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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Atta Special.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the GSMC Wrestling
Laureate Podcast, brought to you to the GSMC Sports Network.
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that super chat. Welcome to your favorite wrestling fan here.
After watching a week of wrestling. Gotta be honest, I
gotta you know, I got some things to talk about.
I'm just gonna know, well, but you know, today we're
gonna talk about my first segment, we're gonna talk about
some a e W Dynamite. In our second segment, we
got Tina Impact results, also a Ring of Honor. In
our third segment, we're going to talk about NXT Vengeance Day.

(01:50):
We're gonna preview me to give you guys some predictions.
And you know, I'm hoping for a good pay per view.
I think it's gonna be super well not pay per view.
Pl do people even say pay per views anymore. Maybe
if you're any EW fan perhaps, but you know, I
don't know. I'm looking forward to it has a pretty
stacked has a pretty stacked card. Also, we're gonna talk
about AW Grand Slams, but actually not going to be

(02:10):
a pay per view. There's there was rumors actually stating
that it was supposed to be a pay per review,
although I, you know, highly doubt it. They probably could
have got some takers, being honest, they could have got
some buyers there. But having a stream on HBO Max
simultaneously as well as on TNT, it's pretty bad ass.
I like the fact that it's after the NBA All
Star Game, so you know you're gonna have potentially, maybe

(02:31):
some people, you know, they put it on the All
Star Game walk away from the TV around that time
you're kind of, you know, getting the kids ready for bed,
or you know, for some people, you know, you know,
having a late dinner or maybe having some drinks with
some friends, or you know, playing cards or hanging out
with the wife, and you're just like, you know what,
I just need some background noise. So then maybe potentially
this could be a highly rated show for AW. I

(02:53):
think it would be. I think it's gonna be great.
Has a you know, a pretty stacked card as well,
just like NXT Vengines Day. So we're gonna talk about
that in our fifth and final segment. We got WWE
superstars released. We're gonna talk about them. You know, We're
gonna talk about maybe why they got released, maybe some
potential future landing spots for them. We're also gonna talk about.
And it's just totally speculations. I have no inside sources whatsoever.

(03:15):
I have a handful of superstars that are maybe potentially
in trouble of losing their character, maybe on the on
the back burner or maybe on the maybe in line
of being released next you know, although I do not
wish release upon anybody whatsoever. But you know, we're gonna
talk about some stars that, you know, if they don't
step it up or if you know, they don't get
a storyline quick, they can possibly be saying by to

(03:39):
w w WEE. So we're gonna get into that in
our fifth and the final segment. But before we do
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hit a thumb zup, all right, without further dally jump,
let's talk about our first segment. We're gonna talk about
some ae W Dyna. My Dynamite was a you know,
I checked highlights. I gotta be honest, I was pretty
busy this week, but it was at the H E.
B Center in Austin, Texas. The you know, it all

(05:07):
started out with Edge stealing the I think it showed
Edge stealing the briefcase or something like that. I'm not
too sure, or maybe the you know, that's the way.
You know. When I watched the highlights, that was like
the bet, like the first thing they wanted to show me.
But I thought that was pretty crazy.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
You know.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
The whole time I was watching it, I was like,
all right, okay, so he stole the you know, he
stole the briefcase. At the end of the night, only
to kind of be how was the little disappointed about
how it all ended. But you know, it was build up.
It was it was a build up Tory W. Grant
Slam Australia, so you know, I you know, I get it,
you know, so you know it happened and new you know,
it was cool. Obviously, the same commentary team we saw

(05:45):
Excalibur Tony Shiavanni, also Nigel mc guinness. So we saw
Mac Max castor I don't know why, I want to
say Craster Max Caster taking on the Hangman Adam Page.
This was you know, from head to toe. Uh, just
just a squash match, you know, just a squash match
of you know Max Caster recently, well not even recently anymore,

(06:07):
Like he was approached by MVP. He wanted to give
him the car and you know, kind of him blowing
smoke up his ours, gaslighting him, saying that he was
one of the best wrestlers in ae W. He's kind
of been going off the rails for that. You know,
we don't really have you know, we don't really have
the Acclaimed anymore. You know, uh, they're probably are they're
they're broken up. I I you know, I'm gonna go

(06:28):
off and confidently say that we're probably not going to
see the Acclaimed anymore in an ae W, which is
you know, I feel like fans liked him, you know,
the overall were a pretty likable stable obviously, but you know,
I feel like once when Daddy asked left, it kind
of all want to all want the crap. So but
obviously this was a nice little you know momentum for
a hangman Adam Page, you know, making his way back

(06:51):
to AW after his suspension about like I think it
was four months ago when he was suspended by the
Elite where Matthew Nicholas Jackson the Young books. But I
was making it back to AEW. He's made such an imprint,
you know, starting them. You know, he had his feud
with Swerve. A lot of people didn't like that, but
I felt like a w creative writing kind of found

(07:12):
a great way to kind of balance the act where
people could potentially take the side of hang mad Adam
Page and some people could potentially take the side of
the AW World champ. No, No, I think he lost
it beforehand. I think he did. No, Yeah, he did.
He lost it to Brian Danielson, you know. You know,
it was a nice little storyline. And now both of
them obviously doing their own thing. But hang bad Adam Page,

(07:34):
he you know, he wins, he loses. I feel like
he's like the perfect superstar right now and he you
know he's right now, him and mjf are starting, you know,
they're starting their feud, which is gonna be big. It's
gonna be it's gonna be pretty badass. I definitely think
they're gonna have a match at ae W Revolution, So
you know, looking forward to that. Ae w's Trios Tag

(07:54):
Team Champions, the Death Writers, Claudio Castanoli, Pac and Wheeler.
You'da took on the unspreat Kingdom. You know, it was
nice to see Adam called, Roderick Strong and Kyler Riley
back together, you know, you know, I know if they've
wrestled sometime outside of w w E, but you know,
it was kind of cool to see the Undisputed air again.
You know, I loved the Undisputed or I thought, you

(08:14):
know once when those four guys were released, you know,
Roderick Strong, the only person were missing is like Bobby Fish.
It was a shock. It was a shock because I
felt they didn't really even get a chance to really
fight on the on the main roster on RAS SmackDown.
But maybe, you know, during that time, it maybe it
was for the best. You know, maybe they saw a
sunken ship, Maybe they saw the wave. Instagram was handling

(08:37):
talent being promoted from the Black and Gold brand up
to Raw or SmackDown, and it just just wasn't looking good.
And it caused a lot of superstars like Alistair Black,
like Amber Moon, like Keith Lee kind of saw their demise,
you know, Lars Sullivan. A lot of these wrestlers kind
of fell under the radar and not a lot of people,
you know, thought of picking them up. And so far,

(08:58):
all those superstars they did find success outside of w WE,
But as of right now, I feel like the only
one really thriving that used to be on NX he
would probably be Athena. Trying to think of other superstars
that were on NXC that I can't think of right now.
But no, it was a you know, it was all good.
It was all good. It was a you know, it

(09:19):
was a good match kind of you know, I hated
how the death Writers, you know, they just seemed to
just keep winning and winning and winning. You know, it
was a nice match between six talented guys, so, you know,
and right now the death Writers were, you know, especially
Claudio Castanoli, I felt like, what's kind of like on
a downpour of you know, there was he's kind of

(09:39):
losing a little bit. So I don't know, it was
you know, kind of crazy. It was kind of crazy.
All right, next we have you know, we have MJF
and a Hangman Adam Page interaction. Obviously, h MJF was
being interviewed by Renee pat Khat. MJF said that no
amount of paint on your face will hide your shame.

(10:00):
Hangman Adam Page interrupted. MJF made a booge joke, and
Page said that that is that the best you got.
MJF said that whatever this is, this is not a
whole page is this isn't whole pages which is weird
to kind of you know, I don't know, but anyways,
so you know, this feud is gonna be great. I

(10:21):
can't wait for it to finally come in fruition We've
been begging for for the past couple of past couple
of interactions where Hangman out of Page interrupted MJF and
MJF interrupted Hangman Adam Page. So, you know, disrespect from
both sides. I want to see these two talented superstars
go at it. Both of them are on their prime.
Both of them are very you know, at their prime
very much. MJF, you know, and Hangman Adam Page potentially

(10:46):
you know, aw world champions once again that you know,
I feel like any one of those guys would be
you know, I do love mox I love what John
Moxley is doing right now with you know, with the
death Writers and how he's holding ae W up, especially
after I felt like Swerve did a pretty good job
too as the AEW World Champion was good. I thought

(11:06):
he was pretty bad ass. Brian Danielson was just kind
of like I felt like it was kind of like
a flare, you know, he he won the championship from
Swerve and then you know he was gonna retire. Who
do you think is going to you know, hold the
company on their back with such high reputation take care
of it. And obviously John Moxley was the best decision
because he was kind of like the new flavor. He
lost his IWGP championship and you know, made him back

(11:30):
to ae W full time and now he's running the
you know, he's running the biz. You know, so you know,
it would be cool to kind of see these three
guys go at it potentially in a triple threat match
moving forward. But I'm very high on these, you know,
on MJF Fan to Hang bad Adham page. Next, we
have Samoa, Joe Hook and kat Siriri Shabada defeating John

(11:51):
Cruz Aaron Solo and Rosario and Grio Grill. I think
it's real. It was an easy squash match, you know,
Samoa Joe. These three men obviously kicking ass, taking names.
I guess they're their group named the Ops. You know,
it's highly unliked. It could be better. The Ring of
Water Worl champion Chris Jericho and Brian Keith were interviewed

(12:12):
by Renee Pat Keett. Jericho complained about Bandido, saying he
wanted Keith to watch Jericho collect the bounty for Bandido.
Jericho challenges Bandido to a showdown. Keith told Renee not
to embarrass him in front of Jericho once again. So
are we gonna get a different storyline here? For the
Bad Apple? I felt I felt like the Bad Apple
was pretty cool, and then now this whole Learning Tree thing,

(12:34):
I feel like it's kind of faltering. I kind of
see a little bit of animosity between Jericho and Big Bill.
Maybe this might be a great way for Big Bill
and the Bounty Hunter to kind of, you know, just
kind of stem away Chris Jericho right now. You know,
I feel like, in terms of his wrestling career, his
illustrious wrestling career, with a bunch of accomplishments in and

(12:56):
outside of the ring. You know, I love myself from
Chris Jericho out of absolutely, you know, admirer will forever
ever respect why to J But I don't know. It
might be time to it might be time to call
it quits, you know what I mean? Right now, I
know he's just there. He's there to put over young talent.
You know, he did it, you know, he did it

(13:16):
for a hook during their during their feud. Now he's
doing it with h He's doing it with Powerhouse Hobbs.
Now he's doing it with you know, who is the
who's facing them for the Ring of Wanna World Championship.
I can't think of it right now. Maybe I've been Bandido,
so I don't know. I just feel like, you know, Jericho,

(13:37):
maybe he's exactly where he is right now. I don't know.
Maybe I'm just too attached to it. Well of Nightingale
was being interviewed by Rene pat Katt, who was attacked
by Marino Shafir once again, the Death Riders doing their thing.
John Moxley walked in saying that Adam Copeland is a
dead man walking, so not really, you know, once again,
the death Betters run this show. Death betters run this show.

(13:58):
The Elite storyline just kind of faltered. We barely see
Kadzo Kata anymore, we barely see Jack Perry, and the
Young Bucks just often dipped to news Man Professional Wrestling,
So you know, you know, the storyline was kind of
a looks but you know, I feel like right now
they're on a better page than what they were. Dustin
Rhodes takes on Maxwell Jacob Freeman. Obviously, the fans were

(14:21):
strongly behind Dustin in his hometown of Austin, and everybody
just hates MJF, which is, you know, which is pretty cool.
He's such a great heel, such a great heel. Obviously,
hay Man getting the win with a submission, Dustin passed
out and the hotel MJF got the win and went
off for eleven minutes. So it was a very good,
awesome match up. After the match, MJF started attacking roads,

(14:43):
hanging bad at a page comes out for the save,
and then they both end up, you know, squabbling a
little bit, you know, most likely sending up a match
toward Revolution next month. Like I said, two guys absolutely
in their prime favorites and it's gonna be a bad
It's gonna be such a badass wheverry. I can't I
can't wait. Meghan Bain defeats Maya Mayor World, Mayor World.

(15:05):
I feel like this was kind of a squash match
as well. It lasted about a minute F five F five,
bam and a. Megan Bain once again continues her momentum
to possibly be a face or a competitor within the
women's ae W title picture. So you know, always always
reading for somebody new to kind of come along, always,
always always. Chris Statlander defeats Penelope Ford. You know, I

(15:28):
love Chris Statlander. I think she is essentially kind of
what embodies the the TBS Championship. I thought she should
have beat Mercedes Monette the second time they faced, but
you know, it is what it is. Chris Statlander would
be an amazing TBS champion. But you know, Harley Cameron
is taken on Mercedes Monee a W Grand Slam Australia.

(15:52):
So maybe potentially we'll see a different phase. Maybe Harley Cameron,
who has all the talent in the world, could you know,
potentially be the one to dethrone Mercees Mode Nay but overall,
very impressive performance for Chris Statlin or ae W TACH Championships.
We had the Hurt Syndicate Bobby Lashnings, Shelton Benjamin defeat
the Guns. You know, it was you know, it was

(16:12):
exactly what the match was supposed to be. You know,
the Guns came in, seemed like they had the momentum,
seemed like they were gonna win, seeming like they are
tag team competitors and they're not going anywhere. But you know,
AW right now, Tony Kahan hi on Bobby Lashley, high
on Shelton Benjamin. Recently, Cedric Alexander was released by w WE.
Maybe we might get him on AW to finally have

(16:35):
the three back together, and I would love it. I
would definitely love to see the Hurt Business turn into
the Hurt Syndicate two point zero. So I would definitely
love to see Cedric Alexander in that role. But you know,
all in all, you know, no, no one's really stopping
this gang right now. The Hurt Business, they hurt people.
We hurt people. I'm just kidding, no, not not trying

(16:55):
to dog it or anything, but you know, it is
what it is. You know, it's a it's what's all good?
Mariah made the Women's World Champions backstage saying that everyone
will realize that Mariah did it better. May claim that
Tony Storm would it exists without May and it stops now.
May said, maybe she loves Storm because this is going
to be a mercy killing, and I beg the difference.

(17:19):
You know, I'd love Mariah May. She's cool and all,
but when the titles around the waste of Tony Storm,
she just made it so much more. I don't know
if it's the theatrical of the timeless Tony Storm aspect
of it, but I don't know, or I don't know
because Miriama, you know, it was cool, you know, the
way she turned on her and then she had the
you know, the high healed stuck it in her head

(17:40):
and it was crazy. After winning the owen Hart Cup,
you know, just to add insult to injury and answer,
she got that title shot and she he throned Tony Storm.
But now they're back at it again. Can't wait to
see this match. One of the matches I'm looking forward
to actually the most watching up this upcoming Saturday. So yeah, totally,
I think Sunday, Yeah thinks Sunday, totally totally stoked about it,

(18:02):
totally stoked. So at the end of the at the
end of the show, you know, you had John Moxley
finally accept coach challenge. Him and Jay White were smashing
that briefcase trying to get the AW World Championship out
of there. John Moxley obviously said, you know, my blood,
sweat and tears were inside that title and you know
my soula is inside that ring, and he asked, and

(18:24):
he's the protector of the AW World Championship, which is
you know, which is kind of cool, which is kind
of cool. You know, Death Riders at one point looked
like they were probably going to you know, end the
show as you know, as well as they always do.
But now they're building up major momentum, you know, kind
of being kind of being victors in that trio about
against the Underspeak Kingdom. So you know, overall, like I said,
checked out, checked out, Highlights, Dynamite, it was good, it

(18:47):
was it was good. It was good. All right, guy,
So hey, do not go anywhere. We're gonna jump on
into our TNA Impact and Ring of Honor results. So
grab your favorite snack, grab your favorite high school beverage
and joined me here in about twenty five seconds. So, hey,
do not go anywhere. I feel like I'm losing my mine.

Speaker 3 (19:06):
Everybody in the world die. Please Lord give me us side,
us side. I feel like I'm losing my everybody in
the world die. Please give me us shine shine. I

(19:28):
want to be the greatest everybody on the face shit.

Speaker 2 (19:30):
I look around.

Speaker 4 (19:30):
I feel like everybody is the faces.

Speaker 2 (19:32):
I make this every day and I'm in patient, hoping
one day I've blowed up in the basement.

Speaker 4 (19:35):
Say, man, the top is so baking.

Speaker 3 (19:37):
I don't even shit that I think is amazing, waiting
for my day when I playing sold that should for
a thousand faces.

Speaker 2 (19:42):
Hey give me that crown keeping my way in to
be put down. It ain't your placed. All this my town.

Speaker 4 (19:47):
If I want that shit that, I'll get it right now.

Speaker 2 (19:50):
I'm losing it.

Speaker 3 (19:50):
The loose and fits, the loosy shit a stupid myth.

Speaker 2 (19:52):
You choose to live, a choose to diep.

Speaker 4 (19:54):
You choose to fight and lose a grip and lose
a gift on.

Speaker 3 (19:58):
I feel like I'm losing my everybodyili Please Lord give
me us.

Speaker 2 (20:11):
I'll still.

Speaker 3 (20:15):
Severybody boiled.

Speaker 2 (20:21):
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(22:12):
talk about TNA Impact. TNA Impact San Antonio, Texas. I
know is that no I think I could be wrong.
Check it out my notes right here. Yeah, the Boeing
Center in San Antonio, Texas. So right off the bat
we got the TENA World Championship match between Joe Hendry
and Jake Something. You know, I was super I was

(22:33):
super duper kind of high on John Jake Something for
for about a month non you know, maybe for about
three weeks during the summer. During summer felt like he
had the most so much momentum. But you know, Joe
Hendry is the face of TNA right now. It's definitely
the direction they want to go to, you know, an
international sensation he is. He's very, very gifted, very likable,

(22:54):
you know, all around the world social media. When he
came to NXC, when he made his debut in the
world or rumble fans were they went bonkers. They went balkers.
Although he was kind of tossed out by Roman reigns,
I felt like a little prematurely, I felt like maybe
he should have eliminated Roman reigns. That would have been uh,
that would have been pretty uh, that would have been
pretty cover. That would have never ever happened. But we

(23:16):
can always dream. We believe, right, we believe so it's
kind of cool to see Joe Hendry obviously still still
TEENA World champion. I don't think his title Rerain's gonna
go away any time soon. He's gonna hold onto it
for quite some time. Right now. I can't really think
of anybody on the TEENA roster who would not just
beat him or would, you know, would be a better

(23:38):
replacement in terms of Joe Hendry. So you know, I
feel like his title Rerain is just be guinny. So
uh yeah, I definitely can't wait too. You know, see
that Santino Morella was backstage ice in his jaw. The
Nemats ran up to him, and Nick apologized to Santino,
said that he had a lot of respect for the
Nemat family, which is why the decision to suspend Nick

(24:01):
for four weeks was a hard one. Ryan tried to argue,
but Nick told him to quit it. You know, Ryan
is God. He keeps he keeps pulling Nick into these situations,
keeps pulling him into his problems, and yeah, he's annoying.
Definitely a thousand and ten percent. I agree that he's
a thousand percent annoying. So, you know, a nice little

(24:21):
brotherfewd maybe that would be that'd be pretty cool. Ash
and Heather by Elegance, the Feet, the King the Bees.

Speaker 4 (24:28):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
You know, I always keep thinking that these girls are
going to become the teen A Knockouts Tag Team champions.
But I do love Danny Luna and Jody Threat of
Spitfire definitely my one of my favorite women tag teams
in all of wrestling and all the wrestling. Ashi and
Heather by Elegance would be an interesting match for Jade Cargo,
also Bianca bell Air. You know, you kind of have

(24:49):
the powerhouses and then you kind of have I feel
like this would be a great match, This would be amazing,
you know, I do you know the King Bees, They're
they're all right, you know what I mean. But you can't.
You can't defeat the Elegance. You can't. These girls are
literally one of the best, you know, They're good heel characters,
you know, and there and I feel like, ultimately they

(25:10):
do deserve another shot at the championship. I don't know
if maybe they're you know, saving Ash for a one
on one match with Masha to you know, maybe be
the new Teenage you know, Knockouts champion. Maybe maybe not,
but you know, I would love to see more from
this tag team because these girls are truly amaging at
what they do when they're inside the ring. They have
an awesome tandem, awesome chemistry, they can you know, they

(25:32):
kick ass, so so yeah. Mustaf Aali had a press conference.
He renamed the Good Hands the Great Hands. He appointed
Tasha Steeles as his press secretary. Allie proclaimed himself as
the number one contender for the Teenage World title. He
asked everyone in attendance if they agree. There was silence.
Tommy Tommy Dreamer walked in. He needs uh, yeah, I

(25:54):
definitely agree with that. So, you know, Mustaf Palli going
up against Joe Henry's gonna be great. It's gona be
a great match. Usaf Ali, I feel like ultimately is
kind of like one of the faces of the X Division,
But right now the EX Division is being run by
a heavyweight, so maybe a little bit of crisscross Apple sauce,
you know, kind of a little bit of a of

(26:14):
a different flavor, you know, having somebody with the talents
of Mustaf Ali high flyer can definitely get the job
done within his arsenal. He's also a pretty technical damn wrestler.
As well. Don't really see him and he hid any
submissions though, you know maybe once in a while, but
I feel like ultimately he does rely on you know,
on his speed, on his high flying abilities, and Joe

(26:34):
Hendry is kind of like more of a more of
a technical like kind of a brutish kind of wrestler
ground and pound power. So this is you know, definitely
an awesome, you know, fifty to fifty match where you know,
you kind of have two different competitors, different strong styles,
and you know it's gonna collide. So you know, let's
see if speed could beat strength, and let's see if

(26:56):
power could overall defeat agility. So should be interesting. Frankie
Kazarian wins by submissions, defeating Sammy Callahan. Sammy Callahan too, man,
he's kind of a you know, he's kind of going well, no,
I don't know. I don't want to say he's slumping,
because he does here and there get some victories, but
you know he's been It's all right. Sarian's pretty cool.

(27:18):
You know, you love him or hate him, you know,
Kazarian will always be a part of T and A
and you gotta respect that. You gotta respect that. I
would leave. I would love to see Frank Kazarian go
and challenge do what JDC did, challenge for the Heritage Cup.
That would be pretty bad ass. That would be pretty
damn bad ass. GM Miller was backstage with Josh Alexander,
who wrestles his last ten A match. Alexander said that

(27:41):
he felt all sorts of emotions. He's annoyed that his
last match has to be against someone he looked up
to in his whole entire TNA run. You know, Alexander,
you know, there's been rumors, there's been speculations that you know,
Jordan Grace hinted at potentially him coming to the w WE,
potentially maybe being in you know, being in NXT. I
would love to see him in NXT, w w EE,

(28:04):
you know, not too much travel, not too much travel.
I feel like Josh Alexander could definitely fit somewhere in NXT.
But you know, it's up to him. It's up to him.
He's been around the wrestling industry for quite some time,
been te He's the longest NNY ten World World Champion.
I believe that record still stands. But I know he
wants to, you know, he wants to even the odds
or he wants to square up his debt against Eric Young,

(28:26):
and you know Eric Young too, He's paid his dudes,
He's paid his dues. And then TNA definitely admire him.
I remember watching it back when it was like in
it's heyday, back in two thousand and six, six, two
thousand and six, two thousand and seven, and he was kind
of like this, this dorky guy. You know, he was
kind of like now he you know, he went to
w W and with sanity, sanctity. I think it was sanctity.

(28:49):
I'm not sure sure, I don't quote me on that.
And then you know, then he comes to TNA back
home and then he get a kicks ass. So you know,
definitely admired those two wrestlers would love to see Josh.
I definitely think Josh has definitely to the best technical
wrestlers kind of around you like a kind of like
a curd angle, and he can get the job done
inside the rink as a heel, has a babyface, it's
all gravy baby. Whatever he decides to do. Coora Jad's

(29:12):
still building up Momasum. She wins, she defeats Zaia Brookside.
You know cor j Aid defeating Bailey Tuesday night and
now defeating the Brooks side on Thursday. Nice little momentum
heading up toward vengeance Day. You know, it's cool to
see Cora. I kind of hate him when she came back,
she kind of faltered to the side of the then

(29:34):
ww NXC World Women's Champion Rock San Perez, I hated that.
I feel like, overall, she is a She is a
top tier competitor within the women's division on NXT and
obviously on TNA. I want to see a different direction
for Corrige aid. I feel like I feel like, if
you give people the chance to to like her, she'll
be liked. But if you have her like you know,

(29:54):
she's a pretty good heel too. I gotta be honest,
she is a pretty damn good heel. She fits it
pretty well. I'm excited to see what they decided to
do next. Ariana Grace tried to talk to Tessa Blanchard,
Tessa obviously abusing her, Santina Morella walk by and told
her to stop. Marilla Marella accuses Tessa of a wall
matches lately she's she said she works by her own schedule.

(30:17):
Blanchard laughed off Santino's threats and consequences, so he set
up a match next week. So, you know, Tessa, I'm
not that high on Tessa. Definitely not too high on Tessa.
So the rascals, you know, they're still doing their thing
in TNA. They're sick of Tyson and Tyreek. Obviously, wes
Lee still kind of a you know, still kind of

(30:39):
being a brewed and still kind of being a thorn
in the side of his former running mates Trey Miguel
and Zachary Wentz. So you know, it's kind of it's
always good to see wes Lee on TINA. I feel
like he belongs there. I feel like it would be
he would be such a great ex division champion, definitely
a thousand and ten percent. So yeah, I can't wait
to see that. So if we have a TNA Knockouts,
worldchampion him, Masha Slamovich obviously by pinfall and still champion,

(31:04):
Masha still doing what it takes. You know, I don't
know who's going to challenge her next, but there's obviously
a little bit of a you know, there's obviously a
little bit of a you know, there's a couple of
suitors lining up so to speak that being a cor Jade,
that being Tessa and you know, I think, you know,
I think that's it. The two, that's what those are

(31:25):
the two that I would like to see. We had
Eric Young with the Northern Armory taking on Josh Alexander,
Josh Alexander. You know, obviously, can I do it? Can
it get it done? Eric Young gets the victory. It
was kind of cool, you know, you know, like Josh
Alexander said, wrestling against somebody who looked up to this
whole entire time. It was you know, it was you know,

(31:47):
it's pretty cool. It's pretty cool. Impact When Impact went
off the air, the Northern Armory waving goodbye to you know,
Josh Alexander. So and honestly, I I would love to
see Josh Alexander and and NXC, but there has been
TENA for quite some time. He's been quiet and TEENA.
You know, he's been He's great, he's great, one thousand

(32:09):
and ten percent. But obviously if he had to walk out,
you know, fighting a fellow friend, fighting a fellow coworker
that he respects so much, then kudos, you know, definitely
a thousand and ten percent. I would love to see that.
Eric Young is still building up momentum. Be interesting to
kind of find out when he gets a title shot.
But you know, it is what it is. It was
a great I thought it was a I thought it

(32:30):
was a good episode. I definitely thought it was a
good episode. I can't wait to find out what happens.
Next week we have a concert by Joe Hendri, so
you know that's always a good watch. All right, So
now let's move on to some ring of honor. Ring
of Honor talk brought to you by Chris Jericho. Right,
Chris Jericho had his Uh didn't he had his wrestling

(32:53):
thing or something like that. Sorry, I wrote down to
my notes, but I can't find it. But but yeah,
So Jai Etho jayle Ethal gets back into the Winning column,
taking on defeating Mason Mason Madden. Mason Madden with Mansor.
I want to see I want to see those guys
finally get some success. Man. I feel like wherever Mansor goes,
he's been kind of a I don't know, kind of

(33:16):
not not abused. I don't want to say that because
that sounds a little that sounds a little like Macaw,
But I don't know, maybe just a little bit Harley
Cameron defeats Billy Starks, which is a big win for Harley.
You know, now she's on this huge run, she's on
her role. Will she become the new TDS champion at
Grand Slam Australia. I would love to see it. I

(33:37):
feel like we need a different taste, we need a
different style in the women's division on AW and having
Harley Cameron with their you know, with her concerts, with
their puppetry or whatever ventriloquism. I don't even know if
I said that word correctly. I feel like it's something
that AW needs. Merhome Mercedes Monet thing. You know, you know,
don't mess with Mercedes Monet. Money changes everything, all this

(34:00):
YadA YadA, YadA.

Speaker 3 (34:02):
You know.

Speaker 2 (34:02):
I feel like there needs to be something different, you know,
Mercedes Monet bad ass girl, you know, great wrestler, dominant,
Mariah May badass girl, dominant. She's you know, very very
like more of a down you know, kind of a
kind of a vibe. I guess she could say, but
you know, she's a good she's a great wrestler. Harley

(34:24):
Cameron would definitely you know, changed ae W. I feel
like they'd get you know, they'd get a better, they
get more viewers. I feel like they would. I feel
like there's a lot of people who are rooting for Harley,
and if you know, Mercedes Monet wants to drop the
title to somebody, you know, I feel like putting over
Cameron in this position would be better than her retaining.

(34:46):
I feel like if Mercedes Monet retains, I feel like
it would do you know, a little bit more harm
than good, I guess you can say, because then just
this narrative of you know, the moment she came to aew,
She's done nothing but make money, she's been she's done
nothing but being the being the spotlight, done nothing but
win championships. And I don't know, I feel like this
would be good for Mercedes as well. You know sometimes

(35:08):
uh you know, I know she's undefeated. I know she's
undefeated on dynamite. I think in singles competition, yeah, but
I don't know. Billy Starks is a good, good competitor
as well. I thought she was gonna be the round
to want to be thrown Athena for the Ring of
Honor World Women's Championship. But you know, future future future,
we still have the future aw International Champion Canok defeats

(35:31):
Tommy Billingley in an eliminator match. The Outrunners defeated the
Grizzled Young Veterans. Ricochet defeats Sir penty Kill. Commander defeats
Nick Wayne to retain the Ring of Honor World Championship.
You know, Nick Wayne obviously part of the Patriot patriarchy, patriarchy,
and I wonder, what's one of Christian Cakes is going
to you know, cash in that cash in that contract.

(35:54):
I feel like it's gonna be good. I feel like
it's gonna be pretty bad ass. And if he cashes
in it on Cope, that would be even badass. You know,
they were a huge tag team. They come to aew
to you know, explore different sides of their wrestling capabilities,
and you know, and it's all I feel like it's
all good. It's all great, all right, So hey, do
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(36:17):
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to be in Washington, d C. At the Care for

(38:46):
Care First Arena care First Arena, So excuse me, this
is gonna be a good I feel like this is
gonna be one of the better pre p l E
s in NXT this year. You know, a lot of
star studded matching. I mentioned it before. We have a
pretty stacked car. We're gonna start off. We have Ethan
Page taking on Javon Evans. I believe this is a
non change sanctioned match because you know, Ava doesn't want

(39:09):
to be liable towards what happens to Jabon Evans. This
is a great match. This is a great match where
Evans is a great match for Ethan Page. Ultimately, I
feel like if I had to make a prediction, I
would put Evans over Ethan Page. Ethan Page. I thought
Ethan Page during the portal was gonna find himself on
Raw SmackDown, But maybe that they're you know, maybe they're

(39:30):
kind of saving something for it. It'd be interesting to
kind of see him. You know, he's already had his
chance at the Dawn, He's had his chance at Trick Williams,
and I don't think he would ever come back to
fight OVA. Javon Evans is a young rising star within
the past couple of months, he's kind of found himself
in a loser column more often than less. This would

(39:52):
be a big win for him, Absolutely a nice little
feud that they have. Like I said, I think it's nonsation,
So I think it's going to be a hardcore match.
Have we really seen no benefit of Ethan Page defeating
Jabon Evans here? You know, he's a young rising star.
He needs a you know, high on victory heading toward
NX stand and deliver WrestleMania season. And you know, I've

(40:14):
definitely would think Ethan Page would would have left NX
gone wrong and smacked down. I don't know what happened.
I felt like that would have been perfect. But you know,
it's gonna be a good match. I honestly could be
a sleeper for one of the best matches. We have
a strap match. You know, I'm not a huge strap
match kind of guy. I gotta be honest, it's not
you know, it doesn't really tickle my fancy. We have

(40:35):
Eddie Thorpe taking on Trick Williams. Trick Williams. I feel
like he's gonna win. He's gonna defeat Eddie Thorpe. Eddie
thorpe Man. He did a full three sixty, you know
he he he blames you know, Ava, he blames Shawn Michaels.
He blames the people for turning their back on him.
And of course you have whooped that trick, you know,
to whoop that trick. Era is over. But he has

(40:58):
to fight Oba. He has a rematch, and I think
we're gonna see that stand and deliver. I think we are.
I see maybe a potentially Trick Williams regaining the NXC
World Championship from Oba. But Oba, he's very dominant, very
very dominant. I don't really see him or his reign
losing to anybody who's like not the face of NXT.

(41:21):
This would be the second occasion that Trick Williams would
be champion. I think two time NXC I could be. Yeah, no,
two time NXC champion because Ethan Page defeated him and
then I think.

Speaker 1 (41:33):
He got it.

Speaker 2 (41:34):
Why am I blanking right now? Who did Ethan pay? Oh?
Damn it? But this is gonna be one of those,
you know, obviously a lot of strap a lot of
strap hits, maybe some uh maybe some rear naked chokes.
I honestly don't know. Why they put a strap match.
I don't know, you know what? Then again, you know,

(41:55):
don't let me ruin your time. You know people who
like strap matches out there. Kudos NXCY World Tag Team Championship.
Time we got Nathan Fraser and ACXIOM taking on Josh
Briggs and uh in you I always say it wrong,
damn it yo, yoshiki in you mora inymura. I feel

(42:15):
like Nathan Fraser and acxidom had defeated everybody in NXT
as of right now. They seem like they defeat some
of the top tag teams on in TNA Impact. So
having to title on something different like Briggs and anymore
could definitely, you know, because you've got the high flying
of Praxium. Now you're gonna get more of a more

(42:36):
of a power where it seems like a lot of
d NXT Tag Team Division is kind of segueing to power.
You have Hank and Tank, you have Tyson and Tyreek,
you have OTM. You have these big dudes that you
know now you're gonna have, you know, I feel like,
who's the other damn I don't remember Jensen Brooks Jensen,

(42:56):
maybe Sean Spears form a tag Team. But I feel
like this is going to be one of those matches
where I also thought Fraxing was gonna wind up on Raw.
I don't know, I've really I thought that way, but
Briggs anymore, they would be great face for a tacking division.
They would be great. But every single time I feel
like Fraxum is gonna lose those titles, then they end up,

(43:19):
you know, they end up shocking the world and you know,
staying tag team champions. So I should be interesting to
kind of find out what happens in this match, but
you know, I'm going to stick with Fraxium. They're exciting
as hell to watch, but I just don't see that
that they you know, anybody else that would step up
to the plate and challenge them. Maybe another cross Stoor,
maybe a team from a from RAW, maybe another team

(43:41):
from TNA. Might you know kind of a you know,
try to try to you know, cement their name or
cement their legacy inside it. You recently saw JDC come along,
you know across the you know the cross staff for
abid Indoor or you know that uh that crossover between
TNA and n XT. Maybe you know, the system come over.
Perhaps maybe that would be their next challengers. But overall,

(44:05):
it would be interesting to see if Briggs and anymore
because Briggs had been He's been roaming around for quite
some time. You know, he had that storyline with Jensen
that you know, kind of with the crap that he
was kind of hitting under the radar a little bit,
that he you know, getting attacked, and now he has this,
you know, new tag team partner from Nu cha Man
Professional Wrestling, who's internationally known, internationally successful. It wouldn't have

(44:26):
shocked me if they win the tag team titles. I'm
you know, so I'm right now, I'm kind of I'm
forty five fifty five percent a Phraxium winning. But you know,
I think Briggs anywhere have a chance. Next we have
a match that I ultimately feel like this match has
kind of already been won by Stephanie Vakaerr. But and

(44:49):
you know, in terms of the fatal influence, In terms
of the fatal influence, I feel like to kind of
keep that stable relevant and dominant in the women's division
because once win Vercare has that world that NXT North
American Women's Championship, I don't think she's gonna you know,
I don't think they're gonna take it off her. I
really honestly don't. Could they be building up something like
Stephanie McKerr and Julia one on one at stand in

(45:12):
Deliver because whenever they're inside the ring together, none of them,
you know, they don't really fight each other. So and
then the fans aren't begging for it. The fans are
literally like they want these girls to go at it.
Two international stars to main stage the you know the
headline that is an XT stand in delivered during WrestleMania weekend.
So I could see Fallon retaining I can't, I really

(45:34):
honestly can I would see why Sean would do so.
Fallon Henley has been one hell of a champion, obviously
dethroning the girl who is the inaugural champion, Ken Downie Jordan.
So you know, I you know, I've read online comments
saying that, you know, she's the best transitional champion probably
that could have held the title on the NXC roster.

(45:55):
I do admire Fallon Henley. I do think that she
was an admirable chane. You know, the NXC kind of
needed that at the moment. But with WWE going a
little bit more international with this whole Netflix deal. They're
trying to get people, They're trying to get a lot
of different demographics, trying to contribute to this niche audience
that is professional wrestling, and having somebody like like Vicaire

(46:18):
holding on to the belt would be beneficial for w
w EE. So right now, you know, I'm I'm gonna say,
Stephanie mccare, taste it. She you know, it makes sense.
It does make sense. I don't know if Shawn Michaels,
you know, wants Fallon to retain, and you know, and
maybe Julie and Stephanie mccare cross paths, but you know,
it would be kind of interesting to kind of see

(46:39):
what would be the storyline if Fallon Henley retains. You know,
I feel like there would be a little bit more
open storylines if the care becomes a new champion, you know,
you would have a whole bunch of people that want
to get their hands on her. A couple of people
come to mind, Jada Parker, Keilanie Jordan. You know who's
a guy, Ashanti the Adonis saying Karmen Petrovitch also in

(47:02):
line as well, So you know, or maybe you know,
you might get somebody else on a fatal influence, you know,
like j C. Jane or Jasmine Nicks going after it,
or maybe they're maybe they have their eyes set on
the Women's World Tag Team Champions. Maybe that's a fact,
Maybe that's something that could possibly happen. So, you know,
I don't really see anything wrong with the care dethroning Henley,

(47:22):
But at the same time, you know, you don't want
the fatal influence to end up like the PF you know,
PFC Pure Fusion Collective, which was you know, kind of
a waste of time, but I don't know, should be interesting.
We have a triple threat. We have a fatal four
way match, so I apologize for the inconvenience. We have
a fatal four way match between Julia Roxane Perez, Kora Jade,

(47:42):
and Bailey. I liked it when I was a triple
that match. I gotta be honest. With the addition of
Korra j Aid, you know, she's been on a role.
You know, she defeated Bailey on NXT and on one
on one Singles Bout. She defeated Zion Brookside TNA Impact
last night, so she still has some juice. She could definitely,
you know, she could definitely shock the world and be
a champion, But you know Julia recently getting the belt,

(48:06):
I feel like this match is going to heavily influence
influence a rivalry between Coora Jade and Rox san Perez.
I feel like Bailey right now, she has the Elimination
Chamber to focus on. I bet you Rox san Perez
is the one that gets pinned and it's gonna lead
to a nice little feud heading up to NXC Stand

(48:27):
and Deliver. I automatically think of Carmel Ohayes Trick William's
former best friends going at it in a crazy match
at Stand and Deliver. Maybe Rox san Perez and core
j Aid will mimic that same storyline technique, and I
would love it. I would love it one thousand and
ten percent. Kora Jade recently kind of finding herself, kind
of finding new ways to win, getting back into that

(48:48):
win callin instead of being a sidekick. She is the one.
She is going to be champion one day, and Rox
san Perez has an Elimination Chamber qualifier match against Raquel Rodriguez,
So you know it would make no sense for any
of these girls that he throwing Julia obviously Julia is
gonna get the dub, but after I feel like that's
when we will get our shocking factor to it. I

(49:08):
feel like Jordan Grace will come you know, obviously look
Julia dead in the face, wanting to challenge her. In
that case, maybe they can start building up something toward
NXT stand and deliver where you know, Lord only knows
who would win that match. I would definitely be split
fifty to fifty between Julia and the Juggernaut Jordan Grace,
the former teenage knockouts World Women's Champions. So you know,

(49:30):
I'm I'm I'm for both of it. I can't wait
to see it made event time. This match, I feel
like this match is just a garbage match. Garbage man.
I'm just gonna know now we all know what what's
gonna win. There's no way into hell Grayson Waller is
going to be an NXT champion. There's no way in
how Austin Theory is going to win. This is the

(49:51):
best way to break up Brayson Waller and Austin Theory.
This is great. I mentioned it before in my segment.
I think when I'm talk about NXT Grayson Waller, I'm sorry,
you know, respect the man, but he does not belong
on the main roster. He does not belong on Raw,
does not belong on SmackDown. He belongs in NXT he

(50:13):
You know, I was talking about how you know the
shows have have mouths. They already have a mouth superstar.
On Raw, you have c him Punk, You have CM
Punk to talk to, talk to talk, You got seth
Rawlins to talk to, talk to talk. Now you have
Kevin Owens. And then on SmackDown you have Cody Rhodes
who talks and talks and talks. You have Drew McIntyre
who talks and talks and talks, and then you also

(50:34):
have who else is on SmackDown that is kind of
like a mouth all the miss You have the Miz now,
who's kind of been a little bit recluse lately in
terms of the storyline. Hopefully WWE develops the storyline for
the Miz. But Austin Theory, I feel like, I feel
like Grayson Waller is going to take out Austin theory. O.

(50:55):
But Feming's gonna come in, you know, kind of throw
Grayson Waller out or do something like that, and you
know Austin Theory is gonna ultimately blame Grayson Waller for
his loss, and the WOLBA F I mean, is gonna
leave smiling. And at the end, we're finally going to
get the breakup between Atown down under that should have
happened about four or five months ago. We have the
w w A United States Division heating up, we have

(51:18):
the Interconginital Championship. I feel like aj Styles will get
a shot. But you know, Austin theory, Austin theory, you know,
he was, He's a former United States champion, very very young,
could be a face of the WWE if his storyline
is just done right. And I feel like, you know,
what's happened in the past, he was the money in
the bank winner didn't really happen. He was the quote

(51:39):
unquote Vince McMahon's last pick. He was his last guy,
and once in Vinction's man kind of went under. You know,
the whole the Austin Theory story went down under, and
you know, it sucks. It sucks because I feel like
he was before his time. I guess you could say,
I feel like if Austin theory, you know, if he
would have had a whole different character, whole different you know,

(52:00):
persona switch and he was the money in the bank champion.
I feel like fans could get into they would have
got into that. They would have definitely got into that
Austin theory. You know, you would have got they got
on that a train baby. But you know, overall, you know,
there's no way Oba Feming is leaving that match without
his title. He's gonna win, obviously. I'm like confidently saying

(52:22):
one hundred percent that Oba Faman is going to retain
that title. All right, got so, hey, do not go anywhere.
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W Grand Slam aus Australia. It's and I feel like
it's gonna be a good one. You know, AW going

(54:27):
to Australia, going across seeds, it's a whole different continent.
And you know, speaking of that, I it's after the
NBA game, So what time isn't it twenty four hours?
I gotta check that out. I feel like Australia is like,
I think, like twenty three hours away or something like that.
I think over there they'll be doing it on no no, no, no,

(54:51):
the whole time change. That's insane, that's crazy. But you know,
it's gonna be good. It's gonna be great. I'm excited
that it's not on pay per view. I feel like,
you know, I love you know, I love aw's pay
per views. I love them, like absolutely admire them. But
you know, sometimes, you know Bleacher Report, you got to
pay fifty bucks man, I'm like, oh god, it's like

(55:13):
that's like half to take a gas nowadays. I'm just kidding, no,
but I have to take a gas Tony Kahan, you know,
I'm just kidding. But anyways, aw Grand Slam Australia. I
can't wait. Let's jump on into it. We have the
Death Riders, the team of Cadio Castanoli and John mochlit
aw world champion taking on Cope and Switchblade j White

(55:35):
in a Brisbane Bowl, in a Brisbane Bowl. This match
is obviously I feel like this is main event. I
feel like this is gonna be a main event. You know, well,
then again, you do have the Aussies, you know, you
do have people actually from Australia, so you know, yeah,
you know, I feel like this is gonna be main event.
These guys are gonna be the holy hell out of
each other. There's gonna be blood. Ooh, there's gonna be blood.

(55:57):
I can't wait to see who gets busted open first.
Is John Moxley going to put Jay white'shead inside a
plastic bag? I would not want that. That'd be terrible.
I don't want to see any any syringes or anything.
I'm just kidna know. That was a pretty crazy aw
all then, I gotta be honest, but you know, moving on,
John Moxley is definitely the face that AEW definitely needed

(56:23):
with the departure of Cody Rhoads. With the departure of
CM Punk. You also saw Dan Brian Danielson retire. You
you know, he had a pretty high you have some
pretty high stakes against him.

Speaker 4 (56:34):
You know.

Speaker 2 (56:34):
He was also the IWGP champion that I feel like
he ultimately lost so he could become the aw world champion.
But you know, exciting to watch, you know, I you know,
I love his promos. I definitely love his promos, the
way he reacts and the way he makes a connection
to the fans, Like he literally makes people think. He
makes people think whenever he opens his mouth, you know,
every single time he you know, he cuts a promo,

(56:57):
you know, he relates it to not just the person
he speaking to, more or less just the people who
are watching, like in the audience or people tuned in
from worldwide. John Boxley is definitely one of the best
to do it. Definitely one of the best to do it.
I'm happy that he's in aew xploring a new creative side.
I heard he actually has creative controls of his own character,
which is uh, which is pretty cool. Probably got some

(57:19):
of the Vietnam flashbacks and when he was in WWE,
and they did some pretty dumb stuff with his storyline,
you know when he was the moral compass and burning
Seth Rowlin shirts outside the arena, But no, the way
he's doing it with the Death Brothers right now, I
gotta be honest. Who's gonna be the winner? Who's going
to be the winner? I feel like there has to
be some heartbreak. I feel like there has to be

(57:39):
some heartbreak. I feel like the rest of the matches
are gonna go the way people people think that they're
gonna go. Ah, man, now, where is you Wheeler? You No,
there's gonna be rated. FTR is gonna get involved also,
you know, Wheeler, Yuda, Marina Shafir are gonna get involved
at as well. The Bastard Pack. This is gonna be

(58:03):
one hell of a brawl. It's gonna be one hell
of a brawl. I you know, I'm going to Death Writers.
I'm going fifty five percent Death Riders, forty five percent
switch Blade, j Y and Cope the Death Writers. I
feel like they need to start building up some momttum,
especially toward their title match at AEW Revolution. You know,
you know, I feel like, if you're John Moxley, you

(58:24):
want Copeland to feel like absolutely copeless. How do you
see what I did? I'm just gonna know that wants
to make him feel absolutely hopeless, you know, so you
know fans will get behind them because I don't really
see John Moxley's reign of the AW World Championship really
going anywhere. And you know, if the Christian Cage decides
to cash in his contract, I don't think it'd be now.

(58:46):
Maybe at Revolution I can see that, you know, maybe
perhaps you know I can't. You know, I don't know
this is overall, but I'm interested to see some blood.
I can't wait. Obviously that's the you know, the attitude
error guy in me. You know, what is this? Some
blood man? All right? The AW Continental Championship we have
Buddy Matthews and comes with Chakawa Katta. I feel like

(59:08):
this match is going to be probably an instant classic.
Hopefully cost is gonna He's gonna retain. He's gonna retain.
You know, they want to build up this match between
Omega and him. You know, they're you know, every single
time they fight, they get five, five and a half
ten stars out of five from Dave Meltzer. So this

(59:32):
is going to be just Buddy Matthews you know, just
Buddy Matthews stating that, hey, you know this hell hounds,
you know of faction with me, Brody King and Julia Hart.
We're definitely, we're definitely threats to be taken seriously. And
you know, one of those matches where even if Buddy Matthews,
you know, even if he loses, he kind of wins,
he's gonna look like a badass. It's gonna look like

(59:52):
he's going to he's only one move away from winning.
He's only one win away from defeating Okada. And then
something's gonna happen, is going to sneak away, and you
know he's gonna calm the It's gonna calm the B
word again, that rhymes with the witch. He loves that word. Man,
It's like he just learned it. You know once when
you were a kid and you learn the curse word
and you just say it in every single aspect of life.

(01:00:13):
I feel like that's how Kachacokada is right now, with
that word that I can't speak of, with that word
that's unspoken up all Next, we have the team, the
first of the team, the Dream Team. We got well
Ostpury and Kenny Omega taking on AEW International champion Kachkakata
and the Kyle Fletcher, the don Kallis family. This would

(01:00:33):
be an interesting if there was a twist, you know,
it would be you know, I know this is one
of those baby, I feel like this is one of
those uh you know, it's not ples, but then again,
it is a ple. Kind of reminds me of like
a clash of the Castle Crown Jewel of of WWE,
where all the fan favorites they're probably gonna win. They're
probably gonna win because it really has no impact on anything. Say,

(01:00:57):
aw is gearing up toward revolution next month, so I
feel like if there's going to be something big happen,
it's gonna happen there. Kenny Omega, I will Lostpray is
going to pick up the dub. You know, it would
be pretty big for the don Kallis family. But you
know they've gotten a lot of momentum lately. You know
Lance Archer, you know, kicking ass, Brian Cage kicking ass,
and then you know recently Davis damn I forgot his name,

(01:01:22):
you know, being a part and kind of doing the
bidding for Don Kallas. I ultimately feel like this is
going to be a great way to showcase a lot
of talent at AEW. Desperately. I feel like they need
this match to be great. They need this match to
be great. You have a new tam Professional Wrestling Wrestling guru.
You have a young rising star in Kyle Fletcher, a

(01:01:42):
former Ring of Honor, a world television champion. You have
Kenny Omega, who you know enough said, it's Kenny Omega
and will Ospray the Aerial Assassin. I see some crazy stuff.
You know, it would be kind of cool to kind
of see this match being like, you know, false count anywhere.
That'd be pretty bad ass. But of course you do
the Brisbane Bowl. But this is gonna be one display

(01:02:02):
of wrestling that you do not want to miss. I
want to see how Kenny Omega and I want to
see how he wrestles. You know, he recently coming fresh.
I feel like this is his third match in AEW
since coming back from that injury that sidelined him for
over a year. You know. But we're ultimately gonna see
will Lostpray do his thing. We're going to see, but
then what's gonna happen to Don Kallis family? Would be

(01:02:25):
kind of weird in some alternate universe and there's ninety
six point three percent chance that this will never happen.
Maybe will Ospray turns on Kenny Omega and joins to
Don Kallis family once again. That would be pretty interesting.
That'd be pretty interesting, but it won't. It won't happen.
Like I said, that would be a nice little turn,

(01:02:46):
but it'd be kind of turt like, Okay, you got
the shock factor. Now what now what happens with will Ospray?
Right now? AEW is kind of crawling with a lot
of heels now a lot of heels. Now, So you
saw the switch between the uninspeeded Kingdom, you saw the
switch between Switchblade J White and the Guns. Now we're
all you know, now they've kind of become babyfaces and

(01:03:06):
we lost Bray as well, huge babyface, highly liked by
the AEW universe. And now you have Kenny Omega to
kind of headline that. So, you know, I don't really
see that turn happening. Maybe would be you know, kind
of a you know, shocking turn. But overall, this match
is definitely gonna be It's gonna be most watched. I
feel like all these matches are most watched. If this
one's gonna be one of my favorite matches to watch.

(01:03:28):
Ria made Defense or ae W World Champion Women's Championship
against the time this Tony Storm. I. You know, these
two women both absolutely impressive. Uh, you know, not knocking
on Mariah May or anything like that, because I partially
kind of blame the reign, the reign of terror that
Mercedes Monette is having over the AEW women's division. You know,

(01:03:50):
you don't really see a lot of you don't really
see a lot of pizzazz, you know, And I don't
know if that makes sense. You don't see a lot
of you know, different, you know, I feel like the
AW women's division was better. You know, but like I said,
the new signing between Mercedes Monet and you know, once
we were Monette came to AW, you know, she got
all the spotlight, all the gold and all the money,

(01:04:10):
and you know, obviously that does play into her character
quite quite a bit, you know, and you know, you
got to respect it because she is, you know, she's
a great wrestler, and you know, her perception of her
obviously is you know, the way she kind of holds
herself inside the ring, and you know, she puts on
some pretty good matches, but you know, having like four bells,
like come on, I'm just kidding, do come on, man,
sound a share. But Mariah May Tony Storm, this is

(01:04:34):
gonna be one of the greatest matches you know on
the card. Next we have the TBS Championship. We have
Harley Cameron taking on Mercedes Monet. Will Harley Cameron do
the impossible highly highly underdog here? I feel like Mercedes
Monee needs to put over Harley Cameron in this match.
But will it happen? Not too sure? Not too sure

(01:04:54):
if it's gonna happen. You know, we need a different flavor,
like I said, a different posasm of women division Harley Cameron.
It's kind of like a you know, she's she's kind
of like a Joe Hendry. She's a Joe Henri of
ae W. You know, she could do the concerts, you know,
and then she has this whole ventriloquism. She could do puppeteering,
and she's just the you know, she can sing, she

(01:05:14):
has a you know, she kills you. She's funny, she's funny.
She's a different take on the TVs Championship. You never
really would have a TVs champion, like that ultimate babyface
going up against the ultimate in your face better than
you conceded, cocky, elegant heel that is Mercedes Monette. So
this is going to be a match a lot of
people are going to be paying attention to. Definitely, I'm

(01:05:37):
gonna be paying a lot of attention to it because
you know, I'm always down for the underdog. But you know,
based on you know how Mercedes Monet has been handled
in ae W. You know, one of those things where
it wouldn't shocked me if Harley Cameron comes up empty,
it's gonna show that she is a potential title contender
for the future. Maybe she loses tonight, or maybe she

(01:05:57):
loses on Grand Slam, and maybe she gets another time
a shot at Revolution. But you know, if there's anybody
that's gonna take it tile away from Mercedes Money, why
not Harley Cameron. You know, Harley Cameron would be an
amazing addition to like a full time run in ae
W on the AW roster. But let's see if Tony
con SE's it that way. You know, I know, Mercedes Money,
she has cocreative control of her own characters, so you know,

(01:06:21):
I feel like right now, I feel like you do
kind of gotta put Harley Cameron over. You know. I
feel like, you know, Mercedes Monet, I think she's undefeated
in singles in singles competition, AW, but just something different, man.
I feel like AW needs a needs a different taste.
Like imagine if AEW dynamite once a week, you know,
you get a nice little you know, Harley Cameron skit.

(01:06:42):
You know, like I said, a concert or like a
or like an acting motas or some some some stuff
like that, you know what I mean. Some you know,
it would be kind of different, be kind of different.
You know, I feel like it'd be a nice different
ten percent. But you know it's gonna happen. Who knows.
Like I said, we do have an ultimate underdog going
up against the ultimate heel, and uh, you know, I

(01:07:05):
feel like AW needs to do this one right, all right, guys.
Fifth final segment, we got WWE Superstars release. We're gonna
talk about some of them, well, we're gonna talk about
all of them, and we're gonna talk about maybe some
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(01:09:46):
it's been it's it's these guys. I'm just kidding. Imagine
that that would be like whoa like, that'd be crazy.
The world would probably be ending if that was happening.
But you know, WWE just recently had one of its
most successful pls, one of the most successful word rumble
in company history. And and to make a roster spot, man,

(01:10:07):
it's extremely absolutely cutthroat, and you know, it's tough. It
is tough, oney and ten percent, it's it's not easy.
It's not easy, you know. And this spurl of professional wrestling,
especially with you know, you gotta worry about cutoff times,
you gotta worry about advertisements. You got to worry about
who's marketable, who's not marketable. You gotta worry about who
has the momentum, who does the fans like, who's gonna

(01:10:29):
make sure they put the fans butts in the seats
they you know, pay for subscription for Peacock And you
know Netflix, you know you know, because at the end
of the day, you're kind of fighting for revenue here,
so you're kind of you want the best talent. You
want the best talent. You already have a whole damn.
WWE has a stacked roster on SmackDown and Rods to
the point where you know, maybe they should introduce another,

(01:10:51):
you know, title for the men, because you know, having
a heavyweight and having a mid card one would be
you know, it's kind of hard. You know, maybe they
should have like a like a not like a either Way,
you know, or something like that would be kind of
like maybe like a UFC like kind of themed title
or something. I'm just kidding do or maybe bring back
I'm in Hugh. I really hope they would bring back
two five Live. I would have loved for them to

(01:11:12):
bring back to A five live because a lot of
loocha doors, a lot of high fires left w W
and it was absolutely heartbreaking. It was it was terrible.
I hated it. So I'm moving on to some people
who were released. We got the Good Brothers who made
their debut in w W twenty and sixteen. They were
released in twenty and twenty, but then they came back
and had a nice little run in TNA. You know,
they linked up with you know, AJ Styles while AJ

(01:11:35):
Styles you know, fooled everyone and uh, you know, joked
about being retired and stuff. Pulled a Mark Henry. You know,
the Good Brothers were there to kind of support his brother.
You know, let's do it. But you know, it's it's
kind of sad because you when I started getting back
into professional wrestling, it was around twenty and sixteen, you know,
I took a little bit of hiatus because it was

(01:11:56):
just it was, you know, it was you know, John,
you know, winning everything. Storylines were getting a little little dry.
Even back then, it was still a little dry. But
you know, I remember the Good Brothers. They were raw
tag team champions and you know, they were fun to watch.
It was you know, it was kind of cool. But
you know, I ultimately feel like the Good Brothers they're

(01:12:18):
gonna find other work. They're gonna find They've been successful
all over the world of international wrestling, independent wrestling circuits,
So you know, there's no surprise to me that you
will see the Good Brothers. Maybe they wind up back
in Nutrient professional wrestling, or maybe they find their way
into you know, stardom. You know, I highly doubt they'll
go the aw I honestly don't think so. I don't
think so whatsoever. But it's kind of sad to lose

(01:12:39):
the good brothers. Geevoni Vinci, my man, former member of
an Imperium, being laid waste by lude big Kaiser and
then coming back. You know, you had those nice little
like you know, videos and promos of him coming off
as the swave elegant Ballian dude ready to rain some
damage on WWE, only to suffer embarrassing loss after embarrassing loss.

(01:13:03):
And it was it was tough. You know, you can definitely,
you know, you could see on the face of Geevon
DaVinci once he was inside the ring, and once when
the end of the result happened. You know a lot
of fans were kind of like shaking their heads. They're like, well, like,
what what the hell just happened? Like this guy literally
got kicked out of a faction then w w WE.
You don't put him in good storylines. He's you know,
he's a loser. He doesn't you know, ever get back

(01:13:25):
onto his own two feet, and you know, and and
it sucks, you know, I feel for Giovanni Vinci. You know,
I outside the w w WE, I know, I gotta
you know, I gotta be honest. I feel like ultimately
his you know, I feel like a lot of what
his physique and a lot of what he brings to
the wrestling ring, a lot of wrestling promotions kind of

(01:13:47):
already have. He's kind of like that, you know, I
don't want to say like he's like a piece of
toast where you know, it's kind of just a little
bit of plane, maybe a little bit of flair here
and there. But you know, he's not the best high flyer.
You know, he maybe there's a reason why he was
released by w w WE once again. Like definitely, you know,
feel for anybody being released for w w would never

(01:14:08):
wish released upon anybody, but you know, Gievon DaVinci man, like,
I don't know if it was something he did. I
don't know if the way he wrestled inside the ring,
they were kind of like a right, we've kind of
seen what we all got and see, you know, and
you know that's that Geevon even she bammed gone. But
you know I kind of feel from that sucks man.
Cedric Alexander leaving not being signed to WW. I remember

(01:14:29):
when he was in a Cruis cruiseweight division. It was
badass the Hurt business during the WWE Thunderdome where he
was a tag team champion Wish Shelton Benjamin and now
maybe he will join the Hurt Syndic Kid. Maybe that's
the reason why Ricochet never joined AEW's Hurt Syndicid. Maybe
that's why or we never got a third member, you know,
maybe they were expecting Cedric to be released by w W.

(01:14:52):
He was kind of floating backstage for quite some time.
Great locker room guy heard he's really good to kind
of have around. But now maybe he can link up
a Bobby Lash showing Benjamin once again and be successful
as the Hurt Syndicate anae W. I more often than
not kind of think that's gonna be the future. I
think that's gonna happen. This team was released in twenty twenty.

(01:15:13):
Aop Elerrie as well sucks because when these guys came back,
I thought that they were, you know there, it was
gonna be a different I thought WW was gonna have
to aop differently, and it all happened the same. It all,
you know, the same thing. Happened, you know, between Income
and Bazar, Like, it's I know, these guys are big

(01:15:35):
and a lot of times in the world of wrestling,
you know, the big super heavyweight guys, you know they
you know they they're kind of underplayed.

Speaker 1 (01:15:43):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:15:43):
You kind of think in the past with the Big Show,
he didn't get very much WWE World Championship reigns. No,
he didn't. He was a big guy. You know, you
could fool the WWE, the wrestling universe so much. It
was like, okay, if you have the title on this
guy and you know it'd be kind of hard to
be thrown him, but then you would have the Big
Show losing and stuff. You know, a superstar that was
you know, smaller than him. So you know, with these

(01:16:04):
bigger superstars, it's you know, it's it's it's kind of
difficult to kind of have bookings for him. You're seeing
it now with braun Stroman. You know, what's the right
fit for him, and right now you're kind of seeing
it right now with the White Six. Sometimes you can
ultimately kind of come off it's a little bit too
dominant to the point where it was like, you know what,
it's not really marketable. You know, I can't really find
something that you know, the fans could ultimately wrap their

(01:16:26):
heads around, because the whole time they're like, man, this
guy's huge wives and this guy winning right now. WWE.
I feel I think they brought back almost which I
feel like is a huge mistake. You know, I feel
like it is kind of a mistake. But you know,
it's sad to see aop. There was such a huge
success in w w E NXC, then they made it
back to NXC and the you know, like I said,

(01:16:47):
nothing really nothing really came in fruition for them, which
you know, ultimately sucked. Saunya Deville, the leader up here
Fujian Collective is gone from w w E. I feel
for Zobe Stark and Shanna Basler. I thought once when
these three women linked together, this was going to be
an amazing women's faction that we're going to get. You

(01:17:07):
know that that brought back two highly underrated superstars. I
like Zoe Stark, like Zoe Stark, and like Shanna Basler,
you know, who never really got any love, who never
really got any attention. We never really got a shot
to have a solid, solid storyline. I felt like, you know,
w W storyline was like, Okay, we need somebody to
come in here and kick everyone's ass. Oh we'll get

(01:17:29):
We'll do Shannon Basler, you know, Oh, we need somebody
to accompany and the company tris Stratus, so tris Stratus
can later abuse them and started a little feud. And
then you know that was Zoe Stark and Sonya Deville
as well. Like I remember when she was a part
of Uh no, it wasn't Absolution. Was it Absolution? No,
it wasn't, was it. I think it was. I think

(01:17:50):
it was Maybe that got that one right, but uh
you know, she left WWE for quite some time. You know,
I heard it was due to a backstage incident where
you know, a crazy fan or something was trying to
kidnap her or something, and then you know, all bad,
all bad, and I you know, it's hard for her
to come back from that. And then once she finally
came back to the w w W, I was like, Okay, cool,
that's awesome. You know, she's doing what she loves, She's

(01:18:12):
doing what she's, you know, what she was born to do.
You know, she's super talented, she's great on the mic.
She has that like in your face attitude, which I
think a lot of WWE superstars. You know, it's kind
of rare to have that. The moment you kind of
walk on to the stage, you kind of you just
you know, a little intimidating, to be honest. You know,
I see it with Charlotte Flair. I feel like her

(01:18:33):
and Charlotte Flair kind of have that same like like
that snarl look on their face where you know, I'm
not it's not resting b face. It's not that. It's
kind of like, you know, this girl like if you
actually challenge her to like a real life fight or
something like that, she could you know, she could break
some bones, some cheek bones with one shot into the face.
But you know, it's you know, it kind of sucks.

(01:18:55):
You know, I hate seeing Sonya Deville leave. We have
a one half of the Unholy Union is Leton gone. Sucks,
you know, But you know Women's sacking Division, you know
it's Blair Davenport as well. Really, you know, she was
drafted to w w E SmackDown, had a little stint
with Naomi and then after that just never really never
really benefited, never really paid off. So you know, Blair

(01:19:18):
Davenport on the list, Duke Hutson as well, and Electra Lopez.
You know, well, Duke Lutson, I guess he wasn't released.
I guess his developmental contract just wasn't renewed. But Electro Lopez,
I thought she was gonna get a little bit more
attention on SmackDown now that SmackDown is going to three
hours up until June or July, per words by Triple H.
I thought she was going to, you know, kind of

(01:19:39):
be a wild cardinal in the women's division, you know,
but you know, we're not gonna see it, not gonna
see it, and it sucks. It's crazy, absolutely nuts. Okay,
So we talked about some of the superstars that are released.
Now we're gonna talk about some superstars who potentially might
be next. I got Carlito, I got Carlito, I got

(01:19:59):
JD McDonough and only because Raymond Stereo is the father
of Dirty Dominic Mysterio. He's he's here to stay. I
feel like, yeah, he's here to stay. You know, Jada
McDonald's suffering a punctured lung and not war Raiders match,
so he's gonna be out for quite some time. If
the Judgment day doesn't find a new direction where they
could possibly have Carlito inside it. Somehow. I don't see

(01:20:23):
a reason to bring this guy back. I don't see
a reason to renew a contract. You know, it was
a nice little breath of nostalgia, you know, the I
spit in the face of people who don't want to
be cool. And then he joins the LWO that he
stabs ray Masterio Dragon Lee in the back, that he
joined Ligatto Delf Was he part of Ligotta do No?
The Ligatto Delfhant hasn't want to take him, so then

(01:20:44):
Carlito lost soul, found wound up on the judgment day.
But I definitely think he might be one of those superstars.
I feel like he might be next. And it's sad.
It sucks, but you know, like I said before, you know,
definitely not wishing, you know, release on any of these superstars.
But I don't know Katana Chance of Katie Carter. Have
not seen them on WWE on the you know, I

(01:21:06):
haven't seen them on A two quite some time. I
hope that they don't break up. I hope that they
don't leave WWE or get released. But it's been a while.
It has been a while very talented inside the ring,
very talented, but they are, you know, that tandem tag
team a little you know, a little small, you know.
And then with with Bianca Belair and Jade Cargole, you know,

(01:21:28):
and it sucks because I felt like, ultimately, if these
two girls get released, and I'm not trying to place
the blame on the superstars themselves, but Jade Bianca, they're
single superstars. They should be contending against each other, not
tag teaming. Look what's happened to the women's tag team
division now that they're that they're a dominant tag team

(01:21:48):
like the Onholy Union. Maybe they could have had a
different storyline for the Holy Union. Who knows, Maybe you
would see Katana Chance and Katy Carter be a little
bit more successful on Raw. Maybe we will see more
of the Damage Control, Maybe we will see more of
Last Legend and Jacara Jackson. I mentioned it before and
I kind of took it back, but now I've kind

(01:22:09):
of seen the ultimate picture. I hated it once when
Bianca Belair and Jade Cargo teamed up to become the
Women's World Championship, I add the Women's Tag Team champions
I hated it. I was disgusted, and then I kind
of fell in love with it because I was like, Okay,
these girls actually do a good job of putting over
talent that you know, you kind of look at them
side to side on the match card, and on paper,

(01:22:30):
it seems like Bianca and Jay would just absolutely demolish them.
You know, they made other teams look good, they made
them look strong, they made them look very, very innovative
inside the ring. But now you're kind of seeing the
overall longing effects of it and this whole Jade Cargo storylines.
Don't don't touch the women's Tag Team Championships until we

(01:22:51):
get this Jade Cargo thing figured out. And I don't know,
I feel like something needs to happen, something needs to
happen before WrestleMania. This needs to be different, the women's
tacky division, it's a different flavor. Alba Fire, Alba Fire,
I think she's the next one to be gone. You know,
you you know, what's the whole unholy union without, you know,
Isleodon and Alba Fire together kind of sucks. You know,

(01:23:11):
he's kind of sad to see her go. Zoe Stark
I mentioned it before, you know, without the pure fusion
collective thing really being a success. You know once again,
maybe these girls can have won the world tag team
titles as well. Man, I don't know, I'm just kidding, well,
you know, maybe maybe you know, maybe I'm too attached
to it, but Zoe, we start definitely on that list.
I see the Alpha Academy again. Uh Tazawa otis also

(01:23:33):
Maxine dupre Uh time is only taking dy need a
nice little storyline. B Fab b Fab part of hit Roe.
I think she was part of hit Row that had
swerve on it. You know, she's part of the profits
kind of stable right now. But it's uh, you know,
it's it's only a matter of time. I've seen her
inside the ring. She's very, very, very talented. I ultimately

(01:23:56):
think it would be a nice little few to kind
of have her and Chelsea Green, you know, battle it
out for the championship. What's really think she'd be a
better United States Women's Champion than Chelsea Green. But I
know Chelsea Green, she has that like it in your face,
like kind of a kind of attitude, cockiness conceited. So
you know, but I'm high on Befab. I'm high on Beefab.

(01:24:17):
I think she's an amazing freeditor. I think she could
carry a title, but you know, right now, you know
she's kind of with me Chin. Maybe they're kind of
going to form a tag team championship for the women's
to kind of say both their careers. I feel like
this would be a nice spot. Apollo Cruise rarely on
WWE SmackDown. I definitely think he might be next Pete Dunn.

(01:24:38):
Pete Dunn could also be next. You know, when he
was tag team with Tyler Bait, they were a very
likable tag team. But then you know, Tyler Bay got injured,
Pete Dunn on his own, then he went back to
the old brew thing and don't call him the butcher,
and then like all this other stuff and you know
this whole thing. You know, he might be for a
form an attack team with lud Big Kaiser, and if

(01:24:59):
that that's the case, then that needs to be successful
for him to stay on WWE, also for him to
you know, I don't know what's gonna happen with Pete Done.
Tyler Bait too. You know he got injured. Now you
know he's coming back. Zero momentum, zero character direction. Do
you try to revamp the Pete Done Tyler bait thing.
But you know, I forgot what their team was actually called.

(01:25:21):
Damn it, I can't the no courting now that's not
but no, no, he needs a direction as well. When
he comes back, I'll to chase you. Is all to
chase you done, Andre Chase Without chase you, seems like
it's not really going anywhere. We haven't seen THEA Hale
on NXC or Riley Osborne. They haven't really been showcased

(01:25:43):
on the on the program. Are they done with w
W E are they It's highly you know, highly believable
that they are.

Speaker 3 (01:25:51):
It is.

Speaker 2 (01:25:53):
I wanted to see this stable revamped, maybe going to
SmackDown because they were huge you have to chase you
section in NXT, you know, in the performance center. They
you know, they were very likable, very likable stable, and
you know, seems kind of you know, kind of sucks
that they, you know, are chosen to disband. But you know,
Riley Osborne super successful. He could definitely be someone to defeat.

(01:26:16):
You know, he could be in the X division on TNA.
Would love that. Andre Chase and du Cutson maybe potentially
going to TNA. FAA Hill would be an absolute awesome addition.
To the ten A knockouts, you know division. But but hey, honestly,
I feel like these superstars have a you know, even
though they are being released, I don't feel like it's
I feel like it's over yet. Jim Ross basically said

(01:26:38):
he's he told the talent this after the release. He said,
just stay positive and regroup. It's not the end of
the world. More opportunities will come. What kills you sometimes
is how talents react to the bad news and how
it makes them overly negative, and that is not good.
And he's right, Jim Ross is right one thousand and
ten percent. You can't get negative about this. You can't

(01:27:00):
because unfortunately, well fortunately for all the wrestlers out there,
and we're going to talk about it right now what
JBL said right now, in terms of professional wrestling, there's
a lot of more opportunities than there ever has been
in terms of professional wrestling outside of working with WWE.
So you know, you don't have to, you know, stick
a fork in it and call it done, you know,
like with Jim Ross, and I know a lot of

(01:27:20):
people think that, you know, making it to WWE, that's
the dream, but in reality, when you make it a
WWE it's just the beginning. It's how it's how you react,
it's how you train to become better. It's how you,
you know, perceive your storylines, it's how you perform inside
the ring, on your promos, and a lot of these

(01:27:41):
superstars that are released, I really honestly all talented, absolutely,
all talented, oney and ten percent. I ultimately feel like
we're going to see these wrestlers somewhere else and it's
gonna be great. There's no doubt in my mind that
we will see these wrestlers wrestle once again once again.
It seems like it's kind of sad, but you know,
I definitely have faith in everybody, all the superstars that

(01:28:02):
we spoke about, and you know, obviously Jim Ross and
jbl two all they all believe it. So you know,
you know what, since they believe, I believe, I believe
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