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114 | Summerslam 2023 Preview · The ExtraCooler Show

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My turn to kick us off. If you were able to join any
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faction, what would it be? Jim?
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Hit me. Man, you know, I'd be hanging
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out with Dick Togo and them boys and kind of those guys.
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Those guys look like they have hell of fun all the time, right?
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You know, you got Yamaguchi's, Yamaguchi son's wife is just
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hanging out. You know, she's she's cool.
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And they're. Just, you know, they're just.
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Picking on Sean Morley of all of all people, all the time.
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Yeah. So you know, they're like, you
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know, they're just like whomping on people.
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They're. Into some stuff.
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I think they stay out late. They're interesting.
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They party. I'm a fan.
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I'm kind tie all the way, man. I'm, I'm.
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Yeah, I did not expect that whatsoever.
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All right, Mike hit us. Hit you, Hit you with my
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faction. Yeah, that means you don't have
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one. So I'll go.
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I have. I'm going to go with the
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$1,000,000 corporation, because give me all that money, Ted.
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All right, listen to the group of guys that were in the
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$1,000,000 faction. Tell me you wouldn't want to
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hang out with Nikolai Volkov, Bamba and Bigelow.
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Tatanka, IRS, comma Mustafa, King Kong Bundy, and then
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eventually didn't. Sid 123 KID and even.
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The ringmaster, Stone Cold Steve Austin join that.
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So give me the $1,000,000 corporation all.
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Wow. All right, I I was a little
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afraid that you were going to steal mine because mine, I just.
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I want to hang around Bobby Heenan and Andre the Giant, and
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I want to be a part of the. Like sweating.
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That is exactly where I'm going. I want to see the beer can in
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Andre's hand. I want to see him put down
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hundreds and hundreds of beer, cans of beer.
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There's it insane people in here as it morphs throughout time and
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in 92 and 93, even before 91 you get to go jet flying with Ric
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Flair. So I'm in the Hean family.
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All right. Mike, you're on the spot.
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Yo, you're dealing with The X Factor.
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I got everything I ever wanted and I'll never get that back.
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Yo man, I've been alive for 41 years and that is literally the
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worst thing I've ever heard of my entire life.
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Great, let's start. Welcome to the Western show.
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This is Lord Extra Cooler, and Welcome to the Extra Cooler.
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Nobody eats beef or only on a boat, man.
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That's a problem. Right.
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So, right, so. What's in cooler?
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It blew my mind. Yeah, right now, yeah.
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Right now saying, yeah, extra credit.
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Port ports, Ports. Courtside heating, extra credit.
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Welcome to the Extra Cooler show.
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Welcome back to an extra credit episode of the Extra Cooler
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show. My name is Nick, otherwise known
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as Extra Cooler. And this week we're back.
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We're going to try this again. I've got Matt back.
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I've got Jim, I've got Mike. And as usual, you can find us on
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on Extra Cooler on Instagram at Extra Cooler and join us over on
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our Discord channel. All right, we got a lot to talk
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about. We're previewing Summer Slam.
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Given our top three, hopefully we won't be singing too much
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more as we go on. But Matt, Matt, you wanna give
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us a little housekeeping or we we're saving that.
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So Full disclosure here. We had alternate plans for this
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episode and we recorded an entire episode right before
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this. So with that being said, I'm
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gonna make you wait an entire week for to hear my rating, my
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overall rating in as a part of housekeeping for ECW Heat Wave
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talking also about Bam, Bam, Bigelow and Sandman and if we
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have covered Bam Bam in the past, so sweet.
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Jesus, now you get 2 weeks to think of a S wrestler.
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My God, yes I get 2 weeks to think in.
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Three weeks now. Well, again, I commend you guys
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for taking that troll job at me last week and that opening
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question. BB, well done.
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But let's dive right in to an extra cooler.
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Top three. What do you guys say, MM?
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HM I'm here for it. Let's go.
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I feel like an like an extra credit episode doesn't feel
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right without us talking about Chalk Line and introducing the
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extra cooler top three. So let's start honorable mention
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and heading off to a EW after losing a Trios match to House of
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Black alongside the acclaimed Billy Gunn leaves his boots in
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the ring and even his kids who are against him in storyline
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land are tweeting or exing. Is it called exing now?
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I don't know what it's called. We're still going to call it
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tweeting, tweet out about his love for his, their father and
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the incredible career. So this this sounds like it may
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be the end for Billy Gunn, which is kind of crazy to think.
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The one. The one Billy Gunn.
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Yeah. Damn, I wish I'd joined the
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faction of Billy and Chuck. Is that?
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No, that's A tag. That's just the.
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Tag team. Bro, they just.
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Got with them. If they had Tory like X Factor
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would be a faction. OK, there you go.
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So story #3, keeping in a EW land, we have the story of MJF
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and Adam Cole taking over our world here following a loss to
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FDR FTR on this past episode of Collision, they have this whole
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ending where MJF has the title in his hands.
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Adam Cole puts his arms out and start saying do what you got to
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do, do what you got to do and MJF does not turn on Adam Cole.
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I am so surprised that I am loving this odd couple pairing
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as much as I am. I almost feel like they didn't
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realize how much it would go over.
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And they feel like their hands are tied and they now need to
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like keep running with it, if that makes sense.
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Like they they had One Direction they wanted to hand head in with
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the storyline and people just have jumped all over it and
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really been enjoying it and my myself included, it's it's a lot
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of fun. Yeah, I still think Adam is
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going to be the one to turn on MJF.
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I've been saying that since the beginning it it feels like it's
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even more that way. And Mike, you sent out the the
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video of like the the the promo that happened after the
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collision went off the air and really MJF leaning into this
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face persona if you will and you know.
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Singing the praises of FTR. Yeah praising FTR after their
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their tough go in the pinnacle and it you know and being out
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there with his his disdain for how that faction ended and how
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it kind of all went. And he talked a lot of shit on
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on MJF through his old podcast now defunct podcast as well.
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So all of those things really together he he he put over
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Connecticut pizza as a New Yorker and a Long Islander is
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just insane to think about in the true baby face move.
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So I I I can't get enough of it and I'm so surprised by by all
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of it. But let's move on to story #2.
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Keeping on the same show and Dynamite seems to not be making
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our top three here. And Collision.
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We see CM Punk come out and cut what I am going to call now, the
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X promo. And this X promo he ends up
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taking the A EW title out of that red satin bag that he has
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and spray painting an X right across it.
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And of course he doesn't touch the A or the W with the with the
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spray paint. It only goes over the E for the
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Elite. If you're really going to be a
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super geek like me, read into it even further that he's crossing
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out the Elite. But this promo felt like it had
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this massive next, Next level story that was going to come out
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of this. You had MJF, who is the current
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world title holder scheduled to be on the show and he's
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delivering this promo and I think it's awesome.
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And then I'm expecting MJF to come out and you have this title
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for title situation. He starts talking about Wembley
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Stadium, he starts talking about what it's going to be and I'm
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like, awesome, this is where we're headed and instead we get
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Ricky Starks come out and it just immediately felt like they
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dropped the ball. Am I the only one that feels
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this way? No, think about it, man.
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Like, why? Why did Punk have to come out
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and cut that promo the same week that that MJF and Cole had their
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stuff? Why couldn't Punk have cut that
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promo next week or last and you ignore it?
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Yeah, exactly. Ignore it.
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MJF doesn't say a goddamn word about the guy who's now claiming
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to be the the world champion of this federation, this, this,
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this, this wrestling league, whatever the F I'm all flustered
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about this and whatever. You want to call it and you
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don't even. You don't even have him.
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Jesus, you don't even have him address it.
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It's it's completely ignored. And how are you supposed to now
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have MJF dispute the fact that CM Punk is holding his title and
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throwing a black X over it? Like, I just it obviously
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infuriated me and it felt like it wasn't a dig at Ricky
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Stark's. Although he's not my favorite
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and I don't really get behind him being in the main event
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picture. But in the same breath, like
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why? Why why don't you have CM Punk
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and MJF here? I just don't get it and it
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really pissed me off and maybe I'm standing on aisle and by
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myself. Thank you for Nick joining me on
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my side, but I I just it really totally insane.
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It it, it doesn't make any sense.
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Why did it have to? Why couldn't the Punk promo have
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waited another week? One more week.
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One more week, MJ off, MJF off the card and then you buy it
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till him coming on Dynamite the next Wednesday or something like
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that. If they have, if they have MJF
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address CM Punk on Wednesday, I'm going to lose my shit.
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I'm going to lose it completely. And I'm pretty damn close right
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now. As you guys can hear, so can can
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Nick? Yeah, I want to drink a beer.
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It is very clean. I'm drinking it neat, which is
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even more rare. I think for the, I don't know,
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our next anniversary episode, I think you and Dax should just
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record an episode together and we're just going to name it
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Tequila, Man. And you guys, you just guys
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drinking tequila and talking. I think that's a winning.
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From my conversations with him about Tequila, he definitely has
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a different palette than I do. That's like cool.
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Yeah, it is. It is very cool.
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Conversation right there. I'll go since I'm run in my
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mouth. I have for the first time I
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bought this 12 pack. It's a new item up here.
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It's a bat blue light throwback tea celebrating the Buffalo
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Bills of course. So it's got the red helmets
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going on here. It's a a red Raspberry flavored
12:52
hard tea and I think I'm not going to drink any other
12:54
alcoholic beverage ever again in.
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My life. Oh my God.
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Like you guys, like we said earlier, Matt mentioned that we
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recorded an episode before this. So I I'm like, cranked on these
13:02
things right now. I'm like what?
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What's the problem? Matt said Wrestling league
13:06
before, and that was like I that's maybe the only other
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words I say in this pod this episode I.
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Was just. Like.
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Wrestling league? Give me another hard tea.
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Excellent. But.
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Next time I see you guys, I am just going to bring case by case
13:22
of throwback. Tea.
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Because this is please. Still, it's 5%.
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God, it's perfect, except it bleeds your your mouth all.
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You need to gargle something I finally got rid of.
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I finally got rid of the Jenny Raspberry, strawberry lemonade,
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or whatever I like. To finally ship you 100 cans of
13:45
this. I finally dumped it from like
13:49
two years ago. Probably it's been hanging out
13:51
in my fridge ever since. Because.
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In my case, and saying up here, if you next time you come up
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here you can get your ass kicked for saying something like that.
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Man, I'm going to get put through a table apparently, but.
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Like, what do you got? Oh yeah, I got Dogfish Heads
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Slightly Mighty IPA. Oh man, we're going on miles
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here that's that's part of that that's part of the the
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housekeeping that I did not include.
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I was like screaming, listening to what's in the cooler last
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week and and Jim not talking about the impact wrench mouth
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feel. I.
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Was dancing all around it. I was like, the taste is yes,
14:31
you were. It makes my mouth feel weird.
14:33
And you're probably. Like.
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Yeah, sitting, sitting on a plane, screaming mouth feel to
14:38
myself as people are all around. Me through the emergency exit.
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Yeah, I may have been in the emergency exit row while
14:49
listening to that. I'm not going to lie.
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But anyway, I will round us off here now that I got myself off
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of my AEW soapbox and my disdain for how they pulled off that
15:00
promo. And I am drinking a Modelo
15:03
Negra, which I I haven't had in a long time.
15:06
I'm drinking out of a bottle, which I think has only happened
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one other time in 100 and 14115 recorded episodes.
15:14
Except. Except of that sometimes you get
15:16
that coppery shit like, yeah, like.
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Goldslogger cuts your throat and.
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Echoes. Exactly, that's.
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What you want? Well, duh, I'm a I'm a couple of
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deep on these and I'm, I'm really enjoying it.
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So cheers boys. It's It's Summer with Modelo.
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Cheers. Let's head into a Story #1,
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which will be our Summer Slam 2023 promo.
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There are eight matches on this card.
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What did I say? Promo.
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Promo. Jeez Louise, it's coming.
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Promo. Brother.
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Preview I already cut my promo on That's true.
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On the Wrestling League, that was.
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That was. My card?
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Watching wrestling this year. So there are eight matches on
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this card, but there are a lot of names that are missing.
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We don't see Trish and Becky. We don't see Austin theory in
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the US title. We don't see the tag team
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champions. I know Kevin Owens may be hurt.
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Little butt Maria Ripley doesn't have a match.
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We will absolutely see her on the card and we'll see her on
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our screens. Right back isn't there.
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Yeah, right back. Thanks for the call back.
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I appreciate that Big guy, right?
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Back before we before we get started, because I know we've
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talked a lot here and there about my son and his like the
16:32
inch, his growing interest in wrestling, he's.
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A Ryback story. Yes.
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He asked me about Ryback. He said his music was cool and I
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it's not bad, but I told him he sucks.
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And he said, why does he suck? And I say, well, you know who
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else sucks? Bill Goldberg.
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He said. Why does he suck?
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I was it. Then he just sucks.
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All right? So now my son is going around
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telling everybody that he can get their ear of that.
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Goldberg and Ryback are not good.
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Wrestlers Oh man. Next I'm reasoning.
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I'm going to act like I'm insulted by that.
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I'm going to pretend Ryback is my favorite wrestler of all
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time. To him, I'm gonna.
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Even say he's my dad or something.
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How could you? Say that so, so.
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Be more. Sorry, sorry for derailing our
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Summer Slam preview. No this this is fitting.
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So we are going to be watching Summer Slam together.
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Nick, we are going away in our yearly yearly trip next week and
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I'm going to have to tell my son to bring his Goldberg.
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Figure. And see what ends up like to
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say. About it, so this should be fun.
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We Will Swim watches. Yeah, exactly.
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We will be watching Summer Slam, hopefully you and I Saturday
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evening, we'll see how long the boys can last and we'll probably
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watch it again Sunday morning. So cheers to that.
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But let's let's break down this card and essentially the what
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we've done the last couple of pay per views or premium live
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event pal, we've broken it down it kind of into tears.
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So I'm starting with this popcorn tier and let me know if
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there's anything that you guys want to talk about as I rattle
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off these matches. So we have eight matches.
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First and foremost Mikey Workrate's favorite match.
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We have the Summer Slam Battle Royal.
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Yeah. Defend yourself, Michael.
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I don't have to. I love Battle Royal.
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Can Cesaro win this one? I wish you would.
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This just feels like to me it is the way to shoehorn LA Night
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into the Car Theory. He's arguably the hottest name
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in the Internet wrestling community.
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Yeah, so man, this just feels like that spot.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know.
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It's. Not bad though, right?
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It's all right. It's fine.
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It's. Summer, there's cool area
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consumption, yeah. They've thrown a bone, right?
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Yeah. That's not a bad thing.
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They often they haven't done that historically.
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So hey so man, I Summer Slam has turned into the card where we
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get big name returns right? Like we got, yeah.
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Bailey with her crew last year too.
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We got Bailey, we got all of these and I'm trying to somehow,
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someway fantasy book or return. No, and not for this.
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Not for this in LA Night in LA, night face off at the end of the
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battle Royal. Him holding up some bogus Figazi
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trophy? No.
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Way and. This is just to give names like.
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Because they're like we said, there's so many big things that
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are on this. This is just a way to get big
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names on the card. Well, I'm curious though if
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Matt's fantasy booking, I want to know about the 0.0001 chance
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that whoever he's. You know, what do you like?
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You're what? Do you got the Rock The Rock's
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going to show? No, that's what Grayson Waller.
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Yes, that's what I got. So Grayson Waller could be in
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this in this LA night is definitely going to be in I I
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haven't done any research. I feel like they just announced
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it on they did Smackdown last week.
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So there's a lot more to come out, I'm sure about it, but they
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didn't really address anything on RAW last night.
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Like, I don't know, it's all strange, but we've talked a lot
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about a battle royal that we just tried to shoehorn our Mikey
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work. Great joke into.
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How about our next match, which will be MMA rules Rhonda versus
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Shana Basler? Are you LZ?
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This match could be cool. Like, I feel like they.
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I feel like bait. Look, we've got a year under a
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belt of Triple H booking. And if Triple H has anything to
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do with this match, this is just the beginning.
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And like, it could be cool. Like, it's not a storyline I'm
20:42
invested in, but it could be cool.
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Like, I don't know, like Basler can go, man.
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Yo Basler deserves her flowers. And I think and I think.
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What was it? Cheap heat had Basler on with
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just her and Rosenberg a few months ago.
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A few weeks ago. And she, she was incredible.
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I thought and like Rhonda really puts her over.
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And I can guarantee you this is more of Rhonda trying to find a
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way to put Basler over back into that like dominant style Like
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and maybe and maybe Basler takes this one.
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But the feud continues. I don't think it's going to be
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over with at the end of summer slam see and and it feels like
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this could be a send off for Rhonda.
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And last last night on RAW they went in on a two-part vignette 2
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part like interview series with Rhonda and Shana who which was
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tear filled and told the story of these two dating all the way
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back to MMA and all these other things.
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And Shana, you know not getting the flowers that she deserves.
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And they're telling a really good story through that promo
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and I'm sure we'll see it again on Saturday and all of its glory
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as a lead up to this match. But they did a really good job
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of telling that story last night.
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So it's it's making me more invested in what I originally
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pegged as a popcorn match layer. You.
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Also see it possibly as I mean as far as the MMA rules go, do
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you see this is almost like a trial balloon that the WWE is
22:06
floating? Like, I'll see how this goes and
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if they like that, because I mean, they're always kind of, I
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mean, I think it. Was Waters.
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They floated that balloon before.
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You've had the fight pit, You've had the raw underground you've
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gone to, you know. Well, underground the lions.
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Had that recently on NXD. They had the NXD Underground
22:25
like it feels like they're playing around with it again for
22:28
sure. But the Lions Den match is
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probably the first time we saw this with Ken Shamrock back in
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the Attitude Era. They've they've messed around
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with this a bunch in the past. For all.
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For all. Stew's dungeon.
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Stew's Dungeon. Yeah, yeah.
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The last match here of this tier for me is Oscar, Charlotte and
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Bianca. I'm certainly interested in
22:48
Bianca's potential. He'll turn and if they fully go
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that way, but this one still to me is a popcorn level match.
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Featuring possibly you could argue 3 women's early Mount
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Rushmore people easily, right? Yeah, easily.
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You can bounce the ones who have you would have to sell me on
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Oscar for. The way she's been booked, The
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way that she's been booked. It feels she wins.
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Hey, no, no, no. I was more talking about the
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Mount Rushmore side of this conversation of like you'd have
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to you'd have to push me on Oscar being there, cuz I think
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there's more more qualified people to to live up on that
23:30
that that mountain there. But yeah, I could see her
23:33
absolutely retaining in this match, but we'll see where that
23:36
goes. And I think the true story is
23:38
what they do with Bianca. Buy or sell cash in for EO.
23:47
Selling I don't think we get a single cash in.
23:51
I'm gonna sell the ultimate cash in.
23:53
But there will absolutely be a tease here and I wouldn't be
23:56
surprised if this match kicks off the night.
23:59
I could see that although there are three men's main event style
24:04
matches that I here's here's here's the real kickoff, let's
24:08
go to the mid card tier. It's made-up of four matches in
24:12
my eyes, which only leaves one for the main event tier.
24:14
We'll get there, but Ricochet versus Logan Paul?
24:18
This one will inevitably be the kickoff of this card because
24:23
Logan Paul has already admitted that he is going to try to fly
24:27
from Detroit to his brother's, which is happening at like 11:00
24:32
o'clock at night in Dallas, TX which is almost a three hour
24:36
flight. So he's going to try it all to
24:40
get from Detroit summer slam to Dallas or Logan, whatever his
24:46
brother's name is. I just don't see it happen.
24:49
Thank you. I hope this match opens because
24:51
this is the match that my son is looking forward to the most he
24:55
like. He's entertained by Logan Paul
24:57
and Ricochet so. Textbook curtain jerker.
25:00
Right 100% it really is. And it this is like the athletic
25:05
spectacle match, right? Like you are you've the the the
25:08
history that these two have had and dating back to Royal Rumble
25:12
with that insane springboard spot going from end to end on
25:15
the ring. Like these two guys are going to
25:17
pull off some fun stuff. And I I think you're right.
25:20
Like, this is tailor made for kids that just want to see this
25:24
high flying spectacle and I'm I'm sure that kicking it off
25:28
will be an awesome way to do it. And honestly, this feud here has
25:32
done a ton for ricochet. He feels like he's gotten out of
25:36
his shell. I feel like he's actually
25:39
showing some charisma and some heat behind his words.
25:43
And even this past week on on Raw, you know Logan Paul took a
25:48
dig at his fiancee who is Samantha Irvin the the ringside
25:52
announcer. So.
25:54
That was good. It was what?
25:55
Did he say to her? Essentially, he said that he's
26:00
going to. Me or something.
26:02
No, he he's going to he's going to beat him and then his fiance
26:06
is going to have to announce him as the winner was all it was and
26:09
his his his fiance is going to have to be the one that puts his
26:13
name in her mind. Like yeah it it was extremely
26:17
well pulled off and I I thoroughly enjoyed it.
26:20
So kudos to them for keeping this you know breaking cave fab
26:23
a little bit bringing in some realism to it and I really dug
26:27
it. I thought it was really well
26:28
done. Hell yeah.
26:29
Next match in this tier. Gunther versus Drew McIntyre.
26:33
The Hoss fight of the card, I crickets.
26:41
That's the one I'm looking forward to the most.
26:44
I mean, my only problem with this is that I feel like we've
26:47
seen a lot of this recently from Gunther, like we had the triple
26:52
threat at Mania and she must inject injected there.
26:56
And then him verse Shamus. Everybody laughs.
26:58
Yes, yeah. Oh I'm listen this match is
27:00
going to be great. But I just feel like between the
27:04
triple threat and then we also had Shamus versus Gunther in
27:09
September at a clash at the Castle.
27:12
And I don't know like in a way I want to see like different
27:17
opponents. Like I enjoyed the Riddle match.
27:18
I enjoyed. Running it back.
27:19
Running it back. Yes, they're running it back.
27:21
Right If. Drew wins.
27:22
What were they going to do with it?
27:24
Drew's not going to win. No, because he's got like 15
27:27
more days after Summer Slam to to surpass the record for the
27:31
longest Intercontinental title reign.
27:33
So he's not. He's got Pedro.
27:36
If he gets through this, he'll pass Pedro Morales and then he
27:39
has like another month or two before he has to get to Honky
27:42
Tonk. So but.
27:44
He still should have to win a tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
27:46
I I like it. I like it.
27:48
I can't believe Honky Tonk Man has the record by a wide margin
27:52
too. Next on this list is Seth
27:56
Rollins versus Finn Balor in what will be the Do we see a
28:01
cash in Match of the Night? I kind of think I said this.
28:06
I forget what week it was or if I said it on the show.
28:09
But Rollins is banged up, man. And if that's true?
28:14
It wouldn't shock me if Finn goes over and wins that title.
28:18
And then with Finn win. Like, to me that's more of an
28:22
interesting story. Finn carrying the title while
28:26
Damian has the briefcase, because then then that elevates
28:32
Judgment Day and I I love all the Judgment Day stuff.
28:35
I think it's incredible. Like, I almost hate the T's of a
28:39
breakup because I don't want to see like I want to see a
28:41
longstanding group. Together, like I don't want to
28:46
see them split, but to me it's more interesting because we've
28:48
never. Really seen it yet with Edge.
28:52
When did they start to it? Was right after WrestleMania,
28:55
right? They booted Edge.
28:57
It was Edge versus AJ. They introduced Ria shortly
29:01
after, and then Finn came along and they booted.
29:05
They booted Edge. If you're right to, don't you
29:08
think Finn? I mean, he kind of deserves it.
29:10
It's been a while and it's nice to see him in that spot, right?
29:14
And I think he do well. He's done well.
29:17
And what he's doing is the best stuff he's done since his NXT
29:21
run his original NXT. Which is a long time ago.
29:24
Like an extra cooler show. Not extra cooler show the extra
29:27
cooler. The extra Yeah, you'll You'll
29:29
learn more next week about the extra cooler.
29:32
And it being seven years, seven years ago.
29:36
And that's exactly what Finn Bauer is talking about.
29:38
Seven years ago we went to the Barclays Center to watch Summer
29:43
Slam and that's when they crowned the first Universal
29:47
champion, which was this Seth Rollins verse Finn Bauer.
29:50
You'll hear all about that next week.
29:52
Surprise, surprise, and I. There's this, this cloud of JD
29:57
McDonough hovering above Finn Balor and all of the teases that
30:01
there's been along with that a few what feels like months ago.
30:06
So I feel like we could potentially get JD McDonough
30:09
Saving Finn. Finn getting the victory and
30:14
also him stopping Damian Priest from cashing in could be an
30:18
interesting little wrinkle in all of this.
30:22
I'm always here for the slow build.
30:23
Give me a slow. Build Yeah, I'm with you too.
30:26
Let's move on to do a match that I teeter totter back and forth
30:30
with putting into the main events here of Cody Rhodes and
30:34
Brock Lesnar. So where does this match belong?
30:37
Is it a mid card match or is it deserving to be billed as the Co
30:42
made event and in the? I think you're I think you're
30:44
100% right. It's like they want it to be a
30:48
main event style match, but I don't know.
30:51
If it's really like, yeah, I think it needed like a
30:54
stipulation to the match and it doesn't.
30:56
Have a stipulation. That we know of and maybe if it
30:59
had something. It's the end of the trilogy.
31:02
Right. Which we all know is happening
31:04
and I think if you had it, you know, had some sort of
31:07
stipulation to it, then maybe it would be interesting.
31:10
I've read some things how like you know Brock's lost.
31:14
What was it last summer Slam he lost to Roman and when he lost?
31:18
The stipulation was that he's not allowed to challenge Roman
31:20
for the title. So I don't like we still don't
31:25
really know why Brock is all over Cody.
31:28
Like he never really came out and said why he's got a problem
31:31
with Cody throughout all of this.
31:33
So I don't know it's. Just being a bully, really,
31:35
That's all. Right.
31:36
Pretty much. It's it's giving Cody another
31:38
mountain to climb, right. And we're just, and they just
31:41
released the The Becoming Cody Rhodes documentary.
31:45
I think that's what it's called, yeah.
31:46
My wife and I started watching the 1st 20 minutes last night
31:49
and then she fell asleep. So the 1st 20 minutes was
31:51
awesome. No chance that Brock goes over
31:54
then. I I just, I don't see why I
31:57
can't see it. Yeah, for for Cody to continue
32:00
on this path. I mean, maybe they're just
32:03
putting some more hard times in front of Cody, but I don't know.
32:07
He's going to get his ass destroyed and somehow, someway
32:10
come out on top. The kids will love it, as you've
32:13
said. Yeah, yeah.
32:14
The Cody's for the kids, man. Cody is for the kids.
32:18
And let's move to the main events here in our eighth match
32:21
of the evening, Roman Reigns versus Jay USO in.
32:24
Tribal. Combat which is not only for the
32:28
undisputed world. Whatever.
32:31
A universal WW. Extra title that Paul Heyman's
32:34
carrying around? Yeah, Paul Heyman had a really
32:40
interesting appearance on the Stephen A Smith show.
32:44
If you haven't seen it, go find it him talking shit about Jimmy
32:47
Hart and Bobby Heenan. But anyway, tribal combat, which
32:50
seems to be for not only the Universal Title, the undisputed
32:55
WWE Universal Championship, but also the recognition of being
32:59
the Tribal Chief. Is there any way that Jay USO
33:02
goes over? You ready?
33:09
So I've spoken a lot about my son's interest in wrestling
33:15
recently, right? And recently he got interested
33:19
in The Shield, right? And he wants to know, like, what
33:23
happened to Dean Ambrose, Why is he John Moxley now?
33:26
Very confusing to explain to a kid who's not even in
33:29
kindergarten yet. I.
33:30
Am so incredible. So incredible.
33:34
So first of all, not even pushing any of this on him, I
33:37
swear. So he asks me to watch a Shield
33:40
match. So you're.
33:42
Definitely. His attention span is not like
33:46
super long with the matches. He doesn't like the one-on-one
33:49
matches, He likes tags, he likes money in the bank, Royal
33:51
rumbles. So anyway, we're flipping
33:53
through YouTube because of the fact that.
33:56
They have shorter, like more condensed versions of these
33:59
matches. So I searched the Shield and
34:02
what they've got on there is a match from the Shield from
34:06
Monday Night Raw and it features and it's an 11 on 3 handicap
34:13
match from RAW September 23rd, 2013.
34:16
It's 11 guys versus the Shield, right?
34:20
And we're watching this and he's watching it more than I am.
34:22
He's paying more attention. And this clip to me has not been
34:26
thrown out there in the WWE Universe at all.
34:30
And it has to wonder, There's like this small, like that 00
34:35
point 1% that we bust Matt's chops about with his fantasy
34:39
booking. That makes me wonder, are they
34:41
saving this clip for Jay to go over?
34:44
Okay. So I'm going to play it for you.
34:47
Those those of you who are listening, you can hear the
34:49
audio on it. You guys can watch it when I
34:51
show it. Oh.
34:53
Man and now. Bryant's on fire.
34:57
Could he be the? Next WWE?
34:59
Champion Cafe. Loose.
35:07
Come. On you got to hit.
35:08
This and out, Jay. So they.
35:12
Get rid of Roman. Reigns they've got Rebel the
35:14
Brussels they got him, they got him.
35:20
First time. Roman Reigns has been paid in.
35:23
WWE. To me, I thought that was pretty
35:30
cool, right? Like 2013 first time Roman gets
35:34
pinned in a WWE ring by J and WWE or they haven't built this
35:40
into storyline at all? Like, I don't know where they
35:44
would interject it, but the fact that it hasn't been used makes
35:47
me think like maybe there's this small percentage Jay goes over
35:51
and then it comes out or it comes into play.
35:54
I don't know, it's it's cool to think that 10 years ago.
35:58
We're we're what, nine years and 11 months ago?
36:01
This was the first time Roman got pinned.
36:03
I love that you and your son stumbled upon this cuz you don't
36:05
even really see it out on the Internet like you think could be
36:08
like abused like that gift for Jiff.
36:11
What do you mean call it like? Would be like all over the place
36:13
like? I haven't seen it anywhere and
36:14
I've searched for it and I have not seen it anywhere.
36:18
Interesting call out I that is. I don't know man.
36:21
You're right though. It's surprising that after Jay
36:24
you know breaks the streak so to speak.
36:26
You know he Romans got his own his own streak going that he
36:29
hasn't been pinned in however many years and you know Jay
36:33
finally does it and they don't pull this clip out.
36:36
Maybe it has to do with the you know with Jay and the Usos and
36:40
just the way that they were being portrayed back then.
36:43
Who the hell knows. But I I just I keep getting
36:47
caught up on the fact that during the Facetoface the
36:52
contract signing that didn't actually get signed on smackdown
36:56
this past week or two weeks ago. At this point Romans reaction to
37:02
this tribal combat challenge was do the elders know about this?
37:07
And for for the acting here it was probably the like worst like
37:11
most stagnant act. The acting has been in the in
37:15
this so the Razzies. As opposed to the.
37:17
Oscar Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was do the do the elders.
37:21
Know about this? It was.
37:23
It was their idea. Who's.
37:25
Like it was just so, so dry in the way that it was delivered,
37:29
but. Still, which is funny because
37:30
we've been talking about J USO and how he's been incredible
37:33
throughout this. Right?
37:35
And it wasn't. I mean, yeah, JJ owned a little
37:38
bit of the cheesiness that came across here, but it was
37:40
certainly more of the Roman side.
37:43
Yeah, I'm nitpicking for sure, but it wasn't up to the Oscar
37:46
level standards that they have set over the last few months and
37:49
years of this. But I still can't keep my brain
37:53
off of the fact that they called this out for the very first time
37:56
in a long time and the fact that if the if this was the elders
38:01
idea, going back to how Solo Sokoa came into this whole
38:06
storyline, it being sent by the elders, there is a possibility
38:12
that Jay gets the victory because the elders tell Solo
38:18
Sokoa to take out Roman. Maybe Actually, I have a theory
38:23
for you guys. What do you think is more likely
38:26
to happen solo turning? Face or Jimmy returning and
38:33
turning heel, huh? Interesting.
38:39
I man, if I was to pick and you know me, I've been barking up
38:47
this tree of this whole bloodline story.
38:49
Needs to make. Needs to make a guy and that guy
38:52
is solo secoa the. 2023 Royal Rumble winner, right?
38:55
Yes, the 2023 Royal Rumble winner.
38:57
Solo secoa Dick for me it I I still see them dragging this on
39:06
and Jimmy being the one to return and costing Jay.
39:10
If if I was to have to pick between those two, even though I
39:13
just set out this whole path of the elders being, you know,
39:16
driven into my head and I, I can't get that idea out of my
39:19
brain. And that's my Fakakta Friggin
39:22
fantasy booking here. So go on, go on.
39:26
I love it man. I'm excited because I just don't
39:30
like throughout this whole storyline you're like wondering
39:32
when it's going to end. So let me add another wrinkle
39:35
that I was thinking about recently.
39:38
When Roman loses what like cuz it's going to happen eventually.
39:42
What? Like he's got to go away forever
39:44
in my opinion, like and never be seen again.
39:50
I know I'm opening up like a whole another conversation, but
39:52
like I really think he needs to go away because how do you like,
39:56
you know, after this type of run, traditionally guys go away,
40:00
they come back like how do you bring a guy back?
40:03
Like, I don't know, this is such an iconic run that if you go to
40:07
me, if he, if it's over and he goes away and he's gone forever,
40:11
that it makes it even more iconic.
40:14
Forever is tough. Tough to swallow when he is the
40:18
golden goose, right you. Yes.
40:21
He has to go away. He has to go away for a long
40:24
time. And if and when he comes back,
40:27
there needs to be an either attack of his to his cousins, to
40:33
his family of I'm assuming it ends with them, or he needs to
40:38
come back in this major baby face capacity where he is the
40:42
savior of the family, right? He's the one that's coming back
40:46
and and saving everyone again, and everyone is loving and
40:50
hugging at the end of the day and you know the sunshine and
40:53
rainbows come flying out of his ass like that's that's the only
40:57
like babyface way. I can see them book him coming
41:00
back in a in a real way because he's been this dastardly heal
41:04
for so long that he's got to come back in a babyface
41:07
capacity. Nick's not wrong though.
41:09
Like it's incredible. The the the way this storyline
41:11
is set up it's like if it was real life or anything else a
41:15
book. This guy is gone right like off
41:17
into the sunset which may as a wrestling fan you know it's not
41:21
how it works right. So which makes you even more
41:24
excited for the return though. Like what would they like the
41:28
possibilities like I don't know. But what what though?
41:31
I don't know. Like Matt's theory is 1 but like
41:34
wow. Like I I don't know that's it's
41:36
incredible. Just to even.
41:38
Set your brain on it I I think we have a little bit before we
41:42
get there. This is you know a Roman gave
41:45
the we're only in the third inning I think we're creeping up
41:47
into the 6th or 7th but I still think that there's there's some
41:51
ball to be played. So I don't know man I'm very
41:55
much looking forward to summer slam this weekend.
41:58
It's always good to watch wrestling with with friends and
42:02
with with little ones, So I am. I'm very much looking forward to
42:06
it. But anything else from the card?
42:11
Is there a way that the elders is The Rock?
42:13
Yes. No.
42:14
Maybe there's this, this Hollywood strike.
42:18
You know, you've got Cena and Batista and The Rock that don't
42:21
have work technically right now. You son of a bitch, man.
42:28
All right. That's my that's my little
42:31
nugget of make you think during the whole card.
42:34
So you're you're welcome and I'm sorry in advance.
42:37
Saying there's a chance. Yeah, you're saying there's a
42:40
chance. All right, Nick.
42:42
God take us home, brother. All right.
42:44
So like we've kind of alluded to throughout this episode, next
42:47
week we have a a fun, fun episode planned for you guys as
42:53
we take one more week off from finishing our eight part series
42:57
of the summer of 1998 and wrestling.
43:01
And then after that, we're covering Summer Slam 1998 in two
43:04
parts. So stay tuned.
43:07
Thank you guys as always for listening.
43:08
Thank you for hearing us talk about Summer Slam, everybody
43:12
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43:17
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43:23
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43:33
This right here, this is tribal combat now.
43:41
Nobody eats beef Eroni on a boat, man.
43:43
That's a problem. Right.
43:45
So, right. So what's in cooler?
43:48
Just. Blew my mind.
43:50
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43:52
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