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Episode 116 - WWE Mass Releases Talent · My Third Place Pod

• 0:47
  Welcome back to From Under the Apron.
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  You know, it sucks instead of under these circumstances, but I
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  promise you the next episode after this will be in such
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  better conditions, especially since I'm still recovering.
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  As you can tell from the flu. Or you know, least a bit of it.
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  I am 95% better as of today. I believe.
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  Breaking news if you're a wrestling fan.
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  Like I said, it sucks under these circumstances, Thursday,
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  September 21, 2023, WD released 23 members of their talent from
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  the main roster and the NXT roster.
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  Boy, it hit a lot of fans like a ton of bricks.
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  Or in my case, I thought I was having another case of a fucking
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  fever dream. Those fever dreams have been
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  really vivid and lucid. That's another story for another
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  day. I'll catch you guys up to it.
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  But you know, if you've been through it, it means you got hit
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  with a Mack truck twice. I'm going to go through these
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  names and I've seen some of y'all on Twitter already saying
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  that they deserve it. Come on, nobody deserves to lose
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  their jobs. Not under any circumstances.
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  Other When it was announced that they lost their job, some of
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  y'all asked who? Who?
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  Who is that? Who?
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  I don't. I don't recall who that is.
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  Guys, come on, instead of being Dicks, Google them.
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  I did. I knew which ones y'all asked
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  about and I'm going to give you the info.
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  In a few moments. I even asked myself, like, who
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  was this person? At least a few of them.
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  Not all of them, but at least maybe two.
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  Yeah, maybe two of them quietly, In which case I went and
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  searched it up and found some stuff in no particular order
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  except for the last ones that I will announce because they're
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  the ones that hit the fans like a bag of bricks, like they hit
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  deep deep cut, WV said. Here we're releasing these guys.
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  And after all this, I after a merger happened on September 12,
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  2023 between UFC and the W2, formed the banner of TKO Group
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  holding. Think you figured, more money?
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  So no releases this year, right? Boy were we all wrong.
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  They went ahead and released a group of talented superstars,
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  talented wrestlers, men and women.
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  Some yeah, some new and something have been in the
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  company for nearly two decades. So let's start this off with the
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  most recent and the last one I found out and last this morning
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  and it was from NXT before. I continue though.
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  However, for those wondering, main roster talent has the
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  traditional 90 day non compete clauses, meaning they can sign
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  with anyone they want starting December 20th.
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  On the other hand, NXT talent has 30 day non compete, so they
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  were from NXT. We could possibly see them
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  within the next month in another promotion like AW or Impact
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  Wrestling or maybe they'll they'll want to take a break,
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  Who knows? Like everything is up in the
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  air. We don't even know what's going
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  on at the moment. I wouldn't know what to do at
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  the very moment. Like what should I start doing?
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  So the first one was Ika Manjiro from NXT.
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  His first appearance was on May 7th, 2021 on 205 Live.
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  I've you know him for anything. You know him best for his flashy
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  jacket. He's even wrestling in his
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  jacket. He was in the 2021 NXT Breakout
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  tournament few years back. Yeah, he was on there.
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  He was eliminated in the first round by Duke Hudson.
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  Soon after he was started tag team with KUSHIDA called Jacket
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  Time. You know, one of them was
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  Jacket, the other one's Kushida doing the time loop, saying Back
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  to the Future and like they would be they they would compete
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  in the 2022 Dusty Rose texting classics and you know later on
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  he'd be a part of NXT 2.0. But yeah, that's about it for
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  Iki Manjiro. I do remember him in the wedding
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  of was fucking Dexter Loomis and and in the heart well I don't
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  know why I was gonna say Ivy Nile for some reason I just
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  thought but like I remember him being a part of that little skit
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  and him coming out with the jacket.
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  Of course his flashy jacket is saying 00 and then he pops out
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  the ring and everything to give to Dexter Loomis.
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  So I think that was it right? The the that's about the
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  funniest thing that he has seen him do.
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  The next one. One of those people that I said
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  who is that and I went and looked and still couldn't find
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  anything but just a few first appearances here and there.
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  Next one was Brooklyn Barlow. Her first appearance was on
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  March 8/20/22 on an episode of NXT Level Up.
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  She looked like a awesome wrestler, like like she could
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  go. Brooklyn is a weightlifter
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  fitness model slash fitness model.
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  There's a video of her on YouTube versus Dia Hale from NXT
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  level up from this past July 22nd, 2022.
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  Yeah, she had the physique and everything and she looked like
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  she was improving. Unfortunately they said no and
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  decided to cut her off. Yeah, her Instagram is active
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  and she wished everybody into the big thank you for letting
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  her do what she did. The next one is from the NIL
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  Next in line. She just got signed in June and
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  like they gave her nothing. Alexis Gray.
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  I talk about her on episode 103. If you guys want to go back and
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  listen to that part, that's about it.
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  Like I she didn't make it appears or anything.
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  The three people from the next in line?
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  One of them was Alexis Gray. The other one was Kevin Ventura
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  Cortez who was part of Chase University in the stands on NXT
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  as well. His only match came in on May
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  29th, 2023 on an episode of Raw. I talked more about his
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  accomplishments on episode 69 as well.
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  Daniel MacArthur also from the next in line.
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  He signed after Summer Slam 2022.
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  He's a fourth time NCAA Allamerican.
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  He's was part of Chase University in the stands on NXT
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  as well. These three guys man, I mean
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  they they were going I thought they were going to go do
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  something with them but I guess not especially Ken Ventura
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  Cortez he has the the look and you know the guy is Latino.
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  So I had it's like, how dare you guys freaking kick him out and
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  another person out on Mexican independence.
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  How dare you? But Kevin Ventura?
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  Cortez, I follow him on Twitter. It was like I was supporting the
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  guy. I believe he liked a few of my
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  posts, a few of my mentions towards him.
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  Episode I posted episode 69 and tagged him and he loved it as
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  well. So there's that.
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  Next one is Bryson Montana. Another one who I saw it was who
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  is this guy again? Like didn't know who he was.
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  First appearance May May 2022 on NXT level up.
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  That's all they that's all they're telling us basically.
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  The other Latina that was that people are upset about,
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  especially one I know one person on Twitter is upset about this
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  as well. You, Lisa Leone, If you don't
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  know her, she was teaming up with Valentina Ferros.
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  Valentina Ferros and the woman's dusty rose tagged in classics.
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  Unfortunately she, as well as many others got the boot.
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  Her first appearance was on October Twenty 19th, 2021 on an
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  episode of 205 Live. I saw a clip of her doing
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  drawing Ferros out into another group of women like a cross body
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  block, and then her doing her own dope suicida.
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  Or was it like a front flip onto the the women like and people on
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  Twitter? Just like how dare you guys like
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  kick her out as well? Like she is talented.
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  Unfortunately. Whatever.
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  I guess decided no next person you might know from his little
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  dance moves. Next one is Shanky.
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  His first appearance was on January 22, 2021 at Superstar
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  Spectacle and Saudi, and he like he was teamed up with a few
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  other wrestlers as well. One of them was Veer, Mahon or
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  just simply Veer and the other one was Jinder Mahal who when
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  they were drafted over to Smackdown, Jinder would have
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  this upsetting look because Shanky was getting all the
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  attention. He even did a dance move on
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  Smackdown if I recall, like he was trying to flirt with
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  Samantha Irving and gender wasn't having it.
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  Yeah, same Samantha Irving that's engaged to Ricochet,
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  apparently, but it was all in fun.
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  Unfortunately, they saw it. Zone, he's not that good enough
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  and that sucks. You know, he could have done a
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  lot more than that. Another one is Dabacato.
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  Dabacato. His first appearance came in
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  September 30, 2016 at an NXC house show in the Battle Royal.
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  He's known for one of the big monsters on Raw Underground that
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  was debuted on August 3rd, 2020 if you all remember that.
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  It was like a big Fight Club thing that was was ridiculous
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  saying. Unfortunately they killed Hoff
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  his momentum when they brought back Braun Stroman and made him
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  defeat Kato. He changed the name to Commander
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  Azir when he appeared WrestleMania on April 11th, 2021
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  and helped Apollo Cruz win. And ever since then, like he's
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  been stuck in limbo so they didn't know what to do with him.
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  Apollo Cruz turned face. Commander Aziz just like went
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  back, reverted back to Davocado Cato.
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  However, you say his name and like they just decided now it's
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  like, all right, we're going to release him.
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  Next person it was, is, is, is it was, is Quincy Elliott.
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  His first appearance came on March 25th, 2011 on NXT level
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  up. Not much is known about Quincy
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  Elliott other than when I looked them up, I got articles of them
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  causing troubles and issues backstage.
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  I know he was there in the stands.
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  I saw him, I believe just hanging out there.
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  Like, yeah, he was out there. He did have a a skit back a year
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  ago, I believe at Halloween Havoc and when he was cohosting
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  with Schatzi. But that's about it.
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  That's that's all they can say. Like I saw him wrestling once
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  and that's like his Alf their outfit, I'm sorry, their outfit
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  looked like viscera and gold does combined.
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  Like it had that flare, like a letter flare up for it.
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  But apparently there was like a lot of issues backstage.
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  There was a rumor going around that he that day where texting
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  with a young fan or something like that, but like after that
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  like I didn't read that much into it.
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  So good luck to them as well. Next to geez they took out the
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  tag team maximum male models. A first one is Mansour first
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  appearance came in September 6th 2018 on an XT live event.
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  He was the winner of the 51 man Rumble, the greatest Rumble.
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  Unfortunately the reason why he didn't see him on TV much and
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  all that stuff he revealed on Twitch.
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  The reason he never wrestled on NXT TV was because he wasn't
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  allowed to lose due to W E's deal with Saudi Arabia.
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  So therefore, like whoa, if we're not going to push him, so
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  we're not going to put him in the matches so he can win.
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  That's the least moment of there.
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  His tagging partner from Maximum Male Models, Mace or Mesay, made
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  his inner ring debut on September 30th, 2016 on an XD
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  Live event. He was known for his role in the
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  Retributions table. I believe he had a mask, one of
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  those masks, and of course Maximum Mail model with
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  Manslaur. Like these guys were freaking
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  hilarious. But at the same time, it didn't
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  go, it didn't fly well last. People are posting stuff on
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  Twitter basically like new up to date stuff.
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  Mansoor and Mace did a couple of skits.
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  What was it from that one movie? Not in Pulp Fiction.
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  They're dressed in black and they are transferring a body.
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  Like, I didn't get to see the whole thing, but they were
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  transferring a body. They did a couple more skits and
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  everything, and there's well, there was some funny stuff
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  there. Unfortunately, nobody decided.
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  No, we're not gonna do that. Or like they're now coming out
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  with these skits. So there's gonna be more skits
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  on that as well in the next few weeks or months to come.
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  Next up, you might have seen him on A and E's first season of The
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  These Most Wanted Treasures. Yes is the hey, you know, not
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  nada. It's the top dollar AJ Francis.
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  His first appearance came in April 2021.
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  He made his wrestling debut on May 4th, 2021 on the next
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  episode of NXT. So yeah, that's about it.
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  And then like his matches on Smackdown, him and the rest of
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  his crew, I'm gonna say, but they're still active, so they're
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  not taken out yet. So we'll see how this one goes.
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  It's like if they, like, actually keep the other two and
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  just top dollar is no longer around.
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  Next one us the main roster. We're coming up to the main
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  roster now, basically. Top dollar was one of them.
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  Riddick Moss, which was a surprise like oh they they got
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  rid of Riddick Moss. His first appearance came on
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  December 18th 2014 on an XT live event.
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  He is a one time 24/7 champion. You remember that belt?
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  He is also a one time on the giant battle royal winner.
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  I believe he's engaged to Emma. I'm not so sure.
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  To Neil Dashwood. Let me double check.
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  It looks like it's a double for them.
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  They decided to get rid of the people that were supposed to get
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  married on June 3rd, 2023, Riddick Moss, and announced
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  their engagement in an Instagram post.
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  The first female Australian? The superstar.
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  Let's go over her stuff to Neil Dashwood.
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  She signed in 2011. And you know, like, poor, poor,
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  poor Emma, It's like, damn, dude.
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  So that's what happens when you're engaged to the person
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  that they decided to kick out or cut.
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  Like they got two for the price of 1 on that one.
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  Next one is Elias and his brother Ezekiel.
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  OK, no, I'm kidding. Elias came forward on Twitter
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  and said he was Ezekiel the entire time.
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  Everybody is livid saying what would Kevin Owen sync after
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  that? His first appearance came on
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  April 24th, 2014 on NXC taping. Since then he's been a
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  powerhouse. He's been through a lot of
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  things. He's a drifter.
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  He comes and goes. He's done a lot of skits.
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  He's done Ezekiel, obviously his own brother.
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  He's a four time 24/7 champion. I don't know if that even means
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  much around here, but he he, he won about four times.
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  He won that boat. I guess I really liked Elias.
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  I really did. It's like he he was growing on
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  me, not Ezekiel was like, dude, bring the back, the mustache,
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  please. Like I didn't like him without
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  it. Unfortunately, they they he got
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  released. Next one is Aaliyah.
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  I've been a fan of hers since she first started on.
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  I think it was a groundbreaking the first reality show besides
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  The house, whatever that was the documentary show on the Daily
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  Network, that was it. Aaliyah was a part of it.
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  Like we got to know a little bit about her.
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  Her first appearance came on May 20th, 2015 on an Exit Takeover
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  Unstoppable and she is a one time woman's tax team champion
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  with Raquel Rodriguez. She finally got to the main
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  roster on Smackdown and then you know her tag team championship
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  with Raquel Rodriguez and then like they they they stopped,
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  they pulled the brakes on her. I don't know why she was doing
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  good. She she was amazing.
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  She was awesome. Like, I've been a fan of her
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  since that first time I saw her. Next one is Rick.
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  Boobs. Boobs.
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  Yeah, like that guy boobs. His debut was on October 19th,
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  2017 on NXT Live. He is a two time 24/7 champion.
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  Dude ended up getting bigger and bigger, like throughout the
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  years, and unfortunately I remember him last year at
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  Wrestle Mania getting his leg hurt because of the Usuls.
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  He tried to pick up both Usuls over his shoulder and his knee
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  buckled and he went down. It sucks that it's one of those
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  memories that like is gonna be there.
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  Unfortunately, he couldn't get his groove back when he came
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  back. Didn't have anything for him.
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  I wish they would have just like, stuck him with Jinski
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  Nakamura again, Both of them doing their guitar solos or air
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  guitars, whatever. Okay, we're down to the last few
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  people, which are totally fucking why would you do that?
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  Like those moments where it's like, damn, that must really
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  sting Mustafa Ali. His debut was July 20, 2016,
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  July 20/20/16. He was a member of the
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  Cruiserweight Classic tournament, and ever since then
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  he's been on a roller coaster. He's been on the road and he's
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  been like, he's been legit. Like, why would you do that to
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  him? He was part of retribution when
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  we all thought he was going to win the Money in the Bank
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  Championship. Here comes Brock Lesnar to ruin
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  it. But that was a moment.
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  It was like, I would, I really believe that stuff.
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  While he was going to win that one, he had just come back to
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  NXT and I think he was supposed to face Dominic at No Mercy.
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  Is that what that next paper premium live event is called?
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  Like wasn't he supposed to do that?
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  I was like, I guess not anymore then, huh?
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  Course I I'm biased towards the guy.
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  He's from Chicago and yeah, he's one of those good fucking
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  wrestlers. That favorite memory of him is
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  like like a bunch of things that like not retribution.
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  I hate retribution, but other than that he was doing a lot of
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  great with the Cruiserweight classic feud with Enzo Amore and
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  all that stuff. Whatever.
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  Freaking hell next one is how dare you Dana Brooke.
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  She debuted on July 23rd, 25th 2013.
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  She is a 15 time, 24 seven champion.
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  Again, I don't know if that means anything around here, but
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  it does 15 time 24 seven champion.
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  If they could have just like done her with they I don't know
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  man. Like they could have done better
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  with her after the 24 Seven championship got like throwing
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  the target. Instead they sent her back on
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  NXT. I believe they teamed her up
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  with a another wrestler. I think it's Amari Miller.
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  I'm sorry. Kalani.
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  Jordan. Yeah.
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  The last time you saw Dana Brooke was on NXT on September
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  12th. She was facing Lyra Valkyria.
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  Kalani Jordan was hanging out with Dana Brooke.
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  Unfortunately Lyra Valkyra won the match and as they shook
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  hands after the match. But as soon as Lyra Valkyria
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  turned her back, Dana Brooke decided to go after her.
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  But Kalani Jordan decided. Nope.
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  Grabbed her, pushed her back and everything.
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  And that's the end of that. That's the last time you ever
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  see of Dana Brooke. And unfortunately, yeah, we're
• 28:24
  we're we're almost done here. Sheldon Benjamin is next.
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  Oh, my God. Sheldon of all people.
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  Really. Sheldon Benjamin?
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  You're gonna get rid of Sheldon Benjamin.
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  I guess this is the last time we'll ever see Sheldon Benjamin.
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  He definitely jumping onto my list of wrestlers that have
• 28:49
  never held the championship. Sheldon Benjamin is on top of
• 28:54
  that list as of this moment. There's more, but you know, like
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  for this era, it's like I already did another one for the
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  like 80s and 90s era. I'm going to do another one for
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  the 2000, the 20th the 2000 to 2020 era.
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  His debut was on December 6th, 2002 on an episode of Smackdown.
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  He was a member of the Angle and team angle.
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  The Angle, team angle along with his partner Charlie Haas.
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  He's a three time 24/7 champion. Again, I guess that matters.
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  One time he was champion, three time Intercontinental champion,
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  three time tag team champions. Two times with Charlie Haas and
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  one time with Cedric Alexander and the Hurt Business.
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  We are going to miss Sheldon Benjamin, he's been around so
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  2002 but unfortunately they cut him a little while back as well
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  and he just made his return and I thought they were going to do
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  something else with him. Well, with the With the Hurt
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  Business 2.0, but not anymore man.
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  The last one hurts. The last one freaking hurts.
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  Somebody check on your check on your people.
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  Check on your favorite wrestle talk, wrestle talk people.
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  Check on your favorite wrestling reviewers like they are going
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  through something right now because of this moment.
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  Oh yeah, shit. Check on Renee.
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  Y'all know who I'm talking about.
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  Sorry Renee, the last one. Geez, over a 19 year career.
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  Oh my God, Dolph Ziggler of all people.
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  Man, I was like shocked at when his name came up.
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  Like, I was hoping it wasn't true.
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  There were two other yeah, there were two other ones that I was
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  hoping weren't true. And like people on Twitter are
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  fucking Dicks. Like they posted one of Johnny
• 31:19
  Gargano and they posted another picture of somebody else, but I
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  forgot who that other person was.
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  But Johnny Gargano was hitting me for a bit.
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  But then they posted Dolph Zigler and I thought it was fake
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  at first. Like everybody came out.
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  As soon as that was, that was heard, John Cena posted a
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  touching speech for him. He said 1554 TV matches that
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  he's ever been in. That is the least third most in
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  the history. I'm already knowing who the
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  other two might have been. Maybe Undertaker and then maybe
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  Shawn Michaels. I don't know.
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  He is a two time World Heavyweight Champion.
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  He is a one time annexe champion, which just recently
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  happened. Possibly last year he beat, he
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  beat. I forgot we beat.
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  Oh shit, he beat Brown Breaker. Yeah, him like I keep forgetting
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  cuz like I told you I'm like like trying to recover.
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  He is a six time Intercontinental champion.
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  He is a two time US champion. He is a four time tag team
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  champion and he is a one time money in the Bank winner and
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  that right there, the money in the Bank win was by far the I
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  don't care anybody says that was by far the best thing ever.
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  There were memes about it. I'm here to show the world
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  memes. I remember those.
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  And then he finally cashed in against Alberto Del Rio.
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  He won the world heavyweight championship from him and my God
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  it was a pop. It was such a pop.
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  It was so amazing. 19 years of watching this man on the scene
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  come up, introduce himself to everybody.
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  I remember him introducing himself to Maria.
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  Hi, my name is Dolph Ziggler. I'm sorry, what?
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  Dolph Ziggler. That's what I thought you said.
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  Maybe it was Natalia. I don't like, I I specifically
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  know Maria Canellis was there, and that was 19 years ago.
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  Like him just popping up and introducing himself, shaking
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  hands with mostly every girl on the roster.
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  And there was some other stuff too, which I don't want to get
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  through it. Excuse me, but it happened.
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  Yeah, Doll Ziggler. There's some stuff about him on
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  Twitter that I want to read about already.
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  Let's see here. Wrestle features announced when
• 34:33
  COVID hit in 2020, Dove Ziggler decided to buy a ton of
• 34:37
  merchandise from independent wrestlers in the hopes of
• 34:40
  supporting them during a difficult time.
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  He's a quality human being. Trish Adora.
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  She is an A JPW strong woman's division wrestler, New Japan Pro
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  Wrestling. For those that don't know, she's
• 34:58
  an international wrestler, she said in that retweet.
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  And we never forgot that handshakes in the Big Salute
• 35:08
  coming soon. There was someone else who says
• 35:15
  being about as well, Savannah Evans from Impact Wrestling.
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  She's a knockout. She was trained by George South
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  and Caleb Conley on Twitter as well, she said can vouch for
• 35:30
  that. He absolutely did.
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  From myself and friends as well. Fucking dob Zigler man.
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  If anything he has a career and they they all should have
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  careers as well. They all should be able to get
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  you know, like work, be able to work as well.
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  But Dob Zigler is a funny man. He has a stand up career.
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  If anything, if he just decides to give up wrestling, he he's
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  really, really talented like that.
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  The best seller in the business, the best one of the best super
• 36:10
  kicks. Like he can be Shawn Michaels,
• 36:13
  he can be Billy Gunn, do famous or he can do the Super kick.
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  He can do anything he wants and he would freaking dominate if he
• 36:26
  goes somewhere else. Impact Wrestling, AEW, doesn't
• 36:30
  matter. He will thrive in that
• 36:33
  situation. AEW.
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  He'll hang out with his brother Impact Wrestling.
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  He has friends there. He is loved by many people like
• 36:42
  he is one of those that should have remained in the WA company.
• 36:46
  Man. He should have stayed stuck
• 36:47
  around no matter what like they all should.
• 36:50
  But you know, Dolph Ziggler is one of those people, and I'm
• 36:56
  gonna miss the hell out of him. I know a lot of people are gonna
• 36:59
  miss the hell out of him. I'm like and out.
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  Like I told you, I was in shock. I was just like, wow, I can't
• 37:08
  believe fucking Dolph Ziggler of all people.
• 37:13
  Like, I I would have saw. He would have stuck around for a
• 37:17
  while longer. Another maybe another shot at
• 37:22
  the championships, but I guess this is it.
• 37:28
  This is a this swan song. This is his moment.
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  And as Stoko Steve Austin says, so I see you all down the road.
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  I guess like you, you all will do such amazing things.
• 37:48
  Wanna read another quote on Twitter?
• 37:55
  It just happened today and it was from Crowbar.
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  Remember www.wrestler? Crowbar.
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  Yeah, he says. If I was not released then not
• 38:12
  signed by Wei, never would have met My wife, started my
• 38:17
  business, had my two wonderful children and now be able to
• 38:21
  wrestle for the pure love of the game with 0 pressure.
• 38:25
  It may not be clear at the moment, but W releases hashtag,
• 38:30
  W releases. God has a plan for you and he
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  truly does. You all are amazing.
• 38:39
  You all will do well. You all will do awesome as
• 38:44
  always and he just said it. Crowbar just said it.
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  God has a plan for you all. All right, That's gonna do it
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  for you guys. Like I said, it wasn't.
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  It was just a last minute thing I wanted to do.
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  I don't think I'm gonna edit anything about this.
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  There's a dog outside. I'm sorry.
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  I don't think I'm gonna edit anything about this.
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  It's just here for your listening.
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  Thank you for your guys for listening to this episode.
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  It needed to happen. I'll be back with another string
• 39:30
  of episodes real soon and hopefully sound better and not
• 39:34
  like the rotten stepchild of the flu that I've been sounding like
• 39:38
  lately, especially right now with this little.
• 39:42
  I don't know. Like, we'll see how that goes.
• 39:47
  We'll definitely see how everything goes from here on
• 39:49
  out. Of course I'm gonna add in
• 39:52
  music, I'm gonna add in the intro and I'm gonna add in the
• 39:57
  outro music. So here you go.
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