Tony Khan recently stated that he feels AEW is under constant attack from certain pockets of the pro wrestling media, and no matter how great the shows are for AEW, there is always negativity. Tonight, we discuss why Tony Khan needs to understand that constructive criticism means people legit care about his product, and he needs to better understand where the negativity is coming from. Also, MJF was interviewed by Sports Illustrated today ahead of his AEW World Title match at AEW Worlds End against Samoa Joe. He stated that he has not “signed” with AEW, and he is very much a free agent on January 1st 2024, and will “assess” the situation then. Is MJF a free agent, or is he once again playing up what many fans feel is a potential storyline? MJF also opens up about CM Punk joining WWE, and what Cody said about MJF joining WWE “one day”. Liv Morgan was arrested for possession in Florida. What does that mean for her Wrestlemania return? Mercedes Mone/Sasha Banks rumors are running wild, and this week it’s about a potential IMPACT/TNA run as Scott D’Amore teases the “biggest” signing in company history. Is Mercedes set to join Trinity Fatu in TNA Wrestling? And Kenny Omega had a close call with Diverticulitis, and will be out indefinitely. What does that mean for future AEW plans? All this, and more WWE, and AEW wrestling news with JDfromNY, and Andrew Baydala.
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Co-host Andrew Bala man what’s going on bro what’s up man how are you I’m good man I’m ready for some Doom and Gloom I know I feel like is that all we do I feel very gloomy tonight I know man it’s uh it’s quite the narrative it’s quite the narrative
We got going on there we hate everything more espresso less depresso I like it I like it world world is the world is a better place when there’s a lot of espresso involved oh I love me some espresso what is with these breakfasts that you have man that you post me
Avocado I get called a yuppy by Jesse man eating avocado every morning look at that you see that I see that yeah I’m getting there uh I mean listen your body you only get one carcass right to carry around this in this beautiful world that
We live in at times not so beautiful I understand um but I choose to take care of my carcass and make sure that uh I’m eating you know things that are going to keep me healthy avocado is great for your brain it’s good for your gut walnuts blueberries all
Superfoods um and I get a cup of coffee well a double espresso in me in the morning and I get a uh 64 ounce of lemon water with salt to get my digestive system flowing so there you go holy [ __ ] maybe I should take maybe I should be
Taking some uh nutritional advice from you sounds good Hey listen I’m trying to live till 100 I want to see a lot of things happen in this world so I don’t blame you I don’t blame you see what happens uh guys we uh again we have a
Loaded show tonight and we have a lot to get into a lot happened this week we will get into what happened on Raw on Smackdown lots of happenings over there lots of happenings in aew with what Tony KH said at the Ring of Honor meteor
Scrum we will get into that we will talk about how he feels that aw is being attacked mjf was interviewed by Sports Illustrated today it was released and uh lots of lots of nugget yeah work yeah lots of nuggets of information that came out of there that I think us smart fans
Kind of picked up on already several months ago but you know kudos to him for really keeping it going and uh we will talk about Charlotte Flair she signed the new WWE contract Liv Morgan we got some uh devil news I got uh a whole wide spectrum of things to talk about but
Drew and I thank you guys for joining us on episode 27 man 27 episodes in we didn’t know how this was going to go we are glad that you enjoy what we’re doing here on Tuesday night and I mean nxt’s be why you want to watch a taped NXT
When you guys can see here and here some great pro wrestling discussion follow both of us on social you see the apps on the screen right there for people listening on audio JD from 206 and Andrew Bala on X and hit that subscribe button down below and please show some
Appreciation and hit that thumbs up what type of gloomy information we starting off with man um well you know we got paid a really nice compliment a couple uh couple days ago from somebody who is a big person in this space uh he will go nameless because I’m not that type of
Guy this is the first time hearing of this yes so um I just want to say thank you know who you are I appreciate it and so does JD I just told them right now but when people like that are taking notice of the show it means we’re doing
Something right um where I want to start is realistically I don’t understand the Cry babiness of the internet wrestling community and some of these journalists uh I don’t have beef with anybody never have never will if you have a problem with me it’s all probably your own doing
You just don’t like how I am how I conduct myself that’s fine but if we’ve ever had a real manto man or woman to man conversation I don’t have beef with anybody and I would squash it we would talk about things have a drink or if you
Don’t drink we’d have a soda or whatever but I cannot stand the whole I don’t have this information so it’s not accurate reporting that we’re doing that’s horrible like I I just don’t understand it and here’s my you know here’s my deal here’s a little rant just
Because and I put this out on social media you played it on your show on Friday just because some of these wrestling journalists don’t have access to high level Executives doesn’t mean that these talks are not real or accurate get off your high horse I understand you have very good connection
Some of you do with the boys and girls so the storyline driven content that you put out that are spoilers or breaking news you get nail and no I’m not talking about Sha rosap Sean is a close friend of mine this is not who I’m talking about so we can put that to
Bed I can’t stand it get over it you sound like whiny kids at Toys R R Us who didn’t get what they want because Mommy and Daddy said you’re not getting a toy tonight you’re not getting a video game I’m sorry you don’t have all the information I’m sorry that you don’t do
Better journalistic uh about the raw to uh Warner deal because I got I got a little Kickback today and the last couple of days you you see these these Geeks Who hate us vehemently and they still they still watch what we do oh these guys they said that Mercedes
Was going to aw now she’s going to WWE you know listen you know in regards to that I could reveal some information that I was told in private about uh Mercedes and whatnot uh from even back in the WWE why she left when she left the whole story unfolded I mean I can’t
Do that because I’m held to to secrecy and I I promised I would never reveal that information but the thing with Mercedes is you know Drew again I don’t know how many times I got to tell you guys you know Drew is not somebody that’s going to put his name out there
And just give you information and say hey guys this is it and then not have anything to back it up he’s heard it I heard it she was on her way to aw if you watch the show if you watch aw you saw yourself that she was on her way there
Yeah stop right there stop right there for a second here’s the like the hate that that I got because I said that Mercedes was going aw and everything else realistically what JD just said right then and there is exactly it Mercedes was on their biggest pay-per-view of the Year all in with no
Match no nothing she was hurt they put her on TV three different times it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that they recording her and that they got her something happened if she is going to end up in WWE I don’t know she still could end up in aw but I
Can tell you that everything that I was told and that aw is under the impression of is that Mercedes was heading there and she was an injury derailed that and Tony Khan did not want to disrespect her and her wishes in any way and Mercedes was not brought to television she was
Supposed to debut at Blood and Guts when aw Dynamite emanated from Boston Massachusetts that is 100% fact okay okay she got injured in a match with Willow it wasn’t anything that she wanted to have happen she was at Allin like Drew said Tony Khan’s not going to
Put her on TV two or three different times if she doesn’t have some sort of agreement to come on in at some point things changed and like Jim Ross always says I’ll never forget as long as I’m in this thing called uh pro wrestling podcasting and in the IWC cash and
Creative you know I I cash is not a problem for Tony Khan so it was either cash or creative and Mercedes right now is not on her way from what we know going to aew and all signs are pointing that she goes to WWE Scott deore he said
That and and I know Drew feels that she’s not going there because he made he made a lighthearted joke about it on social media calling a Mercedes n but I it’s something that you know people are talking about because Scott deore says this the biggest signing in TNA history
And then there’s no there’s really no free agents out there that fit that bill I’m sorry I love Nick Nemo’s one of the best proar wrestlers on the [ __ ] face of the planet he’s not one of the biggest signings in TNA it’s not Ali it’s not Matt riddle Mercedes fits that
Bill and I can absolutely see her being the name that he brings over there to align her with Trinity but we’ll have to wait and see uh when January comes in their heart to kill pay-per-view uh airs on television but again Drew knew something I knew something now it’s not
Happening that doesn’t mean we were wrong [ __ ] changes are you like you’re gungho on this Mercedes to TNA it’s it’s a possibility but the the only and I talked about this with Jesse and Jesse’s a big impact guy and he’s a big Mercedes guy he’s a big Trinity guy and
He’s a logical human being uh if she ends up over there it’s because she wants to work with Trinity and I I firmly believe that she’s one of my best friends so I’ll say this if there’s any smoke to this fire she’s there for like three months out of Max yeah yeah just
To get her feet ready to go to WWE or possibly aw there’s something yeah I don’t know you seem very very very convinced so I guess we’re it’s not it’s not it’s not I’m that I’m convinced that she’s going there but I mean oh [ __ ] what biger who’s the biggest
Signing in TNA history who Ali no I mean listen I mean you know riddle and and Nick Nemo Dolph Ziggler um some of those bills could fit because you know they you know former Champions former world champions obviously Mercedes is a whole different ball game a whole different
Dynamic and that would be a big get for TNA you know I the thing with TNA is that you know for me when you have to put you know will and okada and kosida and these other people and now you’re announcing a major signing at the Las Vegas pav and you’re
Still not moving tickets it’s not a them problem it’s a you problem and that’s the thing for me well I I agree with that but Vegas is notoriously just bad yeah but I mean okay so don’t do Vegas yeah well that’s like us telling Tony Khan don’t run bigger venues it’s like
It’s the same thing well TK’s got you know production standards so I get that but I to this the whole reboot of TNA Wrestling good for them but you know you’re bringing in massive Talent massive talent and they’re still not drawn anything and that’s you know if CM
Punk got announced for this show which he’s not but if he did the tickets would be sold out of course Vegas I don’t give a [ __ ] if it was on the moon it’d be sold out somebody in the chat said it might be Bill Goldberg it could be Bill Goldberg who
Knows as he he finishes his espresso there look I I I love Bill Bill’s a good dude but no oh man who who’s he wrestling there moose who’s he wrestl over there Bill Bill’s not working impact Bill’s not work in TNA Wrestling brother he would have done
That when Hogan went in and there it’s just not Happ we sign Bill Goldberg to a $50,000 six match contract and a hot hot dog and a handshake along with it give me a [ __ ] break it’s going to cost you a 100 Grand to get Bild to probably
Do two episodes so 100 Grand 100 Grand to walk out of his Mustang Cobra right I mean I’m just saying it’s just not happening get out of here I saw the people I saw the people saying Styles right Styles GNA show up at TNA and realistically could it happen sure but I
Mean what does and I know that endeavor in TNA and WWE they you know they have this part ship now and whatever else but what does WWE have to gain by throwing one of their biggest returns who looked cocked diesel in his return what did they gain by throwing him on impact or
TNA what they gained nothing just like they gained nothing when Mickey James entered the Royal Rumble as impact Women’s Champion zilch zero they shot a big donut everybody was like oh this is going to be a forbidden door no no it’s not what happened she was eliminated in
15 minutes give me a break yeah I mean cool The Forbidden door was is open great okay I mean I again love Mickey but I I I don’t I I it’s hard for me because I don’t like to come out here and Bash things but I just don’t know
Where TNA Wrestling goes from here if you you have okata and you have will ere and obviously none of them are sticking around after that show because Will’s going to a yep could he show up in TNA possibly once twice who knows Three Times a Lady um but I sign somebody
That’s actually going to wrestle for you for a year A two even if you get Mercedes it’s three months what are you you’re you’re mortgaging everything for a three Monon rain I I get it I listen I I I hear you I understand you I totally agree with
You TNA you know I don’t want to jump all over the place I want to get back on track here TNA you know Scott deore said that impact does have uh a big name showing up the biggest that they’ve ever had you won’t believe that they got this
Person coming in Worlds will collide you won’t believe who’s showing up me Meltzer talked about impact does have from what I gather earmarked some money to where they can spend some money on a bigname free agent whether they would or could outbid aew uh it’s doubtful that
They could but you don’t know how much Tony KH will be willing to spend on one of those names Dolph Ziggler Ali Matt riddle Mercedes and then there’s other names on that list but I don’t think any of the other names are big enough to Warrant what Scott deore said so those
Are the obvious choices then we got the news Drew about Mercedes you know WWE aew New Japan and then sat put out something on select where he cleared up a lot of the fake stories going around uh and a lot of the plans that Mercedes had for aew and her debut
Were cancelled sap wanted to make everybody aware that they had no information and never reported anything as it was related to her debing when it was happening or if there were plans set for her creatively only for them to be cancelled so you know we talked about Mercedes aew
Now she’s rumored to be going back to the WWE with a tailor made story line Scott deor is putting this thing out you know at the end of the day I don’t really give a [ __ ] where she goes because I’ve been a Mercedes fan from day one I think she’s one of the
Greatest female professional wrestlers if not the best in the entire world and that’s my opinion sue me uh and wherever she goes man I think she’s going to J her an interest and I just want to see the woman on television doing what she loves that that’s simp
Where I come from so if it’s impact aew in the Royal Rumble with Bailey I don’t care as long as the woman’s on TV yeah we share the same um opinion and thoughts when it comes to Mercedes I share the same thing with punk I mean I
Just want him to be happy and I just want him on my television set so you know I agree with you there um I would love to see Mercedes anywhere so I love to see Mercedes in my driveway but you know what yeah not gonna happen so um
I’m talking about her not the car I can go get the car if I wanted to but I’m just saying you know what it it is what it is uh she deserves to be working she deserves to be happy and she deserves to have a good run and I think right now
With the absence of one of their biggest players in WWE of the female um roster that being Charlotte due to her um injury which is awful I think Mercedes is tailor fitted to go back to WWE if she chooses to do so yeah uh and one more thing about this impact uh
Potential Mega Money signing you know it is pro wrestling at the end of the day it is a business at the end of the day and like Drew said they are struggling to sell tickets to their pay-per-view in January uh and a a pro wrestling
Promoter is going to go out there and do what he needs to do to generate Buzz to sell those tickets that he needs to for the show so he already has though I mean you bring who TNA yeah no no they’re not sold out not even close okay for that
Vegas show yeah oh I could let me bring up my manifest right now but no um I don’t believe so but what I will tell you is that I mean aew you know has the money to sign whoever the hell they want I think what what it comes down to is
Creative um for for Mercedes not going there but um the but at the end of the day can you blame her like look at what a look at what Tony KH has done with the women’s division there’s legitimately no real story to sink your teeth into on AW tele
Vision and I know the elitist will probably tell us oh well Julia Hart and sky blue with abidon and thunder roses back there’s no story there there’s no story there I’m sorry it’s not a substantial story and then what we’re doing with the Women’s Championship I mean Tony Storm’s wrestling reho at the
Pay-per-view or serea at the pay-per-view where’s the story there I know Tony and serea were in the same stable together but I mean you separated them for like seven weeks who gives a [ __ ] yeah I mean snake eyes and hard to kill which is the Saturday Sunday stuff
I don’t know when where what’s going to air what hard to kill is on the Saturday and it’s not even close to being sold out I mean the ringside stuff is is gone um which is pretty standard and then Snake Eyes um which is the Sunday show
On January 14th is not selling well at all so isn’t that the show okata on well I’ll check I don’t know um I know you know like I said they’re bringing in a lot of Talent on one of those shows too yeah right and it’s just it’s it’s it’s not good that’s pretty
Sad yeah it’s not good now you know why he made an announcement on busted open radio yeah hard to kill has uh osre and uh Josh Alexander oh nice and I I want to say Shelly and moose Trinity and uh Grace and uh oh I take that back Snake
Eyes has osre not hard to kill so Sunday for Will and Sunday is Shelly okata Sabin Edwards moose and Brian Myers in a six-man so no wonder they didn’t sell tickets yeah I mean I love will Al bre it’s not his fault no but I it’s just
Yeah I mean I don’t know I’m not I don’t want to keep bashing a company I wish them the best I hope I hope they do well but it just seems to me like bringing in these two names you I would have just done will and okado listen they are the
Strongest not to take anything away from they are the strongest they’ve been right now they got a great leadership you know up top they they got a focused creative they got a great women’s division they got some of the best pro wrestlers in the world they’re doing
Their thing you know I wish them the best again it’s not my uh it’s not my forte to to to rag on their ticket sales but you I mean you bring in an osprey and okata I mean come on now yeah I mean when both of them end up in aw because
One of them already is so if the other one ends up I mean that’s all the internet will be talking about which is fine great I love that but realistically like if they’re not moving tickets for Vegas for impact yesh yeah you know yeah so Mercedes was in the news we don’t know
Where she’s going to end up the big rumor is she’s going to end up in the Royal Rumble like we talked about last week on episode 26 it’s Taylor Made that she gets in there with Bailey you know WWE scaled back on the biley storyline about her being kicked out from my point
Of view bayy on Smackdown said that Asuka and Kyrie going after the Tag Team Championships I could easily see Triple H setting up Casey and Kaden against the Kabuki Warriors and that actually happening uh On The Road to WrestleMania bayy say she’s going to win the Royal Rumble and challenge RI Ripley at
WrestleMania and win that that Women’s Championship and then IO is going to hold the smackdown title so all of damage control is going to hold the Championships but here’s a little spoiler folks bayley’s not winning the Royal Rumble and Bay’s going to get kicked out of damage control and then
Sit there with no friends and then in comes Mercedes who I think like I said last week with Drew Bailey and Mercedes against the Kabuki Warriors for the women’s tag team championships at Wrestlemania sounds like a sound plan to me I don’t know I would I would agree
With you there 100% yeah so that’s that’s the rumor take it as take it as a rumor but all signs are are pointing to a Royal Rumble return if she shows up in Impact in January at these two shows we’ll get our answer before the Royal
Rumble but if not and she’s not on AW Television look for that theme music and Michael C to be screaming boss time in Tampa so well I could see her working the January and 14th 13th and 14th shows for uh TNA and getting you know some ring rust off on live television for
Impact TNA and then heading to the rumble I mean it’s really not that hard to do or she just shows up in Perth Australia too at elimination chamber um I I do still think there’s a possibility that Mercedes ends up in aw I mean it
Really all is up to her and what she wants to do do I if I had to pick a lane who I’m leaning more towards I would say it’s WWE more than aw right now I think there was some factors that went into her uh her being Mercedes kind of uh
Backing off signing with them which I’m not going to discuss yeah I mean that’s that’s completely up to her uh I’m sure Tony Khan would be a little bit more lenient in giving her what she wants there are some things that he will allow
Her to do that WWE will not allow her to do it is a different leadership a different management now that Vince and Bruce are not running the show and John lren JIS is not there so uh we will uh we will see what happens there but again
Drew it’s going to come down to you know she wants to be paid as well and I know news made the rounds today that Charlotte signed a Mega Money deal with the WWE believed to have signed a historic new WWE contract Sean Ross sappa fightful select reported that
Flair agreed to a contract extension with WWE recently that would keep her with the with the company for several years something that Medusa ww Hall of Famer said on her podcast recently report notes that the news took quite a while for people within the company to
Hear and the first extension this is the first extension since ww merged with UFC to form TKO as it was done before the Mysterio deal was done and both Ray and Dominic signed five-year deals with the company as well uh sap is hearing it’s a huge money increase over her last
Contract and one of the highest paid deals to a woman in WWE history a travel not just a woman not just a woman that’s what in in general yeah sap reported that and for a it’s not just women it’s uh one of the largest contracts in WWE
History ever and I can tell you that uh Ashley Charlotte will retire with the WWE and uh congratulations to her uh well deserved uh a travel bus was included in the deal says sap something that is becoming a little bit more common now uh listen uh I I know I’m not
The biggest Charlotte Flair Advocate you don’t a shocking information I know but I mean I know when to give the woman the credit that she deserves her and Ria Ripley probably had the best women’s match all year bar none at WrestleMania I’m not going to take that away from her
She’s a tremendous performer it was a terrible injury it’s going to be a huge hole in a women’s division that Triple H is trying to resuscitate and you can clearly see that he’s trying to do that now I ask you drew with this money deal and the Rumor of Mercedes coming in the
Rumor was when she left the old Administration didn’t want to pay her and made a comment along the lines of oh yeah she peeed and they didn’t want to give her the money that she was requesting so she went and did her own thing in New Japan and on the Indies but
Now that Charlotte signed this contract is this going to have any effect on what Mercedes is making if she does go back to the WWE no why is that because you would expect that Mercedes is basically a woman that feels like she’s on the same level as Charlotte Flair which let’s be
Real she is because sometimes you need to leave this place to go better yourself okay that’s why and if you can’t draw the parallels when someone saw CM Punk show back up in a WWE ring in the reaction how he was treated when we all thought that that
Bridge would never be re rebuilt I think that Chang a lot of things for Mercedes yeah especially MoneyWise it’s um you know it’s funny you said that because I actually put out a tweet it was like about a week ago week and a half ago I
Said CM Punk and in joking because every was kind of getting on our case about what you said and you know the whole Warner thing with Monday Night Raw that CM Punk could be a very focal point a big focal point and you know bringing uh raw to Warner Brothers Discovery and
Them landing on TNT and then you know I said the same thing I’m like well just not Warner and raw that CM punon could be facilitating there it could be you know his presence back on W wwtv bringing Mercedes back to the company and and her kind of having this this
This Eyes Wide Open type moment like well if he could go back there and he’s there of all people with this management man why can’t I go back there I I think I think I think that’s a big talking point that people really aren’t picking up on the first canvas that was painted
Was Cody rhs how was Cody going to be treated when he went back to WWE was he going to be a main event player was were they going to strip him of everything him and they didn’t they kept Cody the American Nightmare and for all you Vince
McMahon haters this was a Vince McMahon signing Vince flew to Cody’s house made sure that Cody understood that we’re buying the American Nightmare I don’t want you to change a thing they did have some um and that’s not Drew speculating Cody said that himself in the documentary okay good yeah um and
There was some back and forth the only thing that I believe that I was told that Vince wanted to change was his theme song and Cody said no way no they figured that one out uh because that was like the biggest thing I mean Cody said
That’s me if I don’t have if I don’t have the theme song you don’t have me um and here we are with Cody there was some uh some other things that have happened and transpired CM Punk comes back and he’s treated like royalty he’s treated
The way he wants to be treated he’s also very friendly backstage that’s the other canvas that was painted they brought back some of the gentlemen and uh ladies who were fired and they were treated pretty well once the Vince McMahon Old Guard left there’s a lot of things that
Are going to change in the landscape of professional wrestling you saw everybody jump over to aew who wasn’t a Vince McMahon prototypical professional wrestler now all those people who are going to aw are starting to backpedal back to WWE because they see that Bronson Reed DIY the Creed brothers were in a goddamn
Main event of Monday Night Raw are getting airtime they’re getting treated differently this is a new regime it’s also under Endeavor Vince isn’t in Creative there’s a lot of things that are going to change um for WWE and now WWE is the uh place to be just like aw
Was two three years ago last year even and things can change back and forth it there’s a lot of people who aren’t Triple H guys or girls MH so listen you know it’s uh it’s something that the the IWC and the wrestling fans on X they
Don’t really get you know the The Winds of Change I was very I was very poignant in in the Winds of Change when aw had their hottest streak and they were at the top of the wrestling world Punk Adam Cole Brian Danielson The Winds of Change were just blowing in their Direction now
The Winds of Change are blowing in the WWE Direction it’s not that aew is bad and we want aew to fail but right now clearly aew has cooled off the Continental classic has been [ __ ] phenomenal I don’t give a [ __ ] what anybody says I mean that has taken up a
Huge chunk of their television and it’s great television and the stories within there are only going to be kind of focused on even more so in the next couple weeks cuz we’re getting down to crunch time but like Drew said WWE around is the place to be and it’s hot
And Leadership is different Vince is not there that’s all you needed to do that one little thing Vince take him out put him over there not in Creative anymore and things were going to change we told you this and we prepped you on this we conditioned you on this for for years so
Now you’re surprised that we’re that we’re all on Triple H like this is what we needed this is what we wanted and now all not only the fans but but the pro wrestlers wanted this they wanted Paul in charge and now they got it and that’s
The place to be right now like Drew said Cody was the experiment Sasha’s possibly coming in Jade’s coming in Ricky Starks is going to be there we talked about mjf today he’s inevitably going to end up over there like it’s not it’s not a bad
Thing I don’t know how many times he has to tell you that no and it’s es and flows like any business any big business and aw has a lot of money they’re going to withstand a lot of these you know es and flows that happen to Trend in the
Negative Direction the television deal the media rights going to be big for them but WWE was not selling out you know buildings and everything else like that they are the hot item right now they’re doing very very well and it’s all about keeping that momentum and sustainability which aw had but had has
Lost it a little bit and it’s up to them Tony and everybody else to get back on track and I think they can it’s all a matter of producing captivating television and giving us good story lines we could sink our teeth into which I sit here and say at nauseum every week
But it is what it is the Continental classic has been a hit with me but could tell you that it’s a lot of thinking for a lot of fans no offense who do not like to think or cannot think so it’s a lot but it’s where I like it but again you
Know when you have meaningless matches why are people gonna watch you know that’s why I don’t think WWE has ever tried to do a G1 style of tournament because once you start to do that it’s like oh he’s out she’s out so why are you gonna watch this match it’s
Meaningless you know yeah g give Triple H some time to condition the audience on being a little bit more pro wrestling not not to say that they’re going to just escape the the sports entertainment aspect of it but I can absolutely see him do you know a G1 style tournament or
Bring back the King of the Ring and kind of up it from eight to maybe 16 King of the Ring isn’t this the King of the Ring is just but but King of the Ring is WWE’s version of like hey man we’re going to put on some pro wrestling
Matches and it’s going to mean something for a championship match at a later date you know what Tony could have done truthfully and and if he wants to steal this go for it same thing goes for Triple H if he happens to watch it I would do like a March Madness Tournament
Realistically like I would do it in one of your down periods um if you consider December and January one of your down periods whatever normally I think it’s nove you know September to November is a down period do a 32 men 32 woman tournament and winner gets a shot at the
World champion at the end of it all that’s what I would do I mean truthfully so kind of like the May young classic yeah exactly exactly like that like just just do a regular tournament when you’re at when you lose you’re out that’s it you know the number one seed takes on
The 16th seed the number one seed is probably going to be guys like you know a Sheamus or like a Randy Orton taking on a JD MCD you know that type of stuff well that’s why I appreciate Tony Khan so much because I know I I me personally
From the lifelong WWE Fan that I am I asked for them to do something like the Continental classic with the King of the Ring and Tony Khan in four years has given us probably the best United States tournament that we’ve seen in many many many years and that’s why I’m so proud
Of what he’s done there because I think it’s just something that should be a staple on yearly aew television I wish WWE would do something like that but like you said their fans don’t really understand that type of lingo it’s like oh my God so much so much pro wrestling
What do we do here could you imagine like which we saw we saw at the deadly game Survivor Series but but that was a one basically a one night tournament with qualifying Etc but could you imagine like let’s just say this started in September right and raw had five
Matches that were tournament-based to advance advancement based matches for the tour tournament and then it all C you know came together culminated at a pay-per-view whatever they want to call it and it’s the final eight you know or the final well if you had eight yeah that’s about as many matches you could
Probably want to produce on a pay-per-view format but I mean man or PR premium live event now man I’d buy into it it’d be cool as [ __ ] to watch that type of stuff we saw it with Survivor series The Deadly game the matches were fast on the pay-per-view they got to the
Main event it had but it was cool like you could do that in 2023 and it would work I would watch two a raw where the all the only thing that you know the matches were based off of was advancement in this tournament I think
It would be cool as [ __ ] NXT did a G1 like thing for the Heritage cup early yeah and they Al they did a breakout tournament too I believe but I mean this is a little I understand that NXT is doing some of the things but like I said
If you did two to three weeks of weekly episodic television where was just based on this tournament with some promos thrown in etc etc maybe a tag team title match whatever but I mean I I would watch it it would be I would be excited to watch watch week after week because
There’s Direction and then it culminates like I said at a premium live event or a pay-per-view I I actually would get behind it the King of the Ring has this they had it for a while you qualified and then you got into the tournament and
Then I think it was what the final six or four or eight were on the pay-per-view and it worked they had a world championship match at you know all that other stuff on the actual pay-per-view I dug it I just wish we’ go back to something like that yeah I I
Hope WWE eventually does something uh a little more little bit more substantial on their television I think it would absolutely work if Triple H is in charge uh but King of the Ring you know they they asked it last year he may actually bring it back this year so only time
We’ll tell there um I do want to go back to the contract talk we talked about Charlotte Drew uh Dominic and Rey Mysterio uh signed new long-term contracts with the WWE I read this and I kind of uh I rolled my eyes because this
Is not really a a big story it’s not not really shocking to me that Dominic Mysterio is staying with the WWE I mean again father and son in the same company Dominic is going to be a lifer in WWE he’s not going anywhere else and I’m not
Surprised by this at all good for him he’s had a breakout year judgment day has been [ __ ] killing it and again I’m not surprised to hear this at all I’m glad he’s making his money yeah the Dominic signing does not surprise me at all the ray doesn’t either once his son
Resigned I figured he was pretty close behind I will say that Ray was very interested in exploring his options a couple years ago before you know I think it was WrestleMania 38 uh um where Ry was you know I think finishing up and he was probably going to either retire or
Re or go look at what aw had to offer but this makes the most sense Ray will probably have one or two more years in ring and then I think he you know retires and becomes a performance center coach or really just helps mold Dominic truthfully yeah I could see him being an
Agent backstage being right there with Dominic molding his career yep something along those lines so again not really surprising and again Charlotte’s move is not surprising at all she was WWE was never in a thousand lifetimes letting that woman go anywhere else so listen we we could put this whole narrative to bed
Charlotte Becky Seth all staying in WWE mjf staying with aew will we see him in the WWE ring in three to five years possibly possibly we’ll get we’ll get there we got we got the the article here pulled up yeah yeah it’s just I mean it’s not it’s not worth talking about
Because realistically like I’m sure that Becky is going to field offers and so will Seth but realistically their home is WWE and that’s it remember when everybody thought Randy Orton was going to jump ship to aw yeah worked out well yeah man Lesnar and Tony con’s gonna hire me as his
Right-hand man to replace Brian Daniel there I give you a [ __ ] break right um I Lesnar was rumored to go there too and it’s like listen I know Brock would you know if you pay him Brock will show up but give me a break yeah um so that’s
The contract news there WWE also in the news about about uh extending the free agents offers in the new year and they’re going to try and lock everybody down Drew this was also a story as well they want to try and lock everybody down uh that has a free agent contract coming
Up in 2024 uh as we know Sheamus is a free agent I think he actually does leave WWE I I I think at his age and what WWE has failed to do for him over the last year or so I think Sheamus is going to try and find uh something else to do
McIntyre is a free agent like we talked about Becky she’s not going away the street profits I believe so WWE’s got some free agents coming up and the rumor is that that they’re trying to lock everybody down uh to avoid big-time free agency but you know this was going
Against the narrative that we kind of felt and heard in the community that TKO or Ari Emanuel and Endeavor not going to shall out money for free agents it seems to be working the other way around then WWE wants to lock everybody down and they’re not going to be following the
UFC model as far as pay structure for their talent well I don’t think that was ever going to be the situ situation there there’s two different things you know the UFC fighters are only as good as their next knockout right um you know with the exception of McGregor’s and all
These other people who are polarizing Superstars you know the WWE Talent is it’s so cross-promotional they could go so many different ways and wrestling’s fixed um you know you could take care of your body differently than an MMA fight uh you get knocked out or
You break an arm or a leg your MMA career could be you know over there’s only so many times you can go into a UFC octagon and get your ass kicked and people still want to see you so that pay structure is always going to be different just like the boxing structure
Is always different Mayweather you know when Tyson was in his at his Peak Etc these guys and girls over at WWE right now with Endeavor Endeavor is not the old guard um they’re not and and they’re going to offer up big money so that they can keep their big stars because they
See exactly what they bring to the table in terms of ratings It’s weekly it’s cheap relatively speaking to produce live television weekly for professional wrestling okay so Endeavor smart they’re going to keep these people this isn’t the Old Guard of Vince mcmah being like well if you don’t want what I have to
Give you then [ __ ] you go find somewhere else to work I don’t care because we’re the big dogs these these you know these people are now trying to keep their talent inhouse and away from competition yeah uh they want to keep everybody happy and like you said you know a UFC
Fighter and realistically a top name UFC fighter how many fights does he have in a calendar year three maybe four WWE 52 weeks of live television a year uh minus the holidays 50 51 maybe and then 300 days on the road so I mean you’re lucky
If mcregor fights twice yeah to me you should be paid uh according to the amount of work you’re putting in if you’re on the road 300 days a year you know I’m GNA want to be paid at the end of the day so it should be different
It’s a different line great that’s a great example I mean you could only promote a fight you you know you sign a contract to have the fight the fight’s promoted from a about 3 to four months out you have that fight it’s not like you’re appearing on UFC television
Weekly you’re not WWE is you know you’re It’s weekly episodic television so yeah they’re going to keep the guys and girls who drive ratings up weekly for them because um that directly affects their bottom line so in deor smart to just not even let them hit the free agent window
And go talk to other companies just sign them and if you got to add a couple zeros to it so be it yeah uh a couple other news and notes here um I know there was news on Liv Morgan it was a big enough story where uh I think we can
Talk about it I know I talked about it in an extra that I did on Saturday uh Liv Morgan was arrested earlier this week in Florida for marijuana possession she was arrested on charges of a synthetic uh synthetic uh uh can cannaboid or possession of marijuana possession of drug equipment JD does not
Smoke marijuana no I don’t I I I’m vly against it I’ll drink a nice uh a nice glass of whiskey but smoking no um released on $3,000 Bond fightful were told that there is absolutely no heat Drew on Liv Morgan following the arrest Liv has not been on TV they did not
Alter creative plans that they had for her and and she was honest about the situation she didn’t hide the situation there were no issues with her whatsoever said a WWE staff member to fightful select right now PW Ander is reporting that she’s very much in the mix for a
WrestleMania match and fightful along with PW Wier say that she is being ready and groomed for a high-profile program now I I don’t know what that entails I mean let let the rumor mill run wild I know a lot of people want Liv Morgan to
Win the Royal Rumble that is a that is a very big shet hold on SPL spliff Morgan who is not winning spliff Morgan wasli Morgan you again you could tell you have you don’t partake in the devil’s lettuce but spliff Morgan is not winning the Royal Rumble and there
Should never be any heat on live for smoking marijuana or eating Edibles or whatever she’s going to do it’s better than pain pills that were jammed down everyone’s throat years ago um listen I understand they they said there was possible intent to distribute which is ridiculous it was probably for personal
Consumption um and I don’t I don’t smoke weed either um but I’m also not um oblivious but I will say this I mean this is 20 23 like we should not be talking about people getting arrested for that while no no I mean I go to the
Gil I mean I take I take the L to the [ __ ] City bro and I and I get to 48 Street and Madison Avenue 6th Avenue D I I walk by three or four different [ __ ] Cannabis shops on the way to the goddamn gym it’s like it’s it’s it’s
Normalized and I know it’s Florida but the thing is this is this is what got me thinking it’s like all right well the the cop who pulled her over how to pull her over for a reason was she swerving was she swerving while she was driving was she listening to Trick’s theme song
I Don’t Know I know um but you know all joking aside I mean if you’re under the influence and behind the wheel and then you’re you’re kind of putting yourself in danger and possibly endangering other people I mean I mean it’s a bad look sure but I mean the only thing that
Marijuana has been uh known to do is is make you hungry and tired depending on what you’re smoking guess I guess there was a rumor that the vape pen that was also in the Jeep wasn’t hers WWE’s probably going to give her a slap on the wrist I don’t even know if they’re
Finding for their wellness policy anymore because you know back in the day they used to find $2,500 I believe it was for a a marijuana tax the guys called it in the back what whatever the case may be you know she’s not going to she’s not going to feel this at all and
She’ probably be making light of it and making jokes about it she was back on social media Friday promoting Smackdown I know social media was making a big deal about her mug shot we all know guys she’s a beautiful woman give me a break come on yeah and listen I’ve smoked
Marana before I mean I’m I you know when my kids want to have that conversation I’ll talk to them too um you know am I taking these 100 milligram Edibles no I have Life to Live tomorrow like we got to get up and go to work tomorrow who
Can take a 100 milligram you know like edible and just I mean you’re not functioning for like three days you’re just glued to your couch and like I don’t even think you can have a coherent conversation so like I don’t know like people listen I didn’t I didn’t know I
Didn’t know that was a thing in Florida I learned something new there I thought it was legalized down there just like it was in half the other [ __ ] states in the country and that’s the thing like I said let spliff Morgan be okay and spliff is short it’s like a short and
Blunt so that’s with and a blunt has marijuana in it kids stay away from drug you [ __ ] degenerate you again I I don’t partake in the devil’s lettuce uh regularly it’s just not my thing I learned early on that it’s just not what I what I enjoy I
Enjoy alcohol um but yeah so I mean but I’m not um in I’m not I’m not like an idiot I know what things are and I’ve tried it so yeah yes you’re not going to get behind the wheel under the influence of uh of drugs or alcohol I know dude I
Don’t even have a this is no lie you could ask anybody who’s ever gone out with me or anybody who lives within the vicinity of me I don’t have a drink and drive I don’t and people are call like come on give me a bread I’m like I don’t
Ask my buddies they’re always like Drew if Drew has one drink he doesn’t touch his keys and you have to drive him wherever he wants to go because he’s not driving so yeah responsible same uh a couple more WWE news and notes and then we’ll get to the big stuff man I know
You guys are waiting for the Doom and Gloom of aw talk uh WWE is developing a new show called WWE speed did you hear about this one five minute matches yeah speed’s bad stay away from that drug oh we’re not talking about drugs we’re talking about WWE show
Um yeah basically five five minute matches Drew uh apparently uh WWE speed has Graphics a countdown timer for each match and Cory graes and Kevin Patrick was uh they were filming commentary for it so it may actually end up on WWE social media channels yeah um I think this is a cool
Concept I think WWE this would work on a Saturday morning Saturday morning speed something like that um and it’s you know who wants realistically unless you’re telling a beautiful Story and there’s not many who do that anymore although Gunther and Miz was a beautiful story on Monday Night Raw and I thought those
Words would never come out of my mouth talking about Mike um but they they just did so um I think the fast-paced uh matches are great because we live in an instantaneous gratification society and it’s five minutes in and out bang bang wham bam thank you ma’am and let’s get the next
All put it on Instagram you guys got the [ __ ] attention span of a goldfish goodbye go watch your uh your ww I like that but um you know Bronson Reed was on this thing uh he defeated Nathan Frasier Axiom wrestled Cedric Alexander I said this when I talked about it a couple
Days ago I was on my show talking about it a I’m not going to watch it it’s not my cup of coffee B you know WWE they tend to throw people into the deep end of the pool sometimes Nathan Fraser is [ __ ] incredible so is axim so these
Are two names that I’m sure W W’s wanting to look at to potentially call up to the main roster I feel like those guys getting that type of match on that show five minutes just basically gets the crowd excited right before the main shows like a raw or Smackdown plus you
Get those guys in that situation how are they going to handle that situation because WWE television matches they don’t really go uh it’s a rarity that they go five minutes only but you get a lot of four or five minute sub matches on on Monday night and Friday night so
You know it’s going to be can these guys handle that type of thing when I know these guys are the workhorses of WWE how they going to handle that situation so it actually could work in their benefit well I think that’s a really good uh negative information you just put out there and
You’re 100% right the WWE is basically testing their talent to say hey you got five minutes let’s get a match in let’s finish it on time the timer’s up there because when you get to the main roster quote unquote or you have a match on Monday Night Raw and let’s just say
We’ve given you 12 but something ran long which happens a ton now you only have five can you get it done and you’ve already had the practice because you’ve been on WWE speed yeah yeah so the whole concept it could work in their benefit not my cup of coffee
But for you guys out there that like to digest WWE on social there you go you got a new show potentially coming and it it’s before Raw and SmackDown it’s not like they’re like hey come to speed we’re gonna you know sell a 14,000 seat building they’re not doing that it’s
Right before Raw SmackDown and um real quick I want to get this dig in for all you morons and I say this with with all with all the wording morons who think that WWE is failing at Madison Square Garden selling 14,000 tickets for a house show ghost St
Marbles on the freeway what did they do last year I don’t think they even came close to that did they like seven yeah seven to eight thousand the Cody rhods and CM Punk effect man holy [ __ ] like Punk is not a draw like the geeks on
Social media say give me a break 14,000 at the Garden for non what does the garden hold 17 with a well if you have a big stage like the end stage with you know you have a Monday Night Raw Friday Night Smackdown stage you probably get about you know 15 16 in
There with the floor maybe 17 with the smaller stage you could probably get about 18 1920 really depending I’ve been to MSG twice in my life one for a Rangers game What and then the other to see Dan Cook live I was at Dane I was at WrestleMania in that building Survivor
Series The Rumble plenty of raws plent of smackdowns one my I live in the city bro I take this [ __ ] for granted it’s like it’s there I’ll go if something’s cool happening but what’s the big you really should when when WWE ran well I should say ECW ran the
Hammerstein Ballroom for one nightstand that I went to both of them and I went to ECW live TV at the Hammer sign when punk debuted and I believe the main event was Big Show and Batista which is not ECW at all but it was still so cool
To be in that building the Hammerstein and when WWE ran the Manhattan Center for raw 20 I was there too I was in the front row now remember told me that was I pleased with the show no but it was still cool to be at the Manhattan Center
For Monday Night Raw like those are things you got to do as a wrestling again you only get to live one life make sure you’re living it so it’s fullest I’m not saying go buy a Ferrari and do you know 200 miles an hour because probably end up dead but you know live
Your life I’ve been to Hammerstein more than Madison Square Garden well you probably been to Hammerstein for uh Ring of Honor I’m guessing yeah ton of oh yeah me too but you got to you you should have seen ECW there and I don’t get me wrong I saw WWE CW but that first
One night stand was fantastic and the second one was unbelievable yeah the second one’s one of my favorite shows ever but uh but yeah um msj I don’t know why people are making fun of that like I mean man pick and shoes your battles geeks on social media I mean that what
Type of argument is that who gives a [ __ ] uh it’s you know what it is it’s really really dumb too because like I hate to use the comparison because one is you know a 50 plus year old company and one is five years old but I I mean
Aw’s not drawing 14,000 seats for their televised shows let alone their house shows which they’re not running so for the aw like flag bearers to be like oh look can’t even sell out the garden the garden’s only set up for 14,000 and they sold it out and they could add as many
As they want uh within you know a bunch of the standards so I mean 14,000 for a house show is nothing to scoff at no especially during the holidays come on no and listen 7 to 8,000 aw is probably going to get N9 to 10 at the Nassau col
Which we will be there at World’s End it’s nothing to scoff at either that’s a damn good house well I don’t know I don’t know why are people making such a big deal by ticket sales I mean aw just they’re on the verge of selling out Revolution two months before we even get
There three months seats 12,000 seats man crazy 12,000 seats uh there is a news piece here that WWE has a deal in place with the NHL to produce Legacy title belts Nick con’s presences ever growing in this company wrestle votes reported today that WWE and the NHL have
An agreement that would allow WWE to produce licensed NHL merchandise starting next year this deal could open the door for other leagues such as the NBA and the MLB bro they come out with an Atlanta Braves World title man I’m all over that oh they will so the report
Noted on the heels of a major success with the NFL in releasing commemerative championship titles of each team I’m told the WWE and the NHL have a deal in place for the same expect NHL championship titles to be available through Fanatics sometime in the New Year my trainer Dr Evil Genius I told
This news to him today he said they’re coming out with a Rangers title I’m like possibly yeah I I would uh I would Bank on it he’s like definite definite purchase right there so I mean listen man at the end of the day one of Vince McMahon’s greatest hires of all time is
Nick Khan clearly this is Nick Khan uh he’s [ __ ] just killing it man I yeah I mean did you see the WWE logo on the Big 12 championship game field I mean that’s nuts just to even think about so I mean to sit back and they’re going to Market
And brand everything I mean WWE smart you know anybody who wins the World Series or the Super Bowl they were send in titles through the NBA Finals now basically all they’re going to do is have the team create belts for him and when a team wins a championship I
Guarantee you you see it at the Victory Parade and celebration across Sports platforms everywhere the NHL’s now the MLB is next and the NBA will follow it’s crazy man we went from uh standrew WWE Big logo title with side plates of each championship team depending on what
League they were giv them out to and now we got [ __ ] full-blown Team Championships coming in it’s crazy I remember the I remember the first time I saw a WWE Championship at a like when when a team won a championship and it was Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay
Packers I believe it was Super Bowl 45 in Dallas and Rogers had that World Heavyweight Championship uh around his waist and I thought to myself wow that’s actually genius and after that it was Off to the Races every team got one yeah uh guys we’re g to get into the aw news
Now we got a lot of stuff to talk about we are nearing 2500 live tonight on a Tuesday thank you guys very much please if you’re in the chat hit that thumbs up I see 572 likes I’d love if we could get a nice round even number of a thousand
Super chats are open Drew and I will answer all of your questions comments and concerns at the end of the show so if you guys want to get them on in show your appreciation we will hang out at the end of the show so make sure you
Guys go and do that I know of the viewers right now who’s watching this Jordan Rivera good friend of uh mine’s brother Gil thanks for always watching always appreciate the love and support let’s start with Kenny Omega Man Kenny Omega news he posted a picture of himself from a hospital bed which is
Never a good sign of anything aw star Kenny Omega out of action indefinitely I didn’t know what was going on I texted uh Drew here or he texted me about it I’m like did you hear the Kenny news and then Drew texted me before actually I
Seen it on Twitter and and Drew told me it was D diverticulitis but KY Omega announced on X that he will be out of action and definitely Omega posted I can’t really sugarcoat this I’m out indefinitely I tried to keep pushing past the pain for as long as I could
Until it became too much luckily doctors caught me when they did I’ll be here so in the meantime please enjoy wrestling now Omega appeared on Dynamite this past Wednesday in what was a very bizarre segment he looked completely aloof and completely out of it I I don’t think a
Lot of people really gravitated towards that Chris Jericho Omega Big Bill and Ricky Starks promo segment on Dynamite to set up their match at Worlds in for the Tag Team titles now Omega is not wrestling and there is no tag team title match at Worlds in so we don’t know what
They’re going to be doing but Omega took a Hiatus from 2001 due to injuries and it was a hernia and knee surgery Drew uh Omega felt like it could have been a hernia surgery he didn’t really know how devastating this was and he didn’t really know it was diverticulitis but
Kenny Omega uh his illness was discussed by Tony Khan at the Ring of Honor pressor he says I know Kenny put out a statement of his own and I completely support it I spoke to him and of course we’re going to be very concerned and monitor this it’s hard to focus on pro
Wrestling when it’s somebody you care about and someone that is so responsible for all of this in so many ways I don’t know if we could have launched aew and this all been possible without Kenny Omega certainly he’s an influential uh individual on the launch of aw as
Anybody it’s one of the greatest wrestlers in the world an important figure in this promotion and in this business I think we’re all really concerned but thankfully he’s communicating and we’re hoping for the best and it’s taken a turn for the better thank God that is the case now I
Know a lot of people including me were like well why did he go out there if it was something as serious as dive verticulitis apparently Drew he didn’t even know what the [ __ ] was going on and he just wanted to push through it to give the fans and aew the segment that
They needed it’s [ __ ] crazy yeah Kenny’s a massive loss for aw you know we talk about different things you know Adam Cole mjf being hurt Kenny is so good uh Kenny is uh more than just a wrestler he’s very instrumental backstage and for me Kenny’s a major
Draw Kenny’s one of the reasons why I watch aw and this um diagnosis for him sucks I wish him nothing but the best and I hope he gets back better than ever but um your health is always most important so Kenny take care of yourself
And uh we’ll have we’ll have to wait and see what happens but yeah um not good news for aw in more ways than one no this is the same illness that almost deleted Brock Lesnar this is uh something that uh potentially or it did
End his UFC career um and I think he had yeah he came back stronger than ever looked better than ever uh he had a foot of his intestines didn’t he takeen out of him or something like that it was it [ __ ] crazy man you know one day away
You know Kenny Kenny could have been one day away from just completely being finished here it’s it’s so [ __ ] scary to even think about if your body’s telling you something and I usually go through the same thing like if I’m feeling something I just ignore it I’m
Like it’ll get better it’ll pass if your body’s telling you that something ain’t right and you’re feeling something go get checked out that’s I can tell you I you took the words right out of my mouth I was going to say um listen to your
Body nine times out of 10 your body is telling you exactly what you need to hear um listen to your gut too you want to know if somebody’s healthy I’m not talking about your gut with like your instincts and stuff like that that you should listen to but your gut you want
To know if somebody’s healthy look at their gut their gut is the key to your health yeah now we’re going to go on to the Tony KH comments on the Ring of Honor press conference I did not watch Ring of Honor I heard it was a very good pro
Wrestling heavy show before we get into this hold on I have a question for you yeah um so my buddies Brothers have a group chat and they were arguing and I wanted your opinion they were arguing about who would win between Kenny Omega and Seth Rollins had these two and I
Think it’s a good discussion discuss had these two ended up in the same company let’s just say Kenny ends up in WWE because we’re on Kenny Omega talk right now and Kenny and Seth had matches against each other who do you think would come out on top in a WWE ring I
Said it would go Seth Kenny Seth so you had three matches and they both get strong because I told them that and I don’t normally partake in these like fantasy booking questions but I was just like whatever professional wrestling is more than just wins and losses especially with WWE especially with aw
To but who do you think if Kenny went over to a or WWE and he locked up with Seth who would win well it’s funny because um you know you would think that Seth being a WWE guy they would give him two out of the three matches if
Theoretically they were going to go uh for a a triple three match set but who knows I mean Cody came in and he beat Seth what four times yeah so it’s like who who’s to say that they probably wouldn’t do that with County Omega I I don’t know just got to
Keep both strong is what I said yeah keep both strong strong um who do I think is a better pro wrestler if if I want to have a little asterik another question I think Kenny Omega is the better wrestler honestly set younger than Kenny but I would probably lean a
Little bit more towards Kenny too so there you go there you go Jordan your question was answered go ahead uh now we got Tony KH okay Tony KH had um he had a very good presser he he was calm he was collected he gave answers to questions
He didn’t really Dodge anything but I did not watch Ring of Honor if those are uh you know some wonders in the chat I did not watch Ring of Honor so I will not comment on the matches it was 5 hours I don’t really H there’s enough
Pro wrestling in my week where watching five hours of Ring of Honor is not something I want to do but if something is uh recommended to me I will go out and watch it but Tony conid dress through aew and he says aew is under constant attack by negative fans now there’s a
Lot of criticism from certain fans about aew I am no stranger to give giving anybody criticism WWE Vince Paul Bruce Tony Khan I mean Tony Khan sees my criticism I know for a fact he sees my criticism I’m in this threads I’m I’m [ __ ] commented on Twitter he knows I
He knows what I think so this past week There’s been more negativity due to the reported meeting between WWE Warner Brothers and aew right now where aw’s going to land where raw’s going to land because WWE met with Warner Brothers this week in New York City at their headquarters about raw’s media rights
Deal aw has their TV deal with Warner Brothers through the end of 2024 so let’s start with this Tony Khan did address Warner Brothers Discovery talking to WWE he says This Ring of Honor we haven’t had any recently as many but we’ve had some really good conversations about aew in recent days
I’ve had really good talks with Warner Brothers Discovery we’ve been with them for several years it’s a really exciting time for aew we were the number one show on cable on Wednesday what are considered both the key demographics on TV which is the 18 to 49 and the 25 to
54 so it was a great week for aw I think we’ve been putting out some of the best shows we’ve ever done right now we’re on this incredible run we’ve performed incredibly well for Warner Brothers Discovery and we’re very very very strong in our relationship I think with
The media rights and all things coming up everyone has to do their due diligence it’s just part of the TV business I think where we stand we stand in position for aw to have a huge growth in 2024 there’s a lot of really exciting things happening that I know Warner
Brothers is really excited about that we’ve talked about the advance for Allin just being a massive success as we’re approaching a $5 million gate for show that is 8 and half months away I’ll stop there now I know Tony Khan was shopping uh Ring of Honor Drew this we
Talked about this a couple weeks ago shopping ring ofon at to CW uh he turned that down he didn’t want to discuss that with CW he wanted basically to bundle Ring of Honor and aew with hopes of getting a streaming deal with Max we don’t know when or if that’s happening
With the Monday Night Raw talks but from my from my point of view it looks like Tony Khan wants to remain with Warner Brothers Discovery wants to remain in good graces with them but the way that I think man you know at the end of the day
Tony Khan seems like a [ __ ] genuine good-hearted human being but loyal y will only get you so far here and it’s about what Warner wants to do and where they see the most money and what they see you know as far as a return on their
Investment you know Tony Khan may be out in the dust here you know hanging on the loyalty card and Warner Brothers is like yeah we’re gonna move in a different direction nice guys finished last unfortunately and Tony is a very nice guy um I give tony a lot of credit Tony
Is doing what a lot of us can only dream of doing uh Tony has sunk a ton of his money into aew and is hoping to better the landscape of professional wrestling and he is whether you guys like him or not is really not his or my concern and
It shouldn’t be his or my concern we should just be thankful that there’s an alternative what I will say to your comments is and your stats that you threw out there is who gives a [ __ ] about your demo get your contract I know that’s part of it I know people be like
Well I get it but the demo like the 18 to 49 demo was realistically the only thing that aw was constantly beating WWE on so they touted it for a very long time which is smart by them it’s a Victory lap that they could take over
And over and over again what I will say to this is that it’s p a it’s done nobody gives a [ __ ] anymore so and Jericho is a genius for doing it but what I will say here is aew and Warner Brothers Discovery are going to have some sort of relationship going forward
To what extent I don’t know but I will tell you that I believe that a and Max will be the place where you get pay-per-views at a monthly subscription based price that’s where I think aw’s pay-per-views land because I believe that once the peacock deal is up Warner
Brothers Discovery is going to try and buy the WWE tape library and their ples which isn’t going to happen but I think they’ll talk to them about I think that goes to ESPN plus but I do believe that Warner Brothers discovering aw will have some sort of relationship in terms
Of media rights I just believe that it’ll be on the streaming side of things yeah um I don’t really know how to feel about this again this is not really my forte I’m more of a creative um you know pro wrestling discussions hit me with your questions you know the
The the the part that I’m thinking about here is if I’m Tony Khan and I told Drew this uh away from you know you know you guys live here I told him this in private and it’s not it’s not anything big I I told him bro what is with Tony
Khan’s like demeaner you couldn’t see him on the scrum the pre the the pre- Ring of Honor final battle scrum he had a conference call with the media before the show I I told J like why does he sound like you know he’s so defeated he
Sounded so defeat you know he sounded so defeated over the over the phone and I was listening to the conference I had to shut it off after 20 minutes I’m like what am I listening to here it’s like I can’t listen to him just sound so down
And I told Drew I’m like does does he kind of get a wind of something happening here and he’s just kind of you know he’s like me I wear my heart on my sleeve is Tony wearing his heart on his sleeve because he knows what’s coming in
The coming weeks is that something that uh you felt as well um so basically I’m of again um I’ve made a career out of reading people very well um in the business world and I could tell you Tony’s demeanor screams to me like he feels like second place and he feels as
If he’s not appreciated and he feels as if um somebody’s turning their back on them that’s and that’s what that’s why I believe that Warner Brothers Discovery in WWE have some sort of agreement in place that’s that’s that was my next thing it’s like I’m thinking about the
CW and Nick hman you know he he reported last week that there there’s a feeling of aw being in danger of losing their TV deal now I mentioned Nick cman and House of russing because Nick hman was the was the person that reported that CW uh made uh
I guess discussions happened Tony KH was talking to CW about bringing Ring of Honor to CW at what time slot what night of the week nobody knows but Tony did address that in the Ring of Honor media uh call and he kind of confirmed that information now I’m thinking if CW
Brought in NXT if they had Ring of Honor theoretically DW if they had Ring of Honor on their Network already and Tony Khan made a deal to bring Ring of Honor to CW and then they went out and got NXT and got in bed with WWE Tony Khan would
Be number two he would be the number two wrestling promo on on CW because NXT would take precedent over that now I don’t think NXT ends up on CW if Tony had pulled the trigger with Ring of Honor really correct yeah no okay I don’t I think I think CW wanted to get
Into the wrestling business and wanted to um get something that like I said is relatively cheap to produce uh for a year uh 52 weeks a year it’s always you know for the most part it’s live I mean you could tape wrestling obviously they
Do that with a lot of their shows but um no I don’t think I don’t think the WWE NXT ends up on CW if Tony had taken the Ring of Honor deal and I think again uh Tony played his hands one was CM Punk he thought I’m going to fire this guy he’ll
Never end up in WWE because I had to because I needed to show that I’m a leader and stuff like that whether or not that was a good decision I think he played his hand you know and now CM Punk’s in WWE I also think Tony trying
To keep aw and Ring of Honor as a package deal I think he he played that one wrong too um but you know we’ll have to wait and see again I I do believe that there is too much smoke to this wbd and WWE stuff and
I think you are seeing it with Tony Tony’s demeanor at on the media call was one of Sorrow yeah and then once you got to the post show scrum it was somebody who looked like they had a fire lit under them that they’re going to keep fighting they’re going to keep doing you
Need to listen to the words that the man spoke and his demeanor and his facial expressions and everything else like that he talked about Crockett and G and Ted Turner all people who tried to fight against WWE when realistically he has stated a million times that that aw
Andwe are not you know one’s a multi-billion dollar company who’s been around for for years and years and decades and then aw who’s a multi-billion dollar company who’s only been around for five years but now he’s talking about fighting them directly something doesn’t add up and what it is
Is that wbd and WWE are in bed in my opinion yeah and I I do feel that Tony knows that he’s not gonna he’s not going to tell you that he’s not going to tell the media that the med he can’t say anything um but at the end of the day it
Also got me thinking if WWE ends up on TNT or TBS and the rumor is I think Nick hman said that that aw would probably move to the Discovery Channel and we were we were talking last week and people were making fun aw’s going to end
Up on the Weather Channel or [ __ ] uh you know uh pop TV whatever the case may be but in all seriousness again you’re looking at Tony KRW being number two on a network or with a network like Warner where he gave so much and was so loyal
To them and now they’re kind of pushing him to the side and he’s going to be like the the redheaded stepchild here uh as far as the dealers consider that the ver does go over there now additionally on top of that we were discussing not
Even six months ago you know that aw was potentially looking at a major TV rights deal anywhere between 500 to 800,000 people were r 8800 million uh sorry and now with WWE potentially being in bed with Warner they’re not going to get anywhere close to that do they get any
Sort of bump in their TV ride I’m sure they get some sort of bump but is it going to be enough to where Tony KH can can really run the company the way he has been and I know he’s been solely against cutting people and cutting roster and letting people go could we
Potentially be looking at them getting a minor bump or not a bump at all maybe getting the same type of deal to move to Discovery and Tony Khan’s going to have to end at the end of the day making Cuts is he going to have to let people go no
I don’t think that’s where we’re headed I think that the CM Punk effect um play dividends massively for WWE in more ways than one which we’ve discussed and I think it really hurt aw and we’ve discussed that a ton too and now what I could see happening is Fox is obviously
Getting out of the quote unquote WWE business because literally has basically I mean if you look at the the the network right the the Genesis of the network it was to get the paper viws on there and then produce documentaries and series they’ve basically chopped everything up besides the ples they’ve
Kept them there in the tape library on peacock they’ve sold the documentaries to A&E they sold Raw SmackDown and NXT to three different networks they’re everywhere they’ve spread nope pun intended they’ve spread their seed almost everywhere that they possibly could and what has happened now to aw is
There a rock in a hard place could could Fox be a bidder for aw possibly do they put them on network television I don’t think so I think Fox could be getting so far out of wrestling that they go in a different direction and maybe they’re
The new home of the NBA and maybe that’s why Warner Brothers Discovery is making a play and a heavy one for WWE because they’re going to lose the NBA maybe I don’t know but what I can tell you is that uh aw is either going to have to
Take a deal that maybe they don’t want with Warner in their Onis Discovery maybe they can’t go there either because WWE has a contract Claus in their contract maybe they wave it I don’t know there’s a lot of things but no I don’t think aw is gonna end up on like
Destination America and they gotta cut cost and everything else I just don’t see that I don’t I is there is there a potential where Tony you know a lot of people are claiming that aw’s dead if they leave Warner and they don’t have any TV deal I mean with the numbers that
They’re generating the ratings that they have right now they’re probably number one on Warner in their time slot every [ __ ] week or close to it they got great demo numbers not as good as they were but they’re still you know where where advertisers want them to be you if
Tony leaves Warner Brothers I’m sure he’ll land on his feet somewhere I don’t know what type of money he’s going to be making but would Warner want both wrestling entities on their network is there a potential that Warner doesn’t get the NBA and they go all in on pro
Wrestling and additionally if Warner grabs ww and Tony doesn’t want anything with Warner is that going to affect their max deal and their streaming deal to get the library on Max or or can they be somewhere and still be on Max somewhere else be on Max I think that um
Aw and Max are gonna that’s going to be the home for aw streaming and the pay-per-views I think that’s where that’s headed um I know that they have had discussions uh about removing you know having fans pay the $49.99 you know every it seems like two months now so I
Think that they’re trying to keep the fans uh wallets and and uh purses in mind when they are making that decision so I think the 999 on Max whatever costs for Max um is going to be where aw’s pay-per-views land so with that relationship you know um because it’s
Not on network television I don’t think that would affect the WWE deal I again unless WWE decides to wave that Clause just so they can get on Turner on Warner media on TBS or TNT then yeah I could see a w on Discovery but I have a funny feeling um
Once Warner Brothers discovering WWE Raw Deal is made official which I believe I listen I’m gonna I’m gonna put my my name on it I’m Gonna Stand by it I think WWE Raw ends up on Warner Brothers Discovery I think once that happens I think Tony will probably take dynamite
And collision somewhere else yeah unless he really wants to stay with Warner and goes on Discovery I I think that’s the case too uh I believe you in that if I’m Tony I’m taking aw somewhere else and I’m going to go land uh on a different network because I would feel the same
Way he does they’re pushing him to the side for the bigger entity in WWE and he’s going to be second place he’s he’s going to be pushed to the side um tell Tony to call YouTube TV the NFL did I I don’t know H it’s what I don’t understand why people are
All like wrestling has to be on network television like I get it it’s what we’ve all been programmed to but realistically like streaming everyone’s cutting the cord and they’re all on streaming aw at times hear me out would be better served on a streaming platform or a network
That would allow them to kind of do some of the things that they can’t do on these networks I mean aw is more it’s ECW with better wrestlers and an extremely higher budget in my opinion so why not put them on a network or streaming Network why not I can see that
I mean they scaled out some of the language from the earlier years of aw clearly that was a Warner initiative you know that they’d be allowed to do that you know my other question to you was would Nick Khan and Triple H seek an exclusivity clause for Monday Night Raw
To be the only wrestling entity on Warner Brothers uh Discovery possibly and I want to say this possibly to your qu to your question yes there’s a knucklehead in the chat who said YouTube TV was a laughing F do you realize that YouTube TV I don’t get you started now
Cuz I know you mentioned this a couple weeks ago years ago I said that YouTube TV was going to buy a sports package whether it was the NBA the they went out and bought NFL Sunday Ticket YouTube TV how much Google oh billions billions so I mean like don’t sit here and laugh
About things you have no idea what you’re talking about truthfully you have no idea what you’re talking about because YouTube TV is the official partner of the NFL Sunday Ticket and that is worth billions it’s Google you Knuckleheads so I and to Nick Khan’s cont contct Clause it’s been a contract
In WWE’s media rights for decades so could it be sure but we also don’t know the financials that go into Warner and aw do they own a minority stake I believe that they do I mean Tony Khan has alluded to that I mean he he’s kind of put it out there
That he’s in complete control 100% he’s got 100% of the voting power and this and that he didn’t really deny it no he never answers it he just skates around it which is smart now you know one of the discussions in in the community is if aw getss booted off their own network
That they’re dead I know Drew and I talked about this last week and a couple weeks ago they’re not dead aw is not dying for the numbers that they pull in Tony KH will find them a nice suitable home if this is not going to work out
For them is it a big blow to pro wrestling in aw absolutely does it suck absolutely but the narrative in the community about people legitimately wanting aew to die now I don’t I I don’t give [ __ ] for any other reason but this reason and I don’t really see Triple H
Doing this cuz I said this myself Time and Time and Time Again Triple H he will put on the best product possible and he knows what the fans want more so than what Vince did Vince did what Vince wanted to do to a peace Vince Triple H
Is not going to do that but if aw is around they’ve made WWE better a aw’s actively made WWE better aw’s actively made WWE step step up and produce better television whether or not you want to agree with that I don’t give a [ __ ] that is 100% factual information if WWE was
Alone and aw didn’t exist you would not have the type of Television that you’re getting right now with the sense of focus storylines long-term booking and the type we’re seeing more pro wrestling on TV than we have when Vince was in charge aw has actively made WWE better I
Don’t know why people want that to go away and aw to be abolished and die and Tony K to go away forever do you want to go back to that I know I don’t no no I don’t want to no like I’ve said this a bunch of times on these shows I’m super
Grateful for aw um and I’m super grateful for Tony Khan trying to do something that nobody’s ever done before and he has really um carved out something that nobody’s really ever done before WCW with Hogan Hall and Nash maybe but realistically um that was a great time in professional wrestling too
Like 97 through you you know 0102 is great and I I’m I’m a fan of what’s happening I’m happy that there’s more wrestling entities out there more companies and I give tony KH and aw a lot of credit and I wish them the best and hopefully they continue to do the
Things that they’re doing because two billionaire wrestling companies um are better than one yes you can thank you can sit there and you can [ __ ] flame Tony KH all you want on social media and throw all the negativity and all the [ __ ] negative criticisms and hate
Adam all you want without Tony KH Punk is not back in wrestling without Tony Khan Punk is not back on WWE television without Tony Khan Cody’s not the way he is now and back on WW television you’re not looking at Jade Cargill in WWE well
Maybe maybe her but I mean still she got a platform she was seen on AW Television which made her a little bit more desirable to WWE and the same is going to go for Ricky Starks Wardlow mjf and all these other people that ww was going to go out there and pay big
Money for why are they paying big money for them because Tony Khan gave them the canvas to go out there and paint so stop the hate that’s all I have to say it’s not me Shilling Tony Khan that’s not me dick riding Tony Khan that is the fact
So stop with the [ __ ] [ __ ] we cannot allow aw or want aw to die no and again um it’s not going anywhere I mean I’ve said this numerous times on the show I I’ve said it on so many different other episodes too like aw is going
Nowhere um and I don’t want them to go anywhere and you know when punk signed with WWE the first episode we did here I thank Tony Khan for reigniting that passion uh for CM Punk Phil Brooks and again um aw is not dead and if WWE goes
To you know signs with Warner media they’re not dead yet either um it’s a big blow it does hurt aw’s you know television deals and bottom lines and stuff like that but competition is good for all so we’ll have to wait see where aw lands Tony KH did address the criticism there
Is two types of criticism constructive criticism and there’s absolute [ __ ] full-on hatred which I’m sure you guys know the creators and the podcasters in the community that do nothing but [ __ ] hate and generate views and clicks off the hate for aw because there is Believe It or Not A audience for that
Tony Khan said this to be aw is to be under attack constant attack you do a great show and the next day somebody’s saying something negative you do five great shows in a row somebody says something negative you break the ticket record for the most tickets ever sold
For a wrestling wrestling show in the history of the world he said and somebody has something bad to say about it at this point I don’t worry about it we just need to go out and do great shows week after week like we did and we
Were number one on cable this week and on Wednesday he loves being number one on cable whatever we beat every single show on TV on Wednesday out of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of shows across hundreds of Networks and if we continue doing it everybody here is
Going to be in a good position you can have a great day in the business do do the number one show and people try to tell you that you didn’t do something great or you can break the world record for most tickets ever sold to any wrestling show ever and have this
Massive huge success on pay-per-view and just hit a home run the wrestling’s great and everything’s great and people still try to tell you that there’s a problem with it or some something detrimental I have news for you when people drop counts of the show when people posted the numbers of people that
Go through the turn Styles I’ve never heard of somebody posting a Turn Style count which is like there’s so many ways to get into a show and there’s so many people I talked to that bought tickets that did not have to go through the turn Styles but take the but take that aside
For a second the Turn Style count that is so normal for North American Pro Sports even it was even if it was 73 out of 81 that would be over the average of a show rate for North American Pro Sports so if you take the average like
The big four pro sports game in America versus the tickets purchased and then people who actually go through the gate if people talk like that you know people think that was abnormal to be aw no matter how good you do there will be people coming for you gunning for you
Because that’s what this is there’s a reason that every single person who stepped into my position until now has gone out of business I’m the only one left everyone who stepped up put millions of dollars into this and done it week in after week after week after
Week There’s No offseason you do a 52 weeks a year it’s a fight and that’s a credit to the fans I know what it is to be a wrestling fan 52 weeks a year it’s hard but it’s also the most rewarding thing that’s why you can’t get away from
It for too long that’s why we always come back to it we’re addicted and that’s worth fighting for now I said this on on social media Drew there is constructive criticism which you and I point blank give every week me and Jesse give every week that type of criticism I
Hope that Tony Khan understand understands that type of criticism from the criticism that is hateful and and wants him to die and all these nasty things and aw to die I hope he genuinely understands there’s a sheer difference between that now the people that he’s mentioning I know for a fact he’s
Mentioning cornette and Disco Inferno and Conan and all these other guys who who just clickbait and [ __ ] do what they do to hate aw for whatever reason does at the end of the day does does he truly get that fans care and want to see a better product or is he lumping
Everything into the same bubble here no I mean I think he definitely gets and understands that he being Tony Khan I think the biggest thing here is that again when I’m watching this and I’m dissecting it and trying to read the human being behind the camera and his
Mannerisms and everything else like that and his tone and what he’s saying it sounds to me like Tony is he again knows that he is um second place right now and he almost seems like he’s defeated he sounds like he’s going to fight the fight whether Warner Discovery decides
To renew him or not if they go with the the new you know flavor of the month or flavor of the year which would be WWE um you know he’ll still continue to push out aw and wherever they land they land it just seems to me like Tony
Is um I don’t want to use the word backpedaling but I mean he went very hard after WWE mentioned them a lot on television now he’s kind of backed off on that stance and it seems as if Tony kind of sounds like somebody who understands that he’s probably not going
To be renewed yeah no I I I totally I totally feel that same way um you know he’s not innocent in the attacks either you know he he’s had his roster go out there and say things and we laugh and we [ __ ] Mark out on it on social media
You know I I remember with with title Tuesday and NXT did that [ __ ] NXT Mania show on Tuesday night where they were going head-to-head I mean he went on social media on three separate occasions and he called Shawn Michaels in Triple H a bald [ __ ] he he mentioned something about John Cena and
The Undertaker uh you know the first time in their illustrious Hol of Fame careers where they drew less than a million viewers in their career it’s like you know you’re opening yourself up for attacks like that because of [ __ ] that you said on social media only if he
Stepped away from social media and didn’t post [ __ ] like that he probably wouldn’t be attacked and he would feel a lot better about what he does but and you can’t play that card cause of that though right but you can’t play that card to JD if I came out here and mfed
Everybody and then people mfed me back I mean how much of a a [ __ ] do I look like if I’m like you know I’m I’m under and I’m not calling Tony a [ __ ] but what I’m saying is that like when you come out here and you ask for the heat
Then you better be able to take it and I ask for the heat on here and if you people want to give it back then so be it I will volley with you until one of us Burns I I know where he is on that
Because I give the heat all all the time and sometime sometimes the heat is a little bit too much for me but I don’t mind giving some heat back but I totally get where he’s coming from it’s tough to not engage on that in social media I get
It but what I’m saying is that like I think if Tony took more if Tony cared more about his weekly episodic television making sense and having you know dynamic and profound storylines instead of meltzer’s ratings and being the booker of the year I think aw would be hotter than ever right now
But I just again um watching that press conference was very telling to me it seems like Tony and I give him a lot of respect he gets a lot of [ __ ] and I and I and I feel for the guy I do but I think Tony needs to worry
Less about what every Tom Dick and Harry on the internet has to say and and put up the best television product he can I I agree listen you know Tony KH I don’t know if Tony’s listening or if he’s gonna catch wi to this or someone uh in
His circle is listening to this I I say this from the bottom of my soul fans like us don’t give a [ __ ] about demos we don’t give a [ __ ] about ratings we don’t give a [ __ ] about attendance numbers so Tony for Tony to throw those numbers out
At us at a scrum and really kind of lay his argument at the feet of those numbers you you can’t do that you you can’t get away from all the criticisms by putting on great pro wrestling matches every week if the matches don’t Drew I think Drew said it in the show if
The matches don’t make [ __ ] sense I don’t care to watch you can’t hide behind a [ __ ] tournament after the tournament where we going after mjf and the devil reveal where are we going you don’t have any trust in the audience for long-term booking after everything that we’re seeing right now play out on
Television you need two things in general Tony is never going to swallow his pride and never going to take a step away from the [ __ ] share what Tony needs to do is hire a writing team and get the [ __ ] episodic television show back to creating episodic television
Week to week to week where it makes sense and additionally he needs to split the rosters we need a roster for Dynamite and we need a roster for Collision it worked in the tournament it worked when punk was there and collision was separate from Dynamite I don’t know
Why we don’t do that because I don’t know what is what anymore and I’m tired of making this argument a riding team and splitting The rosters I swear on my grandfather’s grave would go so far in making this company better and he doesn’t he doesn’t listen to any of
These criticism he just let me throw out a great match let me throw out vikingo out there against command nobody gives a [ __ ] nobody gives a [ __ ] bro honestly right and that’s the biggest problem is okay I think I put it out on social media uh during Dynamite I said that was
A a good match but why is it happening why did Samoa Joe and Roderick strong have a match I could tell you no [ __ ] nobody can no Adam paage and uh Rod strong right oh sorry no Adam yeah yeah right why did those two have a match
Like what what is the point where is this going Adam page you know they’ve said not the devil this this and that so I mean where but okay what does this have to do with the storyline I mean I don’t I again you know I hope Tony has a
Plan um but the Hot Shot booking and then let’s just put this guy against that guy it I have nothing to tune in for the big you you mentioned this already yeah I want you know what and and it was going to be part of the end
For me when I asked you this but I’m more excited for Copeland and and Christian and mjf’s reveal hopefully who the devil is at World’s End I wish Copeland and Christian were either a cage or a ladder match but I’ll take a odq but you know that’s that’s it for me
With aw what else is there what else is there nothing I mean Continental classic yeah okay I don’t want to I don’t want to sit here and make it a WWE versus aew thing but you know we’re not going into the end of the year with WWE thinking
All right well after this after the New Year where are we going we we have talked about this specifically for weeks on where they are going and we’ve mapped out story lines potentially until after SummerSlam on just last week’s show I can’t even tell you what aew would do going into [ __ ]
Revolution like I can’t tell you I I don’t know it wasn’t like that before and I am said that it’s like that now they they moved away from one of their biggest one of the reasons why they were an alternative and I I don’t you know
Tony can sit there and his team could sit there and say well if someone is saying that we’re not an alternative they don’t really know what the [ __ ] they’re talking about you’re not an alternative anymore because what you were doing against Vince was the alternative what you’re doing against
Triple H right now how are you standing out from what Triple H is doing because what he’s doing is better than what you’re doing right now and that’s just the cold heart facts that’s not me Shilling Paul over Tony that’s not me you know leaving Tony for Triple H no
It’s just the way it is they’re hot you’re not it can’t be any more clearer yeah I I think a lot of people um forget that like wrestling isn’t just the the best wrestler in the world going against another best wrestler yeah I just that’s great there believe me there is an
Audience for that I’m not that AI I’m 50% want toy great wrestling and I want 50% to be a [ __ ] story why are these guys wrestling yeah I mean I can watch any wrestling match that people are like you know the two best wrestlers in the world but
Give me a story that I could stick my teeth into give me some background some drama some what that’s what it’s all about I mean otherwise what the hell is the point you know what the hell is the point this is not hate this is constructive criticism I know someone in
The chat mentioned JD he’s talking about the discos and the cornetes I know he’s talking about those people I don’t know why he listens to those people they’re not for him [ __ ] those people you know what what value do they bring but to their own audience we drew me Jesse and
Everybody else that loves this [ __ ] [ __ ] called aew We are giving criticism because we want to see a better product we’re not hating on them for the sake of hey man I need views today you know what the thing is though like it’s everybody too they see you know out of let’s just
Let’s just say out of a 100 comments 99% of them or 99 of them are all positive the only thing that person fixates on is that one negative comment which I I’ll never understand 999 people lined up and said your [ __ ] was great one person said you’re a [ __ ] loser
And it’s like man I guess I’m a loser like that’s the only one you fixate on that’s the only one you focus on for what I do it if I I know I know and for me it’s like I see these Knuckleheads um on you know X they tweet me and I I’m
Just like whatever you know because I retweet the ones that or repost the ones that are like thanks for your show I appreciate you taking time out of your Tuesdays you and JD do do a great job like that’s what it’s about you don’t like it change the Damn Channel you
Don’t like a don’t watch it a lot of these guys are making a living off of [ __ ] on aw but without aw what are you [ __ ] on shut up shut up stop blasting a guy for spending all of his money whether it’s in it’s his inheritance or not who cares it’s his
Money and if he’s blown it all to try and be competition or if he’s blowing it all to try and give you an alternative be grateful you don’t like it whatever go watch something else I make dinner my kid doesn’t eat it guess what he gets nothing because he’s not eating what we
Cooked you don’t like what aw’s cooking go watch something else but to sit here and [ __ ] on it without some sort of like direction or telling them what they should fix or kind constructive criticism is pointless and I’ll never do that I want stories from aw they have
Some of the best wrestlers in the world give me story lines and give me direction and I’m good but don’t just sit here and [ __ ] on it for [ __ ] on it you don’t like like dinner go eat something else yeah I I I hope that he truly understands the criticism of the
The good-hearted people that love and support what he’s doing and I hope at the end of the day he takes that criticism and works to be a better you know Booker creatively and to run a better show that that’s all I could ask for don’t listen
To the [ __ ] that we all know is legit hate for the sake of hating for whatever agenda they have those people aren’t for you and I know that he’s talking about those people but I mean it was just fixating on on people who he’s fixating on people who who charge people
X amount of dollars to meet them or sign an 8 by10 or make an appearance when Tony is taking all of his money that he was supposed to inherit or maybe money that he has had saved and throwing it at a wrestling company because it’s his passion it’s something that he he loves
And you [ __ ] on it like he’s giving and the people that are [ __ ] on it all they would ever do is take they’re they’re not the same people sorry moving on from Tony now we get into the mjf stuff that’s leaked today via Sports Illustrated there was a story that was
Released via Sports Illustrated today and mjf was asked about his contract status as previously reported several ww sources believe that mjf had quietly resigned with aw with one higher up noting that there have been zero talks between mjf and WWE well today on Sports illustrat podcast media podcast mjf was
Asked about his contract status and he says this and I quote I never lied January 1 2024 when stuff like that gets leaked out it makes me laugh because I remember something got leaked about Cody rhods having secretly resigned and then he showed up in WWE somebody got leaked
About CM Punk and Tony Khan I think fans leaked things that they want to be true I love aew I want to stay in aew which is a key point in this quote after this pay-per-view World’s End it’s time to assess the the situation from a professional setting when he was asked
Whether he put pen to paper yet mjf said not yet I’ll stop there because he did mention something about CM Punk and him going back to WWE as well man mjf is a consument professional Drew um he he’s still playing up this uh I’m a free
Agent deal and um you know I I don’t want to sit here and put words in the man’s mouth because I’m not about that but I I just from a fans point of view I don’t really see Tony KH giving him the year that Tony Khan has given mjf only
To let him walk on January 1st I mean that would be [ __ ] stupid I think mjf did quietly resign with the company but he’s not clearly going to tell you that he resigned because he wants to play up whatever they’re telling on TV well mjf has a big match at the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum on December 30th which would quote unquote be the last match of this current contract right and whether he wins or loses it seems like they’re going to head in two different directions one would be the whole CM Punk blow you a kiss take your chance
Championship and go away for a little bit the other one would be that he gets the absolute [ __ ] kicked out of him and he contemplates his future with a because the devil reveal will be whom could it be Tony could it be his best friend both of these situations lend
Themselves to something where mjf is going to take time away from wrestling to heal an injury which is clear as day now they can’t avoid it so mjf has an injury and probably one that needs surgery if not maybe some time off I don’t know but regardless you’re going
To see mjf step aside from wrestling for a little bit who knows how long after World’s End uh maybe the you know maybe the dynamite after that or whatever a couple you know days after January 1 and they go from there but realistically what mjf is doing is reigniting the
Storyline because I think mjf is getting off of AW Television for a little bit and it’s smart but he’s signed yeah and a side note on that uh and I know Drew mentioned it a little earlier in the show Kenny Omega mjf and Adam Cole whether he’s the devil or not he’s still
Injured uh those three men off of TV is [ __ ] unbelievable blow to aw which you know I’m trying to look at it as as a positive you know it’s going to open up a whole array of doors for people to step up and create new main event guys
Because those three are just you can’t replace those three everybody else coming up up from the bottom you know it’s it’s your time to take the [ __ ] spot now who is it going to be that’s that’s exciting no and you got to remember here too like what is mjf
Supposed to do you know like there’s no after the World’s End if the devil is revealed and he either retains or loses they need another storyline to go with it and it’s the downfall of mjf so he’s GNA contemplate resigning with aw that’s what it is or he’s going unless he’s the
Devil that could be too but I mean I think we’re we’re past that so we’ll have to wait and see there was an internal reaction to mjf in WWE as an exclusive from Nick hman and House of wrestling House of wrestling contacted several people at WWE for their reaction
After this Sports Illustrated media podcast one higher up Source said simply and I quote it’s storyline so they are still even after the interview today still chiming in that it’s all storyline so you know I I think I I think where Drew is going with this and I think a
Lot of people feel this way uh it is all storyline for sure and uh uh I would rather mjf be off TV like you said and get healed up and do what he’s got to do and then come back stronger than ever um okay uh we are uh going to keep
The show rolling mjf did talk about CM Punk and his departure from aew and him returning to WWE he says this and I quote I’ll just say it’s the greatest Feud of the modern era me versus CM Punk and that happened on aew television when asked if he was said that things didn’t
Work out between Punk and aew he said no I was happy for him because listen if he’s happy then I’m happy I think he’s a hell of a talent at the end of the day it’s a business and for some reason with wrestling it’s looked at differently
Than any other sport I see guys get traded to different teams all the time that’s just life so he did what he felt was best for him and the company did what was uh the best for the company or felt what was best for the company so I
Just hope that he’s happy and I wish him the best of luck says mjf in regards to to CM Punk and and he’s not wrong CM Punk Drew will be back by the way guys everybody wondering where Drew went Drew will be back he had a situation to take
Oh there he is never mind I’m here I’m here okay um sorry my phone rang nine times and it was from home so just got to make sure everything’s okay no problem I was talking about CM Punk and mjf talking about CM Punk saying that
He’s happy that he went to WWE at the end of the day it’s business he did chime in and say that uh he had the greatest feud in aew history with CM Punk which I I don’t really uh I don’t really deny there I thought it was tremendous television tremendous piece
Of business there he wishes Punk the best he feels like Punk did what was best for him WWE did what was best for the company and he just came up very professional and you know what I I honestly think uh drew the way mjf is talking here and we’ll get to what Cody
Said about mjf as well and the talk of mjf ending up in WWE eventually I I think a I think mjf knows at the end of the day when he’s done with aew and there will be a point where he’s done with aew there will be nothing left for
Him to do that he’s going to go to WWE and a WrestleMania match with CM Punk is going to be waiting for him there and a match at WrestleMania will be with Cody rhods waiting for him with open arms like he’s he’s basically setting himself
Up to say you know what I’m GNA say the most [ __ ] professional thing possible and he may feel that way I I truly believe he does but he knows that he’s going to have to cross pass with these people at some point point in the next
Five years well I I think mjf would be an idiot just like myself or you would be an idiot to like come out here and blast other um potential you know work Partners um and I think that’s exactly what he’s doing here he being mjf mjf knows if he’s smart he signs a
Three-year deal with aew probably no more than that he’ll be 30 at that point of his contract expiration date um and then maybe he entertains a WWE offer um and he you’re right I mean he’s not he’s not going anywhere and uh mjf will end up in a WWE ring
Eventually just a matter of of when yeah and Cody rhods said the same thing he was actually on the Michael K show on uh yes Network rhs emphatically shared his belief that mjf will jump ship from W from aw to WWE in the future though he
Isn’t sure when Cody did say that mjf’s been building muscle as of late which he believes could be a sign that mjf who’s 27 years old is Future proofing his physique for a moov to WWE where he’d face off against bigger guys like Drew McIntyre and potentially Brock Lesnar
Cody says this I think one day you will see mjf in WWE for those who don’t know mjf was one of my recruits and probably one that I’m most excited about because his potential his personality his overall professionalism is beaming but one thing I’m proud of him for doing is
If you notice he’s put a lot of muscle on and he’s put it on safely over the last year and a half when he does make that jump and I don’t know when that is if he makes that jump if he comes to WWE you have to stand across guys like Drew
McIntyre you have to stand across from guys like Omas or Brock Lesnar again I’m not shaming anyone who’s not hitting the gym but it’s part of what we do you got to be able to swing the bat with the big boys and watching him grow physically it
Seems like maybe he knows where his future lies but really your guess is as good as mine and he went on to say that they remain friends and mjf mentioned that he still talks to Cody regularly as well like you said Drew inevitably he will end up over there uh 27 years old
He’s right now you mentioned a prime age of 30 I think he ends up over there at that time and you know I said this on social media today right now and you mentioned this you know in regards to Jay White and will Osprey uh joining uh
A before going to WWE they’re going to build their resume here and mjf is going to continue to build his stock and raise his Equity over here and then when he goes to WWE at 30 years old he’s going to command more money he’s going to be
Worth more money he’s going to he’s going to be a bigger star than he is now and he’s walking into a WWE there at 30 years old where we may see an even lesser Roman Reigns we may see you know CM Punk who at that point will be 48 49
Years old maybe take a lesser role you will see some of the younger names take the ball and run with them as WWE will be building towards their future and mjf walking in into a WWE at 30 years old may have a bigger spot a ready spot
Already waiting for him whereas now he goes over there he may feel like just another guy yeah and I think that’s the biggest thing is like you know Jay White which we talked about um he would be lost in the shuffle with WWE right now but in three years from now four years
From now who knows and the same thing goes for mjf do I think mjf is lost in the shuffle if you were if you signed with WWE on January 1 no he be in the Royal Rumble and get a great reaction and then have a a good Feud with
Whomever that may be but is he in a main event program like he is in aw right now no and his stock will continue to R the more Main Events he has an A and the more television time he has an a the biggest commodity in professional wrestling is television time and minutes
And aw and mjf are both maximizing their minutes with each other that’s where Max should stay for for now um and in three years like you said Punk might be on his way out Roman might be completely done um you know a lot maybe they’re all on part-time schedules Lesnar’s probably
Done um Seth Rollins might be on a part-time schedule mjf can come in and really be what Seth Rollins is for Monday Night Raw now in three years yeah um so that was uh I mean not new information in regards to mjf on Sports Illustrated obviously he’s uh talking up
The storyline big free agency coming up supposedly uh bidding war 2024 it’s still a thing and I’m pretty sure that it’s all going to lead to a major storyline and one of aw’s biggest story lines in 2024 with mjf um I got one news here one piece of news on the devil and
Then uh we can talk about whatever Drew’s got on his end maybe we’ll talk some gother Miz I know a lot of people loved what they did last night on Monday Night Raw uh just a small note from fightful here backstage news on if Jack Perry is actually involved in the devil
Storyline uh right now speculation is that uh especially after Wednesday night where um Mr Paige Adam Pig got slammed on real glass that Jack Perry’s name continued to come up as a potential under the mask for the devil how however a new report from fightful has shot down
This rumor fightful reports that shortly after the segment aired with Paige and the devil getting out of the car and Paige being slammed on the glass and aw higher up got into contact with them to share their belief that Jack Perry is not involved in the aew devil Angle now
He could be involved and they just don’t want to say clearly or he’s not involved at all they went on to explain that while Perry suspension is now over and has been for quite some time he has not been back at the promotions events additionally there Source noted that
Adam hangman paage will be off aw programming briefly to sell the effects of the attack on Dynamite I mean I’ve said this a million times if Jack Perry was the devil that’s like a fart in church I it’s not no like no offense to Jack but no like that
Would not work there’s only a couple people that this whole devil thing works with and Jack Perry is not one of them um and I mean good on fightful for for getting that information but no Jack Perry is the devil with would suck you know I also like people it seems like
Some insiders know who the devil is if that’s the case if somebody actually told one of the Insiders who the devil is why did that get out there like that I don’t know what I Tony if if if somebody knows who the devil is besides Tony and and that that other person and
Maybe mjf what are we doing you’re yeah you’re really opening yourself up to a lot of like I don’t know I just I nobody should know who the devil is besides the devil and Tony that’s it no I absolutely agree I don’t know what’s going on back there
But [ __ ] like that should be kept in a [ __ ] Vault honestly that’s all I got on my end man what do you got over there any news that uh we did not touch upon here uh well I wanted to touch on um the whole Adam Copeland Christian Cage we’re
Getting a no disqualification match it seems at the Nassau Coliseum for the TNT Championship do you think this is the last time these two lock up um you know in the next couple months is this going to be it are we going to get a Trilogy
Um I don’t know for sure but I will say this I think we get a new champion on uh the pay-per-view I think I think Adam cin wins the TNT title I would agree with you there I would totally agree with you um and then
The other thing I had was uh I just wanted your opinion on where we stand here with wbd and WWE but we’ve already answered that so um we super I’m I’m with you uh I feel like uh raw will end up on TNT TVs for sure I know a lot of
People want their opinion on Miz and gther and some of the things that happened on Smackdown let’s let’s touch upon these before we get to the Super Chat um Miz Gunther I said this on my Monday Night Raw review last night uh two things that I took away from that
Match one uh I think you and I talked about this as far as testing Gunther putting him in a in a feud with the Miz like why does Gunther need to be tested well you know Miz is kind of like the quote unquote gatekeeper of WWE if you
Can pass you know a promo match with with the Miz or get in the ring and handle yourself with the Miz then you’re good to go they did it with LA Knight now they’re doing it with gother a lot of people were like well why does
Gunther need a test against The Miz well gother is not really a big promo guy and I thought he handled himself very well with the Miz a couple weeks ago which led to this Feud happening through Survivor series and now on to Monday Night Raw so with that said I feel like
With what they did last night not only did it help Gunther in that aspect but I think just as much as Miz helped gother Drew I think gother helped The Miz because people are talking about this being the Miz’s best match of his career and I think this really open I I think
This really opened up the Miz to kind of be looked at upon you know by wrestling fans as not just another jobber or or someone that is just you know a garbage wrestler he’s a cosplay pro wrestler all these things that that are negatively said about Mike mananan you know he can
[ __ ] go when he wants to go he could work and he [ __ ] worked his ass off last night I think the Miss shut up a lot of people uh I think that was like Miz’s reinvention and like his his reignition and his um like rebirth in WWE because realistically like obviously
Vince mcmah and Co liked the Miz a lot liked Mike um I really wasn’t getting the same vibe from the Triple H crew if you want to call it that and when this match started I thought to myself n Gunther’s just here to beat the [ __ ] out
Of him and they’re just you know they’re gonna squash him and then Mike fired up and had a lot of offense they told a great story and this was Mike U The Miz Mizan and his best match with Gunther it’s his best match of his career bar nun I mean
I’d really have to go do a deep dive to argue this but I think the Miz had the best match of his career against gther gther is an unbelievable Talent who is uh fastly ascending and um I’m here for it the thing that I’m more concerned about right now is how
Less they’re doing with LA Knight after his meteoric rise like there is nothing with LA Knight now yeah we’ll get to to him in a second cuz I have a note on him uh as far as gther I know a lot of people in the IWC especially on X were
Talking about oh well I think Jay Uso needs to be the one to take down gother and win the IC title I don’t know where people are getting this from but Jay Uso is not the one to beat Gunther because he’s on a collision course with Jimmy at
WrestleMania it’s the reason why they separated them and the reason why they broke up the tag team so I don’t know where this is coming from and if you watch Raw they are already planting seeds for priest and Balor with Jamie Nic in balor’s corner yeah at WrestleMania
That’s happening too I mean priest comes up with the idea or uh seconds the idea of losers out of Judgment Day and Ria was like priest and he was like it’s actually a good idea and Finn was like yeah I like it too like you’re starting
To see a little bit Dom’s the only one who’s really got JD’s back you know Finn does and doesn’t but he’s kind of playing at Koy because he can’t play too close to JD because then it’s obvious you you know and it they’re they’re planting those seeds yeah I said Arch
Truth may be the one to kind of uh splits or cause tension in the Judgment Day I think our tru’s going to be responsible for turning Damen PR baby Daman PRI baby face I don’t know how you feel about that well I mean possibly and
Don’t forget that day one uh raw has a world title match and priest they’ve been very very lowkey about pring his money in the bank contract I mean this is now when things start to this is exactly what they do to Future Rumble winners too they’re kind of pushed down
The card not really doing much they’re not they’re a focal point but they’re not the focal point and Damen priest’s Money in the Bank briefcase has not been the focal point for the last couple months so watch out for one1 and then watch out for maybe the Royal Rumble or
Something where we see that attempted cash in yeah and finally AJ Styles he returned on Friday Night Smackdown a lot of people were talking about did he turn heel he attacked La Knight but he didn’t attack Randy Orton and I said on my Friday SmackDown post show I didn’t
Really see it as a heel turn but WWE I mean I don’t know what they were thinking because AJ attacked the biggest baby face possibly in the entire company in La night and the fans are going to think of well AJ is a heel now cuz he
Attacked La Knight what was the reason for why they did what they did I know smackdown’s taped this coming Friday and we’re getting a triple threat match with these three guys involved to see who wrestles Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble I did not look at the spoilers
But I would say and we’ve kind of been hinting at it I would go with AJ at the Royal Rumble and AJ’s only back because maybe he feels LA and I kind of took that spot away from him because he wanted Roman before La Knight wanted
Roman and La Knight team with John Cena when it was supposed to be AJ Styles so he’s got a reason to be angry but I don’t really think it was a full-blown heel turn maybe a tweener I think where where did this this triple threat match is that that’s real that’s that’s book
For Friday yeah is it really that’s a big time main event for Smackdown yeah Randy la night and AJ Styles for for the right to wrestle Roman Reigns really and that match happened this past Friday yes huh okay I I didn’t know that yeah it’s a tape show and
Uh I’m sure somebody gon spoil it I I don’t I don’t think that happened I don’t I don’t think that happens or may maybe maybe it didn’t happen on Friday but they set it up Friday it’s going to happen in the New Year there you go yeah okay I didn’t
Want to ruin things for people because I’m pretty sure that the main event of this coming Smackdown is Styles and solo you are correct I was misqu yeah it’s definitely I think it was set up for the new year for sure because I think I think they’re going to have a
Theme show like raw has day one I think they’re doing some like New Year’s Revolution yep yeah right okay so now we’re back on the same page um I you know I think that uh you’re G to get your answers on AJ why he did what he
Did I don’t think ha wants any allegiances with anybody I don’t think he’s a heel I don’t think he’s a face I just think he’s kind kind of like there for right now and then we’ll start to get that but I I think AJ is against the bloodline I don’t think he necessarily
Wanted La Knight’s help um and I think what it does is opens up the possibility for an AJ sty La Knight Feud because it seems as if rand’s going to win that that fatal four-way or Triple Threat whatever the hell it is um and uh we’ll have that match at the
Rumble but yeah um I just I don’t I think we’re making a lot about nothing with AJ yeah yeah I think a lot of people jump the gone on that I don’t really see him turning heel yet but he did come out wearing all black so uh if
You were to say that I wouldn’t really blame you because he did come off a little darker than normal jacked but darker than normal yeah agree anyway guys uh that is all we got for TNT we’re going to run through your super chats thank you so much we had upwards toward
2700 people in here tonight man thank you guys very much for all of the support on Tuesday night Titans episode number 27 loving the support here make sure you guys follow Drew and I on social media on JD from n26 Andrew Bala on X please hit that subscribe button
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Still praying for this aw stream deal on Max I think um like Drew said I do believe that they will end up over there um when that happens I don’t know but I would uh I would make a prediction with raw and Warner Brothers I say we get
Something after the new year for sure early before the Royal Rumble for sure with aw and the streaming deal no uh WWE in raw oh uh I think that could happen Christmas Eve Christmas day or 1 one okay there you go you heard it from him
Jason Barker with a five what’s up guys where my devil’s smashing people in real glass with real glass at as long as it’s not Jack Parry Jason I think they did that on purpose yeah to throw off the set yeah arrangements with a 499 after Jay Uso helped Kofi against Imperium could
You see him possibly dethroning Gunther and setting up Jimmy vers Jay for the IC title at Man Jimmy and Jay doesn’t need the IC title yeah no the Jimmy and Jay stuff needs to be something that’s set up at the rumble um where maybe Jimmy
You know or Jay throws out Jimmy or vice versa um and then you know we need to have some sort of involvement maybe at the chamber where you know at one cost the other and then you know Jay is uh involving himself in bloodline stuff that he shouldn’t be that’s how you get
To that match I’ve seen someone in the chat say Rich Holland injured dragonov on NXT no that’s a storyline guys that’s not real yeah right it’s all storyline black wolf Inc with a $10 Super Chat times two thank you black wolf instead of do to dropping the IC title via
Pinfall or vacancy he instead loses the belt in a ladder match that way he stays pinfall free into his obvious one-year World title run until Mania 42 I could see it but again I don’t want him losing anything honestly yeah again if it’s me
You know if I have the pencil or the pen I have gother win the rumble I have CM Punk and Stone Cold Steve Austin take on each other at WrestleMania I have Gunther challenge Seth Cody take on Roman gther beats Seth as the Intercontinental Champion that would be
Gther Gunther still holds that IC Champions winner take all and then gther relinquishes the Intercontinental Championship into a tournament which culminates at France at backlash that’s what I would do sound plan it’s all on Stone Cold to maybe throw the wrench into those plans we’ll see right AJ may
Be using his Lone Wolf gimmick from TNA he attacked La Knight the same way he did James storm I wouldn’t mind seeing him be an anti-hero baby face cuz he should be a bigger deal now I could see that as well black wolf but what do you
Do with the uh the OC Gallows and Anderson he you know what they could take a darker tone too and I could see I love it I mean if they want to be like badass heels go for it uh Deontay Smith with a two should she return to WWE as
Sasha or Mercedes Sasha bank is the money I don’t know why anybody thinks she would come in as Mercedes money come on now yeah no that’s not Mercedes is her other character when she can’t use it in WWE uh Des ERS with a 499 can’t
See Sasha in TNA who she’s going to work with outside Grace and Trinity di pretty much confirmed she’s going back to WWE in an interview with Shawn Ross sap well that’s news to me that’s good for her uh I know she’s a lot better off now than
She was then and she didn’t really like the way she was treated in NXT but uh I agree there’s nothing for her to do there and like Drew said it’s probably going to be a handshake deal for a number of dates and that’s it then goodbye yeah I mean she could work with
Tren and then do some other things with some other Talent down there for maybe you know three or four matches a pay-per-view or two and then that’s it yeah yeah Bey on the script with the 499 hope you well brother loveing Tuesday night Titans keep it up Taco crew and
TNA number one love to all the OTS family thank you brother uh don fuchi with a five finally found a beer site that delivers Troegs or troes mad elf to me here in California I know you highly recommend it and I can’t wait to try it
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Entertainment with a 199 TNA is signing Omas good for them goodbye goodbye Mike D with a 199 can you see AJ Lee go into the Hall of Fame in 2024 I could absolutely see AJ Lee doing anything now that punk is back I don’t think she going to the Hall of
Fame I think Bray Wyatt is your headliner uh wiam rotunda and I don’t I don’t think AJ Lee goes in in until she’s after she’s come back and had a little bit of a run yeah Michelle with a two how bad would it be if Cody loses to
Roman again well it’s not going to happen Cody’s going to beat Roman at 41 or 40 not 41 maybe 41 who the [ __ ] knows maybe to be bo he’s gonna break Hogan you know that’s the that’s the going rumor now but no Cody’s winning a four does does anybody really give a [ __ ]
About if he breaks Hogan or not like I I don’t yeah all the people that think Hogan’s well Hogan is a racist or not whatever man that’s your that’s your opinion but I mean the people who hate Hogan want it to be broken yes do you I mean like do people
Actually take like joy out of watching somebody’s name come out of the record books okay I guess I missed it yeah I don’t know I mean well those who hate Hogan now want to see him fall yes okay cool way of Woe with a 499 what match
Would you rather see and how would you book it gother vers Brian danelson or Seth versus ospray I’m going gther and Danielson no doubt about it and gother and Danielson doesn’t need a story just throw them in the [ __ ] ring and have them beat the [ __ ] out of
Each other I mean yeah I hope that they use the Continental classic to have a um a swerve championship title run with that Continental Title so however we get there go for it well I mean I think it’s going to end up being swerve and Moxley in the uh finals on Dynamite
So and the the finals takes place at world z the uh the semi-finals the world z finals yeah it’s going to be uh the winner from the gold against the winner from the blue yeah so probably we’re gonna get swerve and Daniel again yeah
Yeah okay don’t mind it uh El M with a $20 Super Chat I think the potential to get original WWE reality programming will get Warner Brothers to sign them shows like Total Divas have been very successful and I think Warner Brothers will want a piece of that pie that aw is not
Offering also don’t forget that like the whole documentary based stuff that they uh put on A&E if whenever that contract is up they could also flip those over to Warner Discovery yeah uh good comment there uh El M thank you brother uh Matt fugitive within eight months hey I actually get to watch
You both live for a change keep up the great work Matt thank you for being here man yeah thanks for joining fix is a bind with a five oh there will be a sale of aw indeed to Vince McMahon but it won’t say Vince McMahon it’ll say Shane
McMahon here comes the money no Shane may be uh who Scott the mor talking about we don’t know JX 531 with a $5 Super Chat I’m not surprised that some people want aw to die because a lot of these folks are WWE fans and supporters they aren’t pro
Wrestling fans well I mean these people have no Hobbies or no friends Jay so I’m not surprised they think social media is real yeah a lot of these people want to see the downfall of just everything besides themselves and you don’t want to be really associated with those people
Let me tell you something surround yourself with people who want you to succeed and uh they want to succeed and you want them to succeed and all that stuff do not surround yourself with these people who want you know every Tom Dick and Harry to fall off the planet
It’s dumb without aw WWE isn’t half of what it is right now in terms of like enjoyable content no uh basic with the 499 Andrew makes a good point aw on a streaming platform would be more accessible to more people I’m sure there are more smartphones than cable
Boxes I like that guy also how many of you jack offs in here have Netflix subscription have a Hulu subscription have a YouTube subscription have a what’s another one of them peacock subscription exactly shut up Advocate with a five did you read the tweet I Tagg both of you in
Chef Adam Bowers a few days ago made by Dave melter he stated aw needs less storylines not more well I think Dave was drunk I mean Dave my DMs are open brother that’s crazy Heisenberg with a five months at where you could make a shirt with
Tuesday night Titans logo on it it’s so clean I I listen man it’s coming I I’m actually I was actually coming up with some ideas about using Drew’s uh uh hashtag or uh catchphrase here here’s the deal with the TNT logo somewhere here’s the deal if I don’t have a TNT
Logo on stage before our show for World’s End I’m GNA be mad Heisenberg thank you bro uh Jake Norton with a 20 JD been watching you since the days of the YES Movement never active in the chat because I’m from Dublin happy for your success and L and
Love listening to Drew hope Randy breaks Flair’s record happy holidays jents Jake thank you so much man I think Cena is more in tap to break players record but yeah all right Phil with a 999 I continue to gain great knowledge when watching this show thank you both for
Creating TNT it’s a breath of fresh air knowing you to come on or come at All Pro Wrestling the same way just wanting a better product thank you Phil yeah and also Phil says how do both of you feel about the the Bray Wyatt Legends contract I think it’s a great deal for
His family stay safe Merry Christmas and lastly enjoy each other and pro wrestling I think the Bray Wyatt thing is awesome for Windam and his family WWE did right by him and them and that’s great um what was the other thing before this that he said
Um that was it just the Bray Wyatt Legends contract okay yeah I think it’s a great deal and like Drew said I think he does go into the Hall of Fame in 24 uh clone force with a 499 happy holidays Drew and JD I say Triple H and
His team should get rid of money in the bank and put it back on WrestleMania and replace it with King of the Ring you’re speaking my language clone Force I think uh that would be a great idea but I don’t think we are going to see
That also 499 with colone forest and a 199 I have Gunther winning King of the Ring if it does come back and King of the Ring should be tournaments with bolt Raw and SmackDown Superstars at the end in the finals have a raw Superstar going against a Smackdown Superstar that’s the
Way it was in the past so I’m assuming that would it that it would be the case that way again as well uh salvator with the two what if we get Orton versus Theory at WrestleMania no no that’s not going to happen I think Theory and
Grayson Waller are going to be a tag team uh for the Tag Team titles at some point who do you think Orton does take on at WrestleMania though um he’s on Smackdown so I don’t know honestly uh you know I I mentioned La KN potentially but I I have
La KN pegged against Logan Paul you know solo Saka would be disappointing maybe AJ maybe that could work that could work yeah it’s tough it’s tough because he’s he’s in the middle of this Roman thing and then when he loses what is he gonna do with Mania yeah and you don’t want to
Do Randy and Brock again we’ve seen it uh Dom tinny with a 499 what’s up JD you plan on doing an OTS meet up at WrestleMania much love brother yes uh we both plan to be at WrestleMania and uh we will let you know when that time does
Indeed come so thank you guys for uh the excitement there we may be doing something for worlds Z I got to nail down some plans still so U look forward to that we got a a we a week and a half still to go uh and Jason Barker finally
Uh $5 Super Chat I would like to use stack Mar I would like or I would use stack marbles on freeway as catchphrases n we’re not going to use that one I like uh here’s the deal better stack marbles on a freeway you know whatever we got a couple we got as
A backup whatever anyway man um we still got 2,200 people in here man it’s time to let you all go and uh live your lives what do you got man before we get the hell out of here holidays are important spend them with the people that matter family is
Important friends are important make sure you tell all your family and friends that you love them you care about them enjoy your holidays there you go merry Christmas happy holidays guys Drew and I will uh I don’t know about next week cuz I think I’ll be in Orlando next
Week uh but we will uh we’ll figure it out and we’ll let you guys know uh but World’s End is next week we will fill you in on the plans and uh we will potentially see you at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island thank you guys very much
For all your support please hit that Thumbs Up Hit That subscribe button make sure you guys follow us on social media the usual and Drew and I will be back with you right here for episode 28 of Tuesday night Titans we’ll see you guys later [Applause]
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Hating AEW is the hip thing to do now. I personally don't hate any wrestling. The more the better imo. I like everyone having a job in this tough economy.
TNA doesn't know how to book these dudes. Nobody wants to pay to see will osprey wreslte somebody they never seen before. We wanna see will osprey wrestle the top guys. Same goes for okada. People don't wanna pay for okada versus some random they never heard of. People will pay to see big feuds and big matches. It takes 2 to dance and if your dance partner ain't on your level then why would anybody give AF
People in this thread seriously need to touch grass lol 😂
I have ibd I can’t drink I smoke weed to help me
I’ve been enjoying the C2 matches and Tony Storm. But I just hate when they have randoms on Dynamite instead of do more character development for the Gold Leauge Six of the c2. Also Rampage honestly disgusts me with the lame and random wrestlers they put on there. The women are great on rampage. But Vikingo kommander Tren Barretta etc those wrestlers make me want to switch it off. Collission is always hit or miss because its a combination of the cool wrestlers from Dynamite and the lames from Ranpage
I want to piggyback off something said about wrestling not being about 2 great wrestlers in the ring. Very true, but it's not just the story that makes that match better. You need a couple of things missing in todays product. Compelling characters to get behind or Boo. Second and most importantly. You need ring psychology, not spot fest matches that we have way too much of these days.
Don’t think Tony can’t be cutthroat he is the son of a billionaire, there world is cutthroat. And the demo is important because it equals dollars on the advertisers end.
Going to the point of an "NCAA" style tournament, to do it after Survivor Series & have it go through to the end of the year, week to week (doesn't have to be brand v brand but that could work as well), just so that the main point of being the tournament winner, is a guaranteed #30 spot in the Rumble at the end of January. That's how you keep cooking in the "off time".
I feel like FX or FS1 would be very hungry to steal AEW from WBD because of the ratings they generate. I know FOX broadcasting has PPV distribution that they used for PBC and I can see Fox using AEW to replace the PBC hole. I am positive Fox would be interested in potentially a $250 million 4 year deal.
another great episode from jd and drew the best two podcasters in the motherfu#@ing I.W.C … T.N.T = OTS FOR LIFE …
We love Charlotte,and wish her a fast,safe recovery!
Maybe Giulia to TNA?
Tony khan don’t be loyal to no one but yourself your company and your wrestlers you can’t be loyal to this networks
I listen to Jim Cornette he do shit on AEW but he also Shits on WWE, he tells them what they need to do better. I think some of them just hate to be hating but JD, Jim, Andrew and some other just wants better shows. I don’t like AEW don’t care for it cause there no reason for me to care about it. I need stories and yes some of my favorite Wrestlers are there but they are not being used and should have stayed in WWE. but I am very Thankful for Tony because he make WWE better I have the perfect solution for him. And it sitting in his face
Everyone does need to lay off the AEW haterade Like what you like but don't be a di!@
Support all wrestling
F the haters
1:23:24 I had this argument on Twitter with some of the WWE drones. Yes, I’ve had fun mocking AEW over their recent mistakes. But I absolutely want them to succeed. A monopoly is dangerous. We lived under that for 2 decades. We need a second brand to help keep WWE honest. However, a lot of the immature children on social media can’t see past their petty tribalism and want AEW to die simply to revel in the misery of their fans and Tony Khan. That is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Competition makes everything better for us as fans and the wrestlers and the industry. We need competition. We’re not going to get another random billionaire who’s interested in wrestling starting up a company anytime soon.
Lol 100mg holy shit
I think that TNA sign could be Goldberg or Okada
Sorry Drew, AEW is NOT a "multi-billion dollar company" I think you misspoke
they have had 4 years to put aew on max and it hasnt happened yet. why would it suddenly happen if they leave the network ?
Charlotte gets a big money deal? Nooooo shit. Of coarse they paying for shitty moonsalts. And pay attention kids, if HHH was that great then why taking so long to get a Raw deal? Why the ratings still low? Sometimes you catos be on Paul’s ass too much. He couldn’t even book the 3rd hour.
A few things here:
One: I’m calling a lil bit of 🧢 on that take that AEW made WWE better. While part of it is true, all WWE needed was to get Vince, Bruce and Johnny jackass out of creative and get HHH at the helm. Because anybody with a brain knows NXT 2014-2020( yes even predating AEW) was the best wrestling and storytelling in the world .
Two: while Cornette gets a lot of hate for his takes on modern wrestling (deservedly so) he criticizes WWE as well when they do dumb shit. It just so happens AEW does much more of it. Keep in mind Tony called Jim before AEW started to bring him in and he told him no because he knew from the jump Tony would fuck it up which he has.
Three: Tony needs to develop thicker skin, swallow his pride and hire a booker because he can’t book his way out of a paper bag rn. Tony is a nice guy by all accounts yes, but that man clearly needs help running things because he’s going to end up having a nervous breakdown
Only 100mg, Drew? You both have no clue about marijuana. Yet, you prop up demon alcohol on a pedestal. Stick it wrestling.
I am just throwing this out of left field, but why doesn't WWE and AEW work together to bring the greatest wrestling product known to man. Enough of this criticism BS and people wanting AEW to die off. I wanna say more, but this is my honest opinion, plus I love both WWE and AEW and they need each other to thrive.
Kenny need to stay out of Japan man. Everybody from America that goes there have issues.
AEW is garbage
The issue with TNA Wrestling, especially with their parent company, Anthem Sports and Entertainment making a deal with the parent company of the World Wrestling Entertainment, Endeavor TKO, by TNA Wrestling to add TNA Wrestling streaming (TNA+) to Endeavor Streaming, is how much will TNA grow under Endeavor's streaming platform.
It looks like TNA Wrestling will be a temporary showcase promotion for talent, when they are either pending a WWE or AEW callup or just a promotion which Endeavor TKO agreed to temporary showcase a WWE talent. In all it doesn't the TNA brand, just using living off of the WWE and AEW.
If WB don't get the NBA, why not just go all in on Pro-Wrestling??
What if they put Raw on TNT on Mondays and keep Dynamite on Wednesdays and Rampage, Collision the same but no big money increase for AEW.
And TK stop thinking about competing with wwe cause wwe is like 50+ yrs into the business, you ain't gonna compete with them right away, AEW still a baby. You need some big $ wins before they can be eye to eye with wwe.
SPLIFF MORGAN 😂😂😂😂
#OTS4Life
Man JD and Drew are going to get themselves there own big TV deal soon, it feel Inevitable at this point.
I still have cable and peacock
You two are parasites.
I don;t understand why mega rich people bother with looking at social media, I would be living it up.
Orton vs Aldis is a real possibility for Mania
You gonna cry when you are stuck with just WWE again. Keep it up!! Never see someone turncoat so quick. Triple H schill
Disco isn’t hating. He’s speaking the truth. Settle down. Tony doesn’t say that every week they praise Christian & swerve every damn week
speaking of marketing, I saw an AEW ad on the LED screen during the Jacksonville Jaguars game. I have been wondering for a while if they were going to do that and I’m happy they are.
The idea watching AEW takes “thinking” is completely fabricated to justify the lack of any compelling plot to their matches.
Tony Khan it’s a humble request, reduce the match timings, add more entertainment segments, make the show more creative.. a 2 min backstage segment between Cassidy and Romero to decide a championship next week.. that’s what we don’t want.. there should be a long story behind championship matches.. when I followed AEW.. I was looking for that attitude era resurgence buts it’s been too long and I’m just seeing the show becoming less entertaining and more wrestling/match oriented.. nothing bad in that infact some of the matches are way too good but this will limit the audience to hardcores only.. a fan like myself who is more inclined towards entertainment rather than the wrestling aspect, It’s an honest opinion, I just switch the channels while matches take place.. you can see yourself, your ratings are high when there is either a good in ring segment or some high profile match. Add stories and create characters like Toni storm or swerve.. You have the wrestlers, you have your young rock and young Austin in Ricky and MJF, you got the arsenal, you need some firepower in creative writers and we can have the attitude era back. I know this is just an opinion and many will disagree but I bet most of the fans would love it. I don’t feel as passionate as I used to during the 2021s or early 2022.. to watch Aew. I am and many others like me are hoping for a change.
I am not on twitter but incase if there are true Aew fans with same belief as me, please share this so that it reaches AEWs ears.. mainly Tony’s .
14:15 Hell yeah I think Dolph could definitely have a solid run in both AEW and NJPW here’s the great matches I think he could have against in which places Kenny Omega and Dolph Ziggler would be a solid match Will Ospreay against Dolph Ziggler would be a hell of a match bring me Okada against Ziggler another banger as well
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Speedball Mike Bailey
Moose
Josh Alexander
Frankie Kazarian
Alex Shelley
Eddie Edwards
MLW
Alexander Hammerstone
Jacob Fatu
Alex Kane
Davey Boy Smith Jr
AKIRA
Shun Skywalker
NJPW
Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii
Yota Tsuji
Shingo Takagi
KENTA
Tetsuya Naito
ROH
Dalton Castle
Blake Christian
Daniel Garcia
Wheeler Yuta
Roderick Strong
Eddie Kingston
AEW
Darby Allin
Jay White
Brian Cage
Adam Cole
Hangman Adam Page
Ricky Starks