Down The Middle Episode 67: Elimination Chamber Predictions

[00:00:00] Hello everyone welcome to this week's episode what the hell was that?

[00:00:21] Hello God, so you know that's an itch's been.

[00:00:26] It's Vince?

[00:00:30] What's your canary are you dealing with sir?

[00:00:35] I don't know.

[00:00:37] No seriously was that you?

[00:00:39] I have no idea what that was.

[00:00:41] That was not some quirky thing.

[00:00:42] It was an accident much like what you were discussing before went live.

[00:00:55] So if you would let the listeners the viewers know what it would you were talking about.

[00:01:01] Don't talk about Baja EW right now.

[00:01:06] So I don't remember who was giving the move but the person that was taking it was Madison Rain.

[00:01:13] And we have a seed mask around on AW and in a minute.

[00:01:19] And it would it look like to be set up for like a sister Abigail.

[00:01:24] She instead of face bumping with it, she straight straight head over onto like an RVD,

[00:01:32] taking an RKO straight head first.

[00:01:35] And it looked like it really messed her up.

[00:01:41] It really looked like it.

[00:01:44] And then I'm not they haven't said anything that I know of them.

[00:01:47] She's harder not but she finished a match.

[00:01:50] That's tough.

[00:01:52] Yeah, but it seems like there's there's been quite a few injuries that have occurred.

[00:01:59] They finished the match and it was time to be really bad.

[00:02:03] Well, it's not like I guess like you don't realize it at the time but I'm trying to remember the last one.

[00:02:09] I really won't see a bump for one when he got concussed that one done.

[00:02:16] You know, finish the match and then it's like now we know what we know about you know concussions and whatnot and it's like keep probably shouldn't have done that.

[00:02:25] I think the most infamous one might have been Kurt Angle though.

[00:02:29] I'm trying to remember what year was a camp but it was it was the triple threat.

[00:02:35] I don't triple H was there.

[00:02:37] But anyway he got he got legit rocks and but he was supposed to go back stage and then come out later and apparently yeah.

[00:02:48] It was triple H.

[00:02:50] Triple H.

[00:02:51] I believe the rock and Kurt Angle.

[00:02:54] I was thinking the rock.

[00:02:56] You know it was no mercy.

[00:03:00] 90.

[00:03:01] 99.

[00:03:05] 99.

[00:03:06] That was the same 98 seems too early but.

[00:03:10] And then it would be 99 or 2000 but I know it was that no mercy.

[00:03:14] I would say 2000 because when the Kurt Angle even come to WWE that was like 99 wasn't it.

[00:03:20] I think it was late 98.

[00:03:22] There's much way I did.

[00:03:24] I was going to say yeah I thought this was like early 2000s.

[00:03:28] Well we could Kurt Angle went to ECW for that while he was he wasn't on camera.

[00:03:33] Well he was but then they didn't air it because.

[00:03:36] Yeah and then I would be like 2001.

[00:03:39] Yeah that sounds I think it was 2001.

[00:03:42] I don't know the internet will correct us.

[00:03:45] Yeah you know how it is.

[00:03:47] That's why TV pal.

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[00:03:57] But you also brought up another botch which everyone knew about people knew about this before the episode aired.

[00:04:04] Yeah what's the see the thing is it's not even night and it's pho.

[00:04:10] I'd shot that out to that's just kind of a risk you take when you do a move like that and I'm not really doggin on it.

[00:04:18] But you can't.

[00:04:20] I mean I suppose in hindsight it's like maybe he could have kept a little bit more control of his leg but how would you think about that?

[00:04:28] That's just an unfortunate landing.

[00:04:31] At that point that's only the thing you can only think you really call it call it was just an.

[00:04:36] Unfortunate off timing that's all you really can do like sometimes that happens is like.

[00:04:43] Like recently I was watching a highlights on a limited chamber which that's awesome what we're talking about today.

[00:04:48] It's the theme of tonight's episode. Yes later today later night when RVD gave a frog splash to triple H and his chin went across the throat.

[00:05:00] Just an unfortunate that just happened to happen.

[00:05:05] Which RVD had a it's one of the many things I admire about him as a performer already had a way of doing the frog splash.

[00:05:13] Well let's just say there's a reason it was called the five star frog splash but he also had a way of.

[00:05:19] Making it seem like he's hurting himself as much as the other guy, but it's worth it.

[00:05:26] I don't know if he just had it give first selling it I suppose.

[00:05:30] I completely agree I mean Chris we all did the same thing then the guy we should talk about.

[00:05:35] When you do his diving head but it literally looked like he messed himself up just as much as he messed the other guy up.

[00:05:41] Turns out he may have.

[00:05:46] I'm pretty sure he did.

[00:05:47] I was going to say I dig the evidence points to yes.

[00:05:50] Speaking of which and that I this has been some time ago but there were rumors that his son I think his name is David right David Benwell.

[00:05:59] He's wrestling is he now.

[00:06:01] He's in the process of training yes I believe.

[00:06:04] Okay yeah which I don't mean like obviously if he wants to wrestle he should wrestle but.

[00:06:13] I mean the temptation has got to be there to change your name but then it's same time it's your name right.

[00:06:21] That's a rough that's a rough spot to be in I don't envy him.

[00:06:25] He looks just like his dad too.

[00:06:28] He's that like his dad that doesn't help yeah so.

[00:06:32] Well here's my thing and this is going on a little off top of it topic.

[00:06:36] I mean he always talk like and it's kind of a theme coming up the road to WrestleMania you always talk about Hall of Fame and everything and like.

[00:06:43] Some people are blacklisted from Hall of Fame but like in my in in my opinion there is.

[00:06:52] Chris from all the person and then there's Chris from all the wrestler.

[00:06:55] Yeah.

[00:06:57] And my opinion.

[00:06:59] I understand he did something.

[00:07:02] So drastic and something that should have never been done.

[00:07:07] And it's shaped him on for shame on him for that 100%.

[00:07:12] But Chris from all the wrestler and my opinion should still go into the Hall of Fame.

[00:07:17] I understand your point so I'm like I'm not going to come out and say you're wrong wrong but the same time.

[00:07:24] I'm trying to think of another example here.

[00:07:29] Vincent Man is all this man isn't the WWE Hall of Fame correct.

[00:07:33] No okay so no this is a good example that.

[00:07:38] By virtue of that same logic what I'm not equating wrestling ability between Chris from why and this is man but like.

[00:07:48] And especially because of the length of how long this apparently been going on I think Vincent Man should ever be in the WWE Hall of Fame and I know that's a hot take because of that man there would be no WWE.

[00:08:00] But at the same time if you're that big of a piece of shit.

[00:08:04] Well I don't really know how to say it delicately it's like.

[00:08:11] Bad things carry more weight than good things.

[00:08:15] One bad thing as evidence by Chris from law many other people one bad thing can completely ruin a legacy.

[00:08:22] And sometimes I think that's the right call.

[00:08:26] I don't.

[00:08:28] It's unfortunate because yes I agree with you Chris from Law the wrestler was I mean fantastic.

[00:08:34] I still which actually I wonder if this is worth something now I have the you know back in the 2000s.

[00:08:41] Early 2000s whenever there was a new like WWE champion they'd get there byography DVD made.

[00:08:47] Yeah I have the Chris Ben Waw byography DVD.

[00:08:52] I also have that Chris will well do you think it is.

[00:08:56] Hard knocks I think it was the only one they made for him.

[00:09:03] Maybe not.

[00:09:04] I sort of online maybe once twice.

[00:09:07] Yeah well that's that's not the only one I'm aware of.

[00:09:10] I wonder if that's worth anything now because I'm surely they they stop selling it immediately after.

[00:09:17] That happened.

[00:09:19] I got that was in 2017 2008 so yeah I wish you'd say there probably aren't that many around.

[00:09:29] I mean there's probably a few hundred thousand but.

[00:09:32] Not like some of the other more well on DVDs anyway.

[00:09:36] I just maybe maybe.

[00:09:39] Lay down the road you well at it again I take that back because WWE so corporate now.

[00:09:48] Everything so corporate now I can't really see that happening.

[00:09:53] Well.

[00:09:54] Maybe the wrestling Hall of Fame.

[00:09:57] But even then I kind of don't see that happening.

[00:10:01] Just maybe.

[00:10:03] At this point in my opinion events makes it in Chris from Lawsh and be able to make it in.

[00:10:07] Well okay that I would kind of agree with but I can't see events like man being inducted in.

[00:10:12] But I mean if you're going to let Vincent.

[00:10:16] You kind of at least have to have the conversations like well what about Chris been locked.

[00:10:21] But maybe David then walk and make everything right and get himself inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame later in his career.

[00:10:32] Hopefully not on wood because I think that's about the only way you can untarnish the Benoit legacy.

[00:10:38] Yeah it's always going to have that black mark on it but.

[00:10:42] Well at this point the probably just changes name talking up changes name.

[00:10:46] Let me look at.

[00:10:48] Bromwork or.

[00:10:50] Oh yeah.

[00:10:51] I mean yes and no but at the same time if I'm David then law.

[00:10:56] I mean he probably wouldn't kick up a fuss because I mean it is WWE right but.

[00:11:02] I feel like a part of me would be at least be thinking it's like well yeah but it's my name too it's not like he was the only Benoit.

[00:11:10] You know there's a.

[00:11:13] If Cody can get the Rhodes back which WWE Redussy was didn't do anything like.

[00:11:21] Chris been wanted.

[00:11:23] But so yeah limited chamber.

[00:11:33] Is it just me or does this seem like a waste of time?

[00:11:38] It seems like a filler episode.

[00:11:42] It kind of does the whole and I looked at the card and I'm like but.

[00:11:47] I mean ever like nothing's going to happen except getting a moment determines for Seth Rollins.

[00:11:53] Oh that just point out and you care about the elimination chair.

[00:11:57] Well you see what time you got to get up to watch it.

[00:11:59] Oh yeah because it's in.

[00:12:01] Yes.

[00:12:02] 5 a.m or 5 a.m or something.

[00:12:05] Yeah 5 a or 5 a.m for us.

[00:12:09] Well you know now we can understand the pain that our friends and all.

[00:12:14] Shirley have to endure.

[00:12:16] That's true.

[00:12:18] Yeah this it's only fair.

[00:12:21] There's a lot more of us watching in the nimble.

[00:12:24] Well I mean yeah there's also higher population and it's based here so.

[00:12:29] I don't know I just this whole paper view really.

[00:12:33] Because they've done so good job building up WrestleMania.

[00:12:39] It's almost doesn't matter.

[00:12:44] Well here's here's my concerns right now.

[00:12:48] And it really does seem like it's only my concern right now.

[00:12:52] You know in wrestling you can like look at stuff and see how things are going in and kind of.

[00:12:59] Kind of picture how things are going to go leading up to.

[00:13:03] The payoff right.

[00:13:05] Yeah with this whole rock and Roman and Cody and Seth thing.

[00:13:11] It's like I don't know.

[00:13:14] I don't know where this is going to go.

[00:13:20] But this being going to like I've been noticing is like.

[00:13:25] The rocks been taking the position of the head of the table and Roman just kind of been in the background.

[00:13:33] I know what you mean because this whole I've been trying to figure it out and it's because I can't leave.

[00:13:38] I can't leave low enough alone.

[00:13:41] It seems like.

[00:13:46] And I'm not saying they're doing this.

[00:13:48] I'm just saying it seems like they keep changing plans.

[00:13:52] Now they might be making it seem that way on purpose so that it comes off as more believable.

[00:13:59] Because it seemed pretty clear though for a second there.

[00:14:03] Then we were going to get plenty of incentive and then rock Roman at Mania.

[00:14:10] But then at the same time you have a course of the WWE handing out that we want Cody size.

[00:14:15] It seems like it was a organic social media campaign.

[00:14:20] We don't have to have we want Cody all that stuff.

[00:14:23] It seems like they were trying to successfully replicate like Colby Mania kind of thing or more like the yes movement actually.

[00:14:31] Well, it's it's hard to do that with Cody because like.

[00:14:37] I don't think to scenarios with the same because like.

[00:14:43] Coffies always been under dog.

[00:14:45] Daniel Brian was always the under dog.

[00:14:47] Cody's like when it comes to them to be he.

[00:14:53] Cody's been the under dog the whole time.

[00:14:56] But when he's been out of the company, he's always been the top.

[00:15:00] But people know Cody as the top dog from everywhere else.

[00:15:06] Daniel Brian and.

[00:15:08] Coffie was at the top dog everywhere else.

[00:15:11] So I think you can really consider.

[00:15:16] Cody a co-famania, Daniel Brian movement type of person but I see what you're getting at with.

[00:15:23] Trying to push to we want Cody that we want Cody that we wouldn't want Cody.

[00:15:28] He was saying.

[00:15:29] Oh, sorry.

[00:15:30] Go ahead.

[00:15:31] It's come.

[00:15:33] I was just going to say it seems like they're trying to recreate that moment.

[00:15:38] That happened like the yes one was very real.

[00:15:41] That was the fan.

[00:15:42] I was the audience literally saying no, this is the shit.

[00:15:48] This is what we want and we're going to yell about it.

[00:15:51] You know same with Coffie Mania.

[00:15:53] It was the fan saying no what you're doing is awful.

[00:15:57] Coffie deserves it.

[00:15:59] We want Coffie.

[00:16:01] It seems like they're trying to replicate it and make it seem like they're not behind it.

[00:16:07] But I can't I mean, I guess in a way, they're doing a very effective job if that is what they're doing because I'm not sure.

[00:16:13] It's not obvious.

[00:16:17] You know, it would.

[00:16:19] It's not like obviously manipulation of the fans or fake.

[00:16:24] Not like the old what was it cyber.

[00:16:28] What were the old paper views where they would have people go online and it always conveniently seemed to work in storyline.

[00:16:34] Ever Sunday.

[00:16:36] Cyber Sunday yeah.

[00:16:38] Oh yeah, it was great in concept but we had dial up in or back then like some people voted.

[00:16:46] You did a field of gap.

[00:16:50] Yeah.

[00:16:52] But from like what I've gathered watching these last couple weeks.

[00:16:57] Like since our last episode like.

[00:17:00] If you watch this last Smackdown, did you see all of us and did you see what sure the rock was wearing?

[00:17:07] Yeah.

[00:17:09] Did you see what a rock was wearing?

[00:17:14] Oh, that's greatest greatest.

[00:17:18] It's great.

[00:17:20] It's wearing.

[00:17:22] You can back now on W to be shop.com.

[00:17:25] Hey, nice plug.

[00:17:28] But when a rock was talking.

[00:17:33] You was talking about how Cody was going to lose everything.

[00:17:40] But it was pointing at Roman as in.

[00:17:46] It's not Cody goes everything.

[00:17:48] It's Romans will lose everything.

[00:17:49] Okay, so that's the other thing.

[00:17:51] Yeah, and this is why I think that this is not been scrambling a changing plan.

[00:17:56] They're making it look that way, but that is not because Cody had like a Twitter post that just said trust me guys.

[00:18:03] And then they had that when when the rock first came out.

[00:18:07] And he and Cody had that like year year conversation.

[00:18:12] It seems like this might honestly be working up to the rock actually covertly trying to break up the bloodline from the inside.

[00:18:23] Which makes sense.

[00:18:25] Yeah, but so this him.

[00:18:27] But so the same joining the bloodline.

[00:18:29] That's what I'm saying.

[00:18:30] They both make sense.

[00:18:31] Which this is great.

[00:18:33] I'm not complaining.

[00:18:34] This is great stuff.

[00:18:36] I'll reiterate it again.

[00:18:38] Yes, with a number of run reason I've been watching Ron SmackDown for the past month has been.

[00:18:43] I want to see what's happening with Cody in the bloodline.

[00:18:46] And now that the rocks involved, definitely.

[00:18:48] I didn't even care to watch that.

[00:18:52] What was it the event that had came told us about last time.

[00:18:56] The Russell maybe.

[00:18:57] Like the paper view thing or the.

[00:19:00] The kick off or whatever they call Beth.

[00:19:03] Yeah, all of a sudden those events are now worth watching.

[00:19:08] Yeah.

[00:19:10] When before they were nobody cared and then it did record numbers because of what happened with the rock and Cody and this masterfully.

[00:19:21] Done like we're seeing.

[00:19:24] Television that I'm going to go out of a limb and say we probably haven't seen this quality of storytelling in progress link consistently for at least 15 years if not longer.

[00:19:38] Like this is good.

[00:19:39] It was almost the out to ever almost.

[00:19:41] A little bit like this is good shit.

[00:19:44] Yeah, like.

[00:19:46] And the person behind it is for play to the rock.

[00:19:51] Really.

[00:19:52] Can you be surprised?

[00:19:54] I mean, I mean, how if they got imagine if they got so cold on that booking team to holy shit.

[00:20:01] Oh, God.

[00:20:02] Not that they need the extra help.

[00:20:04] Like I said, you've got arguably the three of the certainly three of the biggest.

[00:20:12] I'm not the three biggest pillars of the attitude era.

[00:20:15] And going even into the roof of the discretionary.

[00:20:17] The rock in Austin would be going by the point that really got full steam.

[00:20:22] But I mean, Triple H was a staple of the addicts of the era.

[00:20:26] He just wasn't the superstar like Stone Cold and the rock.

[00:20:30] But as many people have said, hey, if you need somebody in a match who's going to do whatever needs doing the best way possible.

[00:20:38] You put Triple H in the rain.

[00:20:40] So what I think two things I think can really happen is.

[00:20:48] The rock is obviously going to screw Roman over and help Cody win.

[00:20:56] Or Romans will get mad because the rock keeps acting like he's ahead of the table.

[00:21:01] But Romans truly the head of the table, which Romans gets pissed at rock.

[00:21:07] And then rock then causes Roman to lose the Cody.

[00:21:12] And then that's how we build up for rock and rock and Roman.

[00:21:16] And I don't care how it happens.

[00:21:19] And we're going to get obviously what Jimmy and Jay at Mania.

[00:21:24] Yeah, they're finding now want to build up for it when you know, they were both in in the elimination or the real one,

[00:21:30] what one and two when you did five minutes of booking there.

[00:21:33] So I don't know about.

[00:21:36] I mean, I think it was building to something.

[00:21:39] I don't think anything anymore.

[00:21:42] I don't think anything anymore is just like they keep the keeps surprising me.

[00:21:49] I never would have thought even a couple years ago, I never would have thought we would have.

[00:21:54] We would have we would have thought we would be trashing a W and praising W for their.

[00:22:01] Sorry, telling.

[00:22:02] And yet here we are.

[00:22:08] But it's not with that.

[00:22:13] Isn't house been with every company has tried to compete with W though.

[00:22:18] I mean, there there there have been times where.

[00:22:23] I mean, there were certainly well, shit when a W first came around like W was terrible.

[00:22:29] They weren't doing anything well.

[00:22:32] That's because Vince was behind the papers.

[00:22:36] I mean, yeah, it really pretty much changed overnight once Triple A just put in charge of creative.

[00:22:42] And I know that they had like it was starting to get better and then Vince came back and did a bit.

[00:22:48] But then when the kick fence out again, like momentum just came warm back.

[00:22:52] I was when they started rehiring a bunch of people, you know, stuff like that.

[00:22:57] And I mean, through this in the pudding, remember NAC, like the glory days of NAC between like 2014 and 2018.

[00:23:05] Oh, I would go a little bit farther now.

[00:23:07] I think maybe here.

[00:23:09] I'm saying that's what I think was peak NXT.

[00:23:13] Okay.

[00:23:14] Peak NXT yeah, it was probably 2015.

[00:23:18] Yeah, yeah, that's where I started watching 2015, 2016.

[00:23:22] I've told the story before I started watching.

[00:23:24] I was at this point.

[00:23:26] This was during the era of between like I would say 2000 certainly by 2010.

[00:23:34] Between like 2010 and 2014, I wanted so bad to be a wrestling fan.

[00:23:39] But I just couldn't watch the shit.

[00:23:42] It was so bad.

[00:23:44] I would start watching it and be bored.

[00:23:47] Like not even bored, but it's not strong enough to work.

[00:23:50] I would care so little about what I was seeing on screen.

[00:23:54] I could not bear to sit through another much less too much less than watch track down as well.

[00:24:02] Because that was also back when there wasn't like the brand split.

[00:24:05] So what you saw on Raw, you were going to see all the same people on SmackDown.

[00:24:08] You know, with a few other inconsequential matches that they seem to just start together.

[00:24:14] And then they honestly wanted me to watch superstars too.

[00:24:17] Come on.

[00:24:18] But then so periodically I would pop in and just see if it would strike my fancy.

[00:24:24] And you got to remember too.

[00:24:27] I knew what NXT was but I knew the game show.

[00:24:31] So I didn't know, but I said screw it all, try it.

[00:24:37] What I didn't realize is it's true to this day by the way.

[00:24:41] So although it's all in peacock now, but back in the day, they kept saying that NXT was exclusively on the WWE network.

[00:24:51] This is not true.

[00:24:52] If you were who subscriber, you got NXT as well, including the takeovers.

[00:24:57] I did not know that one.

[00:24:59] But here's the funny thing.

[00:25:01] They didn't label them as takeovers.

[00:25:03] They just said next episode of NXT.

[00:25:06] So I inadvertently watched a takeover thinking it was just an average episode of NXT.

[00:25:13] It was NXT takeover fatal four way and holy shit.

[00:25:20] I keep saying this.

[00:25:22] Was that the one that was the main of that was Adrian Navill's semi-zane Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kid.

[00:25:33] I keep in mind, I knew Tyson Kid was, I had no idea who the other three were.

[00:25:39] And I didn't care much for Tyson Kid because I don't only seen him on the main roster.

[00:25:43] Not even two minutes into this match.

[00:25:48] I knew who the bad guy was.

[00:25:50] I knew who I was supposed to root for.

[00:25:53] Like I understood even though I had never seen three of these guys before.

[00:25:57] I understood what the story was.

[00:26:02] And just through the commentary and the story they were telling in the ring, I was like, holy shit.

[00:26:06] This is wrestling.

[00:26:08] You could have taken somebody who was never watching it while me.

[00:26:12] I'd never seen NXT before.

[00:26:14] And I knew what was going on because they were telling a good story.

[00:26:19] And to say it was fantastic is an understanding.

[00:26:23] Yeah, when I started watching was with Johnny Garganton and Tomas Champa.

[00:26:33] That's my last try watching like all those takeovers.

[00:26:37] I think I've got what year that was in though, but when I first saw him as much better than anything on Barart or SmackDown.

[00:26:47] Oh yeah, at the time there was no contest.

[00:26:50] I started getting back in it big again.

[00:26:55] Right before NXT nor Leans.

[00:27:00] Because I was actually, as I actually went down to Mania that year,

[00:27:03] it was in the first mini 34.

[00:27:05] So that had been what?

[00:27:08] 18 maybe, 2017.

[00:27:16] Something like that.

[00:27:18] And I was actually there that NXT nor Leans went when it came out as war Raiders.

[00:27:26] Yeah.

[00:27:27] That was very, their very first name was War Raiders.

[00:27:30] Oh, because yeah.

[00:27:31] And they remember we had that little song and dance of what they were going to be called.

[00:27:36] Because if, well, it wasn't the war Raiders first.

[00:27:39] Well, oh no, yes, it was war Raiders first.

[00:27:41] And then they got randomly called the Viking experience.

[00:27:44] Yeah.

[00:27:45] Another what the Viking express.

[00:27:50] Viking.

[00:27:51] No, it's not the else.

[00:27:52] Yeah, there wasn't other.

[00:27:54] Because they were the war Raiders.

[00:27:57] The Viking experience.

[00:27:59] There was another Viking.

[00:28:00] And then they finally landed on the Viking Raiders.

[00:28:02] And I'm like, wow, that took you guys a minute.

[00:28:06] Yeah.

[00:28:07] I just don't know why they didn't just use War Machine because I thought that was a kick-ass name.

[00:28:12] Well, I mean, technically, they, I think, were able to actually own the trademark for that.

[00:28:17] But who knows?

[00:28:18] You know, WRV, they don't like to keep names.

[00:28:20] But anyway, that was a hell of a segue.

[00:28:22] But let's dig into elimination chamber.

[00:28:27] So again, once again, getting the car off of Wikipedia.

[00:28:31] So they may not necessarily be in this order.

[00:28:33] Although this time I think it is.

[00:28:35] The first match we've got the judgment day consisting of Finn Ballard and Damien Priest, defending the,

[00:28:41] uh, understood at WDV, the WW tag team championships against New Catcher of Public,

[00:28:48] Heat no longer butch done and Tyler Bait.

[00:28:55] So you don't, honestly?

[00:28:58] I could really see Pete Dunn and then beat them.

[00:29:02] Oh, I think it's going to kick some ass.

[00:29:04] Oh, I know it's going to kick ass, but I really could see I wouldn't be surprised

[00:29:10] if judgment day didn't keep it until mania.

[00:29:13] But I wouldn't be surprised if they lost it though.

[00:29:17] Well, I wouldn't need that.

[00:29:19] Um, either way, this is actually going to kick ass because one of my, one of my favorite matches of all

[00:29:25] again from an NXT takeover.

[00:29:27] I don't remember which one but it was Pete Dunn versus Tyler Bait.

[00:29:31] And that was phenomenal.

[00:29:35] It was really good.

[00:29:37] I mean, Damien, that was so, so good.

[00:29:42] Um, I'm with you.

[00:29:44] Honestly, it wouldn't be surprised if judgment day kept it,

[00:29:47] but I think you might, you might have done and beat winner.

[00:29:53] It might give judgment day something to do a WrestleMania too.

[00:29:57] Because there's all right now, nobody in judgment day has anything to do it

[00:30:03] many other than Maria.

[00:30:05] Yeah, that is, that is it.

[00:30:08] You concur her scheme or what are you things going to happen?

[00:30:14] Go completely.

[00:30:16] I think they're going to keep it on.

[00:30:19] Then the ground lose it and then they're going to have to trace for the title.

[00:30:24] Yep, which again, judgment day unfortunately doesn't need something to do so.

[00:30:28] No one.

[00:30:30] Does it say it's for the understudy title or does it say for tag team?

[00:30:34] No, it says for the understudy, uh, living to be tag team championship.

[00:30:39] Does it say if they just said it's for tag team title, they go, well, we lost these ones and not these ones.

[00:30:44] It's for the whole, it's for the whole package.

[00:30:47] That's that's why I was, I wasn't really complaining per se but I was saying like I don't like the whole old title saying I think.

[00:30:56] I think it's kind of silly that they're still carrying around four bills like just unify them already.

[00:31:01] They're already unified on paper just.

[00:31:03] Well, just do it.

[00:31:06] It's silly.

[00:31:07] Roman did it come on.

[00:31:09] Pretty much.

[00:31:12] The next match we've got Becky Lynch versus Bianca Bellair versus Liv Morgan versus Tiffany Schradden versus Naomi versus Raquel Righett Rodriguez in an elimination chamber match the winner.

[00:31:27] We'll face the women's world champion at WrestleMania X.

[00:31:32] Or 40.

[00:31:34] I think it'll be Becky.

[00:31:36] He really do.

[00:31:38] Yeah, they.

[00:31:41] I only say thank you because they seem to be said that she's been doing promos all the time.

[00:31:47] They kind of been setting up for it.

[00:31:50] And then not to take anything away from Naomi, but she did just come back.

[00:31:55] Yes, sir.

[00:31:57] So I would this in the UW where you you get a title shot your first week on TV.

[00:32:03] I would like to see your go for it eventually because I think that was something that really alluded her throughout her.

[00:32:09] Basically her entire career, but which she was never deemed as champion was she.

[00:32:14] No, no, she won't.

[00:32:16] She didn't want to think.

[00:32:17] Did she want that?

[00:32:19] Yeah.

[00:32:20] Oh, that's right.

[00:32:21] Yes, she did.

[00:32:22] And then I know she was attacking champion too, but.

[00:32:25] Yeah.

[00:32:28] But yeah, I'd like to see her go for it eventually, but she did just come back.

[00:32:32] Oh, yeah.

[00:32:33] That's true.

[00:32:35] Well, and then they've also been doing promos with Liv Morgan.

[00:32:38] So, but I think that's more of a return.

[00:32:41] Settle promos, but who knows, but yeah, I'm with you.

[00:32:45] I think we'll see back.

[00:32:46] You want to.

[00:32:47] And the next speaking of very Ripley she is defending her women's world title against Naya Jackson.

[00:32:59] So remember that thing I said, it's how this is an A W when you don't get a title shot when you've.

[00:33:06] Stay back.

[00:33:07] Yeah.

[00:33:08] Got to eat my words there.

[00:33:11] I mean, Naya's the back for a year now.

[00:33:14] No, I thought she just came back in the role.

[00:33:17] That was thinking back at last rumble.

[00:33:20] Yeah, but then she left again.

[00:33:23] But like three months.

[00:33:25] Well, I mean, still.

[00:33:27] They made it seem like she was gone forever.

[00:33:31] They lied, but they made it seem that way.

[00:33:37] And light and souls.

[00:33:40] There ain't no read that read loses this one.

[00:33:43] It's just too close to Mania.

[00:33:45] Yeah, I agree.

[00:33:50] Yeah, I agree.

[00:33:52] There's there's no way.

[00:33:57] No chance.

[00:33:59] You're straight.

[00:34:02] You're straight.

[00:34:03] So.

[00:34:06] Got.

[00:34:08] Now if I help.

[00:34:10] Stop it.

[00:34:12] Right.

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[00:35:44] And that will lead us to the main event or what should be the main event but since it's meant they probably won't be the main event.

[00:35:51] But the men's elimination chamber match, which will consist of Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight,

[00:36:00] Kevin Owens and Logan Paul.

[00:36:04] So the two people with a one person I really didn't expect to be in this one would be Bobby.

[00:36:14] Yeah, I kind of agree with that.

[00:36:18] He's got a lot of things going on in the carry across and like I figured he would have lost.

[00:36:25] Yeah it does kind of seem like and I don't mean any disrespect.

[00:36:30] Yeah, I'm not saying he's that he doesn't deserve the be in it because he does but like.

[00:36:35] He's got his head wrapped around the whole carry and crossing right now like what does that do for their storyline?

[00:36:41] Well it seems like a spot to fill.

[00:36:45] Which is a real shame because frankly Bobby Lashley is much more talented than being a spot filler but.

[00:36:50] He can widen they just do three on three.

[00:36:53] What's author versus.

[00:36:56] I'll have to pay for you. You mean.

[00:36:59] Yeah, that's it.

[00:37:01] Okay, did you say something is name in the chamber?

[00:37:05] No, because he lost a Drew.

[00:37:11] I mean there could have been other people you could have put in the chamber.

[00:37:15] My opinion.

[00:37:16] Yeah, agree. It seems odd.

[00:37:21] Yeah, I don't like yeah it doesn't.

[00:37:29] I mean but again if you're talking about it, if this sounds bad, I don't mean if you.

[00:37:33] You need somebody to fill a spot. I mean if you pretty much throw Bobby Lashley in anywhere.

[00:37:39] It'll it works.

[00:37:42] I don't disagree by him being in it.

[00:37:44] I'm just thinking of just.

[00:37:46] It wasn't booked as well as it should have been for someone like Bobby Lashley.

[00:37:51] Everybody else being in it that's fine. That's okay but like.

[00:37:55] Ever.

[00:37:56] Everybody's fine. It's just Bobby's just kind of that odd man out because like you got Kevin.

[00:38:01] I was in it.

[00:38:02] When we got Logan Paul in it, they've got history.

[00:38:05] Yeah.

[00:38:08] I mean you got Drew in it which he's still striving to be in it.

[00:38:13] I mean.

[00:38:15] Holy shit. I forgot everything. You said.

[00:38:18] Oh, you know.

[00:38:19] Drew.

[00:38:20] Ellie night.

[00:38:21] Which that's obvious.

[00:38:23] Yeah.

[00:38:24] Yeah.

[00:38:26] Or Randy Orton which again.

[00:38:28] That's.

[00:38:29] Randy Orton is another one of those guys where you know, you pretty much throw him in any match and it'll be.

[00:38:35] It'll be pretty good but.

[00:38:38] You still think it.

[00:38:40] What I what I think was actually supposed to happen is I don't think Bobby was supposed to be in it.

[00:38:45] I think punk was supposed to be in that spot.

[00:38:48] Yeah.

[00:38:49] You're probably right because we all know.

[00:38:54] Cody was going to win the rumble. That was already decided.

[00:38:57] But yeah, that was going to be punk's ticket to WrestleMania so we got Seth Pong.

[00:39:01] Yeah. I think you're absolutely right.

[00:39:03] Yeah.

[00:39:04] Now me really thinking about that. Now like Bobby faced.

[00:39:08] Oh, what was his name?

[00:39:10] Peter. Yeah.

[00:39:14] Where's black singlet with the white two things.

[00:39:18] Is it uh, Bronson Reed?

[00:39:20] Well, it's in Reed.

[00:39:21] Yeah.

[00:39:22] Yeah.

[00:39:23] And in my opinion, Bronson Reed would have been a better fit than Bobby.

[00:39:26] Not say Bobby.

[00:39:27] No, it's for for this spot and because of what Bobby's got going on. Yeah.

[00:39:32] I agree.

[00:39:33] I think Bronson Reed would have been because of the very least much like almost a wrestler.

[00:39:39] Bronson Reed is an obstacle.

[00:39:42] If you don't have prior booking, if nothing else he's a big obstacle to overcome.

[00:39:48] Yeah.

[00:39:49] Jake.

[00:39:51] Yeah.

[00:39:52] You're uh, came as like little glitchy for some reason.

[00:39:55] Hey, it's yours, buddy.

[00:39:57] Yeah.

[00:39:58] Fine.

[00:39:59] But yours is if.

[00:40:00] Yeah. I know what you need to fix your wrist. Trust me.

[00:40:03] Hello, Nick.

[00:40:05] He came in our clears day.

[00:40:08] Yeah.

[00:40:10] Here's the Bobby Lashley of this spot.

[00:40:13] You asked him.

[00:40:15] You should see.

[00:40:17] You should see.

[00:40:18] Ricky Bobby.

[00:40:20] I think he's out.

[00:40:21] I'm done right now.

[00:40:22] You're in a no, no, no, no, go on.

[00:40:23] Say that.

[00:40:25] Hey, first last baby.

[00:40:27] Yeah. I just think.

[00:40:29] I think Bobby was put in a position because of Cody,

[00:40:32] but I still think Bronson Reed would have been a better fit to put in that position.

[00:40:36] Because I think it gives Bronson Reed more of a.

[00:40:42] Um, I don't really say push, but more of a.

[00:40:48] I think it's going to be a little bit more.

[00:40:50] I think it's going to be a little bit more.

[00:40:52] No, it's elevate him a little bit more than where he is.

[00:40:54] You know,

[00:40:56] Exactly the word I was looking for.

[00:40:58] I think it elevate him a little better than Bobby.

[00:41:00] Yeah. That is good point.

[00:41:02] But so with all that being said,

[00:41:04] I think it's pretty obvious we're going to get drew.

[00:41:06] Drew's going to win the chamber and go on to face.

[00:41:10] Sat, the mania.

[00:41:12] Now the question.

[00:41:14] Oh, go ahead. Do it.

[00:41:16] Question is, since we know Seth is injured.

[00:41:18] I think Drew's going to win the title from Seth and maybe.

[00:41:22] Yeah.

[00:41:24] Here's what I think.

[00:41:27] I think Seth retains.

[00:41:31] Damien cash is in an wins.

[00:41:33] Oh, I like it.

[00:41:35] I forgot where about that.

[00:41:37] I did too.

[00:41:41] Oh, be sure.

[00:41:42] I like that.

[00:41:43] He thinks.

[00:41:44] Damien cash is in.

[00:41:48] Here's, and then here's, here goes my other part.

[00:41:51] This goes to the Cody Rothshit.

[00:41:53] Cody or Seth has been tell Cody hey,

[00:41:57] I've got your back. I've got your back.

[00:41:59] I got your back.

[00:42:00] He even brought up the shield the other day.

[00:42:03] He goes, I'll be yours.

[00:42:05] Deal.

[00:42:06] What did he do with the shield?

[00:42:08] He turned on him not once.

[00:42:11] But twice.

[00:42:13] So Seth is trying to get,

[00:42:19] has, this whole time is been trying to get Cody trying to get Cody to face some

[00:42:23] a manion.

[00:42:24] Seth is the own person that.

[00:42:27] Has not beat Cody.

[00:42:29] Yeah.

[00:42:32] That's true.

[00:42:33] I think that's what I think's going to happen.

[00:42:36] Seth and retain Damien cash is in wins.

[00:42:39] We get to the night two words rocking Cody something like that.

[00:42:43] And I think.

[00:42:45] And I hope it does happen this way.

[00:42:48] I think the Cody Roman thing is going to be a real big cluster

[00:42:52] fuck if I happens because like,

[00:42:55] but I don't think Jimmy and Jay are going to be involved

[00:42:58] because they're going to have their shit on probably night one.

[00:43:01] If well, if they are, it'll be like if Jimmy tries

[00:43:04] interfere, Jay will come out.

[00:43:06] Yeah.

[00:43:07] Yeah.

[00:43:08] Yeah.

[00:43:09] Yeah.

[00:43:11] Yeah.

[00:43:12] Um,

[00:43:14] but I think Cody may turn Cody may or Seth may turn on Cody somehow.

[00:43:29] If it is assuming they want to turn Seth heal which.

[00:43:34] Frankly right now, I don't know if you could play.

[00:43:38] I mean, you can you can turn him heal,

[00:43:40] but I don't know that the audience will.

[00:43:44] Go along for that ride.

[00:43:46] Because for whatever reason, whatever.

[00:43:48] Yeah, because for whatever reason people love what Seth

[00:43:51] wrongs is doing.

[00:43:52] I don't get it, but they clearly love it.

[00:43:55] Yeah.

[00:43:57] I don't know.

[00:43:58] It's just, it like I said, it's just a weird situation with that whole story line.

[00:44:02] It's like.

[00:44:04] I can piece stuff out here and it all makes sense.

[00:44:07] That I can piece stuff here and then it all makes sense.

[00:44:09] And then I try to push it all together to make it all

[00:44:11] more like makes sense together.

[00:44:13] And then it just in my head, I can get it to mash.

[00:44:17] Perfect.

[00:44:18] The way it should or way the way it would make sense for everybody as a whole.

[00:44:25] Well, that's right.

[00:44:26] You're just described Tony cons booking.

[00:44:30] You give me five minutes.

[00:44:31] I guarantee I can put the better.

[00:44:32] Tony.

[00:44:33] Oh, I know.

[00:44:34] I'm just saying because Tony,

[00:44:35] I'm just like, well, you know, I think about I think about this wrestler and then I spend my random

[00:44:40] wheel and then I try to just make a work and it's great in my head.

[00:44:44] It's great.

[00:44:45] It's amazing.

[00:44:46] But then it happens on TV and our audience loves it.

[00:44:51] But it's and our audience is great.

[00:44:54] But and then but.

[00:44:58] You know, it's it leads in the demo and it's great.

[00:45:02] But yeah, then we we only get some 300,000 viewers for Saturday night.

[00:45:11] Television's program.

[00:45:13] I think you go, son.

[00:45:15] You have saw this Xbox Series X.

[00:45:18] He turns that some bitch on the 2K 23.

[00:45:21] He loads up his A.W. roster and a my GM mode and says.

[00:45:25] We're in a mice.

[00:45:27] Yeah, even he doesn't play fight forever.

[00:45:30] He's a.

[00:45:33] Kids, this game sucks.

[00:45:35] I really shouldn't have done a better job.

[00:45:40] Man, I absolutely love it every time.

[00:45:45] They release like new DLC or something and then the comment section and every one of the social media post is just fucking gold.

[00:45:56] I'm like, wow, sure I'm glad I bought that deleted edition.

[00:46:00] And so have to pay for the DLC content.

[00:46:04] Yeah, 10 books each DOC or something like 10 or 15.

[00:46:08] That's a net.

[00:46:10] As long as they, which I.

[00:46:12] Brian and I talked about this when they announced it was after they announced it obviously, but it was after day data.

[00:46:18] Now it's like a year earlier.

[00:46:20] I just said I'm like there they're going to fail because even if the game is great,

[00:46:24] which from what I understand it, it wasn't.

[00:46:27] But even if the.

[00:46:28] Yeah, yeah, I mean, but even if the game was great, you built it up so much you should have just said nothing.

[00:46:34] Actually, what you should have done is say hey,

[00:46:38] video games in the works we're working on it.

[00:46:41] But then shut up.

[00:46:45] And why, but why they made that announcement so long ago when they didn't even have, they clearly didn't have anything worked out.

[00:46:53] Or they had to scrap it at some point, which may have been what in fact happened because if I know Tony Khan.

[00:47:01] And the people involved with the game, they probably had it where it was actually a really good game, but in order to like make it cost effective as far as their ideas go to game would have had it been like 125 dollars.

[00:47:16] So we have everything in this game including downloadable kitchen sinks, but.

[00:47:22] This is going to be really expensive to do.

[00:47:26] So on Xbox, they had like a free trial thing of it and I played it.

[00:47:32] The wrestling aspect alone.

[00:47:36] It made me feel if you played like a.

[00:47:40] Like a SmackDown.

[00:47:45] WrestleMania 2000 or no mercy for the N64.

[00:47:48] But if you took that and if you played WB all stars when it came out like 2010, 2011 whenever it was.

[00:47:56] And you mash both of them together like it kind of had an okay wrestling system, but they just it just seemed like it was goofy.

[00:48:06] And from what I hear from what I hear they put a lot of effort into many games when it was like yeah, these are cool and all.

[00:48:16] Yeah, it's like these are cool and all but I bought this for the wrestling.

[00:48:24] It feels like a mobile game.

[00:48:26] No, it's kind of kind of looks like a mobile game.

[00:48:32] The community creations are so good and though wrestling like W games that I just literally just go to the community.

[00:48:39] Crasions on like 2K 23 look up to superstars.

[00:48:42] I want I can download them find the stage in arena and I can play my own A W through for WV and it's at three times better game.

[00:48:50] Well, and what?

[00:48:52] Yeah, and it's something is on because I'm I'm a little I'm very out of touch with video games which is why I didn't really say anything publicly at the time because I wanted to have.

[00:49:00] I wanted to check and do like okay, maybe I'm wrong here but like I saw when they unveiled the game play footage for A W fight forever.

[00:49:07] And I would just kind of like that that doesn't that seems like it should be better looking.

[00:49:20] Like me I was at the time I was like maybe I'm wrong but that kind of feels like.

[00:49:25] I end PS three graphics.

[00:49:31] Well, that's that's not really accurate it seemed really cartooning to me.

[00:49:35] Yeah.

[00:49:37] Which I don't know but from what I've heard people were nobody was impressed with the game.

[00:49:42] No, I bright the first day came out and I play probably five hours of it and that's it.

[00:49:53] Oh, which as much as you pay for video game nowadays like five hours I'm a test.

[00:49:58] It was a worth it.

[00:49:59] No.

[00:50:00] Actually you buy video games and there always the deluxe editions.

[00:50:04] Yeah, pretty much.

[00:50:06] $100 a pop.

[00:50:08] Well lucky you.

[00:50:09] You could have bought the elite edition and then still had to buy all the downloadable content.

[00:50:14] But then I didn't buy it.

[00:50:20] Yeah, what should be fair? I mean I can see why.

[00:50:23] W5 forever has so many DLC pages because they signed.

[00:50:27] Seems like they signed three new wrestlers a month but.

[00:50:30] I got this.

[00:50:32] If it goes on discount for $2 a left I'll pick her up.

[00:50:37] I thought it was like $25 now.

[00:50:40] It's still at the regular price.

[00:50:44] Like five or six days like 30 bucks and I'm like,

[00:50:48] Maybe you're going to Mike up.

[00:50:50] Oh, wait to the press is shipping within all by it.

[00:50:53] This 60 bucks right now is 150 for the DLC.

[00:50:57] Oh, good Lord.

[00:50:59] Yeah.

[00:51:00] Hear me out.

[00:51:02] It's not worth it.

[00:51:03] Next next DLC Derby Allen gets a new finishing move.

[00:51:07] Where he straps C4 to his chest.

[00:51:13] And then just runs at the dude.

[00:51:16] It's called mutually assured destruction.

[00:51:19] I'm going.

[00:51:22] Why?

[00:51:27] If you pay an extra $15 so also do it,

[00:51:32] but holding a skateboard.

[00:51:37] Oh, the skateboard part was looked at best part of the game.

[00:51:41] That was that was Larry the best part had fun with.

[00:51:45] That was fun right on the skateboard.

[00:51:48] Yeah.

[00:51:49] Ranging inside the ring.

[00:51:51] But the after rest of it?

[00:51:53] No.

[00:51:56] Well, so I don't think we got a team state.

[00:51:58] Do you agree that you think,

[00:52:00] Jüril, when, when, when a chamber or do you have another idea of what I see?

[00:52:05] Absolutely.

[00:52:06] I think that's exactly what's going on happening.

[00:52:08] He's going to win and then, um,

[00:52:10] Damien's going to catch in.

[00:52:11] I still think that were about.

[00:52:14] Yeah, I think I think Damien will catch in,

[00:52:17] but minus that because I'm.

[00:52:23] I just think actually, you know what?

[00:52:25] No, in WWE.

[00:52:27] No, in WWE, Cody will be Roman and then Damien will catch in on him.

[00:52:33] Because they if they just be a like tanking.

[00:52:37] Damien priest career in two seconds.

[00:52:41] Although talk about he.

[00:52:43] Yeah.

[00:52:45] He will be.

[00:52:46] But I think from a booking perspective,

[00:52:49] if Damien wasn't an element, I think I would prefer to see Drew.

[00:52:53] When the title from Seth, uh,

[00:52:56] because that also sets up for Drew punk when punk comes back.

[00:53:01] Which they can still do.

[00:53:03] Which I guess technically you don't really need a title for that,

[00:53:07] because Drew is the one who injured punk.

[00:53:10] Mm-hm.

[00:53:11] Which goes to Drew, because that really does seem like his idea to be like,

[00:53:15] Oh, yeah, I totally broke his elbow and we made a meme.

[00:53:18] What the heck?

[00:53:19] He's been killing his main event.

[00:53:22] Me, man of shirt?

[00:53:26] Me, man of shirt, yeah.

[00:53:28] Or shirt, me.

[00:53:30] Me, sure.

[00:53:33] Yeah.

[00:53:34] Well, once again, WWE has a very short paper view only four matches.

[00:53:40] But I'll be up watching it.

[00:53:43] Well, I'm not going to lie.

[00:53:44] I kind of dug the link to the row room.

[00:53:47] I was there for it.

[00:53:50] Oh, yeah, I was too.

[00:53:52] It didn't feel too long.

[00:53:53] Yeah, it felt just right.

[00:53:54] I knew it.

[00:53:55] Yeah, I had a good time watching.

[00:53:57] It wasn't too much.

[00:53:58] It wasn't like, like, I came doesn't know the story, but Ryan does.

[00:54:03] So I discovered actually if you do want to get an AEW paper view for half price,

[00:54:08] heck your local AMC theater.

[00:54:11] Because I checked around pretty much,

[00:54:14] I think all AEW paper views,

[00:54:16] they are playing at AMC and you can watch it for 25 minutes.

[00:54:20] Watch it for 25 bucks, as opposed to paying 49.

[00:54:23] Here's the only problem.

[00:54:25] Yeah, here's the only problem with that, though.

[00:54:27] I mean, I guess you can't leave, but you can't pause it and go back to why

[00:54:31] I did later.

[00:54:32] I forget what paper view was.

[00:54:34] I think it was a double or nothing a couple of years ago.

[00:54:37] Bro, I wasn't that theater for five and a half hours.

[00:54:43] It was AEW paper views are way too long.

[00:54:49] Like, they are way too long.

[00:54:53] And it doesn't help that most of the matches are,

[00:54:57] I mean, they get thrown together.

[00:54:59] Like it seems like a week or two.

[00:55:01] It's a good one, though.

[00:55:02] Yeah, and it's like, you're expecting me to watch five and a half hours of bullshit.

[00:55:08] And not be mad about it.

[00:55:10] Like I haven't watched an AEW paper view for over a year, I think,

[00:55:14] because I know at least half of the time it would be garbage

[00:55:20] and the rest of it will be mediocre.

[00:55:24] Like I didn't even watch all in.

[00:55:26] What does that tell you?

[00:55:27] The last one I watched was the one with Hangman

[00:55:35] and Swirv.

[00:55:37] That was at the last one.

[00:55:39] It was just for that match.

[00:55:42] Yeah, and that's really frustrating too because it does seem like Swirv.

[00:55:46] Like they're doing good stuff with Swirv, but even that they're kind of screwing out.

[00:55:52] Oh yeah, it's not like three months ago.

[00:55:56] Yeah, because it's like this really should be better.

[00:55:59] Yeah.

[00:56:00] And Swirv seems, Swirv's got to be frustrated as hell.

[00:56:06] Swirv's one of my favorites in the AEW right now.

[00:56:08] Well, I think you can see it.

[00:56:09] I think you can see it on his face and some of the matches.

[00:56:12] Or he's just like, really, really Tony.

[00:56:19] I don't know.

[00:56:22] We shall see, but yeah, I think it does seem like a elimination

[00:56:27] chamber is a filler episode.

[00:56:29] I'll be an enjoyable one, but it does really seem like a filler episode.

[00:56:36] Well, anybody have any final thoughts or I know Brian's got to get to work?

[00:56:40] Yeah, but was actually about to start slowly moving up.

[00:56:45] I really don't have any other anything else to say about other than I'm just curious what

[00:56:54] they're going to do leading up to media.

[00:56:57] Yeah, we'll see. Like I said, I mean, for me is pretty much already been written,

[00:57:01] but we'll see.

[00:57:05] I'll tell you what though if they were going to throw a curveball,

[00:57:08] elimination chamber would be an interesting place to do it.

[00:57:11] I don't see where one could come from unless they just completely surprise everybody,

[00:57:15] but well, I mean, they still have the grace of the wall or thing that's supposed to be at chamber two.

[00:57:20] So there's supposed to have Cody and not Cody.

[00:57:24] Yeah, Cody and Seth, we have to do his talk show.

[00:57:31] I think it was.

[00:57:33] We'll see.

[00:57:37] We know what my come out of that.

[00:57:41] That remains to be so much.

[00:57:45] Yeah, I don't think we'll see much of anything.

[00:57:49] But it doesn't make the question as to why they're doing it there,

[00:57:52] but I digress.

[00:57:54] The elimination chamber is a Saturday.

[00:57:56] I imagine we will watch it at some point.

[00:57:59] And probably the group chat will be a light.

[00:58:03] With either hot, we were right or holy, crap we were wrong.

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