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We recap our battle with Mother Nature, preview AEW Dynasty and take a temperature check on the Road To Wrestlemania. Plus, Listener Mail!
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Introduction and Stormy Recording Environment
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome the Chick-fil-A show. are
00:00:22
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What is up Foley fam? We are back with another episode of the Chick Foley show. It's going to be a unique episode as we are in an absolute hell in a cell match with mother nature right now as we record. So, you know, our Mike normally does a pretty good job of filtering out some background info, but you guys might have some nice ambiances. There's a thunderstorm happening as we tape, but before we get into it, let's introduce the star of the show. Sheena, how you doing?
00:00:44
Speaker
I'm doing good. I'm wore out, man. like Like you said, I've been fighting Mother Nature all day, obviously trying to take care of the animals, make sure they aren't getting flooded out, make sure our house isn't getting flooded out. Thankfully, we completely like threaded the needle between the tornadoes. There was tornadoes to the north of us and to the south of us, um and we just somehow like skated right through. we had some pretty severe thunderstorms and stuff last night and some torrential downpour, but...
00:01:09
Speaker
Other than that, you know, we came away pretty unscathed. So I'm feeling, feeling super grateful, but also like it can stop raining anytime now.
AEW and WrestleMania Preview
00:01:17
Speaker
Yeah. But this episode, we are going to get into the AEW dynasty preview and we're going to touch base on the road to WrestleMania. Like Sheena said, we are actively combating mother nature. So it's going to little bit of a short form episode. This one is to be snackable. You know, I think, you know, it's only going to get you to work. ain't going to get you to and from work, but we hope you guys enjoy.
00:01:36
Speaker
um I think she's going kind of let us know what's new on the farm already. We'll go straight into the plugs. Want to remind you guys, this show is brought to you by ringside collectibles. Use code chick fully to save 10% on all your purchases. Their elite one 17 just came in stocks and really cool figures in that set.
00:01:54
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Um, And want to remind you, go to www.chickfully.com where you can sign up. You can find all things Chick and you can sign up for our Patreon exclusive Facebook group. Just a ton of fun. It's somewhere you want to be for Mania season with all these big shows coming up. You get a chance to watch it with, you know, 100 of your closest wrestling fans.
00:02:12
Speaker
ah Shane, we got anything else where into it? No, let's go.
00:02:17
Speaker
So let's start off before we get into AW. Let's start off with WWE taking a look at the road to WrestleMania.
Main Event Speculation: Seth, Roman, and CM Punk
00:02:23
Speaker
Just a quick kind of temperature check. man So we saw last Friday night we had the big contract signing between Seth, Roman, and CM Punk. as As expected, it was confirmed that it is going to be the main event for night one of Mania. And we also got you know that that big favor, that loose thread that we got out there, got brought back up. CM Punk said that the...
00:02:45
Speaker
Main eventing was not the favor that he was owed from Paul Heyman. was kind of implied that that was, you know, the favor or whatever. um where Where are you at on our night one main event? I like it, man. I think, obviously, I did not want it to be a triple threat. I thought just either one-on-one, whether we did Seth and Punk or whether we did Roman and Seth, I thought that would have been a better ah better match. But, you know, as per usual with WWE as of late, they've brought it all together, and I think it's going to be a freaking stellar match, dude. so Yeah, those three guys, plus he had Paul Heyman in the mix, man. They're so talented. like there's no there's just
00:03:17
Speaker
It's impossible going up with a bad final product. you know whether the Whether the story makes... Every last lick of sense or not, it's it's going to be something good once once the bell rings. Yeah, and I think regardless of the outcome, I think there's so many different avenues. you know for For all the guys, there's so many different avenues. It's going to a crazy story you could tell going into and coming out of that match. And there's there's cool storyline stuff you can do with all three guys winning. If you had if you had to put a call right now, who do you think wins?
00:03:45
Speaker
Uh, I think CM Punk's going to win, dude. I think, I think Punk's going to win. i mean, it'll spin off and we're going get something, you know, maybe Punk and Roman at a SummerSlam or something, maybe one-on-one or I don't know.
00:03:57
Speaker
What do you think? I agree. I think Punk and Roman makes a lot of sense. One-on-one at SummerSlam, but I'm still, I'm going Seth Rollins, dude. I think Seth wins this match, man. I think I would love to see it. I mean, I'd be happy to see Seth have his moment again. And yeah, Seth's going to get, I think Seth is going to get his, uh,
00:04:11
Speaker
his moment this year do you think he's uh so you think the favors he's gonna cash in the favor but it's not gonna make a difference and yeah i like yeah i think the love triangle between punk roman and paul hayman is gonna end up taking both those guys out and you know seth has the absolute perfect finish to move to sneak in and hit on somebody out of nowhere you know uh to take them out so i think um yeah i think i think seth wins man Do you think they are doing a disservice to Jey Uso and Gunther by not having
Jey Uso's Storyline Importance
00:04:41
Speaker
the main event? You know, that ah that they already kind of felt that that title is always felt a little bit, you know, B level compared to to Cody's belt and, roman you know, Roman's belt before that.
00:04:51
Speaker
Jay Uso winning. We love Jay, right? main event Jay Uso, but in reality, I think he's kind of upper mid card Jay Uso. um And you know I feel like it's it's kind of feeding into the narrative that it's this whole storyline is like lesser than. what what What do you think, Shane?
00:05:06
Speaker
Um, I used to think that and I was like, you know, i always thought it was like a secondary title and that sort of thing. um But to me, I feel like they'd be doing us a disservice to try to like squeeze it in and make it into a main event, dude. I think it's it's going to be properly placed.
00:05:21
Speaker
I think it's going to be a great either like ah an opener for, you know, for one night of WrestleMania or, um you know, it'll be somewhere and think it's going to great, dude. think it's going to be good match, but if it were to main event, it would just not make sense.
00:05:35
Speaker
Where would you put it at on the card if you could pick? um I feel like I would open the show with it, dude. I feel like, you know, what why not? Go ahead and knock it out. I mean, because that would make it feel important. I think opening WrestleMania is an important match too, right? You're not just throwing it up like you know after some... I mean, now there's not there's not a ton of fluff on WrestleMania these days, but... Yeah, the two nights helps out.
00:05:54
Speaker
Yeah, um but I think having it open maybe... night two or night one. I don't know. Well, got to have a night. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. don't know. I'm thinking you have an open night two, man. Cause I think whatever's going to open night one is going to be fire. It's going to get a big reaction.
00:06:06
Speaker
I think there's a chance you get a little bit of crowd fatigue getting into you know, Sunday, most of these folks probably get in town Wednesday or probably Thursday at the latest. So you're going on three or four days partying, spending a bunch of money in Vegas.
00:06:18
Speaker
I think you're going to need rally. And I think having it open night two would be a way to just set that show on fire. Remember last year they opened with Seth and Drew, um on night two and then you had the big cash in angle afterwards i think that kind of gave a nice energy energy jolt to everybody and I think it would you know if I'm expecting Jey Uso to win this match and I think that would give you a nice happy moment to counterbalance I think Cena's leaving with that belt on night two I think Cena's leaving with the belt but I also i I can't see them not having the main title like two two titles on the same night right the the two main titles like that did it last year yeah well true
00:06:54
Speaker
to be Two years in a row. Yeah, you think would balance out, but i feel like this I feel like this show is already properly balanced, man. I feel like what's rough with with Roman, Punk, and Rollins on night one and Cena, Cody, night two, I feel like there those both those matches carry so much weight that I feel like you can really kind of play around with what's on the rest of them. Yeah, it's going to be... it It'll be cool anyway. I don't think... um I don't feel like... don't feel like the title's lesser than even though, you know, clearly it is. It doesn't bother me, though. You know what I mean? I think part of the problem is that...
00:07:23
Speaker
um you know, Gunther had the IC title forever, right? Loses it in April and then turns down wins this belt in August and never no real big character change. It's kind of same old big G, you know what i mean? And doing the same stuff, just putting on banger matches.
00:07:37
Speaker
I feel like it's, written ah in a lot of ways, this reign has run together with
Concerns and Critiques on Title Reigns and Promos
00:07:42
Speaker
this intercontinental thing, man. I feel like maybe that's why it's kind of Yeah. Bringing it down for me a little bit. You know what i mean? That makes total sense. Yeah. I can, I, I feel that now that you say that, I feel like those belts look similar to, you know, when he had the icy belt, they hadn't had the blue added to it that they gave Jey Uso Bron Breaker and stuff. So he, uh, he didn't have to have any sort of like climb to the main title, right? Yeah. It just is like, he took a little, you know, I feel he was gone. Obviously he won King of the ring tournament, dude, but you know, that,
00:08:07
Speaker
that felt like it happened over course of just a couple weeks, man. It felt like he kind of lost the belt at WrestleMania. The next time we saw him popping up in a big moment, he's winning that belt. And like said, it looks really similar to how the IC belt looked when he had it. Gunther really doesn't change his lookup. So it's kind of just felt like one yeah one big, long long run, man. ah but don't know. i'm I'm excited to see what Jay does with the belt. I feel like it's going to be a slightly elevated version of Kofi Mania just because The way Jay's, it's gotten over like crazy with the kids, but it's not the same Jay that, you know, we were seeing break up the bloodline back in early 2023. This isn't the same guy that we saw go for Roman at SummerSlam that year. Right, and we we were already, I mean, to me, I'm already seeing them telegraph, like, the descent back down into, like, the tag division. Like, they're putting Jimmy back together, dude. Like, they're they're putting the pieces back together. i can just, like, read the freaking, you know, how it's written in the stars. Yeah. not Not to be a Debbie Downer, but yeah, I see. i I do think Jay wins this belt, man, because I just don't think you can. on the
00:09:06
Speaker
You just can't resist not having you to mania, dude. And, hold you know, I think he's going to be right in smack dab in the crosshairs to get cashed in after money in the bank. Yeah, it's going to be, ah you know, he's going to be like a turkey on Thanksgiving when somebody gets that briefcase. Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:22
Speaker
Main event, dude. We finally saw Cena and Cody go back and forth on the mic. what do you think of this segment? for I thought it was awesome. You know, we were kind of the last time we recorded, we were a little bit down on, you know, Cena's heel turn and whatnot. feel like they addressed most of our critiques, man. Yeah. I feel like maybe somebody's listening from the show and you're like, listen, Cena, you know, Sheena and Seth were really hard on you. We yeah they got we got some bullet points from the Chick-fil-A show, man. yeah We think we can knock most of them out in one segment. Yeah, and they did. I mean, he he addressed The Rock. Yeah, they they at least referenced The Rock. They at least, you know, didn't try to, you know, retcon the Rock out of the storyline. He's at least there and floating around. You know, whether we see him again before Mania, who knows? you Maybe he just pops up at Mania. Yeah. um I thought it was awesome. I thought they both cooked each other. Some good lines. You know, like when Cena said that, you know, Cody thinks he's building empires, but really, you know, he's stealing money from billionaires' kids. I thought that worked because...
00:10:14
Speaker
You know, he he kind of you think he's talking about A.W., but then maybe he's talking about WWE also. Right. With Triple H and Steph. I did. I thought Cody, though, had the real line when he talked about how, you know, he kind of talked about how Cena really was when he was the man. It was like the worst era of WWE. Right. Like, you know, he told him he didn't he did not leave WWE better than he found it.
00:10:37
Speaker
Yeah. I know. I was just like sitting there thinking, like facts. Yeah. his arics The John Cena era really led to... you know I don't think it was Cena's fault, but his era led to all the discontent that planted the seeds for AEW to pop up. And we have the you know the biggest challenger brand that WWE has had since WCW back in the 90s. None of that would have happened if there wasn't so the all the fan discontent in the mid-aughts.
Cena's Legacy and AEW's Rise
00:11:03
Speaker
um So I just thought... I thought there was a lot of weight to what they were saying. I thought there was a lot of reality see to it. And that's when when wrestling's at its best, man. When you yeah kind of blur the lines a little bit. These cowboys are shooting, dude. It felt real. And it felt genuine. I felt like seeing a...
00:11:20
Speaker
you know When he was doing his initial heel promo, I felt like it felt a little a little scripted, a little kind of like paint by numbers. yeah felt Like Brett Hodge said in that interview with Ariel Hawane this week, it seemed like he was playing a wrestler on TV. It didn't seem committed. This seemed much more natural. This seemed much more natural and this seemed much more like genuine.
00:11:38
Speaker
right like I feel like they were taking genuine shots at each other. um yeah for the sake of the storyline, obviously. But um yeah, i'm I'm excited, dude. I think it's going to be good. I know that had to hurt, man, when Cody dropped that line about leaving it worse than he found it. In my mind, I think that era, like the the tail end of the Ruthless Aggression era up through kind of...
00:11:58
Speaker
you know, really up in a lot of ways up until Triple H took over, but at least up until like 2016, up until like 2021, 2020, feel like WWE started to write it. you know, the narrative is that the moment Vince left and Triple H took over, everything was golden, but WWE had started to turn a corner. They found something during the Thunderdome era. You know, I think there's something about that.
00:12:17
Speaker
I think they realized they could do some really cool stuff creatively without having a live audience. And they took advantage of that. Um, And they, know, cause the bloodline had already started. You know, we were two years into the bloodline storyline by the time Vince took over, but, um,
00:12:30
Speaker
But yeah, man. Yeah. By the time Triple H should go over. But to me, I feel like WWE would have been way worse. shape But they didn't have Cena during that bad period. though i thought he was the only thing kind of lifting it up by the bootstraps. Yeah. All those years. And say what you want about Cena, though. He he he is a good face for your company, man. You know what I mean? Like you can you can always depend on him. You know, you weren't going to get in no trouble.
00:12:49
Speaker
weren't going to do nothing stupid, dude. Like he was just he was a company guy through and through. um and you know. I think he was what he was what was best for business. you know what I mean? The only like public flub I even remember seeing it having was that time when he you know said something kind about Taiwan and had to issue this weird forced apology to the Chinese government but to kind of to save the box office for...
00:13:14
Speaker
Was that Transformers Bumblebee? I can't remember. yeah I remember that happening, but I can't remember. I forget what this was. It was some, you know, some big, loud action movie that he got in a little bit of hot water with the Chinese government and had to kind of bend the knee. But, you know, hey, man, you're trying to cash checks. um Anything else on your mind as we move towards WrestleMania?
WrestleMania Weekend Plans
00:13:32
Speaker
No, I'm excited. We're going to have the Fig God here. We're going to be hosting him. It's going a fun weekend for us because ah Seth and Brett and Jordan are all going to Memphis Wrestling. I'm going to stay here with Stella. On Saturday, we have we got a special Saturday Memphis Wrestling taken. Yeah, then Jordan's going to get up and hide Easter eggs for the kids on a Sunday morning. So he'll be ah he'll be doing that. No, what if we get him a big Easter bunny outfit to wear?
00:13:55
Speaker
Yeah, we should totally get him a an Easter Bunny outfit and have him come and surprise the kids as the Easter Bunny. Yeah. ah Yeah. Speaking of which, me and Brent went to Memphis Wrestling on Sunday. Another awesome show, dude. Indy Hartwell was there.
00:14:08
Speaker
Absolute star. She just freaking lit up the room. gabri Yeah. Brett thought that he got stiffed on a high five because she was kind of looking the opposite direction when she came out. Because me and Brett, our our seats are right by the entranceway there.
00:14:19
Speaker
She turned around, came back, found Brett, said she was sorry if missed him, gave him a double high five, and then came back out and took a picture with him after her match. Yeah, it was one of the few times that we didn't do the VIP experience, you know, like the meet and greet or whatever. and um He got a better picture than he did. Yeah, he got a better picture with Indy Hartwell than he would have gotten if he did the meet and greet. So that was really cool of her. Got that. Sean Legacy from Evolve. He's a WWE ID signing. He grabbed put him up on the ring, April, and then get a picture. Yeah.
00:14:48
Speaker
And the feud is still scorching hot between ah the problem child, Aaron Roberts and Brett Phelps. Brett was in his face. don't know how much he sucked. like yeah it's ah It's a good time, man. If you're anywhere in the Mid-South, get to Memphis Wrestling. they're They're really, really cool in places.
00:15:02
Speaker
You ready to talk some AEW?
AEW Dynasty and Title Reign Debates
00:15:04
Speaker
Yeah, let's move. So we got Dynasty on Sunday. It's an AEW pay-per-view. So, you know, the floor is extremely high for these events, man. Like there's a very, very, very low possibility that this thing is going to suck at all. Just because AEW delivers on pay-per-view, man. you can You can just set your watch by it.
00:15:21
Speaker
um Definitely a B-show feel to it. got a couple Owen Hart tournament matches and some, you know, a random hodgepodge of title matches here. um Sheena, I think I'm safe in saying you're probably more checked out on AEW than you've been in possibly any time since it's been around. Yeah.
00:15:38
Speaker
What's your thoughts kind of from just the little glances you got looking over my shoulder watching AEW and looking at this card on paper? I'm hoping that Swerve can save us from, um you know, from mocks. As much as I hate to say that about mocks, like, you know, we we love mocks around here.
00:15:53
Speaker
Deep respect for him. But yeah, this Deathrider situation has just has ridden for too long. And um I'm hoping that Swerve can save us from from that. I can't really make any argument on the the greatness of the Deathrider storylines. It's just not a case to be made. But I don't think he's losing that belt, dude. I think Mox is holding it to all in, man. we know it's very yeah I think it's highly plausible that Mox does retain. but Yeah. ah you know Originally, it seemed like they were planting the seeds for the storyline to be um you know Darby Allin taking down Mox, being the sting to Mox's Hollywood Hogan.
00:16:28
Speaker
Then we had Will Ospreay cut a super impassioned promo about how he's calling his shot to go to all in, take the belt. I just think you want to heal in that spot, dude. yeah know They've got themselves some options. They planted these seeds with with reigniting the Hangman and Swerve feud. so you know You could have swerve come out and help Hangman come out help Swerve win to set up a match between them down the road.
00:16:47
Speaker
A little uneasy alliance action. That's always a classic storyline in wrestling. But I don't know, man. To me, the fact that he he beat Cope back to slash Edge back-to-back two weeks in a row, if if he's beating them, man, like there's no reason reason he can't beat Swerve also. Yeah, just think totally.
00:17:03
Speaker
I think they want to make it a big crowning moment when um when somebody finally takes down Mox and gets this belt. And I don't think Swerve beating him at ait Dynasty is is that moment. Right. You've already put so much like negative money in the bank on this Moxley thing that you've got to pay it off. And it would it' be a clear like just knee-jerk reaction thing if Swerve beats him.
00:17:25
Speaker
I just don't see it. Yeah, I think it's going to be Osprey's moment ah for sure. Yeah, and like and we talked about it before. you want that When that happens, you want every ass in the seat to be rooting for Osprey. You don't want to have any you know sixty forty between Osprey and Swerve or whatever the case may be.
00:17:41
Speaker
Going to the women's match, dude. Timeless Tony and Megan Bain, dude. Megan Bain is obviously the new hotness in AEW. Looks absolutely incredible and has been kicking ass since she's been there.
00:17:52
Speaker
Do you think she got any chance taking this belt off Tony? She just won it back you know into February from Mariah May. I think she does. I think, I mean, why not? You know mean? Like, what does Tony lose yeah right by losing this? I agree. I think she's a four-time champ right now. It'd be a way to shake things up. Yeah, you're right. I don't i think Tony's kind of in that Charlotte mode now that she doesn't need some sort of long reign to establish herself. Like, she is like the star in AW Women's Division. And I think it'd be a way to instantly kind of pay off all this investment you've had on and Megan Bain the last couple of months. Um, I still think I'm going timeless Tony though, man. I don't think Megan's quite there. I think she, think she slips. I think she kicks ass, but I think she slips up and Tony storm grabs it.
00:18:28
Speaker
All right. Um, what's your prediction? need and pick Oh, I think, um, yeah, I'm probably going to Tony too.
Owen Hart Tournament Predictions
00:18:36
Speaker
Unfortunately. Um, I i mean, um I would hope it would be cool if Megan, uh, cause I mean, we're going mocks retain and freaking timeless Tony retain. Like we got to have some shaken up. Right.
00:18:45
Speaker
Um, Other big thing wanted to look at, the Owen Hart tournaments. So, obviously, building off of last year, they put a put a ton of effort onto this, right, to make the the winners are going to get title shots at all in. So, it's super prestigious tournament, whereas, like, the first couple years, it seemed like this was just a thing for bragging rights.
00:19:06
Speaker
ah Let's go and lay it down, Shane. Who is your pick to win these for the the the women and the men? um You want me to go through all the matches? No, just who you think is to win the tournament? I think... I don't need you to pick all seven matches. Well, I don't know. You put me on the spot. I was like, I don't know. Let me think.
00:19:20
Speaker
um I could see Mercedes winning it, unfortunately. um I would hope maybe Athena would win. I think it would be a good spot for her, but I think Mercedes is going to take it. I think Athena is winning because that's the way you could beat Mercedes. with that You see, they're they're lined up to meet in the semifinals on their side of the bracket.
00:19:38
Speaker
And you could have Mercedes take an L but not lose her belts, man. I mean that's a safe way of her to take her first l and aw And then, you know, if Athena comes up short going for the belt, you could have the rematch down the road. I think Athena's winning in this thing, man. They've put so much money in the bank with her over the last two years, being the forever champion in Ring of Honor, single-handedly carrying that brand in so many ways.
00:19:57
Speaker
um I think Athena wins. And, and and you know, i don't know if she gets the belt or not, whether it's from Timeless Tony or or Megan Bain, because I think this Mercedes thing, I think that's ultimately where we're heading. I think we're going to big Mercedes-Athena feud.
00:20:09
Speaker
ah coming out of this because, you know, we never really got Ember Moon and Sasha Banks in WWE. So this is a totally new set of matches we can see. And as annoying as Mercedes is, she can still go pretty damn well in the ring. And so that's going a tremendous match. Yep.
00:20:21
Speaker
All right. like Moving on to the men's tournament. What are your thoughts? I think it's Hangman and Ospreay, dude. I think it's two dog race. I think all these matches are going to slap. like Obviously, we don't know who the wild card is going to be yet.
00:20:34
Speaker
um I think all these matches are going completely rock, but we'll see we'll see what happens with Hangman and Ospreay because I think there's solid storyline for either of them to be the guy to win it. yeah i think well Yeah, I think I'm going to go with Hangman winning the Owen Hart.
00:20:54
Speaker
all right. What else you want talk about on Dynasty? I think that's really it, man. what' what do So do you think this is going solid show or where are you at with Shane? Yeah, I think it's going to be a solid show. AEW typically, historically, does a great job putting on some good matches. And, you know, what else am I going to be doing? They've never had a bad pay-per-view.
00:21:12
Speaker
ah All right. I think that's about it for the wrestling talk. Like I said, it was going to be short and sweet this week because we gotta get back to monitoring these freaking floodwaters around our house. We're hoping our power don't go out. Yeah. Do we have listener mail?
Wrestling Figure Market Trends
00:21:24
Speaker
We do. All right, Johnny JB, do you think there's been a significant drop in the wrestling fig resale game lately? Yeah, there definitely has been, man. You see it just kind of across the board of gradual decline. Older stuff is holding its value a little bit more. I think newer stuff is really dropping. I think Mattel's QA has suffered a little bit.
00:21:45
Speaker
Yeah. over the last like maybe a year and a half or so. We talked about a lot when they moved to the Vietnamese factories. There were some big drops in QA. And I think but you know it's by design by Mattel. I think they're taking money away from the resale and putting them back in their own pockets with these re-releases. you know We're firmly in the re-release era with...
00:22:02
Speaker
There's, dude, I want to say there's like five or six different lines that are strictly dedicated to re-releasing figures right now. So if you kind of had your eye on this, you know, $150 figure from a couple of years ago, like, are you really going to pull the trigger on that when you don't know if it's going to get revealed for an upcoming season?
00:22:18
Speaker
greatest hits line or upcoming from the vault line. So I think that's a big part of it. General decline in interest in AEW is a big thing. Remember those first like five or six sets of AEW, the pre-orders were selling out as soon as they went up on ringside. You'd never hardly, I don't, I don't remember seeing AEW figures on the pegs up until like season or series one or two of unmatched. um Those things, they were just gone. You just did not see them on the shelves stores for the most part.
00:22:43
Speaker
And yeah, As AEW's interest has gone down, it seems like Jazzwear's interest in the line has gone down. And obviously, you know, fan interest and collector interest has gone down too. you So I think it's, ah I don't think it's necessarily one little thing. And on top all that, the economy too, right? People just have less disposable income. So I think for a lot of these things always go in ebbs and flows. And i think for a lot of factors, yeah, it's definitely, I don't know if significant, I would say, I'd probably say a moderate. I think it's a moderate drop, but Classic figures still holding their value. Some of them going up in value. So I think if you if you're looking at this thing as an investment or if you want to spend some money to to get some, you know, prize figures, but you don't want to have the the value on them drop over the course of the next couple of years, I think the older stuff is definitely where you're going to get the best bang for your buck.
00:23:22
Speaker
Yeah, and shipping prices have gone up so much, dude. Even if you get a good deal on a figure, you're still going to get screwed because you have to pay so much in shipping to get shipped. So that sucks.
Future of Monday Night Wars Figure Line
00:23:33
Speaker
On the topic of figures, Sambro says, how long do you think the Monday Night Wars line will go?
00:23:37
Speaker
Seems like it's they're dug in pretty good. I mean, we've already got spinoffs where, as mentioned in the previous question, there's a Monday Night Wars Greatest Hits line where they're just... right they're re-releasing older figures that can slot into that.
00:23:48
Speaker
I think there, it seems like it's doing really well. It's got a lot more attention than like that Hollywood line that Walmart had or the ruthless aggression lie that they had. Um,
00:24:00
Speaker
I think they just they got to keep signing guys, right? Because they got to go deeper with like the attitude or mid card, you know, so I think it's here to stay. I think it's definitely the best Walmart exclusive line that they've had since I've been collecting. They've had a ton. You know, Target's always had Target had Hall of Fame.
00:24:13
Speaker
They went to Hall of Champions and then went to Legends. And so they've been steady on having like the old timers lines as a Target exclusive. Walmart, it feels like every single year they got a new exclusive line coming out that lasts four or five series and then goes by the wayside. So um I do think that the the the Monday Night War is here to stay for at least another few years.
00:24:31
Speaker
All right. ah Kevin Harrison, we're on another fig question. Top three figure reels you want to see at Mania. We can alternate. I'll do one. and You do one. I'll do one. You want to do that? Yep. I'll go first. so i really Me and buddy Josh Ellis was talking about this today. I want to see Ultimate Edition DDP. um'm I'm thinking Halloween having 1998. That was when he main evented against Goldberg. Probably his biggest match when WCW was still WCW. He had a big run in the main event in like 99 and 2000 WCW,
00:24:59
Speaker
When WCW was still hitting on all levels, he main evented against Goldberg while the streak was still going. And so I think an ultimate addition to that would be really, really cool. um I would like to see an elite ah Stephanie Vaqueror. I think ah you know she just she's so toyetic. I don't know if we'll get like the full like entrance garb and stuff like with her first figure. but i mean Oh, yeah. Mattel is going to be bare ring ring gear for her first one. Yeah, but even her bare ring gear, she looks fantastic. I don't think she's going to go basics. you know They've been doing most of the NXT superstars. They've been getting basics for the first one. I do think she's going straight to the elite line. out of Yeah, I do too.
00:25:32
Speaker
I wonder if they might wait and try to get like her and Julia in the same line. That'd be cool. Yeah, i feel like Stephanie could do pretty quick. Julia's gear is super elaborate. She'd probably take a little while longer. That's a good pick. My third, I'm going to continue asking for it until we see it, man. That WrestleMania 7 Macho Man Ultimate Edition. Got to bring it back, dude. like Let's get Macho Man back in the family, dude. He's got merch.
00:25:49
Speaker
I've seen him on the Slim Jim ads. He's in the freaking video game. I'm seeing it. you know His face pops up in the montages like Mattel. WWE, Macho Man's estate. like Let's get this thing figured out, dude, and bring Macho back home. As much as I love Zombie and Mitch and all the other third-party wrestling figure creators, I want Mattel making Macho Man figures.
00:26:07
Speaker
All right, Francis Marino, we've already kind of touched on this, but i'll kind of we'll just kind of wrap
WrestleMania Expectations: Seth, Roman, Punk
00:26:11
Speaker
it up. um He says, ah how do you feel about Seth, Roman, and Punk main eventing WrestleMania, and who do you think should main event WrestleMania? We've already talked about it. Cody, Cena has got to be the proper main event. yeah If we're talking night two being the main event, like the main main event, yeah.
00:26:25
Speaker
I think you can't go wrong with Cody and Cena. Both those guys have earned it. It's been a long time. i mean, dude, it's been... 11 years since John Cena main event in WrestleMania. You know, you think about him as such a mainstay from that like 2004 to 2014 time period, but he really, you know, he main evented five manias in that time and Roman's back made have been his 10th mania, you know? So he, uh,
00:26:47
Speaker
yeah He main evented two right away, right? When he was starting his running, main event against Triple H and John Cena at WrestleMania 22 and WrestleMania 23. Then he doesn't main event another WrestleMania until WrestleMania 27 against The Miz. So he he had those two right off the bat. Then it was a three-year streak.
00:27:02
Speaker
where he did not main event mania. Wild times. Miz main eventing WrestleMania. Yeah, WrestleMania 27, he main events against Miz, which really that was just to set up 28 and 29, where he went back to back against The Rock. And yeah, since then, he hasn't touched the main event, man. WrestleMania 30, he wrestles Bray in the mid card. 31, he wrestles Rusev for the US Championship in the mid card. 32, he does a run in in that Rock and Bray Wyatt segment.
00:27:26
Speaker
And then 33, he's in the mixed tag with Nikki Bella. 34, he had that weird three-minute-long match with Undertaker. Oh, yeah, where he ran him from the audience. Yeah. Yeah. 35, he just ran out and interrupted Elias when Elias was doing his thing.
00:27:41
Speaker
36, he had the Firefly Funhouse match with Bray. Which was awesome. Yeah. And then 37, he skipped. 38, he skipped. thirty eight he skipped And he wrestled austin theory Oh, yeah. And then 40, he did ah did a run-in, dude, with a Bloodline. So, yeah, like, his re he's been strictly mid-card, or he ain't been there or at all the last 12 years of Mania before this one, man. And are we in agreement that we think John Cena's taking the title at WrestleMania?
00:28:12
Speaker
i don't think that's a lock. I'm confident. i'm put but Right now, my confidence level is, like, 83%, dude. that's I'm right now. How about
Closing and Safety Wishes Amid Storms
00:28:23
Speaker
you? um I'm more like 95%. Obviously, like it's Cody Rhodes. Any dang thing can happen.
00:28:29
Speaker
um But I feel like if you don't pull the trigger on Cena at in the main event, the main, main event of WrestleMania, like you've really wasted a huge opportunity. You've wasted that moment. one of them Yeah, one of the most. And we said it before. When Cody lost, we were like, oh, you wasted the moment. But like...
00:28:46
Speaker
This like we're not getting this again. you what mean? Like John Cena. Yes, this is a this is a one time only like last freaking ride. John Cena's last WrestleMania. So if you don't pull the trigger now, I feel like i feel like you're doing a huge disservice to the to the whole heel turn.
00:29:03
Speaker
Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly. I feel like he's almost got to win. ah without You're going to do some serious damage on what the rest of his year looks like if he loses. I'm thinking he wins, holds it until about SummerSlam, loses it, and then after SummerSlam, that's when you start putting the hay back in the barn and get him back to the – You have his redemption arc.
00:29:19
Speaker
Yeah, you got from August until December for him to get back in the good graces of the fans. And don't think it's going that difficult, man. Um, so that's it. Again, this was a lean, mean episode. told you guys we got to get, get the kids to bed and get back to, uh, to fight and mother nature. We got to finish her off. think we're going to we got a little bit more rain tonight then we're gonna have a nice long break tomorrow.
00:29:36
Speaker
Um, Go to ringside collectibles. Use code Chick Foley on all your new pre-orders on there to save 10%. Go to www.chickfoley.com. Join the Facebook group. Sheena, hit us with some closing thoughts and we'll get out of here.
00:29:48
Speaker
just want to send love out to all my people here in the Mid-South ah that are being affected by tornadoes and the rain and all the things. If you're out there and ah you're dealing with all this, like just know, sending you our love and we're hoping the best. Stay safe. Drive safe. Don't be driving through no damn puddles thinking it's just like, you know.
00:30:04
Speaker
just a little shallow There's crazy potholes in Tennessee. You might think it's a puddle and it's actually a freaking lake right the middle the road. Exactly. So ah just stay safe out there and ah we'll catch you guys next week.
00:30:32
Speaker
Bye.