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You Gotta Earn It: AEW’s New Title Picture Takes Shape, Youth Movement, Face Turns, and a Vintage Kenny Omega · Elite Heat

• Everyone in my house is asleep so I'm going to do the whole show like this. That's not true. At least one dog is awake because I'm not in the bed. So that's that's not true. Welcome in to another episode of Elite Heat, where we are breaking down tonight's episode of Dynamite, which I thought they did something pretty, I'm going to say clever, for lack of a better word here, throughout the show tonight, but we will talk about this as we dive in. Okay. Interesting. The very first thing I wrote down is, and I quote, well, my HBO Max isn't loading. Had to restart the whole damn fire stick. So if MJF talked before Brody came out, I missed it. Maybe it's not bad that AEW will probably leave HBO Max. Okay. Okay. That's how my viewing experience started. ah It took it a good five minutes for me to be able to start the show. And and the whole thing about them leaving it, i don't know if you saw this, apparently the Hollywood Reporter ah came out with an article today saying that if the Netflix bid goes through for Warner Brothers Discovery, which it probably will, ah that AEW would be part of the... spinoff company that will be TNT and TBS. Oh, okay. They'll probably stay on HBO Max for the remainder of the contract, which is like three, four years. But after that, who knows? And apparently there's going to be a Turner Sports streaming app. I didn't know that. And they're saying, yeah, they're saying AEW may end up on that, which again, based on HBO Max and its inability to load, which has happened to me more than once, not just when I've been trying to watch AEW. That's news to me. News to me. Yep. I'm not sure I'm upset about that. You did miss MJF, did a pretty decent little spiel where basically he just was being max. He was great. he It was a really fun promo. I really enjoyed it. And he was just laying down the smack. And he's like, look, if anyone else is He goes, I've got the belt. I am the best in the world. And my belt has platinum, gold, and diamonds. It's real. It's worth more than any of you people could make ever in your life. He goes, if anyone else is claiming they are the world champ, pick up your remote and turn it off. Because I'm the best. And I was like, well played. Well done. I like that. That nice. that That does play into, I read a thing the other day that apparently he's going to defend it in like indie shows and stuff and other promotions. They want to try and make it a little bit more like the old NWA Worlds Championship for at least for a little while here. so I will say he did he did defend it this past weekend at an indie show, which is why we saw a brand new tag team this week. Mm-hmm. Because he was the one who gave them the offer. Okay. Yeah. And if you missed that match... which i Oh, I didn't miss the match tonight, but I didn't know that from this weekend. No, no, no, no. If you missed his match, because he takes on one half of the new tag team. I won't spoil it yet. But, well, if you've already watched it, then you know alex Alec Price. He took on Alec Price. Mm-hmm. And what a phenomenal match. And i don't i don't want to jump the gun on Alex Price Alec Price and Jordan Oliver yet. But I'm a big fan of both of those guys. I was really glad to see them on tonight. So, yeah. Okay, you have educated me here, sir. Mm-hmm. I didn't know any of that. So that's interesting. Mm-hmm. Okay, good to know. Yeah. Really, really good match, too. Good to know. Really good match this weekend with him. So, yeah. Okay, I'll have to go seek that out on YouTube or whatever. Yep. You can get on YouTube. I think they have it cropped to show just that match because clearly that was the draw. Sure. Sure. And I guess I'll have to go back and watch the promo, although I did see a little clip of it on social media afterwards. But but I think that that promo and and what happened then next with Brody King coming out, which I did see, I actually saw it like right as Brody was getting in the ring. That's when it started up for me. is Is what set the tone for what I think was the clever theme of the evening, because one of the things that I have been wondering about for couple of weeks now is how are we going to sort the title picture? Because Hangman's now part of the trio's champions, which we talked about last week and whether or not that was a good idea. Yep. Yep. Omega is chasing. Swerve is chasing. Samoa Joe is still in the hunt. That's four dudes coming after one belt. And I'm going, how are you going to do this? Cause you can't keep doing, you know, fatal four ways and stuff. i and then Brody King now comes out. So that's a fifth dude. I like that. They are doing the, you've got to earn it rather than the wrestling stereotype of I called my shot. So now I get a title match. Yeah, I liked that from Max. I also liked Brody coming out and challenging. And here's why I liked it. cause And I'm glad they didn't give him the match. But I liked it because, like you said, now it is making it look like everybody wants to wrestle for the title. And while that is always a given, it's not always verbalized. And I really liked the idea that Brody King came out and said, you know what? I don't like what you did to my partner, so instead of ripping your spine out, I want a match where I'm going to take your belt. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Love it. So now you've got him interested, and you have everybody else. I really liked the feel of that, and Maxwell just kind of taking it in stride and going, look, I'll fight you. Beat someone. Okay. Yeah. You got to earn it. You got to earn it. I like it. I like that they're doing that. I like it. It's a little reminiscent to me of the ranking system from back in the early days, which I liked. I liked the rankings. I thought it was a fun twist on it because again, you couldn't walk in and do the, you know, the cliche of, I want a title shot. So you just get it, you know, i mean, I liked, but it collapsed under its own weight because it became too unmanageable to really maintain. Yeah, it did. But I do like the concept of it, and I do like MJF going, yeah, but not now. Yeah, you got it. Go beat somebody. You got to earn it. audio It was solid. So solid. Yep. I liked it. Then we went to the trios promo, which I thought was a little disjointed. I'm i'm curious what you thought about that one. It was. I 100% agree. Yeah. I thought it was disjointed. it just... I'm not I'm still not sure what's going on there. um i don't. Although, what was it? Air Horse One, the name? That was so funny. That was pretty good. That was pretty good, yeah. I like that. But it was, yeah, it was just weird. that that Those three are weird. It's an odd I've been thinking about it since. So let's back up to last week, I think is the way to put this. So we talked about this last week and I had the idea of maybe you should have put the three main challengers for the title for the world title together. Right. Because then you've got Hangman Omega and Swerve. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep. They credibly beat the ops. Right. Because those are your three, arguably your three top guys or three of your top five, let's say. Right. Right. And you have the added then dynamic of we're all going after the same thing. There's some tension there. There's some drama. that You feature the belts more, blah, blah, blah. Right. Yep. It made a lot of sense to me. It didn't, but, but it didn't make sense to me from the beginning to say like, well, we're challenging for the trios title other than you guys still have beef with the ops. And then after the episode aired, we found out, oh, it's cause powerhouse Hobbs is leaving. Cause Will Hobbs is probably going to WWE. Right. Yeah. And probably. Now it makes sense. Yep. Watch. However, him yeah He'll probably be a surprise Survivor Series entrant. Royal Rumble, but I know what you mean. That's what I meant. Yeah, yeah, he's almost definitely going to be in the Rumble. What did I say? Yeah. And I can't wait to hear what dumb name they give him, like, you know, Wilmington Househurst or something. I don't i don't know. I would pay money to watch a Wilmington-Houserton match. I don't know. Yeah. Big power Willie Housington. I don't know. It'll be something weird. But anyway. Yep. Yep. ah So, okay. So now I understand the match. Now I understand why they dropped the belts. Got it. I still think, and if you want, you know, I have no problem with them trying to capitalize on the momentum Jet Speed created coming out of the Continental Classic. And I think the trio's title, really good way to do that. I just don't think Hangman is the right guy to be the third because now he's sort of in limbo, right? Because he's going to have to straddle both the trio's titles world if they even send anybody at them and the world championship storyline. yeah And my guess is these guys are just going to hold the trios title for a while because that's usually what they do with it. Until they remember we need to defend it sometime on TV and if we find it three guys we want to give the belts to. Right. However, here's where I think they dropped the ball. Here's where, because like I said, i Hangman is the third with jet speed didn't make any sense to me. But I didn't know who the third should be. I didn't have an answer for who to put in there. And then something dawned on me. The Rascalz were coming. Not the Radicals, as I called them a bunch last week and accidentally made you call them. Yep. The Radicals, of course, are the group from ah that went from WCW to WWE featuring Perry Saturn, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and then the guy we don't talk about anymore. Correct. I got that confused in my head. But anyway, ah the Rascalz were coming in Easy to do. They showed up on Collision, if I'm not mistaken. Yes, they did. Seems like that might've been a good way to debut them. Would have been really fun. Would have been really fun. I'm kind of happy about the Rascalz coming. I think seeing Myron Reed, who's one-third of the Rascalz now, although there was a fourth, but he left right after getting signed. Yeah. That's weird. That, that whole, all I know is allegedly it came from like the network. I don't even want touch it. I don't know. I, and it might be like a Jay Briscoe thing all over again. I don't, I don't know. Hopefully, Not with a tragic ending, but... Right, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just with bad, dumb things on the internet, which I think, it does you know, it doesn't matter. Yeah. I'm just happy that we're going to see Myron Reed, who I think is is really good in that. Adding him and adding the rest of the Rascals and the rest of this show, I really liked how they were highlighting that we've got a lot of really good young talent and we're gonna focus on them and we're gonna highlight them and we're gonna make them Mm-hmm. shine and we're to let you see how good our young roster is because they really do have a really solid young roster right now, and I'm kind of jazzed about it, kind of jazzed. Mm-hmm. I'm a big Myron Reeve fan. I think he calls himself the young goat. I think he's really good. No, I totally agree with you on that. And that actually kind of leads into the next match. And again, kind of the other theme of the night. So then we got Speedball, Mike Bailey versus Samoa Joe, which on paper, you would look at that and go, well, well Joe is going to kill him because Joe's a multi-time world champion and he's Samoa freaking Joe. Mm-hmm. Yep. Exactly. like And I don't care that you're the trios champion and that you guys managed to steal the win, you know, On paper, you're going, this is going to be a squash. Going into it, though, I'm like, I bet they're going to make Mike Bailey look good because why wouldn't you? Of course. Suddenly, he and Kevin Knight are kind of important in the company, right? Yep. Mm-hmm. I dug this match. I dug it. I thought the story that they told of Joe almost losing multiple times because he was too arrogant. Yes. I thought it was really good. I liked that Hook and Shibata were clever about the interference and distractions to not get DQ'd. yes I liked the whole match. The only nitpick I had was why did the other two, meaning Hangman and Kevin Knight, not come out to even it, right? i they You can tell me they tried to set that up in the in the interview earlier when he's like, look, I want you concentrating you know night i want you concentrating on your match. To chase them off. don't I'm going to go out take care of business. You go out and take care of your business. And kind of was setting the stage for, look, I got it. You got it. We're not going interfere because we need to focus. Fair enough. That's a fair point. it was it was It's barely a coding, but it is there. but Yeah, that's fair. I obviously didn't register with me that way, but I see what you're saying. But overall, I really like the match. I got to say, Shibata's suplex onto the apron and then rolling onto the floor and another suplex, that combo is so freaking devastating looking. Mm-hmm. it I'm surprised Speedball was able to walk after that. It looked so painful. So painful. Between that and Joe chopping his heart out of his chest. Yes. Yes. I'm stunned he didn't just keel over right there. I mean, he Yeah. I think Speedball has Joe's fingerprints on his back now because he was chopped so hard from the front. That was one of one of, if not the hardest chop I've ever seen. That was insane. It was devastating. Yes. That was... brutal Yeah. I probably would have liked this match more if I didn't have to watch it in spurts and fits because my dog decided that he wanted all the attention during that match, and I had to pause it like three times. So it was a little disjointed for me. I probably would have enjoyed it more watching it all the way through uninterrupted. But that being said, they did what they needed to do with that match. Joe came out, won. They did a really good job of interfering, like you said. And speedball looked great even while getting crushed. Yeah, well, he doesn't fully get crushed. I mean, there's a back and forth in there. umm I'm sorry. Crushed on the outside and then crushed with the slap. okay. I mean, physically crushed, but not, yes. Yes. got ya Got you. Physically got the car beat out that boy. Got you. Got you. Yeah, he did. No doubt. No doubt. um So yeah, i I really enjoyed the match. I thought they made Speedball look good in defeat. um They made him a credible opponent to to a dude like Samojo. Good match. Yep. Next up was Death Riders versus Don Callis family in the street fight. ah First thing I wrote down was, well, it's nice to see Lance Archer actually doing something again. Exactly. Exactly. Now, here's what... Did you watch Collision last week? I haven't. Saturday. I need to. i haven't. I will say that is when this started. hmm. Mm And as soon as I watched it A... loved the altercation, loved the confrontation because it started with Moxley and Don Callis. hmm. And it grew from there. And there was a pull apart brawl between the two factions. Really, really good. But as soon as I saw that on collision, I'm like, oh, so we're not going to break up the Deathriders. We're turning them face. That's what I thought tonight. I was like, oh they're doing a face turn here. However, Almost all of them. We're going to ask yes we're putting an asterisk on that one because i have questions. ah Yeah, I do too. But I really liked that altercation on Collision. This was fine. um It was fine. Yeah. It could have been better. Mm-hmm. But for what it was supposed to be, I thought it was pretty good. I thought it was interesting, again, taking all the Death Riders into basically doing a face run with them against the Don Callis family. Yeah. But it kind of makes sense. What sealed it for me was Moxley's closing Don Callis. So good, just like, tell your boy he knows where to find me. And then walking out still with thumbtacks in his back. Yeah. I also enjoyed, there's a very subtle little thing, right? Because I don't know if he was waiting for them to fade the music or if he was purposely dragging it out or a little bit of both. There's a subtle thing when he has his hand on Don's shoulder where he just gives it a little squeeze as Don is looking at him like Don's about to wet himself. And I just thought, He, that's the Jon Moxley that I have missed. That's the one that I have been a fan of that disappeared for like a year behind all the weird cryptic riddles and all that. Yeah. I'm like, okay, thank you. Yeah. There it is. That was great. I also enjoyed Marina just full on becoming new Chyna in this, like carrying the belt for him, hits the low blow. Like it's all the Chyna highlights, got in the ring and stared the guy down. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's all the Chyna highlights. I dug that. I really did. Yep. Fire down Lance Archer. i was really, once I saw what was going on, i knew Death Riders were going over because it's like, all right, they're going be the badass faces. Yeah. Yeah. Man, i want I want Archer to do something. I like him so much, and I think he has so much still upside left. I really want to see him make a good positive run, but we can get it a little bit into that with some more Don Callis family action in a little bit. No, I agree. They need to do something with him or I don't know, but they need to do some with him. They've never quite been able to crack the code on him. I feel like, um, Well, I think after he got hurt, like he went out with a pretty bad concussion and him coming back, it just, he had lost too much time and too much momentum and it and there wasn't really a good fit yet, but ah dude, so good. yes. Yeah. Yeah. and Yeah, and then Brian Cage getting hurt because they were clearly positioning them to challenge Hurt Syndicate when they had the tag titles. And i don't know, you just you do something with him, though, because he's too big, you know? I think they are. Did you see, did he posted a video this weekend? i think it was this weekend where he's like, it's like one of those moody things. And he's just, he's kind of staring off and he goes, I used to be a monster. And it shows him just, just beaten to hell. And I think it closes with him saying something like, I still am the monster. And I'm like, all right. Good. Okay, good. Good. That's set the stage. Let's bring him on. Let's see let's see him whoop some ass. Because i was I was really excited to see him. And I think him and Mox is a really good really good rivalry. I like that. I think that's a good pairing. Let's see more of that. Let's see some more of them going toe to toe. Yeah. Yep, I agree. I think that's a good pairing. I think it's very interesting. So glad to see him doing something. I agree with you, though, overall on the match. It was fine. It's what I wrote. Yep. It was fine. Yep. I think it was less about the match and more about everything around it, if that makes sense. Yep. Absolutely it was. Triangle of Madness promo after that. What'd you think? Pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah, pretty good. Pretty good. Thekla's real good. Real good promo. Mm-hmm. I thought Julia Hart was better here. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yeah, it was pretty good. It was fine. I'm just glad we're now pushing that forward more with the faces, you know, like, like let's do this thing. Mm-hmm. So, Absolutely. and then, and then I wrote down because I had not seen any of that stuff that you talked about in the beginning. I wrote down FTR versus some dudes. To be fair, they really didn't do a good job of introducing them. And here's what I find interesting is that Jordan Oliver and Alec Price are the GCW Tag Team Champions. Nope. Oh, well, Matt Cardona is the GCW heavyweight champion, technically, currently. so Oh, did he? did he He lost out a long time ago. No, i thought he won it when he agreed to his new WWE contract. He has video of himself literally digitally signing the new contract with the belt on his lap because he had just won it. Well, then they have not broadcast that because he is not the champ. Maybe they won't. And I don't, but regardless, I found it interesting that they just said these two are tag champs elsewhere, but didn't mention GCW, which I thought was interesting. Okay. Maybe they won't then. Yeah. It is interesting. And they literally were signed on Saturday. So, and here they are. I was disappointed that you're feeding this young team, this young talent to the champs. And you know, they're not going to win. Mm-hmm. They did a decent job of trying to make them look good, but I'm telling you, Mm-hmm. Jordan Oliver, I think, is really good. But Alec Price, I've been watching him for the last year in GCW. And if they give that guy some room to breathe, he is going to tear the ring up. He is going to be, I don't think he's going to be world champ material, but he can be carrying one of those one of those other belts in a year or two. But that guy does some great... Okay. crazy things off the ropes and makes it look normal. Yeah. It's, he's really impressive. I will say I thought that it was, I was impressed by them. I know they didn't get a lot in here tonight, but i thought what I did see from them, I was like, okay, I get why you signed these guys. Right. um I agree with you. And I thought it in the moment, if, if this is your new team, I don't think debuting them against FTR is the right move. No, I don't either. I think debuting them against kind of literally anyone else would have been better. um You know. If you want you want to debut them and make them look good, give them give them the the the Bang Bang gang. Sure. Give them bang, bang, gang. Give them. and have And have them go toe-to-toe. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean a lot of one-two-oo's, one-two-oo's. And then afterwards... have the bang bang gang give them their props in the ring and have them and have them go, these guys, welcome to AEW. That's the so that's an, that's an interesting thought. And I, and I think that would have been, I think that would have one. I thought debut them against the Young Bucks. Yeah, that could have worked 100%. I think, I think that those four could have torn it down and then look, you're not beating the Young Bucks. Yeah, that worked. We already did that with Private Party. Nope. We're not doing that again. Right. Mm-hmm. You're not beating them, but if you push them to the limit and then, like you said, the Bucks give them the rub in the ring, you got something. Yeah. You got something there. Yep. Putting them against FTR out of the gate I don't think was the best move, but I don't know. Nope. I don't know why we haven't seen the Bucs since they lost. I feel like we should. I would 100% agree. Mm-hmm. So anyway, it was fine. I mean... you know I don't know how much it did to help debut a new team, but it was fine. So after that, then we got the face response from the women with Statlander and Willow and Harley. I thought Statlander was better here than she has been in a long time. I agree. Yep. She was coherent. She was concise. She wasn't trying to be so Terminator-y. Mm-hmm. And she was being a little more human and a little more real and relatable and came across really well. Oddly, Harley didn't have a ton to say, but man, she was super funny when she did say it. Yep, she made it. So I was... She made it count. She made it count. I was okay with it. I was okay with the whole thing and it wasn't too long. I liked it. It was pretty soft. Yeah. Yep. I mean, i hear it all the time. You know, the Miz has said this, and he's absolutely right. If you only get one minute, you better make that minute count. And I think she made her couple lines there count. Oh yeah. um and And going back to Statlander, I thought that's how a champion sounds right there. Yes. So... Yeah, you're right. That's the change. Yes, she now sounds way more confident as the champ. And I think putting her with those two gives her some human humanness back. I think she was trying to be too much of that unfeeling cyborg champ, like weird Moxley, female Moxley thing. It wasn't working for me. she just she just couldn't find it she just you know the the program with uh uh who did she fight in the last pay-per-view that's how memorable it was it wasn't that long ago Yeah. Well, anyway, whoever it was, that program, and really the one before that, we were going, it's just, it's not hitting because she's, what's the character? I haven't found it. You're not, you know, it feels like you're not quite there. I think maybe she found it tonight. Jamie Hayter. That was it. Jamie Hayter. Yep. And I'm sad I didn't remember that because I really like Jamie Hayter. I do too. And part of, I think, why we didn't remember it is because she hasn't been on TV since The Loss, so... Yep. Interesting, interesting. It makes me wonder what's going on there. But I mean, look, people need time off. Maybe it's just that simple. and And honestly, in this day and age, it could have been a visa issue. If she's not, you know, it definitely could have been a visa issue. Yeah, you're not wrong. It certainly could. I know that has been happening elsewhere. That's part of why pack disappears all the time. So. So yeah, could be that. Yep. After that, Omega and Alexander, finally, number one, finally, I feel like we should have had this match by now. Yep. Oh, yeah. um That match was a banger. So good. Loved it. It was my match of the night, um which is saying something because I thought there were multiple matches. Mm-hmm. I went, ooh, that might be it. um They were really good. And I am going to say words I'm not sure I've ever said before. I agree with Don Callis. Don on commentary said he felt that Kenny Omega was moving better than he had in a long time. And I agree. Kenny looked like the Kenny of old for the first time since the surgery for diverticulitis. That man was moving the way he used to. And i was like, there's my guy. And Kenny even said it at the end of the match. hmm. goes, I am happy to say i feel better than I have in years. And like you said, you could tell in the ring he was crisp. He was sharp. hmm. And you're right. He was back to Kenny Omega, the belt collector mode, when he was untouchable. And that was those two... Yeah. in the ring are so good. I don't want this feud to end because they are so good. And Josh Alexander, I think is finally showing what he is. Mm-hmm. And he's, like I said, he came in, he's a killer and it's just taking until now to, to prove it. And this is this is a little thing. It's stupid, but I was so happy to see it. When Kenny was climbing back in the ring, Josh grabbed his ankle and put in the ankle lock, standing up on the outside while Kenny is on the inside. And I'm like, why has no one done that before? It's right there. And he's cranking, cranking, cranking. I thought, that is such a little thing, but it's so smart and it makes so much sense. And I'm going to guess you're going to seeing that, you know, in other wrestling promotions because it was a good move. You think? Yeah, probably, yeah. Yeah. up browser Yeah, probably, yeah. Weird. That never, ever, ever happens. I know. That's so weird. Nope. Wouldn't the first time. Yeah. Yeah, because there definitely aren't like 18 people doing some, you know, calling it different things, but doing the the GTS. But anyway, ah so I thought it was a tremendous match. I wrote down, I thought that was a pay-per-view quality match. That was... and And I get it that when Omega is involved more often than not, that's what you're going to get. But man, that thing was good. And I'm with you. Give me more of those two dudes. I don't want that to end. I'm not sure how you keep that story going with Kenny also chasing the belt, but I'd like to find a way. This is where I started thinking, you've got Josh Alexander. You've got Lance Archer. You've got the Proto Star. You've got ah the Rainmaker, and Kenoshe. How do you say his name? Am I saying his name? Konosuke Takeshita. Takeshita. That's the guy I'm trying to think of. You've got those top-tier wrestlers. At some point, Don Callis has to go, guys, come here. You, you, take the tag belts. You, you, you, take the trios belts. You, take the heavyweight title. The rest of you find one you like and take it. Yeah. Go get the TNT title, go get the international or, well, I guess Okada's got the international, but go take the continental title back, you know, which they kind of teased anyway. But with those guys, And yep. But with those guys, I mean, my God, he's got such a rich roster. Yep. At some point, you're going to have to either pull the trigger in and say, we have to make this a thing and have them start beating everybody or they can't win anything moving forward. Like, I don't know what to do with them. It's kind of frustrating how talented they are and how little they're getting out of it. So, and maybe it's just because I like Josh Alexander a lot and I didn't want either one of those guys to lose, but Kenny's my guy, so. Yeah, I. Oh yeah, but i don't I don't think you're wrong. I mean, you just rattled off a bunch of guys who are to so to varying degrees top of the card, right? Like Okada obviously is main event level talent. Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Takeshita, I think we all agree, is a main eventer. He just hasn't gotten a lot of opportunities in AEW to do it. Kyle Fletcher is clearly a main eventer. And again, i am I'll be stunned if he doesn't win that belt at some point between now and the end of the year. you know um Lance Archer is too big and too nasty looking to not do anything with him. you know I mean, there's too many people in that roster for them to be this idle. And that's what it is. They're just... there and they're the heel when you want to book the face, right? Yep. Like they're the heel when we want to turn the death writers face, like do something or break them up. Yep. I don't care which at this point, but let's pick. I think this battle with the Death Riders, if they handle it well, could be really, really good for them. Good. And I think they showed tonight, if you hadn't figured out how good Josh Alexander is, you do now, I hope. Mm-hmm. And good God is that guy in shape. And his head is so veiny. It is. My God. My God. It really is. It just. i also don't have hair and my head is not that veiny. I don't know if anyone else's head is that veiny. I don't think I've seen any And maybe it's because he's wearing the headgear. But. Dude. Maybe see a doctor or wear a hat. I don't know. Or a condom on that thing. Because it looks veiny. Maybe all of the above. I don't know. Blue tube. There it is. After that, we got the Taz breakdown segment and i yep, there it is. Didn't need it. i was going to say, I wonder what you felt about it. Didn't need it. I thought it was pointless. Didn't need it. And here's the thing. The only thing I wrote down about Taz was at the beginning was heel Taz's back. Mm-hmm. I get it. You're trying to pitch Taz is your expert, right? it may if it's been a minute and you haven't in while and you haven't seen Taz, he's your expert. I don't need that. I don't know who that was for. Didn't need it. It was a way I kind of skipped through it. Yeah, yep, I agree. Didn't. Didn't. It was pointless. the only I wrote down two things. i wrote down I'm surprised that he correctly pronounced the full name of the arm bar and that it was pointless. We didn't need it. It was a waste of time. I got to be honest with you, man. I know that he was working heel tonight. I get that. Him being back made me miss Brian Danielson. I think that the booth is better when it's Brian instead of him. i agree i said ah let me see if i actually wrote this down heel Taz is back and honestly i didn't miss him i like Taz but this heel Taz is kind of weak it seems cartoonish and it's not good if you want look you have don callus you don't need another heel announcer you don't need another heel color guy Yep. Yeah. i Use Don Gallus. Brian Danielson is so much better. So much better. Yeah, I agree. And I think that, you know, Nigel doesn't do it as much anymore. But when Nigel was like full on doing the heel commentator thing, Nigel McGinnis was better at it than Taz was tonight. Oh, yeah. And maybe it was just a test balloon to see how it goes. Yep. And maybe we'll go back to Brian next week. I don't know. I gotta tell you, the one thing that I'll say positively about Taz is at least it wasn't, everything wasn't whatever Jones, because I was real sick of that by by the time he went away. yeah Yeah, the first 15 were pretty funny. Yeah, but after that, it was like, okay, bud, make your t-shirt and move on. Yep. Yep. Yeah, I didn't need that at all. So then we got... Yeah. Well, yeah, obviously. So then we got the tag match between Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford and the timeless love bombs. um I have this thought every time Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford do stuff together, whether it's tag match or social media or whatever. I always think to myself, good for you two for it not being awkward that Penelope Ford used to date Joey Janela and Megan Bayne currently dates Joey Janela. I keep forgetting that, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Also, that needs to be explored, how Joey Janela pulled that off. And he's... Yep. I don't know. don't know. They work a lot together in GCW, that's all I know, but... But I mean, both of those. ay i'm i'm and And that's mostly because, have you seen Joey? Yeah. Yeah. I don't get it. He's missing teeth now. He is. And I like Joey Janela. I want to point that out. Yeah. I like him, but i don't get it I do too. we We watched him play blackjack. We did. And I don't get it. But anyway. Anyway. what did you What did you think about this match? Because I have a lot of thoughts on this match. Oh, okay. Well, I'll get I don't. So I'll give you my quick ones and get out of the way. ah Here's what I wrote down. Wow, Tony did not catch Mina. When Megan Bayne chucked her, holy crap, was she not in the right place. I thought Mina may have died there. I think the announcers may, I think they may have been right when i think she just threw her so hard that Tony was the right spot that Megan Bayne just chucked her. It might have been. Could be. Could be. um The only other thing I wrote down was twice in this match, in it the heels did it and the faces did it. They were late breaking up the pin. and And it's back to the referee issues. Yep. And this wasn't the only time. We're going to talk about this again, where that match ended. That match ended. I don't care if that was the finish or not. You didn't break that pin up in time. And when the referee has to hesitate before they swipe it, count the pin. You blew it. It's not on the referee. You blew it. Be where you're supposed to be for those spots. You know better. I know you know better. And the thing about the way this ref swiped it, he swiped it before they even came. Mm-hmm. He didn't even hesitate. He was on the way down and swiping before they showed up. Yeah. Yeah. i First thing I wrote down was several timing issues with this match. Yep. Yep. I agree. I agree. That's all I had. So, I mean, other than that, the match was fine, I guess. Oh, okay. So... I don't i don't really care, I think, is where I was at with it. i I gotta admit I really, I liked this match for several reasons. Ignoring the timing issues. What I liked about this match was, well, A, I wrote down Megan Bayne hurling ah Mina over Toni Storm's head was bonkers. Then tossing Julia Hart onto both of them was amazing. And then when they came back to break, Julia Hart has Mina's head in her legs in a handstand and then gets clocked. by the megasus what did i say Julia Hart they look lot alike they're both blonde that's it i literally did get confused for a minute and forgot that it was a minute i forgot Penelope Ford was kind back even though you'd mentioned her name like a dozen times already let's just admit I'm an idiot and move on Penelope Ford. just want to point that out. Julia Hart. Yeah. Different people. But anyway. ah Well, in that they're both blonde, yeah. I know. I know. Yeah. Look, I'm the guy that kept saying radicals last week, so I'm not i'm just i'm just i'm just cleaning it up for the internet. That's all. I'm just, you know That's fair. That's fair. Radical Julia Ford was taught. you Yeah. okay know. Yeah, I mean, i I don't think I disliked the match, and I like both teams, and I want to see them you know, I want to see them. I just, at the end of it, I was just kind of like, my main takeaway was she almost killed Mina and the timing issues. and That was, those were my main takeaways. I mean, she really took away from it. But here's what what I really liked about it, but also led to the asterisk was I really liked how they had. okay it's not Mina. No, it is. Oh, when Marina Shafir came out. It's Marina. where When I liked it, when Marina Shafir came out and held Tony Storm, got her in the mother's milk because you now finally with the women, you're interconnecting these stories and letting them run through. And I really, really like that. However, my other note was, and I know you know where I'm going with this, was, wasn't Marina on the face team in the first hour, and now she's running heel in the hour number two? Who does she think she is? Big show? What's going on? So when when we said before, well, kind of, there're it mean some of them, most of them might be turning face. Mm-hmm. that was i was thinking about that, and I was also thinking about PAC, Right. Because I'm not entirely convinced that he behaved as a face tonight. I will say, i thought it was hilarious when he whacks Lance Archer on the back with the crutch two, three times, and then just holds the crutch so that Claudio can come run, grab it, and jump off the stage and hit him with it. That, really like Mm-hmm. Oh, it was funny. and And he did like a little shrug when he and Claudio kind of look at each other because he had this shattered crutch that now he clearly can't use. And both them were just like, whatever. I thought it was funny. I'm i'm not convinced Pac is making the face turn there. I'm I'm not convinced he isn't. Right. Okay. I'm just not sure. Yep. I'd say the same thing about Claudio. um okay yep Marina, I think, clearly remained heel. And to be fair, in the street fight, you can make the argument she acted like a heel, at least with the low blow. Yep. i It's a weird mix right now think they're getting close on. Mm-hmm. They're getting close. Mm-hmm. But i did I really did enjoy the fact that they're intertwining some of those the stories with the women, making them go in and out. It really would have been good, like you said, if we could have seen Jamie Hayter somewhere tonight. She should have been visible. don't know what she should have done, but she should have been visible. And I think that would help. just give that whole because it feels like with the women's division you get these things that are it's cool it's cool it's cool but and then it in fate it's gone and then there's this cool cool cool thing and then it's gone there's not a lot of traction there's not a lot of things there's not multiple things going on finally you have a couple things going on and they're working them together so you're like oh yeah they had a problem with Shafir oh yeah this is still happening I really liked that. Yeah. Yeah. That's the one thing I did like about this match. I thought it was pretty well put together from that aspect of working things together. Otherwise, yeah, the timing sucked. Yeah. And, you know, I think one thing that we do have to keep in mind, and this only dawned on me like today, is I thought Revolution was this month. It's in March. So the next pay-per-view isn't until, I think, March 15th. Oh, okay. Okay, yeah. So we got some time. So they're going to have to drag some of this stuff. Some of this is going to be a slow burn to try and get to the pay-per-view, you know? Well, that would be a pleasant change of pace. Yeah. Because the last pay-per-view, at least with the women, you had a two-week lead-up. Yep. Yep. So I, some of this stuff is going to take some time to play out. My only fear with it is that they're going to drag it out too long because a lot of these are still continuing stories have been going on for a month or two, you know, and, and, and with the death writers, if you're going to freshen up by making them faces, that's fine. Mm-hmm. I, I think they're just trying to feel out the crowd right now because yeah, I don't think you're wrong. I don't think you're wrong at all. I think they're trying to feel out the crowd because what I saw tonight was Mox is over as a face. Because... Yep. I think Daniel Garcia is over as a face, whether he's supposed to be or not. I agree. Mm-hmm. I think Claudio is kind of a tweener, but more on the face side. I think Pac is a tweener, but more on the heel side. Marina, I think, is is full heel. And I think they don't know what to do with Yuta because everybody just wants to boo him no matter what. Yes. Yes. and And interestingly, i thought Garcia being a little over his face was because I think he was working fairly heel tonight. Maybe I'm wrong. I think he was trying to, yeah. this But they I think you're right. the The crowd, they're trying to see because i the crowd wants to like Moxley so bad. And he's giving them, he has given them nothing for a year. Yeah. And now he's finally giving them something and it's so refreshing and it's, and I do like this version of Mox. I think it's a good one and I think it's sustainable. Yeah. Yeah. it It reminds me a lot more of... the version of him when he was challenging Jericho for the world title back in like year one, or maybe that was year two, but, and that was, that was fun. Yeah. Yeah. No, when he walking out of the crowd in Vegas. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that was fun. When he was that version, you know, it was still a little bit Ambrose, but not with a wagon. You know, like, so I kind of like that we're headed in that direction with him. I think it's much more entertaining and I think it's, it's, it it allows you to kind of appreciate everything he's doing a little bit more, you know? Yeah, 100%. And I think Claudio will come along for the ride. I think Claudio is one of those guys that he'll be a great heel. He'll be a solid face. He's not going to say a lot of words, so it's kind of – it doesn't matter. Irrelevant. Yeah. Yeah. I think Pac could – go, I think you're right. He could go either way. depends on what they want to do. I think he could. If they want to break him off, I don't, if he's not going to take Claudio with him, don't take Yuta. My God, man. Yeah. Don't do that. ie I think they're just... Yuta, I love you, but man, dude, something. Yeah. I think they're just going to try and feel this one out and they'll make a decision... I mean, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they know exactly where they're going with it, but I kind of feel like they're trying to feel this out and they'll let the crowd kind of tell them a little bit where they need to go here. Oh, yeah. And I think that's smart. And like you said, we've got a couple months before the next pay-per-view. Yeah. You've got time to let this breathe a little bit. Yeah. Let it. Don't rush it. Don't force it. Let some things happen. Let this Don Callis fan. Callis has enough guys to throw at him. Let's see a bunch of different combos. But let me see more of Lance Archer and Jon Moxley. Yep. I think that's a really good good mix right there. So, yeah. Yeah. Yep. I agree. And then it was main event time. Swerve versus your guy Kit. Is that what we're going to go with? Yep. Michael Knight? Yes. I don't. Yes. Michael, uh, Kevin Knight. Yes. Yes. Yes. ah Yeah. So what'd you, what'd you think? What? Oh, damn it. It's Kevin Knight. It's Kevin Knight. Dude, I, How do you not love this match? it's It was really, really good. Yeah, it was great. Just those two, they they work so well together. Mm hmm. And this capped off the night for me of highlighting young talent. They did a really good job with speedball. They... They flashed us a little bit with Jordan and Alec, but you really got to see Michael Knight. Oh my God. Mm-hmm. Idiot. Idiot. Idiot. you did and I know, you just told me. oh ri But you really got to see Kevin Knight shine, and he he was so good. And you knew he wasn't going to beat Swerve, but... They really worked you to a point where when Swerve did, I think, the most awkward rope break ever with his foot over his head. Yeah, I didn't understand that when your hands are right there. But he did it. who And the play back and forth, him clapping for when he got, when Kevin came back in the ring. And by the way, the attempted murder with the pile driver onto the guard rail. Yeah. Yeah. What? Yeah. Come on. That was insane. The midair house call. That was one of the coolest things I think I've ever seen. So good. So good. Loved it. Um, him clapping when Kevin Knight rolled back in was good. I liked that. And, and let me, let me, let me just put the ball on, on the match here a little bit from my perspective. I agree with you. This was a strong contender for match of the night for me in all honesty. It probably should have been match of the night, but I just love Kenny Omega that much, but you know, um, hmm hmm But with that said, um i agree with you. At multiple points, I actually thought they're going to, Kevin Knight's going to go over. there in in And the same thing happened with Speedball and Samoa Joe, where I thought, I think Speedball might beat him. and And that is, that's a sign you put on a hell of a match, right? So let's talk about breaking the 10 count. Did he break the 10 count? Because I don't think he did. It was the closest 10 count that wasn't a 10 count that maybe probably wasn't 10 count. I have ever seen like it was. he got in a ring. He got in the ring. Yeah, in the ring. i don't I don't think he beat it. Right. And if you watch it, because I was watching Aubrey, and Aubrey is is, I was going to say probably the best ref they have. I'm not sure. That might be Paul Turner. But one of the better refs that they have. That's fair. Let's put it that way, right? Yes. Yes, correct. She had to, like, if you watch the pacing of the count, When she goes to nine, she had to stall before she even started the 10 because she knew he's nowhere near it. And when I can see you as a referee stalling, you know, and then she starts the 10 and then, oh, no, no, no, no he beat it. Yeah. No, he didn't. Right. No, he didn't. Just like in the women's tag match. No, they didn't break up the pin. Yeah. They have got to clean this up. I will suspend my disbelief a lot with professional wrestling, but damn, man, in the era of 4K HD, you have got to clean that up because we see it. Yep. Yep. Even when we don't want to see it, we see it. Yep. Absolutely. Absolutely. So they got to get that cleaned up. and And I think they do need to adopt the wwe WWE rule of call what you see. And if the wrestlers blow it, they blow it. Yep. Yep. Because quite frankly, if he, if, if Kevin didn't make it into the ring at that point, completely understandable. He just was murdered outside the ring and it's okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely believable. Yeah. It's okay. If he loses that way, that's fine. Yeah, and you can at that point, you know, like I understand at that point now you're improv-ing to try and hit time, right? Right. But, and and and I don't know who's hanging around where backstage, but like if he's not, if he doesn't beat the count, and like you said, it's completely believable that that man could not beat the count, then Either let's swerve improv a promo where he puts Kevin Knight over and he still calls out the people he needs to call out. Or if the ops are hanging around, send them out there for a beat down and send the other faces out to save him. I hell have him and MJF is watching from the stands, run a microphone up there and have those two jaw back and forth. They're going to fill the time and it's going to be entertaining. like and think I think it's even easier than that. Just have Swerve go, whoaa whoa, whoa, whoa, Aubrey, he's in. h let's just let's let's let's keep Let's keep this going. Yeah, you could always do the old cliche of no, no, no, no. no We're not ending it like that. You know, like, that's fine. Right. I don't I wouldn't have loved it. But like. But yeah any there were two... They got to call what they see. There was ah ah we pointed out four to five different endings you could have gone with because Michael Knight missed his ride to see Kit in the ring and blew the 10 count. hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah. I mean, you got to, the referees have got to call what they see. And I know I'm putting a lot of this on the referees, but also the producers backstage, you know, or I think they call them coaches in AEW. I don't care. Whatever, you know, Dustin Rhodes, big show, Dean Malenko, like these people that are, are supposed to be helping this young roster grow. And, and, and those are great names to be doing it. You have got to make sure that they understand that. You need to be here when this starts. Like there are certain spots you cannot blow. And this is one of them, you know, and, and that is the thing that bums me out about Regal, not staying with the company for very long. Yeah. Cause that stuff wouldn't happen if he had. yeah Yeah, and that is the big difference. People, I don't think people understand. That is a perfect example of the difference between wrestling for TV and wrestling on the indies or for a live crowd or for something that's just getting streamed on YouTube. Mm. Hmm. It is a big difference. You see everything. You can't fudge it. Like you said, it's in 4K. It's got five different camera angles. There's too many cell phones watching it. ye Yeah. You can't pretend that that didn't happen. So get get get do better. Do better. I mean, they've got to work with the roster and coach them up on that. They got to work with the referees and and just say, look, call what you see. And if they blow, if the wrestler blows it, they blow it. Like you're human beings. Look. It's going to happen. It doesn't mean you have to get yelled and screamed at. Yeah. But you've got to call what you see. And if they blow it, they blow it. You've got to work with these young guys. And you're right. And Jim Ross talked about that way back in year one of AEW, where he was like, not all these people are going to make it because wrestling on TV is very, very different than wrestling just in front of a live crowd. And they didn't all know how to do it. And that's why there's a bunch of those originals who aren't there anymore because they couldn't get it down. And look, Kevin Radicals, i understand you got dropped on your head. Maybe you didn't know 10 count was coming, but look, Michael Shafir, get it. Yeah. You were rocked. You were sideways. Yeah. Mina night when you were. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Kevin Hart. you God. Shit, he was about as tall as Kevin after that. Yeah. Getting dropped in his head like that. My God. But. But anyway, yeah. but Yeah, I mean, you know, and I think that that if they adopt that policy going forward of, look, the referees are going to call what they see. We're going to work more with you to understand that be where you're supposed to be. We're going to work more with you on the timing. But I also think that like tonight was a great example of them pairing the young talent with veterans, right? Yeah. I also think that if I'm Swerve Strickland in that situation and I see he's not going to beat the count, And I know that the referees are instructed to call what they see and and he's about to get counted out. Prince Nana's there as well. One of you to get in the referee's face and stop the count that way. You know what I mean? Like, or, or if you're swerved, just dive out of the ring and break the count that way. I don't, I don't care how you do it. You've got ways to do it, but like they got to clean that stuff up, man. Like they just do. That or stop relying on these close timed issues. Like, get stop it. Yeah, I get you're trying to build the drama. You know? if I do, but But if you if you can't hit the timing, then the drama is immediately evaporated. Yeah. In the women's match, the first one came and went, and you're like, ugh. Yes. But after that second one, you could tell the crowd deflated, and it took a lot of work for that to for them to get the crowd back to kind of, eh. yes Yeah, no, I agree. They got to get that stuff cleaned up. And after saying all of that, and I realize that we kind of got on our soapboxes there, but I don't think we're wrong. um After all of that, I would still say this is a really good show. No. Really? No. I think it's an A show. Oh my God. Mm-hmm. um i give it an A. I think you clean those issues up. It might have gotten an A plus for me, but I'd give it an A. I really liked it. I liked it for so many reasons. a You know, my guy Kenny Omega's back. A lot of banger matches. I like the storytelling. Even, again, timing issues aside, I like the storytelling within the women's match. You're finally interweaving some stories. And they did a good job of focusing on their new young talent. Again, I would have liked to have seen Jordan Oliver and Alec Price get a better showcase. Yep. But beggars can't be choosers. And I got to see them on, and I thought it was really good. Yeah. Well, and there's only so much time, you know. Also, right. And also, ah Jordan Oliver's been on AEW multiple times. I don't know if he's been on Dynamite, but he's been on Collision a good half a dozen times in the in the year 2025. don't know. I got to watch collision. We just keep going back to that. I have got to watch it. And you know what? I'll give them this when they were doing the promo for it tonight. I'm like, damn, that is a stacked show on Saturday. I got to watch collision. I got to I got to set a reminder apparently. Cause I just forget about it. And here's the thing. I was so glad I watched collision because the death riders, Don Callis family thing was so good. Matter of fact, I thought it was better than what they did tonight on dynamite because it it it was just ah more chaotic. It felt more real. it It was just, it just was really good. I really liked it, but I really liked this show tonight. I like the way they're presenting their, their product. I like the way that they're, they're positioning these young guys and they, They do. They've got so many good people there. Just give them a chance let them breathe. and i I think it's going to be really, really good. But yeah, I like i like the show a lot. thought was solid. Yep. I agree. What I think will be fascinating because this was the other kind of wrestling story of the day is Tommaso Ciampa coming. Cause I think he is. oh I have not heard that. So there had been a report, I want to say maybe a month ago at this point, that he was not re re-signing with WWE. And he himself officially posted today that it was like, my contract with them is up soon. we'll I think he wrote, we'll soon be over and I'll be available to do all this stuff again for the first time in a decade. What he didn't say though, was that he would be available to take wrestling bookings. He was talking about like, partnerships, you know, cause WWE, you can't really do that unless you're like Cody Rhodes or Roman Reigns or whatever. Yep. And they get a cut. And yeah. And, you know, and he was talking about like all these things that he, that he, you know, signings and things that he hasn't been available to do because of that. And, but he didn't talk about taking wrestling bookings and there's a lot of rumblings that he may already have a deal in place with AEW. I'd love to see it cause I really like him. Mm-hmm. but I think it will be fascinating to see where he fits in. Yes, yes. I think he could be an interesting ad, but I fear he could be an ad not unlike Roderick Strong. Mm-hmm. However, Roddy Strong, thanks to triple or cml CMLL, is now in line for a run at Claudio Casagnoli's belt. Mm-hmm. So... Yep. Yep. Good for them for giving him a little shove, but I do worry a little bit about Ciampa coming over and getting a really solid opening match. Yeah. Remember remember the red red hot match allen angel Allen Five Angels had against Kenny Omega when he debuted? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think that guy's wrestling in MLW now. I think you might be right. Yeah. Yeah. Nothing against MLW. I think they do a really good job with what they what they have. No. Yeah. I think they put on a great product, but, you know. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I think if you bring Ciampa in, you're bringing him in to use him. Even if it's to bring him in hot and let him, you know, take a run. Yeah. and I don't think he takes a run at the world title, but to take a run at one of these single titles. And then even if it's at that point to put him in programs with some of these younger guys and help build them. i don't think there's anything wrong with that. And I think that's probably the way to use him. but we're gonna find out. Maybe, maybe, it's not ah it's not official, but we're probably going to find out. maybe. Maybe. That'd be interesting. That'd be interesting. So there's your wrestling rumors to speculate on for at least a little while until we find out where he's going. that'd be good. i like Ciampa. He'd be fun see. I do too, I do too. He'd be fun watch. I would like Gargano to leave too and put them back together, because give me DIY and the Young Bucks. Oh, give me that. Yes. Yes. I didn't know I needed that so bad until you said it. But yeah, I want to see that. i need it yeah give me that so anyway ah back to the present good show tonight um maybe we need to start doing Sunday collision episodes so i i watch it i don't know but yeah um but good show tonight we just gotta we gotta get some things cleaned up there guys I want to see that. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yep. We might have to. Yeah, we might have to. Yep. little bit of timing issues. There was some production issues, especially during the Death Riders Don Callis family. But whatever. That's going to happen. Yeah. Yeah. Eventually they'll get it cleaned up. Yep. Because I think there was a moment when the announcer is called two different things and you didn't see either one of them. You saw the tail end of both. Yeah. And I'm like, what? What? Yeah. So that, that I'm going to put on commentary a little bit though, because if you watch videos from WWE, w e where you can see the play by play in the background, they're, they're always staring down at the monitor. Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And you'll see Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross do it too. You need to watch your monitor, not what's in front of you. You've got to see what the audience is seeing. And I think that sometimes Excalibur and Taz, and I think Brian has been guilty of this. I think Don Callis has been guilty of it, where they see something and they talk about it and it's like, we didn't see that. So that I'm going to put on them a little bit. Watch your monitor, not what's actually going on in front of you. But yeah. That's fair. That's fair. Okay. But I would argue it's still a production issue because, you know, they would be technically part of that, I guess. Yeah. But anywho. but But apparently also suck at Excalibur? No, I like Excalibur. think that's what... I do. No, suck it. i I think he's very good. I do too. I like him lot. But I also think, again, this is a guy who... has been doing play by play for a while who had done a decent amount of it, but had not done it on this level. Mm-hmm. And I think that for as good as he is and as much better as he's gotten over the years, He's still a human being. He's not perfect. And I think that his instinct is still, especially as a former wrestler, I think his instinct is to look up at what's happening in the ring. And it's like, buddy, you got to be down here. Right. Yeah. You got to be in that monitor. Yep. I get it. Yep. That's not fun, but it's what you got to do. Yep. That's fair. So... So anyway, all of our various, I'm not having to say nitpicks, all of our various criticisms there aside, it still was a good show. I look forward to where we're going with all of this stuff because I think they laid some very interesting groundwork for stories here tonight. And I think some stories that I had wondered where we're going now, ah like wondered in a bad way, now i wonder in a good way. Yeah, yeah, I'm very excited. I actually hope something happens with this Don Callis Death Riders thing. I do too. I think that could help could that could do a lot of work, and there's a lot of good that can be done there and a lot of really fun matches. Yeah. I really want to see that. Yep, I agree. All right. So with that, ah give us the follows and the thumbs ups and the likes and the subscribes and the shares and give us the blue chew and ah maybe somebody could volunteer to actually be off to the side when you're doing you're talking to somebody who's not there bit. See what he's saying about you? You gonna take that? Oh, now you leave. I'm going to bed. Okay, me too.