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And the Award Goes To...... · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.439 What's up, friends? Welcome to another episode 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:15.980 of Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders. So happy 00:00:15.980 --> 00:00:18.820 to have you all aboard for this episode. I am 00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:21.480 your host, as always, TB. Thank you so very much 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.539 for stopping in and checking out the 3Ts podcast. 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:28.120 So much to get to. So as we are getting ready 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.719 to turn over the calendar to 2026, I thought 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:34.140 maybe we would spend some time over the next 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:37.759 few episodes or so. doing sort of a year in review 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.600 and handing out some completely made up awards 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.380 that I just came up with. I know that a lot of 00:00:43.380 --> 00:00:45.039 podcasts do this. I know it's kind of cliche, 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:47.640 but I don't care. It's still fun. I like doing 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.479 it, which as you know, fun, it's the most important 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:52.759 category. So before we get started with the awards 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.979 portion of the program, we do need to have a 00:00:55.979 --> 00:00:59.159 quick game recap of whatever the hell we watched 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.000 yesterday afternoon from Cleveland, Ohio. So 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.859 Bill's Mafia, you are on the clock. How are we? 00:01:04.939 --> 00:01:07.700 feeling after that extremely what word do we 00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:10.799 want to use ugly ugly performance the bills put 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:13.659 on yesterday against the cleveland browns winning 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:17.879 by the score of 23 to 20 and getting their record 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:21.519 to 11 and 4 now i think i am going to go with 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:24.159 ugly i think that's the right word and i hate 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.760 to say it But as I'm watching the game, it just 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.840 seemed like the Bills team was completely content 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:33.019 to play down to the level of the opponent. And 00:01:33.019 --> 00:01:36.340 in this case, the Cleveland Browns came in at 00:01:36.340 --> 00:01:40.439 3 -11. The week before, what, week 15? They got 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.599 absolutely drubbed at the hands of the Chicago 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.439 Bears 31 -3. The Bills, congratulations. You 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:47.500 made the Cleveland Browns look like a playoff 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:49.459 team yesterday afternoon for a good portion of 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:52.519 the game. And I'm just watching going, what is 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.060 going on? Is this a thing? Is this a theme? Because 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:58.579 it just seems that time and time again, the Bills 00:01:58.579 --> 00:02:02.519 choose to ignore certain opponents on their schedule 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.879 and just play down to them. And I don't understand. 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:08.080 This game should have been over two minutes after 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.020 the half. But instead, we're... chewing our nails, 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.080 sitting on the edge of the couch, wondering if 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.300 we're going to actually lose this thing. So let's 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:18.259 start with the offense, the good. I'll start 00:02:18.259 --> 00:02:20.259 with the good because this is going to be real 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:22.560 quick. Three straight drives to start the game. 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:25.039 Each of those first three drives ended with a 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.080 tutty. So that was great. We were running the 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.939 ball with ease. James Cook looked amazing. He 00:02:29.939 --> 00:02:32.039 looks every bit the superstar that we paid him 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:34.939 to be, and we had very little need to throw the 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:38.870 ball. So he was just crushing it. Now, we look 00:02:38.870 --> 00:02:40.490 back at the beginning of the year. We've talked 00:02:40.490 --> 00:02:42.750 about this so many times, but aren't we glad 00:02:42.750 --> 00:02:45.490 that we paid him? And this game right here, this 00:02:45.490 --> 00:02:47.569 was the James Cook game. He took over this game, 00:02:47.629 --> 00:02:50.629 and he single -handedly almost was responsible 00:02:50.629 --> 00:02:53.689 for the Bills going up by three touchdowns. We 00:02:53.689 --> 00:02:55.870 won't talk about the missing extra point because 00:02:55.870 --> 00:02:58.270 we're on our, what, fourth kicker at this point? 00:02:58.330 --> 00:03:00.969 I don't know. Some clown we just pulled off the 00:03:00.969 --> 00:03:03.090 couch, off the sofa. It was just ridiculous, 00:03:03.210 --> 00:03:07.330 but he donks one off the... goal post, and instead 00:03:07.330 --> 00:03:10.229 of 21, we got 20. But anyway, yeah, we had no 00:03:10.229 --> 00:03:13.330 need, very little need to throw the ball. After 00:03:13.330 --> 00:03:15.689 we score three straight times, it all just kind 00:03:15.689 --> 00:03:18.590 of falls apart. That was basically the offense 00:03:18.590 --> 00:03:23.349 for the whole game. 28 minutes, and that was 00:03:23.349 --> 00:03:26.689 it. 28 minutes of good, the rest bad. And then 00:03:26.689 --> 00:03:29.150 with less than two minutes left to play in the 00:03:29.150 --> 00:03:31.650 first half, we had a chance, the Bills had a 00:03:31.650 --> 00:03:33.949 chance to completely put the game out of reach. 00:03:34.350 --> 00:03:36.189 We got the ball, less than two minutes to go, 00:03:36.310 --> 00:03:38.610 and we knew we were going to get it at the start 00:03:38.610 --> 00:03:40.969 of the second half to the whole double dip scenario. 00:03:41.169 --> 00:03:43.110 It would have been great. We had a chance to 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:45.030 go drive down, get a score, come out after the 00:03:45.030 --> 00:03:47.090 half, put up some more points, and then maybe 00:03:47.090 --> 00:03:49.710 get Josh Allen, James Cook to the sidelines to 00:03:49.710 --> 00:03:52.050 just kick their feet up and have a hot chocolate 00:03:52.050 --> 00:03:54.250 or something. Trubisky could have come in. He 00:03:54.250 --> 00:03:57.389 could have just been back up extraordinaire and 00:03:57.389 --> 00:03:59.949 led the team down the field and just done their 00:03:59.949 --> 00:04:02.370 thing. That would have been ideal, but that's 00:04:02.370 --> 00:04:05.469 not. the way it was going to go at all so instead 00:04:05.469 --> 00:04:08.610 instead with less than two minutes to go we get 00:04:08.610 --> 00:04:11.069 a second down and one and this is kind of the 00:04:11.069 --> 00:04:14.509 play that changes the entire makeup of the game 00:04:14.509 --> 00:04:16.410 moving forward it's the play that turns the whole 00:04:16.410 --> 00:04:18.550 freaking thing upside down like i felt like we 00:04:18.550 --> 00:04:20.800 were watching stranger things josh snaps the 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:22.980 ball he loses his mind he runs around like a 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:25.860 freaking lunatic again and then similar to what 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:27.959 Chris Berman used to do when he would call the 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:30.199 home run derbies it's like Josh just keeps going 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.560 back back back back towards the end zone and 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.680 22 yards later takes a ridiculous sack that very 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.540 well could have been called a safety but one 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:41.860 thing I noticed quick side note I felt like yesterday 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:43.620 I watched a lot of football and I felt like I'd 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:45.180 never seen football before because some of the 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:47.120 rules and the decisions that were being made 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.769 amongst all the games on the slate I'm like Have 00:04:49.769 --> 00:04:51.649 I ever watched football before? Because I have 00:04:51.649 --> 00:04:53.709 no idea why the refs are making certain calls. 00:04:53.810 --> 00:04:57.050 I don't know what is going on anymore. What is 00:04:57.050 --> 00:04:59.189 actually happening? It was just crazy to me. 00:04:59.250 --> 00:05:01.449 But anyway, he drops back, runs all over the 00:05:01.449 --> 00:05:04.269 place, loses 22 yards. He hurts his foot. And 00:05:04.269 --> 00:05:06.490 now all of a sudden we are completely backed 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:08.810 up against the goal line. We're forced to do 00:05:08.810 --> 00:05:11.610 a tush push of all things on a third and what? 00:05:12.649 --> 00:05:15.629 22, third and 26. I don't know how many freaking 00:05:15.629 --> 00:05:18.569 yards we had. It was like a third and 22 on our 00:05:18.569 --> 00:05:21.410 own goal line. We had to do a tush push, a .k 00:05:21.410 --> 00:05:24.980 .a. snow plow, just to get out of the... our 00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:27.800 own end zone in order to give the punter a little 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:29.959 breathing room at the at the end of the end zone 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.019 so i'm like what the heck just happened this 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:35.860 is this happens now like every second or third 00:05:35.860 --> 00:05:39.660 game he's good for one of these completely ridiculous 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:43.680 boneheaded stupid god -awful sacks that where 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.699 he just runs around and takes a terrible loss 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:51.100 and it's just so maddening so okay Maybe, okay, 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:53.600 here's halftime, and historically through the 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.480 season, we're a great second -half team, so maybe 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:57.439 we snap out of it. Maybe we shake it off. Maybe 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:01.220 we regroup after halftime, right? You know, we're 00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:03.600 so good at making adjustments and we're so much 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.540 better in the second half, right? Nope, nope. 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:08.199 It was actually worse. It was buckle up, folks. 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.420 Hold on for dear life. Hope your defense can 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:13.600 make an actual stop because the offense will 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.180 go into full hibernation mode for the rest of 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:18.980 the game. Josh looks completely off from that 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:21.120 point on. It looks like his foot's bothering 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.480 him. He can't step into his throws. He's lofting 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.360 them over people's heads. It's just like, oh, 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:27.420 this is not good. And then the running game, 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:30.779 of all things, turns to complete crap. So I don't 00:06:30.779 --> 00:06:33.480 know. Then we finally get open receivers. Yes, 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:35.800 I see you, Dawson Knox and Brandon Cooks. And 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.259 they drop the ball that's literally placed directly 00:06:38.259 --> 00:06:40.959 in their hands. The one on Dawson Knox was in 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.639 the end zone. And people are saying, oh, the 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.000 sun was in his eyes. Like, what are you talking 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.600 about? The sun was in your eyes? Just catch the 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:50.100 damn ball. You are wide open. No one is within 00:06:50.100 --> 00:06:52.879 10 yards of you. And you drop the ball. Awesome. 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.040 That was awesome. And the Brandon Cooks, why 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.800 is he on the team? Why are we wasting our time 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.110 with this guy? He's played now. what three games 00:07:01.110 --> 00:07:04.850 and he has one catch he is terrible so i i don't 00:07:04.850 --> 00:07:06.910 know these guys dropping wide open passes that 00:07:06.910 --> 00:07:09.069 have no business being dropped just absolutely 00:07:09.069 --> 00:07:11.649 brutal and the only other points we score in 00:07:11.649 --> 00:07:14.110 the entire second half of this game come off 00:07:14.110 --> 00:07:17.339 of us the second tipped interception of Shador 00:07:17.339 --> 00:07:19.319 Sanders. And we have to settle for kicking a 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.519 field goal with the new kicker who I never want 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:24.959 to see again. Yeah, great job to get us to 23 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.360 whole points against the Cleveland Browns on 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.860 the road. And what I was told was 70 % of the 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:32.040 stadium was filled with Bills fans. So there 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:33.620 shouldn't have been an issue with crowd noise. 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.560 There shouldn't have been an issue with making 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.480 audibles. It should have been nice and easy, 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:41.160 a super simple road victory. And instead it was 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.579 this. Now, let's get to the defense. So who played 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:46.699 well in the defense? Anyone? Anyone? How about 00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:51.279 Jordan Poyer, who's 59 ,000 years old, off the 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.680 practice squad earlier in this year. He was the 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:57.180 MVP of the defense. Really? Oh my goodness. And 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:59.980 thank God for Joey Bosa and Greg Rousseau because 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:02.879 the rest of the defensive line and the rotational 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:06.360 players were non -existent. Matt Milano, thank 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:09.360 you. You actually played okay. But the rest of 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:13.579 the guys, straight trash. straight garbage Shaq 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:16.000 Thompson gets injured early in the game and Terrell 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.620 Bernard now comes in and he was dreadful if this 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:21.420 is a performance we're going to get out of Bernard 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:23.620 just put him on IR there's clearly something 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:27.100 wrong with him whether it's his leg his arm his 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:30.040 head I don't know he's not thinking clearly he's 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.580 not getting to the ball he's getting pushed all 00:08:32.580 --> 00:08:35.559 over the field it's like I'm to the point now 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.720 where we're better playing a man short because 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.500 he is just terrible. He should not be on the 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:43.340 field at all. The tackling scenario, which we 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:45.639 tried to clean up two weeks ago, has reared its 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:47.759 ugly head. Nobody can make a tackle on this team. 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:51.059 Sean McDermott talks about how we need to be 00:08:51.059 --> 00:08:53.399 disciplined and all this stuff and play fundamental 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.340 football. Has anyone bothered to teach the defensive 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:58.419 players how to tackle because they're terrible 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:01.399 at it? The defensive tackles, to get back to 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.929 that, are just... atrocious now i know we're 00:09:03.929 --> 00:09:06.990 on our fourth fifth sixth seventh string players 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:09.649 on the practice squad and this that and the other 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:13.570 but it is so bad it's just so bad because what 00:09:13.570 --> 00:09:16.830 a terrible performance against a very very bad 00:09:16.830 --> 00:09:19.850 browns offense who in the first half lost their 00:09:19.850 --> 00:09:22.529 best offensive player he goes down with an injury 00:09:22.529 --> 00:09:26.029 that they didn't show on tv they never replayed 00:09:26.029 --> 00:09:28.169 it but clearly it's bad because they're putting 00:09:28.169 --> 00:09:30.169 his leg in an air cast and they get the card 00:09:30.169 --> 00:09:33.870 out and He was gashing you in the first half, 00:09:34.009 --> 00:09:36.110 but he gets hurt. So you're thinking, oh, this 00:09:36.110 --> 00:09:39.490 should help the Bills in the defense. Nope. They 00:09:39.490 --> 00:09:41.809 kept giving up chunk play after chunk play. I 00:09:41.809 --> 00:09:43.690 looked at the stats after this game. They allowed 00:09:43.690 --> 00:09:47.110 the Browns to convert 8 of 14 third downs. That 00:09:47.110 --> 00:09:51.009 is insane. 8 of 14 third downs? And just like 00:09:51.009 --> 00:09:53.090 I told you earlier, missing tackles. They couldn't 00:09:53.090 --> 00:09:55.730 get off the field. The Browns had 21 first downs 00:09:55.730 --> 00:09:58.490 in this game and held the ball for 35 minutes. 00:09:58.730 --> 00:10:02.139 The Cleveland Browns. 22 first downs against 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:04.940 you, the Browns and Shador Sanders, who just 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:07.000 lost their starting running back. I'm just like, 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.320 this is ridiculous. And I'm watching the game 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:11.799 and I'm like, I'm not sure what the actual game 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.879 plan is at all. I just don't know. I don't have 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:17.399 a clue. It seemed like they just didn't prepare 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:19.120 for this game at all. They're already looking 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.720 ahead to week 17 and the Philadelphia Eagles. 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:24.759 And I just think that this has become a route. 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.639 reoccurring theme over and over and over again 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.600 playing down to the opponent we saw it with the 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.580 atlantic game we saw it with the miami game and 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:34.139 now we see it with this game it's just so frustrating 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:36.759 i talk about the word roller coaster it's up 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:38.559 it's down you don't know what you're going to 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:40.580 get from one week to the next you just don't 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:43.340 know but i said it for weeks the margin for error 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:45.879 is completely gone no reinforcements were brought 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.360 in at the deadline and it's absolutely crushing 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.279 this team The roster, if you zoom the camera 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.659 out, right, and you look at the totality of this 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:56.019 roster, it is an absolute mess. The inactives 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:57.940 come out before yesterday's game right around, 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.480 what, 11, 30, 12 o 'clock. Keon Coleman, Gabe 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:02.759 Davis, both inactive. And who do they start in 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:06.059 their place? Mecole Hardman, fresh off the IR. 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:07.480 And what does he do in the game? You're like, 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:08.879 oh, maybe he's going to catch a couple passes. 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:12.179 Nope, zero catches. But he returned one punt. 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:15.580 One punt? So we're sitting Gabe Davis and Keon 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.580 Coleman for a guy that is going to return one 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:19.700 punt for us? That's it? What the heck are we 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:23.039 doing? Is Gabe hurt? This is back -to -back games 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:25.899 where Gabe is not suiting up for your offense. 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.659 And he wasn't bad in the games he played. He 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.720 made a few catches. He's a great blocker. He's 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.259 on the field the majority of the snaps. So what 00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:36.600 are we doing? And then the Keon story? The Keon 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:38.799 story is crazy to me. Is there anyone out there 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:40.600 that thinks Keon Coleman is going to be on this 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.240 team next year? I just don't know what we're 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.000 doing. But you're telling me that Mecole Hardman 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.899 fresh off the IR is better returning one punt 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:51.590 than Keon Coleman is? I don't know. Can that 00:11:51.590 --> 00:11:53.669 actually be true? And the Brandon Cook signing, 00:11:53.929 --> 00:11:56.649 disaster. He can't catch the ball. The Josh Palmer 00:11:56.649 --> 00:11:59.529 signing, three years, 11 mil a year. He can't 00:11:59.529 --> 00:12:01.889 catch the ball either. He can't get open. He's 00:12:01.889 --> 00:12:04.269 had one catch for two yards yesterday. And in 00:12:04.269 --> 00:12:07.649 the whole season, he has 20 catches. He's averaging 00:12:07.649 --> 00:12:10.389 two catches a game. What are we paying this guy 00:12:10.389 --> 00:12:13.519 $11 million for? It's just insane to me. how 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.820 bad this receiver room is. It's just absolutely 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:19.299 insane. And I've said this for months. If Dalton 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:21.879 Kincaid is not right, the offense doesn't work. 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.139 Thank God for James Cook. Because when Dalton 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:27.879 Kincaid is not healthy, when he's not effective 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.100 on the field, when he can't play, and yesterday 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:33.399 he barely played, I think he had 15 snaps, something 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.299 like that, 15 or 19 snaps of all the offensive 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:39.350 snaps, which is incredibly low. Clearly, he's 00:12:39.350 --> 00:12:41.389 still nursing the knee or the hammy or whatever 00:12:41.389 --> 00:12:43.570 the hell injury he's dealing with. But when he 00:12:43.570 --> 00:12:45.710 is not the focal point of the offense outside 00:12:45.710 --> 00:12:48.370 of James Cook, the passing game doesn't work. 00:12:48.470 --> 00:12:50.549 When he's not on the field, the passing game 00:12:50.549 --> 00:12:53.230 doesn't work. So I don't know. Maybe this offseason, 00:12:53.330 --> 00:12:56.490 we need a complete refresh of this offensive 00:12:56.490 --> 00:12:59.149 mindset. We need a new play caller. We need a 00:12:59.149 --> 00:13:02.230 new wide receiver room. The whole room, the whole 00:13:02.230 --> 00:13:05.429 room outside of Shakir, get rid of them all because 00:13:05.429 --> 00:13:08.659 this is a disaster. It's just insane to me. And 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:11.080 this everybody eats motto has been literally 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:14.139 replaced with nobody eats. Nobody eats whatsoever. 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.639 And I'm just not sure what I'm going to see when 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.879 I sit down and turn the television on week to 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.139 week. I'm not sure what's going to happen. I'm 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:23.980 not sure what the play mentality, the play calling 00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:26.440 is going to be. I'm not sure what team's going 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.220 to actually show up on the field from week to 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:31.519 week. This roller coaster is real, folks. We 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.580 have two weeks to go, and I feel like it's as 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:36.620 shaky as ever. And this is even in... winning 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:38.600 the game. Can you imagine if we had lost this 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.460 game to the Browns? Holy cow. And last night, 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.919 I don't know if y 'all saw the Ravens -Patriots 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:45.919 game. We needed the Ravens to help us out a bit, 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:48.100 and they were a disaster. Lamar gets hurt again. 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:50.120 The AFC is totally up in the air, and I have 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.679 absolutely no idea where this is going. The teams 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:54.960 that you thought two months ago were jokes are 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:59.340 leading the AFC. Jacksonville? Denver? Jacksonville 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:01.740 went into Denver and beat the brakes off of them. 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:04.429 So holy cow. Who would have thought the Jacksonville 00:14:04.429 --> 00:14:06.909 Jaguars are going to be the team to beat coming 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:08.730 out of the AFC? I mean, we'll see what happens 00:14:08.730 --> 00:14:10.549 with the Colts tonight, but I don't think they're 00:14:10.549 --> 00:14:13.070 going to be around much longer. And then the 00:14:13.070 --> 00:14:16.029 Steelers go into Detroit and pull that game out. 00:14:16.110 --> 00:14:18.009 I don't know if you all saw that nonsense, but 00:14:18.009 --> 00:14:19.509 again, it's another game where I'm like, I don't 00:14:19.509 --> 00:14:21.029 know the rules to football anymore because I've 00:14:21.029 --> 00:14:22.950 never heard of half this stuff. It's insane. 00:14:23.370 --> 00:14:26.149 So buckle up, Mafia. Buckle up because it's going 00:14:26.149 --> 00:14:29.259 to be a crazy, crazy final stretch. Anyway, I 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:31.519 just wanted to get out a few thoughts, a few 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:33.279 thoughts on the game before turning our attention 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:36.460 to the squared circle. Because wrestling marks, 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:40.399 you are on the clock. How are we feeling? Have 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:42.919 we recovered from the John Cena retirement tour? 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:46.159 Have we recovered from his last match at Saturday 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.639 night's main event against Gunther? Did you all 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.879 happen to see the opening to Monday Night Raw? 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.980 I just want to talk about this real quick because 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:57.009 the rest of the show, it doesn't matter. Gunther 00:14:57.009 --> 00:14:59.789 came out and a place from Hershey, Hershey, PA. 00:14:59.950 --> 00:15:03.190 I wish I was there. I knew too late that they 00:15:03.190 --> 00:15:04.490 were going to be in Hershey, man. I would have 00:15:04.490 --> 00:15:06.309 loved to be there, but they booed him out of 00:15:06.309 --> 00:15:08.009 the building. And every time he went to put the 00:15:08.009 --> 00:15:09.950 mic up to his mouth, the place got louder and 00:15:09.950 --> 00:15:12.690 louder. He finally manages to talk after he's 00:15:12.690 --> 00:15:14.549 just egging the crowd off. And the minute he 00:15:14.549 --> 00:15:17.149 comes to the apron, it's glorious. He finally 00:15:17.149 --> 00:15:19.289 starts to talk. And the only thing he says is 00:15:19.289 --> 00:15:22.970 I made John Cena tap like a little bee. That's 00:15:22.970 --> 00:15:24.990 it. And he drops the mic and he starts walking 00:15:24.990 --> 00:15:28.649 out and the place comes unglued. He starts walking 00:15:28.649 --> 00:15:30.990 towards the back. He stops about three quarters 00:15:30.990 --> 00:15:32.409 of the way up the ramp. He turns around, comes 00:15:32.409 --> 00:15:35.049 back and he gets on the announce table with the 00:15:35.049 --> 00:15:37.990 mic in his hand again. And he just, and he basically 00:15:37.990 --> 00:15:40.610 goes like a little bee. And obviously he says 00:15:40.610 --> 00:15:42.789 the word, which I'm not going to say, but it 00:15:42.789 --> 00:15:45.200 was. It was glorious. And I'm like, there you 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.179 go. This guy who just beat Cena two nights ago 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:51.440 and said two lines on Monday Night Raw and the 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.360 place comes unglued. They hate him so much. This 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:56.899 is exactly why. If you haven't seen it, it was 00:15:56.899 --> 00:16:00.220 awesome. He got that place to hate him so much. 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:02.940 Yeah, we talked about it at the podcast last 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:05.159 week. If you haven't listened, go check it out. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.379 I think he's the perfect one. He's the perfect 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:11.500 heel that can take all that hate and turn it 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:13.340 into something great. And I think it's going 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.879 to be great. But like I said, the rest of the 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:16.720 show, it's whatever. I'm not really going to 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.759 spend any more time breaking down Raw or SmackDown. 00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:20.779 I kind of want to get to this year in review. 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:23.159 I kind of want to hand out some awards. Now, 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:25.200 I couldn't come up with a real fancy name for 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.259 these, so I figured, hey, it's my podcast, so 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:30.159 I'm going to call these the TBs. These are the 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.700 TB awards. I got a bunch of categories. We're 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:34.279 going to go through them one at a time, so let's 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.200 have some fun. Let's go get it. And what I'm 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.179 going to do, I'm going to talk about the runners 00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:40.940 -up, and then I'm going to announce the winner. 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.299 So the first category that we have is Heel of 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:46.259 the Year. Heel of the Year. So if you don't know 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:48.039 what a heel is, they're usually the bad guy. 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:50.740 You got baby faces and heels. Heel of the Year. 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.269 So the first runner -up. The first runner up 00:16:53.269 --> 00:16:56.129 in this category, Naomi. And this goes all the 00:16:56.129 --> 00:16:57.990 way back to the beginning of the year. Now, if 00:16:57.990 --> 00:17:01.169 you remember, now Naomi, while her year was shortened 00:17:01.169 --> 00:17:03.610 a bit by her pregnancy announcement, I think 00:17:03.610 --> 00:17:07.369 she made a huge, huge splash early in the year. 00:17:07.470 --> 00:17:10.089 The storyline coming out just before the calendar 00:17:10.089 --> 00:17:13.029 turned into 2025, the storyline was Bianca and 00:17:13.029 --> 00:17:16.910 Jade. If you remember, Jade got injured by the 00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:19.509 hands of an unknown assailant. Someone had pushed 00:17:19.509 --> 00:17:23.130 her off this cargo bay area onto the hood of 00:17:23.130 --> 00:17:25.349 a car, suffering. And she suffered all these 00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:27.569 crazy injuries. And she was out for a while. 00:17:27.730 --> 00:17:30.230 So there's a huge storyline trying to figure 00:17:30.230 --> 00:17:34.549 out who was the culprit to injuring Jade. And 00:17:34.549 --> 00:17:36.690 this lasted all the way up until Elimination 00:17:36.690 --> 00:17:39.490 Chamber. And the first match of the night was 00:17:39.490 --> 00:17:42.930 the Women's Elimination Chamber match. And we 00:17:42.930 --> 00:17:45.769 saw Jade Cargill return. And before the match 00:17:45.769 --> 00:17:49.190 even starts, she beats the absolute breaks out 00:17:49.190 --> 00:17:52.089 of Naomi. And this was definitely the catalyst 00:17:52.089 --> 00:17:55.950 for Naomi's definitive heel run. And this was 00:17:55.950 --> 00:17:59.029 the debut of her proceed with caution moniker, 00:17:59.049 --> 00:18:01.109 which I absolutely loved. If you haven't seen 00:18:01.109 --> 00:18:03.390 the beginning of Elimination Chamber, that whole 00:18:03.390 --> 00:18:06.019 pay -per -view is fantastic, by the way. It was 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:09.019 great. You think she's going to attack Liv. She 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:11.400 kind of changes at the last moment and goes after 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.039 Naomi and just beats the crap out of her. And 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.119 then this is Naomi takes the ball and just runs 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:17.980 with it. She creates this whole proceed with 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:21.640 caution character. She wraps the briefcase, which 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:23.299 she wins later at the Money in the Bank. She 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:25.700 wraps it in caution tape. It's awesome. I loved 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:27.700 all the video packages, the whole presentation. 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:30.160 It was great work. She would go on to win the 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.460 money, the women's Money in the Bank match. And 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:36.289 then she would successfully cash in the... briefcase 00:18:36.289 --> 00:18:38.630 during the Io, Sky, Rhea, Ripley title match 00:18:38.630 --> 00:18:41.869 at the Women's Evolution. And then a few weeks 00:18:41.869 --> 00:18:44.190 after that pay -per -view, she defended that 00:18:44.190 --> 00:18:47.890 title against the same two women, so Io and Rhea, 00:18:48.049 --> 00:18:50.470 in a triple threat match at SummerSlam. That 00:18:50.470 --> 00:18:52.849 match was fantastic. And then, of course, two 00:18:52.849 --> 00:18:55.170 short weeks later, she announces that she's pregnant 00:18:55.170 --> 00:18:57.910 and she has to vacate the title. It was a short 00:18:57.910 --> 00:19:01.089 title run as a heel champion, but it was great. 00:19:01.170 --> 00:19:03.569 Nevertheless, I loved everything about it and 00:19:03.569 --> 00:19:07.380 it was fantastic. So that's the first runner 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:10.960 -up. Second runner -up, Dirty Dom Mysterio. Has 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.799 anyone else had such an organic, slow, and steady 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.619 rise to the top of the WWE food chain as Dirty 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:20.980 Dom? I have loved watching his evolution. I've 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:23.240 loved watching him slowly change over the years, 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:25.880 and I think it's great. I think if you go all 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.559 the way back to the Intercontinental Fatal 4 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.200 -Way title match at WrestleMania, this is kind 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.480 of the start of his pretty good run with the 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:36.000 belt. He wins the belt there. And then through 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:38.680 the rest of the calendar year, he's had a lot 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.680 of good, successful title defenses. Look, he's 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.819 classic old school, right? So he's going to cheat. 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:46.140 He's going to lie and cheat and steal just like 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:51.380 his real father, Eddie Guerrero. And as he's 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:53.880 doing it, it's becoming more and more sneaky. 00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:58.640 And it's just great. Some of the underhandedness 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:01.779 that he is incorporating during his matches and 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:05.329 the... The sly, cheating ways. It's just fantastic. 00:20:05.569 --> 00:20:07.990 And you add on top of that his mic work. It's 00:20:07.990 --> 00:20:09.869 gotten so much better. His matches have gotten 00:20:09.869 --> 00:20:12.170 better. Add to that the fact that he went to 00:20:12.170 --> 00:20:15.569 win the AAA championship. And so now he had two 00:20:15.569 --> 00:20:18.289 belts. He was carrying the AAA championship and 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:21.349 the IC belt prior to his match with John Cena 00:20:21.349 --> 00:20:24.690 on Monday Night Raw in November. This was a spontaneous, 00:20:25.029 --> 00:20:29.890 impromptu match between Cena and Dirty Dom. Cena 00:20:29.890 --> 00:20:32.400 actually wins and he loses. Loses the belt to 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:35.099 Cena, but fast forward to Survivor Series. They 00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:37.720 have a rematch, and thanks to the help of a returning 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:40.180 Liv Morgan, he gets the belt back. But I think 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:42.279 if you look at the totality of his year, he had 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:44.539 a great year, and he's becoming one of the top 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:47.420 heels in the company. And now for the winner 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:51.059 of the very first award, the very first TB award 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:55.119 for heel of the year, the winner is Becky Lynch. 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.980 Yep, that's right. So she made her long -awaited 00:20:57.980 --> 00:21:00.660 return. She was gone for... Just about 11 months, 00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:03.160 she came back at night two of WrestleMania to 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.859 team up with Lyra, Valkyria, and together they 00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:09.140 won the women's tag titles. The very next night 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:11.339 on Monday Night Raw, they go on and lose the 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:15.460 belts in a title match. And immediately, immediately 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:18.839 after losing the belt, she turns on Lyra, beats 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.519 the brakes off of her, and thus starts the heel 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:25.380 run that continues to go strong to today as we 00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:28.109 speak. Throughout the rest of the calendar year, 00:21:28.190 --> 00:21:31.309 throughout 2025, she had a great feud with Lyra. 00:21:31.329 --> 00:21:34.750 She had a great feud with Bayley. Not too great 00:21:34.750 --> 00:21:39.039 work with Nikki Bella. Returning Nikki Bella 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:42.920 work was not good on Nikki's part, but the promo 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.319 that Becky cut against her was fantastic. And 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.740 then she goes on, she feuds with a returning 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:51.539 AJ Lee. And then currently she's feuding with 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:55.259 Maxine Dupree of all people. All these feuds 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.839 have been absolutely phenomenal. Her mic skills 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:00.539 have been taken to completely new highs this 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:03.380 year. She's adding this new social media element 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:07.220 to her character where she's going on her socials. 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:10.220 her twitter and whatnot and just blasting uh 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:13.859 her opponents and she's talking about suing people 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:16.539 and going after adam pierce and all this it's 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:19.960 it's like she has become this character and it's 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:23.960 now 24 7 so for me this whole run has been impressive 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:27.740 it's been hilarious and she's added so many different 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.920 elements to it and for me this is a no -brainer 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:32.480 she's been outstanding And she's more than deserving 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.779 of the very first ever TB award. So congrats, 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:39.140 Becky Lynch. You are the heel of the year for 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:42.559 2025. So we go on. Next category, we have the 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.160 feud of the year. Now here are the two runners 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.160 up to the feud of the year for 2025. You might 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.200 not think this is crazy, or you might think this 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:53.099 is crazy, but I actually have Rusev versus Sheamus. 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.839 If you all have been watching the history between 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:00.779 these two for 2025, these two spent months and 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.980 months just beating the absolute crap out of 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:05.079 each other time and time again over the course 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:08.319 of months on Raw, SmackDown, or whatever show 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.559 they flip -flopped between, I don't know. And 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.960 this all culminated at the Clash in Paris pay 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.380 -per -view with a good old -fashioned Donnybrook 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:20.900 match in which we saw Sheamus actually tap out 00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:23.240 for the first time in what, about six months? 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:26.119 16 years he tapped out to Rusev and the accolade 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:29.519 which was crazy this match was just crazy they 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.500 did a lot of crazy stuff in this I know I keep 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.339 saying crazy but this match was awesome it was 00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:35.920 it was so good it doesn't get more hard hitting 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.980 than these two time after time they were just 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:40.579 putting on banger after banger shout out to Sheamus 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:43.980 but it was so fun it was so entertaining it was 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:47.000 throwback and good stuff good good stuff between 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:51.569 Rusev and Sheamus so well done You are well deserving 00:23:51.569 --> 00:23:54.569 of a runner up. Next on the list, we have the 00:23:54.569 --> 00:23:57.390 Kabuki Warriors versus Io Sky and Rhea Ripley. 00:23:57.450 --> 00:24:00.130 This was a feud that I didn't know I needed heading 00:24:00.130 --> 00:24:03.009 into 2025. But once we got the title off of Io, 00:24:03.210 --> 00:24:06.130 this kind of came together perfectly organically. 00:24:06.250 --> 00:24:09.230 And the four of these wrestlers have been like 00:24:09.230 --> 00:24:12.170 cruising along ever since. I think all four of 00:24:12.170 --> 00:24:14.250 them are doing stellar work, both in and out 00:24:14.250 --> 00:24:17.789 of the ring. I love the backstage segments with 00:24:17.789 --> 00:24:22.400 Asuka. and kairi sane i love the combo of rea 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.900 and eo and how they're suddenly best friends 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.819 because you know how this is going to eventually 00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:29.200 play out at some point it'd be interesting to 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:32.240 see who actually turns heel sometime down the 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:35.539 line but until that happens i am thoroughly enjoying 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:37.799 this I think each one of the four brings a little 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:40.000 extra something different a little something 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.900 different to the table and the matches have been 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:44.980 good to great good to great so they never put 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:47.359 on a bad match over and over again it's been 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.420 well done I love it so far can't wait to see 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.059 where this heads because I think it's going to 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:54.819 continue at least a little into 2026 so we we 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:58.289 will see But the winner to the feud of the year 00:24:58.289 --> 00:25:02.609 for 2025 is none other than Seth Rollins versus 00:25:02.609 --> 00:25:05.970 CM Punk. I mean, what more could you ask for? 00:25:06.130 --> 00:25:09.349 So Seth wins Money in the Bank at the pay -per 00:25:09.349 --> 00:25:12.609 -view. He wins the briefcase. He gets injured. 00:25:12.769 --> 00:25:14.970 Maybe, maybe not. I don't know this whole thing. 00:25:15.089 --> 00:25:17.829 It had me convinced. It had me convinced that 00:25:17.829 --> 00:25:19.650 he was truly going to be on the shelf for a while. 00:25:19.769 --> 00:25:22.190 And then you fast forward, we fast forward to 00:25:22.190 --> 00:25:25.289 SummerSlam and it's Punk versus Gunther for the 00:25:25.289 --> 00:25:27.730 title. They put on an absolute classic match. 00:25:27.930 --> 00:25:31.049 They have a 30 minute great match. And then after 00:25:31.049 --> 00:25:33.490 the match is over, you hear Seth Rollins music. 00:25:33.589 --> 00:25:35.869 You see him and Paul Heyman on the top of the 00:25:35.869 --> 00:25:38.970 ramp. He hobbles out with his crutches and he's 00:25:38.970 --> 00:25:41.930 got a leg brace on. All of a sudden, He drops 00:25:41.930 --> 00:25:44.569 the crutches, he rips off the leg brace, and 00:25:44.569 --> 00:25:47.170 he runs down with the briefcase and he cashes 00:25:47.170 --> 00:25:49.670 in on Punk to become the champion. I mean, this 00:25:49.670 --> 00:25:52.450 was a continuation of the feud. It was fantastic. 00:25:52.829 --> 00:25:56.109 And then it continues on and they bring in their 00:25:56.109 --> 00:25:59.269 real life actual wives of a returning AJ Lee 00:25:59.269 --> 00:26:01.829 and Becky Lynch. And yeah, I was totally in on 00:26:01.829 --> 00:26:04.630 this feud. It's great. Congrats to your very 00:26:04.630 --> 00:26:08.460 first TB award. Now. I'm also going to put categories 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:11.380 in here that might not be so nice. So we also 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:13.299 have to look at the bad side of things. I have 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:15.859 two awards on the docket and the first is for 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:18.519 the worst. pay -per -view of the year the worst 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.720 pay -per -view of the year now maybe we can't 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.900 call these the tbs because these are actually 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:24.900 negative awards and i don't want to hand out 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:27.940 tbs to people for doing really bad crap so we 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:30.559 kind of need another name so there's a fake tb 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:33.180 uh out there roaming around and so we're going 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:35.380 to call these the boo -boos after the famous 00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:38.660 fake tb so here you go the first boo -boo award 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:41.259 is for the worst pay -per -view of the year and 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:45.420 the runner -ups are the debut on espn the brand 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:49.420 new app of wrestlepalooza because the reason 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:51.579 this made the list is the amount of hype that 00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:55.119 went into this show this show severely under 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:59.059 delivered you had a returning brock lesnar absolutely 00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:02.140 beat the crap out of john cena in the opening 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:05.470 match so you started the show terribly. And you 00:27:05.470 --> 00:27:07.829 ended the show with a terrible main event of 00:27:07.829 --> 00:27:10.069 Cody Rhodes versus Drew McIntyre. Everyone knew 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:11.809 Drew had no chance of winning. And the stuff 00:27:11.809 --> 00:27:14.450 in the middle, it was just whatever. The four 00:27:14.450 --> 00:27:17.390 -way match between the power couples, AJ and 00:27:17.390 --> 00:27:20.509 CM Punk versus Rollins and Lynch. It was fun. 00:27:20.569 --> 00:27:23.009 It was fun, but it wasn't like, holy cow, this 00:27:23.009 --> 00:27:25.970 is amazing. I did find that match fun, but it 00:27:25.970 --> 00:27:28.849 wasn't enough to pull up the rest of the show. 00:27:28.910 --> 00:27:30.730 That was just kind of a drag. So there you go. 00:27:30.829 --> 00:27:32.609 That's the first runner -up. The second runner 00:27:32.609 --> 00:27:36.250 -up, Backlash. Backlash happened right after 00:27:36.250 --> 00:27:38.650 WrestleMania. Can anyone remember a single match 00:27:38.650 --> 00:27:41.309 from this card? Yeah, me neither. So if I told 00:27:41.309 --> 00:27:44.109 you the main event was John Cena, who was a bad 00:27:44.109 --> 00:27:46.549 guy at the time, versus Randy Orton, it might 00:27:46.549 --> 00:27:49.309 spark a memory or two, but this whole show was 00:27:49.309 --> 00:27:52.970 not very memorable. That match, the Cena -Orton 00:27:52.970 --> 00:27:55.930 headliner, it was an overbooked schmoz fest. 00:27:56.329 --> 00:27:59.450 And outside of the... One saving grace, which 00:27:59.450 --> 00:28:02.769 was Lyra Valkyria versus Becky Lynch. The rest 00:28:02.769 --> 00:28:04.730 of the card was completely underwhelming. No 00:28:04.730 --> 00:28:07.970 need to rewatch this one at all. So who is the 00:28:07.970 --> 00:28:10.849 winner for the very first boo -boo award for 00:28:10.849 --> 00:28:13.890 worst pay -per -view of 2025? Well, it goes to 00:28:13.890 --> 00:28:18.089 none other than WrestleMania 41. And you might 00:28:18.089 --> 00:28:19.950 be saying, how could you ever give WrestleMania 00:28:19.950 --> 00:28:21.410 the worst pay -per -view of the year? Well, hear 00:28:21.410 --> 00:28:24.250 me out. Because for this show to be the focal 00:28:24.250 --> 00:28:26.849 point of your entire calendar year, we call these, 00:28:26.910 --> 00:28:29.470 or they've called it, the showcase of the Immortals, 00:28:29.470 --> 00:28:32.589 the Super Bowl for wrestling. This is the show 00:28:32.589 --> 00:28:34.490 that is supposed to draw eyes to the business, 00:28:34.670 --> 00:28:37.430 to people who aren't regular wrestling fans. 00:28:37.549 --> 00:28:40.990 This show was not good. Not good at all. Two 00:28:40.990 --> 00:28:43.450 nights, you have what? Four to four and a half 00:28:43.450 --> 00:28:45.630 hours of wrestling each night. So you're talking 00:28:45.630 --> 00:28:48.990 about nine hours of wrestling. And if I can only 00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:52.289 find two standout matches over the course of 00:28:52.289 --> 00:28:54.250 two nights. Now, I will talk about these matches 00:28:54.250 --> 00:28:56.369 later. These matches were amazing. But if these 00:28:56.369 --> 00:28:58.809 two matches are literally the highlights of nine 00:28:58.809 --> 00:29:01.089 hours of wrestling, we have a problem. And those 00:29:01.089 --> 00:29:02.970 two matches, the main event of night one, which 00:29:02.970 --> 00:29:05.049 was a triple threat between Rollins, Punk, and 00:29:05.049 --> 00:29:07.589 Reigns with the Heyman story on the side, that 00:29:07.589 --> 00:29:10.170 match was fantastic. And then they immediately 00:29:10.170 --> 00:29:12.910 follow it up with the opener to night two, which 00:29:12.910 --> 00:29:15.450 was Io versus Bianca versus Ripley for the women's 00:29:15.450 --> 00:29:18.119 title. I mean, outside of those two. Awesome 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:21.140 classic matches. No, thank you. The whole show 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:24.559 was a mess. And then to close it with the absolute 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:28.180 dreadful match of John Cena, who's a bad guy, 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:31.440 versus Cody Rhodes, it made the night so much 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:34.759 worse. My concerns are that this is the type 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.700 of show we're going to get year after year for 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:39.940 WrestleManias, and it has me a little worried, 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:43.500 a little worried, especially as we head back 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:47.690 to Las Vegas and then to... God help us, Saudi 00:29:47.690 --> 00:29:50.089 Arabia. So like I said, one to two fantastic 00:29:50.089 --> 00:29:52.609 matches overnight, over two nights, and then 00:29:52.609 --> 00:29:54.849 just filler and garbage throughout the rest of 00:29:54.849 --> 00:29:57.589 the show. Not good. So congrats. Congrats on 00:29:57.589 --> 00:29:59.670 your worst pay -per -view of the year and your 00:29:59.670 --> 00:30:02.990 boo -boo award, WrestleMania 41. So back to the 00:30:02.990 --> 00:30:05.809 good, the best pay -per -view of the year. Back 00:30:05.809 --> 00:30:07.549 to the TB awards. We're going to hand this one 00:30:07.549 --> 00:30:10.710 out. The runners -up, Crown Jewel from Perth, 00:30:10.710 --> 00:30:13.170 Australia. Now, I think this pay -per -view is 00:30:13.170 --> 00:30:15.430 severely underrated. I think a lot of people 00:30:15.430 --> 00:30:17.920 will forget. about this show, but it was pretty 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.779 freaking good. Every match on this card, I enjoyed 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.140 at least a little bit. You had Bronson versus 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:25.720 Roman. You had Tiffany versus Stephanie Vakir. 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:28.700 You had the Kabuki Warriors versus Io Sky and 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:31.819 Rhea Ripley. You had an absolute classic match 00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:35.559 of Cody versus Seth Rollins. And then of course, 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:37.599 one of my all -time favorite matches of the entire 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.339 year, you had John Cena versus AJ Styles, which 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:42.660 you want to talk fun factor, that match was off 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:45.359 the charts as far as fun factor. I love it. that 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.099 match it's probably one of my favorite matches 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:49.920 of all time not that it was a great wrestling 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:52.180 match i think it was a good wrestling match but 00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:54.839 it was just a fun wrestling match but top to 00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:57.920 bottom that show is good to great and i think 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:01.200 it's very uh criminally underrated so runner 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.559 -up crown jewel perth australia there you go 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:06.059 second on the runner -up list for pay -per -view 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:08.940 of the year elimination chamber i mean what can 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:12.180 i say Elimination Chamber 2025. This was great 00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:15.160 for so many reasons. Started off hot with the 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.640 returning Jade Cargill taking out Naomi. We talked 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.660 about this earlier. She took her out before the 00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:22.440 match even started. And I mean, we're off and 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:24.119 running. The rest of the Women's Chamber match 00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:27.359 was fire. It was a great start. The unsanctioned 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:29.319 match. Not many people remember this match between 00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:32.799 KO, who's been out for so long with the neck 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:35.319 issue, and Sami Zayn. So this match between KO 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:37.740 and Sami Zayn was absolute bonkers. They over 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:40.240 -delivered so much. much on that one and then 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:43.019 the men's chamber match which saw John Cena emerging 00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.740 victorious against Seth Rollins CM Punk Drew 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:48.640 McIntyre Damian Priest Logan Paul that match 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.220 was great that match was so much fun good time 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:53.400 and of course the shock of the night and quite 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.900 possibly the shock of the last 20 years in the 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:58.519 in the world of professional wrestling the final 00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:01.420 segment involving The Rock and Cody Rhodes and 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:03.640 the whole stupid battle for his soul and all 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:06.200 this nonsense but we finally get what are we 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.160 waiting for a John Cena heel turn. It was great. 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:11.680 It was iconic. It was fantastic. I loved it. 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:15.160 So there you go. Elimination Chamber, you get 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:17.960 a runner's up award. But the winners, the winner 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.220 for pay -per -view of the year, none other than 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:25.220 Evolution 2025. From start to finish, I had so 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:27.980 much freaking fun watching women's Evolution. 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.660 This was my favorite show and it wasn't particularly 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.960 close. Starting with the women's Intercontinental 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:35.339 Championship, Becky Lynch versus Bayley versus 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:40.009 Lyra Valkyria. That triple threat match was fantastic. 00:32:40.490 --> 00:32:44.369 I love that match. That match saw Becky emerging 00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:47.769 victorious. It went about 17 minutes and it kind 00:32:47.769 --> 00:32:50.509 of set the stage all the way through the rest 00:32:50.509 --> 00:32:53.349 of the show up until the main event of Io Sky 00:32:53.349 --> 00:32:56.410 versus Rhea Ripley. And that match. The Io Sky 00:32:56.410 --> 00:32:59.210 Ray Ripley match was a classic that I would play 00:32:59.210 --> 00:33:01.690 over and over again. If I want people who have 00:33:01.690 --> 00:33:05.849 never seen wrestling to understand a good, solid 00:33:05.849 --> 00:33:08.829 match with some of the best wrestlers, not that 00:33:08.829 --> 00:33:11.430 they're female, but this is one of the best wrestling 00:33:11.430 --> 00:33:13.329 matches I've seen, I'm going to show them this 00:33:13.329 --> 00:33:16.630 match. It was fire. It was 27 minutes of greatness. 00:33:16.789 --> 00:33:19.509 And then it even got better because we had a 00:33:19.509 --> 00:33:23.210 Naomi run in, cash in, and her becoming champion 00:33:23.210 --> 00:33:25.930 was outstanding. I was super happy to see it 00:33:25.930 --> 00:33:28.470 with the new Proceed with Caution gimmick. I 00:33:28.470 --> 00:33:30.529 loved every minute of that match, every minute 00:33:30.529 --> 00:33:32.829 of the show. The women absolutely crushed it. 00:33:32.890 --> 00:33:35.430 Congrats to you all on winning the TB award. 00:33:35.710 --> 00:33:37.869 Now, we're going to go switch back to the dark 00:33:37.869 --> 00:33:39.750 side for a minute because the worst match of 00:33:39.750 --> 00:33:42.470 the year, Cena versus Lesnar. You are up first 00:33:42.470 --> 00:33:45.890 as a runner -up. Cena versus Lesnar at WrestlePalooza. 00:33:45.990 --> 00:33:49.269 Yikes. All the hype, all the promos. It was just 00:33:49.269 --> 00:33:53.190 a press repeat of their SummerSlam squash. match 00:33:53.190 --> 00:33:55.730 that Lesnar dropped on Cena so many years ago. 00:33:55.849 --> 00:33:58.410 Now, I'm fine. I'm fine with a good old squash 00:33:58.410 --> 00:34:01.470 match, but it didn't seem like there was a point 00:34:01.470 --> 00:34:04.890 to this whatsoever. All it did was make the 30 00:34:04.890 --> 00:34:07.069 mini John Cena's who came out with him at the 00:34:07.069 --> 00:34:10.869 intros stand there and cry in the audience. It 00:34:10.869 --> 00:34:14.610 was just the funniest thing about that was watching 00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:17.050 the audience's reaction after the match was over 00:34:17.050 --> 00:34:19.440 six minutes later because he just. beats the 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:22.940 absolute crap out of him. It's F5 after F5, suplex 00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:25.699 city. He gets in no moves. He just beats the 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.559 tar out of him. And then they pan to the crowd 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:30.519 and all the kids are crying. And I'm like, wow, 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:34.940 ESPN, you are off to a flying start on your brand 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:39.059 new debut pay -per -view on the app. So congratulations. 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:42.219 The second runner up for the worst match of the 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:44.480 year category and the winner of the boo -boos. 00:34:44.989 --> 00:34:48.329 Runner -up is Saturday night's main event, CM 00:34:48.329 --> 00:34:51.210 Punk versus Jey Uso. For Seth Rollins' vacated 00:34:51.210 --> 00:34:53.750 title, what the hell was this match? This match 00:34:53.750 --> 00:34:56.150 was terrible. Jay looked like he was on another 00:34:56.150 --> 00:34:59.010 planet. This was a total debacle. At one point, 00:34:59.030 --> 00:35:01.670 you can see Punk kind of kick him in the head 00:35:01.670 --> 00:35:04.389 out of disgust because Jey Uso keeps botching 00:35:04.389 --> 00:35:06.230 move after move. It was a complete disaster. 00:35:06.530 --> 00:35:08.809 It couldn't get over fast enough. This match 00:35:08.809 --> 00:35:12.469 proved to the world that Jey has no business 00:35:12.469 --> 00:35:14.630 carrying the world title of being in the title 00:35:14.630 --> 00:35:18.090 picture. It was... Bad in every way, shape, or 00:35:18.090 --> 00:35:21.309 form. You could tell. It's very rare that you 00:35:21.309 --> 00:35:24.050 see wrestlers get frustrated in a match with 00:35:24.050 --> 00:35:26.190 their opponent. And you could tell that CM Punk 00:35:26.190 --> 00:35:28.690 just could not wait for that match to be over. 00:35:28.789 --> 00:35:31.150 But the winner, the winner of the Boo Boo Award 00:35:31.150 --> 00:35:36.380 and the worst match of 2025 goes to... John Cena 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:39.739 versus Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania Night 2 main 00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:44.039 event. What an absolute slogfest this match was. 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.480 I understand why they did it, but holy hell did 00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.199 I freaking absolutely hate it. This is probably 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.679 the most bored I have ever been with a WrestleMania 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:57.119 main event in a very, very, very, very long time. 00:35:57.789 --> 00:36:00.030 It was so disappointing, just the match itself. 00:36:00.329 --> 00:36:02.670 And then by the time they hit that music and 00:36:02.670 --> 00:36:04.610 Travis Scott comes down to the ring with his 00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:07.829 stupid fiend music over and over and over again, 00:36:07.869 --> 00:36:11.929 blasting on and on until eternity. And him just 00:36:11.929 --> 00:36:15.570 like walking like a sloth to the ring and you're 00:36:15.570 --> 00:36:17.949 just waiting for him to do something and get 00:36:17.949 --> 00:36:20.170 in the ring. And it just makes the entire thing 00:36:20.170 --> 00:36:23.349 a hundred times worse. It was already a dumpster 00:36:23.349 --> 00:36:25.969 fire. And now Travis Scott entering the picture, 00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:30.079 it makes it. just terrible. I hated every single 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:33.300 thing about that match, about the finale to that 00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:35.519 match, about the inclusion of Travis Scott. I 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:38.440 hate everything about that match. So congratulations. 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:42.780 You won the boo -boo. Worst match, 2025. There 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:45.519 you go. So let's get back to the good match of 00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:47.539 the year. Let's start with the runners -up. We 00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:50.039 have CM Punk versus Roman Reigns versus Seth 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.860 Rollins, WrestleMania 41. Now, this match had 00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:55.300 a little bit of everything. You had a great stage. 00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:57.300 It was your night one main event. You had great 00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:59.820 entrances, great promo packages. You had great 00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:02.559 intrigue with the Paul Heyman scenario and the 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:05.800 story of him being with Sam Punk and then being 00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:08.519 with Roman Reigns and then the whole Rollins 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.679 thing. And then you had an absolutely brilliant 00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:14.519 and well -executed great heel turn involving 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.179 Heyman aligning officially with Seth Rollins. 00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:21.469 Executed perfectly. It was the only saving grace 00:37:21.469 --> 00:37:23.550 of a disaster of night one for WrestleMania. 00:37:23.849 --> 00:37:27.710 So there you go. Second to the runner -up of 00:37:27.710 --> 00:37:29.869 match of the year, the Street Profits versus 00:37:29.869 --> 00:37:32.690 Motor City Machine Guns versus DIY. This was 00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:35.789 the night before WrestleMania. So this was Friday 00:37:35.789 --> 00:37:39.409 night SmackDown on April 25th. This was a feud 00:37:39.409 --> 00:37:42.309 that had been brewing for quite some time. And 00:37:42.309 --> 00:37:46.139 it was a TLC match that got... booted from the 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.400 wrestlemania card because of time because of 00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:50.940 other storylines and this match was absolutely 00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:53.980 fantastic right and it's bad because it would 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:56.119 have been great for the the six of them to have 00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:59.460 a showcase and to actually have this match in 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:02.079 front of such a huge audience but it was good 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:04.500 because most likely had it been on wrestlemania 00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:07.300 it wouldn't have been given the 30 minutes that 00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:09.980 they were given on smackdown so bad that it got 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:13.519 cut but good that they gave it time to breathe 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:16.099 and kind of put it as a standalone on SmackDown 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:19.619 because holy heck, this match was awesome. If 00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:21.800 you haven't seen this match the night before 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:25.280 WrestleMania kicks off, it was a beautiful, fast 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.849 -paced. car wreck of the best kind, and it was 00:38:27.849 --> 00:38:30.530 so much fun to see. Tip of the cap to all the 00:38:30.530 --> 00:38:33.170 gentlemen involved in this. Awesome job. But 00:38:33.170 --> 00:38:37.150 the winner of the TB for best match of the year, 00:38:37.230 --> 00:38:40.530 we have Rhea Ripley versus Io Sky versus Bianca 00:38:40.530 --> 00:38:43.469 Belair at WrestleMania 41. And you may be thinking, 00:38:43.610 --> 00:38:45.809 hey, TB, why are there two WrestleMania matches 00:38:45.809 --> 00:38:48.150 that are up for match of the year when it just 00:38:48.150 --> 00:38:49.969 won a boo -boo for the worst pay -per -view of 00:38:49.969 --> 00:38:52.469 the year? Well, like I said, these two matches, 00:38:52.630 --> 00:38:56.489 so your triple threat, And then your winner here, 00:38:56.650 --> 00:38:59.190 this other triple threat. These were the only 00:38:59.190 --> 00:39:02.659 two highlights of that show. This one brought 00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:05.380 down the freaking house. It should have been 00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:08.239 the main event for night two. I understand Cody 00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:10.980 always gets preferential treatment and then you 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:13.300 throw John Cena as champ into the mix. But this 00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:15.960 should have been the night two main event because 00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:18.320 these three ladies absolutely crushed it. They 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:20.440 set the tone for the rest of the year that frankly, 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:22.380 frankly, no one else has been able to surpass. 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:25.340 A few have come close, but this match just didn't 00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:28.079 raise the bar. They became the bar. So tip of 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:30.920 the cap to you three ladies. You won the TV. 00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:33.579 award for match of the year for your triple threat 00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:37.480 at Wrestlemania 41 next category we have the 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:40.780 jump off my couch moment of the year here are 00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.960 your runners up we have a Brock Lesnar returns 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.739 at SummerSlam to take out John Cena now this 00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:49.579 is crazy John Cena and Cody Rhodes just got done 00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:52.909 putting on a banger of a title match which Just 00:39:52.909 --> 00:39:54.969 barely missed making the list for match of the 00:39:54.969 --> 00:39:57.230 year, by the way. This match was great. It was 00:39:57.230 --> 00:40:00.409 the return to being a good guy for John Cena. 00:40:00.650 --> 00:40:03.170 If you remember his entrance, he had changed 00:40:03.170 --> 00:40:05.590 it during his heel run to all black. So it was 00:40:05.590 --> 00:40:08.110 just a black background with white letters simply 00:40:08.110 --> 00:40:10.389 saying John Cena. Well, for the SummerSlam match, 00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:12.750 it started that way. And then the colors kicked 00:40:12.750 --> 00:40:16.210 in and the place erupts. So it was. Awesome. 00:40:16.309 --> 00:40:19.190 So they then go on and put on a banger of a match. 00:40:19.429 --> 00:40:21.829 But the shock of the night comes immediately 00:40:21.829 --> 00:40:24.389 after the conclusion of the match. Cody had already 00:40:24.389 --> 00:40:26.869 left after beating Cena, taking back his title. 00:40:26.989 --> 00:40:29.349 He had already left. And then Cena's sitting 00:40:29.349 --> 00:40:31.809 in the ring kind of by himself. And then... Brock 00:40:31.809 --> 00:40:33.769 Lesnar's music erupts and he comes down to the 00:40:33.769 --> 00:40:36.789 ring looking like a tank that's returned from 00:40:36.789 --> 00:40:39.869 the dead. And he was jacked to the hills. It 00:40:39.869 --> 00:40:42.409 was insane. The shock alone of seeing him back 00:40:42.409 --> 00:40:46.449 in a WWE show and ring was ridiculous considering 00:40:46.449 --> 00:40:49.429 all the outside stuff and allegations that have 00:40:49.429 --> 00:40:51.809 been going on. But he then proceeds to F5 John 00:40:51.809 --> 00:40:53.969 Cena all over the ring and he leaves and it was 00:40:53.969 --> 00:40:56.610 just absolutely crazy. So there you go. That's 00:40:56.610 --> 00:40:58.869 runner -up number one. Runner -up number two, 00:40:58.949 --> 00:41:01.650 the Seth Rollins cash -in. kind of already talked 00:41:01.650 --> 00:41:03.730 about this, but he cashed in on newly crowned 00:41:03.730 --> 00:41:06.010 champ CM Punk, who had just fought Gunther for 00:41:06.010 --> 00:41:08.630 30 minutes in his music kits. He hobbles out 00:41:08.630 --> 00:41:10.590 on the stage with his crutches. He throws off 00:41:10.590 --> 00:41:13.230 the crutches. He rips off the leg brace. He grabs 00:41:13.230 --> 00:41:15.210 a briefcase. He makes a beeline for the ring. 00:41:15.309 --> 00:41:17.769 He cashes in, hits CM Punk with a curb stomp, 00:41:17.769 --> 00:41:20.289 and suddenly we have a new champion. Punk had 00:41:20.289 --> 00:41:22.349 literally held the belt for two minutes. This 00:41:22.349 --> 00:41:25.429 was fantastic. I love it. I love the Seth Rollins 00:41:25.429 --> 00:41:28.070 cash -ins. The WrestleMania one was great, and 00:41:28.070 --> 00:41:30.309 this was... Probably better in my opinion. But 00:41:30.309 --> 00:41:33.050 the winner, the winner of the jump off my couch 00:41:33.050 --> 00:41:36.300 moment of the year goes to. They finally did 00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:38.800 it. After 20 years, they finally did it. That's 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:40.880 what I was screaming as I jumped off my couch 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:43.360 watching the end of Elimination Chamber and seeing 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:46.780 John Cena embracing Cody Rhodes at the same time 00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:49.119 that The Rock gives the throat slash motion. 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.420 And you see this smile turn to a frown. You see 00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:55.900 the shot to the nether regions. And then John 00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:58.679 Cena proceeds to beat the heck out of Cody Rhodes 00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:01.460 and take him out. And it was just wild. It was 00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:04.800 wild. I literally physically jumped off my couch. 00:42:04.710 --> 00:42:06.710 couch i could not believe what i was watching 00:42:06.710 --> 00:42:09.590 it was so insane that after such a long time 00:42:09.590 --> 00:42:12.010 and never pulling the trigger they finally did 00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:14.309 it and turned john cena to a heel to a bad guy 00:42:15.070 --> 00:42:17.989 Now, the run itself wasn't great. We could talk 00:42:17.989 --> 00:42:20.449 about that later. You all know that it just wasn't 00:42:20.449 --> 00:42:23.150 great. But given the context, given everything 00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:25.449 that was going on to finally see the heel turn, 00:42:25.550 --> 00:42:28.809 it was truly a surprise and a worthy recipient 00:42:28.809 --> 00:42:32.150 of the Jump Off My Couch Moment of the Year and 00:42:32.150 --> 00:42:35.170 the TB Award. And finally, finally, the Wrestler 00:42:35.170 --> 00:42:37.750 of the Year. Now, this is very subjective. I 00:42:37.750 --> 00:42:40.909 get it. This was extremely tough to call. All 00:42:40.909 --> 00:42:44.440 three nominees for this TB, the final TB, of 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:47.239 the night. They are very deserving. So, I mean, 00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:49.440 this is very subjective. Y 'all might have a 00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:51.699 completely different thought process to this, 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:54.139 but the first runner up. is going to be none 00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:57.219 other than the recently retired John Cena. Now, 00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:59.800 if you look back, this really has been the year 00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:03.440 of John Cena. Everything from Royal Rumble to 00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:07.380 his heel turn to the few months that he spent 00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:11.699 as a bad guy, his arc to venture back to the 00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:14.019 good side, and then the banger after banger and 00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:16.199 the stellar list of matches that he put together. 00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:18.920 It was just fantastic. So everything was about 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:20.960 him. Everything was about this retirement tour. 00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:23.360 I am kind of totally fine with it. it. I understand 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:24.960 there was probably a lot of stories and probably 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.699 a lot of stuff that got put to the side, put 00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:29.280 to the back burner because of this overarching 00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:32.219 year -long story. But listen, he's John Cena. 00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:34.619 He's been around forever. He's one of the greatest 00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:36.739 to ever do it. So he deserved the fanfare. He 00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:38.860 deserved the send -off. He deserved the whole 00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:41.119 retirement tour. There were a few rough patches 00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:43.340 after the heel turn, but I think his promos were 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:45.829 still great. And I think once he got back to 00:43:45.829 --> 00:43:48.389 being a baby face at SummerSlam, he was literally 00:43:48.389 --> 00:43:50.530 off and running. And it was great match after 00:43:50.530 --> 00:43:54.969 great match. It was a very highly enjoyable ride 00:43:54.969 --> 00:43:56.949 off into the sunset. It was a great year in the 00:43:56.949 --> 00:43:59.489 making. Well done, Cena. I hope you enjoy your 00:43:59.489 --> 00:44:02.769 retirement. Second runner up. And this was like 00:44:02.769 --> 00:44:06.489 razor thin close. And maybe in a month, I might 00:44:06.489 --> 00:44:08.730 change my mind. But for now, the second runner 00:44:08.730 --> 00:44:11.880 up to the wrestler of the year goes to... Becky 00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:14.679 Lynch, for reasons as I've previously stated, 00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:17.739 she has been out freaking standing since her 00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:20.500 comeback at WrestleMania. Every feud she has 00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:22.900 been in, she has elevated her opponent. And I've 00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:25.400 talked about this before. She's elevated Lyra. 00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:28.960 She's elevated Maxine. She's elevated returning 00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:32.260 Nikki Bella and AJ Lee and the whole social media 00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:35.119 stuff. She got a new theme song. Every promo 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:38.340 she cuts is absolute fire. She's gold on the 00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:41.500 mic. Plus, she got to work with her hubs, Seth 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:43.900 Rollins, and that was just icing on the cake, 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.739 which I kind of wish that duo lasted a little 00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:49.260 longer. But with his injury, I understand that 00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:52.400 it didn't last as long as it did. But then when 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.980 Heyman and the boys turn on Seth Rollins and 00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:58.719 you see the backstage promo between her and Paul 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:01.619 Heyman, I mean, that was... I am so invested 00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:04.199 in the work she is doing this year. She's one 00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:05.960 of my favorites. I say it time and time again, 00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:08.420 but she has been outstanding. She has elevated 00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:11.219 her game to a whole new level. She's had a great 00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:16.179 year. But the winner of the 2025 TB Award for 00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:19.820 Wrestler of the Year goes to none other than 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:24.579 Io Sky. Now, I cannot think of a single match. 00:45:25.369 --> 00:45:27.590 And I've probably watched every one of them this 00:45:27.590 --> 00:45:30.369 year that EO Sky has been in. I have not seen 00:45:30.369 --> 00:45:33.230 a bad EO Sky match. You want to talk promos? 00:45:33.230 --> 00:45:35.090 And this is where I kind of got into, well, we're 00:45:35.090 --> 00:45:38.429 kind of cutting hairs here between her and Becky. 00:45:38.550 --> 00:45:41.389 They're not close. Sometimes the language barrier 00:45:41.389 --> 00:45:45.789 can be a detriment to a wrestler. But if I'm 00:45:45.789 --> 00:45:47.869 talking straight wrestler of the year, there 00:45:47.869 --> 00:45:50.449 is no one, in my opinion, that has had a better 00:45:50.449 --> 00:45:54.530 wrestling year than EO Sky. She has put on such... 00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:57.360 clinics in the ring. She can wrestle with anyone. 00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:59.579 She can wrestle with some of the powerhouses. 00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:02.780 She can wrestle with the quicker aerial artists 00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:06.099 like the Kairi Sane's. She can wrestle with some 00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:09.059 of the bigger ladies like Michelle Rodriguez 00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:13.539 and, or I'm sorry, Raquel Rodriguez and Nia Jax. 00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:16.360 She can wrestle with anyone and make them look 00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:19.760 like gold. The stuff she's doing is just fantastic. 00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:22.940 She is such an asset to this company, to the 00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:25.519 whole women's division. And pound for pound, 00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:28.000 like match for match, I don't think that there's 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:31.179 very many people, if anyone, in all of wrestling. 00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:34.980 That includes NXT, AEW, what have you. I don't 00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:38.400 think there's anyone that has put a better portfolio 00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:42.539 of match work together. for 2025 than EO Sky. 00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.219 So there you have it. She's my winner of Wrestler 00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:48.440 of the Year and the Elusive TB Award. But those 00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:51.820 are going to be the categories. So I would love 00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.659 to know what your thoughts are. Did I get them 00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:55.699 right? Did I get them wrong? What did I miss 00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:58.659 the mark on? What all do you think? What other 00:46:58.659 --> 00:47:01.940 awards or categories should I be looking to hand 00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:04.679 out TBs? Or maybe a few more boo -boos because, 00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:06.719 yeah, there's a lot of bad stuff that happens 00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:08.480 in wrestling, and I could have gone on for another 00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:10.980 30, 40 minutes. but I figured I'd try to keep 00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:13.260 this under an hour. But I think that will wrap 00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:15.900 up this episode of the three T's. Now, before 00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:18.679 I sign off, I just want to wish everyone a very 00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:21.960 Merry Christmas. I'm going to try to do another 00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:24.500 podcast right before New Year's. I might try 00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:26.320 to break down some of the Bill's season, but 00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:30.699 we'll see because my son's in from the Navy and 00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:32.559 I want to spend time with him. So maybe I'll 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:34.539 get one out. Maybe we'll see. We'll see how I 00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:37.719 feel after the Eagles game. We'll see what disaster 00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:41.800 befalls the Bills next weekend. But I just wish 00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:44.480 an extremely happy holiday. I'm very thankful 00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:46.940 for you all out there for listening and for checking 00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:49.760 out the podcast. So I hope you all have a good 00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:51.400 time with your friends and family, and I wish 00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:53.739 you the best heading into 2026. But if you've 00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:56.420 enjoyed this episode or any of the episodes of 00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:58.960 the 3Ts podcast so far, do me a favor, share 00:47:58.960 --> 00:48:00.480 it with someone you know, whether they are a 00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:02.860 fellow Mafia member, a card collector, or someone 00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:04.760 who just loves professional wrestling. It doesn't 00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:06.309 matter. 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