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Elimination Chamber Predictions, WrestleMania Theories & WWE Storyline Breakdown · My Third Place Pod

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  Picture this, the sound of a wrestling ring bell echoing
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  through a packed arena, the glow of a chunky CRTTV in the corner
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  of the room, and a stack of VHS tapes labeled Royal Rumble 98,
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  SummerSlam 94, and something scribbling marker that just says
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  DO NOT TAPE OVER. That's the energy we're on
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  today. Welcome back to my third place.
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  Not home, not work, but that middle Dome where nostalgia
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  lives Red free and every conversation feels like
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  rewinding a favorite tape just to hear the crowd pop one more
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  time. I do that with The Rock,
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  People's Elbow and John Cena's You Can't See Me.
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  Just rewind it back, higher the volume and just let it go.
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  Yeah, this week we're doing something special.
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  It's episode 279 and pulling double duty like a true tag team
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  champion. You've just heard her on the
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  last episode and she clocked right back in without even
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  tagging out. It's your girl Menace stepping
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  into the ring with me as we gear up for one of the biggest stops
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  in the Road to WrestleMania. Because on February 28th, 2026,
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  The Elevation Chamber is coming home live from the United Center
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  in Chicago, IL. The first one back in the United
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  States in 2021. Can you believe that?
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  And the first fool. And the first with a full crowd
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  in attendance since 2020. Chicago is about to be loud.
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  Loud. Like, hold up, turn the TV
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  volume down so we can actually hear commentary.
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  Loud. This is the kind of event that
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  would have had a scrambling back in the day, calling your friends
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  on the landline, arguing over predictions during commercial
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  breaks and begging somebody's parents to order the paper for
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  you. While we promised we'd pay them
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  back later, we never did. And now it's streaming
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  everywhere. ESPN app here in the US Netflix
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  international AW network across parts of Europe.
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  Super sport of Bema. But the feeling still the same.
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  Still the edge of receipt snack on the floor.
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  Wait, did that just happen? So hype.
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  We're diving into full on elimination chamber predictions
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  breaking down who's walking and who's surviving the steel pods
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  and who might be punching their tickets straight 2.
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  You know what to do Wrestle Mania, Glory or heartbreak?
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  That's not all on tonight's card.
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  We're also talking about The Iron Claw now on Netflix, that
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  emotional, greedy wrestling drama that had us feeling like
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  we just watched a dark side ring episode in cinematic form.
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  We've got an injury report that could shake up the chamber
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  landscape, a wild question floating around the locker room.
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  Could division be cursed? And a major tease that has the
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  wrestling world buzzing. The other taker has reportedly
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  chosen the next Dodie Hall of Fame inductee.
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  If that wasn't enough chaos for one Road to WrestleMania, Paul
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  Heyman has issued an open challenge of behalf Brock
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  Lesnar. The question is simple, but
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  terrifying. Who is actually brave enough to
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  answer the call? So yeah, tonight is wrestling
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  chaos in the best way possible. No Greg this round.
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  But Menace is here, holding it down, pulling double duty like a
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  champion who refuses to vacate the title.
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  Predictions, nostalgia, side commentary and probably at least
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  one moment where we say OK, but imagine this match happening in
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  the Attitude Era. So lace up the boots, grab your
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  championship belt or your popcorn and settle into your
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  third place because the Chamber is calling and we've got slots.
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  All right. Iron Claws on Netflix.
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  I haven't seen it on Netflix yet.
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  I've seen it already, though. It's pretty great movie.
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  It it's oh, it's sad. Yeah, it's.
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  Yeah, it's the Von Eric family movie.
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  OK, Yeah, highly recommend it. Just don't watch it alone, you
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  know, You start crying. And I was like, Oh my goodness.
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  Especially towards the end, especially at the end,
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  especially anywhere in there. Not probably out one of those I
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  want to watch by myself, Yeah. So I can't go by myself, right?
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  There you go. Did you watch Raw?
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  I did. You did.
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  You did. AJ Styles going to the Hall of
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  Fame. I am so surprised, so happy.
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  Love it. I was like, you know it when?
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  Because, you know, I didn't really think about it when the
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  Undertaker came out, but it makes sense that he did it
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  because he's done all of the other ones, so why not?
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  But I'm super excited. Me too, and we'll see what what
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  happens. He's either.
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  He's probably the headliner. Probably, yeah.
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  Well, no, you probably, you know, Stephanie's going to be
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  the headliner. No, because, you know, her
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  husband's going to induct her and he takes it an hour just to
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  do that. So.
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  Never mind. Yeah, that's true.
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  You're right. A whole podcast with Stephanie.
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  Yeah. So what do you want to talk
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  about? That's they can bring her
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  podcast to the Hall of Fame. Exactly.
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  Injury report I got, The vision's all messed up.
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  Yeah, injury, brown breaker and the hernia surgery.
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  So he might be out for four to six weeks recovery.
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  And then Bronson Reed had this full bicep tear, which means his
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  bicep tore where it connects to his forearm.
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  So that's going to be 3 to 6 months recovery.
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  You know, I just read something. They're like, well, it depends
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  on the severity he could need, you know, I mean, he's going to
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  need surgery anyway. But they said the one report I
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  saw it said it could be something as little as four
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  weeks or it could be longer, depending on, you know, how bad
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  the terrorism. Like, he just came back
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  literally from an ankle injury and now he tore his bicep.
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  Like this is crazy. Yeah.
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  So that means that Paul Heyman is now now has Logan Paul and
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  Austin Theory. So Brown Breaker decides to come
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  back in like a few weeks. Yeah.
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  But then he brought in his Plan B.
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  Yeah. And so who will face Brock
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  Lesnar WrestleMania? I think it should be over Femi.
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  Yeah, that's what I really just said, right?
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  Yeah, over Femi or you know. What?
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  Or give him a Rusev. Hobbs.
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  Oh yeah, that could be. That could be a good one too.
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  Rusev, Hobbs. Well, keys keys now, but Hobbs.
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  Royce Keys. I couldn't remember his last
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  name. It's like Royce something.
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  Roy Keys, yeah. And then Chris Jericho coming
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  back. Right now, probably not.
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  I don't know. And the biggest shocker of
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  Tuesday, Zaruka has finally broken up.
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  Yeah, I watched, I watched the the highlights of that and I was
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  like, Dang. I was sad.
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  Yeah, and offer. You know why Attack her before
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  the match, you know what I mean? Yeah.
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  Because it made it easy for JC Jane, who she's like, I did it
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  and I'm like, you didn't do anything.
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  You hit her one time. Meanwhile, Zaria F5 der
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  Spearter, you know so. Scenario versus Soul at the next
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  event and then we get Soul at after WrestleMania.
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  You think so? I hope so.
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  Yeah. She's coming.
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  Another blonde, Yeah. Yeah, another blonde.
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  I mean, we have, I mean, Tiffany, Stratton, Charlotte,
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  Claire, and now Soul. Liv Morgan.
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  Liv Morgan. Oh my goodness.
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  Like they're collecting. They're collecting blondes like
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  they're collecting rings over there.
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  Just give it more time for Easy Dam to show up.
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  Yeah, she'll probably show up 'cause, you know, then she could
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  be with Brown Breaker. Yeah.
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  Well, 'cause what doesn't she have?
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  A. A title I.
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  Don't know. Yeah, the the woman.
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  'S yeah, I think she's Is it the North American?
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  Yeah. OK, another thing I wanted to
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  touch on. So we're about, we're all about
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  lore here on the podcast. We bring up stuff that we said
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  like a couple years ago. We're in the chat.
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  We just bring up stuff, you know, kind of like you know,
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  when Jim Ross called the Super kick, the MMA kick at
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  WrestleMania 9:00. So we just bring it up every
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  other chance over chance to Alicia Rudy, how you doing?
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  Hi, 2021, I think it was or 2020 when 22 when we first started a
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  podcast, we kept saying me and Kashina Booker used to be around
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  here as well. We kept saying, yeah, trick
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  Williams, whoop that trick whoop that trick.
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  That's never going to fly in WWE and on Raw or Smackdown, but I
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  don't think that's ever going to fly on, you know, on a on a PG
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  rated show, especially aimed at kids.
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  And we just kept saying that and I.
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  Was like I don't know. All right, zoom in like, what?
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  A couple of years later, he's on the road.
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  He's talking on talk shows about trick.
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  Whoop that trick. Yeah, whoop that trick.
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  Yeah, well, we whoop him. We I'm Trick.
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  I'm Trick Daddy. Yeah, Whoop him.
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  And people are chanting his name.
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  Whoop that trick. Yeah, I'm just like, didn't we
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  just. We didn't we say this in 2022
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  was it would never going to happen.
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  And look at it where we're at now.
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  Yeah. That's funny.
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  Hi, Julisha. How are you doing?
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  How's your night going? So there's that.
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  Brock Lesnar versus of a Femi, I guess.
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  Yeah. All right, we're ready for the
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  elevation chamber stuff. Yes.
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  The 2026 The Elimination Chamber takes place on Saturday,
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  February 28th, 2026 at the United Center in Chicago.
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  Home turf home home territory. The main cars scheduled start at
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  7:00 PM Eastern, 6:00 PM Central, 4:00 PM Pacific with
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  pre show coverage typical typically beginning one hour
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  earlier. The event will stream on ESPN in
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  the US and Netflix nationally. This World will mark the first
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  Evolution Chamber event to be held in Chicago and the first to
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  be held in United States since 2021.
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  But the first in the country was live fans in attendance since
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  2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, as the 2021 event was held in a
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  biosecure bubble called the Thunderdome.
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  Good times, good times, good times.
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  No, no fans. That time holds that Tropicana
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  Field in St. Petersburg, FL, Florida, while
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  the following four events were held outside the United States.
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  On November 13th, 2025, the venue was revealed to be United
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  Center, marking the first televised W event of any kind at
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  the arena since Summer Slam in 1994, as WE traditionally held
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  their Chicago event at All State Arena in Rosemont, IL.
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  That's true. I've been them, I've been to
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  them, I'm from here. The official theme song for the
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  event will be Bodies by JID, Offset, BNABNYX and Drowning
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  Pool. Great tack.
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  Great track. I heard it.
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  Yeah, it's looking awesome. It's Offset.
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  It's just, it's Offset featuring JID.
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  OK. And then you hear Drowning Pool
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  in the background. Let the bodies hit the floor.
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  Let the bodies hit the floor. And I'm like, Oh my God, this
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  freaking track. I don't know who BNYX is.
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  Probably the the mixer. OK, but.
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  Is it was mostly often in JD and then JD was in the IT was it was
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  a great track. You gotta listen to it.
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  In 2011 and 2013, the event has been promoted as No Escape.
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  No Escape. We always mention this every
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  year. We have to mention it every year
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  we have to mention on the podcast, even though we mention
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  it every year. In 2011, 25th, third.
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  Since 2013, the event has promoted as No Escape in
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  Germany, as it was feared that the name Elimination Chamber may
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  remind people of gas chambers used during the Holocaust.
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  Thank you for the paper crane. I appreciate that.
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  So yeah, there's that Elimination Chamber first match
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  of the night. Well, now, we're not going to
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  say that you want to go with the first elevation chamber or the
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  second. First, the men or the women's?
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  Let's go with the women's. All right.
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  Tiffany Stratton versus Rio Ripley versus Alexa Bliss versus
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  Oscar versus Keanu James. Keanu James made it.
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  Yeah, she did. Wow, where's Raquel Rodriguez?
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  She didn't make. Her thank you for being
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  appreciate that and for the World championship match for
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  you. Sorry.
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  I said she didn't make it. She didn't make it.
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  Nope. Qualifying matches for the
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  Women's Emanation Chamber also began on the February 6th
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  episode of Smackdown also housed the Triple Trip matches across
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  episodes of Raw and Smackdown. Tiffany Stratton earned the
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  first spot by defeating Chelsea Green and Lash Legend.
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  Oh wait, yeah, she did make it. On the following.
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  Week my back she did. On the following week, we're in
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  the second spot by defeating Ivy Nile on Lyra.
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  That's right. Did you it?
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  Was Monday. OK, she.
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  Just made it. She just made it, yeah.
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  Alexa Bliss won the third spot by defeating Julia Julia
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  Angelina on February 30th for the Smackdown.
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  I love that Alexa faced those two girls that were her size.
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  Yeah, I know. Little tiny girls, all right?
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  The fourth thought was determined on the February 16th
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  episode of Raw, where Oscar defeated Bailey and Natty OK,
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  and then Keanu James won the fifth spot on the February 20th
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  episode of Smackdown, defeating Charlotte Flair and NIA Jax.
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  Wow. Just trying to help.
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  Thank you. While the final spot was
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  determined on the February 2030 episode of Rob, where Rico
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  Rodriguez defeated Eagle Skye and Kyrie Sane.
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  Thanks, babe. All right.
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  Who? We have Tiffany Stratton, Rio
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  Ripley, Alexa Bliss. Oscar Kenneth James.
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  Rico Rodriguez did who? Who picked what?
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  Who's going to WrestleMania? Alexa Bliss.
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  Why is Alexa Bliss in here? Not Alexa Bliss, Never mind Lib
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  Morgan. No.
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  Lip Morgan is facing Stephanie. Stephanie Bucker.
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  OK. And then?
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  Yeah, she picked Monday. And then Jay Cargill.
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  So the winner gets Jay Cargill. So with this one.
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  I'm a go with the person that has her storyline, Tiffany.
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  Easy. Obviously, I'm work with
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  Tiffany, sure. I mean with mommy, but Tiffany.
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  You know, I was just saying I, like I told you before, I I
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  don't think they should have any of the Champions in it.
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  Champion. So Ria's a champion.
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  OK. Because she's the tag team
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  champion, all right? So not that I don't want her to
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  have an extra belt, but I think it would be fair if she didn't.
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  But, you know, I'll always say Rio Ripley.
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  I'll always say Rio Ripley. But if I wanted to be fair, I
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  think they're I think they should push Keanu James.
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  Let her, you know, be the star. Yeah, As if she does win, then
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  she'll have a belt and Julia will have a belt.
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  And, you know, maybe they'll leave the tag team belts alone
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  or they'll both be like, oh, we're going to be two belts, you
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  know, each have two belts. So.
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  But I'ma say Keanu James. Keanu James?
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  Really. I saw her when she first started
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  out. Yeah, in an.
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  SD with the country duo, the country team, the three of them
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  we used to make, we used to make fun of them all the time.
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  I forgot about their names, but it was one of the girls that I
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  saw in JC's stable. OK.
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  And then two other guys in there as well.
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  And we? Saw them, Little Big Town.
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  OK, let's see. But Kiana, but yeah, she she was
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  in the storyline with them and then she fell off and then she
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  got drafted and we didn't see her for like a whole year.
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  And now here we are with her. Yeah.
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  We know the reason why we didn't see her for a whole year because
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  she had a little boost. Oh, OK.
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  Is that what it was? Yeah, that's what it is.
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  Same thing with Tiffany, you know?
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  She. The blondes had to get a little
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  boost. I guess so.
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  And, you know, had to put some the job in there.
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  So. So they're all like, so like,
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  yeah, Keanu James going in here, like, I need to see her more of
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  her everywhere for me. Like, all right, I'll buffer.
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  Yeah. Cal Rodriguez maybe?
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  I can see her going up against Jade and like giving her a
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  fight. Well, the only thing is, is I, I
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  mean, I really don't think it'll be anybody from RAW we'll win
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  because I mean, I guess they really haven't had a draft in a
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  while. So they kind of let them just go
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  wherever, you know, because I know they were saying on Monday,
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  you know, that he's like Bronson Reed's going to win and then
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  he's going to fight Drew and then he's going to beat Drew.
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  And so now the vision is going to run Smackdown and Raw, you
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  know. So I'm like, well, I guess they,
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  I mean, they probably all travel anyway, so it's not like it's
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  any big deal for them to be on both shows.
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  So. Right.
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  Right, so final you still at Keanu James?
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  Keanu James, Yeah. All right, I'm saying Tiffany or
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  Raquel. OK.
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  Just because I want to see Raquel get up there with, like,
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  the big girl. Yeah, Tiffany, But continue the
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  storyline, get your belt back and please turn heel.
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  And be heel right and so. Plus you stop it so much.
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  Next one OK let me chamber for the Under Speed of West
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  Championship at WrestleMania for you too.
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  Randy Orton was LA knight and was Cody Rhodes versus javon
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  Evans was trick Williams trick Williams versus Jay USO.
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  On February 6th, Smackdown General Manager Nick Aldis
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  announced that qualifying matches for Illumination Chamber
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  would begin on that night. Smackdown with further qualified
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  heads across episodes of Ron. Smackdown contested as Triple
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  threat matches Randy Orton her in the spot in the men's match
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  by defeating Alistair Black and Solo.
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  The second spot was earned by Ellenate on the favorite episode
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  of Rod Feeding Austin Theory and Penta.
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  Cody Rose won the third spot on the February 13th episode of
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  Smackdown, defeating Jacob Hot 2 and Sammy Zane.
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  The 4th spot was earned by Javon Evans, which defeat Dominic
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  Mysterio and Gunther. Really.
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  Okay, on the February 16th episode of Raw, Trick Williams
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  claimed the fifth spot, defeating Carmelo Hayes and Amy
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  Priest on the February 20th episode of Smackdown, while Jay
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  USO earned the final spot on the February 23rd episode Raw by
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  being Bronzen reading original ground damage.
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  Bronzen was supposed to end that match, we know that.
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  Yeah, yeah. So because he suffered that
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  little injury, this would have been a lot different here.
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  Brand new origins Ellen Knife is Cody Rhodes, Johanna Rhodes,
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  Trick Williams, Bronson Reed. If we hadn't seen Bronson in
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  here, I would have said him. But you know what?
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  I, I, I kind of like every guy that's in here, you know, I, I
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  really appreciate them pushing Trick Williams and, and pushing
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  Jovon Evans. Yeah.
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  Who's bothers this for? Who's what?
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  Whose belt is this for? Drew.
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  Drew. OK, so shit.
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  So I know I love him, but I don't want to see Cody.
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  I don't want to see Cody. No, I don't want Cody.
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  I want either Trick Williams or Javon Evans to win because I
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  think this would be, you know, give them their moment.
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  You know, I think because they're both really good
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  wrestlers. You know, I'm, I will say I'm
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  impressed by Javon Williams for or Evans for how, how old he is
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  and how resilient he is. Yeah.
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  He's he's doing amazing. Yeah.
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  Yeah, so I think either him or Trick I'm.
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  Gonna say Randy. You say Randy?
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  Let's say Randy. OK, This Randy Orton.
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  Yeah, This Randy Orton. Yeah.
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  Everything else, go with LA Knight.
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  You know, I was saying LA Knight because.
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  They were a good win. Oh sure, for sure.
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  Jay. Again, he's a champion already.
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  Yeah. I mean, I don't get me wrong, I
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  love Jay. I think Jay is awesome.
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  He's come a long way. I really saw how much growth
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  he's had being a single star. Yeah, but I think now they're
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  trying to just keep him and his brother together, so.
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  So I must say, Randy. Say Randy, Yeah, OK.
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  OK, we'll stay Randy. OK, Where's the Drew?
• 25:13
  Yeah, I I totally see that. Why not?
• 25:18
  22nd example. With Jacob Patio.
• 25:23
  Yeah. So yeah, I saw, I saw another
• 25:27
  podcaster. He was saying Trick Williams and
• 25:31
  he said, but Jacob's gonna be involved, so he's gonna cause
• 25:37
  Cody to to lose his match. So then it'll be Cody versus
• 25:46
  Jacob at WrestleMania. So I was like, I was like, you
• 25:53
  know what? That doesn't actually sound like
• 25:55
  a bad idea. You know, I like it.
• 25:58
  I'm like I told him, I said I like that prediction, but I was
• 26:02
  thinking the same thing. I want to see Trick Williams or
• 26:07
  Javon Evans advanced. I don't know if they'll let them
• 26:11
  win. I I think it would be awesome
• 26:14
  because then it would show, you know, if they were really is
• 26:19
  good, you know, if they can carry the weight of that title.
• 26:26
  Yeah, so. All right, who's next?
• 26:36
  Becky Lynch was AJ Lee for the Women's IC Championship on the
• 26:41
  September 20 under September 5th, 2025 episode of Smackdown.
• 26:44
  AJ Lee returned to the for the first time since 2015, aiding
• 26:49
  her husband CM Punk against Becky Lynch and her husband Seth
• 26:52
  Rollins. Lee and Punk's the books.
• 26:55
  Lee and Punk defeated Lynch and Rollins in a mixed tag match at
• 26:58
  Record Palooza, where Lee forced Lynch to submit.
• 27:02
  Following a brief hiatus, Lee returned on November 17th
• 27:05
  episode of Raw, distracting Lynch to cost her the Women's in
• 27:08
  the Common Championship as Survivor Series War Game.
• 27:10
  Both women were part of opposite teams in the Women's War Games
• 27:13
  match, where Lee's team won after she forced Lynch to submit
• 27:16
  once again. Lynch regained the title on the
• 27:18
  Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show. On the February 9th episode of
• 27:22
  Raw, Lee returned from another brief hiatus, much to Lynch
• 27:25
  dismay. Lynch asked Lee if she wanted to
• 27:27
  face her the Omission Chamber in Chicago, where Lee relied.
• 27:29
  Lee mentioned that since she had already beaten Lynch twice, they
• 27:32
  would make her the number one contender for the title, which
• 27:34
  Lynch denied. Lee didn't tease that she would
• 27:36
  go back home if she could not fight for your title and refuse
• 27:39
  the match. However, Lynch eventually agreed
• 27:41
  to defend the title against Lee at the event.
• 27:53
  AJ hasn't lost. They're not going to let Becky
• 27:59
  lose the third time all day. I don't know.
• 28:05
  Hey, they've had it happen before, you know?
• 28:10
  And then Becky goes. On a rampage?
• 28:15
  Becky crashes out. No, I mean, do I want to see AJ?
• 28:24
  You know what you want to say. I want to say it.
• 28:28
  I want to say. Just say what you want to say
• 28:31
  I'm. Going to say Becky.
• 28:33
  You're going to say Becky, huh? Yeah, I love AJ.
• 28:36
  No. You do.
• 28:38
  One Chicago person gets to win that night.
• 28:41
  Oh, you know what they're? Not they're not going to give us
• 28:44
  2. They're not going to give us the
• 28:45
  two Chicago people and they're winning.
• 28:47
  No, they're going to be rude. They're going to be like, here's
• 28:52
  AJ. Well, there goes AJ.
• 28:54
  Yeah. Who else from Chicago on the
• 28:57
  card? Nobody else.
• 28:59
  That's it. And then the final one.
• 29:03
  But then again, OK, we're good. Who's Punkin Balor facing at
• 29:16
  WrestleMania? No, they're facing that
• 29:20
  Elimination Chamber. Who they're facing at
• 29:22
  WrestleMania if they win. Roman.
• 29:27
  Shit. OK, All right.
• 29:31
  Yeah, There we go. How could you forget?
• 29:36
  And then Becky versus AJ, of course, Becky sport their shirt.
• 29:42
  Yeah, I'm going to say Becky. She retains.
• 29:48
  I think Becky's going to, I'm going to say Becky too, but only
• 29:52
  because the referee isn't going to see her tap and AJ's going
• 30:00
  to, you know, release her hold and then Becky's going to cheap
• 30:06
  shot her and win. Thank you.
• 30:12
  Have a good night. Children show.
• 30:17
  Yeah, Becky's going to win. Can't believe we just agreed on
• 30:22
  that. I guess you're you're wearing me
• 30:27
  down, huh? OK, all right.
• 30:33
  Final match of the night. Obviously it's going to be a
• 30:35
  main event. CM Punk versus Finn Balor World
• 30:39
  Championship match On the January 12, 2026 episode of Raw
• 30:44
  Judgment Day, member Trin Baller was confronted by stable mate
• 30:47
  Morgan after she knows that Baller had been become replacing
• 30:50
  and had not made any moves to pursue a title.
• 30:53
  Morgan also claimed that Baller was not serious about backing
• 30:55
  his claim of carrying the group on his back and winning the
• 30:57
  title, which Baller previously stacked as his goal for 2026.
• 31:01
  This led the Balor interrupting World Heavyweight Champion Sam
• 31:03
  Punk later that night. We recall that Punk stated that
• 31:06
  Balor was one of the people he wanted to face after winning the
• 31:08
  title at Saturday Night's Main event in November 2025.
• 31:10
  Following an exchange of words, Punk agreed to a title match on
• 31:13
  that night's episode. However, Balor wanted a match to
• 31:16
  happen the following episode of his home country of Ireland,
• 31:20
  which Punk agreed. Punk retained the title and
• 31:24
  showed respect to valor afterwards.
• 31:26
  The following week, Balor also showed respect to Punk, who
• 31:29
  stated that Balor should win the Royal Rumble match during a
• 31:31
  rematch at the WrestleMania 42. However, when Balor declared to
• 31:35
  Raj and her manager Adam Pierce that he would be entering the
• 31:37
  match, Pierce stated that all the spots were full, which
• 31:40
  infuriated Balor. Later that night, Balor attacked
• 31:43
  Punk during his title defense. 2 weeks later on, Rob Balor
• 31:46
  interrupted Punk scheduled the interview with Michael Cole to
• 31:48
  challenge Punk for the title Elimination Chamber in Punk's
• 31:52
  hometown of Chicago. Pierce denied Ballard's request,
• 31:56
  not wanting to jeopardize Punk's title defense against Royal
• 31:58
  Rumble winner Roman Reigns. I forced many 42.
• 32:01
  Punk appeared and agreed to defend the title against
• 32:03
  Ballard. The event and Pierce be
• 32:05
  gradually made the match official.
• 32:15
  That'd be crazy if Finn wins and it ends up being Finn versus
• 32:20
  Roman and Punk triple Treb knowledge and that's how Roman
• 32:29
  wins it. You think so?
• 32:35
  Another streak, another winning streak?
• 32:40
  No. He's been no.
• 32:43
  No, CM Punk wins. I'm going to say it.
• 32:45
  CM Punk wins. I think, see, I'm gonna say CM
• 32:49
  Punk too, because I think they really want Roman versus CM
• 32:54
  Punk. Somebody has to interfere in
• 32:57
  this in order for that to happen.
• 33:01
  Maybe JD McDonough? There you go.
• 33:05
  And then? Because you know, they're
• 33:09
  showing there's dissension, you know, going on so.
• 33:13
  Of course it always is. So let's see.
• 33:28
  So let's go back. Who was the masked man all this
• 33:32
  time? We're never going to find out
• 33:34
  unless Logan Paul and Austin Theory continue to do the the
• 33:39
  stuff. You know, to be honest.
• 33:44
  So I've seen what rumors are, and the rumor is that it's
• 33:51
  Grayson Waller, but he's holding the place of Seth.
• 33:58
  Seth, yeah. But I'm like, well, you know,
• 34:04
  it, it may, I mean, it don't make sense to me why it would be
• 34:09
  Grayson Waller. But you know, they're they're
• 34:14
  saying, oh, this is, this is the reason why.
• 34:18
  It's because look at this, look at, you know, I guess he wears
• 34:22
  specific shoes and he was in Australia, you know, and had
• 34:28
  those shoes on. So like, so like no one else can
• 34:31
  wear those shoes kind of thing. You know, I'm like, whatever.
• 34:35
  But I mean, I guess it kind of gives Grace and Waller some
• 34:41
  purpose because he's not really doing anything, you know?
• 34:45
  I mean, him and New Day, they're not really doing anything.
• 34:53
  And they what? Let's see, Woods is is hurt.
• 35:01
  So him and Kofi should be fighting, you know, as the tag
• 35:04
  team, but they're not doing nothing with them.
• 35:07
  So I'm like, I guess he needs something to do.
• 35:11
  Yeah. Yes.
• 35:16
  But that would be, it would be hilarious to me if he actually
• 35:23
  stayed the masked man and Austin Theory like demasked him, you
• 35:30
  know, and then maybe they start a feud, you know, because they
• 35:39
  used to be partners. So.
• 35:41
  It was crazy, and it was crazy all along.
• 35:44
  Yeah. It was me, Austin.
• 35:46
  It was me all along, yeah. He's like, you're trying to be
• 35:51
  like me though, like but. Yeah, all right, I get.
• 35:58
  I get that. Let's go over to matches again.
• 36:04
  Rev Men's Domination Chamber for the Undisputed of the
• 36:08
  Championship match at WrestleMania 42.
• 36:10
  Randy Orton versus Allie Knight versus Cody Rhodes versus Javon
• 36:13
  Evans versus Trick. Whenever is Jay USO?
• 36:14
  I picked Randy. I said either trick or javon.
• 36:19
  Trick or Javon? Women's domination Chamber for
• 36:22
  the World Championship match at WrestleMania 42.
• 36:25
  Tiffany Stratton versus Rio Ripley versus Alexis versus
• 36:27
  Oscar versus Khan. James versus Rodriguez.
• 36:30
  I said Tiffany Stratton or Raquel Rodriguez.
• 36:34
  I say Kiana, James or Ria Ria. All right, for the Women's IC
• 36:41
  Championship, Becky Lynch versus AJ Lee, I said.
• 36:44
  Becky. And I said Becky too.
• 36:50
  I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I go with all that stuff, but
• 36:53
  I'm sorry. And for the World Championship
• 36:56
  match, CM Punk versus Twin Balor, I said Punk.
• 36:59
  I said punk too all. Right.
• 37:02
  OK, you know, that's what's happening.
• 37:09
  Where are we at 48 minutes? OK, before we go, a little shout
• 37:16
  out to a few people that joined the that subscribe to this
• 37:22
  podcast because I just like saw a notification about it, but
• 37:28
  doesn't tell me who it is, but you know, it just notified you
• 37:32
  another there's like another number on there so.
• 37:35
  OK. Thank you very much for
• 37:36
  subscribing. Ever since I changed the names
• 37:40
  of the episodes to just like a full SEO stuff where you can
• 37:46
  like instead of having episode titles, just have the actual
• 37:51
  titles on there. We gotten a lot of hits.
• 37:57
  Woke up to Monday morning after the last episode to 10
• 38:03
  downloads. Nice.
• 38:06
  We're at 15 downloads. Awesome.
• 38:14
  I mentioned a few weeks ago that Hong Kong is listening.
• 38:17
  Right. And doing that, not only Hong
• 38:22
  Kong, but there is also another and it is Costa Rica.
• 38:26
  Oh nice, guess you have to do a Spanish episode.
• 38:34
  Costa Rica, yeah, that's about it.
• 38:50
  So overall download is 24,300 and. 79 Wow.
• 38:56
  We could be getting 25 downloads by April and then 30 downloads
• 38:59
  by the end of the year or before the end of the year that.
• 39:03
  'D be awesome that. 'D be another celebration over
• 39:05
  here. Yeah.
• 39:08
  Yeah. All right.
• 39:10
  That's about it, right. That's enough.
• 39:12
  What do you think about the crate?
• 39:16
  The what? The crate that was delivered to
• 39:19
  Raw and then smack down and then Raw and going back.
• 39:24
  What do you think about that it? Went it went it went back to
• 39:26
  smack them. Give it to the people over
• 39:28
  there. There's Victor saying he's
• 39:29
  watching me on YouTube. Thanks brother.
• 39:31
  Appreciate that. Hi, Victor.
• 39:37
  Who's in the crate? Who's in the box?
• 39:38
  Yeah. It's in the box.
• 39:43
  I don't know, but the fact that Johnny Grano was just sleeping
• 39:47
  on top of it, on top of like every box imaginable, even
• 39:51
  during meet and greets, he's just laying on top of stuff.
• 39:55
  He's just keeping this going, huh?
• 39:59
  He's that depressed about a stolen mask.
• 40:02
  No, he's more depressed about his best friend leaving to
• 40:05
  another company. Oh yeah, I'd be depressed too.
• 40:10
  He says hope I can join you someday as a guest.
• 40:13
  Hey, no problem brother. Soon hopefully.
• 40:16
  Yeah, my motivated me to get my stuff going again.
• 40:20
  Hey, OK, So what do you think it is the crate?
• 40:26
  Are we what are we trying to do here?
• 40:28
  Are we trying to get like a probably a band fozzie band?
• 40:33
  I don't know, you know, it's just, it's so unexpected, you
• 40:39
  know, I think they're trying to keep us, you know, the element
• 40:43
  of surprise. Hopefully it's not a person you
• 40:46
  know, because that. Person's been living in that box
• 40:51
  for like. Yeah, going on 2 weeks.
• 40:54
  Going on two weeks. Hey, we've gotten the egg at
• 40:58
  Survivor Series, so. Yeah.
• 41:02
  It could be worse. So I don't know, maybe maybe
• 41:10
  it's a clue, you know, to somebody coming, you know what I
• 41:14
  mean? Like, I don't know, I was like,
• 41:19
  I'm trying to think what could be, what it, what could it be?
• 41:23
  What could it be? What could it be?
• 41:25
  What could it be? But we'll find out on Saturday
• 41:31
  because is. That what?
• 41:32
  They're going to open it. Yes.
• 41:36
  What's his name? They could have opened him now.
• 41:38
  No, because tests do not open until the tour.
• 41:41
  So Adam Pierce is like put it back on the truck and take it to
• 41:47
  Chicago. He's like, we will open it there
• 41:51
  together, me and Aldous. So so that means they're going
• 41:57
  to have to. I wonder if they'll do it on the
• 41:59
  pre show. Freaking worst could have that
• 42:07
  could happen is we get horn swab again, we get a computer on
• 42:12
  there like Ding Ding the anonymous general manager.
• 42:20
  Maybe. All right, you ready to head
• 42:26
  out? Yeah.
• 42:28
  It was a short episode. I know that's OK.
• 42:32
  That's OK. We were like, I don't like the
• 42:35
  short paper readers anymore. Yeah, after watching the old
• 42:41
  Poes, I'm like, gosh, we were spoiled.
• 42:46
  And then I stopped watching, you know?
• 42:50
  Yeah, which? Which favor did you watch?
• 42:54
  I watched Survivor Series 07. 07.
• 42:58
  So I got to see a bunch of the Divas bikes and then, yeah, it
• 43:07
  was a very short match, but you know, but.
• 43:10
  And then I got to see Batista, yeah, who I never got to see
• 43:15
  before. So I was like, OK, And then,
• 43:20
  well, I get to see, I got to see CM Punk fight a young CM Punk.
• 43:27
  With the. Yep, the terror was like down
• 43:31
  here. Yeah.
• 43:33
  So your face. Well, he was the ECW, So what
• 43:36
  was he? OK, Sorry.
• 43:37
  He. Raised his face.
• 43:39
  OK, so his face. So he's just freshly babyfaced.
• 43:42
  Coming and it was weird watching him fight Miss and Morrison.
• 43:51
  Way beyond that now. So we could talk about that in
• 43:55
  our next episode, the. Yeah, the next episode we'll.
• 43:58
  Talk if you want bring. It up?
• 44:00
  Yeah I gotta watch it, rewatch it cuz I don't remember anything
• 44:03
  from that era. Yeah, but it was 7 seven
• 44:08
  matches, so. Seven matches went by real
• 44:13
  quick. All right, you ready to go?
• 44:17
  Yep, I'm ready. All right.
• 44:19
  And just like that, the ring bell fades out.
• 44:21
  The crowd noise lowers. We're left standing in that
• 44:24
  quiet after the chaos, still replaying spots in our heads
• 44:28
  like we're flipping channels on late night Wrestling Block
• 44:31
  episode 279 with Menace pulling double duty, holding it down
• 44:35
  like a true main inventor. We ran through our elevation
• 44:37
  chamber. Predictions taken, talked,
• 44:40
  injuries, cursed visions, Hall of Fame whispers, and the open
• 44:43
  challenge hanging in the air like a steel chair nobody wants
• 44:46
  to be the first to grab. But before we close the ropes on
• 44:49
  this one, let's not forget the main event on the calendar,
• 44:53
  Elimination Chamber February 28th, 2026, live from United
• 44:56
  Center, Chicago, IL Road to WrestleMania officially in full
• 45:00
  Sprint mode. Mark the date, set the
• 45:02
  reminders, text the group chat now so nobody says wait, that
• 45:06
  was tonight. Shout out to the M3P community
• 45:11
  because we already know as soon as this episode drops, the
• 45:14
  predictions are going to start flying.
• 45:16
  Some of you are confident, some of you all are chaotic, and a
• 45:18
  few of you are absolutely pretty magic in your head.
• 45:20
  Like it's 99 and you discover to create a wrestler mode for the
• 45:23
  first time. OK, minus.
• 45:28
  Yes. Before we really go, yes, take
• 45:31
  that breath with me in and out, whatever the week through at you
• 45:36
  noise dress hot takes real life. Plot twist, you don't have to
• 45:40
  carry all of it this past this moment.
• 45:44
  This is your empty. This is your third place, not
• 45:47
  home, not work, just space where nostalgia conversation community
• 45:50
  meet in the middle and pull up a folding chair.
• 45:53
  And then you hit somebody with it.
• 45:56
  So until next time, keep the predictions bold, your take
• 46:00
  spicy, and your popcorn ready because we all know you all have
• 46:03
  popcorn. And as we head out, just go
• 46:07
  ahead and do it with me one more time.
• 46:13
  That's time. That's the WrestleMania season
• 46:15
  calling her name. Dan.
• 46:17
  We'll see you on the other on the other side of the road
• 46:20
  there. But it looks like you're hanging
• 46:24
  out with me. Appreciated.
• 46:26
  And that was it. We'll see you next time.
• 46:30
  You all have a great night. Enjoy your evening and enjoy
• 46:34
  your weekend and have fun. Enjoy Elimination Chamber and
• 46:40
  order some food. All right, bye.
• 46:47
  Bye.