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Podcast Summary: What's Your Story? with Steph McMahon - Raw Recap (Oct. 27, 2025)
Episode Overview In this episode of "What's Your Story?", host Steph McMahon, along with Sam Roberts and Megan Morant, recaps a thrilling episode of WWE Raw leading up to the Saturday Night's Main Event. The focus is on Jey Uso's pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship against CM Punk, alongside discussions about Women's Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and the impressive performances by Bron Breakker and Roxanne Perez.
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Key Topics Discussed
- Jey Uso vs. CM Punk
- Current Narrative: Jey Uso finds himself in a complicated relationship with the audience and the narrative, often facing doubts despite overwhelming fan support.
- CM Punk's Mind Games: Punk attempts to get into Jey's head, questioning his commitment and resilience. The dialogue hints at Jey's internal struggles with self-doubt despite his past successes.
- Jey's Mentality: There's a strong focus on Jey's determination to prove himself worthy of the championship, battling perceptions and expectations set by others, including his family.
- CM Punk's Ambitions
- Punk's Goals: The episode emphasizes Punk's desire to reclaim the World Heavyweight Championship, showcasing his competitive spirit and drive.
- Comparison with Jey Uso: Both wrestlers have their motives; Jey wants to establish himself as a constant contender, while Punk aims to regain his status and prove that he still 'has it'.
- Women's Tag Team Championship
- Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss: They successfully defend their titles, showcasing the depth and skill of the women’s division.
- Roxanne Perez's Victory: Roxanne's win over Nikki Bella is highlighted as a significant moment, reflecting her growth and confidence in the WWE landscape.
- Bron Breakker's Rise
- Statement Win: Breakker's victory over LA Knight is portrayed as pivotal, positioning him as a future contender and highlighting his athleticism and potential.
- The Judgment Day Dynamics
- Dom Mysterio's Role: The difficulties faced by Dominik within the Judgment Day, particularly regarding support and recognition, are discussed, alongside the audience's mixed reactions to his character.
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Key Takeaways
- Character Development: Jey Uso's struggle with self-identity and the perceptions of his family and fans highlight a strong undercurrent of personal growth and redemption.
- Punk's Comeback Story: CM Punk is portrayed as a seasoned competitor eager to prove he can still compete at the highest level, adding emotional stakes to the upcoming match.
- Women's Division Strength: The performances of both established and newer female wrestlers reflect the growing competitiveness and depth of the women’s division in WWE.
- Future Contenders: The potential of stars like Bron Breakker and Roxanne Perez signifies a shift towards a new generation of wrestlers poised to shape WWE's future.
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Conclusion This episode of "What's Your Story?" effectively captures the drama and anticipation leading into the Saturday Night's Main Event. The interactions between Jey Uso and CM Punk, alongside the developments in the women's division and the rise of younger talent, create a narrative rich with storytelling and character arcs. As fans await the upcoming matches, the dynamics established in this recap lay a foundation for future developments in WWE.
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Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:28We always recommend Shopify. On the last Monday Night Raw, before a massive Saturday night's main event, CM Punk and Jey Uso come face-to-face. A busy night for the Judgment Day. A massive title defense for the Women's Tag Team Champions. Jey Uso is on the podcast. This is the Raw Recap, a WWE and Fanatics original production.
0:58well here we are again Megan Morant fancy seeing you here oh wouldn't you know it a Monday night in the basement studio here we are we've got a lot to recap of course we do here on the raw huge week and it's only just starting who knows everywhere I go I'm watching people's footprints walk up and down hallways that I'm trying to discover. I've been looking at feet all day, too. Well, what else is new? I'll tell you what I was looking at. I was looking at a Jey Uso, who I feel like has been very complicated on this road to Saturday night's main event. And it's really interesting because Jey Uso, So for whatever reason, it always feels like he's fighting an uphill battle.
1:53Even though in every arena he goes to, the audience is completely on his side. Whether it's an uphill battle to prove, yes, he was the right person to win the Royal Rumble. Or it was an uphill battle to prove, yes, he belongs in a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania. or if it's an uphill battle to prove, yes, he's had to fight his way back to being in the world title picture, to wrestling in a match against CM Punk for the vacated World Heavyweight Championship at Saturday night's main event. There's always something that feels uphill about the battle that Jey Uso is fighting, but frankly, maybe that's where Jey Uso is at his best.
2:34Yeah, it always seems like people are doubting Jey Uso. They were doubting him after he won the Royal Rumble, as you pointed out. They were doubting him when he became world heavyweight champion. He loses the championship. He reinserts himself back into the world heavyweight championship picture. He wins this battle royal. And people once again are doubting Jey Uso. CM Punk questioning how far Jey Uso is willing to take it, which I think in the battle royal he proved that he's willing to go as far as it takes. And then he's willing to run it back as well. Yeah. Here's the thing I think CM Punk is playing a lot of mind games Okay You know first of all CM Punk is not accidentally Repeatedly referring to him as Little Roman Little Roman is as unflattering a nickname As much as I would want to be compared To the OTC To the original and only tribal chief Little Roman is not complimentary It's as bad as it gets And CM Punk knows this And CM Punk is not asking I don't think is not asking Jey Uso how far are you willing to go to get an answer.
3:44He's asking Jey Uso so that hopefully for CM Punk, Jey Uso starts asking himself, am I willing to go that far? Because there have been periods of time in Jey Uso's career where he has doubted himself, where he has doubted if he is that guy. And I think that's the guy that CM Punk wants. And there were no doubts in Jey Uso's mind of where he belonged in the Battle Royal. Because he eliminated LA Knight and his brother Jimmy Uso. That's a confident Jey Uso. CM Punk wants to get back in Jey Uso's head. That's right. Where he has him questioning, who do I listen to? How far do I have to take this?
4:22Is this against what I believe in? Why do you think that is? You know, I mean, Jey said it himself on Raw tonight. Everybody and a mama is in Jey Uso's ear. Jey said that's what he's dealing with. I can't imagine. Do you know how angry I would be if people were literally following me around, some in my family, some my coworkers, saying, Sam, you know what you should do? Sam, you know what you should do? I go, you know what I should do is stop talking to any of you. And Jay made reference to that on Raw talking about how maybe his circle is getting smaller and smaller and smaller. And I don't know if it's that there are people in the WWE that remember the bloodline and think that they can manipulate Jay the way Roman manipulated Jay and they can get into Jay's head the way Roman got into Jay's head.
5:12But they're not big ooze. They're not his family. They're not that family member that Jay looks up to, that put food on the table for the entire family. to just walk around as if Jay needs instructions when he's the one. People were critical of Jay Uso's title reign, right? Because he only held a title for 50 days or whatever. How long does CM Punk hold a World Heavyweight title for? Five minutes. That's a lot less than 50 days. So this idea that Jay Uso needs advice from everybody, I think is not well-founded. And you can see it in Jay Uso's eyes. you can see it that this is not that guy that doubted anything.
5:54And I feel like he's probably resentful of even the implication that he might need guidance or any sort of protection from self-doubt that he's not suffering from. Well, you have to think it really wasn't that long ago that we were all shocked that Jey Uso won the Royal Rumble. Sure. And it really wasn't that long ago that Jey Uso himself was doubting whether he belonged in the main event picture. All this year. All this year. Wasn't long ago. Right. So now he faces a veteran who's accomplished just about everything there is to accomplish in this business in CM Punk. And CM Punk looks at someone like Jey Uso and says, well, it wasn't that long ago that he was doubting himself.
6:38Let's see if I can get back in his head. I mean, and I think what we haven't really explored about this Saturday Night's Main Event match is that CM Punk has made it really clear that, like, he accomplished his career goal. He's main evented WrestleMania. But the thing that he hasn't done, and he got a taste of at SummerSlam for, I mean, like I said, five minutes, is to be that guy, to be the world heavyweight champion. CM Punk wants to tell this story of the guy who nobody thought would ever be back in WWE. And when he was back in WWE, everybody counted him out. Everybody said, well, this won't last long.
7:19This guy's going to self-destruct the locker room this. We've heard about that. Well, just wait. And it's like, boom. Now, you know, two years almost. We're approaching two years later. and there's not even a hint of self-destruction. There's not even a hint of anything except top guy-ness out of CM Punk. The only thing that keeps him away from there is that he hasn't been the top guy. He hasn't had a reign as world heavyweight champion. And I think that when you look at what happened at the beginning of Raw and the position that CM Punk has found himself in, Punk wants this world heavyweight title more than anything right now.
8:00It's the thing he hasn't done. He's gotten to wrestle with his wife. He's gotten to main event WrestleMania. He's gotten to do all of it, but he hasn't had the opportunity to hold that title, not win, hold that title and carry that title. And I think that that's what CM Punk is working for at Saturday night's main event. But Jey Uso has held that title before and wants to prove that he belongs and wants to not just be a guy who had a title reign wants to be a consistent guy who's in the main event picture. That's right. CM Punk has also held titles before, but it's been a really long time. And I think that while Jey Uso wants to continue to be the guy, I think CM Punk wants to prove that he's still got it.
8:50I mean, look at CM Punk's peers. The ones that are left are all retiring. The ones that are still in the game are either retiring this year or they're retiring next year or whatever it is. The one guy who's not on a retirement tour and has no date in mind for when he's gonna stop is CM Punk because CM Punk still has work to do. I think CM Punk more than anything wants to be a champion in this era. I think if anybody can appreciate the era that we're in, it's CM Punk because he's seen all the different eras. And I would imagine that CM Punk has been in very few locker rooms that have the sort of star power and skill level that the WWE locker room has right now.
9:38I think that's a locker room that CM Punk wants to lead. I think that's a locker room that CM Punk wants to be a top guy in. I also think that it's as competitive a locker room and it's only getting more competitive. And I think that maybe that's because, you know, we're still in the afterglow and again approaching you know it's been about a year and a half since Roman Reigns lost the championship and I know it's not the world heavyweight championship it's the WWE championship but regardless Roman Reigns had a stranglehold on everything and when that went away you saw the level of competition rise up because now it's anybody's game and I think that I think that that's a real life thing.
10:25I think that people know that there's room to be that guy and there's movement in the WWE. And I also think that that shows itself on television. When you look at the fact that, you know, traditionally in a lot of errors, the thing about, you know, the quote unquote good guys, the quote unquote bad guys is the two sides kind of get along. The good guys kind of get along with each other. But in this space that we're in right now. case at all the good guys none of the good guys like each other no like i don't recall especially when you're like what's what's on the horizon just past saturday night's main event is war games and i can't come up with five people who get along let alone another five for them to face i can't either it's a it's a remarkable time but that's all to say i think that that's that level of skill star power and competition, I think, is the locker room that CM Punk wants to be in charge of, not as a, well, gee, I think I got one more in me, but to say I'm still the man, even with this as the competition around me, and even with the miles that I've got on me, I'm still the man.
11:36Now, let me ask you this. What do you think CM Punk's confidence level is heading in to this World Heavyweight Championship match now that Seth Rollins is out of the picture. I think extremely high. Because Seth, I mean, is crucial in preventing CM Punk from becoming a World Heavyweight Champion. Give me one example. Well. You're 100 % right, obviously. No, I think the fact that yet maybe he has to worry about what's going on outside less, Yes, I think probably increases his confidence a lot. I think that there's a possibility that he's too confident. I think there's a possibility that he's already telling the story of CM Punk being the world heavyweight champion and underestimating the person that he's in the ring with.
12:24I think that's possible. But to answer your question, I think it might be one of the first times that CM Punk has been in this position that we may actually be looking at a fair fight without somebody lingering. I mean, look, we know that the vision has their sights set on this. We saw it happen tonight, you know. But what's interesting about this version of the vision is that a lot of times, and this happened in the bloodline too, it felt like the work that Paul Heyman was doing was happening behind the scenes, and it would unfold itself as these storylines unfolded. Tonight, we watched Paul Heyman work.
13:06We watched him explain. we usually don't get as literal of an explanation when he explains to Bronson Reed and Braun Breaker because I think a lot of fans were going, why wouldn't the vision just go in and interrupt this? Why would the vision not just, you know, kill everybody in the battle royal? And then we saw Braun Breaker asking the same question. Why wouldn't we just kill everybody in the battle royal? And Paul Heyman completely spelled it out because Adam Pearce already had an ax to grind because this, because that, because this would lead to here. But if we can lead to there, then we've got a clear path.
13:36and we make the match and it's brawn breaker versus la night and i thought two ways about this number one great match i think that you know it anybody could see what is so special about brawn breaker i mean just those moments where he speeds up those are my favorite moments when brawn breaker like decides it's time to speed up and just goes i think it's amazing but i think we might be so distracted by the speed of braun breaker that we're missing the athleticism of of la knight and his ability to do those high jumps to go from the floor to the top rope is insane uh great finish to the match with la knight coming off the top rope braun breaker moving la knight rolling through again going back to the athleticism but the speed and the power and the timing of the oh the timing is beautiful perfect execution i mean this is a massive win for Braun Breaker, arguably one of the biggest wins of his career.
14:34Well, puts him in direct contention. Yeah, this is L.A. Knight who just pinned Seth Rollins. Not too long ago. This is L.A. Knight who's, you know, he's been a United States champion for a long period of time. He's been in a main event match against Roman Reigns. This is a bigger wins in Braun Breaker's career. And I think it's even bigger in the immediate because L.A. Knight straight up said, I'm coming for whoever wins the title. and he called his shot, and Braun Breaker beat him. I think that if you listen to Paul Heyman's speech leading into this match, if you listen to what LA Knight is saying, clearly this victory is the vision's way of saying Braun Breaker is the guy who has next.
15:15But I am so glad, because there will be LA Knight fans that watch this and go, I can't believe, like, you let LA Knight get this far, he never, why can't LA Knight just make it the rest of the way? Like, you know, a lot of times when LA Knight loses these big matches, as a lot of fans are going, you have to be kidding me. Just this is the guy. I think it's really important to listen to the words that LA Knight said before this match, which is he doesn't know how to quit. He never learned. And I think that that applies to what we saw. And that's the entire story of LA Knight, even before he came to WWE.
15:50He doesn't quit because he doesn't know how. He never learned. And this idea that, yeah, Braun Breaker got this victory tonight. It doesn't spell larger defeat for LA Knight whatsoever. I think LA Knight is still right there in contention. It just wasn't his night. You know, pardon the pun. You intended that. Well, yeah, but I just said pardon it. Like, you know, if you don't like it. You know what? Tough, tough. I'll say that. You know, deal with it. Okay, I'm dealing with it right now. Well, I also want you to deal with the fact that Jey Uso is on the show. Oh, let's go. He's standing by. We're going to interview Jey Uso right after this.
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18:40That sounds like a good day. You know, I think back to when you did the show right after you won the world heavyweight title at WrestleMania and standing with you, coming right out of Gorilla and talking to you as the dream had become a reality and you were holding that championship and you were taking it all in in that moment. and there was maybe a joyfulness about you that I feel like as much as the entrance stays the same, as much as the kids are still into it, as much as those yeet glasses stay on your face, that joyfulness that we've been used to in Jey Uso hasn't really been a part of what you've been doing for a couple months now.
19:23When did that change? I mean, nothing really changed on me, Uss. You know, I still have fun. I still throw a party every Monday. I still like the kids, man. I still yeet with them. It's just, man, when the bell rings, Uss, I just got to switch modes now, man. If I'm trying to get to the top, get back to the top, Uss, I got big hitters in front of me. I got guys like, man, CM Punk, you know, the guy like Gunther, guys like, you know, the Seth Rollins, you know, get well, Uso. But, like, I got a heavy list in front of me, Uso, and I got a – I just can't play no more, man. I'm tired of, like, people saying I'm just an entrance or whatever, Uso.
20:17Like, I ain't got skills to be – to hold it down up top, man. So I just, I just switched modes. It was like, I don't mean, it might be a, might be going back to the old ways thinking, you know, bloodline ways, but man, I, that kind of mentality got the job done. Yeah. And I mean, I think we, we, we talked to your brother a few weeks back about the same thing that like, you know, I don't know. It feels like people talk about Jay Uso acting more like Roman Reigns as if it's a bad thing, but Roman Reigns had the most dominant, longest reigning world heavyweight title run of all time. And not only that, but all of everybody that was around Roman Reigns, yourself included, are still to this day in a better position because of being around Roman Reigns.
21:07But at the same time, Jey Uso didn't always see eye to eye with Roman Reigns. I think the only reason that you became the singles breakout that you became is because you were the first one to leave. you were the one that left the bloodline you were the one that quit Smackdown you were the one that came and truly did your own thing and I feel like that was kind of the first test in you know what is the does Jey Uso have what it takes without the bloodline and obviously that passed with flying colors so what is it even though you were able to do that and even though you were able to win the world heavyweight title and even though you were able to do all of it what is the thing that's made you kind of double back and go you know what it's in a different position but maybe there are things about that era that made sense for me
22:01man I like that era it was like that's where that's where the main event character was born from you know take no prisoners man I was I was right hand man for a reason I got I do got that dog in me man If needed to be come out, I let it out, man. I just felt like, like how you said, it was everything that you named off. Winning the heavyweight world championship, man. Going out on my own. Succeeding. Man, being a top guy. Being a big hitter on Monday Night Raw. Man, I still feel like I ain't got my flowers. Like, I still feel like I'm still trying to prove myself. I'm tired of everybody talking down on my name, man.
22:48I go hard every single week, man. Every week you see it, man. You see what I bring to the table, man. And I feel like I'm still getting looked over, Uss. Still getting disrespected, man. And that's just going to stop. Don't let these bright colors, don't let it fool you, Uss, because I get down, man. seeing punk asking me how far i'm gonna go what i'm willing to do come on man y 'all seen my story it was i run through my own family to get to the top two now because i understand what it takes so i'm just out for respect now i think that's a really good point and i think that i think that you know that a lot of people got lost in the party in looking at you and who you were and and and what you did, and that did kind of become the criticism of Jey Uso.
23:41And I mean, even now, you know, the discourse amongst wrestling fans that, oh, Jey Uso needs to change this, Jey Uso needs to change that, except every single time you show up on television and every single time you show up in an arena, everybody is going nuts. Like, clearly, it's working, and I think that there is. I think that that's true. I think that there is an inability to acknowledge, for lack of a better term, what you're doing and also what you've done. There was a moment where it looked like we were going to have a Jimmy and Jey Uso reunion. And as a fan of the Usos, that's something that I got excited about.
24:22The idea that like you and Jimmy being together at this point in your careers where the Usos goes from being, you know, most decorated tag team of all time, arguably, to a super team where you and Jimmy are now these giant single stars that have come together to form a super team that is still the Usos. And it seemed like it was going there for a second and then it all kind of drifted away. Did you ever have an intention of getting back into that tag team or what was it that made you decide that wasn't the move? man I'm never gonna say no to Jim like I'm never gonna deny my brother of being one of the greatest tag teams of all time I I would love to run it back being uh you know super team as you call it but man I think we got unfinished business in this in this singles game right here I think we still got a lot to prove I want to see uh you know I want to see your big Jim get his title shot man I I know it's lurking around there.
25:26You know, whether it be SmackDown or Raw, my brother's going to get one. I'm happy for him to just be on that route too, man. But I'm telling you, once he gets a taste of what it is, being like a singles star, man, and being a singles champion, man, it hit different, man. The money go up. All the side, the commercials go up. You know what I'm saying, Luis? Everything goes up. But so I just want to I still feel like I got I got some things to prove in my own journey right now. Life changes when you become a champion in WWE. And you know that firsthand because when it happened to you. But then also you watched what happened to your cousin Roman Reigns throughout his dominant reign.
26:11You become a champion, world heavyweight champion. Roman comes back and it is immediately evident how your relationship with Roman Reigns changed during that time. How would you describe the way that your cousin Roman Reigns treats you now that you've been a world heavyweight champion and now that you're back in the mix to get that title back? He's seen me now. You know what I'm saying? It was equals now. You know, he did teach me the game, man. You know, I was a student to him. You know what I'm saying? It was like I sat under the learning tree all of COVID. I was there, like, front row, man, have my ticket just learning the game, man, learning from Big Oos and learning from the wise men.
26:57Me and me and Roman got love-hate relationship. Like, y 'all can tell, man, but respect between us is there now. So he's still Big Oos. he's still my tribal chief, man. There'll never be another tribal chief to Jey Uso but Roman Reigns. You know, I think 2025 has been a pretty extraordinary year for you and a pretty wild story if you really look at it because the whole first half of the year was a conversation about whether or not Jey Uso should even be considered in that world heavyweight title picture. We had you on, we talked about it, you know, that was this narrative. And I find it, the fact that, this is playing itself out on television now.
27:43The idea that what you just said before we were talking about Roman Reigns, what you said about how life changes when you're the world champion and that that title goes away from you, but it doesn't sound like you're interested in going back to what life was like before you were world champion. It sounds to me like instead of living in this space where it's like, well, gee, I don't know if I could ever be world champion. Now you're like, no, no, no, no, no. I won that title and I won the Royal Rumble and I won it at WrestleMania. And just because I lose one match, just because I lose the title, it doesn't mean that that story's over.
28:23If anything, it seems like you've leveled up and the fight for you now is staying in that space. Hell yeah. I ain't going nowhere, man. Like I want to fight Gunther again. You know, I was, Gunther made me better, man. The Seth Rollins made me better, Oos. Like the Drew McIntyres made me better, Oos. Coming to Raw by myself, I was going toe-to-toe with them every week, Oos. So they taught me the game on what it's like to stand on your own two feet, too. So, man, I belong here, Oos. You know what I'm saying? Like it took me a minute to even believe that myself, man, but I belong here. and then no one's going to knock me off the top.
29:10They ain't see me coming, Uso. They ain't see me creeping on them the way I do, the way I am. I want them to see my entrance, Uso. I want them to feel the energy. I want all the internet people, I don't know. I don't even know what y 'all look like type, but when you come into these arenas, you're going to feel the energy, Uso. You're going to be like, oh, this is why he's made it in Jey Uso. Or if you don't even watch wrestling, I want them to be like, Like, yo, who is this guy? This is my guy right here eating with babies. I want to choose him. Man, Jay, I will tell you that you're right. You know, the internet is going to do what the internet is going to do.
29:49And people are going to say what people are going to say. But my eight-year-old son showed up at Trunk or Treat at his school over the weekend. And the only thing he wanted to be for Halloween was main event Jey Uso. And he showed up in his neon green with his glasses on, with his hat on. He needed the arm warmers. He needed everything. And the minute anybody said, and by the way, and I'll tell you that the minute anybody said, who are you? He said he looked at him like crooked. He said, Jey Uso. He said, Yeet. And then he held, you know what he held up? The World Heavyweight Championship. He walked around with his World Heavyweight Championship because, you know, I mean, I think that's the effect.
30:33you have on him that's the effect you have on a lot of people and and watching this journey of for you has been remarkable do you think at do you spend any time thinking in your head man I remember I mean I remember that kid who showed up in the WWE wearing neon surfer shorts with face paint on the side of his head that nobody could tell the difference between him and his brother the fact that that kid is now this legit main event world title top draw top money maker in the wwe do you think about that journey or when you're in this stage of the game is being reflective really not part of it yeah man i hell yeah you gotta remember where you came from you know where you started man i look at it it makes me smile too because if i really want to rap, I look at my wrestling career and me and my brother's wrestling career together, hell no, I would have never thought I'd be like this.
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31:41I never thought I'd be like this. I just stuck to the cold, man, because we love wrestling. It raises us, put food on our table, so I'll always respect the business and always give it all I got. I'll always get back. I'll get back to the younger homies in the locker room, I spit game to him Life on the road You know what I'm saying, Luce? All these miles, just everything, man It's all worth it, though It's all worth it I think if you give all this business, Luce It'll be good back to you You just gotta stick to the script You gotta stay in the fight, man It's a marathon, Luce I say it all the time Man, it's a marathon Your time will come, Luce You just gotta be real with this game And to answer your question, I'm just blessed that I still have my brothers around me.
32:34I still got family around me. Don't even feel like work sometimes. So really am blessed, man, to come here and just work. I got great people in my life, man, around me. I got a good team. Keep me straight. Man, just sky's the limit, man. I just want to ride until the wheels fall off because one day I know the rides are going to stop. last question before we let you go because we know you got champion stuff to do did becoming the world is you know we always have champions on the show and they talk about how on one level there's being the champion on television and and and having these main event matches but the reality is being a world champion is a different kind of pressure being a world champion has different kind of battles and those are real battles those can go on backstage those can go on within yourself those can go on with the locker room those can go on however in your experience of being world heavyweight champion for the first time did it did it change you in a real way yeah yeah it's like a double-edged sword it was because you can i thought i made it you know I'm saying and then when I then when I got the the big title at WrestleMania those 52 days or 51 days was like almost the most you know like intimidating uh like a fun um anxious man because you you just you you get put it you you just get thrown into the fire uh and don't even know what's kind of going on until you know you're in it.
34:17But there's a sense of like some big dog on you walking around here, you know, amongst the boys. So I like that feeling of being number one, you know, with my peers. It's just a feeling that you can't describe until you got it. sense of pressure for sure but that workload gonna i thought i was working a lot man the the workload double up was which is all good because man that's what champions supposed to do was media all the side stuff say no to nothing man once i had the the title loose i wanted to do every and anything all the commercials all the the make a wish everything bro give it to me man i I wanted to take, man, I just wanted to learn from Cena, man.
35:15I wanted to be like what a big super baby face is supposed to be. That's why I got the bright colors, too. It was like I'll never steer from it, you know, just learning from them all, man. But, yeah, definitely want to get back to the damn time. That's awesome, man. We can't wait to see it. Saturday night's main event, you, Punk, for the vacated World Heavyweight Championship. I love that you're back in the spot and I hope you get, I hope you get 51 more days. I hope you get more than that. We'll see. We'll see. Thank you, Jay. We appreciate you making the time. Come on. Let's appreciate y 'all.
35:51He eats. I mean, how do you not get behind Jay Uso? It's tough, right? Yeah. I'm he's, he's so fun to root for. Obviously the entrance is a blast. The vibe is immaculate as the kids say, but really it's just, you know, I thought we were having fun with Jey Uso from the Royal Rumble until WrestleMania. But he's transformed again, and he's constantly having to prove himself. And as a Jey Uso believer myself, I want to get behind that guy. I hope so. I hope so, because I see a lot of these people out here in these streets, maybe present company included. Oh, maybe Jey Uso's going to turn. Oh, maybe Jey Uso's really a villain.
36:36oh what if jay uso is for the children okay and i loved his explanation i'm gonna and he said it about being the baby face i'm gonna wear the bright colors i'm gonna eat with the kids i'm gonna do all this regardless of what they say even to rub it in their face right i'm i'm not going to stop doing this he said it but maybe it does come time and this is what people were asking do you blame people for questioning that jay uso may turn though after what he did to his brother What did he do? Eliminated him from the Battle Royal? No! Not in an every man for himself Battle Royal for the number one contendership for the world title.
37:15No. You mean the Battle Royal where they literally had a conversation with each other that said we will eliminate each other? No. Of all the dastardly, villainous things, what did he do next? Tie him up to a train track and tweedle his mustache? Oh, I'm sorry. You just throw your brother over the top rope? if it's let me tell you something if it's for if it came down to the two of you i understand it there were more than two people left in the ring when he eliminated his brother who saved him twice by the way oh what a nice guy if it's for the world heavyweight championship number one contendership i'm throwing out my brother at 18 okay if it's a 20-man battle royal i'll let him you know have his fun in there but 18 he's gone okay that's just another elimination for me this isn't a tag team situation.
38:02And by the way, like, oh, well, why didn't you wait? Who won the Battle Royal? Okay, well, clearly it was a good strategy. Listen, I don't shame anybody for speculating wildly about the potential of Jey Uso turning. He's wearing neon green and dancing with the children. I mean, it's Hogan in the 80s. I mean, it's not. You know what I'm saying? I don't know where these people are getting this from. you know people want to be surprised people want to be no no no i think people want to watch the world burn that's what i think i think people don't want to have nice things wow that's what i think i think i think you know rest us wrestling fans are so used to not being able to have nice things that we want to burn it down before they do and we can have nice things and jay usa is a nice thing listen and everybody said he needed to get more serious so what did he do he kept the eating he kept it running back and then once the bell rings he's a little bit more serious and then everybody's like oh he's a villain there were a couple weeks there he went to just black t-shirts but now we're back to neon yeah but it still said fun slogans on the front of the black t-shirts monjay night raw four letters one word fun stuff fun stuff i'll tell you what speaking of of of shirts i mean my wardrobe keeps growing and growing and growing because of shirts like this You know, there's a new Penta shirt.
39:27Penta had a hell of a night on Monday Night Raw. There's a new Penta shirt. You know Penta? Cerro Miedo? Oh, I know him. Cerro Miedo. Penta's got a brand new portrait tee that's available right now on WWE Shop. While you're there, you can check out his replica Lucha mask that's only available at WWE Shop and Fanatics. You should go as Penta for Halloween. I'm thinking about it. You should definitely do it. It was a big day yesterday. National Tight Ends Day. George Kittle, known Penta fan Incredible touchdown He did the Cerro Miedo He's got a custom colors Penta mask Our producer says that National Tight Ends Day is not a real day Well I don't celebrate it It's not celebrated in the Roberts household But National Penta Day would be Are you kidding me?
40:15I mean that's pretty much every day Every time I walk down the steps in the morning I'm strutting down the steps like Penta It's every day is National Penta Day. But that's why I got the Lucha mask. That's why I got the signature T-shirt. And they're all available at WWE Shop and Fanatics. You know, Penta, big night on Raw, part of the night that kept the Judgment Day very, very busy. And I mean, I've got to tell you, the Dom hate that is happening on Monday Night Raw, from the commentary team that includes Joe Tess Itor and Wade Barrett, but more Joe Tess, the Judgment Day themselves, Finn Balor, JD, all of them, it's starting to, they're coming across foolish with the Dominic hate.
41:04The commentary team is. Everybody with Dominic hate is right now. Because, I mean, it's like all this guy does is win and the audience reciprocates for him. and they're like, oh, this guy, he cheats too much. This guy does this. This guy does that. And it's like he's literally the most successful person in the WWE. I've never seen anything like it before. And we're not acknowledging that. I don't know why. I don't think they're just pointing out the way that he wins. Oh. You just don't want them to point it out. Where does Eddie Guerrero rank in the WWE, like in the Pantheon? Pretty high? Would you say pretty high?
41:42I would say pretty high. Let me see. I know he lied. I know he stole. What was the other thing? He cheated. Okay. All right. That's in Dom's blood, probably. You know what I'm saying? Like, we respect this with everybody except Dominic Mysterio. Bro, when the Judgment Day was sitting there being like, Dominic, we're not going to have your back. You could hear Anaheim chanting, dirty, dirty Dom. Um, it's like, can you imagine being like, like telling your friend, Hey, we don't want you. We're not going to have your back. Meanwhile, there's literally 10 ,000 people singing his name. I feel like in that moment in the judgment day who has gold and he's got double gold.
42:27Yeah. Okay. Make it super gold. Can you imagine though? I mean, I feel like even if I planned on like being like, I'm not going to be on your side when 10 ,000 people start singing, I'm probably going to go, I forget what I was going to say. You know what I'm saying? Like, oh, all right, maybe I'm wrong about this one. But I do understand why Finn Balor and JD McDonough are frustrated with Dominic. Why? Okay, tell me. Because they were not looking ahead to defending those titles. You like it when people defend their titles. I do like it. Okay. But Finn and JD, they weren't looking for a title match.
43:04Okay, well. They're champions. They wanted to hold on to those titles. Okay, that's fine. And Dom was in a conversation with Adam Pearce. Dragon Lee and AJ Styles happened to be standing by. And Dominic inadvertently served up an idea. Inadvertent, though. Even you'll admit that. I did say it was inadvertent, but he was there, and Finn and JD weren't there. And all of a sudden, Dom comes back and has to tell them that they have to defend their titles. But, I mean, how long are you going to hold a grudge for something inadvertent like that? He lost their titles. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
43:38He didn't lose their titles. Dom didn't lose their titles, but Finn and JD lost their titles in a match they never wanted to have, but they had to have the match because of Dom. Well, they probably should have won it then. You know who was in the match? AJ Styles and Dragon Lee. Who has Dominic Mysterio beaten? AJ Styles and Dragon Lee. So, I mean, come on. What are we talking about here? He beat AJ Styles twice, okay? What are we talking about here? And then, oh, then Finn Balor goes, you cheat to win your matches. It's too much. You cheat to win your matches, right? And then he hits Sheamus in the ribs with a shillelagh.
44:18So J.D. McDonough wins after Finn Balor hits J.D. McDonough in the ribs with a shillelagh. I mean, come on, guys. Why are we ostracizing Dirty Dom? Why? All he does is win, win, win, no matter what. And it's not fair. well he did have to take a phone call today tom i don't know who that was with but it is i think i have an idea oh who do you think well i want to know what's the gossip who do you think it is because i have no idea none no i figured it was personal maybe live i don't know i figured no i don't think it was live oh no i think they keep those phone calls a little under wraps private i do know what you're saying i do know what you're saying yeah they have a lot to talk about i'm sure Who do you think it was?
45:04I think, you know, he's talking to other luchadors. I know what you're saying. Mr. Iguana. Oh. That'd be so cool. I think you're probably right. If I had Mr. Iguana's number, I would call him Mr. Iguana too. Yeah, I would call him every day. I'd be like, is Parker there? It's like, yeah, hold on a second. I'd be like, how about Lajaska? But I'm on. Yeah. So you think he was calling Mr. Iguana? Exactly. Exactly right. Well, I mean, regardless of who he was calling, I don't think that had, I'm surprised you even brought that up. I don't think it has anything to do with tonight. But in other news separate from - No, nothing to do at all with tonight?
45:39I don't think so. Okay. Unless I'm missing something. Unless I have a blind spot, but I don't think. I usually don't. Well, Grande Americano. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Got involved, yeah. Yeah, so did, and so did Rayo and Bravo. Yeah. Americano. Yeah, that was crazy, right? That they got involved. Crazy. Crazy. Nuts. Insane. Can't believe they were there. I didn't know that they were going to be there. I wonder if they have a personal independent grudge. I wonder if Dom knew they were going to be there. Probably not. It looked like they had just seen each other in passing after the match. They interfere in the Rusev-Penta match.
46:13And, you know, Adam Pearce, we love Adam Pearce. He's been on the show. He does have an axe to grind against Dominic Mysterio. He decides to make it a triple threat. And I don't know, for some reason he acts like Dominic Mysterio is to blame for what the Americanos did. And he really, you know, even if he thinks that, he did not have evidence.
46:34So, you know. But this is a tough spot for Dob now because he doesn't need to be pinned to lose his title. No, triple threat. And Adam Pearce knew that. Triple threat does throw his champion's advantage out the window, which is very unfair. And, you know, who knows what kind of dastardly stuff Penta and Rusev will be up to. Look, the good news is. I love how you point out that it's unfair that his champion's advantage is thrown out the window but it's not unfair at all that he cheats it's just part of his strategy that's just being smarter I think so I think I think you're right okay yeah I think that's correct I think that's a good observation it's not fair that he lost his champion's advantage which just doesn't seem justified I don't know why Adam Pearce would do that unless he has an axe to grind and if so you know to rule with personal feelings instead of what's right for the brand that's just not something I would do.
47:24But, uh, I look, I do think the good news is it's going to kick ass like Rusev and Penta and Dom together in a triple threat match, because some, I, I do think on a serious note that people forget that Dom is like an unbelievable wrestler. It is true. So like the idea of Penta and Rusev and Dom, which they all have three distinct styles, but they all also have styles that complement each other and styles that definitely have elements that match up. And the fact that we get this now at Saturday Night's Main Event, I mean, it's going to be great. And honestly, I have faith that Dom is really smart.
48:06He's really good at plans. Not worried in the least. Yeah, because think about how many times Dirty Dominic Mysterio loses. Like, never. So, yeah, no, I'm not incredibly worried about that. No. Okay. He'll have a plan. he's muy inteligente, as they say in AAA. Very smart. Thank you. Yeah, yeah. You're translating for me. Well, you know, I didn't want to leave you out there. Thank you. But that wasn't it. Also, as far as on the Judgment Day, I mean, listen, with all this drama that was going on with Finn Balor and JD and Dominic Mysterio, massive win for Roxanne Perez. Huge win. I didn't see it coming.
48:51No. Roxanne Perez and and and Wade Barrett was talking about it a lot on commentary that the reality is that Roxanne Perez is a student of wrestling she grew up a massive wrestling fan and is young she I mean did you see the pictures on social media this week of Nikki Bella and a young fan Roxanne Perez yes they were all over the place and now it's like you know usually the story is well this is such a wonderful match because this person who grew up a fan now gets the honor of competing against Nikki That wasn't the case tonight whatsoever. Well, Roxanne Perez is built a little different for her.
49:25The ultimate honor is no, I'm going to beat you. I'm going to beat you. And then I'll be happy. Well, and then Nikki Bella, she's not coming back to say, oh, you know, you must bow down because I am a hall of famer here in WWE. She's looking at what Roxanne Perez did last week. The disrespect that she showed to the women's world champion, Stephanie Vaquer. And she's saying, look on Stephanie's, you know, because I care so much about Stephanie because I care so much about this women's division. I'm going to put Roxanne Perez in her place. Yeah, and I think it's not dissimilar to what we were talking about earlier with CM Punk where Nikki Bella isn't here for a sort of like, you know, like you said, kind of nostalgia run.
50:06You know, isn't here for the bow down to me, I'm a Hall of Famer stuff. I think Nikki Bella wants to test herself in the waters of what is an incredibly, even more so for the women than for the men, what is maybe the most competitive the women's roster has ever been. I mean, if you want evidence of that, look at the Tag Team Championship main event on Monday Night Raw. And the fact that you had Alexa Bliss and Charlotte in one corner and Bayley and Lyra Valkyria in the other corner and here come the Kabuki Warriors. Like it's all happening. And I think that that's where Nikki Bella wants to figure out like, can I still hang on an elite level?
50:47with a locker room that looks like this. And I think she can. But I think she's finding her spot. And I am really intrigued and love the idea of Nikki Bella and Stephanie Vaquer as a tag team. I love that as well. I also love how Roxanne Perez, none of these moments that are literal dreams for her that she's living out day to day. Right. None of them seem too big. none of them seem like she's just happy to be there they all seem like she belongs and she's proving herself each and every time that's 100 correct and i think too part of it is that like it's almost like yes these are like dream moments but they're dream moments for roxanne as a kid that's not who she is anymore that's right you know what i mean she's kind of realized her position and is no longer I can't believe it I'm under the big bright lights it's like no no no that's right these lights were installed I'm the prodigy to shine on me and I love that that's a coming of age that I do love to see but I know I would love to hear your take because I got to kind of give my take on where I thought Adam Pearce was a little out of line with Dominic Mysterio and has been for quite some time and I've voiced my opinion on that.
52:11But I'm very interested because there's been a hot topic on Raw Recap. And before we get there, because I want to talk to you about Maxine and Adam Pearce and the conversation that was had. But I also want to tell you that there is big news for WWE and sports fans. And that big news is that the world's number one sports fan festival, Fanatics Fest, is making its return to New York City. Let's go, baby. That's right. Fanatics is bringing you closer to the league's team, superstars, and athletes you love across four action-packed days in July. Four days. Maybe you'll be able to meet Maxine Dupree.
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54:37I was actually literally, this is thorough shoot, just over the weekend, I was going through my Tops Now cards, and it's such a good way of looking at everything that's happened this year, like I have it in a little box. These are all the Tops Now cards that I got in 2025. It's nuts, and it's so fun to look back on. So take advantage of that. But I do want to know what you have to say about the meeting. Maxine Dupree meets with Adam Pearce and Adam Pearce says, look, you got two victories over the women's intercontinental champion, Becky Lynch, one by disqualification, one by countout. You know, you're entitled to another intercontinental championship match and Maxine Dupree says, I want it.
55:28I can't wait. I'm so honored. I want this more than anything, but I want to make sure that I'm ready for it. I got to call a friend. I got to do what I got to do, but it's not going to take long. I just want to make sure the timing is right. And he goes, okay, then it'll be official when the timing's right. Which I'm very excited for another Maxine-Becky-Lynch match. And if it's all, listen, when Becky Lynch and Sweet Cheeks, as she used to be known, first had their match, you know, months ago, Becky won as people expected. I think three weeks ago when they had a match on Raw. People expected Becky to win, and Becky took her eye off the ball.
56:12Obviously, you voiced concerns about certain cadences of certain referees and brought up suspensions and fines, plural, as I pointed out to Maxine last week. And then last week, there was the disqualification. And I think last week, people thought Becky was going to win. And there was the disqualification, maybe intentional, where Becky Lynch hit Maxine with the title. I think that the next time Maxine and Becky meet, it'll be the first time where there will be a large chunk of the audience that is saying, you know, I think Maxine might win this one. Well, it's just interesting to me because I can't remember a time where, you know, we have a general manager being like, well, are you ready for your championship opportunity?
56:58Since when do these general managers go and say, oh, we'll do this championship match when you, the challenger, are ready for it? Typically, we see these backstage interactions. A match is made, and then it either happens next week or it happens in the next seg. I mean, you're very familiar with this because your guy, Dominic Mysterio, often gets thrust into matches that he doesn't want to be in. because Adam Pierce says that match is happening right now. That match is happening this weekend. But Maxine is just, oh, let me know when you're ready. Since when are we allowing a challenger the time and flexibility to prepare for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity facing the greatest female wrestler of all time?
57:46Well, I think if you do have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to face the greatest of all time, as you put it, you probably should have the ability to prepare for that once in a lifetime opportunity to face the greatest of all time if you want your title opportunity you will take that title opportunity when i give it to you i don't know why adam pierce is conspiring against becky lynch because first of all we had the referee conspiring against becky lynch with the cadence we had the referee which inspiring against becky lynch with the cadence now adam pierce is conspiring against becky lynch with the, with, you know, his cadence.
58:20You thought he was his cadence. I was going to say his cadence, but really, I mean, his cadence and giving Maxine this opportunity, whenever she's ready to have it is when it's going to happen. Well, because the last two times, why does everybody in WWE want to see Becky lose this title? Well, I think people want Maxine Dupree to get a fair opportunity. And I think the last two times she, she won because the referee. Well, I think that upper cadence who, Jessica Carr sped up her cadence And that led to a victory For Maxine Dupree Where was Becky Lynch's back pointed towards? Towards the referee But that's not really a sound strategy I watched the replay I saw the cadence By the way, I have no doubt that you watched the replay Many times Oh, I know I saw that speed up I know, I know, and I believe you And I believe that there was a speed up in cadence I believe that there was a feeling It's a violation of the oath the oath yeah the oath of being a referee in wwe what is that oath i've never heard never speed up your cadence that's in the oath in the oath the count out cadence is in the officials oh you're gonna have to ask danilo about this danilo took the oath too i mean we're gonna try to reach out to charles robinson because we had him on the show he didn't mention an oath i mean i know like the mailman rain sleet snow i've heard of that oath but i haven't heard i haven't heard of the the referee's oath and i've i mean i've been literally watching wwe for decades at this point i think that's a that's a real thing the oath all right well i guess that's something that this is bizarre of adam pierce isn't it well i don't think it's bizarre in this i think it is to your point it It doesn't not show favoritism.
1:00:09It doesn't not show favoritism. But look, I do. So he's not not conspiring against Becky Lynch. I don't think it's conspiratorial. I don't think that Becky Lynch has done a huge amount to ingratiate herself to management. Does she have to at this point? No, I don't think she should have to. I probably wouldn't want to. But also, I wouldn't go out of my way. When you're the greatest to ever do it, you need to politic for yourself backstage. age doesn't her resume speak for itself at this point yeah but you could be a little uh humble a little you know what i mean you don't like to just be what's the point of being the best if you're going to be humble about it i didn't realize you had that you felt that way that's really that's really a rude way of being that's very toxic actually i don't see anything toxic about becky lynch's greatness okay no no i think the greatness is great i think that being difficult for difficulty's sake well it can result in people having feelings a lot of people are saying she's great yeah right who yes you bleacher report really bleacher report i had no idea bleacher report was with your report oh sports illustrated really all that i didn't know and i so i apologize for that because i had not your report and bleacher report i had not heard that both publications had said such nice things no look i think maxine is also in a unique position though because she's had multiple opportunities that have been foiled because of things outside of her control whether it's Becky Lynch staying outside of the ring for too long whether it's Becky Lynch hitting her with the title what are we doing well I think in order for Becky to leave Sacramento and by the way champion maybe this is what she had to do Maxine was in front of her hometown crowd.
1:01:54But by the way, there was a referee who has a history of conspiring against Becky Lynch. And Becky had to do what she had to do to ensure she left as champion. Well, Becky probably wouldn't be in this mess if she could just beat Maxine Dupree. She can if there wasn't shenanigans going on. Bye. Everybody in WWE who is conspiring against Becky Lynch, Adam Pearce included. I didn't realize. Okay. Well, I'm sorry. I misread that situation. I think that it's interesting because I don't think Adam Pierce, the way he treats Dominic Mysterio is all that different from the way he's treating Becky Lynch right now.
1:02:34So I think you and I were fighting the same battle right now. I don't know if the way you set your team up is one that I'm like, regardless. I think that there's a lot of excitement going on because Saturday night's main event's coming up. Yeah, that's right. You know, that's more and more what I think we can agree upon. It really is. When you look at the card on paper, you realize how loaded this thing is. We got a match, unfairly, you know, added to the show, but it's still going to be an insane match. So we've got world heavyweight title on the line. CM Punk versus Jey Uso. Either C, and I mean, it's just a crazy thing.
1:03:10Seth Rollins goes down injured at the hands of maybe Cody Rhodes, maybe a little more Brom Breaker and Bronson Reed. but now that title is vacated and either CM Punk or Jey Uso walk out of Saturday night's main event as the WWE world heavyweight champion. And I don't think that that was on the bingo card for Saturday night's main event, even, you know, a few weeks ago. Wasn't on mine. So it's amazing coming out of this. Do you, are you leaning one way or the other?
1:03:46I'm leaning towards Jey Uso I am too I think CM Punk's underestimating him I think a lot of people are I think a lot of the audience is going like Oh Jey Uso again And it's like well what if Jey Uso wins How many championship matches is Jey Uso going to get Well what if he wins Then all of his matches will be championship matches Yeah I'm leaning towards Jey Uso for sure I think he has a similar underdog mentality But in a different way Well, now it's a mean underdog. Yes. You know what I mean? Now it's not like a - Before it was, I can't believe I'm here type of underdog. Well, it was a golden retriever before that was kind of nasty to the people who came over the house.
1:04:24Now it's a pit bull. Now I'm hearing that everybody in the control room thinks CM Punk. Wow. Which I knew that because they're all very rebellious back there. You know what I mean? They're saying no yeet. Are you guys saying no yeet back there? And Luke is making choking gestures. This is terrible. This is really, no wonder Jay thinks the whole world's against him. I think they're the people on the internet hating on Jay. They are. Look at that. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. KC just hit dislike. That's terrible. That's horrible. I can't believe he should be busy. How about the Intercontinental Championship triple threat?
1:05:01Dominic Mysterio, who's also the AAA mega campeon versus Rusev versus Penta. By the way, Penta, they said he's the greatest luchador since Rey Mysterio. He's not the AAA mega champion. Dominic is. And by the way, Rey Mysterio never held that title either. Well, and Dom says he's the greatest luchador of all time. I mean, is there any evidence that he isn't? No. Okay, so there we go, right? I have to take Dom on this one. You know he's going to figure it out. As much as you want to get under my skin, as much as you want to rib me a little bit, and I'm fine with it. I think it's fun. There's no way that Dominic doesn't have a plan.
1:05:39he always does especially in triple threat rules he is absolutely going to figure out how to take advantage of these triple threat rules i think they're gonna have to start like tying the the bell hammer down or something though to prevent dom from putting it in his boot well why can't berkeley just work on his grip you know what i mean like stop getting your stuff stolen from you you know what happened when my shoes kept getting stolen at school my mom made me go to pay less that taught me okay you know you gotta learn these let's make you walk up and down and down the aisle to make sure your 22 pair of shoes fit okay that's 100 what she did yes she did and i didn't get them stolen anymore number one nobody wanted them they were you know but number two i learned my lesson how about this one this is this was a big one this is a match made on uh smackdown tiffany stratton jade cargill mean jade cargill wwe champion j wwe women's championship jade cargill turns on tiffany stratton on smackdown out of nowhere i literally thought she was going to start going after julia for the united states championship and then no no jade cargill's like no i'd like the wwe championship i think that uh real quick this already has very different vibes from SummerSlam.
1:06:54I think Jade's going to beat the crap out of her. You do? Oh, yeah. You don't think it's going to be Tiffy time? No. It's going to be a test. It's going to be a test for sure. Tiffy has only lost one time. The 70-buck care. This year. One time. That's it. Yeah, it'd be a shame to backload those losses. I only lost twice, yeah, but it was kind of, you know. Back to back. I mean, there was a big energy about Jade Cargill on SmackDown that It was like, this is what we've been waiting for. Yeah. Ever since you arrived in WWE, I was looking for that edge. Yeah. Saw it on Friday. A lot of it. A lot of it.
1:07:29And then, of course, your WWE championship match. Cody Rhodes defends against Drew McIntyre. I mean, Drew McIntyre is on his streak of telling the truth. Everything he said has been accurate. It even makes me think Jimmy Uso might have attacked Jacob Fett, too. But that's a whole conversation for a different day. We've seen this happen before. Cody's back is up against the wall. He finds it in him. Nobody finds it in him the way Cody finds it in him. Is there a world where Drew walks out with the WWE championship? Enough! Whoa! Sorry, Dad. What is this blasphemy? Drew walking out? Enough of that.
1:08:14Enough. Enough. Enough! Enough! my favorite Cody is I know that's why I said it all time you know I can't I just love it so much and maybe it's because it's exactly how my dad carried himself you know kicking my brother under the table kicking him no you know you enough and let me tell you when that enough hit us we stopped and Cody has the exact same energy when that enough hits it is it's enough I love Drew. I love how truthful Drew has been. It's Cody. It's Cody. Cody is Cody is Cody is Cody and people like to forget it. People like to go on the internet and pretend it's not true, but it is true.
1:08:56Cody is Cody is Cody is Cody. Wow. We're going to see what happens on Saturday night's main event on Peacock. We're going to see what happens next week on Raw. Already a loaded card being built. Tag team championship match. So much to look forward to. We'll be here to recap it. Make sure you're subscribed across audio platforms. Make sure you're subscribed on YouTube, and we will see you next week here on the Raw Recap.
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