The Power Slam Podcast - General Adnan, RAW Review & More

If I bleed tonight, if I am said tonight I don't have a job to find And if I were tonight, I'm so tired tonight I'm fall asleep when I'm home When I'm home Hey, everybody. Welcome to brand new episode of the personal podcast here on patreon at the early or indeed forever You'll see your podcast on Friday. My name is Kenny joint as always by the Titan of professional wrestling journalism the one I'm going to start family Martin. Then how are you this Thursday morning? Well, after that introduction Kenny, you know, I'm feeling I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to measure up to that description You know, maybe put me over a little bit too much there, but I'm doing all right. I'm doing all right. Summer's here again. We had summer in June. Then no summer in July or August, but now we've got summer again in September. Summer to point always here. Yes, you know, let's enjoy it where we can everybody. And so yeah, we're looking forward to podcasting today and going to roll and I told you the sad past in general ad now as well, but I did want to mention because I know we haven't mentioned this kind of a few times on the podcast. And we are going to be celebrating our 16th anniversary, but like any long term couple, you know, it kind of falls by the way. So you know, you've been stuck together for so long, but you know, you're just lucky to not kill each other yet. So we are going to get to this month. Yes, yes, probably the way I would think the week after next is the probable week. And we've got a few topics in mind and we can. Yes, so we're going to do three things. We're going to be going to be fun to go back and watch and review the first ever episode of Monday Night Raw from 1990. So we January 11th, 1990 season, the Manhattan Center, I thought it'd be fun to review. And then you have got a couple of things for me that I've not seen before. Because you know, people have complimented us on some of the stuff where we go back and watch, you know, watch some Japanese matches in the past, watch some Steve Williams stuff. So you've got a couple of things that we're going to watch. Tell us about that. Yeah, yeah, I thought we'd we'd review one of the Kawada Mazawa classics from the mid 90s. I mean, there's plenty to choose from. Probably go. We wanted the singles matches, maybe from 95 or 96. And also it's a very famous angle from mid south. And involving Ric Flair, Teddy Biasi and Dick Murdoch. And it's the angle in which Teddy Biasi turns face. There was a very, very famous angle at the time. It will include the link and give the back story to that white happened. And I thought that was a really fun story to cover. Because obviously people know Teddy Biasi is the obviously no Ric Flair is. And a lot of people today don't really know Dick Murdoch is. But we can tell you who he is in that in that podcast. So I thought, you know, that's a real good story to one we've never delved into before. So that's three topics. But you know what? If there's anything else you want us to cover or tackle, please let us know to the usual channels. Indeed. Indeed. And obviously, if you are a pleasure and patron, you will have seen it for now. And Finn has done the last what else is going down. And we're going to be replacing that with a monthly podcast. We're going to look back at maybe an angle and maybe a match and maybe a show. And we're going to kind of do that of a deep dive into topics and. Or even a wrestler. Even a wrestler. Yeah. Yeah. Who we've never really, you know, discussed or explained what they did or how good they were or where things went wrong in their careers or where things went right. And I think something like that will be quite interesting as well as obviously lots of people. In wrestling history, we've never really talked about. Yeah, and the good thing is with that is that, you know, we can put calls up to you guys and let us know what you want us to talk about. You know, I know, you know, for example, in the over on this week, you and Watson has given us a topic to discuss. So, you know, if there's something you want us to go into long form. And everything might not pick the criteria, but if it's if it's able to fit into it, we will do it. So. Yes. We are very flexible Kenny out where we can we can talk about pretty much anything. We can we can. And also, you know, you guys invest a lot of time into us and listening to us. And actually on that note, I'm glad I've remembered because sometimes I don't as I did get a note from. From Lewis, I think it's handles Lou, Lou D, but Lou had Lewis. I'm going to say Lewis. And if I'm wrong, then, you know, shoot me. But he had mentioned that he was listening to what's going down this week. And he said he got he's got correct me because in US sports, if someone's drafted to a team and then quits, the team retains the rights. And if they come back, they go back to the team or must be traded. So in that sense, it did make sense for Smackdown to get compensation from J.R. So it's trade to Raw. So very good to point that out. I'm not good at American sports. So there's method in the madness of the J.R. So. Trade conversation is yes. I was not going to pick up your fight in the magazine. I have to say. I have to watch you raw this after watching the conversation between Adam Pearce and J. So I was just going to tell it has Adam Pearce told it and just leaving at that. Thank you for correcting us there. Yeah, for sure. And before we talk about you, we're going to talk about Raw, obviously. But the news came out yesterday that Adnan Sheik Kasey. She Kasey, who obviously was known if you're a, you know, wrestling fan of my age or I guess, you know, we can know this general Adnan. And from his W.A.F. Run in 1990 to 1992. Sheik Adnan, Al Kasey, he passed away age 84. I mean, I don't expect a lot of people who are listening to this to know much about him. But I mean, the guy, if you just look at Wikipedia page, had some wife. You know, he was friends with, he went to high school. The same high school. Saddam Hussein was friends with him. And then worked in the A.W.A. And then became the, you know, Iraqi, Iraqi sympathizer manager for Sarge. It's a lot of 1990. But yeah, sad, sad to him. Oh, I remember. I remember in an interview with him. And he said that he had to wear a bulletproof vest because, you know, he received death threats and the heat was so strong. And during that, you know, 1990 to 1992 run. So yeah, he certainly had some heat. I mean, I didn't like that period of W.W.F. history. I didn't like that angle. I mean, I have yet to meet anyone who did like that whole Sargean slaughter as the Iraqi sympathizer. And, you know, the rest so many seven main event with slaughter versus Holger. And then the summer sun night, you one main event with Holger and warrior versus slaughter. And it was I and she was not a staffer, wasn't it? So, and, and as well as in the ring wasn't in that match, Kenny. Two on three match, the match made in hell. Match made in hell after the match made in heaven with the fake wedding of Randy Savage and Elizabeth. I didn't want to go married like, was it seven years earlier? But no, I was any the wise there. So why not just go with it? And so yeah, I was never really a fan of of that period in W.W.F. history. But I mean, it's it was a character that he went along with. And I'm sure it was his best earning years in pro wrestling. And certainly the period where he had the most fame. And maybe he looks back, maybe, you know, he looked back on the A.W.A. is the highlight of his career. Because that was a really good gig for people. You know, the only work part time, you know, it was good money for what it was. And, you know, they had, you know, loyal fans. And it was like, I think it's seen as a good territory to work. A lot of people don't have, you know, a lot of people just talk about, you know, the post 84 era. And when it declined and attendance was falling and, you know, talent were leaving. Because it was more money to make working for Crockett or working for Vince McMahon. But I mean, the A.W.A. was a really good territory to work in the 1970s. Yeah, I mean, I mean, I, I guess, gone from that to then. When he, when he did the, the run was started at slaughter. He must have been, so he was 84 when he died. So he would have been his early 50s. Yeah. When he did that run. So I mean, I guess your early 50s getting a job with the W.W.S. Would have been like a, you know, it could never saw that coming. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, that would have been talk about like, that's like like picking the winning numbers on the lottery. Maybe not quite that far off. Yeah. And that must have been a hell of a, a boon for him that late in his career. And it's funny because like, I feel like today, you know, like, you know, people were outage. You know, we look at the age that we are, but I mean, people back then, I mean, he was, he was 50, 50 years old. He worked every bit of 65 when he went back in the day. So he, he worked a lot older, but I mean, yeah, I don't think I'll probably never understand how, I mean, I can understand to an extent, but the idea that America is in this war. And we know that America are very, very patriotic. Yes. But their country, you know, I've told this story before, but I remember being in my friend Josh had been in America. And he was there for the Fourth of July. And he was there with his friend and Josh had like a, you know, an England flag because he's English. And he had an England flag kind of tied around him. You know, and then his friend had an American flag tied around him. You know, they were celebrating July 4th and then Wednesday. And this police officer can move on and say, get that flag off you right now. You know, maybe, you know, my, my friends have died for that flag. So they need to get very seriously. I mean, what, what, what about the special relationship? What's supposed to be allies, you know, I still like he was carrying around, you know, hostile mission flag. No, no reaction. I fell love. Oh, yeah, 100%. I mean, that's what, that's, that's a reaction to someone who's an ally. So you can only imagine. So it's like, you know, even like the Shawn Michaels, you know, flag thing at Montreal in 1997, where you kind of humped the flag. Like, it's pretty hard. I've done that to the US flag. There would have been a roar to that because they hate anything like that. So I can only imagine it if the middle of a war. And then these guys are portraying, you know, people who are from the enemy lines. How bad that must have been for them to have to go through it. And then also how kind of tacky it must have been to be watching it, because it's wet from this kind of, oh, he's this big cartoon thing. Yeah, it seems quite gross. Yeah, I mean, because slot would obviously been, you know, GI Joe, you know, the, you know, embodiment of GI Joe, you know, the American hero. Very famous for the feud with the Iron Cheek in like 84 and, you know, played characters like that for Crockett. And obviously had that big run working for Vince soon. Vince senior against Bob Backland. So he'd been playing that character forever basically. And then he, you know, went over to the other side, defected. So this hostile nation, you know, with which we were at war at the time. So I'm not sure if Vince thought that the war was actually going to happen when he came up with that idea, but obviously did all the conflict or whatever you want to call it desert, desert storm. And so, but I mean, you know, you're playing with fire with things like that. And even if war hadn't kicked off, it was obviously a hostile nation. And slaughter had gone over to the other side and started teaming with these former enemies. And, you know, people were really quite offended by it and not in a way where they were entertained. I mean, as I wrote in my Iron Cheek obituary in the magazine a couple of months ago, I mean, Iron Cheek had obviously exploited, you know, hostilities and tensions between nations and done that very successfully in the 1970s and the 1980s. But by the early 1990s, I think we'd all sort of moved on from that. And something that pro-wrestling had done very successfully. And obviously we had the Japanese heels after World War II, even though usually the people playing the Japanese heels weren't Japanese. You know, we had the German heels. And it's one area, obviously, it wasn't German. It was American and Iron Von Rashki wasn't German. It was American as well. But we had all that sort of thing. And then we had the Colossus and, you know, exploiting the Cold War. So I mean, this was like a staple of pro-wrestling, you know, throughout, you know, really the 50s, 60s, 70s and even in the 80s. I mean, Nikita Koloff was very successful in that role as Ivan Koloff's nephew. And of course, Ivan Koloff was American and Nikita Koloff was American. But I mean, they were pretending to be Russians. Because we had the Cold War and hostilities and everything. It made for, you know, good wrestling TV, good wrestling fodder. But by the early 90s, it felt like we'd moved on from that. People weren't entertained by it anymore. People fouled it. You're right. People were like, you know, this is kind of sleazy. There's kind of an element to this where it's not a scape-centertainment. It's not fun. It's just kind of offensive. So, yeah. And, you know, people were angry. You know, and obviously it still was provoking actual proper heel-heat that we're seeking. But people were really mad about it as well in the wrong sort of way. Yeah. And I didn't realize until today actually, because I'd actually tried to track Al Casey down years ago to try and do an interview with him. Maybe like 2014 or something. Because I just kind of thought his story was really interesting. At that point, he would have been like 74. So, I thought he maybe still would be able to do an interview and kind of have a chat. But it was only today that I realized, you know, I said I didn't get far with my research, based on not knowing this, but like he was a former WF tag team champion, with Chief J. Stromblo in 1976. I had no idea that he was a WWF tag champ with Chief J. Stromblo. So, I mean, he did a lot of stuff in wrestling. So, yeah, sad to hear that he passed away. But, you know, 84 is a good run. So, at least it's not a tragedy. Yeah. I was going to ask you, actually, it just popped into my head because we're talking about it. Do you think, obviously, the business for WWF was going down in 1990 anyway, before they introduced this angle with slaughter and Adnan? Do you think if they hadn't have done that angle, that there was a chance that business could have gone back up, or do you think it was going to go down anyway regardless of whether they introduced this tacky angle or not? I mean, you know, Warrior, obviously, flopped his champ. They were expecting more from WrestleMania 6, and it delivered on pay-per-view. I mean, expecting more orders. And then Warrior was saddled with Henning. He was a great worker, but Hulk Hogan had already beat him in their feud. So, I mean, people didn't seek Henning. Mr. Perfect is a threat to Warrior, and Warrior didn't really connect with the audience in the way that Hogan had, and I think there was some resentment. You know, we did that feature, didn't we, the magazine, on the transitional champion? And why the transitional champion exists? And he didn't use one there. He just went straight from Hogan to Warrior. So, I think it was probably some resentment towards Warrior that he had beaten Hogan, who was this very popular guy. Then, of course, we had the travesty after the match, didn't we, with Hogan's first appearance? I mean, Warrior's thunder. So, after Mr. Perfect feud, which no one believed in, we then had the Rick Ruud feud, and Ruud's talented as he was, was never really a true headliner in WWF. And obviously, Warrior and Ruud had had that epic feud in 89, haven't they? Yeah, for the IC title. So, we don't, people had already seen that. So, I mean, he knew that Warrior wasn't going to make it as champ, but I mean, had they had some better heels prepared for him, I'm sure he would have done better than he did. But I mean, had they not brought Slotter in, what would they have done? They could have done something different. I'm not sure who they could have hired or used, or where the direction they could have gone in. It's really hard to know. I mean, I think so. I think they could have done better than that, because that didn't work, obviously. Another thing about Slotter, he'd basically been a nobody for years, in the fading AWA, and then suddenly WWF says, this guy is a top level top tier player. He's like, well, I'll done a minute. Where's he been for the last six years? Oh, yeah, he's working for this company that's drawing a few hundred fans for TV tapings, and you know, can't draw on the road, and he's basically a joke in the business. So, I mean, I think they could have done, but I'm not sure who it would have been. I mean, could they have gotten Warrior to turn heel, maybe? I doubt it, because he didn't want to turn heel, and he didn't want to turn heel years later. So, what was that? What was at their disposal? You know, it's like, you know, who was there who could have been promoted to the main event, and been a challenger for Hogan or Warrior? You know, it's hard to know, really. I mean, maybe if you went down the roster, you could find someone, but then you would have had to backtrack ages, and there would have been this long period of preparation to make that person worthy of, you know, the main event and seen by the public as a credible contender who, you know, feasibly could have become champion. You know, I could have done Randy Savage. Well, Savage had already done his run, haven't they? And then, you know, he was a heel, and he was kind of a mid-level heel at that point, and he'd been champion. So, I'm not sure if he could have been really elevated, or promoted again, to the main event. I'm not sure. What do you think, Kenny? What do you make of it? I mean, I think from what you said there, I don't know if they could have really done much, because, you know, like you can lay it out, it's like, it's easy for us to go for me to say, you know, could they have done better? But I mean, what was there to work with? And if everybody had already been beaten, then what fresh person was there to come in? I mean, even when Earthquake came in, although the stuff with him was good, he wasn't, you know, you'd seen Hogan beat so many bigger, batter guys before. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, he had that big match, we Hogan at Summerslam. But I mean, you know, there wasn't a lot of things that he'd really had legs. I mean, he did okay for one match. But I mean, Flair didn't come in until 91, and that was a shock. That was obviously after a big fallout, which him heard, and no one saw that come in, and, you know, Lugo obviously wasn't available, and, you know, Sting was in WCW, and it's like, you know, again, he said, well, I should have done this, but then everything was planned well in advance, and people were prepared for the top spot. You know, here would have months. They weren't just booked as main eventers, because Vince knew that people wouldn't have just accepted. And somebody who was a mid-carder, as then a main eventer, I mean, look at JBL in 2004. You know, he'd been like Bradshaw in this sort of second match tag team forever. And then somebody said, right, he's now a main eventer, like, really? And people never really accepted him as the top guy, even though they pushed him really strong, because he'd been, you know, in people's minds, we've been programmed to believe he was a second match guy. Yeah. That was a great point. I mean, yeah, because at that point is where you had to, you had to kind of... Vince was putting everybody around the lip of doing all the house shows, and kind of building them up on the house show lips of beating bigger stars before they got to Hogan. Yeah. Because there was a system, right, where it was in place that you had to kind of get to. So it's a fascinating time period to think about. And yeah, Adam was definitely a key part of that angle and getting it over. So... Anyway, let's move on to talk about Monday Night Raw from this past Monday, the main event of the show, and what the show was kind of built around, was this Gunther and Chad Gable match for the end of a connectable title there, you know, Final Match, where Gable's got to try and win the title. He's got his family at ringside. And I know I feel like we're like a broken record in praise and Chad Gable, and how good he is. But I mean, this match was just... It was great. It's... When is the last time the connectable title has felt this important? I can't remember in recent memory. Well, yeah, definitely. I mean, obviously it was last year. I mean, you know, Gunther's match was shameless. It clashed at the castle. Lots of people raved about Bar. And I think he's... I mean, he's now... I think he's now officially... I think he's now broken honky's record. As of today, when we record this year, he has. And yeah, and it just kind of... I just meant this run that he's had, the Gunther run, I think, before that. I mean, so many people have held that belt, and like, it's so different from when... Before, like, you know, Savage would hold it, and then go into the World of Champions, but like, they would just give it to anybody, you know, at a point. Absolutely. I mean, we were just talking about Ultima Warrior and Hulk Hogan. Warrior was actually champion when he beat Hogan for the WWF title of WrestleMania 6. Yeah. So, you know, Warrior, that was an integral part of Warriors, you know, March or Climb to the top spot. He became IC Champion. And but you're right, yeah. I mean, prior to Gunther winning it, I mean, ricochets, you know, Mid-Card Guy, Sami Zayn obviously has become a big star, since he dropped the belt. But if you go back to... When he was IC Champion last year, it was kind of a bit of a comedy figure, wasn't it? Even though very talented. But a bit of a comedy figure. There's nothing, you know, whimsical about Gunther at all. And this was, yeah, amazing mid event, really well built up. And I thought, Gable looked really strong in defeat. We knew that Gunther was going to win. Of course we did. But I think they did a very good job. Well, well, everyone except for Chad Gable's daughter knew that. I mean, I don't think Chad had smartened her up. No, he hadn't clued her own to the finish. I mean, she was there in tears. And people would say, this is rotten, this shouldn't it shoulder? And it's like, you know, in years to come, she'll look back on that, and she'll either think that's really sweet or she'll be embarrassed to the core. I'm not sure which. Well, listen, if she doesn't like that, when she's older, she can leverage it and maneuver it for her dad to buy or something, to make up for this. So... I never thought about that. Yeah, that's right. It could well be very useful in future. Yeah. I wish... I wish my mum had brought me a TV and made me cry, so I could use it against the future of years. Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, it was, I mean, Chad did so well here. And, you know, Gunter was, you know, beast as he always is. And this was a really worthy men of men. And, and really, a match that's going to be remembered for, I think, for years to come. Because afterwards, like, that's it. He's beaten the honky-tonk man's record, even though he actually hadn't at that point, but because there weren't going to be any, or going to be any matches between, you know, Raw or Monday and today's date, then that was it. He was the longest-running IC champion ever. And in some ways, it's really good now he is, because we, now he's broken honky's record, Gunter can lose that belt, can he? Yes. No, he's not got the albatross of that run as neck anymore. And yeah, and I think no key will be, he can have moved on to bigger things. I can't imagine a scenario where Gunter is not, at least the World Heavyweight Champion from Raw in the next 12 months. Absolutely. I mean, the thing is, I would imagine, you know, in the same way, they're keeping rear-ripply and Becky Lynch apart. I'm sure they've got the plan now for Gunter and Seth Rollins, if Seth still champion, you know, maybe Damien Priest, or win the belt for a short time. If he becomes, if he becomes champ, I don't think it'd be a long-term reign, and then maybe Seth will regain the belt. But I can see Gunter versus Seth Rollins, either at Royal Rumble or WrestleMania next year. If they don't do Gunter versus Royal Les now, that is. Which we all are going to continue to, you know, shine the torch for and the warmth that it happens. But yeah, this is a great match, a great presentation, and just your top marks all round. And we saw it, Jay Uso, make his debut on Monday Night Raw, or his, yeah, his debut as a Raw roster member, Crouch of Very Inter, Sammy Zayn comes out to basically sort of say, you know, he's happy to see him there, they might not be best friends, but you know, I'm happy you're here, and he tries to kind of shake Jay's hand, and Jay's not up for it, and Sammy's like, you know, I understand that, and then Jay says, well, you know, that wasn't very easy of me, was it? And then he goes to extend his hands for Sammy to shake it, and Sammy hugs him, and they try to go wild. But the best part of this from Ethan, I don't know if it was you, was as Jay's head into the back, Drew McIntyre comes out, and they have a stare down, and it was just this perfect moment of why we drew, forgive Jay Uso for the part he's playing him not, get to the top of the mountain. Why all drew is kind of in the middle of a heel turn, and Jay's a baby face, it was just this perfect moment, that kind of encapsulated Jay's debut on the right top. But what did you make of it? It's first night on the job. Yeah, I agree, and that was reflected up and down the card, where they were communicating the message that listens a lot of people who were really upset with you, and just because you've seen the light and turned over and you leave, it doesn't mean that people are going to forgive you for all the bad things you did earlier this year and last year. And, you know, that's sometimes in pro wrestling, you know, that, this story doesn't follow, a talent when he or she turns heel off-face, and suddenly, like, the slate is white clean, and all sins are forgiven. And I always find that annoying, because it's like, well, there's so much more depth to a story that you've just squandered there. Yeah. I just, you know, putting all that through, you know, putting all that in the bin and just disposing of all that really good back story to all these things you could do. And so I'm really pleased that they went in that direction. And as you say, yeah, it feels like Drew is in the process of doing that long-awaited heel turn, which we've been banging on about or requesting, or, you know, so how long now I don't know, many, many months, Kenny. And it feels like that's coming, because all these events keep happening that causing him to lose and things keep going wrong. And I think we're going to have that a moment quite soon, where Drew snaps. And he's playing, he's playing really well. He's playing, you know, when he confronts coffee later on, after coffee inadvertently cost him and riddle the match against the Viking players. I thought he was very believable in his frustration. So I think he's playing the role really well. Yeah, that's right. And the only thing about it is they're going to have to be careful, because he's actually being a little bit too logical and reasonable. And if he's turning heel, you know, we don't want to be like, yeah, he's got a good point, actually. Yeah, the best heel is just smashing coffee's head in. Because I also think the best heels have the root of a good point, that they kind of, you know, go too far with it. Like, I always think about one of my favorite heel turns was Michael's in 97, when he tries to call that a Summer Slam match and put an undertaker down the middle, and he gets goaded into sort of, you know, using the chair and hits undertaker by mistake, but he has to count the three because if he doesn't, then he can't wrestle again, and then, you know, he's getting booed, and he's going, wait a minute, I did my job. You know, I did what I had to do, and then that was able to then have him spiral because the fans had kind of, in his mind, turned on. So I think stuff for that is really good. Yeah, that's it. It's the fans fault. You know, you're the ones who are the bad guys, not me. So you have that justification, don't you feel your actions? Yeah. But you're right, yeah. The heel has to go completely off at the deep end, so that we, you know, cannot tolerate or support or justify in our minds, their behavior, after that moment, when, you know, that catalyst, and, you know, that turning point moment, where they make the big change. But we can see that's coming with Drew. And, yeah, Drew, my guitar, I'm at Riddle, lost a Viking radius, and another loss for Riddle. I mean, no one good as it. It's not looking good for Matt. I mean, I think he's talented enough that he can probably, you know, he can probably be a star again. But he's definitely, you know, on the escalator, downward at the moment, and I feel like it's going to be a real story. And so, when you're looking at Riddle, who Drew turns on when that moment comes, and their dreams will probably then annihilate Riddle in their grudge match. So things are not looking good for Matt Riddle. And, you know, these probably, like, if he has a wrong randeon, you know, or if you're sending him those flowers and get well soon, cards. He's probably going to start this week. Yeah, I would start that right now. One other thing that Drew said plant in the future as he said to Reddle, you know, Geo, so who's, who's, you know, done all this stuff to all of us in the roster and couldn't meet and you know, if he steps out of line and I'll be watching if he does, I'll have to go and take that out of the Cody Roads, who's responsible. And you know, it was such a nice touch of like, you know, no, no, I kind of want to see Cody and Drew then, like, so they've set something up. Oh yeah, there's lots of stuff set up there. I mean, Drew versus Cody could be a rumble match or a big match before Cody faces Reigns. We imagine that's going to happen. And it could be, they could leave it until, you know, Pulse WrestleMania, Drew could be Cody's first challenger. Yeah, lots of possibilities. And so let's just fire through some quick other stuff on Rob before we go. And we did have Nakamura end up declining to face Seth Rollins when Rollins tried to get him to fight him and then attack Rollins. So basically, we're going to get Rollins and Akamura again. Do you want another match from them? Are you keen for another one? Or would you rather it was a one and done? Well, I mean, it depends what they've got planned for Nakamura next. Because if they're planning to do something with him, then Akamura just post Rollins, then I understand why they're doing another match. I mean, it feels like it's going to be no DQ or something like that because Nakamura was disqualified against Ricochet here when he covered him with a chance big scrap afterwards. And so, you know, it was Ricochet in Akamura. Yeah, it was Ricochet in Akamura. And so, you know, and you know, it was, you know, I felt like, I feel like, yeah, there is mileage left in this feud. And I just don't want to see another lengthy match like the one they gave us at payback. We talked about that earlier in the week. And that's just lasted too long. I think they can do some sort of brawl on, you know, no DQ match or something like that needs to be shorter. But yeah, I mean, Nakamura has been reheated by this feud. I thought he was a spent force and a lost cause, you know, four or five months ago. Yes. And I think there is some mileage and value in him. So, I understand what they're doing again. Yeah, I'm not really that enthusiastic about it, but I can understand why they're doing it. They're the same echo those sentiments. We also had the Judgment Day doing a promo where, you know, it's delightful how much the fans just hate them. Oh my god, it was just hilarious. Each time Dom spoke, you couldn't hear him, could you? He's cracking up, you know, they're all cracking because they're just, we've said this where all of them have been in a position in WWE where, you know, people just thought they were a bit useless in terms of either the way they were presented or them in general. And now they're like the hottest act, you know, they're a hot act in the bloodline at the moment. So good for them. But they're having a promo and basically, you know, the replays take in kind of, you know, the plaudits for coming up with, you know, the pressure was on, you know, you guys listed the occasion and we're all together. But she did one thing that was bothering her and that was J.O. So coming out and, you know, the bloodline don't matter anymore, the Judgment Day the most don't matter. They're not tension, they're not tension. We's like this attention steal, I love me. Yeah, she didn't like that. She wants the attention all to be in the Judgment Day. And then J.D. McDonough comes out with something in his hand and he basically says to priest, because priest was like, look, I like you. I like you a little bit. Don't push it. You know, if you're going to come down here a bit, be it something good. And McDonough says, well, the briefcase has got to go and everyone's like, oh, what does that mean? And it's because he's got another briefcase for him. A purple one, senior money in the bank. And priest is a fan of this. And then Sam, he's in, comes out to challenge somebody from the Judgment Day, McDonough, except. Can I stop you there for a second, Kenny? I mean, what we should have had, though, was that a little moment where priests don't in the case, topical the piece of paper and put it in the purple case. We should have had that attention to detailed WWE. I don't know. Just giving away that priest just carries a bit of replica with him all week. Exactly. Where's you in these contracts? You know, you could just be an A4 piece of paper, you know, with a menu on it or something. Doesn't matter what it is, but just transfer it all around. Yeah, just something. I mean, it's funny, because you're always here about, I know Mesa said it was one of the worst periods of this career where they had to carry that briefcase around all the time. So hopefully, by this point, you can just leave your briefcase TV. You know, it's carry that. Okay, into the airport. Exactly. But hey, that led us to, and then like Donna and Sami Zayn later on, where McDonough was able to get the win over Sami after a dom distraction. I mean, Sami Zayn, he is, I feel like singles matches, they're not for him anymore. He just cannot win anyone. No, I mean, there was all sorts of shenanigans going on here. We should point out that Kevin Owens wasn't at the show. They didn't say why. No, but Sami did a look to it in the open promo and said, you know, Kevin's got an issue with Eugene, but you know, he's not here tonight. It's just me. So, yes. So, I mean, you know, you could say, well, Sami, they just lost the tag belts. He lost here on Raw. What are they doing to him? But I think they've got a plan for Zayn. And Zayn's one of those guys who's, you know, there's a lot of empathy for him. We have this, you know, connection with him. There's affinity with him. You know, we see him as this sort of regular guy who's done good. And I think in some ways, he's the sort of person. Sometimes he doesn't lose too often. You know, and there's a reason why he loses. Are you, you know, interference or whatever, it's, you know, unfair or cheating going on. Then I think we're still going to root for him. Because we like Sami Zayn. He's a good fella. So, he's going to be all right. Yeah, he's one of us. Well, that's all the time we've got for just now. 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