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and we're doing amazing things. So thank you for joining me live if you are on here live on this Saturday night, And of course if you're listening to this later, thank you for listening to it later as you're working, as you're doing things, you know, getting your days started, or even just moving about in life. Just thank you so much for making room for me, well, making room in your life for me to be there, and you know, give you everything that's going on in my wrestling world

from my perspective. So I'm just so happy to be able to do this show, and I just want to be grateful for that and just start off with that. Today is a somber day in the wrestling community as we commemorate the one year University of the passing of Bray Wyatt. He was such a creative force and it does not feel like it's been a year since he's been gone, but it and it also just doesn't feel fair.

But at the same time, we still remember and hold all the memories close that we have of him, and keep his family lifted, his fiance Jojo, his children, and his entire family lifted as we try to navigate life without this amazing figure in wrestling, you know, in our lives. But of course the memory of him still lives as we see the evolution of the Wyatt six taking place, and it's just a really amazing salve to such a

big blow. But I did want to just come on here and say something and just say that I always loved bray Waite and I always wanted the world for him, and it still just doesn't feel right that he's gone. But in the meantime, he'll always be remembered and loved by loved in this space and in the wrestling community as a whole. So I just wanted to at least

start the show with that. But of course, if you are in the comments, you know, light up the chat and talk about anything that or speak out on whatever it is that you want to hear about when it comes to wrestling, and just you know, as the subjects keep coming up, you just continue to make your voices heard and you might wind up, you know, on the screen. So yeah, thank you all for watching on Facebook, on YouTube, on Twitter, on all the things. Thank you guys so

so much for watching. So of course we have got to start off with sorry, technical difficulties with news and gossip ish and there's a lot happening in the world of professional wrestling. It's been a pretty chill week when it comes to the news in wrestling, but at the same time, lots of substantial things did take place and happen, so of course we got to get into all of the things. So Ricochet, or at least maybe the man formally known as Ricochet, maybe we'll still call him that.

I don't know, has been reported as signing a multi year deal with ae W, and it was reported by Fightful Select that this seems to be, you know, a really legit thing. So he will be going forth with his the rest of his wrestling career at ae W, and it was very much highly speculated that he would be moving forward with this move due to the fact that this that the level of wrestling in AW is something that he is more used to as opposed to being in WA not really making it to the very

top like he wanted to. So yeah, he is definitely expected to join ae W and he quietly signed a deal with the promotion and with the help of an agent,

it is absolutely official. So with some with AW having so many actually not even so many events, with them having all in happening tomorrow and then having all out happen another like in another week, there's so much you know, speculation as to where he could possibly pop up, because as I will get into in this show, they will AW will be having a casino gauntlet match which has a number of participants in it, but they have not announced any other people who could be in it, and

it could be a surprise type of thing, so Ricochet could pop up. You just never know. But we do send happy thoughts and happy trails to Ricochet as he starts this new chapter in his career. We're gonna miss him on the WW side of things, but it's gonna be cool to see what type of matches he participates in INNAW because of course he has that viral moment, that viral match with will Ospray, and they could run that back, and then there's a level of new talent

that's there that he could fight with as well. So big ups to Ricochet for making this move for himself. I'm really excited to see what could happen with him there. Also in News and Gossip BSh, which really isn't news per se, but it's important for me, is the fact that this week I was able to talk to Joe Hendry on the phone on Busted Open Radio with Dave

Legreca and Tommy Dreamer. Now what's so funny about this is is that this morning, well not this morning, but a few mornings ago, I was just ambling around on Twitter on my phone, I wasn't driving, and I saw the number four Busted Open Radio on a serious XEM and it said, you know you can call in and talk to Joe. And I was just like, hmm, let me see if I can call in and just get in, because of course, when you call in on the radio,

it's not entirely guaranteed that you're gonna get in. But of course I called in and then the phone starts ringing and I'm like, oh my god, I'm about to talk to Joe Hendry. And the person answered the phone first. The person who was over the phone to answered the phone first. I told him my name, and then of course I finally got in and was able to listen in a little bit before I was able to talk to Joe Hendry, and Dave Logreca, who's like an OG in wrestling media, you know, asked me, why do you

believe in Joe Hendry? And I said, because his theme song just elictened so much joy. And I talked about how I found him on TikTok and how, you know, I kind of just watched, you know, more of TNA to see what he's about, especially with the NXTNA thing going on, and I'm just really excited, you know, whenever his song comes on, because it has the crowd participation component of it with everybody waving their hands and singing along,

and that's it's just my type of thing. So I was able to say that to him, and he sounded really excited about that. So I'm really happy to have gotten to talk to Joe Hendry, even if it was only for a few minutes. And maybe one day in the future I'll get to interview him, but at least I was able to talk to him over the phone on a Wednesday morning, the Wednesday after he won his opportunity to face ethan page for the NXT title at

NX No Mercy. So that was just really cool and I just wanted to share that little bit of a tippit, even though I know it's not particularly on the news and gossipish side of things, I just wanted to talk about that because that was just really cool. So yeah,

I'm really excited about that. Also in news and gossip ish, we have the report that aj Mendez's autobiography Crazy Is My Superpower is being developed into either a TV show or documentary for A and E. So for those who might need a little reminder and a refresher course, aj Mendez was a WWE d A Slash superstar who held the record for being one of the longest reigning Davis Champions and she was known as aj Lee back ind of the Day, and she went on to retire from

WWE and she got married to CM Punk, so there, of course are a thing and they're an amazing couple, and CM Punk has alluded to her multiple times since he's returned to WWE, and a lot of people have been wondering whether or not she could come back if she, you know, wants to, but a lot of people don't realize that she really has like another career as a writer and as a producer of different things and comic

books and such. And now it's being speculated that her tea, that her autobiography, Crazy at My Superpower, is going to be a TV show. So it was announced in twenty

seventeen that you know, there was a show announcement. But then in an interview on the Comic on the Comic On regarding her comics status, she mentioned that the series was still in development, but that it was going to be airing on A and E whenever it eventually makes it to television, and she talked about how writing the book was always going to be a challenge because she's very guarded about her personal life, and how opening up was important even if it ended up being able to

help someone, and she said, quote, it was an interesting struggle at first because I am the most private person in the world. I share nothing. I'm a brick wall. When you do have a lot, when you do have a lot of people listen to you, the things you say matter. There is value in that and you have to be considerate. I was willing to share this life lesson I learned embracing my mental health struggles. That's a piece of me I'm willing to share with the world

if it can help other people. My book is very much about growing up in poverty, growing up homeless, and not understanding the mental illness that was getting in my body and within my family. So in this book, she was very open about her struggles with bipolar disorder and how she went on to find out that that's something

that in a sense runs in her family. And she talked about all the ways in which she was able to combat that and overcome it so that she could be able to pursue her wrestling career and you know, just reached a level of success that she has. And it is such an amazing book. I read it when it first came out years ago, so I definitely recommend

it if you haven't read it already. But yeah, like, it's a really good book, and I can't wait to see how, you know, it would come to life on television because there's a story there that definitely needs to be told and it needs to be uplifted. And then there's a level of storytelling within that that I'm not sure could just be kept like in say a one

hour or even a one hour movie or something like that. Like, if it's in a series, it could easy, it could be easily digestible, and there's so much content that could be made from it. So I'm really excited about the fact that this could be a TV show. So big up to aj Mendez slash aj Lee and I can't wait to see how Crazy is My Superpower comes to be as a television series. Moving on to other parts of news and gossip ish, we found out this week the Triple H the c Wow, the CCO of WWE

watches Twitter slash x It's really funny. Mike Johnson, a PW insider, wrote that he's been told that there are times where he's scrolling through Twitter from the gorilla position at the broadcast of Raw and SmackDown and NXC and paying very close attention to what the audience is doing and reacting to as the show is going on the air.

And of course a lot of people you know said that this is a very smart move for him, and that even though he may have his creative plans in place, he's willing to gather reactions and opinions from fans across social media in an attempt to find out instantly what

works and what does not. And I really do appreciate this, even though it low ki scares me a bit because there are times where I have live tweeted as well over the past few years and figured out, you know, what type of power that you know holds when you are a fan that's willing to speak out about the things and react to the things as you're watching it as you're live tweeting. So the idea that Triple H might be scrolling through on us and seeing things that

we're saying is just really insane to think about. But it also lets you know that he really is, you know, keeping his finger on the pulse of what's relevant and what's going on and what's current. And I actually appreciate that. I actually like that in a leader where creatively he's seeing, you know, the things that people are saying about things and finding ways to sort of incorporate that. And we're seeing that more as WW continues to evolve as a product.

So I'm really excited to know that Triple H is somewhere looking at us, you know, and wonder and seeing what we're saying in the ether and probably putting it into the show. But this was very fascinating and also kind of scary in a sense to you know, know about. But hey, big ups the Triple H for keeping his finger on the pulse of what's relevant. Also a news and gossip ish, we have Kenny Omega and an update

on his injury. It was said by Dave Meltzer, who we do have to take with a grain of salt, that he is still in recovery from a number of surgeries that he had been having and dealing with, but that he could be returning to aw television soon. So hopefully, you know, Kenny Omega is healing up and that he can perform on a level of which you know that we that he can perform on, but then that we're also entertained from. I hope that he's, you know, doing

all right. He has been missing from television for a minute now, and I'm hoping that maybe somehow this weekend or even within the next week, we can see him return. But if not, as long as he's taking his time to heal up, that's really all that truly matters, Because, of course, these wrestlers are human beings, and we have to remember that they deserve time to rest and get themselves situated before they could come on television and apart.

Me wonders if he did return to AW, would he be a part of the elite as they continue to wreak havoc as being in charge of AW or would he buckegainst the system? No pun intended. Who knows, but as long as he, you know, is healthy, that's all that matters. So big ups to Kenny Omega. Also in News and Gossip Fish, we have former TNA president Scott the Moore speaking out a little bit more on what happened with his departure from TNA. He had an interview

with Chris van Vliet on his show Insight. Shout out to him because I've actually met him a few times. He was really nice, he mentioned in the interview, and he was quoted as saying we saw things differently as far as how we wanted to proceed. So I think partially they just wanted their guys in charge. And I mean, I had a good seven years with those guys. But I'm not an anthem guy. I don't sit in that Toronto office. I have my thoughts and you could say it's my ego. I just don't think it was the

right move, and I don't begrudge them. They're doing their thing. They're still going and they're going to run that company. I always say that everything is bigger than one person, even me. If I'm gone tomorrow, things will still go on.

And he also spoke about the return of TNA Wrestling as a brand, because of course, for a few years it was called Impact Wrestling, but now it's TNA again, and he seemed like he was extremely excited to return to its roots on television because you know, I just remember that promo he cut where he said, if you have something you love, you don't let it die. You just you know, you might have to stay away from it a little bit, but eventually you have to come back.

And he seemed very thrilled that Impact went back to being called TNA. It was just really cool for me, and that was a really amazing moment in wrestling, and it did kind of shock me because Scott de Moore seemed like he was very passionate about the TNA brand and restoring it, you know, to a level of its former glory, but sadly things didn't work out that way.

And he was like, oh, but I am happy to hear that he is still rooting for the success of TNA, even if it doesn't involve him, because a lot of people, you know, could have been petty about that situation and said, oh, well, it'll be nothing without me, blah blah blah blah blah. But that's just not how life works. And I'm glad that he is looking at it from afar and still wishing it the very best. So big ups of Scott

the Moore. He is a respected member of the wrestling community and I'm hoping, of course that down the line we will see him in wrestling again. I do believe he is, you know, running another promotion, so you know, he's doing fine, and I just can't wait to see

more of what he does in wrestling as a whole. Now, something fascinating that has been happening in wrestling is that a lot of wrestling fans have been speculating about the status of the absolute Ricky Starks in aaw because he has not been on aw TV in a number of months and a lot of people were wondering, is he injured, is there another project going on, or is he sitting out his contract until he is ready to leave? Well, on the media call for all in aw President CEO,

you know, creator Booker, all the things. Tony Kahan mentioned that and confirmed that Tony is still under contract with AAW. So, yeah, it's official, the CEO said it. So it's still very much true Ricky is still with AAW. Now, of course, there were a number of fans who were okay with

this news. There were a number of fans who weren't okay with this news because they're kind of waiting for him to leave at this point, because they believe that his worth and his talents are being wasted because he's not on television right now. They feel like he could be active somewhere else. He would be better utilized in WWE or even in TNA or anywhere else at this point.

But you really, it's hard to know. It's hard to you know, put together because at the end of the day, you know, this is Ricky's decision and he has to live with it. But I will say this, the first time I saw Ricky Starks wrestle and I heard him speak, I was just enthralled and I wanted the world for him, especially when he was in that world title picture with MJF. I wanted him to win so bad that winter is coming. But he did it. But he really had an amazing showing.

So hopefully at some point, you know, as he stays in T not in T and A, I'm sorry, as he stays in AW, hopefully he'll be able to blaze another trail as he continues to succeed, and maybe, you know, he'll work his way back up to the top pretty soon. But if not, you know, it is his decision. So yeah, just wishing good vibes to Ricky Starks and all things and that hopefully maybe one day he'll play another multiversal gimbit, but that's another story for another day. Love to Ricky

Starks always. Also in pretty disturbing and sad TNA news, former TNA champion Rich Swan was arrested on Juni eighth with an inn all Toamont Springs, Florida, in charge with disorderly public intoxication causing a disturbance and a miss, which is a misdemeanor fence and it's being reported that he is entering a substance abuse rehab program, which was told by Post Wrestling on Wednesday, and the company first learned of his arrest when we contacted when they contacted them

on Monday for comment. And this made me sad to see because the first time I saw rich Swan was when he was in the cruiserweight division in WWE that they recently had that of course, is no longer a thing, and he was always the guy that was dancing around with the theme song and says can you handle it? Can you handle this? Can you handle this? And I

thought he was cool. And then I met him after a SmackDown show here in Birmingham and he was so sweet and he actually signed my Raw Women's title and he was just really nice and I just really loved him in the ring. So of course things didn't work out with WWE. He left, and then he wound up signing with TNA and then he became a champion and that was really cool and I was happy about that. But he has had his struggles before and this seems to be, you know, another bump in the road with that.

So hopefully at some point he will be you know, off the struggle bus and able to you know, get back to what really and truly, what truly matters is number one his health and number two his career. So big ups to Riches, well, not big upsir rich One. I hope that you continue to heal and get better from all of your crazy circumstances, and then you'll be back on television where you belong because you're super talented

and you deserve all the good things. So yeah, we have Malcolm in the chat saying, rumor has it that AW is following WWE's footsteps for streaming services. Plus I'm hearing that they are dropping your price some Max can go and battle at Peacock, you know, thank you for that. I would actually love it if AW became a part of a streaming service because something that I thought was interesting about them is the fact that they have this you know, connection with Warner b but yet their stuff

is not on HBO Max. And as a Max subscriber, I would really love being able to watch their pay per views on Max and already have that, you know, in my package, but somehow they don't do that. They're doing the traditional pay per view route. So if they are going into streaming, and that would definitely be helpful for people like me who prefer the whole streaming subscription thing as opposed to you know, the big pay per view thing where you have to pay a lot of

money for that. So if that's true, then that's great. So thank you for that. Tibit Malcolm, thank you very much for your support and love. And also in news and gossip ish something hilarious but not really hilarious. I will say something that was really poignant that happened in wrestling this week was John Cena having an interview on Club Shasha with Shannon Sharp. Now, for those who may not know who Shannon Sharp is, he used to be

an NFL football player. I believe he's a Hall of Famer point and he played football with his brother and now he's more of a sports commentator and a sports host that you can find on First Take. He used to be on Fox Sports with Skip Bayless and a lot of people don't like him. But at the same time, Shannon has his own audience and he has his own other show called Nightcap. So he had an interview with

John Cena and it was very, very deep. I definitely recommend that you listen to it or watch it or whatever. And Shannon Sharpe asked him, who do you consider to be the greatest of all time when it comes to wrestling As a whole and you know, he named off Rick Flair, he named off a number of other people, and John Cena gave a really good answer that surprised a lot of people. He said that Roman Reigns is

the greatest of all time. He basically said that in twenty twelve, the stock was traded at eleven dollars when it comes to WWE, but now w W and tk Ostock is now at one hundred and seventeen dollars and that's on Roman Rains's shoulders and there isn't a better indication of that. And that's really interesting because before you could argue that John Cena really did hold down the brand for a long period of time before he went

into part time status. And there was a struggle with Roman Reigns at that time because they were trying so hard to make him into the next space instead of him naturally getting there, that fans was rejecting him. Fans were rejecting him left and right, and the fact that they kept putting him in main event circumstances, especially when it comes to WrestleMania, and them trusting him with so many titles and stuff like, it was clear that they were seeing something that the fans at the time just

weren't singing it first. And the fact that he survived so much, like with his leukemia diagnosis and so many other things, to still be on top and still entertain us even when we weren't as grateful for it, and then went on to reinvent himself as the tribal chief now has just really been an insane ride. But you do have to give him credit where credit is due. Everything that was put in front of him, he was able to do well. And you could argue about it

until the cows come home. I'm not gonna argue about it right now and right here, but John Cena's opinion does really hold a lot of weight here, and I'm more than sure that Roman might appreciate it. And we're definitely sending healing vibes to Roman Reigns, not only because he got beat up by his cousin, but because you know, in real life his family is dealing with another loss.

So yeah, in John Sena's eyes, Roman Reigns is the greatest of all time, and you could argue whether or not it's valid, but at the same time, the numbers don't lie, So I think this is a cool co sign from a guy who is preparing to wrap up his career next year. So I think this was a

really special little co sign here. And that is all for news and gossip ish and now we're gonna move to a special segment which is of course us well actually yeah, which is of course us giving our predictions for aw all In, which takes place tomorrow at Wimbley. It's really insane how this event has grown. Okay, Malcolm is asking, do you see John having one more title run before retiring. I'm not sure. I'm not entirely sure. But moving on into predictions for All In, like, this

event has definitely grown as grown. And then of course last year they're first All In in London took place and it broke a lot of records in terms of attendance, even though you could argue about that as well, but at the same time it was still a huge deal for wrestling fans over there who at the time wasn't getting a lot of wrestling events that on that level and on that size, and now they are and it's just really great to see aaw being at the center

of that. So of course this is their second All In in London and we're gonna give our predictions here, HWP predictions. So we're starting with the women, even though this is a mixed tag match. We have a zero hour match with Willow Nightingale, the CML Women's Champion and tomohiro E c E versus Chris Statlander and Stokely hath the Way. Now this is interesting considering Willow has been in a beef for Chris Statlander and Stokely had the

Way over the past couple of months. Because of course, Willow lost her TBS titled to Mercedes Manet and after it happened, you know, she was feeling all kinds of sad, But then Chris Statlander stabbed her in the back and started attacking her after the match was over, and Stokely started, you know, just railroading her and disparaging her and talking

trash about her. And Chris has also been running through competition and beating them left and right, and so Willo wants to get her pound of flesh and her revenge back. So as this is going on, we have this tag team match. And what's so funny is there is a stipulation in this tag team match that if either team wins, they get to choose the stipulation for Willow and Chris stat Lander's match at All Out, which has taking place in two weeks. So my prediction is that I see

Chris and Stokely winning this match. And that's not because I don't believe in my girl Willow, because I have said multiple times on the show, I love Willow to death. I love her, love her, love her. But I feel because Stokely Hathaway doesn't really wrestle, I feel like they're gonna use some underhanded taxis to possibly win this match. They're gonna play dirty and it's gonna be really irritating, and then they're gonna choose the stipulation thinking it's gonna

be you know, bad for Willow. But then once all out comes around, Willow is going to outdo Chris stat lerner wind up, you know, getting her pound of flesh and her revenge for their friendship ending the way that it did. So I'm predicting Chris and Stokely will win this match, but you know, Willow will ultimately come out the victor in a few weeks. So that's my prediction for that one. Now, moving on, we have this very high profile match in terms of the AW Women's division.

You have the TBS and New Japan Strong Women's Champion Mercedes One day my goat going up against you could say one of the no, not even one of the possibly basically the face of AW in terms of historical record, Doctor Britt Baker D m D. Now, this is a dream match that I have been sort of cooking in my mind because of course, with mercedesman name being a free agent but then wrestling in New Japan and then stardom and not really knowing where she was gonna go

last year, a part of me was just like, bro, what if she went to AW and then she fought Doctor Britt. That would be insane, right, So she signs with AAW. She's been having multiple matches with aw's best in their women's roster, defending her title left and right, and she's also preparing to defend New Japan's Strong women's title at Capital Collision as well against Mama Watanabe. And

you know she's just doing her thing. But then Doctor Brit comes along and she wants to challenge Mercedes because Mercedes has been saying she's the new face of AAW's women's division, and of course Doctor Britt being the first woman to ever sign to aaw doesn't take too kindly to that. And so you know, you have a clash of the titans, and this is amazing for women's wrestling history, let me just say that. And it's also insane when you think about how last year Mercedes was in the

audience for All In. Like she said in her newsletter called Maname Magazine, if you aren't subscribed to it, I definitely recommend it. It's a good bread every week. She said that Tony Kahan invited her to All In, and she came and had a good time, you know, just on some I love wrestling type of stuff, and she really enjoyed it. And now she's performing in it. And it's really cool how this is happening. So this is really hard to predict because both women are amazing in

their own way. And even though it's really hard because it's just Mercedes is my goat, and I know that doctor Britt is definitely going to give her a run for her money and she might almost take the title from her. But then you also have the X factor of Mercedes having her muscle. Camille, the former longtime NWA Women's World champion by her side, and she could possibly cheat,

you know, and stuff like that. And then of course, for all we know, we could have another group of women on Mercedes' side with the Monet Corporation, and you know that could you know, play a factor into things. But ultimately, I think I'm going to predict that Mercedes Manette is going to retain the TBS title. I believe she's had it for a while now, It's been maybe two or three months now, and I just don't want

to see her give it up. At this point. I enjoy the esthetic of watching her have two belts and becoming a belt collector of sorts like she was in WW with the Golden Role Models with Bailey. I really like it. So I am gonna predict a Mercedes is gonna retain and we're gonna get a good match. But I feel like we're gonna get some shenanigans as well. So this is gonna be cool. I'm really here for it.

But then you also have Doctor Britt who's also had people on her side as well, like Rebel or like Jamie Hayter, So you just never know what could happen here. Lots of shenanigans. Could take place, but I'm predicting that Mercedes is ultimately going to retain the title and it's gonna be cool. But for the sake of women's wrestling history, this is gonna be fantastic, and I'm happy that this

is finally happening. And then of course you have the big one, the other big one, really aw and their Women's World Championship being defended by timeless Tony Storm and

the glamour Mariah May. Now, of course, Mariah May has stabbed Tony Storm in the back and attacked her after winning the Women's owen Hart Cup tournament, and Tony Storm didn't take to this at all because, of course she was kind of ignoring her at first, but then Mariah was sort of begging to be in her orbit as her protege, and Tony finally embraced her and made her

a part of things with Luther and stuff. And a part of me was wondering, like, is Mariah Bay gonna do her the same way Mickey James dietri Stratez back in the day, But for months it just didn't happen until it happened, and I was like, yo, this is crazy. So with this happening in this match taking place. I feel like it's gonna be really intense because when Mariah was bragging about it in her first promo after she attacked Tony, Tony got back at her finally and yelled

her and said, are you prepare to die? Because I am? And that let me know everything I needed to know. That let me know everything I needed to know. So I feel like Mariah is an amazing wrestler. Her resume definitely speaks for itself when it comes to being the foreign Ace and just being a force in that type of wrestling as a whole, and then transitioning over to AW.

But then you have Tony who essentially did the same thing, you know, and tried to make go of it in WWE and things turned out to be cool at first

but then didn't work out immediately. But you know, now she's here in AW doing her thing, And honestly, this could go either way because Mariah May as a villain is very enthralling, but Tony has just had a stranglehold on that title, so it's really hard to tell, but I think I'm going to predict that Tony Storm is going to retain and she's going to get the upper hand over Mariah May as the teacher surpassing this student,

and yeah, it's just gonna be really cool. I just really think Tony is just going to be very vicious towards her and it's just going to be a very entertaining bout for sure. So I'm really happy that this all in has three matches on it, if you count the zero hour, three women's matches on it, and it's just going to be really amazing. So big up to all these women for all of the work they've been doing for women's wrestling as a whole. So yeah, it's

gonna be cool. So move to the men's matches. We have MJF versus will Osprey for the AAW American Championship. Now this is a lot different than what a lot of people were speculating was gonna happen with will Ospray once he signed to AW, they thought for sure he was going to be shot up to the world title picture with Swerve and he could possibly win in his home country. But of course that's not where we are.

And now we're here and will Ospray had won the international title, but then he lost it to MJF and they've been having a beef going on ever since. But MJF took the international title and renamed it the American title, and it's just so weird and it just feels it

just has really negative vibes to it for me. So because of that, I'm just hoping that will Ospray retains in his home country and turns it back into the international title, because I am definitely here for babyfaces getting their moment in their home countries, especially like London, in places like London that has a very passionate wrestling fan base, and Will Ospray is definitely a part of that fold.

Hoping and predicting that will Osprey win, will win his title back and turn it back international the way that it deserves to be, because this flip flopping is just a little bit too much for me. It's too much. Just turn it back to what it was supposed to be. Win it back. Will please win it back for the win it back for me? Please? Will please? Bro? So yeah, that's my prediction for that. And then we have Jack Perry versus Darby Allen or in this case Darby all In.

Y'all see what I did there. I'm corny for the championship in a coffin match. This graphic doesn't really you know, say that, but it has been announced as a coffin match. This is the wheelhouse for Darby Allen as he loves, you know, his signature coffin drop, and he also likes to destroy himself and matches like this, and actually so

this so does Jack Perry. And I think this is interesting how he's holding a title in this pay per view where just last year he was attached to a very infamous incident which we won't be discussing at this pay per view or whatever, and now he's back and he's a heel and he's a champion, So it's just interesting what could happen in a whole year. And Jack Perry definitely has been working hard and he deserves to

hold this title. And what's so funny is he's even making the title his own because he designed his own TNT championship because he's good at a trade. We are bigging up trades this year, So yeah, this is really interesting. Darby Allen is a multi time TNT champion and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind having that title back, but simply because I feel like Jack Perry is really finding his own with the championship, and he hasn't held it

for long. I think I'm just gonna predict that Jack Perry is going to win the match and at Darby Allen, yeah we'll be in a coffin, but somehow he'll find a way to do like an Undertaker and rise and all out. So yeah, Jack Perry, he's my prediction to win the match. He will retain his TNT Championship. But I feel like this is gonna be a very extreme match. But this is also not the only extreme match that's gonna take place on this card, so this is gonna

be fun. But Jack Perry is definitely gonna win. And then of course we have the Casino Gauntlet match, which I mentioned prior in News and gossip Ish for a guaranteed world title opportunity. The people that have been announced as participants in this match is Orange Cassidy, Mark Brisco, who is the Ring of Honor World Champion, Kyle O'Reilly, Hangman,

Adam Page, and Evil Uno. And because we don't know everyone who's going to be participating in this match, this leaves room for those amazing surprises that we love as wrestling fans, and this is where I feel that Ricochet might be making his debut, and if so, it would be amazing. If he did, it would be really crazy. If he won the whole thing and then got a world title shot, that would be really sick, because him versus swerve Her or him versus Brian Danielson would be amazing,

a feast for the eyes in terms of wrestling. But of course you just have to wait and see what's gonna happen. But that's my prediction. I really feel that Ricochet, since he has signed with him, will make his debut in this match, and of course if he doesn't, then chalk it up to just me being wrong and just putting stuff out there in the universe. But you know, you just never know, so I'm just putting that out there,

so hey, it's cool, It's fine. Then, of course, we have the FTW Championship match between the Learning Tree, Chris Jericho and Hook, and there is another extra stipulation with this match where if Hook loses, he can no longer challenge for the FTW Championship as long as Chris Jericho holds it, and of course, if he wins it, he'll

just win it, and you know, everybody'll be happy. Hook has definitely done his thing with the FTW title, which was created and curated by his father Task, but it seems that that's really the only title he's been able to hold. I think, if I'm not mistaken, please correct me in the chat if I'm wrong. And I know that that title is essentially sort of like his birthright and his baby, so a part of me would like to see him move towards something else because he really

is a good wrestler. But at the same time, you know, I would love to see him win this title back because Chris Jericho just does not seem like the right person to be holding this type of title. I just don't think this title was made for someone of Chris Jericho's ilk as a wrestler. So I'm predicting that Hook, you know, will win the title back, even though there is a deep part of me that would like to see him challenge, you know, for other titles as well.

And that's no shade or anything, but you know, that's just how I feel creatively. But you know, I'm predicting that Hook will win it back simply just to give Chris Jericho a foil and just make him cry and you know all that other stuff. But then of course they're also shenanigans that could take place because he has his students that could you know, interfere on his behalf. Shout out to Brian Keith because I just love that

he's on a big show like that. So big up to the Bounty Hunter, even though I know that's not his name. I know he's the bad Apple, but to me, he'll always be the bounty Hunter Bounty Keith. So yeah. Then we have the AW World Tag Team Championship Match. It's a triple threat between FTR, the Young Bucks and also the Runners of a W the President's ce Brows. I guess you could say Matt and Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, I'm sorry, Why am I blank on his name? I know they're not Matt and Jove. I'm sorry, guys,

I am really blanking on his name right now. And

The Acclaimed. This is interesting because a lot of people feel like The Acclaimed has seemed to have lost a level of their luster since they've sort of you know, lost the trio's titles at one point, and they're just not you know, clicking as much as they used to, and they feel like the raps that are coming from Old Dude just aren't hitting the same and they're just bordering more so on inappropriate and a lot of people are calling for Anthony Bowen's to be set free from

Max Caster, and it's just really insane how it's happening. But you know, that's just how people are feeling in the restling streets. So I don't know this is, but I do know that this has the makings of being another tag team classic. When it comes to these three tag teams, they're really good. Of course, the FTR at this point is basically Tag Team Royalty. I never get

bored in a match that they're in. I just never do, because they're just they've always been amazing, even when they were the Revival in an XT like, they never they just never bore you at all. And then you have the Young Bucks who are just trying to, you know, be all evil and powerful now. So I'm predicting that maybe FTR could win this match simply because they could out wrestle everyone here. But you also have the Acclaimed, who seem to be very hungry to get back to

their former glory. So I'm not going to count them out either. But I'm definitely predicting that FTR could win this tag team title match and then just send the Young Bucks in a tailspin and just make them go wild. But you just never know. Also in the ringside Club, someone else also mentioned the idea of the Acclaim possibly turning heel on Billy Gunn and that would be very painful because I mean, why would you turn heel on

Daddy ass like that? Like that would suck. Or they mentioned the fact that maybe Max Caster could turn on Anthony and that would suck too, because that would just be very painful. But you just never know with shows like this because it's so big and there's so many stories that could be told here, so you just never know. But I'm predicting FTR as the winners of this match. And then of course we have the World Trios Championship Match.

This is I believe a four way London ladder match between the Patriarchy, the Bang Bang Gang, House of Black and POC and Black Combat Club. This is crazy. This is another extreme match that is taking place on this card, and just for the sake of time, I'm just going to predict that the House of Black is going to win because they're my favorite trios team out of everyone

in this whole group. I know the Patriarchy have been going on a reign of terror lately, but I would just really love it if House of Black were to be able to win because I just want to see Buddy and Malachi and Brody win things like I just want to see them win things. They're just dark and creepy and I just want the House to win at some point at this point, So yeah, I want them

to be the Trios Champions. But either way, this match is going to be wild because their letters involved, and this match is just going to be the textbook definition of let the bodies hit the floor. So yeah, that's what this is going to be, and I'm excited about it, but I'm predicting Howse of Black will win. And finally, we have the career versus title match between Brian Danielson

and Swerve Strickland for the AW World Championship. Now, I'm just gonna say that though Swerve and I have had well, like I know him, I don't know him, but when it comes to different ways of seeing things in terms of blackness, I have had my disagreements with some of the things the Swerve has done. But something that I will never take away from the man is the fact that he has worked himself. He has worked himself ragged to prove that he could be a top guy in

a company. Because I remember the first time I saw him in two o five Live and NXT, I always felt that he was incredibly talented, and I just wanted the world for him because I just saw all the talent, all of the ooze that he had. I just I just wanted the very best for him from a wrestling fan standpoint. And then him and hit row that was a whole thing. But then just watching him rise in AAW and make something big of himself has been astounding

to watch. And I will give him all the credit in the world for all of the history that he has made for Black wrestling as a whole. And I'm just, you know, proud of the fact that he is the first Black AW World Champion, and hopefully there will be many more after him, you know, once all this is, once his reign is over, I hope that there are more Black AW World Champions after him, because he has set the president for it and he has done it

and that's just really great for him. And you have Brian Danielson who has this storied career that has just been at the very top and then it sort of had a middle ground where it ended or where we thought it ended, and then his health was back and forth and he was finally able to come back, and then he did his things in AW well in WWE, and they came over to AW to have a different levels of matches that he used to have, And that's

something that I do appreciate as well. And I just appreciate his presence in wrestling as a whole because I just feel like he's made it better. He really has made wrestling better for a lot of people coming after him.

So from a history standpoint, this is going to be a very emotional match for sure, And you could argue that Brian Danielson really has not had a really huge, big fat moment that matches up to the one that he had at WrestleMania thirty at Yesslemania, So it would be really cool if he did win, And I feel like it would take nothing away from Swerve at this point.

Even though a lot of people are saying it will, I don't think it will at all, So huh, I think of predicting that maybe Brian will win this match and he will have his big moment, and that maybe he will still retire and he'll have the distinction of retiring as champion because no one in a w has

ever done that before. It has been done in wrestling before, because I remember Trius Stratus did it, but of course she came back, but whatever she did, retire as champion, and I'm not entirely sure if it's been done before in other spaces, but that's just the one that is

in my mind in terms of recent history. So it would be cool if that would happen for Brian Danielson, for him to win the title and then retire as champion, so he can just go home and live a blessed and prosperous life, you know, and not be a full time person, a full time wrestler. So that would be really cool. And I just feel that it won't take anything from Swerve because he has worked very hard to get to this point. So yeah, Brian Danielson is my prediction.

And of course this is all taking place tomorrow on pay per view and it's going to be in Wembley in London, which means for us over here in the US, it'll be earlier in the day and not really late at night, so it's gonna be cool. So yeah, aw, those are all of my predictions for all in and now we're going to move into what I liked in

wrestling this week. So this past weekend was the one hundred and first episode of Wild Superheroes, and one of their matches that definitely stood out to me from a technical standpoint was Princess Ozzy versus Genesis the Battle of the Australian Women, and this was their second match against each other, and now Princess Ozzy is two to zero against Genesis and I did talk more about it on Stephan Kat Talk Wow this week, so please go back to our YouTube channels and watch the episode if you

missed it. But this match was really amazing and I just wanted to discuss it and give it its flowers on HWP because it was just really amazing from a technical standpoint, and Princess Ozzie just had a lot of fire in this match and Genesi has had a lot of mouth, but either way, it was still a great bout and I definitely recommend you go and watch it

because it's really good. Wow is continuing to have really good matches, and of course they have started taping for season three, so eventually that's gonna get started airing, so I'm just really excited about that. But yeah, go back and watch Genesis versus Princess Ozzie because it was really good. Now moving into what I liked on Monday Night Raw this week, I loved the performance of Maxine Dupree against Ivy Nile. For the short bit of time that they

did wrestle. Maxine came in hot and of course Ivy now has stabbed her in the back. They were best friends, but Ivy now has joined up with the Creed Brothers and Chad Gable in American Maid, and Maxine to pre cut a scathing promo on her phone and posted it to social media and just wanted to get her look back. So as she got her lick back, you know, she came in hot with a drop kick to Ivan out as she was making her entrance, the bell didn't even ring yet, she was just going ham and then she

hit the suplex outside of the ring. That was fantastic, But of course, before the match even got underway, towards its midpoint. I mean, I gets attacked by Nikki Crust and the Wyatt Six, and of course American Maid tried to come out there and help, but of course there was no help against these menacing crazy people, and they

came out there and destroyed American Maid again. So this of course led into the announcement that Chad Gable will be fighting Uncle Howdie Slash Boa Dallas this coming Monday, and I'm really excited about that, And of course the timing of it is just really crazy given what today is, but I'm just really excited to see this match take place.

I just really love this feud because, as you can see with the posts and with so many things that the Wyat six has been talking about in their promos, they are targeting Chad Gable because he's just abusing the idea of family when they take family very seriously. And I just love it. I just love everything about the

Wyat six and everything that they stand for. Except the one thing that the one nitpick that I had about this segment was that Ivy Nile and Nikki Cross had a little bit of a fight going on, but it wasn't that much dedicated to them as women before the

men jumped in. And that's something that I find a little bit irritating because even with Niki Cross's segment, when they had all of the different promos from all the members of the WYAT six, Nicki didn't speak that much, if not at all, and as the only female member of the Wyaed six, I wanted to hear more from her and her motivations of joining up with the family, and it just doesn't seem like they're feeding into that a whole lot. Or maybe she is just meant to

be the crazy person just attacking people. I don't know, but either way, I would have liked to see more of what her mindset is. Because we've heard verbally from the other male members, I want to hear more from Nicki as the only female. But other than that, I loved everything about the segment. It was great, it was cool. I loved it. Another thing I loved in terms of the women. On Monday NIGHTRA was the triple threat match for the women's tag team titles, with ailid On and

Alba Fire going up against Toxic Not Toxic. Oh my god, I am so sorry. I'm getting all these names mixed up in my head forgive me y'all against Damage Control and the Pure Fusion Collective, and this match was really good. It was relatively smooth. You saw a lot of what

all of these tag teams had to offer. But the thing that I liked the most about the match was how it ended, and that was with the Unholy Union retaining their titles in a very slick way, like they out maneuvered the other tag teams because they were hitting all of their moves and such, but because they tagged each other and the tag teams didn't notice it, but

of course Aja Smith, the referee noticed it. It was just like, okay, you didn't see what was going on and their strategy, and they wound up retaining that way. And I appreciated that, and also I appreciated the aesthetic of seeing this triple threat women's tag team hatch take place. And then you had Aja's the referee, and then you had Samantha Irvin, you know, announcing it. That was really cool.

I just really love it when all the women are collectively together that way, it just it flows perfectly on the eyes. I love it. So I love the match. I love the way it ended. And then once it ended, that was when I realized that the writing was on the wall and that the Unholy Union are gonna have to face Bianca and Jade. Yes, so I was really cool with that and I love this match, so it was great, and yeah they retained, so that was cool.

Now I gotta discuss the Judgment Day of it all, and of course you see in this picture the Judgment Day, or at least the Judgment Day three point zero attacked Riha and Damien because Damien had a schedule match against Dominic. But Rhea told him, like, I really feel like this might be a trap. But then he said, look, I'm just gonna go out there anyone and fight them, and

she believed in him or whatnot. So he came out there and before the match even got started, he gets attacked by everybody in Judgment Day three point zero and then Rhea comes out there to try to even the odds and attack live, but the numbers game got ahead of them, and this was how Judgment Day was standing.

But before all of this, and after you could say real, Ripley cut a promo on liv Morgan and called her and basically said that you became the one thing that you hate the most a Discount Real Ripley, and I wanted to die when she said that, and I was just like, so lived and became a Discount Real Ripley, a bargain Town Real Ripley, a Dollar General Real Ripley, a family dollar Real Ripley, essentially a ninety nine cents

store in La Real Ripley. And she's not wrong because, yeah, although liv said that I was going to take everything you love in this revenge to her, essentially, she's been doing all the bidding for the judgment day and helping Dominic win his matches and everything the same way riare used to. And it's just girl, it's giving, single white female like it's giving. I want your life and everything

in it. And she didn't lie, not once. Now after the attack, Live cut a promo on her and said that at Bash and Berlin in their mixed tag that she was gonna make Ria her bitch. And something that was gross was the fact that Dominic said, Ooh, I like it when you talk dirty, and I'm just like, ugh, can y'all just stop. If it's one thing that I can't stand about Dominic and Live as a couple, it's just how delusional they are they are absolutely delulu and

thinking that they're the most powerful couple in WWE. And I'm just like, y'all just got together. You ain't been together five minutes, and y'all are already calling y'allselves the most dominant couple. I guess, just forget Randy and Randy and Elizabeth, just forget China and Eddie, just forget everybody else, forget Tripleation, Stiffney, y'all are the most dominant couple. And even forget Mantes and Bianca, y'all are the most dominant couple.

Baby bye. And then the thing that it just irritates me the most is that every time you see Live, it's like it's almost like to the point where you barely see her with the women's title anymore. It's like you see her hanging on dominant like a dead animal all the time. And it's just like, girls, stand up, please stand up. You are weak in the knees. Stand up. It's just so irritating for me. And they're just so gross.

It's just they just make me want to throw up every time them, and it's just they're just the worst. I hate it. I hate it. I just hate it, and I love love, but I hate this, so yeah, that was crazy. Now, when it comes to the man, I definitely recommend that you go and watch the Raw

match between Seamus and Pete Dunne. This was a very hard hitting European UK strong style type of match, and if you don't watch it for anything else, just watch it for the visual of watching Shamus rip his wrist out of a turnbuckle in order to knock the heck out of Pete dunn That was fire and I really appreciated that. Like Shamus did that for us. He did that for himself, but he did that for us, and I just appreciated it. That match was fantastic. I loved it.

So go and watch that match. And then of course we have this hilarious moment with CM punk coming out to cut a promo and to ask for a strap match at Bash in Berlin with Drew McIntyre. Now last week on Raw or depending on when you listen to it, two weeks ago on Raw, he attacked Drew McIntyre and beat him with a belt the same way some of our parents used to do. And Drew McIntyre posting on social media all of the welts that he had from

getting hit with Cmpunk's belt. So Ciampunk comes out here cuts a promo this past Monday with the strap around his neck, after talking about how fun of a time he had a fanatics vests and stuff and all the bracelets that he had and stuff, and of course tying it in with the bracelet that Drew McIntyre has, and talked about how he wants to tie Drew McIntyre to him so he can beat him up with a strap and a strap and it's very old school because of course in a strap match, not only are you beating

your opponent to a bloody of pulp and wrestling them down, you have to go around and touch every turn buckle in order to you know, win the match as well. It's a very old school concept and Teampunk is a wrestling scholar, so he definitely knew that. And I'm glad that he said that for the people who might not necessarily know that because strap matches don't happen that often. But yeah, he went on to say I want a strap match because I want to whip this bitch, and

I was just like, oh, I like this. I like hearing him, you know, talk like that, Like I like he's very sincere about when he wants to destroy someone, and I just really loved it. And then when it came to all of the friendship bracelets that he wound up getting at Fanatics fast, he said, yeah, it might be a Taylor Swift thing, but face it, I'm Taylor

Swift for men, and I laughed so hard. You know, it's really funny because in certain wrestling circles, people really do think that he's the He's the problem, just like Taylor Swift's song anti Hero, it's me, Hi the problem,

It's me and it just fits. And someone online made this picture where it's seeing Punk the Aeros tour, and you could argue that him being back in WW is low key on some era stuff because when he came back, you know, you saw all of his old logos on the screen and stuff like that, and then he has the newer stuff out too, and they're selling his older merchandise. So at this rate, he's essentially on his own errors tours.

So seeing Punk is essentially the Taylor Swift for men, and he's not wrong, and it made me really cackle really loud. So, yeah, this was just really funny, and I just really feel and in my mind, which is like the title of this episode. If Ceing Punk is the Taylor Swift for men, then Roman Range is Beyonce for men. So this is where we're at. It's just really funny where we're at. So I'm happy that we're getting this strap match at Bash and Berlin. No, it's

gonna be lit. Now. Another part of Raw that was very, very heartfelt but also heartbreaking is of course the tension that's going on in the New Day between Kofee Kings and an Xavier Woods and them adopting Obdously Jones into the fold now. Of course, Kofe said that he ran into Odyssey when he was training at the Performance Center, you know, getting back in shape after his injury, and Exavier was like, okay, you know, why are you doing this?

He didn't necessarily like it, Like his body language literally said I don't like this, and he pulled Kofee to the side, having you know, and asked him like, bro, like, even though you know you were you felt like you

were doing a good thing. I wish you had talked to me first, because I don't like the idea of us possibly replacing Big E, Like I just don't want to do that, and Kofe told him and reassured him and said, look, we're not replacing big E. It's just that, you know, Honesty was just looking for a place of belonging since he, you know, is just finding his way in w W. And then he said, you remember how it was when we were in WW trying to find our place, you know, and you know, people were trying

to take us under our wing because a lot of people don't remember when Xavier came up to the main roster, he was an attag team with our truth. A lot of people don't remember that. And then when Kofe came up, he kind of came up by himself. But still, you know, he found his way that way, so and he probably wished he had somebody take him under his wings. So I guess he calls himself banging forward now in a

full circle moment. But Xavier was like, okay, well, let me just fix myself, you know in the way that I'm you know, looking at it. And of course they went on to their tag team match against the Final Testament, who they've been beefing with the past couple of weeks, and Kofe was fighting in the match, and when he was struggling to reach for the corner, he decided to tag in Odyssey except for Xavier, and look at Xavier's face.

He did not like it. And if it's one thing us virgos do, if we don't tell you how we feel immediately, you don't see it on our face. And that's exactly what he did. They zoomed in on his face and everything. The cameraman are so petty, but they really zoomed in on his face like he did not like the fact that Kofe did not tag him in, and it was just so sad. And they went on to win the match because Odyssey is a very powerful man and he was a big difference maker in that match,

but Xavier was not happy about it. And this is breaking my heart because I am such such a big New Day fan and I have championed them on this show multiple times and talked about them on other shows and just loving everything that they've done as a whole for Black wrestling and just for wrestling as a whole, and how I feel that in my mind they're the

greatest faction of all time. Now, of course, people can argue about it all they want to but in my mind, when it comes to impact as a whole and just what they offer, they're just the greatest faction of all time.

And to see them sort of struggle for relevancy without Biggie because he got injured years ago, and then not be on top, you know, in terms of Tag Team Gold on the main roster, because they did win Tag Team Gold on NXT, but then they came to the main roster and they haven't really won Tag Team Gold in a while. And then to see them be this at odds has just been so hurtful, and I don't want to see them break up. Whether it's Xavier doing the turn or whether it's Kofe doing the possible turn.

Either way, I don't want to see it happen because they offer so much joy and happiness and I just love everything about them, So watching them end when it's been so long ten years, it's just, oh my god, it's just gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt so bad, and I'm not ready for it. And I was almost afraid that it was gonna happen this Monday or this past Monday.

But they're stretching it and there's the possibility that it could happen the first week of September, which would break my heart because me and Xavier's birthday is September the fourth, and I don't want that to be the vibes for my birthday week.

this was amazing and very entertaining. And Team Women one and for those who don't know, Bianca Bianca Bela, Zelena Vega, Jade Cargill, Meechen and Sonya Deville were on the teams for the women and the team for the men were montes Ford and Angelo Dawkins, Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley. Before of course he left Wfbe and La Night, so they put up a really good fight, but then the women wound up winning and Bianca even gave pretty hilarious answers

if you did not see it online. And then another funny moment happened where we saw Zelena Vega standing up on a stool because she is short. She is a short queen and though she had on platform boots, she still had to stand on a stool for the microphone. So yeah, I love my sweet Zelena. She's so amazing, and you know, she did great on the show, as did everyone. But I was really happy that the women got the win, and of course all of their earnings

went to Connor's cure, so that's really great. And this was a very enjoyable thirty minutes of celebrity family feud. So if you did not watch it when it aired, you can go and watch it on Hulu because I was on an ABC, so please watch it, Please watch it. It was fun. Now after this part went off, I was able to watch NXT and the part that we came in on was Lolavis versus Wendy ch This match was relatively good. Something that I am loving seeing is

the evolution of Wendy Chu's sleepy character. She's basically a sleep paralysis demon and it's just really amazing to see her doing this and seeing her fight against someone like Lolavice, who you know, has had a pretty stellar year for the mill'st part. I believe yeah, Wendy ch wound up winning this match because she used her pillow which was loaded with Kolonie Jordan's NXT Women's North American title that she had taken, and she smacked her across the head

with it, and she wound up winning. But then there was the distraction that happened from Klanie Jordan coming in and confronting Wendy Chew for stealing her title, and then Lola wound up giving a back a spinning backfist to Kilani which knocked her out temporarily, and then Wendy Chu wound up, you know, taking advantage, and then of course Kilanie beat up on Wendy and got her title back

and stood tall. So this gives us a notion, well, the indication that Kilanie and Wendy will be fighting for the Women's North American title at No Mercy in two weeks,

So this is gonna be interesting. I know, on the Ringside Club if you haven't watched that episode over there, one of the hosts was kind of saying that they feel like Kilani is a placeholder, But honestly, I disagree with that because Klannie for her to be the first ever champion, that has a big distinction to it, and I don't think she's a placeholder for anyone because when you're the first ever champion, you have to, you know, go into it with the notion that you're going to

make this title yours while also you know, making it more and exposing it more, you know, in terms of how you're gonna fight for And she's been doing an excellent job and considering you know, she had had different moments where she made it almost to the top of things like with the Deadline match, like with the like with the Iron Survivor Match and the Women's Breakout Tournament, and she didn't win. It made sense for her to win the North American titles. So yeah, she isn't a placeholder.

She's a really great first ever champion. So yeah, let's not stop. Let's stop playing on Colonie Jordan's top. Okay, Like this is Klonie Van dam and she is her for a reason, so yeah, her growth is amazing. Then we had the debut of a new three woman faction called Fatal Influence, which of course is centered on Fallon Henley, j C. Jane formerly of Tousic Attraction, and Jay You

and Jasminick's who is more so of a newcomer. And this, of course, this faction I kind of saw coming because they've sort of been, you know, fighting for each other and taking up for each other when it comes to certain causes. They feel like a lot of the women who are coming in who are a little bit newer than they are are sort of coming in and having too much dip on their chips, so they want to

you know, humble them. But what's so funny is Jasminick sort of falls under that category, but she subscribes to their way of thinking, hence why she's joined them. And a lot of people online were saying that this is kind of like Toxic Attraction two point zero, But I don't think this is what that is at all, because Toxic Attraction was sort of based off of their wrestling ability, yes, but also their badness mixed in with their sensual sex appeal. It doesn't seem like sex appeal is a part of

Fatal Influence at all. It's something completely different. And the fact that jac Jane has built herself up to this point to become more of an NXT veteran and having her own faction in his way is pretty astounding in and of itself. Now, a part of me hopes that Gigi Dolan can come back and have the same luck once she heals up from her injury. But yeah, Fatal Influence is its own thing, and I think we should judge it as its own thing and not call it

tossic attraction because it's not. It's literally not. So yeah, I like the the promo that they cut. The only downside I would find to this is the fact that Fallen kept saying, you know, when she turned here that Fallon comes first. So how are you gonna come first if you're in a group with other people the same way that you once were with Briggs and Jensen. But I guess we just got to see how it works.

So yeah. Another thing that I loved with the Women Me's Division and NX is Jada Parker becoming the number one contender to face off against roxand Perez for the NXT Women's Championship. Jada Parker is somebody who is gradually evolving more with her in ring game, and she definitely has her persona on lock, Like, her attitude is absolutely there.

She definitely believes in herself, and you also just can't stop looking at her because she's such a beautiful woman, and you know, and a lot of people of course, and a lot of people love her because of the beauty part, but you also have to look at her n ringwork too, and it's definitely getting better and evolving.

And because she has had so much of a blazing trail so far, it makes sense that she is the number one contender for the title and to face off against someone like Roxanne Perez, who is a veteran in wrestling, for someone as young as she is, like, it's just astounding to see, you know, these young women just holding down the fort when it comes to, you know, their evolutions in women's wrestling. So I'm excited about the match.

I'm excited about Jada Parker's trajectory. The only thing that sort of makes me sad and upsets me about this though, is the fact that when it comes to Roxyanne A lot of people have been speculating that since the signings of Julia and Stephanie Vakuor have become public, they're speculating highly that Julia and Stephanie could be the top two contenders for the NXT women's title once they do make

their debuts. And I feel like that essentially would be unfair to the girls like Jada Parker and like soul Ruka, and like so many others who have not had a chance at the NXC women's title, who came up through the NXC system, you know, and looking to cut their teeth for that type of title. I don't feel like that's fair to them. So if we get to Know Mercy, and I'm more than sure I'll be doing a prediction

show for NXC No Mercy. If we get to No Mercy and Jada does win, I would prefer to see Rock Sane feud against either Julia or Stephanie in non title work before she's called up to the main roster. That's just my preference. I would just prefer if these two women are gonna come up, that you don't have them when you know, qualify for a title immediately, when you have so many other women young women that who

have not had a chance. So that's just sort of my two cents on that, but you know, that's just how I feel about it. But big ups to Jada Parker for becoming a contender for it. Now, when it comes to nx's men, something that I liked from a very womanly perspective was the match between Ashanti the Adonnas and Dion Lennox. And it had been a minute since we had seen Dion Lennox on NX television proper. I know he had been doing his thing on NX Level Up,

which comes on on Fridays. But one of the things that people have been talking about on social media with Dion is the fact that along with his glasses and everything, and a lot of people were calling him Clark Kent

or whatever. He fine, He's fine. He definitely fits my type of bit and Ashanti Theodonnas is of course jealous of him because he seems to be a very cool, introverted bookworm who tends to get get women's attention without trying so hard, whereas Ashante the Adonnas tries super hard to get the ladies to get his attention, and that's really what the where the match came from, and of course Ashanti the Adot wound up winning, but a lot of girls and some of the girls in the audience

were checking out Dion Lennox because he has that body like he is buff, and he has that look, and he has that sort of sweet attitude that a lot of girls, you know, and gays are probably looking for.

You know, we like a good looking god with sweet attitude who doesn't, you know, objectify women and try to make it seem like, oh well, I'm something to conquer or something like that, like Ashati the Adonis is basically like he's the guy who knows he's hot and feels like other women should just he just tries to act like he's God's gift to women and that's not cute. So yeah, he wound up winning, but Dion Lennox is

the one who really has it together, so it's cool. Also, this is a Javon Evans stand account and I just want to say that even though he didn't have a match this week, he had a promo backstage where he

was watching over the Heritage Cup. And let me just say, every time Javon Evan speaks, he reminds me so much of my sister, because he's twenty years old and he's just so young, and just hearing him speak just reminds me that there are so many people, so many young people underneath you that are coming with their own lingo and their own personalities, and I just love seeing that highlighted on television in Javon Evans, and he's just so

talented and I just want the world for him. So I just wanted to say that even though he did not have a match this week. So yeah, love to

Javon Evans. And then of course when it comes to Joe Hendry, he was able to qualify as number one contender for Ethan Pages, which I hate saying NXT Championship because he was in a triple threat against Wesley and Pete Dunn and he wound up coming out on top, even though Evil Ethan Page kept trying oh I skipped ahead, kept trying to keep the referees from counting one, two,

three for him. As it turns out, when Pete Done tried to take advantage trick, Williams gave him the trick shot knee knocked him out, and then the other referee who got pulled away counted the one, two, three, four Joe Hendry before Ethan was able to interrupt it, and now TNA's Joe Hendry is a number one contender. This is amazing. And I'm not just saying that because I

talked to him on the phone this week. I'm saying it because you know, if you know his journey, it's just really amazing to see someone like him, you know, me, have this viral success and then have success on two different brands, and then to have him on this worldwide brand, you know, and qualify to face off against Ethan Page.

It's just amazing. It's just really great. And I hope he does beat Ethan Page because it would just be really cool to see because I don't want just the NX TNA partnership to just be the NXT people beating the TNA people. That's just not what I want. Because when Rock Sane beat Jordan Grace for the NXC women's title at Battleground, that made me sad because you had so many dignitaries from TNA and the audience, and the idea that Jordan lost the way she did with the

Shenanigans and stuff just upset me. So I don't want it to be a constant record of TNA people losing to NXT people, because it's making it seem like the partnership is one sided, like it's only making one side look strong while making the other side look weak. I

don't want that. So if Joe Hendry were to pull an upset and win this title, I would be very excited about that, but my excitement would also be twofold because it would be taking the title away from someone who just fell into winning the title off of Trick Williams.

And I feel like ultimately Trick william should still be NXC champion right now in my opinion, because based off of the logic that I had in talking about the Julia and Stephanie of a core argument, you could argue the same thing about Ethan Page, Like he just signed with NX after leaving a W and yeah, his going aw wasn't as the top guy and he probably wanted something different for himself and I appreciate that, But don't dethrone the people in NX who've been working their way

up just because you want a shock value thing. Like I just don't feel like that's fair to all of those people who work, you know, in the PC all that time to win the title and then you know, put a stamp on it, only for them to lose to someone who just got there and is just looking for an opportunity to be a top person somewhere else. That's just not fair. I feel like Trick Williams should definitely still be NX champion because he worked his way up.

He beat carmel O Hayes twice in two high profile matches. He beat Ilia Dragon off for the title. I feel like, creatively, there was so much more that you could have done to solidify Trick Williams as a champion. And yes, you could argue that he could have won, that he could win the title back at any point, but taking it off of him just did not work for me. I did not like it. I didn't. It made me sad. So yeah, but I am hoping for Joe Hendry to

do his very best in his match. I will be doing predictions for No Mercy coming up, so be on the lookout for that. And that's all I liked in NXT. So now we're gonna move to the SmackDown side of things because I tried to move too fast. And let me just say these three women never ceased to amaze me and never cease to make me proud to be

a black female wrestling fan. To watch these three their powers again after months because they hadn't wrestled in a match together since WrestleMania, and to see them fight Blair Davenport in the Unholy Union and come out victorious on SmackDown when for weeks we did not see a lot of black victories up until now meant the world to me. And to see them dressed in their gear which was paying tribute to Team USA, and then to wear it in Washington, d C. Of all places too, It just

meant the world to me. And for them to pay tribute to, you know, the Goat, Simone Biles and Team USA as a whole, it was just so beautiful. And watching Naomi, you know, get the finishing move and penning Blair Davenport was just so amazing. So just this visual and seeing these women together just heals my soul in

a lot of places. And this came during a week where we saw, you know, not to get political, but where we saw a black and Asian woman take the nomination for the Democratic Party for President of the United States. It just means so much for representation, and this is something that I hope continues to happen and just continues to flourish when it comes to WWE. I just love it.

I just loved every inch of it. And I want this picture and every other picture that they took together at WrestleMania on my wall somewhere if I get in office or something like. I just feel like pictures of them should low key be on the level of pictures of Obama and pictures of Martin Luther King and just so many black iconic figures, because they just do it

for me every time. I'm so proud of Biancle Blair, Naomi and Jade Cargill and hopefully Jade and beyond Uncle can win the tag titles at Bash and Berlin because they've definitely earned their opportunity. And yeah, I just I just love these women. I love, love love these women. I'm just so grateful to be alive during this point of history where we have these women succeeding in wrestling, succeeding in w w E, but then also just black women as a whole, succeeding in wrestling as a whole

in a w and everywhere else. So it's beautiful. So moving on before I get even more emotional. Yeah, their gear paid tribute to Simone Bile. Shout out to mellow Is Money on social media for putting the collage together.

That was cool, so thank you for that. And also speaking of other black women, Black and Asian women at that Nietzschen had her own segment where she was talking about struggles that she based as a wrestler, and then she got on social media and posted a note where she shared a bit of her personal story where people sort of underestimated her in her abilities and her wanting to be excuse me wanting to be a wrestler, and telling her that she should just be a doctor or

a lawyer, and telling her that she didn't have the right look or that she wasn't good enough to be a wrestler. But how she proved all of her daughters wrong. Seeing her get this type of segment was really amazing. And of course she got this segment because she got a title match against Naya Jacks in a street fight on SmackDown next Friday in Berlin. So this is an amazing opportunity for her. This isn't her first women's championship match, because she did have one it gets Eo Sky last

year and that was really good. But this street fight is going to be pretty intense. I'm excited about it, and I'm glad that Mitschin has that opportunity, So big ups to her and big ups for Representation for that as well. And of course you have Naya here listening to Chelsea Green and Piper Nivin talk about her behind her back and her Queen's court with miss Money in the bank Tiffany Stratton and how they feel like Tiffany is just gonna stab her in the back eventually, so

she didn't like that. But either way, the women are popping off on the Blue brand, and I'm happy about it now with the men on SmackDown, Carmelo Hayes was in the barbershop bragging about finally beating Andrade. And as happy as I was that Carmelo beat finally got one over on Androde because I need him to win matches more, Androde invaded the barbershop and told him, like, the way

you disrespected me last week was terrible. So because you disrespected me that way, we're going to have another match. So next week, maybe next week or maybe in two weeks we don't know, we will be getting Carmelo versus Andrade four, and I'm happy about that. Something that people have been talking about and that I've even discussed in other places on social media is Carmelo Hayes's trajectory since

he's been brought up on the main roster. He was the number one pick for the men on SmackDown because of course Roman was picked, but then he wasn't really in the draft in that way. I feel like for somebody like him who made a big shot and challenged Cody Rose, he just seems to be losing a whole lot.

And you have someone like him who came up at the same time in NXY as bron Breaker, and I think this is something that could be seen in terms of storytelling purposes, even though they're on two separate brands.

Bron Breaker seemed to have the rocket strap to him really quick quickly on NXT because he was a two time NX champion before Carmelo ultimately had his chance as NXC champion, and you could argue that they were always neck and neck with each other, but it really seems like, you know, there's a whole lot of emphasis being placed on Braun and then there's emphasis being placed on Carmelo but not in the same way, and that worries me

a little bit. But then at the same time, since they're giving him all this time on television, I'm not as worried. But at the same time, I'm really rooting for Carmelo Hayes to get his things because he is so so talented. I've talked about it numerous times on this show. I've interviewed him before. Like y'all seen all of my Carmelo content, and if you haven't, please go back and listen to it and watch it because it's great.

But I just want Carmelo to have his shining moment as the future of SmackDown or as the future of WW like the other call ups have been, you know, or some of the other call ups have been, you know, getting to shine on And he's been getting his shine on too, just in a different way. But I just want more from him. I want more victories. I want him to qualify for more things, like I want him

to challenge La Night for the United States Championship. I want John Cena to face him during his farewell tour because they're two different generations of wrestlers from Massachusetts. I want the world for Carmelo Hayes, Okay, and I might sound like his agent right now or something, but I just want the world for Carmelo Hayes because he is him. Okay, he believes in himself. I don't care what it takes.

Give Carmelo everything, give him everything. But of course him being in a fourth match with Andreide isn't the worst thing in the world either, because they have had stellar matches, and I would argue that their third one was definitely like in the top tier of the series of matches. But after this, give Carmelo his things, That's all I

have to say. Yeah. Then we had Cody Rhodes, the ww champion, throw mad shade at Grayson Waller on though Grayson Waller effect, but it was warranted because Grayson was interrupting him and his whole entrance stick that the fans loved. How you going to not have the American Nightmare do all of his os and his you know, fireworks and stuff in the nation's capital. Just a hater, Just a hater.

But here's the thing. Cody Rose gathered him and told him that while he was trying to call out his friend Kevin Owens for being a friend, for being a person who stabs his friends in the back. He called him out and gathered Grayson and said, aren't you you know using awesome theory because every time you get in a sticky situation, you make your friend take the bullet for you, and he tried to like divert from it or whatever, but it's valid, Okay, like Austin theory deserves better.

But I just loved how Cody really gathered him together like that, so that was fun. But then I also loved the new setup for the Grayson Waller effect. He has his own carpet now, he has his own desk and stuff. He had his own desk before, but it's like an upgraded version. So it was just really cool to see that. But I am waiting for the day that Austin Fury stands up for himself and turns face.

So yeah, it's really cool. No, I'm gonna need better for the Street profits though, because for them to have lost the tag team title magic against the Bloodline. I understand you're trying to make the Bloodline like the way that they used to be or whatever, but it's not giving, and I wanted the Street Profits to win so bad but the fact that they haven't haven't basically been not back down the line just upsets me. It's so upsetting.

I just I want the world for Montes and Angelo, and it just seems like they've been getting a little bit of a short end of the stick since Bobby left, and I just this is really the first time they have been in contention for the tag titles in a minute, and for them to have lost the way that they did with the cheating and all that just broke my heart. So we're praying for better for the Straight Profits at

this point. But there is still that part of me that remembers what Montes said in Love and WWE where he said that his dream was to be WW champion, and I'm just like, look, if y'all don't pull the trigger on him now, then I guess y'all just ain't gonna do it. So I don't know. I'm just sad about it. But yeah, they got jumped by them after and dy came out and helped them, but then they

got jumped afterward. And maybe this means that DIY will challenge for the tag titles again, But either way, I don't want them to get it again after losing it for so long. Like I really want the Street Profits to possibly like be on some gangster stuff and challenge the Bloodline again. But at the same time, I just don't know anymore. I don't know anymore. But yeah, that's all of what I enjoyed in wrestling this week. So thank you guys so much. For Oh, David, Hey, he

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