WWE Now - Oba Femi SHOCKS the WWE Universe... and Brock Lesnar | Raw Recap

22:24Sam Roberts:We didn't even know if Paul Heyman was going to be there tonight. We knew he wasn't going to be there. With Brock Lesnar, though. And then he showed up anyway. Yes. We knew he was out indefinitely. And then Paul Heyman showed up to Monday Night Raw. Honestly, not suitable to be on television. No, didn't look good at all. No, there was a reason. Bloodshot eyes looking disheveled. Hasn't shaved. The tie was a mess. He didn't even get the top button up. He looked bad. He looked bad. But also, I don't blame him for looking bad because he got stomped and steel chaired two weeks ago by Seth Rollins.

22:57Sam Roberts:And then kidnapped by L.A. Knight. And kidnapped in an ambulance by L.A. Knight to add insult to injury. I mean, we start. Look, he's sitting there. One eye is puffy. That's probably the eye that made contact first with the floor. Mark's on his nose. He's not shaving again, this Paul Heyman. I mean, his eyes kept watering. I haven't seen him like this since he was losing sleep after, you know, and even wasn't answering his phone. And even then it wasn't like this because he wasn't physically injured. He was just mentally drained here. I mean, I, I, I, I, it looks like he might still be wearing the same suit from when he got stomped.

23:32Sam Roberts:Stinky. I mean, it wasn't, it was, but, but he said he didn't want to miss this. He wouldn't miss this for the world. Seth Rollins comes out to start raw. You got all these masked men surrounding the ring and Seth Rollins steps up and takes the mask off. And he makes it really clear that the vision is his. He started the vision and the biggest mistake that he's ever made, and he's made some, was attaching himself to Paul Heyman. And letting him in his inner circle. Letting Paul Heyman in his inner circle. He said, I am going to make sure that I rid this business, that I cut Paul Heyman. This is the new vision.

24:13You know, when the vision first formed, it was based on Seth Rollins having this idea of what the industry should be, but realizing that he was so passionate about the future of the industry that he needed to be the one to control it. He has not lost that. He's just restructured what that vision is and realizing that Paul Heyman needs to be cut out of the business. It's Seth Rollins' new vision for what the future should be. And when Paul Heyman came out, I think Seth Rollins was surprised. I think most people were surprised, especially as you pointed out after everybody saw him. But he said straight up that he's out to F with Seth Rollins because Seth Rollins F'd with him.

25:06And there's a game called F-A-F-O. F-A-F-O F-A-F-5 After uttering the words That Seth Rollins was after anybody Who is standing next to Paul Heyman The one man who has been standing next to Paul Heyman Longer than any other And when I say man I mean alpha male of the species Brock Lesnar shows up and just starts dismantling masked men like he's a ninja turtle and they're foot soldiers. I mean, all over the place. Like he's Luke with a lightsaber and they're just stormtroopers. Just all of them getting thrown every which way.

25:54Sam Roberts:I mean, if I was one of those guys, I'd be happy to have a mask on because that's probably one of the most embarrassing moments of your life. You don't want your family to see you in that position. No. No, no. But Seth wasn't concerned. No, not nervous whatsoever. Not breaking a sweat. No, Seth was watching it happen. And then when Brock Lesnar stepped right up to Seth Rollins. Seth wasn't hiding behind any of the masked men or anything. No, well, he was standing there knowing the masked men would slow this down. Of course, because they worked for Seth. But once the masked men were disposed of, he still wasn't concerned.

26:29The lights go out. And when Oba's music hit, I mean, San Antonio went absolutely nuts for the realization of what was happening.

26:41Sam Roberts:Huh. Huh. Boom. Boom. I mean, and Oba showing up. And it's not just his physical size. It's his ability to own the moment. And I'm going to tell you right now. God bless him. I don't know if I've ever seen a worse FAFO player than Paul Heyman. He did it with Adam Pearce. He lost. He did it tonight. He lost. I mean, what a time to continue FA-ing and FO-ing in the state that he's in. Well, he definitely FO-ed. Yes. He definitely did. He might need to stop FA-ing. I would if I were him. Yeah. Because of the O-ing. A little time out. Yeah, a lot of the FO-ing after that is, well, it's costly, clearly.

27:30It's done a number on him.

27:31Sam Roberts:He's finding out a lot. Unfortunately, he is. Unfortunately, he is. Seth Rollins starts stepping up to Brock Lesnar. Brock Lesnar kind of goes for Seth. Seth backs away, but in that one moment, it's all Oba needs. Oba, I mean, picks up Brock Lesnar, this animal that Brock is. Without hesitation. Just picks him right up by the legs, throws him up in the air and power bombs Brock Lesnar down like I don't know that I've ever seen before. If you go back to the 2002 battles that Brock Lesnar had with the big show, I don't know if we saw Brock Lesnar handled the way that Obafemi handled Brock Lesnar on Monday Night Raw and stood over him.

28:16Sam Roberts:We didn't even need words from Obafemi. That was enough to say, I guess he's stepping up to Brock and accepting this challenge. And here's the thing for Brock. First of all, and it reminded me when you look at him and you look at Brock having his chest stepped on and you can see him, he's screaming in anguish, in pain, in embarrassment. Maybe I don't know. And just in just not knowing the above, you know, talk about jumping in headfirst and realizing maybe you don't know how to swim. And Brock did not know the situation he was in. And it's very, very, very rare that you say Brock didn't know the situation that he was in.

28:56But there was also a look on Brock's face when the music started playing. I got a text. You know who the text was from?

29:04Sam Roberts:Who was the text from? Hot Dog. Oh, what did Hot Dog have to say? Wait till you hear. Wait till you hear. And he hit the nail on the head. Hit you with this expert analysis from Hot Dog. He said, when's the last time Brock had fear like this? And then he wrote LOL because he's obnoxious. He writes LOL a fair sentence. But I mean, that look on Brock's face when you were like, he's, there's fear on Brock's face. It's the LOL that hot dog sends you. He's a little fearful that he was wrong. But he wasn't wrong. He was right. Oh, he's right. That's true. That is, that's probably is what it is. LOL.

29:40Sam Roberts:I mean, it was just a joke. I'm just kidding. Unless I'm not kidding. but he shouldn't have been kidding because he was 100 % right. Brock with fear on his face as he watched Oba come to the ring. Seth Rollins retreating. Brock Lesnar getting powerbombed. Oba using his actions to answer Brock Lesnar's challenge. And before the night is over, the graphic is made. Brock Lesnar versus Oba Femi is official for WrestleMania. I mean, first of all, do you think Seth knew Oba was coming out? you know when they kept cutting back and forth it was we saw oba entering and then we saw brock's reaction and seth was off to the side we didn't see any of seth's reaction whatsoever right seth didn't seem rattled he's standing in the corner shocked nope his body language didn't really deliver much of any emotion it seemed like he was in control the entire time that's right so based on that i'm gonna go with yes i feel like he did too i'm gonna go with yes And I think he knew when he was stepping up to Brock Lesnar, he was allowing Oba this opportunity.

30:43Sam Roberts:Yes, because we do know that Seth Rollins is not medically cleared. That's right. So Seth can't step up to Brock Lesnar right now. Well, I don't know if anybody's going to tell Seth Rollins what he can or can't do with all these masked men around him. True. But if he's not medically cleared. Do you think Oba realizes it's going to be a different scenario when Brock's full concentration is on Oba? Brock Lesnar. Right now, today, right now. I don't think Oba realizes that right now. He's going to have to. Yeah, of course. Because now it's like, now Brock Lesnar is, well, he's Nelson Muntz. You made me bleed my own blood.

31:22You know, that's not what you want to do.

31:24Sam Roberts:Yes. Brock Lesnar eating the mat like that is like, unless you can do it hard enough that Brock's not getting back up, that can be a costly decision to make. And for Oba. Anybody can do it hard enough where Brock's not getting back up, though. Sure. It is Oba. But Oba arguably has more to lose than anyone. This is a huge gamble for Oba Femi. I think that Oba has the potential to benefit here tremendously. But at the same time, if Oba loses to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, you have to wonder if that aura that Oba carries will still be with him or this early will Oba be fighting from beneath? I mean, I saw what he did to Rusev last week.

32:18It doesn't seem like we have a lot to worry about, but this is Brock Lesnar. This is a different animal. This is the beast.

32:23Sam Roberts:And Oba's never been to WrestleMania before. No. And Oba's never been in the ring with someone like Brock Lesnar. No. No, he hasn't. I mean, listen. All that said, I have yet to see Obafemi in a wrestling ring in a position that feels like he doesn't belong. You remember when we, you and I spoke to Obafemi at John Cena's last match? Yeah. He's a big stage for Obafemi. He was fighting Cody Rhodes. You know, the idea that like, oh boy, Obafemi has never wrestled somebody like Brock Lesnar. He's wrestled Cody Rhodes. Yep. The WWE champion. John Cena's last match. QB won. He was in the ring with Cody.

33:01And then he shared the ring with Drew in that same situation that he was in the ring with Cody. Like he's been there a little bit. But when we talked to Obafemi, the most striking thing to me was not just his size, but the fact that he owned the space that he was in. The fact that when I looked in that dude's eyes, he seemed ready for this. Of course. There was no sort of, gee, I can't believe I'm finally going to make it. Oh, boy, can you imagine what it'll be like when I'm on the main roster? You know, this is intimidating, but gee, I think I'm ready for it. No.

33:39Sam Roberts:And he certainly was happy to be there, of course, but also a sense of belonging. Yeah, I don't even know if it was. Yeah, to me, I felt like it was more like, hey, sure, I appreciate being here, but you guys should be happy that I'm here. Yeah. I've changed. I'm changing the whole thing right now. And in that conversation, he talked about wiping some of these people that have been here too long out and taking over. Obafemi's not here to be humble and to be, you know, one of the guys that's like, man, in three, four years, he could really be somebody. Obafemi's here to take it now. And that's why you do it.

34:15Sam Roberts:You answer Brock Lesnar's challenge. You know who the last rookie was that came in and said, I do not have this like reverence for the old timers. And I'm not here to do this over the course of several years. I'm here to take it all now. Brock Lesnar. Yeah. In 02. And you know what he did? He did that. He won the world title and he beat everybody. That was Brock. He main evented his first WrestleMania. He's a special type of person. he showed up the Monday Night Raw after Wrestlemania 18 and he main evented Wrestlemania 19 this is Brock Lesnar and Obafemi goes yeah that's the type of impact that I'm looking to have now, O2 Brock impact, so what do I do if that's what I'm looking for he's the first guy I take out and I mean if he does tonight was a career maker for Oba, of course Tonight was a forever moment for Oba, and it leads to this match.

35:18Win or lose, this is going to be something that is talked about for a long time in reference to Obafemi, and it is going to shape the road that this career goes down.

35:30Sam Roberts:I can't wait. It's going to be really, really exciting. But I'll tell you, when we talk about WrestleMania, somebody that's looking to get to WrestleMania is Bayley. She had her match with AJ Lee tonight. She had her conversation with Lyra Valkyria and the Kabuki Warriors. And she's got time now to join us here on WWE Now Raw Recap. Welcome to WWE Now, Bayley. Bayley, how are you? I'm all right. I'm all right, Sam. How are you? I mean, I'm great. I haven't had the evening that you've had. I would imagine it's a little bit complicated on one end. it's all about going to Wrestlemania on the other end you also shared the ring with AJ Lee which had to be a fairly emotional experience yeah I think leading up to it it really was uh I mean who would have ever thought that we would have come this far you know like I was just talking earlier how like her last match on Raw she was wearing my hugger shirt and I remember like I I was had fallen asleep on the couch after a big day at the training at the PC and woke up to that of her sitting on the ropes, you know, wearing my shirt.

36:43And that was her last match on Raw. And then to come, you know, literally like full circle. I don't, I don't think I ever thought we'd be standing in the ring together again. So all of that aside, um, what it really came down to it was, you know, trying to get to WrestleMania and, uh, maybe that's not my path or maybe that wasn't my path, you know, but according to my tag partner, you know, we got to find a new one and I'm okay with that because my tag partner is a little determined. You know, I think I got a little in her head. I think she's understood how my brain operates. I think she knows how strong this heart is and it doesn't stop until we get what we deserve.

37:18And that's WrestleMania. You know, Kyrie and Asuka are going to find out soon. I do. You're a strong-willed human being. That's, I mean, listen, you've been here for a long time. You've been in the WWE for a long time. You've been a part of ups and downs. You've been a part of title matches at WrestleMania and then other instances where you're fighting like you are now to find the path to get to WrestleMania. You brought up AJ and wearing your shirt on her last match on Monday Night Raw. You were in an extremely different place then than you are now, where somebody like AJ Lee wearing your T-shirt on television was a big deal.

37:53I mean, AJ clearly did that on purpose to support you, knowing that she could do that. Do you kind of take pause at all, kind of realizing how much you've done and where you're at now? And like the fact that maybe, you know, in the moment, trying to figure out what you're doing this year for WrestleMania is one thing. But overall, I mean, you've kind of achieved a pretty incredible ascension in the ranks of this women's division, especially historically. But it's the same thing is what makes the greats great is that we don't stop. There's always something more to chase. And that's what I mean where I really wanted to win that championship match.

38:41I've never held the Intercontinental Championship. It wasn't only about getting to WrestleMania. I'm a Grand Slam Women's Champion, but I've never had that title. I've never had the United States Championship. And now I have a new, you know, I have a new friend and a partner in Lyra Valkyria who, like last year, I let her down because I was jumped and didn't get to make it to WrestleMania. Although she went on without me, she had to pay for it, too. You know, if I was with her in that ring and we won the tag titles together, she would have never had to go through that crap that she did with Becky Lynch.

39:08So the way that I feel about this business and the way that I feel about the division, there's no stopping. You know, it doesn't get easier. It doesn't it doesn't make me want less because I have I've achieved all these things. If anything, it makes me want more because I've had a taste of what it's like. And now being in a partnership with Lyra, she's doing all these things for the first time. And I feed off that. And that's what keeps me going. I want to do these things with her. I want to become a tag team champion with her. You know, like. You can't be up here forever, and I understand that.

39:42but when you get knocked down like i i always say a true testament to who you are and to your character is what you do when you're back back is against the wall you know someone like becky lynch who just did what she did to to my friend aj lee out there she's up here but she's never she's never been where i've been you know she's never been kicked off of wrestlemania maybe i should do that to her this year huh or maybe i just follow elira said but if if someone is down here, you have to, that's really a test of who you are. And I ain't going to, I'll be damned if I let someone tell me like, that's where you belong, because I'm going to prove them wrong every time.

40:20And Lyra is going to help me do that.

40:21Sam Roberts:I think the strength in the division is really illustrated when you look at the women's tag division, because you talk about Asuka, you talk about Charlotte Flair and Alexa bliss. You talk about yourself in the tag division with Lyra Valkyria, the Bella twins returning on SmackDown. And just like you said, Bailey, it's when you're at the top, you have to find ways to stay there and you have to find ways to reinvent and find ways to make it to WrestleMania or become a tag team champion. But now that you're standing next to Lyra and there's all of those names that I just threw out at you, do you feel a little bit rejuvenated knowing that you're entering maybe a situation with someone who hasn't been there before as in with lyra yes you know it's weird because it seems like being in a tag team with someone it's somebody that it should be somebody that you've known a long time and that you've earned and you've gained this trust with each other but we were thrown into this tag team last year i had no idea who she was but you know like it's one of what i'm just saying is like okay what are you gonna do that whatever they give you that's i'm gonna make it the best you want we're going to be in this tag team, then we're going to make it the best.

41:31And we won that gauntlet match last year to get us that opportunity at WrestleMania. We went through five tag teams together for a tag team that had the least experience together. And we won that match. We earned that WrestleMania title shot. And then it was taken away from us, you know, and since that, since that match, and I got taken out from WrestleMania and she still went on and she showed me that I can do this and I'm going to do it for you. And it didn't work out since that night. we've been pushing and we've been pushing and we've been pushing and Adam Pierce has been ignoring and ignoring and ignoring Nia and Lash got tag team championship matches before us against Rio we've never even got to step in the ring with them so Adam Pierce this is towards you then you got the Bella twins in a championship match before us are you kidding me I don't know what we're doing I know I had all this other stuff going on with Raw but me and Lyra have been in a tag team since last Wrestlemania so you know what what are we gonna do we're gonna kick the door down Jackie that's from Chris Tucker a rush hour that's right that's what you have to do but you also know I mean and you're right it goes back to your point when you responded to the last question that I asked you that regardless of what you've done regardless of what your history has been you know that you have to do that and I feel like everything that you've done and everything that you've accomplished that's kind of always been the story it's forcing the hand yep but I'm still here you know if all of those things if things that kept happening and that's wrestling that's WWE if all of these things kept trying if they stopped me you know or stopped Lyra if she gave up after her hero turned her back on her I wouldn't be here right now because she helped me get through this whole year I wouldn't have been here without her and if all those times where I tripped over something or all those times that I got told like nope sorry not today not today not today I wouldn't have been in the ring with AJ Lee on Raw 11 years later when she returned to WWE as the women's intercontinental champion none of those things would have happened so if we were to stop right now and be like well our road to Wrestlemania is done then what would that maybe in five years we're going to be the tag team champion maybe we're going to be win the tag team championships and maybe we're going to be the tag team champions for five years you know what if there's a tag team that's watching us right now and they're like oh my God, we, that could be us.

43:50And we've been champions for five years and they come in and they get a title shot and they win big moment for them. But what if we would have given up today? Then they would have never had that opportunity. This business is magic. I don't care what anybody says. I'm built on magic and I fight for the magic and I won't stop fighting for the magic until we get what we deserve. And Adam Pierce, you're going to pay for it. You know what, when we have these these matches and we get what we want, you're going to be right there to raise our hands and give us a big old hug. I could not agree with you more about the magic.

44:24And maybe Adam Pierce does need to get reminded of that. And I, I feel like, I mean, I think this is why people love you, Bailey is because you've always, I mean, as, as, as cheesy as it sounds believed in this magic of professional wrestling. It's how we got to know you from the very beginning. I think it's how you've carried yourself throughout your journey in the WWE and beyond. And I say beyond because on Saturday, my phone starts going off, going like, are you watching AAA? Bailey just showed up on AAA. Bailey's on AAA right now. For you, who believes in that magic of professional wrestling, to step into AAA and to experience that, to answer that challenge, what was that like for you?

45:06That was the best. You know, I love wrestling in Mexico, but I love that's the thing is like I you can't ever be content or comfortable or like I just want to do more and I want to meet more people I want to perform in more in front of more people and the fact that I got asked to do that was an honor for one thing it's one of their biggest shows of the year and against one of their you know the women's champion who just like broke a record and became the longest reigning women's champion um to me that's a huge honor and and uh is a little tip of the cap to me. But to be able to, you know, it's hard in this business to actually keep it a secret.

45:44So I was very excited to be able to hide from everybody and really show up where literally nobody knew I was there. And I was personally very overwhelmed by the response. And it just made everything, like everything so worth it. I could be upset about the loss and those little cheaters who I'm not going to let them get away with. I have their numbers. But that is what was the most important to me, that no matter what, everywhere in the world, people recognize how much and what I feel about this. And I don't care if I do it here. I don't care if I do it there. I don't care if I do it in TNA. I care about this, and I will always give my whole heart to them.

46:25They will always get the real me. are you surprised at all like you know there's one type of wrestling fan that watches every different type of wrestling there is and watches wrestling from all over the world and you know if this were I don't know 25 years ago would be trading VHS tapes with people that they meet online and everything but there's another type of wrestling fan that really only watches WWE and this is the world that they're exposed to and for me as a fan of all of it I think it's been amazing watching so many WWE fans not only get exposed to AAA, but embrace it and be like, oh my God, this is the coolest thing.

47:07It was so fun. Sorry to cut you off, but it's one of those things where I love Lucha Libre. I've always been a fan of AAA. One of my trainers from back home, his name's Jason Stiles, is a huge fan, would constantly reference AAA as we were training. He was a very, very into Lucha. And so when he found out that I was on it, he really freaked out. So for like my old trainer to freak out about me being able to wrestle for this company and to see how it's mixed into, you know, now that WWE is a part of it as well, to watch them keep this true spirit of Lucha Libre and what that company means to Mexico, but also bring in the WWE audience and the superstars and the people backstage and give that little spin on it.

47:52I couldn't talk about it enough. You know, I was in, I was in the back, like, this is just the perfect combination of what I love, you know, the stories, the characters, the physicality, um, the crowd, the real thing was like them, the audience getting so excited for every little thing and not overthinking what wrestling should be. They were with, they were in the experience with us and with them. It was beautiful and so refreshing. And I just want to go back like now, like every every time Kelsey Green texts me afterwards she's like is it your cup so full AAA is the best like it's infectious and I'm so honored that I got to be a part of it that's awesome speaking of your cup being full tonight there was a moment in your match with uh with AJ Lee where you were on the outside of the ring and you and you crawled up that commentary table and you looked up and Michael Cole was talking about what you're fighting for in WrestleMania and everything.

48:49With this history that you have with Michael Cole, I couldn't tell if this was another bit of that tension or if maybe just for a moment you were motivated by Michael Cole. You know what? Speaking of cup being full, I wish he had a full cup of coffee in his hand that I can spill in his face. Obviously, I know what's going on, Michael Cole. the Wrestlemania side is right in front of me AJ Lee is right behind me and the tag and the title is right to the side of me I know what's going on that's why we're here right now it's Wrestlemania season you don't have to say it to my face I know you're doing your job but maybe you could wait till I turn back around to like say that but maybe I didn't need that you know Michael Cole he really did push me in the pandemic era he really did push me to the edge and kind of made me irritated and maybe that's why I was a double champ who knows maybe he's the secret weapon Maybe that's something I can use, but we're not going to let him know.

49:46Okay. There's, there's could be no, he can, he cannot, you know, be any more cocky. All right. Let's just leave that between us. That's smart. I'm just surprised you didn't call him an idiot. He isn't. Well, I don't need to call him. He is like, it just says it on his head. Right. You know? Yeah. Yeah. That's just his name. Well, I'm glad, I'm glad you're fighting to make sure that that ego doesn't get any bigger, but I'm also glad that you're fighting to make sure that you get on WrestleMania and we hope. You know what? Yeah. Michael Cole also thinks he talks a big game when it comes to WrestleMania because he's undefeated.

50:18Oh, God. So you know what, Michael Cole? If you want to go to WrestleMania, this has been built for six years now. He keeps trying to say, let's go to WrestleMania. I'm undefeated. I'm undefeated. I don't have a match. Whoa. So, you know, there it is. Maybe I found my ticket. Let's go. Put the streak on the line, Michael Cole. Put the streak on the line. Let's get to one and one. Yeah, it'll work. Coward Bailey thank you so much For being so generous with your time you're the best Thank you guys I appreciate it Let's go to Wrestlemania

50:54Sam Roberts:Alright a big thank you to Bailey for coming on the show But I want to talk to you guys about What we're celebrating right here Today on WWE Now Raw Recap It is Austin 316 Day you can celebrate three decades of raising hell and bone-shattering stunners with new Stone Cold Steve Austin 30 year signature series title belts. You got one of those? Not well I've ordered one I don't have it yet but yeah. They're featuring superstars iconography including rattlesnakes and smoking skulls. These are must-have collectibles for any Stone Cold fan. Get yours today at WWE Shop and And Fanatics, spring is almost here in WWE.

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52:18Of course, I got my, you know why I got this. You know, I got the Stone Cold figure from Fanatics. So he and little Sam can hang out.

52:24Sam Roberts:Oh, you got to put them in the bathtub together. Because he comes with the Steve Weiser. It's the best. It's cooler. He and little Sam. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They'll share a cooler. I got my classic Stone Cold Steve Austin 316 shirt on, but I cut mine crop top. I love it. I love it. You did a great thing. You know what's great about this is that it's a soft goods T-shirt with this Stone Cold figure. So little Sam can wear, I say, hey, Stone Cold, can I borrow your shirt? And you know, it'll be a whole thing. It'll be a whole thing. I'm excited for you guys. I'm very excited. That's for when I get home.

52:51That's for later on today. We talked to Bailey. AJ Lee, successful in her title defense against Bailey. Yes. Really a remarkable thing to see AJ Lee versus Bailey on Monday Night Run 2026. So much fun. Such a great match. You're a big homie who you never mention when the guests are on.

53:10Sam Roberts:What? You don't talk about Becky Lynch at all. When Bailey's on, when we have anybody that doesn't agree with her, you just, you're real, you love the yap, yap, yap, yap, yap when the guests go away about Becky Lynch. But she, for whatever reason, she doesn't come up when the guests are on. Which is weird, because you would want an award, I thought, for your broadcast. Well, I just wanted to say, I think it was absolutely remarkable, and I think this probably should have been And our lead story today on the Raw Recap, Becky Lynch's miraculous recovery. From what? She was out with an illness last week.

53:39Sam Roberts:It was a terrible illness. Very bad. What was the illness? And a lot of people, most people, would have missed a week, maybe even a month. She did miss a week. Weeks. Oh. Maybe even a month would have missed weeks. For what? For an illness. What illness? But not Becky Lynch. She was out last week. There was no flog. Nothing. Dealing with an illness. so I just think the miraculous recovery is not something that we're talking about enough and I think every time that Becky is on our screens we are just witnessing greatness that happened again tonight with her recovery and I also have to say when she was holding up that title it looked right how come you didn't bring that up with Bailey it didn't come up it didn't she literally she literally brought Becky Lynch up I mean, she talked about how she got jumped.

54:30That AJ Lee got jumped. She brought up Becky Lynch. It did come up.

54:33Sam Roberts:I don't remember. I don't remember. Literally just happened, but okay. I just hope we get a vlog next week. I've really been missing the vlog. And you like that. You like that. You think it's good that, you know, AJ Lee. Doesn't it look right? No. No. She hasn't won that. No, it's not her title. I mean, the idea that AJ Lee has a great match. By the way, only her second singles match in a decade. Has a great match with Bayley. is just, you know, trying to leave the ring and then gets sucker punched, attacked from behind, gets beaten down after just wrestling from behind. And then what? Becky Lynch holds up the title as if she's won anything?

55:14When you go, oh, that looks right. I don't understand.

55:17Sam Roberts:I think it would just be an absolute sin and disgrace if we had WrestleMania without Becky Lynch. That's like running 18 miles and then still getting the award at the marathon. Some people did that. I forgot. Some people did that. Yeah. Not Becky Lynch. No. She doesn't run marathons. No, she doesn't. She's not a marathon girl. But that's neither here nor there. You can't spell WrestleMania without the man. And Becky Lynch knows what time of year it is. Without man. You can spell without the. All right. We need to get all technical. You can't spell it without man. There's no H in WrestleMania. Thank you so much.

55:57Sam Roberts:Thank you so much. Northwestern? There's no way. But you can't spell it without man. Oh. You cannot spell WrestleMania without man. And it would be very disrespectful to have WrestleMania without Becky Lynch. Sure. We couldn't have it last year. People were so excited that Becky was back at WrestleMania last year. There were fans crying. Crying. Yeah, they didn't know that she jumped Bayley. A lot of people said that Becky Lynch saved WrestleMania. last year. Who's? A lot of people. Tons. All over. Okay, you could name one or no? Me. I'm saying it. I am saying it. And I'm not the only one who's saying it.

56:34Sam Roberts:You're not? No. Okay. Sports Illustrated, ESPN. No, they're not saying that. They're all saying it. By the way, did you see Rudd? Rudd? Rudd? Sofia Rudd? Sofia Rudd. I don't know who Sofia Rudd is. I believe she was talking about her favorite wrestler. I don't know who this person is. I'll send you the clip Oh good I will send you the clip If my notifications are on silence don't bother Anyways Becky Lynch back I hope we get a vlog out of this And I'm just miraculous It's been miraculous watching her recovery You would throw a deliver anyway If you saw my notifications were silence wouldn't you Of course I would Alright that says it all That says it all What do you think of the of Bailey's pivot into the tag team championship realm.

57:26Kabuki is obviously not thrilled, but Bailey and Lyra kind of reconnecting after a couple of weeks.

57:32Sam Roberts:Yeah, I think Lyra has awoken something within Bailey. It's been an up and down year for Bailey. And I feel like when Bailey is at her lowest, losing a match against AJ Lee, Lyra is the one who kind of gives Bailey a little bit more of a pep in her step. Sure. And gets Bayley back to focusing on the task at hand. And instead of staying down too long, Lyra reminds her, hey, maybe there's another path. And maybe there's another way we can get to WrestleMania. So I do like that dynamic between the two of them. Speaking of WrestleMania,

58:11who is Randy Orton talking to? Randy Orton. He is talking in riddles, this guy. I know he's talking and he's a spellbinder this Randy Orton I don't know what he's saying anymore all of these he's talking in clues and and I mean this is like Da Vinci Code or something like that Randy Orton who I guess first of all I don't know where he was he was outside somewhere it looked like to me in front of some kind of gate that didn't have great cell reception the reception was a little questionable it was not great I think he was on that flip phone that LeBron had when he went to the WWE show back in the day.

58:49But he said, Michael Cole, I know I promised you this interview, but I changed my mind, which doesn't feel like the greatest excuse in the world. But then he was on the phone, right? And I tried to pay attention to everything that he said, because he goes, because especially once I realized he was talking in riddles and conundrums, he said something to the effect of, it was good seeing you a couple weeks ago. I was like, who do you see a couple weeks ago? Who was he talking to a couple weeks ago? Is he talking about elimination chambers? Is he talking about SmackDown? Is he talking about something we didn't even see?

59:20Who's he talking to a couple weeks ago? And then he says, luckily, I just talked to somebody that reminded me of who I am, that reminded me of why I did what I did on Friday night.

59:33Sam Roberts:And then he says, Michael Cole, I'm a killer. He says, I'm a killer. I go, yeah, that is Randy. That's 09 Randy, baby. We're back. And then he says, hey, wrestling has more than one royal family, right? and then that was it and I'm like well what family is he talking about are we eating Cowboy Bob back is he talking about the Orton's I mean we've seen Randy and his father act cohesively together way in the past is it a different family is it something to do with the roads is it I mean Randy has done it all in his career Randy has cashed in on the Orton name he's done things with his father. Randy has gone after other families.

1:00:16Randy has well he's done breaking and entering Randy has done it all. There is no line that Randy Orton won't cross and that was a point that I kind of made on the Not Sam podcast when I was talking about this match that for some reason in the same breath Cody asked for the old Randy and said that that will happen once the bell rings but the old Randy would never wait for the bell to ring. The old Randy would never wait to get the match in the ring. The old Randy would wait until that name is inked onto a piece of paper. And now the war has begun. That's what the old Randy would do. The old Randy would honestly do exactly what he did on SmackDown.

1:01:00And so now the fact that like, it's almost like what's done is done. There's no taking it back. This is where we are now. Randy has no choice but to accept this is who I am. I'm the old Randy. Now let me act accordingly. The old Randy doesn't just do one thing on one episode of SmackDown and then just kind of lay in the cup for the next four or five weeks. Right.

1:01:25Sam Roberts:This is just the beginning. Now it's like, what does Randy do from here? And we've been waiting for this Randy to be unleashed. I mean, we've seen the looks that he was giving Cody Rhodes in that championship for over a year and a half. Yeah. For over a year and a half. Staring at that title. Yeah. Do you have any idea who he was talking to? The wrestling has more than one royal family is the line that really stood out to me. That's got to be a clue. It has to be. But, I mean, which family is he talking about? There's many families. Especially in wrestling. Yeah. I have no idea. Look, I do know that you'll be able to be a part of the bigger wrestling family this summer.

1:02:09WWE Universe, talking to you. We've got some huge news. Because your favorite WWE podcasts are recording live at Fanatics Fest in New York City this July 16th through the 19th at the Javits Center. go to Fanatics Fest four days this year by the way in New York City and you can catch live episodes of What Do You Want to Talk About With Cody Rhodes you can catch live episodes of Impulsive With Logan Paul and apparently there are rumors going around that you can catch live episodes of WWE Now with Megan Morant and the last professional broadcaster Sam Roberts that's all going down at Fanatics Fest and that's not all.

1:02:58WWE superstars are going to be in the building all weekend long, signing autographs, taking photos, making surprise appearances. Who knows who's going to pop up on these podcasts? Tickets are on sale now at fanaticsfest.com. Grab yours today and we will see you there. I cannot wait. It is always so fun. We're going, baby. We're going. Let's do it. We will be there. Next week, it's official. The Vision had a meeting with disheveled Paul Heyman. And Paul Heyman stayed on task. When the vision was first formed, a big part of it was we need to get the championship because the championship holds power.

1:03:42It holds political power. It gives us leverage. And Paul Heyman looked at Logan Paul and Austin Theory right in the face and said, we don't have leverage. You can't go after Seth Rollins. We don't have it. you need to get those tag team championships. So apparently it's already happened. Austin Theory, Logan Paul, The Vision, go two on two with the Usos next week, Monday Night Raw. I can't imagine what these Raws are going to be like leading up to WrestleMania if we're just starting to get cooking right now.

1:04:17Sam Roberts:Well, and don't forget after that interaction with both Logan Paul and Austin Theory, Logan Paul leaned in and said to Paul Heyman that just because he loves him so much, he's going after LA Knight 2. He said, I don't get LA Knight 2. Who knows? The Vision could be tag team champions within the next seven days. Of course they could. Wild, wild thoughts. Well, whatever happens, we will be here on Raw Recap on WWE Now to recap all of it. Make sure you're subscribed across all audio platforms. Make sure you're tuning in on the WWE's YouTube channel, hitting like, leaving comments, and we'll see you next week for another Raw recap on WWE Now.