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Podcast Summary: What's Your Story? with Steph McMahon
Episode Title
Raw Recap - Rhea Ripley Prepares Her Team for WarGames (Nov. 24, 2025)
Podcast Overview In this episode of "What's Your Story?" Steph McMahon, alongside co-hosts Sam Roberts and Megan Morant, recaps an exciting episode of WWE Raw just days before the Survivor Series: WarGames. They discuss notable moments, including Rhea Ripley's leadership in the Women's WarGames Match, the dynamics of the men's teams, and the increasing tensions as the event approaches.
Key Discussions
- Men's WarGames Match Preview
- Team Advantage: Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar highlighted as key figures on one team.
- Cohesion vs. Disarray: Discussion on the cohesive nature of some teams versus the chaos within others.
- Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns: Their past encounters and the philosophical differences regarding what it means to be "the top guy" in WWE.
- Women's WarGames Match Focus
- Rhea Ripley's Leadership: Ripley prepares her team and shares insights on her strategy and motivations for including AJ Lee in her lineup.
- Team Dynamics: The synergy within Ripley’s team contrasted with the tensions in the opposing team led by Becky Lynch.
- Discussion on Individual Talents: Reflections on the skills and past of wrestlers like Charlotte Flair and AJ Lee, and the excitement surrounding their participation.
- Tension and Rivalry
- Cody Rhodes and CM Punk's Interaction: Contrasting attitudes between Rhodes' seriousness and Punk's light-heartedness during their segment.
- Focus on Family and Legacies: Roman Reigns emphasizes the importance of family ties, hinting at deeper emotional narratives.
- Dominik Mysterio's Challenge
- Promo to John Cena: Dominik sends a message to Cena, setting up their match at Survivor Series.
- Legacy and Pressure: The pressure on Dominik as he faces Cena in what might be a pivotal moment in his career.
Key Takeaways
- Strategic Dynamics: The episode emphasizes the importance of teamwork and strategy in WarGames matches, showcasing how personal rivalries can affect team cohesion.
- Character Building: The discussions highlight how WWE characters are developed through their interactions and rivalries, creating compelling narratives leading into major events.
- Excitement for Survivor Series: The buildup towards the Survivor Series is palpable, with both hosts and guests expressing their excitement about the matches and the stories unfolding.
Final Thoughts This episode of "What's Your Story?" encapsulates the spirit of WWE as it builds towards the Survivor Series: WarGames. The podcast offers insights not only into the matches but also the emotional stakes tied to the wrestlers' legacies and personal journeys. The hosts' chemistry and depth of knowledge create an engaging preview for fans eager for the upcoming event.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00The men's war games team advantage has been set with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar on Monday Night Raw, but which team is actually a cohesive a monster altercation with the women's war games match the women's war games match the women's war games. A recap of WWE and Fanatics original production.
0:39Megan, Megan, the last Monday Night Raw before War Games, before Survivor Series this Saturday, and so much to go over. I mean, you know it's a big Raw when Roman Reigns is on Raw. You know it's a big Raw when Brock Lesnar is on Raw, when CM Punk is on Raw, when Cody Rhodes is on Raw, when Becky Lynch, when Rhea Ripley. It goes on and on and on and on, but that's what happens during War Games season. And I think that tonight it was really, really clear that the road to War Games has accelerated as the event has gotten closer and closer to the point where we've reached the point of no return when it comes to the build for both War Games matches.
1:26Sam, I'm glad to see that you're here today. This is my job. Someone was calling for your job earlier in the week. Why would you? We just started. I'm just glad that you made it here. First of all, she wasn't even talking about the fact that we work for the same company. She was talking about my job at SiriusXM. Which you weren't at today. I have days. You were going to show up to work. I'm glad that you're here. Otherwise, I'd have to do the show by myself. We know you couldn't handle that. Listen, I have days I'm allowed to take them. It was very convenient, though. It was one of those, like, when somebody gets in trouble and they're like, no, this is a pre-planned vacation.
2:04Yeah, sure. Yeah, okay. Okay. Yeah. Listen, before we get there, we have a lot to talk about with that women's war games team, specifically a certain team captain that was extremely vocal tonight, but that should be no surprise to anybody. Roman Reigns, though, is the gentleman that started and ended Monday Night Raw. Nice book-ended show. I love a book-ended Monday Night Raw show. Roman Reigns comes out, and all he's able to utter is acknowledge me before Cody Rhodes shows up. And, I mean, you forget sometimes that, like, there is something so special. And that's why this War Games match is so insane.
2:47because there was something so special about seeing all different pairings of everybody in this match, but seeing Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns in the ring together made you go, oh yeah, that's right. WrestleMania 39, WrestleMania 40, one of the most epic sort of rivalries, epic confrontations that we've ever seen. And we see these two men, these two behemoths of the industry face-to-face again. I thought it was remarkable. It was wild watching Cody make his entrance the music hitting and you just took a trip down memory lane thinking about Cody returning to WWE Cody and missing out on a year Cody winning the Royal Rumble Cody going to LA and ultimately losing to Roman Reigns all to build himself up once again and to that main event match at WrestleMania 40 and here we are and so much has changed but yet so much has has really stayed the same when these two men are in the ring and something really stood out to me when Cody and Roman were staring each other down mics and hands and Roman said I don't like you but we don't even really know each other that well yeah and they've talked about that in documentaries before you know just when you think that you're you're just watching storytelling Cody has talked about that in documentaries how they haven't they don't hang out they don't have conversations they didn't have conversations leading to their WrestleMania matches.
4:17I'm sure they're not having conversations leading to this war games match. They lead two completely separate lives. And I think when you watch Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns in a WWE ring, they strike me as two people who have two very different philosophies of what the top guy is. I don't think it's any coincidence that Cody is QB one and Roman Reigns is OTC one. I think they are fiercely competitive with one another over who is the top guy. I think both of them view themselves and want to be the top guy. The John Cena, the Hulk Hogan, the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, the top guy. But I think they both have a different idea of what that is.
5:06And whether you look at them and you see it aesthetically, whether it's the way they carry themselves, whether it's the way they talk to the audience, whether it's the way they talk to the other members of their roster. It's just two different psychologies on pro wrestling together. But that's one of the wonderful things about pro wrestling. And all of that, I think, occurs to me when I see Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns in the ring together. And I love, though, that Cody Rhodes brought it all because that's such a big concept, right? Just like everything you described. That's so big what you described.
5:37Thinking about all of that as you see these two guys. But that's not why those two guys are in the ring. Those two guys are in the ring because on Saturday, we'd like you to watch a show called Survivor Series War Games. And this match that's going to take place, these two rings surrounded by steel in which five of the top WWE superstars of all time will take on five of the top WWE superstars of all time. And Cody asked the question that we need to know in order to care about this match, which is, why are you in it? what do you have in this for you what's in it for you and i love you know because cody had this great he grabbed just just this this this almost poetic on friday on friday it was amazing standing on top of that table and it's like yeah that's why you're cody roads that moment right there just going over every member of the team and addressing paul hayman right to his face and then establishing war games as his birthright the match of course that was invented by his dad, Dusty Rhodes.
6:41And Roman Reigns kind of, you know, brought that to the table, it being Cody's birthright. But he said, but I'm the one that's been going to war. And it might be your birthright, but this is my family that's in this thing. And that's the one thing that Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes have in common, that they take their families more seriously than anything else in life and Roman Reigns basically brings forward number one that he's got an investment in his family and that's how he referred to it the investment that he's made in Jimmy and Jey Uso he wants to see it through he plans on seeing it through but the other thing that he brought forward was that he hates Paul Heyman and he hates the vision and it's really interesting right because then cm punk interrupts and cm punk joins cody and roman reigns and cm punk is a little more kind of jovial about the whole thing he's having fun roman was having no fun no and cody was very serious and cody was serious hard-hitting questions for roman reigns i thought i thought cody was there was a there was an underlying tension right with cody and cm punk like cm punk was thought it was kind of being cute about it and Cody didn't seem like he was being cute at all.
8:01No, and even when CM Punk comes out and says, you know, it's a great day to be alive in Oklahoma City, you know, and it felt like he was there to kind of have fun. Yeah, and he was poking a little bit at the seriousness. Whereas Roman and Cody are like, no, not for us. No. Not for us. And however, Punk turned it around quickly. I mean when Roman Reigns Punk was like I saved your life and Roman Reigns was like yeah and then you ruined my life can you imagine Roman Reigns looking at you and being like here's what I think of you I think you ruined my life and you're like oh my god like I'm really on this guy's bad list this is horrible news and it's so interesting to me that Roman blames CM Punk for ruining his life and for taking his wise man yeah why do you think that's interesting because Seth Rollins ultimately is the one you took the wise man okay but you know and again i bring this all back to like relationships and love because that's what we're talking about right so let's go into your dating life right mine no not your specific ones i should say ones we don't need to get hr in here let's go into one's dating by the way i hope your dating life is over you're a married woman for god's sake but let's get into let's get into one's day i mean you're a mother for i mean for crying out loud let's get in to one's dating life and and and maybe when one loses a partner right are you if you witness that partner with somebody that you know they don't have the same connection with that they had with you it probably doesn't bother you even though you're not with them anymore you're not really jealous of that connection it's like oh whatever like they don't have what we had no and they're doing what they got to do i don't that's not gonna last so that's how Roman views Paul Heyman and Seth Rollins but but CM Punk might even have a closer relationship with Paul Heyman oh you don't have to worry I mean Biz Marquis did a whole song about it hey Paul Heyman you said he's just a friend you said he's just a friend you see what I'm saying like it goes very very deep here yeah very very deep and it's not meant to be taken literally but you understand how emotions work and how like you know it doesn't seem like Roman Reigns loves a lot of people just like what Cody Rhodes would say they lead these separate lives Roman Reigns loves his family and he invited Paul Heyman into his family and I think that's why he knows I believe that he believes that CM Punk is the one not only who has that relationship with Paul Heyman so that is something to be upset about but also cracked the foundation that made it possible for Seth Rollins to get in.
10:51Yeah, and Roman's life has never been the same since then. It hasn't been the same. Now, look, I don't think you can blame other people for where you're at in life. Ultimately, people make their own choices. It's up to you. But now we're getting too deep for the raw recap. I did find that very, very interesting, though. You know, I also found it interesting that when Punk took in that information, he looked at Cody and he said, by the way, who made this your team? You know what I'm saying? Like we and we saw that we saw that when this team started being built, it was on Monday Night Raw and it was Punk with Cody and Jay.
11:31Then all of a sudden, Cody kind of takes ownership of the team and the graphic comes out and we all know how important it is to discuss the graphic. it is important above all else and cody is front and center of that graphic depending on the news of the day everything can get discussed cody is the guy and cody said well then welcome to my team roman i love roman's strategy in all of this where he's like i'm here to look out for my family y 'all two need to decide who's in charge of this team because it's not me and on his way out just kind of not making full eye contact and saying that title would look a lot better on my shoulder now immediately when he said that who did you think he was talking to i immediately thought roman's up to his old tricks but that's because i'm like a 301 student of the ways of the tribal chief well because both of them immediately said who are you talking who did you think he was talking to when he first said it i thought cm punk you did i did yeah and why is that you think because he hates cm punk that's why however it was interesting because i got texted my phone oh my god cody cody roman 3 would be so amazing and so i think it's interesting that my initial takeaway was oh he's talking to punk but there was a lot of people oh cody cody yeah which is exactly because Roman is up to his old tricks.
13:03And you know Roman knows what he's doing. Of course. Because then he left the ring and they asked him, foolishly, who are you talking about? I mean, come on, dude. Don't give him that kind of power. And he, oh, he takes it all in. Tribal chief is doing tribal chief things. You guys figure that out on your own and walks off. You know why Roman doesn't have to argue over who's the captain of the team? Because he's there for his family. No. because that's what he says but at what point on monday night raw tonight when roman reigns was on the screen was there any moment where you felt like roman wasn't the one in control no roman was the captain he doesn't need to wear the c on his jersey no but everybody knows his position and he's comfortable with that and he's very very very confident he doesn't need to be voted as captain to the point exactly right he just is to the point where like and then and then by the way but he won't but he won't he goes you know what do i need to be named captain for and take on all those problems to the point where they're trying to figure out who is going to be uh the tag team that is uh facing off for the uh uh advantage in war games and while the usos are are arguing with Cody and with Punk Roman goes you guys figure this out which one of you two is the captain it's not me and walks off I mean brilliant genius now we get to the end of Monday Night Raw and we see the Usos back together and you know how much I love that and the Usos on the same page this is what I've been waiting for like seeing these two in this Jimmy and Jay in the position that they're in now finally lined up with each other And this is the first time in a long time that we've seen that.
14:50And I think the first time that Roman Reigns has been around that we've seen Roman not getting in Jay's head and not getting in Jimmy's head. Because it didn't start until Roman left. Because Jay didn't have somebody talking into his ear. So we'll see if it can continue or how Jay would respond if Roman even tried to get in his ear. Logan Paul versus Drew McIntyre. Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre was the team that the Usos faced. It's so funny. seeing Logan learn that he was in the match. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, by the way, there's no doubt who's in control. If Brock Lesnar's not around, Paul Heyman is in control.
15:28If Brock Lesnar is around, as is the case with any scenario, Brock Lesnar is in control. He is an asset to this War Games team. But yeah, yeah, Paul Heyman is the one calling the shots. No, no, yep. Yes. and also the fact he's got to tell drew mcintyre please i beg of you yeah please don't make any mistakes you're not supposed to be here but by the way i think that drew and logan had some pretty incredible chemistry like they are a good team yeah and we saw it all at one point the bronson showed up cody and punk showed up to take them on we saw that team camaraderie but ultimately Logan Paul was able and this was lost in the sauce a little bit but Logan Paul rolled up Jimmy Uso and pinned him Paul Heyman's team of the vision has the war games advantage and that means that when the war game starts with two people in that double cage that five minutes in the buzzer is going to go off and another member of Heyman's team is going to go in there And that means one member of the Cody Rhodes slash CM Punk team is going to be in a two-on-one scenario.
16:43And then they'll be in a three-on-two scenario. And then they'll be in a four-on-three and a five-on-four until these things get evened out. But that makes a huge difference. Especially when you're talking about someone like Brock Lesnar. Or Brom Breaker. Or Bronson Reed. Or Drew McIntyre. Yes. How many tsunamis Bronson Reed could hit while their team has the advantage? I mean, if you talk, I mean, and that could be the strategy, right? If you've got a two-on-one and you're in there with, you know, who knows? It could even be, I mean, if you're in there, let's say with Cody Rhodes to start, and you have Bronson Reed and Brom Breaker beating up Cody Rhodes for seven minutes.
17:24It's five plus, I think it's two or three, seven to eight minutes. That's massive. That basically takes Cody Rhodes out of that match. That's it. So what do you do? Do you send in your, if you're on Team Cody Punk, do you send in your strongest guy to try to fend off the advantage? Or do you save your strongest guy and sacrifice somebody? And then you send in Roman Reigns, and Roman Reigns has already been put on a stretcher by Bronson Reed. By the way, I'd love to watch anybody send in Roman Reigns. That's not happening. No, Roman's sending himself in. Roman will go when he chooses. You've seen, remember Roman and CM Punk at the last war games?
18:00Roman chose Yeah When he was going in And again so did Punk It's going to get very very interesting I'm going to need an immediate shoe scouting report On the tribal chief Well I mean again He showed up in I think he was wearing sevens tonight If I'm not mistaken He was wearing I mean they weren't last week's shoes But they were still nice shoes I don't think Roman's worried about it anymore This is a different Roman Of course This is a very different Roman This is like a Roman who's realizing I think Roman looked at his calendar, and he realized we're wrapping up this year. That means the beginning of next year is coming.
18:37That means, you know, you got war games. You got, you know, then it's just December until you start inching towards the Royal Rumble, inching towards Elimination Chamber, towards WrestleMania. I think Roman knows, okay, it's time. It's time for the postseason. You pointed this out last week. this is the Roman that we've really been waiting to see. Yeah. Unfortunately, the Roman that we've been waiting to see now gets confronted by the beast. Brock Lesnar is back. And you talk about, and we talked about this last week too, at Madison Square Garden, which was by the way, such an awesome raw recap.
19:13But you talk about like that magic between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns met for the first time at WrestleMania 30 I want to say that was the first time they wrestled 10 years ago. And it's all that. It's just the feeling of those two in the ring together has only gotten bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. I can only imagine what it's going to look like in war games. It's going to be incredible. We will be previewing later this week Survivor Series war games. So we will have a under the raw recap banner, a Survivor Series preview show that goes up. and then, of course, a Survivor Series recap show.
19:59We're also, Rhea Ripley is going to be on the show in just a minute. But, Megan, have you heard about these aura frames? These aura frames are just the bee's knees, they're saying, when it comes to holiday gifts. Yes, you can relive holiday traditions every day. These aura frames are so amazing because the way they work is you give somebody the aura frame. You can have them preloaded with photos, videos, however many you want, even a personalized message on the frame. You give it to your parents, your family member, whoever it is. They open it up. They put it on. They turn it on. It's already got all these pictures on it.
20:41And by the way, you can keep sending more pictures and more pictures. You just load them onto the app and new pictures show up. You can avoid all kinds of phone calls with your in-laws. Just give them an aura frame and post pictures of what you're doing. You know what I mean? You don't have to call. Oh, yeah, we went apple picking today. No, there's pictures of the apple picking on there. Oh, we made snow angels today. No, there's pictures of the snow angels on there. It's the best. It's exactly one of the many things that I use it for. I love aura frames. My family loves their aura frames. It's something that I would highly recommend that you look into.
21:16And for a limited time, you can visit AuraFrames.com and get$45 off Aura's best-selling Carver Matte Frames. Name number one, by the way, by Wirecutter by using promo code RAWRECAP at checkout. That's A-U-R-A-Frames.com, promo code RAWRECAP. This exclusive Black Friday Cyber Monday deal is their best of the year. So order now before it ends. You can support the show by mentioning us at checkout. Terms and conditions apply, but get there, get those aura frames, and be the real winner of the holidays. Speaking of winners, we don't know who's going to win the women's war games match. However, one person looked pretty bloody dominant tonight on Monday Night Raw, and I believe she is our guest here tonight.
22:08Coming to us now, fresh off of a talking segment that ended in absolute pandemonium. Rhea, Bloody Ripley, days removed from war games. What goes on in your head as you get yourself ready for what is the most physical, brutal, for lack of a better term, match that there is in WWE? Just mental preparation for it all. Obviously, like you just said, it is one of the most brutal matches that you could have here in the WWE. so I just need to mentally prepare and mentally get my team prepared as well because look we have myself we have EO we have Alexa we have Charlotte and we've all been inside of a war games before but then we have AJ Lee she's just come back and I just need to make sure that she's fully prepared for what is going to happen and what she's stepping into it's a dangerous match And we just need to make sure that not only our body is prepared, but our mind is prepared as well.
23:25This match is like so crazy star studded. And, you know, evidence of that was in the ring tonight. When you look in that ring and you have, I mean, two generations, if not three, worth of female talent and the best maybe that the industry has seen. and you grab the mic and you don't say a word, but the second you have that microphone in your hand, the crowd goes absolutely nuts. In that moment, do you look around, realize who you're in there with, and then realize you're the one that people want to hear from? It's wild to think of it like that, to be completely honest. And like, yeah, I did. I did look around, but now that you say that, it is clicking a little bit more because they did erupt when I did grab the microphone.
24:24But at the same time, I don't know if they're erupting because I'm about to speak or they know that I'm just unpredictable and anything could happen. The crowd seems smarter than the team that we were in there with, actually, because they were ready for anything. And Nia Jax definitely wasn't ready for a microphone to the face. So. No, but who is? uh ria ria you were just talking about how how you have to make sure that aj lee is ready for war games because she's never been in a war games match before we saw you last week on raw asking aj for a minute to talk to her what made you want to go after aj lee for your war games team growing up I watched AJ Lee I loved watching AJ Lee she was one of my favorites for sure I thought she was amazing at what she did especially for the size that she is she's scrappy she doesn't give up and I like that fire inside of her that I know she has and seeing her come back and tag with her husband, CM Punk, against Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, I could see that fire was still there.
25:37So I knew that we needed a fifth member. I know that I need someone that can hang in this kind of match. And everything that I've seen her accomplish throughout her run in the WWE before when I was growing up, she accomplished so much. And she really wasn't set up to accomplish that much, but she fought and she scratched and she clawed and she was determined and she got to the point that she got to. And that's what I want to see. And I know that it's there. And that's why I want her on my team. I want that scrappy. I want that fight. I want people to second guess her because of her size and then realize that she is a lot tougher than what they think she is.
26:22She's unpredictable. And I love that. What is the atmosphere like with all of you? What is the feeling? because I'm sure that at this point in your career, you feel like you are the number one person in the WWE women's division. I'm also pretty sure that that's how Charlotte feels. I'm also pretty sure that AJ Lee did not come back to not be the number one woman in the women's division and so on and so on. Every time I turn on the internet, somebody's talking about how EO is the best women's wrestler on the planet, period. How does that competition that has to exist amongst you guys kind of show itself when you get ready for a match like this?
27:04I think everyone in this women's division thinks that they are the best at what they do, like you just said. And it's not only just my team, it's our opposing team as well. The difference is our opposing team, as you've seen tonight, they might not be on the same page with everything. They might still be taking jobs at each other and not trusting each other, where our team, the only people that didn't fully trust each other was me and Charlotte. And for now we have settled our problems. We know that when I first came to Raw, I wanted to prove myself and I wanted to be the best. And I had always looked up to someone like Charlotte Flair and I knew that she was one of the top dogs, if not the top dog.
27:54So I took a leap and it was like a sink or swim situation. And obviously Charlotte being Charlotte, she fought back. So that's where our beef pretty much started. And that's the whole reason that we had beef was because we wanted to be the best and we wanted to prove to everyone, not just ourselves and each other, but everyone that we were the best. But right now we've discussed strategy. We have talked it out and we are on the same page. and that's a really dangerous combination for the other team. So I think that going into this, yes, we do all still think that we are the best, but we are also willing to put our egos aside for the common denominator here and that is to win war games and beat the other team.
28:40And I think that's why we have that advantage. You talk about dangerous situations and I mean, you can't overlook the powerhouses on the other side of the ring and Nia Jax and Lash Legend. And Lash, I mean, she's made a statement ever since she came up to the main roster. When you're going up against opponents like Nia and Lash, what kind of threat does that pose to your War Games team? I mean, it shows for itself. They're forces to be reckoned with. And we're going to have to be careful with what we do with them and be very strategic with what we do and how we think. I've had many run-ins with Nia Jax in the past, and I feel like I know her pretty well these days.
29:28So we're all going to have to come together and just strategize. Then there's Lash Legend. She's new, and she's someone that we don't really know right now. So that's a little bit worrying in the back of my head. but at the same time I also know how it feels to be in her situation and be the new person like I just said you are trying to prove that you are the best and sometimes that just doesn't work out in a team setting so she can be all buddy buddy with Nia Jax right now but I don't know where their alliance lies since it is built on them hating each other which could be an advantage for us what do you think it is about Charlotte Flair that you are kind of cosmically connected to in terms of career because you're right I mean when you think about this rivalry that you guys have had and the story that you guys have had it's really the story of your entire main roster career I mean coming up and thinking that this is now my time I've done what I'm going to do in NXT now it's time to just dominate on the main roster and maybe it wasn't quite time for that yet.
30:38Maybe Charlotte was the one to remind you of that. Then when it is time, Charlotte is still the one a couple of years later that you have to get through. And now that you're both at this place where you are two of the top stars in WWE, regardless of gender or any other qualification, you still end up in the same match together on the same show. What is that link? You know, I've been asking myself that question as well, and it's hard to pinpoint exactly what that link is because I was just an upbeat upstart, just wanting to make a name for herself and take down the best. But I was obviously, it just wasn't my time.
31:30And Charlotte reminded me that it wasn't my time. And then I tried again and she put me back in my place. But each time that she put me back in my place, I kind of learnt. Well, I didn't learn a little bit. I learned a lot from her, actually. And that got me to the point when we met again at WrestleMania 39. And then I finally proved to her that I had been learning throughout those years. And I had been putting that into play. um so I feel like for us the strive to be the best and want to prove ourselves and not just make a little bit of history but make all the history and make a full name for yourself where your legacy is set in the lights here in the WWE I feel like that's what makes us so similar she wanted to achieve so much greatness and kind of make a name for herself away from the flair name away from her father where me i didn't have a family member here but i was striving a little girl from adelaide south australia i wanted to make it here i wanted to make a name for myself i wanted the name ria ripley to live on within the wwe forever i think just that drive and that passion and that determination to make a name for yourself is what makes Charlotte and I so similar in a way.
32:57No, it makes perfect sense. And there are a lot of ways to get that goal that you're describing, that goal to be the best, that goal to like make a dent in the industry that you're in. And one of those ways is in the ring. And another way is by monopolizing and dominating the conversation and I think that Becky Lynch has figured out a way that no matter what is going on that the world is going to talk about what she's doing she's been doing it all over social media she I mean you you said it yourself but the whole promo building up the war games team that's opposing you was just Becky Lynch talking and then Becky Lynch talking about everybody else on the team and it works I mean when you're not talking about what Becky Lynch is doing on the show you're talking about what Becky Lynch is doing on Twitter and Instagram is there a part of you that when you see that part of it because that's a part of the business as well that you go oh no I need to get louder on social media because Becky Lynch is sucking up all the attention in the room look Becky's a talker she is a yapper she's a barker right where I'm a fighter that's what I do social media is social media but at the end of the day it is such a small group of individuals that believe in that hype and at the end of the day they can fight back on Twitter and they can fight back on Instagram and they can make videos and they can do all this social media bull crap.
34:39But then today, when you step in the ring, what are they going to do? They're going to talk or they're going to fight? I'm here to fight. We're stepping into war games. You can't talk your way out of this. You can't yap your way out of this. AJ said it best. She's a little chihuahua. She's a small dog that has a loud bark. And, yes, she can get scrappy sometimes and she's strategic and she can definitely work her way out of situations, but she's not working her way out of war games because if you work your way out of war games, you're disqualified. You lose. Your team loses. So you can run if you want and continue yapping, but at the end of the day, my team, we're all fighters, so we're here to fight.
35:25Like Billy Kidman's music said in the Ruthless Aggression Era, you can run if you want to, but you can't hide now. Now, I'm assuming that means that you're not coming up with nicknames. You're more concentrating on the fighting aspect of war games. The cute nicknames is not your priority. Yeah, I mean, we've already got our cute nicknames sorted, so we don't need to worry about that anymore. No, no, I guess not. By the way, I do want to also say congratulations because speaking of social media, I was looking and I saw that there is even they are furthering the merchandise collaboration line between you and Art the Clown and Terrifier.
36:02And as a very public fan of Rhea Ripley and a very public fan of the Terrifier franchise to see these two worlds come together. It warms my heart. It's wild, dude. It's so cool. This is literally like, it's so weird because I'm literally living my dream right now. Like I'm here in the WWE. I'm accomplishing things that I've dreamt of as a kid. And I am now like, I know David. I know Art. I know Damien. I know all of them. And now I have my own collaboration with Terrifier and Art the Clown. And it's just like all my wildest dreams are kind of coming true. So, yeah, I'm just so excited. And I love that it's a little Christmas edition too.
36:45especially because I had the idea of making Christmas shirts for the judgment day back in the day. And I thought that was awesome. And we put little hats on the photo and it sold really well. And then this year, I didn't even have to ask. They just made Rhea Ripley Terrifier Christmas shirts. And it was just a dream come true. And I got to tell you how into it they are. Nobody knew I was going to bring that up because I literally just thought of it because I saw it earlier today. And I was like, that's awesome. They put a graphic. They had a graphic ready. They put a graphic right on the screen.
37:13As we're talking about it, it was the most amazing thing. I've ever seen in my life. Everyone's ready for mommy terrifier. Let's go. They really are. They really are. I love it. Well, Rhea, I can't wait. I can't wait to see it all go down. I can't wait for war games. Do you feel, are you going to take, are you going to have to use the face mask to compete in war games or will it be off by the time you get to war games? I will have to wear it during this war games match and I will probably have it on the entire time unless someone takes it off forcibly. um my nose is somewhat healed but it's still not fully healed so um i will be wearing it but i also will be doing it up uh just like i did last year so i can't wait to show everyone exactly what my mask looks like plus that's great because action figure opportunities oh yes exactly we'll get a new rhea ripley action figure it's gonna be great rhea ripley you're the best i cannot wait for war games i cannot wait to see it all go down uh uh i will be watching thank you oh yeah thanks guys thank you thanks ria amazing hearing from ria ripley and by the way i did i did not realize that we're going to talk about it i did legitimately see those ria ripley terrifier t-shirts like just on social media today yeah yeah yeah and i got really excited because i've been i've been a fan of the terrifier franchise forever but it is true this is why we had the graphic ready for it and everything ria ripley has teamed up with Terrifier for a second collaboration.
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40:08Amazing anniversary for The Undertaker, who, by the way, The Undertaker's podcast is back. He and Michelle were looking at many of the great moments of The Undertaker's past and Survivor Series this week on Six Feet Under with The Undertaker. Of course, Stephanie McMahon has AJ Lee on. I saw the whole internet was talking about Logan Paul walking off impulsive this week. You want to check that out? And I mean, this was huge. The internet was buzzing when old Tess announced this on Raw tonight. Timmy Schauls is on Cody Rhodes' podcast. He's got Chalamet on his podcast. I cannot wait to see Timmy Chalamet, New York's finest, and Cody Rhodes interacting together.
40:59That's a big one. It's a massive one. I mean, you talk about two style icons, Timothee Chalamet and Cody Rhodes. Forget about it. It's going to be epic. I can't wait. I mean, just the best. I cannot wait to check out What Do You Want to Talk About from Cody Rhodes this week and see Timmy Schaul's on there. It's going to be legendary. Speaking of legendary, of course, the Women's War Games match. That's right. It's about time. How many segs are we into this show? It's just the second. We literally had a guest from the Women's War Games on just a moment ago. Yeah, I know. But you have been known to sort of, you know, there's rundowns.
41:41There's this thing we learned in journalism school where, you know, the A block. What would you know about journalism school? I went to a very prestigious journalism school. Would you sleep through it? No. Oh, I'm sorry. but I learned in journalism school about the importance of sort of organizing your news stories that's in your a block I went to school for this your a block last week would have been probably the biggest story in all of wrestling and that was the injustice that happened on Monday Night Raw AJ Lee did not have a manager's license and therefore she was not supposed to be ringside And this was a story and a controversy that was brewing all over the internet.
42:30And you have a platform and weren't discussing it whatsoever until I came into the studio in New York City on Wednesday and demanded that your producer, AJ, play the video of Becky Lynch meeting with lawyers. and then when I'm not present you just go on and do soliloquies about graphics they're not soliloquy and finally the greatest female wrestler of all time Becky Lynch called you out on it self-proclaimed no a lot of people are saying it for instance Sports Illustrated Bleacher Report ESPN no you shan't continue you know why because you switch up your entire flow the minute Rhea Ripley leaves you didn't say none of this stuff when rhea ripley was around i keep a professional in front of the guest you're sitting there going like now rhea why would you decide to have this conversation with aj and then the minute rhea ripley leaves you're like oh sam why well because unlike you i don't try to like you know i act professional in front of the guests anytime we have a guest you're like hey so maxine actually um a couple weeks ago megan uh didn't like you and she was rooting for Becky Lynch.
43:43What are your thoughts on that? Hey Dom, Megan doesn't support you. Your thoughts? Sorry for being a truth sayer. You don't have to bury your co-host while you have a guest. That's a burial. That's not a burial. You bury yourself. And because you bury me in front of our guests, I decided to take Becky's side publicly. Okay, so yes. Yes. While we're talking about this women's war games, Becky Lynch did dominate a lot of social media conversation this week. She spent a lot of time talking about perceived injustices that happened to her, claiming she was going to lawyers about AJ Lee's managerial license, which is absurd.
44:18AJ Lee was in the aisle way. Regardless, Becky Lynch lost the Intercontinental Championship, and then yes, yes, she did. Instead of concentrating on war games, she decided to concentrate on, you know, she's a big listener to Not Sam Wrestling, my show, and she, I guess, didn't like what I was covering, which a lot of listeners, sometimes they like it, sometimes they don't like it. In this case, Becky Lynch did not like. she called for my firing because I was not talking about her is what the problem was you weren't covering the top story in all of wrestling because I was covering the the war games graphic which is also we discussed today on raw recap because it's such a big story and by the way Becky Lynch if you look at her social was all about covering graphics the minute they showed the graphic for the women's war game on Friday she said now it's time to talk about graphics It was time to talk about that graphic.
45:07But that was by the time there was a new story. She already met with lawyers. Well, guess what? I didn't get fired, regardless of what Becky Lynch was. Are you sure you weren't on the air today? That's fine. I have days. You're not worried about it? No, I'm not. Not even a little bit? No, not even a little bit. No, no. I don't know. I saw a tweet from Sirius that they were like, hey, you know, Becky, come on in for an audition. I know, and I wasn't thrilled about it to tell you the truth. I wasn't thrilled about it. I'll tell you two tweets I wasn't thrilled about. Number one, Sirius going like, oh, Becky, you should stop by.
45:35I wrote WTF like what are you doing be loyal to your people number two the other thing I wasn't thrilled about was you responding pro Becky saying scam Roberts which nobody has ever called me that a lot of people are calling you scam Roberts the greatest male wrestler of all time is calling you scam Roberts after you did it not before a lot of people are saying it I've just been hearing it I've never heard anybody say that before you said it well that's disheartening to say the least I know which team I'm rooting for. The team that didn't advocate for me to not be able to feed my family. Rhea Ripley, AJ Lee, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, EO Sky.
46:19Absolute legends on this team. I am just so impressed that with all of the meetings that Becky Lynch had to take with all of these lawyers, the injustices that she's been fighting, that she was still able to assemble one of the greatest war games teams that any of us have ever seen. I mean, look at that graphic right there. There's Asuka. There's Nia Jax. There's Kairi Sane. There's Lash Legend. And then basically the woman who's created this version of women's wrestling in Becky Lynch. What version? This dominant version. I mean, AJ Lee one day dreamed. I mean, she dreamed about women's wrestling looking this way.
47:04And Becky Lynch made it a reality. Thank you, Becky. I don't even know what you're talking about anymore. AJ did that. No, AJ dreamt of it. And then Becky made it happen. She contributed like a lot. Yeah, and then Becky made it happen. And Becky did not assemble this team. Becky did. She said so tonight. No, I know what she said, but the team was already assembled. Yeah. Weeks ago. No, it was Becky. She put it together. She's always working behind the scenes. She showed up on Friday and was like, oh, I'll join the four of you. No, I think she was working on a lot of things. We just don't, we don't always get to see them.
47:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But she's always, she's always hustling, you know? I've heard her bones are very strong, very strong face bones. Yes. Yeah, very strong, very strong face bones. And listen, don't take it personal. Her inspirations are getting less and less hidden. Look, don't take it personal that I took Becky's side. I just had to think, you know, Becky's going to be in WWE a lot longer than Sam. How do you know? So I just had to side with Becky. Michael Cole's been in WWE forever. How come I can't be in WWE forever? Maybe forever. Remember that line? I did think she was going to hold the title forever.
48:17Look, I don't blame you for knowing where your bread is buttered. And honestly, I mean, I respect your ability to stick with the home team. And that's your home team. That's your home team. What can I do about it? Okay. Not much. I don't appreciate it I liked when you were nicer Those days are gone I don't have kidneys left to give Yeah, and so you feel like I feel like I don't need a liver I do too You probably scratched off that organ donor portion Nope, not doing it anymore I've done my good deeds Now I can just be cruel That's what you say now But regardless, I get it You gotta go where your bread is buttered It's fine the assembling of talent that is in this match is nuts it's crazy it's nuts do you think the moment will be too big for lash legend no i don't because everything that lash legend has shown us since she's been on smackdown even before that i mean i thought she had an incredible performance at evolution i think lash legend has shown up with a different edge to her and I don't know if it's just because Nia Jax has been by her side I don't know if it's this this this confidence in her strength that she possesses and her her background and athleticism um but Lash Legend has come here made a statement and I think that's going to continue in San Diego I did I would agree I think it's a different Lash Legend I think it's a Lash legend that's a little less uh wide-eyed you know what i mean a lash legend that is ready to step up and luckily for her she's watched many women come up from nxt and see what works and what works is when you stake your claim and that's for men and women you know whoever you are in in professional wrestling when you go up and you stake your claim and you don't blink you don't you know don't show an ounce of doubt and just take it those are the people those are the people that get it those are the people that can convince the audience that it belongs to them and if you can convince the audience that it belongs to you then by god it belongs to you doesn't it now are you worried about aj lee at all first time in a war games match i mean it's a wild thing right not only is it aj lee's first time in a war games match it's her second match in a decade and the first match was the mixed tag I mean listen I think that AJ Lee uh more so than maybe anybody is aware of the level of of athlete that she's entering that cage with I think that AJ Lee maybe more so than anybody is aware to your point from earlier even though it was ridiculously stated it still remains a valid point that uh that wrestling has changed a lot and it is in the way that AJ and people like AJ dreamed that it would change.
51:13But now it's time to step up to that level of play, right? And I think that AJ knows that. And I don't think somebody like AJ Lee comes back to the WWE because I think it was far from a guarantee that she would be back. I think there is a very definite version of this universe where AJ Lee is just happy with her career went out on her own terms and has by the way a ton of different stuff going on outside of the world of wrestling she doesn't have to come back and I don't think she's coming back unless she's ready to be back and understanding and I I think that much like uh at Wrestlepalooza I think AJ Lee is going to be the dark horse I think AJ Lee is going to be the one that surprises everybody even though everybody's so excited to see her I don't know if everybody has pictured what that's going to look like.
52:06And I think watching AJ Lee in a War Games match for the first time and watching her against a lot of these women for the first time is going to be the thing that makes you go, whoa, she's back. And, you know, I mean, still has a ton left in the tank. And so I think I'm hopeful and optimistic that that's the story that we're going to see. Somebody that a lot of people haven't been talking about is Asuka on this War Games team. and Asuka is someone I think we've brought up on this show. She can remind people who she is in an instant. Oh, yes. And I think since Asuka's return and since her and Kyrie have been wreaking havoc on everybody that they've encountered, Asuka has shown she's even more dangerous than she's ever been before, which is saying so much because this is a woman who's accomplished pretty much everything there is to accomplish in wrestling.
53:03Right, but sometimes it's time to go like, yeah, but I'm not done. Yeah. And that's where Asuka's at. I can't wait to see it. I'm going to be celebrating Survivor Series. Lots of people are celebrating Survivor Series in a lot of different ways. Last week, by the way, WWE announced an exciting collaboration with Topps, Complex, and Bape to celebrate this year's Survivor Series. One of the highlights of the collab is the 2025 Topps WWE Bape, a new product merging the worlds of streetwear, trading cards, and sports entertainment. Bape has been a staple forever in that world of streetwear as WWE has been in the world of sports entertainment.
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54:31Very, very exciting collaboration from BAPE and Topps and WWE. I can't wait to see it. I also can't wait to see, and speaking of Survivor Series, Dominic Mysterio. We know. Versus John Cena. Yes. I thought you were just going to stop at Dominic Mysterio. But why didn't you bring up Donnie Mysterio in segment one? Because that's not the biggest. I'm Becky Lynch's story in wrestling right now. And the corruption that's going on. Just John Cena's second to last match. His last PLE. That's all. I mean, this is the biggest case of corruption in probably 50 years is what I saw on social media. On what?
55:08That means it's true. Whose account? On Becky Lynch's account. Okay. That's a good source. I am glad you went to Northwestern. Yes. Dominic Mysterio. They'd be really proud of you. I heard they cut you off the alumni list. Dominic Mysterio, he comes out on Monday Night Raw, looking like a million bucks, by the way. And they're back to booing him. I had told you, no, no, no, these fans, they cheer Dominic Mysterio. And I was rubbing it in your face, if I could be 100 % honest. You were. Basically, from WrestleMania all the way until, I don't know, October? Maybe beginning of this month? They were cheering Dominic Mysterio.
55:48You're a big I called it guy. Not me. I called it. I told you so. That's not my thing. I don't like. It's 100 % your thing. No. I've been telling you guys this. Nobody listens. I don't say that. Every time we get Tom on the show. Hey, Tom, Megan doesn't support you. Well, you don't. You don't have to just call me out. He should know. He should know. Just the world. I hate doing an interview and I don't know what I'm getting into. Just so you know, it's a friendly interview. Megan doesn't like you, but don't worry. The show supports you and I support you. Thanks. That's all that is. Yeah, that's all that is.
56:21Thanks so much. I mean, yeah, that's why I don't care what your problem is sometimes. But, I mean, listen, you said you love it when the fans boo Dominic Mysterio. I do. I love it when he can't hublar. And guess what? That's happened the last two weeks in a row. Three weeks now. They're back to booing Dominic Mysterio to the point where he can't talk, and he's got a lot to say. He's got more to say maybe than ever because he lost his Intercontinental Championship to John Cena. Now, John Cena will be defending the Intercontinental Championship against Dominic Mysterio. He was not on Raw tonight.
56:59That was announced last week. They specifically, they couldn't have made it more clear. This is definitely John Cena's last Raw. Yet somehow, when that music played, you know what the funniest part was? not only did everybody in Oklahoma City think that John Cena was coming out, he got Tess too. Joe Tess got very excited. Yeah, Joe was like, I can't believe it. He's here. He's here. And then it was a very small man dressed as John Cena and also a very small man dressed as Stu, the camera guy. That was my favorite part. Of course it was because sometimes. A little Stu was great. And then also the fact that he had Stu written on the back of his shirt.
57:37Right. I DM. Of course it was. And then they went to the camera shot. so you could see standard Stu and smaller Stu with John Cena. You know, sometimes you watch this and you go, I wonder if the crew behind the scenes at WWE ever do things just to make themselves laugh. And I'm not saying that's what happened here, but I'm not saying that's not what happened here. So small Stu and small John Cena run to the ring, and I mean, of all the insulting things. I don't know how big Stu kept a straight face during all of this. Because he's all business. Stu's a legend. He is. But I also don't think it was.
58:16I mean, who was tracking Stu? Because the shot was little John Cena is running to the ring. Little Stu is running behind John Cena. Standard Stu is running behind little Stu and little John. But that meant that somebody was running behind standard Stu to get all of this in one shot. So I'd love to know who. A lot of questions. Was it just a massive stew behind all of them? Yeah, a massive stew named Rico. Rico was behind all of them. Okay. From Billy and Chuck? Different Rico. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Different Rico. Good, good, good, good. So, I mean, yeah. And then, listen, apparently this John Cena may have started speaking in ways that Dominic Mysterio wasn't expecting.
58:58And so Dominic Mysterio unfortunately did give him an onslaught. Yeah, great look for your guy. of offense well i mean you know he's a serious competitor he's not he's not here for childish games you see so he kicked him in the chest you think john cena was watching at home just shaking in his jorts i think he's very upset very upset upset yes but like looking at dominic like this guy's a jerk okay i mean yeah i wouldn't want to get in a fight with a jerk i mean what would be a jerk who cares if he's a jerk he's looking at dominic going i don't want to catch a frog splash. I don't want to catch a 619.
59:34I think Dominic's five-knuckle shuffle might be better than mine. If I'm John Cena watching what Dominic did tonight, that's only adding more fuel to the fire of me wanting to beat this guy's ass. If I'm John Cena watching tonight, I'm going, I hope I don't get one of those footprints in my chest. Because that guy had a footprint in his chest and it was a size, I think Dom wears a size 15 and a half. You would know. I don't know for sure, but I think so. It's a big shoe. It's a big man and he kicked him right in the chest five knuckle shuffle six one nine frog splash and ray came out to made this make the save but it was maybe the latest save i've ever seen in my entire life i mean the damage had clearly been done where was ray you have a really good point on that it was a late save music hit i was like and now yeah can you imagine laying there with a footprint in your chest five five knuckles imprinted on your forehead catching uh boot marks across your face and then a broken rib shattered because of the frog splash and then booyaka booyaka comes on what where were you dude i just got beat up by your kid wow that was when dominic powdered apple tough look for ray two weeks in a row well listen this Dominic John Cena match is I mean it is going to be legendary you're talking about John Cena's last PLE on Saturday Survivor Series his last Survivor Series his last PLE he showed up a year and a half ago and said and my next Royal Rumble would be my last Royal Rumble my next Chamber and my next WrestleMania my next SummerSlam would be my last SummerSlam and he went through all of it and there were so many he didn't even get to Survivor Series I don't think yet here we are and now we're at the point where his next ple will be his last ple after this weekend john cena will have one match left and that's it have you processed it yet not even close i'm not in touch with my emotions like that i mean do you have any idea the amount of adult wrestling fans that are going to be in tears on the 13th of december so many we're going to need to start a support group, okay?
1:01:48And we booed him. That's the irony of all of it. All of us that booed him. But you know why? When we booed John Cena, those were some of the greatest days of our lives. And I wish somebody could tell you that you're in the good old days while you're still in them. And those were the days that we were booing John Cena. And he gave it to him. And he showed up for more and for more and for more and for more. and he acted as that foil to The Rock and that foil to CM Punk and that foil to Randy Orton and that foil to anybody who needed a foil. He was there for it. Bray Wyatt, everybody. And now Dominic Mysterio.
1:02:31And who would have thought too that on John Cena's way out, I think I thought in my head, by the way, I've had to redo my predictions for John Cena's last year, probably six times over the course of the year and they've all been terrible. They've all been completely wrong. But even with the final four, I said, here's the final four for John Cena. Not even close. Because I didn't think we were going to get another story out of John Cena. I didn't think he was going to become Intercontinental Champion. Certainly not. I thought we were going to get four kind of one-off matches and then tip of the hat, good night.
1:03:06We have a full-on story here with John Cena and Dominic Mysterio. It's a classic good guy versus bad guy. even people who said I want to see a John Cena Dominic Mysterio match me being one of them nobody thought there was going to be a story arc no I thought it was going to be a one-off yeah at the TD Garden in Boston right I thought that was going to be it and then he wins the Intercontinental Championship shocks us all and now they now we're off to the races to the point where we get a John Cena versus Dominic match in John's hometown and a John Cena versus Dominic match in Dominic's hometown.
1:03:43Home and home. Love a classic home and home. Love a classic home and home. And a sick six-man tag in between. Just for what it's worth. But I can't wait to see this. I mean, you talk about an immense platform for Dominic Mysterio to be stood upon. This is it. This is as this will be. It could be. I think John Cena's last match will be the biggest match of the year. And that's only the beginning of how big that match is going to be. But this John Cena last PLE match, this is massive. Like, I don't even think that we're at the point where we're ready to really figure out how big this is. And this last sort of story that John Cena is telling, it's all just like so big and so important to history.
1:04:32And it's going to be such a moment when John Cena and Dominic Mysterio face off. It might be one of those things 10 years from now when Dominic Mysterio has been the WWE champion for seven years straight, undefeated? We heard Dominic say it on Raw a couple weeks ago. He said, I'm already better than you, and I'm not even at my prime. Now, we know that's Dom being Dom, but I do think he's right. He's not at his prime. He's not at his peak. You think he's better than John Cena? No. Oh, that's not right. John Cena next to Becky Lynch is the greatest of all time. You think Becky might be the greatest of all time?
1:05:10Well, the greatest female wrestler of all time. Okay. John Cena is the greatest of all time. But I think 10 years from now, when Dominic... I don't want to use the word arrives, because I think Dominic has already arrived. But when Dominic becomes who he already is becoming, we'll look back at this story. We'll look back at Survivor Series and the match between Cena and Dominic Mysterio, and we'll go, wow. It was even more significant than we could have ever even wrapped our brains around in 2025. You know John Cena said I made his life. I was there. You were? I was there when it happened and I was there when he said it.
1:05:49That's so sick. Remember when that happened? When I made his life? At Fanatics Fest? Yeah, and you know what the good news is? Fanatics Fest is back. Yeah, it is. Let's go. Yeah, it is. And guess what? Four days. Four days this year. Big news. It was three last year. The world's number one sports fan festival, Fanatics Fest, is making its return to New York City. It's bringing you closer to the league's team superstars and athletes you love across how many? Four days. Four action-packed days in July. Meet your favorite WWE superstars and get your hands on exclusive merch. Catch live podcasts and interact with the biggest names in sports.
1:06:25Tickets are on sale now, and Raw Recap fans can get 10 % off by using Raw Recap 10 at checkout. That's Raw Recap 10 at checkout for 10 % off. And like I said, be on the same floor where I, on the record, made John Cena's life just with a hug. I hope this year I make Becky Lynch's life. Well, she's asked that I get fired. so I don't think I'm going to be able to do it we'll see get out there and we hope that we will see you there you know I think we're going to have a lot of John Cena tournament to talk about we saw Gunther in an absolute classic with Carmelo Hayes and this is Gunther he allowed people to believe we believed I think you believed, I believed I thought Carmelo might actually do this I did too, especially after he shocked the world on Friday?
1:07:23Guess what? That'd be fun. Gunther is no fun. Gunther beats Mello and then unfortunately Penta is in a position where he can not finish the match with Solo Sokoa. Horrible time for that to happen and just like that but I mean when we get to Gunther versus Solo that is going to be absolutely outrageous. Well guys there's going to be plenty more from myself and Megan Morant coming up later this week. Later this week we're going to have a Survivor Series preview and guess who we're getting as a guest. Dominic Mysterio. Dominic Mysterio on the Survivor Series preview podcast so make sure you subscribe and keep checking YouTube and then after.
1:08:04I did. I just did. I texted. And it is confirmed. Dominic Mysterio and No one even answered mine. That's no surprise. After. It was a group text too. After Survivor Series we'll be here to recap it all. You didn't even put me on the text. And then again Monday after Survivor Series. I wasn't on the text. Well, you're not on a lot of texts. We will see you all over the place this week. Have a good one, everybody, except for Megan.
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