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Plus, you get free shipping. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another Beautiful episode because it's now Wednesday. You weren't going to get me. But anyway, welcome to another episode of the No Contest Wrestling Podcast. I am the hero that you love to hate, O'Shea Jackson Jr., aka.
Petty Guerrero. Hey, yo, it's me. It's me. It's the T O J I D G. To JG, TJ Jefferson.
What's up, folks? What's going on, y'all? Man, how's that? I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Happy Kwanzaa!
Happy, uh, happy Hanukkah, whatever you celebrate. You know, I hope it was wonderful for you and yours this holiday season. Yes, from your friends at the No Contest Restaurant Podcast, we would like to wish everybody a happy Christmas Hanukkah.
Now, yeah, and Happy New Year coming up, yeah, which is why we're on on the Monday. That's true. See, so we, you know, nobody went to work on New Year's Eve, you know, nobody being us. Yeah, we're not gonna make them.
So, yeah, we're here on Monday, a little special, little special edition. You know, we move back to Wednesdays, but. But we wanted to do that this week because of New Year's. And so, yeah, here we are on Monday, man, just bringing you the episode. But before we even get started, I want to remind you guys: last week we put out on YouTube, on Spotify, Apple, everywhere, all the platforms.
We put out our best of 2025. Pod episode. And, you know, we just took, we couldn't put all of our favorites because we had so many, luckily. And that's not a flex. It's just, you know, we've been very fortunate to have a lot of great guests, a lot of great moments.
So, you know, we did our best to put together an episode that highlights the best of last year, or this year, because we're still in it, but just some of the things we've gotten to do from January until now in December. And we did, man, for this being our first full year doing this. We had a time. A time was had, bro. A time was had.
It was definitely not bad.
So make sure you check that episode out on all platforms. It was fun to kind of look back, too, to kind of see where. You know, just all the places that we've been able to to get to because of this pot, Um and mostly because of you guys and The success that you guys Bless us with by being listeners, by being, you know, being in the comments, engaging, talking trash, giving love, all of that. You know, we appreciate you guys so much from people everywhere, man. You know, I know we got people in England and places through far and in between that, you know, that rock with us, and that's wild to me, you know, but it's really cool.
Been around the world at night. I still, I'm, I. Just looking back on our our best of episode, That Royal Rumble still is crazy to me. Like that, that junk it that we got to do, you know, talking to Bailey as long as we did, that we, you know, we couldn't show it, but we had a much. Like we had such a long conversation with the new day.
Remember, we got we were supposed to have them for what 10 minutes? Yeah, and then Woods and Kofi were like, yo, let's keep going. Yeah, yeah, let's keep going. We only, unfortunately, we only got 10 minutes with Roman and Paul. You know, that was people were like, why so short?
They gave us eight minutes. Yeah.
Okay. And they were very, and somehow we were able to stretch an extra two out of that joint.
So, you know, it didn't seem like enough, but we were happy to get that because the alternative was no minutes. Right. Right. Exactly.
So I think we did a great job with the time we had. And, you know, it came out. Roman had one of the most classic bars of all time. Yeah.
And if you haven't seen it, get to it. It's the very first one. We start off the best of with it. And it's a point where he says what happens when he wakes up in the morning and how it will affect you and your day.
So, you know, check that out. TJ with the ultimate ally. reminding us to throw the ones up. What a moment. Yeah, that was really cool.
Also, a little nerve-wracking, man, because I can remember, you know, Paul Heyman is literally, he's three feet away, and everything I'm saying, like, he's literally staring. Like right at me. And I'm like. I felt like a little nervous because y'all want to say something. He's just a chuckle.
Give me a second.
Well, no, he was into it, but like he was very focused. And I was like, man, y'all want to say something stupid? You know, you don't want to stammer, stutter. You want to like make sure the good questions. Yeah, because it, you know, it's different when I say that because sometimes this hasn't happened, but you could be talking to somebody and they're just like, you know.
They're not really into it, but Paul was fully focused and it was just like, oh man, all right, we're in this right now. And remember, that was. four months into the show. Yeah.
Like our first four months. And we're up there with Paul and Roman. And that was our second one of the day. We started off with LA Night. Remember, LA Night.
That was it. It was cool. He was like, all right, it's going to be nice. Hey, guys, Roman's on his way. I'm talking instant lock-in.
Like, all right, this is it. This is what it's all about, right here. And yeah, we were able to get a great moment out of that and an NCW exclusive because he did say that he would be open to going for the world time. Yeah, man. He did say that on no contest, first and foremost.
But yeah, man, it's been a great journey. Uh you know I appreciate you. Me? Yeah.
I mean, as you should, but why in particular? It's just, you know, you're a great tag team partner. You are an off-camera. Just piece of work. Let me tell you.
Hey, hey. Let me get this one right here. Please. Help me. I love it here.
What does that mean? Nothing, man. I'm just watching out for any barbershop windows. That's all. That's how he threatened me.
By the way. That about he threatens me with like stuff that happened on wrestling, just like little Easter eggs that, like, oh, he was talking about this moment. Yeah, you see the Kindle stick. I'm a survivor. Speaking of survivors.
First of all, everything he just said is false. Other than I'm a great tag team partner, I say it off-camera. Yeah, what you say now, don't you? I fully expect to be the one he tries to throw through the barbershop window.
So, you know. I love you, man. Listen. But I'm the toxic one. But I'm the toxic one.
Anyway, before you go on some rant, you know, a lot has happened. A lot has happened, including. for those who are in the know. Steve Rogers is back. All right, Steve Rogers, Captain America, is back.
But I'm so confused as to what I tried to read it. I don't understand. All I know is. That moment, right, that Thanos pieced up the incredible Hulk, the greatest of all time, my favorite cartoon character of all time, when he treated him like Cain Velasquez treated Brock Lesnar. And I realized that the Hulk wasn't coming back.
from that ass kicking. That was the moment I kind of... Lost some love. They ruined a crawler into his ass. Yeah, they ruined it.
They ruined my entire life of Marvel Comics, my entire life of cartoon. Hulk was the biggest, the baddest, the strongest. And Thanos put a beatdown on the Hulk like we've never seen, and like you said, sent him to the books. Yeah, hell yeah, you know, and I can't overcome that. My love.
for those movies is not as strong as it was Two minutes before that fight happened, man. Yeah, because, like, when Thanos pieced up Hulk, like, it's just crazy that Hulk was like, you know what. Maybe it's me. Maybe I need to relax. Maybe it's me.
All right. I'm the problem. Green tea from now on. I'm chill. I'm chill.
He slapped some sense into his ass. I didn't. I don't even know why we brought that up. Yeah, but the reason why I brought it up. It's because While Steve Rogers is back.
I would like to remind everybody. The Captain America. It's still black. And his name is Carmelo Hayes, right? Yo, Carmelo Hayes, man.
He finally did it. You're a United States champion. Yeah, he and Ilya Dragunoff, man, they put on a banger of a match, which actually happened two weeks ago at a taping of SmackDown that they, you know, released and they aired Grand Rapids on Friday, which I'm surprised. I knew it had happened, but the internet didn't really blow up the fact that the match was already pre-taped. People just kind of sat on it for the most part until they actually aired the match.
You know Ever since Sammy Zane got that US title and kind of wanted to do the John Cena thing. The the US title matches have been carrying SmackDown, man. You know what I mean? And and Ilya Dragunov, he's been putting in work. He's made himself out to be a bona fide star.
Yeah.
And I'm kind of seeing now that that is the point now of the United States Championship is to make and then elevate Yeah. Wrestlers and Dragunoff's been elevated. And time for him to pass the torch off. Carmelo Hayes, who people have had high expectations, high hopes for since he was in NXT. You know, he was him.
It says it's on his chain. And But you know, he got called up. Didn't go on a winning streak, had some losses. You know, he had a big-time match against Cody, I think, was his first match. But a lot of people over the year, you know, they weren't happy where Melo was.
They. I think a lot of people are losing faith in them, but you really do. Unlike the Sixers, who shouldn't have, when it comes to this, you got to trust the process, you know? If they would have just pushed Melody the Moon right off the bat, there would have been pushback. We all know how that works when somebody gets something and people feel like it's been forced upon him.
This is a case where, like, you knew the man had talent, you knew that. If they were in the right mind, they would have. you know, a direction for him. They would have a purpose for him. It took a while for, I think, people to see that that's a fact.
He had to pay his dues a little bit, right? And there ain't nothing wrong with that. And now he got to the point. Where he is now the reigning United States champion. And it wasn't because he went on a long winning streak.
It wasn't because he was pushed down someone's throat, like people love to say. Organically, it happened. He paid his dues. He won some, he lost some, but he always was ready for the next time. And I'll say this.
Remember a few weeks ago when he did that six, seven count? And I said, sometimes it's something that small, man. Yeah.
Something that seems so stupid. That can Maybe just take you to a next step.
Now, I gotta be honest, I don't recall I don't I didn't see the whole match because I had to, I was on a plane watching it. But I don't know if he did that 6-7 thing again since then, but whatever. It was a social moment, it was a viral moment. Did they help put a few more eyes on him? Maybe a little.
Did it help him win this title? If it did, fantastic. But whatever happened, he's got it now. Yeah, I I've seen WWE use the six seven thing on some Javon merch. You know, but he is the young he is the young OD.
Yeah, yeah. You know, that it it's his generation. uh running gag there. But yeah, man, Carmelo Hayes Uh for those of us who do watch NXT. We knew that this dude had something back when, you know, Trick was his his bodyguard.
And so to kinda see him starting to finally flourish, feels good, you know, that that match They're Versus Bronson in the John Cena tournament was another key factor in the crowd getting behind him because of how much they couldn't stand the vision. We just couldn't see the vision, get another dub. Then, when you got the faces that were the magnitude of a punk, of a Jay, of a Cody coming out to help him get the W. Like, it's those things like that. Might make uh some little kid Thing like, no, no, I I I kind of like him.
And that snowballs into success and Like you said, the United States Championship is starting to develop Uh it it's got over A span of 20-year history of the open challenge being a thing that does skyrocket. It's almost like a constant tournament that always happens around this title. And very happy for Carmelo. Yeah, man. Would love to interview him, obviously, on the pod because I got some questions.
Some things. Yeah, I got some questions. I have no doubt in 2026, hopefully early 2026, we will be talking to Mello. 'Cause I need to know what the hell was up with that Laker Titantron that you used to have? What was that about?
Your graphics used to be Laker colors, and they used to have your name and like a Laker logo. I thought the only one. Or Cromel Hayes. And then. You're from Boston?
Yeah.
What are you talking about?
Okay, we'll save that question for Reezax. What do you mean you're from Boston? You know how much that broke my heart? We were at WrestleMania and we went to that Gronk thing. We saw Carmelo and Kalani Jordan there.
And uh Uh, I yelled Go Lakers to him, and like now, oh, his reaction makes most all the sense in the world because I'm like, why did he act like that? I thought you were a Laker fan, he's from Boston. You know how disgusting that is? This is the second time this has happened to me. The other time was Mercedes-Monet, oh, back when she was Sasha Banks.
And I heard she was from Boston, it broke my heart. It's it's gross.
Sorry. I did a movie called Godzilla, King of the Monsters. My favorite part is that we blew up Boston. No contests.
So I think these are all things that you might want to hold and actually say to Mello when we have him. You know, we're just working it out early or yeah, yeah, sorry. I just, you know how I get. Yeah, you get a certain type of way.
Something about them leprechauns, bro. I get it. I completely understand. Just Brockman. But yeah, Mello, man, it's his time right now.
So we're going to be interested. Looks like Johnny Gargano is going to be the first one stepping up to challenge him in the weeks to come. You know, I'm sure he'll have to go through DIY, you know, and then who knows where the rest is. But how do you feel about DI one? I know this is like, I sandbags you a little bit.
Yeah, I know. We weren't. Do I like them? Yes. I love it.
I don't know what's going on right there with the tag team. At least the tag teams are. Having a little bit of shine. Remember, a few years ago, it was like tag teams were getting wiped off the map, right?
So now we do have, you know, actual tag teams who are getting down and getting busy.
So I do like that. Yeah, I think I went back and I watched Gargano versus Adam Cole from one of the NXT shows. And man, I mean, he, Johnny Gargano, Johnny Wrestling can go. Tommaso Chiampa can go.
So yeah, DIY, you know, I'm down with him if that's your question. I. Love Tampa. When he was NXT champion. And he called her Goldie.
Goldie. Yeah.
And he would come out hugging the tie. Like it was the most precious, the most valuable. I love that. He made that belt seem like. This was the end-all be-all, and I've got to hold on to this tight, and you can't have it.
I did love that aspect of his character when he was in that bag. I was like, this guy, like. He could be it. Like, he could. If they just handle it the right way, which is what you could preface with every single superstar, a lot of them, yeah.
But man, Champa and Gargano, if you haven't. Because the one thing that is That I learned through watching Saturday Night's Maid Event with the whole John Cena farewell tour. Is when people like Obo or Seoul or any of these people that we who watch NFC feel like we've seen forever. Once they hit Twitter. It was like, who is this?
Where did they come from? Oba, this Oba guy, man, he could be it. Watch some Tuesdays, bro. Watch some Tuesdays. It's really good when you don't have somebody in your ear telling you how garbage it is compared to who gives a damn.
Like, just watch, just watch. I promise you, you will find people that you like. I wasn't always like that, but when I watched, when I picked up the black and gold brand back in the day and I saw people like Tommaso Ciampa or just. Adam Cole and everything that they were doing with the boy, this is gonna mess me up. The undisputed era.
Yeah, because the other one, in what anyway, anyway, we'll get to that in a minute. But yeah, watching Alistair Black and At the time, there was a guy by the name of Velveteen Dream who I just knew was going to be the guy. Man, oh, bro. You could spend stardom, bro. He had it.
He had it. It was right. He had it. Right. There, it was right there, man.
Him and Ricochet. Oh, my God. But that's for another time, though.
So take some time. To look at NXT, man, I'm telling you, I agree with you. You will be, you will see. You will see what everyone says when they say, oh, that's it. That's it.
There's no way to put words on it, but when you see it, you know it. And there's some people down there that are about to start running the building because there's a lot of people getting called up to SmackDown Enrawl. Um But yeah, check out NXT because that version of Tommaso and Johnny Gargano, that is why I always have a soft spot for DIY. But their best work is going against each other. Kind of, yeah.
Which is what's crazy. Yeah.
Their best work when they hated each other. And you brought that up. And I said this for years, you know, back when NXT was really popping, back when I started watching it online, you know, Adrian Neville was NXT champion.
So that's when I really got fully that, you know, you had Seth Rollins was the first NXT champion, then Big E. That thick-ass X-belt. Right? That X-Belt. Then, you know, Bo Dallas was champion.
And then it was Adrian Neville, now known as Pac or Pac. I'm still confused sometimes. You know, and then Sami Zayn won the championship, followed by Kevin Owens.
So that era of NXT, and then when guys would get called up. The crowd didn't seem to know who they were. And my thought was: this: if you're a wrestling fan and you love wrestling, Why on earth, when it's readily available? Yeah, you had to search for it a little back in those days, but like, why would you not be watching NXT? Like, how do you not know?
You know who Kevin Owens is when he came up because he was already sort of a wrestling household name as Kevin Steen, but like there were so many people who don't know these guys to get hit the actual main roster. Call yourself wrestling fans, but like. The future is right there, and you're not paying attention to it. I don't know that. I'm glad you brought that up.
That was always weird to me, but maybe I have too much time on my hands. You know, maybe that's the case. You know, I don't very well be. But, like, I mean, you got a cool job, dude. You got a cool job.
That's true. But. Yeah, and we've had people come on the shows, AJ Styles being people, I guess, in this conversation. Uh But even NXT is under what's known as the WWE bubble. You're not checking it out a little bit, like you should.
You'll find some gold. And even if you don't want to watch every Tuesday, catch one of these PLEs when they really know that they got eyes on them or they get an arena that they got to sell out. Pete one of them PLEs, you'll find some gold over there, man. You'll find somebody you like, man. Yeah, you'll get attached.
You get attached. And that my first. Times watching NXT is why I have such an attachment to Tommaso Chapa and Johnny Cargana because I've seen those dudes. kill each other. Yeah, yeah.
The first time when Champa Turned on Johnny. Remember when they lost the tag team match? They get up the ramp. And then he just slammed him on like it was like they were brutalizing each other. That feeling that.
And there's a group of fans who might feel that, oh, this again. But There's a level of comfort that I know myself as a viewer has.
So I know the guys in the back got it, the guys who are writing this whole thing. But when I see on the card, Sami Zayn versus Kevin Owens. I know I'm gonna be taken care of. Yeah, that's they're about to. That's comfort right there.
Dude, yeah. They're about to put on. That's like chicken soup for the soul. Yeah, right there. And you know that, like, they might have told them what they're going to do.
But they're gonna try something else. You know, it's gonna be a few of those. Let's just do it. This is what they're gonna do. Let's just do it.
And that right there is what you get when you get Tommaso versus Johnny, but. I mean, right now they feel like this DIY tag team is something that they're going to wear with. I can see them down the road getting the titles, losing them. And we do see that same thing play out. Obviously, people weren't watching it.
So replay, baby. And then you get it to a bigger audience and they're going to see how money that was because that feud was, it was, it was truly classic. Yeah, man. DIY, we here at no contest. We see it.
Yeah.
And you know what? We didn't, like you said, that you said sandbag, and I don't look at it like that, but we didn't even plan on talking about this. You just brought it up. But it's just like music, right? Everybody, well, I won't say everybody, obviously, but so many people love it when they.
They discover a band first, right? Before the band blows up, you're like, Oh, Pete Dick should have heard this, you know. And the same thing with like actors, you know, or actresses. Like, oh, I remember them where they did like a two-episode article on Friends, or you know, like my grandma used to see Michael B. Jordan and be like, you know, hospital.
So, and that's how kind of how you got to look at, you know, Evolve and NXT. Like, if you just watch, you're going to find someone there who you're going to get an attachment to, right? And you're going to be able to watch that person as they rise up and then make themselves into a true superstar. And you'll have the knowledge that you've been following that person, you know, and that makes you have a certain type of. Connection to them, yeah, that, like I said, with a band, with an actor or an actress, with anything that you feel that you were on before the world got on them.
And you're going to find that with NXT, you're going to find a couple people down there that you know you're going to want to, you know, hit your wagon to, so to speak, and watch their rise.
So, yeah, this just came out of nowhere. I love it, though.
So, yeah, shout out to everyone who's on the grind, I guess what we're saying. Go, like we've always said, check out some indie shows if you can, right? Find some up-and-comers that you dig. They're there. They're there, exactly.
And yes, there's plenty down at NXT that. I wouldn't be mind. I wouldn't mind being hitched to their wagon.
Okay, listen, we've been very I said what you said. I mean, but I said what you said, yeah, but you said I wouldn't be mind you said being hitched to a wagon or two. Yeah.
NXT, all right. Let's keep it moving. We don't want to get in trouble. Oh, I'm the bad guy. I'm trying to keep you from being the bad guy.
All right, I'm looking out. Thanks, man. And then what else we have on SmackDown? Joe Hendry. Yeah.
He came up and.
Well, he did appear. He appeared two episodes ago. We did have Joe. Again, if you haven't checked it out on our YouTube page, check it out on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music. But yeah, we did have a pretty great interview with Joe Hendry.
He had a Christmas match. You know, there's always the Christmas episode, it's always fun. You know, there's always some shenanigans going on. You had Odis dressed up like Santa. Tozawa was, I guess, an elf, you know, and then our truth comes down.
And was he in the bunny suit, if I'm not mistaken? By the way. What the hell was the Easter bunny to my head? What are we talking about? It's our truth, man.
You know, it was a miracle in 34th Street match between Joe and The Miz. And, you know, it's just like a tradition that they have that, you know, just some shenanigans go on. But at the end, you know, Joe Hendry, man, he got the dub. And it's going to be interesting in 2026 to see. The direction that he takes.
Because obviously they have some plans for him. It's pretty odd. Yeah, they got to. They got to. They got themselves a.
A smart Smart guy. What a great character to work with as well. Yep, exactly. And then we had Charlotte Flair defeated Lash Legend, you know, but you know, don't surprise Rolla. Yeah, I mean, look, it kept, you know, it kept Lash strong.
Wasn't like, you know, she got dominated. At this point, maybe Charlotte should be defeating Lash Legend. What the 14-time champion, the vet, Lash is just making her way.
So, but she stayed competitive. Lost because of a vet move. Yeah, exactly.
So she didn't lose anything in terms of momentum or anything for her. It is what it is. And then, like you said. Mellow. defeated and then he gets in the back he's cutting the promo then The aforementioned DIY came, attacked him.
So, again, looks like we're going to get Gargano against Mello going forward, which is probably going to lead to Tomas.
So, yeah, so that's going to happen. And then Julia and Kiana James, they defeated Chelsea Green and Alba Fire. And, you know, a lot of fans are clamoring that they want more out of Julia. And she had some funny moments yelling at Chelsea to shut up. But, you know, for as great as Julia was before she got to WWE, a few people, you know, we say a few people online, they're a little like, they want more.
They expect more. She is so talented. She's so great. But again, it's just a time thing. It'll come because she's far too good.
To not succeed, right?
So I I'm gonna say this. She needs to be in Money in the Bank. Oh, I think that's she needs to be in money in the bank for sure. And like. Whether she wins or not, I don't know.
Yeah, she's got to be in it because I was thinking about my favorite. Women's Money in the Bank, which was the one where Tiffy won in 2024. I think they were in Canada. Yeah, they were in Canada. And um That money in the bank.
Yes. It was for, you know, Tiffy Ty. Chelsea probably had second best spot of the night with the way that the ladder was falling into the two. tables but Lyra? And Zoe Stark.
Yeah, you stood out in that match, dude. And I really want to see that for Julia because she goes. Yeah.
You get her. in uh in some spot moments with EO. And like you yeah, you will start to see a shift. And so I I definitely think that needs to happen. I would love to see it.
And we got to get her. I know she's going to smack down, but you got to get her and Vacare to give y'all some classics. Yeah, for sure. And that, again. It's coming.
You got to. Neither one of these two are going to be here for a while. It's going to happen.
So we will see it. Just we don't know what the time is. You're right. And then we have Drew McIntyre, friend of the show. Yeah.
Uh, challenges Cody Rhodes, Cody Raheem Rhodes to a three stages of hell match for the undisputed championship. In Berlin, Germany. And McIntyre explained that, and I wrote this down, he Wanted a fair match held outside of the United States and close to home because Drew's been, you know, he feels, and probably rightfully so, he's gotten screwed over quite a bit in the past.
So, you know, the three stages of hell is what it is. It's two out of three falls.
Okay, three different matches. You can have a street fight, a steel cage match, and a ladder match. That is, you know, something that Triple H and Shawn Michael did in 2000, I believe. It's three Two, I was two or three somewhere back there.
So maybe I don't know if I've missed what their three stages are, but I'm assuming that it will probably be, you know, a cage and a street fight and a ladder makes kind of sense.
So, you know, and whoever wins two out of those. Three falls will stand tall as the undisputed Champion. Uh you know I'm Love Cody. That's my dog. Nepple Babies for Life.
You got a Cody jacket. Nepple Babies for Life. I know that wasn't cheap. No, no, no, no. I mean, for me, yeah, it was free.
I mean, listen. But it's not the point, TJ. I Drew's got to win. Drew, I'm so tired of seeing Drew.
Okay. to this wall and nothing happens. And now you have him pick the stipulation. And it's this incredibly drawn out thought of. Um uh Love idea child of Triple H and Sean Myers.
You got to get it done. He has to get it done, or it's got to be over. You know, the feud has to die there. He says that. He wants to do it outside of the United States, so he wants to h have it in Berlin, Germany.
Germans notorious for their fairness. And it is, yeah, it's going down. It ain't going up. And I need Drew McIntyre to get this done. I love Cody.
Cody, you will have plenty of times to get the belt back. But, Drew, you gotta get this done. I'm a Drew fan as well as Cody. I just I don't know, something tells me that. Drew's going to win at least one of these stages.
And then he's not going to get the job done. Another, he's going to crash out again. I I do hope to see him holding gold at some point in 2026, but I I don't know if I'm going to allow myself to believe it's going to be. you know, after this three stages of hell happens.
So But yeah, and you're also going to get Aleister Black and Damian Priest, who've been having an interesting little thing going on there. They're going to be in an ambulance match. Uh, next week from Buffalo.
So, you know, that how that goes. The loser gets shoved into the ambulance, man. You get beat down so bad, you know, that's That's it.
So Yeah, he's gonna need somebody in his corner. You know, you don't go into a match like that without the numbers game.
Well, they do. Like, Zelina will be with Alistair, and you know, maybe Mommy Rhea will be with me. Maids, we ain't got the green light yet. She gotta be there. You know, and then a guy who's a personal favorite of ours.
You know, we do show favoritism here, and we are not ashamed to show it. You know, that's our guy, Trick Williams. Trick Willie makes his debut on SmackDown in front of a nationwide crowd. You know, he's in Nick Aldiss's office, and he's got the, what do you say, the lemon pepper steppers up on the table. And, you know, Trick.
And I've said this to Trick. I've said this on Twitter years ago when it was the Trick Mellow gang. I knew they were pushing Mellow, and I said, that dude who's with him. If he can go in the ring at all, he's going to be a star. I just looked at him and thought that this guy was going to be a star.
And I've been proven correct. Former, like he gave his resume to Cody when he stepped in, you know, Iron Survivor winner. Two-time NXT North American champion, two-time NXT champion, TN Trick and A. Yeah um Trick Williams is money to me. I know you feel exactly the same way.
Like I said, he's one of the few guys we have a group chat with.
So yeah, we're a little biased. I'm not afraid to admit it. But I think feel like Trick is the full package and he's going to be here for the next decade or so doing his thing.
So it was real dope to kind of see him. And he's basically asking Nick, like, look, Raw's going to give me a bag. You're going to match this? Which I think will be on SmackDown because, of course, Lash is on SmackDown and they like to keep couples together, even when they haven't truly been, you know, acknowledged on TV as a couple. Like we all, most people know that they're engaged and together.
Like Trick told us, yeah, I went to her apartment one day and I never left. Right. As you should, bro. He goes, I went there and I didn't leave. And you know what?
I don't blame you. I'm not watching, babe. I don't blame you. So yeah, it's going to be interesting. I think Trick is going to be a SmackDown guy.
SmackDown's going to three hours. I don't know if that's a good move or not, but what it is, is that's going to give us, I don't know, 20, 25 more minutes that they're going to have to, you know, shoot. Shine a light on some up-and-comers.
So I feel like he's going to be one of the people that they have to shine that light on, man. Absolutely. You know, with the Netflix deal, Raw kind of snuck back in as the A-show. You know, quiet is kept. Yeah, they've been holding firm to that all the time.
SmackDown might still have like, you know, the big belts. You know, they got Cody over there, they got Jade over there, and they have the, you know, the giant logo belts, you know, the ones that they put on who is supposed to be showcased as the number one in that division. And uh Yeah, SmackDown has kind of wavered a little bit. Like I said, the U.S. Championship is really helpful.
Yeah, that really helped out. But then when news like. Trick Williams. Java Evans, and Oba. all getting called up.
It makes you think. Is it are we on UPN? Because it's black people everywhere. Yeah.
SmackDown is back on UPN because, like, bro, it's getting thick.
So, three hours makes a lot of sense to me. Yeah, so we're going to see the spotlight put on some really great young talent who are ready. A lot of times people aren't ready. These people you've mentioned and others, I think they're ready for the moment, man.
So it's going to be fun. It's going to be fun to watch. Absolutely. I will be watching. No doubt.
And then, you know, over in AEW, man. Hold on.
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I mean, don't really expect a cape because it may be a barber. Let's talk about what happened this weekend, man. Yeah.
You got to see the whole show. Absolutely, bro. I did not think that they were going to start off world's end, bro. World's end with Takeshina versus Okada. That was amazing.
I was like, what a way to get the show started, right? Right. Now, let me get something to drink. Hold on.
And uh yeah. I love Catch this so much. And like I just want him to be okay. Because they they want him to snap They want him to lose it and they deserve it. They deserve it.
The way that they I just remember I I watched the match. And we'll get to the details, but that ending, I thought, not like this. Not like this, Okada. Don't do this to me this way. And, you know, they cheated, my boy.
My poor poor to cash that.
Well, he lost. It's not no harm in losing to the greatest tournament wrestler in the world. Oh, like that. You know? Yeah, there's no harm in it, but like.
It just didn't feel good, but I love the way that they use that detail of the Okada to catch the match to. also affect the outcome of another match down the road. Because my man Fletcher was looking for that screwdriver. And like that, that type of detail and storytelling, that's fun. And the thing is, the screwdriver, right?
So it kind of pulls, goes to the turnbuckle, he pulls the screwdriver out. How is the referee not noticing? He's so, he most definitely is just sitting there watching. I can understand if you've got the handle of the screwdriver, right? And you got that kind of covered, but there, then there's at least a six-inch piece of metal floating around.
Like, how are you not noticing? And then, after he uses it, he sticks it in his trunks. Like, you have to be extremely confident in your aim to put a screwdriver down the front of your pants where your little Wokata is. Like, man, like, I don't know. And then he's got it up around the, like, I just, I'm not, I don't think I'm competent after a long match and I'm tired.
Throw it out right to put it back in my tights and then you can't see it. But yeah, he used the foreign object. He had the screwdriver and then he goes to the front of the ring. And here comes the ref. And I'm like, he better do this for the ref comes around the corner.
Luckily, the ref stop. He shows the camera the screwdriver and he throws the ring. And then, you know, he and Don Callis, you know, he basically was like, Like, sorry to kesha. And he walks up the ramp with Okada and leaves the alpha. Yeah, it leaves the alpha sitting there on the mat, like.
You know, what's the deal?
So I think we're seeing that, you know, Takeshta is going to be, I think, pushed as a babyface, obviously. I think that writing. is pretty much on the wall if he hasn't already fully happened. But yeah, you know, IWGP heavyweight champion, that's major in itself.
So he shouldn't be really taking any pinfall losses, to be quite honest. And if it wasn't Okada that pinned him, I think a lot of people would have been a little pissed off. Yeah.
Because with that belt, you shouldn't be. Losing, but it was O'Connor.
So, you know, and so there's that. And I, I, I. I have to At times where I get emotional about decisions. I have to remember what I'm watching. I have to remember that.
Usually, this means that there's something in the works for you later on. And this is just a seed being planted. But man If I just I just when I look at That is just how I would Build a wrestler. Like, if I could create, like, go on to yeah, bro, 100%. Your downloadable character.
This dude is just money. He's just money. He. Can Bop. All of his power.
Powerhouse moves, believable. He could give you the technical side if you really want it. He has so many tools. At his disposal. That, like, how do you not look at that dude and think if you could sculpt a wrestler that you wouldn't.
Make Takes Keshda. Yeah, he would definitely be one of the blueprints. He's the man, dude. I just want to see him. I want to see him flourish.
Well, he's on his way. The IWG champion, bro. He's about to leave Don Callis for sure, but I need him on American TV kicking ass. And it'll happen because he he is that good. And then we had the Continental Classic semifinal Blue League runner-up jump.
Moxley defeated the Gold League winner Kyle Fletcher. Two things stand out from this match. Um Moxley losing a tooth. on the steel steps, which was wild to me 'cause it looked like when his m when Fletcher had him in the corner of the ring post with the steps, and then I don't know, did he pull them out somehow? But Moxley's whole face went forward and he just caught the end of the still step.
And the next thing you know, a tooth is gone.
So, yeah, so that happened. And then that move that he got dropped on Kyle Fletcher got dropped on his head. Yeah, it reminded me of that Bron Breaker situation. back in uh war games. Oh, right.
When Braun. Yeah, but I don't know which one was. I don't. I don't know, man. I don't know which one was worse, but they were equally as bad.
And, you know, that was so bad that, you know, William Regal came out and and just basically pleaded with the young wrestlers, don't When it comes to your head and your neck, don't do that stuff, man, because that is. You gotta think of your career beyond wrestling, man. You know, just the other day, I'm watching a video of Michelle McCool, who I would say. You know, I was a Michelle McCool fan. I was a Lay Cool fan, but I would say that.
With the amount of time she spent on the roster, she probably definitely didn't have. The amount of damage done to her because, you know, they didn't let the women really throw down like that in hard time. But she's sitting there and saying, you know, she's trying to stretch and she's showing how she's having neck problems.
So then, and I'm pretty sure she never got dumped on her head like, The way that Fletcher or Braun Breaker did in Lynch. Fletcher and. Osprey, bro, when they be doing those turnbuckle bombs, yeah like So, yeah, I mean, I appreciate it, man. I really do. But, like, you gotta, you gotta think about it, man.
You gotta, you're, hopefully, you got a long life and. As someone who's had back problems, you know, that is literally crippling and it's the worst. And, you know, maybe it's because we get older, you know, you just want these people. Yeah, like, I love the entertainment, but I really hope you're okay. And that was scary.
That was just a scary, scary spot right there. And, um, but, but, man, I love meeting some Kyle Fletcher. Yeah.
I, um, The protostar. What a great name. He's not a prototype. He's not a superstar. He's the protostar.
He's a prototypical superstar, maybe? And the dude can. He can make a believer out of you, whether that be pissing you off through what he's saying over the mic or the. As hard as he goes in that ring. There's Always going to be people online comparing.
uh, superstars or or pro wrestlers, whatever you want to call them. And A lot of people want to compare him to Randy. I feel like he's a little bit more. Randy will kick you on the ground and beat your ass. Yeah.
You know, you might not see the turnbuckle ever. You know, it might be a bunch of either strikes or quick slams, or you know, you're rarely going to like, yeah, like he has a very grounded. Moveset and attack, but gets the most out of it. Like, just theatrics and like everything that goes into the dramatization of the scene. Like Randy can grasp that without doing too much.
Kyle can do that. But also, let's climb this. Yeah, let's start this match with Osprey. I'm going to climb to the top of a. 15, 20 foot cage, and sit there, like, nah, man, come on.
It was easy as nuts. Yeah, so cash shoes, baby. Shout out, you know, Moxley got the dub there. Then we had the Tad Team Championship street Chicago street fight match. FTR, they defeated the Bang Bang Gang.
Yeah.
Um. Good to see them back. You know, Austin Gunn, Juice Robinson. Um, But FTR is loose. They they Spent some time away from the title picture, which was good.
You know, That way, now that they've won, it's a little bit fresh. You know what I mean? Because they were chasing. For so long.
So, FTR, and a lot of people feel like, you know, a lot of people have them on their Mount Rushmore tag teams. I can't put them on mine per se, but I appreciate the work. I appreciate the effort. I appreciate that they are one of the best tag teams in the world, without a question. They are going to kill me for this.
But, like, I've never been there on my Mount Rushmore guy either. And it's not. anything to do with what they do in Ring. Yeah.
It's just that I've seen some Insanely great tag teams, yeah. Like, you know, just and even a little like charismatic. Why when I see FGR, I think. They're here for business. Here for business, we're gonna beat your ass.
We're gonna go in the back. Top guys out. Yeah, that's it. You know, and that's no disrespect, but like Mount Rushmore, I don't know. I don't know if I can put him there yet.
But. They are a great tag team. There's a lot of amazing tag teams that can't make Mount Rushmore. It's only four spots. Yeah, you know, so that's not a disrespect.
Championships and all the major promotions.
Well, you know, WWE, NXT, and AEW.
So, yeah. But there was that spot, though, with Stoke, man. Stokely missed the table. That was the one for Stoke. Wow, man.
It was like somebody put too much wax on the table or something. Stoke is an entertaining monster. Yeah, I hope he's all right because the way that you know Sean Michaels Kind of how he messed his backup. Having a land, a fall like that, where you land on that part of your back, small your back, table should have broken, it didn't.
So hopefully he's all right. I wonder if Stoke is like. Once again, I apologize if I'm ignorant to this information or not. If he's produced any, like. Matches, or like, I want to see where his mind is on that side of things.
Because when you find somebody who's so easily like... He's just, he grabs the audience so easy without doing anything. Deaf defying or anything like that. I'm just onliners and stuff. I'm talking.
Yeah.
Like when he called Daniel. Oh, you raggedy bitch. When he called Brian Danielson, I almost called him Daniel Brian. Yeah, that part. It was just he had Ethan.
Ethan Page was standing there with him, and he was just like looking at him. Yeah, he's just an entertainer. He, you know, and then when he had, you know, the whole time that he was with Stat and Willow and him, that was entertaining. He's entertaining. He got it.
He got it. He really does, man. He's truly entertaining. Yeah.
I hope he's okay. Yeah.
Shout out to Stokely, man. And then we had the women's world tag team champions, the babes Roth. They defeated Mercedes Monet and Athena, which is crazy. Crazy, man, right? And then now you've seen kind of like We they built Mercedes up 13 belts, and now she's, you know, she lost one to red velvet, she lost the TV.
Now, the was the British Commonwealth or whatever it was that she lost to Alice, Windsor, you know, and now she took the L in this tag team match, and then she got back and did an interview with Lexi where she dropped an F-bomb and crashed out in the dressing room. And is this where this is going now? Is she going to start slowly but surely losing all of these belts? And if so, You know, where's that take her? But obviously, now a win over Mercedes.
And I think that was the whole point. She shouldn't just be randomly losing. Maybe she should be winning these belts because now at this point, when you have a dub, when you get the three count on Mercedes Monet, that means something. Because there are a lot of people who have that in the last. two, three years, right?
And for Month. Maybe two maybe even if you play it out You can have this for a few years. But Because Mercedes did this. to these places, and there is a world where they do get their title back. That person who gets the title back for the promotion.
You were elevated immediately. You brought it back.
Now that thing is worth a little bit more because it was part of Mercedes. Cyclone of championships. And so now for it to bring back, it's got a little buzz on it. And the right promotion, the right bookers, you can make that work for the house for a long time. Yeah, absolutely.
So. If you remember, Willow Nightingale wasn't like a star until. She was in that match with Mercedes and she broke her ankle when she won. What was it? The strong women's championship.
Yeah, it was strong. I think it was strong style.
So I apologize because I didn't even think about this. Yeah.
But that. Because that happened, Willow had to be. Elevated because you can't get a win over Mercedes, then going back to 50-50 booking at that point. And now look at her tag team champion, you know, Willow Nightingale is a star. Forgive the care.
Stephanie McCarrey, the same thing. And then you saw what happened. The other side saw that match and was like, hmm, okay. I'm going to need that. Had that not happened, she probably still.
She's probably being AEW right now, to be honest. And she was gonna she was gonna succeed wherever, though. Wherever. I think you had uh Darby Allen beat up beat Gabe Kidd in a very bloody affair. You know, a little nod to uh Austin there with uh Kidd just bleeding and not tapping out, but Yeah.
Darby's a sick old man. Yeah.
You know, he's uh and he wants to I mean, I guess can you say that for Sting? Sting did win. But he doesn't want a title. He doesn't want Hardware. He's just doing it for the love of the game.
That is some sicko stuff right there. And uh yeah. the indestructible Darby Allen. And That's a dangerous way to live your wrestling life. Right.
But he's pretty sick. He takes him. I mean, Gabe, when Gabe tossed him down the steps, which isn't the first time. No. Obviously, we've seen him.
What a crazy sentence that is. But each time, it just gets like, oof, bro. Yeah.
Because you're only what a yard and a half, a buck 70. Yeah, you know, to and that's a lot of punishment. I mean, his finisher is a trust fault, right. You're a sick. Lunatic, dude.
Yeah, Darby Allen is in the best way, I guess. And then the mixed nuts mayhem match. First of all, you got to love that name: Roddy Strong, Timeless Tony Storm, and Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe. They defeated Death Riders. And, you know, the thing that stood out here, obviously, I think is a lot of people.
I'm sure a lot of our viewers probably know this, but I'm sure many more don't know that Roger Strong and Marina Shafir are actually married. And so when they had that moment, and it's at least the second time where they faced out, but the first time, or faced off, I should say, first time it got as physical, she. Hit him with that Anderson Silver front kick, like blow, you know? And then she turns her back, and then Roddy came back. And one day, when we get to talk to Roddy Strong, I gotta ask.
How uncomfortable was it knowing that you were gonna smack Chop the crap out of your wife's back. And he hit her so hard, like. The sound, you would have thought Big Show was chopping somebody. He caught her like. Crap, you know, and then they both got dumped out the ring.
But the crowd loved it because, you know, those in the majority of them there knew the situation. But it's crazy, right? To see a husband and a wife. This is like, I thought for a split second, it's like watching Mr. and Mrs.
Smith go out. You know what I mean? Any argument that has happened the last six months was keeping waiting on that night, like the purge. I'm going to get her ass. Just you wait.
Wow. That's crazy. Yeah.
So the good guys, as they say, the conglomeration, Roddy and Tony. And then you had Tony and Orange Cassidy doing like their little. Yeah, that was.
Well, you're not losing if you got these two together. Not in Tony Khan's house. No. Tony Khan ain't about to make Tony Storm and Cassidy lose? Yeah.
No. No, not in Tony's house.
So yeah, that was, and you know, we're still building towards, it looks like Marina's going to get her shot. To go up against Tony, and we'll see. Marina did have a good promo where she said, Are you mad that I held your lover, Mina, tighter than you could ever hold her? That was kind of and then she called her some some bad words in another language. But yeah, the mother's milk.
I read some people like the names and don't I think the name's kind of dope. That's dope. And like when you look at what's happening. Yeah.
Yeah, it's like she's getting breast fed almost. It's like a front sleeper that you're holding her close to your breast, to your chest.
So, yeah. Honestly, sounds terrible for the back. Yeah, man. Mother's milk. Mother's milk.
And then we had Stat Daddy. Chris Statlander against Jamie Hayter. Go ahead and do what you want to do. And every time Jamie Hayter's name is announced, you go, Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Chris Statlander.
What a woman. Chris Statlander against Jamie Hayter. And Stat Daddy, she gets the win. There was another instance of a top rope. Kind of bump.
I don't know what the move was, but it looked like I'm assuming Chris kind of tucked their head when they landed, but it looked like Jamie was landing right before right on the top of her. But, like, oh man, it's a slow motion. It looks like, oh, they did that perfectly. Yeah, but in my regular. It's just such a like On the border.
Catastrophe. Yeah, it kind of gets your heart up in your head. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that. I guess that's what it was supposed to do. Yeah.
Ugh. Just let. Oh my god. Yeah, no. Big E in like that whole thing.
has had me like such a parent for these yeah because you saw like biggie has you know a twenty plus inch neck man and if that could break it does it does kind of worry me especially when you see like like I said in that instance hater coming off the top rope and Oh man, you just yeah, and a quick cut to the crowd also makes me nervous, whoever's directing the show. Like, if I see a bad, like a spot where I'm like, oh, that didn't look good, and then the next thing they show me is two shots of the crowd, I'm like, oh, something happened, right? Like, oh my god, dude. That just sets the point. But yeah, so Statlander looked great, though, ladies.
They look great. Awesome match. Like, like, I, you know, and I mean, this in the best way. That was like a hoss fight. Those two just.
Going at it, man. The the the the back and forth clotheslines, the you know, just I I watch those two wrestle any time they're on. Yeah, man. Oh, those two are wrestling?
Okay, well, I'm gonna cancel my plans for tonight. I'm gonna watch Stat Daddy and Jamie Hayter just go beat the crap out of each other. There was a couple of times during that uh during that match where Never mind. See, I I was about to press the issue, but I I think it's best that I'll tell you off, Cameron. I I don't press it, but you know, obviously stat lander and hater.
Hey the rate. Yes. NCW, two thumbs up. And then you had the Continental Classic Finals, which you saw John Moxley defeat Kazuchka Okada, who was the unified champion. But now the unified title doesn't exist anymore because now Moxley is the Continental champion, while Okada still has the international championship, but the Unified Championship.
as it exists now, no longer exists. Yeah.
So I don't know if that just sits there and wait until one day the Continental and the International get back together and one person wins. And then I don't know. Not sure how that's going to work. But You know, John Moxley. Cut a great, passionate promo at the end of that match, and it seems like they're.
Is he trying to push some face? Is his face? His face. You know, I don't know. Does that mean the death riders have been threatening that the death riders were going to kick him out for the fight?
Or the life riders? The life riders. Interesting riding for life. Because now you got Marina getting cheered a little bit. You know, you Willer is.
Getting cursed out of every building he's in for life, you know, because of what he did to Daniel Brian. Yeah.
And then you got. What do you got? Pack. Yeah.
Who Holy cow. That dude has put on some muscle. Muzzle, bro. He's shaped like an exclamation point.
Well, no, an exclamation point is, bro. You got how you draw it. Yeah, but most people, I think if you haven't seen it, you're probably not thinking he's his buff. He's swole. Dude's yoked.
Dude, you know, dude's yumps. And Daniel Garcia, who I always thought should have been in the BCC, the Blackpool Combat Club way back in the day, I thought that's where he hip thrusts was selling too much, bro. They really were. Come on, bro. You can't even be serious.
I feel like he's in the good spot right now. He's with a group who he should be with. I feel like this just, his style, his type of wrestling just fits in perfectly with them.
So we'll see. Like, we've been thinking that this group was going to kick Mox out for months now, especially after a few tap outs and losses. But now, you know, he won this classic and he won this tournament, man.
So we're going to see. Had an amazing moment. Shouted out his team. Shouted out pretty much everybody who busts their ass. Yeah.
in a square circle, which is what we like to do on our show.
So how you know, if you don't If you got to knock him for that, then I don't know what to tell you, though. But I will say. They're like here his ass go The fact that I had to watch two matches about this tournament. and still couldn't Like I had to hear On the stipulations, kind of like how you just did now, on why he's still the champ. But he's the tournament's really for this belt.
So if he wins, then he gets that belt. But Okada's still the champ. And like I had to go through that twice is more impressive than Chris Jericho beating The Rock and Stone Cold in the same night. We got to get this laid out a little bit more for the audience. Just a little bit.
I know, here he goes asking for more shit. But, like, you know, you hear a lot about WWE constantly having to, oh, here they go, force feeding the audience again. Yeah, it keeps them informed so they know what's going on. And just in case you were out of the room or didn't see last week. Hey, come back here so we can tell you again.
Because like the. The tournament layout system, I know that it's something New Japan is known to do. And like it it's something that those who are in the know over there know what's going on. But uh, it's not an easy thing. You really, truly have to follow that.
Yeah, hook me up, baby. Let me know.
So, you know, the point system and it's confusing.
So you really have to be dedicated to watching this tournament and paying attention. And if you're just gonna casually watch it, then you're not gonna really fully get the point system and what went down. But also, if you just watch, you got to see some really great matches. Even if you didn't understand the points, if you didn't understand the tournament, there were some great matches the last couple of weeks.
So, yeah, shout out to Moxley for getting it done and winning that. And then, wait, wait, wait, before, because I want to ask you personally your opinion on this because. I was watching with somebody who doesn't watch New Japan and had a question that I didn't have the answer to. They said, uh, wait, if he's champion, how come he gets to be in the tournament?
Well, it's because he oh sorry it's like what are you what are you talking about? if they're go if they're fighting for his belt, Why is he not waiting at the end like a final boss? And I just didn't know how to answer. Yeah, I mean, I mean, it was because they want to see Okada, bro. They want to see Okada, bro.
I guess that is a good thing, and I'm sure there is a reason, but it's also like. You have to, you're defending that, you're the champion, but you've got to defend it. And this is how you got to go on the path too. Yeah, I guess. If I already got the belt, then everybody should be fighting to fight me.
And I was like, see, this is that, this is because you just watched the John Cena tournament. It was like, oh, well, I'm sure hopefully, someone in the comments of one of these who are a little bit more knowledgeable about that, shout us out. Like, leave a description, leave a reason why that is, because I get it. I understand. That's a good question.
And one that I cannot answer right now at this moment, other than the fact that I don't completely feel. Fully understand the tournament. I have a, I'd say, about an 80% understanding of it. That's a B. Yeah, but outside of that, man, just there were just great matches.
So if you just take the matches for what they were, it was exciting. It was entertaining. And I'm sure you probably loved it out there watching it at home. I know there were a few bangers that I loved. And you know, the Coca-Cola and Moxley go at it.
That's pretty dope, man. It really is. And then uh Four-way match for the AEW World Championship. We had Samoa Joe. Taking on Swerve Strickland, taking on Hangman Adam Page, taking on the returning.
Maxwell Jacob Freeman, MJF. And I guess a surprise to really nobody. MJF ended the night as the new two time A E W. Man's world heavyweight champion. Thoughts on that?
Um Here's what I'll say, all right. And this is what this is something that You can either hate him or love him for it. Uh D-Lo, get the bleep ready. But Oh. Tony Khan.
Don't give a f. About who you think should have that belt.
Well, the thing is, most people want, most AEW fans want MGF.
Well, like, you know, you think, oh man, yeah, hangman, yeah, you know, hangman, all that y'all. Yeah, I want to put on some other joke. All right. Okay. All right.
Yeah.
No, that's cool because, you know, Joe's coming to the end of his career.
So this is actually really cool that they did it this way. Yeah, man. Good alpha. Yeah, I want to put it on MJF.
Okay, so what's the point of Joe paid off Hangman the other night? I was just doing something nice for Joe. Who cares? It's what I want to do, man. And I love that.
Because number one. You gotta watch now. Cause you never know. And I you gotta respect that. We, I know, you're a Roman Reigns fan saying that the title should just be able to jump when it wants to.
But like, it works in some cases. In other cases, you don't wanna cheapen the belt where the belt is just like being passed around. But not everything is going to have this long, drawn-out run. I had to learn that the hard way earlier this year when they definitely just romped it off Jey Uso. But, you know, that's old enough.
You can go back and look at that episode, how I felt about that. You know how I feel about TNA doing it to Mike Santana. But I really feel that. Kind of cool how Tony's handled the belt.
Well, he didn't want MGF to beat Hangman or Swerve. Gotta put it on. Gotta put her on, Joe. Yeah.
And Joe, he is on his way out the door. It is nice to give him. Let me go ahead and get one. Yeah, why not? Go ahead and get one more.
Samoa, Joe, and he's. Let's be honest, he's incredible and believable any time he gets in the ring against anybody.
So but now you talked about hot shotting and hot potatoing a title. You remember the last time MGF had this title, over 400 day, a year plus title reign. He is probably their biggest star, their biggest homemade star.
So. I I don't see this title Waving Him at least for a few months, right? Like, there's definitely not going to be any hot shotting. Of this belt. He's going to have the title for a little bit, and we're just going to see where it goes.
But that being said, now he's got to face Swerve, he's got to face Hangman, probably Joe. Like, there is kind of a monstrous ball lineup of people waiting for their title opportunity against him.
So we'll see where this goes. But you know, congratulations and shout out to MJF on becoming the man, one of the few, I don't believe there's. More than 12. I know he posted a tweet about this, but I think it was more than nine. But there haven't been that many men or women who have been multiple time world champions in an organization under the age of 30.
So that's very impressive. Shout out to him. I realized, though, throughout MGF's time in AEW, there were basically two types of fans. One who believe he's the greatest heel of all time, and then the rest of the people who don't. And it just seems like the two can't meet in the middle.
There were certain people who everything he says, everything he does is the greatest thing to have ever been said or done. Yeah.
In a wrestling ring or on a microphone. Then you have other people who kind of point out: yeah, this has been done by other people before. It's been, you know, kind of the the low-hanging fruit of, you know, Insert city name crap on it. Look at a fan, call him a nerd or a virgin. You know, talk about your wealth, and people are poor.
These are tropes. These are things that have been done and repeated. Over the you know, 20, 30 years in wrestling.
So we've seen it, but yet. Not here in AEW.
So that's what makes it fresh for them. And that's where the balance comes in. with MJF and that's where I think he really has the opportunity to shine, is because there's a thin line between being cliche and paying homage. You know? And If we look at somebody like Gunther, And we say like That's an old school wrestling bad guy, right there.
You heard what happened at the WWE staff meeting? Or or uh Christmas party? Mm-mm. Oh, he was handing out cold to kids. He was handing out colder kids.
I'm not surprised. Dog. No cameras, no crowds. Just for the love of the game. Just hate to the kids.
Just a boy in his ball, you know? Just like, that is what I'm talking about. But then we see, if you see somebody. Doing the You know, the standard old school traditional wrestling thing on the mic. Then you start to That's when the cliche, like, oh, we've seen this before.
So, there's a, there's a weird, there's a thin line that you have to find the balance in. And MJF is one of these people who is a film studier. Yeah.
You know, you could tell he's a student of the game, exactly. Student of the game.
So it is. Especially when you got that title on. Because when you got that title, Triple B now is back. Yeah, so like it's very important because now you're in control of the house. And so like you got to make sure you're still putting those asses in seats.
And yeah, it's about finding that balance for him. And of course.
Now that he's got the ball back in his court, we have to wait and see. But yeah, that right there is where you make or break a lot of fans: that thin line between paying homage, being a traditionalist, and being cliche. We've same old shit, same old shit.
Well, one thing we know for sure is they're going to take care of him. They're going to treat him right. And we'll see where it goes from here. But right now, man, the devil is on top of AEW. And we're.
Man, it's going to be bad news for everybody right now, man, because.
Now you would think Does he go back? Does he assemble another faction to kind of? Because you always kind of AEW is big on factions. You know that. And if you're the champion, you're on top, he doesn't have a manager, he doesn't have anybody watching his back.
Wardlow's not there anymore. It's got to be having a Uh uh uh Hayman. Yeah.
Like, that's why you lost the joke. Joe got every all this whole a pack of wolves. And you're by yourself. Radolo, yeah.
So we'll see. I mean, I fully kind of would expect MJ. You know, it didn't work out obviously with the Hurts Syndicate, but we'll see, man, if he tries to build, you know, another faction to kind of help. You know, remember at one point it was. FDR, him and Tully Blanchard, remember?
And stuff with the Hearst Syndicate. Yeah, so we'll see. We'll see because obviously. You're not well liked there. Yeah.
Everyone's gonna be coming for you. You kind of... Probably would be due diligence to have somebody watching your back.
So let's see if that pops up, right? That's the guy to bet on, because the one thing I will say about AEW. AEW has great Title hunters. Like, they got guys who's. Like when they're chasing the belt their stories are like Like, you're locked in.
Yeah.
Like, you, you, like, it means something to not only have a good champion, but to have. People that like are super believable, that want it, that hunt, that are hunting for that. It's easy to chase always. Yeah, you need to be able to knock them off. WWE runs into.
A lot of All right, well, let's keep the feud going for four or five minutes. It might go a little too long. Yeah, because. you you either had somebody it was something that I was worried that Cody was in the beginning because anybody who knows me, I'm a romaine guy. Cody's whole finish the story is great when you're chasing.
Yeah, it's great when you're hunting. But then, once you got it, what you gonna do with it? And Cody was able to flip this QB1 thing into something where I feel like it's starting to get its feet a little bit on just like he knows that. He's the face of the company, and I'll do whatever it takes to keep that, even if that means being a face and having some heal tactics. Yeah, like him telling Nick Aldous, like, you work for me.
Yeah, like, which is spicy. In theory, it's true. You are the champ. You are number one on the call sheet. Oh, but you know, dog in the house.
Yeah, but that Cody Rhodes. It's not going to happen. It would be stupid to happen anytime soon because he literally is. You know, the face of the company. But I'd say in a few years, when the Cody Rhodes Hill turn does happen, it's going to hit like crack.
And a lot of you who haven't seen it, haven't seen the work he did in the Indies, haven't seen what he did, you know, with Bullet Club. If you don't know that Hill kind of a-hole Cody, man, you are in for something else. When that blonde, when the little black start coming out because when home, when Homelander Cody does come, bro, watch out because it ain't gonna be nothing nice. There's a picture, I brought it up before, but there's a picture of Cody in a suit. With the Stardust face paint on, but he's in a suit.
And it's the sickest shit, dude. Yeah, because you can tell he there's still some off. Upset about that whole thing. Yeah, some off.
So if he's able to flip that into some money. I'm all for it. Yeah.
But either way, what we were saying about AW, they got great hunters. Swerve. And And Hangman working together is something else I like. Right. But it can't last for long.
Exactly, bro. If one of them got the title, like. The hunt has to be there immediately.
So, if they want to make some cash off of Swerve and Hangman for a little bit teaming up, they can't, neither of them can have the belt.
Well, that too, grade eight chaser on the side, that too, like another feud for them. This is way too soon.
So, we don't need like those through literally, those two literally put each other through hell for what, 10 years.
So, plus Swerve just came back as Super Saiyan Swerve. Like, let him get his, you know, let him get it. But, yeah, shout out to the two new champions that we really talked about: MJF. And uh Melo, Carmelo Hayes, and uh looking forward to seeing what you fellas do with those titles. Everyone else, just be safe.
Don't land on your necks. Check your neck. NCW. Come on now. And now, one thing we want to talk about: you know, it's the end of the year.
This is going to be our last pod, our last episode of the year. You know, a lot of people like to look back. And say, you know, what was their favorite matches and moments of the past year, which is great. I like doing that too, but I also like to look forward. You know, like Oasis said, don't look back in anger.
I'm not going to do that because we have nothing to be angry about here at NCW. We've had a pretty awesome year. But it kind of reminded me, you know, back in the day as a kid, Pro Wrestling Illustrated would always have this episode. Or episode, I'm still thinking we're doing podcasts. But they would have this issue, and I don't know how many they did, but I can remember in particular.
the one issue was Champions and the men who will take their titles. And they just did a prediction. I think it was 1988. Found this in a Use bookstore. A few years ago and saw it.
So it got me thinking, right, man, instead of looking back. On what happened, I want to look ahead, right? And what I decided to do is, I wanted to take. All of the champions from WWE. A W and T N A.
And then think about This time Next year, 12 months from now. Who is going to hold that championship? Yeah, you feel me?
So. Kind of went down, wrote all the champions down. Not going to give you all right now. What we're going to do is. We're gonna just Concentrate on the world champions.
And then on social later, we'll drop the rest of the list of all the. Quote unquote secondary titles, which aren't really secondary. You feel me?
So let's kick it off with WWE and the current. Undisputed champion is Cody Raheem Rhodes. We know that.
So, 12 months from now. December 2000. Yeah.
I feel That the man holding that belt is going to be Randall K. Orton. Oh. I feel he will be the man. And I'm not saying he's necessarily going to beat Cody for it, but I feel a year from now, going into 27, that Randy Orton will be.
The word. Undisputed. Undisputed. I'll put him at 15. I'll put him at 15.
And who knows? Maybe he wins another point during the year. Maybe this is 16. But I feel 12 months from now, it'll be Randy, the world champion. She We have current champion.
We have CM Punk. Yeah.
Fan of the show. Straight favorite. But I feel 12 months from now, December 2026, the man holding that belt. Is going to be the ring and around. I feel, you know, him being the man to put.
John Cena into pasture, being the man who put Bill Goldberg out to pasture, being the man who could possibly. And the career of AJ Styles, I feel this time next year, Gunther will be the world champion.
Okay. Okay. I like that. You like that one? I like that because, you know, I.
You know, they're setting him up. They're setting him up to be this. Darth Vader, like I said in my monologue to Sina. And uh yeah, right now he is one of those people that We were talking about how Darby Allen says he doesn't want a title that you're big enough right now without one. It special people could pull that off.
And that's you right now, but I do know how much you love winning. And that usually leads you to a championship or two or three. Yeah.
So there's that. Let's move on to the women's world champion side. And this was something you and I off camera talked about earlier. They need a better distinction between these title names, right? Because on one hand, you have the women's champion, Jade Cargill, and then you have the women's world champion who is stepping.
I feel like there should be some type of more distinguishing name in there. But regardless, the current WWE women's champion, the storm came, and she's riding high right now. And that's Jade Cargill. And uh You know, after giving it thought, I think this time next year, December 2026, the woman holding that belt, whether it's by beating Jade or not. I feel going into 2027.
Bianca Belair. Yeah.
Bianca Belair. That's my boy, right there. The WWE Women's Champion. And then. We have the women's world champion.
Like I said, let's do something to make that a little bit more distinguishable. But we got the devil's kiss, Stephanie McCare. And she's the women's world champion. And I feel this time next year. Mommy will have that belt.
Okay. Korea Ripley. I know I didn't really go out on too much of a stretch with beyond Korea, but those are two of the. Top four stars in in the company. Not really hard to believe that those two women who've pretty much gone all year without holding singles gold.
Yeah, for the naysayers out there. Yeah.
I feel like it'll be Rhea and Bianca will be rep for the women next year. I'm never going to be mad at those two. There you go. And like I said, I'll do another list where we'll also have the IC, the U.S. champion, the tag team champions, and we'll put that out on social a little bit later for you.
Let's move to AEW.
Well, right now. The current world champion is like we just got done saying Maxwell Jacob Friedman, MJF. That's all listen, you disgusting poors. The thing is, though, this time next year in December 2000. 26.
I feel the man who will be riding high on top of AEW as the all-elite. Men's World Heavyweight Champion. Oh my god. I don't think you'll know where I'm going with this because I think we're going to take this belt back to London. We're going to take it back to England.
Will Osprey. Yeah.
I feel like he should be cleared early.
Next year, and I feel like Will Ospreay will finally get a hold of that belt, and he will. That 12 months from now. Yeah.
Be the men's world champion. That's right. P's and match for everyone. Isn't it bangers and match? Then we got the the women's world champion.
Yeah.
And that's stat daddy. Oh, baby. Oh, yeah. That's Chris Statlander, and she is doing tremendous work. Big fan of hers.
But I feel this time next year, going into You know, 2027, I think it's time. I think it's Time for a little Monet. I think Mercedes Monet will be the AEW women's champion. This time next year heading into 2000. 27.
What do you think about that? Definitely can see it, you know. Uh Mercedes Monet. has been my favorite female wrestler since I I I really like 'Cause before she was very entertaining, all she's always been entertaining. But it was just something about Watching the display she put on Ronda Rousey at the Royal Rumble.
It was like A wrestler kind of getting at Rhonda for a second. I'm gonna show you what I'm gonna do. You're gonna get the dub. But I'm going to make an example out of you. Are you kind of equating this to when William Regal got in the ring with Goldberg and kind of.
Yeah.
Kind of tied him up, wrestled him a little bit, and did things he was uncomfortable. 100%.
Okay. And like that moment, I was like. Of course, I know her name is Mercedes Monet before the comments go crazy, but I was like, Sasha Banks is my favorite. female wrestler bro. Like I love this right now.
And that. From that day. I have been signed on and I have been drinking this Kool-Aid. And I got to tell you, I feel a little funny, but it's good stuff.
So, yeah, I can see that. It's it's about time. All right, Ben. Like I said, we'll Later on, we'll go through all the titles in AW. Right now, I'm going to stick with some of the major ones, and I'm going to go to the TNT.
Of course, the men's side. You know, and right now we got my guy, the chicken man, Mark Briscoe. I'm reach for the sky, boy. I love that. You know, I really wish, man, I really wish the Briscoes could have made it to this stage while Jay was still alive.
Because, honest to goodness, and I've said this before: if you want to be entertained, just go to YouTube, pull up some old Briscoe Brothers promos. I'm telling you, both of these guys are two of the best promos that there is. And Mark Briscoe, right now, he is the current TNT champion. But I feel at this time next year. And there were so many people to choose from who, going into 2027, is going to hold that title.
I'm gonna go out in the limb and I'm gonna give it to the bastard. Pock. Is it pack? Is it Pac? Like I said, it's Pac.
Is it Pac? Help me. I see Pac. I but I'm also from California.
So, like, I see Pac. It's Pac. But it's the bastard pack. It's pack.
So I feel like for some reason, it's time. He hasn't had a belt, a singles belt in a few years. Maybe he's the guy who will. Remember in the beginning, he was like, he had like the record. His standing record was crazy back when they were.
Talking about how wins and losses were going to matter. And I was like, dang, are they setting him up? And he's being set up forever. Injuries, of course, play a part. Yeah, that was it.
Remember, didn't he have like a visa issue for a while and then he was injured?
Now he's coming back looking like Buff Bagwell. And, you know, so yeah, let's put some gold on his shoulder. And then the, the, TBS champion. That side, that's the women's version. We got a Mercedes Monet right now.
She's the champion, but I feel a year from now. It's Megasaurus time. I feel Megan Bain, whether she's the one to beat Mercedes or not, this time next year, I feel Megan Bain. will be the TBS. A song I could see it.
Yeah.
I could see it.
Okay. You like that then? All right, let's move to TNA real quick. Right now, the current world champion is Frankie Kazarian. As you know, he defeated our guy, Mike Santana, for that belt.
And currently, he is standing as the TNA world champion. But I feel 12 months from now, December 2026. Listen to my homeboy Santana. I feel like Mike Santana will regain that belt at some point, and he will, going into 2027, be the TNA manager. men's world champion.
Maybe he gets to put up put it up against AJ Styles. Yeah, maybe for lucky, yeah. And then you have the knockouts world champion. That's Li Ying Li, who, you know, I'm a fan of. I know you're a fan of.
We got to meet her backstage before. Awesome. She's clearly put in the work, man. You ever see her workout videos? Like, she's small, but she's mighty, man.
Center of gravity is crazy. And so I kind of, maybe I made a reach here. I don't know. But, you know, there's this working relationship between NXT, TNA, and I'm sure at some point, even though AJ Styles said he didn't think it was going to happen, there's going to be a WWE component in there. But I feel this time next year.
December 2026. This might be a reach. I don't know. Never mind. But the TNA Knockouts World Champion.
Hi, Miss Parker. I feel Jada Parker is going to be. The knockout sample. Put a stamp on it. What do you think about that, O'Shea Jackson?
Ye. That that's it. That was it. I mean enough set, but like You know, we've been a supporter of Jada. from the jump And Yeah, we miss We missed right yet.
to really give it a ball, give it a ball, let's see what we all know we saw. And and let her get down. Let her let her work on this character. And we need more Miss Parker on our television. That's all we're asking.
WW? That's all we're asking. And then, lastly, we got that X Division champion, just a great lineage of title holders in that. You got the high-flying Leon Leon Slater, he's a champion.
Now, I've got.
something else predicted for him. Oh, this year. You're going to have to check out the social media and the YouTube to find this out. But I think you guys will like where I see Leon. But this time next year.
I feel like the X Division will be led by a man who is criminally underrated, in my opinion. Mustafa Ali. I feel like he'll get that belt back. And I feel like for some reason this time next year, heading into 2027, Mustafa Ali will be the king of the X Division once again. And that's just kind of my thoughts where I see these, you know, the world champions and, you know, those championships that are held in such high regard.
That's where I see them this time next year. And obviously. You guys let us know, man. What do you think? Who do you think?
is will be the champions. Twelve months from now.
Now hold on, DJ, because I know it's been a minute. Because we had the holiday break and things like that.
So we haven't really seen each other in a while. While we've been gone, I've been thinking too. I would hope so. I'll be thinking sometime. Yeah.
But you'd be thinking about wrestling, though. That's the question. Yeah, you'd be thinking some wild stuff. You'd be thinking about some wild stuff. But Saturday night's main event.
The way that John and everybody involved showcased it as you know for the superstars of the future. And it made me think of some dream matches that I wish I was Wish I could see just one. Give me, let me just get it one night only, you know, type situation, and so. I I talked to Don and I might have a list for everybody. Oh, I love to hear it.
We might have a list for everybody.
So these are your dream matches? Dream matches. Just matches that I sat back on my holiday break. Probably with some agriculture. And just thought about, like, man, it would be really cool if I could see this just one good time.
I'm with that. You know? So let's start off with the ladies, as I love to do. Ladies first.
So at number five. I am going to be bringing in.
Okay. Triple threat bench. Triple threat match, and started to think: like, if I have a, if I have me a P L E and I'm starting it off with the ladies, it's gotta be a banger. All right, it's gotta be a banger.
So In the first triple threat match, we will be having. And by the way, anyone I mention, this is their all-time. This is them at their peak. At their peak. At their peak.
Like 09, Randy Orton. Yeah, like at their peak.
So I'm not sure if I can do it. Is this number five? Number five. We were starting off the night. With Charlotte Flair, woo!
Versus Soruka.
Okay. And this is going to be a pull. This is gonna be a Googler. For those who don't know. But Monomy Toyota.
Now, if you want to look up like A lady who just had the height, the length, she could do everything and do it fast, like slow and methodical. She's going to go for it. And if you had a match, Or when when Charlotte was in that mode of We gotta break through for the ladies. Like when the four horse women were on there, we have to break the glass ceiling mode. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They were doing stuff where you're like, I don't think you need to do that. You know, and that risk factor, you mix that in with Soruka. It might get crazy in there. And so if anybody hasn't seen Miss Toyota, please check out some of her highlights. This is a banger of a match to start off with, and it could be a main event in a lot of places.
Now Number four. Oh, I gotta remember what order I put these in. Oh, yeah. Number four. Number four.
This is just strictly because of the amount of star power. But it's a fatal four-way.
Okay. Anybody who knows me knows when I play WWE 2K, most of the matches that I just sit and watch are either triple threats or fatal four ways. Because it gets crazy. But I call it the Star-Spangled Fatal Four.
Okay. All right. I want. Is this an American theme? Yeah.
Give me Kurt Angle. John Cena.
Okay. Cody Rhodes. And of course Hulkog. Oh. It's too much star power to know who's going to win.
It's so much America that your ears might bleed red, white, and blue. Put the glizzies on the grill. Get the pool party going. It's the star-spangled Fatal Four Wing. It's just chaos.
There's no way it should work. There's no way someone should be okay with a loss.
So, Chris Jericho is probably going to win. I don't know. He's Canadian.
So. Star and Spangled Fatal 4-Way, it would just be fun to see. Could be a main event, but. It's not on my card. I will say this: I'll give you props for taking personal opinions out of this.
Putting them to the side, and just as O'Shea the booker, putting out the best quality matches. And that says a lot about you. Thank you. Hogan's not going over. Number three.
Sorry, brother. That's brother with an A. Not an E. E R and E R. Because why would we do that?
Yeah, we don't do that around here. Number three, please. Um wait, what order Hell in a cell. Number three.
I think the best way to handle this is to just have Something that people know that they're coming to see. You're here to see some chaos. And when I look at Jon Moxley, I see the rugged character that he has developed. Also, my WWE side. Sees him still using the shield entrance and it makes me feel sad.
But shout out to Jon Moxley. I would love to see him and Cactus Jack go in it. And of all places, it's gotta be Hell in a Cell. I like that. The blood, the chaos.
And I mean, it's got to be a Buck and Liz match in the back of his head. They have a little bit of a history. If you recall, years ago before the Shield was formed and Dean Ambrose came up, he and And Mick Foley had a little thing that was filmed and looked like they were cutting a promo on each other. Was there going to be a fight? Were they going to have a match?
Nothing ever came to fruition.
So I see where you're at. Flannel. with with John, I could I I think about that That match that Cactus hat against edge. Or against Hunter, you know, and just the look on their faces when they found out that they're not going against McFoley, they're going against CAC. That right there with John.
It's everything that you put put ponchos in the front row. That's all I'm saying.
Now, number two. I wanted I I really wanted to get into s some technical aspects while also keeping up the high energy. And when I'm looking at the work that Ilya's done lately, I would love to see a triple threat. I'm the late great Eddie Guerrero. Ilya Dragonov.
and Seth freaking Rollins. Wow. It's going to give you the high flying aspects And all three of them have that energy that, like, once they snap. They're going. Just to see Ilya and Eddie going at it for a good.
Eight minutes of the match alone is getting my money. When you add in a. A star power factor that Seth freaking Rollins brings to every single match. It's just like he's the icing on the cake with that. I would love to see that triple threat.
And then I paid money for that. And then this next one I'm for sure paying money for. My number one. Your number, this is your all-time dream. Is this your all or just as of today?
As of today, because my. My dream dream match, the reason why it's an honorable mention, and we'll get to it very last. Because it can still happen. Oh, that makes sense. These are matches that can't happen anymore.
Like, they're past. Either.
Somebody involved in match passing. Yeah.
But unprop. Not. Yeah.
Yeah.
But like.
So They're either long gone or whatever, but my honorable mention can still happen.
So that's why it's an honorable mention. It's not on the list. But my number one, I would love to see Darby Allen. versus Shane O'Mack in a street fight. Dude.
That is your ultimate dream, Agent. That would be such a like. Throw the remote. Everybody set your phones to silence. Just get some beers and just watch.
I need to be front row. You know what? I might even have to watch this one at home because when they start to leave the ring, you can't really. Yeah, I need to be able to see everything.
So, you want Shane O'Mack around the time Kurt Angle and WrestleMania 17, Shane McMack. Like that era of him and just like. Just knowing what we know now. That's trying to prove himself to his father. Yeah, right.
That edge that he put on himself, and then Darby's. edge that he naturally lives with of like let's l Don't care if my liver died. Yeah, like. It's going to get insane. You're going to see some stuff, and they're both going to be down to do it.
So Shane O'Mac. versus Darby Allen in a street fight. My God. Wow. Yep.
But honorable mention. 'Cause it can still happen and this is my PSA to get it to happen. I have to see. the final boss. Versus the tribal chief.
Now, The rock has gone off to be an Oscar-nominated rock now. He's a little thinner. People are starting to whisper that this match might not ever happen. But that's exactly what they want you to believe, all right? They want us to be lulled to sleep so they could just smack us in the face.
And that way, when we are watching at home and we see Roman Reigns on our screens, when we least expect it. If And then it's over. And then now I'm tearing up my living room. The fire department's coming. I'm getting sent to jail.
And it's all because the Rock v. Roman Reigns would be happening. The chance is still there. It's still my number one dream match. But for this list, it has to be honorable mention.
because of the possibility of it still happening.
Okay. Okay. You know. Also, just another, just a quick shout-out. I would love to see Montez Ford, Kevin Knight, Leon Slater, and Javon Evans in a match.
Oh, man. Yeah.
TLC. A little singles TLC match. Definitely that. A little money in the bank. Why not?
Why not? We like that.
Well, I think you're going to online once this goes out, you're going to get some pushback about that number one a little, but you got to remember that's not your list. That's his dream. That's what he wants to see. And that's another thing. Like, you guys can get in the comments, you know, get in the comments.
And write your list. And then I want you to go and you can go to a printer, print out your list. All right. Then I want you to shine it up real nice. Turn that some bitch sideways, it sticks straight up, you're candy ass, because it's your list.
Do what you want with it. My list just happens to be on your screen right now. It's all love until it ain't. All right, so that's it. That's your five five of your all-time dream matches.
That's my dreams today. Today. But I'm a big dreamer. I'm hesitant to say those are your all-time dream matches. But there's no Austin.
There's no. But for right now, you know, today, December 29th. I like that because you know what? You gave some stuff there that. Isn't always people that aren't always matched up with one another.
And it's easy to sit here and go, oh, my dream match is Seth Rollins against Bret Hart.
Well, guess what? That's eight, that's three million other people. Yeah, definitely would have loved to see Seth and Sean. Yeah, for sure. But I like that.
I like that. That's something we do kind of think outside the box. It's so cool. I like that. Thank you, man.
Thank you. I'd be interested in seeing all those matches. Yeah, it'd be like a G-Why not. Hell yeah. All right.
Guys. I think we've come to that part of the show. This is fun. You know, I want to, again, want to remind you guys before we go. Last week's best of episode.
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