WWE Now - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Day for Jacob Fatu! | Raw Recap

20:28Sam Roberts:He does not. But he sees it all. Every single one. He's a former world heavyweight champion. Everything that he said he could do, he's done. Main event Jey Uso is not a nickname anymore. So I get it. But Roman showed up. And by the way, Italy was thrilled to see their tribal chief. I mean, when Roman flashed that million dollar smile to Italy, how could you not be? I wish I was in Italy. I know you do. I would have loved to have seen it in person. It looked amazing. But I mean, like, when you have to wait for minutes for everybody to quiet down so you can ask them to acknowledge you. Like, I'm sitting there going, like, okay, like, like, Roman's being very patient, like, just accepting all of his praise.

21:11But what's he doing? He's going to wait until it quiets down, and then he's just going to say, acknowledge me. Like, he's being acknowledged right now.

21:17Sam Roberts:And then he's going to have to wait again. For the acknowledgement. Yes. Because the acknowledgments can take a little bit of time. But I said, way to go, Italy. Way to make your tribal chief feel at home. He was smiling. He was having a great time. They were happy to have him back. And when the tribal chief is happy, I'm happy. We all are, right? We all eat good. We all eat good. Today was a big meal day. Although, you know what? Roman Reigns is very happy to receive the praise that he gets, but he's getting back into that spot where he doesn't like the criticism. He doesn't like the yip, yip, yipping.

21:48You know, he doesn't like people bringing up his name in a way that's less than dutiful.

21:54Sam Roberts:Well, because you see where he's taking this business, right? Oh, you talking to me? I don't see anybody else around here. You talking to me? I'm talking to you. Yeah. Yeah. If anybody has seen what Roman has done, it's me. It's documented. Okay. I'm the documentarian of what Roman has done. I have made, I have, I have every move that he's made. I've gone on full monologues about the guy steps into a room and I've got a 30 minute emergency podcast yeah yeah I've noticed it and it's amazing and he deserves it he deserves every bit of it listen I'm not going to argue with you about that I know you won't I know you won't I know you respect your tribal chief and acknowledge your tribal chief I do but Jay grabs the mic and is like man his first day He's already late.

22:46And it's like, oh, oh, oh. You know, somebody wrote into my Not Sam podcast and they said, is it is it too mean for me to say that Jay is starting to give me middle management vibes?

23:00Sam Roberts:Oh, and I went, huh? I never thought of that because it's not. But like the type of middle management that like takes on the power that the boss has because the boss has kind of put him in a position like the type of middle management that's like the boss has said, you're my guy. Go do whatever you need to do. And then that guy just like acts as if he has the same power in his muscles. But like his muscles are the same size that the boss's muscles are. But they're not. He's not the boss. I mean, Jay tonight was taking a victory lap on Jacob, but it wasn't Jay that was even remotely involved in the victory over Jacob.

23:37Right, right, right. So, I mean, it's just a lot to see, right?

23:42Sam Roberts:I like how he goes from crash out Jay to flexing on him, Jay. He's emotional. It's great. Because he's in an honest place. I love that Jay's just in an honest place. He's just going to be himself now because he's done it all. He has. He's ridden this wave with the bloodline. he's the one guy who's quit and had to do it on his own he made it to the main event he won the royal rumble he won the world heavyweight title at wrestlemania like he doesn't in my mind jay usso doesn't have anything to prove and the fact that there are still critics of jay usso that seems very off to me because it's like this is this is the guy who's done it all regardless of of of how or why or when or whatever he's done it he's done the impossible he's done things that You would never, when the Usos showed up in board shorts and neon face paint, you weren't going like, there he is.

24:30That's the guy. And Jay did it. So at this point, it's like, you shouldn't be letting things bother you.

24:36Sam Roberts:And Jacob hasn't done that yet. And that probably gets under Jacob's skin. Because he had the opportunity and he wasn't able to do it because he was in there with the tribal chief, Roman Reigns. And Jacob comes out and he's dressed in all black. You know? And he has a totally different demeanor. He does. Not a lot of Samoan shimmying. It was like pretty ambivalent, right? Like he knew what was ahead of him. He was accepting of it, but he wasn't happy about it. No, it was almost like first day, like when you get to a new school and you got to be the toughest guy. You know what I mean? You know what I mean?

25:09Sam Roberts:You wouldn't know anything about that, but I know what you mean. What? You would go show up and just be the toughest person? Of course. Not you though. No, not me. No. No, I wouldn't have made it in those Chicago schools. No. But you. I would be like, yeah, I'm faster than all of you. You know we talked about We talked about this No that's a good point I can run faster than you That's right What are you gonna say Yeah I don't have that I don't have any of those skills Unfortunately It's tough I'd show up and be like I know more about wrestling Than any of you And I'd be like yeah Give me your shoes You'd be like okay Alright here's my shoes Mom I need a new pair of shoes Again My socks are muddy So No that's That's Not inaccurate So Jacob shows up And he gets right in Jay's face Right away right in Jay's face.

25:54And Roman goes, Jacob, I'm over here. And Jacob is cool. Jacob is calm. Jacob says, last night, I was beat by my tribal chief. And that's where he's going, oh my gosh, he's going to do it. He's going to say it. And then he's going to say, but Jay's punk ass didn't do it. I was like, good for you, Jacob. Make sure they know. Make sure they know. I'm acknowledging that guy, not that guy. Okay? He's got nothing to do with it. Yeah, his punk ass didn't have nothing to do with it. Good for you, Jacob. And then he did it. And then he sat there and he said, so, Roman, I acknowledge you. And he got down on one knee and he put up the hands of acknowledgement.

26:44And Roman, you know, embraced him, class class I mean I never this is literally the image that I was sitting there going this is why I'm so mixed up on this tribal combat thing because I cannot see Jacob serving Roman acknowledging

27:01Sam Roberts:Roman and yet here we are but the Samoan werewolf was neutered as Michael Cole so eloquently said last night that he did say I don't think he said neutered he said uh uh domesticated no I think it was neutered. I don't think it was neutered. That feels like a... Domesticated? It was some... We're going to have to have a check on this. In the booth, they're saying it was both. Neutered and domesticated? Look at that. We're both right. Michael Cole with the loose lips. Michael Cole must have an insurance policy or something. If I was Jacob Fatu, I'd say, maybe I was, but not by your punk ass, Michael Cole.

27:41That's what I would say. But I'm not Jacob Fatu, so I won't say it.

27:44Sam Roberts:Good for Michael Cole, right? He's probably exhaling big now. Good thing Sam Roberts isn't after me. I thought he was Jacob Fatoufers. It's just Sam. Okay, he won't say it then. Yeah, but he did. He knelt down. And then Roman said to Jacob, he said, you don't understand this right now, Jacob, but I love you. And I was like, oh. Oh. Oh, whoa. And I'm thinking about how Clash ended. I'm thinking about Solo. I'm thinking about MFT. I mean, you can go back as far as you want. You can go back to the beginning of this whole thing. He told that to Jay. He told it to Jay in 2020. I love you, Jay. That's why I'm doing this.

28:27Sam Roberts:He said it last night during the match. I didn't need any of you. I'm doing this because I love you. But guess what? Who in that family is in a worse position because of what Roman did? No one. No one. No one. No one. maybe Roman's right. And Jacob, and I'm sitting there, right? And this whole time, there's this level of tension because the bloodline is all in the ring together. And you got Roman and you got Jay on one side and Jimmy on the other side, and they got their ones up. And Jacob goes behind them. And I go, oh, is he going to take out the Usos? Uh-oh. Is he going to take out somebody?

29:05Is he going to take out Jay? Yeah. And he puts his one up. And he puts his one up, and he walks off with Roman Reigns and the Usos. And I'm looking at this. And I'm looking at Roman. And I'm looking at the Usos. And I'm looking at Jacob. And I go, we're so back. The bloodline is back.

29:27Sam Roberts:And has never been stronger. No, and also, it's all blood. Yes. No wise man, no honorary Usos. Except for yours truly. Well, I don't know. You know, no, but it's just. But I'm pretty much, you know. you weren't in Italy tonight, so. No, but they needed me to represent back here. You were literally in the room, so that's really not something you could take away from me. Okay. Was it said or was it not said that I was the real honorary Oose by somebody who had the authority to say it? Jacob Fatu said it, but he's not the tribal chief, as we know. No, but it's Oose. It's not, you know what I mean?

30:03He could still say, yeah, he could still, it's Jacob. He could still say that.

30:06Sam Roberts:Anyways, the bloodline is stronger than it was before. No matter how jealous you are about it, yes. But that is saying a lot. That's a strong statement. That's what they say, Bloodline Red or Megan Morant Jealousy Green. No, they say. No? No one has ever said that. Well, I can think of one person who said it. Me, just now. People who matter? No. I can't think of anyone. No one. No one. But Jacob falls in line, and the four of them walk off together, and I've got to tell you, I don't know how long this dynamic is going to last, but I love it. I'm thrilled about it. I can't tell you. There's a part of me thinking as they were walking up the ramp that this is going to be the best thing to ever happen to Jacob Fatu.

30:43Sam Roberts:It's possible. And then you flipped out. I did. When they showed the video of Roman and Cody. I did flip out because I did not see this yesterday. I had not. No. Yeah. I didn't see it. Because we were doing the show. Of course. Of course. Yeah. You know, everybody's algorithms are different. And so, so anyways, I did not see this. I did see the backstage interaction between Charlotte and Jade. Saw that multiple times. Sure. But I didn't see the Cody and Roman one. Just staring each other down. because Roman also on his way out of clash in Italy said something to the effect of FQB1. So it's all still there.

31:23Sam Roberts:Well, and then Roman was telling Jay, listen, you've held this one, the World Heavyweight Championship, but you haven't held that one. You haven't held the other one. Go get the other one. Go win King of the Ring tournament and go get that other one. And then he said, Jimmy, I need you with me. Jay needs to do this on his own. And that's so wild because Jay is the one, I mean, Cody is the one who brought Jay back to WWE. Yes. He brought him to Monday Night Raw. Yes. So much history. There's so much history, but like what's interesting about that, you're right, is that like not only is that the case, but also Jay is just in such a different spot that if you said to him, you remember quitting the bloodline?

32:01You remember having to go to Raw? You remember, he'd go like, what are you talking about that for? Like he wouldn't even.

32:06Sam Roberts:It's not really relevant right now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. See where I'm at now? It's not even a discussion. No. Yeah, it's remarkable. And then, of course, you also had LA Knight, who this guy is bloodline paranoid. Yeah, he's saying that Adam Pearce is playing favorites. Bro, Adam Pearce is in charge of a business here, okay? Like, if you had Roman Reigns on your roster, you'd play favorites. Yeah, because he puts food on tables. Yeah, the whole roster's table. Also, by the way, I'm really happy for that guy who's officially been promoted to title guy for Roman Reigns. Belt boy. Belt boy. You're talking about belt boy?

32:41Yes. He got a trip to Italy out of the deal. I mean, you know?

32:44Sam Roberts:Yeah. I got to get that going, something like that. You know what I mean? Where it's like you got so much stroke that you get them to pay to send your dude to Italy because you don't want to carry the title all the way to Italy. So the company has to pay to send your title boy to Italy so that he could go through customs with the belt. That's when you will truly be honorarius. That's how far I got to go? Then that happens for you. Yeah. Maybe just hold my microphone or something for me. Maybe my earbuds. I do. I want to start. Maybe I'll give them to Alex. Maybe Alex could do that for me. Every time I walk into the podcast studio, Alex just hands me my earbuds.

33:27Sam Roberts:Because you're the podcast. He said, no, I don't have that kind of respect. Oh, come on. He won't do it. He won't do it. I got to find another. Okay, but he said money. He's Dan Housen. He said he'll do it for human monies. By the way, shout out to Dan Housen. Nice little video package about him and the influence that he's had on the New York Knicks. Yes, the NBA Finals. Going into the NBA Finals on Wednesday. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hope Wemby doesn't get cursed. He's cursed. He's as good as cursed. Dan Housen is bleeding blue and orange. Okay? Dan Housen is a Knicks guy. Have you seen how big Wemby is?

34:02Curses don't What would that have to do with

34:04Sam Roberts:I'm just saying he's a big dude Yeah I mean but Dan Housen has a lot of cursing ability Okay You know I mean you can be as big as you want You can be El Gigante Dan Housen could still curse you Dude's like 8 feet tall Big deal It's a Dan Housen curse You think because the guy's tall he can't get cursed I was just saying I hope he doesn't get cursed Well good luck with that What are you a Spurs fan I don't know I just like the product I would like it to go 7 games Okay. Can I just? Four. Nixon. Four? Four. Fanatics Fest, by the way, is coming. I don't have a dog in the fight. Oh! The number one sports fan festival, Fanatics Fest, returns to the Javits Center in New York City from July 16th through the 19th, 2026.

34:46It is a must-attend event for WWE fans. You're going to be able to meet your favorite superstars and enjoy surprise appearances all weekend long. New superstars, by the way, just added for Fanatics Fest include Obafemi. Who? AJ Styles, Trick Williams, and The Undertaker.

35:06Sam Roberts:Oh. You got to go meet him and say, hey, good job on that mask versus mask thing. How about that? Additional photo and autograph tickets for all WWE superstars have been added. Tickets will sell out, so go get yours today. Fanatics Fest general admission and photo opportunity tickets are on sale now at fanaticsfest.com. we did get to start the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments tonight on Raw. Did you lose sleep last night filling out your bracket? Oh, yeah. My bracketology is, well, my bracket's already busted. Well, because when I saw that these were fetal four-way matches and I saw that Obafemi was in one against Penta, Carmelo Hayes, and Solo after the way that Clash ended, I had a lot of intrigue for this match because I was like, how can Oba lose?

35:53Sam Roberts:But what's Solo's involvement? But then at the same time, you have the intercontinental champion in Penta and Carmelo Hayes, who's been on a heater. Absolutely. And also it's a fatal forward, which means you don't even need to beat Oba. Oba doesn't have to be pinned. You just need to get him distracted for three seconds to pin somebody else. Yeah, it looked like for a while there when Oba and Solo were outside of the ring that Carmelo Hayes and Penta were like, all right, who's getting pinned? But I'll tell you right now, for Melo, for Solo, for Penta, I think the worst thing that could have happened to them is Brock Lesnar beating Obafemi because Obafemi showed up on one.

36:30I mean, he walked into the ring. He took all three of them out and then he finished his entrance.

36:37Sam Roberts:Carmelo Hayes goes after him immediately. While the music is still playing, I go, wow, the ball's on Melo. Good for him. Good for Melo. And Oba's like, get out of the way. Get out of the way. Let me hit my pose. Right. And now we can continue the action. Now let's get back to business. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, and they tried. And, you know, against anybody else, those fatal four-way rules would have absolutely benefited Solo Sokoa. And they did for a period of time with Talatanga being out there. But, like, Talatanga wasn't even enough to stop Obafemi on this absolute warpath. I mean, in what other context?

37:12Who other than an angry Obafemi could get Solo Sokoa, Carmelo Hayes, and Penta to be working together? At one point, the three of them were working together to just try to stop Obafemi.

37:27Sam Roberts:They had no other option. No. No other option. And they realized that pretty quickly into the match. Yes. Yes. So Obafemi wins this match. And... How about the way he lifted up the seven-footer, Talatanga? And dropped him on the table. And just launches him on the table. And then dives back into the ring. Picks up Solo like he's nothing. And Solo's a big boy. Big. and he and then he picks him up power bombs him one two three oba beats solo oba advances into the final four and this is less than 24 hours removed from yeah his arm was still all taped up yeah yes absolutely and he said you know he and brock are one and one that that that that that path will at some point cross again but right now he's gonna win the king of the ring tournament and And when you hear a guy like Obafemi say that the way Obafemi said it, it's hard to argue.

38:23Sam Roberts:Well, he's like, Brock wanted to know how I would respond to a beatdown. Brock wanted to know how I would respond to seven F5s. This is how I respond. By winning, by dominating, and advancing in the King of the Ring tournament. And like, you look at this, and I'm looking at the field. And, you know, the winner, the finals of this tournament happen at Night of Champions. the winner goes to SummerSlam for a championship match. And there are a few people in this bracket that I would love to see going to SummerSlam for a championship match, but you can't even get ahead of yourself that way. You know, so I think next week is when we're going to get Seth Rollins, Javon Evans, Tala Tonga, and Ricky Saints in a fatal four-way.

39:08And I mean, Seth Rollins is coming off of a huge amount of momentum, but again, he doesn't even have to be in the ring. It's a fatal four-way. You know, Talatanga is impossible to beat. But you got like Ricky Saints and Javon Evans, who we were talking about the mobility of the roster. We were talking about young guys looking for the opportunity. Finding a way to win in this King of the Ring tournament is what's going to guarantee you to skip the entire line, to get ahead of the full pack and just do it. Now, listen, you got one-on-one matches after these fatal four-ways, which means somebody in this fatal four-way, Dominic Mysterio, Braun Breaker, Trick Williams, or Damian Priest is going to have to fight Olba Femi in order to get into these King of the Ring finals.

39:56Right. And I think that like Dominic Mysterio is in a real interesting spot right now because we saw what was going on with the Judgment Day backstage, you know, and it feels like the Judgment Day doesn't have that sort of momentum. It feels like the Judgment Day needs that jumpstart.

40:13Sam Roberts:Although, did the idea of Queen Liv Morgan and King Dominic Mysterio titillate your juices? Oh, it wet my beak a little bit. I don't know if it titillated my juices, but it wet my beak. I'll tell you that right now. Yeah, I would love to see it. Of course. I would love to see it, but it's a packed feel. You got Brom Breaker who needs this after this loss to Seth Rollins. You have Trick Williams, who it's like he showed up with the United States Championship and instantly declared himself. I imagine Lil Yachty would be by his side as well. Of course, Boat's going to be there. Boat. And then Damian Priest is another one who I think right now.

40:48Sam Roberts:Former World Heavyweight Champion, come on. And needs to get back into that World Heavyweight Championship conversation. And I think is the type of guy that would love to be paired up against Obafemi to show him what he can do. One razor's edge and he could find himself there. I don't know how you razor's edge Obafemi. That'd be a sight to see. Yeah, absolutely. And then you have Jey Uso, L.A. Knight, Royce Keys, and Finn Balor. It's going to be real interesting to see this fatal four-way with Jey Uso and L.A. Knight, especially getting that dynamic. And you wonder if L.A. Knight is going to be as smart as Seth Rollins was tonight, or if he's going to be so focused on Jey Uso that he forgets that he's got to deal with Royce Keys and Finn Balor because Royce Keys was tweeting.

41:29Royce Keys' Twitter fingers were out. because Roman Reigns mentioned Royce Keys' name. Royce Keys is like, I mean, honestly, it is great news for somebody like Royce Keys that's like, just to be in that conversation is a good, good thing.

41:44Sam Roberts:Of course it is. And then, of course, you have Finn Balor coming off of the past couple months that he's had, reminding everybody exactly who Finn Balor is. But think of any of these people in a championship match at SummerSlam, right? Oba Femi, Seth Rollins, Javon Evans. I mean, you know, Jey Uso is on a specific mission. LA Knight, who wants to make sure this all stops. Royce Keys, Finn Balor, you know, I mean, Braun Breaker needs all of them. Obafemi. Those are all amazing SummerSlam main events. And then you also had the Queen of the Ring tournament starting tonight where we got Roxanne Perez, Io Sky, Julia making that hometown appearance.

42:26Sam Roberts:Oh, Italy was pumped to see Julia. Loved it. And Lash Legend. And I mean, you know, it's interesting. because they couldn't be more polar opposites. But I look at Obafemi, and I go, how could anybody possibly beat Obafemi in this tournament? This feels like it's his. I kind of feel the same way about Io Sky. Which you would never categorize Obafemi and Io Sky together, but it's kind of how I feel about Io. Yes, but the only way I'd contradict you is Jade Cargill. she's on the other side of the bracket with soul ruka lyra valkyria and charlotte flair who those two have problems again i feel like the cargill flair uh twosome in that fatal four-way is similar to la knight and jay uso where maybe it brings out the best in them maybe they cancel each other out you know i mean who knows soul ruka could go double champ on this she could but then lyra valkyria she's already politicking backstage less than 24 hours after After she has the opportunity to now go after the Intercontinental title, because we know when she lost to Becky, as long as Becky held that title, Lyra could never challenge for the women's Intercontinental title.

43:41Sam Roberts:Well, guess what? Becky doesn't hold the title anymore. Well, she probably, Lyra's probably trying to get a match quick before Becky worms her way into a rematch and cheats to get the title back. Smart. Smart by Lyra. She's learning. Well, she's slick. Lyra Valkyria. Becky's pretty slick. Oh, she, Becky, Becky has been known to be slick. it'll be Kiana James, J.C. Jane, Raquel Rodriguez, or Bayley that faces EO Sky. The two that, well, I don't know, man. Any of them would be amazing, right? I think Raquel, obviously, the Judgment Day is looking for a win. But, like, I think J.C. Jane versus EO Sky would be amazing just because of what J.C.

44:21Jane has been doing since she got to the main roster. But Bayley versus EO Sky feels like the match I want to see. And all of the history there with toxic. No, with damage control. Damage control. Damage control. Yeah, no, I get it. They're confusing. But yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, damage is toxic.

44:38Sam Roberts:It is. But yeah, all that. Fatal influence. There's a lot. I know. There's a lot. I know. But I think, yeah, Bayley versus Eoskai in a King of the Ring match, that would take me back to like, like 93 when it was Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect who had like all this history. but there's just something about it being a king of the ring or queen of the ring match that makes it like that much bigger, you know? And then I guess next week is when we'll get Liv Morgan. She's already gotten her head sized for the crown. That's smart. Becky Lynch. She also has got to figure out how to read a room. Who live? Yeah.

45:15Sam Roberts:It was tough. It was tough. It was tough. It was not the time. Alexa Bliss and Chelsea Green. A lot of people also. I mean the big feedback that I read from this tournament was like why on earth would the world champion be in a tournament where the prize is a shot at the world championship but I also thought Liv kind of clarified that on on the post show which is she wants everything and it makes sense that she wouldn't know how to read a room because it's like nobody else is doing that but Liv's like well I want Rhea's belt too I want the queen and And Liv probably feels confident in a match against Rhea Ripley.

45:53Sam Roberts:And then speaking of politicking, we saw Maxine Dupree backstage fighting for another opportunity, right? She wants to be in this tournament. And again, we talked about the men's division, how crowded it is, but movable. The women's, you could say the same thing. Absolutely. And Otis over there trying to control who she's friends with and who she's not friends with. Was he being a hater? Kind of. Kind of. Or was he just being protective? No. Hater? You got hater vibes from that? I got hater vibes from it because sometimes when you have a friend who's a girl. Who's hot. I wasn't going to say it.

46:28But she starts, you know, hanging out with somebody else. Because it's a tough one. It's a tough one. But you got to be a little more strategic than being like, hey, babe. Hey, babe. He's bad news. You know, honestly, if Otis came up to me and said, hey, babe. Megan Megan she's bad news babe I'd be like oh podcast is over Otis He's very convincing

46:55Sam Roberts:That's all it would take You'd kick me to the curb just like that You know what it is he's so endearing when he says that Hey babe You don't think like if he said that to you you'd be like oh my god Yeah of course whatever you say I want to be your friend Like it's very endearing Yeah he's such a good guy So lovable And he's very lovable and he's best friends with Tozawa And he's also lovable And it's like, well, you know, he's not going to lead you astray, I don't think. But Maxine wasn't having it. No, she wasn't. There's something cooking there. I love whatever, whatever I, you talk about intriguing.

47:26Whatever's cooking between Austin Theory and Maxine Dupree right now, I want to know more. I'm a soap opera guy.

47:32Sam Roberts:It looked like things were cooking backstage. They were in a heated exchange. Tonight? Yeah. Oh, in the background there? Saw it. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and then last week she was running off with him. People are starting to notice now. I mean, you can't not notice it. It's everywhere. It's one of those things where they're like eventually going to be like, hey, we've been hanging out. And it's like, yeah, we know. We all know. We know. Everybody knows. Everybody knows. Everybody's been talking about it. Yeah, I'm. We're just waiting for the hard launch, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No more soft launch.

48:03Sam Roberts:Come on. Hard launch. Hard launch. Let's go. Are you shipping? I think so. I think so. Yeah, I think so. I think so, too. I think so, yeah. I think so. I think that's exactly what I'm doing. Tops Now, by the way, captures major milestones and viral moments from the biggest events. Maybe the hard launch of Austin Theory and Maxine Dupree will get a Tops Now. This past weekend was a huge one. Ooh, I gotta get this. In the WWE and Tops is commemorating, wait till you hear this, Noche de los Grandes with a Grande Americano card. Look for rare short print image variations. And from Clash in Italy, tops to celebrating soul ruka's women's intercontinental title win uh look for soul's first tops now autograph card oh i gotta get both those those are both great moments as always make sure you're following at tops on social and sign up for notifications on tops.com for the big moment cards from the wwe i love that uh everybody got the opportunity to get another look at uh noche de los grandes i cannot believe i mean i can believe based on how good it was but like the level of conversation this being a wrestling monday getting do you know how long i got on the radio on sirius today do you know it was an hour and a half that i was talking about noche de los grandes and you could have done two easily could have done two just callers calling in non-stop just everybody.

49:36I mean, it's one of these moments that has completely brought wrestling fans together. It's one of these things that everybody, I mean, I haven't heard one person that even said, oh, I just kind of liked it. Everybody was like, this is it. This is why we love professional wrestling.

49:52Sam Roberts:We're all swept up in the emotion, the feelings of all of it. I mean, look at that. Por ti y por México. That's right. Andrea Bazarte, El Grande Americano. And it's so real. My favorite part of the entire match was when El Grande Americano was beating original El Grande Americano with the rope in front of Andrea. She was cheering. Oh, yeah. She was cheering on the love of her life. Romance is in the air. And us wrestling fans, we love a love story. We love a love story, low key. Like, some people don't want to admit it. No, I like it for the moves. I like it for the work rate. No, you don't. You love it for the love story.

50:30Everybody loves it for the love story. It goes Macho and Liz, Dominic and Liv Morgan, Grande and Andrea.

50:40Sam Roberts:Grande and Andrea are pretty high up for me. It might be tied for three. I'm being 100 % honest. That might all be in the top place. Maybe it's recency bias. But yeah, I mean, I was wrapped up in this whole thing. But what made, I mean, mask versus mask, Grande Americano versus Grande Americano. so good to me was it was one of those matches I could go so far as to compare it to Wrestlemania 40. Wow. I know. I know. Jaws are on the ground in there. In Philly when Cody finishes the story? Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm honestly right there with you. Because it was one of these matches where within, over the course of the match, everything got tied up.

51:34The whole story played itself out. Every single story beat that we had played on the way to this thing was a part of it. It was all, whether it was Pimpiniella ripping the mask off or Andrea coming out with the ticket. The comedian. The blind comedian hitting him with the walking stick. everything everything from from from uh los hermanos americanos to rayo and bravo like all of it everything that had been a part of this story was all encapsulated and it was like it was the perfect you know i say everything counts all the time it was the perfect example of a match where everything counts every there was a reason to pay attention to everything that was going on because it all showed itself.

52:18And then in the end, good triumphs over evil, as it always should. And you got this moment of respect from the audience that just rained down on these two Grandes. As Grande Americano Original took his mask off, of course, revealed himself to be Chad Gable. JBL was shocked. Most of us not shocked. That's Chad Gable. Yeah, thank you, Bradshaw. Yes, it is. and then the commentary was excellent excellent excellent so good between jbl graves ray mysterio yeah so good but like just one of the classic mask versus mask matches a story that started so ridiculous that ended in such a real serious good versus evil love hate war story it was just absolute cinema.

53:15Sam Roberts:And you mentioned how it started so ridiculous. I don't think anybody, anybody could have imagined when the El Grande Americano character was debuted, that it would lead to such an emotional finale. That you'd sit there and go, I, I, I, I would sit here and compare it to one of the greatest WrestleMania main events of all time. And it's not a stretch. No. Not at all. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. So if for some reason you didn't watch it on Saturday, if you didn't watch it on Netflix, if you're just sitting there going, oh, you know that thing that the entire wrestling world is talking about? Let me sit there with my fingers in my ears and my eyes glued shut.

53:58I refuse to watch it. Stop being stubborn. It's on the WWE's YouTube channel. Go. The whole card was amazing. War Raiders winning the tag team championship. the Kingo winning the Latin American championship, Ray Phoenix winning the cruiserweight championship, but then to cap it all off. And from the very top.

54:17Sam Roberts:The mariachi bands and the entrances. The entrances, the bands, the everything. And then, and then, oh, original Grande Americano, not waiting for the bell to begin and hitting Grande with a guitar to start the thing. It was like, you son of a, ugh, ugh. masks were torn, blood was shed, flesh was ripped. And in the end, Chad Gable looked at Grande Americano and said, I will always be the original Grande Americano. But from now on, you are the only Grande Americano. And it was like, what a story, man. What a story. So check it out if you haven't. It's so, so good. It was so good. I just wish we could do it all again.

55:10Unbelievable. So we will do it all again. Not that, but Raw recap. Of course, next week, we're going to have our next Fatal 4-Way in the King of the Ring tournament, in the Queen of the Ring tournament. I think we're going to see how Jacob Fatu and the Usos are coexisting, how LA Knight is doing, and so much more. Make sure that you're subscribed across all audio platforms. Make sure you're leaving comments and hit and like on YouTube. And we'll see you next week for Raw Recap here on WWE Now.