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Republic this is Republic Prest Republic this is Republic Prest Republic this Is good evening from Swansea wrestling fans I’m your host Allison and you are listening to wrestling Republic’s daily broadcast your One-Stop shop for professional wrestling Insight news and reviews on a daily basis and today it’s Sunday and you know what that means it means it’s one day until WrestleMania
Week officially starts and I for one I’m pumped it’s my favorite week in wrestling and we’re going to be talking about a little bit of it later today what matches what WWE matches and non WWE matches we are most excited for for this upcoming week along with last
Night’s episode of aew collision where the death match King made his return to all elite wrestling but first first things first let me introduce the panel and let’s kick things off with none either on an Easter Sunday than Clark Taylor how are you happy Easter to everyone out there
I’m super stoked to be here I’m fighting a bit of allergies but a little bit of pollen won’t hold me down on an Easter Sunday leading into mania week like this I’m stoked as always to talk about it let’s break down Collision let’s do a little early Mania weekend talk maybe
Not even WWE related I’m excited about it Ben let’s talk about it absolutely Jesus has risen and so has the pollen account also joining us we have David how are you David Sheldon hello it’s such a pleasure to be back it feels like forever since I’ve last been
On the show uh kind of Life took over and I’ve been doing so many different shows and events and all sorts of things that I’ve not really been around at 8:00 p.m. in an evening but I I finally am and we can talk about uh a pretty good
Episode a decent episode of aw collision with some good stuff on it particularly excited to talk about Cardona um but a consistent pretty solid show throughout uh and yeah I’m excited uh and also it’s it we’re getting close to Mania weekend which like you Ben is my favorite week of the
Year so uh let’s get at it absolutely I am pumped I’m pumped to have you back on the show David and somebody else I’m pumped to have back on the show is soul how are you doing today Soul you’re you’re all too loud seriously oh the more things change the
More they stay the same I mean I don’t even remember I was meant to be on here here literally I woke up and just saw the chat and like oh I’m on I don’t remember like saying I was going to be on oh God last night literally I mean
You all probably know more than me so I can’t remember anything lit I can’t remember anything I received a text from so last night that I think about 400 a.m. saying put me on the show tomorrow all spell and capital letters and with the word tomorrow spelled wrong although I will
Say this you corrected yourself so you are sober enough to correct yourself which as far as I’m concerned is sober enough to say you’re doing the show today we got we have a comment here from Bobby Batio saying happy Easter happy Easter Bobby I hope you’re having a great day
Uh we also got him saying Danny Luna wrestled against Alex Windsor at rev Pro today in England I mean I will say this actually a good event apparently the rep I to check it out for sure David I mean I will say this about you know today it’s one of
These rare occasions when nobody doing a show is actually in England because I’m back home in Wales David’s in Wales no I’m in I’m in London sorry Ben I haven’t gone home still here I was almost I was so excited I was like yeah oh no I am still here I
Haven’t gotten the bus yet look around try I don’t know if I’m still under the influence here but David do you always have a beard when I just been crazy yes yes I do I do 85% of the time so I I do frequent the beard it will go eventually
When when the hair grows short the beard will as well but for the time being I’m going with the old man under the bridge look um I think I think I’m going to stick to water dur me week pleas oh gosh well Soul needs water to return to his
Life but Matt Cardona has returned to aews because last night he answered the cope open Adam Copeland that sociopaths open challenge for the TNT championship and him and Matt Cardona what Matt Cardona described last week as a dream match for him he said his last what his biggest dream right
Now in wrestling is against Adam Copeland we then did an Instagram post about this and Adam Co not Adam Copeland Matt Cardona shared that to his Instagram story so hey we’ll claim we had a part in this in reality I think he also shared a million other things
Saying that so maybe not but we’ll still say it’s us uh but yeah these two guys they put on a brilliant brilliant match but the big question not is not only about you know their match but is also also about should Matt Cardona sign for time to the
Aew Clark give me your take I loved that it was Cardona it was kind of teased earlier in the week it made a ton of sense it reminded me of Cardona and the Cody stuff from way back in the day in aew I dig it I loved the entrance all of
It Adam copelan’s facial expressions were brilliant during the entrance the match itself was great I loved the classic spear finish he gets the win over you know the old Edge head as I like to say but I I dig the whole thing do I think he should stay in aw or have
A run totally as long as he can still be the Deathmatch King and Indie God and run all of that stuff so it’s got to be a unique scenario allaha Moxley and we’ve seen it in aw plenty of times but I don’t think he needs to necessarily
Just slide seamlessly over to the aew roster stop working independent shows he needs to do both and use that as a part of his character inside the context of aew that’s the route that I would go so some sort of unique deal unique to Matt Cardona because I think the most
Brilliant character even though he is the guy that built the social media viral stuff at WWE and all that the most brilliant character he’s had has actually been this most recent run on the Indies being refusing almost to deal with bigger companies unless he’s you know his hand is forced like an
Opportunity to wrestle for the TNT title against Adam Copeland almost as if he’s a part of aw but reluctant because he’s still the Indie guy and he’s still the Deathmatch guy I I I’m all for that it as an addition to the a as an addition to the aw roster it
Makes tons of sense but it also quells the they’re just inflating the roster more big names more X WWE names if his character is reluctant I love that it’s a little tongue and cheek like oh no I don’t even want to be here but I am and
I that’s the route that I would go if it was my choice with uh if I’m Tony KH here and Matt Cardona for that matter I think that’d be the best work he could put in I mean from Matt cardona’s perspective I honestly think you’re bang
On right there where he should be like you know I’m the Indie guy but when you know time is right I will show up in aw I will show up in TNA I mean hey if I’m Mar Cardona I also at times maybe want to show up in WWE for a Royal Rumble
Something like that for WWE themselves that maybe doesn’t make as much sense from a business perspective but for Matt Cardona that car that being his thing where he’ll go to big promotions when it makes sense but most of the time he’ll just be killing it on the independence
Scene I think is genius for him because not only does that build and establish his brand but it also helps these independent promotions and I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again independent wrestling is the Grassroots of the professional wrestling industry and it needs to be protected and nurtured and
That’s exactly what Matt Cardona has been been doing Bobby batito want to see Matt cardoner bring in Steph Del to wrestle in aews women’s division I couldn’t agree more that would be great but David you are the aew Collision reviewer what did you think about this
So first of all I want to say I have more respect for Matt Cardona than I do so most people in the industry because the man got released in in 2020 floundering and not doing anything he came to aw for a brief run didn’t do anything really felt a little bit if I’m
Being honest like he was there because we know he’s friends with Cody that I and and that’s a shame but that’s what it kind of felt like in the first run he went away built the Indie the Indie King gimmick and has been one of the backbones of independent wrestling for
The last few years and you know you heard it when he when he came back tonight you know he got holy s chance he got you know he got a massive reaction a bigger reaction than I think he thought he was going to get from the sounds of
His uh his post on Twitter so I and I thought the match was brilliant I think it’s probably the best because Cardona while I love his gimmick and he’s had some really good matches on the Indies he’s not a a five-star machine you know he’s not somebody who’s going to pull
Out 30 minute Classics that’s not his way really um Cardona he is a you know he will use underhanded tactics he will use whatever he has to to to get uh his way so I think this was the best match he’s had in a long time I think it’s one
Of Copeland’s better non kind of better TV matches we’ve seen from him in a while I love the spear into the Rough Rider that was so cool so many just great spots at one point copelan went for a spear um Cardona get out the way and he flew into the turnbuckle and it’s
Just they these guys know how to build a crowd they know how to build Intrigue they know how to build this brand Cardona is a is a master of stage presence for the character that he is building and I just thought it was really brilliant I love the teas up
After the match for the the house of black stuff as well that’s great I think the dynasty match makes sense that’s that’s all great um so yeah big fan of it as for Cardona status in aew I completely agree with Clark I don’t think a full-time run in aw will do
Cardona much good if he exclusively went and wrestled over there I think his if you can meld his brand into being an opportunist who will go to the bigger companies when he needs to I think that’s a really good gimmick because we haven’t seen much of Cardona sort of
Going into those major companies since his release outside of his running a last time which felt quite separate so I still want to see him on the Indies I think he’s too valuable to the independent scene but equally what I what I’ll say is the main priority for
Cardona is Cardona so as much as I want Cardona to stay on the Indies are somebody who watches a lot of that stuff and who enjoys being able to see him wrestle danous and on a random gcw main event and and get all these weirdest wrestling blue Kane or something you
Know next week you know like he’s him doing this this sort of gimmick is great but if if he wants to make more money and the way to make more money is to go to a big company if that’s what’s going to protect him and his interests and his
Family’s interest then I’ve got you know he should do what’s best for him I think as a wrestling fan for his character I would say exactly as Clark said do occasional appearances in big companies but for the most part stay on that circuit and stay that backbone of Indie
Wrestling because I think right there he is more he has got that it factor and that specialty that not a lot of people have right now yeah yeah no I mean that’s a great point and I mean financially that is also you know a great Point as well I will say this
Though I honestly think he’s worth more to these independent promotions than two aew or WWE right now and yes they have more money to give out but because he’s working you know a variety of different independent promotions together that money and the value that he brings in
For them I honestly think maybe that C rival but it’s also more traveling as well so you know it is it’s kind of a push and shove situation here but I don’t know I agree with both of you guys Les less guarantees too though and more negotiations that’s the other thing
Right if you’re negotiating every single appearance as opposed to a contract over a number of years that is one of those things that could wear on you that’s the only other factor I would add to that but I do still David yeah I’m on the
Same page and same Ben with the he so good for the independent scene and it’s his it’s his character now right it’s now become his gimmick no you are bang on right and you the contract thing that is a great Point as well but what is the one thing that
Soul Matt Cardona and Tony Khan all have in common they all love playing with action figures Saul what was your thought on the return of Matt Cardona well I was lucky enough I got to saw this twice for the first time one under the INF in one when I woke up this
Morning so it was a very thing to see two different experiences the room stops spinning now so I can get to work um who’s the thing with Cardona Cardona is in my top five of wrers of all time um you know I know people are me go like L
Take her Sean and it’s like yeah sorry you’re not the Michael Jordan of actra figure collecting so you know quiet but with Cardona I think Cardona is somebody that I think if you were trained a wrestler he’s someone you could look at a template for yeah you
Had a time in the big companies but his release you know he went and rented himself you know yes he did the aw thing and I think at that point he was still being Zack Ryder it wasn’t until gcw Zombie Walk 2 where he went against Nick
Gage on a whim and then won the gcw championship that then led to the death match King the Indie God the Indie collector of belts so many things and there’s even the underwriter which is a character who Bas like just Undertaker Z Ryder that he’s doing as well he’s got
His internet Championship gimmick that he’s made for himself and step of the the women’s internet Champion well he’s got Jimmy Lloyd as his brusi character which is going on with gcw I I I definitely do think if aw were to sign mat Cardona I think it would be
A huge loss for the IND team because I think Cardona is what I would call an indie draw if you were an independent show you could have your local guys on but you C you put Cardona on in that main event or whatever that’s going to sell tickets because it’s Cardona he’s
Basically the independent guy that is just going on and decimating right now and if he was to sign aw I would love his sort of gimmick of like he’s always want like well I am a king of this land so I’m going to go there so say all then
Came for the the weekend we could just see cardono just go to like a right Cabaret or a REV Pro or a progress and just be like yeah I’m a king I’m just coming back to see the common folk of my land and see how they’re doing sort of
Thing I think that would be fun but I think Cardona is way too much beneficial to the independent scene that if he was going to sign a big contract with aw it would be a very big loss but I am a Cardona fan I would I followed his
Things forever you know I remember his figure out series on the WWE Network I remember seeing him get released and being absolutely devastated I saw him in aw when he debuted and had a pay-per-view match as well and I was like yes I want this but then him going
And doing the whole Independence scene joyful just absolutely joyful I mean Cardona is I just can’t what can I say more Cardona is my probably one of my favorite wrestlers of all time I love it oh that is great and I mean there are certain wrestlers I think in this
Industry which you know really pull on personal connections because they have you know I don’t want to say Niche following but a hardcore following and Matt card owner is one of those guys and I think the fact that he’s done stuff outside of WWE when he was there such as
The ACT figure stuff in addition to then him like to everybody’s point he left up he tried a out for a little bit and then he went hang on a second no I’m going to do things differently the fact that he does things differently makes him Stand
Out and because of that I feel like he has you know a bit more of a hardcore following and I think it’s really really great and it was great to see him last night uh we got Piers Kieran in the comments who’s also hung over as well so
You’re not the only one uh and Jos Mar would say you have the most chill broadcast setup of all hilarious time also the most expensive setup apparently as well so I mean there there’s a lot of uh there’s a lot of belts and everything in the background there you can see oh
That felt oh I like the guys we’re just we’re disc counting my gorgeous my gorgeous uh plank wall yeah I think I’m I’m on my desk you I’m just going to sleep here cuz it’s very cold and relaxing so FL wall and radiator combo I’ve got a
Bobblehead we’ve got a few more comments sh we bobbyto is saying it’s great to see Matt Cardona wrestle for the TNT Championship no doubt about it and yeah I think Soul was out last night pier but now let’s move on let’s move on because I want to talk about the tag team tournament
Aew is having right now because of course staying in Derby well staying retired Derby Allen went to go up a mountain got injured before he could climb it which was actually safer than climbing it which is the weirdest statistic but anyway he’s now recovering he’s safely recovering but still we need
Some new tag team champions in aew and one side of the bracket well we kind of got a little bit more insight into it last night because FTR faced the Infantry and of course the Infantry of the underdogs in this tournament and in this match they were bed like The
Underdogs and it was brilliant but I couldn’t help thinking the way that they bued it hey why not have the Infantry have a shock win here as well why not have them go to the final and hey if the idea is to have FTR win the tournament
Or have FTR Young Bucks in the final at least have ft on the other side for this week and then have you know the Infantry get a win this week against one of the teams on the other side because being you having an Underdog Story you kind of
Need more than one win but still for what it was I really enjoyed that match I cannot really say the same about Top Flight versus rookie Starks and big Bell of course seemingly something went wrong in this match Ricky Starks was pinned he didn’t kick out but the referee said hey
You kicked out they then did a couple more moves Ricky Starks looked okay they P him again and the referee did the slowest three count they’ ever seen and Ricky Starks and Big Bill lost Top Flight one and then they hit Ricky Stark’s theme song it was just such a
Mess I mean obviously I hope Ricky Starks is all right now hopefully he will be hopefully we’ll see him again very very soon but Top Flight to through and Clark I don’t think that was how it was meant to go what were your thoughts so so funky the first match I’ll talk
About just like really quickly I loved the handshake at the end like to your point about infantry maybe more than one win would have been nice but they did put him over in that way with the respectful handshake at the end and they put on a great match second match what
In the world was that at the end what are we what are we doing here a fools came two days early I don’t know if it was a ref botch if it was Starks if it was audible if Starks was hurt I don’t know what happened I think the only way you save
This at this point is have Ricky Starks get upset that he had have the wck the ref in his pocket and that he faked the first count and then slow counted the second but it wasn’t enough I would love that that’s the only way you save this I
Don’t know I don’t know what it would be or how you do it but it was so awkward and for four really good performers it was just beyond awkward so I’m like maybe yeah that’s the story I think you have to tell coming out of this is like
Ricky Starks and big bill paid off the referee and he didn’t do his job maybe try to make something of that in some way um but I don’t that’s actually sorry Clark that’s a great shout I actually really like that do that it’s a good idea right that’s the only thing I can
Think of to like Salvage it would be yeah you have well dude I paid you all that give me the money back do a segment next next time you have right like whoa whoa whoa again it was a slow count on the second one you still counted it and
Then you you know I tried to save me the first time but if I’m going to be paying you get it right and then work something out that way that was the only thing I could think of to salvage this just because and what’s brutal about it is it
Was a solid match until the Finish but you just can’t get past that finish and the amount of like the amount of ddts at the end there just like is we get it there’s the DDT yeah I funky funky funky but it I do think yeah
The the one route that I presented there is the one that I could possibly think of to save it but other than that it is nice I love Top Flight so it’ll be fun to see him wrestle again but it is funny because it’s it appears so cat running
It appears so obvious that that was not the plan and so I’m hoping that they somehow prove me wrong on that or or figure something out I’d love that I think it would be really not that we encourage drinking we don’t in any way shape or form but if anybody wants to do
A drinking game while watching WR daily taking a shot every time you see a cat run in I actually think could uh be you might uh if you’ve been watching some episodes you might be in trouble but we’ve got a comment you say from Bobby batito saying that he thought big
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Thunder Rosa and last night she was back on a ew collision and well it was an interesting one she faced lady Frost I’m also a very big fan of but David you were the reviewer you reviewed this match what did you think I liked it I I
Think it was it was one of those matches where the whole point was to give Thunder Rose a momentum going into next week’s Dynamite she’s going to face Mariah May um if I’m being honest a lot of it got lost to the picture and picture which is finec fine for for res
In the UK on triller cuz we can see the picture and picture although the problem with picture and picture of course is that they don’t they don’t try as hard in picture and picture because why why should they they don’t have to umut sleep I’d rather watch the commercials
It it it does to be honest I’d rather watch the commercials as well sometimes they don’t but some sometimes I remember there was a bishop called there was a a Gates of Agony match where they just kept going through the picture in picture and the same with Osprey and
Fletcher they were doing stupid moves during the picture pictures because Osprey just doesn’t work picture and picture matches he refuses but um I thought the match was decent I think it was a little bit slow in places but I actually did really like the power dynamic between the two um I thought
That they worked very well together they had good chemistry um and I yeah I think it was a it was a a match that served the purpose they had to I really like Tony Storm’s promo afterwards with Mariah um I do I do think that that Rosa
Will win next week in that number one contenders match and I think they’re just starting to plant the seed with Mariah of sort of she could use Sur storm if she wanted to but I don’t think she’s going to yet I think there’s a lot more mileage in that I think storm and
Rosa is the right match for dynasty it be I think it’ll be a really good match although I’ve said that about a lot of Storm’s matches over the last few months and they haven’t quite delivered for me no matter how much I love her character
And I do but I I I like this segment reminds me why I love Tony storm so much I just hope that the match itself gets a bit you know actually gets a chance to shine because they’re both really great wrestlers it it’s yeah it’s um it’s a match that I
I enjoyed and did its purpose but no more than that it’s to build fort next week yeah no no doubt about that I agree completely with you on it and I also agree with you on the Tony storm thing too where she’s telling a great story but the matches maybe aren’t being given
That much time especially because she’s you know working a much slower Pace now if you’re going to work that slower Pace you need more time and just something about it’s not working and that certainly isn’t the character I just think they need to figure things out and hopefully they do because Tony Storm
Thunder Rosa I mean that match is Pay-per-view worthy if anything is Pay-per-view worthy no doubt about it we have Phoebe crew agreeing there and we’ve also got Bobby vatito saying I liked watching Thunder Rosa I hope we see her against Alex Windsor one day in an aew ring oh I certainly i’ certainly
Like that as well and also Bobby you mentioned early on Danny Luna Danny Luna versus therose I think could be a fun one as well but now let’s move on because so I want to get you back in because I want to talk to you about a
Trio which I thought had a lot of potential but they’ve kind of lost I think every match they’ve been in and that’s the righteous and Lance arer these guys together they should be you know great stable on paper they have the luck they have the field but they don’t
Have the wins and they don’t have I guess the star power I I I thought they could build that they’ve not been bucked in that way but in the main event last night they faced Brian Danielson claudo casoli and shabat it was a main event which did its job
But I’m going to be honest I didn’t think it was anything too special and I can’t believe it considering I’m a fan of every single guy who was in this ring but I just wasn’t that interested what were your thoughts I thought it was a
Fun match in general I do want to give props to H Danielson and clao because they were in Mexico like literally a day before were so Props to you boys well done for travel and hope you enjoyed the duty free um but another person as well there’s actually one person in this
Entire match that I was shockingly impressed by on how good they were and that was Dutch from the righteous like you just picked up Lance popped them and what the boss handle slam he did to Danielson as well was like a thing of beauty I was like damn this guy is
Pretty damn solid um with with regards to Lance and the righteous I’ve really enjoyed the righteous’ character I remember when at final batt final battle 2021 they came out and I was just very hooked by the whole the whole gimmick the whole theme and everything I really
Enjoyed it and then they lost the trios titles to the um the boys and dton Castle they were G for a weit they were doing something else and and then they returned at SuperCard last year um since then they’ve they’ve done some good stuff I would say um I know they had the
Feud with um Bly new bayay they had the great Feud that I really liked in Ring of Honor with the dark order and Stu Grayson I really enjoyed that I thought that was really fun and maybe they’ve been injured I don’t know because they’ve been they’ve been hyping them up
A fair bit as well on um on video packages during aw programming so maybe they were injured for a wee bit and then they were just typing them up again and I know Lance been doing stuff abroad and other shows as well um I I I hope we can
See something from these guys I think they would be a very entertaining trios to have and build upon I just think obviously with the right just being so sociated with Ring of Honor and being featured on Ring of Honor programming for a fair bit it’s hard to make that
Balance are they mostly Ring of Honor guys are they aw guys they are featured on AW roster page so are they now aw but then they’re going back to Ring of Honor so it’s a bit of a hard thing to fully it’s true cement which I can understand
Why people would frustrate with that but they did have a hell of a show you know to say that you were in the ring and I guess the best way to describe it survive against claudo um Danielson and H shabata you done fair play boys well
Done you’re done well you managed to get it to the end of the show so you’re done well but I want to ask you a question Alice and I’m going to fire it back at you for it I know you’re a fan of Mr shabata you love to see what he
Does so I want to know from yourself they’re building Shabbat up a fair bit don’t you think where do you think he’s going where do you think shabata is GNA be doing I actually don’t think they’re going to do anything specific with him I think they just kind of I think they’re
In a position now with shabata where he’s you know he’s able to work weakly for them and I think they just take an advantage they’re kind of using him is the you know Plug and Play player where you can just put him in wherever you know he fits maybe put him with the
Blackpool combat Club is not you know not a proper member but an ally of the group and then when you need him he’s there but who knows maybe he will join them for a little bit before then feuding with each member as well I I’ll
Say one quick thing and I want you to be calm because this is going to get you angry so Breathe In Breathe Out relax pretty Fields that’s shabata versus okara for the Continental Crown at doar or the Continental Championship sorry Clark you’re the host now get on get on with the he’s
Leaving welcome to the Daily folks this is now um a drinking thing we’re talking about lovely beverages today we have a pet that here oh no i’ I saw that match last time and they part on an absolutely Banger of about but like I’ve said it before and
I’ll say it again like let’s be real about it both of them were stupid in that match they did stupid stuff and it pretty like it it pretty much killed Chata it was a miracle that he survived and I mean the guy walked out using you
Know his legs he literally walked to the ring uh like a year later in New Japan and everyone was applauding nobody thought he could get to that level again I’m sure they’ll work a safer match I’m absolutely certain they will maybe hey maybe they want to write the wrong maybe
They want to just have a match or whatever but it’s just it’s at the point where like listen if they do it sensibly I’m fine with it that’s the actual truth if they I’m fine with it but I just it’s risky that Arda match is the the
Original is an example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should yeah because the M it it’s regarded as one of the best matches of all time like in Japan for a reason but it it was not it’s a match that I will I have never
Seen and I will never see because I just I don’t I don’t want to support that as horrible as it is cu I have so much respect for both men it’s not worth dying in a wrestling rig it just isn’t it’s not worth it even to your point
Like dude like we make the old joke about like oh yeah playing with your action figures like they treated themselves as action figures in that match like it’s I’ve seen it like it it is Sublime to watch for entertainment sake but there’s that layer like you just mentioned of like man like these
People have families and like and lives and you’re like okay like there’s a line right like you want to tiptoe on it not weep over it like it’s a you know what I mean like it’s a hurdle and sometimes yeah I mean sometimes in aw right and I
Love aw as much as we joke I love it sometimes I feel like and it’s it’s the it’s the best thing about them but it’s also can be negative at times how much control they give to the performers right and I feel like we saw it with
Shabbat ospr this week as well uh where sometimes they you know they maybe do things that they shouldn’t do because the performer is always going to say hey I think it’s safe we do this I know we can do it well let’s do it when sometimes you know people just need to
Go hey we know you can do it well there’s no doubt about that but there’s a chance something just goes wrong I will because that was on the show that day after and not to like I won’t make this take long Ben but I watched the OS
Cutter spot after we had talked about the that shabata match that one I had less of a problem with than a few others that one I thought was pretty flat and clean and I thought it was okay might have sold it as if it was on his head
But if you slowed it down the impact was not directly on his forehead the thing that the thing that the the actual bits in that match that got me cuz I I agree a lot of the stuff that you had issues with Ben I didn’t as much cuz I think a
Lot of the kicks to the Head weren’t looked safe enough to me like they’ve been done in a age with the Ki it was just yeah it was just when he was getting kind of um it was simple bumps he was taking and I was just seeing the
Way his neck was contorting backwards and it you just go and it’s the simple and it and that’s kind of something you have to take with chabata in the ring now unfortunately is that you like moves that would not in any other wrestling match would not bug
You in the slightest right just that little bit of oh he he hit his head quite hard there you know or or or did he is it is it good selling or is it has he actually just whacked his head off the floor yeah and that’s why I do occasionally FInd shabata matches
Now more risky than is sometimes comfortable even when they’re making efforts to be safe yeah yeah well that’s that’s a great point and I mean I I watched that original okada shabata match live and I loved it I thought it was amazing at the time a few concerns
Following the match but I’m going to be honest I thought they were selling I thought they were selling and then the reports came out afterwards and like I I couldn’t watch New Japan for months because I was like I Shabbat was one of the guys who when I first started
Watching New Japan I fell in love with him I thought it was amazing and yeah I mean performers sometimes don’t know their own limits but hey going into next weekend let’s hope performers do know their limit because certain performers are working a lot of dates but hey like
We said at the start of the show WrestleMania week WrestleMania weekend whatever you want to call it is one of the best times probably the best time in the year for professional wrestling and this year well it’s stacked it’s stacked not just both nights to WrestleMania not
Just NXT Stand and Deliver not just Ro but Ro super card of Honor but also we have some of these independent events which are looking quite filthy indeed I am hyped we’re g to go around the panel now and everyone’s goingon to say the WWE match the most excited for and the
Independent match well sorry the non WWE match that they’re most excited for as well I’ll kick things off the WWE match which I’m the most excited to see Wrestlemania weekend is Roman Reigns versus Cody rhods because I can’t wait to be right and for Roman Reigns to
Spear Cody rhods and then we sh the one two three and we can sh we can sh the tears of the Cody crybabies just hit the ground that tear Splat just hitting the ground in Philadelphia Everyone crying oh no what’s the Philadelphia crowd gonna do I don’t know but I want to see
It that’s for sure but regardless in all seriousness four O fair play indeed son you know what I’m going to go with the WWE match quick it’s Seth and Drew um yeah sorry Cody Ro Rock no I want to see the Scottish man get his rightful deserved because I’ve
Said it before Drew deserves a Championship win in front of fans he robbed of that deserves it here as long as Damen preas in catering I’m absolutely fine with that now for the non WWE side I’m going to go with a promotion at you know me and Al are
Quite familiar with is progress because progress are going to be at the pens Landing caters in Philadelphia on the 5ifth and the match I’m excited for is one that’s got some guests of mine in yes guys but I want to see them do well it’s a freeway tag team match for the
Progress wrestling tag team championships the Champions cheeky little I don’t know if I can say can I say buggers is that is that yeah you can buggers The Cheeky little buggers which is um Charles Crowley and his tag team partner um Al Alexis Falcon uh against
San which is Big demo and um the guy who was facture in the sanity faction I can’t remember name top my head and the people who I’ve interviewed Sunshine machine TK TK Cooper and Chuck Mambo two great Lads they’ve held the progress titles before they’ve held the Rev Pro
Tag Team titles as well um do I think it’s their time I would love to see you know my boys win the Tag Team titles and but I do think with um cheeky little buggers they’re on a very um they’ve just started started they they thrown
Spike TR boys for the tag titles new designs as well I believe as well which is interesting to see um but I I’m excited to see where this is going I think with progress as well they’re putting on a banger show as well I think like their Championship matches what kid
Like cost versus m like threes Jesus yeah that’s a bit of a bang definitely yeah so avoid um Smackdown or Hall of Fame go see progress well I think progress it’s not even that like you can literally watch progress like hours before I think it’s well not I think it
Starts 8:00 p.m. UK time so 300 p.m. Eastern and uh 12:00 pm Pacific if I’m right if I’m not right within half an hour of that but I think I am uh but tomorrow on the wrestling republic.com our website wrestling republic.com I will be posting a list of the top 10
Events which I most excited for Wrestlemania weekend and it’s got the time the date and how to watch all of them on there as well and that has spoiler progress it also has their partnered promotion defy as well it’s gonna be a fun weekend but David what about
You so I am very excited my my my Christmas this is is somebody that loves independent wrestling uh to start with the WWE match uh I was tempted to go with some of the uh the take of the NXT matches um but I am going to go for for
Mania because I I can’t like I am more excited for some of the Mania matches I’m going to go Becky and Ria um because I think of the matches on the card I think it is possibly the most likely to to steal to steal both Knights I think
That like Ria needs it she needs that I don’t think she’s had a match at that sort of match the year Calibus in Charlotte last year and even then I wasn’t as fast on that one as everybody else was but Ria is one of the best women’s wrestlers in the world and I’m
Desperate for to see it again CU for a time she was my favorite in the world uh uh favorite women’s wrers I’m praying this is the one and her and Becky I think should have amazing chemistry I think it’ll open one of the nights I
Don’t know which one I I think it might open night one although there’s also Jimmy there’s loads of matches that could open either night for non uh for non WWE God this is difficult um I’m going to go I’m caught between which one’s the best and which one I’m most excited for
Um I’ll say both I don’t think either are going to be said the best is mash slamovich and Suri from uh gcw JCW I can’t remember the name of the show now uh versus the world gcw and JCW versus the world um two of the best women’s
Wrestlers on the planet and they are going to kill each other and I’m going to love it um they’re going to hit each other incredibly hard uh Joi versus Strong Style um going for much I most excited for I can’t remember what show it’s on but it’s Paul Walter Hower
Versus Sammy Callahan just like cuz I just think it’d be funny I thought the Cardona match was really funny so just get just like it’s Paul Walter hoso it’s an actor and it’s wring it’s like I love Johnny oxville versus Sami Zayn one of my favorite Mania
Matches ever just give me some of that give me hardcore nonsense I’ll be more than happy um just quickly though no John Moxley next week this is his bread this is his bread and butter week there’s nowhere to be I think I have a theory about this uh and I
Thinkr man’s been working to hard well I think that’s a factor in it but I also think a the the gcws partnered with WWE for blood sport I think has meant that certain of aw’s top guys maybe you know I don’t think they care about the lower
Down ones but I think the top guys maybe have been ruled out and John marksley after certain things he said about WWE maybe that’s ruled him out of it that’s my personal Theory you mentioned gcw versus uh JCW and I mean that event I nearly put on
That top 10 list purely for Masha versus Fury but it just missed out because I’m gonna be honest that’s the only match on that card I was excited for but Clark what’s yours okay I would go with Roman Cody but I already know the result Cody’s
Getting cut in half once again and the boob birds will be flying so I’m going to go with trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes I’m super stoked about that match covering NXT every Tuesday the Rivalry has been delivered great they’re both awesome in the ring they’re both awesome
On the mic that’s going to be an awesome main event at ston deliver the other one I’m going with and this one to me stood out like a sore thumb in a good way on the gcw blood sport card Nick neth and speedball Mike Bailey speedball Mike
Bailey is so so good and with no ropes that thing is going to be a slugfest and exciting and a lot of people don’t know Nick neemo kind of new back to the Indies here right he’s been in WWE forever this is a Kent State three-time allconference Champion has the career
High in wins 121 High School wrestled with Gray Maynard who was the roommate of Rashad Evans at Michigan State who’s the only guy that beat kale Sanderson at Iowa in college who’s the head coach of Penn State which is the best wrestling school in the United States of America they win
The national championship every year he’s got that kind of lineage he’s got that kind of a background and to let him open up in an amateur wrestling type setting like this it is not going to look like whatever that goofy underground thing was before because he can really really really grapple and I
Can’t wait to see what he can do in a setting where he’s allowed to show that and it’s not just the Super Kicks it’s not just the blonde hair because I think he’s great with that too we forget that this dude is that legit of a shooter it’s it’s different than guys like
Charlie hos Shelton Benjamin other outstanding freestyle folk style wrestlers Kurt Angles uh Bobby Lashley right you can name a million ion of them um right uh Jake Hager but it’s different with neemo I feel like he gets the least credit and has as good of resume as almost anybody and this is a
Setting where he can show it it’s a match I could not be more excited for I am hyped as well Clark I think you nailed it there and you’ve somehow got me more hyped for it with that speech as well but thank you guys so much for watching tomorrow we’re going to be
Posting the Wrestlemania week schedule to the wrestling Republic social medias because hey we’re going to do a lot of shows just like there’s going to be a lot of matches thank you so thank you David and thank you Clark for joining me here today we will see you guys tomorrow p
