDonald, McDonald are just like staring at each other like
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what's going on with him? Like we're going to get we're
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going to get a it's going to it's going to get a betrayal.
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We're going to get betrayal. But he's celebrating with what's
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his face, the Grande Minicano, because he helped him win.
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Yeah. So now the AAA Mega Championship
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is on Raw, It's on Netflix. We can see it on Netflix as
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well. That's fun.
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Yeah. I can't wait to see what else
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happening. So they they they win the AAA
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Mega Championship and NXT has the TNA championship.
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Like, aren't you supposed to be like, you know?
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Like on that brand? Like, you know, like, aren't
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there chance they're superstars supposed to be either wrestler
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supposed to be with the belt, not the other way around, our
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wrestler. But I did want the AAA.
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Championship, I know. For Tom.
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So that was fun. Yeah, I enjoyed it.
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It was fun. It was fun to watch.
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I was like, you know what, I I messaged you after.
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I was like, I do. I was like, I hate him.
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I know I hate him, but I'm like, you know what?
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It's going to make that belt, you know, we're going to see
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more wrestlers, I think from AAA are going to be on Raw because
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they want their belt back. Of.
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Course, so whether Eli Holder, Eli Holder, Van Gingo comes or
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doctor Wagner or Mr. Iguana, you know we'll see I I really think
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they're trying to, you know do a lot of crossover stuff so at.
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Least AAA is all like, let's go over there and take the take our
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belt back. Meanwhile.
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TNA is all like, we didn't get invited to homecoming, go get
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your belt, what are you doing? Get invited, Go do it.
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Go go, you know, go invade. Take the opportunity.
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Take. The opportunity and make sure
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William Regal is there. Yeah.
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So I have a question for you. Yes.
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What do you think of the White 6th on AAA?
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Oh, like. Did you not see it I.
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Did not see that part. Oh yeah, after the tag team
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match the white 6th showed up and they attacked Pagano and
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Cycle Clown. Oh, that's horrible.
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We. Should have seen it that.
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That'd be great. Yeah.
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I was like, Oh no, but they belong.
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I think that fit. Yeah, that fit fits there.
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They fit that. That whole everything over
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there, that vibe, yeah. So.
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So now you got to watch that match, Yeah.
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I do from that. Over the weekend, it was
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announced in 2027, WrestleMania 43 will take place in Riyadh,
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Saudi Arabia. Oh my goodness, nobody was
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happy. Like, I'm still trying to figure
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out how we're going to watch Russell Pelusa first of all.
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So. Everybody thought like, you guys
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need to figure out how you're going to watch the Russell
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Palooza and the whole ESPN Plus then worry about Riyadh and
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Saudi Arabia if we're going to be able to.
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Watch it. And every game WrestleMania is
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going to be on at 3:00 AM 12. Like what?
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On both nights, just like. I can't.
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Yeah, I know what? And then we get power of your
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suits. For the girls, it's called it's
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called we have to take a nap during the day, stay up so we
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could watch it, you know, an. 8 hour show.
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Yeah, I really. Want it to be 8 hours.
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Oh yeah. Well, I mean, you figure the
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last was it SummerSlam was six, you know, and that was including
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the pre show plus the, you know, the the post show because, you
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know, they didn't do a conference, of course.
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But yeah. And then there's, yeah, there's
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a lot more stuff going on there. What do you think of it?
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I was like, you know what, I might skip it.
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You know, I want to see it, but it's like I'm, I mean where my
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family and I, you know, we've talked about it.
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We're like, if we do the bundle deal, then we don't have to
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worry about, you know, for three streaming, you know, for three
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accounts. It's the same as if you just got
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ESPN. Right.
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You know, so it's like, OK, and then I think next year it'll be
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like $35. Yeah.
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You know? But still, that's still not bad
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really, if you think about it. But I'm like, do I really want,
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you know, do we really want to get this?
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I mean, yes, this is, you know, a a a pretty good PLE.
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So I'm like, well, maybe I'll go to the movies.
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I could. Do the movies I could do make it
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for the first time. Ever but see movie.
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Theater at Fort. WrestleMania, let's see that
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this. So do you have do you have a
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Regal cinema? I'll find out.
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I'll find out because it's either Regal or like one other
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movie theater has the you know, it's going to show it here
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there. It's in two movie theaters.
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So and when one, I would rather go to one than the other one
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because the other one is up north, the other and the one
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that I'd want to go to is down South, right, right, right.
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But like, do I want to go? But the showing starts at I
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believe 2, but it's pre show. So it's a 2 hour pre show, then
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the the actual show, then of course the press conference.
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So they're like, oh, it's going to be 6 hours.
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It will be Eboo says hello. Hello.
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Eboo. So I'm like like, maybe I'll
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skip it. Maybe.
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Yeah, maybe I'll just, you know, I'll do like I do if I if
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there's a match on AEW on their pay-per-view, I'm like, I'll
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just go to the the like not put yeah, like play by play kind of
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right and find out you know, the like the ticker tape on that
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online. But like, I mean, I want to, I
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mean, of course I want to see them all, but I'm like, maybe
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skip it. I'll do predictions for it but
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skip it. I used to, yeah.
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I used to be able to watch Raw and smack down through like what
13:37
was it called? Watch wrestling.ae.
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Oh yeah, and I. Stopped when it like went to
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Netflix and you know, Peacock and now I'm just like OK so how
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am I going to do this? So I tried looking it up
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yesterday during NXT, like see if I can watch anything live and
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I could, I could, or I could just watch it like 7 hours later
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the next day. I'll watch it the next day
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either way. Yeah, if we end up doing like a
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post show for that the next day, like, yeah, that's fine, we can
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do that. Well, I mean, if you really
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think about it, you watch Raw or Smack Down, you know the
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following week they're going to show you the highlights.
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Oh, so we're going back to when we, it was the 90s and we didn't
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pay or pay for a pay-per-view. So we had to watch it until raw.
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Yeah, let's do that. Yeah, really.
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Or like go to a friend's house and.
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The. NPN plus and be like hey can I
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watch it with? You.
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Yeah, but I think what we're going to do is because my my
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sister, she is the one who pays for it for the house.
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I think her her contract is up I think in November.
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So she said we might just do it then because I don't think
15:00
there's is there anything in October for the main roster is.
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That Perth, Australia. Oh, that's right, it is.
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I don't have to. Wait till 3:00 AM anymore.
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Yeah, really. So not.
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OK, that was fine. Hey, oh, crown.
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That's right, it is crown jewel. Crown jewel was.
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It so yeah, we. Where it's not Australia.
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Anymore. Yeah, no, it's crown jewel
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Perth. Oh, OK.
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Yeah. All right.
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Then we can do it. Yeah.
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I mean, yeah, that's that's we might just have ESPN by then.
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But that's good. I'll find somebody.
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Yeah. We almost lost everything over
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the weekend. Well, yesterday, a few days ago,
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there was supposed to be another TikTok ban.
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Yesterday didn't didn't end up happening.
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Of course it got moved again to December 16th or 19th.
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What did I say yesterday? I forgot.
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You said the 16th. I said the 16th.
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All right, the 16th. And then I heard today I it came
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up on my feed December 16th. December 16th, yeah.
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They said that a deal was also reached on a certain company
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that young people in our country very much wanted to save.
16:23
The relationship remains a very strong one.
16:26
The White House declined to outline the terms of the deal,
16:28
which was negotiated during trade talks between two
16:31
countries and Madrid. The two meeting which wrapped up
16:33
Monday, plus delays in a slew of negotiations that began in May.
16:38
They said we're going to talk about commercial terms of the
16:40
deal is between 2:00 private properties, but the commercial
16:43
terms have been agreed upon. Yeah, U.S.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Beson told reporters.
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So for those wondering about what to do next, there was
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supposed to be another app back in January that was getting
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worked on and funded, but months later still being worked on, and
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that was Neptune. I lost all faith in Neptune
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because it was only for iPhones and then still waiting on
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Android and like I, I made a joke to them like you know I 20
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May 2026 is when GTA 6 comes out.
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So you know if you guys can do this before that you guys won't
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beat a meme. They didn't like it and I got
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banned from their. Life.
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I'm just saying. However, another independent app
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came around known by OWN, which is in a beta phase and nobody's
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able to join it yet unless you get invited.
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I'm already on the app and the community there is amazing.
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I brought along some friends as well and they are having a good
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time. Yeah.
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What do you think of the app so far?
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You know, I so far it's OK. I mean, I haven't, you know,
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when I joined the other app that we tried while ago?
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Tumblr. No Beagle.
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Beagle. Oh God.
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Yeah. That one was like how about no
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I'm getting off this app. I did not like it at all.
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Well, is that the one where like we were, there were like bots?
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Yes. Where like, huh.
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How? When do you usually go?
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When do you usually stream? Can I be your stream?
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What are your topics like? Oh.
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God, or will you sing for me? Will you sing for me?
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Yes. And every time I like look at it
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like somebody said that I'm just like staring.
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I was like, are you serious? Yeah.
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Oh, you. Guys, are bots OK?
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Any anything is better than that.
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Anything. You know, I've got the moment
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I've kind of, you know, Squirrel scrolled a little bit just to
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see, you know, everything. Look, I mean, definitely, I
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haven't seen anything, you know, that maybe it was like.
19:07
Beta isn't beta phase isn't beta phase right now.
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So like the CEO's and the CEO's were on TikTok live, they're
19:17
telling us about it like they had the, the number where you
19:21
could go and do and put that number in there and you can get
19:26
in for free and beta beta taste it, beta test it.
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And so far they're they're promising lives are promising
19:35
duets, they're promising you can check out, you can do sounds the
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the app pays you. It doesn't, you know, the other,
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the app doesn't take your money like some other app does.
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So I'm just like, oh shit, OK, so I'm I'm in, I'll do it.
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It's like I went in there and like followed a bunch of people.
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There's a great community. It's like Tumblr basically, it
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feels. Like Tumblr?
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Where like it's a small group of people, we're helping each other
20:08
grow, we're helping each other grow, we're helping each other
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with the, with the number of followers.
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And then more people are coming in and then we're like, OK, so
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here's what we're going to do. We're going to do this, we're
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going to do that, we're going to do this.
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And so far it's awesome. The people there that are
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they're like, they've been positive about it.
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Like, oh, you're from TikTok. Come on on.
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That's fine. It's all good.
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Oh yeah, saying yeah. And it's like own and somebody
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has says like the reason why it's so different because you
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own this shit, you own your content, not somebody else.
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And I'm like, I'm in. Let me let me come, come hang
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out here for a bit. And you know, that was my whole
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vibe going before finding out that we're not getting banned
20:55
anymore on here. So now I'm just like, oh, damn.
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OK, So it's just like another red note basically where we all
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used it and then once we found out that oh, TikTok is back,
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let's go back over there. Hi.
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Hi. How y'all doing?
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We're back. But no, it's like, no, I'm not
21:17
going to do that. I'm like, you know what, this
21:20
place is awesome. I like it over here.
21:21
I'm gonna go hang out with them for a bit and.
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Post some. Videos and do all kinds of
21:26
stuff. Another question, what are you
21:28
expecting out of it? You know, I, I really don't know
21:36
because on TikTok, you know, it took me a long time to just get
21:44
to 1000 followers. You know, I mean, and even
21:49
though I was able to go live before I, you know, got my
21:55
thousand, it's just like, and I don't know, just maybe the
22:03
content wasn't there that didn't, you know, interest
22:08
people, right? But you know, when I did get my
22:12
thousand, it was like, oh, cool, you know, and I think, I mean,
22:17
of course I've gone live a little bit more than before,
22:20
right? But it's like, I still haven't
22:23
found, yes, my knee, my niche, you know, I haven't found it
22:28
yet. You know, I, I still feel so
22:32
awkward just, you know, sitting, sitting in front of the camera
22:36
like, but you know, I just used social media.
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Just, it's more of a fun thing. It's not, I'm not there to make
22:49
money. You know, it would be awesome if
22:53
I could figure out how to make the money that a lot of people
22:56
are doing. But I'm like I, I really don't.
23:01
It's not something that I guess it drives me.
23:05
It doesn't drive me to and motivate me to try to make
23:09
money. It'd be cool, but I'm just like,
23:14
I, I use it more as just kind of something to relax me, you know,
23:19
just kind of hang out, you know, scroll, you know, find something
23:25
that makes me laugh, you know, or, you know, just have chill
23:30
vibes, you know? Yeah.
23:31
So it's like, it's not, I'm not, I'm not like, oh, I gotta, you
23:35
know, hustle, you know, and try to make some money.
23:39
That's not what I'm about, so. Right.
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Like TikTok, it's banned. Chill.
23:44
Vibe just chill. And vibe, it's, it's all good.
23:47
Make friends. It was fun while it lasted, you
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know. Yeah, say I was just like, I
23:53
just want if if it comes down to December 16th, I'm I'll be over
23:57
there. But I also wanted to be like,
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OK, are you guys going to be cool about us coming over there?
24:02
Or he's going to treat us like shit, like Red Note treated us a
24:06
little while back, like, oh, you guys are from TikTok?
24:09
See and you know, I I never went on red note it.
24:13
Was horrible. I never did.
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And was it lemonade? Lemon I Lemonade Lemonade
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Lemonade is like A blog. So it's, yeah, I know.
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I'm like, right. So I'm like, I still I get all
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of the notifications. Oh, so and so wants to, you
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know, follow you on lemonade when you get over there.
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And I'm like, I don't plan on going over there.
24:39
You know, I know that they will. But when TikTok got banned, so
24:46
did Lemonade. So it's like.
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Which was? I'm like.
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No, there's no point in going over there.
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TikTok Yeah, So is lemonade you? Know so like it.
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Doesn't make it. It doesn't make sense at all.
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Why go? There.
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I do, I go to Lemonade so I can post the new logo.
25:04
See what everybody's saying. It was like, I don't care, I
25:07
just post up there. Like I just post a picture.
25:09
It's like alright, I need somewhere to post it.
25:14
Another cool last question, do you think it will outlive a full
25:18
year? I'm saying this because Tumblr
25:23
was a was a an experiment was a, was a experiment.
25:29
They're experiencing on us. They're experimenting on us.
25:33
Like, hey, it's like if we give you this for a full year, what
25:36
are you guys going to do? And we did it and the full year
25:39
happens like, Oh well, experiment over is going.
25:42
To take. It away.
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So is this going to be the same thing?
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Are we going to have like a full community and then like towards
25:49
the end of November? OK.
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We're killing the, we're pulling the plug on yeah, own like, oh
25:57
man. See, that's what I don't want to
26:00
happen. Yeah.
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Because you know, we're already like here on TikTok where we
26:05
went from Tumblr, all the stuff that happened over there and
26:08
then you're like giving us another one and own.
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And I'm just like, I don't want it to happen the same thing over
26:15
there. We're not going to do politics
26:16
over there either. We're like, you know, and it's
26:21
the ranking system. That's why the ranking system is
26:23
what's like I see. Now I want to know what this
26:27
little check mark is, right? Because you have one and now I
26:30
have one, so. I have one, yeah.
26:34
Are we verified? Is that what that means?
26:36
That's what I think. I have my first verified
26:40
account. I love it.
26:42
I feel I was like, oh, I feel important.
26:45
No, because we, I guess because I joined when the whole thing
26:49
happened where it's like if you press this code, you get the
26:52
free account and so like I verified it and everything.
26:56
So they're like, all right, you have a verified.
26:57
Account yeah, so. And anybody you I invite.
26:59
Here's mine. I don't know if you could see
27:02
it. There it is, yeah.
27:04
I thought, oh, I'm verified so. Everyone that I invited over has
27:08
a verified account now if you. Don't get invited.
27:11
Over, but you join later on. You're not going to have a
27:14
verified account. OK.
27:17
So. Yeah, see in their shorts.
27:21
There's mine. Hell yeah.
27:23
You see it move. Over.
27:24
Move over. There you go.
27:25
All right, there, there it is. There's a little blue check.
27:29
Mark Little Blue. Check Mark.
27:31
I love it. Well, yeah, that's that's about
27:35
it for that. Like that's all I wanted to
27:36
touch on. OK.
27:38
We're going to move there. I'm going to move there like
27:41
just to, you know, scope out the place, build a community and
27:45
another place for the podcast to showcase.
27:48
And I even asked the questions I asked on here and like a lot of
27:54
them like answered and I love that he's.
27:55
Like, Oh yeah. Yeah, like awesome.
27:59
What's it called? I wrote it down.
28:01
The ice cream. The ice cream one.
28:06
Uh huh. There was like a few like.
28:07
The ice cream truck one. Yeah, at least five of them.
28:09
Answered. With, you know, push pop and
28:12
everything, I'm like, alright, that's cool.
28:13
Let me ask another one and then another one and like more
28:16
people. The only thing, the only thing I
28:18
don't like and like you probably know about this is well, people
28:25
can like your stuff. They can also not like your
28:28
stuff. Right.
28:29
We get an up boat and a down boat.
28:31
The up boat is fine. Like you rank up through the
28:34
system. Whenever you get the up boat,
28:37
there's the down boat and I got 1 you got one I heard a few
28:42
people got one. I'm like what, what what over
28:44
what what video was this and how come we?
28:46
Don't see any. Notifications.
28:48
Yeah, exactly. That's what I was going to say
28:50
because I looked through all my notifications because on I only
28:54
posted I think 1 video. Yeah.
28:56
Over that just to kind of test it and it says I have one down
29:01
vote and I'm like where? Who did it?
29:03
You know, I felt lucky to see, but I'm like, oh, it says oh, so
29:10
so uploaded, uploaded, uploaded. Yeah, but no down vote.
29:13
So I'm like. So I can't find.
29:17
Out so I don't know if that's something that you know, maybe
29:19
they privatized they you know, did but.
29:24
I'm upset about it. I want to know who I'm like, Oh
29:27
yeah, let me find out who you are so I can download your.
29:29
Videos. Yeah, I know.
29:32
Let me see if you've got content that's worth it you.
29:37
Know like not bad content, but still like, yeah, really this,
29:43
this is what you download. Like if I know, like if it was
29:47
bad, bad, it's like, all right, let me know if it's bad, bad,
29:49
but not like, yeah, I think it was.
29:52
Caught a vibe. Little Smith.
29:55
I don't know. I think it was.
29:57
I think it was. I don't know yet.
29:59
Maybe they didn't like the song. They didn't.
30:01
Like the Cutter vibe? Yeah.
30:05
I'm like, all right, whatever, it's fine.
30:09
So yeah, I, well, I think it's going to outlive a full year,
30:13
just like Tumblr did. Or not Tumblr, just like Tumblr
30:16
didn't do it. I think it might.
30:19
It has a potential. I'm digging it already, like
30:24
let's hope it does for a full year.
30:27
Yes. It has backup and everything.
30:31
So yeah, I'm all for that. I'm all for that.
30:36
All right, you ready for Russell Palooza?
30:39
Yes. OK, we're breaking down
30:42
predictions for Russell Palooza going down Saturday, September
30:45
20th, 25 live from the Gain Bridge Field House in
30:48
Indianapolis, IN. Yeah, it's on ESPN Plus for
30:52
3999, so unless you've got like, that bundle or you're still
30:57
mooching off a cousin's password, you might be hunting
31:00
for alternatives. Old school style.
31:03
Pull up to a friend's house with pizza rolls.
31:05
Or if you're real bold, fire up a VPN like it's Limewire 2 Point
31:08
O Hola Unblocker. Or what did Stephanie McMahon
31:14
ask? Was it like surf shark or?
31:17
Something surf shark, Yeah, around there.
31:18
Like oh shit, she got in trouble for that by the way.
31:22
Oh, I know she did. Oh, I don't doubt it.
31:24
She didn't care. I do not doubt it.
31:27
Y'all are charging for 3999, No anything happening.
31:32
Let's talk about this car because it's that John Cena's
31:36
first and only Russell Palooza match before he hangs up to
31:39
George for the good and the end of 2025.
31:42
What do you say? 10 more or do you say 6?
31:46
I no, you know, I, I don't remember.
31:49
I he said it so fast and I was like, huh, I think last time he
31:55
said it, it was 10. But I know he said, was it last
32:00
Friday or the Friday before last?
32:04
Right. Was his last Smackdown.
32:06
So we know we won't see him anymore on Smackdown.
32:09
So we're going to see him. Yeah.
32:11
So he was on Raw this week. So.
32:16
OK. And then I know his last one is,
32:19
you know, Saturday night, you know, main event.
32:22
So don't. Remind me of the last one.
32:25
I'm sorry. You know, I will say I have been
32:29
enjoying this last year with John Cena.
32:33
Didn't like the the heel stuff, you know, I kind of got tired of
32:37
it. But you know, to see him
32:42
wrestle, you know, is something pretty special.
32:46
Even if he loses, he's just you could see it's taking a toll on
32:52
his body. Yeah, his hip, basically his
32:55
hip. All right, so we got John Cena's
32:57
first and only Russ Palusa match.
32:59
AJ Lee back in the ring for the first time in over a decade,
33:02
ready to prove she never lost a step.
33:04
And the Usos reuniting on a Pairu stage for the first time
33:08
says Money in the Bank 2023. This show was originally lined
33:13
up to go head to head with AW all out, which would have been
33:16
done These first big paper counter programs is the Monday
33:18
Night wars, but Tony Khan blinked moved the time to 3:00
33:23
PM Eastern and so you wouldn't run to the Palooza buzz off.
33:31
So set your clock, 7:00 PM Eastern, 6:00 PM Central, 4:00
33:34
PM Pacific. When the lights go down, that
33:37
first entrance team hit, there's going to feel less like a PLE
33:40
and more like a trip back to the days when Nitro Raw and you tell
33:43
the hardcore TV all fraud for your soul on a Monday night.
33:48
So yeah, I'll probably end up watching All Out too.
33:55
Just whatever, we'll see. We'll see.
34:00
All right, first match. Yeah, first match why not EO Sky
34:05
versus definitely care for the vacant Women's World
34:07
Championship at the all women event.
34:12
Ross definitely care one the evolution battle royal during a
34:15
Women's World Championship match at clash in Paris.
34:17
While later that night Naomi cashed in her money in the bank
34:20
contract during Ross Women's World Championship EO Sky style
34:24
defence to win the championship. The next night I arrived was
34:26
confirmed that but care match would be for the Women's World
34:29
Championship as Summer Slam. The following month, Naomi
34:32
retained the title of the Triple threat match also involving Sky,
34:37
although Sky was not pinned. Since Sky was not pinned, she
34:40
was scheduled to fake Naomi for the title on the August 11th
34:42
episode. However, Naomi was not made to
34:45
be clear to compete and the title match was cancelled.
34:47
She's pregnant. Yay.
34:51
On the following episode, it was revealed that the reason the
34:54
match was cancelled was because Naomi would have to relinquish
34:57
the title due to maternity leave as she announced she was
34:59
pregnant with her first child. The following week, Raw General
35:04
Manager Adam Pierce announced that a match for the vacant
35:06
World Women's World Championship would not take place at Clash in
35:10
Paris and instead We Care with John to be an announced opponent
35:13
at a later date to determine the new champion, which Pierce would
35:16
address the following week, where Pierce announced that
35:18
Pierce would face the Sky for the vacant title at Russell
35:21
Palooza. I say Stephanie.
35:28
Stephanie. Could care for yeah, I think
35:32
it's it's her time now and I like that the fact that they're
35:40
not making her, you know, wrestle more than one person.
35:45
You know, I don't I don't like fatal four ways.
35:50
I don't like triple threats, you know, unless it's everybody is
35:56
earned, you know, so if they do a you know, a bracket and say,
36:03
OK, these, you know, these one the top fight each other, that's
36:08
fine. But the whole oh, you know, do
36:13
A4 fatal four way when that's not how it works.
36:15
So to me, you know, it should be a one-on-one thing for me.
36:19
And I, I think that it's now Stephanie, the first time.
36:25
Yeah. I mean, I'm torn.
36:32
You're torn. Yeah, I like EOI, love
36:36
Stephanie. You know, I, I like EO 2.
36:39
I think they, I mean they, this is a good matchup.
36:44
You know, they both have different styles.
36:46
So I like the matchup, but I think it's times for Stephanie's
36:52
push. Even if it's a short while, I
36:55
think it's time for her push, OK?
37:00
I'm going to go with EO. What's her name?
37:06
Oscar. And who's your own?
37:11
Kyrie. Kyrie saying are there, they're
37:13
going to back her up. They're going to do all this
37:15
stuff to like help her. Of course they're going to turn
37:18
on her. Oh, yeah, Oh, yeah.
37:22
I don't know what it is. Why they why they want to break
37:28
them up. I don't know why because.
37:30
What was the point of breaking up Bailey?
37:35
Yeah. Well, see, I think with that,
37:39
with them, you know, Bailey doesn't need to be in a faction.
37:43
You know, I think she does fine on her own.
37:47
You know, not that really any of them need to be in a faction,
37:50
but I think when it was the Kabuki Warriors and EO Sky as
37:57
damage control, I think they they work well together.
38:01
So why not keep that faction together?
38:05
You know, see where it can go. You know, you can have, you
38:09
know, there's A tag team and there's a, you know, a singles.
38:13
Why not let them be a faction you know, because they're all,
38:18
they're all really good wrestlers together.
38:20
Yes. You know, they have good
38:21
chemistry, they're good together.
38:25
Why break them up? In fact, but you know but.
38:29
I know it's coming. Yeah, because EO.
38:33
I mean not EO but Oscar's acting real crazy.
38:37
I love that. I love the whole thing with
38:39
Kyrie saying and EO and not the Kyrie saying Kyrie saying and
38:41
Oscar and Oscar leave and. Yeah.
38:44
Kyrie saying just stands there looking all.
38:45
Awkward. Yeah, I know.
38:47
And then he comes out. Because saying yeah, get over
38:50
here. And she's like, yeah, bye.
38:53
Yeah. So she has.
38:55
Then there's been a they've been doing that for a while now.
38:57
It's pretty funny. I'm going to say EO.
39:02
OK. Yeah, I was like, nothing
39:05
against Stephanie. I just like, you know, I like
39:08
you, like, give her her belt back.
39:13
Yeah. Next match, The Usos J and Jimmy
39:17
Silver's division. Bronson Reed and Braun Breaker
39:20
in A tag team match following WrestleMania 41.
39:22
J USO had been involved in a rivalry against division Seth
39:26
Rollins, Brown Breaker and Bronson Reed.
39:28
At Night 1 Summer Slam. Jay defeated Breaker and Reed
39:31
the taxi match and Jay competed in a fatal four way match for
39:34
Rollins 4th Heavyweight Championship at Clash of Paris
39:36
and losing effort. The following night in Raw, Jay
39:39
lost the tag team match against Breaker and Reed with Breaker
39:42
pinning Jay. Following the match, Breaker and
39:44
Reed attack Jay, which prompted his twin brothers Jimmy also to
39:48
come out in AJ the following week.
39:50
The Usos were interrupted by Breaker and read all stir.
39:53
After some exchange of words, Jimmy revealed that after they
39:56
spoke withdraw General manager at appears that usable face
39:59
breaker and read at Russell Palooza.
40:03
Oh shoot, yes, give me the Usos. Not just the Usos.
40:08
Oh not just these Usos. I want the penitentiary USO.
40:12
Yeah, yeah. To the penitentiary, the USO
40:15
Penitentiary Usos. Yeah, you know, even when they
40:20
were in the Bloodline, you know, when there was the Bloodline
40:23
faction, they still were dominant, you know, get back to
40:28
that, you know, and they weren't, of course, you know,
40:32
they're they're twins, so they work real well together, you
40:35
know, But get back to, you know, their day one stuff, right, Why,
40:43
you know? Yep.
40:45
Show why they are the best. Yeah, I love that.
40:49
I love that. I want that to happen.
40:53
I'd rather have that than main event Juso and.
40:58
Big Time Jim or Big Jim? Big Jim.
41:01
Yeah. Yeah, like get back to being
41:03
serious again. Yeah, well, you know, like even
41:08
on on RAW, you know, Jimmy was like, you're not bossing me
41:14
around, you know, we're equals. You know, I thought he was going
41:18
to pull that I'm the Big Brother kind of thing, you know, but but
41:24
he's like no, he's like there's no oola follower around your
41:26
neck, you know? Yeah, he's like we're doing
41:32
this, you know, we're equals. You know, there is no, it's not
41:37
main event and and Big Jim it's. The usos exactly.
41:41
So get back to that, you know, because that's, that's what,
41:45
that's what, that's what the world wants to see.
41:47
Everybody was so excited when Jimmy came out and Jay was like,
41:52
I need you. I can't do this by myself
41:54
anymore. So yeah, get back to it.
42:02
Next match, CM Punk and AJ Lee with Seth Rollins and Becky
42:05
Lynch mixed tacky match In the main event of Night 1 Summer
42:09
Slam, CM Punk won the World heavy championship.
42:11
However, his longtime rival Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in
42:14
the Bank contract on Punk and won the championship.
42:17
Rollins defended his championship in a fatal four way
42:19
match at also involving Punk at Clash in Paris, where Rollins
42:22
successfully retained after his wife Becky Lynch performed a low
42:25
blow on Punk with Rollins pinning him.
42:28
The following night, Rob Punk called out Rollins, with Lynch
42:30
appearing instead, stating that she attacked him because after
42:33
Punk walked out of the league in 2014, the fans counted his name
42:37
during the Lynch match and never cared about her.
42:40
She also stated that she attacked Punk because of Punk
42:43
constant insults against Rollins.
42:45
After some more change of words, Rollins eventually appeared on
42:49
the ramp. Punk was about to confront
42:51
Rollins, however, Rollins laughed and Lynch slapped Punk
42:53
multiple times. Punk stated that Lynch would
42:56
regret her actions on that week's Smackdowns.
42:59
Rollins and Lynch were interrupted by Punk, and after
43:01
more change of words, Lynch slapped Punk multiple times once
43:03
again. Punk then introduced his wife,
43:06
AJ Lee, who made a return to WE for the first time since 2015.
43:10
Lee battled with Lynch, who rolled out of the ring, leaving
43:12
behind her intercontal championship, which Lee carried
43:15
off stage. On the following week's, Brawley
43:18
appeared with Lynch's title around her waist, and she was
43:21
interrupted by Lynch, who won her title back.
43:23
Rollins then appeared and Lee proposed a mixed tacky match
43:27
featuring herself in Punk against Rollins and Lynch,
43:30
however Rollins initially declined.
43:31
Rollins interrupt attempted to retreat Lynch's championship,
43:34
however Punk appeared and attempted to perform GTS on
43:38
Rollins to avoid it. Rollins accepted a mixed tag
43:41
team match for Russell Palooza with Lee returning the title to
43:44
Lynch. Mark and Lee's first match in
43:45
over 10 years. Yes, time to light it up.
43:54
Light it up, light up. Of course I'm going to pick Punk
43:58
and Lee. Yeah, I know you are.
44:01
You know, I, I, I don't. Like I said, I'm I want to see
44:07
her wrestle before I say yes or no on if I like her or not.
44:13
I know I'm going to catch some heat, but you know, I just, I
44:18
want her. I want her to shine.
44:21
So, you know, I think just so that I can see her wrestle, I'm
44:28
going to say they're going to win Sam Punk and AJ Lee.
44:32
Sam Punk and AJ Lee, can you say that louder so that your sisters
44:35
can hear you? No, stop it.
44:39
Appreciate it. They're over there.
44:43
You guys hear that she chose Punk and Lee?
44:49
Remember, this will be the second time that I've picked Sam
44:53
Fox, so. Leanne in the chat, she says,
44:55
tell me to say hi when you get time.
44:56
Of course. Hi.
44:59
Hi, Lee, she said. Hi, Liana.
45:05
Yeah. All right.
45:06
So you know, I need to. I need a sound bite, so say it
45:11
again. CM Punk and AJ Lee for the win
45:18
all. Right.
45:19
Thank you. Appreciate it.
45:20
All right. Make sure you clip this and you
45:25
send it to everybody that knows that I'm a CM Punk hater, OK?
45:31
There there's, there's, you know, people can change.
45:34
Oh, I'm sure you're going to make this the highlight reels.
45:37
People can change. Like for those of you wondering,
45:40
people can change, you know, IWC, people can change.
45:43
Exhibit A people have changed. So yeah, OK.
45:49
Cody Rhodes versus Drew McIntyre on this PWA championship.
45:53
On the August 8th episode of Smackdown, Undisputed W Champion
45:56
Cody Rose and Drew McIntyre were involved in tagging match with
45:58
Rose team winning via DQ. Following the match, McIntyre
46:02
attacked Rose with the title belt and performed the Claymore
46:04
Kick on road through the announce table.
46:06
A month later, on the September 12th episode of Smackdown, after
46:10
McIntyre defeated Rose, longtime friend Randy Orton, McIntyre was
46:13
about to perform a Claymore Kick on Oregon through the announce
46:16
table. However, Rose returned and
46:17
assisted Orton following abroad with McIntyre.
46:20
Rose stated that he would see McIntyre at Russell Palooza and
46:23
a title match was confirmed for the event.
46:28
It is September. No, No title changes ever
46:34
happened in September. So this is just like an off one
46:38
off book like of. Course you think they're going
46:43
to save it for like a bigger a bigger one?
46:46
Royal Rumble or maybe Cena's last match?
46:53
Maybe. Cena versus Cody Rhodes again,
46:58
the last real world champion. Yeah, mean if no, I'm going to
47:04
say Cody Rhodes. Yeah.
47:08
Drew will probably go on Twitter again like Bored again.
47:15
Bored at work? Bored at work?
47:18
No, I mean us too. We're bored out here.
47:25
No Cody Rhodes, soft foot. I saw pictures of him in the
47:33
shadow of filming Street Fighter.
47:38
He has the hair. Yeah, I saw that.
47:41
I saw that I was. Like, oh, it's.
47:43
Still weird. It looks weird on him, you know?
47:48
Yeah, that's funny. No, not even that.
47:53
It's going to look weird on everything.
47:55
It's like if there's like if they're making the hair like
47:59
realistic to everybody. I saw what $0.50's gonna look
48:02
like as ball Rook with his hair with the with the outlines.
48:07
I'm like, that is horrible. Why?
48:09
Why did it make you do that? Well.
48:13
Oh God. Anyways, Cody Rhodes, man, I
48:17
have nothing to say about this. Hope it's the first match of the
48:20
night just because, don't really care.
48:26
And finally, a good old fashioned headbanger.
48:31
I have the clip I forgot. I keep forgetting to tell you
48:36
that that What did I do? Oh yeah, during the whole
48:40
William White thing. Oh, uh huh.
48:43
That I. Ordered Paramount plus and I got
48:45
the free subscription for seven days and I also like looked up.
48:49
Hey, when was when is the actual clip of them saying good old
48:53
fashioned headbanger on the challenge?
48:56
So I went to that episode and like took that like screen
49:01
recorded on Riverside and took that clip and it's like a whole
49:05
15 seconds of it. And now I can.
49:08
Anywhere I want, it's on my computer.
49:11
It's awesome. It's on Riverside.
49:13
I download it on my computer. It's everywhere now.
49:15
I'm just like, yes. Awesome.
49:16
It's. Fine, it's.
49:18
Yeah. It's audio and video.
49:20
I made a whole bunch of copies for it.
49:22
Like you're not going. Anywhere.
49:24
So this one will be for this John Cena versus Brock Lesnar in
49:30
a what? After losing the Undisputed
49:45
Championship in the main event of Night 2 of Summer Slam, John
49:48
Cena was confronted attacked by returning longtime foe Brac
49:53
Lesnar, making his first appearance as the 2023 Summer
49:57
Slam. 2 weeks later, during Russell Palooza's announcement,
49:59
it was also announced that Cena would be competing in the main
50:02
event on the September 5th episode of Smackdown Lesnar
50:05
Frieden Cena's match causing the match in and no causes attack
50:08
Cena once again. Following the attack, Lesnar
50:10
stated that he would see seen that resolution and the match
50:12
between both men was confirmed for the event.
50:18
They forgot to mention that he also attacked John Cena's
50:22
brother Ron Cena. Oh yeah.
50:25
Oh yeah. Ron Cena.
50:27
Yeah. Ron Cena.
50:28
Yeah. And then, like the I think that
50:32
very same weekend, our truth took pictures with their dad.
50:39
Yeah, I saw that. I saw that he's just missing my
50:43
brother Mr. Cena Senior. I'm like, Oh my God, I'm Ron
50:50
Cena. I was like, oh, so the meme
50:52
exists now, it's real. But Brock did the whole F5,
50:58
ripped his pants off and freaking all that.
51:05
Of course I'm going to pick John Cena every time, man, every time
51:10
again is I'm going to bring it back to when we first had this
51:14
one. Like what, 10 years ago?
51:16
Like is every 10 years from now on, every 10 years of John Cena
51:21
versus Brock Lesnar match happens.
51:22
It's on cue. It has to be on cue.
51:25
Yeah. Super Cena versus What was his
51:29
name? I forgot Superman's Doomsday
51:37
Doomsday Brock Lesnar. Super Cena versus Doomsday,
51:41
Brock Lesnar. I'm so glad John Cena's a face
51:44
again, or else this would be like, yeah, crazy and shit.
51:48
But I'm gonna go with John Cena on this one because one last
51:52
time, John Cena versus Brock Lesnar, I got to choose John
51:55
Cena. And like a everything, every
52:00
time there's a match between these two gets bloody.
52:02
So it's going to be, it's going to be, it's going to be awful.
52:07
So it's the main event. Yeah.
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It's like it's going to be crazy.
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Of course. Who do you have?
52:17
I say, I say John Cena, John Cena.
52:20
I think it's going to be, you know, I just hope they don't do
52:24
a whole, it's super short, you know, because Brock Lesnar,
52:30
maybe he can't hang, you know, or he wants to just get it over
52:33
with. You know?
52:34
When Brock Luster's upset that it's not going his way, he
52:39
starts taking off his, you know, his arm his, his arm guard.
52:44
Not arm guard, but hand guards. Yeah.
52:47
And then he's like, oh, OK, fine.
52:48
We're going to do this. Let's do this, you know.
52:53
Like John Cena said he was, he found a suplex city.
52:57
Yeah. So there's going to be lots of
53:00
Suplex city here. It's going to be bloody.
53:04
Like, you know what? Just make it a whole not not
53:06
regular match. Just make it a whole no DQ
53:08
match. Like that's how John Cena should
53:12
go out on top as beat Brock Lesnar for one final time.
53:16
They're both going to be out. They're both going to be bloody.
53:19
And then one final F5 FU. Do it for all time sake.
53:27
Yeah, I, I this is going to be great.
53:31
Like. If anything, if anything I would
53:33
run. I would want to watch this one.
53:36
Yeah. I would want to be watching ESPN
53:40
Plus for this match alone. And you know, after this, like,
53:46
maybe we won't get the chance after seeing the retires.
53:49
I'm probably going to be done for a while.
53:51
Yeah, OK. If I can't watch ESPN Plus,
53:54
that's fine. I'll just watch it online.
53:57
I'll check. What everybody's doing, we'll do
53:58
the predictions, but like, yeah, not watching.
54:00
This yeah, it's kind of feels like when when I first started
54:08
watching and they had WWE Network yeah, so I would get it
54:13
like only certain PL. ES they're like OK, I'll get it
54:18
this month so that I can get this PLE, but I don't
54:22
necessarily need to watch all of them, right, Right.
54:26
And it was literally, I think I got it just for like the big
54:31
four I think is what it was, you know?
54:35
Yeah, once again, Russell Palooza going down Saturday,
54:39
September 20th, 2025 live from Cambridge Field House in
54:43
Indianapolis, IN Set your clock 7:00 PM Eastern that them 6:00
54:50
PM Central. That's me 4 PS Pacific.
54:53
That's you. So yeah, this is the last time
54:57
you're ever going to see John Cena to watch it.
55:02
All right. And we're done with that.
55:04
You want to go through it again? EO Skype versus Stephanie be
55:07
care. Stephanie be care EO.
55:10
Sky EO Skype for me, the usos versus Division J, us and Jimmy
55:16
uses with Bronson Reed and Brown Breaker.
55:19
Who? Says Who's those CM fucking AJ
55:22
Lee versus Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.
55:26
CM Punk and AJ Lee let me turn the volume for me.
55:30
Hold on, let me turn. The volume up.
55:32
You're so fast. AJ Lee and CM Punk there.
55:47
Could you hear me in the back? Where's Cooper?
55:51
I hope you hear you. No, he didn't hear me.
55:56
Cody Rhodes versus Drew McIntyre.
55:59
Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes.
56:00
And finally, John Cena versus Brock Lesnar, a good old
56:03
fashioned headbanger. John.
56:06
Cena, John Cena. All right.
56:11
Do you want to do AJ Lee stuff? Since I didn't promise you that.
56:17
All right, so here we go. I picked out a few things that
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you might want to look at. OK, so hopefully if you've like
56:27
typed this in on YouTube or in the and when do we have it until
56:34
on Peacock. Hopefully it's still there.
56:37
AJ Lee's Pipe Bomb, June 2013 Raw You said 6. 13.
56:45
June 13th. June 13.
56:47
June 2013 of RAW, her skating promo on the Total Divas cast.
56:55
She cut deeps on the Bellas, the reality show gimmick and claims
56:58
she was the real wrestler. This was the moment that
57:01
solidified her as the Anti diva in the fans voice.
57:08
And then you have AJ as Raw General manager in 2012, the
57:15
wedding to Daniel Bryan, the heel turn and her first night as
57:18
GM AJ played chaotic, unpredictable authority with a
57:22
level of charisma that stole every segment she was in.
57:28
AJ was Caitlin, contract signing Payback 2013 build, emotional,
57:36
cutting and personal. AJ mocked Caitlin's personal
57:39
life, tears and all. A blur lines between
57:41
storytelling and reality. And then you have matches in
57:47
ring highlights, AJ Lee versus Caitlin W Payback 2013, AJ's
57:53
most complete match, great storytelling, athletic counters
57:57
and AJ finally winning the Divas title in dramatic fashion.
58:03
So I have a question. Yes.
58:05
So the IT was when she won the Divas title, who was the when
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she was wrestling, she had like blonde on her head.
58:17
Like she's got she's brunette, but it was like blonde on top.
58:19
Caitlin. Was that Caitlin?
58:21
OK, AJ Lee versus Paige SummerSlam 2014.
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OK, so another one after this one.
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It was the night after WrestleMania of 2014 as well.
58:35
AJ Lee came out to say that she's the best.
58:40
Of course, here comes Paige from NXT, you know, with the NXT
58:48
Championship as well, I think. And then she tells AJ like,
58:54
let's go have a match and within minutes she beats her.
59:00
Paige becomes a champion and was back in the day when it was
59:03
like, what, 5 minute matches for the Divas, for the women's?
59:07
Wrestling. And that's why everything got
59:10
changed. AJ Lee versus Paige summer slam
59:13
2014 short but fury, AJ and Paige had legit chemistry with a
59:17
feud built on mind games and betrayal.
59:21
This was a frenemies rivalry that predated the Sasha,
59:23
Charlotte, Bailey dynamics later, so AJ and Paige walked so
59:30
that Sasha, Charlotte and Bailey could run.
59:35
AJ Lee and Paige versus the Bella Twins, WrestleMania
59:38
31/20/15. AJ's last WE match before her
59:42
retirement. Not the most technical bout, but
59:45
historic is symbolized her passing the torch in a new way
59:49
while still getting a bit Mania win.
59:56
And then we have AJ leaves Natalia in the main event in
1:00:00
2013. A hidden gem.
1:00:03
These two showed that even on West secondary shows, women
1:00:06
could put on solid wrestling driven matches before the
1:00:09
Women's Revolution was official. All right, you got all that.
1:00:17
No, but I got most of it. I'll send them to you.
1:00:20
OK. Moments.
1:00:22
No. No what?
1:00:25
It's OK, no. I'm saying all right, moments in
1:00:27
storylines. AJ, Daniel Bryan, Kane, CM Punk,
1:00:31
Love square. OK, love square, love.
1:00:36
And instead of a love triangle, it's a love square comedy, gold
1:00:40
and chaos. AJ made herself the centerpiece
1:00:42
of four top * storylines. So obviously you have her real
1:00:47
life husband CM Punk. But last later she was tethered
1:00:53
to Daniel Bryan. And then like Daniel Bryan and
1:00:58
Kane had their own hell yes, hell no moment.
1:01:01
And then she like, she basically kissed all three of them.
1:01:05
OK. And then Keynes all like what is
1:01:08
going on here? He doesn't.
1:01:09
He didn't know what the hell was going on.
1:01:13
Also skipping around the ring sounds silly but it became her
1:01:16
trademark. AJ was skip while everyone else
1:01:19
tried to stay serious and it was always pop the crowd.
1:01:26
Why these matter. AJ was the bridge between the
1:01:28
Divas era and the women's evolution.
1:01:30
Her promo showed the audience that women's storylines could be
1:01:33
greedy, personal, and layered. Her matches with Caitlin, Paige
1:01:37
and Natalia cracked the door open for longer, more meaningful
1:01:40
matches that follow with Sasha, Bailey, Charlotte and Becky.
1:01:44
So if you're new to AJ Lee or you want to relive why fans
1:01:48
chanted her name for years after she left, start with the pipe
1:01:51
bombshell promo, roll into her Payback 2013 match with Caitlin,
1:01:56
and top it off with her Mania 31 send off.
1:01:59
That's AJ in a nutshell. Sharp tongue, fury in ring style
1:02:03
and a knack for stealing the spotlight.
1:02:08
So there you have it. Yeah, like I'll send him crazy
1:02:12
Puerto Rican from Jersey. Crazy Puerto Rican from Jersey,
1:02:15
She'll Shank. Over chick.
1:02:17
Now I know I had to rewind that because I was like, did she say
1:02:21
chick or did she say? That key word I know now.
1:02:25
Yeah. Chick, she said something.
1:02:29
All right, all right. You ready to play this game?
1:02:34
That I got for you. OK, let's go.
1:02:37
Everybody knows we all like to get creative with our games
1:02:39
around here, so it's time for a brand new one.
1:02:42
This one's called. Did this gimmick exist?
1:02:46
Hey Panda, how are you? Here's how it works.
1:02:49
I'm going to name a wrestler gimmick.
1:02:51
Some of them sound so wild they could only come out of his brain
1:02:55
after 3:00 AM Steak wrap. Your job is to tell me if it was
1:02:59
a real gimmick that actually made it to TB or if I completely
1:03:02
made it up. If you're hanging out of the
1:03:05
chat, drop your answers in real time and play along.
1:03:07
And if you're listening at home, keep track and let us know how
1:03:10
you did it when you hit us on the socials.
1:03:12
So Menace, Are you ready to play?
1:03:15
Did this gimmick exist? Yes, I'm ready. #1A wrestling
1:03:22
garbage man who literally took out the trash before matches.
1:03:27
That sounds like it existed. Is it real?
1:03:32
Or is it fake? The correct answer is real.
1:03:39
Duke the Drumstirt, Rosie and WF 1994 to 1996.
1:03:44
He once eliminated Hunter Assembly from the 96 Royal
1:03:48
Rumble. Also he's a douchebag now.
1:03:54
Yeah, pedal. Pedal.
1:03:56
Pedal very bad. Very bad.
1:03:59
A lot of stuff was hers. No, it's like we just found this
1:04:02
stuff out in the last few months ago.
1:04:06
And OK, the IWC was following him on social media, on here,
1:04:11
TikTok, Yeah. And once they found out, he lost
1:04:15
all like everybody. Oh, I don't doubt it.
1:04:17
Fees. No, not doing this.
1:04:22
All right, here's another. One, you're taking out the
1:04:23
trash. Taking out the trash.
1:04:25
Exactly what they all said. Here's another one, a computer
1:04:29
hacker who came to a ring with a giant keyboard strapped to his
1:04:32
back. Is it real or is it a made-up
1:04:35
gimmick? They say made-up.
1:04:41
It's a made-up. It is absolutely fake.
1:04:44
It is a made-up gimmick in the mid 90s new generation era.
1:04:48
That wouldn't have been too far fetched though.
1:04:50
No, it wouldn't. No.
1:04:54
I was kind of on the fence with that one, but I was like, no, I
1:04:59
say fake. Solomon something, I forgot his
1:05:03
name, that he tried doing a hacker gimmick in TNA and that's
1:05:10
all I know #3 a dentist who carried pliers and ripped teeth
1:05:15
out of opponent's mouth. They're real or fake.
1:05:20
Real. Real is 100% real.
1:05:24
It was played by Isaac Yankum, DDS, NWF.
1:05:28
What's that? Kane Jacobs, who went on to
1:05:33
become McCain. Who went on to become the mayor
1:05:36
of Knox County. I remember Doctor Yankum.
1:05:43
Doctor Yankum DDSI. Remember him?
1:05:45
Yep. All right, here's another one, a
1:05:48
wrestling magician who pulled rabbits out of his hat mid
1:05:51
match. I'm going to say, as far fetched
1:06:01
as that seems, I'm going to say it's fake.
1:06:05
It could be real, but I'm going to say fake.
1:06:07
It is 100% fake. What?
1:06:12
Similar to that was Max Moon. He had pyrotechnic confetti
1:06:16
launchers and looked like a space magician from 1992 to
1:06:19
1993. Also played by Conan.
1:06:24
OK. #5-A voodoo priest who tried to steal the souls of his
1:06:31
opponents, real or fake. No, I'd say that's real.
1:06:35
That's real you. Are 100% correct.
1:06:40
Played by Papa Shango in WF 1992 to 1993.
1:06:45
Charles Wright Letter later known as Comma, The Godfather
1:06:51
and the and the Godfather. Back again.
1:06:56
Number six, a guy who dressed like a hockey goalie, mask and
1:07:00
all. No, I say fake.
1:07:07
Fake. It is 100% real.
1:07:11
Really. The name was the Goon.
1:07:13
He was the WDF in 1996, played by Bill Irwin.
1:07:18
His boots were shaped like skates.
1:07:21
OK. #7A wrestling tax collector who threatened to audit his
1:07:27
opponents. That's real.
1:07:30
That's totally real. Ern R Shyster.
1:07:32
Or IRS, Yeah. WF, 1991 through 1995.
1:07:37
He was played by Mike Rotunda, the father of Bray Wyatt and Bo
1:07:40
Dallas #8A literal wrestling clown who squirted opponents
1:07:47
with a flower before matches. Real.
1:07:51
Real Doink the Clown. Yep, 930.
1:07:54
Seven, originally portrayed by Matt Bourne, later by Others.
1:07:59
His heel run was generally creepy, and it was the Best
1:08:02
Thing ever #9 a human pinata who threw candy into the crowd
1:08:07
before every match. No, I think that one's fake.
1:08:13
That one is made-up, very fake, but Los Conquistadores 1990s did
1:08:19
wrestle in gold full bodysuit that looked like pinata esque
1:08:27
#10A man who wrestled in the full suit of armor and was
1:08:30
billed as a medieval knight. I think I think that one's
1:08:39
made-up that. One's made-up.
1:08:42
Yeah, I think that. One is 100% real.
1:08:45
Really. He was the Black Knight WF in
1:08:48
1993, one of the Knights of Survivor Series 93, played by
1:08:53
Jeff Gaylord. It was a black knight, a white
1:08:59
knight, a red knight. And Shawn Michaels was the Hart
1:09:02
Foundation, the Hart brothers. OK?
1:09:06
And this is the night where Owen Hart turns heel around there.
1:09:10
He was toying on it, OK #11A wrestling plumber who came to
1:09:15
the ring with a plunger as his weapon.
1:09:23
You know, I'm going to say that one's real because WWFE, you
1:09:30
know, they were into that stuff. You know they.
1:09:33
Were it was real. His name was TL Hopper.
1:09:39
It just sounds like, you know, toilet.
1:09:43
Mm hmm. Mm hmm, it was in 1996 and WF
1:09:47
OK. And yeah, they actually rental
1:09:49
it. A wrestling plumber.
1:09:53
That gimmick went down the drain.
1:09:57
Down the toilet. Down the toilet #12 A man who
1:10:01
thought he was an actual chicken and pecked at his opponents.
1:10:07
That's real. That is fake.
1:10:11
Really. It tells me it was 100% fake,
1:10:16
but I'm thinking, you know, they're the Red Rooster.
1:10:18
The weather, Yeah. The Red Rooster and the gobbly
1:10:23
cook. Yeah.
1:10:25
At night Night Survivor Series. So yeah, they got it wrong.
1:10:30
A giant Turkey that hashed out an egg on pay-per-view.
1:10:33
That was that. Yeah.
1:10:35
Played by Hector Guerrero, famously debuted Subway Series
1:10:38
Night Night The Crowd silence #14A wrestling race car driver
1:10:43
who wore his jumpsuit and helmet to the ring.
1:10:49
That's true. That's real.
1:10:52
Is 9% real sparky plug AKA Bob spark plug Holly?
1:10:56
Bob Holly Hardcore holly. OK WDF 9495 before he became
1:11:02
Hardcore Holly, he was literally a NASCAR gimmick.
1:11:05
OK, I was like that sounded really familiar, but I don't
1:11:10
remember him being called spark plug.
1:11:12
And finally #15A sumo wrestler who entered WrestleMania riding
1:11:16
a giant. Throne that is 100% real.
1:11:21
Who's he played by? Yokozuna Yokozuna AKA Rodney
1:11:27
Anoi I. Know I oh look at you two time
1:11:31
WF champion despite not a queen being Japanese.
1:11:36
So there you have it. You did good.
1:11:38
Awesome. We're going to play some more of
1:11:39
this stuff later in the few weeks.
1:11:43
Awesome. All right, these are fun.
1:11:45
These are fun. It is fun and we made it to an
1:11:50
hour episode. That's great.
1:11:51
I love it. Always All right.
1:11:55
I think an hour is like our minimum.
1:12:00
Yeah, you. Know our our maximum is
1:12:03
Wrestlemanias. 4 hours. Only WrestleMania moment that we
1:12:11
have our freaking 4 hour episode.
1:12:17
OK, so quick heads up, the next time you see us, it might be on
1:12:19
TikTok, maybe on a new app. I might even drag you into a
1:12:22
Riverside session. But no matter where we land, we
1:12:25
got something fun brewing for next month.
1:12:28
We're officially kicking off the hunt for the King of Halloween
1:12:31
candy. Here's how it works.
1:12:34
Drop your favorite Halloween candy in the comments.
1:12:37
Snickers, Reese's Candy Corn if you dare.
1:12:40
Don't you dare. Don't you do it.
1:12:45
Don't do it. Whatever your ride or die is,
1:12:48
I'm taking all your picks, tossing them into a big old
1:12:51
tournament bracket, and over the next few months, over the next
1:12:54
month, we're going to battle it out to crown the one true
1:12:57
Hollywood Candy champion. Only one candy walks away with
1:13:01
the crown. So represent your sweet tooth
1:13:03
and get 3 votes in goes get those boats in.
1:13:06
It's going to get more heated than the Attitude Era locker
1:13:09
room. So when Greg and I get to doing
1:13:15
this, we're going to like be asking like which one is your
1:13:17
favorite candy corn versus the necklace thing?
1:13:23
Whatever. Oh, I'm.
1:13:24
Still going. To choose the necklace.
1:13:29
Yeah, I would rather have the jockey necklace than candy corn.
1:13:34
Not picking candy corn. Candy corn.
1:13:37
Why is candy corn you guys pick? Oh my God.
1:13:39
Anyways, all right, let's OK, we're.
1:13:42
Done. Let's go.
1:13:43
You ready for that? You ready to go?
1:13:45
Yeah. All right, and that's the final
1:13:47
bell. Cut the lights, hit the music,
1:13:49
and let the pyro fade out like it's the end of Nitro.
1:13:52
Big shout out to Menace, who ran in lucha libre style for this
1:13:55
episode. Like a surprise, very Mysterio
1:13:57
Rumble entry. Remember Wrestle Palooza goes
1:14:00
down Saturday, September 20th streaming on ESPN.
1:14:03
Plus, unfortunately, smash that follow button like it's the
1:14:08
Titan from Glass Shatter in the Attitude Era.
1:14:09
Tag, tag your ride or die. The one who tells their kids
1:14:13
because Stone Cold says so. We're everywhere.
1:14:17
Instagram, TikTok, threads, Blue Sky and still sending in
1:14:20
questions for the WWF Magazine. On behalf of Menace and the
1:14:26
whole M3P crew, thanks for vibing with us through the
1:14:29
madness. This is my third place podcast
1:14:31
where community, creativity and just the right amount of
1:14:33
skipping around the ring and clobbering time chaos always
1:14:39
collide. Before we go, can you tell us
1:14:41
who's going to win again? AJ Lee and Steam Punk.
1:14:48
That's the show already. Thank you.
1:14:49
Have a great night. See y'all later.
1:14:52
Have fun minutes. Thanks for hanging out with us.
1:14:58
We're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna figure out how we're gonna
1:15:00
watch this. So yeah, we're good.
1:15:03
Yeah. All right, let me know what you
1:15:05
end up doing. I'll let you know what I end up
1:15:07
doing. OK all.
1:15:09
Right. Talk to you later.
1:15:12
Bye. Bye.