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21:24It's sports greatest dynasty for sure.

21:26Sam Roberts:Without question. They call themselves the number one family at the beginning of the show. They said weird. They said the number one family. And it's hard to, it's hard to argue. I mean, there's a lot of great families. You can talk to Natty. The heart family is incredible. Obviously the Rhodes family. There's a, the Von Ericks are being covered on, on the doc on A and E right now, which is unbelievable. but man when you lay out that Samoan dynasty there is nothing like it and seeing Jacob Fatu holding that world heavyweight title was this reality check because this is the reality right like everybody is is trying to get ahead of this going like okay and then after Roman beats Jacob then where does Jacob end up it's like no let's pump the brakes on the world heavyweight champion And he could.

22:15100 % he could. 1 ,000 % he could. Like there's a million different directions that this can go now. Especially as Roman Reigns is gasping for air. After that was the first thing that Jacob Fatou stole from Roman Reigns. Took from Roman Reigns.

22:35Sam Roberts:Spitting up a little bit on the mat. His essence. He stole his oxygen. What he needs to breathe. What he needs to live. Jacob took it from him. Did you hear him yell out to Jacob with the hoarse voice? I did. I did. And he said, it's on at Backlash. Backlash, it's on. And then Jacob. Oh, Jacob. This is the best part. This is how you know we are back. Thank you. Because the storytelling happens, like, not with a microphone. We don't need a microphone. We don't need it. It's like up the ramp to the camera. Little things are said, but they're really big things. Like Jacob saying, no, we don't have to wait till Backlash.

23:11Sam Roberts:I'll see your punk ass here next week Come on, say it with some I'll see your punk ass here next week Oh yeah, there it is Meg That's how you gotta do it I ain't waiting till backlash I'll see your punk ass next week Oh, and punk ass You know what I mean? See? Isn't it exciting? There you go, I knew you'd feel better It's an exciting thing You can't call another man punk ass You don't do it Especially if it's the tribal chief Jacob is just on some other stuff right now. And it is amazing to see. I love it. It's so, so good. Before we get back to Raw, we have to talk about the main event happening in your own home.

23:58Sam Roberts:Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Look, life is basically WrestleMania every single day. It's a high stakes gauntlet where the responsibilities, they just keep coming. it feels like you're constantly making trade-offs between the things you have to do and the things you actually love. That's why we're celebrating those moments where you refuse to tap out. It's time for the Minute Maid juice break where we highlight those everyday wins that deserve a massive pop. For example, this weekend, all I want to do is rest on the couch. All I want to do is rest on the couch. But you know what? My daughter doesn't want to go to sleep.

24:40Read a little more, read a little more. So you know what I did? I said, I could just let her cry it out and rest here on the couch, but I'm not going to tap out. I'm not going to do that. I went upstairs. I read her three more pages and it was just enough so that she could go to sleep. And then I could get back to what I was doing. For me, those are the little wins that I'm talking about.

25:02Sam Roberts:That's a good one. And, and, you know, I can relate for me a little bit different, but, um, you know, I, I had to spend the one night, just one night in the hospital, but the trade-off was I donated a kidney. So someone got the kidney and I wasn't going to say, no, I'm not going to do the night in the hospital. I'm a giving person, Sam. So that's what I did. And it is all about finding a moment for yourself in the middle of the chaos. I don't know what the trade-off was. It's three pages versus a kidney. That's ridiculous. One night in the hospital for an organ? Come on, be better. Minute Maid and WWE are tag-teaming your daily grind, bringing main event energy to life's everyday matches.

25:54Together, we're turning the toughest rounds into moments worth cheering for.

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26:45It's a good one. I don't think what you said was in the spirit of what we were doing.

26:50Sam Roberts:One day, minor inconvenience. It wasn't a minor inconvenience. I mean, it's a huge undertaking. Minor inconvenience. I don't want to keep, why do I have to go first every single time? Show prep. What does that even mean? Anyway, Seth Rollins opened Monday Night Raw. Speaking of people who know how to win. Yeah. Seth Rollins opens Monday Night Raw. And he immediately gets in that ring. And he spells out the fact that Brom Breaker is why he lost to Gunther. which listen yes I heard you talking about this on your podcast what did I say well you were just talking about how Gunter was able to kick out of every single one of Seth's finishers I'm just saying yes Brom Breaker interfering in the match led to the sleeper hold but there was nothing about that match that Gunter had lost before then just to be fair to Gunter but yes if I had been in Seth's position, I'd say that guy cost me that match.

27:58He said he also blames Braun Breaker as the reason that Roman Reigns is wearing what Seth still considers his championship, even though Roman Reigns never pinned Seth.

28:10Sam Roberts:Yeah, I get very excited anytime that Seth Rollins brings up Roman Reigns. It's just one of those, we all want the match. So it's like Seth is talking about Roman that just gets the juices flowing a little bit. The idea that he still considers the title that Roman's wearing his title. Yeah, well, he didn't lose it. And the only reason that he had to relinquish the championship was because Braun Breaker took him out. That's right. Of course. Of course. But now if he wants it back. He's got to go through Braun Breaker. He's got to go eventually to Roman Reigns. Maybe Jacob Fatu. Oh, my God. Who knows?

28:43Sam Roberts:Think of that. You're 100 % right. But he calls out Braun Breaker and Braun Breaker answers immediately. And I was kind of surprised by this whole thing because they ended up using their words. They ended up going back and forth. There wasn't physicality this time. It was just the two of them letting each other know exactly what they thought. And the fact that it feels like the way Braun Breaker was talking, it felt as though Braun never felt like he needed to be under the tutelage of Seth Rollins. Rollins, that it was always about Braun making that connection with Paul Heyman. But whereas Seth Rollins saw himself as the visionary, I mean, Braun Breaker was there with the vision from day one before it was, we even knew it was called the vision, but it sounded like, and this could be revisionist history, that Braun never looked at Seth as the mentor that Seth thought he was.

29:42Sam Roberts:Yeah, it sounds like that. But I thought it was very interesting when Seth pointed out, like, I've been in this business for so long. I've seen all of the athletes, the strongest, the fastest, the toughest. They've all come up through here. None of them are built like you, Braun Breaker. But there is something that you need to learn, and that's up here. That's up here. That's the psychological warfare. Those are the mind games that Seth Rollins knows better than anybody else in this industry. And to me, it almost seemed like Braun Breaker is naive to what those mind games can bring. Maybe, but also maybe you don't need to worry about mind games when you can cut somebody in half with your spear.

30:29Sam Roberts:It's true. You know what I mean? Like, you know, you can play on my insecurities all you want. I can run as fast as a car and then throw my hundreds of pounds body into your body and watch you collapse under the weight. And also, who are you to say that I'm not ready? Well, that was the big thing, right? So Seth also pointed out, you know, you're right, the brawn has everything except, you know, the mind for it. and Seth pointed out that there are similarities in the sense that Seth also came into the WWE at a young age with a chip on his shoulder, not ready to make the tough decisions, ready to get ahead at whatever cost, but Seth pointed out that where Brawn Breaker tries, Seth Rollins succeeds, and that is probably this insecurity on Brawn Breaker's part, right?

31:25And you talk about mind games. This is probably one of them. pointing out that Braun Breaker is like still in that world of potential. Whereas Seth, you know.

31:35Sam Roberts:Yeah, and Seth even pointed out you did all of this for what? When I did these things, it led to me being in the main event of WrestleMania. You took me out, and where did it get you? It got you injured. I mean, he was at WrestleMania. He said it got you Austin Theory and Logan Paul, which I felt like Logan Paul, I mean, should win an award for the amount of strays that he was catching tonight. A lot. I mean, I don't know why everybody thinks they could just go in there and use the name of Logan Paul in vain. It was a disrespectful night to Logan Paul. It was. To say the least. But yeah, that's where Seth said that, yeah, you're not ready for this.

32:16He said to Braun Breaker, you are not ready for this. and that is a risky line to walk because you hear that from a lot of guys that have been around for a while telling younger guys they're not ready, they're not ready.

32:34Sam Roberts:In a lot of, you know, not just in wrestling. Sure. You name a career path. Right. You name an industry. Sports all the time. Sure. And sometimes that's because they're not ready and other times it's because the old guard isn't ready to give up where they're at And that's one of those things that we don't know which side of the coin it is until we see it in action. Because I don't think Braun Breaker is sitting there going like, gee, you're right, Seth. Maybe I'm not. Maybe I should go work harder. Right. I don't think that's the mentality right now of Braun Breaker because Braun hit him right back.

33:07He said, Seth, you are the best. You're the best professional wrestler in the world at being number two. Oh. And you're just like, wow. because that is a struggle for Seth, you know what I mean? And you've seen that throughout his career. Seth being like, no, I'm the guy. And there always being somebody else that distracts attention from, distracts attention from. But Seth is this, I mean, he's unbelievable. There's nobody like Seth Rollins. And then Seth coming back and saying, Steiner, calling him baby Steiner. He said you're not even number two in your own house In your own family I mean if you rank I don't know if I'd put Braun over Scott or Rick I don't know where I would rank the Steiners right now

34:00Sam Roberts:Again another wrestling family 100 % And a great wrestling family And then the match is made for backlash Braun Breaker Versus Seth Rollins One on one Now something Braun Breaker pointed out is You can mock Brom Breaker for his association with Paul Heyman, for his association with Logan Paul, for his association with Austin Theory. But something that he pointed out that was brought back into the fold later was that Seth has no friends. None. Like that's the thing, right? No backup right now. Right. Nothing. That Seth isolated himself when he started the vision. and now he's isolated from the vision but that's left him alone with no one and i don't think that that's a good place to be for seth rollins although i i honestly can't believe that we're already getting the rollins breaker backlash match like we're already getting it i know i mean this was something that a lot of people at circled maybe you know if seth was seth was healthy and if braun was healthy that would be the wrestlemania match right we knew that wasn't the case brawn comes out i mean i saw a lot of people speculating that this would be a summer slam match sure we're getting it in less than two weeks yeah yeah in tampa at backlash um and when i say you know that set doesn't have any friends i mean the street profits spelled it out for him seth went and stopped them backstage tonight and the street profits go what are you talking about?

35:38Like, you think you're special? They said to him. You think you're special? We didn't do this for you. This had nothing to do with you. We want to get the tag team championship from the vision. We don't care about your beef. We're not defending you. We're not helping you. We're trying to get those titles. And that's got to be a shot to Seth Rollins.

35:57Sam Roberts:Yeah, especially after earlier in the night, right? And he's talking to Braun Breaker and he's talking about how, you know, I was the one who took you under my wing. I was the one you were going to learn from my tutelage. Right. So Seth Rollins, this guy who's done so much in the industry, you know, he's main evented WrestleMania as he sees the street profits backstage and like, dude, we don't, we don't care about your stuff. I mean, that has to hurt even more. It's like none of these people in the locker room are giving me this respect or support. Yes. But I mean, you reap what you sow, you know, but it is kind of a reality check.

36:32I think more than anything, it's a reality check of this is where I'm at right now. And, you know, I mean, this is the situation that I put myself in. Speaking of Braun Breaker, by the way, I want to tell you that if Braun Breaker is who you're rooting for at Backlash, you can rep Braun Breaker with two new tees available now at WWE Shop and Fanatics. You can grab your Braun Breaker shirts before they're gone. You can also, I mean, he's powerful. he's dominant he's ready to make a statement i'm talking about oba femi new oba femi t-shirts have also arrived at wwe shop and fanatics show your allegiance to one of wwe's newest dominant forces and get your oba femi t-shirt now we will talk about the ruler uh before we move on quickly

37:25Sam Roberts:from seth and braun did it surprise you at all when paul heyman was holding the mic that he gave it to braun right away i thought we're gonna hear more from hayman you know i think hayman is in an interesting position because i love that question because i hadn't even thought about it but i think that hayman needs a meal ticket and i think that he's realized that braun breaker has to be his guy seth rollins is not his guy brock lesnar is retired brock lesnar just retired so So it's like, okay, who am I latching on to? Who am I going to be of service to? And I think that that's where it's Braun Breaker.

38:05So it's almost like Paul Heyman is back in a position where Braun Breaker is the one holding the cards. And Paul Heyman is there to be of service to Braun Breaker. But ultimately, Braun Breaker is the one that calls those shots. And that's an important spot for Braun Breaker to get into. You know what I mean? Just in terms of perception. The idea that I think that unless you're Brock Lesnar, if you're a younger guy and Paul Heyman is doing the talking, there's a perception that you're sitting under the learning tree.

38:38Sam Roberts:And that you can't talk. Sure, maybe. Or that maybe you're just still in that mentee role and this is the mentor. Whereas somebody like Braun Breaker, who's going, no, I'm here for right now. Now is the time. yeah and in a way what what Seth criticized him for a lot of people still say that you're the future you're they talk about your potential right right right right so braun breaker no present I'll do present yeah present right now thank you and you're seeing that across the roster which I love right now you're seeing that from Jacob Fatu you're seeing that from Obafemi you're seeing that from uh uh uh from braun breaker obviously I think you're seeing that more from Javon Evans.

39:22Sam Roberts:Yeah, I was going to say he stepped up tonight. Standing up for himself. I think you're even seeing that from call-ups. You're seeing that from Ethan Page. You're seeing that from Fatal Influence. I keep saying Fatal Attraction because I love that movie. Fatal Influence over on SmackDown. Like, you're, you're, you're, everybody is stepping up in this post-WrestleMania season because I think even though Oba pointed out tonight that like, you know, so many of these titles are kind of cemented in. it's the land of opportunity at the moment and there's a pretty clear distinction that there's a new generation coming up and that it's not you know you're looking at nxt and the top of that roster just got wiped out and brought to raw and smackdown so it's no longer hey one day those nxt guys are going to be on raw and smackdown they're here they're here now and they're not here so that five, six, seven years from now, they've been in developmental.

40:20They've been developing. Now it's time to take it all.

40:23Sam Roberts:Yeah, they're not here to sit in catering. Exactly right. Exactly right. They're here to win championships. I was a little surprised. Checks and championships. But I was a little surprised when Paul Heyman came out to the ring holding the microphone. I was surprised to see him hand it over to Braun Prager. I thought we were going to hear more from Paul. But you're right. You make a good point. And I think that's what Braun needs to do as he heads into this match against Seth has proved that he is the present. I think that Braun Breaker is at the point where it's time to do the Braun Breaker show.

40:52Not the Paul Heyman show with Braun Breaker. The Braun Breaker show. Speaking of people coming up from NXT and making an impact, Joe Hendry.

41:00Sam Roberts:Big concert tonight. Yes. Showed up on Monday Night Raw. You like the lyrics? I thought - Michael Cole loved them. Michael Cole loved them. Michael Cole was on one tonight for sure, probably because it was Texas. He loves being at home. He felt comfortable. He does. You know, kick his feet up a little bit. He does. You know Danielle who works with me? Of course. You know she thought his name was Joe Hendry Concert when she saw the graphic?

41:24One of the most absurd things I've ever heard in my life. Is his name Joe Hendry Concert? I said, what? No, it's Joe Hendry Concert.

41:32Sam Roberts:And he's putting on a concert. It'd be like if Metallica was playing somewhere and they went like, oh, that's my favorite band, Metallica Concert. It's like, wait, what? What did you just say? Metallica. That's the description of what they're doing. It's an event. they're performing no it's joe hendry concert and people have been joe hendry concert now i can't unsee it and people have been jhc and people have been uh waiting for joe hendry to make an impact like this and and i thought the lyrics of his song he set up who he was which is you know a guy who was at wrestlemania a guy who's won championships a guy that everybody's been waiting for and they said well what would you like to see happen now that you're on monday night raw and he's like well i'd like to see logan paul get fired and i feel like sometimes you know you got to know your audience you got to go and you got to know your audience and you if you're going to do a sing along and maybe not everybody has gotten a chance to sing along with joe hendry concert just yet if you're gonna if you're gonna do a sing along with joe hendry you gotta do something that the audience is going to be able to latch on to and Logan Paul getting fired is something everybody can latch on to you could do that's out of wrestling yeah just whatever job it is people love that except Logan Paul doesn't love it everybody else loves it so I thought it was a very uh successful first time performance for Joe Hendry on Monday Night Raw crowd was into it he got the upper hand over the vision for a quick for a hot hot second but you know real quick it It was two on one theory and Logan Paul start beating down Joe Hendry.

43:13Sam Roberts:Joe Hendry. I know he's new to Rob, but I think if tonight is any indication, if he learns from tonight, he's got to make some friends. Well, the street profits were there to have his back, which is great. Again, I think the street profits have their own reasons. Yeah, they're also looking for championships. Yeah, yeah. They have their own goals. but yeah I think and they came out to save Joe Hendry we got that moment with the street profits and Joe Hendry but I do I think that Joe Hendry is going to have a nice place on Monday Night Raw yeah I'm looking forward to it there's a lot of material for him on Raw I think I'm waiting for I think we get a hot Grayson Waller track you know I mean hopefully respectful but I think maybe a Dominic Mysterio maybe a J.D.

44:04McDonough track. You know what I mean? I think there's a lot of songs that we could do, and I have yet to watch a Monday Night Raw that couldn't use a little musical interlude from Joe Hendry. Everybody loves it. Plus the twist, the turn. You know what I mean?

44:18Sam Roberts:It's the best, the entrance. I did miss Booker T singing his song, though. Yeah, look, all due respect to Michael Cole. He doesn't have the voice that Booker T has. He never will. No, unfortunately, he's got other great qualities. Many fine qualities. Right. He's the voice of the WWE. He's not the voice of the Joe Hendry song. That's Booker T. That's Booker T. But no, I was happy to see Joe Hendry. You know, especially he's made a lot of moments in WWE. Absolutely. I think back to WrestleMania, the surprise opponent for Randy Orton. Yeah. Seeing him on Raw is huge. Yeah. I thought, I think, you know, I'm trying to rank the NXT call-ups.

44:57And I feel like, I mean, Ethan Page has done such a tremendous job. there it is inserting himself into the Intercontinental Championship picture like the fact that he's right there and nobody's questioning it

45:11Sam Roberts:with Ethan Page he comes out with that suit and that attitude you can't question it he's right in that Intercontinental title conversation which is ideal you have Joe Hendry obviously we find out next week we're going to get Sol Ruka we just had her on the podcast last week Yes. She wasn't sure. Right. And now it's official. Well, after next week when she signs, puts pen to paper. Right. It'll be official. Teasers on SmackDown for Blake Monroe. I can't wait for that. The glamour. The glamour. For Ricky Saints. But man, I think in terms of just impact. Because that's what you want at first, right?

45:52Is making the biggest impact. Fatal Attraction. Showing up. Fatal Influence.

45:58Sam Roberts:Fatal Influence. All day. I've been doing it all day. You know, I was listening to your radio show earlier, and you said Fatal Attraction, and I almost called in, was like, you're wrong. I keep saying it. But I was listening on delay, so I was like, he's probably already corrected. And the boys held you accountable, so you're good. J.C. Jane has all the A's in it. I go back to Fatal Influence and J.C. Jane showing up on SmackDown. I mean, look, nobody wants to get booed, but it's hard to imagine having a bigger impact on a show, on your first night on the main roster than Fatal Influence. I mean, J.C.

46:34Sam Roberts:Jane, I feel like, has been someone who's often been underestimated. Absolutely. I think back to when she won the NXT Women's Championship for the first time. She beat Stephanie Vaquer, who was a two-time champion, a double champ in NXT, the Women's North American Champion, and the NXT Champion. And out of nowhere, J.C. Jane takes the women's championship off of Stephanie Vaquer to the point where when that show went off the air, everybody's mouth was on the floor. Because nobody could believe it. For the longest time, everybody called J.C. Jane the most beatable champion. Everyone thought it was a fluke.

47:14Sam Roberts:Not only did she have one extremely long, successful reign, but after losing the title, she wins it back and she goes on another reign. Fatal influence is a force to be reckoned with, and they made their impact on SmackDown already. I can't wait to see what they do. I mean, regardless of what the noise is, the fact is that when you are new to SmackDown, to the main roster in general, and you stand in the ring with Rhea Ripley, you are already fighting against a current because Rhea Ripley, in terms of star power, there's like nobody bigger. No one. Like that is the type of shadow. Right now, no one.

47:53Right. That's the type of shadow that you get lost in. The idea that JC and Fatal Influence were able to be in there and not only not get lost in that shadow, but create enough interest from the audience to make a noise even louder than the one that Rhea was getting.

48:12Sam Roberts:When they stood there, I said, I want to see this. This is the type of booing that happens to Dominic Mysterio, that happens to Logan Paul. And I say that with love. I say that with best case scenario type of stuff. I am so excited for Fatal Influence and everything they're going to be doing on SmackDown. But I've got to tell you, If you're not over the excitement of WrestleMania I'm not I'm not either Fanatics Casino has a way for you to harness the action No matter where you are WrestleMania Road to Gold Is the most star-studded casino game ever And is the latest in the series of WWE-themed games Exclusively available at Fanatics Casino The exclusive game features 20 WWE stars from WrestleMania 42 like Liv Morgan, Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Rhea Ripley, Cody Rhodes, and more.

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49:43Sam Roberts:All day. Big day for me. Big day for all of the Becky believers. I don't know if you saw earlier today, Ammo, the coffee brand, launched its website. Sold out of two flavors already. I was just thinking we should get a product that gives Becky Lynch more energy and gets her talking more. So I'm glad she has a coffee company. It's going to be great. I mean, it already is great. It is. It's fantastic. Is that just you saying that? No, a lot of people are saying it. Really? Everybody's saying it. Wow. Sports Illustrated says it. Bleacher Report says it. They report on coffee? Yes, they do. Wow. Now they do.

50:15Sam Roberts:They have to. Because it's such a big deal? Massive deal. Wow. You know, I subscribed to the website early. So I got a little email and it said, because you subscribed early, you get to go into the store an hour before everybody else with this special code. so I copied the code, I pasted the code. You did. Yes, I did. I'm on the website already. Two flavors sold out immediately. I'm trying to add them to my cart and the website must have had so much traffic on it that it was taking a substantial amount of time to put it in my cart. Wow. Were you able to get any? I was. I was able to get some. I had to be very patient with the website.

50:53Sam Roberts:I understand. It's, you know, this stuff is flying off the shelves. It is. It is. It is. That's amazing. and then she shows up on Monday Night Raw. I mean, this is the kind of working woman who's our intercontinental champion. Earlier in the day, launches her coffee website and then shows up in Laredo, Texas of all places. That's right, that's right. Laredo, Texas with the intercontinental championship proclaiming this is a new era of the manosphere, which is Becky Lynch's obviously, because she's the man. I mean, she's making estuary, right? So it's the manosphere. Yeah, it was her 10th. I think I saw a Netflix doc about that.

51:31Sam Roberts:It was her maniversary at WrestleMania, which you did not acknowledge when we interviewed her, which I thought was very rude of you. It was her 10th WrestleMania. Oh, okay. And you didn't even congratulate her. No, there was a lot going on that day. Including her winning the Intercontinental title. No, and I gave her credit for winning it. I did point out that it would, a three-time Intercontinental champion would imply that those other times that she said she didn't lose it, that clearly she did listen she's the only woman to win four different titles at wrestlemania i know i'm aware that wasn't a research point she said that she pointed that out tonight i don't know if she pointed that out well she's coming for the undertaker no i know she's got a she's she got a lot of victories and she's hoping i mean i think the undertaker ended up at what was it 23

52:22three victories at WrestleMania.

52:24Sam Roberts:Well, now that WrestleMania is two nights too, that she might be able to do it sooner. Double it up on some of those years. That's pretty smart. That's pretty smart. Yeah, not only is she coming for the Undertaker's record, but she was giving herself credit for getting rid of that horrible AJ Lee. Absolute joke. Right. Loser AJ Lee, I think she called her. I think she might have. I think she might have. and then I think probably made a huge mistake when she decided to issue an open challenge that she thought she might be able to talk her way out of and EO Sky, potentially the best wrestler, male or female as you've described her before on the roster.

53:02Sam Roberts:Listen, I love EO Sky and I agree. She's arguably the best wrestler on the planet. Yeah. Male or female. But where EO went wrong tonight was the disrespect that she showed to Becky Lynch because here comes Becky Lynch She wants to be a fighting champion. She wants to show her daughter what that looks like. So she comes to these towns like Laredo and she issues an open challenge. And here comes EO. And she's not respectful and thankful to Becky Lynch, who gave this opportunity to all of the women in the back. She just attacks her. She did not just attack. She just attacks her. There was no attack.

53:41She comes after Becky. She accepted the challenge. She said, I accept. she puts hands on her she did not physically attack Becky Lynch before

53:50Sam Roberts:Becky didn't ask for that no because then she did she came after Becky because Becky called her out and she was like look is your friend Rhea Ripley going to come out here Becky was the one who was disrespectful she said she wanted to fight Shawn Michaels not Marty Jannetty she called EO Sky Marty Jannetty well do you blame her right now what role has EO been playing recently not Marty Jannetty Sometimes it's not easy It's not easy to hear those things Sam But the truth hurts You can't I thought that Becky meant it In a very very disrespectful way I thought Io was being very disrespectful of Becky By answering her open challenge By attacking her We'll leave it to Adam Pearce to make the match And I'm going to tell you this I believe if Asuka hadn't come out there We would have had a new women's intercontinental champion We'll never know will we We'll never know No, I guess we won't know.

54:46Sam Roberts:We won't know. Because it wasn't. You would think that. Well, I would think that because Eos got kicked out of the manhandle slam. Becky always has a plan. Yeah, well, it helps when Asuka comes out. Sure. I don't think that was Becky's plan. But Asuka comes out, interferes in the match. One more manhandle slam. Becky gets the pin. One, two, three. Becky does retain the Women's Intercontinental Championship. and we got another match made for backlash eo sky versus oscar which is a match we've been waiting for for a long time oh i can't the eo sky versus oscar is going to go insane at backlash this backlash card is nuts roman versus jacob theoretically i'm assuming if we got a graphic you know we'll have but roman accepted the challenge you know so roman versus jacob Seth versus Breaker, EO versus Asuka.

55:42It's nuts. This is an insane, insane card.

55:46Sam Roberts:Well, back to Becky just for one quick second. Later on in the show, we heard Roman Reigns said that it's not the title that makes the man. It's the man that makes the title. And I would just like to point out that the man, Becky Lynch, has made the women's intercontinental title. Yeah, I mean, AJ Lee was a good champion too. you thought horrible how many defenses did she have is she a three time history maker I don't know if she I mean she's made a lot of history in the WWE not with that title though okay okay not with that title fine fine fine that's fine I've got to tell you the number one sports fan festival fanatics fest oh we're going back is returning to the Javits Center in New York City from July 16th through the 19th 2026 that's this summer a couple months away at this point July 16th through the 19th.

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57:01Sam Roberts:Yes, congrats to Tiff. Tris Stratus and Charlotte Flair. More WWE superstars will continue to be announced, so fans should stay tuned to Fanatics Fest social channels for the latest updates. Fanatics Fest tickets are on sale now at fanaticsfest.com, and we got a big treat on Monday Night Raw. Oba Femi in action. And it is so crazy to me, like, picking up on that vibe of Oba coming out tonight, since WrestleMania, he has already ascended to that attraction level where it feels like a big deal. Just the fact that he's walking to the ring, just the fact that he's in his gear, it feels like, oh, it's a big deal.

57:50Oba Femi is wrestling tonight.

57:52Sam Roberts:Yeah, Oba Femi shows up on Raw, and I love how they did it as well. They show him backstage. You get that nice shot of Oba from down low, and you just get to see how massive of a human being he is. He's a big guy. Go to commercial, no one's going anywhere. Because when we come back, Oba's wrestling on our TV screens. And that's something that you do not want to miss. That's right. And he's facing Grayson Waller, who, I mean, has been doing a lot of running to train for matches like this. But I'll tell you what, he should have used some of that running. To run away. Yeah, he should have ran in the opposite direction.

58:26The way Brock Lesnar retired after Oba Femi, I would have thought Grayson Waller would have just put his boots in the ring and left

58:32Sam Roberts:yeah I mean just avoid it you know he knows how to run you know he's you go the opposite direction give us another what 48 448 4 4 whatever that thing is I mean god bless him right for having the confidence to be in there with Oba god bless him he's got the experience under his belt not many can say that I mean Obafemi picked him up by the belt and threw him across the ring that's not pleasant. I don't know how he's doing after that match, but Oba then comes out to say that the Obafemi Open Challenge begins because he talks about how, you know, there's no opportunity around here, right? A lot of people talk about how the championships and where they are.

59:10Sam Roberts:Maybe there's not a lot of opportunity here on Raw, but Oba is going to create opportunities. So he says the Open challenge begins now how about that that like oba now sees himself i mean oba's been on the main roster since january you know what i mean like going not even five months has he been on the main roster and he's already the guy going i'm gonna give the opportunity i'm i'm not here to take it i'm already in the position where i can give opportunity but who in the right mind would step up to Obafemi. I mean, listen, that's what it's all about. Because guess what? We were asking the same question five weeks ago.

59:54Who in their right mind would step up to Brock Lesnar because of a perceived opportunity? Five or six weeks ago, however long ago it was, Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar showed up in the ring and said Brock Lesnar is offering an open challenge. WrestleMania has two main events, the title match and the Brock Lesnar match. There's nothing bigger. There's an open challenge for the Brock Lesnar match, but be careful. Who in their right mind steps up to the Brock Lesnar match? Because even though you can't find a bigger match than that one at WrestleMania, it's the type of match that will also end your career because you're in there with the beast.

1:00:35So Obafemi is now taking that energy and it would appear going week by week with it, just showing up. And by the way, that's also when you know there's an attraction it's one thing for it there to be a united states open challenge which trick williams has decided to do away with you know what i mean it's a nice it's one thing for john cena to do it with a title this is not about a title it's not about a championship this is the privilege of being in the ring with the ruler and you're right i mean for people like you and i i think the question would be who in their right mind would think this is a good idea yeah is raw

1:01:10Sam Roberts:Are you not going to have any superstars left after the end of this challenge? I don't know, but when you're in this game, you've got to look at every opportunity as the potential for upward mobility. Oba's going to destroy everyone. Yes, he is. Adam Pearce needs to talk to Oba and say, you're going to destroy our entire roster. Well, look, if Oba's going to destroy— Nobody's going to be left. Well, then guess what? If he's got the ability to destroy the entire roster, then just give him all the belts. That's all. Give him all the belts. If you're not ready to just give him all the belts, then the open challenge is on.

1:01:48And I do wonder, I mean, I don't even, because it's like.

1:01:51Sam Roberts:You know what I do if I'm one of the wrestlers there and Oba's, you know, having this open challenge? I'm going to catering. I'm pleased. I'll stay right here and catering. You're spending the next five minutes and 56 seconds getting a mile in. So you're very far away. No, thank you. Right. You're going 26.2 in the opposite direction. Who is answering? I mean, he even said it. It's going to be unforgiving. It's going to be relentless because he is the ruler. Yeah, but this is what you have to do. You have to step up to the guy. I mean, everybody on that roster should be looking at Obafemi going, he did that.

1:02:22He did that. If you're on this roster going like that spot is only for specific people and I'm not one of them, it's the wrong game, dude.

1:02:30Sam Roberts:That's right. It's the wrong game. It's a good point. You know, people should absolutely be stepping up because I just said you get that feel of the attraction that is Obafemi. And if you get one on Obafemi, that could make your career. I mean, could it would. He's the guy who beat Brock Lesnar into retirement. People say, you know, oh, it's not a retirement match that they planned on retiring. Why didn't hear Brock Lesnar say he was retiring before this thing? I didn't either. You know, he beat Brock Lesnar into retirement at WrestleMania. this is the guy to beat or even just have a moment with i would think if you can survive to tell the tale there's something about just being able to step up to that guy being in the ring with the ruler i mean can you imagine jd mcdonough and obafemi jd mcdonough somebody like jd mcdonough is perfect when you put it like that like somebody who's willing the match he had with finn balor the match he had at wrestlemania the ladder match yeah the amount of punishment that that dude is willing to take 1000 i see someone like rusev stepping up to obafemi wow that would be amazing yeah but he beat rusev rusev already tried it before wrestlemania that's true i mean i know i know because it's and i get you know why i think you did why it's a different oba it is There's a different Oba coming off of WrestleMania.

1:03:58Now, look, Rusev's feeling very confident. He's just, second week in a row, he's beating up Penta. Maybe he does want to step up. Maybe he does have that confidence. I mean, imagine if at a point somebody like a Sheamus is able to find his way back.

1:04:15Sam Roberts:Yeah. That'd be unbelievable. I would love to see that. Yes. There's quite a bit of potential here. But look, a lot went on tonight. We don't know what. Next week, we've got Sol Ruka. Contract signing. Contract signing. We're building up more and more and more to backlash. We got three matches signed. I can't wait to see what happens next. We will be here next Monday on WWE Now to recap all of it. Don't forget to subscribe across all audio platforms. Leave comments. Hit like on YouTube. And we'll see you next week for more. WWE Now for our recap.

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