July 22, 2025 • 37 mins
Friday Night Smackdown. And Monday Night Raw Recap!
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Hello, Welcome to the NFC Wrestling and Gaming Podcast. I
am your host and director of Chaos, Nicholas Canfield. Guys,
I know I've been away for a little bit. I
was on vacation up in Central New York, up near
the Catskills. Man, oh man, Let's get in the SmackDown,
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Let's get in the raw. Let's get into professional wrestling.
Because between SmackDown on Friday and rod just a few
hours ago, this is exciting. I mean with SmackDown, the
first match, it didn't start off with a segment. It
started off with a match, and that was Charlotte Flair
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with cheer leader Alexa Bliss going one on one with
Raquel Rodriguez. Charlotte showing glimpse of her old self using
her veteran knowledge against Raquel, Raquel showing Charlotte that there's
a new woman taking over. Charlotte getting the roll up
on Raquel after a failed distraction from Roxyanmperez and Alexa
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Bliss getting her hand in the wind, assuring Charlotte gets
the w Next match, it was Carmelo Hayes against Damian Priest.
Melo attacks priest right in the beginning. The speed of
Mellow's overwhelming, but so is Damien's strength. Melo is going
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for a springboard, then got connected with a brutal forearm
from Damien. Damien goes for the South to Heaven, but
Mello counters with a codebreaker, then hits a frog splash.
Priest ticks out a two. Priest goes for takers old
school on Mello, but what comes after that? Alistair Black
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is on the apron, drops Damien. Alistair hits the black
Mass on Damien and lays them out cold. This is
a feud that I am definitely excited for that I
it's been, you know, coming in the works. The ingredients
has been putting the pot. Listen, this is gonna be
an epic feud and hopefully they do it justice. Then
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we have the segment with Solo and Jacob. This this segment,
when I was watching it, it was definitely giving me
stone called Steve Austin, Vince McMahon or Akishi vibes right
bringing the cops out having a hit and run, which
turned to me false Jacob coming down, Jacob coming out,
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you know, out of the cop car, and it just
it brought back that attitude era. You know, I like it,
But at the same time it was already done, so
you know, I got different views on that. But Jacob
comes out whooping ay and tala tongo. He is gonna
be a wrecking ball once his chains are broke from Solo.
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I mean, the guy's seven foot tall, nearly seven foot tall,
all right, He's just a behemoth of a man. You
had to watch his new Japan Pro wrestling matches. He
is gonna be the next I don't even know. He's
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more athletic, in my opinion than the Big Show. He's
got a smaller frame, I don't know, more modern. If
Big Show was two hundred pounds later, I guess he's
just gonna be a wrecking ball. Jacob putting Solo's head
in the chair nearly nearly taking him out for good,
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but jayc and Togaloa taking the brunt, leaving Solo able
to it's leaving Solo able to get out of the ring.
A message was sent with Jimmy, Ussa and Jacob to Solo.
In the MFT Adam Pierce's Solo put his title on
the line at SummerSlam, and it's steel Cage against Jacob.
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In my opinion, this feud after Summer Slam, it'll be
over because once you're in a steel cage, that's it.
That's the end all of end dolls, Right, that's steel cage,
your your monoing mono, and it's that's it. That's it.
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You know. I feel like if Jacob were to have
the title, I don't know what they would do with
Solo then, right, because it's hard, it's this situation's tricky,
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but you know, we just got to see. We got
to see how they play it out. Stephanie Vaquierre continues
to get over with fans and our enter keeps improving,
but definitely more theatrics. Stephanie goes against Alba fire. Stephanie
taken Alba for a ride, get in the upper hand
quick in the match, and of course entertaining Wade Barrett
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with her Devil's Kiss, then hitting the SBV on Alba
get in the win, but Piper nivin coming in soon
after laying out Stephanie, but steph gets the upper hand
getting landed on by Piper almost thank god that didn't happen,
getting out of the ring quick, and then hitting Piper
with a devastating superkick. Let me tell you if Piper
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were to have done I don't know if you want
to call it a Bonzai drop stiller or whatever, but
I was getting nervous with Stephanie. Luckily she got out
of the way. Then we had the fatal four way
tag match between Phraxium Andrade Ray Phoenix, the MotorCity machine
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Guns and DIY. Let me tell you this was special.
This was special. The tag team division w has tremendously
improved in the last year or two. Every team had
their time to shine and showcase why they're in the
w W. Motor City machine Guns showing everyone in the
audience why they've been a top tag team for over
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a decade and why you know they just that's why
they got called up to the w W from TNA, right.
These guys in TNA. They were the tag team, and
I just I love that they're getting their shine fraction them.
They remind me of an upgraded version of Paul London
and Brian Kendrick the Hooligans, and then Andrewady and Ray
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Phoenix showing absolute great chemistry. I mean I've said it
a lot Penta and Ray just because they're brothers and
they were a tag team you know for a long
time in different companies, you know, majority in ae W.
But Andrade and Ray, they they kill it every time.
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But Andrede delivers a message to Choppa gets to win. Now,
this is what I find was my most favorite part
of SmackDown was John Cena and Cody Rhodes contract signing right,
and the entirety of the show of SmackDown was great,
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but it's this moment. Now we all know contract signings
in the we always leads to a brawl. It's always
some type of chaos. Cody in the beginning letting everyone
know he's gonna think the title from Sena, get the
title back to Dusty, you know, but then seeing it
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comes out, Sena plays it off where he's telling Cody
he can't compete at SummerSlam because of his movie deal
and he'll fight him at Ash in Paris or Survivor series. Cody,
you know, he's smelling the bullshit from a mile away
and seeing us walking out, Cody chased him down, started
on Leash and Hall and Seena. Cody gets his receipt
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Bash of seeing his face in with the belt, which
that that, right, there was a turning point for Cody
right in Many he wouldn't do it. In Mania, he
would not do it, but he did it on Friday,
and then you know it shades of Jimmy Snooker. Splash
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gives scene us splash to the table with the contract
and uh, seeing us signs the contract and so does
Cody and then uh, Cody didn't tell seeing it's not
just a title match, but it's a street fight, and uh,
for me, like this was it. This is the the
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Cody that we needed in Mania. This is the Cody
that we needed when the Bloodline was just pumbling him,
beating him like a dog. Right, I'm excited for this Cody,
and maybe this leads to something more. I do not know,
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but this is the beginning of something. Now, before we
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have mixed feelings, all right, I'm not gonna lie to you, guys.
I have mixed feelings I have. I liked it. I
loved it, but then there were some things that I
didn't like. And it really has to pertain to the opening.
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Seampunk opens up raw Punk talking about how he has
how he had two goals coming back in the WWE,
one being World Champion and one main event in WrestleMania,
and he's out to complete his goals, right and he
says that he completed one, but he needs to complete
the other, and Gunther is getting in the way of
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his goals. Going through Gunther, how do you want to say?
It comes out following Punk's promo going through, looking dead
in the Seampunk's eyes stares at him for what seems
to be forever. The crowd is overwhelming. I mean they're
booing him, they're chanting. You tapped out. It's it was
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kind of awkward. In the begin right, but it wasn't awkward.
As if going there would have just stayed quiet, it
would have been fine. Right, So going through his promo,
it was good, but it wasn't great. He still lacks
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that relentless trash talk. In my opinion, he should have
just stared in the Punk's eyes and left. Yeah, because
he stood there for what seemed to be minutes and
the crowd just booming him chanting. You tapped out this
and then he's just staring Punk in the eyes. If
you would have just not even grabbed a mic, looked
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at Punk, stared at him, just gave him this this
dead look in the eye, and then left, that would
have said a whole lot more than going there saying
that see him monks the best in the world to
the fans. But I have the titles I'm the best
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in the world. I didn't take a decade off La
Da YadA. That did nothing. Those two promos for me
did nothing for me. With the build up to SummerSlam,
it did nothing. It didn't add anything. And if truth,
I don't think that segment should have happened. If it did,
Punk says a little bit, not a whole problem about
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his goals and this and that, just saying, you know what,
I have to win the title at SummerSlam. I have
to win this world to have yourweight title at Summer Slam.
I have to prove it to myself. I have to
prove it to my fiance or my wife. I have
to prove it to my family. I have to prove
it to just whoever going through it comes to the ring,
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looks him dead in the eye, walks back and forth
for a little bit, shakes his head, gives a little nod,
and leave that right there would have spoke more volume
than what going there did. You know, if you know
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what I mean, It's like when you're a little kid
and you do something wrong. Your parents look at you
with this just just deadly stare. They don't say nothing,
They just look at you, you know, like oh shit,
I'm fucked. Like this is it? You know, I am fucked.
I am in so much trouble. YadA, YadA, YadA. That's
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what going there should have done. He should have just
looked at him in the eye, paced back and forth
a little bit, gave a little, you know, a head nod,
and then left. That would have spoke more than me
but I can go on for hours. But Russef goes
against Seamus for the first match running back after three
weeks ago when Russeph more or less cheated into his
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victory Bell rings and Seamus and Russeph they're powering one another.
I mean it was just they're just masks. They're solid mass,
heavy strikes and grapples to the mat and just banger
after banger. Right, these two hard hitting s obs. This
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is what saves wrestling right. So you can have or
the w W, I should say, and and pro wrestling right.
You can have your high flyers, you can have your
your your guys gonna mic your technicians. But when you
have two solid big men just going at a blow
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for blow, it's entertaining. They're not gonna do your hurricannas.
They're not gonna do your your you know, high flying movie.
Well no, they are gonna go strike for strike and
they're gonna see who the toughest SLB is gonna be.
And I love them. Seamus in the match, though he
was feeling frisky, you know, he went up to the
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top rope once he had to get back down to
get his balance, and he goes up delivers a flying
clothesline to the outside on Russeph and I am not
this is not a two K game. Seamus went to
the top rope, Russef was on the outside. Seamus delivered
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a flying clothesline from the top rope to Russef on
the outside. I was like, holy shit, I don't think
I've ever seen Shamus do that from my matches that
I've watched of his. That was. That was crazy. But
Russef he quickly returned the favor and gave Seamus a
following slam over the announced table that looked like a
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hard hit. That was That was pretty deadly. The match continues.
Both guys are just brutally beating the shit out of
each other, Rusef calling Shame a stubborn mule and an
Irish bastard repeatedly repeatedly, yeah when he's in the Oh
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my god, I'm having a I'm losing track right now,
Oh my god. And the accolade. Sorry, too many bumps
to the head, but uh so. Russef had Seamus in
the accolade and as Seamus is trying to grab the rope,
he keeps calling him a stubborn mule, an Irish bastard.
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That was just comical for me. Seamus looks at Rusef
and demanding to bring just more heat, more heat, more
fuel to the fire. Seamus got payback though, bashing Rousef's
head into the exposed turn buckle and smashing his face
in with a brokick to get the win. That we
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got to bring that to a PL. We have to
bring those two into a PL. Make it a street fight,
make it a last man standing, make it something, because
that that's gonna be big. I mean, they had their
matches on rob but we gotta see it on a
PL Survivor Series something because that just they put on
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amazing matches they do. We have a triple threat tag
team match next for the world tag team titles. The
New Day Creed Brothers and Joaquin Wilde and Cruise Del
Toro Julius showing his strength double suplex in The New Day,
Joaquin getting his time to shine showcase and his abilities.
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When he was about to lose off the top rope,
Ivy Nile interrupted and pushed him off what qingt covid
off guard and pulled off the win. Wa Keen and Cruise.
They're now number one contenders and they're gonna take on
the Judgment Day for the World Tag titles. It was
a pretty quick match. In my opinion, it was pretty quick.
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It was interesting because Joaquin, they really got the he
really got the time. And I say interesting because they
really showcase his abilities in this match. And for me,
I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. We had
some run ins with Kaiser aka L Grande Americano Now
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and Dragonlee. That feud is gonna be pretty interesting. Next
we got Becky Lynch comes out and this Bleacher report
great at a C plus. This segment I'm gonna be
talking about in my opinion, I'm gonna grade at a
CE maybe a C minus because I mean, Becky comes
out and in my opinion, it feels like she's always
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trying to get a cheap heat reaction from the crowd.
It seems forced and unnatural now that she's this bad
guy heel and I can't I can't believe it. Right,
it's so cheap. The crowd can be just saying, you know,
you know, hi, Becky.
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She's like no, no, no, no, no, I'm the man.
I shouldn't be here this like it seems forrest. It
seems unnatural and I don't buy it. Becky demanding that
if Becky and if she wins, Lyra will never challenge
for the title again.
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Lyra agrees, and Lyra tells Becky that their match has
to have a winner. No countouts, no no DQ. There
has to be a winner. Becky quietly agrees. This is
the trilogy. This is the last of their match. In
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my opinion, this is the last of the This is
the last of the few, kind of like Jacob and Solo.
I'm alright with it. I need to have Lyra win though.
That's that's my whole thing. I need to have Lyra win.
I can't final reason why Becky has to hold the
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title an even longer, but I need to have Lyra
get that title back. I feel like this was all
just a showcase Lyra's abilities again, building her up strong
and maybe that maybe Becky's gonna take some time off again.
We don't know now that Seth's hurt, He's out for
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a couple months, and truly a couple months, I don't know.
I'm hearing everything from four to six to six to eight,
eight to nine a year. This this knee injury that
Seth has it's pretty bad. It's pretty Uh, he's gonna
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be out, so you know we're gonna see. But if
when this match takes place, Lyra wins, I can see
Becky attending Seth and the baby and leaving for a while.
I'm alright with that. You know, she had her return.
She won the tag title for less than twenty four hours,
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but still on her resume, got the women's in her
kind of title, you know, call it as is. You
know she can take a break. But following that segment,
Lyra and Bailey, they'd taken Raquel and Rock stand for
the women's tag titles. Bailey in this match is awkwardly
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very proud of being Lyra's cheerleader. But it's clearly throwing
Lyra off. I mean it was. It's very awkward to
see Bailey like that, especially because we haven't seen her
in her cheerful mood like that since NXT Hugs for
Bailey's or something like that. It was, it was definitely
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throwing Lyra off Raquel. She was just using her size
and strength at advantage. Dahm seemingly having the hots for
rock San staring at her constantly. Maybe a little liv
may not like that but confusing scenario. Lyra power bombs
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Rock Sand but Lyra instead of taking the pin tags
in Bailey, just for Bailey to go to the top
rope deliver an elbow drop to only have Rock help
break up the pin, but Lyra power bombs Rock San
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in the middle of the ring. Lyra gets up walks
over to her corner tags in Bailey, just for Bailey
to go up out. That whole part, even for the announcers,
was confusing because why would you do that. I don't
know if Bailey being so cheerful to Lyra threw her
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off like that, but definitely something happened there. It was
just it was weird. But Lyra was on the outside
and ducks from Raquel's boot and Raquel smashes Dom in
the face. This is a first and I really enjoyed that.
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I really enjoyed doctor aj styles. Doctor aj Styles gave
Dom the adrenaline to run out of the arena. Becky
Lynch comes out, grabs Lyra and gets her face smashed
in the steel steps. Raquel delivers the tahnabamb on Bailey
and get the win. Raquel and Rock Samuy tanging the titles.
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Then we had Sammy zaying takes on carrying cross. Sammy
wants to, you know, take on Karen to get revenge
for the chaos Carrion has brought into his life. It's
been definitely chaotic. Sammy taking on his frustration on Carrion.
But uh, but nothing's working. Carrion continuously damaging Sammy's ribs,
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Scarlet getting a little action with a swift kick to
Sammy's mid section, Carrion being the snot out of Sammy.
Then what happens? Steel pipe? That steel pipe? Garyan took
a steel pipe and connected to sam He's already bruce
ribs and got the win. And I shouldn't say he
got the steel pipe when sam was down. Scarlett took
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the steel pipe and put on Sammy. And he can't
get a break. He can't get a break. Hopefully something's
resolved here. Next we got EO Sky versus Stephanie Vicer.
EO and Stephanie getting really technical in the beginning, back
and forth Matt wrestling, EO and steph trading amazing outside
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diy to each other. EO being the aggressor in the match,
Stephanie being very cautious what each move she makes quick
shout out real quick to the Brothers of Destruction. To
you guys wearing cane mask in the front row. I
mean it was very hard not to miss them. EO
gets caught off the apron, Stephanie doing her devil's kiss
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to EO on the apron and dragging her in the
middle of the ring and doing it again. Gotta love
to see it. Io goes to the top looking for
her moon salt. Stephanie stops and hits EO with reverse suplex,
devastating as hell it looked den What happens? The secret
hervis comes out, Stephanie gets attacked from behind by Chelsea,
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EO assisting Stephanie and taking out Chelsea and the secret hervest.
But Naomi, of all people, what a surprise comes out,
taking out EO and Steph back to square one until
Rio Ripley comes out to the aid of EO and
Steph and Mommy isn't having any of it. No, no, no,
Riea taking out Naomi. Then after two super kicks from
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EO and Steph, Chelsea meets Rhea and delivers a nasty
rip tide. This is interesting, right, I like the fact
that Ria and Stephanie and EO or they're helping each
other out. Can I see like a triple threat maybe
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or a three way tag match that three way Jesus,
a three man tag match, Stephanie Vicer, EO and Rihea
going against Naomi Chelsea in the Secret hervis Or Chelsea
and the Secret hervis I don't know, I don't know.
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All I know is Ria better get that title back.
She's got it. And Stephanie Stephanie Naomi. Let me tell you,
there was some words backstage and very interesting, very interesting
to say the least, be because we haven't seen Stephanie
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really get challenged in the w W on the main
roster yet, so it'll be interesting. But that triple threat
match Naomi, Rie and EO. All right, Stephanie's gonna face
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one of them. What are we what are we gonna
what are we gonna see? What are we gonna see?
I'll go through the predictions next week, but I may
have another storyline type ordeal happening. Then we have the
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end of the show. This is the one that the
speaks volumes. Right here, I should say this one speaks volumes.
Paul Hayman, bron Breaker, Bronson Reed, they come to out
to the ring. As Paul was about to start talking
the OTC Roman Rains comes to the ring. Roman's aura
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is real. Roman is just standing in the middle of
the ring and the crowd is going wild. Then when
Roman hits his acknowledge me, holy shit, I'm in PA
and I could hear Houston. I mean it was bad
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Paul talking to talking to Raymond, I mean Roman about
joining the Staple due to seth Rolins being out for
a very long time. Then says, I love you, my
tribal chief. What a fucking cellar, right, Roman. He's just
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looking at him like wow, I can't believe he said that.
Then Roman officially taking the title of wise man away
from Paul Hayman. And now he's just a dumbass. He
said dumbass like five or six times, and I loved
every second of it. He's like, Paul, I thought you
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were a wise man, but you're not. You're just a dumbass.
And he goes, you're a dumbass. I just repeatedly, and
so officially Paul Hayman is not the wise man anymore.
He's just a dumbass. There we go and Roman he's
warning Braun that Paul will turn his back because he
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did it to everyone else. He was being really real
of that. Roman mentions how the USO, Solo and Sammy
helped them keep the title Paul Hayman. Roman also said
it was God's work to create the Bloodline, not Paul Hayman,
and how Paul Hayman threw away his family in the
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Bloodline for a best friend from over a decade ago.
Bron's stepping up to Roman, and Roman isn't even worried.
Bron tells Roman that they don't want him in the
WWE anymore, and how he's the old dog and he's
a new dog. Bron tells Roman that Paul's not going
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to turn his back on him because he holds value
and that's why he won't get stapped in the back,
and he's everything else in Roman, he grabs the mic
and he goes, I didn't hear a damn thing you said.
He goes say that again. It hands in the mic
and Superman punches him, takes out Bronson, but gets connected
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with a spear from Bron. Jay comes out to the
aid and Jay he starts to target in the double
b's Roman and Jay spear both Brown and Bronson and man,
this this is gonna be a great feud. This is
gonna be this is gonna be good. I don't know.
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I don't know where this is gonna lead to. I
truly do not know where this is gonna lead to.
Roman says he needs a title back. He didn't say
it directly, but he said it so, I I don't
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know what. I love to see Roman a champion. When
I was just a young boy, When I was just
a young boy, I hated Roman as champion. When Roman
was gone, I was like, this is it? Thank God?
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But now I need Roman beck. I need Roman as
champion back. The only problem is who would he take
the title from. He still needs a rematch with Cody. Yes,
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he still has not gotten his rematch from Cody yet.
See him Punk wins the title from going the Roman
challenges Punk Paul Hayman's best friend. I don't know. I
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Hello, Welcome to the NFC Wrestling and Gaming Podcast. I
am your host and director of Chaos, Nicholas Canfield. Guys,
I know I've been away for a little bit. I
was on vacation up in Central New York, up near
the Catskills. Man, oh man, Let's get in the SmackDown,
(01:25):
Let's get in the raw. Let's get into professional wrestling.
Because between SmackDown on Friday and rod just a few
hours ago, this is exciting. I mean with SmackDown, the
first match, it didn't start off with a segment. It
started off with a match, and that was Charlotte Flair
(01:50):
with cheer leader Alexa Bliss going one on one with
Raquel Rodriguez. Charlotte showing glimpse of her old self using
her veteran knowledge against Raquel, Raquel showing Charlotte that there's
a new woman taking over. Charlotte getting the roll up
on Raquel after a failed distraction from Roxyanmperez and Alexa
(02:15):
Bliss getting her hand in the wind, assuring Charlotte gets
the w Next match, it was Carmelo Hayes against Damian Priest.
Melo attacks priest right in the beginning. The speed of
Mellow's overwhelming, but so is Damien's strength. Melo is going
(02:35):
for a springboard, then got connected with a brutal forearm
from Damien. Damien goes for the South to Heaven, but
Mello counters with a codebreaker, then hits a frog splash.
Priest ticks out a two. Priest goes for takers old
school on Mello, but what comes after that? Alistair Black
(02:55):
is on the apron, drops Damien. Alistair hits the black
Mass on Damien and lays them out cold. This is
a feud that I am definitely excited for that I
it's been, you know, coming in the works. The ingredients
has been putting the pot. Listen, this is gonna be
an epic feud and hopefully they do it justice. Then
(03:21):
we have the segment with Solo and Jacob. This this segment,
when I was watching it, it was definitely giving me
stone called Steve Austin, Vince McMahon or Akishi vibes right
bringing the cops out having a hit and run, which
turned to me false Jacob coming down, Jacob coming out,
(03:43):
you know, out of the cop car, and it just
it brought back that attitude era. You know, I like it,
But at the same time it was already done, so
you know, I got different views on that. But Jacob
comes out whooping ay and tala tongo. He is gonna
be a wrecking ball once his chains are broke from Solo.
(04:07):
I mean, the guy's seven foot tall, nearly seven foot tall,
all right, He's just a behemoth of a man. You
had to watch his new Japan Pro wrestling matches. He
is gonna be the next I don't even know. He's
(04:28):
more athletic, in my opinion than the Big Show. He's
got a smaller frame, I don't know, more modern. If
Big Show was two hundred pounds later, I guess he's
just gonna be a wrecking ball. Jacob putting Solo's head
in the chair nearly nearly taking him out for good,
(04:49):
but jayc and Togaloa taking the brunt, leaving Solo able
to it's leaving Solo able to get out of the ring.
A message was sent with Jimmy, Ussa and Jacob to Solo.
In the MFT Adam Pierce's Solo put his title on
the line at SummerSlam, and it's steel Cage against Jacob.
(05:09):
In my opinion, this feud after Summer Slam, it'll be
over because once you're in a steel cage, that's it.
That's the end all of end dolls, Right, that's steel cage,
your your monoing mono, and it's that's it. That's it.
(05:29):
You know. I feel like if Jacob were to have
the title, I don't know what they would do with
Solo then, right, because it's hard, it's this situation's tricky,
(05:50):
but you know, we just got to see. We got
to see how they play it out. Stephanie Vaquierre continues
to get over with fans and our enter keeps improving,
but definitely more theatrics. Stephanie goes against Alba fire. Stephanie
taken Alba for a ride, get in the upper hand
quick in the match, and of course entertaining Wade Barrett
(06:11):
with her Devil's Kiss, then hitting the SBV on Alba
get in the win, but Piper nivin coming in soon
after laying out Stephanie, but steph gets the upper hand
getting landed on by Piper almost thank god that didn't happen,
getting out of the ring quick, and then hitting Piper
with a devastating superkick. Let me tell you if Piper
(06:35):
were to have done I don't know if you want
to call it a Bonzai drop stiller or whatever, but
I was getting nervous with Stephanie. Luckily she got out
of the way. Then we had the fatal four way
tag match between Phraxium Andrade Ray Phoenix, the MotorCity machine
(06:55):
Guns and DIY. Let me tell you this was special.
This was special. The tag team division w has tremendously
improved in the last year or two. Every team had
their time to shine and showcase why they're in the
w W. Motor City machine Guns showing everyone in the
audience why they've been a top tag team for over
(07:17):
a decade and why you know they just that's why
they got called up to the w W from TNA, right.
These guys in TNA. They were the tag team, and
I just I love that they're getting their shine fraction them.
They remind me of an upgraded version of Paul London
and Brian Kendrick the Hooligans, and then Andrewady and Ray
(07:40):
Phoenix showing absolute great chemistry. I mean I've said it
a lot Penta and Ray just because they're brothers and
they were a tag team you know for a long
time in different companies, you know, majority in ae W.
But Andrade and Ray, they they kill it every time.
(08:06):
But Andrede delivers a message to Choppa gets to win. Now,
this is what I find was my most favorite part
of SmackDown was John Cena and Cody Rhodes contract signing right,
and the entirety of the show of SmackDown was great,
(08:28):
but it's this moment. Now we all know contract signings
in the we always leads to a brawl. It's always
some type of chaos. Cody in the beginning letting everyone
know he's gonna think the title from Sena, get the
title back to Dusty, you know, but then seeing it
(08:49):
comes out, Sena plays it off where he's telling Cody
he can't compete at SummerSlam because of his movie deal
and he'll fight him at Ash in Paris or Survivor series. Cody,
you know, he's smelling the bullshit from a mile away
and seeing us walking out, Cody chased him down, started
on Leash and Hall and Seena. Cody gets his receipt
(09:13):
Bash of seeing his face in with the belt, which
that that, right, there was a turning point for Cody
right in Many he wouldn't do it. In Mania, he
would not do it, but he did it on Friday,
and then you know it shades of Jimmy Snooker. Splash
(09:33):
gives scene us splash to the table with the contract
and uh, seeing us signs the contract and so does
Cody and then uh, Cody didn't tell seeing it's not
just a title match, but it's a street fight, and uh,
for me, like this was it. This is the the
(09:57):
Cody that we needed in Mania. This is the Cody
that we needed when the Bloodline was just pumbling him,
beating him like a dog. Right, I'm excited for this Cody,
and maybe this leads to something more. I do not know,
(10:21):
but this is the beginning of something. Now, before we
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have mixed feelings, all right, I'm not gonna lie to you, guys.
I have mixed feelings I have. I liked it. I
loved it, but then there were some things that I
didn't like. And it really has to pertain to the opening.
(13:16):
Seampunk opens up raw Punk talking about how he has
how he had two goals coming back in the WWE,
one being World Champion and one main event in WrestleMania,
and he's out to complete his goals, right and he
says that he completed one, but he needs to complete
the other, and Gunther is getting in the way of
(13:37):
his goals. Going through Gunther, how do you want to say?
It comes out following Punk's promo going through, looking dead
in the Seampunk's eyes stares at him for what seems
to be forever. The crowd is overwhelming. I mean they're
booing him, they're chanting. You tapped out. It's it was
(13:58):
kind of awkward. In the begin right, but it wasn't awkward.
As if going there would have just stayed quiet, it
would have been fine. Right, So going through his promo,
it was good, but it wasn't great. He still lacks
(14:21):
that relentless trash talk. In my opinion, he should have
just stared in the Punk's eyes and left. Yeah, because
he stood there for what seemed to be minutes and
the crowd just booming him chanting. You tapped out this
and then he's just staring Punk in the eyes. If
you would have just not even grabbed a mic, looked
(14:43):
at Punk, stared at him, just gave him this this
dead look in the eye, and then left, that would
have said a whole lot more than going there saying
that see him monks the best in the world to
the fans. But I have the titles I'm the best
(15:05):
in the world. I didn't take a decade off La
Da YadA. That did nothing. Those two promos for me
did nothing for me. With the build up to SummerSlam,
it did nothing. It didn't add anything. And if truth,
I don't think that segment should have happened. If it did,
Punk says a little bit, not a whole problem about
(15:27):
his goals and this and that, just saying, you know what,
I have to win the title at SummerSlam. I have
to win this world to have yourweight title at Summer Slam.
I have to prove it to myself. I have to
prove it to my fiance or my wife. I have
to prove it to my family. I have to prove
it to just whoever going through it comes to the ring,
(15:51):
looks him dead in the eye, walks back and forth
for a little bit, shakes his head, gives a little nod,
and leave that right there would have spoke more volume
than what going there did. You know, if you know
(16:11):
what I mean, It's like when you're a little kid
and you do something wrong. Your parents look at you
with this just just deadly stare. They don't say nothing,
They just look at you, you know, like oh shit,
I'm fucked. Like this is it? You know, I am fucked.
I am in so much trouble. YadA, YadA, YadA. That's
(16:33):
what going there should have done. He should have just
looked at him in the eye, paced back and forth
a little bit, gave a little, you know, a head nod,
and then left. That would have spoke more than me
but I can go on for hours. But Russef goes
against Seamus for the first match running back after three
weeks ago when Russeph more or less cheated into his
(16:56):
victory Bell rings and Seamus and Russeph they're powering one another.
I mean it was just they're just masks. They're solid mass,
heavy strikes and grapples to the mat and just banger
after banger. Right, these two hard hitting s obs. This
(17:19):
is what saves wrestling right. So you can have or
the w W, I should say, and and pro wrestling right.
You can have your high flyers, you can have your
your your guys gonna mic your technicians. But when you
have two solid big men just going at a blow
(17:44):
for blow, it's entertaining. They're not gonna do your hurricannas.
They're not gonna do your your you know, high flying movie.
Well no, they are gonna go strike for strike and
they're gonna see who the toughest SLB is gonna be.
And I love them. Seamus in the match, though he
was feeling frisky, you know, he went up to the
(18:06):
top rope once he had to get back down to
get his balance, and he goes up delivers a flying
clothesline to the outside on Russeph and I am not
this is not a two K game. Seamus went to
the top rope, Russef was on the outside. Seamus delivered
(18:26):
a flying clothesline from the top rope to Russef on
the outside. I was like, holy shit, I don't think
I've ever seen Shamus do that from my matches that
I've watched of his. That was. That was crazy. But
Russef he quickly returned the favor and gave Seamus a
following slam over the announced table that looked like a
(18:49):
hard hit. That was That was pretty deadly. The match continues.
Both guys are just brutally beating the shit out of
each other, Rusef calling Shame a stubborn mule and an
Irish bastard repeatedly repeatedly, yeah when he's in the Oh
(19:09):
my god, I'm having a I'm losing track right now,
Oh my god. And the accolade. Sorry, too many bumps
to the head, but uh so. Russef had Seamus in
the accolade and as Seamus is trying to grab the rope,
he keeps calling him a stubborn mule, an Irish bastard.
(19:30):
That was just comical for me. Seamus looks at Rusef
and demanding to bring just more heat, more heat, more
fuel to the fire. Seamus got payback though, bashing Rousef's
head into the exposed turn buckle and smashing his face
in with a brokick to get the win. That we
(19:52):
got to bring that to a PL. We have to
bring those two into a PL. Make it a street fight,
make it a last man standing, make it something, because
that that's gonna be big. I mean, they had their
matches on rob but we gotta see it on a
PL Survivor Series something because that just they put on
(20:15):
amazing matches they do. We have a triple threat tag
team match next for the world tag team titles. The
New Day Creed Brothers and Joaquin Wilde and Cruise Del
Toro Julius showing his strength double suplex in The New Day,
Joaquin getting his time to shine showcase and his abilities.
(20:36):
When he was about to lose off the top rope,
Ivy Nile interrupted and pushed him off what qingt covid
off guard and pulled off the win. Wa Keen and Cruise.
They're now number one contenders and they're gonna take on
the Judgment Day for the World Tag titles. It was
a pretty quick match. In my opinion, it was pretty quick.
(20:59):
It was interesting because Joaquin, they really got the he
really got the time. And I say interesting because they
really showcase his abilities in this match. And for me,
I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. We had
some run ins with Kaiser aka L Grande Americano Now
(21:22):
and Dragonlee. That feud is gonna be pretty interesting. Next
we got Becky Lynch comes out and this Bleacher report
great at a C plus. This segment I'm gonna be
talking about in my opinion, I'm gonna grade at a
CE maybe a C minus because I mean, Becky comes
out and in my opinion, it feels like she's always
(21:44):
trying to get a cheap heat reaction from the crowd.
It seems forced and unnatural now that she's this bad
guy heel and I can't I can't believe it. Right,
it's so cheap. The crowd can be just saying, you know,
you know, hi, Becky.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
She's like no, no, no, no, no, I'm the man.
I shouldn't be here this like it seems forrest. It
seems unnatural and I don't buy it. Becky demanding that
if Becky and if she wins, Lyra will never challenge
for the title again.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Lyra agrees, and Lyra tells Becky that their match has
to have a winner. No countouts, no no DQ. There
has to be a winner. Becky quietly agrees. This is
the trilogy. This is the last of their match. In
(22:42):
my opinion, this is the last of the This is
the last of the few, kind of like Jacob and Solo.
I'm alright with it. I need to have Lyra win though.
That's that's my whole thing. I need to have Lyra win.
I can't final reason why Becky has to hold the
(23:03):
title an even longer, but I need to have Lyra
get that title back. I feel like this was all
just a showcase Lyra's abilities again, building her up strong
and maybe that maybe Becky's gonna take some time off again.
We don't know now that Seth's hurt, He's out for
(23:23):
a couple months, and truly a couple months, I don't know.
I'm hearing everything from four to six to six to eight,
eight to nine a year. This this knee injury that
Seth has it's pretty bad. It's pretty Uh, he's gonna
(23:44):
be out, so you know we're gonna see. But if
when this match takes place, Lyra wins, I can see
Becky attending Seth and the baby and leaving for a while.
I'm alright with that. You know, she had her return.
She won the tag title for less than twenty four hours,
(24:04):
but still on her resume, got the women's in her
kind of title, you know, call it as is. You
know she can take a break. But following that segment,
Lyra and Bailey, they'd taken Raquel and Rock stand for
the women's tag titles. Bailey in this match is awkwardly
(24:26):
very proud of being Lyra's cheerleader. But it's clearly throwing
Lyra off. I mean it was. It's very awkward to
see Bailey like that, especially because we haven't seen her
in her cheerful mood like that since NXT Hugs for
Bailey's or something like that. It was, it was definitely
(24:49):
throwing Lyra off Raquel. She was just using her size
and strength at advantage. Dahm seemingly having the hots for
rock San staring at her constantly. Maybe a little liv
may not like that but confusing scenario. Lyra power bombs
(25:12):
Rock Sand but Lyra instead of taking the pin tags
in Bailey, just for Bailey to go to the top
rope deliver an elbow drop to only have Rock help
break up the pin, but Lyra power bombs Rock San
(25:32):
in the middle of the ring. Lyra gets up walks
over to her corner tags in Bailey, just for Bailey
to go up out. That whole part, even for the announcers,
was confusing because why would you do that. I don't
know if Bailey being so cheerful to Lyra threw her
(25:53):
off like that, but definitely something happened there. It was
just it was weird. But Lyra was on the outside
and ducks from Raquel's boot and Raquel smashes Dom in
the face. This is a first and I really enjoyed that.
(26:18):
I really enjoyed doctor aj styles. Doctor aj Styles gave
Dom the adrenaline to run out of the arena. Becky
Lynch comes out, grabs Lyra and gets her face smashed
in the steel steps. Raquel delivers the tahnabamb on Bailey
and get the win. Raquel and Rock Samuy tanging the titles.
(26:40):
Then we had Sammy zaying takes on carrying cross. Sammy
wants to, you know, take on Karen to get revenge
for the chaos Carrion has brought into his life. It's
been definitely chaotic. Sammy taking on his frustration on Carrion.
But uh, but nothing's working. Carrion continuously damaging Sammy's ribs,
(27:01):
Scarlet getting a little action with a swift kick to
Sammy's mid section, Carrion being the snot out of Sammy.
Then what happens? Steel pipe? That steel pipe? Garyan took
a steel pipe and connected to sam He's already bruce
ribs and got the win. And I shouldn't say he
got the steel pipe when sam was down. Scarlett took
(27:25):
the steel pipe and put on Sammy. And he can't
get a break. He can't get a break. Hopefully something's
resolved here. Next we got EO Sky versus Stephanie Vicer.
EO and Stephanie getting really technical in the beginning, back
and forth Matt wrestling, EO and steph trading amazing outside
(27:48):
diy to each other. EO being the aggressor in the match,
Stephanie being very cautious what each move she makes quick
shout out real quick to the Brothers of Destruction. To
you guys wearing cane mask in the front row. I
mean it was very hard not to miss them. EO
gets caught off the apron, Stephanie doing her devil's kiss
(28:09):
to EO on the apron and dragging her in the
middle of the ring and doing it again. Gotta love
to see it. Io goes to the top looking for
her moon salt. Stephanie stops and hits EO with reverse suplex,
devastating as hell it looked den What happens? The secret
hervis comes out, Stephanie gets attacked from behind by Chelsea,
(28:33):
EO assisting Stephanie and taking out Chelsea and the secret hervest.
But Naomi, of all people, what a surprise comes out,
taking out EO and Steph back to square one until
Rio Ripley comes out to the aid of EO and
Steph and Mommy isn't having any of it. No, no, no,
Riea taking out Naomi. Then after two super kicks from
(28:56):
EO and Steph, Chelsea meets Rhea and delivers a nasty
rip tide. This is interesting, right, I like the fact
that Ria and Stephanie and EO or they're helping each
other out. Can I see like a triple threat maybe
(29:17):
or a three way tag match that three way Jesus,
a three man tag match, Stephanie Vicer, EO and Rihea
going against Naomi Chelsea in the Secret hervis Or Chelsea
and the Secret hervis I don't know, I don't know.
(29:38):
All I know is Ria better get that title back.
She's got it. And Stephanie Stephanie Naomi. Let me tell you,
there was some words backstage and very interesting, very interesting
to say the least, be because we haven't seen Stephanie
(30:05):
really get challenged in the w W on the main
roster yet, so it'll be interesting. But that triple threat
match Naomi, Rie and EO. All right, Stephanie's gonna face
(30:26):
one of them. What are we what are we gonna
what are we gonna see? What are we gonna see?
I'll go through the predictions next week, but I may
have another storyline type ordeal happening. Then we have the
(30:55):
end of the show. This is the one that the
speaks volumes. Right here, I should say this one speaks volumes.
Paul Hayman, bron Breaker, Bronson Reed, they come to out
to the ring. As Paul was about to start talking
the OTC Roman Rains comes to the ring. Roman's aura
(31:18):
is real. Roman is just standing in the middle of
the ring and the crowd is going wild. Then when
Roman hits his acknowledge me, holy shit, I'm in PA
and I could hear Houston. I mean it was bad
(31:40):
Paul talking to talking to Raymond, I mean Roman about
joining the Staple due to seth Rolins being out for
a very long time. Then says, I love you, my
tribal chief. What a fucking cellar, right, Roman. He's just
(32:01):
looking at him like wow, I can't believe he said that.
Then Roman officially taking the title of wise man away
from Paul Hayman. And now he's just a dumbass. He
said dumbass like five or six times, and I loved
every second of it. He's like, Paul, I thought you
(32:24):
were a wise man, but you're not. You're just a dumbass.
And he goes, you're a dumbass. I just repeatedly, and
so officially Paul Hayman is not the wise man anymore.
He's just a dumbass. There we go and Roman he's
warning Braun that Paul will turn his back because he
(32:50):
did it to everyone else. He was being really real
of that. Roman mentions how the USO, Solo and Sammy
helped them keep the title Paul Hayman. Roman also said
it was God's work to create the Bloodline, not Paul Hayman,
and how Paul Hayman threw away his family in the
(33:10):
Bloodline for a best friend from over a decade ago.
Bron's stepping up to Roman, and Roman isn't even worried.
Bron tells Roman that they don't want him in the
WWE anymore, and how he's the old dog and he's
a new dog. Bron tells Roman that Paul's not going
(33:31):
to turn his back on him because he holds value
and that's why he won't get stapped in the back,
and he's everything else in Roman, he grabs the mic
and he goes, I didn't hear a damn thing you said.
He goes say that again. It hands in the mic
and Superman punches him, takes out Bronson, but gets connected
(33:54):
with a spear from Bron. Jay comes out to the
aid and Jay he starts to target in the double
b's Roman and Jay spear both Brown and Bronson and man,
this this is gonna be a great feud. This is
gonna be this is gonna be good. I don't know.
(34:20):
I don't know where this is gonna lead to. I
truly do not know where this is gonna lead to.
Roman says he needs a title back. He didn't say
it directly, but he said it so, I I don't
(34:45):
know what. I love to see Roman a champion. When
I was just a young boy, When I was just
a young boy, I hated Roman as champion. When Roman
was gone, I was like, this is it? Thank God?
(35:08):
But now I need Roman beck. I need Roman as
champion back. The only problem is who would he take
the title from. He still needs a rematch with Cody. Yes,
(35:31):
he still has not gotten his rematch from Cody yet.
See him Punk wins the title from going the Roman
challenges Punk Paul Hayman's best friend. I don't know. I
(35:54):
I'm not getting into predictions until next week. So on
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friends by the end of the year. Thank you, have
a wonderful night. Se
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