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21:12Sam Roberts:I did like how Jey was using similar tactics that he used at WrestleMania to defeat Gunter in this match. You don't often see Jey go for a sleeper. He went for it. If I can wear him down, If I can keep on the ground, what difference does it make how big he is if he's on the ground? It makes no difference. But I think Oba kicking out of that Uso splash twice was a big sort of like, okay, it's going to take a little more. Okay, it's going to take a little more. And, you know, I think we did get those moments that we talked about on the preview show on WWE now, which is the intros. We had the whole crowd yeeting with Jay.

21:51Sam Roberts:Through the crowd. Didn't enter down the ramp. No, through the crowd. Through the crowd. Hit him with a run it back that they requested. But then once the run it back was over and they're like, okay, that was fun. They started going, Oba, Oba. And you knew, right. I want to see them both. And so you got to see that sort of a massive kind of connection with the audience. But Oba wins, makes it clear. Nick Aldis. First of all, what was up with Nick Wallace in that red jacket presenting EO and Oba with the king and the queen of the ring? If I'm Adam Pearce, I'm furious at this. You're always going after Adam Pearce.

22:35Because he let the other GM. Those are his superstars. Those are Adam Pearce's superstars. Those are raw superstars. The SmackDown general manager going, congratulations, Oba. That's Adam Pearce's spot.

22:47Sam Roberts:Maybe at a day off. Take it, right? This is when you're going to take it? I don't know. I mean, imagine Nick Aldis trying to wheel and deal. He already got Finn Balor over to SmackDown. Imagine he's sitting there going like, you know, I did give you the King of the Ring crown just now. And they're like, oh, yeah, that's pretty cool. That's a pretty cool thing you did. You know, you could probably get even a little more if you come over to SmackDown. Do you think Adam Pearce's seat's getting a little hot? I think it is, and I think it should be. I mean, Oba has not made it clear who he's going for.

23:14Sam Roberts:That's true. We know who Io is, and we'll talk about that in a moment. But, I mean. Are you nervous about this? If Nick Aldis politics, and he will politic, for Oba to go after the WWE champion, all of a sudden SmackDown has drafted an agent that is not free. He's a Raw superstar. But SmackDown has this coup on its hands. I just think it's something that Adam Pearce should keep an eye on. But it does, Oba telling the world you can't beat destiny. is this idea of Oba not being on Destiny's side, but Oba being Destiny incarnate. You know what I mean? Where it's like, Destiny has a plan for all of us.

24:02That's what it looks like.

24:03Sam Roberts:And that's a terrifying sight if you're anybody except Obafemi. If something is destined, don't fight it because it's going to happen. And that's at this point how Oba sees himself. And honestly, like who's to argue with that point? Based on what we've seen? I mean, Brock Lesnar would probably be the only one. Okay, well, Oba beat him at WrestleMania. So you could, I mean, why? Because he beat him more recently? Sure. Oba's beaten Brock Lesnar. Let's not forget that. And let's remember how Oba responded to the defeat. You mean how Oba did after? Yes. Yeah, he won the King of the Rings. He demolished everyone in that fatal four-way.

24:40Yeah.

24:40Sam Roberts:Made his way all the way through the tournament. He went through five guys. And then pins Jey Uso at Night of Champions. And even more impressive, he beat Dominik Mysterio, which not many people could say they have. Yeah, that's a good point. I definitely overlooked that one. Thank you. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I mean, does it at all make you go, okay, we're all excited about this Sami Zayn victory. But if Obafemi beats Sami Zayn, I mean, if Obafemi chooses Sami Zayn, that was Freudian. If Obafemi chooses Sami Zayn to face at SummerSlam, does Sami Zayn have a prayer of this title run lasting more than five weeks?

25:20Sam Roberts:No. You know what I mean? No, he doesn't. No, he doesn't. And honestly, I go, oh, that's a little, that feels like it takes the wind out of the sails. At least he got his five weeks. Yeah, I mean, sure. It's a moment that we talked about before that no one can take away from him. And it doesn't matter what happens tomorrow because Sami Zayn got his world championship in WWE. But if it was just to beat him in five weeks. Well, if you're Obafemi, you know, I think you want to have a year like this. Listen, in 2002, a gentleman won the King of the Ring tournament. Was that gentleman? Well, and then that gentleman, you know what he did with his crown?

26:05He went to SummerSlam and he won the Undisputed Championship. That gentleman's name was Brock Lesnar. However, interestingly enough That gentleman went to SummerSlam in 2002 And won the undisputed title But he beat The Rock for it Now The Rock's not here But he's got a family member who's holding a title Named Roman Reigns

26:27Sam Roberts:Yes he does If you're Obafemi Are you trying to make the biggest super match That you can possibly make Because the biggest super match that you can possibly make Is Obafemi versus Roman Reigns I mean it would bring the house down at the same time Obafemi versus Sami Zayn has some charm to it you can say it'd be the easier one but you'd be a fool to say that because that's the same type as I mean Gunther probably thought that too when he fought Sami Zayn I'll bet I'll bet Cody and Gunther I mean Cody put Sami into the title match tonight just because he wanted to punish him and remember call him A mosquito.

27:07A mosquito. I mean, this is kind of where Sami Zayn has shined in the past.

27:14Sam Roberts:Sami Zayn says, go ahead, overlook me. Everybody else has done it. Right. If you're Oba, what do you do? You go after Sami. Right? You do. You go after Sami. You get the undisputed WWE championship. And then you make it yours. Yes. Yeah. Now. And then after you establish a reign. try to get the other one too that's right like roman reigns did that's right wow wow i can't imagine i mean unless you want to do something unless i mean listen if you're oba and you're still feeling that sting of having one defeat on the main roster maybe what you want to do is go to summerslam and say i don't want to leave any doubt i want everybody in the world to know the whole company belongs to me and in order to do that i'm going to beat the biggest star in the industry.

28:07Roman Reigns is the biggest star in the industry. And Obafemi can take, it's a roll of the dice. But if Obafemi is that guy, and I mean, Triple H was on Stephen A. Smith's show this week talking about the fact that Obafemi is a guy we're going to be talking about for, I mean, 15 years, I believe is the number that he said. Like, does he want to be that guy eventually? Or does he want to be that guy in August. Because if he wants to be that guy in August, Roman Reigns is the guy that he needs to defeat. And by the way, either Sammy or Roman could beat Obafemi.

28:44Sam Roberts:Of course they could. And what kind of stick does that look like in the wheels of Obafemi's bicycle? Is Obafemi flying over the handlebars at that point? If Obafemi can't get it done at SummerSlam, what does that feel like for Oba? it's not good. You know? It's not good at all. Oba doesn't strike me as a patient man. No. He strikes me as a dominant force. Well, that's exactly what he's done ever since he arrived on Raw. Dominate. I want to know, though, in addition to the fallout from what happens next to Obafemi, what happens next to Jey Uso? I mean, he was put in this King of the Ring tournament with strict orders from the OTC Roman Reigns to win the tournament and to go after the title that he had not held.

29:29Sam Roberts:Well, specifically, he told him to go after Cody Rhodes. We now know that Cody Rhodes isn't the champion, but... I mean, it would have been even sweeter, arguably, to go after Sami Zayn. Of course. Imagine that. Of course. But now, because Jey Uso couldn't win, Roman Reigns is vulnerable. Obafemi could come after Roman Reigns because Jey Uso lost. Yeah, yeah. So it's a twofold thing there. Look, I don't think Jey's calling home, if that's your question. I mean, I looked on social media and Jay says that Oba tapped out. Jay says that Oba tapped out. Yeah, that's what he put on his story.

30:07Sometimes Jay's... I'd like to review the... Oh, that sounds like you making excuses for Becky Lynch. Oh, that does not sound like me.

30:14Sam Roberts:That sounds like any typical Monday night after Raw. No, it doesn't. You're like, you know what I thought. It literally sounds like what you were saying after War Games. It doesn't sound like that at all. Corrupt car and this one was tapping out. Everybody over. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Back to the audio. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come over here. Yeah. Come over here. I bet Jay would listen to this pod and go, Megan, that's quite a talent. Megan's quite good at this. She really is quite an analyst. All right, I got a former world heavyweight champion on my side. I'll take it. It's not bad. There are worse things in the world.

30:42Sam Roberts:I'll take it. You got Jacob, I'll have Jay. Whatever. We'll take it. I mean, at least we're both bloodline. Yeah, but I just saw on his Instagram story. That he said that he thought Ova was tapping out. Yeah, he put that on his Instagram. I think he's I think he may be the only one who interpreted it that way. Listen, sometimes Jay's crashing out and we love crash. I do. Very much. We love it. Yeah, but you're right. I mean, so OK, so that's a twofold thing for Jay, in my opinion, because you look at it and you go, yeah, there's complications there with the tribal chief. He failed the mission that he was tasked with.

31:16He, by the way, still hasn't gotten L.A. Knight to stop talking. and to your point, now Roman's got to sit there and worry about, to some degree, Oba potentially choosing him for a SummerSlam match. Here's the other part of it. There are power dynamics at play within the bloodline.

31:36Sam Roberts:What do you think Jacob Fatu thought of Jey Uso losing the King of the Ring tournament? I mean, if he wasn't listening to his punk ass before, he's certainly not going to listen to his punk ass now. And by the way, that's not my opinion. I say that to quote Jacob Fatu. I think he was probably watching today and said that was ass. I think he probably would. If the Samoan werewolf could, and I believe we'll get that on Monday in Atlantic City. Hopefully. You know, what happened at King of the Ring? Ass. Ass. Yeah. No, I think that that, but I think that that's right. And Jay and Jimmy have sat there trying to convince the tribal chief to see things their way instead of Jacob's way.

32:13But so far, Jacob has been, ever since joining up, ever since acknowledging his tribal chief after Clash in Italy, the things that Jay has been tasked with, he's been successful at. And he's very deliberate about it. You could say, well, he was tasked with bringing Solo home. That's not true. He was tasked with delivering a message to Solo. He did deliver the message to Solo. And then he himself on Raw last week said, now we just wait. The message has been delivered. Now it's up to Solo. I'm not trying to control the things that I can't control. and I'm not trying to go outside this play. I'm running the play as it was called.

32:52Now, Jay has to answer for why were you not able to get that thing done? And Roman might look at Jay and go, was I wrong about you?

33:01Sam Roberts:That's a tough spot. That's a tough spot. Especially considering that since Roman has come back, since Jay became a world heavyweight champion by himself after the bloodline was different. Roman has treated Jay with a different level of respect. Right, a world champion's level of respect. But Jay's not wrestling for the world championship at SummerSlam. He didn't win the King of the Ring. He's not. I'll tell you, the road to royalty, of course, ended at Night of Champions, but it really ends now. Your collection, however, well, your collection lives on forever. In WWE Slam by Topps, limited edition cards are still available in the night of champions box set featuring exclusive signatures relic cards championship moments and more plus the final hours to collect night of champions undeniable cards dedicated to the competitors who command attention every time they step into the spotlight start your championship collection now in the wwe slam by tops digital collectibles app while we're talking about royalty eo sky becomes queen of the ring and uh immediately you know makes it known who she's going after in the moment she knew what she was doing eo there was live was really really confident in this match live showing off uh a new submission focused offense.

34:37Sam Roberts:Yeah, that we saw displayed and successful against Charlotte Flair. Yep, thought that was really, really good. At one point, Io, it looked like jammed up her knee on the steel stair. She was able to somehow fight through that. And Liv kept targeting the knee. Because she's smart. Fought through it. Hit that moonsault. One, two, three. Io Sky becomes the queen of the ring. Not only was I not surprised by this, I was shocked by how confident Liv Morgan was in the whole thing. This was the exact outcome that I knew would happen. Do you know when I knew that EO Sky would get to have her moment shouting out, I am the queen in the ring with that giant smile?

35:24And you know what I also love that EO did? What? Put the crown on.

35:27Sam Roberts:Yeah, you gotta wear the crown. Crowns are for wearing. They're not for displaying. I'm gonna wear this crown. Well, I don't know if Liv were to win. I don't know if the crown would have fit. Big head. That's what EO said. I don't think that that's accurate. I don't think that that's true. I trust EO. What Liv's head is a standard size, I believe. I don't think. I don't know. I wouldn't know. She is the queen, EO Sky. You know when I knew she would be the queen? When Dan Housen came out and cursed Olivia Morgan. It was over. Dan Housen cursed Liv Morgan straight up. Not sort of, not a little bit.

35:59Dan Housen cursed Liv Morgan as she was walking out and Liv Morgan brushed it off.

36:06Sam Roberts:Which is crazy that at this point anybody is brushing off the curse. Wemby couldn't brush off the curse. I mean, we saw what the curse did to the Spurs. We saw what the uncursed did to the Knicks. We've seen what the curse has done to every single person who's been cursed in WWE. Ask Lee's Lynn about that curse. If you're questioning the curse at this point, I don't know what to tell you. No, no, no. And this is a Liv Morgan that a couple weeks ago, she was sneaking into Dan Housen's laboratory. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Trying to get Obafemi cursed for her boyfriend, Dominic Mysterio. Yeah, but you know what?

36:41I mean, Liv Morgan's confidence in herself clearly goes beyond anything.

36:46Sam Roberts:Well, and she saw what happened to JD on Monday night. The electrocution? Yeah. Well, that's just a literal electrocution. I'm curious to see how JD will be doing this Monday so far. I mean, look, Miz and Kit Wilson are doing terribly. Bad. Feels like Matt Cardone is doing all right. You know, I mean, a little confused at times. I saw him tan housing and dan housing. He's very, very tan. I must have been very sunny in the UK. Yeah. But usually it is this time of year. Oh, yeah. Yeah. London known for its sun. Yeah, for sure. But Liv Morgan getting cursed. And I also, I mean, I would love to know what the sort of timetable is on this curse.

37:28Because EO and I think Liv Morgan may have entered this Queen of the Ring tournament with a little bit of hubris. I think that she made it clear a little tiny bit. First of all, where is this Liv Morgan hate coming from today? Is that hate? You're taking multiple shots at Liv Morgan, and I don't understand where the venom and vitriol is coming from you, Megan Moran. What is your problem with Liv Morgan?

37:54Sam Roberts:I'm just stating obvious. You've taken multiple shots. You said the big head thing. You said a little bit. Why do you have a problem with Liv Morgan? I mean, I don't think a little bit of hubris exactly describes Liv Morgan. She has a lot of hubris. A lot. That's part of who she is. And where does she keep it? In her big head, according to you? Yeah. That can't fit a crown on it? That's right. Why are you taking shots at Olivia Morgan? Because she's— Because she won't put you in a music video? Yeah, that's it. Because she didn't consider you as a trouble trouble dancer? That's it. Is that what it is?

38:19Sam Roberts:That's it. Well, you're a runner. You're not a dancer. No. Get over it. You're not a dancer. Okay? Yeah, the shot. I mean, listen, they're not shots. It's just calling a spade a spade. She's a confident woman. They're shots. You're taking multiple shots at Liv Morgan, and it's really because you danced like Elaine from Seinfeld. That's not Liv Morgan's fault, you know? And you need to really, like, I normally wouldn't say this. I'd consider checking yourself before you wreck yourself. Wow. Wow. You know, I didn't realize it was going to get that serious today. Wow, I didn't either. But, you know, I can't just sit here.

38:50I let you the first one pass. But I know the Liv Dom stands out there. I stand with them. They watch what we do. And if I wasn't calling out the fact that you have animosity towards Liv Morgan. I don't have any animosity. And I don't know why. I don't know why.

39:05Sam Roberts:No animosity. Okay, well, I just want you to know. Calling it like it is. All right, well, I want you to know how you're coming across. Not down the middle. And you never call it down the middle. But you're just upset that Eoskai is the queen? I'm not upset. I knew it was going to happen because Liv Morgan was cursed, but that doesn't mean Liv Morgan has a big head and a ton of hubris. Well, it's a tough time right now for the Judgment Day. No, it's not. They had this whole plan. Raquel was going to go for the Intercontinental. Liv was going to bring two titles back. Dom's already lost one title.

39:29Sam Roberts:JD's elected. Well, Liv still has a title. And there's no plans for Roxanne Perez. Okay? As far as you know, they don't tell you everything. Liv just is like, Roxy's sitting there. She's like, what are the plans for me? And Liv's like, oh, I got to go. gotta go help JD see you later yeah she's very busy JD had just gotten electrocuted okay sorry he needed a little bit of help in that moment they probably talked later in the week you're not on the group chat no I'm not you're negative okay they wouldn't let you on the group chat you know why no pessimists are allowed on the group chat are you on the group chat no but I'm I don't I don't need to be but I'm not negative no narcs on the group chat either that's not me that's you too that was already established on a previous episode so anyway You can go back and look at the archives on The Now if you don't believe that Meghan Moran is a narc.

40:18But everybody knows it to be true. But I do think that there might have been a touch, a smidge of hubris in Liv Morgan's plan. Because, you know, I mean, as soon as the brackets were announced, I believe they were announced on the post show of the Clash in Italy, PLE.

40:34Sam Roberts:Yes. And Liv Morgan's name popped up there. And immediately these fans, they start going, well, why would the champion be in there? the winner gets a shot at the championship and Liv Morgan said, I understand your concerns, but I lobbied to be in this tournament because I would like both titles. I'd like to have it all. And that does fit who we know Liv Morgan to be. You probably don't like it because you're negative, but I think a lot of other people don't like it either. People just want one world title in WWE and there's someone coming for them both. A lot of people might not like that. Rub some people the wrong way.

41:09Yeah, I know. And it stinks when there's somebody who could just take it all. Stop them. Watch them. Trouble, trouble.

41:15Sam Roberts:Well, that didn't happen. No, it didn't happen. Because instead, the reverse happened. I think that she planned on winning, but didn't realize that if she didn't win, then she'd be in a position where somebody like Io Sky not only beats her, but then is fully aware of how to beat her, has found the weaknesses, has found the spots. and in that moment for EO to be like, oh yeah, I figured you out, Miss Morgan. I'm gonna get you at SummerSlam. I'm gonna beat you in the tournament. I'm gonna get your belt. It's like, uh-oh, this could have been an error. Liv Morgan is - Did someone say trouble? Trouble, trouble.

41:53That's her. That's EO. Liv is gonna have to figure out a completely, I mean, she pointed right at her immediately. She's holding the crown and it's like in that moment, you think she'd be overwhelmed with emotion, unable to strategize not EO EO is too dangerous for that EO pointed right at Liv Morgan and said I'll see you at SummerSlam and then later in the show there was a graphic it was official yeah and

42:16Sam Roberts:then I saw on social media Rhea Ripley's tweeting that's my queen yeah she knew she knew and for all of us hopefuls out there that have just been itching to get EO against Rhea it's just you No, Big E was on the show on Monday, and he also was teaching to get that as well. No, he said like this. Oh, yeah, I guess that would be cool. No, he said I would love that in a stadium. You've been chomping at the bit for their friendship to be destroyed. I just want the match. I like conflict. I know. I like conflict and pro wrestling. But there's a lot of conflict between Eoskai and Liv Morgan. Cool. What do you think of Ren Sinclair and Kendall Gray?

42:52Sam Roberts:Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait for them to hate each other, too. I know. Great. I knew it. I knew it. I can't wait for them to hate each other. And what do you think about the judgment day? Ugh, break up. Let's do it. You see what I'm saying? Let's do it. You see what I'm saying? It's not even me making stuff up. That's your pitch for everything. Oh, are those two getting along? Hopefully something horrible comes between them is what you say. And they have to fight. It is going to be very, very difficult for Liv Morgan to go back in that judgment day clubhouse and look at her judgment day family having not gotten the job done and with a threat like Eoskai, who many, myself included, considered the best wrestler on the planet.

43:28Sam Roberts:That's totally fair. Staring right down at her. That's totally fair. I think the Judgment Day should be understanding. It's not like Liv Morgan. Liv Morgan got further in a tournament than anybody else in the Judgment Day. Sure. Raquel was out, what, in the first round? No, second. Second. Dominic made it to the second round as well. Roxanne was out in the first round. So it's like, you know, King of the Ring is hard. Queen of the Ring is hard. Liv made it all the way to the finals and she's still the champion. She can't lose that championship though. That'd be detrimental to the judgment day.

44:00Sam Roberts:That's fair. The judgment day needs to figure out a way. I think Liv has five weeks to figure out a completely different game plan because that is the other thing, right? It's hard to go back to back. If what I'm saying were true, that, oh, I beat you, I'll just go and beat you again. Then explain Obafemi and Brock Lesnar. Explain all rematches that have gone differently because the same way Io has now figured out Liv, Liv has figured out Io. And if EO won this King of the Ring match, why would she change up her strategy? You would think she wouldn't, right? She'd go like, okay, I'm going to build on this probably, but I'm going to do something similar because I want the same result.

44:37Sam Roberts:Now, do you think Liv Morgan getting cursed had anything to do with EO Sky picking her right then and there? Ooh, that's a great question. That EO realized that this curse. This is the real deal, this curse. So when he uncursed the Knicks Yeah you got a good Two rounds of playoffs And a championship series out of that right? Yeah I mean he cursed him back in April Was that how long it was? Yeah it was in April So we basically got all of May And half of June What was it 15 and 1? 15 and 1 It's probably about It was probably four weeks 16 games is probably about four, five weeks, four or five weeks.

45:22Sam Roberts:Yeah, which SummerSlam is in five weeks. Wow. So EO did quick math right there, said Liv got cursed. I'll capitalize on this curse. Yeah. Wow. Do you think Dan hasn't cursed that lady that stole the garbage can? Do you think he cursed JP Morgan? I don't know. I don't know for sure. I don't know for sure. But what I do know is that Topps now captures major milestones and viral moments from the biggest events. We saw incredible cards already this year from WrestleMania, Backlash, Clash in Italy, you know, as they always do before PLEs. Tops put out a Knight of Champions poster card. Customers who buy this card have a chance at receiving rainbow foil short prints and gold super short prints limited to only 26 copies each.

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46:45Sam Roberts:Need it. But I wonder here if we get a Tops Now card for Seth Rollins, who won his match against Braun Breaker. It was Braun Breaker and Seth Rollins inside of a steel cage. And by the way, very interesting to me, no Austin Theory, no Logan Paul. It really was just one-on-one And it felt to me like that's how Braun Breaker wanted it. Yeah, I remember on Monday you asked me, do you think everybody else will play a role? And I said, no. And you said, I do. So there you go. Boom. Right. Okay, cool. Yeah, no, I was going to ask for your input. And you just decided to Barry Horowitz pat yourself on the back instead of any input.

47:23So that's how you know you're good. Definitely not a weirdo negative person.

47:31Sam Roberts:No, but I do. I agree. I do think that's how Braun Breaker wanted it. And I love how this match started. Both of the men sitting on the steel chair and Seth saying, we're going to see how much of a man you are. Yeah. Yes. And that's what it really was about that set the stage right from the beginning. Seth filling up that ring with steel chairs, kendo sticks, table, Braun Breaker saying, no problem, fam. If that's how you want this to go, him throwing steel chairs in there, kendo sticks, garbage cans, and the two of them just taking that moment with old Chucky Robinson in between them. And I really love that, that the bell rang and they were still sitting in those chairs because I think the fact that they were surrounded by solid steel was an opportunity for the two of them to be aware that this is it.

48:22This is not a chapter. This is definitive. And I think that that may be why Braun Breaker wanted to do this without the vision. I think that that's maybe why Seth Rollins wanted this to be in a cage. I think that they both were ready for the questions to be done. And I think, and we'll get back to some of the other stuff, but I think if you fast forward all the way to the end of this match, when Braun Breaker is telling Seth Rollins he's got to do more, he's got to do more, and Seth gets up onto the top rope for that super stop, I think that on some level, Braun Breaker needed to feel something that severe because he was not going to stop getting up.

49:04And he knew it. He knew, he may have known in that moment, and I'm putting thoughts into his head, I suppose, but he may have known in that moment, I don't know if I have what it takes to beat Seth Rollins right now, but I know he hasn't done enough to beat me. And I'm not going down if he hasn't done enough to beat me yet. That was the messaging that I got. Maybe I'm being poetic. Maybe I'm being romantic.

49:27Sam Roberts:And back to the beginning where Seth said, we're going to find out what kind of man you are. Yes. That's what Braun was trying to show him. Do you think, you know, you talked about Liv Morgan going back to the Judgment Day after a loss. We talked about Jey Uso going back to the bloodline after a loss. What do you think the vision thinks of Braun Breaker having to go back home after a loss? Well, they just lost their tag team titles on Monday. Yeah. And you could argue that that was Braun Breaker's fault. Yes. I don't know if it was. Because he got distracted by Pastor Hollins. You could make the argument that it was.

50:02Do you think that they're holding that against Braun Breaker? Do you think that they're still like, no, no, no. Braun Breaker's our meal ticket.

50:14Sam Roberts:I think they can hold it against Braun Breaker. I really do. I think the him losing tonight was like, think about back when Braun Breaker turned on Seth Rollins and changed the vision forever. kicked Seth Rollins out of the vision. He was the leader. Braun Breaker can't beat the man that he kicked out of the vision. I think you have to go back to the drawing board. Yes, and while I'm not saying you're wrong, I am saying if the record could show, if the jury could notice that she once again said they're probably going to be mad at each other and maybe break up. Isn't that weird? I didn't say they'd maybe break up, but I definitely said they, I mean, listen.

50:53Might have been a little entrapment involved in that question.

50:55Sam Roberts:Someone in your team loses? I don't know. It's never happened. I wouldn't know. It's okay. Get them again next time. You tried your best. That's true. I guess I wouldn't say that. I'm not that kind of person. You're not? No. What do you think you are? This is a results-driven business. Would you qualify for the Olympic trials? I did. This is a results-driven business. I guess you're right. I guess you're right. And actions have consequences. They do. Yeah. I guess you're right. Listen. do you think that Seth Rollins is definitively done with the vision? Yes. Done? Done. Not with Paul Heyman. Okay, that's a great, you know.

51:37I don't think he's done

51:38Sam Roberts:with Paul Heyman. So you think that the vision and Paul Heyman are kind of two different bodies? Because I kind of, as I asked that question, I assumed that the vision was Paul Heyman. But I like this, that you're going like, the faction, yeah, those wrestlers, sure, I made them pay, but you don't think, even though Paul Heyman got speared through that barricade, you don't think he's done with Paul Heyman. I don't think he's done with Paul Heyman. I think he's going to, as Becky Lynch put it, in that iconic promo. I mean, memorable. Where she was whispering in Paul Heyman's ear, and it was a very loud whisper.

52:16Sam Roberts:Yeah, it certainly translated through television. that Seth was going to come for every single person that Paul Heyman loves. I think going after his world heavyweight championship that he's never lost is certainly part of the plan. I don't think Paul Heyman is off the hook. I think he's also part of that plan as well. Do you think that Seth still going after Paul Heyman distracts too much from Seth doing right by Seth? It could. You know what I mean? I don't know what Paul Heyman's involvement right now is with the vision. Well, right now he's doing it remote. That's right. Because he got. Remote learning.

52:54Yes. He learning. Because he got speared through a barricade. So right now, I don't know if he's doing much of anything. But yeah, I mean, I kind of am hopeful. I'll say I'm hopeful that for the betterment of Seth Rollins, that he takes the dub. Sometimes, even if you still got those feelings bubbling in your gut, you just take the win.

53:19Sam Roberts:You just got to let it go. You let it go. You take the win. You won. Accept the win and move on. You know. I do think, though, there will always be things there between Paul Heyman and Seth. Now, whether those things come to a head in three weeks, whether those things come to a head in three years, I don't know. No, that's a good. But I don't think all of a sudden it's let bygones be bygones as a reference to Paul Heyman. I think there's a difference between letting bygones be bygones and just kind of letting go. Like I think now, I hope Seth is able to say, okay, I've proven what I need to prove and I've said my piece.

54:02I'm done with this. That doesn't mean that the vision or Paul Heyman can be like, okay, we're cool now, right? It's like, no, we'll never be cool. Never. We'll never be cool. but I don't think there's any question as to whether or not I'm the guy you should be messing with. And I, you know, and it goes back. Like, I don't think now Seth Rollins had already decided that he was done with the vision and the vision. We're like, nah, you're not, you're not. I would think now that the vision goes, okay, it's time to move. It's time for us to move on and for Seth to move on. But I don't know. I don't know if that'll happen.

54:40Sam Roberts:At this point, I don't think it does. the vision any good to keep chasing seth unless they got more tricks up their sleeve they could and they always do but this but the cage match itself was uh an unbelievable spectacle yeah when braun breaker hit that uh 23 mile an hour spear he was trying to hit the spear and he ended up going right through the table himself yeah it was nuts yeah and then when he got busted open oh my goodness the image of right here we're looking at it of braun breaker with the blood all down his eye. Yeah, I mean, I don't think, I think regardless of result, I don't think there's any questioning how great Braun Breaker is.

55:20I don't think there's any questioning about what his place in the WWE or in the industry is. I think regardless of result, if you watch that match and you're not saying Braun Breaker is the future of this industry, you didn't watch the match. I agree. I will tell you this, the number one sports fan festival Fanatics Fest is coming up at the Javits Center in New York City from July 16th through the 19th, 2026. It's a must-attend event for WWE fans. You'll be able to meet your favorite superstars and enjoy surprise appearances all weekend long. New superstars just added for Fanatics Fest photo and autograph opportunities include that Dan Housen.

56:04Trick Willie. The newly married Trick Williams, by the way. Congratulations.

56:09Sam Roberts:Congrats to Trick. Tiffany Stratton and CM Punk. Fanatics Fest general admissions and photo opportunity tickets are on sale now at fanaticsfest.com. Save 10 % with promo code WWENOW10 at checkout. We saw Jade Cargill going after Tiffany Stratton's Women's United States Championship. Jade Cargill, very cocky in this match. at one point doing push-ups to impress upon Tiffany Stratton how hopeless her chances were against Jade Cargill. But things got very, very messy. A lot of stuff going on. As the competition got maybe a little bit more close, here comes B-Fab and Meachin. The baddies. The baddies show up.

57:00However, look who was just chilling under the ring this whole time.

57:05Sam Roberts:Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green shows up. Phenomenal outfit, by the way. Phenomenal outfit. Thunderous ovation. Re-distracts from the distraction. Gets the United States Championship involved. But before it can get involved, Jade Cargill gets her hands on Chelsea Green. So now there's distractions on both ends. The referee is trying to clear everything out. Jade Cargill's going for the championship. Charlotte Flair shows up out of nowhere. hits Jade Cargill with the championship that she takes away and look at her realizing, and listen, what goes around comes around, and sometimes in short order.

57:44The baddies, I would argue, cost Charlotte or at least weakened Charlotte severely before going into her King of the Ring or Queen of the Ring qualifying match with Liv Morgan. So Charlotte here to repay the favor, cleans Jade Cargill's clock with that United States championship title, leaving her in a prone position for Tiffany Stratton to hit the prettiest moonsault ever. One, two, three. Tiffany Stratton wins. And as she's exiting with the United States Championship, her and Chelsea Green are side by side.

58:16Sam Roberts:What a sight. What a sight. A few months ago when Chelsea Green was calling her tacky time, I never would have thought it. And I never would have thought until a couple of weeks ago that we would see Charlotte flair come to the aid of tiffany stratton based on all the history those two have together yes it's a wild wild thing i think this is an enemy of my enemy situation for charlotte tiffany but nonetheless it's there and you're right exactly because look at what jade and the baddies have done to the entire women's division on smackdown right right and i think that the charlotte is looking to clean that up and there's no doubt that charlotte and jade cargill are on a collision course but there was a moment and i think you're really gonna like that i bring this up based on how you feel about people who are friends in wrestling okay chelsea green after the title uh table yes gets destroyed in women's united states championship is on the ground right chelsea green picked up that title to try to get it involved in the match yes she stopped and looked at it she did and stared at it like it was an old friend oh it is an old friend she's a two-time united women's united states champion the first and the longest well it was longest no she is not it was she only claimed to be the longest and the longest only when she was the only and the prettiest i think she also said only for that first reign well it was true at one point at that point it was indeed true she could i mean she was the tallest she was also the shortest you know what i mean longest reign and also the shortest reign to be fair but she was staring at that title do you think that that title has the corrupting powers to get between tiffany stratton and chelsea of course it does i knew of course you do of course you do she looked at it she gazed at it and you know who used to do that a lot randy orton next to cody rhodes he did and look how that turned out yes he did they're not friends anymore at all at all championships change people man yeah i wonder i i do wonder it's pretty it's pretty savvy i will say of chelsea green to befriend tiffany stratton you think you're that negative i'm not that i'm just saying it's pretty savvy this whole thing is a ruse i don't know i didn't say that didn't say that i don't know if she would fly all the way to Saudi Arabia I'll hide under a ring for God knows how long.

1:00:47Remind me to make sure that nobody is ever friends with you. That's such a terrible way. You think she's friends with Tiffany Stratton specifically to take advantage of her?

1:00:56Sam Roberts:If she was, it'd be pretty savvy. If she, so if you found out that was true, you'd be like, that's great. Cutthroat business. I would tip my cap to her. Wow. And hope to God no one does it to me. Chelsea Green cap. Yeah, that is my Chelsea Green cap over there. So you're never worried, aren't you worried that I'm going to betray you at some point? Keeps me up at night. It does. Yeah. Luckily, I've never, I've been described a lot of different ways. Savvy is not one of them. I don't think you have anything to worry about. I'm not bright enough. You know what I mean? I can do this. That's about it.

1:01:25So I don't think I can pull it off. Trick Williams walks out of the night of champions and still the United States champion. Beats Ricky Saints.

1:01:37Sam Roberts:Yes. Great night for Ricky Saints, nonetheless, to be in front of that many eyeballs. but I think clearly not the result that he wanted. He ends up early in the match, very, very intelligently, hitting that Eddie Guerrero spot where he clangs on the steel step with that kendo stick, blames it on Boat. Savvy. Lil Yachty, that's savvy. And gets Lil Yachty thrown out. And for a little bit there, I was wondering if Boat was going to send Ricky a bill for his travels. I mean, because he was only there for such a short period of time. Yeah, no, that's a good point. That's a real good point. That's a real.

1:02:13But, I mean, he clearly ended up being valuable because even without Liliotti at ringside, Trick Williams beat Ricky Saints 1-2-3. Great contest, but there's a reason why Trick Williams has built up the kind of momentum that he has built up. But at the end of the match, as Trick Williams was celebrating, Ricky Saints getting ready to attack Trick Williams. Lil Yachty comes in for the save. I think Ricky Saints turned around and saw Lil Yachty and went like, I don't know what you think you're going to do. But it was just enough time for Trick Williams to become aware of what was going on. Lays out Ricky Saints.

1:02:53And then Lil Yachty lays out what I would call a people's elbow. Corey Graves campaigned for it to be called a people's elbow.

1:03:03Sam Roberts:I like it. But Michael Cole calling it the yacht drop. I do feel like Michael Cole wins this round. The Yacht Drop is probably it. It was great. I thought Corey's was amazing. People's Elbowed? Yes. Right. But then when Michael Cole dropped Yacht Drop. Yacht Drop. I said he wins. He wins that one. He wins. Listen. I didn't know Cole had that in him. Cole loves hip hop. He's a hip hop head from back in the day. Yeah. That's his guy, Lil Yachty. You didn't know that? Well, he always says it's his guy, but now I first. Lil Yachty is Michael Cole's guy. His guy. He loves, yeah, yeah, yeah. Michael Cole, a lot of people don't know this.

1:03:43Michael Cole. He's a songstress? Well, he is a songstress, but he also has an open invite to the cookout from what I've heard. This is the rumors. I can't, I don't have those invites to dole out, but that's what I've heard. That's what I, you know.

1:03:55Sam Roberts:Big if true. Big if true. I will double that. Lil Yachty loves this, clearly. We see him. He's traveling all, he was in London. He was in Riyadh. Which is crazy because when he first started showing up around Trick Williams, I did think, oh, is this just on the way to WrestleMania? No. After WrestleMania, does this go away? Lil Yachty dropped an elbow on Ricky Saints tonight. You think Lil Yachty is done being physically involved? No. He's going to do it, isn't he? We're going to see him in the ring, aren't we? I hope so. You do? Yeah. You're not worried about his safety? No, not at all. no i don't know are you yeah you are yes he's not a professional wrestler i also love professional wrestling you know what would happen if i got in the ring with a wrestler it'd be not good not good you would love it oh i would love you'd love to watch it you have to find a new co-host because i'd be laid up you know at whatever medical facility paul hayman is at savvy i mean let Let me write that one.

1:05:01Sam Roberts:Okay. Sam in the ring. You know what, guys? What if it was a solo show? What do we think of that? No, I don't think it would be good. I mean, listen, I want to see it happen because I want to see it happen for Lil Yachty. But I can't imagine. Look, unless maybe he's got something rolled up in his sleeve. He looked like a million bucks. Maybe he's got something rolled up that sleeve, Lil Yachty. Maybe he's got a move set that we don't know about. but there was something about that elbow drop. Like we saw Snoop Dogg drop an elbow at WrestleMania. I said, that's just a fun thing for tonight. Lil Yachty, there's something about it.

1:05:38Sam Roberts:It looks like he had been working on that one. Yes. And I feel like that's not the only thing he's working on. Good. Yeah. Well, we'll see. Look, it was a thrilling night of champions. Once again, Sami Zayn is the WWE champion. I cannot believe it. I cannot wait to see all of this spill out on Monday Night Raw Of course, we will be right here after Monday Night Raw with an early start time. Raw will be on at 6 p.m. Eastern, so we'll be on after that. Subscribe across all audio platforms, leave comments, hit like on YouTube, and we'll see you on Monday after Raw for more WWE Now.