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Pound Town
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We watch the end of Monday Night Raw live while reviewing Forbidden Door and previewing Money In The Bank. We discuss the latest and greatest in figure news and then have a special treat as Sheena gets to hear for the first time live on the air Sexyy Red’s hit “Pound Town” and gives her live reaction! All that and more!!
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Transcript
Introduction and Upcoming Wrestling Events
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley Show.
00:00:22
Speaker
What is up, Foley fam? We are back with the latest episode of the Chick Foley show. It is Monday night. We got about 20 minutes left in Raw. So we're going to wait to see who the last member of the Money in the Bank match is. But we're ready to talk some wrestling. We got Forbidden Door, Money in the Bank previewing as a special treat. We got the main man, Jordan, with us, the fig guy. Jordan, what's going on, dude? It's like I'm steam repelling from the rafters just to drop in and drop in the Phelps living room. I'm not actually there, but I feel like I'm there.
00:00:51
Speaker
Yeah, me and Jordan just finished recording the latest episode of the goal line. And so it just made sense for him to stick it out. A little impromptu. We would have had our boy Marco here, but he is actually at raw. So I'm assuming right now I'm willing to bet he's rooting for Drew McIntyre. What do you think? Do you think he's going for Ilya?
00:01:05
Speaker
Oh no. Yeah, it drew. He's got, you know, he's got the kid with them. I think, you know, Drew, Drew's a good one for the kids to root for. So, uh, Drew somehow organically going from babyface to heal and like back to babyface somehow, man, it depends on where he's at. If it's a CM punk friendly crowd, he's a heel. If it's a anti-CM punk territory, he's babyface. He's got like some, some Brett 97 vibes going on, but, uh, sending our best to, um, Marco, the MVP and the mini MVP as they, uh, get to be live for raw told him to take him to the merch stand. So I'm excited to see what they.
00:01:35
Speaker
what they picked up while they were there.
Family Vacation Plans to Beaver Lake
00:01:37
Speaker
Jordan, for the folks that haven't been listening to the goal line, if you haven't, that's your loss. What's new with you, man?
00:01:44
Speaker
just work and summer obviously. Zoe's going to camp all the time and we're just hanging out man, just living life and working and going to the pool and enjoying all the summer things. It is 4th of July week. So it's America's week this week. So if Phil Dunn has anything to say, he can bring his ass to the US and we'll, we'll show him a proper US ass kicking.
00:02:08
Speaker
We'll go War of 1812 on his ass. Dump his tea in the harbor. Do you want to tell the listeners about the family vacay? We already got teed up for a year out. Yeah, so we're going to actually go to its Beaver Lake, but it's part of Table Rock Lake.
00:02:27
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. We have to go to Beaver Lake, of course. You're not going to go to a place called Beaver Lake. Yeah. I mean, who wouldn't want to go to Beaver Lake? And there's like a strip club called Beavers or something like that in Beaver Lake. Definitely got to check that out too. But we're going to, us and the Phelps are going to go down there about a year from now and stay at a lake house. It's like a four story lake house and it has kayaks and all that stuff.
00:02:50
Speaker
I knew once I looked at it and I sent it to Seth, Seth was like immediately in for it and he's like, and Sheena gave the thumbs up as well. So I knew I had done my finest work at that point. You know, you know what it's going to be like going on like a nature-esque vacation with me, right? We're going to be waking up every morning. We're going to be heading out on the trails, sunning our buttholes in the afternoon. Yeah, it's going to be glorious.
00:03:16
Speaker
I don't think me and Seth are going to be walking around the lake. He and Seth won't be doing any of that. We'll be sitting on the dock fishing. You guys have fun with that. So is Beaver Lake like is like a destination place? I've legit never heard of it. No, this is just like because I mean, the majority of people go to Table Rock Lake, obviously go to the Missouri side because it's got Branson and all that stuff in the Ozarks. But this is more like the family side of
00:03:44
Speaker
Table Rock Lake more than anything. It's not really a destination, but I've been there a couple of times when I was a kid and I just, I remember liking it a lot. It's a lot more calm side of the lake. Cause if you go to, if you ever been to the Ozarks or Branson, it is not calm at all. Like there's, there's not a lot of room for swimming or anything. There's about a thousand boats on it a day. So yeah, this is just, this is just a more calm side. Like this is a much better place to take a family.
00:04:09
Speaker
That's me. In my old age, I've gotten way away from the touristy destination places. Somewhere secluded, somewhere cool, somewhere unique, off the beaten path. That's my vibe. How far away is it from Branson? I think it's two, maybe less than that. It might be only an hour from Branson, honestly. It's not real farm. Cool. Sheena, let us know what's new on
Gardening Update from Sheena
00:04:33
Speaker
the farm.
00:04:33
Speaker
Not a whole lot dude the gardens just like producing like a mofo, which is great I love so I'm like a person I love like the planting of the garden like getting in the dirt the the stewarding of the plants and all of that but when the stuff starts coming in and you have to like Can it and process it and all of that like that's my least favorite part I think but I mean when you have a garden that's producing you got to find a way to
00:04:55
Speaker
harvest or preserve all that stuff. So right now I just have bags of tomatoes and stuff chilling in the freezer until I have the energy and the capacity to deal with them. But yeah, very grateful that our garden's doing so well this year. So you're all about the journey, less about the destination.
00:05:11
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Unless about the end result. That's why you need a village and that's why you need community because I would love to just get out there, do the whole garden, grow the garden, do all the succession planting and the harvesting and all of that, and then just bring it in to somebody who's super stoked to make cans of pickles and tomato sauce.
00:05:33
Speaker
jams and jellies and all that kind of stuff, right? Like I would love to just like pass that off to somebody because I love the end result. I love relish and pickles and all that kind of crap and all the preserved stuff. But I don't like, you know, spending all that time in the kitchen. I like to be outside. It's time and space intensive hobby. Yeah, for sure.
00:05:51
Speaker
All right, Sheehan, remind the listeners where they can find you on social media.
Connecting on Social Media and Community Engagement
00:05:55
Speaker
You can find me on Instagram, at Chick Foley, Marco running the Twitter machine over at Chick Foley's show. It's actually the X machine now. I will never call it the X machine. I like it. It's kind of a little double entendre. Yeah. Until my last day, I'll refer to it as Twitter, until Twitter is absolutely gone as a platform.
00:06:12
Speaker
And you can join our Foley fam over on Facebook. We have a private group where we have just all kinds of fun. Two bucks a month. It's through Patreon. Go sign up at cheekfully.com and join the best group of marks on the interwebs. You know, actually Hachina hit us like Game of Thrones from this day till my last day. I will refer to it as Twitter.
00:06:35
Speaker
I was going to say, dude, I think it would be some marketing gold, kind of like new Coke. If like a year from now, Elon just comes out and says, hey, we're going back to Twitter. You know, we realize everybody was still calling it that. It's a beloved name and brand. We're bringing it back. I felt like it would give it like a real boost, you know, popularity and stuff.
00:06:50
Speaker
Yeah. I really don't even use Twitter anymore. I stay on it for news and there's still a lot of good content on there, but as far as actually interacting, I rarely ever do anything on Twitter anymore.
Twitter's Rebranding to X
00:07:01
Speaker
When Twitter first came out, I almost abandoned all the other social media apps for Twitter. I was on there posting and interacting and stuff like that. Then it just got to be such a freaking dumpster fire and I just stopped being interactive over there.
00:07:16
Speaker
For me, when they killed the third party apps, that really kind of hit me a little bit. Yeah, when you had to use just the Twitter app. Yeah, I've never really loved the actual Twitter app. I thought it was a way better experience having an Echo phone. So that killed it a little bit for me. And it kind of killed it. I liked when it was more concise. You had to keep everything in 140 characters. Now it's just like little mini blogs for people, right? I just feel like it kind of takes away what the original point of Twitter was. It's just to get your thoughts out there in 140 characters. Agreed.
Sponsorship from Ringside Collectibles
00:07:46
Speaker
All right. I want to remind you guys, Ringside Collectibles is the presenting sponsor of this show. Use code CHICKFOLY to save 10% over there. There is a ton of new stuff in stock and the July 4th sale is still going strong. So with all the housekeeping out of the way, are you guys ready to talk some wrestling? Oh yeah. Let's do it.
Review of AEW's Forbidden Door 2024
00:08:03
Speaker
I think we're going to kick it off with Forbidden Door 2024. 2024. So what were your guys' overall vibes of Forbidden Door? What'd you guys think of the show as a whole?
00:08:14
Speaker
I mean, I'm obviously going to always enjoy this concept. I just, I know a lot of people were about ready to do away with this because New Japan has just, I don't know, their roster is definitely lacking, but in all honesty for what New Japan's roster is, I thought this show was really good. Obviously there was not enough build for a lot of the matches as they just threw a bunch together.
00:08:39
Speaker
I think that that's the way this, this Pray Per View is just supposed to be, right? Like there's not going to be, cause you're not going to have all that build for a, for a forbidden door style match, right? It's just like basically like dream matches that you want to see put together. Um, so I ain't mad at that. I think that's, that's kind of the expectation going into a show like this. What are your thoughts, Seth?
00:08:56
Speaker
Uh, yeah, I mean, you know, we talked about the, I'll give a little plug to our buddies over at the tavern. I was on the debate episode this week and we talked about this as a concept. Made a lot more sense when it was so new and when the, in the new Japan roster was so much more stacked back in 2022, a couple of years ago, but.
00:09:12
Speaker
AEW has really kind of poached most of the big guys, if not the most talented guys, at least the guys with the most name value. And the other thing is that it's not really that big a deal because I feel like we get forbidden door pretty much every week. I feel like every single week on collision or rampage, there's somebody from another promotion coming in for a match.
00:09:28
Speaker
That being said, again, I got issues with it as a concept. I thought this was a good show. I thought it was at the lower end of AEW pay-per-views, but that's still in very rare air as far as wrestling shows go. It's just for anybody, anything anybody wants to say about Tony Khan and AEW, they can put together a freaking banger of a pay-per-view. This was no joke. Like I said, I thought all the matches were good, and the main event especially was... You were 15 matches. I thought the main event was historically great.
00:09:56
Speaker
Yeah, for the shit they usually get is these shows don't usually flow very well. Like it feels like you're watching like an eight hour pay per view. I thought once they got past the pre show and even the pre show was good. I thought the main show flowed really well. I thought it moved right along.
00:10:14
Speaker
Um, I agree with Seth. We talked about this other night. Mox and Nido was definitely a step down from what it should have been. But, um, the rest of the matches, I mean, there was nothing offensive. I even thought all the women's matches were good, which is surprising for a AW show.
00:10:29
Speaker
Yeah, the longest match that wasn't, yeah, the longest match besides the main event was Brian Danielson. And it was 20 minutes and the rest were like right around like, you know, 13, 15, 17. So there was no like super, super long. Yeah, they did a great job. I thought it flowed really well.
00:10:47
Speaker
Um, but yeah, I love the, uh, the women's tag match on a free show, man. Uh, the Willow against stat, dude, like I text Jordan, like about, you know, 75% of the weight there is to do this match has actually no business being that good. I was, I was kind of half ass still getting set up for the eating and everything. And I ended up getting locked in on that match. I thought, I thought all the ladies did a really good job on a, on Sunday night. And then of course, finally it felt after what feels like freaking years away, man, DMD is back.
00:11:12
Speaker
Oh, yeah, man. That was awesome. Mercedes Monet went over and then she's doing her CEO celebration and freaking the DMD comes out. It was electric for her, dude. Everybody was so stoked to see Britt Baker back.
00:11:42
Speaker
She hopefully she's coming back to be mercedes and then mercedes can take a five month break cuz she doesn't get her way and then my hope is that if that really does happen mercedes comes back without that stupid fucking music cuz i'm telling you that's fifty percent of the reason why people hate her already is because the music makes it just feel so forced.
00:11:47
Speaker
it was.
00:12:04
Speaker
Every time she comes out, like if they just got rid of that, like, why doesn't she just have Snoop Dogg do a track for her? Like, I mean, I just I don't get it. Like, what's the point of this fucking music? Like, it's so stupid. Yeah, the the CEO music is garbage, dude. And the chant is even worse. And like, and to make the chant even worse, they pipe in CEO and you see the fans just like sitting on their hands.
00:12:27
Speaker
Yeah, it's bad, dude. Anyway, she can wrestle. The match was fine. I mean, the match was good, dude, but it was just, yeah. She can go in the ring. Yeah, when the bell rings, she's got a case to be made as best women's wrestling in the world. And if she's wrestling the right person like she was on Sunday, and I had zero expectations for that match, I actually thought that was going to be the worst match of the night.
00:12:49
Speaker
I can't remember the other girl's name, but sorry. Stephanie back here. That chick is awesome. Like I signed by a W because she deserves it. She was incredible. I'm going to take another one of NJPW. Yeah, she's really, we do have to mention one thing, dude. Tony Khan has somehow bridged the gap between
00:13:10
Speaker
Um, triple a CMLL and new Japan pro wrestling in a span of six months, which that's like a death feud for the last like three years. So really, I didn't even know that I'm not, I'm not as up on the ins and outs international wrestling as I was maybe because they wanted to get, um, triple a guys in there, but I think.
00:13:30
Speaker
That's just a wound that's never going to be healed. I just triple A was always felt like disrespected by different promotions. And obviously they employ Alberto Del Rio. So who really wants to do any business with triple A right now? Because if you're willing to employ that scumbag, then yeah, keep yourself away. Yeah. Do you guys think it's weird or is a problem maybe that the TBS championship seems like it's a whole like head and shoulders above the actual AEW women's championship?
00:14:00
Speaker
I don't feel that way. I feel like Tony has elevated that belt a lot, dude. She's like one of the best things that their women's division has, in my opinion.
00:14:10
Speaker
I mean, it's not for me, but I can appreciate the amount of effort and care that's going into it. But I just feel like she's kind of doing almost comedy stuff in her own little section of the show, whereas Mercedes is just getting the straight up main event treatment and just going out there and having main event style matches. And you see, I mean, it's gone on after it was presented as a co-main event at Doubler Nothing. And it went on after the actual AW Women's Championship, this show also, man.
00:14:40
Speaker
They definitely needed to get that belt over because ever since Jade left, it has not felt like it meant anything. I don't know, man. I don't hate it and I get what you're saying.
00:14:51
Speaker
Yeah, it's just funny. Like I said, it's not, it's not, it's not a bad problem to have. I think that's kind of, that's kind of been the deal a lot with AW shape of ships. It seems like the importance of them kind of just ebbs and flows throughout the year with the exception of the actual, uh, world championship. But, but yeah, I just, I definitely noticed that after the last two paper views, it seems like it's presented as the, the bigger prize.
00:15:14
Speaker
Um, you guys want to talk about the main event or is there any other matches that you want to dive into?
Main Event Highlights: Swerve vs Will Ospreay
00:15:19
Speaker
Jack Perry's entrance was rad. Jack Perry coming out with the goat head was cool. That was a fun match. That match was insane. The main event, man, I felt like it right afterwards. I actually watched the match again the next day to make sure I just wasn't, you know, recency biased, dude. I think that was the best match in AEW history, man. I think that Swerve Will Oscar match was just,
00:15:37
Speaker
incredible, dude. The actual in-ring action, the emotion going into it, the charisma of both performers. I think it's my favorite AEW match they've had in the five years they've been going now. That's a strong statement. I can't dispute it because it was just absolutely stellar, dude. I had picked Swerve to win. I had never felt like Swerve was a transitional champion. I don't feel like they should
00:16:03
Speaker
If they make him lose it and just kind of like put swerve to the side, like that's a shame because swerve deserves so much more. But the fact that he beat Will Ospreay is huge, but- Pretty much clean too. Yeah, pretty much clean. And when he came out and he was like, you know, doing the tribute to his grandmother that had passed away, you know, he kissed, you know, he said, I love you Nan and kiss the arm band and everything. And had the Hayabusa tribute also. Yeah. I felt like Will Ospreay was winning. And then when he kicked out after those ref bumps too,
00:16:28
Speaker
Yeah. And so I was just like, dude, what did I do? Pick and Swerve. And then, uh, then he pulled it off, which made it even more incredible for Swerve. But I mean, shout out to Will Ospreay because he lost nothing in that match, man. It was, it was incredible. Yeah.
00:16:42
Speaker
Exactly what you guys said will osprey and swerve. Absolutely I mean they delivered more than I thought that match could even deliver like I had high Expectations going into that match because I just hold both those guys. I like the highest regard I think swerve is one of the best guys in the world and will osprey is arguably one or two in the world. So yeah, it's a
00:17:05
Speaker
It lived up to the number two, bro. Yeah, it lived up to the high standards that I had for it. And yeah, I loved it. I love both those guys. So it was awesome. So.
00:17:18
Speaker
Do you think it was the right... Do you think they should have put the belt on Osprey, man? Or do you think it was the right call to have Swerve win? So when I was at Dynamite a couple of weeks ago, I just kind of gauged the crowd noise while both of them were out there. And it definitely seemed like there was more people that wanted Osprey to win.
00:17:37
Speaker
having said that, I think that swerve winning this match has turned him from like a superstar into like a mega star. If that makes sense. Like I just solidified him. Yeah. Cause I mean, they didn't really present him as like a legit, I mean, not almost a legit champion, but like when after his, uh, he didn't even come out and fight or say anything meaningful after he won the title, you know, on dynamite the next week. So he needed a little bit of oomph. I think
00:18:06
Speaker
I hope they still do it because I just think Osprey winning in front of Wembley Stadium is the way to go. If I know Tony the way I think I know Tony, he's all about the cheap pop and that's not even really a cheap pop. Osprey's going to get a huge pop no matter where he wins the belt at and it's going to happen. It's just a matter of time. I think him winning at Wembley would mean so much more because his entire family will be there for it and everything.
00:18:35
Speaker
Yeah. And I think, you know, again, he didn't lose anything in this match. Whereas like if Swerve lost the potential for him to just like, again, be seen as a transitional champion, it was inevitable. Yeah. He would have faded into oblivion, which is like I said, just unfortunate if that were to happen. So I think, I think it was the right call. Yeah. And I think the fans.
00:18:54
Speaker
want to see Osprey win it even more now, man. He did such a good job selling the heartbreak and disappointment after the match. I still predict in Wembley next year. I think that's when it happens, man. I think we're going to get something like Osprey or MJF at all in this year.
00:19:08
Speaker
But I think they hold off till next year. Straight up booking wise, like in a vacuum, I think it was the right call, man. Made sense. Both guys elevated off this. Hard fought, lost for Osprey. And Swerve gets a freaking signature win. That was like a career defining win, honestly, for Swerve, man. Beating will Osprey, like I said, if not, I put it about like 96% clean. You know what I mean? Just a little bit of distraction stuff. No actual physical interference or anything.
00:19:34
Speaker
But I just wonder, you know, we can't talk about AW talking about, you know, the attendance and the sagging ratings and stuff. And it feels like maybe Osprey getting that get that belt would have given them a real boost, you know, because he's definitely he's by far the most over guy, the biggest star outside of WWE right now. And I think present a measure top guy could possibly get a few more eyeballs over.
00:19:53
Speaker
Yeah, true. Dude, I think Swerve being on top is is good for AWW, honestly, because to me, I don't know, every time I look at Swerve, I just like picture in my mind, him being in top dollar and how fucking dumb WWE was. I mean, shit row. Oh, yeah, whatever. You know what I meant.
00:20:13
Speaker
with top down. We still haven't been either way. You knew what I meant. It's just, it's just like baffling to me how you can under utilize someone that badly that is that good at wrestling. And the worst thing is, is when they released him, we all said,
00:20:28
Speaker
What the fuck are they doing this? What are they thinking? I was shocked when they let go. The dude, I mean, he showed it the other night. Like I think a lot of people weren't exactly believers in him. Like he won the title from Joe and Joe was definitely a transitional champion. That was like a huge achievement for Joe though, but that's my boy. But he was definitely a transitional champion. And
00:20:50
Speaker
I don't know, man. I just don't think people took Swerve serious enough. And now that he won that match, like outside of beating MJF in AEW, like what is a bigger win for him? Like, I mean, you just beat the best wrestler in the world to me. Like,
00:21:05
Speaker
Yeah, then you got MJF Omega Osprey and you know, I would have said Mach six months ago if I've seen Machs take a few few pinfalls and stuff in AW, he's kind of gone down a notch from where he was maybe into 2022. To be clear, man, I was rooting for Swerve. I love Swerve, dude. I actually, as a fan, I'm a bigger fan of his than I am of Osprey. I just, this match was just really interesting to me for kayfabe and non-kayfabe reasons.
00:21:28
Speaker
That is one thing that we talked about. Like if Swerve went to loss, that is one thing AEW needs to get better at is when someone loses, don't automatically present them as like a complete loser. Cause I feel like every time after someone loses the bell, they come in on a Wednesday and like the way they're presented is like, Oh man, you just lost your entire shot. Like all the way back down to the bottom of the barrel and AEW, like they got to find a way to keep these guys that lose the main title still elevated enough because
00:21:58
Speaker
I feel like the minute they lose, like they just go right back to square one again, which is stupid. I mean, swerve is eventually going to lose that belt and they got to find a way to keep him at the top, even though he's not the champion. Cause he definitely shouldn't be wrestling for anything less than the AW title. Like I just, I feel like he's that good at this point. Nothing less than that is even acceptable to me. Yeah, I agree. Any other thoughts on forbidden door before you move on?
00:22:25
Speaker
Who do you guys think challenges for the belt at all in? I mean, I would have said hangman before those those videos came out thinking he's going to be the wild card. We know it's going to be the winner of the own tournament. I would have said hangman. But I don't know the way that video was presented. I don't think he's coming back to join the elite. I think it's going to be I think they're going to give us somebody else. And it's so obvious.
00:22:51
Speaker
I'm thinking Brian, Brian Anderson did, you know, he's been hyping up that how his, he's got, got a new fire, how his last year hasn't been going the way he wants it to. And I think that's a huge main event. I think that'll sell tickets to Brian Danison going for the belt at all in, especially, you know, if you build him up and him and Swerve, obviously, you know, that's going to be an absolute classic man. So I think it can be his last match.
00:23:09
Speaker
That is his last match, I think. That way, he can get, or Swerve can get the win and send Brian Danielson. Just put him out to pasture. I said that one time and I didn't, Seth was like, ouch. Yeah, I'm thinking...
00:23:27
Speaker
Swerve and Brian Anderson and MJF and Will Ospreay. That sounds like a pretty badass one, two punch to put at the, at the top of the card for all in. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. It's going to be wild though. Cause they got all out two weeks later and thank God it's two weeks later. Cause last year, as we saw, I just felt like such a jumbled mess. I forgot about that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know how they're going to do it this year. Hopefully they, they men, the two pay reviews together better, like,
00:23:54
Speaker
Maybe they do Osprey and MJF and the winner of that match gets a title shot at all out. I'd be okay with that, honestly. I remember last year we didn't even see... The belt wasn't even defended at all out last year. Remember the main event of all out was Mox and Orange Cassidy for the International Championship. We could see all out being presented as a B-show again this year where
00:24:15
Speaker
where you don't even have a world championship match. If we, if we get that, that crazy big time match at all in, but yeah, it's, uh, as always AW remains intriguing and the absolute best thing, uh, you know, their pay per user, the best thing going right now. One more thing. Uh, they did announce wrestle dynasty. So new Japan is actually going to get a forbidden door pay per view. Um,
00:24:37
Speaker
But they're going to look like, is that going to be night two of Wrestle Kingdom this year? Yeah. So they used to do, I can't remember. Oh, uh, new year's revel, something along those lines was always a second night, but now they're going to do wrestle dynasty with CMLL, AEW, new Japan, ring of honor and stardom. I'm really excited for this. I think this will be really cool.
00:24:59
Speaker
And it'll be, it'll be cool to see some of those guys wrestling Japan. I mean, it is a different stage. Like wrestling in the Tokyo dome is just completely different. You should make a trip over and go, dude. Wish I could really wish I could, but that's way too expensive. Like dude, wrestle kingdom alone. I've, I've looked into it before and it's just ridiculously priced. Yeah.
WWE's Money in the Bank Event Preview
00:25:23
Speaker
All right, so Ross wrapping up, we see Drew McIntyre has one. He will be the last person in the men's Money in the Bank match. So we got our card set. Y'all ready to bounce over to, uh, to the big leagues and talk some WWE. Yeah.
00:25:40
Speaker
All right, so we got another five match special, right? That's the standard now. Unless it's SummerSlam or WrestleMania, you'll get five matches and you'll love it. I ain't mad at it. I love a good, clean spot. I don't mind it. They've been putting together really good cards too, man. If it was trash, yeah, I wouldn't be happy about it. The only one that seemed
00:26:01
Speaker
The only one that still got to me was the one in Australia, the elimination chamber, because it was only, I want to say it was only four matches, and it still somehow lasted three hours, dude, because they had that 25 minute long Grayson Waller effect in the middle of it, and they were just really stretching it out, dude. I felt bad for those people, because it wasn't in the well populated part of Australia. It was all the way on the west coast of Australia. Most people were traveling in for that. Yeah, I don't know, man. More power to them, dude.
00:26:27
Speaker
But yeah, I'm cool with the five match cards. I've learned to love it. Well, we're back in North America at
Men's Money in the Bank Predictions
00:26:33
Speaker
least. So it will be an evening time pay-per-view for us. No more mid-day Russell watching. So what match do you want to talk about first? Actually, let's talk about...
00:26:46
Speaker
We talked about the men's money in the bank. What are your thoughts? We got Jey Uso versus Carmelo Hayes versus Andrade versus Chad Gable, LA Knight, and Drew McIntyre all bundled in here looking for the briefcase. Drew pretty much guaranteed it earlier, dude. He said, I'm going to win money in the bank and I'm leaving with the world championship. Drew's the kind of guy that typically says he's going to do something.
00:27:08
Speaker
He's either going to do it or you're going to have to rob it from his cold dead fingers, keep him from doing it. He's a favorite to me now. He's a favorite. However, I feel like that was so dumb of Drew McIntyre because you know who's watching this? CM Punk, dude. Let's just say that they have money in the bank. They don't have money in the bank to close the show. They have it earlier in the evening.
00:27:29
Speaker
and Drew McIntyre wins and he plans to cash in, dude. That's right for CM Punk to come in and just basically waste Drew McIntyre's briefcase, dude. I'm picking a Drew win and a failed cash-in in the same night. Yeah, I think that's the way to go. I don't know, Jay Uso trying to get the Yeet case. I think we're going to see Jay and Chad both get
00:27:55
Speaker
both get taken under by some wire-related activities, dude. I think Jay is going to be a part of this, man. It may end up being the actual true target of this whole thing before it's all said and done. Gable for sure. Some hijinks are going to happen with Gable, but Gable may not even make it to the match. What did you guys see? I know Sheena saw it. She was here. Jordan, did you see the Wyatt segment or whatever you want to call it? Not the Uncle Howdy video from tonight, but the actual... The Chad Gable segment. The Chad Gable segment.
00:28:24
Speaker
I saw the highlights of it. I didn't actually get alive. Yeah, but you saw where he was walking out and the you know, all the wires were scaring him and stuff.
00:28:33
Speaker
Yeah, huge horror movie vibes. They've done such a good job presenting this. Again, don't know how it's going to get to a match, but it's been really, really cool so far. I'm just along for the ride, dude. I'm just trying to enjoy it and just not try to think too much into it because it is really cool. It's been hitting up at this point that I trust it, dude. Totally might jump the shark. I expect it to jump the shark at some point, but I've been pleasantly surprised from what my original outlook was after that first night.
00:28:57
Speaker
Okay, here, this is my one beef with this match. Like, to me there's only two guys that can actually win this match and we already named both of them. Jey Uso and Drew McIntyre. I hate when they do a Money in the Bank match where you can just like
00:29:12
Speaker
tell there's four people that aren't going to win. Like, yeah, Andrade has like Andrade zero. Him and him and Carmelo are there for the spots. L.A. Knight did say he's going to win and cash in on Logan Paul. So, I mean, I think that's a god. I think it's more likely we see Logan Paul show up and screw him over in this match. I think he's got it. I think L.A. Knight has like a greater than zero chance. But yeah, I agree, man. It's it's the it's the J Andrew show. Yeah, I think Drew wins as well. Like I just.
00:29:40
Speaker
You got to keep this whole bit going with him and CM Punk. And I do believe that he will cash in right after. So I don't know, man. That makes me feel like this is going to start the night. Like, I feel like they're going to start. I can see this opening the show for sure. Let's go.
Seth Rollins vs Damien Priest Analysis
00:29:55
Speaker
Well, it segues perfectly. Let's go to what I'm assuming is going to be the main event. Damien Priest defending against the returning Seth Rollins. Something I noticed tonight, man, a little subtle change that
00:30:06
Speaker
We may be out of the freaking era, dude. And his graphics on his name, when they flashed it up and on the Titan Tron, freaking was gone. It was back to just Seth Rollins, dude, no freaking thing. Thank God.
00:30:20
Speaker
You just didn't have to make it like an official WWE trademark part of his name. It was totally fine as a nickname, but it seemed like it lost all the cool factor when it was like, you know, trademark or, you know, freaking with the registered circle. Yeah, freaking became like an official branded thing. It really lost it.
00:30:37
Speaker
lost its luster. But yeah, Seth was saying Seth freaking Rollins was cool. And then it was just like, okay. Not cool anymore. I feel like they dialed up Vince Russo to book this one up, man. We got double stipulations. They're calling it a last chance match. If Seth loses, he cannot challenge for the championship again, while Priest has the belt. And if Priest loses, he's out of the judgment day.
00:31:01
Speaker
I'll go ahead and say it, dude. You guys know how much I love Seth, man. I think Seth's winning this belt back, dude. I think Seth is going to take it from Damien. I think that sets up some really fun Judgment Day stories. And remember, Gunther is waiting on the other side for whoever comes out of this event with the belt. Gunther and Seth Rollins feels much more like a top of the card match for SummerSlam than Damien Priest and Gunther does, man. Yeah. And there's other business for Damien Priest, right? It's not like this is Damien Priest's only
00:31:27
Speaker
Judgment Day has been crumbling at the fringes for weeks now, man. And Seth's already... He's such a made man, has accomplished so much. It hurts him none. He's in that John Cena mode. It's just another notch on his stat line. If he gets another world title ring, then turns around and drops it to goon through at SummerSlam, which is what I'm expecting. I'm going Seth wins and survives a Drew McIntyre cash-in.
00:31:53
Speaker
Yeah, I can see that Jordan, I think priest wins just cause I don't think they want this title to have short title reigns right now. Like, and I think Rollins winning it and only having the belt for like whatever 25 days, whatever it would be. I don't know, man. I just, I get what you're saying about it. It's not going to hurt Rollins. It's not.
00:32:10
Speaker
But like when you've only had two champions with this belt so far and we're what a year and a half into it, like it just seems kind of weird to do a 25 day title reign with it. It's kind of the same thing they did with the AW title at the beginning. They didn't want to do any short reigns, like you got to build some lineage with it before you start doing the hot potato with the belt.
00:32:30
Speaker
That's true, but man, we've been in the era of infinite reigns, right? We have Bianca Belair, we had freaking Roman reigns, we had Gunther with just absolutely mind blowing. Roman had the longest in 40 years. Gunther had the longest reign ever. I think Bianca had the longest reign.
00:32:50
Speaker
With the women's belt. Yeah, and then also the usos. Remember it was just it wasn't it was Yeah, I mean I'm not mad at a little a little hot potato Yeah, I don't want it like, you know turning into like the 24-7 title But I don't think it's like, you know gonna lose anything if you know every
00:33:07
Speaker
25 days or something, you know what I mean? Like, I don't think it's, uh, yeah. I'm not going to my confidence on Rollins either, man. I think this could totally go either way. What was you gonna say, George? This also is me completely neglecting the fact that Drew McIntyre had the belt for one minute. So yeah, but still completely forgot about that one. But dude, I think Drew might cash in during this match, honestly. Like, and if he catches it, cashes in during the match, like, I just feel like
00:33:36
Speaker
Damien priest has not had a good title reign. Like it's just been forgettable and whatever, but I feel like they at least owe it to him for him to go out there and summer slam and get pinned by goon. They're like, I don't know, man. I just, I don't think it's time yet. He's definitely losing it next month. Like there was, there's no way there was not walking out of Cleveland, the champion.
00:33:57
Speaker
And I just feel like, I feel like if it's Priest, people know that. I feel like if it's Seth, Seth is accomplished enough that people will at least be able to suspend disbelief. And you think there's a fighting chance, man. Whereas if it's Priest, he's just going to be let out the slaughter field. You can never count out Seth Rollins, but yeah, like just exactly what Seth said.
00:34:14
Speaker
Another wild card man that is totally totally a talking point We don't know exactly where Punk is at on his recovery, right? Everybody's kind of got penciled in that he's gonna be back for a match at SummerSlam if Punk is still gonna is gonna be out past SummerSlam Which is totally possible with everything we've seen with this health so far McIntyre could have a successful cash-in and then we have Punk, you know, fuck him out of the belt at a
00:34:38
Speaker
at SummerSlam against Gunther. McIntyre and Gunther works just as much, if not more, than Rollins and Gunther does.
00:34:46
Speaker
I don't know, the great thing about this is though, like I said, there's multiple, you know, multiple offer amps coming out of this one here. So we don't know, we don't know which direction they're going to take us. So it should make for a really compelling main event. It would be cool to see McIntyre cash in and win the belt too. And like CM Punk just no shows the event. And it's like, oh, maybe this whole feud is over or whatever. And then Drew comes out on Monday and celebrates and says, see what I can do when that schmuck's not here or something like that. And then we don't speak until SummerSlam.
00:35:15
Speaker
I think that'd be perfect booking, honestly. Drew's been fucked over by Money in the Bank also. He's lost two title rings. He had the Miz cash in on him, and he had Damian Priest cash in on him. So it's time for him to be on the other side of that briefcase, man. Yeah, I don't know. That's going to be fun, man. I think that you're going to have some electricity in the building for this main event just because you could totally see any of the... Assuming Drew wins Money in the Bank, you could totally see any three of these guys leaving with a belt. 100%.
00:35:46
Speaker
Speaking of, you know, the briefcase, let's go ahead and talk about the women's match. So we got EO versus Chelsea Green versus Lara Vokiria, Tiffany Stratton, Naomi, and Zoe Stark is our women's match for Money in the Bank.
Women's Money in the Bank Speculations
00:35:58
Speaker
Speaking of scripted endings, if Tiffy time does not win this match, I'm rioting like there's nobody else in this match that even has it.
00:36:06
Speaker
I don't know. The masses are behind Chelsea, dude. Yeah, the masses are behind Chelsea. Andy saw she already came out and said that she's going to bring back the Divas Championship if she wins, dude. I could see him going with, you know, it would be goofy, but I think it'd be perfect for her if she cashes in for the Divas Championship and they just got to give her the belt, you know, because that's a retired belt, you know, she doesn't even win a championship. She just goes to, I could just see, you know, Adam Pierce being pissed off because he's like, shit, I got to just give her the belt, you know.
00:36:34
Speaker
I don't know, man. I think I think Tiffany's definitely the favorite is Tiffy time. Tiffy is getting huge pops every time she's out. I do think I think Chelsea Green's part of the next one with the chance. And then I think Naomi, you can't you totally can't count her out there. The other ones are in there for just spots. You know, yeah, just just cannon fodder because EO EO won it last year, right? He was winning the bank last year, I believe, and she cashed in at SummerSlam on Bianca. Am I getting that wrong? No. Yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right.
00:37:01
Speaker
Yeah, you know, I think Bianca just got the belt back and then EO cashed in at SummerSlam. Yeah, so I. I don't know, man, I think I'm picking Chelsea, dude, I feel like I feel like the men's we're we're getting like a true main event or what in it, I think it's going to be somebody from, you know, I think we're going to see a mid card person try to be elevated. I think that's what they do with the women this year. And I'm picking Chelsea. Shane, you guys split the difference. Jordan's going tiffy time. I'm saying it's Chelsea's time.
00:37:30
Speaker
It's tough, dude, because I mean, like you said, Tiffany makes the most sense as far as like, if you're just looking for the next world title contender, but.
00:37:39
Speaker
I mean, Chelsea would be so funny, dude. I feel like the money in the bank, giving her a comedy gimmick would just be so perfect for her. I feel like Tiffy, I feel like it's going to be triumphant when she wins her first championship on the main roster. I see her more win an elimination chamber or win in the World Rumble and marching into WrestleMania and winning it straight up. Yeah, I don't want...
00:38:00
Speaker
stealing that first title. Yeah, I don't want Tiffy to have like a quick like roll up after somebody's beat up. You know what I mean? And like then becomes like the like the Liv Morgan championship. You know what I mean? Like I want I wanted to have something meaningful. So yeah, I think I'm gonna go with Chelsea. Naomi could win just for merch again. We're going we're kayfabe is dead on this one. I'm taking off my king of kayfabe crown. Naomi could win. Think if she like, you know, blings out the the briefcase with like glow and stuff, dude, the marketing possibility selling those little replicas to kids. That would be cool.
00:38:31
Speaker
I would love to see a glow case and you open it up and it just shines. It's still criminal. They never made the glow belt available for sale. It was never even on TV, right? It was on TV once, but she went into business for herself. It was on a whole episode of Total Diva. She just took the belt out and got it all glowed up and then brought it out on TV without really getting exclusive permission to do that. That was back in the no fun era.
00:38:55
Speaker
No, our overlord was still in charge. No fun to be had here. Just, just for fun. I want you two to guess the betting odds one through six for this match on who is the betting favorite for this match. I just, just for fun. So I'll go, I say six is Zoe Stark. I'd say five is Lyra Valkyria for EO. I'll say three is Chelsea twos. Naomi once Tiffy Sheena.
00:39:26
Speaker
Um, I'm going to go with Zoe six. Yeah. Lyra to, or sorry, Lyra five, um, Chelsea four EO three, uh, Naomi two, Tiffy one, Tiffy one Zoe start to Lyra, three EO four Chelsea five, Naomi six.
00:39:55
Speaker
Wow. Interesting. Yeah. I still like looking at the Betty nods man for like fully pixley. It's kind of fun. They used to, they used to be a straight up lock dude. Like anytime you saw the Betty nods, it was a lock. They've got whoever was there like mold that was going and putting like
00:40:13
Speaker
big money on these things you know 24 hours out they've definitely they got that nipped in the bud because i remember like the first time i'd seen it a few times where i was like damn dude these betting odds are basically straight up spoilers though a time where i just refused to start looking at after that was 2017 that after it was saturday evening before the royal rumble
00:40:31
Speaker
All of a sudden, Randy Orton out of nowhere became the favorite to win it. And he had no hype. Like he was just like an underling for the Wyatt family. Didn't seem like he was anywhere close to the main event. And then sure as shit, he goes and wins it the next night. So I stayed away from the betting odds after that, dude. Those things are just.
00:40:46
Speaker
I look at him like midweek like just like you just said sometimes when I'm doing my picks like if I'm really torn on when I'll look at him but for the most part I don't even look at it at him anymore because I don't want it to be spoiled he's gonna win because yeah there's not that uh there used to be like I said it used to be smart money would come in like a like about 24 hours out dude I haven't seen it as much man the betting odds have been way less reliable there's been a lot more betting betting underdogs winning over the last couple years maybe it was Vince himself that was selling this money down on
00:41:14
Speaker
Yeah. Interesting that Zoe is number one. No, two. She's two. Oh, she's two? Who was number one, you said? Tiffy. Tiffy. Oh, Tiffy was no. Okay. Zoe was number two. I mean, they've had people win it like that before. They've had people just kind of come out of nowhere and win Money in the Bank, man. It's really like the great reset button as far as booking goes. Think about like that. NXT, remember just this past, what's her name? The little chick that won the ladder match.
00:41:41
Speaker
And Brett was the only person to pick her. Oh, Keanu James. You talking about that? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Those multi-man ladder matches. Yeah. They go anywhere. I think about like Seamus. When Seamus went in 2015, he was ice cold. Like, wasn't any kind of star. He somehow got money in the bank. Even Damien Priest last year, man. I don't think, I'd have to go back and listen. I don't think any of us were really gassing up Damien Priest as the possible money in the bank last year. I doubt it.
00:42:04
Speaker
Uh, so I think, you know, the bloodline six man tag, that's kind of going to be what it is. I'm sure it'll be a really fun match. Yeah. I think it's going to be a showcase for Jacob Fox. Hold on. Remember the other night when I, or when you texted me that this match was happening and you were like, Oh no, it's a hundred percent. Those three, the, now it is three, three of the four. I still don't think Jacob Fox can wrestle in Canada, dude.
00:42:28
Speaker
Like I think that's so over there, dude. I mean, Jacob fought to has a bit more trouble than Jimmy Uso. Jacob fought to robbed a bank, bro. He's like 10 years ago, right? He's a felon, dude. You can't leave the country as a felon forever. You can't leave the country forever. That's why everybody's shocked when they signed him because they're like, dude, if they're going to keep doing out of the country paper views, he ain't going to be able to go.
00:42:52
Speaker
I bet they're working it, man. He definitely ain't going to be able to go overseas because anybody dumb enough to go overseas with a felony on their records a moron because you ain't coming back. Yeah. I bet he shows up. You came to this strict on that stuff, man. They're like one of the strictest countries on letting felons in and out.
00:43:13
Speaker
I don't think he's there, dude. And them announcing that now it's three of the four members, any three of the four members, like that, that to me smells like they're going to be like, Oh, Jacob fat two had travel issues and won't be here tonight. Like, I don't know. I think they're going to try to work it till the last second, but yeah, they're definitely getting themselves out. The graphic hundred percent was Jacob fought to Tom and solo with, with Tonga little kind of lurking in the background, but yeah, it says three of the four now. Hmm.
00:43:41
Speaker
All right. Uh, so that's it. Any other notes from raw you guys want to discuss? We got to hit up Marco to get his reaction from live there at the show. Yeah. Um, any, any thoughts on Sammy versus Braun? I guess bronze match to win, dude. I feel like the, I feel like the only way Braun doesn't leave with that belt is if he just gets so brutal that he like gets himself disqualified and they build to a bigger match at summer slam. But Braun feels undeniable right now. He has to win this match, dude.
00:44:08
Speaker
Yeah. Unless it was one of those ones where he's somebody he just beats his ass so bad that the ref throws it out. And like, I guess we can't we can't say he has to because WWE is known to do the thing where like someone should be getting pushed and they're like, Oh, not yet. But dude, I just there's no stopping this at this point. Like Braun is so over. Yeah, he's awesome, dude. Such a freak athletically, man. I don't know how he wasn't more successful as a football player.
00:44:35
Speaker
It's it's wild that he is an absolute freak of nature All right, let's hit the beverage break
00:44:55
Speaker
Maybe that's a topic you guys could talk about on the goal line is why we think that certain crossroads happened and stars went to football or went to WWE instead of staying in football. You know, you got a lot of people that were prospects or actually in the NFL or, you know, really good football players and then just kind of transitioned into wrestling. NFL is just tough, man. The average NFL career lasts less than three seasons, man.
00:45:22
Speaker
It's really kind of set up for people to get run out of the league unless you're a star because it's so much cheaper for, uh, to just bring in, you know, you can bring in a seven, six round draft pick to be your bench warmer instead of actually giving out second contract money for folks. That's true. Not to get deep in NFL. It's not with a 30 minute sidebar here on Jordan. If you guys start hearing stuff in the background too, it's because my neighborhood's a bunch of freaks with fireworks. So I can already hear it right now.
00:45:47
Speaker
the week of 4th of July, you can just just go ahead and expect it. I mean, we're going on kicking off the first day of the month of with a it's it's nine days of this in my neighborhood. So like, we've been doing this for like five nights now. So we're good. Yeah, we usually it's usually pretty calm here in Oakland. But yeah, for like the three nights after 4th of July, you'll hear some random some stray fireworks and stuff. But it's not too bad.
00:46:11
Speaker
All right, Shane, what are you sipping on this Monday evening? So nothing boozy, but I do have something more than just water. I've mixed a half prime X with water. Prime by itself is just too strong. I just put it on the rocks. Why don't you just put it on the rocks, dude? Because this cup keeps it cold. I like to put it on the rocks. I agree. I like to cut it, but I just fill the entire cup of ice with a prime over the top of it. Did you peel the label yet?
00:46:38
Speaker
No, I didn't peel the label. I was going to wait and see. So for the Prime X, they got a little treasure hunt where you can put the pieces together, kind of like the McDonald's Monopoly and you can win a million dollars. I was trying to see what the Prime X flavor is. Did you ever- Get strawberry lemonade. Oh, strawberry lemonade? Okay. Yeah, they all kind of taste the same to me, to be honest. But yeah, so I got a half Prime X, half water here. Jordan, are you a Prime drinker?
00:47:05
Speaker
Uh, it's not my favorite. Like I I've had it a couple of times and I'll try the new flavors when they come out, but it's not like a go to for me or anything. Yeah, I don't enjoy it. I like it over Gatorade, man. Over ice. It's good, dude. I do like it, man. I, uh, ice pop is definitely my go to man. I haven't tried the energy drinks yet. I've literally just tried the sports drink.
00:47:27
Speaker
Yeah, they, um, I mean, they're, they're all right. I'm not, I'm typically not a fan of artificial sweeteners like, um, the, uh, an Aspartame super low. Um, but yeah, the Seth always has these in the house. So tonight I went for a super long hot ruck earlier today. So I'm trying to replenish my, uh, electrolytes. So I did a little something extra tonight.
00:47:48
Speaker
All right, I did some yoga in the attic, so I'm replenishing my electrolytes also, but with a broken skull logger. So yeah, good one, man. Anytime I pop down to Texas for work, always make sure to stock up on some broken skull beer, and this was no exception. Jordan, I never asked you, man, how did you like the special edition 316 IPA?
00:48:11
Speaker
It was fine. I didn't think it was like anything special, honestly. Same. For what it was advertised as, I just kind of thought it tasted like a normal broken skull to me, honestly. Yeah. You couldn't really call it a remix. It was more of like a variant, dude. I still think the original broken skull IPA is the best one. I think that's a legit really, really good beer, man. That kind of really turned me on to IPAs a lot more when I was getting into it. I think it's a good
00:48:38
Speaker
a good entry IPA for people who may think they don't like them. And it's not the straight up hop mom where it feels like you're biting into a bowl of potpourri or whatever. And it's also not like a 10% or it's just gonna knock you on your ass after the first one. So definitely if you haven't gotten into IPAs, Broken Skull IPA is a good starter one.
00:48:58
Speaker
What are you drinking tonight, Jordan? It's America's week, baby. So I'm drinking America's beer. It's Bushlight all week this week. I did mix in a Bushlight peach in here too, just cause it's like a perfect summer drink. But yeah, Bushlight all week. I got like eight racks on deck. So I got, I got a beer for the week. Bushlight, uh, peach is very tasty. Are you guys ready for some figure talk? Yeah.
Ringside Collectibles Haul and New Figures
00:49:40
Speaker
Alright, it's time for the figure for where we talked to you guys about the latest in the wrestling figure world. I want to remind you guys, this segment is brought to you by ringside collectibles use code chick Foley to save 10% on all your purchases there. Shane, we got a big ringside haul in this week. What were some of the highlights to you? We got ultimate edition 22 elite 111 and greatest hit series for
00:50:03
Speaker
I think definitely the Sandman from Elite 111 was cool to see. He had the barbed wire all over the chest. They outdid themselves on the packaging on this, him wrapped in barbed wire. I haven't really been as locked in on the figure game as I normally am.
00:50:18
Speaker
I hadn't paid, I know I'd kind of like casually seen it, but I hadn't paid a lot of attention to the MOC shots of these before I got them. As far as like mainline releases, that's going to be tough to top for the M package. I do wish we would have got the Rex Quando USA pants over the skull pants, but I understand making those to chase.
00:50:37
Speaker
And I wish we would have just got some like, like they just gave us generic silver beer cans. Like they could have put some label, at least a white like label or something on them. You know what I mean? Where it's not just like a silver like tin can. Yeah. Look, I feel like they could have, they could have just done a little bit. I think they're really toeing the line on exactly how far they could go with that. I feel like even making it all white cans going to put you in mind of, uh, you know, Miller white or something like that. So yeah, that's probably about as far as Mattel could go. I was surprised they even gave us the beer cans, honestly.
00:51:05
Speaker
Yeah. Uh, the Tony DiAngelo from that set too is, uh, is really cool. He's got kind of a sleeper figure. Yeah. He's got the soft goods jacket, uh, the hat, just looking straight up freaking mob boss status. So, uh, yeah, I thought that was, I thought that was a, I thought the Cody was great too, man. The Cody does come with any accessories. It's, it's kind of tough to get excited about a Cody that's not loaded out, but that Cody is clean, dude. It's from a summer slam last year where he made rock shorts explode, man. Really nice figure. Yeah, it is really nice, but yeah, it's a,
00:51:32
Speaker
I thought they should have come with some shredded shorts, man, in the packaging. The Ultimate Edition Jey Uso is a straight fire date. Yeah, it's a straight up repaint from the Ringside exclusive, but they did an outstanding job on it, and that was such an iconic entrance for that match. It comes with the hands to do the day one hands. Yeah, you got the M&M. And I love that John Cena, too. They finally gave us the towel, man. Jordan, how are we 15 years into Mattel WWE? And this is the first time we've been in John Cena with the towel.
00:52:01
Speaker
Dude, they're always lazy with accessories though. And like you said, maybe it's not always laziness. Maybe it's just greed. Like they know they can just release a million John Cena figures and everybody's going to buy them no matter what's in it. So I guess we should just be thankful. Dude, you ain't kidding, man. Now they have the tooling for that towel. I bet we start seeing the John Cena flooded in the greatest hits lines and they can throw the towels in with them, dude. So it's more meat on the bone. I mean, it is really cool having it. It's really neat. I hadn't even really realized it until
00:52:31
Speaker
Last year I was kind of doing stuff going through the collection it kind of dawned on me like oh shit we've never gotten him with the towel that's like such a part of his entrance literally every time he comes out he does the same thing like Roman said you know it's the same thing every single time and missionary every single night they gotta start doing more scene accessories and stuff like more like the headbands and armbands and stuff you wore all the time and the towels like
00:52:53
Speaker
Yeah, dude, especially that man. He's got a lot of great ones. Yeah, they do. They do the armbands and stuff. But yeah, if they had like a soft goods, like removable little armband, that would be cool. Yeah. Especially like that when he was doing the eight bit run with the eight bit shirt and stuff. Like I feel like we need all that stuff. Yeah. They can read you go back to the PBR inspired one, man. Yeah. Yeah. He's got, he's got a bunch of really good designs, man. Um,
00:53:20
Speaker
Let's go to figure news man. So, uh, again, shout out to wrestling figure, uh, new source, man, for keeping it locked down on, on Twitter or X. They're definitely the best ones. So first off, we saw all power town ultra series two. Uh, I got to say this would do some figures, probably the greatest figure ever crafted in the history of wrestling action figures. I mean, is there any dispute from any of you guys? We got fucking grandma's boy over here.
00:53:47
Speaker
No, but she did say she was the one that started the finger in the ass. I mean, people that watch grandma's boy know what that's what that's about.
00:53:59
Speaker
Such a classic like under underrated movie. You really think his figure is that great? Like, are you being dead serious? No, he doesn't. It's really, really cool, though, dude. And I love that they didn't they didn't skimp on the cans either. He's he's just infatuated with Medusa. I mean, they could literally it could look like the biggest bag of shit ever. And if if it's Medusa, he's going to be like, yeah, that's the best figure of all.
00:54:20
Speaker
I mean, this is a really, really good Medusa figure, dude. I think it is great. And like I said, we've never seen cans like this on a figure. This is like Sable in the Jax BCA era. Let's go through this. Wahoo McDaniel looks incredible. Beautiful headdress. Junkyard Dog. I think that's the best Junkyard Dog figure we've ever done. Yeah, Joe ID looks awesome. Kamala, I was a little bit disappointed, man. I thought that it was going to be, I don't know, man. I mean, he really didn't change up the look that much, but he did have some slightly different face paints.
00:54:51
Speaker
And I thought we might see something maybe closer to like his mid south look, but it's kind of the same as the elite we've had before. And then we got Jack Briscoe and Dory Funk, which are just kind of like old school wrestlers. What do you think of this lineup, Jordan? I mean, it's good. Like, I don't think it's necessarily like, I don't know, man. I think that you're really appealing to a hardcore wrestling fan with this line. Like outside of Kamala and JYD, I just. Yeah.
00:55:15
Speaker
I don't know, man, this is like a really niche line to me. Like, I felt like power town has been doing a really good job of giving us figures that we may not may we might not have gotten updated ones, but dude, I don't know. I mean, are you gonna order all these?
00:55:33
Speaker
I'm probably getting, I don't know, man, they're so expensive. I mean, it's so expensive because they're all dropping at once. Like they're 50 bucks a piece, but you think like, dude, most of the companies are charging 40 bucks for a retro and these are fully articulated like elite style figures. I think I'm going to get all except Kamala, dude. I can't, even though I'm sure that Kamala is going to be really good in hand, it literally, I don't think it offers anything that the elite doesn't have. I think I'm getting the other five though, dude. I think, you know,
00:56:00
Speaker
I think they're really cool. And if the time comes, because I'm sure these probably won't be in hand until like early 2025.
00:56:07
Speaker
I don't think I'll have any problem flipping them. You know what I mean? If I get them in hand, I'm like, eh, you know what? Maybe I, I feel like the Wahoo JYD and Medusa are must haves for the collection. I think the Jack Briscoe and Dory Funk are kind of like, go ahead and order them. And then you can make a call once you get them in hand. I do kind of like them, but I don't know. They're not the most exciting figures. You know, I usually judge like whether or not I should be excited for wrestling figures of whether or not Seth is actually excited for the wrestling figure.
00:56:31
Speaker
Like dude, if Seth is not like getting jacked for a figure or a line of figures, like that should kind of tell you all you need to know about it to me flags all around. Yeah, I'll say this, you know, FOMO is real. That's the one that you can cash in on on these preorder only things. There's always people doing the game afterwards. So it was the same thing. Last series one was three hundred.
00:56:51
Speaker
I sold my bruiser Brody for 275 bucks, man. So I basically, I paid for basically the entire series one off of one sale. So I'm sure I could probably, if, you know, maybe I will go ahead and get the whole series and then just flip Kamala, Jack and, and Dory once I got him in hand. I don't know. We'll see. But I love that. I mean, what do you think of that JYD, man? You don't think that's like his, do you think he's had a better figure than that?
00:57:12
Speaker
No, I'm not necessarily saying he's had a bigger, better figure, but dude, like, how many J. Y. D's do I need? Like, I just, I don't know, man. Well, you get the white one, you got the red one, you got the royal blue, and now you're gonna have the baby blue. You gotta have the baby blue, dude. You're not not gonna have the baby blue J. Y. D. I mean, I'm not not gonna have it. Right? Like, it's just, I don't know, dude. What about Medusa, dude? You don't think that's her best figure ever? I mean, go back and look at that elite Alundra Blaze, dude.
00:57:42
Speaker
That's a great figure, really great.
00:57:45
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's definitely her best figure, but I mean, that's a pretty low bar there, Seth. Yeah, I know, dude. I just, I like it. I want to support it, dude, because I want them to keep going, man. I love the deep cut seed, even when, like I said, it, Dory Funk definitely, it's not making me tingle or anything, seeing that Dory Funk figure. And the Jack Briscoe is cool, but I feel like as legendary and as badass of a wrestler he was, I feel like, you know, Jerry Briscoe became 50 times the star he ever was just by being a buffoon during the attitude era. Fucking stooge.
00:58:14
Speaker
Yeah. Seth is just hoping to one day run into Medusa again so he can be like, yeah, I picked up a Power Town figure. It's freaking phenomenal dude. My all time, my all time missed connection man. And speaking of Power Town.
00:58:29
Speaker
All right. We also saw figure collections, a retro of Vlad, the superfan. I'm not getting this, but damn, this is a cool figure. It is cool. If you're into the deep cuts and the funny gimmicks, this looks perfect. They literally just turned Vlad into a cartoon. Have you seen this when Jordan comes with fanny pack glasses and the necklace? Yeah, it's cool. I'm not getting it, but it is very cool.
00:58:51
Speaker
I'm not getting it either, but I love the fact that we got this, and I'm really happy for Vlad that he's got this, man. That's really, really neat. It's a Lifetime Achievement Award right there. All right. We saw the Ultimate Edition Vaders. All right.
00:59:05
Speaker
It's going to be similar to the Yoko Zuna. We're going to have a regular Anna Chase target exclusive. The first one is basically a remake of his old Legends. I want to say Legends Series 3 figure. It comes with that WCW championship belt that we only got with the Ron Simmons from Hall of Champions. It comes with a big white entrance cape. The other one's a little bit more interesting, man. It's the red and black one without the Vader time on the front. So I guess that's kind of... What is that, Jordan? Is that like late era WCW when he had that gear without Vader time on it?
00:59:31
Speaker
Yeah, it must be. I mean, I'm going to get both of these because I love Vader, but yeah, I can't really pinpoint what that's from. Yeah, I think I'm definitely getting the black one due because actually sold my legends figure a couple years ago and this black one looks really good. The, I don't know if it's enough meat on the bone on the red one for me, man, because the problem is they've done such an amazing job on all the Vader elites, you know,
00:59:56
Speaker
Yeah. Every Vader figure they've done is quality. The retro, like I feel like you can't miss on Vader. Like if you do, he's going to come back to haunt you. Yeah. So I don't know that the black one's definite purchase. I'm probably going to end up passing on that red one, but we'll see when the time comes.
01:00:14
Speaker
All right. The big story of the week. Finally, dude, like we honestly thought these guys weren't happening because it'd been so long.
Ultimate Edition Figures Excitement
01:00:19
Speaker
We're getting Steiner Brothers in the ringside line. Are these everything you were wanting to see from Steiner Brothers Ultimate Editions, Jordan? They nailed it. Like I pre-ordered these a second. I mean, maybe it's not the exact ones I wanted, but like, I don't care at this point. Like this is what I needed for now. Yeah, I want I wanted the colorful early 90s Steiner Brothers. You got Rick Steiner with the mismatched boots like
01:00:42
Speaker
Yeah, these are great man. Yeah, they're all so good. You've been you've been wanting these for a long time Yeah, I got some really good customs But you know this customs always got a shelf like do that I've seen after my customs that I've had like five or six years You can just kind of start to see a little bit of paint deterioration because even the best like they just can't get the same type of like finishing techniques and materials that they use on these and
01:01:05
Speaker
these factory made figures. Another cool note on the Rick Steiner, you know, we got the Braun breaker with the pink numbers gear also. So that'd be pretty cool. If you're a, you know, a figure displayer and stuff, you can get a little father son action going with a Braun breaker next to Rick Steiner. But these are great. I'm sure they're going to end up being one of the biggest sellers of the year for, for ringside. I don't even think this, these are on backorder yet, which is really surprising to me. I seriously thought these were going to be on backorder after like an hour.
01:01:32
Speaker
Well, you know, it's an interesting time that they dropped them because I think people are maybe a little bit trigger shy on on making big purchases because it is expensive getting the ultimate edition two pack from ringside again use kochik fully to save 10%. But dude, we got Comic Con coming right around the corner, you know, there's always a ton of shit to buy and pre order and stuff during during Comic Con. So I think the, you know, the discerning
01:01:56
Speaker
Figure collector may be, uh, maybe holding back to, uh, to see what all, you know, what all's coming later on this month. Yeah. Let's all get excited for the next bout of a ringside or not ringside, but a Walmart exclusive so we can never find them. I still refuse to pre-order on Walmart. I'll never do it again, dude.
01:02:15
Speaker
Yeah. Speaking of which, man, the Monday Night Horse Series 3 and the Ultimate Edition Eddie and Mankind are hitting. We've talked about it, man. I think Series 3 is going to end up being quite possibly the hardest to find figure set at retail of all time.
01:02:30
Speaker
Dude, I told you this, I've told you this numerous times in the last couple of weeks. I saw Monday night war series two. I saw one figure the entire time in the last two months. And the only one I saw was triple eight. So it's the only one I saw in person. And I usually find everything.
01:02:47
Speaker
Yeah, Series 2 was already hitting the last time I went down to Texas for work. I always drive down to Dallas. Indeed, I legit stopped at six Walmarts across Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas on the way down there and did not see one Series 2 figure, man.
Figure Hunting and Retail Insights
01:03:02
Speaker
It's abysmal, man. It's such a shitty contrast because you got a target. Target has gotten so freaking easy to figure hunt, dude. You very rarely waste your time on a figure hunt to target anymore if you take the least bit of prep time before you go.
01:03:15
Speaker
Yeah, I'm gonna check the the Walmart's in Kentucky whenever I go later in the week, but one more thing to you have been Historically pretty good. Yeah, we've typically found stuff But you know, I got one right by my work and I we have one here right here in Oakland, dude, and it's been There's been like one or two Hollywood Hope and Monday Night Wars on the pegs and that's it That's crazy to think the thing that's really scary about series 3 series 2 is not showing up in series 2 is kind of ass man There's like one or two decent figures in series 2 whereas series 3
01:03:42
Speaker
It's all awesome figures. It's got a hell of a build a figure and oh yeah, by the way, you have chase Harlem heat figures to go after. Also, man, like it just, I think it's the perfect storm dude for an absolute impossible situation for figure collectors. And I think we're going to have to either be missing out on these guys are hitting that eBay tax, man. Yeah. Cause, uh, to get a full set right now on eBay without the chases to 25.
01:04:05
Speaker
God dang. That's 50 plus a figure, man. And it looks like this person has sold a couple sets of them at two 25. So I do not doubt that. Great. Things are looking real good.
01:04:23
Speaker
Now we used to shit on target so bad too. And the funniest thing is last week, target had some yeah, target had some years where it was not great. I didn't get the Hogan chase with the red knee pads just because I didn't search very hard for it and I really didn't want it. Ari texted me last week. She's like, Hey, the Hogan with red knee pads is here and it's 12 bucks. Do you want it? And I was like,
01:04:43
Speaker
Good for you, Target. Well done. I know, dude. They they put this stuff out. They let you individually search for figures in the app to see what's in stock at stores near you. And they don't fuck around. Let's sit on shelves anymore, dude. They just straight up clearing shit out, man. Oh, yeah, they don't wait at all anymore.
01:04:59
Speaker
Yeah, we're going to do some serious clearancing. We have 30 Brit bakers at our local target, dude. That's crazy. That's a crazy Brit bakers. I got a feeling those are going to end up at all these mills. Those never hit the shelves in Omaha, which is crazy. Because we got them all here. That's why. They have to walk into Tennessee. Yeah. All right.
Listener Mail and Fireworks Discussion
01:05:16
Speaker
You guys ready to hit some listener mail? Mm-hmm. Yeah.
01:05:34
Speaker
Alright, we got a light mailbag tonight, but Tony Barker's kicking us off with best firework you would like to light off. What's your favorite kind of fireworks? Dude, honestly, you can't go wrong with a good firecracker, man.
01:05:45
Speaker
Like the big shells, everything are cool, dude, but. Like black cats or whatever. I mean, I'm going bigger, I'm going to like M80s, dude. Like just some good firecrackers, man, are fun. Light them, toss them. You got a little bit of risk on there because you never know when, you know, one's going to get stuck to your hand or something and you risk losing a digit. Like I'm going, I'll go old school and go basic and I'll just go straight up fire, firecrackers, man.
01:06:05
Speaker
I love a giant, giant sparkler. I'm like, I'm not much of a risk taker. I'm not trying to get some sparklers. Who's, who's good do's, who's good don'ts. Yeah. I enjoyed watching some fireworks on 4th of July. I'm not willing to risk, uh, you know, my, my health and wellbeing and my, my digits on, um, on light and fireworks. So I keep it pretty, I keep it pretty safe when it comes to light fireworks. So what about you, Jordan?
01:06:30
Speaker
I've always been a fan of bottle rockets, like it's just, ever since I was a kid, they're like my favorite thing. Like light them, wait till it gets right down to the firecracker and then throw it up in the air and just see where it goes. Like, still to this day I do it.
01:06:49
Speaker
Yeah, it was last year. I think Brett wanted to hold a Roman candle and I was just like holding my breath like the whole time, dude. Like, Oh my God. I can believe that about Brett. He strikes me as a kid. That would be all about holding the firework in his hand. Oh yeah. Brett would like, like the biggest freaking, I mean, he would be down there right in the middle of it. I could just picture like Seth too. Whoa, don't point it at us. Yeah.
01:07:13
Speaker
Yeah, last year we went to a big neighborhood fireworks display and it was, it was awesome. But man, like I just think about like, all I could see was just like money just exploding in the air, dude. You know what I mean? Like seeing all of the, this giant, what are they called? Like the little boxes of shells. Every time a shell went off, I was like, you know, it was just seeing $20 bills just like fucking explode. But yeah. What?
01:07:40
Speaker
Dude, I bet, I haven't been to a fireworks tent this year in 2024, but I am, I bet it's higher than giraffe punani, dude. You got to hit like sad Sam's the actual year round spots. You got a little more bang for your buck then, but they're, they're very, they're fewer and far between at this point. I'm not even sure if sad Sam's even still open. Sounds like a place that went up closed years ago.
01:08:00
Speaker
Really? It's just across the border from Kentucky. Yeah, because fireworks are illegal in Kentucky. For a long time, they were illegal in Kentucky. They're not anymore, but they were. For years, they were illegal in Kentucky, and so there was a huge fireworks outlet right across the state line. And they got like, it's kind of like just a little redneck half-assed tourist attraction. They got fireworks year round, but they got all kinds of other like, you know, chotskis and souvenirs and shit. Yeah.
Speculating WWE and TNA Crossover Matches
01:08:20
Speaker
Zach Hertzler says, if WWE and TNA had a forbidden door event, what match would you like to see? Jordan got any, uh,
01:08:29
Speaker
Masters you'd like to see between TNA and WWE, or if not, who would you like to see WWE open the forbidden door to, to have a match? The problem is everybody was talking that they thought the new Japan AEW thing was coming into an end and people were getting excited about that. And I'm like, dude,
01:08:48
Speaker
Uh, getting TNA as your forbidden door is a, I mean, yeah, there's a couple of good people in there, but that's not really a forbidden door at this point. Is it? It's more like, it works with NXT, man. It seems like a big deal for NXT. I think it'd be a little underwhelming on the main roster. I mean, there are some good guys, like, yeah, Moose and Brian breaker. That would be sick. Um, but I'm looking at, I'm having Dolph Ziggler beat Cody for the belt, dude. Oh my gosh. You mean Nick Nemeth. Yeah. I'm bringing, he's got to be, he'll always be Dolph to me. Should've been me.
Bizarre Listener Questions and Music Reactions
01:09:20
Speaker
A little surprise mailbag coming in from Phil Dunnett. He says, how many miles of Jay Cargill shit would you eat to see where it came from? Oh my God, dude. Why did you believe that?
01:09:36
Speaker
Dude, Phil Dunnett has problems for real. Listen, I can't let y'all talk so much shit about Phil Dunnett at the top of the show without letting him get his jabs in. I literally cannot believe you just read that on air. Oh, man. That was foul, dude. Speaking of foul, Randy Smith says, several weeks ago, y'all mentioned Sexy Red and the WWE collab has made you listen to her infamous song. So no, I never got around to having to listen to it, mostly because the kids are typically up with us.
01:10:06
Speaker
kids are in bed though and now you guys are gonna hear Sheena's live reaction. We're gonna play the song. I didn't even know Sexy Red was a musician. I didn't know who she was. You guys are gonna get to hear about the first 45 seconds of her hit song Pound Town and we'll get Sheena's live review right here on the air. So you ready to hear Sheena? Yes. You ready? Pound Town. Oh God. Yeah, sure. Go for it. No one hears a video that makes sense, they do.
01:11:10
Speaker
No. You guys, they had her on NXT. She's over big with the kids. They had her on NXT. Listen, for the record, I am not easy. I'm not a prude. I'm not easy to offend. Like, you know, some raunchy lyrics have never, you know, made me be like, you know, oh my God, this person, but dude, first of all,
01:11:16
Speaker
He just took a bitch down. Yeah. That nigga dig a bitch down. That nigga eat me out.
01:11:37
Speaker
Those are... I hate just raunchy lyrics for raunchy lyrics sake, dude. That's not good music. There's nothing musical or lyrically compelling about that at all. You know what I mean? Then you used to bump my neck, my back back in the day. Hey, don't hate on early 2000s music, dude. I was just saying. I was like the same thing, man. Just update it for the morning. No, dude. You can't compare my neck, my back to that, dude.
01:12:03
Speaker
I mean, my coochie paying my booty ho bro. Oh my God. And you guys, I can't believe you knew you had that queued up and then you got mad at me for asking about Jake Cargill's poop hole. Like, Oh, I cannot like, honestly, I mean, I guess, I guess the PG era is dead dude. Cause I mean, that is wow. I mean, if anybody like went afterwards and like Google sexy red,
01:12:32
Speaker
She definitely has some real bangers of songs. I know every generation says this, but if that's the music of the new generation, then I mean, music really is dead, dude, because that's...
01:12:45
Speaker
I mean, who even plays that? I mean, are the people like, you know, bumping that on their TikTok stories and like, you know, like, you know what I mean? Like, I mean, are like the, you know, little 11 year old girls like doing their get ready with me to like my booty holes brown? Like, no, dude. I don't think it's that different, dude, from stuff we say. We had like two live crew, you know, pop that pussy dude and freaking band in the US. We're going to put the X rating on this, on this.
01:13:10
Speaker
Podcast so just I mean, that's just yeah, that's what the songs were called. I just uh, you know, they had me so horny like I Really? I think I think you're kind of underselling how raunchy music has been going back to like the 80s man Hey, she's in another song with NLE choppa and it's called slut me out. You should read some of these lyrics. It'll really get you going and
01:13:35
Speaker
Oh my God. You guys, I mean, again, I'm just saying, I feel like- Lil Wayne lit me like a lollipop was his biggest hit ever, dude. Hey, here's the- But dude, that's not the same. It's not the same, dude. I mean, it's dirty and it's perverse, but it's like, to me, what you just played to me was just like, that was just straight trash, dude. Like Lil Wayne's lit me like a lollipop, at least that was like,
01:13:58
Speaker
You could ride around, you could ride around in your car and like listen to that without being like, you know, I would never, oh my God, I would never allow anybody to listen to that in my car while I was like driving around, dude. And why would you want to? I mean, my ears are bleeding right now. Yeah, it doesn't sound good. I agree. Lollipop at least sounded good. Even the two out of three stuff sounded good. That's, to me, the actual audio quality of it's pretty shitty. But, Randy, you got your wish, man. She recorded that in her basement, dude.
01:14:26
Speaker
I hope this delivered, dude. I think it was pretty good, but it's definitely going to get a reaction, man. Oh my God. My booty brown. That's unhinged. All right, well, on that note, we're going to wrap this show up, and then again, we'll make sure we put the old X rating on this guy. You get his closing thoughts on that one, Shane. Closing thoughts. Don't listen to Sexy Red.
01:14:55
Speaker
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