WWE Now - Roman Reigns is back at The Head of the Table as champion | WrestleMania Recap

31:02Rise to the top. Was that here when he tilted the... That was in Nashville. That was the year before when he returned after Roman Reigns beat John Cena. Yes. Yeah. And with all the returns and everything happening, and every time we were disappointed. And another SummerSlam return this past year. Yes, when we didn't see that one coming. Over and over and over again. And I think that what fans recognized was Brock's ability to evoke emotion. Whether positive or negative, he made us, going back to the punk and Roman thing, he has made us feel in the ring. And as Brock, you know, he puts his boots there, he leaves his gloves in the center of the ring.

31:45I think everybody had this feeling of, if this is really it, what a way to go out. I think everybody had this feeling of the same thing we talked about before I don't know if I'm ready for that I don't know if I'm ready for him to go just yet I knew it was coming but I didn't think it was coming tonight I didn't think it was coming tonight and we've experienced that a lot and look Brock hasn't said anything and to my knowledge Paul Heyman hasn't said anything about it those words haven't come out of anybody's mouth we're just using the cues that we got the visuals that we got at WrestleMania, but, I mean, what a wild, wild thing.

32:23And by the way, for Obafemi, the idea that not only did you beat Brock Lesnar, but in beating Brock Lesnar, you sent a message that let Brock know, I'm done. I mean, that is, even Brock in 02, I don't know if he could do that. that is making a statement that is going like to go from yes I can step face to face with Brock Lesnar to yes I can get physical with Brock Lesnar to yes I can throw desk chairs with Brock Lesnar to yes I can cut a promo with Paul Heyman and Triple H on either side of me to yes I can go to Wrestlemania and make the whole world believe in me and beat Brock Lesnar to the point where Brock Lesnar then sits up and goes well that's it that's a wrap it's an amazing amazing thing to see that go full circle.

33:18And, you know, it's such a, it's compelling because you want to hear what Brock and Paul Heyman say about this, but also how this builds Obafemi going forward. That's what I'm looking forward to most. Yeah. Obafemi and his rise. Remember when we talked to him at Saturday Night's Main Event in December? Of course. And he was like, I'm ready to clear out all these 40 plus year olds. He said it. Yes. He said, I'm ready for these to be my moments now. And like he's taking them. It wasn't a, I'm happy to be here. No, he didn't say that at all. No. He goes, I understand it. I appreciate it. But, you know, I'm here to take.

33:55It's my time. And that's what, I mean, I think to be successful on a certain level, that's where you have to be. But, I mean, just a huge moment. Yeah, if Brock's really done, I mean, that's a longer conversation. Crazy, right? Yeah. Crazy. You know, speaking of next generation coming in, Trick Williams was able to win the United States Championship from Sami Zayn with crowd support, you know. And by the way, when I saw Trick Williams, you know, winning the title and everything going on around it and Lil Yachty there, it was all so random. Part of me was like, what is this, a video game? what am I even watching here?

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36:11Don't miss out. In celebration of WrestleMania 42, WWE 2K26 is now on sale until April 22nd on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Steam and Nintendo Switch 2, digital only. Get your copy today. And Megan, I know you were excited about what Trick did. Yes, I was. At WrestleMania. Especially with Lil Yachty. Yeah. AKA Boat by his side. Well, guess what? Immediately after that match, we had the opportunity to speak to the new United States champion and his wingman, I guess it is, Lil Yachty, here on WWE Now. Trick, you know, people talk, and they talked about this build to WrestleMania, and they've been talking about you on the main roster, and people talk about potential, and people talk about, I can't believe how quickly he's getting it and how quickly the crowd is reacting and how quickly he portrays a superstar.

37:17But it's a lot different when the moment happens. To walk out of WrestleMania, a champion in the WWE, what does that feel like right now? It feels good, man. It became real, real fast. My Sammy kicked me in the mouth. So all the 50 ,000 fans, all the noise, all the lights and everything went out the window. that it was time to get some get back. That's what it was. Heck yeah, man. It was a strike. It was a strike, man. He got tired of all the gingerbread jokes. You know, he got tired of all the harassing I did over the past three, four months, and I understand that. But he brought his A game, I brought mine, and this is where we are.

37:52What is that thing that clicks in? Because there are people that come up from NXT, and maybe it takes them a couple months to kind of get acclimated to the main roster, to get acclimated to what's going on, what it takes to make it, what it takes to connect with the audience. It's not just winning matches. is it's connecting with the audience. For you, it really felt like it happened instant. Well, you got the swag. You got the look. You got the swag. You got the walk. You got the talk. You can't duplicate it. You know what I'm saying? It can't be emulated. You know what I'm saying? This is all.

38:23This is human masterpiece right here. You know what I'm saying? Human masterpiece. So it shows on camera. You know? It's flawless right here. That's why they called me the anointed one. There you go. You understand? Because, look, a lot of these things you can't plan, you can't take credit for. You know what I mean? you don't know how the people are going to respond to you for real. And there's a lot of people who put in the work who've been grinding a lot longer than I have in this field. But I'm the anointed one because, look, this is what God wanted. I'm just playing my part, and I'm grateful for it every single day.

38:50I wake up every day, I'm grateful. I kiss lash on the cheek, and I go on about my day. Well, Trick, you always had that thing that everybody was drawn to ever since the early days in NXT when it was Trick and Mello. And then you went off on your own in NXT. You could become NXT champion. And then I think when a lot of people thought maybe it's time for Trick Williams to come up to the main roster, you went and did some tricking A. And spent a year in TNA, in NXT, working on things. And things seemed a little bit different. But when you got called up to the main roster, instantly, there was that connection with the audience.

39:32Instantly, things clicked. What did that extra year in TNA mean to you, and how did it help you get to where you're at right now? It was everything. It was very necessary. I'm grateful for it because that year in TNA, excuse me, tricking me. You know, I found my voice back. And I say this, and it's not a bad thing, but TNA is the wild, wild west. You know what I mean? Well, you got to go out there and sink or swim. It's on you. Ain't about no creative. Ain't about somebody told you to do this and that. At NXT, we're very protected. Shawn Michaels is right there in the middle of it making sure we have a good program.

40:06At TNA, if you can't do it, it won't be done. So that allowed me to get the creative freedom to find my voice and find what worked. So that whole extra year, even though I didn't like it, my agent was right there saying, keep your head. You know what I mean? Don't crash out, even though that's what you're doing on TV. But it was very necessary, and I'm thankful for it. I mean, I also think not only did you get the opportunity to work in front of different audiences and be a world champion for a different audience, but you got to do different things. You were beloved as an NXT champion. You were hated as a villain in TNA.

40:44And I feel like that's something that you can't take for granted, being able to. I mean, you talk about being a multi-tool player. You have to do it all before you can be good at all of it. Sure. And let's define this word villain. because, I mean, matter of fact, let's define the word hated. I was a villain, but I wasn't hated. You know what I mean? People love bad trick Williams over there at Trigger Deck. You know what I mean? And that's what me and Yachty been doing lately. Look, we ain't making no friends in the back room. We got each other. We got each other, man. You know what I mean? We got our own private suites.

41:15We got barbers coming to the room. We iced out over here. You know what I mean? We ain't the favorite guys in the locker room, but the people can feel what's real. Yachty, I want to talk to you because there's, of course, this year at Wrestlemania maybe more than ever there's a lot of fan opinions about celebrity involvement and whether celebrities belong in certain positions a lot of negative connotations a lot of negative however as somebody who has myself watched wrestling for decades you take to this role of hype man as promoter as mouthpiece not to take over for Trick but just to elevate elevate elevate i mean and and i and i don't think it gets enough credit that that when you're out there with trick and i'm not just saying this because you're in the room i don't see lil yachty the musician that's here to do you know promote an album and he's alongside trick i see an old school yeah wrestling manager hype man is that something that and and and even more importantly not somebody pretending to be that yeah man i'm i'm so glad to hear you say that he know he know how i feel about that because that's me him and i a long time that's all i expressed to him and stressed him how important it is not to come off like a rapper looking for promo you know i'm saying to look like i'm here in support of my brother i even express and stress to the creatives that this ain't my moment you know this is his moment this ain't about me you know um and that's that's the goal the goal is to widen and brighten the light my brother trick question did y 'all hear the diss track oh yeah i mean everybody heard the diss track we went viral did you hear the diss track that's the beautiful thing when there's a good collab you know i mean he comes into our world you know i mean i hop into his world and we can have beautiful entertainment through the process and now we champions and we look good while we do and it's only the beginning it's only the beginning all right i gotta ask about that train in the entrance because we see yadi we see Trick come out and then all of a sudden I'm like man that thing keeps going two miles of fur behind Trick and Yachty 200 pound sled that's fly that's real flyness you can't duplicate that's carrying Sami Zayn on my back and that's exactly what I did during that match I carried him twice I mean listen you know I've told you privately that it takes a certain kind of person to go on local morning news wearing a fur vest and no shirt and still come across as charming.

43:53I'm going to tell you right now, there's not a lot of people who could have a 200-pound white fur train behind them at their first WrestleMania and be in the ring with somebody who has been beloved as a wrestler for years and somehow find themselves in a position where the audience, make no mistake, is cheering for you and booing Sammy Zane. Why do you think? I mean, because these are things that if anybody else did it, it would be described as obnoxious. What is it about you doing it that makes the audience go, I support it? It's authentic. It's not a fable. It's not fabricated. I wouldn't align myself with something if it wasn't pure greatness.

44:40You know what I'm saying? True masterpiece. You know what I'm saying? Human art form. That's Trick Willie. That's what God wanted, man. I can't take credit for it because all I can be is me. I can't be you. I can't be Meg. You know what I mean? I wear lemon pepper steppers. I can't wear stilettos. You know what I mean? All I can be is myself. You know what I mean? And I'm just confident enough to be myself. Whatever that may look like, I didn't ask to be accepted. You know what I mean? I just wanted the opportunity to be myself. My whole life I had a helmet on. Played football for 20 years. Had to cover my face.

45:12This beautiful face. Couldn't nobody see it. now i get to take it off you think i ain't gonna flex come on now no talk to him let's talk about when you spend your life i mean i'm sure for a period of time you thought that's who you were now you are a wrestler you're not a a football player or any other kind of athlete who wrestles you are a wrestler that's right maybe not something that you knew i didn't know it a few years back what is it like and when do you come to that realization that oh this this is who i am and and what i'm supposed to be doing i'm gonna tell you something i never tell nobody before the first password i ever had on my uh yahoo.aol.com way back in the day whatever it was was superstar superstar a lot of you not i don't know how i knew it like it was sitting right there in front of my face.

46:05And I used to have dreams and fantasies. I was going to be playing in the Super Bowl and performing at halftime. What are we doing now? I swear, I'll BS you now. I had the same dreams that I would hear the crowd roar and those red carpet, those red, you know, they would pull back the curtains and it was my time to shine. I mean, I didn't know it. You know what I mean? My pops played football and I love football. You know what I mean? I was good at it. You know, played 20 years. but you know once I just got on the right track and became a superstar it was sitting right in front of my face man like I don't know how I missed it I loved it I said my first cuss world opened in can of whoopee I was three years old this is this is where I'm meant to be man and I love it it's crazy because a lot of times when people don't come from the world of wrestling there may be a little bit of a transition maybe some imposter syndrome when they get in the ring or then when they become a WWE superstar when they get the opportunity NXT or when they get the WrestleMania moment.

47:01But for you, it seems like that wasn't a thing. Am I wrong? Man, I worked far too hard to let somebody tell me I don't belong. I mean, I had way too much. I had to go through way too much ups and downs for somebody to tell me that you don't deserve this. Because when it's everybody else's turn, when they was getting drafted, when everybody else was getting money, I clapped it up for everybody else. So now that I'm finally getting my moment, I'm thankful. I'm sharing love. I'm bringing my boys with me. And that's all that's going to be. if he ain't on the trick Willie Train, you see I got 100 yards of it, so you better hop on as soon as you can.

47:32He's 200 pounds. That's right. Trick, do you mind if we do a new segment sponsored by Minute Maid called The Finishing Move? Let's do it. Let's do it. Let me ask you this, Trick Williams, okay? We've seen some incredible finishers all in the ring throughout this weekend, yours included, but real life has its own hurdles. If you could hit your finishing move on one thing in real life, not a person, because that was Sami Zayn. and you took care of it. But a situation, what situation would you hit that finisher on? Bad hygiene. Really? I can't stand people who don't wash their hands, don't brush their teeth, smiling at everybody's face and shaking every hand in the back.

48:12I just want hygiene to be a worldwide thing where everybody understands, wash your hands, please. I mean, it's a courtesy. Trick shot if you don't. Let's talk about it. That's a great answer. Shout out to Minute Maid for bringing that energy because sometimes all you need is something bold, refreshing, and unapologetically you. Bold and refreshing. Hygiene. Thank you. To get through the day. That's right. Bring the juice. Just make sure the juice is clean. I mean, bring the dial soap. That's right. That's right. I'm a mystery. Yeah, did you ever talk to Booker T at all when you online? No, I'm not.

48:45I was just so interested because when Trick started doing his thing in NXT and Booker T was singing along to your music. Oh, he adopted the ad list. Yes, I was thinking of you with the ad list. He's on twist on it. That's right. He's in a whole different vocal range than Booger T. Yeah. See, Booger T got the rasp. Oh, yeah, man. My voice is a little high. Get a little high. I'm excited my voice get a little high. I feel like you embrace it, though. I feel like you're going all the way in. It is what it is. Yeah. Yeah. And I honestly think, I think that the pitch, because people don't see it coming.

49:16Yeah. They don't expect it. I'm too excited. Yeah. I get up there. It's embarrassing, but it is what it is. It should be embarrassing. That's how much, that's how excited I am. So when you said we're only getting started, is this more you feel like than a WrestleMania appearance? You think Yachty will be? Oh, man, I'm putting rap going secondary. Oh, shoot. This is where we at. It's true Yachty game. Oh, man, to the end. To the end, baby. To the end. You're having too much fun to stop. I love it. I can see it all over you. I love it. Well, I mean, a WrestleMania moment made tonight. Trick Williams.

49:53Yes, sir. congratulations Yachty as well of course but Trick the United States champion and look I bet I will bet this will be the last time you do an interview with Sami Zayn's nameplates speaking of Sami Zayn he was a United States champion for so long isn't he from Montreal I'm gonna let that be that's a good point thank you Trick and congratulations thank y 'all for having me

50:23So close you can almost taste it. What? You're just going to walk away? Time to bring the juice.

50:34Never leave a fit behind. Rip it, rip it, and bring the juice.

50:43That flavor's just out of reach. Drop the Legos and bring the juice. G.

50:54So congratulations to Trick Williams and Lil Yachty. Yes. You know, so much going on with WrestleMania, so much to celebrate. I love the merch of it all. I know that you do too. I was going through and looking at all the t-shirts. I love my, because now especially because of the moment that it represents, my all over print CM Punk Roman Reigns t-shirt, because now I know how the match ends. Okay. So I can wear it very, very happily. Yeah, very proud. Because this is the match where my tribal chief came home. Well, this is my personal favorite, WrestleMania Vegas. You got the skeleton with the Elvis.

51:28The Flying Elvis skeleton? Flying Elvis. Yeah. Over Vegas. And this is a weekend I want to remember. I want to remember being in Vegas with all of you. I want to remember experiencing history. And you can get all these shirts. Well, I'm glad you pointed out that that was a Flying Elvis skeleton because I actually thought they did a Megan Morant t-shirt, but I guess that isn't. So, but I will say as far as the winners go, there is a brand new Rhea Ripley. Ah. Winner's t-shirt. She is your WWE Women's Champion. You can celebrate that victory with the all-new winner's tee that's available now at WWE Shop and Fanatics.

52:04And I don't know if you heard, but in the main event of WrestleMania, Roman Reigns was crowned your new WWE World Heavyweight Champion and you can celebrate his victory with an all-new winner's t-shirt. It's available now at WWE Shop and Fanatics, the 11th main event for Roman Reigns. Very, very successful. But, you know, we mentioned Rhea Ripley. Yeah, and you know, you and I were wrong about this. We had a lot of conversations heading into WrestleMania 42, and we had a lot of conversations about Rhea Ripley. And we both said we needed Rhea to be back on top of the women's division. But we also said we thought it was time for Rhea to forget about friendships because we saw her friendship with Eoskai and how it got her in some trouble on the road to WrestleMania.

53:05But in fact, tonight, it was that friendship with EO Sky that led Rhea Ripley to winning the WWE Women's Championship. Yeah, it saved her. I must have said Women's World Championship because she's been that before, too. Yes, she has. But the Women's World Championship is firmly planted on the troublesome waste of Liv Morgan. Yeah, yeah, you're 100 % right. And I wouldn't even necessarily say to help lead her. I think it saved her. Yes. You know, because otherwise Rhea would be looking at me. chin would be looking at b fab and then also be looking jade cargill did a hell of a job of structuring an army to defend that wwe women's championship alongside her and she structured this army by them saying hey if we can't beat them let's join them right right i mean these were bitter enemies right of jade cargill's i wonder now that jade cargill is not the champion if if me chin and and b fab have that same level of of loyalty very interesting very interesting to think about but look that's their problem because rhea ripley's back on top of the division and that's another conversation that we had you're right you're right we were both wrong about rhea ripley needing to shift her focus and and also you heard the ovation right because let's not pretend it wasn't happening a lot of people were out there one of the conversations going into wrestlemania was how is eoskai not have a wrestlemania match she's one of the best wrestlers on the planet she's not on the card the answer is she is on the card and she's an impactful part of one of the most important matches at WrestleMania, an important part of the WWE Women's Championship match, helping Rhea Ripley to make sure that she can have a fair one-on-one match with Jade Gargill.

54:45And you call me a hater all the time. Well, you are. For months and months and months, I always pointed out, well, you know, they're a tag team, but Rhea Ripley's never pinned to your sky. It's so crazy that she's never pinned to your sky. You said they shouldn't be friends. Well. You said literally like one of the most endearing, beloved, fan-favored friendships in the entire company. You said they shouldn't be friends. Well, if you go back to last year on the road to WrestleMania, Io took Rhea's title. You're friends with other runners. They don't beat me in races. You're better than them? That's right.

55:21I was going to ask, can you be friends with somebody who's better than you at running? but the answer should be, I don't know, I haven't met anyone. No, haven't met anyone who's better than me at that. I don't know if you know, but I'm going to the Olympic trials. But anyways, back to Rhea Ripley and EO Sky. When I saw them embracing in the ring today, after Rhea is saved by EO and she becomes the WWE Women's Champion, I'm like, you know what? I'm over this not pin thing. Wow. I'm in on the friendship. This is like the end of the Grinch who stole Christmas. I'm in on it, 100 % in. Even the Grinch, even Megan Morant, carved the roast beast.

56:00Amazing. I just, you know, a lot of people. That's what happened. Megan Morant was on top of that mountain above Whoville, and she put her hand, that Grinchy hand to her Grinchy ear, hoping to hear the sounds of Rhea Ripley and EO Sky just beating each other from pillar to post. But that's not what she heard. It was joy. It was laughter. It was friendship. She couldn't understand. A lot of people were skeptical of Alexa and Charlotte, and I was for a while, but they won me over. Shocker that you were for a while as well. I was skeptical of Rhea and EO when everybody just accepted it. I know. I know, and you were wrong.

56:42Yeah, I was. Okay. I was wrong. Because you were kind of saying that like it was a highlight, like for the record. I was skeptical of that friendship. I'm glad that you admit it. I do. I mean, I have to, right? It is crazy, though, that when you have Rhea Ripley, as dominant as she is. No, you're right. As big of a star as she is. But also, right, I'm sitting there going, okay, Rhea Ripley's the WWE Women's Champion. Remember who the last person to pin Rhea Ripley was? Who was it? Lash Legend. Okay, that's true. That's true in the tag match. Yeah. Oh, and there's gold in that household now, and that gold is contagious.

57:17Lash Legend, unfortunately, no longer part of one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. Lash Legend going after Rhea Ripley is very compelling to me. I guess, I mean, you know, more answers that we're going to get on Monday Night Raw. But I guess, historically speaking, I don't know what, I guess the precedent would be that Rhea Ripley is now headed over to SmackDown. Yeah, I would, yeah, I guess that. To defend that title, unless there's some kind of swap going on. but Liv Morgan's a Raw superstar, so I would imagine that we'll see Rhea, and maybe that does mean a whole new set of opponents for Rhea Ripley, and maybe that does mean a Lash Legend.

57:55But don't you think, Megan, in that cold, cold heart of yours, that at some point, EO Sky's going to say, I don't have a title, and I didn't have a WrestleMania match. Shouldn't I get a chance at Rhea Ripley's WWE Championship? I mean, the last person who was friends with a champion and didn't get a shot at that title was Randy Orton. And we also have that turned out. Do you think that at some point EO Sky will go, you know, Rhea can't beat me. Why would I get a shot at that title? Do you think that could happen? Of course. What a hater. What do you mean what a hater? No, you're right. You're right.

58:39No, no, no. Of course it could. I mean, no, I think I, because I started drifting more over to your side of things. When I was like, if I'm EO, I'm going like, yeah, yeah, I support you. Congratulations. But also, like, what are we doing here? You know what I mean? And, you know, I just think it's something that's now in the air, right? It's different from being a tag team. It's different from being tag team champions. The fact is that friendships are no friendships. Rhea Ripley is on top of the women's division again which is something that both of us wanted. Yes. That's where I think she should be.

59:14But she's on top of the women's division again and that means that whether they're friends with Rhea or foes with Rhea Foes. Rhea is going to have to defend that spot and defend it all the time. Friendships and championships are a very difficult balancing act. They don't mix. They don't mix. Look at Cody. Look at Cody, who's now apparently not medically cleared because Randy Orton kicked him so hard in the head. He won WrestleMania 40. He had all kinds of friends around him. 42? But you know what he does have? He doesn't have medical clearance. He doesn't have friends. But he's got a championship.

59:53He's got his belt. You know what I mean? And maybe that's better. This is the business that we're in. I'll tell you who was great at WrestleMania. John Cena was a hell of a host. Oh, yeah. Great host from John Cena. Got a lot of memorable moments opening both nights. Of course, last night, the Bianca Belair moment that we discussed. But tonight, you know, Miz coming out and demanding a WrestleMania moment alongside Kit Wilson. And what I believe was a fresh Kit fit made specifically for WrestleMania. It looked beautiful. He looked great. He looked like a million bucks always. But Miz demanded a WrestleMania moment.

1:00:32And part of that is John Cena's fault. Because, I mean, very early in The Miz's career, he got one of the biggest WrestleMania moments that anybody could ever have. He main-evented WrestleMania with John Cena and beat him. So now Miz has this entitlement where he feels like he should always have WrestleMania moments. That's one of the downfalls of early success. But there was another superstar that said, I would also like a WrestleMania moment. and everybody wanted the superstar to have a Wrestlemania moment I mean in a very serious way because the Dan Housens stuff was great I love the Little Housens I didn't know we were going to get Little Housens like that and by the way the command that Dan Housen had on the Little Housens dogpile him I didn't know he had that but he does have some kind of mystic powers this Dan Housen you think about Dan Housen coming out of that crate at the Elimination Chamber.

1:01:30And, you know, the thunderous applause from all of Chicago. That's not what happened. At the United Center. That's not what happened. Not at all what happened. But flashing forward a few months down the road to having this moment tonight at WrestleMania, I think you, Sam Roberts, are one of the only people on planet Earth who is not surprised by this whatsoever. No. But all it took was what? I feel like Nate Diaz. I'm not surprised, expletive. it only took a couple weeks and everybody immediately wants the blimp wants more dan was that wrestlemania wants all the little housings more little housings and and and you're right i mean i know you know and and anybody watching probably felt the same way that i did but like like i'm not surprised by this at all with dan house and i'm not and i've had multiple conversations with people who there are people who i talk to that do not regularly watch wwe that have not watched wwe in a while they're like i don't know i'm into this danhausen of course it's crazy on such a mainstream level i mean it's so like people would look at this danhausen because he was danhausen outside of wwe he was danhausen everywhere he's danhausen by himself He lives as Dan Housen.

1:02:46Sometimes he puts on human makeup, like Jack Napier in Batman. You know, he was the Joker. He would put flesh-colored makeup on, you know, so people wouldn't realize he was the Joker, but his face was the Joker face. Dan Housen has put flesh-colored makeup on in the past to try to blend in, but he's Dan Housen. And he's always been Dan Housen. And I thought, always, it's literally tailor-made for WWE. It's the most entertaining thing in wrestling. And the most entertaining thing in wrestling. Those are two of the words in WWE. Wrestling and entertainment. So I go, yeah, of course. And so to see him, and I knew in Chicago that they didn't get it.

1:03:30No, people didn't get it. And that's okay. That's okay because it's weird. A week later, everybody got it. A day later, everybody got it. The minute Dan Housen took that wet from the toilet list and handed it. WWE Hall of Fame. He needs to be on a truck. He needs a blimp. Money, I think, was on there as well. Human monies. Yeah, that's more what he's into. Yeah. I mean, yeah, but really, like, to see Dan Housen at WrestleMania doing a five-knuckle shuffle and John Cena holding his hand in the air was the most surreal, like, It's one of these, like, could you imagine if, like, The Miz wants a WrestleMania moment, and then, like, imagine if Dan Houser was in WWE, and then Dan Houser comes out, and he's got all these little Dan Housers, and they all beat up The Miz, and then John Cena's there, and then Dan Houser does John Cena's moves, and then Miz goes out of the ring, and then John Cena loves Dan Houser and puts his hand up.

1:04:30That would be so cool if WWE just did that. And then Dan Houser makes himself disappear. Except he doesn't really disappear because he forgets, and the smoke goes away, and then he remembers he has to just run out out of the room real quick? And then the little people - Why don't they do that? The little people carry Miz up the ramp? Yeah. And drop him? Yeah. Why don't they just do that? And you're like, they would never do that. And then they did it. And you're like - And it was awesome. It was the greatest. John Cena even, like John Cena genuinely just like chuckling into the mic and going, that was great.

1:05:02Retirement's awesome. He said that, but the first thing he said, that was great. Because it's like what we were all thinking. That's why we watched wrestling. That was great. In what other form of entertainment, art form in my opinion, could that television segment happen in front of 50 ,000 people and have 50 ,000 people going, thank God we bought a ticket? Nowhere. And that's why wrestling's the best. Nowhere else. They go, what is this? They go, this is why we bought this ticket. It's amazing. And only Dan Housen, by the way. You couldn't repeat that with a different – only Dan Housen. That's the only one.

1:05:34Could pull that off. Speaking of pulling things off, course. The demon was pulled off. Oh, I was waiting for you to get to this match. Finn Balor returned. Look, I walked. Dominik had an incredible WrestleMania. Great entrance. Great entrance. This year? Yeah, I mean, all of them. All of his WrestleMania entrances have been top notch. He's such a charismatic guy. He's incredible, this Dominik Mysterio. Another incredible WrestleMania entrance, incredible WrestleMania moment. He's fighting the demon. You know, I'm a realistic person. And I understood what was in front of me. And I, by the way, shout out to all the people I met at WWE World who were coming up and saying, Sam, thank you for supporting Dominic Mysterio.

1:06:19I swear to God. Were people saying that? Yes. A lot of people? Yes, a lot of people. Well, it's funny because I was at WWE World today and there was a lot of people saying to me. Did you buy a ticket? Thank you. No, I was actually doing a meet and greet. Oh, thanks for the chuckle. There was a long line. Long line. Oh, really? Yep, big line. They had to cut the line off. They did? They did. Yeah, but there was a lot of people who thanked me for keeping you in check and for standing up for Becky Lynch. Okay, well, guess what? She didn't even wrestle tonight, and we're not talking about Becky Lynch.

1:06:50I don't even know why you were bringing it up. People were thanking me for keeping you in check. Well, I don't think you do a good job of that. But I love Dominic. I love the moment that he had in the entrance. I thought it was great, but the reality is the demon. Yeah, and the demon reminded everybody in case they forgot. We haven't seen the demon in three years, but we haven't seen this version of the demon in even longer. I would agree with that. I would agree. It felt like, yeah, I remember this. And hearing that music again and seeing the demon come up and throw those arms in the air and everybody throw their arms in the air at the same time.

1:07:24And the streamers. Streamers flying all over the place. That mask thing, the war staff thing that the demon had. How about when Dominic goes up to hit the frog splash And you think oh this is a combination That won him the Intercontinental Championship at Wrestlemania 41 The demon kicks out and won Won Because that's what the demon does And then it was a coup de grace through the table All she wrote And to answer your question from last night Yes I think it's going to be very interesting To see what the judgment day looks like With Liv Morgan Hitting the peak of success and Dominic Mysterio, unfortunately in this instance, not so much.

1:08:04Still the AAA mega champion though. And AAA is a hot property right now. So let's not sit around and act like Dominic Mysterio doesn't have it going on. He's got it all going on. Speaking of Penta, the Intercontinental Championship, Penta walked into WrestleMania Intercontinental Champion, let them hoist that championship of his up to the top of Allegiant Stadium. and I mean just the damnedest ladder match that I've seen in quite some time. Six-way intercontinental title match. Javon Evans, Dragon Lee, Penta, Rey Mysterio, Rusev, JD McDonough. I think it delivered on all fronts. Rey Mysterio in a ladder match at WrestleMania 42.

1:08:46And I mean. Just let that sink in. All over the ladder match. Yeah. Like not a little bit in the ladder match. Like ultra competitive in the ladder match. And how about J.D. McDonough? I mean, he puts it... Does anybody take more brutality than J.D. McDonough? Ever? He'll just do whatever it takes. He's just going, okay, then I'll do more next time. I'll do more next time. It's incredible. But, like, at the end of that match, seeing Javon Evans hit Rusev with that... It was Rusev, right? Yes. With the OG cutter going from the post to the ladder, landing the OG cutter. only for Penta to slide in, hit that Mexican Destroyer, which, by the way, he had already hit that Mexican Destroyer on the ladder earlier in the night, hits the Mexican Destroyer to climb up that ladder and reclaim the Intercontinental Championship.

1:09:39And I have to say, as much as Penta does not approve of my fandom of Dominic Mysterio... No, he does not. Something that I was looking forward to is this idea that Penta won the title from Dominic not too long ago. The idea, to me, that if Penta won this match, then now we're really in a reign. We're in a penta intercontinental championship reign. And that's something I'm excited to see. And seeing him live on ESPN, sitting up top the ladder, holding the intercontinental title, showing the world, this is who our intercontinental champion is. I mean, look at what WWE looks like right now. Yeah, you got the demon back.

1:10:20Roman Reigns is on top of the world. Rhea Ripley is on top of the world. Cody Rhodes is on top of the world, and Liv Morgan is on top of the world. And right under everybody, you got Penta. You got, I mean, you got Gunther. Trick Williams. You have Trick Williams. Seth Rollins is back. Braun Breaker is back. Oba Femi. I mean, the people that had their moments and their victories over the last two days. This is one of those WrestleMania's pages back that has reshaped what the WWE is. Of course. And I think Penta is a great example of that. This was somebody that, you know, when the Netflix era was ushered in, Penta immediately captured the imagination of fans around the world.

1:11:02Penta had this connection with everybody. We've all been invested in Penta. He wins the IC title. And now we're like, this is Penta's time for a reign. Zero miedo. That's what he's got. I'll tell you what we got. We got a lot more WWE now to do. So we will tomorrow morning. We'll have a live WWE now on the WWE's. No, at some point. Yes. No, at some point. Well, whatever. Yes. Live WWE now tomorrow on the WWE's YouTube channel from WWE world. Yes. So come out to WWE world. If you're hearing this on time, right? If you're one of the late, if you're, if you're listening to it right away, come out to WWE world.

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