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Premium Toyetic Event: WWE Summerslam 2025
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Live from our home state of New Jersey, we attended the first ever two-night Summerslam extravaganza and we're here to talk about our experience, and of course, who was the most "toyetic" from both evenings of the show.
As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear!
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Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:03
Speaker
Are you ready, kids? Get your parents' permission, check your mailbox, and grab your shopping cart. It's time for the Adventures in Collecting podcast. I'm Eric.
00:00:15
Speaker
And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting, where we talk toy news, culture, and hauls. Along with our journeys as collectors.
SummerSlam 2025 Toy Attic Event Experience
00:00:49
Speaker
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting. We are back with a premium toy attic event. Live from a from our home state, New Jersey, the Meadowlands, MetLife, SummerSlam 2025, Dave. Yeah, it was pretty great.
00:01:09
Speaker
uh this this pte a little a little uh different than we usually do um because we were there in person so we figured this would fun one to kind of talk through the two days and give you our our picks and whatnot um but yeah and for those of you wondering when you can buy this poster on wwe wwe shop you can't unless they pay me for the photo Dave, great shot.
00:01:35
Speaker
um So for those of you that might be joining us for your first time for a premium toetic event, ah what we do typically for these is we don't necessarily talk about what happened on the show, winners, losers.
00:01:48
Speaker
um We talk about who we think deserves the ah the old...
WWE Figures and Mattel Collaborations
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Mattel ah action figure treatment. So our friends are our friends, Steve, Magic, Bill, um who we want to see them tackle in the in the w WWE line over at Mattel.
00:02:07
Speaker
Not our first foray into fashion on adventures and collecting and certainly not our last. Correct. Correct. um So special shouts. We did actually get to see ah Mr. Mr. Steve Ozer, Mr. Mattel ah at SummerSlam. So that was really cool. We got to chat with him.
00:02:25
Speaker
I don't know. What do they call him on Major? Mattel Steve? Don't they call him Mattel Steve? Corporate Steve. Corporate Steve. Yeah. ah So we did get to chat with Steve for a little bit, which was great.
00:02:36
Speaker
um You know, ah always a pleasure seeing... don't want him to be corporate Steve, but... Yeah, he's not corporate Steve, but it's just his nickname. So people people in this community know him.
00:02:47
Speaker
Action figure attack, of course, on on Instagram. um Yeah. So always, always a pleasure to see Steve. um We got a chance to to chat with him for a little bit on Saturday before the show. kicked off I'm seeing Steve in person.
00:02:59
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I say it's always a pleasure. Always a pleasure seeing him because I. Seen him before, just not not in ah IRL in real life. Yeah.
00:03:11
Speaker
Yeah.
Giveaway Announcement: X-Men 97 Wolverine Figure
00:03:12
Speaker
So ah since this is a little more of a unique episode of Premium Toiotic Event, PT, we will, of course, go through our picks like we normally do um for the two days.
00:03:22
Speaker
But we're also just goingnna talk about our experience real quick at the event before we get into it. So ah real quick, ah just some housekeeping. Of course, there's. It's always housekeeping.
00:03:33
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um It is ah August. Yeah, it's August. And we've got a ah new giveaway. um We've teamed up with our friends at Power of X-Men to give away this ah X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Wolverine.
00:03:51
Speaker
So ah this Wolverine could be yours. i Head on over to at AIC underscore podcast. Look for the pinned post. All the rules to enter are there.
00:04:02
Speaker
ah You have the entire month to enter. So this figure goes for quite a bit on the aftermarket these days. And I was able to to pick one up from Target. So ah when when they like shockingly came back in stock and ah we're passing it on to one lucky winner.
00:04:19
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So if you are a Wolverine fan, if you are an X-Men fan, if you're looking to see if you want to get into Marvel Legends, this is a perfect opportunity for you to do that. So again, Instagram at AIC underscore podcast. Make sure you read the instructions carefully. couple things you got to do to make your entry count.
00:04:37
Speaker
um So read those, ah read those instructions and enter to win yourself a Wolverine. Yeah.
SummerSlam Experience with Family
00:04:45
Speaker
Um, So, yeah, so real quick before we get into the ah into the picks.
00:04:52
Speaker
SummerSlam, this was this was a historic SummerSlam two days for the first time. um They're continuing the two days next year and in Minneapolis.
00:05:04
Speaker
So, ah yes, it's it's the first of its kind. Of course, this was John Cena's last summer. I'm a Bears fan. So Minneapolis to me is.
00:05:14
Speaker
um Of course, this was John Cena's last SummerSlam. We will, of course, be talking that. It's Prince from. That's where we're going to... There you go. I love Prince. Looks like we got a purple color scheme next year. I will say it is Prince related.
00:05:29
Speaker
Sure. Definitely not the football team from Minnesota. It's totally Prince. um But ah yeah, so this was a really cool experience for me. ah This was my first pay-per-view ever, ah or first WWE pay-per-view, should say.
00:05:46
Speaker
um It was a really cool experience. MetLife. Stadium, not necessarily the easiest stadium to navigate. I've i've been to it before for other events. um It's a little bit of a logistic nightmare, but a logistical nightmare.
00:06:01
Speaker
But um we had great seats. We were in the 200 level. We had we had a we we're dead center with the ring ah right of hard cam. Yeah, you could see the the view there.
00:06:12
Speaker
The only thing we couldn't really see was that the Titan Tron, the stage design, if you will. But ah it was just a bunch of. Yeah, just a bunch of monitors like screens stacked on top of each other to make one very large screen.
00:06:25
Speaker
um Yeah, great. We got a great view of the pyrotechnics, of course, as you can see there. um And like they did the stage like I don't know if it was this was the reason, but, you know,
00:06:39
Speaker
MetLife Stadium has that kind of radiator vent look to it. And it had the tears. Oh, yeah, I didn't even think of that. But yeah, yeah.
00:06:50
Speaker
um It was also really cool that I got to experience this not only with you as, you know, your little brother, but also my ah my daughter got to come with us. So that was super fun to experience that with her. She was super into it the whole time, which it's a lot. I mean, it's a lot of wrestling over two days. ah Yeah, it's roughly eight hours of wrestling.
00:07:12
Speaker
Did not get like kind of cranky or she was like cranky at results, but that was... Yeah, no, for for a nine-year-old to sit for eight hours of wrestling, it shows two things. One, she's into it, and two, they put on a good show, right?
00:07:30
Speaker
So if it was if it was a bad show, they she would have disengaged and not been into it. but and And arguably... and I mean, it's going to be tough to top that final, the main event in night two. I mean, that was an all timer of an all timer.
00:07:46
Speaker
So yeah, to be able to see that in person. Unseated ah Bailey versus Sasha from Takeover one Brooklyn as the best match I've seen live.
00:07:58
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, it was it was super cool. Well, with that, um also shouts to Mama Fuku chicken for making a really good spicy chicken sandwich.
00:08:10
Speaker
really good. And and also shouts to the guy in the ice cream line. For letting me pee and come back to the line. Without losing my place. It was very, very nice. that's Ice cream.
00:08:24
Speaker
that Ice cream line was long. Yeah, that is somebody who.
00:08:31
Speaker
Deserves like major credit. Yeah, not everyone would do that. So the ice cream line was really long. It passed the beer stall. So I was able to get my beer while I was still in line for ice cream, which was a clutch move.
00:08:45
Speaker
um They came to the line and let me like scan my card and and handed me the beer. But then the line, the the cage match had started between Jacob and and Solo and the line to pee disappeared.
00:08:59
Speaker
And I just said to the guy behind me, I was like, Dude, I'm waiting in line to get two ice creams for for you know my girls. ah And I would really like to pee before I get this ice cream. Is it okay if I hop back in line? He was oh, yeah, go ahead.
00:09:15
Speaker
So I ran, came back, high-fived him. We were in business. It was good. It was great. um But, yeah, so let's get
Designing Wrestling Action Figures
00:09:22
Speaker
into our picks. So ah we're going to start start off with night and one. Yeah. um And a little little bit of a format change, ah different format.
00:09:32
Speaker
um We have a special pick for night two. So we're each going to do two picks um per ah per night. night And then we have our our special pick for night two. So you can guess what it is.
00:09:47
Speaker
It's it's definitely a tables, ladders and chairs multipack, like an old school like Jack's style multipack, right? Yeah, actually, that would be cool. 12 12 pack. ah Dave, kick us off with your first pick here.
00:09:59
Speaker
Yeah, so Jade, um we have one figure of Jade so far in Mattel. two i think We have one announced. Yeah, we main event a main event was announced.
00:10:13
Speaker
But like... It was in her like first plane silver gear and she's worn multiple ah premium toy of toyetic event award winners.
00:10:25
Speaker
so Oh, yeah. And this is another one. um You know, she came out with the ah there wasn't any photos that could find with the actually when she came out with her like entrance cape with the Jamaican flag on it.
00:10:40
Speaker
But, um you know, representing Jamaican heritage, Jade looked amazing, as always, you know, looks somebody who looks like a superstar no matter where she is.
00:10:55
Speaker
Yep.
00:10:57
Speaker
Always has great action figures. I don't think she's had a bad one yet. um And, you know, this would be another one. Yeah, she's toy etiquette, toy etiquette AF. Very, very toy etiquette human being.
00:11:12
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. crowd Across the board. And like, it's fun to like she's always changing her hairstyle. She's always changing her ring gear um She's the perfect type of athlete for action figures. Right. Like she's got that that Rey Mysterio esque delivery. Right. Where it's like every time they're in the ring, different look. Yeah.
00:11:36
Speaker
you know, from top to bottom. So um yeah I also love the storm gear last month. Like, Yep. Yep. I love the ah the subtle like lightning bolts and stuff like it's just it's just great. And if you and you know, if you've been following her since AEW, she continues to use that kind of like. so Oh, yeah. it Same.
00:11:55
Speaker
She continues to use that kind of um like tangram geodesic like patterning ah yeah on her her ring gear. Almost like a shattered glass.
00:12:06
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, so it's really neat. um Yeah, and even going back then, too, back when she was Chitara at the first full gear I went to. Chitara, yeah, Thundercats, right? Yeah, you're right, sorry yeah Do you think Ultimate or an Elite for this, Dave?
00:12:25
Speaker
um I mean, you could go either way. I would say Ultimate if she had won, for sure. Yeah, I think just just the lead. Plus, we've seen it. Although I think it would be a lot easier to do a jaded with an ultimate.
00:12:42
Speaker
Yeah, I haven't tried yet. They're figuring and especially with the pen with the lean back like. Yeah, yep. I got to try to hit one with an elite. I haven't tried give her the lean back head like the leaning back head, although her hair doesn't really I guess he for the cascading hair like you do.
00:13:00
Speaker
An ultimate head.
00:13:03
Speaker
All right. She did. She did. She did. She hit it near too close to the ropes. um So my first pick is Alexa Bliss, part of the and new tag team women's tag team champions.
00:13:18
Speaker
um I keep wanting to call them friends with benefits, but that's not what it is. It's friends of convenience or we're not friends or some partners of convenience, something like that. But um I loved this match. I love this tag team.
00:13:32
Speaker
Although it looks like they're actually friends now. Yeah. and Yeah. that Yeah. um We've had some really, really good Alexa Bliss figures. In fact, you can get her most recent ultimate pretty cheap everywhere that still kind of has it.
00:13:47
Speaker
um But a lot has changed since, ah you know, she was partnered up with The Fiend, with Bray Wyatt. um Same, same, but different, I guess you could say.
00:13:58
Speaker
We've gotten an upgrade to Lily's presentation. So the Lily doll is much different than it was when ah when she first came out. Plus, she's got all this really cool new deco on her that we we have not yet.
00:14:13
Speaker
We've not seen on any of her figures. So um this would be a perfect ultimate edition. you know, you do the soft goods skirt that can come off. um You do the leather jacket with the poppable arms.
00:14:25
Speaker
i Yeah, there's just there's a lot. There's a lot you can do here. Her presentation is just awesome. I love this look. I feel like this is the best like Alexa presentation that we've had. all man, I'm going to set off the thing again.
00:14:39
Speaker
Did I do it? I don't hear if it's talking. but No, you're good. she's on All right, good. Um...
CM Punk as an Action Figure: Style Discussion
00:14:44
Speaker
But yeah, I think this is her best ah presentation. um I love this look.
00:14:50
Speaker
And you can package her with ah with the Women's Tag Team title with her nameplates on it, or with her side plates on it. So I think this is a ah this is a slam dunk opportunity. Plus, yeah she's one of the most popular ah talents out there. And it's been a minute since she's had. i think her last ah figure was an elite in teal and black um with like the half face paint.
00:15:15
Speaker
situation um and the lily doll i think that was her of her last uh figure so um would love for an ultimate treatment and treatment here for her and especially since she got the dub and uh you know they've been doing those things where they'll put like an ultimate figure that does sort of pair with either an elite or like a main event or something like we saw um We've got the elite or I'm sorry, the ultimate edition Bray Wyatt from the the Mountain Dew glow match. And they're doing the L.A. Night in elite form. So, you know, you could you could, you know, either make her and Charlotte ah part of the same ultimate wave or, you know, get Charlotte and elite out there at some point in that teal gear.
00:15:58
Speaker
But i like yeah yeah, Axiom elite that goes with the nation. Nathan Frazier main event, main event. Yep. But ah yeah, so that's my first pick. pick my Little Miss Bliss.
00:16:11
Speaker
All right. I mean, i do it every time because I think it deserves it every time. What time is it, though? For the first time ever in the ring, it actually was, in fact, clobbering time um with this very fantastic for um presenting gear.
00:16:29
Speaker
Right. That's that's the word they use. Yeah.
00:16:35
Speaker
You know, it's not there were no fours. No, but the colors are like those are spot on. Spot on. um So you're not worrying about any like, you know, they're just colors.
00:16:47
Speaker
And they also happen to be Chicago flag colors, too. Yeah. The only thing that there's four of is stars, but that's the Chicago flag. So no copyright there. um But you had the track jacket. It's cool to see.
00:17:03
Speaker
Punk's brought back the track jacket. um I wish they'd sell the track jacket, to be honest. um You know, the kick pads. um I wish he did a TLX.
00:17:19
Speaker
But, you know, punk clubs generally only have a black Sharpie. So, yeah. or a navy blue Sharpie. Those are the, those are your options usually. But, you know, punk also, uh, this was cool because this was, I haven't seen punk wrestled since a house show against Curtis Axel in a no DQ match where he just like caned them for two and a half minutes, hit him with the, the kendo stick. And like, that was it.
00:17:50
Speaker
Um, But the last last time I saw him wrestle like a really awesome match was in this same building at WrestleMania 29 against The Undertaker. um And it was cool. um I love the Fantastic Four gear.
00:18:06
Speaker
And I think there's a couple things. Obviously, this should be an ultimate since he won the title, if not for um having the shortest reign since this ah championship's creation that is official.
00:18:18
Speaker
Yeah. But also just an awesome match. um I think Punk's best since he's been back with w WWE. And I think there's a couple cool things you can do too.
00:18:31
Speaker
um Like at one point, his kick pad cover was kind of like slid down his to his ankle. And if you have those like swivel kind of legs...
00:18:45
Speaker
uh the pop you could pop them at the uh below the knee the calf swivel yeah if you have the calf swivel you could you could pop that and because it shouldn't be a a soft goods kick pad cover like no give me an extra bottom half of a leg to go with that nice i'd love to see them start doing more stuff like that like a nice a nice soft goods uh and Nice soft goods entrance jacket.
00:19:10
Speaker
um Give me the it shouldn't. It should still be Gunther's world title. It should not have because he never got punk doesn't have side plates. Yeah. You know that they don't do that, though. He would totally have punk slide side plates.
00:19:23
Speaker
But it it should be representative of that. So he should have Gunther's world title. Yeah, no, i I agree. But that was like when when. i Lesnar came with.
00:19:38
Speaker
the Lesnar side plates on the belt that he didn't actually have, but it came with both belts. But you got it. I think if they do it, they got to make it accurate to the moment.
00:19:50
Speaker
I mean, obviously ultimate. um And I actually in in I don't have a I think this picture is a a good i you could. Yeah, because you could be able to hit the the cross legged.
00:20:03
Speaker
Well, I think it also I think you also need the head from the end of the match when he wins and he's like all out of breath and seeing Seth come down, whereas his eyes are really red and he looks just really super beat up.
00:20:16
Speaker
Oh, see, I would give him this face. I was going to say, like, I think I like that they're going in the direction and of more expressive, like alternate heads. Like, it's not just like you're giving me like three heads. You can give me regular head this and like exhausted, gassed out at the end of the match.
00:20:34
Speaker
Yeah. But i love i love them doing stuff like that. You could even do, honestly, if you're going do what an eyes closed one, you could do the eyes closed crying face that he made when he was holding the belt at the end. Yeah.
00:20:46
Speaker
Like, that would be a great one. um But yeah, I love when they can lean in and do some additional sculpting to like capture these moments. um But Dave, I'm sorry.
00:20:58
Speaker
my my pick... complements this one in and it should be so many ways let's be real um or both in the series something same wave yeah uh ultimate edition uh i mean really you don't have to make make my pick an ultimate edition it could be they could get away with this with an elite but uh but i think with the accessories elite Willy Wonka, Seth, Seth Rollins.
00:21:24
Speaker
Um, so, you know, uh, obviously he would need to come with his money in the bank briefcase. So the black and gold briefcase, uh, he'd, he'd have to come with crutches. He'd have to come with a removable knee brace, one hundred um, his, his SR, uh, necklace and and the soft goods jacket.
00:21:43
Speaker
and the soft goods jacket Yeah. um But you also need ah head for like the sunglasses and a head without. Yeah, you can do it. want molded sunglasses.
00:21:55
Speaker
I was going to say man bun with removable sunglasses so that way he can actually take them off and then long hair for after the cash in because they had the bun came out once he was in the ring.
00:22:06
Speaker
yeah So, you know, I think maybe maybe it would be. And I don't think you I see. I don't think that's an ultimate. I think you could do that in the lead. I really think that there have been figures that have had that amount of access. I think if you want to do the multiple heads and that much accessory, it's got to be an ultimate.
00:22:22
Speaker
but um But yeah, that would be a great ultimate wave, right? You have this with the... ah with um yeah Especially if you... in the same wave Especially if you want, like, give me those butterflies.
00:22:36
Speaker
Yeah. So that way you could do... The swing. He would need them for the swing. He could do everything else without it, but if you're going to do the belt swing, you yeah need to be able to cross the one arm over.
00:22:47
Speaker
So, um yeah. I mean, this would be... Heist of the century 2.0. It was such a... As somebody who enjoys both of these wrestlers a tremendous amount... Yeah, that's true.
00:23:01
Speaker
Same. you know, I, I was torn cause I was like, Oh man, you know, this was like his moment, but also like, Oh my God, I can't believe this is, we're seeing this kind of happen and and play out in real time.
00:23:14
Speaker
Um, yeah, it, it was so cool. I would love to have figures of of both of those. So I've seen two cash ins in my lifetime. Both were really good. Um, so that's how we ended night one.
00:23:26
Speaker
We ended did night one with a, uh, with a cash in with a heist. Um, great great match. Collar on Gunther, that could be a defining moments figure for for Gunther for sure. One of those ringside exclusives, him busted open. I mean, he's only lost to four people and in on the main roster. So it'd be pretty pretty cool to to see him get one of those bloody figures. Well, he's only lost three on the main roster.
00:23:55
Speaker
Ilya's on the main roster. Right, but that was in NXT UK. I think they count it though. I would count it. Yeah. I think that's, I think it, but if you're being semantic, like, and now a word from our sponsors,
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00:25:00
Speaker
Yeah, so that takes us to night two. So, Dave, take us to your first pick from night two. Yeah, I just thought this was cool. Like, Jacob doesn't change his gear up to too often.
00:25:11
Speaker
It's generally like black pants with some sort of white stripe. Yeah. we're red stripe. um White stripe now that he's on his own. Maybe different shirt. Yeah. um Of which, like, that's a great shirt. what Like, all of his shirts are awful.
00:25:30
Speaker
I think they're one offs like that are made for it. Like that looks like it's like airbrushed airbrush for him, like an RVD type style like situation. um But I think the thing that makes this stand out, of course, is the wolf mask.
00:25:44
Speaker
um If we can get Ron Breaker with the like Vader style wolf head. Yeah, we can get we can get this kind of um with the like tribal art.
00:25:58
Speaker
Werewolf mask mask. Yeah, man, it's Samoan werewolf. Yeah. But also for for fun, we also need the half a handcuff. Yeah. To be included.
00:26:09
Speaker
Well, we have to see. We have to see how they how that one plays out, because i I still I'm still pretty convinced that that's a botch. He wasn't supposed to break out of the handcuffs. It still happened, though. Like you could still. Yeah.
00:26:23
Speaker
Have half a handcuff dangling from his wrist. Yeah. Maybe. But yeah, I think again, I picked somebody who didn't win, but who looked awesome.
00:26:35
Speaker
um yeah That mask was the coolest. And I would love to see, especially since like the Jacob figures have been, there's been two elites and one's like a top picks or greatest hits, I think.
00:26:49
Speaker
Yeah. One is they're both the same though. There's no change. It's the greatest hits of the first one. Yeah, it's just it's the only other there really only been like two straight repacks. And that's Cody and Dominic, I think Dom, where it's been like, oh, this big so many people bought this figure. Let's just put the exact same one out.
00:27:10
Speaker
Yeah. um So it is a great figure. It is a great figure. It's awesome. um And I mean, very popular character.
00:27:22
Speaker
Yep. Jacob Fatu is awesome. Like, yep. And he's got an all the Jacobs. He's got got an ultimate coming as the ring pack in But that's, you know, you're only getting that if you're getting the ring. So this could be similarly how to how they put.
00:27:38
Speaker
Rhea as an ultimate with a ring. This could be that cool, like companion ultimate. Yeah, that second that uses uses a little bit of the same head sculpts.
00:27:49
Speaker
know, you don't need to change up too much. I don't think. Yeah. Maybe like repainting the hair. Yeah, I don't know. It looked like he has he had all black dreadlocks this time around. He didn't have any red in there, but but yeah, great pick.
00:28:02
Speaker
ah This moves on to mine. This is certainly an ultimate edition, one that is very warranted at this point. um The the current and still women's ah world title holder over on ah over on Raw.
00:28:18
Speaker
Yeah. um We've seen many variations of her kind of caution tape.
Women's Champion Figure Design
00:28:23
Speaker
i you know, proceed with caution themed, uh, ring gear. I think this is the cleanest and coolest that it's looked so far. Uh, it looks complete. It doesn't look like, it looks like the ring gear of a champion that's on theme, not like an insane person that's wrestling, which totally works because that was the gimmick for a little bit, but now she's, she has, she's gotten, you know, victory,
00:28:48
Speaker
i she's got a full presentation here and I love this. um I love the entrance cape. um I love the like I said, the the the caution theming to it where you've got that combination of like laces and stripes and more of a coat.
00:29:04
Speaker
Like, that yeah. Yeah. Cape coat. Yeah, it's on her arms, too. I guess it's ah sort of a coat. Yeah, but it's it was awesome. I love this.
00:29:15
Speaker
Another opportunity to get the title ah in an in in a package with with unique side plates. um Plus, she retained. This was a cool moment. This was her first ah defense of the ah the title.
00:29:29
Speaker
And she did it at a major PLE. And she won over two other like massive superstars in Eoskai and Rhea Ripley. So um you know I think this is a ah this is a slam dunk of an ultimate. I think this would sell very well. I mean, her current elite is impossible to find.
00:29:47
Speaker
Yeah, haven't seen person. So and it's now, you know, outdated. So i I also think there's there's got to be a version of her with the briefcase, though, because that briefcase with the caution tape was pretty awesome as well.
00:30:00
Speaker
I mean. yeah you could you you could kind of do what they did with Damien and throw it in there. Doesn't necessarily need to be.
00:30:12
Speaker
perfectly accurate just kind of works as like an extra accessory but yeah i think that's that's feel like that's an elite and yeah more more of an elite thrown in but yeah uh so yeah it's my my uh first pick from night two is uh naomi dave um Mine went to, you know, my favorite, I guess it was my favorite troll job of the two nights, but it was the second biggest troll job of the two nights as the cash in, of course, with with Seth.
00:30:47
Speaker
um Although I guess Drew and Logan Paul would be the two biggest kind of kings of the troll maneuver. Yeah, but this, I mean, the the lead up to this and the execution of this entire match has been hilarious. Like, AJ and Dom have been wonderful in this program. And, you know, Styles Heat came out in the low rider. It was awesome.
00:31:12
Speaker
um Some Eddie-themed gear, although the flames were, you know, also in AJ's blue, Carolina blue. yeah. ah So i I have to double check this, but I saw somebody say that he was actually wearing.
00:31:29
Speaker
The same color, the same like the same color and pattern from the custody match that happened at SummerSlam. That be even better then. um And I meant to look it up before we started recording, and of course I didn't.
00:31:43
Speaker
ah So I'm going to look it up right now while you continue to talk. But yeah, i mean, it's it was an awesome like one off. He absolutely did. OK, he did. Yeah, they are.
00:31:54
Speaker
um I'll pull it up down to that blue and everything down to the boots. He's literally wearing. If you did if I didn't know better. It's probably it would it's like they um gave him the gear.
00:32:09
Speaker
Yeah, I'll pull I'll pull it up on screen. I'm sending it. out Eddie is a little bit taller than AJ, though, so I don't know if it would have fit.
00:32:19
Speaker
And he was a little bit taller. I believe going to see I'm going to see if I can if I can drop this in should work. Hold on. Let's see. So you can see AJ and here.
00:32:33
Speaker
Let's see if I do this, maybe maybe I'm going to screw this whole thing up. Well, don't do that. No, I'm not going like not going to do that. Hold on. I'm going to stop sharing for just a second here, folks.
00:32:47
Speaker
And but anyway, with that, then give me like a three pack of the match and make them all elites.
00:32:56
Speaker
ah That's amazing. Yeah, it's definitely not exactly the same, but it's that same blue. He had the yellow boots with the fire on it. The boots were a bit more yellow, less gold, but that's still rules.
00:33:08
Speaker
And that Dominic exists in figure form. Yeah. Yes, it does. i don't know if that Eddie does. I don't think it does. So it should be this.
00:33:21
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's it's pretty dang close. See the differences because they made it in 2025 for a different sized man. But yeah, but it's clearly clearly an overt homage. And I mean, that the matches filled with fun spots that were.
00:33:38
Speaker
homages to Eddie specifically like the chair the chair spot the the uh the boot spot on the internet on the internet the boot spot from the Kurt Angle match um yeah just everything and and and the place was electric like it was yeah louder there for it that that match it was louder only one other time but that ah that night too chicken night too yeah but uh yeah classic match and a great pick dave
00:34:11
Speaker
Um, so my final pick from night two, um, is, uh, Ray
Ray Fenix Tribute and Action Figure Opportunity
00:34:18
Speaker
Fenix. So had one of the, uh, most memorable moments of the evening where he, of the match of the tables, ladders, and chair match, where he got on Andrade's shoulder, stood on Andrade's shoulders and jumped to the titles and actually touched them.
00:34:32
Speaker
Um, which is something I've never seen somebody do in a ladder match before. That was, I thought that that was incredible. It was going to last longer Andrade didn't lose his balance. yeah and um also ah not not uh not a coincidence also paying tribute to uh to eddie guerrero as you can see in the the tights and the colors in his mask um was was also paying tribute to uh latino heat you know uh again summer slam a very important event for uh for eddie but uh
00:35:03
Speaker
we even got some three amigos from him in, in the year. Yeah. Uh, so he's got one figure announced so far. It is a defining moments figure. So that'll be a ringside exclusive from his debut.
00:35:16
Speaker
Um, so I think this would be just a great, you know, again, he's one of those guys, you know, repaint some, some new deco, um, get him in the main line. Uh,
00:35:28
Speaker
or get him in a future SummerSlam line where he's, you know, there's a piece of a build a figure with him. But ah I love I love Ray. I was worried when when Penta kind of took off as a solo act that ah that Ray would get kind of get left behind because they've always been a very good tag team.
00:35:44
Speaker
But ah he's he's found a place on the ah the SmackDown roster and he's tearing it up with Andrade there, and which is good for Andrade, too, because he needed something to do.
00:35:55
Speaker
um And they've been great together. They had some some amazing spots you know in this ladder match. i It was a great ladder match. I know a lot of people are kind of bummed out with the finish. I don't quite understand why. i i personally love the Wyatt Six, and i think they just need a little bit more time. They got derailed due to an injury, so I'm i'm glad they got to retain, and ah we get to see more from them.
00:36:18
Speaker
ah But, yeah, he he looked great. um yeah Again, another guy that's just super toyetic. Has the, as a whole, a better tag team roster? Yeah.
00:36:30
Speaker
Yep. You know, not to say that there are bad tag teams on Raw, but I just, you know, want to see those teams have matches together more than on Raw.
00:36:45
Speaker
Yeah. So um that takes us to our special pick for night two. um This, of course, queuing it up would have to be an Ultimate Edition 2-pack. Absolutely have to be an Ultimate Edition 2-pack.
00:36:59
Speaker
It's our main event. So Cody Rhodes and John Cena, ah this match lived up to every and all expectations. Yeah. I think it's Cody yeah to be honest. yeah Cody in sort of familiar, but also sort of new looking gear.
00:37:17
Speaker
Uh, he, he Kylo Ren gold this time to all gold. And you could see all the cracks and stuff in it. He, uh, he Kylo rend the, uh, the mask, if you will, for, for those star Wars fans out there.
00:37:30
Speaker
Um, we're seeing this mask for the first time in the ultimate edition two pack of him and Brandy that's available on Mattel creations right now. Um, But yeah, let's let's get that redecoed and let's get those cracks in there. You know, I love the paint, too. You don't need to remold it.
00:37:47
Speaker
Yep. Love this. Love the silver in the jacket, ah the dark blues and reds and stuff. um I'm glad they went with traditional gear for a street fight and not like street fight gear, which is something that does happen sometimes.
00:38:01
Speaker
although I would have enjoyed if he did the jeans and the old dusty shirt like his and the taped fist like his dad. Could have been interesting. But that and of course, you know, you've got Cena returning to form here. ah the the The baby face turn was not a swerve.
00:38:19
Speaker
it was It was real. The wake up call was a real thing. And ah and we have Cena back. He was talking to Stu. His his an absolutely magma hot pop in that stadium. Yeah, it was like so when the song started,
00:38:37
Speaker
It got like loud, but then it just was John Cena with the black background. But I was like, you know, that font isn't the same. That's that's a real font. And then all of a sudden when the um the sample hit. Yeah.
00:38:52
Speaker
The Amadou hit. That's. um We got life in Technicolor. Yeah. And everybody went nuts. And then when he ran to the ring, and everyone went nuts.
00:39:05
Speaker
Yeah. And did the hat throw and the. Yeah. And I got in like, yeah, I got the shirt on and like. Held the title up to the. um To the, you lay your ass down to for the three second ten, like every it was it was the greatest hits and everybody loved it. I loved it.
00:39:28
Speaker
Yep. Every I mean, to the point where and if you watched it on TV, I haven't had a chance to watch it back yet. But like when Cody, when they got to the ring and they were you know doing the readings for the ah before they started the match, you know, the introductions.
00:39:46
Speaker
uh cody was getting booed pretty heavily um didn't that didn't last you know by the end of the night he was you everyone was cheering and whoing everybody was happy to see cena which is a vast difference from wrestlemania 29 when no one was happy to see singing yeah yeah and it was it was a great match i mean he he turned back the clock with some so some kind of magic and it's It's the best match he's had, definitely in this run.
00:40:16
Speaker
Probably, maybe since that since he had to carry Rock through the Rock, tearing his abs off his abdomen in that WrestleMania 29 match. Yeah, i mean, this was special.
00:40:32
Speaker
he's hit He was hitting... all kind I mean, the leg drop from the top row. he did He played the greatest hits. You said it already. I mean, it was just it was fantastic. And from a selfish view... Carrying you Cody up the Cody Vader, like that was...
00:40:44
Speaker
Yeah, the ah the stuff they did he took a ah pretty gnarly ah ah guardrail spot, like old fashioned guardrail spot. I think we we said crow you said crowbar guardrail spot. Right. um But ah yeah, no, I mean, this was just awesome. And from you know a selfish standpoint to have an action figure of John Cena from this moment that has the New Jersey yeah like has this shirt on it, which is what they've been doing you know as part of his his retirement tour. They've been releasing you know ones that have some sort of significant moment attached to it. ah you know You've got the the heel turn. You've got the Indianapolis Royal Rumble one. You've got the Brussels one, for which is his first Raw after the heel turn. so They've been doing a good job of picking the t-shirts in cities um better and that are... And what's cool is with the Ultimate, if you really wanted to...
00:41:41
Speaker
Um, you could because he has the interchangeable hats and wristbands and all that on an ultimate. You could include both nights. You could do.
00:41:52
Speaker
Smackdown and. Oh, yeah. SummerSlam is it's the Jets and Giants gear. Yep, you could. I mean, I would prefer this over. the Oh, it's definitely at the very least would be this.
00:42:06
Speaker
Yeah, but I would ah or make the Jets one the chase. That's what you do. Make the Jets one. Jets colors, the chase in the yeah two ultimates. yeah I would be i would be in for that.
00:42:19
Speaker
But ah yeah, whether it's two pack or whether it's a, um you know, on their own in a wave sort of thing. You know, these two would make awesome ultimates. And also, you know again, like we mentioned earlier, a chance to do some different expressions.
00:42:34
Speaker
So, you know, they're doing the via the the thousand yard stare, heel turn face for an upcoming John Cena Ultimate Edition. um Let's get the let's be able to recreate this moment here um where scene is making making the kind of like you did it, pal face.
00:42:54
Speaker
And then, you know, Cody with the the crying face, I think would be would be awesome. You know, that's a face to for Cody Rhodes that, you know. Has multiple uses to it.
00:43:09
Speaker
Um, and again, should be seen as belt. Yeah. Yep. Should be seen as belt. Uh, yeah, I would actually put the belt with Sina, not with Cody.
00:43:20
Speaker
Um, since he came out to the ring with the belt, but, uh, and since Cody's got the mask, that's, that's the weight distribution of accessories, right? Sina's got the the title code. He's got the the belt, but, uh, yeah, I mean, this would just make an awesome from the, from the,
00:43:39
Speaker
and The guardrail. around But yeah, this this would be this would be awesome. And again, you know, opportunity to give some additional head sculpts, you know, get kind of and Now we know where Cena's headed, obviously. you know with ah At the end of this match, we were reintroduced to the Beast Incarnate.
00:43:57
Speaker
um Brock Lesnar came out and and took advantage of a very beat-up Cena. hit him wouldn him Hit him with an F5 and then left. Similar to the night after WrestleMania 28. After first once-in-a-lifetime rock match.
00:44:18
Speaker
We know what ah what the trajectory is for Cena. He's going to be dealing with Brock for a little bit. We don't know how long he's going to be dealing with Brock. I think you can make a fair guess that Brock has...
00:44:30
Speaker
Now his one-year cycle is starting, with SummerSlam being in his hometown next year. was thinking suspicion that you know he will be he will have his retirement match at SummerSlam next year. you think he's gone?
00:44:44
Speaker
Yeah. Of course, Cena will be gone by then, but I think you can have an opportunity where maybe Gunther's just the guy that retires people. I know that's a match people have really wanted to see is Gunther and Lesnar. Yeah, it was supposed to be me. Yeah.
00:44:59
Speaker
three years ago personally i think if if i were to book it today i know lot can change in a year but if i were to book it today i'd have i'd have bron breaker retire him and have like you know dog versus beast situation interesting but um there are lots of ah you know there are pros and cons with all these guys and you know we're not going to get into speculation and you know uh And there's a lot safer, better or worse. He is. he is. Yeah, that he is back.
00:45:28
Speaker
But, i you know, again, we'd be we'd be lying if we didn't say that the dude draws um and he puts on good performances. The sound when he when his that guitar riff hits at the beginning, that sting was ridiculous.
00:45:44
Speaker
Yep. He's ah he is a polarizing but. Drawing talent, so and he and in in recent recent years, he's put on some really good matches and he's, you know, put people over and, you know, he's he's done good for the business. So we'll see.
00:46:03
Speaker
We'll see what we'll see what happens over the next ah next few months, at least. Right. You know, we we don't know whether this is going to be. I would say he's kind of done both for the business. Yeah. We don't know whether this is going to be a quick burn.
00:46:16
Speaker
We don't know whether this is going to be Clash of the Castle. We don't know whether this is going to be Perth. You know, we don't know if this is going to be one and done. We don't know. We don't know i don't know. I would think Perth.
00:46:29
Speaker
I think it's a safe bet um because we're we're taking down on, you know, we're only three weeks to. Yeah. To Paris. I think we'll find out, probably find out a little bit more tonight. I think Sina is booked for Brooklyn for raw.
00:46:44
Speaker
i I think the next Sina gear they were announcing or advertising was Montreal. So I don't know if he's tonight. Okay. So maybe we'll, maybe we'll, we'll hear from Lesnar tonight on Netflix. We'll see.
00:46:57
Speaker
um Get some insight onto, I think there's going to be another story that's going to kind of take the majority of the story time. That too. that too.
00:47:09
Speaker
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00:47:27
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00:47:38
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00:47:52
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